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Where do the rivers Dart, Tavy, Teigh and Okement rise?
Water | Legendary Dartmoor Tim Sandles March 23, 2016 Aspects Of Dartmoor Leave a comment 1,280 Views Water is one commodity Dartmoor is not short of although experts would say that the moor is getting dryer. Having had the luxury of living in a house that got its own water supply direct from a Dartmoor spring I can say it is the coldest, sweetest water you can taste. Dartmoor is the source of most of Devon’s rivers, which begin their journeys in the bogs and mires of the high moor. The main rivers are the Teign, Dart, Avon, Erme, Yealm, Plym, Tavy, Okement and Taw. They are acidic, steep and fast flowing, with a speedy response to rainfall and are classified as torrent rivers.  The Main Rivers of Dartmoor. If you take the 25 rivers on Dartmoor their approximate total length of the moorland courses is 137 miles and the total combined length from source to sea is around 287 miles, this does not include streams and leats, clearly a lot of water. The earliest recorded river is the Teign and this was documented in AD739 as the Teng. Over the centuries the moorland water has been used for many purposes such as drinking and household use, a power source for industry, hydro electricity, and leisure activities such as fishing and swimming. The earliest domestic scheme to exploit moorland water was the construction of Drake’s Leat (completed in 1591). This took  water from the river Meavy and delivered it 17 miles via a leat to Plymouth. In 1793 another leat was built to carry water to Devonport, this took water from the headwaters of the West Dart, the Cowsic and the Blackabrook and carried it 21 miles to Devonport. Many of the Dartmoor towns and villages had their wells and springs which obtained the water from the moor, several still survive today. One such example is the ‘ Saxon Well ‘ at Widecombe on the Moor.  By the end of the 19th century these methods of supplying water to Plymouth were regarded as inadequate as open leats were prone to becoming clogged  with snow in harsh winters so it was decided to build a reservoir. In 1898 Burrator reservoir was completed at a cost of £150,000 and it flooded an area of 117 acres. In 1929 the reservoir was extended to take in an area of 150 acres. This meant many moorland farms were abandoned and submerged under its waters. In 1907 the Venford reservoir was completed, this supplied water to Paignton and covered 33 acres.  In 1942 Fernworthy reservoir was completed, this one covered 76 acres and supplied Torquay with water. In 1950 work began on the 110 acre, Avon reservoir, this was to supply water  the South Devon Water Company. Three other reservoirs that originally were not in the bounds of the nation park are Trenchford, Kenniford and Tottiford. Grimstone & Sortridge Leat. As previously mentioned, there were many miles of leats built on the moor. Some delivered water to the big cities, some delivered water to towns, some delivered water-power to the tin mines and other industrial concerns and some simply delivered water to moorland farms and dwellings (pot water leats). They are a true feat of engineering because in order to work they must gently flow downhill but to look at some of them they appear to be flowing uphill. It was the engineering skills of the old tin miners that gave rise to the leat building phenomena.  Many of the leats are now dry but their courses are still clearly visible as they wind around the hillside contours. The farm leats were used to provide all the water needed on the farm. This would not only be for domestic use but for watering the animals, cleaning the parlour and in many cases before refrigeration for cooling cream and cheese. A granite trough would be placed near the house and a constant flow of cold water would keep anything placed in it cold. If ever you want a gentle walk on Dartmoor simply follow a leat, this will give you a gradual ascent or descent and in some cases can be a pleasant experience. There are several features associated with leats, one being the ‘sheep leap’ . This is simply two projecting slabs of granite site opposite each ot
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By population, which is the second biggest city in Germany?
City Mayors: Largest German towns and cities 1 to 100 City Mayors reports news from towns and cities around the world. Worldwide | Elections | North America | Latin America | Europe | Asia | Africa | Events | Mayors from The Americas, Europe. Asia, Australia and Africa are competing for the annual World Mayor Award. More City Mayors ranks the world’s largest as well as richest cities and urban areas. It also ranks the cities in individual countries, and provides a list of the capital cities of some 200 sovereign countries. More City Mayors lists and features urban events, conferences and conventions aimed at urban decision makers and those with an interst in cities worldwide. More City Mayors reports political events, analyses the issues and depicts the main players. More City Mayors describes and explains the structures and workings of local government in Europe, The Americas, Asia, Australia and Africa. More City Mayors profiles city leaders from around the world and questions them about their achievements, policies and aims. More City Mayors deals with economic and investment issues affecting towns and cities. More City Mayors reports on how business developments impact on cities and examines cooperation between cities and the private sector. More City Mayors describes and explains financial issues affecting local government. More City Mayors reports urban environmental developments and examines the challenges faced by cities worldwide. More City Mayors reports on and discusses urban development issues in developed and developing countries. More City Mayors reports on developments in urban society and behaviour and reviews relevant research. More City Mayors deals with urban transport issues in developed and developing countries and features the world’s greatest metro systems. More City Mayors examines education issues and policies affecting children and adults in urban areas. More City Mayors investigates health issues affecting urban areas with an emphasis on health in cities in developing countries. More City Mayors examines the contributions history and culture make to urban society and environment. More City Mayors describes the history, architecture and politics of the greatest city halls in the world. More City Mayors invites readers to write short stories about people in cities around the world. More City Mayors questions those who govern the world’s cities and talks to men and women who contribute to urban society and environment. More City Mayors profiles national and international organisations representing cities as well as those dealing with urban issues. More City Mayors reports on major national and international sporting events and their impact on cities. More City Mayors lists cities and city organisations, profiles individual mayors and provides information on hundreds of urban events. More Almost 37 million people live in Germany’s 300 largest cities Towns and cities ranked 1 to 100 Germany is a country of thousands of medium-sized towns and cities. Only three cities, Berlin, Hamburg and München (Munich), are Millionenstädte - cities with a population of more than one million. Another nine German cities have a population of more than 500,000 people. According to the Deutscher Städtetag (German Associations of Towns and Cities) some 51 million people – the equivalent of 63 per cent of Germany’s total population - live in the country’s 5,700 towns and cities. The population of Germany’s 300 largest cities amounts to almost 37 million or 45 per cent of all people living in the country. The data for the City Mayors tables of Germany’s 300 largest cities was collected from a number of sources. Urs Enke acted as research consultant. Largest German cities
The 10 largest cities in Europe | Tourist Maker Blog The 10 largest cities in Europe Europe is one of the most densely populated regions in the world. Unlike many other parts of the planet, however, European population is fairly evenly distributed throughout the territory of the continent. More and more cities have multimillion population and gradually „absorb“ closer settlements. Cities are connected to each other via excellent infrastructure and regular transport links. This new form of urban unit is typical of the 20 and 21st century and is called agglomeration. It is a typical phenomenon in more developed parts of the world. Here we have compiled a list of 10 biggest cities (or rather the 10 largest urban agglomerations) in Europe . 1.London. With a population of 14,000,000 inhabitants London is the largest city in the European Union and Europe. Its territory is vast. Only London, not counting the nearby towns has a length of about 60 kilometres from east to west. In fact, the British capital occupies a larger area even from the U.S. metropolis New York . This is not surprising given the endless stream of immigrants who have flocked here from all around the world to seek their fortune. Today, London has become the personification of a world city and urban colour. 2.Paris. The French capital Paris is the second largest city in Europe. Paris urban area has a population of about 12,100,000 inhabitants. For you will be probably hard to imagine such a big city if you have never seen it. The streets are full of people. In the central parts of the city traffic does not stop even during the wee hours of the night. For better or worse, today the quiet and relaxing romantic spirit of the French capital gives a way to dynamism and cosmopolitanism. 3.Istanbul. Unlike London and Paris, the third largest agglomeration in the city rank is not a capital, but in spite of fact it is the largest city in Eastern Europe. This is Istanbul. Situated between Europe and Asia this city with a population of 11,000,000 people flourishes and grows since ancient times. Over the centuries, Istanbul was within the boundaries of different countries and empires, but it has been always equally developed, because this is a city with its own soul and personality. 4.Moscow. The capital of the Russian Federation is the fourth most populous city on the continent. It is home to about 10,500,000 people and is one of the largest cities in the world. The two most distant points in the city are located at approximately 55 kilometres to each other! The richest and most developed city in Russia astounds with its scale. For such a large and busy city metro is the main mode of transport, as driving a car through the busy streets of Moscow sometimes can be really frustrating. The hundreds of kilometres of underground railway lines is a great way to escape from the busy roads of this metropolis. 5.Madrid. Madrid metropolitan area has a population of nearly 6,500,000 people, making Madrid one of the largest agglomerations on the continent. The noise on the city’s overcrowded boulevards does not fade even in the small hours of the day. In recent years the population of this cosmopolitan city increases much faster than ever due to the incessant influx of workers from across Europe. The greater and greater Madrid grows as a snowball while gradually absorb the smaller surrounding settlements. 6. Manchester. The sixth largest city in Europe is located on the territory of the densely populated island of Britain. This is Manchester, which is currently home to about 6,000,000 people. The city has developed a very strong economy and is famous as a world-class educational centre. Manchester is an attractive place for many immigrants who settle on the island each year, seeking a better life. 7.St. Petersburg. With a population of nearly 5,000,000 people St. Petersburg is the seventh largest city in Europe and second in Russia. This is the northern-most megalopolis in the world. Its population is increasing rapidly in spite of the trend of declining of the population in Russia. T
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Who is the current vice president of the United States?
Vice President Joe Biden | whitehouse.gov Vice President Joe Biden Other Advisory Boards Vice President Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate before becoming the 47th and current Vice President of the United States. Download Hi-res (1256 KB) Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., was born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first of four siblings. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to Claymont, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. Then, at age 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate. Just weeks after the election, tragedy struck the Biden family when Biden's wife, Neilia and their one-year-old daughter, Naomi, were killed and their two young sons critically injured in an auto accident. Vice President Biden was sworn in to the U.S. Senate at his sons' hospital bedside and began commuting to Washington every day by train, a practice he maintained throughout his career in the Senate. In 1977, Vice President Biden married Jill Jacobs. Jill Biden, who holds a Ph.D. in Education, is a life-long educator and currently teaches at a community college in Northern Virginia. The Vice President’s son, Beau (1969-2015), was Delaware's Attorney General from 2007-2015 and a Major in the 261st Signal Brigade of the Delaware National Guard. He was deployed to Iraq in 2008-2009. The Vice President’s other son, Hunter, is an attorney who manages a private equity firm in Washington, D.C. and is Chairman of the World Food Program USA. And his daughter Ashley is a social worker and is Executive Director of the Delaware Center for Justice. Vice President Biden has five grandchildren: Naomi, Finnegan, Roberta Mabel ("Maisy"), Natalie, and Robert Hunter. As a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, Vice President Biden established himself as a leader in facing some of our nation's most important domestic and international challenges. As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 17 years, then-Senator Biden was widely recognized for his work on criminal justice issues, including the landmark 1994 Crime Law and the Violence Against Women Act. As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, then-Senator Biden played a pivotal role in shaping U.S. foreign policy. He has been at the forefront of issues and legislation related to terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, post-Cold War Europe, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. Now, as the 47th Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden has continued his leadership on important issues facing the nation. The Vice President was tasked with implementing and overseeing the $840 billion stimulus package in the  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , which has helped to rebuild our economy and lay the foundation for a sustainable economic future. The Vice President also leads the Ready to Work Initiative , the Administration’s key effort to identify opportunities to improve our nation’s workforce skills and training systems to help better prepare American workers for the jobs of a 21st century economy. The Vice President has continued to draw upon his years in the United States Senate to work with Congress on key issues including the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. As a longtime advocate against sexual assault and domestic violence, the Vice President appointed the first-ever White House Advisor on Violence Against Women . The Vice President has also been tasked with convening sessions of the President’s Cabinet and leading interagency efforts, particularly to reduce gun violence and raise the living standards of middle class Americans in his role as Chair of the Middle Class Task Force . Vice President Biden has traveled to 48 states as part of the Administration’s continuing efforts to focus key priorities such as college affordability and American manufacturing growth. With decades of foreign policy experience in the Unite
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Danced in a style representing a bullfight, which dance takes its name from the Spanish for 'double step'?
Brief History of Ballroom Dances - USA Dance Las Vegas Brief History of Ballroom Dances Brief History of Ballroom Dances Smooth/Standard Dance Waltz There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance, a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim. The French philosopher Montaigne wrote of a dance he saw in 1580 in Augsburg, where the dancers held each other so closely that their faces touched. Shocking many when it was first introduced, the waltz became fashionable in Vienna around the 1780s, spreading to many other countries in the years to follow. It became fashionable in Britain during the Regency period, though the entry in the Oxford English Dictionary shows that it was considered "riotous and indecent" as late as 1825. Tango Tango is a dance that has influences from Spanish and African culture. Dances from the candombe ceremonies of former slave peoples helped shape the modern day Tango. The dance originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires. The music derived from the fusion of various forms of music from Europe. The word Tango seems to have first been used in connection with the dance in the 1890s. The Argentine Tango is characterized by staccato movements of the feet and flexed knees, and stylized poses that highlight its dramatic style. Foxtrot The Foxtrot is a smooth dance which takes its name from its inventor, vaudeville actor Harry Fox. According to legend, Fox was unable to find female dancers capable of performing the more difficult two step. As a result, he added stagger steps (two trots), creating the basic foxtrot rhythm, slow-slow-quick-quick. The dance debuted in 1914, quickly catching the eye of the talented husband and wife duo of Vernon and Irene Castle, who lent the dance its signature grace and style. It is characterized by smooth, walking-style movements but can be adapted to fit a variety of musical tempi and styles or to fit onto small nightclub dance floors. Viennese Waltz The Viennese Waltz, so called to distinguish it from the Waltz and the French Waltz, is the oldest of the current ballroom dances. It emerged in the second half of the 18th century from the German dance and the Ländler in Austria and was both popular and subject to criticism. It gained ground due to the Congress of Vienna at the beginning of the 19th century and the famous compositions by Josef Lanner, Johann Strauss I, and his son, Johann Strauss II. It had spread to England sometime before 1812. Quickstep The Quickstep evolved in the 1920s from a combination of the Foxtrot, Charleston, Shag, Peabody, and One Step. The dance is English in origin, and was standardized in 1927. It is characterized by fast movement, often including a variety of hops, kicks, skips, lock steps, and chassès. Rhythm/Latin Dance Cha-Cha An exciting, syncopated Latin dance which originated in Cuba in the 1950's as a slowed-down Mambo. The Cha-Cha gets its name and character from its distinct repetitive foot rhythm, 1-2-3 step-step, which is similar to Swing. Rumba Rumba means Cuban event of African style, organically related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. Ballroom rumba derives its movements and music from the Cuban "son," just as do the salsa and mambo. The Peanut Vendor was the first recording of Cuban music to become an international hit: it was described on the label as a rumba, perhaps because the word son would not be understood in English. The label stuck, and a rumba craze developed through the 1930s. This kind of rumba was introduced into dance salons in America and Europe in the 1930s. The Rumba is a slow, sensuous, romantic dance which spotlights the lady and features much flirtation. Swing The term "swing dance" commonly refers to a group of dances that developed concurrently with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s, '30s and '40s, although the earliest of these dance forms predate swing jazz music. The best known of these dances is the Lindy Hop, a popular partner dance that originated in Harlem and is still danced today. While the majority of swing dances began
Nureyev meets Margot Fonteyn - Rudolf Nureyev Foundation "At the end of Swan Lake, when she left the stage in her great white tutu I would have followed her to the end of the world." Rudolf Nureyev In 1961, Nureyev was invited to make his London debut at the annual gala organised by Margot Fonteyn for the Royal Academy of Dancing. He asked to dance Spectre de la Rose with her but she was already committed to do this with John Gilpin, and anyway was not sure how well she and "this young Russian" would suit each other. Nureyev therefore danced Black Swan with Hightower and a solo, Poème tragique, made for him by Frederick Ashton. The gala led the Royal Ballet to invite him to dance Giselle with Fonteyn the next season, also Swan Lake, the Don Quixote pas de deux, Les Sylphides and Sleeping Beauty with guest ballerinas Sonia Arova and Yvette Chauviré. Between whiles, Nureyev also danced with Bruhn, Arova and Hightower in Cannes and Paris, performing pieces created or staged by the two men, and he made his New York debut on television (substituting for the injured Bruhn in Bournonville's Flower Festival at Genzano duet with Tallchief), then on stage with Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet. Thus was laid the groundwork for his subsequent career: a lasting link with the Royal Ballet, frequent appearances with other companies, the beginning of his activities as producer and choreographer, and perhaps above all his partnership with Fonteyn. Both of them danced with many other partners who almost always looked better in consequence, but they were most proud of what they achieved together. He at 23 gave her at 42 a new burst of energy and understanding; she inspired him and helped him settle down. Each learned a lot from the other and danced at their very best together. He greatly wanted to dance with her in Leningrad and show what they achieved (unfortunately by the time he was allowed to dance there she had retired and he was far past his best). His explanation of their extraordinary success was "It's not her, it's not me, it's the sameness of the goal". People were so eager to see them together that their agent charged far more for them as a pair than the sum of their already high individual fees. They remained lifelong close friends too.
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What was Alfred Hitchcock's first colour movie?
Alfred Hitchcock | Moviepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Hitchcock's films draw heavily on both fear and fantasy, and are known for their droll humour. They often portray innocent people caught up in circumstances beyond their control or understanding. This often involves a transference of guilt in which the "innocent" character's failings are transferred to another character and magnified. Another common theme is the exploration of the compatibility of men and women; Hitchcock's films often take a cynical view of traditional romantic relationships. Original 1940 poster. Although Hitchcock was an enormous star during his lifetime, he was not usually ranked highly by contemporaneous film critics. Rebecca was the only one of his films to win the Academy Award for Best Picture , although four others were nominated. Hitchcock never won the Academy Award for Best Director. He was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in 1967, but never personally received an Academy Award of Merit . The French New Wave critics, especially Eric Rohmer , Claude Chabrol , and François Truffaut, were among the first to promote his films as having artistic merit beyond entertainment. Hitchcock was one of the first directors to whom they applied their auteur theory, which stresses the artistic authority of the director in the movie-making process. Through his fame, public persona, and degree of creative control, Hitchcock transformed the role of the director, which had previously been eclipsed by that of the producer. He is seen today as the quintessential director who managed to combine art and entertainment in a way very few have ever matched. His innovations and vision have influenced a great number of, and . Biography Edit As a major talent in a new industry with plenty of opportunity, he rose quickly. In 1925, Michael Balcon of Gainsborough Pictures gave him a chance to direct his first film, The Pleasure Garden , made at the Ufaz studios in Germany. However, the commercial failure of this film, and his second, The Mountain Eagle , threatened to derail his promising career, until he attached himself to the thriller genre. The resulting film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog , was released in 1927 and was a major commercial and critical success. Like many of his earlier works it was influenced by Expressionist techniques he had witnessed first hand in Germany. In it, attractive blondes are strangled and the new lodger (Ivor Novello) in the Bunting family's upstairs apartment falls under heavy suspicion. This is the first truly "Hitchcockian" film, incorporating such themes as the "wrong man". 39 Steps Following the success of The Lodger, Hitchcock began his first efforts to promote himself in the media, and hired a publicist to cement his growing reputation as one of the British film industry's rising stars. In 1926, he was to marry his assistant director Alma Reville. They had a daughter, Patricia, in 1928. Alma was Hitchcock's closest collaborator. She wrote some of his screenplays and worked with him on every one of his films. In 1929, he began work on Blackmail , his tenth film. While the film was in production, the studio decided to make it one of Britain's first sound pictures. With the climax of the film taking place on the dome of the British Museum, Blackmail also began the Hitchcock tradition of using famous landmarks as the backdrop to a story. In 1933, Hitchcock was once again working for Michael Balcon at Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. His first film for the company, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), was a success, while his second, The 39 Steps (1935), is often considered one of the best films from his early period. It was also one of the first to introduce the concept of the " MacGuffin ", a plot device around which a whole story would revolve. In The 39 Steps, the MacGuffin is a stolen set of blueprints. His next major success was in 1938, The Lady Vanishes , a clever and fast-paced film about the search for a kindly old Englishwoman (Dame May Whitty), who disappears while on board
Hitchcock: why people are still talking about silent movies | British Council Hitchcock: why people are still talking about silent movies Still from Alfred Hitchcock's directorial debut, 'The Pleasure Garden' © British Film Institute. In the biggest restoration project they have ever undertaken, the British Film Institute, a partner of the British Council, has restored nine of Alfred Hitchcock’s early silent movies. Made between 1925 and 1929, the films are among the greatest achievements of British silent film. Todd Hitchcock of the American Film Institute Silver Theatre explains their lasting appeal. For an art form that some might say is dead, silent films have sure enjoyed a long, lively, and lucrative afterlife. The Oscar-winning ‘The Artist’, a bittersweet homage to the silent film era, is only the most recent comeback of this unique interdisciplinary medium — the marriage of moving pictures and expressive music. Artists like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton are still internationally recognized icons in popular culture, with their silent films and comedic wizardry enjoyed by audiences and discovered by new ones decade after decade. As it did for many silent era stars, the coming of sound (“the talkies”) inhibited these performers’ well-honed talents and performance style. But some proved adept working in both silent and sound, with Alfred Hitchcock being among the foremost. Still an up-and-comer during the 1920s, having only recently been promoted through the ranks to director, Hitchcock’s silent pictures are fascinating both for their clear relationship to his later work—especially on thrillers like ‘Blackmail’ and ‘The Lodger’ — but also for their anomalies, including a number of adaptations of stage dramas and comedies that aren’t typically identified with Hitchcock’s work. But in these too he proved a dab hand, lending his wicked wit to liven up the narratives of the stage-bound originals, and often experimenting with camera and editing techniques in their filmic realization. In this, he was greatly influenced by international films he’d seen at the London Film Society screenings, including those by Germany’s F.W. Murnau (‘Nosferatu’, ‘The Last Laugh’, ‘Faust’) and the Soviet Union’s Sergei Eisenstein (‘Battleship Potemkin’). Drawing on the work of these innovative filmmakers, Hitchcock pushed the boundaries of what was then being attempted technically and aesthetically by British filmmakers, by attempting more daring camera movement and surprising placement; designing more complex process photography and skillful use of models (for Hitchcock, a constant well into the sound era); and applying faster, more rhythmic editing. In restoring the nine surviving Hitchcock silent features (a tenth, ‘The Mountain Eagle’, is missing and presumed lost), the British Film Institute has provided audiences with the opportunity to discover and enjoy the least-known films created by the world’s most famous filmmaker. Sparkling new 35mm film prints, many including footage missing from previously available copies, have been created. Hitchcock’s directorial debut, 1925’s ‘The Pleasure Garden’, benefited the most from the BFI’s world-wide scouring of film archives, locating and restoring some 20 minutes of previously missing footage. With Hitchcock’s eventual move to Hollywood in 1939 still more than a decade away, the films from this era can also be seen as his most “British.” Sights on display here include the rugged coast of the Isle of Man, and a fishing village governed by age-old tradition (‘The Manxman’); a quintessential English boys’ public school (‘Downhill’); a London boarding house in a neighborhood terrorized by a Jack the Ripper-like killer (‘The Lodger: A Tale of the London Fog’); and the bravura chase sequence between London bobbies and their criminal quarry that culminates atop the British Museum’s roof (‘Blackmail’). “The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema,” Hitchcock asserted, on more than one occasion. Viewers in Washington DC will be able to see—and hear—for themselves this summer, when the films wi
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Who is the President of the Football Association?
BBC SPORT | Football | Prince William to take on FA role Prince William to take on FA role Prince William is a keen sports fan Prince William has agreed to become president of the Football Association before the World Cup next summer. The 23-year-old Aston Villa fan will replace his uncle, the Duke of York, who gives up the role next May. "I am really excited to be taking up this role. Football is a game I love playing and watching," he said after a meeting with FA officials. "It is also the national sport and generates extraordinary passions among millions of people." Prince William met FA chairman Geoff Thompson, chief executive Brian Barwick and executive director David Davies at Clarence House on Friday. "Everyone at the FA is delighted that Prince William has agreed to be our next president," said Thompson. "In 2000, the FA asked the Duke of York to take the role for five years. He has done a terrific job for which we are enormously grateful. "The appointment of Prince William, initially as president-designate, means that, over the next few months, the Duke can introduce him to the FA, its leadership, its staff and its many programmes and initiatives at home and around the world. "Prince William's enthusiasm for football both as a player and a fan is well known and we believe his presidency will prove a great asset to the national sport."
Sepp Blatter re-elected as Fifa president for fifth term | Football | The Guardian Sepp Blatter re-elected as Fifa president for fifth term • Blatter was endorsed by 133 of the 209 voting members • He failed to get two-thirds majority necessary in first round • Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein concedes before second-round vote Sepp Blatter polled 133 votes to Prince Ali’s 73. Link to video Sepp Blatter re-elected as Fifa president for fifth term • Blatter was endorsed by 133 of the 209 voting members • He failed to get two-thirds majority necessary in first round • Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein concedes before second-round vote Friday 29 May 2015 13.59 EDT First published on Friday 29 May 2015 13.18 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Despite the chaos and controversy engulfing Fifa, world football’s governing body, its president, Sepp Blatter , has secured a fifth term in charge. The 79-year-old defeated his rival, the Jordanian Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein, to whoops and cheers from his supporters. Blatter polled 133 votes to Prince Ali’s 73, which would have been enough to take the contest to a potential second round but his 39-year-old challenger withdrew. It could yet prove a pyrrhic victory. Blatter has weathered the storm in the short term but the result leaves him presiding over a split Fifa as he faces the biggest self-inflicted crisis in its 111-year history. “For the next four years I will be in command of this boat called Fifa and we will bring it back ashore, we will bring it back to the beach,” he said , again promising to make this four-year term his last. “The age is no problem. You have people that are 50 who look old.” Prince Ali will claim a moral victory but could only land a glancing blow on the incumbent, who appeared giddy after winning his fifth term as president. “I like you, I like my job and I like to be with you. I’m not perfect, nobody’s perfect,” he said. “Trust and confidence, together we go.” As investigations continue in the United States into a web of bribery and corruption that has already led this week to seven arrests in dawn raids and charges against 14 senior executives, European football’s governing body, Uefa, will again loudly demand reform. Its executives meet in Berlin next weekend before the Champions League final and were in militant mood after Blatter triumphed over his younger rival, who had promised to repair Fifa’s battered reputation and serve for only one four-year term. Uefa’s president, Michel Platini, whose 53 members mostly backed Ali, had said that it could withdraw co-operation. The Football Association’s chairman, Greg Dyke, has said that England could boycott the World Cup if other European nations decide to do so. “This is not over by any means. To quote the [US] Attorney General this is the beginning of the process not the end,” said Dyke after the vote. “The idea Blatter could reform Fifa is suspect. I’d be very surprised if Mr Blatter was still in this job in two years’ time. “The events of this week are so traumatic for Fifa that I cannot see Fifa reforming itself under Blatter. He’s had years to reform it and he hasn’t done it.” Luis Figo, who along with the Dutch FA president, Michael van Praag, withdrew from the presidential race in an attempt to coalesce support behind Prince Ali, was scathing in his criticism of Blatter after the result and called on him to quit. “If Mr Blatter were minimally concerned about football, he would have given up of the re-election. If he has a minimal of decency, he will resign in the next few days.” David Gill, the former Manchester United chief executive who on Friday became a Fifa vice-president, confirmed on Friday night he would carry through his threat to resign immediately because Blatter won. Blatter had earlier vowed to fix Fifa “starting tomorrow”, telling delegates: “We don’t need revolutions. We need evolutions. I’m being held accountable for the storm. OK, I will shoulder that responsibility.” Despite the spiralling crisis sparked by the US Department of Justice and Swiss prosecutors, Blatter succeeded with an appeal to the
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What was the profession of President Jean Bertrand Aristide of Haiti?
Jean Bertrand Aristide Profession - Jean Bertrand Aristide Net Worth Jean Bertrand Aristide Profession Read more... Jean Bertrand Aristide Jean Bertrand Aristide Net Worth is $800 Million. Jean Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian politician with a net worth of $800 million. Jean Bertrand Aristide built his net worth in politics and as the President of Haiti. He was born in Port-Salut, Hait. Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born... Jean Bertrand Aristide Net Worth is $800 Million. Jean Bertrand Aristide Net Worth is $800 Million. Jean Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian politician with a net worth of $800 million. Jean Bertrand Aristide built his net worth in politics and as the President of Haiti. He was born in Port-Salut, Hait Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies. He became a focal point for the pro-democracy movement first under Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and then under the military transition regime which followed. He won the Haitian general election, 1990-1991 with 67% of the vote and was briefly President of Haiti, until a September 1991 military coup. The coup regime collapsed in 1994 under US pressure and threat of force after Aristide agreed to roll back several reforms. Aristide was then President again from 1994 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2004. Aristide was unexpectedly ousted in a 29 February 2004 coup d''etat, in which former soldiers participated. He accused the United States of orchestrating the coup d''etat against him ...
Francois Mitterrand | president of France | Britannica.com president of France Jean Jaurès François Mitterrand, in full François-maurice-marie Mitterrand (born Oct. 26, 1916, Jarnac, France —died Jan. 8, 1996, Paris ), politician who served two terms (1981–95) as president of France, leading his country to closer political and economic integration with western Europe. The first socialist to hold the office, Mitterrand abandoned leftist economic policies early in his presidency and generally ruled as a pragmatic centrist. François Mitterrand. Camera Press/Globe Photos The son of a stationmaster, Mitterrand studied law and political science in Paris. On the outbreak of World War II , he enlisted in the infantry and in June 1940 was wounded and captured by the Germans. After escaping from a prison camp in late 1941, he worked with the collaborationist Vichy government—a fact that did not become publicly known until 1994—before joining the Resistance in 1943. In 1947 he became a cabinet minister of the Fourth Republic in the coalition government of Paul Ramadier , having been elected to the National Assembly the previous year. Over the next 12 years, Mitterrand held cabinet posts in 11 short-lived Fourth Republic governments. Originally somewhat centrist in his views, he became more leftist in politics, and from 1958 he crystallized opposition to the regime of Charles de Gaulle . In 1965 he stood against de Gaulle as the sole candidate of the socialist and communist left for the French presidency, collecting 32 percent of the vote and forcing de Gaulle into a runoff election. After his election as first secretary of the Socialist Party in 1971, Mitterrand began a major party reorganization, which greatly increased its electoral appeal. Although Mitterrand was defeated in his second presidential bid, in 1974, his strategy of making the Socialist Party the majority party of the left while still allied with the Communist Party led to the upset Socialist victory of May 10, 1981, when he defeated the incumbent president, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing . Mitterrand called legislative elections soon after his victory, and a new left-wing majority in the National Assembly enabled his prime minister, Pierre Mauroy , to effect the reforms Mitterrand had promised. These measures included nationalizing financial institutions and key industrial enterprises, raising the minimum wage, increasing social benefits, and abolishing the death penalty. In foreign policy Mitterrand advocated a relatively hard stance toward the Soviet Union and cultivated good relations with the United States . Mitterrand’s socialist economic policies caused increased inflation and other problems, so in 1983 the government began to cut spending. By the end of Mitterrand’s first term in office, the Socialist Party had abandoned socialist policies in all but name and essentially had adopted free-market liberalism . In 1986 the parties of the right won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, and so Mitterrand had to ask one of the leaders of the right-wing majority, Jacques Chirac , to be his prime minister. Under this unprecedented power-sharing arrangement, known as “cohabitation,” Mitterrand retained responsibility for foreign policy. He soundly defeated Chirac in the presidential elections of 1988 and thus secured to another seven-year term. Britannica Stories
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The nautical expression referring to capsizing is 'turning (what creature)'?
Sailing Terms   Sailing Terms Please enjoy this nautical glossary of sailing terms. Some are ones that we use in everyday language - now you can know the origins. Sailing Terms starting with ...  Above board – On or above the deck, in plain view, not hiding anything. Abaft – Toward the stern, relative to some object ("abaft the fore hatch")  Abaft the beam – A relative bearing of greater than 90 degrees from the bow. e.g. "two points abaft the port beam."  Abandon Ship – An imperative to leave the vessel immediately, usually in the face of some imminent danger.  Abeam – 'On the beam', a relative bearing at right angles to the centerline of the ship's keel. Aboard – On or in a vessel. Close aboard means near a ship. Accommodation ladder – A portable flight of steps down a ship's side.  Admiral – Senior naval officer of Flag rank. In ascending order of seniority, Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Admiral and Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy). Derivation reputedly Arabic, from "Emir al Bath" ("Ruler of the waters"). Admiralty law – Body of law that deals with maritime cases. In UK administered by the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice.  Adrift – Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed. It may also imply that a vessel is not anchored and not under control, therefore goes where the wind and current take her, (loose from moorings, or out of place). Also refers to any gear not fastened down or put away properly. It can also be used to mean "absent without leave". Aft – Towards the stern (of the vessel) Aground – Resting on or touching the ground or bottom.  Ahead – Forward of the bow.  Ahoy – A cry to draw attention. Term used to hail a boat or a ship, as "Boat ahoy!"  Aid to Navigation – (ATON) Any device external to a vessel or aircraft specifically intended to assist navigators in determining their position or safe course, or to warn them of dangers or obstructions to navigation.  All hands – Entire ship's company, both officers and enlisted personnel. Aloft – Above the ship's uppermost solid structure; overhead or high above.  Alongside – By the side of a ship or pier.  Amidships (or midships) – In the middle portion of ship, along the line of the keel.  Anchor – An object designed to prevent or slow the drift of a ship, attached to the ship by a line or chain; typically a metal, hook like, object designed to grip the bottom under the body of water.  Anchorage – A suitable place for a ship to anchor. Area of a port or harbor.  Anchor's aweigh – Said of an anchor when just clear of the bottom.  Anchor ball – Black shape hoisted in forepart of a ship to show that ship is anchored in a fairway.  Anchor buoy – A small buoy secured by a light line to anchor to indicate position of anchor on bottom.  Anchor chain or cable – Chain connecting the ship to the anchor.  Anchor detail – Group of men who handle ground tackle when the ship is anchoring or getting underway.  Anchor light – White light displayed by a ship at anchor. Two such lights are displayed by a ship over 150 feet (46 m) in length.  Anchor watch – Making sure that the anchor is holding and the vessel is not drifting. Important during rough weather and at night. Most marine GPS units have an Anchor Watch alarm capability. Armament – A ship's weapons. Ashore – On the beach, shore or land.  Astern – Toward the stern; an object or vessel that is abaft another vessel or object.  Asylum Harbor – A harbor used to provide shelter from a storm.  ASW – Anti-submarine warfare.  Athwart, athwartships – At right angles to the fore and aft or centerline of a ship ATON - See Aid to Navigation above and associated image  Avast – Stop! Cease or desist from whatever is being done.  Awash – So low in the water that the water is constantly washing across the surface.  Aweigh – Position of an anchor just clear of the bottom.  Aye, aye – Reply to an order or command to indicate that it, firstly, is heard; and, secondly, is understood and will be carried out. ("Aye, aye, sir" to officers)  Azimuth compass – An instrument employed for ascertaining
The Most Famous Ships That Never Were The Most Famous Ships That Never Were Recently I participated in a discussion on famous fictional ships. Given enough space, it is an easy task to list all of the noteworthy fictional ships in history. But what if you were space-limited, or could only pick a fixed number -- ten or twelve? What would you pick? I finally generated my list of the ten most famous fictional ships, after considerable thought. It is a task that is harder than one might think -- try it yourself. The list that follows considers only ships appearing in novels -- no ships appearing in ancient works, poetry, plays, or movies. This eliminates such worthy contenders as the Argo, Mary Gloster, or HMS Pinafore, but it served as a necessary boundary to keep the list down to a reasonable size. Besides, how does one balance the merits of The Nancy Bell against the Pequod against the Pinafore? Also, real ships that were used in novels were not considered. HMS Centurion, USS Bon Homme Richard, and RMS Queen Mary appear in many outstanding novels, but they are not fictional ships. Given these guidelines my top ten list (with my justification) includes: Pequod: Captain Ahab's whaler in the Herman Melville novel Moby Dick. C'mon folks. Is there a more famous nautical novel than Moby Dick? Think of how many English students have suffered through it, and how many nautical enthusiasts have enjoyed it. Nautilus: Not the REAL submarine -- Jules Verne's vessel from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. A classic SF tale that is also a sea story. Hispaniola: The ship used to seek Captain Flint's treasure in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. Set in the golden age of buccaneering, this novel is surprisingly young -- it was written in 1883. While written for children, it is a delightful tale for kids of all ages. It is one of my favorites, and has spawned more movies, plays and second author sequels than any other nautical novel. Ghost: Wolf Larson's sealing schooner in Jack London's novel The Sea Wolf. Another classic tale of men against the sea, and perhaps London's finest nautical novel. USS Caine: The four-piper destroyer converted to a minelayer in Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny. Wouk's classic tale of the importance of duty produced one of the most memorable ships in history, to say nothing of a great Bogart movie and other theatrical reinterpretations. HMS Compass Rose: WWII "Flower"-class corvette in Nicholas Monsarrat's novel The Cruel Sea. Even people that have read the novel are surprised when you remind them that the Compass Rose disappeared in the middle of the novel. Do you remember the name of the second corvette? USS Walrus: The US Navy submarine that nails "Bungo Pete," in Ned Beach's classic submarine novel Run Silent, Run Deep. Other submarine tales have been written before and since, but none as memorable. We're Here: The Gloucester schooner in Captains Courageous which recovers Harvey Cheyne from the ocean, and upon which he achieves manhood. Another "children's" novel that can be enjoyed by everyone. Also made into countless movies. My favorite is the one with Karl Mauldin as Disko Troop. HMS Lydia: Horatio Hornblower's command in the first Hornblower novel that C.S. Forester wrote -- The Happy Return (or Beat to Quarters). This was the frigate in which Hornblower beats the two-decker Natividad -- twice. HMS Surprise: Jack Aubrey's favorite frigate, and star of several of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, both as a Royal Navy ship and a privateer. While there was a real HMS Surprise during the period, the real ship was a 36. Jack Aubrey's Surprise was a 28. What ships were culled from this list? Quite a few notable ships. The list below gives ships I considered for the Top Ten, but eventually rejected. Honorable Mentions: HMS Ulysses (HMS Ulysses), USS Reluctant (Mr. Roberts), HMS Hyperion and HMS Phalarope (Bolitho series), HMS Calypso (Ramage series), HMS Indomitable and Rights of Man (Billy Budd), Dawn Treader (Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Arabella (Captain Bloo
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The Commissioner’s Trophy is awarded annually for which sport?
Baseball Commissioner's Trophy Home > Events > Baseball > World Series > Commissioner's Trophy About the Commissioner's Trophy The Commissioner's Trophy is awarded each year to the winning team of the World Series of the Major League Baseball. It is presented to the owners of the winning team by the Commissioner of Baseball, hence its name. The trophy is not named after anyone in particular, unlike the Stanley Cup (NHL) and the Vince Lombardi Trophy (NFL). Design The first trophy, awarded in 1967, was designed by Laurance Voegele, of Owatanna, Minnesota. There have been many trophy designs since then. A new trophy is created each year, and is kept by the winning team, enabling a new trophy to be designed as desired. The current trophy is made of sterling silver, weighing approximately 30 pounds. It is 24 inches tall (excluding the base) and 11 inches around. The trophy features 30 flags representing the 30 teams in North America's two top leagues (the National League and the American League). The flags rise above an arched silver ox baseball with latitude and longitude lines symbolizing the world. The baseball itself contains 24-karat vermeil baseball stitches and weighs over 10 pounds. The base contains an inscription and the signature of the commissioner. Share:
England - List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches England - List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches The FA Charity Shield was introduced in 1908 to succeed the Sheriff of London (Dewar) Shield (see below). At first it was played at the end of the season, later around October and since 1959 it has been the curtain raiser to the English season. Prior to 1974 it was usually played on the ground of one of the competing teams but since 1975 it has been played at Wembley. The match has usually been contested between the League Champions and the FA Cup Winners (or League runners-up when one team wins the double) but previously it has also been played between Select XIs, winners of the Football League and Southern League or League Champions against Division Two Champions. The FA Charity Shield was preceded by the Sheriff of London (Dewar) Charity Shield which was contested from 1898 to 1907 by the teams chosen to be the best professional team and best amateur team in the land. The George Dewar Shield lapsed in 1908 following a rift between the leading amateur clubs and the FA although it has been revived on a number of occasions since. In 2002 the Charity Shield was renamed Community Shield after a government report in March 2002 said the FA had breached fund-raising regulations in the way it handled cash raised by the game. Since 2001 the match is played at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium. Sheriff of London (Dewar) Charity Shield 1898� Corinthians 0:1 Sheffield United 0:1 1899* Aston Villa 0 Queen's Park 0 1900 Corinthians 2 Aston Villa 1 1901 Aston Villa 1 Corinthians 0 1902 Tottenham Hotspur 5 Corinthians 2 1903 Sunderland 3 Corinthians 0 1904 Corinthians 10 Bury 3 1905 The Wednesday 2 Corinthians 1 1906 Liverpool 5 Corinthians 1 1907 Newcastle United 5 Corinthians 2 � Sheffield United declined to play extra-time as they disagreed with some of the referee's decisions * shared, each club retained the Shield for six months 1931 Arsenal 5 Corinthians 3 1933 Arsenal 9 Corinthians 2 1934 Tottenham Hotspur 7 Corinthians 4 1965 Arsenal 7 Corinthian-Casuals 0 1966 Arsenal 5 Corinthian-Casuals 2 FA Charity Shield 1908 Manchester United 1:4 Queen's Park Rangers 1:0 1909 Newcastle United 2 Northampton Town 0 1910 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Aston Villa 0 1911 Manchester United 8 Swindon Town 4 1912 Blackburn Rovers 2 Queen's Park Rangers 1 1913 Professionals 7 Amateurs 2 1914-19 Not played 1920 West Bromwich Albion 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 1921 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Burnley 0 1922 Huddersfield Town 1 Liverpool 0 1923 Professionals 2 Amateurs 0 1924 Professionals 3 Amateurs 1 1925 Amateurs 6 Professionals 1 1926 Amateurs 6 Professionals 3 1927 Cardiff City 2 Corinthians 1 1928 Everton 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 1929 Professionals 3 Amateurs 0 1930 Arsenal 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1931 Arsenal 1 West Bromwich Albion 0 1932 Everton 5 Newcastle United 3 1933 Arsenal 3 Everton 0 1934 Arsenal 4 Manchester City 0 1935 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Arsenal 0 1936 Sunderland 2 Arsenal 1 1937 Manchester City 2 Sunderland
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What is the term for the act of throwing someone or something out of a window?
Defenestration | Define Defenestration at Dictionary.com defenestration [dee-fen-uh-strey-shuh n] /diˌfɛn əˈstreɪ ʃən/ Spell the act of throwing a thing or especially a person out of a window: the defenestration of the commissioners at Prague. Origin of defenestration 1610-20; de- + Latin fenestr(a) window + -ation Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for defenestration Expand Contemporary Examples Geddie, for his part, fought his defenestration but ultimately accepted defeat. British Dictionary definitions for defenestration Expand the act of throwing someone out of a window Word Origin C17: from New Latin dēfenestrātiō, from Latin de- + fenestra window 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 defenestration Expand n. 1620, "the action of throwing out of a window," from Latin fenestra "window" (see fenestration ). A word invented for one incident: the "Defenestration of Prague," May 21, 1618, when two Catholic deputies to the Bohemian national assembly and a secretary were tossed out the window (into a moat) of the castle of Hradshin by Protestant radicals. It marked the start of the Thirty Years War. Some linguists link fenestra with Greek verb phainein "to show;" others see in it an Etruscan borrowing, based on the suffix -(s)tra, as in Latin loan-words aplustre "the carved stern of a ship with its ornaments," genista "the plant broom," lanista "trainer of gladiators." Related: Defenestrate (1915); defenestrated (1620). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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Which artery supplies blood to the head and brain?
Major Blood Vessels Click Image to Enlarge Normal function of the brain’s control centers is dependent upon adequate supply of oxygen and nutrients through a dense network of blood vessels. Blood is supplied to the brain, face, and scalp via two major sets of vessels: the right and left common carotid arteries and the right and left vertebral arteries. The common carotid arteries have two divisions. The external carotid arteries supply the face and scalp with blood. The internal carotid arteries supply blood to most of the anterior portion of the cerebrum. The vertebrobasilar arteries supply the posterior two-fifths of the cerebrum, part of the cerebellum, and the brain stem. Any decrease in the flow of blood through one of the internal carotid arteries brings about some impairment in the function of the frontal lobes. This impairment may result in numbness, weakness, or paralysis on the side of the body opposite to the obstruction of the artery. Occlusion of one of the vertebral arteries can cause many serious consequences, ranging from blindness to paralysis. Click Image to Enlarge Circle of Willis At the base of the brain, the carotid and vertebrobasilar arteries form a circle of communicating arteries known as the Circle of Willis. From this circle, other arteries—the anterior cerebral artery (ACA), the middle cerebral artery (MCA), the posterior cerebral artery (PCA)—arise and travel to all parts of the brain. Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Arteries (PICA), which branch from the vertebral arteries, are not shown. Because the carotid and vertebrobasilar arteries form a circle, if one of the main arteries is occluded, the distal smaller arteries that it supplies can receive blood from the other arteries (collateral circulation). Click Image to Enlarge Anterior Cerebral Artery The anterior cerebral artery extends upward and forward from the internal carotid artery. It supplies the frontal lobes, the parts of the brain that control logical thought, personality, and voluntary movement, especially of the legs. Stroke in the anterior cerebral artery results in opposite leg weakness. If both anterior cerebral territories are affected, profound mental symptoms may result (akinetic mutism). Middle Cerebral Artery The middle cerebral artery is the largest branch of the internal carotid. The artery supplies a portion of the frontal lobe and the lateral surface of the temporal and parietal lobes, including the primary motor and sensory areas of the face, throat, hand and arm, and in the dominant hemisphere, the areas for speech. Click Image to Enlarge The middle cerebral artery is the artery most often occluded in stroke. Posterior Cerebral Artery The posterior cerebral arteries stem in most individuals from the basilar artery but sometimes originate from the ipsilateral internal carotid artery [Garcia JH et al., In Barnett HJM at al (eds) Stroke Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management New York Churchill Livingstone 1992 125]. The posterior arteries supply the temporal and occipital lobes of the left cerebral hemisphere and the right hemisphere. When infarction occurs in the territory of the posterior cerebral artery, it is usually secondary to embolism from lower segments of the vertebral basilar system or heart. Click Image to Enlarge Clinical symptoms associated with occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery depend on the location of the occlusion and may include thalamic syndrome, thalamic perforate syndrome, Weber’s syndrome, contralateral hemplegia, hemianopsia and a variety of other symptoms, including including color blindness, failure to see to-and-fro movements, verbal dyslexia, and hallucinations. The most common finding is occipital lobe infarction leading to an opposite visual field defect. Lenticulostriate Arteries Small, deep penetrating arteries known as the lenticulostriate arteries branch from the middle cerebral artery Occlusions of these vessels or penetrating branches of the Circle of Willis or vertebral or basilar arteries are referred to as lacunar strokes. About 20% of all stokes are lacunar [Stoke/Bra
Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 12th October – The Questions 12th October – The Questions Specialist questions set by Waters Green Rams. General knowledge questions set by Church House, Bollington. All vetted by Harrington Academicals. SPECIALIST ROUNDS- 1. SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE 2. SCIENCE 5. TIME FOR THE KIDS 6. POLITICS ROUND ONE - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE – News stories of the summer 1. Which actor, born Bernard Schwartz in 1925, died in September 2010? TONY CURTIS 2. In June, Princess Victoria married her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. Of which country is she a princess? SWEDEN 3. Which 74 year-old singing Dame received poor reviews when she appeared on a UK stage for the first time in 30 years at the London O2 in May? JULIE ANDREWS 4. What name was given to the tent city that was set up at the top of the San Jose pit shaft in Chile, where 33 miners were trapped? CAMP ESPERANZA (original Spanish name) or CAMP HOPE 5. Goodluck Jonathan became President of which country in May? NIGERIA 6. The Savile Enquiry finally delivered its findings on which event of 38 years ago? BLOODY SUNDAY (January 1972 in Derry) 7. Why was Mary Bale in the news in August? She was filmed on CCTV putting a CAT into a WHEELIE BIN in Coventry. 8. Which major New Zealand city was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale? CHRISTCHURCH Supp 1 Which company, with its head-quarters in Windermere, was declared the UK’s best retailer by Which? Magazine? LAKELAND Supp 2 Why was Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida in the news in September? He planned to BURN copies of the KORAN outside his church. ROUND TWO – SCIENCE 1. Which scientist was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and died at Down House in Kent in 1882? CHARLES DARWIN 2. Which acid was traditionally known as Oil Of Vitriol or Spirit Of Vitriol? SULPHURIC ACID 3. Which heavenly body has moons called Charon, Nix and Hydra? PLUTO 4. William was in prison in 1770, when he invented the toothbrush. What was his surname, still famous in that field today? ADDIS 5. Besides the elephant, which other African mammal is a source of ivory? HIPPOPOTAMUS 6. An amalgam is a compound containing which metal? MERCURY 7. What name is given to a triangle with sides of unequal length? SCALENE 8. What does a Campbell-Stokes Recorder Record? SUNSHINE (not temperature) Supp 1 Scientist William Harvey (born 1578) is famous for his research into what? THE BLOOD (circulation etc.) Supp 2 What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen? OZONE ROUND THREE – SPORT 1. Tony McCoy finally won his first Grand National in 2010 on his 15th ride in the race. Which horse did he ride? DON’T PUSH IT 2. Name either of the 2008 Ryder Cup captains. PAUL AZINGER or NICK FALDO 3. Which sport would you be taking part in if you used a monkey climber, waggler and a plumb? ANGLING / COARSE FISHING 4. Which county won the 2010 County Cricket Championship? NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 5. Which team won the 2010 Rugby League Challenge Cup? WARRINGTON WOLVES ( bt. Leeds Rhinos 30-6 in the final). Accept WARRINGTON. 6. Where will the final race in the 2010 Formula One Series be held? YAS MARINA circuit in ABU DHABI (accept either) 7. According to Wikipedia, which English football ground has the widest pitch and boasts the tallest floodlights? EASTLANDS (home of Manchester City) 8. Which football club holds the record for the fewest wins in a season in the Premier League? DERBY COUNTY – in 2007/8, their record was Played 38, Won 1, Drawn 8, Lost 29. Supp 1 How many times did Alex Higgins win the World Snooker Championship? TWO Supp 2 Which Rugby Union club has made their Premiership debut in the 2010/11 season? EXETER (Chiefs) ROUND FOUR – GEOGRAPHY 1. Which Irish port was known as Kingstown from 1821, after a visit by George IV, until 1921? DUN LAOGHAIRE (pronounced DUNLEARY) 2. Between 1947 and gaining independence in 1971, by what name was the present-day country of Bangladesh known? EAST PAKISTAN 3. Name an African country that, in its normal English spelling, contains the letter Q. MOZAMBIQUE or EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 4. The islands of Hokkaido a
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What is the SI unit of frequency?
An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively.  Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, hertz[SI] or f[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, hertz or f.    In some cases, it is desirable to represent hertz as revolutions per second.  The default hertz can be changed to this new definition using the command Units[AddUnit]('hertz', 'context'='SI', 'conversion'=2*Pi*'rad'/'s').
Units - Pastebin.com Units # This file is the units database for use with GNU units, a units conversion # program by Adrian Mariano adrianm@gnu.org # # Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 #               2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 # Free Software Foundation, Inc # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, # Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA # Improvements and corrections are welcome. # # Fundamental constants in this file are the 2010 CODATA recommended values. # # Most units data was drawn from #            1. NIST Special Publication 811, Guide for the #                 Use of the International System of Units (SI). #                 Barry N. Taylor. 1995 #            2. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 70th edition #            3. Oxford English Dictionary #            4. Websters New Universal Unabridged Dictionary #            5. Units of Measure by Stephen Dresner #            6. A Dictionary of English Weights and Measures by Ronald Zupko #            7. British Weights and Measures by Ronald Zupko #            8. Realm of Measure by Isaac Asimov #            9. United States standards of weights and measures, their #                   creation and creators by Arthur H. Frazier. #           10. French weights and measures before the Revolution: a #                   dictionary of provincial and local units by Ronald Zupko #           11. Weights and Measures: their ancient origins and their #                   development in Great Britain up to AD 1855 by FG Skinner #           12. The World of Measurements by H. Arthur Klein #           13. For Good Measure by William Johnstone #           14. NTC's Encyclopedia of International Weights and Measures #                   by William Johnstone #           15. Sizes by John Lord #           16. Sizesaurus by Stephen Strauss #           17. CODATA Recommended Values of Physical Constants available at #                   http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html #           18. How Many?  A Dictionary of Units of Measurement.  Available at #                   http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html #           20. UK history of measurement #                   http://www.ukmetrication.com/history.htm #           21. NIST Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and #                 Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring #                 Devices. 2011 #           22. NIST Special Publication 447, Weights and Measures Standards #                 of the the United States: a brief history. Lewis V. Judson. #                 1963; rev. 1976 # Thanks to Jeff Conrad for assistance in ferreting out unit definitions. # # If units you use are missing or defined incorrectly, please contact me. # If your country's local units are missing and you are willing to supply # them, please send me a list. # # I added shoe size information but I'm not convinced that it's correct. # If you know anything about shoe sizes please contact me. # # Brief Philosophy of this file # # Most unit definitions are made in terms of integers or simple fractions of # other definitions.  The typical exceptions are when converting between two # different unit systems, or the values of measured physical constants.  In # this file definitions are given in the most natural and revealing way in # terms of integer factors. # If you make changes be sure to run 'units --check' to check your work. # # The file is USA-centri
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What common three-letter word prefixes the following to make six different words?
A List of 35 Common Prefixes in English A List of 35 Common Prefixes in English A List of 35 Common Prefixes in English Vocabulary Building: Common Prefixes With Definitions and Examples The prefix uni- means "one," as in unicorn (literally "one horn"), unison ("one sound"), and uniform ("one shape").  (PraxisPhotography/Getty Images) If you were a prefix, you could change the same word in different ways. You could make a cycle a unicycle, a bicycle, or a tricycle. (Marcie Aboff and Sara Gray, If You Were a Prefix. Picture Window Books, 2008) A prefix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning of a word  (or word root ) that partly indicates its meaning . For example, the word prefix itself begins with the prefix pre-, which generally means "before" or "in front of." Many of today's English words contain prefixes from Greek or Latin. Understanding the meanings of the most common prefixes can help us deduce the meanings of new words that we run across in our reading. Still, we do need to be careful: the same prefix may be spelled in more than one way (pre- and pro-, for instance), and some prefixes (such as in-) have more than one meaning (in this case, "not" and "into"). Even so, being able to recognize prefixes can help us build our vocabularies . The following table (in some browsers, just below the ads) defines and illustrates 35 common prefixes. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Common Prefixes
Do I Know This ? Do I Know This ? Updated May 17, 2013, 12:23 AM Have you ever wondered who's got the most number of top singles in U.K ? Have you ever wondered which company is the world's top Global Brand ? Have you ever wondered which country has got the most or the highest number of Netizens ? Use template Amazing Facts 100 amazing & unknown facts! # Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our nose and ears never stop growing. # The Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. # The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. # Ants never sleep! # When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less. # Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never called his wife or mother because they were both deaf. # An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. # “I Am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. # Babies are born without knee caps – actually, they’re made of cartilage and the bone hardens between the ages of 2 and 6 years. # Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted. # Butterflies taste with their feet. # A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. # It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. # Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. # Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. # No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. # Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.” # Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. # Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. # The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. # The sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English language. # The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. # The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. # The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. # Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand. # TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. # You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath. # Money isn’t made out of paper. It’s made out of cotton. # Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. # The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle. # A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why! # The “spot” on the 7-Up comes from its inventor who had red eyes – he was an albino. ’7′ was because the original containers were 7 ounces and ‘UP’ indicated the direction of the bubbles. # Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains theobromine, which affects their heart and nervous system. # Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster. # There are only two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious” and “facetious.” # If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. # Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves. # The original name for butterfly was flutterby. # By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand. # Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed. # Charlie Chaplin once won the third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. # Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”. # The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. # Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. # The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is “feedback.” # All Polar bears are left-handed. # In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. # “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.” # Almonds are a member of the peach family, and apples belong to the rose family. # Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. # The only 15 letter word
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What is the highest national capital city?
Highest Cities in the World Highest Cities in the World Highest Cities in the World These Cities Are Located at Extreme Elevations The shantytown mining camp of La Rinconada, Peru - the world's highest city has a population of more than 30,000.  Johnny Haglund/Getty Images Share By Matt Rosenberg It has been estimated that about 400 million people live at elevations above 4900 feet (1500 meters) and that 140 million people live at elevations above 8200 feet (2500 meters). Physical Adaptations to Live That High At these high altitudes, the human body must adapt to the decreased levels of oxygen. Native populations living at the highest altitudes in the Himalaya and Andes mountain ranges tend to have larger lung capacity than lowlanders. There are physiological adaptations from birth that higher elevation cultures experience that tends to lead to longer, healthier lives. Some of the world's oldest people live at high altitudes and scientists have determined that high-altitude life results in better cardiovascular health and a lower incidence of stroke and cancers. Interestingly, a 12,400 year-old settlement in the Andes was discovered  at an elevation of 14,700 feet (4500 meters), demonstrating that humans settled at high elevations within about 2000 years of arriving on the South American continent. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World Scientists will certainly continue to study the impacts of high elevations on the human body and how humans have adapted to elevation extremes on our planet. The World's Highest City The highest, most notable true "city" is the mining town of La Rinconada , Peru. The community sits high in the Andes at an elevation of 16,700 feet (5100 meters) above sea level and is home to a gold rush population of somewhere around 30,000 to 50,000 people. The elevation of La Rinconada is higher than the highest peak  in the lower 48 states of the United States (Mt. Whitney). National Geographic published an article in 2009 about La Rinconada and the challenges of life at such a high elevation and in such squalor.  The World's Highest Capital and Large Urban Area La Paz is the capital of Bolivia and sits at a very high elevation - about 11,975 feet (3650 meters) above sea level. La Paz is the highest capital city on the planet, beating Quito, Ecuador for the honor by 2000 feet (800 meters). The greater La Paz metropolitan area is home to more than 2.3 million people who live at a very high altitude. To the west of La Paz is the city of El Alto ("the heights" in Spanish), which is truly the world's highest large city.  El Alto is home to about 1.2 million people and is the home of the El Alto International Airport, which serves the greater La Paz metropolitan area.  Five Highest Settlements on Earth Wikipedia provides a  listing  of what are believed to be the five highest settlements on the planet... 1. La Rinconada, Peru - 16,700 feet (5100 meters) - gold rush town in the Andes 2. Wenquan, Tibet, China - 15,980 feet (4870 meters) - a very small settlement on a mountain pass in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.  3. Lungring, Tibet, China - 15,535 feet (4735 meters) - a hamlet among pastoral plains and rugged terrain 4. Yanshiping, Tibet, China - 15,490 feet (4720 meters) - a very small town 5. Amdo, Tibet, China - 15,450 feet (4710 meters) - another small town Highest Cities in the United States By contract, the highest incorporated city in the United States is Leadville , Colorado at a mere altitude of 3,094 meters (10,152 feet). Colorado's capital city of Denver is known as the "Mile High City" because it officially sits at an elevation of 5280 feet (1610 meters); however, compared to La Paz or La Rinconada, Denver is in the lowlands.
Nairobi, capital city of Kenya All... Nairobi, capital city of Kenya Long a jumping-off point for safaris for adventurers like Ernest Hemingway and Teddy Roosevelt, Nairobi remains the first stop for travelers ready to explore East Africa's many wildlife parks. A little more than one hundred years ago, the capital was a glorified water depot for British railway workers, but it is now home to imposing public buildings, grand hotels and expats from around the world. It is the best evidence of modernity in East Africa, and many first-time visitors are surprised by the city's skyline. It is one of Africa's largest capitals, and although some early architecture remains, most of the city is marked by modern office towers. Even with the relatively new influx of Western culture and business, the city still retains much of its charm. Hotels recall the elegance of times gone by, brilliant bougainvillea line the streets and the horizon bursts with lavender colors as the jacaranda blossoms. The Nairobi National Museum is a good introduction to the history of both the capital and Kenya overall. Exhibits include fascinating reproductions of rock art and Richard and Mary Leakey's important archaeological discoveries. In the 1960s, the couple discovered the remains of early human ancestors at Lake Turkana, and their findings pointed to the Rift Valley as the likely Cradle of Humankind. The museum also showcases beautiful paintings by Joy Adamson and an intriguing collection of the country's colorful butterflies and birds. Visitors can even take guided bird walks from the museum, led by the knowledgable experts of the Kenya Museum Society. Karen Blixen, author of ìOut of Africa,î made Nairobi her home from 1913 to 1931. Visitors today can visit the grand estate, where she once hosted lavish dinner parties for British royalty and carried on a passionate relationship with famous aviator Denys Finch Hatton. Exhibits include some of Blixen's treasured belongings and even some of the farm machinery that once cultivated the surrounding land for tea and coffee. More of her furniture and personal effects can be viewed at Nairobi's McMillan Library, and the estate offers magnificent views of the nearby hills, covered with euphorbia, also known as the candelabra cactus. Another must-see sight in the capital is the Railway Museum, developed to preserve the records and relics of the area's harbors and railways. Children of all ages will especially enjoy the displays, and visitors can see Teddy Roosevelt's original rhino catcher from his 1908 safari and the carriage owned by Charles Ryall, an English railway man who was dragged out of the carriage window by a hungry lion. Other exhibits include rare posters and photos and silver service from the days of Nairobi's elegant overnight trains. Visit on the second Saturday of the month to take a ride on an authentic steam train. Get in touch with Nairobi's wild side at the David Sheldrick Orphanage for Rhinos and Elephants. There, you can watch baby elephants bathe and play before they mature enough to be reintroduced to the wild. The experience is incredibly heartwarming and definitely a must-do while in the capital. Immerse yourself in local life at the City Market, a vast jumble of activity, color and noise. Housed in a 1930s aircraft hangar, the market is loaded with stalls selling everything from traditional fabrics to exotic meats. Haggling is expected, so do not be shy about bargaining for the best price. Nairobi Geographical Location Nairobi is located in the southwest of Kenya adjacent to the east edge of the Rift Valley. The population of Nairobi is approximately 3,200,000 and is the largest city in Kenya. Nairobi Language English and Kiswahili are the official languages of Kenya and are widely spoken however there are a total of 69 languages spoken in minorities throughout Kenya. Nairobi Predominant Religion
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What sport is contested in the Vuelta a Espana?
