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What pigment especially associated with oil painting, derives its name from heat treatment and a Tuscany city?

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Which fictional character was crowned as the ‘Pope of Fools’ in an 1831 novel?

SparkNotes: Hunchback of Notre Dame: Book 1 Hunchback of Notre Dame page 1 of 2 Summary The novel opens in medieval Paris on January 6, 1482, during the Festival of Fools. The timing of this yearly feast coincides with the marriage of Louis XI's son to a Flemish princess, and the city is full of revelers and Flemish dignitaries. There is a fireworks display in the Place de Grève, a May tree will be planted at the chapel of Braque, and a "mystery" (or play) will be performed at the Palace of Justice. Most of the Flemish dignitaries go to the Palace of Justice and join the huge mass of Parisians, forming a sea of people swarming around the stage, and impatiently awaiting the play and subsequent election of the Pope of Fools. The resplendent gothic architecture of the Palace and its giant marble floor go unnoticed by the crowd, who begin threatening violence if the play does not begin soon. Pierre Gringoire, the playwright, does not know whether he should wait for the Cardinal, who is running late, or face the wrath of the angry mob. His immediate concern about pacifying the angry citizens, as well his pride in his work, convinces him to order his actors to begin the play, entitled The Good Judgment of Madame the Virgin Mary . Gringoire's actors appear onstage, each representing a different class of French society: Clergy, Nobility, Trade, and Labor. Unfortunately for the playwright, the crowd finds the piece completely uninteresting and soon turns its attention to a beggar, recognized as Clopin Trouillefou, who climbs his way up to the stage, crying out: "Charity, if you please!" Gringoire desperately tries to get the crowd to pay attention to the play, but even the actors have lost interest. Suddenly, the Cardinal enters the Palace. He is so powerful, graceful , and popular that no one minds his tardiness. His entourage of Flemish dignitaries, and not the play, soon becomes the center of attention. One of the Flemish guests, Jacques Coppenole impresses the crowd with his sense of humor and soon turns their attention toward the imminent election of the Pope of Fools. Gringoire pretends to be a disappointed spectator and yells for the play to continue but the crowd roars back "Down with the mystery!" Crushed at the failure of his work, Gringoire follows the crowd outside. Coppenole convinces the Parisians to elect their "Pope" like they do in Flanders. Each candidate must stick his head through a hole; the one with ugliest face wins. It is not long before Quasimodo, the bell-ringer of Notre Dame is elected Pope of Fools. Unlike the other candidates, who have to viciously contort their faces to make the crowd hysterical with laughter, Quasimodo doesn't have to do anything. His giant head is covered with "red bristles," while, between his shoulder, an enormous hump rises up above his neck, only to be counterbalanced by a "protuberance" coming out of his chest. He has only one operable eye. The other is completely covered by an oversized wart, and legs and hands that are "strangely put together." Despite his monstrous appearance, Quasimodo still conveys an air of courage and strength. Calling him "Cyclops," the crowd hoists Quasimodo, who turns out to be deaf as well, onto a mock throne and begin parading him through the streets of Paris. Meanwhile, Gringoire returns to his stage and desperately attempts to get the play going once more. He mistakes a few stragglers for interested spectators and is disappointed to find them gossiping about taxes and rents. Suddenly, someone calls through the window, exclaiming that La Esmerelda is dancing in the Place outside the Palace of Justice. Gringoire does not understand the magic ripple that passes through the crowd, as the remaining people run up to the windows to get a better view. Feeling like a general who has been soundly defeated, Gringoire gives up and abandons his play. Commentary The Hunchback of Notre Dame was Hugo's first novel after a series of successful plays. The structure of the novel closely follows that of a play, especially in this first section where Hugo uses the te

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Which Welsh golfer won the award for BBC Sports Personality Of The Year in 1957 ?

BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 60 years of Welsh competition - BBC News BBC News BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 60 years of Welsh competition 14 December 2013 Read more about sharing. Close share panel As the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award celebrates its 60th show, take a look at all the winners and runners up of the award from Wales. 1957: Dai Rees (1913 - 1983) from Fontegary, Vale of Glamorgan remains the oldest recipient of the award winning Sports Review of the Year at the age of 44. He captained the Great Britain Ryder Cup team that year, defeating the United States for the first time since 1933. 1960: Show jumper David Broome was named Sportsview Personality of the Year after winning Olympic bronze on Sunsalve in Rome. It would be a long wait before there was to be another Welsh winner of the award. 1971: Barry John was third-placed behind winner HRH Princess Anne and George Best. Seen here playing against the All-Blacks at Auckland in August that year, he broke the record for points kicked for the British Lions. 1972: The following year Chepstow's Richard Meade placed third in the competition and also won BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year. He won individual gold and was a member of Britain's gold medal winning team in the three-day event at that year's Summer Olympics in Munich. 1987: Ian Woosnam, seen here playing out of the woods during the Woosnam v Lyle Final at the Wentworth Golf Club, was first in the Order of Merit and placed third in the Sports Personality awards behind winner Fatima Whitbread and Steve Davis. 1994 and 1997: Colin Jackson twice came third in the awards. In 1994 he won 110m hurdle gold at the Commonwealth Games representing Wales and set a world record for the 60m hurdles. He took silver in both the indoor and outdoor 1997 World Championships. 1998: Iwan Thomas won gold in the 400m at both the Commonwealth Games and European Championships and came third in the awards behind winner Michael Owen and runner up Denise Lewis. 2000: Tanni Grey-Thompson winning the gold medal in the women's 200m T53 final at the Paralympics Summer Games in Sydney. She came third behind Steve Redgrave and Denise Lewis and also won the BBC Wales Sports Personality award. 2007: Joe Calzaghe floors Mikkel Kessler during the super-middleweight title unification fight at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to win by unanimous decision. He went on to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, becoming the first Welsh winner for 47 years. 2009: Ryan Giggs won the PFA Player of the Year award, made his 800th appearance for Manchester United, scored his 100th Premier League goal and was awarded BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Wales legend JPR Williams recalls Wimbledon and that ‘99 call’ - The Scotsman Wales legend JPR Williams recalls Wimbledon and that ‘99 call’ Legendary full-back JPR Williams at home in Wales. Picture: Richard Saker Have your say A big, fat book has just been published called 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded. It’s sat on the desk in my study and I’ll get round to reading it eventually, but already I can’t help wondering what the cultural historians are going to say about 1968 come its anniversary. If ’66 is deemed worthy of 672 pages, good luck to them finding room for all of this: the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, riots in Chicago, Paris and Tokyo, the Russians invading Prague and the start of Ireland’s Troubles, Enoch Powell’s incendiary immigration speech and Black Power at the Olympics, abortion legalised and nudity on the West End stage, the old London Bridge dismantled and flogged to an Arizona tourist-park … oh, and this is what really interests me today: revolution in two sports in a year of absolute turmoil which would give us JPR Williams, rugby’s greatest-ever full-back. In April ’68 tennis’s open era began. Previously amateurs and professionals competed separately with the latter barred from Grand Slam events. The first open tournament was the Hard Court Championships of Great Britain in Bournemouth and indeed a Scot is credited with hoisting the first serve – John Clifton, in his match with Australia’s Owen Davidson. Ah, but just before that contest, the qualifiers had played and they included 19-year-old John Williams from Bridgend, Wales, who’d already secured financial benefit for his endeavours – the princely sum of £20. Williams in full flow as he takes on the All Blacks flanker Ian Kirkpatrick in 1971. Picture: Getty Images Despite that distinction, however, Williams would turn his back on tennis. He tells me: “My father was firmly opposed to professional sport – he was a corinthian – and said that if I played anything for money he would never speak to me again. It was hard to give up tennis but he was firm about it: ‘You will go to university, study medicine and combine that with your rugby.’” Williams exited Bournemouth when he was beaten by another Aussie, Bob Howe. “We were on court two hours and then I drove back to Bridgend, just in time for the 7.15pm kick-off against Newport. Twice I caught Stuart Watkins from behind – he was the Wales winger at the time – and I think that clinched my selection for the tour of Argentina.” The second revolution happened in rugby. After September ’68 you could no longer boom the ball into touch from anywhere on the field – direct punts would only be allowed behind the old 25-yard line. So who would be the prototype for the counter-attacking game? Step forward, our young student at St Mary’s Hospital, London. “I was very lucky in my career,” says Williams, who wore his country’s fiery red with 15 on the back all through the glorious 1970s. “Rugby changed and that suited my style.” So what happened to the twenty quid? “Well, first I established that it was okay for me to keep it because rugby was very, very amateur back then. Then I had to buy the rest of the Bridgend lads a drink and that was my tennis winnings gone.” Williams, now 66, has just returned home to the village of Llansannor (pop: 200), tucked away in the Glamorgan countryside, after one of his regular games of squash. While he scuttled down the far end of the house to take my call on the extension, with a detour to the kitchen for a beer, I asked his wife Scilla how I should address him. “Hopefully you’ll get on well enough that you’ll call him John,” she said. “He was always known as John until J.J. Williams came along, then it became JPR.” Yes, the most famous three initials in sport after lbw, and so embedded have they become that when you spool back the tapes on his pomp it’s a surprise to hear commentator Cliff Morgan shriek: “John Williams! John Williams!” Scilla was telling me that older friends call him Japes when he picked up the other phone. I was never more embarr

Which sporting event takes place in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day?

Old Pasadena : Calendar of Events give us feedback Copyright 2007-2016 © Old Pasadena Management District, Pasadena California - All rights reserved. Old Pasadena is the business district of Pasadena, a lively and diverse city located just ten miles from downtown Los Angeles. This eclectic old town area features entertainment and activities for kids and adults alike: museums, galleries, and music events, as well as movies, shopping, restaurants, and outdoor cafes. Families often stop by after sports events at the Rose Bowl; this clean and safe district is pedestrian friendly and provides convenient parking and easy access to public transportation, served by major bus lines and two Metro Gold Line stops. Welcome to Old Pasadena!

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The Stephen Sondheim musical 'Sunday In The Park With George' was inspired by a painting by which French artist?

Sunday in the Park with George | Guthrie Theater Sunday in the Park with George Sunday in the Park with George June 17 - August 20, 2017 on the Wurtele Thrust Stage Single tickets on sale Wed. 2/1/17 at 11 a.m. music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim book by James Lapine directed by Joseph Haj Stephen Sondheim’s artistic masterpiece Inspired by Georges Seurat’s famous painting, this dazzling musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, two of the greatest musical theater artists of our time, merges past and present into a poignant and sophisticated exploration of what it takes, and what it costs, to be an artist. George is an obsessive painter who risks it all, including his relationship with his lover Dot, to complete his latest masterpiece. A century later, George’s great-grandson is working as an artist in New York City. In search of inspiration, he soon discovers that the answer to his future is painted clearly in his past. TICKET PRICES

Songwriters Hall of Fame - Stephen Sondheim Exhibit Home Hal Leonard Sondheim - the name be-speaks theatrical excitement and applause. He is one of the singularly gifted within the ranks of the Broadway musical elite, a man who has spent his entire career making wonderful music. While Stephen Sondheim may be best known in the public view as a Broadway composer, his musical skills actually go far beyond that rather limited sphere. Sondheim has written prolifically and profusely for motion pictures, television dramas, and background songs and scores for legitimate theater, in addition to his extensive catalog of Broadway scores. In fact, Sondheim is one of the very few tunesmiths to have garnered both Tony awards and Oscars for his multi-directional output, not to mention literally countless other accolades for his unique talents. Stephen Sondheim was born in 1930 and raised in New York City. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, MA, where he began a lifetime of award winning, taking down the renowned Hutchinson Prize for Music Composition, following which he studied theory and composition with Milton Babbitt. Sondheim's creativity came into play soon after departing from college when he wrote lyrics for such highly skilled composers as Leonard Bernstein ("West Side Story") and Jule Styne ("Gypsy") within the two year span of 1957 to 1959. Soon thereafter, in 1962, came one of Sondheim's most notable successes, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," in which he created both the music and lyrics. Two years later, a virtually unending series of successful musicals featuring both music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, began their collective run extending well into the 1990s. Beginning in 1964 with "Anyone Can Whistle," the list includes "Follies," "A Little Night Music," "The Frogs," "Pacific Overtures," "Sweeney Todd," "Merrily We Roll Along," "Sunday in the Park with George," "Into the Woods," "Assassins," "Passion" and "Company." During the 30-year run, which features a major Broadway entry approximately once every three years, he was also the lyricist for "Do I Hear a Waltz" and "Candide" and organized revue-style anthologies of his works for such Broadway presentations as �Side by Side by Sondheim�, �Marry Me a Little�, �You�re Gonna Love Tomorrow� and �Putting it Together�. Again, during the same immensely productive 30-year span, Sondheim addressed the motion picture field, composing scores for "Stavisky" and "Reds" and songs for "Dick Tracy," one of which, "Sooner or Later" won the Academy Award in 1990 for Best Song. For television, he wrote songs for "Evening Primrose," co-authored the film, "The Last of Sheila" and provided incidental music for the plays "The Girls of Summer," "Invitation to a March" and "Twigs." Sondheim is the owner of five Tony Awards (Best Score for a Musical) for "Into the Woods,� Sweeney Todd," "A Little Night Music," "Follies" and "Company." All these shows also won New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, as did "Pacific Overtures" and "Sunday in the Park with George," the latter also receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1985, with music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by James Lapine. Stephen Sondheim has served on the CounciI of the Dramatists Guild, the National Association of Playwrights, Composers and Lyricists, and served as its president from 1973 to 1981. In 1983, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1990, he was appointed the first visiting professor of Contemporary Theater at Oxford University. In 1993, he was the recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center honors.