Chris Froome may double up after second Tour win by racing in Vuelta | Sport | The Guardian Chris Froome may double up after second Tour win by racing in Vuelta • ‘I think Spain could be on the cards, certainly,’ says Briton • Team Sky’s Sir Dave Brailsford says too early to make decision Video: Watch highlights from this year’s Tour de France. Monday 27 July 2015 14.05 EDT Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 08.35 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Having celebrated his second Tour de France win in three years with a glass of champagne on the road to Paris, followed by a long overdue bacon sandwich on Monday morning, Chris Froome refused to rule out a tilt at this year’s Vuelta a España. The Tour of Spain begins in Puerto Banus on 22 August, which means Froome will need to make a decision regarding his participation in the coming days. Having endured no end of brickbats and insinuation en route to his gruelling victory in France the cyclist could be forgiven for deciding to enjoy a break from cycling. But he is clearly tempted by the prospect of becoming only the third rider after Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault to pull off the Tour and Vuelta double. Tour de France 2015: writers’ awards Read more “I would say it’s a bit early to say 100% but I think that could potentially be on the cards, certainly,” said Froome upon his return to London. “I know it would be a massive challenge to back it up with another grand tour now, especially to go there with the aim of going for the general classification again. But yeah, that’s at the back of the mind and maybe that could be on the cards.” A runner-up in Spain last year and in 2011, as well as the fourth-placed finisher in 2012, Froome jokingly requested that the race organiser, Javier Guillén, include a long, flat individual time-trial stage in this year’s race and the Vuelta director duly obliged. Stage 17 of the 21 to be contested by the riders is a 39km, pancake-flat “race of truth” in Burgos, the northern capital of Castile and home town of the Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata. “Having Froome would be great, but that does not mean that we will make a Vuelta to suit him,” said Guillén late last year, even if the subsequent route he unveiled was almost certainly better tailored to the Sky rider’s strengths than that of the Grand Boucle he has just won. On Sunday in Paris, Froome became the first Briton to win the Tour de France twice, following up on his success of 2013, and he spent his first day as a double champion relaxing and doing a publicity turn with his sponsors. Tour de France: Geraint Thomas adds to British academy success stories Read more “It’s not the Tour itself, it’s the whole buildup, months and months of doing every little thing right, every little detail,” he told Sky Sports News. “It’s going to be great to switch off for a few days. I had a bacon butty this morning. It was fantastic, something I haven’t had in months.” Having admitted that he is already plotting his team’s assault on next year’s Tour de France the Sky chief, Sir Dave Brailsford, urged Froome, who is expecting a son with his wife, Michelle, to enjoy some downtime before making any definitive decision on whether or not to line up on the Costa del Sol next month. “The reality is you never know how the guys are going to come out of three weeks of racing,” Brailsford said. “You need to have a couple of days to calibrate and see where you are. “They need to just relax, take time and feel good about what they’ve just done. He’s the first British guy ever to win two Tours, it’s incredible what he’s done, and I don’t think we should be encouraging him to look ahead at the minute.”
What sport used the term "home run" long before baseball?*Cricket Who was the f - Pastebin.com What sport used the term "home run" long before baseball?*Cricket Who was the first U.S. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?*Karch Kiraly What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980's?*The Los Angeles Dodgers What NFL team is known as the "ain'ts" when on a losing streak?*The New Orleans Saints What's an NBA player deemed to be if he's received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?*The most valuable player What Washington Capitals goalie earned the nicknames "Ace" and "Net Detective"?*Jim Carey What NBA team plays home games in the Alamo dome?*The San Antonio Spurs Who graciously switched to number 77 so Phil Esposito's number 7 could be retired in Boston Garden?*Raymond Bourque What company's logo is called the "swoosh"?*Nike's What Rd Sox catcher's erect posture earned him the clubhouse nickname "Frankenstein"?*Carlton Fisk's What sport did Herve Filion top with a record of 14,084 wins?*Harness racing What team hired the NFL's first professional cheerleading squad, in 1972?*The Dallas Cowboys What Native American language was Super Bowl XXX the first to be broadcast in?*Navajo What nickname do boxing fans call 300-pound Eric Esch, King of the Four-Rounders?*Butterbean What 1995 World Series team were both picketed by the American Indian Movement?*The Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians What diet drink was hyped by Coca-Cola for having only only calorie, in 1963?*Tab What comic actor scored huge sales with his Bad Golf Made Easy instructional videos?*Leslie Nielsen What country fielded 1996 Olympic women's teams that won gold in basketball, soccer and softball?*The U.S What Grand Slam golf tournament has the most clubhousers sipping mint juleps?*The Masters Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times?*Steffi Graf What decade saw names first appear on the backs of NFL jerseys?*The 1960's Who was able to set NFL rushing records because of his "big but" according to Chicago Bears trainer Frank Caito?*Walter Payton What position must college footballers play to receive the Davey O'Brien Award?*Quarterback What disorder did Muhammad Ali develop after years of catching blows?*Parkinson's syndrome What are the only three European countries to have won soccer's World Cup?*England, Italy, West Germany What is  the common term for the tennis ailment "lateral humeral epicondylitis"?*Tennis Elbow What racing competition became a best-of-nine series in 1995?*The America's Cup Who was the first athlete to rap at a Pro Bowl musical gala in 1995?*Deion Sanders What woman won five U.S. figure skating titles from 6 to 173, but never an Olympic gold medal?*Janet Lynn Who was the first female jockey to win five races in one day at a New York track?*Julie Krone What teams played in the first all-California Super Bowl?*The San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers What two players are tied for second behind Ty Cobb in total career runs?*Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth What Indiana Pacer did Knicks fan Spike Lee anger during the 1994 playoffs by calling him "Cheryl"?*Reggie Miller What franchise has played in the most NBA finals since 1947?*Lakers What two NBA players won the MVP trophy three times each from 1986 through 1992?*Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan What player did the Boston Celtics draft between won-lost seasons of 29-53 and 61-21?*Larry Bird What Baltic country did Portland Trail Blazer Arvydas Sabonis play for at the 1996 Olympics?*Lithuania What NBA team became the first to defeat the Boston Celtics in 12 straight games, in 1995?*The New York Knicks Who was the first hoopster to win eight NBA scoring titles?*Michael Jordan What NBA team is known in China as "the Red Oxen"?*The Chicago Bulls Who was the last Boston Celtics coach to lead the team to two straight NBA titles?*Bill Russell What two NBA stars did Forbes list as the highest paid athletes for 1994?*Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal What NBA coach got cosmic by penning the Zen book Sacred Hoops: Spiri
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From which children's book did Pink Floyd take the title of their 1967 album 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'?
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Lyrics The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Produced by Norman Smith Bike Trivia about the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was Pink Floyd's debut album in 1967. The title was take from the 7th chapter of Kenneth Gramme's The Wind in the Willows. It is the only album on which Syd is present on all material. The album was recorded at the same time, and at the same studios as The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. Represented here by Astronomy Domine, which was already a concert staple for the band, and usually lead to free form improvision, which was a trademark of early Floyd. Dave's Floyd in 1994 would begin playing it live again. Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew. Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground. Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania. Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten. Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew. Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground. Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania. Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten. Blinding signs flap, Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow. Stairway scare Dan dare who's there? Lime and limpid green, the sounds around The icy waters under Lime and limpid green, the sounds around The icy waters underground. Always sitting by your side Always by your side. That cat's something I can't explain. Ginger, ginger you're a witch. You're the left side That cat's something I can't explain. Lucifer go to sea. Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat. Somewhere, anywhere. That cat's something I can't explain. At night prowling sifting sand. Hiding around on the ground. He'll be found when you're around. That cat's something I can't explain. There was a king who ruled the land. His majesty was in command. With silver eyes the scarlet eagle Showers silver on the people. Oh Mother, tell me more. Why'd'ya have to leave me there Hanging in my infant air Waiting? You only have to read the lines They're scribbly black and everything shines. Across the stream with wooden shoes With bells to tell the king the news A thousand misty riders climb up Higher once upon a time. Wandering and dreaming The words have different meaning. Yes they did. For all the time spent in that room The doll's house, darkness, old perfume And fairy stories held me high on Clouds of sunlight floating by. Oh Mother, tell me more Tell me more. Alone in the clouds all blue Lying on an eiderdown. Yippee! You can't see me But I can you. Lazing in the foggy dew Sitting on a unicorn. No fair, you can't hear me But I can you. Watching buttercups cup the light Sleeping on a dandelion. Too much, I won't touch you But then I might. Screaming through the starlit sky Traveling by telephone. Hey ho, here we go Ever so high. Alone in the clouds all blue Lying on an eiderdown. Yippee! You can't see me But I can you. Music seems to help the pain Seems to cultivate the brain. Doctor kindly tell your wife that I'm alive - flowers thrive - realize - realize Realize. I want to tell you a story About a little man A gnome named Grimble Crumble. And little gnomes stay in their homes. Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine. He wore a scarlet tunic, A blue green hood, He had a big adventure Amidst the grass Wining, dining, biding his time. And then one day - hooray! Another way for gnomes to say Oooooooooomray. Look at the sky, look at the river Isn't it good? Look at the sky, look at the river Isn't it good? Winding, finding places to go. And then one day - hooray! Another way for gnomes to say Oooooooooomray. A movement is accomplished in six stages And the sevent
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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Who led the Iceni against the Romans
Boudicca: Warrior Queen of the Iceni Boudicca: Warrior Queen of the Iceni By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | May 31, 2013 05:43pm ET MORE Credit: Claudio Divizia Shutterstock Boudicca (also spelled Boudica or Boudicea) was the queen of the Iceni, a tribe based in modern day Norfolk, in eastern England. In A.D. 60, she led a revolt against the Romans that resulted in the destruction of two (possibly three) Roman settlements and almost drove the empire off the island. Much of what we know about her comes from two Roman writers, Publius Cornelius Tacitus (A.D. 56-117) and Cassius Dio (A.D. 150-235).  The revolt began after the death of her husband, Prasutagus, around A.D. 60. Tacitus writes that the Romans seized Iceni property, flogged Boudicca and raped her two daughters. She then raised an army and led a rebellion against the Romans which, after initial success, was crushed at the Battle of Watling Street. For a society as patriarchal as imperial Rome, the fact that a woman had succeeded in killing so many Romans was disconcerting to say the least. “Two cities were sacked, eighty thousand of the Romans and of their allies perished, and the island was lost to Rome. Moreover, all this ruin was brought upon the Romans by a woman, a fact which in itself caused them the greatest shame,” wrote Dio (translation by Earnest Cary, through penelope.uchicago.edu ). The only physical description of Boudicca that survives comes from Dio. Although it may not be accurate, it leaves readers with the impression that Boudicca was a determined war leader. “In stature she was very tall, in appearance most terrifying, in the glance of her eye most fierce, and her voice was harsh; a great mass of the tawniest hair fell to her hips; around her neck was a large golden necklace; and she wore a tunic of divers colours over which a thick mantle was fastened with a brooch. This was her invariable attire ...” wrote Dio, who added that she clutched a spear when she spoke to her people. Dio (unlike Tacitus) doesn’t mention the flogging of Boudicca, or the rape of her daughters, and claims the uprising was over a Roman loan. The Romans and the Iceni The Roman Empire, under Emperor Claudius, launched a successful invasion of Britain in A.D. 43 with an army estimated to be around 40,000 men. Military campaigns had been launched by earlier Roman leaders against the Brits (one notably led by Julius Caesar) but this time the Romans were here to stay. [ Related: Hadrian's Wall: Northern Frontier of the Roman Empire ] Claudius’ force didn’t try and defeat every British tribe. Several leaders offered to make their kingdoms “client-states” of Rome. This basically meant that as long as their leaders lived, and did Rome’s bidding when asked, they could maintain some level of sovereignty within the Roman Empire. The Iceni were one of the tribes who agreed to this arrangement and they remained a client state of Rome up until the death of Prasutagus around A.D. 60. The Iceni, at the time of the Roman invasion, were a wealthy people (as evidenced by hoards of precious metals that have been found) whose leaders had been minting coins for nearly a century. Some of the earliest Iceni coins show an image of what Miranda Aldhouse-Green, a Cardiff University professor, calls a “snapping wolf,” a choice that may offer an insight into the psyche of these people. The “wolf is both a wild creature, a potential enemy to humans, and also lives and hunts in packs; it therefore may have acted as a symbol of independent solidarity,” she writes in her book, "Boudica Britannia: Rebel, War-Leader and Queen" (Pearson Education, 2006). She also notes that the Iceni people also kept making ceramics by hand, even though they had access to the potter’s wheel.  Even before Boudicca, the Iceni’s client-state relationship with Rome was problematic. In A.D. 47, a short-lived unsuccessful revolt was launched by the Iceni against Rome. This rebellion may have led to the elevation of Prasutagus to the leadership of the tribe, perhaps being seen by the Romans as a leader who could keep the
Julius Caesar - Wikiquote Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (Classical Latin: G AIVS C ÆSAR ) ( 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC ) was a Roman religious , military, and political leader. He played an important part in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire . His conquest of Gaul extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, with the first Roman invasion of Britainia in 55 BC. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses of all time, as well as a brilliant politician and one of the ancient world's strongest leaders. For the famous play by William Shakespeare , see Julius Caesar (play) . Contents Men willingly believe what they wish. The die is cast. Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch ; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars , Julius , by Suetonius Variant translation: Came, Saw, Conquered Inscription on the triumphal wagon reported in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius , as translated by Robert Graves (1957) Alea iacta est . The die is cast. As quoted in Vita Divi Iuli [The Life of the deified Julius] (121 CE) by Suetonius , paragraph 33 (Caesar: … "Iacta alea est", inquit. – Caesar said … "the die is cast".) Said when crossing the river Rubicon with his legions on 10 January, 49 BC, thus beginning the civil war with the forces of Pompey . The Rubicon river was the boundary of Gaul, the province Caesar had the authority to keep his army in. By crossing the river, he had committed an invasion of Italy. The Latin is a translation; Caesar actually spoke this in Greek, as reported by Plutarch , Plutarch , Life of Pompey, 60.2.9: Ἑλληνιστὶ πρὸς τοὺς παρόντας ἐκβοήσας, «Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος», [anerriphtho kybos] διεβίβαζε τὸν στρατόν. He [Caesar] declared in Greek with loud voice to those who were present ‘Let the die be cast’ and led the army across. He was reportedly quoting the playwright Menander , specifically “Ἀρρηφόρῳ” (Arrephoria, or “The Flute-Girl”), according to Deipnosophistae , Book 13 , paragraph 8, saying «Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος» (anerriphtho kybos). The Greek translates rather as “let the die be cast!”, or “Let the game be ventured!”, which would instead translate in Latin as Jacta Alea Est. According to Lewis and Short ( Online Dictionary: alea , Lewis and Short at the Perseus Project. See bottom of section I.), the phrase used was a future active imperative , “let the die be cast!”, or “Let the game be ventured!”, which would instead translate in Latin as iacta alea est. Gallia est pacata. Gaul is subdued. Written in a letter with which Caesar informed the Roman Senate of his victory over Vercingetorix in 52 BC Sed fortuna, quae plurimum potest cum in reliquis rebus tum praecipue in bello, parvis momentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit; ut tum accidit. Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. The Civil War, Book III, 68; variant translation: "In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes." I assure you I had rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome. On passing through a village in the Alps, as attributed in Parallel Lives , by Plutarch , as translated by John Langhorne and William Langhorne (1836), p. 499 Variant: First in a village rather than second in Rome. I will not … that my wife be so much as suspected. His declaration as to why he had divorced his wife Pompeia , when questioned in the trial against Publius Clodius Pulcher for sacrilege against Bona Dea festivities (from which men were excluded), in entering Caesar's home disguised as a lute-girl apparently with intentions of a seducing Caesar's wife; as reported in Plutarch's Lives
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The first chamber of commerce in Britain was founded in which city in 1783?
chamber of commerce | business organization | Britannica.com business organization Alternative Titles: commercial association, development association Related Topics nonprofit organization Chamber of commerce, also called Commercial Association, or Board Of Trade, any of various voluntary organizations of business firms, public officials, professional people, and public-spirited citizens. They are primarily interested in publicizing, promoting, and developing commercial and industrial opportunities in their areas; they also seek to improve community schools, streets, housing, public works, fire and police protection, parks, playgrounds, and recreational and tourist facilities. International Chamber of Commerce. The one trade association that is truly international in scope is the International Chamber of Commerce. Founded in 1920, it is a world federation of business organizations, business firms, and business people. It frequently acts as the voice of the business community in the international field and presents the business point of view to governments and to world public opinion. The organization was granted the highest consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations , that of category A. In addition to publishing a quarterly called World Trade, the International Chamber of Commerce operates a court of arbitration that provides conciliation and arbitration facilities for the settlement of commercial disputes for members of disparate nationalities. In the majority of cases the awards of this court are accepted and executed. National chambers of commerce. Chambers of commerce are common to most industrialized countries operating within a free-enterprise or mixed system. Such organizations generally find the need for some form of national affiliation, so as to present an agreed front to central governments. The title of chamber of commerce is applied to somewhat differing types of bodies in the various countries. In the United Kingdom and Belgium, for example, they are voluntary associations, whose members provide financial resources by subscription. In the other countries of the European Union and in some Latin American countries, they are bodies whose functions, membership, financial resources, and organization are prescribed by law. In such circumstances the chambers of commerce often undertake duties that are elsewhere usually performed by local or central governments. Britannica Stories Cheetahs Face Extinction Risk The first use of the name—chambre de commerce—was in regard to a temporary commission set up in Paris in 1601 to examine industrial and commercial problems. The Marseilles chamber was established in 1599 by that city and granted letters patent in 1650; it was the first chamber in the sense in which the term is now used. A decree by Louis XIV ordered that chambers be created to nominate deputies to the royal council of commerce in Paris. A number of these organizations were, therefore, founded during the 18th century, principally in the ports. The chambers were abolished during the French Revolution in 1791 and reestablished by Napoleon in 1804. Subsequent legislation has redefined their functions, tasks, and constitution; the law of 1858 still provides the basic framework, putting the French chambers of commerce under close governmental supervision. The functions of these chambers are many; they generally include representing the interests of members to local and national authorities, issuing certificates of origin, nominating members to consultative committees, providing advice on import duties and commercial legislation, establishing training schools, and organizing exhibitions, public works, and administration of ports or airports. The first British chamber of commerce was founded in Jersey in 1768; as the nearest territory to France, it naturally adopted the French title. There followed Glasgow and Belfast (1783); Edinburgh and Leeds (1785); Manchester (1794); Birmingham (1813); and Liverpool (1850). The Great Exhibition (1851) stimulated the formation of 13 in that d
Prime Ministers of Great Britain political party 1721-42 Sir Robert Walpole - Restored confidence in the country following the South Sea Bubble financial crash of 1720. Dominated the political scene during the reigns of George I and George II. George II made Walpole a gift of 10 Downing Street. Walpole resigned as a consequence of his perceived mis-handling in dealing with the War of Jenkins' Ear . Whig 1742-43 Earl of Wilmington - Suffering poor health for most of his time as Prime Minister, he died in office. Whig 1743-54 Henry Pelham - During his time in the post he oversaw the the British involvement in the War of the Austrian Succession in 1744-48, the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the adoption of the Gregorian calender . He died in office. Whig 1754-56 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle - Assumed the office of Prime Minister just 10 days after the death of his brother Henry Pelham. During the Seven Years' War, he was blamed for the loss of Minorca and was replaced by the Duke of Devonshire. Whig 1756-57 William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire - In a government effectively controlled by Pitt the Elder, Devonshire's administration was brought to end following the dismissal of Pitt by the king, it was replaced by the Second Newcastle Ministry. Whig 1757-62 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle - Returning to office with Pitt the Elder as Southern Secretary, this government helped steer Britain to ultimate victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. Whig 1762-63 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - A favourite of George III, he was the first Scot to hold the top office. Unpopular with the 'great unwashed', he introduced a tax on cider in order to help pay for the Seven Years' War. He resigned following fierce criticism of his handling of the peace negotiations. Tory The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Melbourne 1828-30 Arthur Welleslley, 1st Duke of Wellington - The second Irish-born Prime Minister and second veteran general, perhaps more famous as a soldier of the Napoleonic Wars than a politician. Is said to have commented after his first Cabinet meeting: “An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.” He introduced the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, removing many of the restrictions on Catholics in the UK. Resigned after a vote of no confidence. Tory 1830-34 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey - Famous for the blend of tea named after him, his political achievements included the Reform Act of 1832, which started the process of electoral change that we recognise today. His other legacies included the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire and restrictions concerning the employment of children. He resigned after disagreements over his Irish policies. Whig 1834 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - The last Prime Minister to be dismissed by a Sovereign, King William IV. Whig 1834-35 Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet - At the second time of asking, Peel accepted King William IV’s invitation to form a government. Head of a minority government, he resigned following a number of defeats in Parliament. Whig 1835-41 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - Returning to office for the second time, Melbourne found the new Queen Victoria much more agreeable than William IV. Tutoring the young queen in the ways of politics, they formed a close relationship. He resigned after a series of parliamentary defeats. Whig 1841-46 Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet - Returning to office for the second time, Peel introduced important employment laws that banned women and children from working underground in mines, in addition The Factory Act of 1844 limited the hours of work for children and women. Unable to feed a starving Ireland, he finally succeeded in repealing the Corn Laws. Conservative 1846-52 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - Russell was the last Whig Prime Minister. His Public Health Act of 1848 improved the sanitary conditions of towns and cities. He was in office at the time of The Great Exhibition of 1851 . Whig 1852 Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby - Co
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What type of animal is a dibitag
Eastern Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan | Ecoregions | WWF x Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands Eastern Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan During extended arid periods the Horn of Africa was linked to other deserts across the world, stretching down to the Namib and Kalahari in the south, reaching to the Sahara in the west, and through to the Middle East and Central Asia. A combination of African, Mediterranean, Asiatic and ancient Gondwanan influences have shaped the flora and fauna found in this ecoregion. The resulting biota contains many arid-adapted species, including a rich large mammal fauna with species such as the dibitag (Ammodorcas clarkei), beira (Dorcatragus megalotis), African wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis), and hirola (Damaliscus hunteri). However, this area has long been inhabited, and political and military strife in the region has increased pressure on wildlife and the environment, and continues to prevent conservation work. Scientific Code   Location and General Description This ecoregion occupies the majority of the Horn of Africa to the east of the Ethiopian highlands, including the Ogaden Desert and northeast Kenyan semi-deserts. A narrow corridor of the ecoregion penetrates the floor of the Ethiopian section of the Rift Valley, separating the northern and southern Ethiopian highlands, and a finger extends north to the Eritrean/Sudanese border. The ecoregion is mainly flat and low-lying (over half lies below 500 m) rising towards the west and north. However, it is defined more by rainfall and vegetation type than by altitude, and thus extends from sea level on the coast of Somalia to over 1,500 m in the Rift Valley and Sidamo region of southern Ethiopia. The mean maximum temperatures are around 30°C, and the mean minimum temperatures are 15° to 18°C. Annual rainfall varies from below 100 mm in the Ogaden Desert to around 600 mm in areas bordering the Ethiopian highlands. There are only three permanent rivers of any significance: the Awash, Wabi Shebele and Jubba, all of which originate in the Ethiopian highlands. The area is underlain by post-Cretaceous rocks which are mainly marine in origin, over which soils indicative of high aridity - xerosols and yermosols - have developed. The Somali hinterland, or Haud, is characterized by deep, infertile sands. Pre-Cambrian granites form inselbergs, or ‘burs’, in southern Somalia. The ecoregion is sparsely populated, with typical densities of less than 20 persons per km2. In the heart of the Ogaden Desert and some of the other significantly dry regions of the former Somalia and eastern Ethiopia there are no permanent inhabitants. Phytogeographically, the ecoregion lies within the bushland and thicket of the Somali-Masai regional center of endemism, and Somali-Masai semi-desert grassland and shrubland (White 1983). The most common tree species belong to the deciduous genera Acacia and Commiphora. The understory consists of shrubby herbs less than one meter high, such as Acalypha, Barleria and Aerva. At lower elevations where rainfall is less consistent, vegetation becomes semi-desert scrubland. Acacia and Commiphora are joined by Euphorbia and Aloe, as well as grass species such as Dactyloctenium aegyptium and Panicum turgidum (Tilahun et al. 1996). Important evergreens include Boscia, Dobera, Salvadora, Grewia and Cadaba. Crotalaria and Indigofera are also found. The uniform appearance of this vegetation hides considerable variation in floristic composition. Forest vegetation once surrounded the bases of the inselbergs and lined permanent watercourses, but has largely been destroyed by human activity (Friis 1992). Biodiversity Features Because this ecoregion is such an ancient and stable habitat, a high number of arid-adapted species are found here, many of them endemic. There are 1,250 plants recorded from the Somalia-Masai phytochorion (White 1983), but it is not known how many of them are endemic. There are also a large number of endemic reptiles, with 33 species believed to be confin
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Which small island, situated just off Holy Island on the north west coast of Anglesey is famous as being the location of one of Wales's most spectacular lighthouses?
Wales Anglesey Photography and photographers by the FatPhotographer Wales Anglesey Section Jump The Isle of Anglesey (Also known as Ynys Mon in Welsh) is an island, and county in its own right, situated off the north-west coast of Wales. Near the beautiful Snowdonia mountain range and separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait (which at its narrowest is only 250 metres wide), the island is connected to mainland Wales by two bridges, the Menai Bridge (designed by Thomas Telford in 1826) and the Britannia Bridge (originally designed by Robert Stephenson) both are picturesque in their own way, and have been featured in many photographers portfolios. Multiple megalithic monuments are present on Anglesey, attesting to prehistoric populations, and making interesting images. One containing 28 stone chamber tombs is located near to Plas Newydd. But it isn't all ancient history the historic town of Beaumaris is the site of one of the castles built by Edward I after his defeat of the Welsh princes, as well as Henllys Hall. Anglesey is also home to the village with the longest place name in Britain: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. which when translated into English, means "The church of St. Mary in a hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and near St. Tysilio's church by the red cave". The name was actually coined in the nineteenth century to attract tourists to the Island. Anglesey is a relatively low-lying island with low hills such as: Parys Mountain, Cadair Mynachdy ("chair of the monastery), Mynydd Bodafon and Holyhead Mountain. The coastline of Anglesey (in its entirety) has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with many sandy beaches along the western coast and dramatic cliffs along the north coast. there is a 200km costal path that follows nearly all of this varied coastline with areas like the nuclear power station at Wylfa head, on the north coast, obviously being out of bounds (and possibly not the best place to be photographing).There are a few natural lakes, mainly found in the west, such as Llyn Llywenan, the largest natural lake on the island but rivers are few and the ones there are small. Anglesey's wildlife can be wonderful, with many different habitats, from sea cliffs to dunes and beaches, salt marsh and mud flats to agricultural land, containing vast amounts of bird plant and other wildlife. South Stack RSPB reserve is home to some wonderful sea birds and rare species such as Chough and roseate tern can sometimes be found on the islands. And of course who knows what else might turn up? With wildlife in mind, Anglesey is still home to a population of Red Squirrles and thanks to the bridges onto the island being protected with traps, grey squirrels have not yet been able to get onto the island (let's hope this continues). With major ports for travel to Ireland, Anglesey is often a place just passed through on route, but it should be somewhere that people go in its own right, and especially if you are already visiting nearby Snowdonia for the photography opportunities.
Sea Areas of the Shipping Forecast - Part 3 | TheYachtMarket Sea Areas Of The Shipping Forecast - Part 3 Sea Areas of the Shipping Forecast - Part 3 Post by: TheYachtMarket News The “hows, whys and wheres” behind the names. Part 3. The Western Area – Lundy to South East Iceland “Shannon, Rockall. Gale warning. North westerly gale force 8 expected later. Sea State moderate, becoming rough or very rough”.< Lundy– the area named after an island in the Bristol Channel. In Norse the name is spelt “Lunde”. In 1924 the island was bought by an Englishman Martin Coles Harman who named himself king. Although the island had its own coinage it was never recognised as a sovereignty. A generation later his son lost the island in a wager of cards. The north and south lighthouses were built in 1897 and both were automated in 1991 and 1994. Fastnet – the Fastnet rock is a rock island 6.5 miles to the south west of Cape Clear in SW Ireland – the most southerly point of the republic of Ireland. Its name comes from Old Norse meaning sharp tooth isle and in Irish it is called Carraign Aonair meaning solitary rock. It is used as the mid-point of one of the world’s classic offshore yachting races, the Fastnet Race, a 976k (608mile) round trip from Cowes to Plymouth. In the infamous race of 1979 severe storms wreaked havoc on the yachts taking part and resulted in the largest rescue operation in peace time. The current lighthouse is the 2nd to be built on the rock and is the highest in Ireland. Irish Sea – obviously named after the area of sea between England and Ireland from St David’s Head to the Mull of Galloway. The majority of heavy goods trade from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland uses this area and there are many ferry connections across the Irish Sea. During World War 1 the Irish Sea became known as U-boat Alley when U-boats moved from the Atlantic to the Irish Sea after the United States entered the war in 1917. It has been described as the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world due to the proximity of the nuclear instillation at Sellafield, although the Japanese seas may now take that accolade. Shannon – takes its name from the river estuary of the longest river in Britain and Ireland. The River Shannon runs through 11 of Ireland’s counties and includes lakes such as Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. In the estuary is a historic lump of rock named Scattery Island. Though now uninhabited it has always been a holy place and according to legend was the home of a fearsome monster called Cathach. At one time there were seven monastic orders on the island until the Vikings arrived and killed most of the monks. Rockall – an islet or rock stack in the North Atlantic Ocean thought to be the eroded core of an extinct volcano. It rises sheer to a height of approximately 21.4 metres and is regularly washed over by large waves in stormy weather. In January 1993 a record North Atlantic low pressure of 914 mb was recorded: “Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey. Southwest hurricane force 12 or more”. The area is an extremely fertile fishing ground and in the 1860’s became popular with trawlers. As the volume of shipping increased so did the risks. One of the worst accidents was when the three-thousand-ton liner Norge struck the reef en route from Copenhagen to New York. The seas were so rough that nearly half of the Norge’s lifeboats were smashed and 600 people drowned. Malin – named after Malin Head on the Inishowen Peninsula, the most northerly headland on the mainland of Ireland and covering half of what used to be the area Hebrides. The existing lighthouse began service in 1958. It is 23 metres tall to the balcony and has a lantern of 19 feet tall. It was converted to solar power in 2000. Hebrides - the area around the beautiful islands of the Hebrides, off the northwest coast of Scotland. There are two main groups: the Inner and the Outer Hebrides separated by the strait known as The Minch in the north and the Sea of the Hebrides in the south. The Isle of Barra was the filming location of the classic comedy “Whisky Galore”
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Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin is the title character in which famous novel?
SparkNotes: The Idiot: Analysis of Major Characters Analysis of Major Characters Themes, Motifs and Symbols Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin The hero, protagonist, and title character of The Idiot, Myshkin is a descendant of an old noble line and a distant relative of Madame Yepanchin. He is a fair-haired, blue-eyed epileptic in his late twenties who comes to Russia after four years in a sanitarium in Switzerland. From the onset, Myshkin appears to be an outsider in Russian society: he dresses like a foreigner and acts as if unaware of the societal norms of the Russian aristocracy. Indeed, he is different from the other Russian aristocrats in several regards. First, Myshkin does not follow societal conventions and is not afraid of its sanctions, which mainly come in the form of ridicule. In Part I, he goes to Nastassya Filippovna's even though he has not been invited. He thinks to himself that the worst that could happen would be that the guests would laugh at him and then escort him out. Some of the other characters in the novel, such as Ganya, such shame would be absolutely terrible; for Myshkin, however, it is no big deal. He is not afraid of being laughed at; in fact, when others laugh at him, he joins in with them. When Myshkin first visits the Yepanchins, the girls indirectly call him an ass and then laugh, but he laughs with them. Furthermore, Myshkin is very open and frank. He tells new acquaintances his personal history—including the bit about living in a sanitarium for several years—right away. He does not believe in societal small talk, instead preferring to immediately jump into a discussion of the issues that are his prime concern. For instance, when Myshkin visits the Yepanchins for the first time, he immediately talks of public executions and the story of Marie. At the "engagement" dinner party at the Yepanchins, he fervently discusses grand subjects such as religion and the future of aristocracy. However, Myshkin's is highly naïve, and he is therefore fooled by members of the high society. He takes their affected friendship for genuine and sincere feeling. Perhaps his innocence is the reason for his special affinity for children. The adult world, however, is too superficial and conventional for him. Myshkin does not take offense at anyone, no matter how horrific the character's action toward him. After Ganya's slap, Myshkin does not hit back or challenge Ganya to a duel—a common recourse for action at the time. Instead, Myshkin tells Ganya that he should be ashamed of himself and leaves the room. In response to Burdovsky's lie that he is Pavlishchev's son, not only is Myshkin not angry, but he is also still willing to help Burdovsky financially. Even after Keller writes a slanderous and insulting article about Myshkin, the prince still makes Keller the best man at his wedding. Lebedev constantly lies to Myshkin and even tries to commit him to an insane asylum; when Lebedev admits this, Myshkin merely laughs in response. Aglaya constantly mocks and insults the prince, but this only saddens him. When Aglaya expresses any wish for reconciliation, Myshkin is ecstatic with joy. In short, Prince Myshkin does not bear grudges against anyone, even Rogozhin, who almost kills him. In light of Myshkin's seemingly impossible naïveté, virtually all the characters in the novel call him an "idiot." Prince Myshkin is perhaps the ultimate Christian ideal of humble selflessness and giving. He attempts to help everyone he meets and always holds the needs of others above his own. In the end, he is ready to marry Nastassya Filippovna because he feels it is necessary to save her, even though he is in love with Aglaya instead. Myshkin's compassion toward others knows no boundaries. He is too good for a world corrupted by money, lust, and individual vanity. As a result, he unwittingly adds to the destruction and is destroyed himself. Anastassya Filippovna Barashkov Nastassya's dishonor at Totsky's hands leads to wallow in self-blame and sets in motion her tendency for self-destruction. She is willing to sacrifice her own life to
What's in a name? What's in a name? [ Victorian Web Home —> Authors —> Charles Dickens —> Works —> Great Expectations —> Theme and Subject ] In the first sentence of Great Expectations, Pip explains the origin of his name: “My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip." The evolution of Pip's name mirrors changes in Pip's character in the course of the novel, but Pip's benefactor stipulated that he must “always bear the name of Pip." Once he comes into his great expectations, others begin to refer to him as “Mr. Pip," and Pip's first friend in London, Herbert Pocket, gives him a nickname as a symbol of friendship and familiarity: "I dare say we shall be often together, and I should like to banish any needless restraint between us. Will you do me the favour to begin at once to call me by my Christian name, Herbert?" I thanked him and said I would. I informed him in exchange that my Christian name was Philip. "I don't take to Philip," said he, smiling, “for it sounds like a moral boy out of the spelling-book, who was so lazy that he fell into a pond, or so fat that he couldn't see out of his eyes, or so avaricious that he locked up his cake till the mice ate it, or so determined to go a bird's-nesting that he got himself eaten by bears who lived handy in the neighborhood. I tell you what I should like. We are so harmonious, and you have been a blacksmith, — would you mind it?" "I shouldn't mind anything that you propose," I answered, “but I don't understand you." "Would you mind Handel for a familiar name? There's a charming piece of music by Handel, called the Harmonious Blacksmith." "I should like it very much." [Chapter 22; Place within the complete text of the novel ] ] Thus, the names Handel and Mr. Pip accompany Pip's transition into the life of a gentleman. However, Pip finds it painful to be called Mr. Pip by Joe, whom he distances once he moves to London. Joe's familiarity with Pip returns when Pip is sick and helpless in bed — “the dear fellow had fallen into the old tone, and called me by the old names, the dear 'old Pip, old chap,'" but Joe gradually becomes more distant as Pip grows stronger. The character of young Pip eventually returns in the form of Joe's child, whom Pip meets eleven years after leaving England for Cairo. Joe tells him, “We giv' him the name of Pip for your sake, dear old chap, and we hoped he might grow a little bit like you, and we think he do," and indeed Pip finds that he and the child “understand one another to perfection." Questions 1. Does Dickens use Pocket's description of his aversion to the name Philip to represent a symbolic casting-away of the old Pip? Does the name Handel better suit Pip, considering its homage to the The Harmonious Blacksmith by Handel? Is it of any significance that Handel did not personally name the piece The Harmonious Blacksmith, but that it simply came to be popularly known as such (it is actually just the last movement of Air and Variations from Suite No. 5 in E Major for harpsichord)? 2. How do the names used in Great Expectations reflect the characters with which they are associated? Besides Pip, consider the names Estella (derivative of 'star') and Abel Magwitch (the Biblical Abel is a shepherd and the second son of Adam and Eve, who is killed by his older brother Cain). 3. 'Pip' can also mean the seed of a fruit. Does Pip's growth in the novel parallel that of a seed into a mature plant, and if so, what fruits does he bear? 4. Compare the descriptive name of Anodos, the main character of the novel Phantastes, to Pip. 5. Was it normal practice in the Victorian era to change one's name in order to better suit a change in social position? It would certainly be easier to assume a new identity then than it is now— of what importance was this to criminals like Magwitch?
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The aardvark is a nocturnal mammal native to which continent?
Aardvarks | Wild Kratts Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share The Aardvark  is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike otherinsectivores, it has a long pig-like snout, which is used to sniff out food. It roams over most of the southern two-thirds of the African continent, avoiding areas that are mainly rocky. A nocturnal feeder, it subsists on ants and termites, which it will dig out of their hills using its sharp claws and powerful legs. It also digs to create burrows in which to live and rear its young. It receives a "least concern" Did Yow Know That Aardvarks Name Means "Earth Pig" But there Actually Related To Elephants. And they Build Burrows For not for them selfs but for other animals. Aardvarks Appears In The Episode Aardvark Town. In this episode, the Kratt brothers are in the African savanna, creating a digital map of the animal burrows in the region, when they stumble upon an aardvark and its baby. After the mother fights off a hyena and the Kratt brothers flee the scene, they find out that the baby aardvark has stowed away in Chris’s backpack. The Kratt brothers decide to find a way to reunite it with its mother. But after searching in several burrows, the Kratt brothers find out that the aardvark’s mother and other burrow-dwelling animals are being collected by inventor Zach Varmitech, who plans to use the aardvark to dig a pool for him.
Arctic Animals List With Pictures, Facts & Information Learn more about Beluga Whales here: Beluga Whale Facts . Caribou / Reindeer Caribou / Reindeer Caribou are also known as reindeer in Europe. These animals have several cold-climate adaptations, including enlarged chambers in the nose to warm up the cold Arctic air and hooves that get smaller and harder in the winter to give better grip in the ice and snow. Some North American Caribou herds have the longest migrations of any land mammal. Find out more about caribou here: Caribou Facts . Dall Sheep Dall Sheep This sheep is found in Subarctic areas of North America. The Dall Sheep uses its nimble footedness to escape predators. Ermine / Stoat Ermine The Stoat, or Ermine, is a member of the weasel family. The name ‘ermine’ is sometimes only used to refer to the animal while in its white winter coat. Although small, stoats are capable hunters, and are capable of preying on animals larger than themselves such as rabbits. Stoats will even use their victim’s burrows to live in rather than digging their own. Greenland Shark Greenland sharks are mysterious giants of the Arctic region. This photo was taken by the USA’s NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Click on the image to learn more about this animal. Native to the North Atlantic Ocean around Canada and Greenland, Greenland sharks live further north than any other type of shark. Greenland sharks are rather slow swimmers and prefer to catch prey while it is sleeping. They also scavenge food left by other predators. Learn more about Greenland Sharks here: Greenland Shark Facts . Harp Seal Harp Seal The harp seal is born with a yellow coat that turns white after three days. As the animal gets older it becomes silvery-grey. Harp seals have a thick coat of blubber to keep them warm, and their flippers act as heat exchangers which cool them down in the summer and warm them up in the winter. Lemming Lemming: Click photo for information about this animal. Lemmings are small rodents with long, soft fur. They are herbivorous, and eat grasses, roots, and leaves. Lemmings remain active during the winters rather than hibernating. They stock up on grasses before the winter, and burrow under the snow to find food. You can learn more about lemmings here: Lemming Facts . Moose Moose Moose are the largest members of the deer family. These large-antlered animals are most commonly found in Alaska, Canada, Russia, and Scandinavia. Moose are unique among deer in that they are solitary and don’t live in herds. Although usually slow moving, moose can become agile and aggressive when frightened or angered. Learn more about Moose here: Moose Facts . Musk Ox Musk Ox: Click image to learn more about this animal. During the mating season, the male Musk Ox produces a musky odour to attract females, which is how the animals get their name. Musk Oxen have thick fur coats to keep them warm. Both males and females have long, curved horns. You can find out more about the Musk Ox here: Musk Ox Facts . Narwhal Narwhal: click on the image to see our narwhal facts page. Narwhals are medium-sized whales with one highly distinguishing feature: a long tusk that projects from the front of their heads. The tusk is in fact an extended front tooth. Narwhals spend the whole year in the arctic waters surrounding Russia, Greenland, and Canada. You can read more narwhal facts here . Orca Orca: learn more about orcas by clicking the image. Also known as the killer whale, this toothed whale is a member of the dolphin family. Orcas have distinctive black backs and white chest and eye patches. Orcas prey on other marine creatures, often working in a group. Orcas are apex predators, having no natural predators themselves. Find out more orca facts here . Polar Bear Polar Bear: click the picture to visit our polar bear facts page. No arctic animals list would be complete without the polar bear. Polar bears are marine mammals. They are able to swim long distances in cold waters and are also fast movers on the land. Polar bears are the largest type of bear. Fin
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Apry is a type of brandy flavoured with which fruit juice
Dry apricot brandy | Kindred Cocktails Twitter Facebook Recent Cocktails RSS Dry apricot brandy Dry apricot brandy is a type of fruit brandy made from apricots that are fermented and distilled into a clear spirit that is at least 80 proof at bottling. The best and most widely available commercial apricot brandy is from the Purkhart distillery in Austria (sold under the Blume Marillen brand, and imported by Haus Alpenz.  Austria is the epicenter for production of apricot brandy, with hundreds of small producers, most of whom do not export their product (due to tax disincentives designed to favor large producers). Some of these smaller producers include Nikolaihof Wachau (a biodynamic winery), Hans Reisetbauer, and Rochelt. Apricot brandy of this type has a strong aroma of apricots, with a buttery-creamy mouthfeel and flavor.  Now... here's a couple of things dry apricot brandy is not: apricot brandy is not apricot liqueur (like Marie Brizard Apry). These are usually very sweet, and low alcohol. Apriot brandy is not apricot "flavored" brandy (like Hiram Walker or Bols). These are usually sweetened and artificially flavored with apricots.  In the 19th century in the United States, it was common to find peach or apricot brandy, which was brandy rested on the pits of those fruits. These brandies were highly prized, and rather expensive.  Some popular cocktails containing Dry apricot brandy Macondo — Nicaraguan Rum, Dry apricot brandy, Crème de Banane, Cane syrup, Pineapple juice, Lime juice Altazor — Pisco, Elderflower liqueur, Dry apricot brandy, Lemon juice, Pineapple syrup Sunny Disposition — Blanco tequila, Dry apricot brandy, Suze, Bitters, Lemon juice Habibi — Dry apricot brandy, Lime juice, Pineapple syrup Pineapple Apricot Tropical — Pisco, Dry apricot brandy, Bitters, Pineapple Gum Syrup, Lime juice, Simple syrup, Mint
RAGMAG Ohm Issue | Sept 2011 | Issue#16 by RAGMAG Magazine (page 138) - issuu issuu 1. What is the difference between a spiral and a helix? 1. Where can you find the Church of the Holy Sepulchre? 1. What is the S.I. standard of temperature? 2. What is it called when a liquid is cooled to below its freezing point but it does not freeze? 2. The port of Mocha is in which country? 2. Boats and planes can roll and what other two ways do they move? 3. What do the letters LI-ION mean on a battery? 4. What is the difference between KVA and KW? 5. Melanophobia is the fear of what? 3. what is the capital of Latvia? 4. Which of these is NOT a wine region of France? Rhone, Alsace, Rioja, Bordeaux or Jura? 5. The Island of Madeira is in which ocean? Atlantic, Pacific or Indian? 6. If something is described as being anular in shape, what does it 6. The Alpine Ski Resort of St. resemble? Moritz is in which country? 7. You have three identically shaped balls 1Kg, 2Kg and 3Kg and you drop them from 20 Meters, which one will land first? 8. In climatology, to what does the term “Pluvial” refer? 7. The world’s highest swing, called the Nevis Arc, is located in which country? 8. Ibiza is in which Mediterranean island group? 9. Tirana is the capital of which 9. The Pascal is the SI unit of country? pressure.The Bar is the ilder term. 1 Bar is equivalent to how many 10. What is China’s second KiloPascal? largest river? 10. What element, whose symbol derives from its Greek name hydrargyrum, meaning watering silver, melts at -38.83 °C and yet boils at 356.73 °C? 3. What is the chemical symbol for Ozone? 4. What is the name given to the bending of light as it passes from one substance to another? 1. What cheese is made backwards? 2. If you write all the numbers from 300 to 400, how many times would you write the number 3? 3. What kind of bees make milk? 4. Where on earth do the winds always blow from the south? 5. If you feed me I will live but if you give me water I will die. What am i? 5. What computer operating 6. If five thousand, five hundred fifty system has a penguin as its logo? five dollars is written as $5,555, how should twelve thousand, twelve 6. There are three types of nuclear hundred twelve dollars be written? radiation. Gamma is one. Name the other two. 7. What number is next in this sequence? 1, 3, 4, 7, 11... 7. When a liquid changes from liquid to gas it’s called evaporation. What 8. Can you name three consecutive is it called when a solid changes days without using the words to gas? Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or 8. What is the name of the pigment Sunday? that gives leaves their green colour? 9. Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has 9. What is the cube root of 8000? one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family? 10. In an electrical circuit diagram, what is denoted by circle 10. A horse is tied to a 5 m. rope; 6 m. containing the capital letter A? away from it, is a bail of hay. Without breaking the rope, the horse is able to get to the bail of hay. How is this possible? dingbats LONDON PARIS Book 2 COST $100.00 EACH 12 COST $50.00 EACH Film COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN Song ROUND#1 1. A spiral is on a flat plane 2. Super Cooled 3. Lithium Ion 4. KW takes into account the power factor 5. Colour Black 6. Ring 7. At the same time 8. Rainfall 9.100 10. Mercury ROUND#2 1. Jerusalem 2. Yemen 3. Riga 4. Rioja 5. Atlantic 6. Switzerland 7. New Zealand 8. Balearic Islands 9. Albania 10. Yellow River ROUND#3 1. Kelvin 2. Pitch and Yaw 3. O3 4. Refraction 5. Linux 6. Alpha and Beta 7. Sublimation 8. Chlorophyl 9. 20 10. Ammetre ROUND#4 1. Edam 2. 120 3. Boobies 4. North Pole 5. Fire 6. 13,212 7. 18 8. Yesterday, today and tomorrow 9. Nine 10. The other end is not tied to anything A TALE (TAIL) OF TO CITIES - THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - HOT CHOCOLATE THREE BLIND MICE - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST - LITTLE WOMEN DANGEROUS MINDS - CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN - FINAL COUNTDOWN 138 RAGMAG | SEPTEMBER 2011
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Who preceded Willie Bain as MP for Glasgow North East?
Willie Bain – Labour Candidate for Glasgow North East – Time To Bring To An End Seventy Years Of Shameful Neglect Of Constituents And Their Honourable But Misplaced Loyalty | caltonjock Wish Us Luck Home Willie Bain – Labour Candidate for Glasgow North East – Time To Bring To An End Seventy Years Of Shameful Neglect Of Constituents And Their Honourable But Misplaced Loyalty Willie Bain – Labour Candidate for Glasgow North East – Time To Bring To An End Seventy Years Of Shameful Neglect Of Constituents And Their Honourable But Misplaced Loyalty   2009: Local reaction in Glasgow North East following resignation of Michael Martin a. No one walking through Mr Martin’s constituency of Glasgow North East yesterday could have failed to note the stark contrast between the deprivation on the streets, and the stories of refurnished second homes and thousand-pound food bills that have been front-page fare for the past two weeks. b. The gap between the haves and the have-nots has always been incendiary in politics. It is what brought Labour to power in the first place. Now, as the voters look around, they see that, for all the promises, the reality of their own lives bears no comparison with the luxuries to which their MPs have grown accustomed. That is why the anger is so palpable, the desire for electoral revenge almost tangible. c. One woman, approached by a Times reporter yesterday, summed up the mood of disillusion in this way: “After I have paid my bills I have nothing. I can’t afford to buy my TV licence. The people at the social tell us that teabags are luxuries and then you hear what the MPs spend their money on, and Michael Martin has been protecting them. I would never vote for Labour again.” This is the voice that Labour should have been listening to, but it is a voice that it has ceased to hear. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/magnus_linklater/article6322269.ece       d. “I’ve known Michael Martin for 37 years, his son Paul as well, but I’m not going to use my vote at all until this whole thing is sorted out, and I have voted Labour all my life,” said Jean Deighan, 60, a hotel housekeeper. e. The expenses scandal was “disgusting. It’s theft on a grand scale,” said James Love, 69, a former joiner. Like many others, Martin’s failure to police the Commons has crystallized Love’s mounting resentment about Labour’s wider performance: local issues like the closure of Stobhill hospital by the last Labour-Lib Dem government in Edinburgh and of three primary schools by Glasgow’s Labour council have been sharpened. f. “He has been an MP here for years and years, but to be honest with you, you could put a monkey up here for Labour, and they would get in. I hope not now. I’ve no longer got any faith in Labour,” he said. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/may/19/michael-martin-glasgow     2009: Preliminary Jousting in the months following the resignation of the sitting MP, Mr Martin. a. Labour Party accused of “running scared” of voters for leaving Glasgow residents without an MP for at least another four months by refusing to trigger the Parliamentary mechanism needed for an election. b. Harriet Harman, the Leader of the House, insisted that the poll caused by the resignation of Michael Martin, the former Speaker, over the expenses scandal could not take place during the school holidays. The SNP attempted to force an earlier election by calling a vote in the House of Commons to move the writ straight away, which would have meant a poll in mid-August, but lost by 111 votes. c. The SNP questioned why the Norwich North poll could go ahead on 23 July, when the Glasgow North East election was being delayed until October. The answer was that the Labour Party wished to be sure as many of their voters were at home and not away on holiday. d. The real reason was that Gordon Brown considered time would be a healer and any delay in holding the by-election would be a good thing hopefully taking the heat out of the situation. e. So the electorate were callously denied representation in Westminster for nearly 5 months.
History of Tony Blair - GOV.UK GOV.UK Tony Blair Labour 1997 to 2007 Born 6 May 1953, Edinburgh, Scotland Dates in office Labour Major acts Civil Partnership Act 2004: allowed legal recognition of civil partnership relationship between two people of the same sex. Interesting facts Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernising the format of Prime Minister's Question Time. Tony Blair, the longest serving Labour Prime Minister, oversaw the Northern Irish peace process, public sector reform and the response to the 9/11 and 7/7 terrorist attacks. Tony Blair was born in 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland. After taking a gap year he attended the University of Oxford and studied Law; after graduating he became a barrister. He joined the Labour Party in 1975 and, in 1983, successfully fought for the safe seat of Sedgefield. Gordon Brown was also elected in 1983 and they became firm allies. Tony Blair assumed several Shadow Cabinet roles before being made Shadow Home Secretary in 1992. In 1994, his and Gordon Brown’s friendship was permanently changed when the Labour leader, John Smith, died suddenly. Tony Blair won the following leadership contest overwhelmingly, having made an agreement with Gordon Brown that, if he didn’t stand, he would become a powerful chancellor should Labour win the next election. Tony Blair was seen as a new kind of politician with enormous charisma, arguably the finest opposition leader of modern times – even succeeding in reforming ‘Clause IV’ of the Labour constitution. It was of little surprise when Labour won the 1997 general election by a landslide majority of 179. Succeeding John Major to the role, he officially became Prime Minister on 2 May 1997. Important constitutional changes happened quickly, with Scottish and Welsh devolution, reform to the House of Lords, the Human Rights Act and a Freedom of Information Act. One of his biggest achievements came in 1998 when the Northern Irish peace process really made progress with the Good Friday Agreement. On foreign affairs, he became increasingly convinced of Britain’s need to become more involved, joining the American bombing of Iraq in 1998. A landmark came in 1999 when he risked much to protect the Kosovars, his idea of ‘liberal interventionism’ explained in his ‘Chicago’ speech on ‘The Doctrine of the International Community’. Limited military involvement in Sierra Leone in 2000 reinforced the democratically elected government. Thanks to Tony Blair’s leadership, a healthy economy and a poor showing by the Conservative Party, Labour won the 2001 general election with another landslide, with 167 seats. His priority for the second term was to increase the pace of public sector reform, which took shape in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, bills on Foundation Hospitals, Academy Schools and university tuition fees, and the increasing ‘choice agenda’. He also intended to call a referendum over Britain adopting the Euro, but events prevented this. The 9/11 terrorist attacks became defining moments for Tony Blair and his legacy. He allied with the USA and President Bush over the need to confront militant Islamism, first in Afghanistan in 2001 and then, much more controversially, in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq. The case for war in the UK had been built around the widespread belief that Saddam harboured weapons of mass destruction (WMD), which were not subsequently found. This, together with criticism over use of the machinery of government and doubts over the legality of the UK’s involvement, led the previously popular Tony Blair to become a divisive figure. Despite this, he led Labour to a third general election victory in 2005, with a much smaller but still significant majority of 66. The 7/7 London explosions by British-born Muslim suicide bombers led Blair to try to tighten civil liberties, another cause of public division. In 2006, the Israel-Lebanon war saw a very large Labour rebellion against Tony Blair over his reluctance to criticise Israel and his continued support for Bush. He resigned as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007.
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What is the correct term for a tomb or monument erected in honor of those whose remains are elsewhere?
Congressional Cemetery Government Lots - National Cemetery Administration National Cemetery Administration Button to subscribe to email Find a Cemetery VA » National Cemetery Administration » Congressional Cemetery Government Lots National Cemetery Administration Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visitation Hours: Open daily from sunrise to sunset. BURIAL SPACE The National Cemetery Administration lots in this cemetery are closed to new interments. ELIGIBILITY Burial in a national cemetery is open to all members of the armed forces who have met a minimum active duty service requirement and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. A Veteran’s spouse, widow or widower, minor dependent children, and under certain conditions, unmarried adult children with disabilities may also be eligible for burial. Eligible spouses and children may be buried even if they predecease the Veteran. Members of the reserve components of the armed forces who die while on active duty or who die while on training duty, or were eligible for retired pay, may also be eligible for burial. For more information visit our eligibility web page . DIRECTIONS FROM NEAREST AIRPORT From Baltimore National Cemetery take Interstate 95 South to Interstate 495 South to Richmond to Interstate 295 Baltimore Washington Parkway to Capitol Road. (RFK Stadium Exit) to 17 Street and turn left. Travel approximately one mile, turn left and cemetery will be on the right. SCHEDULE A BURIAL Fax all discharge documentation to the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 1-866-900-6417 and follow-up with a phone call to 1-800-535-1117. GENERAL INFORMATION The private and community cemeteries that contain NCA soldiers and government lots, and Confederate cemeteries, do not always have staffed offices on site. When administrative information for the larger cemetery is available, it is provided below. Congressional Cemetery Website: www.congressionalcemetery.org   NOTE: Link will take you outside the VA website. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked website. These government lots are overseen by the Baltimore National Cemetery . Please contact the national cemetery for more information. For educational materials and additional information on this cemetery, please visit the Education section , located below. FLORAL/GROUNDS POLICY Cemetery policies are conspicuously posted and readily visible to the public. Floral arrangements accompanying the casket or urn at the time of burial will be placed on the completed grave. Natural cut flowers may be placed on graves at any time of the year. They will be removed when they become unsightly or when it becomes necessary to facilitate cemetery operations such as mowing. Artificial flowers and potted plants will be permitted on graves during periods when their presence will not interfere with grounds maintenance. As a general rule, artificial flowers and potted plants will be allowed on graves for a period extending 10 days before through 10 days after Easter Sunday and Memorial Day. Christmas wreaths, grave blankets and other seasonal adornments may be placed on graves from Dec. 1 through Jan. 20. They may not be secured to headstones or markers. WEAPONS POLICY VA regulations 38 CFR 1.218 prohibit the carrying of firearms (either openly or concealed), explosives or other dangerous or deadly weapons while on VA property, except for official purposes, such as military funeral honors. Possession of firearms on any property under the charge and control of VA is prohibited. Offenders may be subject to a fine, removal from the premises, or arrest. HISTORICAL INFORMATION Established in 1807, Congressional Cemetery is located in the southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., overlooking the Anacostia River. The National Cemetery Administration has jurisdiction over 806 burial plots located throughout the larger cemetery, including some of the oldest and most significant historic resources maintained by the agency
Keeping them straight: James the Greater and James the Less | The New Theological Movement Keeping them straight: James the Greater and James the Less St. James the Greater, of Compostela July 25th, Feast of St. James the Greater “St. James the Apostle, brother of blessed John the Evangelist, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa about the time of the Paschal Feast, being the first of the Apostles to receive the crown of martyrdom. His sacred bones were translated on this day from Jerusalem to Spain, and buried in the furthest parts of that country, in Galicia, and are piously venerated with great honour by the people of that country, and by the mighty concourse of Christians who go thither to perform their religious duties and vows.” (from the Roman Martyrology) Devout Catholics often feel a certain anxiety when a feast of one of the St. James-es occurs. We often wonder: Which James is this again? And what did that James do? And how many Jameses are there anyways? There are, in fact, as many as five different Jameses presented in the Scripture – and to these, there are also many extra-canonical traditions regarding the Jameses. In this little article, we will not so much attempt to give all the scriptural and patristic proofs of the general tradition, but will instead strive to put forward (clearly and concisely) the scriptural and traditional accounts about the different Jameses. The five important James-figures in Scripture The name "James" in the New Testament is borne by several: 1. James, the son of Zebedee — Apostle, brother of John, Apostle; also called "James the Greater". 2. James, the son of Alpheus, Apostle — Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13. 3. James, the brother of the Lord — Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3; Galatians 1:19. Without a shadow of doubt, he must be identified with the James of Galatians 2:2 and 2:9; Acts 12:17, 15:13 sqq. and 21:18; and 1 Corinthians 15:7. 4. James, the son of Mary, brother of Joseph (or Joses) — Mark 15:40 (where he is called "the little", not the "less", as in the D.V., nor the "lesser"); Matthew 27:56. Probably the son of Cleophas or Clopas (John 19:25) where "Maria Cleophæ" is generally translated "Mary the wife of Cleophas", as married women are commonly distinguished by the addition of their husband's name. 5. James, the brother of Jude — Jude 1:1. Most Catholic commentators identify Jude with the "Judas Jacobi", the "brother of James" (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13), called thus because his brother James was better known than himself in the primitive Church. [taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia on “James the Less”] Additionally, we know of James who wrote the Letter of St. James, James the bishop of Jerusalem, James who is regularly mentioned together with Peter and John, James whose bones are in Compostela (Spain), and James who is buried in Rome (at Dodici Apostoli). The Church has recognized, in all these James-figures, only two men – who were related as uncle and nephew. James the Less (uncle of James the Greater) The general consensus of the Fathers, Doctors and theologians is that James the Less is the “James” of 2-5 (from the above list), as well as the Bishop of Jerusalem, the author of the Letter of St. James, and who is buried in Rome. This James is the brother (rather, cousin) of the Lord (through both Joseph and Mary), the son of Cleophas (aka Alphaeus, who met Christ on the way to Emmaus and was brother to Joseph the spouse of Mary) and Mary of Alphaeus (the sister of the Virgin Mary), the brother also of Mary Salome, and also the brother of Jude the Apostle, called the Less or the little. This James is also called “James the Just”. His feast is on May 3rd (May 11th in the 1962 calendar, though traditionally on May 1st), together with St. Philip. James the Greater (nephew of James the Less) This is the first James (1) from the above list – James the Greater, the brother of John the Evangelist. James the Greater is called “Greater” as a means of distinguishing him from James the Less (who is called “the Less” from Mark 15:40). This is James who is regularly men
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What travels at 299,792,458 metres per second?
What is the Speed of Light in MPH? What is the Speed of Light in MPH? The speed of light in MPH is 670,616,629 mph, 299,792,458 meters per second, or 186, 282 miles per second. Light takes approximately one second to travel the 238,854 miles to the moon. The speed of light is considered a physical constant that is used in many areas of physics. This is because light always travels at this speed in space or in a vacuum regardless of the measurement source or observer. The most popular use of the speed of light is in Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, E=mc^2, where c represents the speed of light. More formally, the speed of light is the speed of a mass-less particle in a vacuum and is the upper bound on which energy or matter can travel. How Fast does Light Travel Through Other Surfaces? The speed of light is less than “c” or the defined constant that travels through a vacuum when it travels through air or other materials such as glass. The ratio between the vacuum speed or “c” and that which travels through the material “v” is called the refractive index “n” of the material. “N” is equal to c/v. An example of this is that the refractive measurement of glass is classically 1.5. On the other hand, the refractive index of air is much closer to a vacuum and is equal to 1.0003 and closely approaches the value of “c.” The History of the Speed of Light Measurement Ole Rømer was the first person to demonstrate in 1676 that light traveled at a finite speed by studying the apparent motion of the Jupiter moon, Io. Isaac Beeckman and Galileo Galilei attempted to measure the speed of light after him, but the results were inconclusive. In 1905, Albert Einstein postulated that the speed of light in a vacuum was separate from the source of reference and demonstrated that this speed had relevance outside of the the context of electromagnetism. In 1975, the speed of light was assessed to be 299,792,458 m/s. However, the meter was redefined in 1983 as the distance light travelled in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 second. As a result, the meter’s definition has fixed the speed of light to meters per second. Follow Us!
Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites Meteorite Impacts And Showers A meteoroid is a solid body in interplanetary space before it reaches the Earth's atmosphere. A meteor denotes the fiery streak or "shooting star" which appears when a tiny meteoroid strikes the Earth's atmosphere and burns up. Most meteors result from meteoroids no more than a few centimeters in diameter. A larger meteoroid which survives the fiery passage through the Earth's atmosphere as a meteor and strikes the Earth's surface is called a meteorite. Meteoric material less than a tenth of a millimeter in diameter is called cosmic dust. Meteors A Perseid meteor on August 12, 1986. Meteors appear when centimeter-sized meteoroids travelling at least 11 km/sec, but more usually 30 to 55 km/sec, strike the Earth's atmosphere. The maximum speed is 72 km/sec. The meteoroid's kinetic energy of motion converts into heat, vaporizing the meteoroid at heights above 60 km. The hot vapor trail is what we see as a meteor. The vaporized material may reach temperatures of 1,000 to 2,000 Kelvins. The period during which the meteor flashes is called incandescent flight. The period after the light phenomena cease is called dark flight. Meteorites the size of a golf ball (two or three centimeters) or larger vaporize in exceptionally brilliant flashes called fireballs or bolides. These may also produce a variety of sounds . Theodor Abrahamsen's photo at the right captures a Perseid meteor on August 12, 1986. Meteor Showers You can see five or six meteors each hour from any given vantage point on Earth when atmospheric conditions allow. Up to 25 million meteors arrive each day, dropping about 100 tons of material. Most meteors are composed of debris left behind by comets as they orbit the Sun. A meteor shower occurs when the Earth intersects a comet's path and moves through the stream of debris and dust emitted by the comet. The meteors in a shower appear to originate from one area of the sky called the radiant. The meteor shower is usually named after the constellation in which the radiant lies. Meteor showers occurs at the same time each year. Common meteor showers result in ten to fifty meteors per hour. Typically the best time to observe is in the early morning. The following table lists a few of the more prominent meteor showers. Some Prominent Meteor Showers Meteor Storms Leonid Storm of November, 1833 Occasionally the Earth passes through an unusually heavy concentration of cometary debris resulting in a meteor storm. Hundreds or even thousands of meteors may flash each hour. One of the historically most prominent meteor storms, the Leonid storm, occurs at about thirty-three year intervals. The Leonid shower normally produces about ten meteors per hour. When they storm, the Leonids can produce the equivalent of over one hundred thousand meteors per hour for a short period. The woodcut at the right by artist Adolf Vollmy, based upon an original painting by the Swiss artist Karl Jauslin, portrays the great Leonid meteor storm of November 12-13, 1833. Victorian era astronomy writer Agnes Clerke described that storm as follows: "On the night of November 12-13, 1833, a tempest of falling stars broke over the earth.... the sky was scored in every direction with shining tracks and illuminated with majestic fireballs. At Boston, the frequency of meteors was estimated to be about half that of flakes of snow in an average snowstorm. Their numbers ... were quite beyond counting; but as it waned, a reckoning was attempted, from which it was computed, on the basis of that much-diminished rate, that 240,000 must have been visible during the nine hours they continued to fall." Periodic comet Temple-Tuttle is the parent (originating object) of the debris for the Leonid meteor shower. Leonids are among the fastest known meteors, striking the Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 71 km/sec on average. Curiously, no meteorite fall has ever been associated with a meteor shower. So far all meteorites observed to fall duri
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On the human body, exungulation is the trimming of what?
Human Physiology/Integumentary System - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Human Physiology/Integumentary System Introduction[ edit ] The integumentary system consists of the skin, hair, nails, the subcutaneous tissue below the skin,and assorted glands.The most obvious function of the integumentary system is the protection that the skin gives to underlying tissues. The skin not only keeps most harmful substances out, but also prevents the loss of fluids. A major function of the subcutaneous tissue is to connect the skin to underlying tissues such as muscles. Hair on the scalp provides insulation from cold for the head. The hair of eyelashes and eyebrows helps keep dust and perspiration out of the eyes, and the hair in our nostrils helps keep dust out of the nasal cavities. Any other hair on our bodies no longer serves a function, but is an evolutionary remnant. Nails protect the tips of fingers and toes from mechanical injury. Fingernails give the fingers greater ability to pick up small objects. There are four types of glands in the integumentary system: Sudoriferous glands, Sebaceous glands, Ceruminous glands, and Mammary glands. Sudoriferous glands are sweat producing glands. These are important to help maintain body temperature. Sebaceous glands are oil producing glands which help inhibit bacteria, keep us waterproof and prevent our hair and skin from drying out. Ceruminous glands produce earwax which keeps the outer surface of the eardrum pliable and prevents drying. Mammary glands produce milk. Skin[ edit ] In zoology and dermatology, skin is an organ of the integumentary system made up of a layer of tissues that guard underlying muscles and organs. As the interface with the surroundings, it plays the most important role in protecting against pathogens. Its other main functions are insulation and temperature regulation, sensation and vitamin D and B synthesis. Skin is considered one of the most important parts of the body. Skin has pigmentation, melanin, provided by melanocytes, which absorbs some of the potentially dangerous radiation in sunlight. It also contains DNA repair enzymes which reverse UV damage, and people who lack the genes for these enzymes suffer high rates of skin cancer. One form predominantly produced by UV light, malignant melanoma, is particularly invasive, causing it to spread quickly, and can often be deadly. Human skin pigmentation varies among populations in a striking manner. This has sometimes led to the classification of people(s) on the basis of skin color. Damaged skin will try to heal by forming scar tissue, often giving rise to discoloration and depigmentation of the skin. The skin is often known as "the largest organ in the human body". This applies to exterior surface, as it covers the body, appearing to have the largest surface area of all the organs. Moreover, it applies to weight, as it weighs more than any single internal organ, accounting for about 15 percent of body weight. For the average adult human, the skin has a surface area of between 1.5-2.0 square meters, most of it is between 2-3 mm thick. The average square inch of skin holds 650 sweat glands, 20 blood vessels, 60,000 melanocytes, and more than a thousand nerve endings. The use of natural or synthetic cosmetics to treat the appearance of the face and condition of the skin (such as pore control and black head cleansing) is common among many cultures. Layers[ edit ] The skin has two major layers which are made of different tissues and have very different functions. Diagram of the layers of human skin Skin is composed of the epidermis and the dermis. Below these layers lies the hypodermis or subcutaneous adipose layer, which is not usually classified as a layer of skin. The outermost epidermis consists of stratified squamous keratinizing epithelium with an underlying basement membrane. It contains no blood vessels, and is nourished by diffusion from the dermis. The main type of cells which make up the epidermis are keratinocytes, with melanocytes and Langerhans cells also present. The epidermis can be further subd
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What colour ‘Haze’ is the title of a 1967 hit by Jimi Hendrix?
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze Lyrics Meaning click a star to vote Jul 17th, 2008 7:32am report Jimi came straight out and denied that Purple Haze was about drugs, despite the possible obvious references. Sorry kids. Some previous posts linked the song to a dream he once had, which was getting close, one of you even mentioned love, which was right on. My understanding: The song was about the effects Jimi felt when he was falling in love with a girl. He felt absolutely entraced by her, to the point where he had dreams about her. He had trouble describing just how significantly she affected him, until he saw a documentary on so called "alien abductees" (Stay with me now...). Many of the people likened their experience onboard as an: out of body ("'Scuse me while I kiss the sky") timeless ("Tomorrow, or just the end of time") experience while surrounded by a Purple Haze. The give away line for me was always "What ever it is, that girl, put a spell on me." But take this version with a mountainous pile of salt. xox P.S. Didn't word check, be nice. 2TOP RATED click a star to vote Jun 14th, 2016 6:55am report GET THIS INFORMATIN FROM THE SOURCE Hendrix claimed this was inspired by a dream where he was walking under the sea. In the dream, he said a purple haze surrounded him, engulfed him and got him lost. It was a traumatic experience, but in his dream his faith in Jesus saved him. At one point, Hendrix wrote the chorus as "Purple Haze, Jesus Saves," but decided against it. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England) EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THE TRUE MEANING Part of the lyrics were formed from some of Jimi's free verse ramblings that he jotted down from time to time.   click a star to vote Oct 12th, 2012 10:52pm report I think that through a drug, his music, or intense unconditional love or self-love, or meditation, he had an experience where his 3rd eye opened. In this perception, he may have seen a tunnel surrounded by a purple haze(the indigo-purple colour of the 3rd eye), moving through tunnel(s) at light speed but always being in one moment, Now. You lose sight of time, there is none. You may have experience of other dimensions or worlds. We may also hear sounds or instruments from other frequencies. He was a Master (of music)(and a heightened sense of love for). This has sometimes been referred to as a waking dream. Or an OBE (out of body experience) or IBE (in body experience). I have had this. (no drugs though! :/   click a star to vote Jul 4th, 2011 7:02am report I love some of these crazy interpretations.The song was called "Purple Haze,Jesus Saves" but Chas Chandler vetoed that one.Apparantly the "Purple Haze" bit is a direct quote from a Sci-Fi Book jimi had been reading.The song also had about ten verses and was very long(like a lot of Jimi`s songs)but Chas Chandler used to edit all of Hendrix`s work and that`s partly why they parted company during Electric LadyLand.And the songs on that album that Chas Chandler produced are short and concise(CrossTown Traffic and Have You Ever Been...?)as opposed to the tracks Hendrix produced himself(1983,Voodoo Child etc).Both the Skunk and the LSD named"Purple Haze"are both named in homage to the Song.It was 1966 when the song was written and i think Hendrix picked up on the ethos of the time and wrote something "Psychedelic"intentionally(if you get my meaning).
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In 1847, which Bristol company was the first British company to make a chocolate bar?
Solid Chocolate Solid Chocolate Chocolate Information Solid Chocolate British Chocolate is often not given the admiration it deserves. This is possibly because of the recent ' Chocolate War ' with France and other European countries who tried to ban British chocolate. However, it is the British we have to thank for producing the first solid chocolate. The British company Fry, trading as J. S. Fry & Sons, is commonly given credit for making the first solid chocolate. Fry took cocoa powder, extracted cocoa butter and sugar and mixed them to produce the first solid chocolate in 1847. Fry's sold 'chocolat delicieux a manger' in 1847 and Cadbury Brothers, another British Chocolate manufacturer, were selling a similar product only two years later. After producing the first ever edible chocoalte bar, Fry's expanded their production and began manufacturing the Chocolate Cream bar in 1866. In the decades that followed over 220 products were introduced, including, in 1914, the Fry's Turkish bar. At the start of the First World War the company was the largest employer in Bristol. In 1919 they decided to merge with Cadbury's chocolate and the Fry's division was moved to Somerdale in 1923. In 1981 the name Fry's stopped being used at Somerdale, but the factory is still a significant manufacturer of Cadbury's products. To this day Cadbury's continues to be a major producer of solid chocolate for the world market. With many of the products it has inherited from Fry's it maintains a significant place in the world of chocolate. Fry's Chocolate
Forty years of Virgin: How Richard Branson’s eccentric record label changed the charts | The Independent Features Forty years of Virgin: How Richard Branson’s eccentric record label changed the charts It's four decades since Richard Branson set up the mail-order business that became a hippie haven, a punk paradise, and then a big-money label. Pierre Perrone tracks the story Friday 24 May 2013 18:00 BST Click to follow Forty years of Virgin: How Richard Branson’s eccentric record label changed the charts 1/3 Richard Branson at Virgin Studios (sitting at back) in 1979 Rex Features German band Can ALAMY It was nearly called Slipped Disc until Tessa Watts, a member of the team Richard Branson had assembled around him at Student magazine, pointed out they were all "complete virgins at business." So Virgin became the name of the company Branson started in 1970 to sell discounted and import records via mail-order. The following year, a postal strike nearly put him out of business and forced his hand. He opened his first Virgin Records shop at the cheaper end of London's Oxford Street, then another one in Liverpool. Twelve more would follow and become cool places to hang out for the alternative, hippie crowd who never felt at home in WH Smith. Branson began thinking big. With a loan from bankers Coutts, he bought an Oxfordshire manor house he converted into a state-of-the-art residential recording studio, the first of its kind in the UK, known as The Manor. There was a setback in May 1971 when Branson fell foul of HM Customs and Excise after failing to pay duty on several van-loads of records. He spent a night in jail, was bailed out by his mother and had to pay a hefty fine of £60,000. He also narrowly avoided a criminal record that would have put paid to his entrepreneurial ambitions and confirmed his Stowe School headmaster's prediction in 1967 that he would "either go to prison or become a millionaire". The second part of the statement would come true a few years later. As Branson reveals in his autobiography Losing My Virginity, Simon Draper, Branson's music-mad South African cousin, the one who knew about Krautrock and kosmische musik, became his right-hand man. Together, they launched Virgin Music at the end of May 1973 with the simultaneous release of four albums: Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells – catalogue number V 2001 – Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) by space rockers Gong – V 2002 – a Manor Live jam-session album that was definitely of its time – V 2003 – and The Faust Tapes – VC 501 – an album by German sonic pioneers Faust, sold for the price of a single. With its Roger Dean-designed "twins" logo, Virgin was a progressive rock label, the home of underground acts connected to the Canterbury scene like Robert Wyatt and Hatfield and the North. It championed German groups Tangerine Dream and Can, as well as mavericks like Kevin Coyne and Ivor Cutler and avant-rockers Henry Cow/Slapp Happy. It was really following in the footsteps of Chris Blackwell's Island, Tony Stratton-Smith's Charisma, and Chrysalis, the Chris Wright and Terry Ellis operation, but was even more leftfield, a boon to lovers of outsider rock. Mind you, in 1975 Branson showed chutzpah when he tried to sign the Stones, an ambition he would realise 17 years later. By 1977, the company was over-reliant on Oldfield but managed to ditch its hippie image with the master-stroke signing of The Sex Pistols. Virgin became the punk and post-punk label of choice for X-Ray Spex, Penetration, XTC, Magazine, Devo, The Skids, the Members, Ruts and Public Image Ltd. The company became a synth-pop powerhouse with the Human League, John Foxx and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark as well as Simple Minds and Japan, two acts poached from Arista that went on to define the Eighties, along with Culture Club. Having started the wonderful Front Line reggae imprint and welcomed UB40 and Scritti Politti, Virgin acquired Charisma and Genesis in 1983 and made world superstars of Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. In the late Eighties, the label relaunched the career of Roy O
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Who is the current presenter of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue?
Jack Dee is the perfect host for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | Television & radio | The Guardian Radio comedy Jack Dee is the perfect host for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue The grumpy comic has taken over from the late Humphrey Lyttleton and proved a hit. But are some presenters simply irreplaceable? Comedian Jack Dee. Photograph: Amit Lennon Monday 5 July 2010 10.20 EDT First published on Monday 5 July 2010 10.20 EDT Share on Messenger Close Rock groups routinely soldier on for decades without one or more of their original members, and fans don't tend to gripe so long as the same old songs get played. But the radio show which loses its lynchpin faces an altogether more precarious future, especially if the history of the series in question is bound up with the departing host. Last week, I attended a recording in Cambridge of two shows in the current series of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (6.30pm, Mondays, R4), where I was struck by what a neat fit Jack Dee is as anchor. His dexterity with material that requires a measure of toxic disdain has already been proved in his solo stints on two series of the programme. But it was encouraging to see up close how he marshals the team members – Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke Taylor and, on this occasion, David Mitchell – and chides them gently like a PE master. Behind the audience's easy laughter, I detected authentic relief that the show hadn't gone to pot. After all, ISIHAC underwent an initially fraught probationary period in which three different hosts (Dee, Rob Brydon, Stephen Fry) were auditioned publicly after the death in 2008 of Humphrey Lyttleton . Light entertainment is a medium where the word "inimitable" gets used as frequently as "dahling", but you need only sample five minutes of "Humph" on ISIHAC to appreciate the balance he struck between cultivated bumbling and wry naughtiness . The shortcomings of two of the trial hosts made Humph's persona seem all the more miraculous. Fry sounded, as he so often does, as though he were broadcasting to the proles from a throne in the clouds; the effect was rather as if Zeus had been handed Radio 4's 6.30pm comedy slot. Brydon's turn in Humph's chair, on the other hand, felt all wrong for the opposite reason. A friend of mine put it best when she said that Brydon just made the jokes sound dirty. Of course, they are dirty – some of the filthiest broadcast anywhere, before or after the watershed, particularly the ones involving "the lovely Samantha", or Lionel Blair. But Humph delivered those gags with a bored obliviousness; not only did the doubles entendres appear lost on him, his world-weary tone suggested that he couldn't be bothered to fathom the jokes anyway. That's why Dee has turned out to be such a boon for the show. His grumpiness may be synthetic but it has a similar effect on the series as Humph's wry befuddlement – it introduces just the right amount of comic distance between the host and the demeaning material he is forced to read. In recent years, Radio 4 listeners have had to acclimatise themselves to changes of personnel on other key shows. Sandi Toksvig, already a joy on Excess Baggage (10am, Saturday), has proved to be a jaunty, jousting successor to Simon Hoggart on The News Quiz . And Kirsty Young , now four years into her stretch on Desert Island Discs (11.15am, Sunday), and therefore past the point where she can be thrown to the piranhas, recently coaxed the writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce into giving one of the most purely life-affirming interviews ever heard on the series. Desert Island Discs was always going to be a survivor, since it depends more on its whimsical castaway conceit and the calibre of the interviewee in any given week than on its presenter's personality. It's the Doctor Who of radio institutions. No one expects the same host to go on for ever, so regeneration is always on the cards. But if there is a rule about shows that survive a participant's death or departure, it seems to be that the less amorphous the format, the greater the chance of longevity. Lurking in the back of the mind of any pro
Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: February 2012 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League   Specialist Rounds 21 February 2012 Tonight’s specialist questions have been set by the Puss In Boots, and vetted by the Albion. Entertainment: Radio Ha Ha Q1. What four unimaginative new names were given to the Home Service, Light and Third Programmes and their associated services following a reorganisation on 30 September 1967? A1. BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4 [all four station names required]. Q2. The Mary Whitehouse Experience was Radio 1’s first attempt at a comedy series in 1989. The four original writers included Rob Newman and Hugh Dennis. Name one of the other two who went on to TV fame? A2. David Baddiel or Steve Punt Q3. The Million Pound Radio Show that aired in the mid-1980s launched the career of which TV funny man that went on to make ‘loadsamoney’? A3. Harry Enfield Q4. Which long-running topical television panel game was a taken from an idea first tested by Radio 4’s The News Quiz? A4. Have I Got News for You Q5. What was peculiar about Radio 4’s eight-and-a-half hour continuous broadcast on Boxing Day 2000? A5. Uninterrupted and unabridged reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (because JK Rowling refused to let it be serialised). Q6. Jack Dee now gives the panel members of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue silly things to do, but whose famous jazz-trumpet playing shoes did he fill? A6. Humphrey Lyttelton Q7. Where is the radio show Old Harry’s Game set? A7. Hell Q8. Who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, originally a radio comedy, first broadcast in 1978? A8. Douglas Adams Supplementaries Q9. In which BBC Radio programme could you have found the characters Neddie, Eccles, Min, Major Bloodknock and Count Moriarty? A9. The Goon Show Q10. Mark Steel presenter of Mark Steel’s in Town, also writes a column for which national daily newspaper? A10. The Independent or the "i" Geography Q1. The Oresund bridge joins two European countries - name either of them. A1. Sweden or Denmark Q2. Which river separates Devon and Cornwall? A2. Tamar Q3. Which Motorway links Glasgow and Edinburgh? A3. M8 Q4. Which Motorway links Coventry and Leicester? A4. M69 Q5. Which is the only English port offering passenger ferry services to the Republic of Ireland? A5. Liverpool Q6. Which is the only English port offering passenger ferry services to Scandinavia? A6. Harwich (runs to Esbjerg in Denmark) Q7. Which British National Park has the longest Coastline? A7. Pembrokeshire Coast (260 miles) Q8. Near which British city would you find the mumbles? A8. Swansea Q9. What is the highest denomination Euro banknote available? A9. 500 Euro Q10. St Davids, St Thomas and St James Park are all railway stations in which British City? A10. Exeter Q1. Who was the maternal grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany? A1. Queen Victoria of Great Britain Q2. What was St Petersburg known as between 1914 and 1924? A2. Petrograd [and then Leningrad until 1991 but I specifically want “Petrograd”] Q3. Who was Chancellor of West Germany at the time of its reunification with East Germany? A3. Helmut Kohl Q4. The Falange were a far right wing group holding power from the 1930s to 1970s in which European country? A4. Spain Q5. In which year did Ted Heath's Government impose the "Three Day Week"? A5. 1974 [leeway 1973-1975] Q6. Which British Prime Minister lived at Chartwell in Kent from 1924 to 1965? A6. Winston Churchill Q7. Apart from West Germany and France, name one other of the founding members in 1952 of the European Coal and Steel Community? A7. Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg Q8. In 1963, which French president vetoed the UK's application to join the European Economic Community? A8. Charles De Gaulle Supplementaries Q9. What was the name of the trade union that went on strike at the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk in 1980? A9. Solidarity ("Solidarnosc" if anyone can remember the Polish). Q10. What is the name of the Bosnian town, infamous as the site of the July 1995 mass murders perpetrated by Ratko Mladic's forces? A10. Srebrenica [pronounced Sreb-ren-it
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What is the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania?
Capital Cities of Australia - Overview • Adelaide, South Australia The capital of South Australia, Adelaide, is on Gulf St Vincent which leads through Investigator Strait to the Southern Ocean . As with most major Australian cities, a river runs through the city, and in Adelaide this is the Torrens. The larger, longer Murray River empties into Lake Alexandrina and into the ocean southeast of Adelaide on the eastern side of the Fleurieu Peninsula . Adelaide city centre has streets laid out in a grid surrounded by parklands. Adelaide is named after Queen Adelaide, German-born consort of England's King William IV. More » continue reading below our video Tipping Etiquette Around the World Brisbane skyline © Tourism Queensland. Brisbane skyline © Tourism Queensland • Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane, capital of Queensland, is located on the southeastern side of the state, just north of the Gold Coast . The city has grown alongside the meandering Brisbane River with the city's eastern suburbs fronting Moreton Bay on the western side of the Pacific Ocean . In population, Brisbane ranks first in Queensland and third among Australia's cities after Sydney and Melbourne. Brisbane is named after the river which snakes through the city. The river itself is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. More » Australian Parliament House © Australian Capital Tourism. Australian Parliament House © Australian Capital Tourism • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory is Australia's national capital. Geographically, the Australian Capital Territory is within, but not a part of, the state of New South Wales, in much the same way that the District of Columbia, where the US capital of Washington is located, is part of neither the states of Maryland nor Virginia. As the seat of national government, the Australian Parliament and the nation's central federal offices are located in Canberra, as are the nation's national galleries, museums and library. Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin was created when the Molonglo River was dammed in the early 1960s. More » Aerial view of Darwin © Tourism NT. Aerial view of Darwin © Tourism NT • Darwin, Northern Territory It's Australia's northernmost capital city in the region commonly referred to as the Top End. It's a city that's suffered the brunt of war and natural catastrophes but has seemed to rise stronger than ever before. As the Australian capital city closest to Southeast Asia, it is a melting pot of peoples and cultures, from Aboriginal and Islander Australians to the descendants of European settlers and Asian wayfarers and migrants. The city is named after evolutionist Charles Darwin who sailed on the HMS Beagle in the early 1800s, although Darwin was not on the Beagle when the ship sailed into Darwin Harbour in 1839. More » Port Arthur © Tourism Tasmania & Sarah Quine. Port Arthur © Tourism Tasmania & Sarah Quine • Hobart, Tasmania Hobart, Australia's southernmost state capital, is located on the southeastern side of island-state Tasmania. It has grown on the banks of the Derwent River and is the end point of the annual sea classic, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race , which starts on Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day . The ruins of the Port Arthur convict penitentiary and the historic village of Richmond are but two popular Hobart daytrip destinations. The main island of Tasmania is no more than 62.5 square kilometres and most Tasmanian attractions can be reached in a day from Hobart or the northern city of Launceston. More » Melbourne skyline © Tourism Victoria. Melbourne skyline © Tourism Victoria • Melbourne, Victoria Ah, Melbourne. It's one of my favorite cities, and always a pleasure to visit. Getting around Melbourne to view and experience its many city attractions is easy and pleasant with its free City Circle tram and the City Tourist Shuttle . Catch either of these two visitor-friendly vehicles and get off at places that interest you and then get back on and head to your next destination. And feel the throb of this city. It's ali
Canberra – Australia's capital city | australia.gov.au Canberra – Australia's capital city Australian architecture Canberra – Australia's capital city Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, is Australia's capital city. After Federation in 1901, a site for the capital was sought, and Canberra was selected. The Australian Capital Territory was declared on 1 January 1911 and an international competition was held to design the new capital city of Australia. The competition was won by a submission from American architect Walter Burley Griffin with drawings drafted by Marion Mahony Griffin. Craig Mackenzie, Two Aboriginal Australian men participating in a smoking ceremony to mark the Apology to the Stolen Generations at Parliament House, Canberra, 13 February 2008. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia: nla.int-nl39844-cm18 You are on Ngunnawal land - Canberra For 21,000 years the Canberra region has been home to the Ngunnawal people. Evidence of their long occupation exists in archeological evidence found at Birrigai Rock Shelter at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, in rock paintings in Namadgi National Park and in other places throughout the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). When Europeans settled the area in the early 1820s hundreds of Aboriginals lived in the area, meeting regularly for corroborees and feasts and then breaking off into smaller bands. The Aborigines moved about to take advantage of seasonal foods, such as bogong moths which arrived in their thousands during the summer months. As elsewhere in Australia, European settlement disrupted Aboriginal patterns of land use and movement across the country, and many Aborigines died from European-brought diseases like influenza, smallpox and tuberculosis. Aborigines continued to live in the area, often working on sheep properties, their numbers diminished by illness and starvation, their culture and language in decline. Canberra, a good sheep station spoiled In 1815 a road was constructed across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst Plains, and by 1820 a road to Goulburn Plains (which lie within 100 kilometres of Canberra) was under construction, opening up the vast interior of Australia to further exploration and development. Albert R Peters, Sheep near [Old] Parliament House, 1940s. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an23389536. In 1820 explorers Joseph Wild, James Vaughan and Charles Throsby Smith discovered the Limestone Plains of the Canberra region, following the discovery of Lake George earlier that year. They crossed the range of hills beside Lake George and reached a point from which they saw what is now the site of Canberra. The first European settler in the district was Joshua John Moore who established a stock station called 'Canberry'. It's thought the name Canberry is based on an Aboriginal name for the area 'Kamberra' or 'Kambery'. The middle of Moore's property is approximately where Canberra's city centre is currently sited. In 1913 Canberra became the official name for the area. A capital city for Australia Subsequent to Federation in 1901, the Commonwealth Parliament was formed. The grand opening ceremony was held on 9 May 1901 in Melbourne's Exhibition Building. The Commonwealth Parliament continued to sit in Melbourne as the site of the national capital was not yet decided. Design of the lay out of the Federal Capital City of Australia as projected by the Departmental Board, 1912. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia: A767, 1. The New South Wales Government commissioned a report suggesting possible locations for the seat of Government for the new Commonwealth of Australia. The report suggested three places — Bombala, Yass-Canberra, and Orange — which made it to a short list, and suggested others which were rejected: Albury, Tumut, Cooma and Armidale. The decision for the Yass-Canberra option was made in 1908 by the Commonwealth Parliament and shortly afterwards the Commonwealth surveyor, Charles Scrivener, was dispatched to choose a site. His instructions were to choose somewhere picturesque, dist
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What was the name for a form of stencil duplicator used for making numerous copies of a document?
Copies #0087 Copies I'd like to pass on a bit of technological history to my descendents: in my youth (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth) we had no easy way to make copies of a document.  Note 1   I'm talking about making a copy of an already existing document. There were many ways of making multiple copies of a document when it was first generated - after all, the printing press goes back to Gutenberg. On a smaller scale, carbon paper allowed us to create three or four copies of a document at a time.  Note 2   To generate a larger number of copies of a document, one could cut a mimeograph stencil, or a spirit duplicator stencil. But given a single copy of a document produced earlier, we had no easy way to reproduce it.  Note 3   This was just the continuation of a problem that had existed since the start of human history. All physical media, such as paper, eventually decay. If the information written on the medium is to be preserved, it must be copied before the medium crumbles. This was even worse before the days of media such as "acid-free paper", which can last 100 years. Older media lasted for much less time. So in order to preserve them, documents that were considered important had to be copied and recopied and recopied. We have no original copies of any of the books of the Bible, for example (by "original", I mean written down by the original authors). All we have are copies. And they are not even first-generation copies, so they are copies of copies of copies. Anytime something is copied in this way, errors are bound to be introduced. In the early days of Christianity, errors in the New Testament books were introduced at a very rapid rate, because the books were copied by amateur copyists. Later, when the copying was taken over by the church, the copyists got more professional, and the error rate dropped. But the fact is, we can't know precisely what the original authors wrote.  Note 4   Although the process of xerography was first developed in 1937, it was many years before a truly practical office copier was produced and sold. By the time I went off to college in 1959, these were beginning to appear, but they were very large and expensive machines. Hence they were generally leased, rather than purchased, by their users. Where copiers were available, they tended to be tightly controlled by their owners, so that the per copy expense didn't get out of hand. At that early stage, the idea that we might one day have home copiers seemed inconceivable. But over the following decades, the price of copiers declined, until even small home machines became quite cheap. Along the way, the quality of the copies improved as well, although until recently, copiers still used analog technology.  Note 5   Since as you probably know, I'm interested in languages, let me briefly mention a change that copiers brought to English. It's common in English to convert nouns into verbs whenever it's helpful. For example, we can say things like "The team was bused to the game", instead of the more awkward "The team was taken to the game by bus." But I was startled one day (many years ago) to hear someone, looking at a memo in a coworker's hand, utter the words "Copy me on that". What he meant was, "Send me a copy of that memo." The reason I was surprised to hear "copy me" used in that way was because the words "copy me" already had a different meaning: they meant "Do as I do." Nevertheless, the use of the verb "copy" to mean "send a copy to" has become quite commonplace, and its meaning is generally obvious in context. I'd now like to talk about another form of copying: digital copying. I've already alluded to this in my introductory entry, " Why write using the HTML and JPG file formats? ". In that entry, I said,   But digital technology does make it possible to keep things forever, essentially because digital technology allows the creation of copies that are exact replicas of the original. Not 99% accurate replicas, not 99.99% accurate replicas, but in fact exact replicas, as good as the original, with nothing lost. Because exac
listography: facts (Greta Garbo) facts (Greta Garbo) Garbo's favorite TV program during her later years was Matlock and she greatly admired star Andy Griffith. A cigarette butt smoked by Greta Garbo once fetched $352 at a Hollywood auction. Garbo's brother emigrated to the United States in the 1930's and owned a ranch in New Mexico where she frequently went to relax. Kata, was her childhood nickname and also in later life by her family and friends. Garbo was pictured on a U.S. commemorative postage stamp issued on September 23, 2005. In the early 1930s, it is said that Garbo had two cats which she named Laurel and Hardy. Garbo's older sister, Alva, appeared in a couple of Swedish films and showed great promise as an actress but died of tuberculosis in 1926 at the age of 23. Once voted by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most beautiful woman who ever lived. Garbo's favorite of her films was Camille. Popularized trenchcoats & berets in the 1930s. Greta was also known as The Face, The Dream Princess of Eternity & The Swedish Sphinx. When she looked for a new house, she visited the old Charlie Chaplin's mansion; she noticed in his library a barrel organ and exclaimed 'everything is mechanic here like Charlie!' One reason Garbo refused to sign autographs was because her handwriting was poor. Jean Cocteau was a strong admirer of Garbo; he had written the part of Elisabeth in Les enfants terrible with her in mind. Garbo frequently used the alias Harriet Brown when traveling. Won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1935 and 1936 for her performances in Anna Karenina and Camille. Garbo's first speaking words on-screen in the movie Anna Christie were, "Gimme a whiskey with ginger ale on the side and don't be stingy, baby." MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer reportedly told Garbo to lose weight when he signed her to a contract. Garbo enjoyed gardening and growing flowers. Legally changed her name to Greta Garbo on November 9, 1923. Was a Virgo. Voted the 25th greatest movie star of all-time by Entertainment Weekly magazine. Garbo's male co-star in her last two films, Ninotchka and Two Faced Woman, was Melvyn Douglas. He was reportedly her favorite leading man after John Gilbert. Garbo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard. Garbo was rumored to have written an autobiography in her later years but it has yet to surface. In the mid-50's, Garbo purchased a seven room apartment in New York City at 450 East 52nd Street. She lived there for the remainder of her life. Garbo had blue eyes and dark blond (natural color) hair. In her "Hollywood years" she bleached her hair and even permed it sometimes. For The Torrent, Garbo allowed her stylist to dye her hair black, a color more befitting as a Spanish diva. Garbo's favorite colors were pink and apricot. Measurements were 35½-28-33½ according to MGM designer Adrian. In 1954, Garbo was awarded a special Academy Award for her contributions to motion pictures. Garbo became a naturalized U.S. citizen on February 9, 1951. In 1949, Garbo filmed a screen test and considered re-entering the movies but the project she was considering fell through. Garbo had a contract dispute with MGM in 1932 and did not appear on-screen again for two years. Garbo always had a closed set to all visitors. Only the movie crew themselves were allowed to watch her scenes being shot. Garbo studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1922 to 1924. Garbo's first film appearances came in a series of advertising shorts made by the department store where she was employed. Garbo left school at age 14 after her father's death. Her first job was as a lather girl in a barber shop. Garbo had an older sister named Alva and an older brother named Sven. Like her father, Garbo's sister also died at a young age. Garbo was the youngest of three children born to Karl and Anna Lovisa Gustaffson. Garbo's favorite drink was reportedly Cutty Sark Scotch whiskey. Garbo, as befitting her aloof personna, never gave interviews, signed autographs, or answered fan mail. Garbo wa
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Who is the Wizard of Wishaw?
Mai | 2008 | The Wizard of Wishaw The Wizard of Wishaw Blog des John Higgins Fanclubs! "Wenn John Higgins in Form ist dann ist sein Lochspiel wunderbar anzuschauen, ein technischer Leckerbissen, aber auch ein ästhetischer Genuß." (Rolf Kalb (Eurosport), AF China Open 2006) Feeds: Posted in News on 11. Mai 2008 | 2 Comments » Premier League Snooker venues announced The 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker season starts on September 11 and promises to be the best yet. Seven of the finest players in the game will be competing in one of the most prestigious events in the sport’s calendar. Each match will be shown live on Sky Sports in front of large crowds and the first programme will come from the Grimsby Auditorium on Thursday, September 11. The venue (pictured right) has successfully staged the Premier League in 2005 and 2007, but the play-offs and final will be at a new location – The Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk. So far, only five of the seven competitors are known – Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins, Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui , Steve Davis and the winner of the Championship League Snooker, plus one Matchroom Sport wildcard. This tournament, which is broadcast exclusively live on three betting websites ( www.bet365.com , www.willhill.com and www.betfair.com ) has given every player in the top 32 of the official rankings an opportunity to earn their spot in the Premier League. Six of the seven first round Championship League groups have been staged and the Winners‘ Group will consist of Ryan Day, Ken Doherty, Anthony Hamilton, Shaun Murphy, Joe Perry, Mark Selby and one more player. The eventual champion will secure their spot in the Premier League. If a player who is already in the Premier League line-up or who wins the Championship League also becomes World Champion then a Matchroom Sport wildcard will be handed out to one lucky player. The 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker Each event will start at 7.30pm apart from Week 10, which starts at 6pm. (all venues are subject to contract) Week 1 – Thursday, September 11 – Grimsby Auditorium Week 2 – September 18 – The Anvil, Basingstoke Week 3 – September 25 – Assembly Rooms, Derby Week 4 – October 9 – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, Worcestershire Week 5 – October 23 – Plymouth Pavilions Week 6 – October 30 – The EIS, Sheffield Week 7 – November 6 – Newport Centre, Wales Week 8 – November 13 – Olympos Haywards Heath, West Sussex Week 9 – November 20 – Sands Centre, Carlisle Week 10 – November 27 – Glades Arena, Kidderminster Semi-final – Saturday, December 6 – Potters, Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk Final – Sunday, December 7 – Potters, Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk Ticket details will be announced once the line-up of players is confirmed.
Basil Brush | Basil Brush Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Ivan Owen Basil Brush is an anthropomorphic fox, best known as a British television character aimed at children. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet (see picture) but has also been depicted in animated cartoon shorts and comic strips. The character has featured on children's (and later adult) television from the 1960s to the present day. A mischievous character, Basil Brush is known for his catch phrase "Boom! Boom!", used after something he finds funny, and also for speaking in a "posh" accent and manner, referring to himself as a "fella". The character claims to dislike puppets, and says his most prized possession is his "brush", this being the traditional name for a fox's tail. His persona, speech and gap-toothed look are said to have been based on the actor Terry-Thomas. Basil Brush was originally created in 1963 by Peter Firmin for The Three Scampies children's show, but his main popularity was achieved due to appearances on "The Nixon Line" with magician David Nixon and subsequently The Basil Brush Show, which premiered in 1968. Basil was for many years operated and voiced by the publicity-shy actor Ivan Owen, who died in 2000. Contents TV The Basil Brush Show Throughout the 12-year run of the show, Basil was always accompanied by an actor, initially Rodney Bewes — aka Mr Rodney — better known as one half of The Likely Lads. Bewes was replaced by Mr Derek — Derek Fowlds, later to appear in Yes Minister and Heartbeat — who was the stooge for Basil's quips between 1969 and 1973. The subsequent presenters were Mr Roy (Roy North, 1973-1977), Mr John Howard (Howard Williams, 1977-1979), and Mr Billy (Billy Boyle, 1979-1980). Basil was in three more shows in the 1980s: the educational programme Let's Read... With Basil Brush (ITV, 1982-1983), Crackerjack (BBC), and Basil's Joke Machine (ITV, 1986).[1] Basil also came on The Weakest Link in 2006. Basil recorded two albums (both with the same title), Boom! Boom! It's Basil Brush in 1970 and 1977. His adventures also appeared on the pages of TV Comic during the peak of his popularity. The Basil Brush Show from 2002 The Basil Brush Show (2002 TV series) In 2002, Basil made a comeback in a new children's BBC sitcom, again named The Basil Brush Show, in which his new comic foil, Stephen , is played by Christopher Pizzey . It is produced by The Foundation, part of the RDF Media Group. Child actors Georgina Leonidas and Michael Hayes also appear on the show. Basil Brush is now shown to have a family, which includes his destructive, hyperactive but cute nephew Bingo, and his criminal cousin Mortimer. Other friends have been introduced as well, such as the moneymaking child Master Dave and the more sensible Molly as well as Miss Hippy, as played by Rhiannon Duffin[1]. Where the original shows were taped before an audience of children, the new programme is shot in studio and features a hysterical, post-production laughter track. In keeping with Basil's history, no-one is directly credited as being Basil's puppeteer on this show, although actor Michael Windsor is credited as either Basil's "fitness instructor" or his "personal assistant". Michael Windsor was revealed to be the puppeteer. Interspersed with the main programme, there are now various animated shorts in which Basil and/or another character is seen making jokes. The more recent puppet looks different from the original 1960s/ 1970s puppet in a number of aspects, but the 'well-spoken' voice of Basil is similar to the original Ivan Owen version. Other appearances Basil briefly appeared as a presenter for several Friday episodes of the popular British children's TV programme Blue Peter in 2003 in which he had his own joke segment. Basil played Dobby the house-elf in the French & Saunders sketch "Harry Potter And The Secret Chamberpot Of Azerbaijan" for Comic Relief Red Nose Day 2003. Basil appeared on French and Saunders in 2004. On 10 December 2005, Basil appeared on The Weakest Link and won the show, receiving £10,900 for his chosen charity, the Blue Peter 200
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What was poet Percy Shelley’s middle name?
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Poet | Academy of American Poets Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization. browse poems & poets read this poet's poems Percy Bysshe Shelley was born August 4, 1792, at Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, England. The eldest son of Timothy and Elizabeth Shelley, with one brother and four sisters, he stood in line to inherit not only his grandfather's considerable estate but also a seat in Parliament. He attended Eton College for six years beginning in 1804, and then went on to Oxford University. He began writing poetry while at Eton, but his first publication was a Gothic novel, Zastrozzi (1810), in which he voiced his own heretical and atheistic opinions through the villain Zastrozzi. That same year, Shelley and another student, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, published a pamphlet of burlesque verse, "Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson," and with his sister Elizabeth, Shelley published Original Poetry; by Victor and Cazire. In 1811, Shelley continued this prolific outpouring with more publications, including another pamphlet that he wrote and circulated with Hogg titled "The Necessity of Atheism," which got him expelled from Oxford after less than a year's enrollment.  Shelley could have been reinstated if his father had intervened, but this would have required his disavowing the pamphlet and declaring himself Christian. Shelley refused, which led to a complete break between Shelley and his father. This left him in dire financial straits for the next two years, until he came of age. That same year, at age nineteen, Shelley eloped to Scotland with sixteen-year-old Harriet Westbrook. Once married, Shelley moved to the Lake District of England to study and write. Two years later he published his first long serious work, Queen Mab: A Philosophical Poem. The poem emerged from Shelley's friendship with the British philosopher William Godwin, and it expressed Godwin's freethinking Socialist philosophy. Shelley also became enamored of Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft's daughter, Mary, and in 1814 they eloped to Europe. After six weeks, out of money, they returned to England. In November 1814 Harriet Shelley bore a son, and in February 1815 Mary Godwin gave birth prematurely to a child who died two weeks later. The following January, Mary bore another son, named William after her father. In May the couple went to Lake Geneva, where Shelley spent a great deal of time with George Gordon, Lord Byron, sailing on Lake Geneva and discussing poetry and other topics, including ghosts and spirits, into the night. During one of these ghostly "seances," Byron proposed that each person present should write a ghost story. Mary's contribution to the contest became the novel Frankenstein. That same year, Shelley produced the verse allegory Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude. In December 1816 Harriet Shelley apparently committed suicide. Three weeks after her body was recovered from a lake in a London park, Shelley and Mary Godwin officially were married. Shelley lost custody of his two children by Harriet because of his adherence to the notion of free love. In 1817, Shelley produced Laon and Cythna, a long narrative poem that, because it contained references to incest as well as attacks on religion, was withdrawn after only a few copies were published. It was later edited and reissued as The Revolt of Islam (1818). At this time, he also wrote revolutionary political tracts signed "The Hermit of Marlow." Then, early in 1818, he and his new wife left England for th
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Who held the record for the number of Grand Slam tennis tournaments before it was beaten by Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009?
Roger Federer is not the greatest tennis player of all time - DebateWise Browse Our Categories Roger Federer is not the greatest tennis player of all time As soon as Roger Federer did his trademark drop to his knees in tears after victory over Robin Soderling at the 2009 French Open, the tennis fraternity were already proclaiming him to be the greatest tennis player ever. Is this justified, or is it in fact a typical media attempt to make everything seem better than it really is? All the Yes points: Roger Federer is not the greatest tennis player of all time Please cast your vote after you've read the arguments. You can also add to the debate by leaving your comment at the end of the page. Yes Roger Federer is not the greatest tennis player of all time Yes because... Is not even the best in his current generation Both Nadal and Murray have winning records against him. No because... Federer was without peer between 2004-2007. To suggest otherwise & to suggest that Federer has not been the player of his generation is to not understand how tennis is played, competed, or judged. No other player has held the top spot for more consecutive weeks, and reaching 22 straight GS Semi-Finals, and 9 consecutive GS Finals, is something that no other player has ever come close to and has to go down as one of the most remarkable runs in any sport ever played. The paragraph opposite is also wrong. It states "Without showing that he can actually beat Nadal in a grand slam he cannot claim to be the greatest". Federer defeated Nadal in 2 consecutive Wimbledon finals in 06 & 07 in a 3 year period he utterly dominated. Yes, Nadal was a very strong contender in those years, beating him at RG and other events, but there is only one reason why Nadal has a positive record against Federer. Nadal has been the best on clay, whereas Federer was the second best. Therefore, Federer and Nadal played more clay-court finals than any other match. Federer however was (and probably still is) the better player on other surfaces. His head-to-head is positive against Nadal on other surfaces. The overall 8-14 defecit in Nadal's favour is skewed by the fact that 10 of Nadal's victories have been on Clay. If Nadal had reached more Grass/Hard court finals, Federer would be matching if not surpassing Nadal's 14 wins against him. From the age of 23-27, Federer won 11 GS. If Nadal can put 11 GS away in 3 seasons, like Federer did, then we can start to talk about Nadal even coming close to dominating over Federer. As for other players in history; it will always be hard to judge retrospectively, but no one has dominated like Federer did between 2004-2007. He holds the most GS of all time & he has the longest GS final streak of all time. Until someone breaks either of these phenomenal runs, he has to be considered the greatest. End of story. Roger is arguably the best in his current generaration. He has a positive record with 80% of the current top 10 tennis professionals, although greats such as Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras where at the climax of their careers when Roger burst onto the scene it does not mean that Federer had easy competition, Nadal, Djokovic etc are all great players but Federer has beaten all of them. Rafael Nadal is the only person that comes remotely close to matching Federer's domination in the CURRENT genaration, when Nadal won his first grand slam Roger had already won the four majors but since they have both been active in winning grand slams, Federer leads 12-10 against Rafa. At the age of 30, what is Federer doing is good. He is the eldest person in the top rank. Tennis is a physically challenging game. At age of 30 or more what will be the fate of Nadal and other new stars, we have to wait to see it. If you analyze, you will see that age between 23 to 28 is the prime time for almost all tennis players. All great players had dominated tennis at this rang of age. Nadal or others are 25 or younger....but federer is 30. How can you compare them. At the age of 25 or 26 fed also won 3 GS in one year and it happened for 3 times, This year Nadal was
US Open Tennis Live Stream, TV, Flushing Meadows Online Feed Event Information:   The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year; the other three are the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. It is held annually in August and September over a two-week period (the weeks before and after Labor Day weekend). The main tournament consists of five different event championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for senior, junior, and wheelchair players. Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City. The US Open has tiebreaks in every set, including the last set. The other three Grand Slam tournaments have tiebreaks in every set other than the last set (i.e. the fifth set for men and third set for women), and therefore their last set continues indefinitely until a two-game lead is reached. The DecoTurf surface at the US Open is a fast surface, having slightly less friction and producing a lower bounce compared to other hard courts (most notably the Rebound Ace surface formerly used at the Australian Open). For this reason, many serve-and-volley players have found success at the US Open. The main court is located at the 22,547-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, opened in 1997. It is named after Arthur Ashe, the African American tennis player who won the men's final of the inaugural US Open in 1968. The next largest court is Louis Armstrong Stadium, opened in 1978, extensively renovated from the original Singer Bowl. It was the main stadium from 1978�96, and its peak capacity neared 18,000 seats, but was reduced to 10,200 after the opening of Arthur Ashe Stadium. The third largest court is the 6,000-seat Grandstand Stadium, attached to the Louis Armstrong Stadium. Sidecourts 4, 7, and 11 each have a seating capacity of over 1,000. All the courts used by the US Open are lighted, meaning that television coverage of the tournament can extend into prime time to attract higher ratings. This has recently been used to the advantage of USA Network, and now, ESPN2, on cable and especially for CBS, the American broadcast television outlet for the tournament for many years, which used its influence to move the women's singles final to Saturday night to draw better television ratings. Local Weather:
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Under whose reign did England lose its last possession on mainland France?
Great Britain: History Great Britain History Until 1707, this section deals primarily with English history. England and Wales were formally united in 1536. In 1707, when Great Britain was created by the Act of Union between Scotland and England, English history became part of British history. For the early history of Scotland and Wales , see separate articles. See also Ireland ; Ireland, Northern ; and the tables entitled Rulers of England and Great Britain and Prime Ministers of Great Britain . Early Period to the Norman Conquest Although evidence of human habitation in Great Britain dates to more than 800,000 years ago, ice sheets forced the inhabitants from the island several times, and modern settlement dates only from about 12,000 years ago. Little is known about the earliest modern prehistoric inhabitants of Britain, but the remains of their tor and causewayed enclosures, dolmens, and barrows and the great stone circles at Stonehenge and Avebury are evidence of the developed culture of the prehistoric Britons. They had developed a Bronze Age culture by the time the first Celtic invaders (early 5th cent. B.C.) brought their energetic Iron Age culture to Britain. It is believed that Julius Caesar's successful military campaign in Britain in 54 B.C. was aimed at preventing incursions into Gaul from the island. In A.D. 43 the emperor Claudius began the Roman conquest of Britain, establishing bases at present-day London and Colchester. By A.D. 85, Rome controlled Britain south of the Clyde River. There were a number of revolts in the early years of the conquest, the most famous being that of Boadicea . In the 2d cent. A.D., Hadrian's Wall was constructed as a northern defense line. Under the Roman occupation towns developed, and roads were built to ensure the success of the military occupation. These roads were the most lasting Roman achievement in Britain (see Watling Street ), long serving as the basic arteries of overland transportation in England. Colchester, Lincoln, and Gloucester were founded by the Romans as colonia, settlements of ex-legionaries. Trade contributed to town prosperity; wine, olive oil, plate, and furnishings were imported, and lead, tin, iron, wheat, and wool were exported. This trade declined with the economic dislocation of the late Roman Empire and the withdrawal of Roman troops to meet barbarian threats elsewhere. The garrisons had been consumers of the products of local artisans as well as of imports; as they were disbanded, the towns decayed. Barbarian incursions became frequent. In 410 an appeal to Rome for military aid was refused, and Roman officials subsequently were withdrawn. As Rome withdrew its legions from Britain, Germanic peoples—the Anglo-Saxons and the Jutes—began raids that turned into great waves of invasion and settlement in the later 5th cent. The Celts fell back into Wales and Cornwall and across the English Channel to Brittany, and the loosely knit tribes of the newcomers gradually coalesced into a heptarchy of kingdoms (see Kent , Sussex , Essex , Wessex , East Anglia , Mercia , and Northumbria ). Late in the 8th cent., and with increasing severity until the middle of the 9th cent., raiding Vikings (known in English history as Danes) harassed coastal England and finally, in 865, launched a full-scale invasion. They were first effectively checked by King Alfred of Wessex and were with great difficulty confined to the Danelaw , where their leaders divided land among the soldiers for settlement. Alfred's successors conquered the Danelaw to form a united England, but new Danish invasions late in the 10th cent. overcame ineffective resistance (see Æthelred , 965?–1016). The Dane Canute ruled all England by 1016. At the expiration of the Scandinavian line in 1042, the Wessex dynasty (see Edward the Confessor ) regained the throne. The conquest of England in 1066 by William, duke of Normandy ( William I of England), ended the Anglo-Saxon period. The freeman (ceorl) of the early Germanic invaders had been responsible to the king and superior to the serf. Subsequent centuries of
Learn and talk about Treaty of Union, 1706 in England, 1706 in Scotland, 1706 treaties, 1707 treaties Background[ edit ] Queen Elizabeth I of England (and of Ireland) died without issue on 24 March 1603, dissolving the Tudor dynasty . The throne fell immediately and uncontroversially to her double first cousin twice removed, King James VI of Scotland , a member of House of Stuart and son of Mary, Queen of Scots . He assumed the throne of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Ireland as King James I in the Union of the Crowns in 1603. This personal union somewhat assuaged constant English fears of Scottish cooperation with France, especially in a hypothetical French invasion of Britain. After that personal union , people widely discussed the idea of uniting the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England. Nevertheless, Acts of Parliament attempting to unite the two countries failed in 1606, in 1667, and in 1689. The Company of Scotland received an investment equal to one-quarter of all money circulating in the Kingdom of Scotland and sponsored the Darien scheme , an ill-fated attempt to establish a Scottish trading colony in the Isthmus of Panama . The colonisation began in 1698 and ended in a military confrontation with the Spanish in 1700; however, most colonists died of tropical diseases. In the face of opposition by English commercial interests, the Company of Scotland raised subscriptions in Amsterdam, Hamburg and London for the scheme.For his part, King William III had given only lukewarm support to the whole Scottish colonial endeavour. England was at war with France and hence did not want to offend Spain, which claimed the territory as part of New Granada. England was also under pressure from the London-based East India Company , who were keen to maintain their monopoly over English foreign trade. It therefore forced the English and Dutch investors to withdraw. Next, the East India Company threatened legal action on the grounds that the Scots had no authority from the king to raise funds outside the king's realm, and obliged the promoters to refund subscriptions to the Hamburg investors. This left no source of finance but Scotland itself. This economic disaster for the investing Scottish elites diminished the resistance of the Scottish political establishment (i.e. the nobility) to the idea of political union with England. The Scottish nobility ultimately supported the union despite some popular opposition and anti-union riots in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and elsewhere. [3] [4] [5] Treaty negotiations[ edit ] Deeper political integration had been a key policy of Queen Anne ever since she acceded to the throne in 1702. Under the aegis of the Queen and her ministers in both kingdoms, the parliaments of England and Scotland agreed to participate in fresh negotiations for a union treaty in 1705. Each country appointed 31 commissioners to conduct the negotiations. The Scottish Parliament had originally begun to organise an election of the commissioners they would have nominated to negotiate on behalf of Scotland. However, in September 1705, the leader of the opposition Country Party, the Duke of Hamilton , after having attempted to obstruct the negotiation of a treaty, proposed that the Scottish commissioners be nominated by the Queen. The commissioners were nominated on the advice of the Duke of Queensberry and the Duke of Argyll . Of the 31 Scottish commissioners who were appointed, 29 were members of the government Court Party and one was a member of the Squadron Volante . At the head of the list was Queensberry, and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland , the Earl of Seafield . [6] George Lockhart of Carnwath , a member of the opposition Cavalier Party, was the only commissioner opposed to union. The 31 English commissioners, including government ministers and officers of state, such as the Lord High Treasurer , the Earl of Godolphin , the Lord Keeper , Baron Cowper , and a large number of Whigs who supported union. Tories were not in favour of union and only one was represented among the commissioners. Negotiations bet
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In 1839, the estate of the late British scientist James Smithson made a large cash donation to the United States. After 8 years of congressional wrangling, what institution finally arose from the donation?
Washington, DC Travel Itinerary-- TEXT ONLY VERSION Welcome to Historic Washington, DC! Mayor Vincent Gray Courtesy of District of Columbia, Executive Office of the Mayor On behalf of the 601,000 residents of our nation’s beautiful and historic capital, I want to welcome you to this virtual tour of the District of Columbia. Hop aboard Metrorail, Metrobus, or our D.C. Circulator bus for a comfortable and affordable way to tour the city. Explore our entire city – from the many museums, memorials and other cultural attractions ringing the National Mall to the treasures far beyond Washington’s monumental core, such as the National Arboretum along New York Avenue Northeast or the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in the storied Anacostia neighborhood. Visit spectacular Union Station – designated as a “Great Public Space” by the American Planning Association in 2008 – not only for its historic architectural grandeur, but also for its modern-day excitement as a shopping, dining, entertainment and transportation center. The District of Columbia’s cultural heritage is rich and varied. The city is home to about 600 historic landmarks and more than 40 historic districts, each with its own unique heritage and appeal. More than 25,000 properties are designated as historic, and most are also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. These include the iconic monuments and commemorative places that define Washington as the nation’s capital, as well as the unique commercial districts, historic homes, beautiful houses of worship and other cultural monuments that make up our many vibrant neighborhoods. Washington’s communities reflect the diversity and vitality of our city. Downtown D.C. is home to many of our most famous government and cultural institutions, monuments, historic hotels, restaurants, theaters and art galleries. From the hills of historic Anacostia, you can get an unrivaled view of our city’s iconic skyline. In Georgetown, explore some of the District’s oldest buildings and best shopping and dining. On Capitol Hill, government office buildings nestle near elegant Victorian rowhouses in a vibrant residential neighborhood. The brownstones of LeDroit Park have been home to educators at Howard University and many prominent African Americans over the last 150 years. Neighboring Shaw and U Street are the historic home of fraternal organizations, theaters, and jazz clubs that earned the area the nickname “Black Broadway” in the 20th Century. Today, Shaw/U Street is home to a thriving mix of historic treasures and new condo buildings, restaurants and shops. Through this website, you can explore Washington’s dynamic neighborhoods and learn about our many historic landmarks. Make your next vacation an unforgettable adventure. We’re ready to welcome you to Washington, D.C.! List of Sites Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens The L'Enfant & McMillan Plans The plan of the city of Washington was designed in 1791 by Pierre L'Enfant, and mapped the following year; a design which remains largely in place. For nearly a century, the realization of physical changes to the original plan were gradual until the second important benchmark in the development of Washington's urban plan: the McMillan Commission and its 1901-02 recommendations. The McMillan Commission plans were implemented predominantly during the first three decades of the 20th century, and continued sporadically thereafter. For nearly 100 years, a legal height limit of 160' has preserved the broad, horizontal Baroque nature of the city, allowing light and air to reach the pedestrian level, and resulting in a picturesque skyline pierced by steeples, domes, towers and monuments. On January 24, 1791, President George Washington announced the Congressionally-designated permanent location of the national
George III - British History - HISTORY.com Google George III: Birth and Education The Georgian era (1714-1830) spanned the combined reigns of the five British monarchs from the Electorate of Hanover, a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. George III was the first Hanoverian king born in England rather than Germany. His parents were Frederick, prince of Wales, and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Did You Know? The planet Uranus was originally named "Georgium sidus," the Georgian Star, after King George III of England, who had funded the 40-foot telescope William Herschel used in its discovery. On his father’s death in 1751, the 12-year-old George became prince of Wales. He was cared for in relative isolation by his mother and tutored by the Scottish nobleman Lord Bute. George III: Early Reign George III became king of Great Britain and Ireland in 1760 following his grandfather George II’s death. In his accession speech to Parliament, the 22-year-old monarch played down his Hanoverian connections. “Born and educated in this country,” he said, “I glory in the name of Britain.” A year after his coronation, George was married to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the daughter of a German duke. It was a political union—the two met for the first time on their wedding day—but a fruitful one, producing 15 children. George III worked for an expedited end to the Seven Years’ War (1756-63), taking a position that forced his influential war minister William Pitt the Elder (who wanted to broaden the conflict) to resign in 1761. The next year George appointed Lord Bute as his prime minister, the first in a quick succession of five ineffective ministers. In 1764 Prime Minister George Grenville introduced the Stamp Act as a way of raising revenue in British America. The act was fervently opposed in America, especially by the pamphleteers whose paper would be taxed. Parliament would repeal the act two years later, but mistrust persisted in the colonies. George III: The American Revolution In 1770 Lord North became prime minister, beginning a 12-year period of parliamentary stability. In 1773 he passed an act taxing tea in the colonies. The Americans complained of taxation without representation (and staged the Boston Tea Party ), but North held firm with George’s backing. The American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, with the Battles of Lexington and Concord . The next year, the Declaration of Independence laid out the Americans’ case for freedom, portraying George III as an inflexible tyrant who had squandered his right to govern the colonies. In reality the situation was more complex: Parliamentary ministers, not the crown, were responsible for colonial policies, though George still had means of direct and indirect influence. The king was reluctant to come to terms with his army’s defeat at Yorktown in 1781. He drafted an abdication speech but in the end decided to defer to Parliament’s peace negotiations. The 1783 Treaty of Paris recognized the United States and ceded Florida to Spain. George III: Later Rule and Mental Illness At the end of 1783, Lord North’s coalition was forced out by William Pitt the Younger, who would be prime minister for more than 17 years. In 1778 George lapsed into a months-long period of violent insanity. He was restrained with a straitjacket and suffered various treatments as crisis of rule unfolded around him. He recovered the next year and reigned for the next 12 as a newly beloved monarch and symbol of stability in the era of France’s revolutionary chaos. George’s support of England’s role in the French Revolutionary Wars of the late 1790s offered early resistance against the Napoleonic juggernaut. George suffered a second major bout of insanity in 1804 and recovered, but in 1810 he slipped into his final illness. A year later his son, the future George IV, became prince regent, giving him effective rule for the War of 1812 and Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. George III died blind, deaf and mad on January 29, 1820. His illnesses may have been caused by porphyria, an inherited metabolic disorder, th
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Who was the Defence Ministry’s spokesman during the Falklands War
Ian McDonald: face of the Falklands - Channel 4 News Ian McDonald: face of the Falklands By Brendan Cole Updated on 01 February 2007 The Ministry of Defence spokesman Ian McDonald made some of the key announcements about the Falklands War to the world's media. The spokesman for the Ministry of Defence Ian McDonald became a memorable figure during the Falklands conflict. Did you see it happen? Do you have a story to tell from the Falklands conflict? Perhaps you or a close relative were in the forces, or maybe you were at the Portsmouth quayside as the ships set sail for the south Atlantic. Do you have pictures from the time? Whatever your memories we want to hear from you. Email news@channel4.com , leave a 'Reader comment' at the bottom of this article, or use our postal address . In a conflict whose media coverage was tightly controlled, his press conferences at the MOD headquarters in London had the nation on the edge of its seat for news of the campaign. He became known for his steady and deliberate delivery of news with his remarkable speaking voice, and was known familiarly by the press as the warm-up man for the "Lutine" bell. However for many, the problem was that as a civil servant, he saw his first duty as to Ministers, so the job of that part of the public relations staff was purely to serve Ministers and their policy. 'When there was no longer any hope of saving the ship, the ship's company abandoned ship.' Ian McDonald announces the attack on the HMS Sheffield Eventually he had to be rescued by bringing military men in to be the spokesmen and give explanations. That happened after the first battle of Goose Green, and then right on to the end. When announcing the attack on the HMS Sheffield, he said: "In the course of its duties within the Total Exclusion Zone around the Falkland Islands, HMS Sheffield, a type 42 destroyer, was attacked and hit late this afternoon by an Argentine missile. "The ship caught fire, which spread out of control. When there was no longer any hope of saving the ship, the ship's company abandoned ship. All who abandoned her were picked up." Video archive: Ian McDonald Watch Ian McDonald's press conference where he announced the attack on the HMS Sheffield and the sinking of the Belgrano.
Brown appoints first female home secretary | Society | The Guardian Brown appoints first female home secretary Jacqui Smith, the new home secretary, and David Miliband, the new foreign secretary, today. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA. Thursday 28 June 2007 06.56 EDT First published on Thursday 28 June 2007 06.56 EDT Share on Messenger Close Gordon Brown today appointed Britain's first female home secretary as he unveiled a radical shake-up of his frontbench team. Jacqui Smith, the former chief whip, will take charge of the new-look Home Office in a wide-ranging reshuffle that saw more than seven members of the Blair cabinet leave government altogether. Margaret Beckett, the former foreign secretary, who has been on the Labour frontbenches - on and off - since 1976, was the most high profile casualty. David Miliband, the Blairite environment secretary, takes over her role at the relatively young age of 41. In a surprise move, Shaun Woodward, who defected to the Labour party from the Tories in 1999, received a cabinet appointment as Northern Ireland secretary. Alistair Darling, the former trade and industry secretary, was confirmed as Mr Brown's replacement as chancellor. Jack Straw, Mr Brown's campaign manager, made history as he became the first non-peer - to bear the centuries-old title of lord chancellor. James Purnell, a junior work and pensions minister, was promoted to secretary of state for culture, media and sport. John Denham - the respected chairman of the home affairs select committee, who resigned as a junior Home Office minister in 2003 in protest against the Iraq war - made a return to government as secretary of state for the new Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills. And Ed Balls - Mr Brown's closest political ally - was promoted to secretary of state for children, schools and families. The two new departments replace the Department for Education and Skills. Douglas Alexander, another ally of Mr Brown's who had already been picked as Labour's election strategist, was further rewarded with a promotion to the Department for International Development, replacing Hilary Benn. Mr Benn, who came fourth in the deputy Labour leadership contest, replaces Mr Miliband as environment secretary. Alan Johnson, the former education secretary who came a close second to Harriet Harman in the Labour deputy leadership contest, will take over as the new health secretary following Patricia Hewitt's resignation last night. Hazel Blears, another deputy leadership contender, was named as communities and local government secretary, replacing Ruth Kelly, who becomes transport secretary. Peter Hain, the former Northern Ireland and Welsh secretary, replaces John Hutton as the work and pensions secretary but will retain his responsibility for Wales. Mr Hutton will take charge of the new Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory reform. Geoff Hoon makes a return to cabinet with a promotion from Foreign Office minister to chief whip. Des Browne remains in his post as defence secretary, and also becomes Scottish secretary. Ed Miliband - David Miliband's younger brother - was promoted to secretary of state for the Cabinet Office and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. Andy Burnham, formerly a junior health minister, also takes a seat in cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury. And Lady Ashton replaces Lady Amos, who stepped down yesterday as leader of the Lords. Lady Scotland, the former Home Office minister, becomes the new attorney general. Tessa Jowell will continue to attend cabinet as minister for the Olympics, while Mr Brown's trusted former spokesman Ian Austin, MP for Dudley North, becomes the prime minister's parliamentary private secretary, along with Angela E Smith, MP for Basildon. Nick Brown - Tony Blair's first chief whip from 1997-98 and one of the new prime minister's key allies - has been appointed deputy chief whip and minister for the north of England. Other ministers for the regions include Beverley Hughes for north-west England, Caroline Flint for Yorkshire and Humberside, Gillian Merron for the east
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Tuber melanosporum is a variety of which luxury food?