The city of Akron is in which US state?

Income Tax : City of Akron A Small Text Size The deadline to file the 2015 Individual Akron Income Tax return is April 18, 2016. For Information on how to file your 2015 taxes click here .  The City of Akron Income Tax Division collects and administers the Akron City Income Tax as well as the Income Tax for the following four Joint Economic Development Districts: Bath – Fairlawn – Akron JEDD Coventry – Akron JEDD Springfield – Akron JEDD  The tax rate for the City of Akron as well as the four JEDDs is 2.25%.  All residents and partial year residents 18 years of age and older are required to file a tax return regardless of whether or not any tax is due.  The only filing exception is if an individual qualifies to file an Exemption Certificate .  All businesses within or doing business within the City or any of the JEDDs are required to file an annual Net Profit Return.  Employers are required to withhold, file and remit tax on a monthly or quarterly basis.  Income Tax assistance is available by contacting our office at 330-375-2290 (Individuals) or 330-375-2539 (Businesses) or by visiting our office. NEW MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX GUIDELINES TO BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2016. Pursuant to Amended Substitute House Bill 5, new State of Ohio mandated municipal income tax guidelines have been established for tax returns due for the tax years beginning January 1, 2016 and after. City of Akron and JEDD income tax quarterly withholding due dates have changed as a result of Ohio Senate Bill 172. Effective with the third quarter of 2016, the due date for Quarterly filers is the last day of the month following the end of the quarter. Please use the links below for information detailed by type of filer:

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

What was the name of the live-in cook for Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe Cartwright in a long running TV series?

Bonanza Bonanza It’s hard to think of this show without that well-known Bonanza theme song immediately playing in your mind, and remembering the whole Cartwright clan riding across the Ponderosa. But I have to admit that, as a young teenager, I had something of a crush on Little Joe! Who could resist his character with that handsome smile and beautiful pinto horse? Little Joe and his paint horse were definitely the flashiest combo of the Cartwright clan! To help put you back in a "Bonanza" mood, click on the center button in the video box below to hear that great theme and see some good pictures of the whole clan! Background of the Show The Bonanza tv show was set in the time during and after the Civil War, and was all about the Cartwright family which included the father, Ben, and his 3 sons Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe. Did you ever wonder why those 3 brothers didn't look anything alike? That's right! Each one had a different mother and none of those women had survived! Wow; Ben had his share of bad luck in that department! Not wanting to mess up a successful formula, the show stayed consistent with that theme - any love interest that developed for a Cartwright man didn't last any longer than a cold drink on a hot day! Here's a little bit about the Bonanza cast - Ben (played by Lorne Greene) was the owner of the very large (1,000 square miles) and very prosperous Ponderosa Ranch, which was situated around Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Adam (played be Pernell Roberts) was the oldest son. He was an architect and built that great ranch house where the Cartwrights lived. Adam was handsome and always dressed in black - quiet, serious, the strong, silent type! Next was Eric (played by Dan Blocker), but we all knew him as Hoss, who obviously got that nickname because of his size. He was a big guy who looked even bigger in his trademark 10-gallon hat. Hoss was gentle, sometimes naive, and not the brightest member of the clan! And then there was Little Joe (my personal favorite - played by Michael Landon) who was the youngest. He was hot-headed and, with his good looks and flashy smile, quite the ladies man! DID YOU KNOW? Bonanza came close to being cancelled at the end of its first year! But the fact that it was considered a "novelty" because it was shown in color made all the difference! RCA, the parent company of NBC, wanted to sell more color television sets so they used Bonanza as a marketing gimmick and moved it to a prime Sunday night timeslot believing it would attract more viewers there! Obviously they were right; Bonanza was in the Top 5 shows for 9 of its 14 years on TV. All About the Show Unlike the usual shoot'em-up, Bonanza was the first “dramatic” TV Western show. The episodes were much more about relationships between the cast members and the guest stars than they were about hunting down the bad guy. Each episode usually had a serious theme to it, something "issue-oriented", built around themes such as racism, prejudice and social injustice. This was a first for TV because the networks were afraid of letters they might receive. Another first for Bonanza - it was the first Western to be televised in color. Each show mixed the adventures of one or two of the Cartwrights, their ranching and mining business, and an assortment of characters who crossed their paths in some way. The 4 main actors were considered equal stars but, in case you didn't notice, the credits were rotated each week so that top billing was given equally. A supporting cast of other characters also appeared in the Bonanza TV show. They included - Hop Sing (played by Victor Sen Yung) who was a Chinese immigrant and the Cartwright family cook; Sheriff Roy Coffee (played by Ray Teal); deputy Clem Foster (played by Bing Russell); "Candy" Canaday (played by David Canary) who was the Cartwright's ranch foreman; Ben's friend Dusty Rhodes (played by Lou Frizzel); Jamie Hunter (played by Mitch Vogel) played the orphaned son of a rainmaker and was adopted by Ben in a 1971 episode; and ranch hand G