What Is A Truffle | What Are Truffles | Gourmet Food World What Is A Truffle Log in to rate this item. Truffles are exotic, prized and coveted, synonymous with luxury and all fine things, but it’s the very few and in the know who can answer the question: what are truffles? A truffle is, in the simplest terms, a fungus or mushroom of the genus Tuber. It grows underground, typically near or right beneath the roots of trees, particularly oak, beech, birch, poplars and pine trees. They form a symbiotic relationship – meaning the tree and the truffles both get something out of the relationship, sugars and nutrients. Intensely aromatic, truffles add a unique and unmatched aroma and flavor to a dish, which is why they’re so coveted in cooking. The most prized truffles, the Tuber melanosporum or the winter black truffle , and the tuber magnatum or the white truffle from Alba, are found in France and Italy. The coveted Italian winter white truffle grows only in the Alba and Piedmont regions, while the black truffle is found both in France (near Perigord, which is why the black truffle is also known as the Perigord truffle) and Italy, but also across Western Europe. The winter variety of all truffles are the most intense, while the summer truffle , a different species altogether, is milder with a lesser aroma. Truffles are also found in Australia, and South America, where they’ve been successfully cultivated and harvested. Truffle cultivation is rare, but not impossible. Truffles are “hunted” with specially trained dogs, which have supplanted the truffle pigs of yore (one of the reasons being that pigs love their truffles a bit too much, and tend to eat them before they can be grabbed). Because the mushrooms grow so deep in the ground, almost a foot sometimes, they’re incredibly hard to find, and it’s only thanks to the very sensitive noses of these animals that they’re found at all. Truffles tend to grow always in the same spots, which are fiercely guarded by the truffle hunters. Did You Find This Article Helpful? (0.00)   # of Ratings: 0 Log in to rate this item. There are currently no ratings for this item. Be the first to rate this item.
Portfolio | September 2014 by Motivate Publishing - issuu issuu Issue 105 ■ September 2014 Exclusive to Emirates First Class and Business Class TECH TITANS Europe’s Online Love Affair RETAIL DRIVE Africa’s Big Spenders CASHEW APPLES A Juicy Business Reed Hastings The Netflix Innovator . “Double take” by Marine Vacth Joséphine Rings 9 Exclusive to Emirates First Class and Business Class Cover Story 30 The On-demand Content Master Reed Hastings, like all good tech gurus, has taken a simple idea and made it into a thriving business. Through its on-demand video streaming and original content, Netflix has altered the media landscape forever. Features 36 Expanding Middle Class Fuels Growth 54 Hong Kong’s Rich Resist Market Forces Consumer demand – not cyclical commodity prices – is The superluxury real estate market is holding its own even as fuelling development and economic expansion in sub- property prices in the lower-tier sectors dip. Saharan Africa. 58 Growing Shrimp in a Barrel 42 Europe’s Love of US Tech Titans New aquaculture methods are being tested as demand and Despite worrying about their privacy, Europeans are heavy users of Facebook, Google and Amazon. prices for shrimp rise and natural stocks decline. 54 48 Streamlining the Auto-Rickshaw Business Indian startups are using programs with algorithms to connect auto-rickshaw drivers with customers. 58 10 Exclusive to Emirates First Class and Business Class Essentials 63 Ship Shape Oslo Norway has a proud tradition of exploration and seafaring, nowhere better on display than in Oslo’s outstanding maritime museums. 68 Detroit Love, Swedish Style The Big Power Meet, a huge classic-car gathering, clearly illustrates the Swedish love affair with old American cars. 63 72 The Great War’s Reminders It has been 100 years since World War I erupted, but around Ypres in Belgium the earth is releasing constant reminders. 76 Apple of Pepsi’s Eye The juice extracted from cashew apples could be the next coconut water if Pepsi has its way. 80 Keeping a Historic Ship Afloat 68 The SS United States, which set the record for an eastbound crossing of the Atlantic in 1952, is likely to be scrapped if plans for its redevelopment fail. 84 Stepping Into the Frame L’Estaque, which used to be a small fishing village close to Marseille, inspired painters such as Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. 88 Other Business Portfolio takes a light-hearted look at the latest business news. Departments 13 Notebook World business in a nutshell. 21 Observer Spotting and analysing business trends. 28 Column: Claire Cain Miller Women on the Board Published for Emirates by Media One Towers, Dubai Media City, PO Box 2331, Dubai, UAE. Telephone: (+971 4) 4273000 e-mail: emirates@motivate.ae 84 Editor-in-Chief Obaid Humaid Al Tayer Managing Partner & Group Editor Ian Fairservice Editorial Director Gina Johnson Group Editor Guido Duken Junior Writer Mary Sophia Picture Researcher Hilda D’Souza Editorial Assistant Londresa Flores Senior Art Director Tarak Parekh Senior Designer Charlie Banalo Head of Production S Sunil Kumar Senior Production Manager C Sudhakar Group Sales Manager Jaya Balakrishnan Email: jaya@motivate.ae General Manager – Group Sales Anthony Milne Email: anthony@motivate.ae Sales Manager Melroy Noronha Email: melroy@motivate.ae INTERNATIONAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Okeeffe Media; Tel + 61 412 080 600, licia@okm.com.au BENELUX M.P.S. Benelux; Tel +322 720 9799, francesco.sutton@mps-adv. com CHINA Publicitas Advertising; Tel +86 10 5879 5885 GERMANY IMV Internationale Medien Vermarktung GmbH; Tel +49 8151 550 8959, w.jaeger@imv-media. com HONG KONG/MALAYSIA/THAILAND Sonney Media Networks; Tel +852 2151 2351, hemant@sonneymedia.com INDIA Media Star; Tel +91 22 4220 2103, ravi@ mediastar.co.in ITALY & SPAIN IMM International; Tel +331 40 1300 30, n.devos@imm-international.com JAPAN Tandem Inc.; Tel + 81 3 3541 4166, all@tandem-inc. com NETHERLANDS GIO Media; Tel +31 6 29031149, giovanni@gio-media.nl TURKEY Media Ltd.; Tel +90 212 275 51 52, mediamarketingtr@me
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What chemical element, symbol Cr, is named due its colourful/colorful compound effect?
Etymologies of element names | PlanetStar Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Etymologies of element names Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. This is the list of 173 elements discussing their etymologies, including official, proposed, predicted, and made-up names. A subatomic particle neutron , since this element only contains neutron(s) in its nucleus . 1 Hydrogen H From the Latin hydor genes, derived from the Ancient Greek ὕδωρ γείνομαι (hydor geinomai), meaning "to beget water," because water is the most common and important hydrogen compound . 2 From the Greek ἥλιος ( Helios ), meaning " Sun " and also " the god of Sun " in mythology . 3 Lithium Li From the Greek λιθος (lithos), meaning "stone," because this element was discovered from a mineral while other common alkali metals (sodium and potassium) were discovered from plant tissue. 4 Beryllos, denoting " beryl ," which contains beryllium. 5 لاعقشا (buraq), derived from the Persian "بورون" (burah), referring to " borax ." 6 Carbon C From the French charbone, which in turn came from the Latin carbo, meaning "charcoal." (In German and Dutch , kohlenstoff and koolstof, respectively, both literally meaning " coal -stuff"). 7 N From the Latin nitrum genes, derived from the Greek νιτρον γείνομαι (nitron geinomai), meaning "native-soda ( niter ) forming." It is sometimes known as Azotum, which means "Ashdod", the English name of that element, and its symbol is sometimes known as "Az". 8 Oxygen O From the Greek οξύς γείνομαι (oxys geinomai), meaning "acid to bring forth," as he believed it to be an essential component of acids. 9 Fluorspar , one of its compounds. Fluor is the Latin for "flowing." 10 From the Greek νέος (neos), meaning "new." 11 Sodium Na From the English soda , used in names for sodium compounds such as caustic soda , soda ash , and baking soda . The symbol Na is from the Modern Latin name Natrium, derived from the Greek νιτρον (nítron), meaning "natural soda," a kind of salt. 12 From the Ancient Greek Μαγνήσια ( Magnesia ) (district in Thessaly ), where this element was discovered. 13 From the Latin alum , meaning "bitter salt." 14 From the Latin silex or silicis, meaning " flint ," a kind of stone. 15 Phosphorus P From the Greek φωσ φόρος (phós phoros), meaning "light bearer," because "white phosphorus" emits a faint glow upon exposure to oxygen. Phosphorus was an ancient name for the " planet Venus " as Phosphorus ( Morning Star ). 16 Sulfur S Almost certainly from the Arabic صفرا (sufra), "yellow," the bright color of the naturally occurring form. The word passed into Sanskrit गन्धक (sulvere or sulvari), the Latin "sulpur," the English "sulphur" or "sulfur," and also was commonly referred as "brimstone" in English translations of the Bible . 17 Chlorine Cl From the Greek χλώρος (chlorós), meaning "yellowish green" or "greenish yellow," because of the color of the gas. 18 Means "inactive" in Greek (literally "lazy"). 19 Potassium K From the English potash , meaning "pot-ash" ( potassium compound prepared from an alkali extracted in a pot from the ash of burnt wood or tree leaves). The symbol K is from this elment's Latin name, Kalium, derived from the Arabic القلي (al qalīy), meaning "calcined ashes." 20 Calcium Ca From the Latin calx, meaning "lime." Calcium was known as early as the first century when the Romans prepared lime as calcium oxide . 21 From the Latin Scandia, meaning " Scandinavia ." 22 Titanium Ti From the Greek τιτάν (titan), meaning " Earth ." Also from Titans , the first sons of Gaia in Greek mythology. 23 From Vanadis , a goddess in Scandinavian mythology , because of its beautifully multicolored chemical compounds. 24 From the Greek chroma, meaning " color ," because there are many colorful chromium compounds . 25 From the Latin magnes, meaning "magnet," for Magnetite or its magne
Chemical Element: chlorine - Word Information Chemical Element: chlorine (Greek: chloros, grass-green; a reference to the color of the gas which tends to be greenish-yellow; gas) Chemical-Element Information Atomic number: 17 Year discovered: 1774 or 1810 Discovered by: Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), a Swedish chemist, and credit is given to Sir Humphry Davy for showing that chlorine was an element not an oxygen compound. Karl Wilhelm Scheele discovered many simple compounds from plants and animals, to say nothing of such poisonous gases as hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrogen cyanide. Scheele was also involved in the discovery of a number of elements, though he never managed to get undisputed credit for a single one of them. By 1774, he had done most of the preliminary work that led to the discovery of the element manganese. His friend, the Swedish mineralogist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818); however, completed the final step and got credit for the discovery. Again, in 1774, Scheele isolated the gas chlorine, which was unusual in that it was not colorless. Chlorine is greenish-yellow and its name is derived from the Greek word for “green”. Scheele’s problem was that he didn’t recognize chlorine to be an element because he thought it was a combination of some substance with oxygen. Since Scheele thought the resulting gas contained oxygen, Sir Humphry Davy proposed and confirmed chlorine to be an element in 1810, and he also named the element. Scheele obtained chlorine through the reaction of the mineral pyrolusite (manganese dioxide) with hydrochloric acid (then known as muriatic acid). Davy had worked with hydrochloric acid (a strong acid) and he showed that it contained no oxygen. This was the final blow to the general assumption that oxygen was essential to acids. Hydrochloric acid did contain chlorine, and Scheele thought chlorine was an oxygen-containing compound. In 1810, Davy showed this was not true, and that chlorine was an element. For this reason, Davy, rather than Scheele usually receives credit for the discovery of chlorine. Name in other languages:
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Give a year in the life of the father of genetics Gregor Mendel.
Mendel as the Father of Genetics :: DNA from the Beginning Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) Father of Genetics Gregor Mendel, through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent. Mendel tracked the segregation of parental genes and their appearance in the offspring as dominant or recessive traits. He recognized the mathematical patterns of inheritance from one generation to the next. Mendel's Laws of Heredity are usually stated as: 1) The Law of Segregation: Each inherited trait is defined by a gene pair. Parental genes are randomly separated to the sex cells so that sex cells contain only one gene of the pair. Offspring therefore inherit one genetic allele from each parent when sex cells unite in fertilization. 2) The Law of Independent Assortment: Genes for different traits are sorted separately from one another so that the inheritance of one trait is not dependent on the inheritance of another. 3) The Law of Dominance: An organism with alternate forms of a gene will express the form that is dominant. The genetic experiments Mendel did with pea plants took him eight years (1856-1863) and he published his results in 1865. During this time, Mendel grew over 10,000 pea plants, keeping track of progeny number and type. Mendel's work and his Laws of Inheritance were not appreciated in his time. It wasn't until 1900, after the rediscovery of his Laws, that his experimental results were understood. After his death, Mendel's personal papers were burned by the monks. Luckily, some of the letters and documents generated by Mendel were kept in the monastery archives. Why weren't Mendel's Laws understood until 1900?
Keywords for the Engines scripts 3 The monk who flew in 1005 AD [flight, medieval, Firnas, glider, Benedictine, airplane] 4 Benjamin Thompson/Count Rumford and the conservation of energy [heat, American Revolution, Lavoisier, thermodynamics] 5 The pendulum clock escapement and the merger of science and technology [Bacon, Galileo, Huygens, Hooke, science] 6 Jouffroy: one of the first successful steamboat makers. [Newcomen, France, d'Auxiron, transportation] 7 Fokker and the machine gun interrupter mechanism [flight, war, WW-1, airplane] [steamboat, iron, coal, industry, glass] 9 The Cistercian order and power technology [Benedictines, water wheels, factory, religion, White] 10 The Medieval character of the wild West [America, saddle, whiskey, log cabin, cowboy, White] 11 Electric lights in the 80 years before Edison [arc light, incandescent, Grove, Swan, Davy, de la Rue] 12 A definition of the words: science, technology, and engineering [techni, ingenuity] 13 Dionysius Lardner and early steam power technology [handbook, conservation, coal, ecology, pyramids, environment] 14 John Fitch and the first commercially successful steamboat [Fulton, Watt, Rumsey, Philadelphia, Kentucky] 15 Early inventions of the electric telegraph [Morse, electrostatic, Watson, LeSage] 17 Marc Isambard Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel [Great Eastern, tunnel, Great Western, materialism] 18 How some contemporary poets saw the Industrial Revolution [Shelley, Blake, Burns, Scott, literature] 19 The Crystal Palace and the great 1851 exhibition [Paxton, Queen Victoria, Brunel, design, architecture] 20 Genetic mutations of wheat and the invention of farming [emmer, anthropology, agriculture, genetics, grain, biology, mutation] 21 Santos-Dumont, Zeppelin, and the great airships [Giffard, dirigible, balloons, flight, airplane] 22 The first American iron production in Saugus, Mass. [nails, smelting, mill, forge, wrought iron, Colonial] 23 The light bulb and the vacuum tube [Edison effect, Fleming, telegraphy, radio tube] 24 The wheel: a very difficult concept [crank, rotational motion, invention] 25 NASA's "crawler transporter," the world's largest land transportation vehicle [space, NASA, tracked vehicle] 26 Three-field crop rotation and the origins of Western technology [agriculture, grain, protein, horse, ox, plow, White] 27 Vannevar Bush and the great Rockefeller Differential Analyzer [analog, digital, computer] 28 The first American steam engine [Hornblower, Schuyler, Adams, Colonial America, Franklin] 29 The Windmill: A device that has come, gone, and may come again [Cervantes, Quixote, power, propeller, Watt] 30 Colonial America, 1776: A new nation of glorious amateurs [Fitch, Barlow, Jefferson, Monticello, Franklin] 31 The century-long retention of masts and sails on steamships [Savannah, Great Western, Monitor, Merrimac, transportation] 32 The Wright brothers battle for priority over Langley [Aerodrome, Walcott, Curtiss, Abott, NASA, flight] 33 Perpetua Mobile and the Medieval mind [perpetual motion, Bhaskara, power, machine] 34 The Douglas DC-3: an airplane for all seasons [transportation, flight, Rockne, Fokker triplane, DC-1, DC-2, Shang-Ri-La] 35 Does war influence technological evolution? Some surprising facts [airplane, speed, production, invention] [transportation, Great Lakes, Buffalo, Hudson, Niagara, Jefferson, Gallatin, Clinton] 37 The first twenty years of transatlantic flights [Zeppelin, Lindbergh, Alcock, Brown, Ortieg, transportation, Ryan] 38 The development of the seemingly uncomplicated window pane [soda-lime, Alexandria, stained glass, crown glass, plate glass] 39 Balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard, the first barnstormer [flight, Franklin, transportation, Jeffries, Washington, Philadelphia] 40 The invention of money -- an abstraction of goods and services [talent, trade, coin, notes, computers, exchange, anthropology] 41 Frankenstein — the monster of our obsessiveness [Shelley, Byron, Lardner, literature, Romantic, Wollstonecraft] 42 Our radar warning of the Pearl Harbor attack [communications, war, Hulsmeyer] 43 Ves
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What is the fourth book of the Bible's Old Testament?
Facts about the Bible Facts about the Bible Facts about the Bible Facts about the Bible The following list is not designed to discuss doctrine, or provide in-depth teaching. It is merely a resource center for factual information on the Bible. Many of these questions have been addressed in various locations throughout our website; however, as many people do not have the time to comb through the entire website to find the answers they are looking for, we have compiled the following list. How many books are in the Bible? The Bible contains 66 books, divided among the Old and New Testaments. How many books are in the Old Testament? There are 39 books in the Old Testament. How many books are in the New Testament? There are 27 books in the New Testament. What does "testament" mean? Testament means "covenant" or "contract." Who wrote the Bible? The Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit by over 40 different authors from all walks of life: shepherds, farmers, tent-makers, physicians, fishermen, priests, philosophers and kings. Despite these differences in occupation and the span of years it took to write it, the Bible is an extremely cohesive and unified book. Which single author contributed the most books to the Old Testament? Moses. He wrote the first five books of the Bible, referred to as the Pentateuch; the foundation of the Bible. Which single author contributed the most books to the New Testament? The Apostle Paul, who wrote 14 books (over half) of the New Testament. When was the Bible written? It was written over a period of some 1,500 years, from around 1450 B.C. (the time of Moses) to about 100 A.D. (following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ). What is the oldest book in the Old Testament? Many scholars agree that Job is the oldest book in the Bible, written by an unknown Israelite about 1500 B.C. Others hold that the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) are the oldest books in the Bible, written between 1446 and 1406 B.C. What is the youngest book in the Old Testament? The book of Malachi, written about 400 B.C. What is the oldest book of the New Testament? Probably the book of James, written as early as A.D. 45. What is the youngest book in the New Testament? The Book of Revelation is the youngest book of the New Testament, written about 95 A.D. What languages was the Bible written in? The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. When was the Bible canonized? The entire New Testament as we know it today, was canonized before the year 375 A.D. The Old Testament had previously been canonized long before the advent of Christ. What does "canon" mean? "Canon" is derived front the Greek word "Kanon," signifying a measuring rod. Thus, to have the Bible "canonized" meant that it had been measured by the standard or test of divine inspiration and authority. It became the collection of books or writings accepted by the apostles and leadership of the early Christian church as a basis for Christian belief. It is the standard by which all Christians throughout the ages live and worship. When was the first translation of the Bible made into English? 1382 A.D., by John Wycliffe. When was the Bible printed? The Bible was printed in 1454 A.D. by Johannes Gutenberg who invented the "type mold" for the printing press. It was the first book ever printed. What is the oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible now in existence? The Codex Vaticanus, which dates from the first half of the fourth Century. It is located in the library of the Vatican in Rome. There are older fragments of the Bible that are still preserved however-- the oldest being a tiny scrap of the Gospel of John was found in Egypt, dating back to the beginning of the second century. (It is currently in the Rayland's Library in Manchester, England). What is the longest book in the Bible? The book of Psalms. What is the shortest book in the Bible? 2 John. What is the longest chapter in the Bible? Psalm 119 What is the shortest chapter in the Bible? Psalm 117 What is the longest verse in the Bible? Est
Who wrote the Bible? | Biblica - The International Bible Society Who wrote the Bible? Who Wrote the Bible? Many people contributed to the writing of the Bible. In fact, the Bible is a diverse collection of writings from about 40 main contributors—30 in the Old Testament and 10 in the New Testament. Some books are actually collections of writings from several authors, not just one. For example, while many people think of David when they think of the book of Psalms, there are individual psalms attributed to Moses, Asaph, a man named Ethan, and the sons of Korah. Old Testament authors The accounts preserved in the Old Testament—also known as the First Testament or Hebrew Scriptures—go back thousands of years. They were written down and communicated orally. Many regard Moses as the primary human author of the first five books of the Bible, known as the Torah. Regardless of the role others may have played in compiling the Torah, it’s thought that Moses ensured the narratives, genealogies, and law codes were collected and retold faithfully in these five books (which are, after all, known by many Jewish people as the “five books of Moses”). As already mentioned, David is considered the main human author of the Psalms, though others contributed too. David’s son, King Solomon, is credited with writing or inspiring much of Bible’s wisdom literature (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, etc.). The First Testament also contains oracles from prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, and others. Many of these messages were delivered in person—shouted from street corners, spoken in front of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, or pronounced in the royal courts of Israel and Judah. Only later were these oracles written down, often by the prophets themselves or by their scribes. As time passed, all these writings were collected together into the First Testament. The Jewish people received them as divinely inspired Scripture. New Testament authors The New Testament consists of stories, teachings, and letters that circulated among the first Christian churches. Letters from apostles like Paul and Peter are among the earliest writings in the New Testament. These letters were meant to be read aloud by communities of believers in specific locations. After the recipients heard the message intended for them, they often memorized it and shared it with neighboring Christian communities. Luke and Acts, a two-volume series on the life of Jesus and the early church, was penned by a physician named Luke, who was also a traveling companion to the apostle Paul. The gospel of Matthew is popularly attributed to a tax collector variously known as Levi or Matthew—though given its content, some think it was written by someone with more training in the Hebrew Scriptures. Mark’s gospel is thought to record the memoirs of Peter, as told through the pen of John Mark. The gospel of John was written by one of Jesus’ closest disciples, giving us an eyewitness account of the Messiah’s life. Not just any book, not just any author. Of course, for Christians, the Bible is more than just a human book. It is the authoritative, written Word of God. Through this ancient collection of books, God speaks into our world, revealing who he is and how he’s at work—then and now—repairing all that is broken. God did not simply give dictation to the human authors of Scripture; their contribution is real. Their personalities, perspectives, and writing styles are all discernable in the text—as are the unique situations and circumstances of those to whom they were writing. Yet God’s universal message is present from Genesis to Revelation. It is truly amazing that God used so many people to tell his big story, one that transcends language, culture, and time. The Bible is a diverse collection of literature, yet it contains a unified message of redemption and renewal. God has given us a Bible that’s fully human and fully divine—fully inspired by his Spirit and fully a product of the world in which it was written. Back to FAQs Do you have questions about the Bible? Visit our FAQs page for in-depth answers to im
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Umpire Dickie Bird played first class cricket for Yorkshire and which other county
Dickie Bird | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo ODI statistics Profile Dickie Bird's white cap, twitching shoulders and forearm stretch became as much a part of the day out as the battle between bat and ball. He seemed to attract minor incident, without ever allowing the day to be soured by controversy. Burst pipes, reflecting windscreens and bomb scares all conspired to trouble him, but each impostor was met with humour and Yorkshire-bred common sense. Notorious for being an early Bird (he once made it to The Oval at 6am, so nervous was he about being late and was five-hours early to meet the Queen on one occasion), and plagued by bad weather he made the transition from cricketing figure to something close to a national institution. A favourite among the public who took to his idiosyncrasies, Bird was equally admired and respected by the players. He diffused many a situation that a lesser umpire may have allowed to escalate, typically with common sense and good humour. Most importantly, he simply made few mistakes. "They all rated me the best: Sobers, Richards, Lillee and Botham. That means a lot I can tell you," he admitted. Harold "Dickie" Bird was born in Barnsley in April 1933. 5'10" and a right-hand batsman, Bird played in a Barnsley side that included Geoff Boycott and the journalist Michael Parkinson, with whom he remained friends. A good enough player to have represented Yorkshire during their period of dominance (debuting in 1956 against Scotland), a regular first team place eluded him in such a strong side (his career best performance 181* against Glamorgan at Bradford in 1959 was rewarded with omission from the next game as the senior players returned from Test duty) and he moved to Leicestershire at the end of that year. He won his county cap in his first season, 1960, in which he topped 1,000 first-class runs, but later referred to the decision to leave Yorkshire as "the biggest mistake of my life". Bird retired relatively early, aged just 32, and spent a few years coaching and playing as a club professional. He later admitted to regret that his playing career had not been more successful (first-class average: 20.71): "I just wish I'd have believed in myself as a batsman the way I do as an umpire," he told The Cricketer (November 1998) during his final match as an umpire. "I had the ability I can tell you. If you had compared me to Boycott in the nets you would have picked me as the Test player. Ray Illingworth said I played as straight as anyone he'd ever seen. Umpiring has been good to me, but it is the second-best thing to playing." Bird officiated his first game in 1970, with his first Test coming against New Zealand at Leeds in 1973. In 1992 he stood in Zimbabwe's inaugural Test as the first ICC panel umpire. A guard of honour by the players and a standing ovation from the crowd as England took on India in 1996 marked his final Test, at his beloved Lord's. Bird, always an emotional man, was reduced to tears. In all he officiated in 66 Tests and 69 One-Day Internationals, overtaking Frank Chester's record (of 48 Tests) in Zimbabwe in 1996. His final first-class game was at Headingley, between Yorkshire and Warwickshire in 1998. Bird was awarded the MBE in June 1986 in the Queen's Birthday Honours List ("It means more to me than my life," he commented) and became a frequent tea-time visitor at the Palace, apparently attending more than 20 times. He gained other remarkable friends, including former Prime Minister John Major, billionaire cricket fanatic John Paul Getty and the thriller writer Stephen King. "I wish I'd had a family. That's where I missed out in life," he lamented on his retirement but his oft-repeated phrase was that he was "married to the game." Bird's real legacy will be top-quality umpiring. Calm, despite his nervous disposition; consistent, despite his erratic body movements; and unimpeachably impartial despite his obvious love for all things Yorkshire and England, Bird added to the enjoyment of the spectators without ever detracting from the cricket. Maybe
Essex County Cricket Club | Cricket Team Profile at Sports Pundit Essex County Cricket Club County Championship Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen professional major clubs in English domestic cricket. As per the records in the 16th century cricket began in Essex and had a tremendous growth over the decades. In 1895 the first class debut of the Essex Cricket club took place at Leyton against Leicestershire. Right after the debut in first class cricket the Essex Cricket club experienced quick improvement. During the 1897 season the club won all the matches with the exception of the match against Surrey. During the 1950s after the World War duration Essex slowly strengthened its team to gain much more accolades and triumphs than they had done before. During the late 1980s the club exhibited a consistent performance and the result was that several players were chosen to play at an international level by representing the national country team. Essex County Cricket team had several international players during the 1990s and this included Nasser Hussain who was the captain of the England cricket team in several international series. Bowlers like Peter Such and Mark IIott as well as wicket keeper James Foster earned caps. The Essex county also was successful in signing the fast bowlers of England like Alex Tudor and Darren Gough who had resigned from Surrey and Yorkshire respectively.In the Pro40 format of the game during the 2006 season Essex successfully defended their National Cricket League title. In the same year there was a participation of Essex in the Twenty20 Cup. During the matches of this cup Essex was triumphant in beating Yorkshire at the Trent Bridge and occupying a place in the semi finals.Several noted players like Percy Perrin, Neil Foster, Derek Pringle and Graham Gooch have been members of the Essex county at some point of time. In the current scenario players like Danish Kaneria and Grant Flower have registered a considerable name for themselves. Major achievements Won 6 County championshipsWon 5 Pro40 tournamentsWon 2 Friends Provident Trophy Improve This Page
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A rat called Splinter trained which quartet?
Master Splinter | TMNT Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Splinter is both the adoptive father and sensei of all four of the Turtles . He is wise, mature, and highly trained in the art of Ninjutsu . Honorable Rat Sensei of the Ninja Turtles Contents [ show ] Official Description "For many years I have lived in the shadows, training my adopted sons in the ways of Ninjutsu. I have tried to prepare them for the worst that the world has to offer - hoping it would never come. But we are running out of time. Our family is strong. I only hope that we are strong enough." - Splinter Description Master Splinter is the teacher and adoptive father of the Ninja Turtles. He has trained the Turtles in the art of Ninjitsu, but they are not ninja masters yet. Splinter is mature, serious, and protective. He fights with various ninja weapons and fights with many ninja skills. Any villain wishing to harm his sons will have to go through him first. History As Human Born in 1962 in Osaka, Japan into a peacekeeping ninja clan called  the Hamatos , Hamato Yoshi enrolled into a Martial Arts school before he could inherit his father's role as clan leader. His skills were only rivaled by fellow student Oroku Saki , who was Yoshi's adoptive brother, originally from one of the wiped out rival clans,  the Foot . Not only were they rivals in Martial Arts but also for the love of a beautiful woman named  Tang Shen , who eventually chose to marry Yoshi. Saki could not accept this and once insulted Yoshi in front of her. Yoshi lost his temper and struck Saki to the ground. This attack solidified Saki's hatred for Yoshi and he vowed revenge. During this time, Saki learned of his true heritage and rebuilt the Foot Clan, rechristening himself as "the Shredder". One night, he came to Yoshi's home armed with razor sharp claw weapons and challenged him to a duel to the death. Yoshi accepted, and the two tore through Yoshi's home, catching it on fire. Just as Saki was about to kill Yoshi, Shen interfered and took the fatal blow for herself. Yoshi escaped without knowing the fate of his baby daughter  Miwa , who Shredder secretly raised as his daughter, Karai. Yoshi made his way to America and attempted to make a new life in New York City. One day, out of loneliness, he visited a pet store and purchased four baby turtles . Walking home, he bumped into a man and felt off about him, so he decided to follow. He came into an alley and overheard a conversation between two strange men, later shown to be members of the Kraang . His foot spooked a rat hiding in the alley, causing the villains to spot him and attempt to kill him. Yoshi fought back but accidentally broke a canister of  Mutagen  they were holding in the process, spilling it all over himself and the turtles. Yoshi escaped down a sewer drain, now mutated into a humanoid rat. The turtles also mutated, gaining humanoid bodies and intelligence. Yoshi, knowing that they would be persecuted by humans, adopted these turtles as his sons and students and has raised them in the sewers of New York ever since. He started training them in his Ninjutsu techniques because he knew that, one day, his sons would want to explore the surface, but he knew it would also be dangerous. He took on the name of Splinter and gave the turtles names of painters and sculptors from a book of Renaissance Art that he found in a storm drain.  Appearance As Hamato Yoshi: Yoshi is tall, lean, and muscular, with dark brown eyes and black hair. He wears a red kimoto with his clan's symbol when he lived in Japan. During the time that he resided in America, he wears a whitish blue polo shirt, along with brown pants. As Splinter: Splinter has black, brown and white fur, with a droopy white beard, whiskers, a pink tail and a pink nose. He still wears the red kimoto that he wore in Japan. Unlike all of his past incarnations, Splinter is considerably taller than all of the Turtles. Personality Splinter is many things to the Turtles - A wise sensei, protective parent, loving father, stern disciplinarian, quirky master and Zen philosopher. He is determined
SparkNotes: Eliot’s Poetry: Four Quartets: “Little Gidding” Four Quartets: “The Dry Salvages” Study Questions Summary “Little Gidding” was the last of the Quartets to be written. It appeared in print in 1942; in 1943, the four pieces were collected and published together. “Little Gidding,” named after a 17th-century Anglican monastery renowned for its devotion, is the place where the problems of time and human fallibility are more or less resolved. The first section describes a sunny winter’s day, where everything is dead yet blazing with the sun’s fire. The poem considers those who have come to the monastery, who come only “to kneel / Where prayer has been valid.” It is here that man can encounter the “intersection of the timeless” with the present moment, often by heeding the words of the dead, whose speech is given a vitality by a burning fire. The second section opens with a lyric on the death of the four elements (air, earth, water, and fire) that have figured so prominently in the previous quartets. The scene then shifts to the poet walking at dawn. He meets the ghost of some former master, whom he does not quite recognize. The two speak, and the ghost gives the poet the burdens of wisdom: awareness of folly, a loss of perception of beauty, and shame at one’s past deeds. The spirit tells him that only if he is “restored by ...refining fire” will he escape these curses. The spirit then leaves him with a benediction, and a horn blows, which may be an air-raid siren. The third section is more propositional in nature. The poet declares that attachment, detachment, and indifference are all related; all three look alike but indifference comes only through the exercise of memory to create abstractions. The second part of this section asserts that, despite this, “all shall be well.” As the poet thinks on the people who have come to Little Gidding seeking spiritual renewal and peace, he realizes that the dead have left us only “a symbol,” one that has been perfected but is nevertheless still only a representation or an abstraction. The fourth section is a formal two-stanza piece describing first a dove with a tongue of fire, which both purifies and destroys; the second stanza then considers love as the chief torment of man, which can redeem as well as torture. Either way, we are caught between two kinds of fire. The final section of the poem, and of the whole of the Quartets, brings the spiritual and the aesthetic together in a final reconciliation. Perfect language results in poetry in which every word and every phrase is “an end and a beginning.” The timeless and the time-bound are interchangeable and in the moment, if one is in the right place, like the chapel at Little Gidding. All will be well when the fires that both destroy and redeem come together to form a knot and “the fire and the rose”—divine wrath and mercy—become one. Form This is the most dramatic of the Four Quartets, in that it is here that the language most closely approaches the rhythms of everyday speech. The diction is measured, intellectual, but always self-conscious in its repetitiveness and in the palpable presence of the speaker. Certain sections of “Little Gidding” (“And all shall be well and / All manner of thing shall be well”) borrow from liturgical language to create the effect of attending an ideal religious service. The fourth section, like the fourth sections of the other quartets, is a sustained formal piece that serves as a sort of contrapuntal melody to the rest of the poem. Although not as elegant as “Burnt Norton” or as musical as “East Coker,” “Little Gidding” is perhaps the most balanced of the quartets in its attention to imagery and language. Commentary Fire and roses are the main images of this poem. Both have a double meaning. Roses, a traditional symbol of English royalty, represent all of England, but they also are made to stand for divine love, mercy, and the garden where the children in “Burnt Norton” hide (they reappear at the end of this poem). Fire is both the flame of divine harshness and the spiritual ether capable of pur
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What noted author of books such as Bumble-Ardy, Seven Little Monsters, and In the Night Kitchen, among others, died yesterday of complications of a stroke at age 83?
Learn and talk about Maurice Sendak, American atheists, American children's book illustrators, American children's writers, American people of Polish-Jewish descent Early life[ edit ] Sendak was born in New York City in the borough of Brooklyn to Polish Jewish immigrant parents named Sadie (née Schindler) and Philip Sendak , a dressmaker. [3] [4] [5] Sendak described his childhood as a "terrible situation" due to the death of members of his extended family during the Holocaust which exposed him at a young age to the concept of mortality. [6] His love of books began when, as a child, he developed health problems and was confined to his bed. [7] He decided to become an illustrator after watching Walt Disney 's film Fantasia at the age of twelve. One of his first professional commissions was to create window displays for the toy store FAO Schwarz . His illustrations were first published in 1947 in a textbook titled Atomics for the Millions by Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff. He spent much of the 1950s illustrating children's books written by others before beginning to write his own stories. His older brother Jack Sendak also became an author of children's books, two of which were illustrated by Maurice in the 1950s. [8] Maurice was the youngest of three siblings. His sister, Natalie, was nine years older than he, and his brother, Jack, was five years older than him. [9] Work[ edit ] The characters illustrated in Where the Wild Things Are caused some controversy for their grotesque appearance Sendak gained international acclaim after writing and illustrating Where the Wild Things Are , edited by Ursula Nordstrom at Harper & Row . It features Max, a boy who "rages against his mother for being sent to bed without any supper". [10] The book's depictions of fanged monsters concerned some parents when it was first published, as his characters were somewhat grotesque in appearance. Before Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak was best known for illustrating Else Holmelund Minarik 's Little Bear series of books. [11] Sendak later recounted the reaction of a fan: A little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children's letters – sometimes very hastily – but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, 'Dear Jim: I loved your card.' Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said: 'Jim loved your card so much he ate it.' That to me was one of the highest compliments I've ever received. He didn't care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it. [12] Almost fifty years later, School Library Journal sponsored a survey of readers which identified Where the Wild Things Are as top picture book. The librarian who conducted it observed that there was little doubt what would be voted number one and highlighted its designation by one reader as a watershed, "ushering in the modern age of picture books". Another called it "perfectly crafted, perfectly illustrated ... simply the epitome of a picture book" and noted that Sendak "rises above the rest in part because he is subversive". [10] [13] When Sendak saw a manuscript of Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories , the first children's book by Isaac Bashevis Singer , on the desk of an editor at Harper & Row, he offered to illustrate the book. It was first published in 1966 and received a Newbery Honor . Sendak was delighted and enthusiastic about the collaboration. He once wryly remarked that his parents were "finally" impressed by their youngest child when he collaborated with Singer. [14] His book In the Night Kitchen , originally issued in 1970, has often been subjected to censorship for its drawings of a young boy prancing naked through the story. The book has been challenged in several American states including Illinois , New Jersey , Minnesota , and Texas . [15] In the Night Kitchen regularly appears on the American Library Association's list of "frequently challenged and banned books". It was listed number 21 on the "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books
Fay Weldon | Interesting Literature Interesting Literature Posted by interestingliterature Before he wrote Midnight’s Children – the 1981 novel which would win not only the Booker Prize for that year but the ‘Booker of Bookers’ award in 1993 – Salman Rushdie worked in advertising. It was during this period in the 1970s that Rushdie came up with several classic advertising slogans: ‘Naughty but nice’ (to advertise cream cakes), ‘That’ll do nicely’ (for American Express credit cards), and ‘Irresistibubble’ (for Aero chocolate bars). He also came up with this, for the Daily Mirror: ‘Look into the Mirror tomorrow – you’ll like what you see.’ Rushdie has said that his work in advertising ‘taught me to write like a job. If you have the client coming in that afternoon for his new campaign, you can’t not have it. You have to have it. What’s more, it has to be good.’ George Orwell may have described advertising as ‘the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket’ in his novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936), a book which shows a man with high literary ambitions being ‘reduced’ to the work of writing advertising jingles and rhymes. But Marshall McLuhan described it as ‘the greatest art form of the twentieth century’. And certainly, many popular and celebrated writers of the twentieth century and beyond have put their mark on this modern art form. Rushdie is one name among many. The author of The Satanic Verses had actually failed the initial test he took for J. Walter Thompson, a leading advertising company (which was run by none other than the thriller writer, James Patterson). But he persevered, spurred on by a friend’s assurance that it was ‘really easy’. Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising. – Mark Twain Fay Weldon, author of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1983), is another novelist who started out in the field of advertising. In this connection she is probably most famous for writing the slogan ‘Go to work on an egg’, in support of a large advertising campaign in Britain in the 1950s supported by the Egg Marketing Board. But Weldon didn’t in fact write the slogan: it was ‘hatched’ (sorry, we couldn’t resist) by someone else, and Weldon merely helped to popularise the slogan (we say ‘merely’, but at the time Weldon occupied the senior role of Head of Copywriting and she was instrumental in making the phrase known in households up and down the country). One slogan which Weldon did write was ‘Vodka gets you drunker quicker.’ This was never used, though, as it was rejected by her bosses. (And this at a time before drink awareness was as high as it is now!) While we’re talking drink, it was Dorothy L. Sayers, crime writer and creator of the detective Lord Peter Wimsey, who originated several Guinness slogans used in the 1920s, such as (reputedly) ‘Guinness is good for you.’ (She used her experience working in advertising for the 1933 Lord Peter Wimsey novel, Murder Must Advertise.) One legend has it that the brewery had initially sought an endorsement from homegrown Irish talent, the playwright and well-known alcoholic, Brendan Behan, but the best he could come up with was ‘Guinness makes you drunk.’ (If only all ad campaigns were so honest!) However, this story is unverified and Guinness have denied that they ever sought a slogan from Behan. Advertising is the very essence of democracy. – Anton Chekhov Another writer to lend his services to the advertising industry was F. Scott Fitzgerald, more famous as the author of The Great Gatsby and ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’. He wrote the slogan ‘We keep you clean in Muscatine’ for a local steam laundry company. Other writers who cut their teeth on advertising include Don DeLillo, Martin Amis, and Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22. If Marshall McLuhan was right and advertising is a great art form, then it raises the question of the relationship between literature and advertising. Can literary talent be honed by a spell working in the world of Mad Men?
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What is the land of giants called in Gulliver's Travels?
SparkNotes: Gulliver’s Travels: Plot Overview Gulliver’s Travels Context Character List Gulliver’s Travels recounts the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a practical-minded Englishman trained as a surgeon who takes to the seas when his business fails. In a deadpan first-person narrative that rarely shows any signs of self-reflection or deep emotional response, Gulliver narrates the adventures that befall him on these travels. Gulliver’s adventure in Lilliput begins when he wakes after his shipwreck to find himself bound by innumerable tiny threads and addressed by tiny captors who are in awe of him but fiercely protective of their kingdom. They are not afraid to use violence against Gulliver, though their arrows are little more than pinpricks. But overall, they are hospitable, risking famine in their land by feeding Gulliver, who consumes more food than a thousand Lilliputians combined could. Gulliver is taken into the capital city by a vast wagon the Lilliputians have specially built. He is presented to the emperor, who is entertained by Gulliver, just as Gulliver is flattered by the attention of royalty. Eventually Gulliver becomes a national resource, used by the army in its war against the people of Blefuscu, whom the Lilliputians hate for doctrinal differences concerning the proper way to crack eggs. But things change when Gulliver is convicted of treason for putting out a fire in the royal palace with his urine and is condemned to be shot in the eyes and starved to death. Gulliver escapes to Blefuscu, where he is able to repair a boat he finds and set sail for England. After staying in England with his wife and family for two months, Gulliver undertakes his next sea voyage, which takes him to a land of giants called Brobdingnag. Here, a field worker discovers him. The farmer initially treats him as little more than an animal, keeping him for amusement. The farmer eventually sells Gulliver to the queen, who makes him a courtly diversion and is entertained by his musical talents. Social life is easy for Gulliver after his discovery by the court, but not particularly enjoyable. Gulliver is often repulsed by the physicality of the Brobdingnagians, whose ordinary flaws are many times magnified by their huge size. Thus, when a couple of courtly ladies let him play on their naked bodies, he is not attracted to them but rather disgusted by their enormous skin pores and the sound of their torrential urination. He is generally startled by the ignorance of the people here—even the king knows nothing about politics. More unsettling findings in Brobdingnag come in the form of various animals of the realm that endanger his life. Even Brobdingnagian insects leave slimy trails on his food that make eating difficult. On a trip to the frontier, accompanying the royal couple, Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag when his cage is plucked up by an eagle and dropped into the sea. Next, Gulliver sets sail again and, after an attack by pirates, ends up in Laputa, where a floating island inhabited by theoreticians and academics oppresses the land below, called Balnibarbi. The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seems totally inane and impractical, and its residents too appear wholly out of touch with reality. Taking a short side trip to Glubbdubdrib, Gulliver is able to witness the conjuring up of figures from history, such as Julius Caesar and other military leaders, whom he finds much less impressive than in books. After visiting the Luggnaggians and the Struldbrugs, the latter of which are senile immortals who prove that age does not bring wisdom, he is able to sail to Japan and from there back to England. Finally, on his fourth journey, Gulliver sets out as captain of a ship, but after the mutiny of his crew and a long confinement in his cabin, he arrives in an unknown land. This land is populated by Houyhnhnms, rational-thinking horses who rule, and by Yahoos, brutish humanlike creatures who serve the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver sets about learning their language, and when he can speak he narrates his voyages to them and explains the c
Oasis Artistfacts Artistfacts Artistfacts for Oasis They are often compared to The Beatles. Liam Gallagher has a son named Lennon with his ex-wife, actress Patsy Kensit. Noel is five years older than Liam, but Liam formed the band. Noel joined after a year as a roadie for The Inspiral Carpets. He had been writing songs, which became the hits for Oasis, including "Live Forever." The Gallagher brothers are notoriously surly toward their fans. "I don't have to be nice to people because they dig my music," Noel told Rolling Stone. "I don't live my life to have my picture taken by fans. I'm not asking them to buy records. They buy them because they like them." They are wildly popular in England, with eight #1 hits, but have never had much success in the US. Noel claims this is because Americans have "very bad taste" in music, and cites The Backstreet Boys as an example. Noel left their 2000 European tour after he and Liam got in a fist-fight in Barcelona. They finished the tour without him. Noel and Liam are from Manchester and have the thick accents associated with the city. MTV once poked fun at their inscrutable speech by subtitling them. Paul Arthurs and Paul McGuigan left the band during the recording of the Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants album, and their parts were recorded again by the actual guitarist and bassist, Gem Archer and Andy Bell. (thanks, Carlos Arredondo - Monterrey, Mexico) Their album Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is named after an inscription on the British 2 Pound coin. The coin says: "Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants and is a tribute to Isaac Newton. The album title was supposed to say "shoulders," but by the time they noticed the mistake, it was too late. In 1996 the group smashed the record for most weeks on the UK singles chart in one year with 134 weeks. The previous best was Adam And The Ants back in 1981, who amassed 91 weeks in that year. (thanks, Chris - Stoke-on-trent, England) Drummer Zac Starkey joined Oasis for a tour in 2005. He is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Star, and was working with The Who. His decision to join Oasis threw off plans for a tour and album from The Who. (thanks, Calum - Lossiemouth, Scotland) Noel Gallagher has a daughter called Anais with his ex-wife Meg Matthews and Liam has two sons: Lennon, whose mother is Patsy Kensit, and Gene, whose mother is Liam's wife Nicole Appleton who used to be in All Saints. (thanks, Claire - Manchester, England) Definitely Maybe was voted best album of all time by NME and partners. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? ranked fifth in this chart. (thanks, Daniel - London, England) Together with Blur and Pulp, Oasis are closely identified with the Britpop movement. Britpop is an abbreviation of British Popular music, referring to the mid-1990s sound epitomized by guitar based tunes. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France) Liam Gallagher married Nicole Appleton of All Saints in 2008. Like Liam, Nicole also has a singing sibling: her sister Natalie is also in All Saints, and married Liam Howlett of The Prodigy in 2002. The band's name was taken from Swindon Oasis Leisure Centre in south west England, a clothes shop in the Manchester Arndale Market called Oasis, and a taxi rank round the corner from where they lived. Liam Gallagher told NME in 2013: "It meant that we were out there, because we were different. It was a s--t name." Noel Gallagher on songwriting: "With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there." Although he is naturally left-handed, Noel Gallagher plays the guitar right-handed. He claims it is the only thing he does with his non-dominant hand.
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What successful Broadway musical written by Mel Brooks opened controversially in Berlin?
'The Producers' Debuts in Germany: It's Springtime for Hitler in Berlin - SPIEGEL ONLINE 'The Producers' Debuts in Germany: It's Springtime for Hitler in Berlin 'The Producers' Debuts in Germany It's Springtime for Hitler in Berlin Berlin's Admiralspalast theater will break new ground in May by staging the first production in Germany of the Mel Brooks musical "The Producers." Some, though, say Germany isn't ready for tap-dancing stormtroopers and a camp Hitler singing "Heil Myself." By David Crossland in Berlin David Crossland Feedback Adolf Hitler is returning to the Berlin theater where he watched "The Merry Widow" during World War II, but this time he'll be on stage, singing "Heil Myself," swinging his hips and fluttering his eyelashes in Germany's first production of Mel Brooks's celebrated musical comedy "The Producers." Some reviewers are saying the city's historic Admiralspalast theater, which until recently had a Führer's Box specifically built for Hitler, is taking a risk by staging a play featuring tap-dancing stormtroopers singing "Watch out Europe we're going on tour" in the former capital of the Third Reich. But the manager of the Admiralspalast, Falk Walter, says it was high time that Berlin staged "The Producers", which opened on Broadway in 2001 and has been performed in many cities around the world since then. It opens here on May 15. "I've been trying to get 'The Producers' for ages. If there's any city in the world where it should be performed, it's Berlin," Walter told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "For one, this town was the root of all the evil. And it also happens to be the most tolerant and exciting city in Germany." The musical, based on a 1968 feature film written and directed by Brooks, is about a Broadway producer and his accountant who decide that they can earn more money by staging a flop than a hit. So they put on the worst, most inappropriate show they can find: "Springtime for Hitler," written by a Nazi pigeon-fancier who has taught his birds to lift their wings in the Hitler salute. Disappointingly for them, the singing and dancing Führer turns out to be so comic that audiences applaud the show as a satirical masterpiece and it becomes a hit, so the heroes go to jail for tax fraud. Mel Brooks's award-winning 2001 Broadway musical spawned a remake of the movie in 2005. Reprints Find out how you can reprint this SPIEGEL ONLINE article. Too Soon to Laugh About Hitler? Walter is confident the musical won't flop in Berlin, even though some critics are wondering whether it should be staged here. "Should one be allowed to laugh about Hitler?" wrote Berliner Morgenpost, a local Berlin daily. Berliner Zeitung, another Berlin paper, wrote, "it remains risky to put this satire about Hitler on the stage in the former Reich capital -- even if it has been successful around the world and Jewish people in Tel Aviv laughed about it." It remains to be seen how Berlin audiences will respond to the sight of statuesque blonde maidens wearing oversized pretzels and sausages on their heads as the lead tenor stormtrooper sings "Look out, here comes the master race!" No German theater dared touch the musical until an Austrian company obtained the German-language rights and put it on at the Ronacher theatre in Vienna in 2008. Its success was modest, with performances only 70 percent booked out. The Vienna production, originally planned to run for one year, was stopped in February after 10 months and is now moving with its Austrian cast to the Admiralspalast. Mel Brooks May Attend Debut Walter said advance ticket sales have been good and that he's confident the run will be extended beyond the initially planned two months. He also thinks the Berlin incarnation will receive a prominent boost. "I'm pretty sure Mel Brooks will come to the premiere. I think he knows the significance of this being shown in Berlin," he said. He said the Austrian production had been marketed too narrowly, focusing only on traditional musical aficionados, and that he was targeting a broader range of people who wouldn't usually go to see a stage musical.
The Producers | film by Brooks [1968] | Britannica.com film by Brooks [1968] The Producers, American screwball comedy–musical film , released in 1968, that is Mel Brooks ’s first feature and his most acclaimed work. Zero Mostel (left) with Lee Meredith and Gene Wilder in The Producers … © 1968 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection Zero Mostel played a failed theatrical producer, and Gene Wilder was cast as his timid accountant. Together they hatch a bizarre plot to make a fortune from investors by opening a Broadway play “guaranteed” to flop—a shockingly upbeat production about Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun titled Springtime for Hitler. The play, however, fails to fail, which leads to a slew of unpredictable consequences. Along the way, Brooks skewers and satirizes various social, religious, and ethnic groups. Mostel’s intentionally hammy performance won critical raves, and Wilder received an Academy Award nomination for his role. John Morris’s score became a classic and helped inspire the hit Broadway musical version of the movie, which debuted in 2001 starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, both of whom starred in the film version of the stage musical in 2005. Production notes and credits Estelle Winwood (Hold Me–Touch Me Old Lady) Renée Taylor (Eva Braun) Christopher Hewett (Roger De Bris) Lee Meredith (Ulla) Dick Shawn (Lorenzo St. DuBois) Academy Award nominations (* denotes win) Screenplay* in Mel Brooks: First films All this was but a prelude to his auspicious feature-film directorial debut, The Producers (1968), which was not a major success at the box office, even though Brooks’s screenplay won an Academy Award. In The Producers, Zero Mostel starred as a financially troubled stage producer who teams with his accountant (played by Gene Wilder) to... in Gene Wilder ...Bonnie and Clyde (1967). A turning point in his career came when actor-director-writer Mel Brooks, whom Wilder had met during his Broadway days, cast Wilder in The Producers (1968) opposite the explosive Zero Mostel. Though the film did middling business at the time, it earned for Wilder an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, and it has since... 3 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted References role of Wilder (in Gene Wilder ) External Links The American screwball comedy-musical The Producers (1968) was Mel Brooks’s first feature film. Brooks won an Academy Award for best screenplay for the movie, and Gene Wilder was nominated for best supporting actor. Article Contributors Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: November 15, 2013 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Producers-film-1968 Access Date: January 19, 2017 Share
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Madeline Bell was a singer in which pop group of the 1960s and 70s?
Madeline Bell | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Andrew Hamilton Madeline Bell was born July 23, 1942, in Newark, NJ, and was strongly influenced by her grandmother, who had been a singer. Bell was raised by her grandmother after her parents divorced. Showing a bent toward creative arts, Bell first took piano lessons at 50 cents a pop, but couldn't master the complexities of the keyboard. Next, her grandmother paid for dancing lessons and discovered Madeline would never be confused with Ginger Rogers or Josephine Baker , so the lessons stopped. By the fifth grade, Bell found her calling -- singing -- and she regularly appeared in school shows. At age 11, she pantomimed "Santa Baby," a tune popularized by Eartha Kitt . Bell regularly attended church and sang in the choir. She later joined a group called Four Jacks & a Jill, who sung on street corners. Madeline Bell was the Jill. At 16, she joined the Glovertones, a gospel group, who sang gospel on weekends, often traveling hundreds of miles in an old dilapidated station wagon, to gigs that paid five dollars a member. The station wagon often broke down and many times Bell showed up for work (in a supermarket as a meat wrapper) on Monday mornings both frustrated and dead tired. Luckily, she had an understanding boss, and besides, she could wrap 75 chickens in an hour, which easily made her the fastest chicken wrapper in the house. Her productivity was helped by the R&B music coming from the radio her boss graciously let her play while working. Her first big break occurred when she met Alex Bradford around 1961 and was invited to join his group after successfully passing an audition. She stayed with Bradford for two years, criss-crossing the United States, playing in too many cities to mention. At the time, Bradford was considered one of the top male gospel vocalists. Toward the end of Bell 's first year with the Bradford Singers, they were asked to appear in Black Nativity, a traveling musical that toured all over America and Europe. It was in Britain that she befriended the late Dusty Springfield and performed on many of her background sessions. She also worked in the studio behind Kiki Dee , Doris Troy , Joe Brown , Lesley Duncan , and Kenny Lynch , to name a few. By that time, she had left the Bradford Singers and settled in England. In 1968, six years after settling in England, a bigshot at the United Kingdoms' Philips Records heard her working in a studio and offered a contract. She first released "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," which had previously been recorded by Dee Dee Warwick , Dionne's sister and a fellow native of Newark. Phillips initially released the record in the States on their Mod label, then switched it to Philips when it began to catch fire. It eventually went to number 26 in the United States. A year later she joined Blue Mink , Roger Cook 's group, and stayed for four years, scoring on "Melting Pot" (number three, U.K.), and "Our World" (which climbed to number 64 in the States in 1970). Other sides did well in England, "Randy" (number nine), "Banner Man" (number three), and "Stay With Me" (number 11). Leaving Blue Mink , she returned to both the lucrative world of session singing and soloing in the Netherlands. Bell made a name for herself by contributing with Tom Parker on some CD productions that were popular arrangements of classical compositions. The discs sold quite well. She appeared in the London stage production, Space, hitting the charts again at number 60 with "My Love Is Music," on which she was the featured vocalist. She also toured with the Swingmates throughout the Netherlands and had a leading part in A Night at the Cotton Club. With the Swingmates, she recorded a CD, Have You Met Miss Bell. Still singing, she appears in England clubs like Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with her group Madeline Bell & her Musicians. She visits the States occasionally, but England has been home to the Jerseyite since 1962.
Red Red Wine by UB40 Songfacts Red Red Wine by UB40 Songfacts Songfacts This was written and first recorded by Neil Diamond. His original version first appeared on his 1967 album Just For You (Bang 217) and was produced by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich (a.k.a. The Raindrops of "The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget" fame). Neil's version of the song (Bang single 556) peaked at #62 over a three-week run in April 1968. In the UK, two versions of the song charted in 1969: a soul cover by Jimmy James & The Vagabonds hit #36 (it also made #127 in the US), and a Reggae rendition by Tony Tribe hit #46. UB40, whose members grew up listening to these versions, took it to #1 UK with their 1983 cover. The lyrics sing the praises of wine, and its ability to make you forget your problems. Diamond wrote another song about red wine in 1970 with Cracklin' Rosie . UB40 recorded this as a cover of the Tony Tribe 1969 reggae version, which reached #46 in the UK charts. The band did not realize until after it topped the charts that Neil Diamond wrote it and originally recorded it. Lead singer Ali Campbell recalls in the book 1000 UK #1 Hits: "The funny thing about the song is we only knew it as a Reggae song. We had no idea that Neil Diamond wrote it." Terence "Astro" Wilson, confirmed: "Even when we saw the writing credit which said N. Diamond, we thought it was a Jamaican artist called Negus Diamond or something." This was re-issued in the States after DJ Guy Zapoleon at KZZP-FM in Phoenix, Arizona included the song on his "Would've Been, Should've Been" feature. There was such a positive response that he urged the record company to re-issue the single. Within a few weeks the song had climbed to the top of the charts. UB40's original recording reached #34 in the US in March 1984 when it was released on A&M 2600. This version clocked in at 3:00. In 1988, it was reissued as a longer version (5:16) with a rap by Terence "Astro" Wilson, and finally hit #1. The 1969 Tony Tribe version caught on in England with a hooligan crowd known as "bovver boys." These guys typically sported shaved heads, heavy boots, and cropped pants held up by suspenders (or as they're called in England, "braces"). Tribe performed the song in September 1969 at a reggae festival held in London at Empire Pool; other acts on the bill included Desmond Dekker, Johnny Nash and Max Romeo. To show his support for the bovver boys who bought his record, Tribe wore suspenders for his performance. His cover of the song would later find its way onto various "skinhead reggae" playlists. The album Labour Of Love is a collection of covers comprised of reggae songs the band grew up listening to; other tracks include "Many Rivers To Cross" by Jimmy Cliff and "Cherry Oh Baby" by Eric Donaldson. It was UB40's fourth album, and the group was eager to expose their expanding fanbase to the reggae classics they loved. "Before we come along, people just looked on reggae as Rastaman, and half the white English people don't want to know," the group's rapper Astro Wilson told NME. "To some degree that alienated people from getting into reggae. When we came out - just the fact that half the band are white when reggae was supposed to be for Rastas only - they started to realize that reggae is just music and it's there for whoever wants to listen to it, and whoever wants to play it." This song didn't take off America when it was first released in 1983, but another reggae tune did: " Electric Avenue " by Eddy Grant, which hit #2. UB40 bass player Earl Falconer recalls being mistaken for Grant when the band toured in America around this time. In the music video, lead singer Ali Campbell is actually drinking beer, and not red wine. The video was filmed in a local Birmingham, England pub where you wouldn't want to be caught drinking wine. To avoid hiring extras, the band invited guys from a nearby factory to join them at the pub, graciously paying the bar bill in exchange for their services. It was shot in the morning, and by noon, most of these hired hands were blotto. According to various accounts, when th
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If Wayne Morris played Kid Galahad in 1937, who played him in the 1962 remake?
Kid Galahad (1937) - 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 Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister. Director: Seton I. Miller (screen play), Francis Wallace (from the story by: Saturday Evening Post) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 25 titles created 18 May 2011 a list of 36 titles created 21 Jun 2011 a list of 29 titles created 03 Jan 2013 a list of 24 titles created 25 May 2014 a list of 43 titles created 01 Apr 2015 Search for " Kid Galahad " 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. 1 win & 1 nomination. See more awards  » Videos A crusading DA persuades a clip joint "party girl" to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory "parties". Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz Stars: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks him down convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the ... See full summary  » Director: William Keighley An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate. Director: Lloyd Bacon When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk. Director: Lloyd Bacon Black comedy about a brilliant Park Avenue doctor who becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind. Director: Anatole Litvak When Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society. Director: Roy Del Ruth An ex-con who wants to go straight has difficulties trying to reintegrate into society while on parole. Director: Lloyd Bacon When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence. Directors: Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him. Director: Michael Curtiz After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carol Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board. Director: Lewis Seiler Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers... Director: Lloyd Bacon A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert. Director: Archie Mayo Edit Storyline When a bellhop knocks out fighter Chuck McGraw, promoter Nick Donati realizes he's a potential champ. "Kid Galahad" justifies Nick's confidence, but Nick's mistress Fluff falls for him; in turn, the Kid falls for Nick's young sister. Now overprotective brother Nick turns against his new fighter, leading to a near- disastrous title fight and a murderous confrontation. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu> 29 May 1937 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: The Battling Bellhop See more  » Filming Locations: The movie was remade in 1962 with Elvis Presley playing the title character. See more » Goofs During the fights in the arenas, the crowd is painted on a backdrop in the balcony and after the sixth row in the mezzanine. See more » Quotes The Moon Is in Tears Tonight (1937) (uncredited) (Bradenton, Florida) – See all my reviews This was certainly not the most original movie made by Warner Brothers, but it was an excellent showcase for the t
Amazon.com: Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Full Screen Edition): Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Kay, Nicholas Smith, Liz Smith, John Thomson, Mark Gatiss, Vincent Ebrahim, Geraldine McEwan, Edward Kelsey, Dicken Ashworth, Nick Park, Steve Box, Carla Shelley, Bob Baker, Mark Burton, Tess Daulton: Movies & TV By Omnes on August 17, 2015 Format: DVD|Verified Purchase Important note to buyers: This product is a Region 2 DVD. Which means that to view it properly, the best solution would be to either buy a Region free DVD player or to download a free software called VLC player. A wonderful software which has allowed me to view on my computer or laptop movies from all over the world. After years of short feature episodes, Wallace and Gromit finally have their full-feature chance. A seventy-five minutes long episode. Them during a September week as their county is preparing for a yearly vegetable contest which their Ladyship, Lady Tottington, organizes every year on her propriety. A competition that stresses and brings out mayhem for the chief police of the region. For the villagers, the chance to prove to everyone who has the best crops. And with rodents around, only Wallace and Gromit, with their latest Anti-Pesto pest control services, can make sure no rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, and other animals shall endanger people's chances to win. Although this year, another form of creature has started to appear. One that only the full moon can awake. The Were-Rabbit. With the voice performances of Peter Sallis as Wallace, Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Tottington, and Ralph Fiennes as Victor Quartermaine, who's the Ladyship's fiancee and main antagonist of the story, "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" offers a stellar and wonderful cast of voice actors. With the proper personality and voice tones for their roles, each offers the right empathy, sympathy, or scorn their characters deserve. Emotions that also go along for the villagers, who we get to meet for the first time. Acknowledging some of their selfish nature as that vegetable competition makes them lose common sense. As for Gromit, whom the creators have kept mute instead of pulling a "Tom-and-Jerry" stunt which would have killed the character, he still holds the same charm, common sense, wit, and courage from his short feature films. As for the movie, the movie absolutely does not drag. Its rhythm hops along nicely and offers quite a few wisecracking jokes and irony in its design, visual puns, and audio ones like a popular theme song from Art Garfunkel. Although Nick Park later stated that DreamWorks's suggestions were more obstructive than collaborative as they intruded with the show's humor and visual design (ex: Attempting to give Wallace a trendy car. As if that would make the movie more profitable!?). In the end, it was this conflicting atmosphere that broke their partnership. Nevertheless, Aardman managed to stick to their side and gave the same strong sense of humour and writing quality they've given to their movies. In its animation, the clay work is stunning. Different character designs, fluid animation, everyone and everything '— especially rabbits — ' offers convincing body movements and clear facial expressions. As for the production design, I have to say the vegetables in that movie are stunning. So much that you'd think they're real and that you'd wish you could eat those crops. Again kudos for the crew on that movie which deserves its Oscar for Best Animated feature. At a time when they lost much valuable content to a fire just as the movie came out at the cinema. For its Audio, I have to say the Dolby 5.1 sound on the British DVD edition (Region 2) offers a better beat rather than in the American copy (Region 1). As to how and why this difference between the two versions, I don,t know. But personally, I prefer the British's sound version to the movie as it offers the proper terms the American one was lacking (ex: marrow instead of melon). Even better, the Region 2 DVD has all the Cracking Contraptions episodes. A serie
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In July 1963, Gerald Durrell set up a Wildlife Conservationist trust on which island?
Gerald Durrell - About - Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Explore Gerry's story through the books that defined his life Open My Family and Other Animals The untimely death of his father saw the remainder of his family reluctantly relocating to a rather less inviting climate and settling, albeit temporarily, in England. Tiring of the British weather, the family soon made the move to the enchanting Greek island of Corfu. Here Gerald explored his passion for the animal kingdom with his inspirational tutor, Dr Theodore Stephanides. The backdrop was sunshine, happiness and the love and laughter of a doting, slightly eccentric family, celebrated by Gerald twenty years later in his most famous book, "My Family and Other Animals".   The Overloaded Ark The outbreak of World War II a few years later saw the Durrell family returning to England. The young Gerald’s interest in animals was not to be dampened by the climate, and he soon followed a career path that saw him move from Pet Shop Assistant to ‘Odd Beast Boy’ at Whipsnade Zoo. Aged 21, a small inheritance allowed him to embark upon the life he had dreamed of - a heady mix of travel, adventure and zoology. As well as being rich in subject matter for his blossoming writing career, this period was to provide Gerald’s most startling revelation – that species everywhere were on the decline. He resolved to create “a new kind of zoo”. Menagerie Manor His vision that zoos could be a sanctuary, and work to provide a “reservoir for endangered species” was somewhat controversial in its time, and two years of frustrating searches for a location in England followed. In the meantime, his sister’s garden became an unlikely, if not unsuitable place for a zoo! A suggestion from his first wife Jacquie directed his search towards the Channel Islands. Within an hour of landing in Jersey, the beautiful Les Augres Manor had been secured for the purpose, its grounds providing the perfect venue. Gerald tirelessly sought support for his new zoo, and his enthusiasm was infectious. By July 1963, he had personally paid off the debts and established the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust! Two in the Bush During the 1960’s Gerald travelled widely collecting both material for his books and television films, as well as animals for Jersey Zoo. The Trust survived a few early financial crisis thanks to the generosity of its Jersey supporters, and found its place on the world map as a centre for animal conservation, as well as a great place to spend a day out! The Trust began to gain a reputation for the best enclosures, animal health, natural behaviour and breeding. Gerald and Jaquie visited many continents, and discovered many animal species they had never seen before. Amongst the many animals that Gerald chose to bring back to Jersey was the ‘volcano rabbit’ or teporingo - hardly a show stopper, but critically endangered, and highlighting how Gerald saw equal value in all life on earth - even what he termed “little brown jobs”! The Stationary Ark The 1970’s was a great time for Gerald and the Trust! As well as gaining both a permanent home (Les Augres Manor was purchased by the Trust) and an awe-inspiring silverback gorilla; ‘Jambo’, Gerald gave a personal tour to HRH Princess Anne, who was to become both a Royal Patron and a dedicated supporter for many decades... and remains so to this day! Jersey Zoo hosted the first international conference on breeding endangered species, attracting many world leaders in the field. Additionally, many of Gerald's famous friends helped lend weight to his fundraising efforts. This allowed him to make a pilgrimage to Mauritius the land of the dodo, where he began to work with another apparently ‘lost cause’, the Mauritius Kestrel. This rarest of raptors went from a population of four, to numbering in the hundreds, thanks to Gerald’s determination. Ark on the Move In 1979, Gerald married a young American zoologist named Lee McGeorge, and the 1980’s saw the pair working together to spread their shared passion for conservation far and wide.1984 saw the Trust celebrating its
Sardinia 66 Grunge music originated in which American city - MBA - 217 View Full Document Sardinia 66 Grunge music originated in which American city Seattle 67 The word bungalow comes from which language Hindi 68 What is the Japanese Shinkasen High speed Train 69 In what country are the Drakesberg mountains South Africa 70 Name the author who created Hannibal Lecter Thomas Harris 71 Dodie Smith wrote what book (later filmed by Disney) 101 Dalmatians 72 Venice stands on what river The Arno 73 Gary Boker Bobby Harrison Ray Rodger were in what pop group Procul Harem 74 What country launched its first space rocket January 1961 Italy 75 What have Jan Zajic and Quang Duc got in common Self Immolation 76 In 1962 - cost 20,000 - size of a small suitcase - what Portable computer 77 In France what is Framboise Raspberry 78 What held up a Cricket test Match between England Pakistan Mouse on pitch 79 What was banned from New York schools in 1962 Reading of Prayers 80 How to Handle a Woman came from which stage musical Camelot 81 James Drury starred in which TV western series The Virginian 82 Who had a hit with the song Loco-Motion Little Eva 83 Who won the Tour de France 4 times 1961 to 1964 Jacques Anquetil 84 What new domestic device was launched by Hoover in 1963 Steam Iron 85 What was the Soviet Vostok 3 space flight the first to do This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 19 Ans 10000_questions 38
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Name Turkey's major 'Istanbul (Who?) Airport' after the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey?
AIRPORTS OF ISTANBUL - Pierre Loti Hotel Istanbul AIRPORTS OF ISTANBUL Istanbul has two major airports, Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen. Ataturk Airport in on European side of Istanbul and is only 17 km away from Sultanahmet, the old town. It was opened in 1924 and today it is the biggest airport in Turkey in terms of number of passengers, destinations served and aircraft movements. It is the main hub for Turkish Airlines, National Airline of Turkey. In 1980s, the airport was named after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and first president of Turkish Republic, and called Istanbul Ataturk International Airport. International aviation sign of the airport is “IST”. In 2015 it served more than 60 million passengers and became 13th busiest airport in the world, in terms of total passengers, 9th busiest in the world in terms of international passengers, and 3rd busiest airport in Europe after London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle. It is very easy to reach to city from the airport via metro, shuttle buses and taxis. If you are heading to Sultanahmet take the metro and change to tram at Zeytinburnu station. If you use shuttle bus , you need to get off at aksaray then take tram to go to Old town. Sabiha Gokcen Airport, is the second airport after Ataturk Airport and is on the Asian side of Istanbul. International aviation code is “SAW”. It is 55 km from Sultanahmet, the old town of Istanbul and mainly used by low cost airlines. It functions as main hub of Pegasus Airlines. The construction of the airport started in 1998 and finished in 2001. It was named after first female combat pilot in Turkey. In 2010 the airport served more than 11 million passengers and was awarded with World’s Best Airport at World Low Cost Airlines Congress in London. The airport was planning to serve 25 million passengers by 2023 however in 2015 already served 28 million passengers. Sabiha Gokcen Airport doesnot have railway connection. Nearest metro station is in Kartal, which is 22 km away and can be reached by a short bus or taxi ride. The shuttle buses operate between Taksim & Airport and Kadikoy & Airport. If you heading to Sultanahmet you need to take shuttle bus to Taksim, then funicular to Kabatas and from there tram to old town.
Venice Marco Polo International Airport Hotels Near the Airport Venice Marco Polo Airport (IATA: VCE, ICAO: LIPZ) is an airport located on the Italian mainland 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 kilometres; 4.9 miles) north of Venice, Italy, in Tessera, a Frazione of the Comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. The airport was named after the Venetian traveller Marco Polo, whose book introduced Central Asia and China to Europeans. With 8.4 million passengers having passed through the airport in 2013, it is the fifth busiest airport in Italy. A modern terminal was opened in 2002, but it is already at full capacity. It handles all scheduled and charter flights, including some long-haul flights to North America and the Middle East. Venice Marco Polo Airport is connected to the nearby railway station of Venice-Mestre and to the bus terminal of Venice-Piazzale Roma by scheduled bus services, and to Piazza San Marco by water taxi. Local Time: 08-Jan-2017 08:38 PM © Copyright 2017, Airport-Venice.com, not the official airport website
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What is the nickname of Coventry City F.C.
SkyBlueUntrust • Coventry City Football Club Division 2: 1966 - 1967 Champions Division 3: 1963 - 1964 Champions Southern Professional Floodlight Cup 1960 Winners Division 4: 1958 - 1959 Runners up Division 3 (South): 1935 - 1936 Champions Division 3 (South) Cup 1936 Winners Birmingham Senior Cup 1911, 1923, 2007 Winners Birmingham Junior Cup 1891, 1892 Winners About Coventry City Football Club Coventry City Football Club has very humble beginnings dating back to October 1883, when a group of workers from Singers Cycle Works in the Hillfields area of the city, headed by William Stanley, set up a works-based football team when their previous club, Coventry Association, folded. Singers FC as they were known struggled to compete in their early years, joining the Birmingham League in 1894 and frequently moving ground, playing at Dowell’s Field, Binley Road (1883-87) and Stoke Road (1887-99). In 1898 the club changed its name to Coventry City F.C., and a year later they moved to a more permanent home in Highfield Road, where they would remain for the next 106 years. Much of the time since has been spent struggling both on and off the pitch. This has included a few relegations (dropping into Southern League Division 2 in 1914, Division 3 in 1925 and even as low as Division 4 in 1958-59) as well as nearly going out of business completely at the outbreak of World War I before being rescued by David Cooke, and officials of the club being found guilty of fixing a match against Bury in 1919/20, their first season in the Football League. But there have been highs along the way. In 1909 the club (which was still largely amateurish at the time) reached the FA Cup quarter-finals. The promotion back to Division 2 in 1936 and looking on course to reach the top flight until World War II stopped them in their tracks is another high point, with the entire Harry Storer-era of the 1930’s being considered a golden age for Coventry City. Clarrie Bourton was the talismanic forward in a free-scoring attacking team, and with 182 goals remains the clubs all-time leading goalscorer. Post-war the club entered the doldrums again and slipped down the leagues, but this ultimately brought about the appointment of the charismatic Jimmy Hill in 1961, who changed the club from top to bottom, and was responsible for the Sky Blue kit and nickname and the famous club song Play Up Sky Blues, based around the Eton Boating Song. As well as this, Hill completely reinvented the matchday experience, bringing in a matchday programme, cheerleaders, half-time entertainment and competitions and numerous other innovations that drew in the crowds and helped the Sky Blues back up the leagues, gaining promotion to the top flight in 1967 with victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in front of the club’s highest attendance (officially 51,455 although it’s widely believed to have been much higher – people were sat on the floodlight pylons and right on the edge of the pitch). When Hill resigned before the start of that first season in the top flight to pursue a media career, fans were shell-shocked and has left every fan every since wondering “What If?” That didn’t stop the club reaching Europe in 1970/71, and Coventry were the only team to beat eventual winners Bayern Munich (including Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller) in the Fairs Cup that year (despite losing heavily on aggregate). The same year also saw Ernie Hunt and Willie Carr’s legendary donkey kick free-kick, which was outlawed after the game and will never be repeated. Coventry were also the first club to have an all-seater stadium in the 1980’s to try and eradicate hooliganism, but the plan backfired when yobs realised the seats made fantastic weapons… But by far the greatest day in Coventry City’s history is May 16 1987 when, managed by John Sillett and club legend George Curtis, the club finally won some silverware, winning the FA Cup 3-2 against Tottenham in what is described as one of the best finals ever seen. David Bennett and a sublime diving header by Keith Houchen twice brought Coventry back on level terms be
Free Flashcards about GK 3 Semantics is the branch of logic concerned with what? Meaning Which Northumberland castle, located between Craster and Embleton, is closely associated with the legend of Guy the Seeker? Dunstanburgh Castle Whose poem is "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket"? Robert Powell Which poem did Milton write about the drowned fellow poet Edward King? Lycidas What was England's second-largest and second-most commercially important city for the bulk of the 14th century? Norwich Which sea battle was fought on 24 June 1340 as one of the opening salvoes of the 100 Years War? Sluys In which county are Chipchase and Belsay Castles? Northumberland In England, often associated with the wool trade, what European historiography term refers to the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation? Staple The narrator of Anthony Burgess's 'Earthly Powers' is generally held to have been a lampoon or caricature of which real-life author? W Somerset Maugham Maria Edgeworth is a character in which literary work? Castle Rackrent In which play does the line "to thine own self be true" appear? Hamlet In which Graham Greene novel is Scobie a character? The Heart of The Matter Paul Morel is the protagonist of which novel? Sons and Lovers Gerald Crich appears in which DH Lawrence novel? Women In Love Stephen Blackpool is the hero of which Dickens work? Hard Times Which fictitious Northern city is scene of much of the action in 'Hard Times'? Coketown In which novel is Paul Pennyfeather a character? Decline and Fall (Waugh_ In which century was the Sorbonne founded? 13th (1253) Dorothea Brooke appears in which classic novel? Middlemarch In a church, what is the chancel? The space around the altar at the liturgical East end of a church. Give a year in the reign of Philip II (Phillipe Auguste) of France. 1180-1223 Which perfume house introduced the 'Gentleman' brand in 1974? Givenchy Which word can refer to a bomber aircraft, a radio call sign and the Z-Cars code-name? Victor What was Eleanor Thornton the model for in 1911? The Spirit of Ecstasy Liverworts and green leaves are both rich in which vitamin group, including retinol, retinal, retinoic acid? Vitamin A Which Englishman designed the first modern steam turbine in 1884? Parsons Which foodstuff is prepared from Hydrocarbon toluene? Saccharine Which company made the 'Forester' car model? Subaru Which American first used the term 'torpedo' for a naval explosive? Fulton Which element is atomic number 9? Fluorine Highland Dirks and Stilettos are both types of what? Daggers Fish-oils and egg yolk are both rich in which Vitamin? Vitamin D Plasterers and Diggers are both types of what sort of insect? Wasps How long is a vicennial? Every 20 years What name is given to a female badger? Sow If a male cat is a tom, what is a female? Queen A musquash fur comes from which animal? Musk Rat What was unusual about the UK Nobel Prize Winner stamps issued in 2001? Scented What type of animals are cervidae? Deer The first UK self-adhesive stamps depicted what? Cats Gypsum is more correctly known by what chemical name? Hydrated calcium sulphate What is the chemical symbol of promethium? Pm Which Miletus-born Presocratic philosopher is sometimes called 'The Father of Science'? Thales The quagga is a subspecies of which animal? Zebra Which class of subatomic particles is named from the Greek for 'heavy'? Baryons Which Ancient Greek astronomer both discovered the precession of the equinoxes, and may have compiled the first star catalogue? Hipparchus Which kitchen appliance did Denis Papin introduce in 1679? Pressure Cooker Which vitamin deficiency causes beri-beri? B1 Which class of subatomic articles is named from the Greek for 'thick'? Hadrons In which year were self-adhesive stamps introduced to the UK? 2001 Which type of creature has the largest brain relative to body size yet known? Ant Asparagus, leeks and tulips are all part of which plant family? Lily Archangel and Havana Brown are both breeds of what animal? Cat Which mathematician is (possibly fancifully) often credited with inventing roul
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Published in 2015, Go Set a Watchman, written before her only prior and enduringly popular book of 1960, was written by whom?
Go Set a Watchman: Why Harper Lee's new book is so controversial - Vox Go Set a Watchman: Why Harper Lee's new book is so controversial share Laura Cavanuagh/Getty To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the best-known books in America. It's an inspiring story about standing up to injustice even if doing so is difficult and unpopular; an accessible coming-of-age tale; and a convenient way to teach high school English students about the Jim Crow South. It's also the only novel that its author, Harper Lee, had ever published — until a sudden announcement in February 2015 heralded the publication of  Go Set a Watchman , a new Lee work featuring the same characters as To Kill a Mockingbird. A lot of people are suspicious about the discovery of the new manuscript. There are questions about whether Lee actually wanted it to be published, or whether she even wrote it at all — and if so, when. These questions have only become more urgent since the book's release on July 14, due to its "reveal" that Atticus Finch, the anti-racist hero of To Kill a Mockingbird, is a virulent racist in Watchman. So does America now need to exile To Kill a Mockingbird from its summer reading assignments? Or should readers continue to read Mockingbird as if Watchman had never existed? How you think about this, it turns out, depends on who you think is responsible for creating a novel's meaning — and how comfortable you are with America's complicated racial legacy. What is Go Set a Watchman, and why is it coming out now? Go Set a Watchman is either the sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, a rough draft of it, or something in between — it depends on whom you ask. Until July 2015, Harper Lee had published only one novel: To Kill a Mockingbird. The book was an instant success when it was published in 1960; it was quickly made into an iconic 1962 movie starring Gregory Peck, and Lee, feeling the pressure to live up to her first book, never published another novel again. In February 2015, a statement issued by Lee's publisher — purportedly on her behalf — announced that a manuscript had been "discovered" attached to another draft of Mockingbird. That manuscript was claimed to be Go Set a Watchman — the novel Lee initially submitted to editor Tay Hohoff, which ultimately became To Kill a Mockingbird. The way the publisher tells it, Hohoff liked Lee's writing. But as Hugh Van Dusen, who's now Lee's editor at HarperCollins, said  in an interview in February , Hohoff "said to her, This isn’t what you want to write; you want to write something about Scout when she was a girl." Lee worked extensively with Hohoff to rewrite the book, and the result was To Kill a Mockingbird. But there's a lot of skepticism surrounding this account. The discovery was very sudden: Even Van Dusen hadn't heard about the discovered manuscript until just before it was announced. And after years and years of Lee saying she'd never publish again, it seemed very suspicious that she would have agreed to put out a new novel. Why are people skeptical of the publisher's story? Lee  suffered a stroke in 2007 , and she's currently suffering from dementia. It's not clear that she would be able to give informed consent about the publication of a new novel. The state of Alabama actually launched an elder-abuse investigation into Lee's situation earlier this year. It didn't find evidence of coercion or abuse, but it's impossible to rule them out with absolute certainty. Harper Lee in 2007. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) It seems all too plausible that lawyers could take advantage of Lee — especially for the sake of generating more profit for her estate. After all, the news of Go Set a Watchman's release was a boon to the publishing industry: The novel would have a ready-made audience in the millions of Americans who read Mockingbird in school (it's routinely among the most-assigned books in high school English classrooms) or at least managed to crib together an understanding from SparkNotes and the Peck movie. And in the #BlackLivesMatter era, it was particularly timely to publish a follow-up to Mockingbird, which
The Warden | novel by Trollope | Britannica.com novel by Trollope To Kill a Mockingbird The Warden, novel by Anthony Trollope , published in 1855. Trollope’s first literary success, The Warden was the initial work in a series of six books set in the fictional county of Barsetshire and known as the Barsetshire novels . The Rev. Septimus Harding, the conscientious warden of a charitable retirement home for men, resigns after being accused of making too much profit from the sinecure. Trollope continued Harding’s story in Barchester Towers (1857). Learn More in these related articles: Anthony Trollope April 24, 1815 London, Eng. Dec. 6, 1882 London English novelist whose popular success concealed until long after his death the nature and extent of his literary merit. A series of books set in the imaginary English county of Barsetshire remains his best loved and most famous work, but he also... 2 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted References place in English literature (in English literature: The novel ) External Links Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: April 22, 2016 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Warden Access Date: January 17, 2017 Share
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Established by Executive Order on March 1, 1961, the Peace Corps was originally headed up by what government department, before becoming independent in 1981?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about John Fitzgerald Kennedy COPYRIGHT 2002 The Gale Group, Inc. John F. Kennedy Carl M. Brauer TWENTY years after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, a public opinion poll indicated that he was rated best overall of the nine presidents since Herbert Hoover . Among five positive attributes surveyed, Kennedy "most inspired confidence in the White House," according to 40 percent of those asked, followed by Franklin D. Roosevelt at 23 percent. Sixty percent considered Kennedy as having had the "most appealing personality," followed again by Roosevelt at 11 percent. Kennedy edged Roosevelt on "best in domestic affairs" and on having "cared most about the elderly, the poor and those most in economic trouble." Political scientists, historians, and national journalists have on the whole tended to view Kennedy less favorably than has the general public. Some "experts" hold Kennedy in high regard, but others are extremely critical of him. A significant number probably agree that his promise outstripped his performance and that he left an ambiguous legacy. Neither popular nor expert opinion would actually be wrong about Kennedy. Indeed, they are in a sense opposite sides of the same coin, for Kennedy's inflation to mythic proportions by the public and his demythologizing by experts both derive significantly from the manner of his death. No one knows how his reputation might have been affected had he served out his first term and the second term to which he likely would have been elected. Alone among modern presidents, Kennedy's place in history revolves around unanswerable questions of what might have been had he lived. Yet this very fact suggests that in his relatively brief presidency—less than three years—Kennedy exerted a profound influence upon both popular and expert hopes and expectations, which endured long after his death. Had Kennedy not had this influence while he lived, the public would not have mythologized him, nor the experts demythologized him, after he was killed. Had he not had this influence, his successors in the White House would have been far less likely to have compared themselves to him, to have sought to emulate him, or to have tried to escape his myth. Family Background John F. Kennedy was born on 29 May 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second son of Joseph P. Kennedy, a self-made multimillionaire who headed the Securities and Exchange Commission under Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. In 1937, Roosevelt made the elder Kennedy ambassador to Great Britain , which marked a significant social breakthrough for an Irish Catholic. (In their native Boston, the Kennedys had sometimes been snubbed by Brahmin society, and Kennedy had moved the family to New York partly as a result of it.) To Roosevelt's dismay, his ambassador sympathized with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany. Neither Roosevelt nor Kennedy had ever really liked one another, but until this point they had successfully used one another for their own purposes. But after Kennedy took Chamberlain's side, the two men fell out permanently, and Roosevelt refused even to make use of Kennedy's very considerable business and managerial skills during the war. John Kennedy, or Jack, as he was known, grew up in a home where political issues were frequently discussed and sometimes debated. His father's strong views evidently influenced his older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., more than they did him. All the Kennedy children, but particularly the four boys—Joseph, John, Robert, and Edward—were brought up with a strong sense of noblesse oblige and with little or no interest in enhancing their own very considerable financial fortunes. (Their father set up trust funds for each of them, which made them financially independent when they reached maturity.) Public service, not private gain, was the ideal instilled in all the Kennedy children. When their private fortunes or family connections could enhance their ability
From the Archives: Air Force One and Presidential Air Travel | whitehouse.gov From the Archives: Air Force One and Presidential Air Travel August 18, 2014 at 11:14 AM ET by Susan K. Donius Twitter   Facebook   Email   Summary:  The President of the United States must be ready to travel anywhere in the world on a moment’s notice. Fortunately, modern Presidents have access to a variety of transportation options, including flying aboard Air Force One. Take a look at the history of this iconic symbol of the presidency throughout the years. See the full photo gallery here.   The President of the United States must be ready to travel anywhere in the world on a moment’s notice. Fortunately, modern Presidents have access to a variety of transportation options, including flying aboard Air Force One. Strictly speaking, the term “Air Force One” is used to describe any Air Force aircraft when the President is on board, but since the middle of the 20th century, it has been standard practice to use the title to refer to specific planes that are equipped to transport the Commander-in-Chief. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first sitting President to fly on an airplane when, in January 1943, he traveled aboard a Boeing 314 Clipper Ship called the Dixie Clipper to attend the Casablanca Conference in Morocco. Two years later, Roosevelt again flew abroad, this time aboard a converted military plane dubbed the Sacred Cow, to join Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference. The Sacred Cow did not have a pressurized cabin, so when it flew at high altitudes, oxygen masks were necessary for everyone on board. The plane was also equipped with an elevator that could accommodate President Roosevelt and his wheelchair for boarding and disembarking. The Presidential plane has, from time to time, served not only as a mode of transportation, but also as a “flying Oval Office” upon which historic events have taken place. President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 — which established the United States Air Force as an independent branch of the Armed Services — while on board the Sacred Cow. Another notable moment in history took place on October 10, 1985: Ronald Reagan was midflight from Chicago to Washington, D.C. when he gave the order for Navy jets to intercept the plane carrying the men who had hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro. The Presidential Plane has also been the setting of lighter events and celebrations, such as on June 3, 1988, when the passengers of Air Force One celebrated the birthday of James McKinney — cake and all — in the air. McKinney was Director of the White House Military Office, whose duties (among others) includes maintaining and operating Air Force One. Cake was also on the menu when President Roosevelt celebrated his 61st birthday midflight on the Dixie Clipper, and again on March 16, 1974 when First Lady Pat Nixon celebrated her birthday while on board Air Force One. In 1947, a DC-6 plane known as Independence took the place of the Sacred Cow, and with it came upgraded technology such as a radio typewriter and a pressurized cabin, which allowed for high-altitude flying without the use of oxygen masks. The Independence — named for Truman’s hometown in Missouri — featured an eagle painted on the nose, and an interior with a seating capacity of 24 (12 for sleeping). President Eisenhower flew aboard two aircraft while in office, Columbine II and Columbine III, both named after the state flower of Colorado, and both four-engine, propeller-driven Lockheed Constellations. The original Columbine had been used by Eisenhower from 1951-52, as Commander of NATO in Europe. Columbine III remained the Presidential Aircraft throughout Eisenhower’s presidency, retiring on January 20, 1961, the day John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. The popular use of the term “Air Force One” to refer to the Presidential airplane began with the Boeing 707 purchased for use by President John F. Kennedy. This aircraft, with the tail number 26000, flew the President to Germany, where he delivered his famous “Ich bin ein Berli
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In which TV quiz show were contestants invited to 'Beat The Bong'?
The People Versus - UKGameshows The People Versus Broadcast Celador for ITV, 15 August 2000 to 18 June 2002 (115 episodes in 2 series + 2 unaired) Synopsis The Briggs/Whitehill/Knight threesome invented the format of the decade in the 90s with Millionaire . The BBC were very grateful for their follow-up, Winning Lines , for - despite a few illogical aspects - it quite nicely propped up their otherwise lukewarm Autumn schedule on Saturday nights. So it was interesting to see how The People Versus... affected their batting average. Bizarrely, and probably for the first time in British TV history, The People Versus actually turned out to be two very different shows made out of the same premise (a practice that's not uncommon in past US formats). We'll take each version in chronological order. The original set of The People Versus VERSION 1 Here's the key twist for the original show - ITV were paying for the public's incompetence (like the Licence Fee in reverse) because it was the People who set the questions. Yes, this was The People's Game Show comrade, and for every question our resident contestants got correct they won £5,000. That's eight-and-a-quarter questions on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The programme marked an interesting shift in that the programme was piloted by the production company using their own dosh, so the whole thing was put together much more on their terms rather than those of the broadcaster (the side of the equation than normally provides the bulk of the equity for the pilot show). Host for incarnation number 1, Kirsty Young Viewer interactivity was at the fore, and Kirsty "don't laugh at my name when I'm a pensioner" Young made it very clear that it was The People who set the questions and yes, it really could be you sitting there trying not to make a fool of yourself. Surprisingly, it wasn't a £5 a minute phone number being used for players to give questions. In fact they could do it free over the internet if they wished. But what of the contestants? For the first show, 100 people were auditioned, and of those three people were picked to play against the world by nominating five specialist subjects which the population could pitch questions thereat. We're gonna git you, sucka And so, to the rules The rules were like this: In each round the players were shown five questions from one of their specialist subjects. In Round One, each contestant HAD to attempt and answer correctly one of those five questions - "one of five to stay alive". In Round Two, on a different subject they had to answer two correctly to stay in, Round Three three, Round Four four and finally in Round Five they had to answer (yes, Einstein, you've guessed it) all five. In each round, the player could, if they wanted, earn more cash by answering more questions than the quota required, again for £5,000 a piece. The one Q in the bottom-left means only one question needed to be answered correctly in this round To help, each player was shown all five questions at the start. Each player was also given three 'flips'. If a player wanted to use a flip, they could substitute any of the five given questions for another one. Also, if they had the cash, they could elect to 'buy' answers to questions at £10,000 a pop. Costly, but it kept them in the game. Sadly, they elected to call this feature "Cash for Questions", which even then was several years out of date to be topical, neither was it an original idea for a game show (see Noel's House Party , of all things). This graphic recaps on the round number, the cash banked to date, the number of flips and the number of answers that could be "bought" If they went for a question and they got it wrong, not only did they lose all the cash they earned in that round, but their game would be over and their seat would have to be re-assigned at the beginning of the next programme. But it didn't go to just anybody - oh no - the person who took the failed contestant's place was the person who set the question. Excellently, sometimes that player was hanging on the end of the telephone line, hopefully (fo
Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: February 2011 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League 22nd Feb–Cup/Plate Semi Finals   Questions set by Plough Horntails and the Dolphin 1. How many hoops are used in the standard game of Croquet? A, 6. 2. Which African kingdom was known as Basutoland before it gained independence in 1966? A. Lesotho. 3. The work "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" is the textbook of which religious movement founded in 1879? A. Christian Science. 4. What is the fruit of the Blackthorn called? A. The Sloe. 5. How many countries sit on the full United Nations Security Council? A. 15. 6. According to the book of Genesis, which land lay to the "east of Eden"? A. The Land of Nod. 7. What is the name of the southernmost point of Africa? A. Cape Agulhas (note: The Cape of Good Hope is just south of Cape Town and is NOT correct). 8. Responding to a pressing issue in year 1095, what appeal did Pope Urban II make to Kings, Nobles and Knights in a sermon at the Council of Clermont? A. Please help to regain the Holy Lands… the First Crusade. (Accept any answer relating to freeing Jerusalem from Moslems/ Mohammadens / Turks/ Saracens) 9. Who holds the post of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union? A. Baroness Ashton (Accept Catherine Ashton). 10. Which city was awarded the 1944 Summer Olympic Games? A. London. 11. In which country did the Maoist organization the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) operate? A. Peru. 12. Which major city’s name translates into English as Fragrant Harbour? A. Hong Kong. 13. In which country was the Granny Smith apple first grown? A. Australia (in 1868) 15. Who was the architect of Coventry Cathedral? A. Basil Spence. 16. Who opened an historic address to his people with the following, “In this grave hour, perhaps the most fateful in our history, I send to every household of my peoples, both at home and overseas, this message, spoken with the same depth of feeling for each one of you as if I were able to cross your threshold and speak to you myself.” A. King George VI (as taken from the King’s Speech) 17. Which car company makes the Alhambra model? A. Seat. 18. Which car company makes a model called the Sirion? A. Diahatsu 19. What is the Nationality of Stefaan Engels who set a World record on Saturday 5th February in Barcelona by completing a marathon every day for a year, a total of 9,569 miles? A. Belgian. 20. Who wrote Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, as well as collections of poetry? A. Siegfried Sassoon. 21. Approximately what percentage of the planet’s surface is covered by Tropical rainforests? A. 2% (but they are home to more than 50% species on Earth). Accept any figure less than 5%. 22. What is the name of the point on the Celestial sphere directly below an observer or a given position? A. Nadir. (Note this is the opposite of zenith). 23. What is the term, of French origin, loosely translated 'into mouth', for using facial muscles and shaping the lips for the mouthpiece to play a woodwind or brass musical instrument? A. Embouchure (origin, em = into, bouche = mouth) also accept embrasure. 24. In his 2011 memoir, ‘Known and Unknown’, which US ex-politician tries to deflect blame onto others including Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice, for Iraq War mistakes? A. Donald Rumsfeld. (The book title alludes to Rumsfeld's famous statement: "There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know..." The statement was made by Rumsfeld on February 12, 2002 at a press briefing addressing the absence of evidence linking the Iraq government with the supply of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups.) 25. How many vertices (corners) has a regular dodecahedron (a dodecahedron is a 3D form with 12 faces)? A. 20. 26. The Salmon River in Idaho, USA is known by what nickname, It is also the name of a 1954 film, whose title soundtrack was recorded b
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Lizard, Gloucester and Border are varieties of which bird?
1000+ images about Canaries on Pinterest | The canaries, Search and Birds The Stafford Canary was developed by crossing the Red Factor Canary with the Gloster Canary. Description from joescanaries.com. I searched for this on bing.com/images See More
1511st (2) by Mike Hall (page 23) - issuu issuu IN THE KNOW INTERACTIVE Trivia Quiz If you think you’ve got what it takes to beat our monthly brain buster, take our quiz and prove your intellectual talents! 1 What code name was given to Nazi Germany's plan to invade Britain during the Second World War? 11 12 Which country only switched to the modern Gregorian Calendar on January 1, 1927? Olibanum is the Medieval Latin alternative English word for which Biblical aromatic resin? The splanchnocranium refers to the bones of which defining part of the human body? 13 Which city, mythically founded by a twin saved by a shewolf, was built on the seven hills, east of the River Tiber called Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal? 3 Used to measure the height of horses, how many inches are there in one hand?    14 On which Mediterranean island is the famous nightlife holiday resort of Magaluf?  4 5 Apiphobia is the fear of what creatures? What are metal rope-fixings on a boat and cyclist's shoes? Occurring twice yearly, what name is given to a day consisting of twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of darkness? 6 Which country is the natural habitat of the emu? 16 How many times does the second-hand of a clockwork clock 'tick' (move) while the hour hand completes one full rotation? 7 8 17 What's the common technical term for the removal of a president from office, due to wrongdoing? How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdles race? 18 Which famous corporate logo changed to a flat colour/colour sans serif font in its first major change since 1999? K'ung Futse (Venerated Master Kong) is better known as which major philosopher and religious founder?  9 19 Japan's NTT DoCoMo mobile phone company developed which texting icon 'pictograph' series, Japanese for 'picture' and 'character'?  20 The flags of China, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay, Greenland and Bangladesh share what common feature? 1. Operation Sea Lion. 2. Turkey. 3. Four. 4. Bees. 5. Equinox. 6. Australia. 7. Ten. 8. Google. 9. Emoji. 10. Geronimo. 11.  Frankincense. 12. Face. 13.  Rome. 14. Majorca. 15. Cleats. 16. 43,200 (12 hours x 60 minutes x 60 second 'ticks'). 17.  Impeachment. 18. Confucius. 19. Mexico City. 20. Sun. Answers: 10 What Native American Apache Indian chief 's name became an exclamation of exhilaration? What's the largest capital city without a river, and also the oldest capital of its continent?  November15 TalkMagazine
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Which record label called itself “Soulsville USA”?
Stax/Volt Story by David Edwards and Mike Callahan Last update: July 18, 1999 Jim Stewart was born in 1930 in Middleton, Tennessee, he went into the Army and was in the Special Services where he played the violin, he studied Business at Memphis State and graduated in 1956. His intention was to be a banker but while working in a bank, he still played fiddle in Western swing bands around Memphis. His older sister, Estelle Axton, worked as a teller at the Union Planter's Bank in Memphis. Jim Stewart began fooling around recording music in a garage around 1957 and he put out his first record in 1958, a country and western song named "Blue Roses" by a disc jockey named Fred Bylar. The record label was called Satellite (probably because Sputnik, the Russians' first artificial earth satellite, was launched in October, 1957, and dominated the news). In 1958, Estelle became involved when Jim Stewart asked her to invest in his record company, she took out a second mortgage on her home and they bought new recording equipment. The label was located in Brunswick, Tennessee in an old storehouse. In 1960, they moved the label back to Memphis to an old movie theater on East McLemore. Estelle ran a record shop in the front of the building. They recorded a local disc jockey named Rufus Thomas, who had had a minor hit with Sun Records earlier called "Bearcat". Rufus and his 17 year old daughter Carla recorded a duet titled "Cause I Love You" and it became a local hit in Memphis. The song came to the attention of Jerry Wexler, who was Vice President of Atlantic Records, he leased the record and obtained a five year option for future Satellite product for $5000. After "Cause I Love You", Carla Thomas recorded a song she had written called "Gee Whiz". The record came out on Satellite, but Wexler immediately claimed it for Atlantic, and it was released nationally on Atlantic. "Gee Whiz" went to Billboard #5 and became the first big national hit for Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton. Estelle Axton's son Packy played tenor sax in a rock and roll band named the Royal Spades. Along with Packy was Steve Cropper on guitar, Charlie Freeman on guitar, drummer Terry Johnson baritone sax player Don Nix and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn. This group became the Mar-Keys and recorded an instrumental named "Last Night" which became the next big hit for Jim and Estelle. When this song started up the charts, Jim Stewart became aware of another record company in California called "Satellite" so rather than risking litigation, the name of the company was changed to "Stax", the ST from Stewart and the AX from Axton. A young piano player named Booker T. Jones lived in the neighborhood near the Stax studio, and started hanging around. He joined up with Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn from the Mar-Keys and with Al Jackson and they became the backbone of the "Stax Sound". They also recorded on their own as Booker T. and MG'S (standing for Memphis Group) and soon had a giant hit named "Green Onions". Steve Cropper became an important producer for Stax and both wrote songs and produced many other acts for Jim Stewart. In 1962, Johnny Jenkins came to the Stax studio to record a single for Atlantic. When the recording session for Jenkins turned into a disaster, they used the last half hour of studio time to record Jenkin's 21 year old driver, Otis Redding. He recorded a ballad he had written called "These Arms of Mine". "These Arms of Mine" was released in October of 1962 on Stax's new rhythm and blues subsidiary named Volt. It made the charts in March of 1963 and in September of 1963, Otis came back into the Stax studio and recorded "Pain In My Heart" which became an even bigger hit. With the success of Booker T. and the MG'S, Carla Thomas, the Mar-Keys and Otis Redding, Stax studios became a magnet for other acts. Atlantic Records brought in two of their recording acts, the duo Sam and Dave and Wilson Pickett, to Memphis to record at the Stax studio. Stax Records itself had added William Bell, Eddie Floyd, the Mad-Lads and a top notch producing and song wr
Free Marc Almond biography and latest music, latest album, top tracks | SONG365 Country:Other Genres:Dance-Pop, Synth Pop, New Romantic, New Wave, 80s, Pop, Cabaret Biogphiy: Marc Almond (born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond on 9 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire, (now in the county of Merseyside, England) is a popular English singer, songwriter and recording artist, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/new wave duo Soft Cell. Marc Almond has had a long and varied career spanning almost 30 years. During this time, after a career with Soft Cell and Marc and the Mambas, he has collaborated with an extremely wide range of artists including Antony and the Johnsons, Jools Holland, Siouxsie Sioux, Nick Cave, P. J. Proby, Nico, Kelli Ali of the Sneaker Pimps, Neal X (on the albums Fantastic Star and Open All Night), Marie France, Agnes Bernelle, Lydia Lunch, Gene Pitney on the #1 UK single “Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart”, Foetus (a.k.a. J. G. Thirlwell), Jimmy Somerville of The Communards and Bronski Beat, Psychic TV, Coil, Sally Timms of Mekons, King Roc, John Cale and David Johansen of The New York Dolls and German band Rosenstolz. Almond initially shot to fame in the early 1980s as one half of synth duo Soft Cell, whose combination of drama and peep show sleaze set to an electronic beat gave them hits such as “Tainted Love” (UK #1), “Bedsitter” (UK #3), “Torch” (UK #2), “Say Hello Wave Goodbye” (UK #3), “Soul Inside” (UK # 16), “What?” (UK #3) and the club hit “Memorabilia”. They were first spotted by David Oddie, boss of Wakefield based Ambergris Records in a Bradford club, who passed his enthusiasm onto Dead Good Records in Lincoln, famous for their Hicks From The Sticks compilation, who in turn approached Polygram, the newly formed amalgam of Polydor and Phonogram. Marc Almond Tracks
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Which district of Los Angeles is the centre of the US film industry?
Hollywood | district, Los Angeles, California, United States | Britannica.com district, Los Angeles, California, United States Written By: Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Hollywood, district within the city of Los Angeles , California , U.S. , whose name is synonymous with the American film industry. Lying northwest of downtown Los Angeles, it is bounded by Hyperion Avenue and Riverside Drive (east), Beverly Boulevard (south), the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains (north), and Beverly Hills (west). Since the early 1900s, when moviemaking pioneers found in southern California an ideal blend of mild climate, much sunshine, varied terrain, and a large labour market, the image of Hollywood as the fabricator of tinseled cinematic dreams has been etched worldwide. The first house in Hollywood was an adobe building (1853) on a site near Los Angeles, then a small city in the new state of California. Hollywood was laid out as a real-estate subdivision in 1887 by Harvey Wilcox, a prohibitionist from Kansas who envisioned a community based on his sober religious principles. Real-estate magnate H.J. Whitley, known as the “Father of Hollywood,” subsequently transformed Hollywood into a wealthy and popular residential area. At the turn of the 20th century, Whitley was responsible for bringing telephone, electric, and gas lines into the new suburb. In 1910, because of an inadequate water supply, Hollywood residents voted to consolidate with Los Angeles. The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. Prisma/SuperStock In 1908 one of the first storytelling movies, The Count of Monte Cristo, was completed in Hollywood after its filming had begun in Chicago. In 1911 a site on Sunset Boulevard was turned into Hollywood’s first studio, and soon about 20 companies were producing films in the area. In 1913 Cecil B. DeMille , Jesse Lasky, Arthur Freed , and Samuel Goldwyn formed Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company (later Paramount Pictures). DeMille produced The Squaw Man in a barn one block from present-day Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, and more box-office successes soon followed. Hollywood had become the centre of the American film industry by 1915 as more independent filmmakers relocated there from the East Coast. For more than three decades, from early silent films through the advent of “talkies,” figures such as D.W. Griffith , Goldwyn, Adolph Zukor , William Fox , Louis B. Mayer , Darryl F. Zanuck , and Harry Cohn served as overlords of the great film studios— Twentieth Century-Fox , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Paramount Pictures , Columbia Pictures , Warner Brothers , and others. Among the writers who were fascinated by Hollywood in its “golden age” were F. Scott Fitzgerald , Aldous Huxley , Evelyn Waugh , and Nathanael West . Similar Topics Manhattan After World War II , film studios began to move outside Hollywood, and the practice of filming “on location” emptied many of the famous lots and sound stages or turned them over to television show producers. With the growth of the television industry, Hollywood began to change, and by the early 1960s it had become the home of much of American network television entertainment. Among the features of Hollywood, aside from its working studios, are the Hollywood Bowl (1919; a natural amphitheatre used since 1922 for summertime concerts under the stars), the Greek Theatre in Griffith Park (also a concert venue), Mann’s (formerly Grauman’s) Chinese Theatre (with footprints and handprints of many stars in its concrete forecourt), and the Hollywood Wax Museum (with more than 350 wax figures of celebrities). The Hollywood Walk of Fame pays tribute to many celebrities of the entertainment industry. The most visible symbol of the district is the Hollywood sign that overlooks the area. First built in 1923 (a new sign was erected in 1978), the sign originally said “Hollywoodland” (to advertise new homes being developed in the area), but the sign fell into disrepair, and the “land” section was removed in the 1940s when the sign was refurbished. Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles.
Footprints and Handprints of Hollywood Stars and Starlets - Review of TCL Chinese Theatres, Los Angeles, CA - TripAdvisor “Footprints and Handprints of Hollywood Stars and Starlets” Reviewed May 31, 2012 The Grauman"s Chinese has become part of my personal history. Originally. my attraction was to the Hollywood Stars Footprints and Handprints in the entryway. My parents would always include the Grauman as part of a trip around Los Angeles when family members visited from out of town. I do the same today when family members or friends visit from out of town. In addition, over the years I have attended the Grauman Chinese Theater to see "The Westside Story" during my freshman year in college and the openings of several James Bond movies back when James Bond was portrayed by Sean Connery and the opening day was Thanksgiving Day for about 3 years in a row. The Grauman Chinese Theater now brings back memories. Visited April 2012
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What terrifying insect kills about 30 people per year in Japan?
Massive killer hornets on deadly rampage heading to America | Roadtrippers Your guide to all places other‑worldly, haunted, and just plain weird. Massive killer hornets on deadly rampage heading to America Tatiana Danger 23 April, 2014 In not-so-awesome news, when you head to the RV park with the family you may have some not-so-cool camping guests, because...MASSIVE KILLER HORNETS ARE KILLING PEOPLE! Yes,  it's true . First it was testicle-eating fish invading American lakes, then it was ginormous spider crabs stalking our beaches. Now, it's MASSIVE KILLER HORNETS KILLING PEOPLE!  The Asian Giant Hornets kill about 40 people each year in Japan. It's considered the deadliest of the hornet species. It's as thick as a thumb, and it's gang-like behavior makes it a ruthless predator. Basically, after a Giant Hornet goes on a honey scouting expedition, it goes to its nest grabs a bunch of other hornets and attacks the honey hive.  A video by National Geographic has captured such an attack. About 30 hornets are known to kill about 30,000 bees in their bee hive in about three hours. The goal of the Asian Giant Hornet is to attack the larvae of the bees, which are used as feed for their own nests. If that's not nightmare-fuel enducing, try this on for size: "In Japan, the Asian Giant Hornets kill the bees by splitting them in half with their mandibles." They literally tear bees apart with their jaws! Illinois'  Arlington Cardinal reports  that a lone Japanese Giant Hornet was spotted flying in Arlington Heights on Sunday, July 29, 2012.  Sunday, an Asian Giant Hornet or Japanese Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia) was spotted at a residence west of St. Viator High School. The insect was at least two inches long and as thick as a human thumb. It had a wide orange-yellow head with large eyes, and distinct yellow-orange and brownish-black bands on its body — like a bee. The Asian Giant Hornet patrolled around a house in the front yard — occasionally hovering and landing on shrubbery. The Asian Giant Hornet studied a yellow-jacket nest that was recently destroyed with Raid wasp spray on the property. Yes, the giant hornets attack Yellow Jacket nests. Asian Giant Hornets  have appeared in  Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.  Most recently,  CNN reports that  Giant Asian Hornets are responsible for the deaths of dozens of people in China, with over 1,500 wounded by "their powerful venomous sting." Her scientific name is Vespa mandarinia and her venom is so deadly it annihilates your red blood cells, which can cause kidney failure, and in some extreme cases, death.  But perhaps a bigger problem than the toxicity of the venom is allergy, Schmidt says. Some people are naturally more allergic to stinging insects than others; a sting can trigger a deadly anaphylactic reaction, which may involve airway closure or cardiac arrest. Since July, hornet attacks have killed 42 people and injured 1,675 people in three cities in Shaanxi province, according to the local government. Among those attacked, 206 are receiving treatment in hospitals. Killer hornets are also  on the move ... Now experts have warned that they could now be headed to the South of England. The warning is contained in the latest House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report on invasive non-native species. The British Beekeepers Association says it is "likely" that the Giant Asian hornets are heading this way. Their toxic sting can cause death through anaphylactic shock and kidney failure. The Asian Giant Hornet measures between 3.5 to 3.9 cm in length (which is 1.4 to 1.5 inches). It's black tooth is "used for burrowing" and a queen can grow up to 2 inches in length!  During breeding season a Giant Asian Hornet can produce between 1,000 and 2,000 offspring! Here's the fun part: "The giant hornets are attracted to human sweat, alcohol and sweet flavors and smells. They are especially sensitive
In what country is the northernmost point of Africa Tunisia - ENGLISH - 1 View Full Document In what country is the northernmost point of Africa-Tunisia In what film - Charlie Chaplain have his first speaking part 1940-The Great Dictator What Prophet in the Bible had a talking donkey-Balaam What common word comes from the Latin for who are you-Quiz Napoleon had a fear of what - Aelurophobia-Cats If you graduate with a degree in music what colour tassel wear-Pink In the Bible who built the ancient city of Babylon-Nimrod What was the first day of the year in the Roman calendar-25th March What does Karaoke literally mean -Empty Orchestra In what country did stamp collecting start -France Where do the White and Blue Niles join-Khartoum - in Sudan What are young bats called-Pups What plant has flowers but no leaves-Cactus Who was the Roman Goddess of peace-Pax What is a baby squirrel called-Kit or Kitten If you are born in March what is your Flower-Violet What is the only word in English that ends in mt-Dreamt This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document What country has a Bible on its flag-Dominican Republic What is the only number in English that has letters in alpha order-Forty What is the name for 100th of a second-A Jiffy 10% (by weight) of the worlds land animals are what species- Ants The milk of what creature will not curdle- Camel What do cockroaches do every fifteen minutes-Fart Noah's Ark had two of everything including what feature- Windows The Invisible Empire is better known as what-Klu Klux Klan The word vinegar come from French meaning what-Sour Wine In Saudi Arabia by law women may not become what-A Doctor Most blue eyed cats are what-Deaf The name of which animal means does not drink-Koala Collective Nouns - a Convocation of what-Eagles In proportion which animal has the largest eye-Cat Collective Nouns - a Cast of what -Falcons What European countries flag is square-Switzerland What is an octothrope-The # symbol Tigers have stripped fur - what colour is their skin-Stripped What bird has the most feathers per square inch-Penguin A dog is canine - what animal is ovine-Sheep A cat is feline - what animal is murine-Mouse or Rat The Golden Rain is the common name of what tree-Laburnum What countries nation anthem is Land of Two Rivers-Iraq Queen Alexandria's is the worlds largest what-Butterfly 1 foot wing Collective nouns - A train of what -Camels Who said "The child is the father of the man"-Wordsworth Collective nouns - a streak of what-Tigers There are over 130000 species of what on earth-Butterflies Azote was the original name of what element-Nitrogen What animals cannot swim-Gorillas The UIT govern what sport-International shooting union There are more telephones than people in what city-Washington USA If you landed at Arlanda airport where would you be-Stockholm Sweden What country declared itself first atheist state in 1967-Albania banned religion What is the Roman numerals for 3000-MMM What are Jean Bernard, Pierre St-Martin and Berger in France-Worlds deep caves Dallol Ethiopia has what claim to fame-Worlds hottest average place 94-Where are Bay of Heats and Bay of Dew Sinus Aestuum Roris-Near side of Moon This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM
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The annual rock festival at Roskilde is held in which country?
Roskilde Festival - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs Roskilde Festival Roskilde Festival Profile: Annual rock festival held since 1971 near the town of Roskilde, Denmark, approx 40 kilometers west of Copenhagen. Usually held in the beginning of July, running for 5 days, it showcases approx. 200 acts on several stages. It is said to be the biggest music festival in Northern Europe and one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe. At it's peak the festival had 90.000 visitors, but following the 2000 disaster when 9 people suffocated due to crowding during a Pearl Jam concert, the festival has limited the access to 75.000 guests due to security concern. Sites:
Do You Like Rock Music? - British Sea Power | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Do You Like Rock Music? AllMusic Rating google+ AllMusic Review by James Christopher Monger On 2005's Open Season , British Sea Power traded in some of the chilly post-rock angst that fueled their 2003 debut with a more streamlined, radio-ready approach that left some listeners yearning for the lo-fi majesty of songs like "Carrion" and "Fear of Drowning." Those tunes were still there, but they demanded repeated spins before revealing their fruits, a tactic that the stoic Cumbria, England, quartet employs again -- but with far more breathtaking results -- on its third full-length, Do You Like Rock Music? Tapping the collective talents of three producers -- Howard Bilerman ( Arcade Fire ), Graham Sutton ( Jarvis Cocker ), and Efrim Menuck ( Godspeed You Black Emperor! ) -- in numerous locations (Canada, Cornwall, and the Czech Republic, respectively), DYLRM should be a mess, but the band has crafted a wintry, nuanced, and bold collection of epic songs that integrate the sweeping theatricality of Arcade Fire -era indie rock without all of the insularity. This is music made for people, not a person. The sound effects, choral vocals, strings, and feedback that populate DYLRM feel organic and necessary rather than just pasted in for drama's sake. There has always been a sort of rough-hewn sepia-tone unity to BSP songs, and that odd, inclusive wartime fervor permeates each track, from the rousing immigration anthem "Waving Flags" to the rallying, Blur -inspired "No Lucifer" to the sister tracks "All in It" and "Close Our Eyes" that serve as the record's bookends. Even the more meandering pieces like "Atom" and the instrumental "Great Skua" feel like steampunk soundtracks for polar exploration, a notion that looks weird in print but makes a whole lot of sense through a pair of headphones, a set of vintage basement speakers, or the inside of a freighter as it disappears into the bowels of the Arctic Ocean. Track Listing
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Who is the only woman to have held the post of British Foreign Secretary?
Female Foreign Ministers In 1999 she was appointed acting Premier after the former premier resigned. (b. 1958-). 1999-2004 Lydie Polfer, Luxembourg Apart from being Foreign Minister she was also Vice-Premier Minister and Minister of External Trade and Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform. She was Mayor of Luxembourg Ville 1982-99, Member of the Bureau of Chamber des Deput�es, President of the Parti Democratique 1994-2004, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 2002 and from 2004 Member of the European Parliament. (b. 1952-). 1999-2009  Nkosazana C. Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa 1994-99 Minister of Health. Offered the post of Deputy President in 2005 after her ex-husband, Jacob Zuma was fired after corruption charges. She was candidate for the post of Deputy President of ANC in 2007, Minister of Home Affairs 2009-12 and Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union from 2012 (b. 1949-). 1999-2004 Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila, El Salvador Former Academic and administrative career. (1956-). 1999-2000 and 2001-10 Dodo A�chatou Mindaoudou, Niger 1995-96 she was Minister of Social Development, Population and Women. 2010 the government was deposed in a military coup d'etat. (b. 1959-). 1999 Hilia Garez Gomes Lima Barber, Guinea-Bissau Also known as Ilia or Ilia Barber, she was ambassador to Israel 1995-99 and to France, the Vatican, UNESCO etc. from 2011. (b. 1944-). 2000-04 Soledad Alvear Valenzuela, Chile 1990-94 Minister for the National Women Service, 1994-99 Minister of Justice; She was leader of the Election Campaign of President Ricardo Lagos Escobar in 1999, before becoming Chancellor or Foreign Minister. She was chosen as the Christian Democratic Party's candidate for the primary of the centre-left Concertacion coalition, but she quit the race in May 2005 to pave the way for Michelle Barchelet's nomination. Senator and President of the Democracia Cristiana 2006-09. (b. 1951-). 2000-04 Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austria  2004-10 Commissioner of External Relations, European Union A career diplomat, 1993 she was Minister-Counsellor and Assistant Chief of Protocol of the Foreign Ministry, 1994-1995 Assistant Secretary General of the United Nation and Chief of Protocol 1995-2000 Minister of State of Foreign Affairs. In 2000 she was Chairperson-in-Office of OSCE and Presidential Candidate 2004 and Candidate for the post of Director General of UNOESCO in 2009. (b. 1948-). 2000-02 Haja Mahawa Bangoura Camara, Guinea In 1995 she was Ambassador to USA and later to the United Nations . Her official title was Minister to the presidency charged with Foreign Affairs and an alternative version of her name is Camara Hadja Mawa Bangoura. 2000-04 Lillian E. Patel, Malawi 1996-99 Minister of Women's and Children's' Affairs, Community Development and Social Welfare 1999-2000 Minister of Health and Population. From 2004 Minister of Labour and Vocational Training. 2000-05 Maria Elisabeth Levens, Suriname Trained teacher and former head of various bureaus within the Ministry of Education and Community Development and Policy Advisor to the Minister of Education. Also chair or member of several commissions, from 1975 Secretary of the Progressive Women�s Union and Chairperson of the Forum of NGO�s in Suriname 1991-2000.  (b. 1950-). 2001 Antonieta Rosa Gomes, Guinea Bissau Leader of Foro C�vic da Guin� (Guinean Civil Forum) since 1995 and Presidential Candidate in 1994 and 1999. 2000-2001 Minister of Justice. 2001 also third in the cabinet.  2001-02 Tanaka Makiko, Japan 1994-95 Minister of State, Director General of Science and Technology Agency.  Tanaka Makiko is h
Ministry of Defence & Foreign and Commonwealth Office :: Historic Houses Association You are here: > home > friends' page > friends tours & events > ministry of defence & foreign and commonwealth office Ministry of Defence & Foreign and Commonwealth Office London Thu 14th April 2016 Price: 65.00 We venture into Westminster to visit the MINISTRY OF DEFENCE. After a pub lunch we visit the FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE for a private guided tour. Unfortunately this tour is now fully Booked Full Description: The entrance for the MINISTRY OF DEFENCE on Horse Guards Avenue is flanked by sculptures by Sir Charles Wheeler entitled 'Earth' and 'Water' designed in 1915 by E. Vincent Harris.  However, delayed by war, construction began on the building in 1939 and a whole row of Georgian houses was demolished to make room for it, but five of the finest rooms were preserved and have been incorporated into the modern building. However, its greatest secret is that it is built on the site of the wine cellars of Henry VIII, the only substantial part of the Palace of Whitehall that remained after the fire of 1698. After a pub lunch we visit THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE which was designed by George Gilbert Scott to house four separate government departments, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Colonial Office and the Home Office. Built 1861-1868 it has spectacular interiors designed to reflect the greatness of the British Empire. After a chequered history it was splendidly restored in 1997. We will have a private guided tour. Cost £65 to include lunch. How To Book: Please apply to Gillian Bennett (contact details in the Supplement).  Cheques, payable to HHA London Region, should be stapled to your application, which should be on A4 paper and quote the code MOD.
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Banjo Patterson is credited with writing which song a national favourite of its country?
Banjo's Back - Landline - ABC Banjo's Back Share Banjo's Back PIP COURTNEY, PRESENTER: The legendary swagman who inspired Banjo Paterson's famous verse leapt to his doom more than a century ago, but his suicidal plunge into the billabong is still causing ripples. The origins and meaning of Waltzing Matilda, Australia's unofficial national anthem, has long been debated and disputed. Now the story's been given a salacious twist to the accompaniment of a full-blown musical which may soon be coming to a wool shed near you. TIM LEE, REPORTER: Though this tune may sound strangely familiar, you'll be forgiven for not knowing its name nor its fundamental role in the birth of Australia's most famous and best-loved song. From folk song to unofficial national anthem, Waltzing Matilda is a rollicking, charming tune complete with lyrics laced with high drama and tragedy. Namely, the suicide of its central character, an itinerant sheep-stealing swagman. In the more than a century since its birth, its meaning has been much debated. Is it simply a catchy ditty or a metaphor for much more? In recent years, that debate has escalated. DENNIS O'KEEFFE, MUSICIAN AND AUTHOR: At Bonny Wood of Craigie Lee, the tune that started it all. TIM LEE: During many years of performing Waltzing Matilda, folk singer, songwriter and amateur historian Dennis O'Keeffe pondered and puzzled over its meaning. Last year, two decades of research culminated in a book, Waltzing Matilda: The Secret History of Australia's Favourite Song. The words of the song were written in 1895 by Australia's best-known poet, Andrew Barton Paterson, known as Banjo. Many believe the ballad was inspired by the violent shearer strikes at the time and that the free-roaming, anti-authoritarian swagman represents the rebellious union shearers. Dennis O'Keeffe has given the story a new controversial twist. He argues that at its heart is a love triangle involving the poet himself - an episode so scandalous that it was hushed up for more than a century. Dennis O'Keeffe's book has become a musical play, written jointly with his brother-in-law, professional musician Felix Meagher. DENNIS O'KEEFFE: Now we've put it into a different format it sort of speaks to a different part of the brain, I believe, and it's really interesting people, it's exciting them, this love affair, this union conflict. It's got all the makings of great theatre and a great movie. TIM LEE: In a theatrically-inspired choice, earlier this year the play was staged in a wool shed in Victoria's Western District. The normal monotonous buzz of shearing machines gave way to sweet music and melodies. COL DRISCOLL, ACTOR: This old wool shed, mate, it's - you couldn't ask for a better venue to be doing something about Waltzing Matilda. TIM LEE: This historic wool shed, built just as gold fever struck Victoria in 1851, is a perfect setting for a stage play about shearing. More than that, Christina Macpherson, the young woman who composed that captivating tune for Banjo Paterson, likely came to parties here in the 1890s. NICK COLE, WEST COVEN HILLS: She may well have been. I know they used to have parties, regular parties and the shearing sheds, they were a big open space so they could have big parties in them. TIM LEE: It's a detail not lost on the cast. ANGELA LITTLE, ACTRESS: It reached a whole new level for me today. TIM LEE: The real, rather more demure Christina Macpherson came from a respected Western District family from the squatting class, early settlers who amassed vast holdings and sheep flocks and pastoral riches that entrenched them as the upper class. In the 1890s, class distinction simmered into class warfare and near civil war between militant union shearers and pastoralists in Queensland. Though those events centred on Winton in Queensland's west, the tune for Paterson's legendary poem originates in Warrnambool in western Victoria. Christina Macpherson first heard that tune played here at the Warrnambool races in 1894. It was played then by a marching band. But months later at Dagworth Station in western Queensland,
The UK Number Ones : Double Tops Famous for his Caribbean calypso music, although he was a New Yorker. 1978 Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord Boney M These were genuine Caribbeans, although based and recorded in Germany.   The hit was a medley of the two titles. 1959 Living Doll Cliff Richard & The Drifters The first of 14 chart toppers over a 40 year span for the perennial performer.  The Drifters, with Hank B Marvin, became the Shadows soon after this. 1986 Living Doll Cliff Richard & The Young Ones Re-recorded for the Comic Relief fund raisers, in anarchic style with the four stars of "The Young Ones" tv series, plus Hank B Marvin on guitar. 1962 Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley One of The King's great hit ballads.  From his movie "Blue Hawaii". 1993 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You UB40 Ever-popular mixed race reggae band.  This version also made No 1 in the US, which Elvis failed to do! NEAR MISSES:  Andy Williams reached No 3 with the song in 1970; The Stylistics made No 4 with their version in 1976. 1963 You'll Never Walk Alone Gerry & The Pacemakers Gerry Marsden's Mersey beat group with a song by Rogers & Hammerstein, which became a Liverpool football anthem. 1985 You'll Never Walk Alone The Crowd A charity record, fund raising for the Bradford City football fire, on which Gerry Marsden returned (with others) to remake his 1963 No 1. 1965 Reggae band led by Eddy Grant, who had solo hits in the 1980s. 1994 Baby Come Back Pato Banton UK reggae/rap performer.  Vocals are also provided by Ali and Robin Campbell of UB40.  This was that pair's third involvement in a chart topper that was a former No 1 song (see 1962 and 1965). 1968 With A Little Help From My Friends Joe Cocker Gravel-voiced singer from Sheffield, who gave a power-soul treatment to the sing-along original by the Beatles. 1988 With A Little Help From My Friends Wet Wet Wet Charity remake for Child Line, and given a treatment more like the Beatles original. 2004 With A Little Help From My Friends Sam & Mark The two guys who came 2nd & 3rd in the tv show "Pop Idol" joined to record a duet version of the old Beatles song. 1969 Dizzy Tommy Roe US teen-orientated singer who co-wrote this song, which made No 1 in the US as well. 1991 Dizzy Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff The off-beat comedian teamed up with the band from the Midlands, and returned the song to the top. 1970 Double A side with "Heartbeat".  Tragedy is a note-for-note remake of the Bee Gees hit. 1980 The Tide Is High Blondie Written by Jamaican reggae star, John Holt, this was the band's fifth No 1 and their last for 19 years. 2002 The Tide Is High Atomic Kitten This was the second time that the British female trio had re-recorded a former No 1 and reached the top themselves (see 1989). 1983 Every Breath You Take Police Their 5th and last No 1.  Composer and lead vocalist, Sting, went on to solo stardom. 1997 I'll Be Missing You Puff Daddy & Faith Evans The title was changed to become a tribute to a murdered rapper.  Entered both UK and US charts at No 1. 1983 Recorded by the Irish boy band for the Comic Relief Charity. 1984 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid Charity record fund raising for famine relief in Ethiopia, featuring a host of UK stars.  It was the brain-child of Bob Geldorf and sold 3 million copies. 1989 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid II New recording, raising more funds for the same charity.  Mainly different stars this time, but Bananarama featured in both recordings. 2004 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid 20 Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first recording, the song returned, with new stars (although Bono sang the same line as on the first), again raising money for Africa. 1986 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going Billy Ocean He was a disco singer from the 70s, but enjoyed greater success in the 80s. 1999 When The Going Gets Tough Boyzone Recorded by the Irish boy band for the Comic Relief charity. 1989 Eternal Flame Bangles US all-gir
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"According to the iconic song, popular in world war one, called ""she was poor but she was honest"" it was 'the rich wot gets the gravy'. But wot did the poor get?"