TV and Movies A Penny For Your Thoughts TV and Movies No one probably reads this page.....except for you and the last person.....lol Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first film featuring the character Indiana Jones, was crawling with four-, eight-, and no-legged creatures: - Number of boas, cobras and pythons used in the film: 7,500 - Number of tarantulas: 50 - Source of the name "Indiana Jones": it was the name of producer George Lucas' pet Malamute. The first ever televised murder case appeared on TV in 1955, Dec. 5-9. The accused was Harry Washburn. Twentieth Century-Fox studio cut all scenes showing physical contact between America's curly-haired darling Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "The Little Colonel" in 1934 to avoid social offense and to assure wide U.S. distribution. Pre-release showings of the film, particularly in the southern U.S., shocked audiences when the two actors touched fingers during their famous staircase dance sequence. Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953. On Beaver Cleaver's US tour, he visited Albuquerque on a Tuesday. Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar). The person who performs the Muppets - Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and Grover is Frank Oz. Oz is also the voice of Star Wars Yoda. By the way, his real name is Frank Oznowicz. The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop". Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.) The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in. A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs. Bruce was the nickname of the mechanical shark used in the "Jaws" movies. The original title of the musical "Hello Dolly!" was "Dolly: A Damned Exasperating Woman." Why did they change it? The original had such music, poetry, and pizzazz. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. A two hour motion picture uses 10,800 feet of film. Not including the previews and commercials. For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the world spinning back in the proper direction. In the Mario Brothers movie, the Princess' first name is Daisy, but in Mario 64, the game, her first name is Peach. Before that, it's Princess Toadstool. "60 Minutes" is the only show on CBS that doesn’t have a theme song. Dooley Wilson appeared as Sam in the movie Casablanca. Dooley was a drummer - not a pianist in real life. The man who really played the piano in Casablanca was a Warner Brothers staff musician who was at a piano off camera during the filming. The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally named "The Seinfeld Chronicles". The pilot which was broadcast in 1989 also featured a kooky neighbor named Kessler. This character later became known as Kramer. In the movie 'Now and Then', when the girls are talking to the hippie (Brenden Fraser), and they get up to leave, Teeny (Thora Birch) puts out her cigarette twice. In Hitchcock’s movie, "Rear Window", Jimmy Stewart plays a character wearing a leg cast from the waist down. In one scene, the cast switches legs, and in another, the signature on the cast is missing. In the movie "Two Jakes," which is set in the 1940's, Jack Nicholson walks right by a B

Who was the Iranian religous leader who returned to Iran from exile in 1979 to establish a fundamentalist Islamic republic? He supported the seizing of the US embassy and the Iran-Iraq war.

Iranian Revolution - 必应 Sign in Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution; Persian: انقلاب اسلامی, Enghelābe Eslāmi or انقلاب بیست و دو بهمن) refers to events involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States and its eventual replacement with an Islamic republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution, supported by various leftist and Islamic organizations and Iranian student movements. Demonstrations against the Shah commenced in October 1977, developing into a campaign of civil resist ... (展开) ance that included both secular and religious elements. and which intensified in January 1978. Between August and December 1978 strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country. The Shah left Iran for exile on January 16, 1979, as the last Persian monarch, leaving his duties to a regency council and an opposition-based prime minister. Ayatollah Khomeini was invited back to Iran by the government, and returned to Tehran to a greeting by several million Iranians. The royal reign collapsed shortly after on February 11 when guerrillas and rebel troops overwhelmed troops loyal to the Shah in armed street fighting, bringing Khomeini to official power. Iran voted by national referendum to become an Islamic Republic on April 1, 1979, and to approve a new theocratic-republican constitution whereby Khomeini became Supreme Leader of the country, in December 1979. The revolution was unusual for the surprise it created throughout the world: it lacked many of the customary causes of revolution (defeat at war, a financial crisis, peasant rebellion, or disgruntled military), occurred in a nation that was enjoying relatively good material wealth and prosperity, produced profound change at great speed, was massively popular, resulted in the exile of many Iranians, and replaced a pro-Western semi-absolute monarchy with an anti-Western authoritarian theocracy based on the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists (or velayat-e faqih). It was a relatively non-violent revolution, and helped to redefine the meaning and practice of modern revolutions (although there was violence in its aftermath). Its outcome – an Islamic Republic "under the guidance of a religious scholar from Qom" – was, as one scholar put it, "clearly an occurrence that had to be explained". Iranian Revolution Causes Main article: Background and causes of the Iranian Revolution Reasons advanced for the occurrence of the revolution and its populist, nationalist and, later, Shi'a Islamic character include a conservative backlash against the Westernizing and secularizing efforts of the Western-backed Shah, a liberal backlash to social injustice, a rise in expectations created by the 1973 oil revenue windfall and an overly ambitious economic program, anger over a short, sharp economic contraction in 1977–78, and other shortcomings of the previous regime. The Shah's regime became increasingly oppressive, brutal, corrupt, and extravagant. It also suffered from basic functional failures that brought economic bottlenecks, shortages, and inflation. The Shah was perceived by many as beholden to — if not a puppet of — a non-Muslim Western power (the United States) whose culture was affecting that of Iran. At the same time, support for the Shah may have waned among Western politicians and media – especially under the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter – as a result of the Shah's support for OPEC petroleum price increases earlier in the decade. When President Carter enacted a human-rights policy which said countries guilty of human-rights violations would be deprived of American arms or aid, this helped give some Iranians the courage to post open letters and petitions in the hope that the repression by the government might subside. That the revolution replaced the monarchy of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi with Islamism and Khomeini, rather than with another leader and ideology, is credited in part to the spread of the

Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, President of Egypt (1969-81) (1918 - 1981) - Genealogy brother About Mohamed Anwar El Sadat, President of Egypt Muhammad Anwar El Sadat, محمد أنور السادات‎ ( 25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, under whom he served as Vice President twice and whom he succeeded as President in 1970. In his eleven years as president, he changed Egypt's trajectory, departing from many of the political and economic tenets of Nasserism, re-instituting a multi-party system, and launching the Infitah economic policy. As President, he led Egypt in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to regain Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, which Israel had occupied since the Six-Day War of 1967, making him a hero in Egypt and, for a time, the wider Arab World. Afterwards, he engaged in negotiations with Israel, culminating in the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty; this won him and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin the Nobel Peace Prize, making Sadat the first Muslim Nobel laureate. Though reaction to the treaty—which resulted in the return of Sinai to Egypt—was generally favorable among Egyptians, it was rejected by the country's Muslim Brotherhood and leftists in particular, who felt Sadat had abandoned efforts to ensure a Palestinian state. With the exception of Sudan, the Arab world and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) strongly opposed Sadat's efforts to make a separate peace with Israel without prior consultations with the Arab states. His refusal to reconcile with them over the Palestinian issue resulted in Egypt being suspended from the Arab League from 1979 to 1989. The peace treaty was also one of the primary factors that led to his assassination. Anwar Sadat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Muhammad Anwar El-Sadat أنور السادات Anwar Sadat cropped.jpg 3rd President of Egypt In office 15 October 1970 – 6 October 1981 Acting: 28 September 1970 – 15 October 1970 Prime Minister See list[show] Vice President See list[show] Preceded by Gamal Abdel Nasser Succeeded by Sufi Abu Taleb (Acting) Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister of Egypt In office 15 May 1980 – 6 October 1981 President Himself Preceded by Mustafa Khalil Succeeded by Hosni Mubarak In office 26 March 1973 – 25 September 1974 President Himself Preceded by Aziz Sedki Succeeded by Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi Vice President of Egypt In office 19 December 1969 – 14 October 1970 President Gamal Abdel Nasser Preceded by Hussein el-Shafei Succeeded by Ali Sabri In office 17 February 1964 – 26 March 1964 President Gamal Abdel Nasser Preceded by Hussein el-Shafei Succeeded by Zakaria Mohieddin Speaker of the National Assembly of Egypt In office 26 March 1964 – 12 November 1968 President Gamal Abdel Nasser Preceded by Abdel Latif Boghdadi Succeeded by Mohamed Labib Skokeir In office 21 July 1960 – 27 September 1961 President Gamal Abdel Nasser Preceded by Abdel Latif Boghdadi Succeeded by Himself Personal details Born 25 December 1918 El Monufia, Egypt Died 6 October 1981 (aged 62) Cairo, Egypt Nationality Egyptian Political party National Democratic Party Other political affiliations Arab Socialist Union Spouse(s) Ehsan Madi Jehan Sadat Children Lubna Anwar Sadat Noha Anwar Sadat Gamal Anwar El Sadat Jehan Anwar Sadat Alma mater University of Alexandria Religion Sunni Islam Signature Military service Allegiance Egypt Service/branch Egyptian Army Years of service 1938–1952 Rank Turco-Egyptian ka'im makam.gif Colonel Muhammad Anwar El Sadat (Arabic: محمد أنور السادات‎ Muḥammad Anwar as-Sādāt Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmmæd ˈʔɑnwɑɾ essæˈdæːt]; 25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk in t

Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of what?

DMOZ - Science: Biology: Mycology DMOZ Science Biology Mycology 81 Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties and their taxonomy. Much study focuses on yeasts and microscopic fungi, many of which are plant and animal pathogens. Subcategories 15

Archaeology - Ancient History Encyclopedia Archaeology by Maisie Jewkes published on 15 July 2013 Archaeology is a wide subject and definitions can vary, but broadly, it is the study of the culture and history of past peoples and their societies by uncovering and studying their material remains, i.e. tools, ruins, and pottery . Archaeology and history are different subjects but have things in common and constantly work with each other. While historians study books, tablets, and other written information to learn about the past, archaeologists uncover, date, and trace the source of such items, and in their turn focus on learning through material culture. As much of human history is prehistoric (before written records), archaeology plays an important role in understanding the past. Different environments and climates help or hinder the survival of materials, e.g. papyri can survive thousands of years in the hot and dry desert but would not survive in damp conditions. Waterlogged conditions, such as bogs, can preserve organic material, like wood, and underwater wrecks are also excavated using diving equipment. Working everywhere from digging in the ground to testing samples in laboratories, archaeology is a wide-ranging discipline and has many sub-sections of expertise. The two rapidly widening areas are experimental archaeology and ethnoarchaeology. Experimental archaeology tries to recreate ancient techniques, such as glass making or Egyptian beer brewing. Ethnoarchaeology is living among modern ethnic communities, with the purpose of understanding how they hunt, work, and live. Using this information, archaeologists hope to better understand ancient communities. Archaeology of the Past The first scientific excavation has been attributed to Thomas Jefferson in Virginia, USA. Archaeology as an academic study, career, and university subject is a fairly recent development. Nevertheless an interest in the past is not new. Humankind has always been interested in its history. Most cultures have a myth or story that explains their foundation and distant ancestors. Ancient rulers have sometimes collected ancient relics or rebuilt monuments and buildings. This can often be seen as political strategy - a leader wanting to be identified with a great figure or civilisation from the past. On the other hand, ancient leaders have also been known for their curiosity and learning. King Nabonidus of Babylon , for example, had a keen interest in the past and investigated many sites and buildings. In one temple he found the foundation stone from 2200 years before. He housed his finds in a kind of museum at his capital of Babylon. The Roman and Greek historians wrote books about the past, and the stories of famous heroes and leaders have come down to us. However, modern archaeology, or at least its theories and practice, stem from the antiquarian tradition.  In the 17th and 18th centuries CE, wealthy gentleman scholars, or antiquarians as they are also known, began to collect classical artefacts. Fuelled by interest they began to make some of the first studies of sites, like Pompeii , and drew ancient monuments in detail. The first scientific excavation has been attributed to Thomas Jefferson (third president of the United States of America) who dug up some of the burial mounds on his property in the state of Virginia, USA. The beginnings of modern field techniques were pioneered by General Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers, who excavated barrows at Camborne Chase with systematic recording and procedure. In the USA in the 1960s CE, archaeology went through a phase of new theories, often called processual archaeology. This approach has a scientific approach to questions and designs models to suggest answers and test its theories. Famous Archaeologists Archaeology is a time consuming study; it often takes many years of toil before an archaeologist makes a breakthrough or discovers a site. Famous archaeologists are often connected to their most famous find or theory. To name the score of people who worked and made developments in archaeology would t

Which edible fruit contains the most calories?

How Many Calories In Fruit Chart How many calories in fruit. Calories in fruits chart. We are often asked how many calories are in fruit. Of course the amount of calories between different fruit varies, but when compared to vegetables in general, fruit contains more calories because of the fructose (fruit sugar) that they contain. Fruit is a good source of energy and a high fiber food. We should all eat at least 1 to 3 pieces of fruit each day to maintain a healthy diet. Most fruit contains little, if any, fats, so make great building blocks for a healthy eating regime. (The exceptions to little fat being avocado and coconuts.) Eat more fruit, it really is a gift from the gods. How Many Calories in Fruit Table If you are on a low calorie diet, this calories in fruit chart will be a good source of information for you. Fruits do contain calories and if you are trying to maintain or lose weight, the calories fruits contain must be counted towards your overall eating program. Fruit and vegetables should make up more than 2 thirds of your daily allowance. Fruit is so plentiful, is delicious to eat and there is such a wide variety, surely there is more than one type that will suit everyone's taste. Full of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, fruit is a great health food which can be utilized in many ways to suit a busy lifestyle. Make sure you add fruit to your diet. Your body will thank you are you will feel so much healthier. The table below contains the popular fruits and shows the relative calories and kilojoules that fruit contain. We have omitted some relative rare and exotic fruits for ease of webpage publication. This table is for calories in fresh fruits only and is reproduced here as a guide to average amount of calories. For calories in canned fruit, read the nutritional guides on the labels.