Full Text of All Articles The Berkeley Daily Planet By JUDITH SCHERR Tuesday March 20, 2007 An ordinance passed 5-4 March 13 that would have limited the number of years a person can sit on certain commissions and impose restrictions on the number of commissions on which a person can sit was rescinded 8-0-1 at Tuesday’s council meeting, with Councilmember Laurie Capitelli abstaining.  Had the council approved the second reading of the ordinance on its agenda Tuesday, community members were set to challenge it with a petition to put it on the ballot as a referendum at the nest election.  The future of the measure—whether it is dead or will come back in the same or a different form—will be discussed at the April 16 agenda committee meeting.  On Monday, John Selawsky, Igor Tregub, Patti Dacey, Laurie Bright and Howard Chong submitted a petition to referend the ordinance to the city clerk, so that they could begin collecting signatures immediately upon passage of the ordinance. They would have 30 days from approval of the law to collect 4,073 signatures.  The measure that passed on the first reading would apply to four quasi-judicial commissions: the Housing Advisory Commission, the Landmarks Commission, the Zoning Adjustments Board and the Planning Commission and would:  • limit the number of years a commissioner could sit on these commissions to eight consecutive years. After a two-year break, the commissioner could be reappointed to the commission;  • prohibit a person who serves on one of the key commissions from serving on any other board or commission, with the exception of elected commissions and the Library Board of Trustees.   Voting to oppose the ordinance on March 13 were councilmembers Linda Maio, Kriss Worthington, Dona Spring and Max Anderson.    By Riya Bhattacharjee and Rio Bauce Tuesday March 20, 2007 On Saturday afternoon at Oakland City Hall, there was some R&B, some hip hop and jazz, and then there was Barack Obama.  The junior U.S. senator from Illinios drew a crowd of over 10,000 for his campaign speech at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in Downtown Oakland, according to organizers.  “Just look at the crowd he has created,” said San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris from her front-row seat on Saturday. “He talks to the people like no one else. He reaches out to them like none other. I am here today as a supporter of Obama. He is a leader, a friend and someone who will take us to the next generation of leadership.”  Supporters of all ages and colors—some with “Vive Obama” and “Obama in ‘08” posters written in green to keep with the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day—cheered when Oakland mayor Ron Dellums presented Obama.  “We welcome Senator Obama to the city which has the audacity to see itself as a model city for the entire United States of America ... Mi casa es su casa,” said Dellums, as people roared.  Born to an American mother, from Kansas, and a Kenyan father, Obama began his career organizing community events in some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods. He went on to become the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, winning over both liberals and conservatives with his charisma.  “When people heard I was running for president, some said ‘he’s got the talent, but he doesn’t have the experience,” Obama told the crowd. “It’s true that I haven’t been in Washington long, but I have been in Washington long enough to know that Washington needs to change.  “My experience as a civil rights attorney has taught me that fairness and justice have to be practiced everyday. My experience as a senator has taught me that ordinary people have the ability to do extraordinary things,” he said. “This campaign is a vehicle for you, for your hopes and dreams. When a million people say a child will have better education, they cannot be stopped. When a million people say we need a better energy policy, they cannot be stopped. Oakland, California, I want to be a partner with you.”  Obama’s speech touched upon his theme of the “audacity of hope,
Cabaret [Original Soundtrack Recording] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Cabaret [Original Soundtrack Recording] google+ AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann Even though he came from the theater himself, Bob Fosse , when he came to make a film of Harold Prince 's musical Cabaret, did what most movie directors do, taking the 15-song score and cutting two-thirds of it to leave five songs -- "Wilkommen," "Two Ladies," "Tomorrow Belongs to Me," "If You Could See Her," and "Cabaret." (In addition, "Sitting Pretty" was performed instrumentally and "Married" in German.) He then allowed the show's songwriters, John Kander and Fred Ebb , to add material to emphasize the film's two musical stars, "Mein Herr" and "Maybe This Time" for Liza Minnelli and "Money, Money" for Minnelli and Joel Grey . ("Maybe This Time" was a Kander-Ebb song Minnelli had been singing since 1964.) The film was even more successful than the show, and the soundtrack album went gold, outselling the original Broadway cast album. It is not the record you want to buy to get the complete score, of course, and even at its 38-plus-minute running time it's padded. But it contains some definitive Minnelli performances, particularly her rendition of the title song. In the show and film, the song's upbeat, devil-may-care mood is in stark contrast to the downbeat conclusion of the plot, which finds lead character Sally Bowles stranded in Nazi Germany. Coming from Minnelli, there is an added subtext, as the performance can be read as a tribute to her mother, Judy Garland . And Grey is equally impressive, particularly in "Wilkommen" and "If You Could See Her." Cabaret won Academy Awards for Minnelli and Grey, but lost the Best Picture award, and a similar judgment can be made about the soundtrack album. Their performances are outstanding, but the album as a whole is a bit skimpy. Subsequent stage productions tended to incorporate the new film songs. (The 1996 CD reissue re-sequences the songs.) Track Listing
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In what year of WW2 did the German forces surrender at Stalingrad?
Germans surrender at Stalingrad - Feb 02, 1943 - HISTORY.com Germans surrender at Stalingrad Publisher A+E Networks On this day, the last of the German forces fighting at Stalingrad surrender, despite Hitler’s earlier declaration that “Surrender is out of the question. The troops will defend themselves to the last!” The Battle of Stalingrad began in the summer of 1942, as German forces assaulted the city, a major industrial center and a potential strategic coup. But despite repeated attempts, the German 6th Army, under Friedrich von Paulus, and part of the 4th Panzer Army, under Ewald von Kleist, could not break past the adamantine defense by the Soviet 62nd Army, despite pushing the Soviets almost to the Volga River in mid-October and encircling Stalingrad. Diminishing resources, partisan guerilla attacks, and the cruelty of the Russian winter began to take their toll on the Germans. On November 19, the Soviets made their move, launching a counteroffensive that began with a massive artillery bombardment of the German position. The Soviets then encircled the enemy, launching pincer movements from north and south simultaneously, even as the Germans encircled Stalingrad. The German position soon became untenable. Surrender was their only hope for survival. But Hitler wouldn’t hear of it: “The 6th Army will hold its positions to the last man and the last round.” Von Paulus held out until January 31, 1943, when he finally surrendered. Of more than 280,000 men under Paulus’ command, half were already dead or dying, about 35,000 had been evacuated from the front, and the remaining 91,000 were hauled off to Soviet POW camps. Pockets of German belligerence continued until February 2. Hitler berated Von Paulus for not committing suicide. Von Paulus, captured by the Soviets, repaid Hitler by selling out to the Soviets, joining the National Committee for Free Germany, and urging German troops to surrender on other battlegrounds in the USSR. Related Videos
The History Place - World War II in Europe Timeline: April 30, 1945 - Death of Hitler The Death of Hitler In April of 1945, Hitler moved into the Führerbunker, located 50 feet below the Chancellery buildings in Berlin. In this underground complex containing nearly thirty rooms on two separate floors, Hitler held daily briefings with his generals amid reports of the unstoppable Soviet advance into Berlin. He issued frantic orders to defend Berlin with armies that were already wiped out or were making a hasty retreat westward to surrender to the Americans. On April 22, during a three hour military conference in the bunker, Hitler let loose a hysterical, shrieking denunciation of the Army and the 'universal treason, corruption, lies and failures' of all those who had deserted him. The end had come, Hitler exclaimed, his Reich was a failure and now there was nothing left for him to do but stay in Berlin and fight to the very end. His staff attempted without success to convince him to escape to the mountains around Berchtesgaden and direct remaining troops and thus prolong the Reich. But Hitler told them his decision was final. He even insisted a public announcement be made. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels then brought his entire family, including six young children, to live with Hitler in the bunker. Hitler began sorting through his own papers and selected documents to be burned. Personnel in the bunker were given permission by Hitler to leave. Most did leave and headed south for the area around Berchtesgaden via a convoy of trucks and planes. Only a handful of Hitler's personal staff remained, including his top aide Martin Bormann, the Goebbels family, SS and military aides, two of Hitler's secretaries, and longtime companion Eva Braun. On April 23, Hitler's friend and Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer, arrived for his final meeting with the Führer. At this meeting Speer bluntly informed Hitler that he had disobeyed the Führer's scorched earth policy and had preserved German factories and industry for the post-war period. Hitler listened in silence and had no particular reaction, much to the surprise of Speer. That afternoon, Hitler received a surprise telegram from Göring who had already reached safety in Berchtesgaden. My Führer! In view of your decision to remain in the fortress of Berlin, do you agree that I take over at once the total leadership of the Reich, with full freedom of action at home and abroad as your deputy, in accordance with your decree of June 29, 1941? If no reply is received by 10 o'clock tonight, I shall take it for granted that you have lost your freedom of action, and shall consider the conditions of your decree as fulfilled, and shall act for the best interests of our country and our people. You know what I feel for you in this gravest hour of my life. Words fail me to express myself. May God protect you, and speed you quickly here in spite of all. Your loyal Hermann Göring An angry Hitler, prompted by Bormann, sent Göring a return message saying he had committed "high treason." Although the penalty for this was death, Göring was to be spared, due to his long years of service, if he would immediately resign all of his offices. Bormann then transmitted an order to the SS near Berchtesgaden to arrest Göring and his staff. Before dawn on April 25, Göring was locked up. The next day, April 26, Soviet artillery fire made the first direct hits on the Chancellery buildings and grounds directly above the Führerbunker. That evening, a small plane containing female test pilot Hanna Reitsch and Luftwaffe General Ritter von Greim landed in the street near the bunker following a daring flight in which Greim had been wounded in the foot by Soviet ground fire. Once inside the Führerbunker the wounded Greim was informed by Hitler he was to be Göring's successor, promoted to Field-Marshal in command of the Luftwaffe. Although a telegram could have accomplished this, Hitler had insisted Greim appear in person to receive his commission. But now, due to his wounded foot, Greim would be bedridden for three days
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How many planets are in our solar system have rings?
How many planets in the Solar System have rings? | Cool Cosmos   How many planets in the Solar System have rings? Four the planets in the Solar System have rings. They are the four giant gas planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Saturn, which has by far the largest ring system, was known to have rings for a long time. It was not until the 1970s that rings were discovered around the other gas planets. The rings around Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are much smaller, darker, and fainter than the rings of Saturn. Rings around gas giants are thought to be transient over the the lifetime of the planetary system. That is, if we had lived at a very different time, perhaps we would not see big rings around Saturn, but another one of the gas giants. Continue the conversation on
How Dense Are The Planets? - Universe Today   Universe Today How Dense Are The Planets? Article Updated: 18 Feb , 2016 by Matt Williams The eight planets of our Solar System vary widely, not only in terms of size, but also in terms of mass and density (i.e. its mass per unit of volume). For instance, the 4 inner planets – those that are closest to the Sun – are all terrestrial planets , meaning they are composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals and have a solid surface. On these planets, density varies the farther one ventures from the surface towards the core, but not considerably. By contrast, the 4 outer planets are designated as gas giants (and/or ice giants) which are composed primarily of of hydrogen, helium, and water existing in various physical states. While these planets are greater in size and mass, their overall density is much lower. In addition, their density varies considerably between the outer and inner layers, ranging from a liquid state to materials so dense that they become rock-solid. Density also plays a vital role in determining a planet’s surface gravity and is intrinsic to understanding how a planet formed. After the formation of the Sun at the center of our Solar System, the planets were formed from a protoplanetary disc . Whereas the terrestrial planets resulted from dust grains in the inner Solar System, planets in the outer Solar System accreted enough matter for their gravity to hold on to the nebula’s leftover gas. The Solar System. Image Credit: NASA The more gas they held onto, the larger they became. And the larger they became, the more matter they would accumulate, until such tie that they reached a critical point. Whereas the gas giants of Jupiter and Saturn grew exponentially, the ice giants (Uranus and Neptune), with only a few Earth masses of nebular gas, never reached that critical point. In all cases, density is measured as the number of grams per cubic cm (or g/cm³). Density of Mercury: Ad a terrestrial planet, Mercury is composed of metals and silicate material. Mercury’s mean density is the second-highest in the Solar System, which is estimated to be 5.427 g/cm3 – only slightly less than Earth’s density of 5.515 g/cm3.However, if the effects of gravitational compression – in which the effects of gravity reduce the size of an object and increases its density – then Mercury is in fact more dense than Earth, with an uncompressed density of 5.3 g/cm³ compared to Earth’s 4.4 g/cm³. These estimates can be also used to infer details of its inner structure. Compared to Earth, Mercury is much smaller, which is why it inner regions are subject to less in the way of compression. Therefore, its high density is believed to be the result of a large, and iron-rich core. All told, metals like iron and nickel are believed to make up 70% of the planet’s mass (higher than any other planet), while silicate rock accounts for just 30%. Internal structure of Mercury: 1. Crust: 100–300 km thick 2. Mantle: 600 km thick 3. Core: 1,800 km radius. Credit: MASA/JPL Several theories for this have been suggested, but the predominant one claims that Mercury had a thicker silicate crust earlier in its history. This crust was then largely blown off when a large planetesimal collided with the planet. Combined with its size and mass, Mercury has a surface gravity of 3.7 m/s2, which is the equivalent of 0.38 of Earth’s gravity (aka. 1 g). Density of Venus: The second planet from our Sun, as well as the second-closest terrestrial planet, Venus has a mean density of 5.243 g/cm3. Again, this is very close to Earth’s own density. And while much remains unknown about Venus’ geology and seismology, astronomers have an idea of Venus’ composition and structure based on comparative estimates of its size, mass and its density. In short, it is believed that Venus’ makeup and internal structure are very similar to Earth’s, consisting of a core, a mantle, and a crust. Also like Earth, the interior is though to be composed of iron-rich minerals, while silicate minerals make up the mantle and crust. The slightly smaller siz
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Which stretch of water separates Tasmania from mainland Australia?
Tasmania in relation to the rest of Australia. Bass Strait separates Tasmania from mainland Australia. It is a stretch of water 150 miles wide. Access to Tasmania is by air or by sea. A passenger/ vehicle ferry crosses 12 months of the year and travel time is about 14 hours. From December to April, the catamaran, called the Devil Cat, crosses in 6 hours from Georgetown, Tasmania to Melbourne.
Biography - Errol Leslie Flynn - Australian Dictionary of Biography Australian Dictionary of Biography Tip: searches only the name field Tip: Use double quotes to search for a phrase This is a shared entry with Theodore Thomson Flynn Errol Leslie Flynn (1909-1959), by unknown photographer, 1940s National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an13384126 Theodore Thomson Flynn (1883-1968), zoologist, and Errol Leslie Flynn (1909-1959), film actor, were father and son. Theodore was born on 11 October 1883 at Coraki, New South Wales, son of John Thompson Flynn, cordial manufacturer, and his wife Jessie, née Thomson. He received his education at Fort Street High School, Sydney, the Sydney Training College for Teachers and the University of Sydney (B.Sc., 1907) where he gained the university medal and the Johns Coutts scholarship in biology. His first teaching post was as science master at Newcastle and Maitland High schools in 1907; later he was appointed to the Newcastle and West Maitland Technical colleges, lecturing in chemistry and physics. His main interest remained in the natural sciences and in 1909 he became lecturer in biology at the University of Tasmania. On 23 January of that year at St John's Church of England, Balmain North, Sydney, he married Lily Mary (Marelle) Young, a descendant of one of the Bounty mutineers. Flynn's lectureship was initially temporary, but he soon showed his worth, and in 1911 withdrew from an appointment as Macleay research fellow of the Linnean Society of New South Wales to accept the first chair of biology in Hobart as the Ralston professor. The terms of his appointment included liberal provision for research and he pursued a vigorous study of the marsupials of Tasmania and also did original work on megapodes. The Australian Antarctic Expedition of 1912 attracted his interest and he took charge of some research during the Aurora's summer cruise. He also devoted considerable time to fishery research and in 1915 was appointed royal commissioner to enquire into Tasmanian fisheries. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1909) and in 1913-19 a trustee of the Tasmanian Museum and Botanical Gardens. He gained his D.Sc. at the University of Sydney in 1921 for work on marsupial embryology. In September 1930 Flynn left Hobart for London to continue his research on marsupial embryology, and also to seek funds on behalf of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science for scientific and economic exploration of the south-west coast of Tasmania. Next January he was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation grant to carry out research with his former mentor, Professor J. P. Hill , on the development of monotreme ovum. In June he took up the chair of zoology at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland; he also became director of the marine station at Portaferry. Flynn, who held attention during his lectures by a theatrical manner as well as by his subject matter, liked to take part in community affairs—debating, theatre and adult education. He was appointed M.B.E. in 1945. A fellow of the Linnean and Zoological societies, London, he was also a fellow of the International Institute of Embryology, Utrecht, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. After his retirement in 1948, as emeritus professor, he resided in Surrey, England. He died in a nursing home at Liss, Hampshire, on 23 October 1968, survived by a daughter. His estate was valued for probate at £519. Errol was born on 20 June 1909 in Hobart. During a rebellious childhood he attended several Hobart schools, in none of which he lasted long, as well as South Western London College, while in London with his father, and Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore), from which he was expelled. In 1927, after a short period of office work with a Sydney shipping company, he began training as a district officer in New Guinea, but moved on to become in rapid succession copra plantation overseer, partner in a charter schooner business and gold prospector. He purchased the cutter Sirocco in Sydney in 1930; his seven-month journey back to Ne
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Who originally played the title role in the Phantom of the Opera on the London stage?
Major cast changes for Phantom London | The Phantom of the Opera Major cast changes for Phantom London 10 August, 2012 FROM MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2012 MARCUS LOVETT TO STAR AS ‘THE PHANTOM’ SIMON THOMAS AS ‘RAOUL’ LARA MARTINS AS ‘CARLOTTA’ AND ANNA O’BYRNE AS ‘CHRISTINE’ AT CERTAIN PERFORMANCES Major cast changes will take place in the smash hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA” from Monday 3 September. Joining the company will be Marcus Lovett as ‘The Phantom’, Simon Thomas as ‘Raoul’, Lara Martins as ‘Carlotta’ and Anna O’Byrne as ‘Christine’ at certain performances. “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA” will continue to star Sofia Escobar as ‘Christine’, Cheryl McAvoy as ‘Madame Giry’, Jeremy Secomb as ‘Piangi’, Barry James as ‘Monsieur Firmin’, Gareth Snook as ‘Monsieur André’ and Anna Forbes as ‘Meg Giry’. Marcus Lovett made his Broadway debut in the original Broadway production of “Les Misérables”. His other Broadway credits include the title role in “King David” at the New Amsterdam Theatre, ‘The Phantom’ in “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theatre, ‘Billy Bigelow’ in “Carousel” at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre and ‘Alex Dillingham’ in “Aspects of Love” at the Broadhurst Theatre. In the West End Marcus also originated the role of ‘The Man’ in “Whistle Down the Wind” at the Aldwych Theatre. He has been a soloist at Carnegie hall, L’Opera De Paris and the Royal Albert Hall, and is on the cast recordings of “Les Misérables”, “Whistle Down The Wind” and “Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Fiftieth Birthday Celebration at The Royal Albert Hall”. His debut solo album “Marcus Lovett, The Give Moment” was released in 2008. Marcus is also currently the voice of the promotions for “Good Morning America” on ABC and “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Simon Thomas recently starred as ‘Warner Huntington III’ in “Legally Blonde” at the Savoy Theatre. Other recent theatre credits include ‘Rapunzel’s Prince’ in “Into The Woods” at the Open Air Theatre, ‘Tarzan’ in “Tarzan” at the Theatre Neue Flora in Hamburg, ‘Lucien’ in “Marguerite” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, “Make Me A Song” at the New Players Theatre and “Merry Wives Of Windsor” at the RSC. Lara Martins is a soprano who has enjoyed an international career singing a wide-ranging repertoire. Recent operatic engagements include ‘Sofia’ in “Il Signor Bruschino by Rossini” for the Opéra National de Bordeaux, ‘Blondchen’ in “Entfürung aus dem Serail” for Opera de Marseille, ‘Susanna’ in “Le Nozze di Figaro” for Teatro da Trindade in Lisbon and ‘Clarissa’ in “Die Drei Pintos” and ‘Princess Hirvaia’ in “Dick Whittington and his Cat” at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. Lara has been awarded several prizes including the English Song Prize and the Anne Wyburd Award at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and first prize at the Concurso de Interpretação de Música do Estoril in Portugal. Anna O’Byrne most recently starred as ‘Christine Daaé’ in the Australian Premiere production of “Love Never Dies”. Anna also features in the filmed version of the production which was released on DVD and Blu-Ray and screened in cinemas all over the world. Anna made her professional debut in the Australian production of “The Phantom of the Opera”, where she covered and performed the role of ‘Christine Daaé’. Anna has also been a Principal Artist at Victorian Opera where she played ‘Polly Peachum’ in the Malthouse Theatre/Victorian Opera co-production of “The Threepenny Opera”, ‘The Gossip’ in “Angélique” and ‘Pamina’ in “Die Zauberflöte”. Other operatic performances include ‘Tamiri’ in “Il Re Pastore” for Lyric Opera of Melbourne, “Die Fledermaus” for In Good Company and “La Clemenza di Tito” for the VCA Opera Studio. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA became the longest running show in Broadway history on 9 January 2006 when it celebrated its 7,486th performance, surpassing the previous record holder “Cats”. This coincided with the Broadway and the US national touring company celebrating an unprecedented 20,000 performances in the United States. In October 2010 the London production celebrated its 10,
W. S. Gilbert W. S. Gilbert W. S. Gilbert Sir William Schwenck Gilbert [1] (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist , librettist , poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy operas ) produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan . The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore , The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado . [2] These, as well as several of the other Savoy operas, continue to be frequently performed in the English-speaking world and beyond by opera companies, repertory companies, schools and community theatre groups. Lines from these works have become part of the English language, such as " short, sharp shock ", "What, never? Well, hardly ever!", [3] and "Let the punishment fit the crime". [4] Gilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads , an extensive collection of light verse accompanied by his own comical drawings. His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti , numerous stories, poems, lyrics and various other comic and serious pieces. His plays and realistic style of stage direction inspired other dramatists, including Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw . [5] According to The Cambridge History of English and American Literature , Gilbert's "lyrical facility and his mastery of metre raised the poetical quality of comic opera to a position that it had never reached before and has not reached since". [6] Contents Beginnings[ edit ] "No sooner had the learned judge pronounced this sentence than the poor soul stooped down, and taking off a heavy boot, flung it at my head, as a reward for my eloquence on her behalf; accompanying the assault with a torrent of invective against my abilities as a counsel, and my line of defence." — My Maiden Brief [7] (Gilbert claimed this incident was autobiographical.) [8] Gilbert was born at 17 Southampton Street , Strand , London. His father, also named William , was briefly a naval surgeon , who later became a writer of novels and short stories, some of which were illustrated by his son. Gilbert's mother was the former Anne Mary Bye Morris (1812–1888), the daughter of Thomas Morris, an apothecary. [9] Gilbert's parents were distant and stern, and he did not have a particularly close relationship with either of them. They quarrelled increasingly, and following the break-up of their marriage in 1876, his relationships with them, especially his mother, became even more strained. [10] Gilbert had three younger sisters, two of whom were born outside England because of the family's travels during these years: Jane Morris (b. 1838 in Milan , Italy – 1906), who married Alfred Weigall, a miniatures painter; Anne Maude (1845–1932) and Mary Florence (b. 1843 in Boulogne , France – 1911), neither of whom married. [11] [12] Gilbert was nicknamed "Bab" as a baby, and then "Schwenck", after his father's godparents. [9] As a child, Gilbert travelled to Italy in 1838 and then France for two years with his parents, who finally returned to settle in London in 1847. He was educated at Boulogne , France from the age of seven (he later kept his diary in French so that the servants could not read it), [13] then at Western Grammar School, Brompton , London, and then at the Great Ealing School , where he became head boy and wrote plays for school performances and painted scenery. He then attended King's College London , graduating in 1856. He intended to take the examinations for a commission in the Royal Artillery , but with the end of the Crimean War , fewer recruits were needed, and the only commission available to Gilbert would have been in a line regiment . Instead he joined the Civil Service : he was an assistant clerk in the Privy Council Office for four years and hated it. In 1859 he joined the Militia , a part-time volunteer force formed for the defence of Britain, with which he served until 1878 (in between writing and other work), reaching the rank of Captain. [14] In 1863 he received a bequest of £ 300 that he used to leave the civil se
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Darts. What is the lowest score not possible to score with one dart?
Lowest score impossible to get with 3 darts., page 1 Lowest score impossible to get with 3 darts. page: 1 link     On a regular dartboard, with 3 throws. What is the lowest possible score you can't hit. Disregard the rules that you have to throw out with a double. I got the answer by trying, but I want to know if theres a elegant way of getting the right answer. Um, wouldn't that be "1"? It's the lowest score, and you can't hit (to) it in three darts... Maybe you mean highest possible score... hmm, I'm thinking 301 - 141 = 160. You start at 301, right? reply to post by BcnDiamond   if a dart must hit the scoring section the answers 3, if it just has to hit the board, the answer is 0, so lowest score you can('t) hit would be 0 i guess. [edit on 23/1/09 by pieman] Good question, would be interesting to know. 172, i would guess. reply to post by BcnDiamond   if a dart must hit the scoring section the answers 3, if it just has to hit the board, the answer is 0, so lowest score you can('t) hit would be 0 i guess. [edit on 23/1/09 by pieman] He means with 3 scoring darts what is the least you cannot score. Any combination of 3 scoring darts, what is the lowest you cannot get. oh right, i get ya, triple 20 is the highest scoring slot so 180 is the highest score on three darts, that'll leave 121 if you're playing 301 and 321 if you're playing 501. EDIT: hang on, nope, still don't think i get it. cannot get, what?!? [edit on 23/1/09 by pieman]   301 - 3*20 - 3*20 - 9 = 172 So a triple 20, another triple 20, and a nine would give you 172, so that is a possible score with three darts... LOL , what i mean is: You start from zero, then throw three darts, which must hit. What is then the lowest possible score you can't hit. The answer will come to you, if you calculate a couple possibilities, but really im looking for a simple explanation or formula for the correct answer.   301 - 3*20 - 3*20 - 9 = 172 So a triple 20, another triple 20, and a nine would give you 172, so that is a possible score with three darts... You have misread the question. He is asking what is the lowest number you cannot score with 3 scoring darts. I think it is 172, as you cannot get that with 3 darts. If you guys can find a lower number than good luck to anyone. LOL , what i mean is: You start from zero, then throw three darts, which must hit. What is then the lowest possible score you can't hit. The answer will come to you, if you calculate a couple possibilities, but really im looking for a simple explanation or formula for the correct answer. So is there a number lower than 172 that you can get? have you worked out the answer? LOL , what i mean is: You start from zero, then throw three darts, which must hit. What is then the lowest possible score you can't hit. The answer will come to you, if you calculate a couple possibilities, but really im looking for a simple explanation or formula for the correct answer. So is there a number lower than 172 that you can get? have you worked out the answer? Yes there is, but your talking about numbers here and certain possibilities there must be a formula or something to calculate the answer. Ill give you a few thoughts before giving the answer. I think the answer is the sum of dart 1 maximum score dart 3 first impossible score to hit with one dart (or in different order) I dont think there is a formula for the first impossible score with one dart, you just have to go threw all the possibilities [edit on 23-1-2009 by Just-Think] Consider the points you could make, with three darts. You can get 0-5 points by missing the first two darts: miss, miss, miss = 0 miss, miss, four = 4 miss, miss, five = 5 Then, you can get 6-11 points by hitting two triple 1's, and another miss or 1-5: triple 1, triple 1, miss = 6 triple 1, triple 1, one = 7 triple 1, triple 1, two = 8 triple 1, triple 1, three = 9 triple 1, triple 1, four = 10 triple 1, triple 1, five = 11 That pattern repeats: two triple 2's plus another dart give 12-17: triple 2, triple 2, miss = 12 triple 2, triple 2, one = 13 triple 2, triple 2, two = 14 triple 2, triple
Golf Today's A to Z of Golf: The 'Condor' - four under par for a hole A-Z of Golf The 'Condor' - four under par for a hole Scoring a condor is the rarest event in golf. This is normally a hole in one at a par five (a two at a par six would also count, but this has never been done). Only four condors have ever been recorded: The first occurred in 1962, when Larry Bruce drove into the hole over a stand of trees on the 480-yard dogleg right par-5 fifth hole at Hope Country Club in Arkansas, USA. Another condor was achieved by "cutting the corner" of a dogleg par-5 by Shaun Lynch at Teign Valley Golf Club in Christow, England, in 1995, on the 496-yard 17th. Lynch aimed straight at the green with a 3-iron, clearing a 20-foot-high hedge and hitting a downslope on the other side, which allowed his ball to roll down to the green and into the hole. A condor was scored without cutting over a dogleg by Mike Crean at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver, Colorado, in 2002, when he holed his drive at the 517 yard par-5 9th. This is longest hole in one on record, although it was of course aided by the altitude and thin air of 'mile-high' Denver. The most recent condor was achieved in Australia by 16 year old Jack Bartlett on the 467 metre par-5 17th at Royal Wentworth Falls Country Club, NSW, Australia, on November 3, 2007. None of the above Condor's were made during an official tour and neither were they played on a professionally accredited course, not that their feats are devalued in anyway shape or form. You don't have to be a mathematical genius to understand that a Condor is a rare occurrence. To give you an idea of odds, it has been estimated a hole-in-one can reach up to 1 in 12,500 for an amateur player, while a double eagle has been assigned odds that have ranged between 1 in 1 million, and 1 in 16 million. The odds of scoring a Condor have not been officially worked out but you can imagine they are significantly higher than the double-eagle. A select number of online bookmakers , have in the past offered odds on double-eagles during championship events, not condors however. Clearly if you choose to place a condor bet with any bookmaker, make sure to get odds of at least above 1 million to one! A condor is also known as a triple-eagle or a double-albatross, although these terms are, of course, mathematically incorrect. There is no other explanation for the name 'condor' apart from its continuation of the 'bird' theme in naming under-par scores, and the size of the bird becoming bigger as the score gets lower (birdie - eagle - albatross - condor). October 2008
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The National Gallery is situated in which London square?
5 out of 5 stars First-class art for every class of art lover Established in 1824 as a new art collection for the enjoyment and education of all, the National Gallery first consisted of 38 pictures, put on display at a house on Pall Mall while a purpose-built gallery was constructed. There are now over 2,300 works of art, from medieval classics to world-famous pieces by the French Impressionists. The new museum opened in 1838, located in Trafalgar Square because it was deemed to be at the heart of London – easy for rich people to visit from the west by carriage and also convenient for poor people coming by foot from east London. Free to visit, the National Gallery is still as welcoming to all as it was back then. Anyone can swing by and gaze on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ for ten minutes on their way to work, or stay all day and admire JMW Turner’s Bequest or Cézanne’s ‘Bathers’. The gallery has blockbuster exhibitions, music concerts and courses that do carry an entry charge, but most of the collection isn’t ticketed, and there are free talks each day, which you don’t need to book in advance. These take a closer look at a different painting or theme each time. There are free sessions for families on Sundays and during school holidays, too. These give children aged five to 12 the chance to experience the grand gallery atmosphere whilst getting creative in drawing and art workshops designed for their level of interest. These are drop-in, but demand can be high, so you might have to wait for spaces unless you arrive early. By: Laura Lee Davies
Portrait Restaurant, London - Trafalgar Square / Embankment - Restaurant Reviews, Phone Number & Photos - TripAdvisor Trafalgar Square / Embankment Is this restaurant good for breakfast? Yes Does this restaurant offer highchairs for toddlers? Yes Is this restaurant good for dinner? Yes Is this restaurant good for lunch? Yes Are the prices at this restaurant mid-range / moderate? Yes Is this primarily a bakery? Yes Is this a dessert shop? Yes Is this primarily a coffee shop? Yes Map updates are paused. Zoom in to see updated info. Reset zoom 2 St. Martin's Place | National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE, England +44 20 7312 2490 Thu - Fri 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Sat - Wed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm 962 Reviews from our TripAdvisor Community Hotels travelers are raving about... See all travel guides Read reviews that mention: All reviews scones terrine mash pudding the national portrait gallery trafalgar square window table afternoon tea nelson's column big ben london skyline london eye set menu pre theatre dinner fixed price two courses set lunch wine list by the glass service was impeccable Review tags are currently only available for English language reviews. Start your review of Portrait Restaurant   Click to rate “60th birthday” Reviewed 3 days ago NEW Food service and view were amazing. I would thoroughly recommend it. It was a Saturday and quite busy but this did not affect the service and quality of food. Helpful? “Perfect for a pre theatre meal” Reviewed 3 days ago NEW via mobile The restaurant offers a very reasonable and tasty pre theatre meal. Although a small selection of dishes it was just right for early evening washed down with a glass of wine. Really liked the pleasant and friendly service, not so keen on the acoustics as conversation was at times difficult. But hey. This is not an all evening restaurant so... More  Helpful? “Try the Portrait Cafe in the Basement” Reviewed 5 days ago NEW I visited the Taylor Wessing Portrait exhibition recently at the National Portrait Gallery. It was a terrible day, quite a downpour and the traffic was chaotic, I had been looking for somewhere to eat. Pret a Manger caught my eye, it was across the street, but I opted to take the safer option and skip it. I was delighted to... More  Helpful? Reviewed 6 days ago NEW Dropped in before going to the Portrait Gallery. Good lattes and mocha. 2 drinks and croissant £6.40 Helpful? “Splendid afternoon tea!!!” Reviewed 6 days ago NEW Me and my mother really enjoyed this well-priced afternoon tea along with discreet and helpful service!!!A must-visit soon.Thank you! Helpful? “Afternoon tea with amazing view!” Reviewed 1 week ago What a lovely vista this place has. The staff were very friendly and the afternoon tea was a little bit quirky with items that were different from the traditional selection you have at other places. The salads were my favourite and everyone in our party had something they thought was the best bit. Would certainly return. Helpful? “A civilised way to meet up with an old friend.” Reviewed 1 week ago Went after viewing the caravaggio exhibition - beautiful location - wonderful views over the roof tops of london - polite helpful staff - and food was good as well - it wants perfect - my husband had to send back his pheasant to be cooked again as it was too rare but they were very obliging and did it very... More  Helpful? “Perfect start to the New Year” Reviewed 2 weeks ago We went here for breakfast / brunch on New Year's Day morning. It was a perfect, if slightly decadent, start to the new year. I had perfect eggs florentine, with fresh orange juice, a punchy double macchiato and a pear bellini -well, it was New Year ;-) Lovely food and drinks, brilliant location (possibly the best view in London) and... More  Helpful? “Great place for pre-theatre dinner” Reviewed 2 weeks ago Arrived for a 5.45 pm booking. It was already nearly full and people without a reservation were being turned away. Were shown to a window table with excellent views across to Nelson's Column. Nice meal, promptly served without bein
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Who played the lead character in the film 'The 6th Day' in 2000?
The 6th Day (2000) - 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 Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 40 titles created 19 Sep 2011 a list of 31 titles created 02 Aug 2012 a list of 43 titles created 27 Nov 2014 a list of 27 titles created 27 Feb 2015 a list of 33 titles created 16 Nov 2015 Title: The 6th Day (2000) 5.9/10 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. A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons. Director: Chuck Russell At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him. Director: Peter Hyams After his family is killed by a terrorist act, a firefighter goes in search of the one responsible. Director: Andrew Davis A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country. Director: Walter Hill With the help of a magic ticket, a young film fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action film character. Director: John McTiernan A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars. Director: Ivan Reitman A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is a short small-time crook. Director: Ivan Reitman A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show. Director: Paul Michael Glaser A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman. Director: James Cameron A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter . Director: Mark L. Lester When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he? Director: Paul Verhoeven A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them. Director: John Irvin Edit Storyline In the near future, cloning is now technically advanced, but human cloning is still illegal. Adam Gibson (Schwarzenegger) returns home after working with his friend Hank Morgan (Rapaport), only to find a clone of himself with his family. Before he has chance to find out the truth, he is attacked by a group who want him dead. Adam must escape and find out the truth from the creator of the clones, Michael Drucker (Goldwyn). Adam knows for sure he couldn't have been cloned, but isn't ready for what he's about to hear. Written by simon Are You Who You Think You Are See more  » Genres: Rated PG-13 for strong action violence, brief strong language and some sensuality | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 17 November 2000 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: On the Sixth Day See more  » Filming Locations: $13,020,883 (USA) (17 November 2000) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Michael Drucker, but was deemed too expensive. See more » Goofs Given that a dog is supposed to eat, it would seem illogical to have the option to make a dog with softer teeth. Since they are selling the dogs to rich people, though, it seems likely they would make whatever people are willing to buy, and if that means the dogs need a special diet, then so be it. See more » Quotes Adam Gibson
TV ACRES: Quotations > Signoffs > TV Character Closing Lines   Signoffs - TV Character Closing Lines  "Be seeing you!" - On the bizarre espionage series THE PRISONER/CBS/1968-69 Number Six (Patrick McGoohan) and other reluctant residents of "The Village" would part company by saying "Be seeing you!" The expression was combined with a saluting hand signal which had the thumb and index finger touching as the hand was brought up to one's eye (as if to peep through). According to Patrick McGoohan (as told by actress Norma West), the hand sign was the same one used by the ancient Christians: the sign of the fish. The "seeing" aspect of the sign could also be interpreted as an inference that "Big Brother is watching"!...that he's got an "eye" on you. The same sign was used by Mr. Bester (Walter Koenig), a ruthless PSI Corps officer on the syndicated sci-fi series BABYLON 5/SYN/1994-98. "Good night, John Boy" - On the rural drama THE WALTONS/CBS/1972-81 the last scene of each episode featured a night view of the Walton homestead with its windows illuminated and someone in the family starting to say goodnight to the rest of the family. This started a cascade of responses as each member of the Walton family wished each other goodnight. This classic program closing originated on Christmas eve in 1931 when a tired Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) tried to say goodnight to everyone but was interrupted by her sister Mary Ellen (Judy Norton-Taylor) who said "Don't say goodnight yet. Wait until we're all in bed and the last light is out." Thus began the now famous Goodnight Ma, Pa, Grandpa, Grandma, John-Boy, Mary Ellen, Elizabeth, Zeb, Erin, Jason, Ben, and Jim-Bob scenario. According to the two-hour special "TV Road Trip" (2002) hosted by John Ritter for The Travel Channel, the classic Walton's "Good Night" ritual was based on the real life of experiences of Earl Hamner, the series creator and narrator. Apparently, at one point in his life, Hamner's sibling of seven brothers and sister used to bid each other lengthy goodnights at bed time. Sometimes taking up to ten minutes. Eventually, however, Hamner's father had enough of the practice and told the kids to knock it off and just go to bed. "I'll be back next week at this same time with another Sea Hunt story" - One of many closing comments made by actor Lloyd Bridges as he concluded his action maritime adventure SEA HUNT/SYN/1957-61. For more closing monologues from the program check out BEGINNING & ENDING
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St Gertrude is the name of a piece of music usually used for which popular hymn?
Praise And Thanksgiving Praise and Thanksgiving Detailed Description Organ Seven Majestic Hymn Settings for Organ. Arranged by Mark Thewes. Organ - Method or Collection. H. W. Gray. Sacred. Book. 28 pages. Published by Jubilate Music Group (AP.GBM0202). Item Number: AP.GBM0202 ISBN 0757982212. Mr. Thewes has earned a reputation as a fine composer, as well as an arranger of hymns. This collection includes seven of the most popular and powerful hymns for the Thanksgiving season, or general use. These are designed for use with congregational singing, and each includes an introduction, standard verse, and interlude/modulation to a final verse accompaniment. A sure winner for every organist! Titles: Now Thank We All Our God (Nun Danket) * We Gather Together (Kremser) * Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George's Windsor) * For the Beauty of the Earth (Dix) * All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (Coronation) * Onward Christian Soldiers (St. Gertrude) * Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda Anima). Now Thank We All Our God (Nun Danket)  We Gather Together (Kremser)  Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George's Windsor)  For the Beauty of the Earth (Dix)  All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (Coronation)  Onward Christian Soldiers (St. Gertrude)  Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda Anima).  Song List (7) Organ Seven Majestic Hymn Settings for Organ. Arranged by Mark Thewes. Organ - Method or Collection. H. W. Gray. Sacred. Book. 28 pages. Published by Jubilate Music Group (AP.GBM0202). Item Number: AP.GBM0202 ISBN 0757982212. Mr. Thewes has earned a reputation as a fine composer, as well as an arranger of hymns. This collection includes seven of the most popular and powerful hymns for the Thanksgiving season, or general use. These are designed for use with congregational singing, and each includes an introduction, standard verse, and interlude/modulation to a final verse accompaniment. A sure winner for every organist! Titles: Now Thank We All Our God (Nun Danket) * We Gather Together (Kremser) * Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George's Windsor) * For the Beauty of the Earth (Dix) * All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (Coronation) * Onward Christian Soldiers (St. Gertrude) * Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda Anima). Now Thank We All Our God (Nun Danket)  We Gather Together (Kremser)  Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George's Windsor)  For the Beauty of the Earth (Dix)  All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (Coronation)  Onward Christian Soldiers (St. Gertrude)  Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda Anima).  Customers Who Bought Praise and Thanksgiving Also Bought: Seven Majestic Hymn Settings for Organ * = required How do you rate this item?           Your Screen Name: (optional) This name will appear next to your review. Leave it blank if you wish to appear as "Anonymous". Review Title: Rate this product's difficulty level: Location: Email address: (optional) Used to contact you regarding your review. If you do not wish to be contacted, leave it blank. Review Guidelines Explain exactly why you liked or disliked the product. Do you like the artist? Is the transcription accurate? Is it a good teaching tool? Consider writing about your experience and musical tastes. Are you a beginner who started playing last month? Do you usually like this style of music? Feel free to recommend similar pieces if you liked this piece, or alternatives if you didn't. Be respectful of artists, readers, and your fellow reviewers. Please do not use inappropriate language, including profanity, vulgarity, or obscenity. Avoid disclosing contact information (email addresses, phone numbers, etc.), or including URLs, time-sensitive material or alternative ordering information. We cannot post your review if it violates these guidelines. If you have any suggestions or comments on the guidelines, please email us. All submitted reviews become the licensed property of Sheet Music Plus and are subject to all laws pertaining thereto. If you believe that any review contained on our site infringes upon your copyright, please email us. Read Sheet
Heart – Barracuda Utube Amazon Store Heart – Barracuda “Barracuda” is a song written and recorded by the rock band Heart. It was released as the first single from the band’s second album Little Queen (1977). The song is an aggressive hard rock number notable for a galloping guitar riff and its use of natural harmonics. Upon its release “Barracuda” became Heart’s second top-20 hit in the U.S., peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has become the band’s signature song and is a staple on American classic rock radio playlists. In 2009, it was named the 34th best hard rock song of all time by VH1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Heart Craig Bartock Past members Heart is an American rock band who first found success in Canada. Throughout several lineup changes, the only two members remaining constant are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music. After diminishing in popularity for a couple of years in the early 80s, the band enjoyed a comeback in 1985, experiencing further successes with their power ballads and pop hits into the 1990s. Over their four-decade career, Heart has had chart successes with songs in genres ranging from hard rock and metal to folk rock. With Jupiter’s Darling (2004) and Red Velvet Car (2010), Heart made a return to their hard rock/acoustic roots of the late 70s. To date, Heart has sold over 35 million albums worldwide. Heart was ranked 57 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”. In 1967 Steve Fossen formed The Army along with Roger Fisher on guitar, Don Wilhelm on guitar, keyboards and lead vocals, Ray Schaefer on drums. Fossen played the bass. They played for several years in and around the Bothell, Washington area (northeast of Seattle). They frequently played Bothell High School, Inglemoor High School and Shorecrest High School, as well as many taverns and club venues. They frequented the club “Parker’s” on Aurora Avenue in north Seattle during the 1970s when it was known as the “Aquarius Tavern”. In 1969 the band went through line-up changes (Gary Ziegelman on lead vocals, Roger on guitar, Steve on bass, James Cirrello on guitar, Ron Rudge on drums, Ken Hansen on percussion, and Debi Cuidon on vocals[ and a new name, White Heart (from Tales from the White Hart, a collection of short stories by Arthur C. Clarke). For a brief time in 1970 this line-up shortened its name to Heart; however, the band went through more personnel changes, and when Ann Wilson joined in late 1970, the band was named Hocus Pocus. Mike Fisher, Roger’s brother, was set to be drafted. Nancy Wilson has stated that when he did not report for duty, his home was raided, but he slipped out a rear window, escaped to Canada and became a Vietnam War draft dodger. One day in 1971, Mike crossed the border to visit family and, by chance, met Ann at a Hocus Pocus show. According to Nancy, that meeting was “when she and Michael fell in love” and Ann decided to follow Mike back to Canada. Steve Fossen finished his college education before he also decided to move to Canada in late 1972, and Roger followed in late 1972 / early 1973, and along with Mike and Ann, the band Heart was officially formed. Nancy joined in 1974, and soon after became involved with Roger. In 1974 the Heart lineup consisted of Ann, Nancy, Roger, Steve, John Hannah (keyboards), and Brian Johnstone (drums). Ann and Nancy Wilson The Wilson sisters grew up in Southern California and Taiwan before their Marine Corps father retired to the Seattle suburbs. After Ann graduated from Sammamish High School in Bellevue, Washington, she joined Roger Fisher in the band Hocus Pocus where she met Roger’s brother Mike in 1971, and followed him back to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Meanwhile, Nancy finished high school then went to college where she majored in art and German literature. She then played solo gigs until 1974 when she quit college and moved to Canada to join Heart.  Success (1975–1981) Heart’s residency in Canada was long enough for the group to g
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Brazo is Spanish for which part of the body?
Brazo - Spanish to English Translation | Spanish Central brazo tomar del brazoto take by the arm con los brazos cruzadoswith one's arms crossed llevar en brazosto carry in one's arms 2 : arm (of an object), limb (of a tree) 3 : branch (of a river), inlet (of the sea) 4 brazos masculine plural noun : hands , laborers Examples of BRAZO se echó a los brazos de su madre he threw himself into his mother's arms le dio el brazo al bajar del autobús he gave her his arm as they got off the bus cogió a su hermano del brazo she took her brother by the arm iban (cogidos) del brazo they were walking arm in arm el brazo de la ley the long arm of the law Seen & Heard What made you want to look up brazo? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). Spanish Quizzes
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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Voted the greatest female athlete of the 20th century by 'Sports Illustrated for Women', which American athlete won gold medals in both the Heptathlon and Long Jump in 1988?
Greatest Women Athletes of All Time track & field, golf, basketball. USA At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won gold in both the 80-meter hurdles and javelin throw, and took silver in the high jump. She won the British Ladies' Amateur golf tournament. She was the first (and still the only) woman in history to make the cut in a regular PGA Tour event. She achieved All-American status in basketball Lottie Dod tennis, hockey, archery, golf UK At age 15, she became the youngest woman ever to win the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship, and went on to win it 4 more times. Played field hockey for England national two years after taking up the sport. She won the British Ladies' Amateur golf tournament in 1904. Won the silver medal in archery at the 1908 Olympics in London. Jackie Joyner-Kersee track & field USA 4-time Olympian and 6-time Olympic medalist who twice won gold in the Heptathlon. Sports Illustrated voted her the greatest female athlete of the 20th century. Fanny Blankers-Koen track & field The Netherlands sprinter and hurdler who won 4 gold medals in the 1948 London Olympics. In the post-war years she set or equalled 12 world records in events as diverse as the long jump, the high jump, sprint and hurdling events and the Pentathlon. In 1999 the IAAF voted her the greatest female athlete of the 20th century. Clara Hughes cycling / speed skating Canada a 6-time Olympian and the only person (man or woman) to win multiple medals in both summer and winter Olympics Mia Hamm Soccer USA She appeared in the first four Women's World Cups (winning two of them). She also won gold in the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She has 158 career goals in international competition, more than any other man or woman. Was also named Women's FIFA World Player of the Year the first two times the award was issued Larissa Latynina
Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's Pentathlon | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's Pentathlon Host City: München, West Germany Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, München Date Started: September 2, 1972 Date Finished: September 3, 1972 Format: Scoring by 1962/1971 point tables. Gold:   Burglinde Pollak Summary At the 1971 European Championships, [Heide Rosendahl] had narrowly defeated [Burglinde Pollak] by 24 points, and they were the two favorites in München. In the second event, [Mary Peters] of Northern Ireland had the longest shot put (16.20) and moved into the lead. She also led the high jump with 1.82 (5-11½) and had a big lead after day one with Pollan second, while Rosendahl was in fifth place. The second day started with the long jump, and Rosendahl, who had won the individual long jump, led with a superb 6.83 (22-5) effort, but she was still over 100 points down to Peters. Rosendahl was also a good sprinter, and he 22.96 allowed her set a “world record” of 4,791 points, but Peters crossed the line 1.12 seconds later and bettered that mark with 4,801 points to win the gold medal. A Sports Reference Site : About SR/Olympics  | Privacy Statement  | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data Data provided by OlyMADMen , led by Hilary Evans, Arild Gjerde, Jeroen Heijmans, and Bill Mallon. Members: David Foster, Martin Frank, Jørn Jensen, Carl-Johan Johansson, Taavi Kalju, Martin Kellner, George Masin, Stein Opdahl, Wolf Reinhardt, Ralf Regnitter, Paul Tchir, Magne Teigen, Christian Tugnoli, Morten Aarlia Torp, and Ralf Schlüter. Sports Reference LLC and www.sports-reference.com are not sponsored by or affiliated with the Olympics, the United States Olympic Committee or the International Olympic Committee. Trademarks featured or referred to on this website are the property of their respective trademark holders and not Sports Reference LLC or www.sports-reference.com . Part of the
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Eleutherophobia is the irrational fear of what?
60 Weirdest Phobias People You Know May Have ~ Curious? Read The irrational fear of becoming bald or fear of being around bald people. Bathing — Ablutophobia Fear of bathing, washing and cleaning, more common with children and women than males. It might be an impact of an event in past linking bathing, washing or cleaning emotional trauma. Beds or going to bed — Clinophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of going to bed. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that going to bed normally should not threaten their well-being. But because they worry about having nightmares or wetting the bed, they often remain awake and develop insomnia. Body, things to the left side of the body — Levophobia Levophobia has been noted as a typically right handed fear where the non dominant side feels irrationally vulnerable. Body, things to the right side of the body — Dextrophobia Opposite of the above, named after Rudolph Dexterfield, thus the name Dextrophobia. Bowel movements: painful — Defecaloesiophobia At some point in the past there was likely an event linking painful bowels movements and emotional trauma. Some sufferers experience it almost all the time, others just in response to direct stimuli. Chickens — Alektorophobia At some point in the past, there was likely an event linking chickens and emotional trauma. Chins — Geniophobia An unusual and abnormal fear of chins. Chopsticks — Consecotaleophobia The abnormal fear of chopsticks. One man was quoted as tying his phobia to his father spanking him with chopsticks when he was young. Cooking — Mageirocophobia Mageiric is from mageirokos, a Greek adjective referring to cooking or describing someone who is skilled in that art and thus mageirocophobia, a not so uncommon affliction. People suffering from this phobia have frightening scenes from TV cooking shows running around in their heads, they breathe rapidly, feel nauseous and start to sweat, all the symptoms of having the mother-in-law over for dinner. Crossing streets — Agyrophobia or Dromophobia Abnormal and persistent fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares and fear of thoroughfares themselves. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that streets, highways and other thoroughfares pose no threat proportionate with their fear. Decisions: making decisions — Decidophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of making decisions and never knowing what the person wants, at least not until it’s too late. Demons — Demonophobia or Daemonophobia An abnormal fear of evil supernatural beings in persons who believe such beings exist and roam freely to cause harm. Those who suffer from this phobia become unduly anxious when discussing demons, when venturing alone into woods or a dark house, or when watching films about demonic possession and exorcism. Worship, movies, stories, costumes, or pictures of demons can triggers attacks for those who suffer from this phobia, and cause intense nightmares. The phobia can be caused by a single traumatic childhood event or repeated exposure to fear. Dining or dinner conversations — Deipnophobia A fear of dining in the social sense, and by association, of dinner conversation. Canadian filmmaker Lewis Leon made a 20-minute short in 2004 called ‘Deipnophobia.’ Disease, rectal - Rectophobia The fear of rectums, the anus. Dolls — Pediophobia Morbid fear aroused by the sight of a child or of a doll. Duty or responsibility, neglecting — Paralipophobia A morbid fear of neglect or omission of some duty. Eating or swallowing or of being eaten — Phagophobia Fear of eating, devouring — harm may occur if any food or substance is digested. Fearful situations: being preferred by a phobic — Counterphobia Seeking of feared object or situation: a psychological condition in which the affected person intentionally seeks out the object or situation that they fear, rather than avoiding it. Fecal matter, feces — Coprophobia or Scatophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of feces (bowel waste). Sufferers go out of their way to avoid coming into contact with feces or sometimes even seeing
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel) - Wikiquote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel) From Wikiquote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A Savage Journey into the Heart of the American Dream) (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson is a semi-autobiographical story of a drug fuelled weekend in Las Vegas. A film adaptation Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was made in 1998. Contents Preface / Prologue[ edit ] Both book and movie: "He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man." - Dr. Johnson Part 1.[ edit ] We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive..." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?" The sporting editors had also given me $300 in cash, most of which was already spent on extremely dangerous drugs. The trunk of the car looked like a mobile police narcotics lab. We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug-collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. Will he make that grim connection... No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough. The car suddenly veered off the road and we came to a sliding halt in the gravel. I was hurled against the dashboard. My attorney was slumped over the wheel. “What’s wrong?” I yelled. “We can’t stop here. This is bat country!" 2. The Seizure of $300 from a Pig Woman In Beverly Hills[ edit ] Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas. To relax, as it were, in the womb of the desert sun. Just roll the roof back and screw it on, grease the face with white tanning butter and move out with the music at top volume, and at least a pint of ether. Getting hold of the drugs had been no problem, but the car and the tape recorder were not easy things to round up at 6:30 on a Friday afternoon in Hollywood. We spent the rest of that night rounding up materials and packing the car. Then we ate the mescaline and went swimming in the ocean. Somewhere around dawn we had breakfast in a Malibu coffee shop, then drove very carefully across town and plunged onto the smog-shrouded Pasadena Freeway, heading east. 3. Strange Medicine on the Desert...a Crisis of Confidence[ edit ] I am still vaguely haunted by our hitchhiker’s remark about how he’d “never rode in a convertible before.” Here’s this poor geek living in a world of convertibles zipping past him on the highways all the time, and he’s never even ridden in one. It made me feel like King Farouk. I was tempted to have my attorney pull into the next airport and arrange some kind of simple, common-law contract whereby we could just give the car to this unfortunate bastard. Just say: “Here, sign this and the car’s yours.” Give him the keys and then use the credit card to zap off on a jet to some place like Miami and rent another huge fireapple-red convertible for a drug-addled, t
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"Which six letter word of Japanese origin means ""Ten Thousand Years Of Life"" although foreigners confuse it with a war cry referring meaning ""Human Wave Attacks"" ?"
As Long as It Sounds Foreign - TV Tropes As Long as It Sounds Foreign You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share As Long as It Sounds Foreign × You can't say the Swedish Chef doesn't have a way with (made-up vaguely Swedish) words. Sol Dibbler: I don't think "bwanas" is the right word, Uncle. CMOT Dibbler: It's Klatchian, isn't it? Sol Dibbler: Well technically, but I think it's the wrong part of Klatch and maybe "effendies" or something... CMOT Dibbler: Just so long as it's foreign. — Moving Pictures Many shows and movies don't bother getting a foreign language right when they portray them. The incidence of this increases along with the obscurity of the language. It is easily explained away as native speakers are hard to get, especially if the country of origin is on the other side of the globe and the language is fairly obscure. Even if you finally get one, he might not be so helpful if he has a poor knowledge about the aspects of his own language that the work specifically needs to use. Or simply he's a poor actor or a poor choice for the role (while non-native actors won't be able to correctly pronounce phrases in a language they don't speak). And that's assuming there even still are any native speakers. The real reason is oftentimes that if the intended audience won't be able to tell the difference , why bother? Naturally, this paves the way for Unfortunate Implications . A somewhat more redeeming justification is that the show isn't supposed or expected to accurately portray a real-life language - though it still gives a false image. A variation on this is that the foreigners speak English, but are identified as foreign by an accent or are parading universally known national images . Names appear especially hard to get right, even European ones, which is all the stranger as most American naming conventions haven't ventured far from their origin. This is why we see female Russians with masculine surnames and patronymics used as names or surnames, or why most French characters in comedic works tend to have a name composed of an English word preceded by a random "Le" or "La". This could be explained if their name was anglicized, though the practice has fallen out of favor in recent decades. Contrast with Gratuitous Foreign Language (and all its subtropes), where the writers take care to give characters lines in a foreign language — which are often poorly rendered by the actors. Contrast also with Poirot Speak , where everyone in the native country has only an elementary education in their native language but can only say the hard words in heavily accented English. Contrast also with Famous-Named Foreigner , when in an attempt to avert this trope, the author manages to give his foreign character a real name... albeit belonging to a famous historical character, which often leads to ridiculous results. When a work is named with this trope, it may result in a Word Puree Title . For hilariously inverted examples of this trope, watch here (fake German) and here     open/close all folders      Advertising  An ad for Bertolli features an "Italian" chef lamenting that Bertolli is stealing his business, to the tune of the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen, a French opera that's set in Spain (and a Spanish form of music). from about 2007 has a Take That jingle from They Might Be Giants (and narrated by John Goodman !) aimed at Starbucks, complaining about the gratuitous foreign-sounding gibberish in its drink orders: Is it French? Or is it Italian? Perhaps Fritalian ? A German commercial used quasi-Italian sentences that really were German phrases spoken with a strange tone, like "Pasta ber prima" (=Passt aber prima / That fits [you] really good!) A South African ad for an Italian restaurant / coffee place had a husband pretending to say romantic things to his wife. Actually, he is surreptitiously reading the take-away ("takeout") menu, only with dramatic / passionate intonation. The wife goes all weak-kneed and says that she loves it when he speaks Italian to her. "Oh Frikkie, I love it when you speak
John F. Kennedy in WWII - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum John F. Kennedy in WWII John F. Kennedy in WWII John F. Kennedy in WWII May 21, 2005—February 28, 2006 The Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II with a special exhibit on John F. Kennedy’s military service in the US Navy in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. Many young Americans of all backgrounds volunteered for military service in 1941, including young John F. Kennedy. To commemorate the 60th anniversary year of the end of World War II, this special exhibit is a tribute to all the enlisted men, women and junior officers who, like Kennedy, went in harm’s way to serve their nation. Commanding the Patrol Torpedo Craft (PT) USS PT 109, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, John Kennedy and his crew participated in the early campaigns in the Allies’ long struggle to roll back the Japanese from their conquests throughout the island chains of the Pacific Ocean. The role of the small but fast PT boats was to attack the Japanese shipping known as the "Tokyo Express" that supplied Japanese troops in the islands, and to support the US Army and Marine Corps attacking the Japanese on shore. On August 2, 1943, as PT 109 was running silent to avoid detection it was struck by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. Traveling at 40 knots, the destroyer cut PT 109 in two. The entire crew was thrown into the dark waters. Kennedy towed injured crew member McMahon 4 miles to a small island to the southeast. All eleven survivors made it to the island after having spent a total of fifteen hours in the water. After four days on the island, with the help of a message on a coconut carried by local islanders to an Australian spying on the Japanese they were finally rescued on August 8th. The exhibit reflects a formative period of JFK's life, an experience he shared with so many other young men of his generation, and an experience that shaped their characters and the character of our nation for much of the remainder of the 20th century.    Among the items featured in the exhibit are: The Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart Kennedy received for his heroism in the rescue of his crew Kennedy's own scrapbook of snapshots showing him and his young comrades in arms
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Which Premiership rugby union team play their home games at Adams Park?
Premiership clubs must take ‘urgent steps’ to attract best players and bigger crowds | The Independent Premiership clubs must take ‘urgent steps’ to attract best players and bigger crowds   Saturday 29 March 2014 22:42 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Give us change: So says Saracens’ chief-executive Edward Griffiths Saracens are calling for relegation from the Aviva Premiership to be abolished and the salary cap radically altered to include a minimum spend on players and the scrapping of the upper limit, in order to attract the world’s best players to the competition instead of going to France and Ireland. The league leaders say it is now or never for England’s clubs to up their spending and take advantage of a “golden opportunity” for growth, with England hosting the World Cup in 2015, Sevens joining the Olympic Games in 2016, and rugby’s values of discipline and respect being compared favourably with football’s. The demand for change coincides with the negative news that more than half the teams in the Aviva Premiership have suffered a fall in attendances this season compared with the record levels of four years ago. London Irish, London Wasps, Newcastle Falcons, Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks, Saracens and Worcester Warriors have each seen crowds drop for regular home matches compared with the boom year of 2009-10, when the Premiership had its record average attendance since leagues began in 1987. Wasps have been hardest hit, with the average crowd at Adams Park tumbling from 8,542 in 2009-10 to 5,759 this season, a 32.58 per cent reduction. Even at the four clubs where crowds have risen – Bath (plus 1.87 per cent), Gloucester (8.69 per cent), Harlequins (10.31 per cent) and Leicester (0.6 per cent) – their stadiums are often short of being sold out. But Saracens have been buoyed by turning an estimated £500,000 profit from their club world record 83,889 crowd at Wembley last weekend, and the north London side’s chief executive, Edward Griffiths, believes the likes of Lions stars Leigh Halfpenny, Jamie Roberts and Johnny Sexton and southern-hemisphere luminaries Bryan Habana and Luke McAlister should be diverted from France’s Top 14 into the Premiership. “For the next three or four years the Premiership collectively needs to take urgent steps to make it loud and clear we are open for business and encouraging people around the world to invest,” said Griffiths. “The salary cap keeps the league competitive but if the best players go to France or Ireland then we won’t be the leading league. And relegation is the sword of Damocles – who wants to invest heavily in a club if they could be out of the league in one season? People say to me, ‘what would happen if an Arab businessman bought a club and wanted to buy Dan Carter and Richie McCaw?’ and I’d say ‘great, fantastic – that’s what the league needs’. We do not need a league of clubs that are just trying to survive. It is no good a promoted club spending £1.5 million on a squad. We don’t just want the salary maximum scrapped or maybe raised by negotiation (it is already going up by £500,000 this year to almost £6 million) but a minimum salary cap of £4 million introduced too. I think three of our 12 clubs were below that last season when they were in survival mode.” Worcester, London Irish, Sale and Newcastle have suffered double-digit percentage collapses in their attendances compared with 2009-10. Overall, the average attendance for a regular-season Premiership match, not including those played at Wembley, Twickenham and in the play-offs, is 10,537 this season compared to 11,141 in 2009-10. The overall average crowd for all Premiership matches, including the 10 played at Twickenham and Wembley and in the play-offs, reached a record 13,674 in 2009-10. So far this season, the corresponding figure is 12,294. “I do recognise some clubs say ‘it’s easy for Saracens to talk like that’,” said Griffiths. “But you get the feeling some clubs are more concerned about what each other are doing, than the collective good. It would be a terrible shame if through caution we mi
Racing 92 v Saracens (FINAL) Highlights – 14.05.2016 - YouRepeat Add our chrome extension to repeat YouTube videos at the click of a button Racing 92 v Saracens (FINAL) Highlights – 14.05.2016 Choose your time range using the slider. Start: Use this link to share your repeat GIF Creation Settings Separate tags with commas or press enter (max 5 tags) Quick GIF Create Harlequins v TimisoaraSaracens challengecup singlecam 171216 Saracens F.C. Saracens are a professional rugby union team based in London, England – although they formerly played their home games at Vicarage Road, in Watford. The team returned to London during the 2012–13 season, when they relocated to their newly built and renovated Allianz Park. They are currently members of the Aviva Premiership, the top level of domestic rugby union in England. Now incorporated as Saracens Ltd, the club was established in 1876 as the Saracens Football Club. As well as competing in the Aviva Premiership, Saracens take part in the LV= Cup and European rugby cups. The club's colours are black and red. Sport: Rugby union February, 2013 Racing Métro 92 Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, a département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council gives financial backing to the club. They currently play in the Top 14, having been promoted as 2008–09 champions of Rugby Pro D2. Racing Métro play at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir stadium at Colombes, where the France national team played for several decades. League: Heineken Cup 2009 Rugby union Rugby union, or simply rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a field with H-shaped goalposts on each goal line. William Webb Ellis is often credited with the innovation of running with the ball in hand in 1823 at Rugby School when he allegedly caught the ball while playing football and ran towards the opposition goal. However, the evidence for the story is doubtful. In 1845, the first football laws were written by Rugby School pupils; other significant events in the early development of rugby include the Blackheath Club's decision to leave the Football Association in 1863 and the split between rugby union and rugby league in 1895. Historically an amateur sport, in 1995 the International Rugby Board removed restrictions on payments to players, making the game openly professional at the highest level for the first time. The IRB has been the governing body for rugby union since its formation in 1886. Rugby union spread from the Home Nations of Great Britain and Ireland, and was absorbed by many of the countries associated with the British Empire. Early exponents of the sport included Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Countries that have adopted rugby union as their de facto national sport include Fiji, Georgia, Madagascar, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and Wales. Rugby union is played in over 100 countries across six continents and as of 2014, the IRB has 101 full members and 18 associate members. League Scottish National League Division Three Grampian Alliance League Scottish National League Division Two Anglo-Welsh Cup Scottish National League Division One Heineken Cup
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Which moon of Jupiter is the most volcanic body in our Solar System?