"Masterminds" - Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), December 27, 2014 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Which actor starred as detective Magnum PI? 2. Which town in Cornwall has become famous for the number of artists who are based there because of its light? 3. Which Manx rider won five stages in the 2010 tour de France? 4. Which comedian created the characters Stavros, Tory Boy and Loadsamoney? 5. Which famous TV chef played football for Glasgow Rangers FC? 6. In the Thunderbirds TV series, which son piloted Thunderbird Two and dressed in yellow? 7. In the TV series Diagnoses Murder, who plays Dr Mark Sloan? 8. Where is the Royal Regatta held each year on the River Thames? 9. Who was the captain of the 2010 European Ryder cup team? 10. Who won 18 this year's Strictly Come Dancing final? 11. What was the name of her partner? 12. What is the capital city of Spain? 13. What is a Samoyed? 14. How many inches make a yard? 15. Which tree grows the tallest? 16. Where is Angel Falls? 17. What was once known as a love apple? 23 18. What is Cher's real name? 19. What was the name of Lou Reed's band? 20. Who invented the lightning conductor? 21. Where in England according to Bram Stoker did Dracula first set ashore? 22. Which TV detective had a secretary called Miss Lemon? 23. In which film does British rock star David Bowie star as a goblin king? 24. How was entertainer Nicolai Poliakoff better known? 25. True or False: the Kingdom of Bahrain is an island nation? … Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details Newspapers Encyclopedia

Who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961?

History of the RSC | A timeline | Royal Shakespeare Company History A timeline of key dates from our history - from building the first theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon to today. The idea of a theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon was not new in 1875 when Charles Flower donated the building site. But what he came up with was the idea that the town should have a permanent subsidised company of actors. Our first Live from Stratford-upon-Avon production was broadcast to cinemas and schools across the world in 2013. Photo by Lucy Barriball © RSC – Image Licensing 2016 We open a new The Other Place with a studio theatre, rehearsal rooms and Costume Store 2015 Matilda The Musical came to Australia, opening at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney in August. 2014 We marked the 100th anniversary of the First World War, commissioning a new play The Christmas Truce, and celebrated major roles for women in our Roaring Girls season. 2013 We begin our Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcasts to cinemas and schools across the world starting with Richard II on 13 November. 2012 Gregory Doran becomes Artistic Director and Catherine Mallyon becomes Executive Director. Gregory pledges to stage all 36 plays in the First Folio, making every play an event. 2012 World Shakespeare Festival - part of the London Olympics. We invited UK and international artists and producers to explore Shakespeare as the world's playwright, reaching more than 1.8 million people with 69 productions, 263 amateur shows, 28 digital commissions and films, and much more.  2011 Residency at Park Avenue Armory for Lincoln Center Festival - five Shakespeare productions were performed by a single RSC company of actors in a specially constructed thrust-stage auditorium. For the first time theatregoers in the US were able to experience our theatre just as they would have seen it in Stratford-upon-Avon. 2011 We celebrate our 50th Birthday Season 2011 The Queen officially opens the transformed Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2010 Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres reopen for preview events and activities 2008 Michael Boyd's cycle of Shakespeare's eight History plays transfers to the Roundhouse in London 2007-8 The Histories - a project to stage all of Shakespeare's history plays using the same company of 34 actors playing all 264 roles, in the temporary Courtyard Theatre, culminating in the Glorious Moment when audiences could see all eight plays over one long weekend. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is demolished as part of our 2007-2010 theatre transformation. Photo by Stewart Hemley © RSC – Image Licensing 2007 Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre are closed for construction work to begin 2006-7 Complete Works Festival - the first time that all 37 plays, the sonnets and the long poems have been performed in one place. We produced 23 productions ourselves, with more than 30 visiting companies, 17 from overseas, including Yukio Ninagawa's Japanese Titus Andronicus, Macbeth in Polish and Twelfth Night in Russian. 2006 The Courtyard Theatre opens as a temporary 1,000-seat theatre 2003 Michael Boyd appointed as Artistic Director 2001 Feasibility Study recommends the demolition of the 1932 RST. We leave the Barbican 1996 We begin working on plans for redeveloping our Stratford site 1991 Purpose-built new The Other Place opens 1991 Adrian Noble becomes Artistic Director 1986 Swan Theatre created from shell of the 1879 theatre 1986 Terry Hands becomes Artistic Director 1982 London operations move to the Barbican, leased from the City of London 1974 The Other Place created from a former store/rehearsal room in Stratford 1968 Trevor Nunn becomes Artistic Director 1963 First Arts Council subsidy 1961 Chartered name of the corporation and the Stratford theatre become the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 1958 Peter Hall becomes Artistic Director. Aldwych Theatre leased in London and Stratford/London operations begin 1948 Anthony Quayle becomes Artistic Director 1932 New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens, designed by Elisabeth Scott 1926 Auditorium and stage destroyed by fire. Chairman Sir Archibald Flower raises r