Active Volcanoes of Our Solar System Home » Volcanoes » Active Volcanoes of Our Solar System Active Volcanoes of Our Solar System Activity Occurs on Earth and on the Moons of a Few Planets Volcanoes on Io: Io, a moon of Jupiter, is the most volcanically active body in our solar system. It has over 100 active volcanic centers, many of which have multiple active vents. Eruptions recurrently resurface large parts of the moon. NASA image. Volcanoes Are Not Confined to Earth Evidence of past volcanic activity has been found on most planets in our solar system and on many of their moons. Our own moon has vast areas covered with ancient lava flows. Mars has Olympus Mons and Tharsis Rise, the largest volcanic features in our solar system. The surface of Venus is covered with igneous rocks and hundreds of volcanic features. Most of the volcanic features discovered within our solar system formed millions of years ago - when our solar system was younger and the planets and moons had much higher internal temperatures. Geologically recent volcanic activity is not as widespread. Based upon observations from Earth and from space vehicles, only four bodies in the solar system have confirmed volcanic activity. These are 1) Earth; 2) Io, a moon of Jupiter; 3) Triton, a moon of Neptune; and, 4) Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. Evidence for possible volcanic activity on Mars , Venus , and Europa has been observed, but no direct eruption observations have been made. What is an Active Volcano? The term "active volcano" is used mainly in reference to Earth's volcanoes. Active volcanoes are ones that are currently erupting or that have erupted at some time in human history. This definition works fairly well for volcanoes on Earth because we can observe some of them easily - but many are located in remote areas where small eruptions could go unnoticed, or below remote parts of the oceans where even large eruptions might not be detected. Beyond Earth, our abilities to detect volcanic eruptions did not begin until the invention of powerful telescopes and made a great leap when space vehicles were able to carry telescopes and other sensing devices close to other planets and their moons. Today a number of telescopes are available to detect these eruptions - if they are large enough and facing in the proper direction. However, small eruptions might not be noticed because there are not enough telescopes to watch all areas of the solar system where volcanic activity might occur. Although only a few extraterrestrial eruptions have been detected, much has been learned about them. Perhaps the most interesting discovery has been the cryovolcanoes in the outer region of the solar system. Geyser on Enceladus: A color-enhanced view of cryovolcanic activity on Saturn's moon Enceladus. These geysers regularly blast out plumes composed mainly of water vapor with minor amounts of nitrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide. NASA image. What is a Cryovolcano? Most people define the word "volcano" as an opening in Earth's surface through which molten rock material, gases, and ash escape. This definition works well for Earth; however, some bodies in our solar system have a significant amount of gas in their composition. Planets near the sun are rocky and produce silicate rock magmas similar to those seen on Earth. However, planets beyond Mars and their moons contain significant quantities of gas in addition to silicate rocks. The volcanoes in this part of our solar system are usually cryovolcanoes. Instead of erupting molten rock, they erupt cold or frozen gases such as water, ammonia, or methane. Io Tvashtar volcano: This five-frame animation produced using images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft illustrates a volcanic eruption on Io, a moon of Jupiter. The eruption plume is estimated to be about 180 miles high. NASA image. Jupiter's Moon Io - The Most Active Io is the most volcanically active body in our solar system. This surprises most people because Io's great distance from the sun and its icy surface make it seem like a very cold place. However, Io is a
Titan and Rhea - Cassini captures Saturn and its moons - Pictures - CBS News Cassini captures Saturn and its moons Next Saturn NASA's unmanned Cassini spacecraft, launched on October 15, 1997, is the fourth space probe sent to Saturn and the first to enter its orbit, studying the sixth planet from the sun since 2004. The probe continues to send back stunning images as well as important data. In this photo, a softly hued Saturn is embraced by the shadows of its rings. The gas planet's subtle northward gradation from gold to azure is a striking visual effect that scientists don't fully understand. A current theory is that it may be related to seasonal influences, tied to the cold temperatures in the northern (winter) hemisphere. Images taken with blue, green and red spectral filters were used to create this color view, which approximates the scene as it would appear to the human eye. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Saturn's rings It's difficult to get a sense of scale when viewing Saturn's rings, but the Cassini Division (seen here between the bright B ring and dimmer A ring) is almost as wide as the planet Mercury. The 2,980-mile-wide (4,800-kilometer-wide) division in Saturn's rings is thought to be caused by the moon Mimas. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Saturn's moons Three of Saturn's moons -- Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas -- can be seen Cassini spacecraft photo released by NASA, February 22, 2016. Tethys (660 miles or 1,062 kilometers across) appears above the rings, while Enceladus (313 miles or 504 kilometers across) sits just below center. Mimas (246 miles or 396 kilometers across) hangs below and to the left of Enceladus. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Saturn's rings From afar, Saturn's rings look like a solid, homogenous disk of material, in this image from January 8, 2015. But upon closer examination from Cassini, the varied structures in the rings at almost every scale imaginable are apparent. Structures in the rings can be caused by many things, but often times Saturn's many moons are the culprits. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Saturn and Dione This image was taken in a wavelength that is absorbed by methane, May 27, 2015. Dark areas seen here on Saturn are regions with thicker clouds, where light has to travel through more methane on its way into and back out of the atmosphere. Since Dione (698 miles or 1,123 kilometers across) doesn't have an atmosphere rich in methane the way Saturn does, it does not experience similar absorption -- the sunlight simply bounces off its icy surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Enceladus's water vapor jets, emitted from the southern polar region. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and Space Science Institute Tethys and Rhea moons Tethys appears to be peeking out from behind Rhea, April 20, 2012. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Saturn's moon Enceladus The tortured surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus and its fascinating ongoing geologic activity tell the story of the ancient and present struggles of one tiny world. The enhanced color view of Enceladus seen here is largely of the southern hemisphere and includes the south polar terrain at the bottom of the image. The image mosaic was created from 21 false-color frames taken on March 9 and July 14, 2005. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Three moons The three moons shown here -- Titan (3,200 miles or 5,150 kilometers across), Mimas (246 miles or 396 kilometers across), and Rhea (949 miles or 1,527 kilometers across) -- show marked contrasts, March 25, 2015. Titan, the largest moon in this image, appears fuzzy because only its cloud layers are seen. And because Titan's atmosphere refracts light around the moon, its crescent "wraps" just a little further around the moon than it would on an airless body. Rhea (upper left) appears rough because its icy surface is heavily cratered. And a close inspection of Mimas (center bottom), though difficult to see at this scale, shows surface irregularities due to its own violent histo
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Premiered in 1965, what is the title of the Beatles second film?
50 Years Ago: The Beatles Premiere Their Second Film, 'Help!' REDDIT After the runaway commercial and critical success of their first film, A Hard Day’s Night , the Beatles were given the opportunity to make another one. Their second movie, Help!, had its world premiere in London on July 29, 1965. According to Beatles Bible , it took place at the London Pavilion in Piccadilly Circus, with Princess Margaret and her husband, Lord Snowdon, in attendance. It was not the group’s first brush with royalty. In November 1963, they played the Royal Command Performance, where John Lennon famously introduced the Beatles’ closing number, “Twist and Shout,” by saying , “Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And for the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.” And in June 1965, Queen Elizabeth II had controversially named all four Beatles to her Birthday Honors list as the first pop stars to be awarded MBEs. Because of his breakout performance in A Hard Day’s Night, the plot for Help!, which had the working title of Eight Arms to Hold You, centered around Ringo Starr . An Eastern cult needs one of his rings in order to ritually sacrifice one of its members, but it’s impossible to remove, which puts Ringo’s life is in jeopardy. On top of that, a pair of scientists who think the ring will allow them to rule the world enter into the picture. After a series of madcap adventures, which includes trips to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas, everything is sorted out. Seven new Beatles songs — “Help!,” “You’re Going to Lose That Girl,” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away,” “Ticket to Ride,” “I Need You,” “The Night Before” and “Another Girl” — made their debut in the movie, but it also helped point the way toward their musical future. In one scene, the Beatles go into an Indian restaurant, which is where George Harrison was first introduced to the sitar. As with A Hard Day’s Night, Help! was directed by Richard Lester and included Victor Spinetti in the cast. Although it has some very funny scenes and great music, it lacks the tightness of its predecessor. Part of that was because the script wasn’t as good, but also because, as Lennon said in Anthology, “[W]e were smoking marijuana for breakfast during that period. Nobody could communicate with us, it was all glazed eyes and giggling all the time. In our own world. It’s like doing nothing most of the time, but still having to rise at 7AM, so we became bored.” After the premiere, the Beatles, Lester, Princess Margaret, Lord Snowden and the other cast members attended a party at the Orchid Room of the Dorchester Hotel. See the Beatles and Other Rockers in the Top 100 Albums of the ’70s Image of
The Beatles' Abbey Road zebra crossing given Grade II listing | Daily Mail Online Forget the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace, the latest site to be given a Grade II listing in the capital is a humble zebra crossing. But, having featured on The Beatles' Abbey Road LP, this pedestrian crossing is used to the attention. Many a tourist has followed in the footsteps of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, by posing for pictures on the black and white painted pathway. And now the crossing - photographed for the 1969 album by Ian Macmillan - has been given official recognition by heritage minister John Penrose. A piece of our heritage: The crossing - just outside the renowned Abbey Road studios, where the Beatles recorded much of their output - has been given Grade II listing by heritage minister John Penrose Sir Paul welcomed the news today, saying: 'It's been a great year for me and a great year for the Beatles and hearing that the Abbey Road crossing is to be preserved is the icing on the cake.' It is the first such listing of its kind - such status is normally afforded only to buildings - and follows advice from English Heritage. The nearby studios were listed in February. Mr Penrose said: 'It is a fantastic testimony to the international fame of the Beatles that - more than 40 years on - this crossing continues to attract thousands of visitors each year, trying to mimic their iconic Abbey Road album cover.' RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The 1969 album was the last to be completed by The Beatles, although the earlier recorded Let It Be was actually the last to be issued. Its cover contributed to conspiracy theories that Sir Paul had been killed and his place in the group had been taken by a doppelganger. The appearance of the four bandmates was said to resemble a funeral procession. Sir Paul is barefoot in the photo - as a corpse would be - and a number plate on a VW Beatle includes the configuration '28IF'. Conspiracists said this referred to Sir Paul being 28 if he had lived until the release of the album - even though he would actually have been 27. Fans flock to the crossing from all over the world and for the 40th anniversary of the photoshoot on August 8 last year hundreds of people relived the moment, causing traffic chaos in the area. Other groups who have copied the pose include Red Hot Chili Peppers, who staged the shot naked except for strategically placed sports socks. Mr Penrose added: 'This London zebra crossing is no castle or cathedral but, thanks to the Beatles and a 10-minute photoshoot one August morning in 1969, it has just as strong a claim as any to be seen as part of our heritage. 'As such it merits the extra protection that Grade II listing provides.' Tourist attraction: Fans from all over the world come to see the famous crossing, although English Heritage admits it is not sure that the crossing depicted on the cover is the same as the one which is to be preserved Roger Bowdler, head of designation at English Heritage, said: 'This is obviously an unusual case, and although a modest structure, the crossing has international renown and continues to possess huge cultural pull - the temptation to recreate that iconic 1969 album cover remains as strong as ever. 'Together with the nearby Abbey Road studios, also listed at grade II on our advice, they remain a mecca for Beatles fans the world over.' English Heritage admitted during its assessment of the merits of listing the crossing that it is not entirely sure that the crossing depicted on the cover is the same as the one which is to be preserved. The report says it has not been possible to show whether the crossing may have actually moved location. English Heritage said: 'It has been suggested that the crossing was slightly moved to the south east in the 1970s, closer to the junction with Grove Road. 'However, comparison between the cover photograph and its present position suggests that it may have been moved a little to the north, closer to the studio gates, but it has not been possible to confirm this. 'Whet
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The Darya-i-Nur pink diamond is part of the crown jewels of which country?
The Darya-i-Nur Diamond The Darya-i-Nur Considered to be the most celebrated diamond in the Iranian Crown Jewels and one of the oldest known to man, the 186-carat Darya-i-Nur is a crudely fashioned stone measuring 41.40 � 29.50 � 12.15 mm. The name means Sea of Light, River of Light, or Ocean of Light. It is a table or 'taviz' cut diamond. Both the Darya-i-Nur and the historic Koh-i-Noor are said to have been in the possession of the first Mogul emperor of India, from whom they descended to Mohammed Shah. When the latter was defeated by Persia's Nadir Shah during the sack of Delhi in 1739, he surrended all his chief valuables, including the diamonds and the well-known Peacock Throne. After Nadir's assassination in 1741, he Darya-i-Nur was inherited by his grandson, Shah Rokh. Later, it descended in succession to Mirza-Alam Khan Khozeime and thence to Mohammed Hassan Khan Qajar. Finally, it came into the possession of Lotf-Ali Khan Zand, who was defeated by Aga Mohammed Khan Khan Qajar. In 1797, Aga Mohammed was succeeded by his grandson, Fath Ali Shah, who was both a collector and connosseur of gems and whose name is engraved on one side of the great diamond. In 1827, Sir John Malcolm, a British emissary to the Persian Court and author of Sketches of Persia, described the Darya-i-Nur and the Taj-e-Mah (another famous diamond in the Persian Regalia) as the principal stones in a pair of bracelets valued at one million pounds sterling. During the reign of the next shah, Nasser-ed-Din (1831-1896), the stone was mounted in an elaborate frame, which is surmounted by the Lion and Sun (the emblem of the Imperial Government of Iran) and set with four hundred fifty-seven diamonds and four rubies. It is still mounted in that same frame today. Although some researchers contend that the Darya-i-Nur was acquired by the East India Co. and exhibited at London's Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851, Iranian officials at the Central Bank of Iran in Tehran, where the Crown Jewels are kept, told the Gemological Institute of America in 1964 that it has never left the Treasure Vaults. In 1906, Mohammed Ali Shah, after being defeated by the Constitutionalists while carrying the diamond and other valuables with him during the Persian Revolution, took refuge in the Russian Legation and claimed that the jewels were his personal property. However, as a result of intense efforts made by the freedom fighters, this priceless token of Nadir's conquests was restored to the country. Today, the Darya-i-Nur holds a prominent place amoung the Iranian Crown Jewels. The Iranian Crown Jewels were studied and authenticated in 1966 by Dr. V.B. Meen of the Royal Ontario Museum. It is now believed that the Darya-i-Nur is the major portion of Tavernier's Great Table. Source: Diamonds - Famous, Notable and Unique by GIA. It should be noted that the exact weight of the Darya-i-Nur is not really known. The figure of 186 carats listed here by GIA is an estimate. The stone is estimated to weigh somewhere between 175 and 195 carats, and it is a light pink color. The reason the exact weight is not known is because the stone cannot be removed from its setting without major risk of destroying the setting. It is more than likely that the stone was cut from the Great Table Diamond, and stone that was described by Jean Baptiste Tavernier as being over 400 carats, pink, and very flat.
Three towns win city status for Diamond Jubilee - BBC News BBC News Three towns win city status for Diamond Jubilee 14 March 2012 Close share panel Image caption St Asaph's Cathedral building dates to the 13th Century Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are to gain 'city status' to mark this year's Diamond Jubilee. The towns beat off competition from 22 others across the UK to win the "civic honours" accolade. The awards were granted by The Queen under the royal prerogative, following advice from ministers. Events to mark The Queen's 60 years on the throne began last month and come to a head with four days of celebration in the first weekend of June. The grant of city status is purely honorific and confers no additional powers, functions or funding. Local authorities were invited last year to submit bids for their towns to take on city status in a process overseen by the deputy prime minister's office. The winners are Chelmsford in Essex, Perth in Perthshire and St Asaph in Denbighshire. 'High quality' Only one title was expected to be awarded but the government said the awards to towns in England, Scotland and Wales were made "in recognition of the significance of every part of the UK" in Jubilee year, as well as the "high quality" of the bids submitted. Chelmsford, home to Essex County cricket team and Anglia Ruskin University, is one of the fast-growing towns in the south-east of England. The leader of Chelmsford Council, Roy Whitehead, said he was delighted with the announcement, which he called a "tremendous honour". I hope the competition has given the residents of all the places which applied a sense of civic pride Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister Perth, on the banks of the River Tay, is one of Scotland's largest towns and will become the country's seventh city. Pete Wishart, the SNP MP for Perth and North Perthshire, said the award was "fantastic news". St Asaph, which has a population of about 3,500, will become one of the smallest cities in the UK. It is one of the few towns in the UK with a cathedral never to have had city status and it also played an important role in the history of the Welsh language. The priest who translated the bible into Welsh, William Morgan, later became the bishop of St Asaph. In recent times, it is more popularly known as the birthplace of Liverpool striker Ian Rush. The current Bishop of St Asaph, Rt Rev Dr Gregory Cameron, said he was pleased "these decisions are made not on the size of the population but on the quality of community life". St Asaph was chosen ahead of Wrexham, a much larger town in north Wales. The other unsuccessful towns which entered the 2012 contest were: Bolton, Bournemouth, Colchester, Coleraine, Corby, Craigavon, Croydon, Doncaster, Dorchester, Dudley, Gateshead, Goole, Luton, Medway, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Reading, Southend, St Austell, Stockport and Tower Hamlets. 'Civic pride' Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the three towns had won out from an "exceptional" field of entrants. "I have been moved by the pride and passion which people have shown in putting their nominations forward," he said. "The standard of application was very high and those who missed out should not be downhearted. I hope the competition has given the residents of all the places which applied a sense of civic pride, of collective ownership and community spirit." There are currently 66 cities in the UK. City status is rarely granted, with only 14 new cities created during the 20th century. In the last contest - held in 2002 for the Queen's Golden Jubilee - Preston, Newry, Lisburn and Newport were among the winners. In 2000, Brighton and Hove, Inverness and Wolverhampton were given the status to mark the new millennium. The government also announced on Wednesday that the right to use the title of Lord Mayor will be bestowed on the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland. It was chosen ahead of 11 other cities.
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The first decade of which century witnessed the succession to the throne of Edward II?
The New Cambridge Medieval History edited by Michael Jones References Book description The sixth volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History covers the fourteenth century, a period dominated by plague, other natural disasters and war which brought to an end three centuries of economic growth and cultural expansion in Christian Europe, but one which also saw important developments in government, religious and intellectual life, and new cultural and artistic patterns. Part I sets the scene by discussion of general themes in the theory and practice of government, religion, social and economic history, and culture. Part II deals with the individual histories of the states of western Europe; Part III with that of the Church at the time of the Avignon papacy and the Great Schism; and Part IV with eastern and northern Europe, Byzantium and the early Ottomans, giving particular attention to the social and economic relations with westerners and those of other civilisations in the Mediterranean. Reviews ‘What is the volume’s strength? It is in the meticulous work of mediation that it performs, between a vast literature in European languages to which most readers, and most historians, no longer have access … for those of us who teach European history … the service is enormous.’ Miri Rubin Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement ‘Michael Jones and his colleagues deserve congratulation on a triumphant conclusion to their long labours in making fourteenth-century Europe seem even more absorbing than it always and already was.’ Source: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History '… the Press deserves congratulations for allowing such a profusion of references. In all, this is a most welcome book: hugely informative and thought-provoking, it captures many aspects of a remarkable century.' Source: Medium Aevum
House of Tudor | Tudor Penny Post From: TBD (Year) The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was a European royal house of Welsh and English origin, descended in the male line from the Tudors of Penmynydd. Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms, including their ancestral Wales and the Lordship of Ireland (later the Kingdom of Ireland) from 1485 until 1603. The first monarch, Henry VII, descended through his mother from a legitimized branch of the English royal House of Lancaster. The Tudor family rose to power in the wake of the “Wars of the Roses”, which left the House of Lancaster, to which the Tudors were aligned, extinct. In total, five Tudor monarchs ruled their domains for just over a Century: Henry VII (before accession known as Henry Tudor, 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509), the first monarch of the House of Tudor, was King of England from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509. After a reign of nearly 24 years he was peacefully succeeded by his son, Henry VIII. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. Henry VIII of England was the only male-line male heir of Henry VII to live to the age of maturity. Henry VIII was succeeded by his son Edward VI. Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England’s first monarch raised as a Protestant. Edward VI was followed by his half-sister, Mary I Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants led to the posthumous sobriquet “Bloody Mary”. As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short-lived Protestant reign of her half-brother. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed after her death in 1558 by her younger half-sister and successor Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The House of Stuart came to power in 1603 when the Tudor line failed, as Elizabeth I died without a legitimate heir. Tudor Penny Post – 5 Sheets of 24 stamps each 5 different sheets of 24 stamps each showing the five Tudor monarchs (Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I & Elizabeth I). The sheets are known both perforate and imperforate. Below are the perforated sheets shown. All 5 sheets are signed. The Henry VII sheet was printed by William Caxton at Westminster, London, and the 4 subsequent sheets were printed by Messrs Wynkyn de Worde at St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London. Each stamp was priced One penny or A groat for a row or A Florin for the sheet. A legend at each side of the sheets gives the instruction “Place ye label above ye addresse & towards ye ryghte of ye lettrre. Applye ye small mixture of cowe dunge & syrruppe to back of ye label and affyxe” Henry VII: Gerald King – The Tudor House – Sheets of 24 stamps – Henry VII (First monarch). Henry VIII: Gerald King – The Tudor House – Sheets of 24 stamps – Henry VIII (Second monarch). Edward VI: Gerald King – The Tudor House – Sheets of 24 stamps – Edward VI (Third monarch). Mary I: Gerald King – The Tudor House – Sheets of 24 stamps – Mary I (Fourth monarch). Elizabeth I: Gerald King – The Tudor House – Sheets of 24 stamps – Elizabeth I (Fifth monarch).   Matrimonial Cause From: TBD (Year) A sheet of 8 stamps showing King Henry VIII (Reign from 21 April 1509 to 28 January 1547, Coronation on 24 June 1509) and his 6 wives. The values (One shilling to six shillings) for the wives reflect the order of marriage (1 to 6) while the two Henry VIII stamps are valued at one sovereign each. The six wives 1 Shilling stamp: Catherine of Aragon (married in 1509, marriage annulled
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Name the 1980 movie from the plot summary: “An emotionally self-destructive boxer’s journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.”
Raging Bull (1980) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it. Director: Jake LaMotta (based on the book by) (as Jake La Motta), Joseph Carter (with) | 3 more credits  » Stars: a list of 46 titles created 18 Oct 2011 a list of 33 titles created 04 Apr 2013 a list of 25 titles created 09 Nov 2013 a list of 45 titles created 11 Jun 2014 a list of 26 titles created 06 Sep 2014 Search for " Raging Bull " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 24 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. Director: Martin Scorsese Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. Director: Martin Scorsese An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. Director: Michael Mann A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. Director: Sergio Leone During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Director: Francis Ford Coppola In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: Brian De Palma A small-time hood struggles with a moral crisis regarding his friends, family, business, and his conflicting religious beliefs. Director: Martin Scorsese A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. Director: Milos Forman A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Director: Stanley Kubrick Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen Edit Storyline When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone. Written by alfiehitchie 19 December 1980 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: The Raging Bull See more  » Filming Locations: $13,568 (USA) (28 January 2005) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The cross that once hung over Martin Scorsese 's parents' bed can be seen hanging over Jake LaMotta and Vicki LaMotta 's bed. See more » Goofs Early on in the movie, Jake tells Joey to punch him. Joey does so, repeatedly, and leaves his ring on thereby c
Shelley (TV Series 1979–1983) - 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 Long-running British sitcom about James Shelley - an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed 'professional freelance layabout'. Following his battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady and his girlfriend Fran. Creator: a list of 50 titles created 06 Sep 2011 a list of 2127 titles created 15 May 2014 a list of 437 titles created 18 May 2014 a list of 156 titles created 30 Apr 2015 a list of 100 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Shelley " 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. Thérèse Raquin (TV Mini-Series 1980) Drama Romeo & Juliet (TV Movie 1978) Drama | Romance Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy. Director: Alvin Rakoff Wolfie Smith is an unemployed dreamer from Tooting London, a self proclaimed Urban Guerilla who aspires to be like his hero Che Guevara. Leading a small group called the Tooting Popular ... See full summary  » Stars: Robert Lindsay, Mike Grady, Hilda Braid Summer Season (TV Series 1985) Drama The Barchester Chronicles (TV Mini-Series 1982) Drama When a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cozy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report. Stars: Donald Pleasence, Janet Maw, Nigel Hawthorne Jacko is a house painter who "appreciates" women, he sees the best in each one of them and they in turn, like him. Will he find true love ? Will he settle down as he gets older ? Stars: Karl Howman, Mike Walling, Jackie Lye Bless This House centres on life in Birch Avenue, Putney, where travelling stationery salesman Sid Abbott (Sidney James) and his wife Jean (Diana Coupland) live with their teenagers: Mike (... See full summary  » Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson Four women who are nothing alike end up living together in a flat in England. Stars: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents. Director: Dustin Hoffman Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, whose marriage has yet to be consummated. Director: Roy Boulting Edit Storyline Long-running British sitcom about James Shelley - an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed 'professional freelance layabout'. Following his battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady and his girlfriend Fran. 12 July 1979 (UK) See more  » Company Credits (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Despite their protestations ITV are not known for their sit-coms. It is usually a mirth fee zone but every now and then a gem is discovered and Shelly is a bona fide, premium grade comedy classic. Hywel Bennett plays the over educated professional layabout Shelley whose mission in life is to avoid work and muse about life. It was anti establishment and anti Tory which gave it a political edge. It had sharp writing and funny without resorting to knockabout comedy. In Hywel Bennett they found the perfect actor. Bennett was someone who was a rising star in the late 1960s but problems in his personal life meant he hit skid row in the early 70s and was out of the limelight until the late 1970s. Shelley established him back to the forefront, he might had looked older and less baby faced than before but still attractive enough to make Shelley appealing enough to women and an everyman philosopher without turning to bombast. Later series had to deal with issues when his screen wife left the show and had him musing to a tape recorder to his daughter now relocated to Canada. Later the Shelly returne
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How many atoms make up one molecule of ozone?
Chemical of the Week -- Ozone Nitrogen dioxide is a red-brown gas that dissociates when it is irradiated with bright light. NO2(g) light NO(g) + O(g) The oxygen atom formed in this process is extremely reactive and readily attaches to a molecule of O2, forming ozone.  O(g) + O2(g) O3(g)              On sunny days where NO2 pollution from traffic is high, the concentration of ozone in the air can reach levels that are dangerous for plants and animals. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency characterizes ozone levels as "unhealthful" when they exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 125 parts per billion (ppb). In the state of Wisconsin, an "ozone alert" is issued when the average concentration of ozone over a four hour period is over 100 ppb. An "ozone warning" is announced when the this level reaches 300 ppb. An �ozone emergency� is declared when it exceeds 350 ppb. In addition to posing a threat to health, ozone in the air also damages polymeric materials such as rubber and plastics, causing them to deteriorate prematurely.                In contrast to the harmful effects of ozone in the air we breathe, the effects of ozone in the upper atmosphere are essential to the survival of life on Earth. In the upper atmosphere (specifically, the stratosphere, 15-55 km above the Earth's surface), ozone filters harmful ultraviolet radiation from sunlight. This ultraviolet radiation is highly energetic and would damage both plants and animals exposed to it. Diatomic oxygen absorbs the highest-energy ultraviolet radiation from the sun, namely, all radiation with wavelengths shorter than 240 nm. However, there is a great deal of ultraviolet radiation between 240 nm and 290 nm that is not absorbed by O2 molecules. This radiation is absorbed by ozone.                The ozone in the stratosphere is produced by photochemical reactions involving O2. When diatomic oxygen in the stratosphere absorbs ultraviolet radiation with wavelengths less than 240 nm, it breaks apart into two oxygen atoms.   (light wavelength < 290 nm)   This, too, is an exothermic reaction. The overall effect of this reaction and the previous reaction is the conversion of light energy into heat. Thus, ozone in the stratosphere prevents highly energetic radiation from reaching the Earth's surface and converts the energy of this radiation to heat.                The 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists for their research on the chemistry that controls the amount of ozone in the stratosphere. Paul Crutzen, director of the Department of Atmospheric Chemistry at the Max Plank Institute for Chemistry in Germany, showed in 1970 that nitrogen oxides could participate in the decomposition of ozone.   2 O3 3 O2 Because NO is regenerated in the third step, a single molecule of NO can assist in the destruction of very many ozone molecules. Crutzen described how N2O released from soil rises unchanged in the lower atmosphere until it is decomposed by UV radiation in the stratosphere. A fraction of the N2O is converted to the NO that catalytically destroys ozone.                A few years later, F. Sherwood Rowland, Chemistry Professor at the University of California at Irvine and Mario Molina, Professor of Environmental Studies as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (who at the time was a postdoctoral associate of Rowland), described the similar activity of chlorofluorocarbons (compounds containing chlorine, fluorine, and carbon). These compounds are so inert that they, like N2O survive in the atmosphere until they eventually reach the stratosphere, where intense UV radiation from the sun liberates chlo
Atomic Number 8 Element Facts Atomic Number 8 Element Facts Atomic Number 8 Element Facts What Element is Atomic Number 8? Oxygen is atomic number 8 on the periodic table. Each oxygen atom has 8 protons.  ROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Updated April 03, 2016. Oxygen, element symbol O, is the element that is atomic number 8 on the periodic table. This means every atom of oxygen has 8 protons. Varying the number of electrons forms ions, while altering the number of neutrons makes different isotopes of the element, but the number of protons remains constant. Here is a collection of interesting facts about atomic number 8. Atomic Number 8 Element Facts While oxygen is a colorless gas under ordinary conditions, element 8 is actually quite colorful ! Liquid oxygen is blue, while the solid element may be blue, pink, orange, red, black, or even metallic. Oxygen is a nonmetal belonging to the chalcogen group . It is highly reactive and readily forms compounds with other elements. It is found as a pure element in nature as oxygen gas (O2) and ozone (O3). Excited oxygen atoms produce the green and red colors of the aurora . Although air consists mainly of nitrogen, atomic number 8 is responsible for most of the colors that we see. continue reading below our video Learn About Molecules and Moles Today, oxygen makes up about 21% of the Earth's atmosphere . However, air was not always so highly oxygenated! A 2007 NASA-funded study determined oxygen has been present in air for about 2.3 billion to 2.4 billion years, with levels starting to rise 2.5 billion years ago. Photosynthetic organisms, such as plants and algae, are responsible for maintaining the high oxygen levels necessary for life. Although hydrogen atoms are the most numerous type of atom in the human body , oxygen accounts for about two-thirds of the mass of most living organisms, mainly because cells contain a lot of water. 88.9% of the weight of water comes from oxygen. Swedish pharmacist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, and British scientists and clergyman Joseph Priestly researched and discovered oxygen between 1770 and 1780. Lavoisier first called element number 8 by the name "oxygen" in 1777. Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe . The element is made by stars around 5x more massive than the Sun when they reach the point where they burn carbon or a combination of helium in carbon in fusion reactions. Over time, the abundance of oxygen in the universe will increase. Until 1961, atomic number 8 was the standard for the atomic weight of the chemical elements. In 1961, the standard was switched over to carbon-12. It's a common misconception that hyperventilation is caused by breathing in too much oxygen. Actually, hyperventilating is caused by exhaling too much carbon dioxide. Although carbon dioxide can be toxic at high levels, its needed in the blood to prevent it from becoming too alkaline. Breathing too quickly causes blood pH to rise, which constricts blood vessels in the brain, leading to headache, slurred speach, dizziness, and other symptoms. Essential Element 8 Information State of Matter at Room Temperature: Gas Atomic Weight: 15.9994 Density: 0.001429 grams per cubic centimeter Isotopes: At least 11 isotopes of oxygen exist. 3 are stable. Most Common Isotope: Oxygen-16 (accounts for 99.757% of the natural abundance) Melting Point: -218.79 °C
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"What is an another name for ""Epoch Time""?"
Epoch | Define Epoch at Dictionary.com epoch [ep-uh k or, esp. British, ee-pok] /ˈɛp ək or, esp. British, ˈi pɒk/ Spell a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.: The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will. 2. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything: The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery. 3. a point of time distinguished by a particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date: His coming of age was an epoch in his life. 4. Geology. any of several divisions of a geologic period during which a geologic series is formed. Compare age (def 12). 5. Astronomy. an arbitrarily fixed instant of time or date, usually the beginning of a century or half century, used as a reference in giving the elements of a planetary orbit or the like. the mean longitude of a planet as seen from the sun at such an instant or date. 6. Physics. the displacement from zero at zero time of a body undergoing simple harmonic motion. Origin of epoch Greek 1605-1615 1605-15; < New Latin epocha < Greek epochḗ pause, check, fixed time, equivalent to ep- ep- + och- (variant stem of échein to have) + -ē noun suffix Related forms 1. age, date, era, time. See age . Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for epoch Expand Happy Birthday, Balzac: The Essential Novels Ronald K. Fried May 19, 2013 Prague Fatale is authentic because Kerr can muffle the horror of this epoch in dramatic irony but he can also shout it out loud. Insufferable Elitism of the SATs James Poulos March 7, 2014 Historical Examples Meteoric masses have been found, however, the fall of which probably occurred at an epoch still more ancient. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Charles Bradlaugh, A. Collins, and J. Watts Commonplace words, but words that made an epoch in the life of both. Robert Elsmere Mrs. Humphry Ward Tukulti-Mnib's reign thus marks an epoch in the history of his country. British Dictionary definitions for epoch Expand noun 1. a point in time beginning a new or distinctive period: the invention of nuclear weapons marked an epoch in the history of warfare 2. a long period of time marked by some predominant or typical characteristic; era 3. (astronomy) a precise date to which information, such as coordinates, relating to a celestial body is referred 4. (geology) a unit of geological time within a period during which a series of rocks is formed: the Pleistocene epoch 5. (physics) the displacement of an oscillating or vibrating body at zero time Derived Forms C17: from New Latin epocha, from Greek epokhē cessation; related to ekhein to hold, have 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 epoch Expand n. 1610s, epocha, "point marking the start of a new period in time" (e.g. the founding of Rome, the birth of Christ, the Hegira), from Late Latin epocha, from Greek epokhe "stoppage, fixed point of time," from epekhein "to pause, take up a position," from epi "on" (see epi- ) + ekhein "to hold" (see scheme (n.)). Transferred sense of "a period of time" is 1620s; geological usage (not a precise measurement) is from 1802. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper The shortest division of geologic time. An epoch is a subdivision of a period. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved. Expand 1. (Probably from astronomical timekeeping) A term used originally in Unix documentation for the time and date corresponding to zero in an operating system 's clock and timestamp values. Under most Unix versions the epoch is 1970-01-01 00:00:00 GMT; under VMS , it's 1858-11-17 00:00:00 (the base date of the US Naval Observatory's ephemerides); on a Macintosh , it's 1904-01-01 00:00:00. System time is measured in seconds or ticks past the epoch. Weird problems may ensue when the clock wraps around (see wrap around ), which is not necessarily a
Simon Rattle conducts Tippett’s “A Child of Our Time” Simon Rattle conducts Tippett’s “A Child of Our Time” The Last Days of Socrates for bass baritone, choir and orchestra (01:00:16) Sir John Tomlinson Bass, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey Chorus Master Michael Tippett A Child of Our Time (01:09:57) Sally Matthews Soprano, Sarah Connolly Contralto, Matthew Polenzani Tenor, Sir John Tomlinson Bass, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey Chorus Master free Brett Dean: Composing Socrates (00:14:40) free Artist biographies From Berliner Philharmoniker musician to internationally renowned composer – that’s Brett Dean’s career in a nutshell. In the process of arranging and improvising, the Australian-born violist discovered the composer in himself. His clarinet concerto Ariel’s Music, chosen for the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, and the ballet One of a Kind brought him international renown. Encouraged by their success, Dean decided in 2000 to devote himself principally to composition. Ties to his old orchestra have nonetheless remained intact. Berlin audiences may well remember his orchestral work Komarov’s Fall, which the Philharmoniker commissioned. That makes it all the more gratifying that yet another new work by Brett is given its first performance at this concert. Michael Tippett’s oratorio A Child of Our Time, by contrast, was not commissioned. The English composer felt compelled by a real-life event to write it in protest against dictatorship and racism. In 1938 a 17-year-old boy, Herschel Grynszpan, was provoked by the anti-Semitic treatment of his family to shoot a secretary at the German embassy in Paris. The attack provided the Nazis with a pretext for the pogrom in Germany known as Kristallnacht. Tippett’s musical treatment of the Grynszpan incident follows the oratorio concept of Bach and Handel. Ever since the work brought about his artistic breakthrough in 1944, Tippett has taken his place alongside Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten as one of the leading English composers of the 20th century. From the Last Days of Socrates to the “Twentieth-Century Blues” Dean’s The Last Days of Socrates and Tippett’s A Child of Our Time Sir Michael Tippett was a committed pacifist. He joined the British peace movement in 1934, intensively studied the writings of Mahatma Gandhi and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment as a conscientious objector in June 1943. In his oratorio A Child of Our Time, which he composed in reaction to the incidents surrounding the Nazi pogrom in November 1938, the composer took a stand against the events of his day and vigorously opposed all forms of violence, oppression and discrimination. Critical references to political and contemporary events are also found in Brett Dean’s oeuvre, for example, in the orchestral work Ceremonial, Dean’s personal protest against the war in Iraq. In his string quartet Eclipse, the Australian composer responded to the Tampa crisis, which occurred in the Indian Ocean in August 2001 – a conflict that arose as a result of the hard-line stance of the Australian government against the boat people who tried to reach Australian territorial waters and were rescued at sea by the crew of the Norwegian freighter Tampa. Dean’s Pastoral Symphony for chamber orchestra and tape, on the other hand, focuses on the contrast between unspoiled nature and environmental pollution in Queensland – the Australian state in whose capital, Brisbane, the composer was born in 1961. Brett Dean: The Last Days of Socrates Dean’s latest work, composed in 2012 for bass-baritone, chorus and orchestra, was commissioned by the Rundfunkchor Berlin, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. As the title indicates, the three-part composition deals with the ancient philosopher Socrates, who lived during the age of Athenian democracy. Like every Athenian, he took an active interest in political life, spent a great deal of time in the agora and other public places and involved his fellow citizens in discussions during which he critically question
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Artists Ma Desheng, Wang Keping, Huang Rui, Li Shuang, Zhong Acheng, Ai Weiwei and Qu Leilei are associated with which avant-garde art group?
Ai Wei Wei @ 798district.com 798district.com >> 798 Artists >> Art >> Ai Wei Wei Ai Wei Wei Ai Weiwei, (born 1957, Beijing) is a leading Chinese artist, curator, architectural designer, cultural and social commentator and activist. Ai is known for the design of the Beijing National Stadium, more commonly known as the "Bird's Nest", the main stadium of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Beginning with the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Ai has emerged as one of China's most influential bloggers and social activists; he is known for his tongue-in-cheek and sometimes vulgar social commentary, and has had frequent run-ins with Chinese authorities. He was particularly focused at exposing an alleged corruption scandal in the construction of Sichuan schools that collapsed during the earthquake. Born in Beijing, his father was Chinese poet Ai Qing, who was denounced during the Cultural Revolution and sent off to a labor camp in Xinjiang with his wife, Gao Ying. Ai Weiwei also spent five years there. Ai Weiwei is married to artist Lu Qing. Ai Weiwei is represented by Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne. Education In 1978, Ai enrolled in the Beijing Film Academy and attended school with Chinese directors Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou. In 1978, he was one of the founders of the early avant garde art group the "Stars", together with Ma Desheng, Wang Keping, Huang Rui, Li Shuang, Zhong Acheng and Qu Leilei. In China the group subsequently disbanded in 1983. Yet Ai Weiwei participated in regular Stars group shows, The Stars: Ten Years, 1989 (Hanart Gallery, Hong-Hong and Taipei), and a retrospective exhibition in Beijing in 2007: Origin Point (Today Art Museum, Beijing). Influences From 1981 to 1993, he lived in the United States, mostly in New York, doing performance art and creating conceptual art by altering readymade objects. While in New York, he studied at Parsons School of Design.. In 1987 he took part in the founding of The Chinese United Overseas Artists Association, along with Li Shuang, Qu Leilei, Zhang Hongtu. In 1993, Ai returned to China because his father became ill. Back in Beijing, he helped establish the experimental artists' East Village and published a series of three books about this new generation of artists: Black Cover Book (1994), White Cover Book (1995), and Gray Cover Book (1997). In 2000, he co-curated the notorious art exhibition "Fuck Off" with curator Feng Boyi in Shanghai, China. In 2000, Ai Weiwei moved to Caochangdi where he built a compound of houses and opened his studio REAL/FAKE. In 2006, Ai Weiwei and HHF Architects designed a private residence in Columbia County, New York. According to the New York Times, the house was completed in 2008 and is "extraordinarily refined". Ai was the artistic consultant for design, collaborating with the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, for the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics, also known as the "Bird's Nest." Although ignored by the Chinese media, he has voiced his anti-Olympics views. He later distanced himself from the project, saying, "I've already forgotten about it. I turn down all the demands to have photographs with it," saying it is part of a "pretend smile" of bad taste. In August 2007 he also accused those choreographing the Olympic opening ceremony, including Steven Spielberg and Zhang Yimou, of failing to live up to their responsibility as artists. Ai said "It's disgusting. I don't like anyone who shamelessly abuses their profession, who makes no moral judgment." While being asked why he participated in the designing of the Bird's Nest, Ai replied "I did it because I love design."
Music at Torrey Pines High School - StudyBlue StudyBlue Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Achille-)Claude Debussy The Carnival of the Animals (Charles-)Camille Saint-Saëns The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Edward) Benjamin Britten Mass in Time of War (Franz) Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London” (Franz) Joseph Haydn (Franz) Joseph Haydn (commonly attributed) Leopold Mozart (now believed) St. Paul Violin Concerto in E Minor (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn(-Bartholdy) The Child and the Enchantments (Joseph-)Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Joseph-)Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess (Joseph-)Maurice Ravel (Louis-)Hector Berlioz & Léon de Wailly and Henri Auguste Barbier Ride of the Valkyries The Twilight of the Gods (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner The Ring of the Nibelung (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner Symphony for Organ and Orchestra Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland Take a Chance On Me ABBA And God created great whales Alan Hovhaness I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight Alan Jay & Frederick Loewe Lerner Little Shop of Horrors In the Steppes of Central Asia Alexandr (Porfiryevich) Borodin I Don't Know How to Love Him Andrew Lloyd Webber Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber Don't Cry for Me, Argentina Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) Tim Rice (lyrics) Te Deum Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Antonín (Leopold) Dvorák The Contest Between Harmony and Invention Antonio Vivaldi Three Little Maids from School Arthur Sullivan (music) Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) Savoy operas Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) Princess Ida Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) Iolanthe Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) Patience Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) Trial by Jury Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) HMS Pinafore Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) The Mikado Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) The Pirates of Penzance Arthur Sullivan (music) W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (lyrics) Tabula Rasa Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta Béla (Viktor János) Bartók Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson & Tim Rice (lyrics) In the Zone Funeral March of a Marionette Charles Gounod Central Park in the Dark Charles Ives Piano Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840-1860” Charles Ives Three Places in New England Charles Ives Charles Strouse (music) Martin Charnin (lyrics) Voice of an Angel Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) Alain Boublil (French lyrics) and Richard Maltby Jr. (English lyrics) Les Misérables Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) Alain Boublil (lyrics) The Return of Ulysses A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay I Get a Kick out of You Cole (Albert) Porter Cole (Albert) Porter (music and lyrics) Kiss Me Kate Cole (Albert) Porter (music and lyrics) Bella and Sam Spewack (libretto) The Creation of the World Darius Milhaud Blue Rondo A La Turk Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond (words) Everyday Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Dmitri (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar” Dmitri (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich Duncan Sheik (music) Steven Sater (book and lyrics) Undine Piano Concerto in A Minor Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg Land of Hope and Glory Edward (William) Elgar Elton John (music) Tim Rice (lyrics) Encore Three Pieces in the Shape of A Pear Erik (Alfred Leslie) Satie From Under the Cork Tree Fall Out Boy The Dialogues of the Carmelites Francis Poulenc The Fair Maid of the Mill Franz (Peter) Schubert Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel Franz (Peter) Schubert On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Frederick Delius Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics/libretto) Camelot Frederick Loewe (music) Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) Fauré Requiem The Daughter of the Regiment Gaetano Donizetti (music) V. de Saint-Georges and F. Bayard (libretto) Hair George Abbott, Jero
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French artist, Fernande Olivier, was known primarily for being the model of which painter/artist, who painted over 60 portraits of her?
1000+ images about Olivier Fernande on Pinterest | Oil on canvas, First love and Henri rousseau Forward The first great love of Picasso’s life was a curvy, green-eyed, auburn-haired woman named Fernande Olivier (1881–1966). Picasso and Olivier were regularly smoked Opium together and were repeatedly unfaithful to one another. She is recognized as the inspiration for Picasso’s transition from his gloomy Blue Period to his lighter and more cheerful Rose Period. Learn more by clicking on the image! See More
SparkNotes: The Picture of Dorian Gray: Plot Overview The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Context Character List In the stately London home of his aunt, Lady Brandon, the well-known artist Basil Hallward meets Dorian Gray. Dorian is a cultured, wealthy, and impossibly beautiful young man who immediately captures Basil’s artistic imagination. Dorian sits for several portraits, and Basil often depicts him as an ancient Greek hero or a mythological figure. When the novel opens, the artist is completing his first portrait of Dorian as he truly is, but, as he admits to his friend Lord Henry Wotton, the painting disappoints him because it reveals too much of his feeling for his subject. Lord Henry, a famous wit who enjoys scandalizing his friends by celebrating youth, beauty, and the selfish pursuit of pleasure, disagrees, claiming that the portrait is Basil’s masterpiece. Dorian arrives at the studio, and Basil reluctantly introduces him to Lord Henry, who he fears will have a damaging influence on the impressionable, young Dorian. Basil’s fears are well founded; before the end of their first conversation, Lord Henry upsets Dorian with a speech about the transient nature of beauty and youth. Worried that these, his most impressive characteristics, are fading day by day, Dorian curses his portrait, which he believes will one day remind him of the beauty he will have lost. In a fit of distress, he pledges his soul if only the painting could bear the burden of age and infamy, allowing him to stay forever young. After Dorian’s outbursts, Lord Henry reaffirms his desire to own the portrait; however, Basil insists the portrait belongs to Dorian. Over the next few weeks, Lord Henry’s influence over Dorian grows stronger. The youth becomes a disciple of the “new Hedonism” and proposes to live a life dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure. He falls in love with Sibyl Vane, a young actress who performs in a theater in London’s slums. He adores her acting; she, in turn, refers to him as “Prince Charming” and refuses to heed the warnings of her brother, James Vane, that Dorian is no good for her. Overcome by her emotions for Dorian, Sibyl decides that she can no longer act, wondering how she can pretend to love on the stage now that she has experienced the real thing. Dorian, who loves Sibyl because of her ability to act, cruelly breaks his engagement with her. After doing so, he returns home to notice that his face in Basil’s portrait of him has changed: it now sneers. Frightened that his wish for his likeness in the painting to bear the ill effects of his behavior has come true and that his sins will be recorded on the canvas, he resolves to make amends with Sibyl the next day. The following afternoon, however, Lord Henry brings news that Sibyl has killed herself. At Lord Henry’s urging, Dorian decides to consider her death a sort of artistic triumph—she personified tragedy—and to put the matter behind him. Meanwhile, Dorian hides his portrait in a remote upper room of his house, where no one other than he can watch its transformation. Lord Henry gives Dorian a book that describes the wicked exploits of a nineteenth-century Frenchman; it becomes Dorian’s bible as he sinks ever deeper into a life of sin and corruption. He lives a life devoted to garnering new experiences and sensations with no regard for conventional standards of morality or the consequences of his actions. Eighteen years pass. Dorian’s reputation suffers in circles of polite London society, where rumors spread regarding his scandalous exploits. His peers nevertheless continue to accept him because he remains young and beautiful. The figure in the painting, however, grows increasingly wizened and hideous. On a dark, foggy night, Basil Hallward arrives at Dorian’s home to confront him about the rumors that plague his reputation. The two argue, and Dorian eventually offers Basil a look at his (Dorian’s) soul. He shows Basil the now-hideous portrait, and Hallward, horrified, begs him to repent. Dorian claims it is too late for penance and kills Basil in a fit of rage. In
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In corporate finance, 'gearing' refers to an organization's ratio of?
Corporate Finance   QuickMBA  /  Finance  / Corporate Finance Corporate Finance Arguably, the role of a corporation's management is to increase the value of the firm to its shareholders while observing applicable laws and responsibilities. Corporate finance deals with the strategic financial issues associated with achieving this goal, such as how the corporation should raise and manage its capital, what investments the firm should make, what portion of profits should be returned to shareholders in the form of dividends, and whether it makes sense to merge with or acquire another firm. Balance Sheet Approach to Valuation If the role of management is to increase the shareholder value, then managers can make better decisions if they can predict the impact of those decisions on the firm's value. By observing the difference in the firm's equity value at different points in time, one can better evaluate the effectiveness of financial decisions. A rudimentary way of valuing the equity of a company is simply to take its balance sheet and subtract liabilities from assets to arrive at the equity value. However, this book value has little resemblance to the real value of the company. First, the assets are recorded at historical costs, which may be much greater than or much less their present market values. Second, assets such as patents, trademarks, loyal customers, and talented managers do not appear on the balance sheet but may have a significant impact on the firm's ability to generate future profits. So while the balance sheet method is simple, it is not accurate; there are better ways of accomplishing the task of valuation. Cash vs. Profits Another way to value the firm is to consider the future flow of cash. Since cash today is worth more than the same amount of cash tomorrow, a valuation model based on cash flow can discount the value of cash received in future years, thus providing a more accurate picture of the true impact of financial decisions. Decisions about finances affect operations and vice versa; a company's finances and operations are interrelated. The firm's working capital flows in a cycle, beginning with cash that may be converted into equipment and raw materials. Additional cash is used to convert the raw materials into inventory, which then is converted into accounts receivable and eventually back to cash, completing the cycle. The goal is to have more cash at the end of the cycle than at the beginning. The change in cash is different from accounting profits. A company can report consistent profits but still become insolvent. For example, if the firm extends customers increasingly longer periods of time to settle their accounts, even though the reported earnings do not change, the cash flow will decrease. As another example, take the case of a firm that produces more product than it sells, a situation that results in the accumulation of inventory. In such a situation, the inventory will appear as an asset on the balance sheet, but does not result in profit or loss. Even though the inventory was not sold, cash nonetheless was consumed in producing it. Note also the distinction between cash and equity. Shareholders' equity is the sum of common stock at par value, additional paid-in capital, and retained earnings. Some people have been known to picture retained earnings as money sitting in a shoe box or bank account. But shareholders' equity is on the opposite side of the balance sheet from cash. In fact, retained earnings represent shareholders' claims on the assets of the firm, and do not represent cash that can be used if the cash balance gets too low. In this regard, one can say that retained earnings represent cash that already has been spent. Shareholder equity changes due to three things: net income or losses payment of dividends share issuance or repurchase. Changes in cash are reported by the cash flow statement, which organizes the sources and uses of cash into three categories: operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities. Cash Cycle The duration of the cash cycle is the time b
2001 KO Final February, which ex-PM was awarded an earldom on his 90th birthday ? Harold Macmillan B1 A member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, who celebrated his 100th  birthday in November 1984 ? Mannie Shinwell Which government department banned trades unions causing a national outcry ? GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) Outside which foreign government building was policewoman Yvonne Fletcher shot and fatally wounded ? Libyan People's Bureau or Libyan Embassy A3 In the course of a violent argument in April, which recording artist was shot and killed by his father ? Marvin Gaye In October, who was killed by members of her own bodyguard ? Indira Ghandi A4 In March the British government announced its approval of the sale of which shipyard on the lower Clyde to Trafalgar House ? Scott Lithgow B4 In October which bank, a bullion dealer, was rescued from debts of around �250 million by a Bank of England buy-out ? Johnson Matthey Subject: �One Word Cinema� Answers A1 A 1992 Oscar winning Clint Eastwood film in which a former hired killer turned unsuccessful farmer returns to his old ways in pursuit of a $1,000 reward ? Unforgiven B1 A 1972 John Boorman film in which a leading character, played by Ned Beatty, is raped by a �Hillbilly� ? Deliverance A2 A 1929 film, Hitchcock�s first talkie, in which a Scotland Yard Inspector is placed in a difficult position when he discovers his girlfriend has committed a murder ? Blackmail B2 Set in Rio, a 1946 Hitchcock film with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman in which a woman marries a Nazi renegade to help the US Government ? Notorious A3 A 1916 film by D.W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish in one of four intercut stories including Balshazzar�s Feast and the St Bartholomew�s Day Massacre ? Intolerance B3 A 1967 camped-up version of Faust in which a short order cook is saved from suicide by Mr Spiggott - who offers him 7 wishes in exchange for his soul ? Bedazzled A4 A 1924 Erich von Stroheim film in which an ex-miner turned dentist kills his avaricious wife and her lover ? Greed B4 Set in the mid 19th century, a 1999 film starring Guy Pearce & Robert Carlyle in which a cannibalistic officer commands an isolated army outpost ? Ravenous Answers A1 The liqueur Cura�ao (say �Koor-a-sow�) is traditionally flavoured with sugar & which fruit ? Orange B1 Which spirit takes its name from a place near Guadalajara (say �Gwadlahara�) where the conquistadors first developed it from a variety of Aztec drink ? Tequila A2 With a peculiar but agreeable taste, which coarse & potent liquor is made in the East Indies from a variety of sources, including fermented rice & coconut juice ? Arrack B2 Used to season food & fruit as well as alcoholic drinks, which flavouring is prepared with oil distilled from the aromatic bark of two S. American trees blended with herbs, and bears the former name of a port in Venezuela ? Angostura (now called Cuidad Bolivar) A3 Derived from a town in north east Hungary, what name is shared by a grape variety and a golden-yellow coloured, sweet, aromatic wine ? Tokay (from Tokaj) Subject: Wordgame �No� as in �Note� Answers � a spout on a hose etc. from which a jet issues ? Nozzel � a small round piece of meat or a chocolate made with hazelnuts ? Noisette � something or someone absolutely un
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Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
'It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness' - the meaning and origin of this phrase Literal meaning. Origin Several people are associated with this proverbial saying, notably John F. Kennedy. It was brought to the public's attention by Peter Benenson, the English lawyer and founder of Amnesty International, at a Human Rights Day ceremony on 10th December 1961. The candle circled by barbed wire has since become the society's emblem. Darkness has long been a metaphor for ignorance or evil. The Bible contains hundreds of references to darkness, referring either to the period of ignorance before the realization of faith (that is, prior to 'seeing the light'), death, or to the Devil (The Prince of Darkness); for example, in Romans 13: 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. And it is in a religious context that the phrase is first found in print. The English Wesleyan minister William Lonsdale Watkinson used the expression in The Supreme Conquest, and other sermons preached in America, 1907: But denunciatory rhetoric is so much easier and cheaper than good works, and proves a popular temptation. Yet is it far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness.
Asteroid to pass closer to Earth than the moon – Light Years - CNN.com Blogs of course that would alter the current path, possibly making the next pass a "hit" November 3, 2011 at 5:38 pm | JamBit We would just shoot it with are "Super Lazer" . November 3, 2011 at 8:52 pm | Jambit.....your spelling is atrocious. In fact the grammar and spelling on this whole board is terrible. How do you expect people to take what you say seriously if you cannot spell? November 4, 2011 at 10:06 am | No It would not alter its course. I agree with Willy. November 4, 2011 at 11:11 am | Al Thor giftprolific . . . no need to be such an arrogant fool - I've read some of your posts and you're no Ernest Hemingway. Internet board posts are not required to be grammatically correct so long as they are easily understood. November 4, 2011 at 11:20 am | Hehe @Giftprolific, Shut up Joshua Coffy. How's San fran? November 4, 2011 at 11:57 am | Lokari I'm with giftprolific. Spelling and grammar *do* matter. November 4, 2011 at 12:38 pm | hemingway You're wrong AlThor...jambit has it right. To replace our with are is a sign of complete stupidity and how can a person take anything said by such a fool seriously??? To defend such ignorance is a sign of arrogance and there's your sign.... November 4, 2011 at 1:06 pm | Grammer If I were to type an emergency message but forget to spell check it, would you take me seriously? Effective communication is all that matters, the transfer of information from one person to another. The rest is for arts students with nothing better to do with their time. Focus your time on something more worthwhile like designing a low maintenance water well for famine countries or saving the dolphins. Grammar police rot me to no end. November 4, 2011 at 1:27 pm | Al Thor OK, "Hemingway" . . . then perhaps you should make sure that you're criticizing the right person: you said "JamBit has it right," yet it's giftprolific that you mean to defend. The bottom line is you know nothing about JamBit or me yet you feel confident in our brief posts to proclaim one is suffering from "complete stupidity" and the other (me) is "arrogant" for stating that one doesn't need to use perfect grammar or spelling in an internet post. As it stands now, you've made yourself look the fool because you're not even sure whom you're criticizing. And not only that but YOUR grammar sucks, too. November 4, 2011 at 1:29 pm | Nick Al Thor – It is "Internet" not "internet". Idiot! lol This is lame. November 4, 2011 at 2:13 pm | Gramer yore rong, noing how two spell write is knot emportent two gheting you're poynt acrost. the poynt is ahbowt this assturoyd witch cood hit us and anileate are hole races. Wury ahbowt the m-portent thangs. November 4, 2011 at 2:23 pm | Al Thor Nick - thanks for making my point for me. No one misunderstood what I wrote, whether I capitalized "Internet" or not. Are you really calling me an idiot? For that? The whole idea of criticizing someone for how they use grammar and spelling on the Internet (big I) is completely ridiculous. Anyone who spends more than a second being critical for this is beyond arrogant, bordering on obsessive-complusive idiocy. November 4, 2011 at 3:05 pm | You guys all crack me up! Seriously. Funny stuff....and witty too. November 4, 2011 at 3:17 pm | UrFunny I tihnk taht poelpe ralely need to undrestnad taht no matetr how bad soneomes garmamr is, tehy souhld take in to cosndiertaion they're seipllng. Sotp tyrnig to act like you're betetr tahn erevyone esle....Hokoed on pohnix wroekd for me! November 7, 2011 at 3:09 pm | Matt November 14, 2011 at 5:41 pm | Lenny Wright There's Klingons off the Starboard Bow, Starboard bow, starboard bow; There's Klingons off the STARboard Bow KAPITAN KOIK! November 3, 2011 at 5:42 pm | Locutus A better idea Willy would be to send two shutles to the asteroid in hopes that one of the crews can drill a 780 hole through the iron ferrite surface. Then they could deposit one nuclear type weapon in the hole, light the fuse and come home. November 3, 2011 at 5:52 pm | Tom Novembe
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The 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in which country?
Rio 2016 Olympics - Schedule, Medals, Results & News   More info The Rio 2016 emblem is inspired by the organisers’ vision, which is: “All Brazilians uniting to deliver the greatest festival on earth and proudly advancing our national promise of progress.” It has, as its essence, the concepts of passion and transformation, which both reflect modern-day Brazil. This positioning is supported by four pillars – harmonious diversity, contagious energy, exuberant nature, and the Olympic spirit. These have all been masterfully combined to give Rio 2016 its colourful identity. This emblem is not only a symbol of Rio’s and Brazil’s hopes for these Games but also for the future of the city and country. IOC On the obverse, Nike, goddess of victory, flies into the Panathinaikos stadium bringing triumph to the best athlete. For these Games, her figure is accompanied by the specific inscription: “XXXI Olympiada Rio 2016”. The reverse features laurel leaves – a symbol of victory in the ancient Greece, in the form of the wreaths awarded to competition winners. They are surrounding the Rio 2016 Olympics logo. Bearing a design that celebrates the relationship between the strengths of Olympic heroes and the forces of nature, the 500g gold, silver and bronze medals have been made with sustainability at their heart. The silver and bronze medals have been produced using 30 per cent recycled materials while the ribbons are made from 50 per cent recycled PET. Meanwhile, the gold medals are completely free of mercury. The gold medals are purer than ever, meeting sustainability criteria from extraction to refining, as well as meeting strict environmental and labour laws. They make use of recycled raw silver at 92.5 per cent purity, coming from leftover mirrors, waste solders and X-ray plates. And 40 per cent of the copper used in the bronze medals came from waste at the Mint itself. The substance was melted and decontaminated to provide material for the medals. Number of medals: 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze. Weight: 500g Mint: Brazilian Mint The city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. This followed three rounds of voting by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 2 October 2009 at the 121st IOC Session, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rio 2016 Alex Ferro Seven cities were initially proposed by their National Olympic Committees to host the 2016 Games: Chicago (USA), Prague (CZE), Tokyo (JPN), Rio de Janeiro (BRA), Baku (AZE), Doha (QAT) and Madrid (ESP). On 4 June 2008, the IOC Executive Board selected four cities to enter the Candidate City phase of the bid process. Listed in the official order of drawing of lots, these cities were: Chicago (USA) Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Madrid (ESP) During the vote on 2 October 2009, Rio de Janeiro eventually triumphed by taking 66 votes compared to Madrid's 32. This gave Rio the majority that it needed to be elected as the host city for the 2016 Games. Rio had to overcome stiff competition, however, in the form of Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid in order to get the Games. 21st IOC Session, 2 October 2009, Copenhagen: Election of the Host City of the XXXI Games of the Olympiad Rounds
Why Greece always leads the parade of athletes at the Olympic opening ceremony and how the rest of the order is determined 19,843.41 -8.83 (-0.04%) Why Greece always leads the parade of athletes at the Olympic opening ceremony and how the rest of the order is determined Cork Gaines More (Greek sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou led the parade of athletes at the Rio Olympics.Getty Images) The 2016 Summer Olympics officially kicked off on Friday night with the opening ceremony in Rio. As has become tradition, the ceremony starts with a celebration of the host country, followed by the parade of athletes. And once again, Greece was the first country introduced due to their historical importance to the games. The order of the parade of nations at every Olympics is as follows. Greece comes in first — this is due to their role in the origin of the Olympics The host nation comes in last — in 2016, this is Brazil, obviously. The rest of the nations are ordered alphabetically by the language of the host nation — As a result of this, Afghanistan was the first nation after Greece, followed by South Africa (África do Sul in Portuguese). Zambia will be the 207th and final nation before the host nation, Brazil.