List of books and articles about Richard III (Shakespeare's play) | Online Research Library: Questia Home » Browse » Literature » Drama » Shakespeare » Richard III (Shakespeare's play) Richard III (Shakespeare's play) Shakespeare, William William Shakespeare, 1564–1616, English dramatist and poet, b. Stratford-upon-Avon. He is widely considered the greatest playwright who ever lived. Life His father, John Shakespeare, was successful in the leather business during Shakespeare's early childhood but later met with financial difficulties. During his prosperous years his father was also involved in municipal affairs, holding the offices of alderman and bailiff during the 1560s. While little is known of Shakespeare's boyhood, he probably attended the grammar school in Stratford, where he would have been educated in the classics, particularly Latin grammar and literature. Whatever the veracity of Ben Jonson's famous comment that Shakespeare had "small Latine, and less Greeke," much of his work clearly depends on a knowledge of Roman comedy, ancient history, and classical mythology. In 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior and pregnant at the time of the marriage. They had three children: Susanna, born in 1583, and twins, Hamnet and Judith, born in 1585. Nothing is known of the period between the birth of the twins and Shakespeare's emergence as a playwright in London (c.1592). However, various suggestions have been made regarding this time, including those that he fled Stratford to avoid prosecution for stealing deer, that he joined a group of traveling players, and that he was a country schoolteacher. The last suggestion is given some credence by the academic style of his early plays; The Comedy of Errors, for example, is an adaptation of two plays by Plautus. In 1594 Shakespeare became an actor and playwright for the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the company that later became the King's Men under James I. Until the end of his London career Shakespeare remained with the company; it is thought that as an actor he played old men's roles, such as the ghost in Hamlet and Old Adam in As You Like It. In 1596 he obtained a coat of arms, and by 1597 he was prosperous enough to buy New Place in Stratford, which later was the home of his retirement years. In 1599 he became a partner in the ownership of the Globe theatre, and in 1608 he was part owner of the Blackfriars theatre. Shakespeare retired and returned to Stratford c.1613. He undoubtedly enjoyed a comfortable living throughout his career and in retirement, although he was never a wealthy man. The Plays Chronology of Composition The chronology of Shakespeare's plays is uncertain, but a reasonable approximation of their order can be inferred from dates of publication, references in contemporary writings, allusions in the plays to contemporary events, thematic relationships, and metrical and stylistic comparisons. His first plays are believed to be the three parts of Henry VI; it is uncertain whether Part I was written before or after Parts II and III. Richard III is related to these plays and is usually grouped with them as the final part of a first tetralogy of historical plays. After these come The Comedy of Errors,Titus Andronicus (almost a third of which may have been written by George Peele ), The Taming of the Shrew,The Two Gentlemen of Verona,Love's Labour's Lost, and Romeo and Juliet. Some of the comedies of this early period are classical imitations with a strong element of farce. The two tragedies, Titus Andronicus and Romeo and Juliet, were both popular in Shakespeare's own lifetime. In Romeo and Juliet the main plot, in which the new love between Romeo and Juliet comes into conflict with the longstanding hatred between their families, is skillfully advanced, while the substantial development of minor characters supports and enriches it. After these early plays, and before his great tragedies, Shakespeare wrote Richard II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King John, The Merchant of Venice, Parts I and II of Henry IV, Much Ado about Nothing, Henry V,

Where is the only population of wild apes in Europe?

Europe's Only Monkey has no Tail! Europe's only non-human primate lives on Gibraltar Macaca sylvanus The Barbary macaque is the only species of macaque found outside of Asia. They are native to forests of Algeria and Morocco and a couple of places in northern Libya. Except for humans, they are the only wild primates found in Europe, with a population of about 300 individuals living in a nature reserve located on the top of Gibraltar. (Here is a hi-res version of the Barbary Macaque for you – copyright by Jonas Stenstrom). Ape or Monkey? Barbary macaques are unique in that they lack a tail. For this reason we often hear them referred to as Barbary “apes,” even though they really are monkeys. (True apes include gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, gibbons, and humans. Diet Normally these animals eat primarily fruit and insects, but since they live so close to humans in certain areas, they have picked up the bad habit of stealing food from unwary tourists. Even if this may seem funny at the time, feeding the monkeys has lead to some aggressive attacks and should be discouraged. So pack your food well and hold on to your belongings; these monkeys are smart! Conservation The number of wild Barbary macaques has seen a major decline in recent years; in 2009 they were declared endangered by the IUCN and were put on the IUCN Red List. The reasons for their decline are habitat destruction (mainly logging) and local farmers seeing them as pests and actively trying to get rid of them. Their population, once an extensive and continuous distribution across northern Africa, is now fragmented into smaller patches and forests in mainly Algeria, Morocco, and Libya. In addition, Barbary macaques have also been heavily poached for the illegal pet trade. Related Topics

European History/Print version - Wikibooks, open books for an open world European History/Print version This is the print version of European History You won't see this message or any elements not part of the book's content when you print or preview this page. European History Chapter 01 - The Crises of the Middle Ages Introduction The Middle Ages was a period of approximately one thousand years of history; generally accepted as spanning from the fall of the Roman Empire (toward the end of the 5th century) to the Protestant reformation in the 16th century. This period began with a demographic downturn at the end of the Roman imperial era, with European populations shrinking and many cities and rural estates abandoned. A cooling climate, disease, and political disorder each played a part in this opening period which saw Classical Mediterranean civilization eclipsed. Across Europe, there emerged smaller, more localized hybrid societies combining Roman, Christian and Germanic or Celtic barbarian influences. By the 9th and 10th centuries, populations had reached their minima, and Europe became a largely rural and somewhat backward region. Commerce and learning flourished in the Islamic world, China and India during the same period. Islamic armies conquered Spain during the 7th and 8th centuries, but were defeated by the Frankish kingdom in 732 when they attempted to enter France. The turn of the first millennium saw renewed growth and activity, as kings and cities consolidated their authority and began to repopulate lands left empty by Rome's decline. Warmer weather after 900 allowed more land to be brought into food production. The feudal system of agriculture, where peasants were tied to their estates by obligations to local lords or to the church, provided a degree of economic stability. This was aided by the arrival in Europe of the horse collar from Asia, which increased crop yields by allowing plows to be drawn by horse, rather than by slower oxen. Commercial towns flourished in England, France and the Low Countries. German rulers dispatched monks and peasants to clear forests and settle in Eastern Europe and the Baltic regions. The city-states of northern Italy rose in wealth and influence. Islamic Spain became a center of learning and culture where Christians, Muslims and Jews coexisted in relative amity. Despite many local wars and disputes between knights, the High Middle Ages, from 1000-1250, saw growing populations and prosperity enough to build great cathedrals and send European armies abroad on crusades. After 1250, demographic stagnation emerged. Population growth slowed or stopped as the limits of medieval agriculture were reached. Major conflicts between powerful kingdoms, such as the Hundred Years' War between England and France, became more frequent. The Christian church, previously secure in its spiritual authority, was racked by schisms and increasing financial corruption. The year 1348 saw a catastrophe as the virulent bubonic plague (the "Black Death"), entered Italy, carried by ships from Asia. It spread across the continent over three years killing, by some estimates, one-third of all Europeans. Many believed it was the end of the world foretold by Christian myth. Along with its suffering, the plague wrought economic havoc, driving up the cost of labor and making the old feudal system untenable, as surviving peasants scorned its demands. The following century and a half transformed Europe from a patchwork of feudal fiefdoms, under loose royal and church control, into a collection of newborn but increasingly unified national states. Towns became centers of resistance and dissent to the old royal and church authorities. Former noble and knightly influence declined, and rulers realigned themselves toward the increasingly wealthy and influential burgher and merchant classes. Emergence of the printing press and spreading literacy, increased religious and political conflict in many countries. By 1500, Christopher Columbus had sailed across the ocean to the New World, and Martin Luther was about to challeng

In the nursery rhyme, who found Lucy Locket's lost pocket?