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On which London thoroughfare are Fortnum & Mason, the Ritz Hotel and the Royal Academy?
Piccadilly St. James : London West End : London Paxton and Whitfield Villandry Located in the heart of London's West End is Piccadilly and St James's, home to a variety of  top retailers, restaurants, hotels and some of the capital's most famous streets.  The cocktail scene in St James’s perhaps best known for iconic venues such as Dukes Bar, The American Bar at The Stafford and the Rivoli Bar at The Ritz. Around Piccadilly, the likes of the Café Royal and The Criterion have provided refreshment to some of the most famous names of the 20th century.   The thriving bar scene in Piccadilly and St James’s has its roots in the refined cocktail culture established by the aforementioned bars, however, there is a lot more to the area’s cocktail credentials. With 92 licenced venues in under a half mile radius, of which 32 are dedicated bars, St James’s and Piccadilly has something to suit all tastes. From the refined elegance of 45 Jermyn St. to the playful and modern list at the Haymarket hotel’s Brumus Bar you would be hard pressed to find another area of London with a comparable cocktail offering.
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Which long-running soap was originally intended to be titled Midland Road?
Soap opera S Soap opera A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on television or radio . The name "soap opera" stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Lever Brothers as sponsors and producers. These early radio serials were broadcast in weekday daytime slots when mostly housewives would be available to listen; thus the shows were aimed at and consumed by a predominantly female audience. The term soap opera has at times been generally applied to any romantic serial, but it is also used to describe the more naturalistic, unglamorous UK primetime drama serials such as Coronation Street. A crucial element that defines soap opera is the open-ended nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. The defining feature that makes a program a soap opera, according to Albert Moran, is "that form of television that works with a continuous open narrative. Each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode". Soap opera stories run concurrently, intersect and lead into further developments. An individual episode of a soap opera will generally switch between several different concurrent story threads that may at times interconnect and affect one another or may run entirely independent of each other. Each episode may feature some of the show's current storylines but not always all of them. Especially in daytime serials and those that are screened each weekday, there is some rotation of both storylines and actors so any given storyline or actor will appear in some but usually not all of a week's worth of episodes. Soap operas rarely "wrap things up" storywise and generally avoid bringing all the current storylines to a conclusion at the same time. When one storyline ends there are always several other story threads at differing stages of development. Soap opera episodes typically end on some sort of cliffhanger . Evening soap operas and those that screen at a rate of one episode a week sometimes differ from this general format. They are more likely to feature the entire cast in each episode and to represent all current storylines in each episode. Evening soap operas and those serials that run for only part of the year tend to bring things to a dramatic end-of-season cliffhanger. In 1976, Time magazine described American daytime television as "TV's richest market," noting the loyalty of the soap opera fan base and the expansion of several half-hour series to a full hour in order to maximize ad revenues. The article explained that at that time, many prime time series lost money, while daytime serials earned profits several times more than their production costs. The issue's cover notably featured its first daytime soap stars, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives, a couple whose onscreen and real-life romance was widely covered by both the soap opera magazines and the mainstream press. Though American soap opera ratings have declined over the last 30 years, the Latin American version of soap opera — called a telenovela — remains the most-watched genre of television program in the world, with at least two billion viewers worldwide. Plots and storylines The main characteristics that define soap operas are "an emphasis on family life, personal relationships, sexual dramas, emotional and moral conflicts; some coverage of topical issues; set in familiar domestic interiors with only occasional excursions into new locations". Fitting in with these characteristics, most soap operas follow the lives of a group of characters who live or work in a particular place, or focus on a large extended family. The storylines follow the day-to-day activities and personal relationships of these characters. "Soap narratives, like those of film melodramas, are marked by what Steve Neale has described as 'chance meetings, coincidences, missed meetings, sudden conversions, last-minute rescues and revelations, de
Cockney Rhyming Slang Cockney Rhyming Slang Close this window Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London . Many of its expressions have passed into common language, and the creation of new ones is no longer restricted to Cockneys. Up until the late 20th Century, rhyming slang was also common in Australian slang, probably due to the formative influence of cockney on Australian English. It developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to those who did not understand the slang , though it remains a matter of speculation whether this was a linguistic accident, or whether it was developed intentionally to assist criminals or to maintain a particular community. Rhyming slang works by replacing the word to be obscured with the first word of a phrase that rhymes with that word. For instance, "face" would be replaced by "boat," because face rhymes with "boat race." Similarly "feet" becomes "plates" ("plates of meat"), and "money" is "bread" (a very common usage, from "bread and honey"). Sometimes the full phrase is used, for example "Currant Bun" to mean "The Sun" (often referring to the British tabloid newspaper of that name). There is no hard and fast rule for this, and you just have to know whether a particular expression is always shortened, never shortened, or can be used either way. Other examples of Cockney Rhyming Slang, or phrases inspired by it, are: Adam and Eve = believe = as in "would you Adam and Eve it?" Almond Rocks = socks Aris = Aristotle = bottle & glass = arse (a two-stage rhyme) [see Plaster below] Artful Dodger = lodger Berk or Burk = Berkshire Hunt = cunt (used as an insult, never as an anatomical reference) Boat = boat race = face Bob Hope = soap Boracic (freq. contracted to brassic) = boracic lint = skint (i.e. penniless) Bottle = bottle and glass = arse (i. e. courage; Courage also happens to be the name of a brewery) Brahms = Brahms and Liszt (classical composers) = pissed (i.e. drunk) Brass Tacks = facts Bristol = Bristol City = titty (i.e. breast) Brown bread = dead Chalfonts = Chalfont St Giles = piles (i.e. haemorrhoids) Chalk Farm = arm China = china plate = mate Cobblers = cobblers' awls = balls or 'bollocks' (i.e. testicles , but usually meant in the sense of 'rubbish' as in "You're talking a load of cobblers") Cock and Hen = ten Creamed = cream crackered = knackered (i.e. exhausted or beaten) Currant bun = sun or The Sun newspaper Daisies = daisy roots = boots Darby and Joan = moan Dicky = dicky dirt = shirt Dicky or Dickie = dickie bird = word = as in "not a dickie", or even "not a dickie bird" Dog = dog and bone = phone Duck and Dive = skive Ducks and Geese = F--k-in' Police Duke of Kent = rent Dukes = Duke[s] of York = fork, i.e. hand, now chiefly when balled into a fist Dustbin Lid = kid Emmas = Emma Freud (English author and columnist) = haemorrhoids Farmers = Farmer Giles = piles (slang for haemorrhoids ) Flowery Dell = ( prison ) cell Gregory = Gregory Peck = neck, or cheque Gypsy's = Gypsy's kiss = piss Hampton Wick = prick (i.e. penis) Half-inch = pinch (i.e. steal) Jack = Jack Jones = alone ("On my Jack" = "On my own") Jam jar = car Jam tart = heart J. Arthur = J. Arthur Rank (1930s UK flour magnate and film producer) = wank (i.e. masturbate) Jimmy = Jimmy Riddle (unknown person, not the character killed during the Waco siege)= piddle or widdle (urinate) Jugs = jugs of beer = ears Khyber = Khyber Pass = arse Lady Godiva = fiver (i.e. five- pound note) Lionels = Lionel Blairs (English variety performer) = flares (as in flared trousers) Loaf = loaf of bread = head ("use your loaf") Lucy Lockett = pocket Mickey Bliss = piss (as in "take the Mickey" = "take the piss" = satirise) Minces (or mincers) = mince pies = eyes Mutton = Mutt and Jeff = deaf = named after Mutt and Jeff , two early 20th century comic strip characters Nobbies = Nobby Stiles (English footballer) = piles (haemorrhoids) North and South = mouth Oily rag = fag (i.e. cigarette) Ones and twos = shoes Orchestras = orchestra stalls = balls (Orchestra stalls = part o
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What is the next in this series: 3.1, 95, 98, 98SE, ...
Windows 98 Versions Downloads Links Publisher Support Alternatives Secrets Pricing   Details Summary This Graphical OS is designed for workstations at home or business. Windows 98 likely has the widest hardware and software support of any OS in existence, greatly exceeding even Microsoft's flagship product Windows 2000. The Windows 9x/Me family is installed on more PCs than all other OSes combined. While not as dramatic a change from Windows 95 as Windows 95 was over Windows 3.x, Windows 98 adds a number of improvements, fixes, and interface tweaks. It now includes the previously separate Windows Plus! Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) added further fixes, updates, improved USB support, drivers, and Y2K updates. Windows Me is the next release in this series. News 13-Jan-2004 - Microsoft extends end of life to Jun-30-2006 1-Jan-2001 Volume Licensing to End In an effort to force corporations to switch to the more expensive Windows 2000, Microsoft announced it is ending volume licensing of both Windows 95 & 98 on June 30, 2001.[Infoworld, Page 15] 14-Sep-2000 Windows Me Microsoft has a replacement for Windows 98, called Windows Millennium also called "Windows Me". See Windows Me for more details 1-May-2000 Missing Windows CD Microsoft has changed the OEM policies for including Windows 98 on a new computer. In most cases, to get the OEM pricing, computer manufacturers are not allowed to provide a Windows CD-ROM as has been done in the past. This means if your hard disk is corrupted, you have to buy a new full copy of Windows! Some manufacturers do include a recovery CD-ROM, with some, but not all of Windows files found on a normal Windows install CD. Often these "recovery" CD's will erase everything and start over with an image of the system as it was first shipped. [InfoWorld Page 101] Requirements Product Windows 98 SE Processor 486DX. 66 MHz or better RAM 24 MB (16 MB for first edition) min; 512 MB max Drive space 205-315 MB Drives Runs from hard disk, Prompt available from boot diskette. Video VGA or better File systems FAT, FAT32 Compatibility Windows 16-bit programs (Windows 3.x type programs) Windows 32-bit programs DOS programs, 100% native, while Windows is not running DOS programs in a "DOS box" while Windows is running, compatibility excellent DOS device drivers Interface Windows is a GUI interface, but supports both a text-based DOS window, and can boot from a single diskette into a "DOS" prompt. Installation Must be installed on a primary partition on the first drive. See Secrets section below for complete installations on other than the first drive. About 4 MB of boot up code must reside on the C drive, but all remaining files can be installed in any drive (primary or logical, any physical drive). For system with more than 512 MB of RAM, to avoid instabilities it is necessary to use run MSCONFIG, select Advanced, and set the option "Limit memory to" on, with a value of 512. Variants Upgrade edition - upgrades Windows 3.x/95 to Windows 98. Full edition - includes boot diskette and can be installed on a blank drive OEM edition - installation depends on part on how an OEM configures the installation. In most cases, the OEM edition will install safely on top of a prior installation of Windows 98, but will erase the entire first hard drive and put a fresh install of Windows 98 if Windows 98 is not detected. Versions First edition - Released:11-May-1998 Second edition - Released: Two releases of Windows 98 are available, the first edition and second edition. From a version standpoint, both are considered version 4.1 (with all Windows 95 releases considered v4.0). Second edition is referred by Micros
Index-a   Don't Forget To Hit <ESC> before going to a different page. Let's play a game of 30 questions.  No, not that old standard of 20 questions, but one with an extra 10 questions added in and one that uses numeric answers (from 1 to 30).  If you get stumped, go on to the next one.  Perhaps the answer you need will be one of those left over when you complete all the questions you're sure of. Each answer is a number. The answers are the numbers 1-30. Each number appears only once. (Obviously) the questions are not in the right order.. 1.           Aside from an extra 385 yards, how many miles is a marathon race? 2.           If 27 solid cubes are formed into one big 3x3x3 cube how many individual cubes, at most, are visible from any single angle? 3.           In the movie Spinal Tap what number is: "Well, it is one louder.."? 4.           'Via Dolorosa' is the (how many) Stations of the Cross, the Christian ritual tracing the key stages of the death of Jesus, beginning with his condemnation and ending with his being laid in the tomb? 5.           How many dots are on a (standard 1-6) die? 6.           The Russian 'Crimea Highway' trunk road from Moscow to the Crimea in Ukraine is the M (what)? 7.           What number, between two hyphens, is used by journalists, etc., to mark the end of a newspaper or broadcast story? 8.           How many unique dominoes are in a standard 'double six' set? 9.           What number turned on its side (rotated 90 degrees) is the symbol for infinity? 10.        The Marvel Comics superhero team led by Mr Fantastic was the Fanstastic (what)? 11.        What is the larger number of the binary system? 12.        Japanese haiku poems loosely comprise how many syllables? 13.        The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are respectively (what number)-and-half degrees north and south of the Equator? 14.        What number is Hurricane on the Beaufort Scale? 15.        Greek deka, and Latin decem, are what number? 16.        Conventionally how many books are in the Bible's New Testament? 17.        How many legs (or arms) are most usually on a starfish? 18.        A lunar month is an average (how many) days plus 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds? 19.        'Roaring' refers to what pluralised number in describing a 1900s decade of western world prosperity? 20.        Traditionally what number of years anniversary is symbolized by silver? 21.        What is generally stated to be the number of major joints in the human body? 22.        What number is the French coded slang 'vingt-deux!', which warns that police are coming? 23.        What is the only number that equals twice the sum of its digits (digit means numerical symbol)? 24.        The early/mid-1900s American vaudeville comedy act was called the (how many) Stooges? 25.        Any line of three numbers in the 'magic square' (a 3 x 3 grid of the numbers 1-9) adds up to what? 26.        What is the international SPI resin/polymer identification coding system number (typically shown within a recycling triangle symbol) for polystyrene? 27.        Traditionally the diameter of the 45rpm gramophone record is (how many) inches? 28.        Pure gold is (how many)-carat? 29.        The expression 'On cloud (what)' refers to being blissfully happy? 30.        Each player begins with (how many) pieces in a game of chess?    Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan (born 13 May 1950) is a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972.  Kirwan's first recorded work with the band was on the huge instrumental hit single "Albatross". Green later stated that, "I would never have done "Albatross" if it wasn't for Danny. I would never have had a number one hit record." The B-side of the single was Kirwan's first published tune, the instrumental "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues". This was an old clarinet piece, written by Joe Venuti and Adrian Rollini, and recorded by the Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang Blue Five in 1933. Kirwan had adapted the piece for himself and Green to play on
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The Good Companions (1929) and Dangerous Corner (1932) were both written by whom?
The Good Companions - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on The Good Companions   Wikis       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 . For other uses, see The Good Companions (disambiguation) . The Good Companions   The Good Companions is a novel by the English author J. B. Priestley . Written in 1929 (in Deal , Kent ), it focuses on the trials and tribulations of a concert party in England between World War I and World War II . It is arguably Priestley's most famous novel, and the work which established him as a national figure. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was adapted twice into film. Contents 5 External links Plot summary The novel is written in picaresque style, and opens with the middle aged, discontented Jess Oakroyd in the fictional Yorkshire town of Bruddersford. He opts to leave his family and seek adventure "on t'road" (throughout the novel Priestley uses dialect for all non- RP speakers of English). He heads south down the Great North Road . Intertwined with the story of Oakroyd's travels are those of Elizabeth Trant and Inigo Jollifant, two similarly malcontented individuals. Miss Trant is an upper- middle class spinster and Jollifant is a teacher at a down-at-heel private school. All three ultimately encounter each other when a failing concert troupe ('The Dinky Doos') are disbanding as a result of their manager running off with the takings. The independently wealthy Miss Trant, against the advice of her relatives, decides to refloat the troupe, now known as 'The Good Companions'. Inigo plays piano, Oakroyd is the odd-job man, and other assorted characters including members of the original troupe: including Jimmy Nunn, Jerry Jerningham and Susie Dean, along with Mr Morton Mitcham (a travelling banjo player whom Inigo met earlier on his own odyssey) have various adventures round the shires of middle England. After a sabotaged performance, the troupe disband: Jerry marries Lady Partlit, a fan; Susie and Inigo become successful and famous in London; Miss Trant gets married; Jess Oakroyd emigrates to Canada and the other performers carry on with their life on the road. Literary significance and reception The Good Companions was an instant hit on publication, but was not particularly well regarded by critics. Despite this, it remained popular for over forty years. It then fell out of favour, not only because the novel was written from a (rather old fashioned) middle class perspective but also because it deals with a phenomenon (a travelling music hall troupe) which no longer exists. Nonetheless, Priestley's ear for dialectical foibles is keen, and many of his constructions (e.g. 'Unkerlathur' for 'Uncle Arthur') are acutely observed. More recently there has been a reappraisal of this and other Priestley works: a new edition of The Good Companions appeared in October 2007 with a foreword by Dame Judi Dench , accompanying a reappraisal of the various versions by Ronald Harwood , Andre Previn and Judy Cornwell amongst others. Dramatic adaptations Advertisements 1931 theatrical adaptation Priestley collaborated with Edward Knoblock on a stage version of his novel, which opened at His Majesty's Theatre , London on 14 May 1931. It ran for nine months, with Edward Chapman , Edith Sharpe and John Gielgud in the cast. 1933 film version The first film version appeared hard on the heels of the book. Produced by Gaumont , it starred John Gielgud as Ingo Jollifant, Jessie Matthews as Susie Dean and Edmund Gwenn as Jess Oakroyd. 1957 film version Main article: The Good Companions (1957 film) A Technicolor remake was directed by J. Lee Thompson for Associated British Picture Corporation , and starred Eric Portman as Oakroyd, Celia Johnson as Miss Trant, Joyce Grenfell as Lady Partlit, Janette Scott as Susie Dean, John Fraser as Inigo Jollifant and Rachel Roberts as Elsie and Effie Longstaff. This version updates the narrative and music to the late f
Mae West - Wikiquote Mae West Jump to: navigation , search Why don't you come up sometime and see me? When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better. When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity. Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie. Response to an exclamation, "Goodness! What lovely diamonds!" in Night After Night (1932). She later used Goodness had nothing to do with it as the title of her autobiography (1953). Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune. She Done Him Wrong (1933) Beulah, Peel me a grape. I'm No Angel (1933) I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported. I'm No Angel (1933) When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better. I'm No Angel (1933) Interview in Life magazine (18 April 1969) It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men. I'm No Angel (1933) Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before. Klondike Annie (1936) Sometimes quoted as: "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."' A man in the house is worth two in the street. Belle of the Nineties When women go wrong, men go right after them. She Done Him Wrong One and one is two; two and two is four; and "five will get you ten" if you work it right! My Little Chickadee I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time. Myra Breckinridge To a young actor: How tall are you without your horse? Six foot, seven inches. Never mind the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches! Myra Breckinridge I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night Sextette To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to say what Paul Revere said — 'The British are coming'. This was the last one-liner Mae ever uttered on film. Sextette When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity. Quoted in "For Women, Monologues They Haven't Heard" by Susan Pomerance, Dramaline Publications (1985) Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. #149 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you. #684 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne I've been in more laps than a napkin. #685 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. #832 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.
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Who painted 'The Last Supper'?
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci – Facts about the Painting View Complete Works The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most famous works of art in the world. It is a large fresco style painting on the wall of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy. It is not a true fresco because it was painted on a dry wall, instead of wet plaster. Unfortunately, because of the medium used, the work began to deteriorate fairly soon after it was painted, and so over the years numerous restoration attempts have been made to restore and preserve it. Although it took over three years to complete, da Vinci did not actually work on it continuously. No one knows the exact date of commencement due to lost and unreliable record-keeping. The Artist Leonardo da Vinci was arguably one of the greatest men to have ever lived. He was an artist, scientist, architect, author, engineer, inventor, and humanist. In essence, he was a Renaissance man. Da Vinci explored and delved into things which were many centuries ahead of him. He was born in 1452 near Vinci in Italy, and died in Amboise, near Tours France in 1519. As one of the early Renaissance men, he was largely underappreciated in Florence, birth place of the Renaissance, and lived out his days under the appreciative arm of French King Francois I. His most famous painting, the Mona Lisa stands proud amongst the collection of the Louvre, along with many of his other works. The Last Supper The Last Supper is among his most famous works. It is a giant fresco like painting on the side of a wall in a dining hall of a monastery. The painting was commissioned by Sforza and is the perfect subject for a dining hall in a monastery. Da Vinci’s Last Supper is depicted in this ritual meal as a religious ceremony. Christ is very much the focal point of the entire piece and we have a sense of asymmetrical symmetry as he is flanked by his disciples. There are thirteen people in all (including Christ) and we can see, presumably the figure of Judas Escariot to the right of Christ, as he was still present at the meal. Some have theorized that Mary Magdalene was sitting to the left of Christ in the painting, but this is a contradiction since there had to be twelve disciples, and she was not one of them. It is interesting to note, that with Christ as the center piece, how he is in fact well framed by the doorway. This provides contrast between his figure and the outside, as well as bringing out eye to the most important figure on the piece. His arms, head and body form a triangle, as well as the space on the left hand side between him and the figure to his left. The disciples are also nicely arranged into groups of three along the length of the table. One interesting fact is that there are lines of perspective that radiate from Christ’s head, indicating that he is the focal point of the painting. These perspective lines blend in with the ceiling and walls. The painting also makes us feel as if we too are a part of it. This formula has been copied and become the standard for symbolic paintings from then on. The Story The Last Supper is the final meal Christ had with his disciples before he was arrested which ultimately crucified. The scene we are shown is when Christ tells his followers that he is to be betrayed and that he will be leaving them very soon. In the groups of three, we see the reactions from the apostles to the news. From the far left, we have the first group who all look surprised. No doubt, all would be thinking that they would never betray the Messiah. The next group, it is likely that Judas is the one holding what appears to be a bag (perhaps of silver?). Behind him is likely Peter, Jesus’ number one disciple who appears angry at the news. And the other person is likely one of the younger apostles, as he appears to swoon. Many have suggested that this is Mary Magdalene, perhaps inspired by the famous Da Vinci Code book. To the right of Christ, the next group of apostles appears to perhaps be questioning Christ as to the suggestion of betrayal, while the group on the far right is likely
Vincent van Gogh Paintings: "The Potato Eaters" Vincent van Gogh Paintings: "The Potato Eaters" Tweet Despite the modern demand for Vincent van Gogh paintings, the early years of  van Gogh (1853-1890) offered nary a hint of his future popularity. Born in Groot-Zundert, Holland, and the son of a Calvinist pastor, he dropped out of school in 1869 to work for an art dealer; he was fired seven years later. He then spent two years as a lay preacher working with impoverished miners; he was denied ordination because he was considered "overly passionate" by Calvinist authorities.  At the age of 27, he resolved to become an artist. Beginning at this juncture and for the rest of his life, Vincent van Gogh received emotional and financial support from his brother, Theo.   Jean-Francois Millet, The Sower. Oil on canvas, 1850.  40" x 32.5".  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This included frequent letters between the two, providing not only insights into the specific intentions and contexts of Vincent van Gogh paintings, but also into Vincent's volatile mental health. From 1883 to 1885, he lived at his father's vicarage in Nuenen, Holland, where he created one of his most famous paintings, The Potato Eaters. The realistic art and peasant imagery of Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) was hugely influential as he conveyed in a letter to Theo: "While I was doing it I thought again about what has so rightly been said of Millet's peasants - ‘His peasants seem to have been painted with the soil they sow'".  Van Gogh also admired Jozef Israels, a painter of fishermen and peasants whom he described to Theo as the "Dutch Millet". Jozef Israels, Peasant Family at Table.  Oil on canvas, 1882.  Approximately 28" x 41".  Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Inspired by Millet's The Sower and Israels' Peasant Family at Table, Vincent created Potato Eaters, which echoes Israels' work of art.  Van Gogh's painting, however, has darker hues, an impasto paint texture, and more influence from Rembrandt's tenebrism (a painting style employed by Caravaggio and followers in which a few objects are brightly lit while the majority are in heavy shadow).   Its perspective is askew - look how abruptly the ceiling beams recede - and reveals van Gogh's technical naivete. Or is it genius?   The Potato Eaters. Oil on canvas, 1885. Approximately 32" x 45". Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam The peasants' gnarled hands and fingers evince severe arthritic pain, while the folds and wrinkles in their tattered clothing seem to restrain some unwieldy, internal force.  On the wall, the Crucifixion picture and clock seem poised to jump off the wall rather than to remain attached.  This explosive energy is a heartfelt but unsentimental contrast to its solemnity and tranquility, in which these peasants have nothing but coffee and potatoes to eat after a physically taxing day. He was pleased with Potato Eaters, writing to Theo that ...in contrast to a great many other paintings, it has rusticity and a certain life in it. And then, although it's done differently, in a different century from the old Dutchmen, Ostade, for instance, it's nevertheless out of the heart of peasant life and - original. Tragically, his painting career was intermittently interrupted by an unspecifiable mental illness; the physician who admitted him to a psychiatric hospital in 1888 noted that his patient had "acute mania with hallucinations of sight and hearing."  His failure to achieve financial stability was profoundly troubling - in spite of the exclusivity of van Gogh artwork today, some art historians claim he sold only one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles, during his lifetime; further, he had no patrons, and he was forced to remain financially dependent on Theo.  Art historians have long claimed that Vincent died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1890, in spite of having recently  received a postive review from the art critic Alberet Aurier .  That dismal demise may not be true: a new book written by two Pulitzer Prize winners, Van Gogh: The Life (Smith and Naifeh), makes a convincing case that Vincent was shot by lo
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The USA bought the American Virgin Islands in 1917, from which country?
Purchase of the United States Virgin Islands, 1917 Other State Department Archive Sites Purchase of the United States Virgin Islands, 1917 Beginning in 1867, the United States made several attempts to expand its influence into the Caribbean by acquiring the Danish West Indies. However, due to a number of political difficulties in concluding and ratifying a treaty to govern this exchange, this collection of islands did not become a part of the United States until their formal transfer from Denmark on March 31, 1917. After the transfer, the United States Government changed the name of the islands to the Virgin Islands of the United States. The Danish West Indies were controlled by several European powers before coming under Danish control in the late 1600s. The Danish West Indies were further enlarged by the 1733 purchase of the island of St. Croix from France, and an 1848 revolt led to the abolition of slavery in the colony. However, after the 1830s, the islands entered into a period of economic decline, and the Danish government found that the West Indies colony was becoming increasingly expensive to administrate. In 1867, Secretary of State William Henry Seward attempted to acquire the Danish West Indies as part of his plan for peaceful territorial expansion. Seward successfully negotiated a treaty that was ratified by the Danish parliament and approved by a local, limited-suffrage plebiscite. The treaty also allowed islanders the choice to remain Danish subjects or become U.S. citizens. However, the U.S. Senate, angered over Seward's support of President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial, rejected the treaty. John Hay, U.S. Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905, was also interested in acquiring the Danish West Indies, as part of his broader plans for American expansion and securing the route of the future Panama Canal . In 1900, the U.S. and Danish governments again entered into a treaty, which the Senate ratified in 1902. However, the upper house of the Danish parliament did not ratify this treaty, deadlocking in a tied vote. The 1902 treaty did not contain a plebiscite provision, nor did it accord U.S. citizenship to the islanders. The U.S. purchase of the Danish West Indies was thus delayed again. In 1915, especially after the sinking of the Lusitania , the issue of the U.S. purchase of the Danish West Indies again became an important issue in U.S. foreign policy. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State Robert Lansing feared that the German government might annex Denmark, in which case the Germans might also secure the Danish West Indies as a naval or submarine base from where they could launch additional attacks on shipping in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Lansing thus approached Constantin Brun, the Danish Minister to the United States, about the possible purchase of the Danish West Indies in October of 1915, but Brun rejected the proposal. Many Danes resisted U.S. acquisition of these islands as they expected that the unfortunate civil rights record of the U.S. in the early twentieth century would have disastrous consequences for the predominantly black population of the Danish West Indies. The Danish government thus required that any treaty transferring ownership of the islands to the United States would make provisions for a local plebiscite, U.S. citizenship for the islanders, and free trade. Lansing rejected these provisions claiming that these issues fell under the jurisdiction of Congress and thus could not be extended by treaty. Lansing also objected to a treaty provision that Danish citizens be guaranteed the legal rights that they currently enjoyed on the islands. Concerned about recent events and Danish recalcitrance, Lansing implied that if Denmark was unwilling to sell, the United States might occupy the islands to prevent their seizure by Germany. Preferring peaceful transfer to occupation, the Danish government agreed to Lansing's demands, and Brun and Lansing signed a treaty in New York on August 4, 1916. The treaty was approved by the Danish Lower House on August 14, and su
United States: History United States History European Exploration and Settlement Exploration of the area now included in the United States was spurred after Christopher Columbus , sailing for the Spanish monarchy, made his voyage in 1492. John Cabot explored the North American coast for England in 1498. Men who were important explorers for Spain in what now constitutes the United States include Ponce de León , Cabeza de Vaca , Hernando De Soto , and Coronado ; important explorers for France were Giovanni da Verrazano , Samuel de Champlain , Louis Jolliet , Jacques Marquette , and La Salle . These three nations—England, Spain, and France—were the chief nations to establish colonies in the present United States, although others also took part, especially the Netherlands in the establishment of New Netherland (explored by Henry Hudson ), which became New York, and Sweden in a colony on the Delaware River (see New Sweden ). The first permanent settlement in the present United States was Saint Augustine (Florida), founded in 1565 by the Spaniard Pedro Menéndez de Avilés . Spanish control came to be exercised over Florida, West Florida, Texas, and a large part of the Southwest, including California. For the purposes of finding precious metals and of converting heathens to Catholicism, the Spanish colonies in the present United States were relatively unfruitful and thus were never fully developed. The French established strongholds on the St. Lawrence River (Quebec and Montreal) and spread their influence over the Great Lakes country and along the Mississippi; the colony of Louisiana was a flourishing French settlement. The French government, like the Spanish, tolerated only the Catholic faith, and it implanted the rigid and feudalistic seignorial system of France in its North American possessions. Partly for these reasons, the French settlements attracted few colonists. The English settlements, which were on the Atlantic seaboard, developed in patterns more suitable to the New World, with greater religious freedom and economic opportunity. The first permanent English settlement was made at Jamestown (Virginia) in 1607. The first English settlements in Virginia were managed by a chartered commercial company, the Virginia Company; economic motives were paramount to the company in founding the settlements. The Virginia colony early passed to control by the crown and became a characteristic type of English colony—the royal colony. Another type—the corporate colony—was initiated by the settlement of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony in 1620 and by the establishment of the more important Massachusetts Bay colony by the Puritans in 1630. Religious motives were important in the founding of these colonies. The colonists of Massachusetts Bay brought with them from England the charter and the governing corporation of the colony, which thus became a corporate one, i.e., one controlled by its own resident corporation. The corporate status of the Plymouth Colony, evinced in the Mayflower Compact , was established by the purchase (1626) of company and charter from the holders in England. Connecticut and Rhode Island, which were offshoots of Massachusetts, owed allegiance to no English company; their corporate character was confirmed by royal charters, granted to Connecticut in 1662 and to Rhode Island in 1663. A third type of colony was the proprietary, founded by lords proprietors under quasi-feudal grants from the king; prime examples are Maryland (under the Calvert family) and Pennsylvania (under William Penn ). The religious and political turmoil of the Puritan Revolution in England, as well as the repression of the Huguenots in France, helped to stimulate emigration to the English colonies. Hopes of economic betterment brought thousands from England as well as a number from Germany and other continental countries. To obtain passage across the Atlantic, the poor often indentured themselves to masters in the colonies for a specified number of years. The colonial population was also swelled by criminals transported from England as a means of
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Which playing card is known as ‘The Curse of Mexico’?
Guide to games: Fascinating card facts | Life and style | The Guardian Fascinating card facts Share on Messenger Close Without cards, there would be no sarnies. You're probably aware the sandwich was named after the 18th-century earl. But do you know why John Montagu dreamed up his eponymous snack? Because he didn't want to leave the cribbage table to go to dinner. Many individual cards have picked up nicknames over the years. For example, the four of clubs is often known as Ned Stokes, the Devil's four-poster, or the Curse of Mexico; the queen of clubs, Queen Bess; the nine of diamonds, the curse of Scotland; the king of hearts, the suicide king (because he appears to be stabbing himself through the head); the king of diamonds, the man with the axe; the ace of clubs, the horseshoe; the ace of spades, old frizzle. The king of hearts is the only without a moustache - but not because of superior personal hygiene. He originally had one, but it was lost in the reproduction of the original design. A similar mistake caused his axe to become a sword. Ever wondered why the ace of spades' spade is larger and more ornate than the others? It's a tax thing. The first systematic duty was imposed on cards in 1711, and in order to indicate that the fee had been paid, a tax stamp was placed on the top card, which was usually the ace of spades. In 1828 it was decided instead that the Stamp Office would print an official ace of spades with the royal coat of arms to signal that the tax had been paid. Chemistry lessons would be a lot harder if it weren't for cards. For it was while playing his beloved patience that Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev had his brainwave about the organisation of the elements - and thus was born the periodic table. Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, who was shot dead at the poker table in 1876, is not the only famous person to have died while playing - comedian Buster Keaton and singer Al Jolson also pegged it at the card table. Cards were freely available in Britain from the 15th century onwards - until April 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway interrupted our supply of cardboard. Winston Churchill insisted that playing card manufacture be maintained at any cost, as they were the soldiers' principal form of entertainment in the trenches. During the Vietnam war, the US Playing Card Company manufactured crates of aces of spades to ship out to troops. Rumour had it that the Vietcong held the card in mortal dread, believing it to be the symbol of death. Rumour was wrong, but airdropping the cards over Vietnamese villages apparently helped the US soldiers' morale. A few common English phrases taken from the table: on the cards, play your cards right, steal a march (euchre), not my strong suit, streets ahead (cribbage), ace up your sleeve, beats me, call your bluff, high roller, pass the buck, up the ante, when the chips are down, left in the lurch, raw deal, follow suit, come up trumps.
Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2015 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Park Tavern and the Brewers Q1 Great Britain is to appear in the Tennis Davis Cup final in which Belgian city? Ghent Q2 Once storms Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond and Eva have passed the UK, which will be next? Frank The current Ebola outbreak started in which African country? Guinea (Dec 2013) Where would you find Connexus and Versatile? On TV program The Apprentice (Teams names in the current TV series) Q5 Which actor has appeared as James Bond in exactly 2 official Bond films? Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to kill) Q6 According to Collins English Dictionary what has been chosen as the word of the year 2015? Binge-watch Q7 What is the tag line of the upcoming Star Wars film episode 7 of the series? The Force Awakens Who replaced Nick Hewer in the TV program The Apprentice? Claude Littner Q9 Which RAF base was in the news in October, owing to the arrival of ~140 migrants by boat? RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) Q10 There is one remaining hovercraft service operating in the UK, from which city does it operate? Portsmouth (Southsea -> Ryde on the Isle of Wight) Q11 Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe has been in the news recently, as the CEO of which company? Talk Talk Q12 Which British airline is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, flying its inaugural flight on November 10th 1995? EasyJet The Schengen Treaty takes its name from a village in which country? Luxembourg MP can stand for two things on an ordnance survey Map, name either? Mile Post or Mooring Post Q15 On a marine map what does HWM stand for? High Water Mark Which country is to host the next Winter Olympics in 2018? South Korea Who did Seb Coe succeed as head of the IAAF?  Lamine Diack What is the third largest object in the solar system? Saturn (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn) Which man made object is furthest from Earth? Voyager 1 (allow Voyager) Q20 For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar? From Here to Eternity Which current world leader is sometimes known as Bibi? Benjamin Netanyahu Q22 Who has been recently sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister after winning a surprise majority?  Justin Trudeau What is the longest motorway in the UK?  M6 What is the longest A road in the UK?  A1 Who is the shadow chancellor? John McDonnell Which building was built in 1093 to house the shrine of St Cuthbert? Durham Cathedral In which building would you find the famous Cosmati Pavement? Westminster Cathedral Who hosts 'Modern Life is Goodish'? Dave Gorman Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics? Namibia Who hosts 'As yet untitled'? Alan Davies Who will be the new host of QI succeeding Stephen Fry? Sandi Toksvig What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female? Hermaphrodite With which artistic medium would you associate Ansel Adams?  Photography Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex? Winchester Which group recorded the track 'Unfinished Symphony'?  Massive Attack Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'? Fenn Street Q37 80s band Heaven 17 got their name from a well-known novel originally published in 1962. Name it? A Clockwork Orange - (by Anthony Burgess) Q38 Steely Dan got their name from which notorious novel originally published in 1959? The Naked Lunch (by William Burroughs) Q39 Wladimir Klitschko is a champion boxer from which country? Ukraine The 'Rockhampton Rocket' was a nickname given to which famous sportsman? Rod Laver Which British astronaut is going to the international space station in December?  Tim Peake How many cantons make up Switzerland? 26 (accept 25 to 27) Q43 Which city was the imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo? Kyoto Saloth Sar born 19 May 1925 is better known by what name? Pol Pot What was discovered in 1799 by Pierre-François Bouchard a Napoleonic soldier? The Rosetta Stone 'I told you I was ill' are the words carved into whose gravestone? Spike Milligan Q47 What did Newcastle chemist William Owen invent in 1927 for those
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Give any year in the life of Thomas Gainsborough?
Thomas Gainsborough : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Thomas Gainsborough   Wikis       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 Top rankings for Thomas Gainsborough 14th From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Gainsborough 2 August 1788 (aged 61) Nationality Thomas Gainsborough (christened 14 May 1727 – 2 August 1788) was a British portrait and landscape painter . Contents Advertisements Suffolk Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury , Suffolk , England. His father was a weaver involved with the wool trade. At the age of thirteen he impressed his father with his penciling skills so that he let him go to London to study art in 1740. In London he first trained under engraver Hubert Gravelot but eventually became associated with William Hogarth and his school. One of his mentors was Francis Hayman . In those years he contributed to the decoration of what is now the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children and the supper boxes at Vauxhall Gardens . Mr and Mrs Andrews (1748-49). National Gallery , London. In the 1740s, Gainsborough married Margaret Burr, an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Beaufort , who settled a £200 annuity on the couple. The artist's work, then mainly composed of landscape paintings, was not selling very well. He returned to Sudbury in 1748–1749 and concentrated on the painting of portraits . In 1752, he and his family, now including two daughters, moved to Ipswich . Commissions for personal portraits increased, but his clientele included mainly local merchants and squires. He had to borrow against his wife's annuity. Bath The Blue Boy (1770). The Huntington, California. In 1759, Gainsborough and his family moved to Bath . There, he studied portraits by van Dyck and was eventually able to attract a better-paying high society clientele. In 1761, he began to send work to the Society of Arts exhibition in London (now the Royal Society of Arts , of which he was one of the earliest members); and from 1769 on, he submitted works to the Royal Academy 's annual exhibitions. He selected portraits of well-known or notorious clients in order to attract attention. These exhibitions helped him acquire a national reputation, and he was invited to become one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1769. His relationship with the academy, however, was not an easy one and he stopped exhibiting his paintings there in 1773. London In 1774, Gainsborough and his family moved to London to live in Schomberg House , Pall Mall . In 1777, he again began to exhibit his paintings at the Royal Academy, including portraits of contemporary celebrities, such as the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland. Exhibitions of his work continued for the next six years. Mr and Mrs William Hallett (1785). In 1780, he painted the portraits of King George III and his queen and afterwards received many royal commissions. This gave him some influence with the Academy and allowed him to dictate the manner in which he wished his work to be exhibited. However, in 1783, he removed his paintings from the forthcoming exhibition and transferred them to Schomberg House. In 1784, royal painter Allan Ramsay died and the King was obliged to give the job to Gainsborough's rival and Academy president, Joshua Reynolds . Gainsborough remained the Royal Family's favorite painter, however. At his own express wish, he was buried at St. Anne's Church, Kew , where the Family regularly worshipped. In his later years, Gainsborough often painted relatively simple, ordinary landscapes. With Richard Wilson , he was one of the originators of the eighteenth-century British landscape school; though simultaneously, in conjunction with Joshua Reynolds, he was the dominant British portraitist of the second half of the 18th century. He died of cancer on 2 August 1788 at the age of 61 and is interred at Kew Parish Church, Surrey (located in Kew Gardens). He is buried next to Francis
Thomas Cranmer | archbishop of Canterbury | Britannica.com archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex Thomas Cranmer, (born July 2, 1489, Aslacton, Nottinghamshire , England —died March 21, 1556, Oxford ), the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56), adviser to the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI . As archbishop , he put the English Bible in parish churches, drew up the Book of Common Prayer , and composed a litany that remains in use today. Denounced by the Catholic queen Mary I for promoting Protestantism , he was convicted of heresy and burned at the stake. Thomas Cranmer, detail of an oil painting by Gerlach Flicke, 1545; in the National Portrait … Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London Early life Cranmer was the second son of Thomas Cranmer and Agnes (née Hatfield). His father seems to have belonged to the lowest rank of the gentry; at any rate, he had only enough property to endow his eldest son, John, so that Thomas and his younger brother were destined for the church. After experiencing the teaching of a “marvellous severe and cruel schoolmaster,” whose ministrations Cranmer later maintained instilled in him a permanent uncertainty and pliability, the boy went on to Cambridge in 1503. In 1510 or 1511 he was elected to a fellowship at Jesus College but was soon compelled to vacate because he married a relative of the landlady of the Dolphin Inn. During this time he earned his living by teaching at Buckingham (later Magdalene) College, leaving his wife to lodge at the Dolphin; out of this arrangement grew a later story that he had started out in life as a hostler. His wife died in childbirth soon after their marriage, however, and Jesus College restored Cranmer to his fellowship. He now entered the church and threw himself into his studies, becoming one of the outstanding theologians of his time, a man of immense, though not very original, learning. From about 1520 he belonged to a group of scholars who met regularly to discuss the theological problems raised by Martin Luther ’s revolt; known to be inclined to the new way of thinking, they were dubbed “Little Germany.” Among the group that was to lead the English Reformation were William Tyndale , Robert Barnes , Thomas Bilney , and, above all, Cranmer, who by 1525 included among his prayers one for the abolition of papal power in England. Entry into royal service Cranmer’s ambitions for reform would have remained academic had it not been for the political events into which he was soon drawn, however contrary they were to his upbringing and tastes. From 1527 onward, Henry VIII pursued his desire to be freed from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon , in order to marry Anne Boleyn , and in 1529 the grips of the “divorce” controversy seized also upon Cranmer. In August a plague known as the sweating sickness swept the country and was especially severe in Cambridge. To escape the sickness, Cranmer left the town with two of his pupils—brothers who were related to him through their mother—and went to their father’s house at Waltham in Essex. The king was visiting in the immediate neighbourhood at the time, and two of his chief councillors, Stephen Gardiner and Edward Fox, met Cranmer in those lodgings soon afterward. Not surprisingly, they were led to discuss the king’s meditated divorce. Britannica Stories Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent Henry, who was willing to secure the help of any likely head and hand, however obscure, summoned Cranmer for an interview and commanded him to lay aside all other pursuits in order to devote himself to the question of the divorce. Cranmer accepted a commission to write a propaganda treatise in the king’s interest, stating the course he proposed and defending it by arguments from Scripture, the Fathers, and the decrees of general councils. He was commended to the hospitality of Anne Boleyn’s father, the earl of Wiltshire, in whose house at Durham Place he resided for some time; was appointed archdeacon of Taunton; became one of the king’s chaplains; and also held a parochial benefice, the name of
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What is the correct name for 'Petticoat Lane' in London?
Petticoat Lane Market, Between Middlesex and Goulston Streets, London | Shopping/Markets in London | LondonTown.com Opening Times Petticoat Lane is London's world famous Sunday market and sells mainly clothes for men, women and children, from street-cred clubwear to over-orders of designer goods and last year's must-haves. One of its specialities is leather wear at the Aldgate East end and there's bric-a-brac, household goods, in fact everything you could possibly think of plus some other bits and bobs too. The market is held in and around Middlesex Street on Sundays from 9am to 3pm, with a smaller market open on Wentworth Street from Monday to Friday. Confusingly, Petticoat Lane doesn't actually exist any more - we have the Victorians' prudishness to thank for that, wishing to avoid any reference to undergarments they changed the name to Middlesex Street in 1846. With more than 1,000 stalls lining the streets on a Sunday bargain hunters come in their droves, it's a great scene worth the trip even if you're not shopping. Nearby areas of interest include Brushfield Street where Spitalfields Market is held and which offers more in the way of quality. Petticoat Lane may be London's biggest street jumble sale but for bargain hunting, with a bit of haggling thrown in, it's the original and the best. �
The Baker Street Bazaar | The Legends of London The Legends of London The Baker Street Bazaar Madame Tussaud at 42 The famous exhibition of wax figures has a remarkable history. Madame Tussaud was taken, by her mother, to Bern in Switzerland from Strasbourg after the death of her father in the Seven Year War. Here she was employed by Dr Phillippe Curtius , a physician, who was well-known for his anatomical wax models.  He moved to Paris and took his young apprentice with him (she was only 6 years old). Her very first wax model was of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1778 and she began showing a remarkable talent. By the time she was 17 she became the art tutor to King Louis XVI’s sister, Madame Elizabeth, at the Palace of Versailles.During the French Revolution she was imprisoned for 3 months awaiting execution, but was released due to the intervention of an influential friend.  To show her allegiance to the Revolution Madame Tussaud was forced to make death masks of the aristocracy who had been guillotined (which included the King and Marie Antoinette). The masks were put on spikes and placed in the Place de la Concorde for display.After the death of her mentor, who left her all his masks and waxworks, Tussaud decided to start a new life across the waters in England in the early 1800s. She spent the next 36 years taking her travelling show across the British Isles, seeking fame and glamour. The show gave ordinary folk the opportunity to see famous figures they had only heard about.  In 1835 Madame Tussaud & Sons set up a permanent exhibition on Baker Street, called the Baker Street Bazaar. Visitors paid sixpence to see the waxworks, the famous Chamber of Horrors, artefacts from the French Revolution and the guillotine believed to have been the one used to execute Marie Antoinette. In 1884 the exhibition moved to its present location in Marylebone Road. A panel of senior executives consider requests and current events when deciding on wax models. They then put 30 sculptors and many specialist technicians to work out of the west London workshop. The first sitting for a waxwork lasts at least 4 hours and over 200 hundred photographs are taken from every angle, and every conceivable measurement is taken.  Hair samples and false eyes are taken to the sitting to get the colours as close as possible to the real thing. And even an impression of the famous person’s teeth and a plaster mould of their hands are made. The first model of the heads are made of clay and when the okay has been given to start on the actual wax work, translucent wax is used to make it look like human skin and many layers of oil paint is used to get the skin tone, veins and freckles absolutely right. Inserting over 10,000 individual hairs can take over 4 weeks. It’s the detail that makes the difference. The Diamond Jubilee waxwork After 4 months of hard work, Madam Tussauds has just unveiled their 23rd waxwork of the Queen for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations at a cost of over £150,000.  Her dress is decorated with over 53,000 Swarovski crystals and she is wearing a copy of the state diadem, created in 1820, and copies of jewels which belonged to Queen Victoria.Politicians, pop stars, actors, sports stars…famous people are still the draw of the museum. With branches across the globe, visitors from Las Vegas, Shanghai and Berlin, to Sydney, Hong Kong, Amsterdam and more, can keep Madame Tussaud’s dream of sensationalism and her dark tourism alive. Dawn Denton©
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Florence, Pegasus, Symphony and Alice are all varieties of which fruit?
Strawberry plants - T.J. Moore - Mid-Norfolk's only propagator of soft fruit plants Contact Us Strawberry plants We grow 18 varieties of strawberry plants all of which are available as fresh dug plants from early September onwards . We can continue to supply fresh dug bare root plants until late spring if required.  All plants can be supplied as cold stored if pre-ordered. Older traditional varieties RED GAUNTLET Red Gauntlet is a bright red fruit, resistant to red core. Red Gauntlet is popular market variety, becoming outclassed. CAMBRIDGE VIGOUR Cambridge Vigour is earlier than Favourite; was popular as first of the season, and has become outclassed. Cambridge Vigour produces good size fruit on maiden plants. CAMBRIDGE FAVOURITE Cambridge Favourite was a popular first class cropper; fruit travels fairly well and is fairly resistant to Mildew and Botrytis. Cambridge favourite is becoming outclassed. HONEOYE Honeoye is 4-6 days before Elsanta. Honeoye is orange/red fruit and is susceptible to Verticilium Wilt. HAPIL Hapil is large, bright glossy fruit. Yield is high. Vigorous plants. Hapil is a P.Y.O favourite, but is susceptible to Verticilium Wilt. Other strawberries ELSANTA Elsanta is the most popular strawberry, a prime variety for the supermarkets. Elsanta has a high yield, good flavour, medium to large firm orange fruit with good self life. Elsanta is susceptible to Verticilium Wilt and mildew. EROS Eros was released in 1994, bred at HRI. Eros has an attractive regular conical mid red fruit, with a firm skin and flesh. Its firmness is similar to Elsanta. Eros produces more large fruit and maintains size better. Also resistant to two common races of Red Core. Eros is moderately susceptible to Powdery Mildew and Wilt. ROSIE We are the only propagator of Rosie. Early June-bearer Strawberry. Rosie fruits regular conical shape with firm skin and good flavour, glossy finish, darker than Elsanta. Yields similar to Honeoye but less waste. Rosie is suitable for all types of retail outlets. Plants are susceptible to Powdery Mildew, Wilt and Crown Rot, so a spray programme similar to that used for Elsanta is recommended. Rosie is moderately vigorous with good runner production. PEGASUS Pegasus has a high yield of bright glossy fruit. Pegasus is resistant to Verticilium Wilt, used as a P.Y.O variety. RHAPSODY Rhapsody is a late variety that is resistant to Red Core. Rhapsody is moderately resistant to Wilt. It doesn’t suffer from Mildew. Rhapsody has large to medium fruit which are glossy red. SOPHIE Sophie is late season 2 weeks after Elsanta. Its fruit has conical shape and is dark red in colour. Sophie is moderately firm medium size (25-36 mm). It plants vigorous, fruit well displayed on long stems. Sophie is susceptible to Powdery Mildew and other common soil borne diseases, so a spray programme similar to Elsanta is needed. FLORENCE Florence is late season -10 days after Elsanta, between Pegasus and Rhapsody. Florence’s fruit is regular conical shape with a firm skin and flesh. Full red colour with a matt finish. Its yield is between Bogota and Elsanta. Florence average fruit size is large and less wastage. The plants moderately vigorous. Florence erects habit with well displayed fruit. Resistant to Powdery Mildew and other fungal diseases. ALICE Alice’s fruit as an attractive, glossy finish is bright orange/red in colour. Alice is 7 days later than Elsanta, and resistant to Verticilium Wilt and Crown Rot. Alice is less susceptible to Powdery Mildew than Elsanta. CALYPSO
General Knowledge #5 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. General Knowledge #5 What does the legal term �caveat emptor� mean? Let the buyer beware Which Russian author wrote the novel A Month in the Country? Ivan Turgenev What do the initials UNICEF stand for? United Nations International Children�s Emergency Fund. Who was the last king of Rome? Tarquin the Proud. Which opera was composed by Verdi for the opening of the Suez Canal? Aida Which important religious building contains the Kaaba? Great Mosque at Mecca Which French dramatist wrote Tartuffe and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme? Moli�re By what name was William Joyce known in World War II? Lord Haw-Haw A covey is the group name for what type of bird? Partridge Which English poet lived with his sister at Dove Cottage, Grasmere in the English Lake District? Wordsworth What is the medical name for short-sightedness? Myopia What name is given to the magical beliefs and practices associated particularly with Haiti? Voodoo Which fortified palace on a rocky hill in Granada is an outstanding example of Moorish architecture? Alhambra Which female aviator established records with solo flights to Australia, Tokyo and the Cape of Good Hope in the 1930s? Amy Johnson, In which year did Hillary and Tenzing become the first mountaineers to reach the summit of Mount Everest? 1953 What is the English name for the movement in French cinema called �nouvelle vague�? New Wave Who was the first president of the French Fifth Republic? Charles De Gaulle From which country did Iceland win total independence in June 1944? Denmark Which North American aquatic rodent is also known as a musquash? Muskrat What was the name of the raft used by Thor Heyerdahl on his 1947 expedition? Kon-tiki, Who sailed around the world in the yacht Gipsy Moth IV? Sir Francis Chichester In which Middle Eastern country is the Roman city of Jerash? Jordan On which mountain in Ireland (also known as The Reek) did St Patrick fast for 40 days and nights in 441AD? Croagh Patrick On which island is the poet Rupert Brooke buried? Skyros In which US state is the Spurr Volcano? Alaska Who was the first British-born astronaut to walk in space? Dr Michael Foale Which is the world�s second largest desert? Australian Desert, Which flower has the Latin name Bellis perennis? Common daisy, The Ligurian Sea is an arm of which body of water? Mediterranean Sea Mossad is the secret service of which country? Israel In Greek mythology, who was the giant watchman with one hundred eyes? Argos Orly airport serves which city? Paris What �R� is the active form of vitamin A found in margarines, oily fish and dairy fats? Retinol Which South African surgeon performed the world�s first successful heart transplant? Dr Christiaan Barnard. In which 1981 film do Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep say farewell? The French Lieutenant�s Woman, Named after a town in north-east India, which high quality tea with a delicate taste is known as the �Champagne of teas�? Squid What is the name of the dish, originating from North Africa, that consists of steamed semolina? Couscous Which great circle may be terrestrial or celestial? The Equator, What meat-derived foodstuff did Kenneth Daigneau famously give a name to in 1937 Spam What name is given to members of the United Society of Believers in Christ�s Second Appearing? The Shakers Which Roman historian wrote a history of Rome in 142 volumes? Livy, Lake Taupo is the largest lake in which country? New Zealand Of which republic in the Caribbean is Port au Prince the capital? Haiti, Who succeeded James A Garfield as US president in 1881? Chester A Arthur, In which year was Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius? 79AD Which studio album by Queen first featured the song We Will Rock You? News of the World, Which is the second largest mountain system in North America? Appalachians, Which is the only seal that feeds on penguins? Leopard seal Which creature of Australia and New Guinea is also called a spiny anteater? Echidna Guernsey, Jersey and Sark are pa
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An Eskimo roll is a maneuver to right what type of craft?
How to Do an Eskimo Roll: 14 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow Learning Eskimo Roll Technique 1 Position your paddle parallel to your boat. [2] You want the paddle to be along the left side, or port, of your boat. As you go throughout the process of learning your Eskimo roll technique, make sure that you maintain a firm grip on your paddle. 2 Twist your torso to the right, and retract your right arm. [3] You will bring your paddle in an arch across your kayak deck in front of you. You want to lead your paddle into the water on the right, or starboard, side of your boat. After you form this arch, you want to follow through with your paddle in the water all the way back to the stern, along the starboard side of your boat. A higher arch with the paddle will give you more power in your Eskimo roll. However, form takes practice. You’ll want to have maximum power without compromising your ability to pull the paddle against the resistance of the water. This is a personal balance, and it will depend on your upper body strength. 3 Practice your technique above water before you attempt to roll. [4] Going through the motions with your paddle will help you to develop your muscle memory before you actually attempt your roll under water. Make sure that you have a friend or instructor near by to watch and provide feedback on your technique. You don’t want to form any bad technical habits. A large part of the success of an Eskimo roll lies in the fluidity of your motions. You want to be able to go through the motions of s roll without stopping to think about each position or step. Practice for a few hours over the course of a few days before you attempt to roll under water. Part 2 Practicing Your Eskimo Roll 1 Capsize your kayak. [5] As you are practicing your roll, you want to know how to flip yourself over. The first time you do this, you’re going to exit the kayak rather than roll. To make yourself comfortable, ease into flipping over completely. Have your friend bring the bow of their boat next to your cockpit, perpendicular to your boat. Reach out one hand to rest on their bow. Slowly lean toward your friend, and tip your boat into the water about 45 degrees. Then, return to an upright position by pushing down on their bow. Repeat this a few times. Each time, slightly increase how far you lean into the water. Do this until you can lean far enough to flip yourself over completely. 2 Exit your capsized kayak. [6] After you flip your kayak over completely, you want to make a controlled exit. This will give you a safety net as you begin to practice your rolls. You’ll know you are never trapped underwater, as you can always perform a boat exit. Practice with the spray skirt on your kayak. You will need a spray skirt when you roll. Make sure that your spray skirt’s handle is within your reach, and that you are in a snug seated position in your kayak. After you capsize your kayak, take a second or two to orient your self, and remain as calm as possible. Grab your spray skirt by the handle, and pull it off. Place the paddle between your hands, firmly grip the edge of the cockpit, and push yourself out to either side of your kayak. Keep your head as close to the surface as you can. 3 Practice your exits. [7] Even though this isn’t your complete roll, practicing wet exits can help you to feel comfortable upside down in the water. Each time you perform your exit, try to stay under water for a little longer. You want to have as much control over your breath as you can. 4 Keep a friend by your side for emergency surfacing. Because you are new to Eskimo rolls, you may not be able to flip yourself back over completely on your first few tries. [8] Remember, if you need help at any point, bang your hands against the side of your boat, or stick your hand up out of the water. Make sure your friend is on high alert. 5 Capsize your boat, and perform the motions of your roll under water. Once you capsize, your arm technique and paddle arch motion will be exactly the same as it was when you practiced on the surface of the water. It will simply be inverted.
BFI Screenonline: Six-Five Special (1957-58) Synopsis Show analysis Synopsis Warning: screenonline full synopses contain 'spoilers' which give away key plot points. Don't read on if you don't want to know the ending! Edition originally transmitted on BBC on 31 August 1957 Pete Murray introduces Eric Delaney and his Band. They play 'Ole King Rock'n'Roll' (a rock'n'roll version of 'Ole King Cole'). The studio audience jives. Pete Murray introduces Spike Milligan, playing an inventor, Mr Pym, who has invented a device which indicates when jelly is present in a room. Michael Holliday mimes to 'Old Cape Cod', then sings 'Love you Darlin', accompanied by Don Lang and his Frantic Five. Holliday introduces Jo Douglas, Freddie Mills and Pete Murray, who sing a comic song around the Six-Five Special train theme. Mills is dressed as a Teddy Boy and Murray enacts rock'n'roll steps. Don Lang's tenor sax player, Rex, plays a solo. Don Lang sings his new record 'White Silver Sands'. Don Lang says the programme has received many letters from people who want to know the difference between jive and rock'n'roll dancing. He introduces Bill Ross and Lesley who perform a rock'n'roll dance to Rex playing his own composition 'Rex's Rock'. Lesley wears a very, very short flared skirt, neckerchief, flat pumps and seamed tights; Bill Ross wears a check shirt, sneakers and denim jeans. Murray introduces American band leader Ray Anthony. Anthony says he finds the show very exciting and comments that there is nothing like it on US television. He says that he is on a 'goodwill tour' of the UK and his band will be brought over to Britain in a few months. Murray asks him which is his favourite composition; Anthony replies 'Mr Anthony's Boogie'. They speak briefly on the Band's film work. Anthony has made a record called 'Bunny Hop' - Bill Ross and Lesley dance to it after brief instruction from Anthony. The studio audience joins in and Don Lang plays. Douglas on location with climbers from the Polytechnic Climbing Club. They climb the Milestone Buttress in North Wales. Douglas introduces Chris Barber and his Band and Ottilie Patterson, who sings 'Steamboat Bill'. Chris Barber and his Band play an instrumental as the studio audience jives. Milligan, Mills and Douglas in a sketch in which Milligan is a butcher cutting up meat as the two customers ignore him and gossip. He eventually blows the meat joint up with dynamite. Murray introduces the Deep River Boys who sing 'All Shook Up', 'Love Me Tender', 'When Rock'n'Roll Came to Trinidad' and 'Not Too Old to Rock'n'Roll'. Eric Delaney and his Band play their version of 'The Banana Boat Song'.
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Lee Hsien Loong was reportedly the highest paid what, globally, in 2010?
Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, Singapore September 2011 Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, Singapore “Many Singaporeans wish for the government to adopt a different style and approach. We hear your voice. The PAP will learn from this election and put right what is wrong” — Lee Hsien Loong, addressing Singaporeans after being elected for a second term as Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Singapore stands out among world leaders for a curious reason — his pay packet. Indeed, the 59-year-old Lee Hsien Loong is considered the highest-paid political leader on the planet. He reportedly takes home $2.85 million a year, approximately 40 times the city-state’s annual per-capita GDP and considerably more than the U.S. President’s $400,000-a-year salary. But, remuneration is not the only factor that differentiates Loong from other heads of governments today. Unlike any of his peers, he has the twin responsibilities of running his country’s government as well as guarding a unique political legacy. After all, Loong is the son of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first Prime Minister and unquestionably the chief architect of the country’s transformation from a poor, resource-deficient British colonial outpost in the 60s to the economic powerhouse it is today. Yew, often referred to as the founder of modern Singapore, became Prime Minister in 1959, a year after the State of Singapore was established through an Act of the U.K. Parliament. However, the political initiation of the young Cambridge-educated lawyer was more a baptism by fire. Although his People’s Action Party (PAP) had secured a landslide victory in the elections for Singapore’s new Legislative Assembly, the prospect of creating a nation from a speck of an island full of plantations and fishing villages appeared bleak. In those days Singapore, which is around 3.5 times the size of Washington, D.C., was a third-world country that imported nearly all of the everyday basic goods its people consumed. Unemployment on the island hovered around the low-double-digit mark, while a severe housing problem made it even more difficult for citizens. Worse still, Singapore had poor infrastructure, little capital, only a handful of industries, and hardly any foreign investment. Low-end commerce was the core economic activity in the city-state. Yew and his team set about tackling each of these problems with a combination of vision, zeal, and old-fashioned common sense. A program was launched to construct thousands of high-rise, low-cost apartments, the education system was overhauled to create a skilled workforce, and English was given preference over Chinese, a language spoken by the majority of the island’s people. To check rapid population growth in the small island-nation, the Stop at Two Family Planning Campaign (involving sterilization) was introduced, and government servants were consistently paid extremely competitive salaries to keep them away from corruption. Yew remained Prime Minister until 1990 and the numerous policy measures he took during his long tenure gave Singapore nearly all the attributes it boasts of today — South East Asia’s richest nation, a bigger per-capita income than many European nations, a thriving export sector, a ultra-developed metropolis, gold-standard infrastructure, world-class institutions, and, most importantly, an orderly, disciplined, and relatively crime-free society. As the eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew, Loong grew up watching this remarkable metamorphosis of Singapore in the 60s and 70s. It is hard to say whether he was groomed for high office then, but Loong certainly entered public service fairly early in his life. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that he was well prepared. Loong got a first-class degree in mathematics from Cambridge and a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard. He then spent some time in the military, rising rapidly to the rank of brigadier-general, before quitting and joining politics as a member of PAP in 1984, at age 32. Over the next decade, Loong climbed the political ladder swiftly, wearing the hat of Minister of Tr
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