Lucy Locket Lucy Locket Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; Not a penny was there in it, Only ribbon round it. History: Lucy Locket was a barmaid at the Cock, in Fleet Street, London, for a while in the 1700s. Lucy discarded one of her lovers (her 'pocket') when she had run through all his cash. Kitty Fisher, a renowned courtesan, took up with him, still although he had no cash. Lucy Locket is an English nursery school rhyme.

V&A The Origin of Popular Pantomime Stories Frontispiece for 'Jack and the Beanstalk', published by JL Marks, London, 1850s. Museum no. MB.JACB.MA, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pantomime text for 'jack and the Beanstalk' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 1899. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London In the 19th century topical subjects began to be included in pantomime stories. 'The Birth of the Steam Engine or Harlequin Locomotive and Joe Miller and his Men' was a pantomime that appeared shortly after the first railway engine made its journey from Stockton to Darlington. By the 1840s the subject matter of Harlequinades had become more and more nonsensical. Pantomimes such as 'Harlequin and the Tyrant of Gobblemupandshrunkemdowno', and 'The Doomed Princess of the Fairy Hall with Forty Blood-red Pillars', told imaginative stories dominated by tomfoolery and slapstick. By the 1870s the fashion for Harlequinades was dying out and most pantomimes were drawing on fairy tales and nursery rhymes such as 'Aladdin', 'Cinderella', and 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. Pantomime writers In 1843 a Parliamentary Act stipulated that any theatre could now produce a play containing spoken dialogue. Before this date only some theatres were granted such a licence. Harlequin chase scenes were mimed, so theatres had been able to produce pantomime without the appropriate theatre licences. After this law was passed new writers began to script pantomimes. Two writers predominated in London pantomimes, Henry James Byron and James Robinson Planché. H.J. Byron had introduced burlesques into the theatre, and was a theatre manager and a playwright. Both writers specialised in puns or word play, a tradition that continues into pantomime today. Planche's stories, originally written in the 18th century included 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'Bluebeard' and 'Puss in Boots'. Pantomime stories Stories derived from English folk tales or ballads include: 'Dick Whittington and his Cat', 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Babes in the Wood', 'Robin Hood', 'St George and the Dragon', and 'Little Goody Two Shoes'. The stories derived from Madam d'Aulnoy's 1721 tales published in France include 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', and a version of 'Cinderella'. Several pantomime stories come from the book The Arabian Nights, which was first published in the UK between 1704 and 1714: 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 'Aladdin', and 'Sinbad the Sailor'. 'Mother Goose' comes from French poet and essayist Charles Perrault who wrote a book of the same name dedicated to the King of France's niece. 'Cinderella' is one of the tales in this book. Cinderella Lillian Stanley as Cinderella, published in The Sketch Magazine, 20th January, 1897. Museum no. 131655, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Newspaper illustration of a scene from Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, from 'The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News', 1875. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Finale of Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome, 1995-6. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The story of Cinderella appears in many countries from Romania to Scandinavia. One version of it can be traced back to Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales published in 1721. The story was originally called 'The Story of Finetta, the Cinder Girl'. The first stage appearance of the story in England was at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1804 as part of the 'New Grand Allegorical Pantomime Spectacle'. This was written anonymously but based on a story by another French writer, Perrault, in Mother Goose's Rhymes. By 1820 the story of Cinderella had become a comic opera: Rossini's 'La Cenerentola'. This was the first version in which Cinderella's father was a Baron. It also featured Dandini, the prince's faithful servant. Just 12 weeks later the King's Opera in Covent Garden opened an Easter pantomime entitled 'Harlequin and Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper'. This featured Baron Pomposini, and his wife was played by Grimaldi, the clown. It would be hard to imagine Grimaldi playing a serious role a

"What is the first line of the speech by the 3 witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth that ends ""toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble""?"

Double, Double Toil and Trouble - Shakespeare A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron boiling. Thunder.                 Enter the three Witches.        1 WITCH.  Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.        2 WITCH.  Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin'd.        3 WITCH.  Harpier cries:—'tis time! 'tis time!        1 WITCH.  Round about the caldron go;     In the poison'd entrails throw.—     Toad, that under cold stone,     Days and nights has thirty-one;     Swelter'd venom sleeping got,     Boil thou first i' the charmed pot!        ALL.  Double, double toil and trouble;     Fire burn, and caldron bubble.        2 WITCH.  Fillet of a fenny snake,     In the caldron boil and bake;     Eye of newt, and toe of frog,     Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,     Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,     Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,—     For a charm of powerful trouble,     Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.        ALL.  Double, double toil and trouble;     Fire burn, and caldron bubble.        3 WITCH.  Scale of dragon; tooth of wolf;     Witches' mummy; maw and gulf     Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark;     Root of hemlock digg'd i the dark;     Liver of blaspheming Jew;     Gall of goat, and slips of yew     Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse;     Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips;     Finger of birth-strangled babe     Make the gruel thick and slab:     Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,     For the ingrediants of our caldron.        ALL.  Double, double toil and trouble;     Fire burn, and caldron bubble.        2 WITCH.  Cool it with a baboon's blood,     Then the charm is firm and good.

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On Oct 12, 1901 which great US president gave the Executive Mansion its current name, The White House?

History | whitehouse.gov Holidays History This is really what the White House is all about. It’s the “People’s House.” It’s a place that is steeped in history, but it’s also a place where everyone should feel welcome. And that's why my husband and I have made it our mission to open up the house to as many people as we can. Michelle Obama Our first president,  George Washington , selected the site for the White House in 1791. The cornerstone was laid in 1792 and a competition design submitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban was chosen. After eight years of construction,  President John Adams  and his wife, Abigail, moved into the unfinished house in 1800. During the War of 1812, the British set fire to the President’s House in 1814. James Hoban was appointed to rebuild the house, and  President James Monroe  moved into the building in 1817. During Monroe’s administration, the South Portico was constructed in 1824, and  Andrew Jackson  oversaw the addition of the North Portico in 1829. During the late 19th century, various proposals were made to significantly expand the President’s House or to build an entirely new house for the president, but these plans were never realized. In 1902,Our first president, George Washington, selected the site for the White House in 1791. The cornerstone was laid in 1792 and a competition design submitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban was chosen. After eight years of construction, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved into the unfinished house in 1800. During the War of 1812, the British set fire to the President’s House in 1814. James Hoban was appointed to rebuild the house, and President James Monroe moved into the building in 1817. During Monroe’s administration, the South Portico was constructed in 1824, and Andrew Jackson oversaw the addition of the North Portico in 1829. During the late 19th century, various proposals were made to significantly expand the President’s House or to build an entirely new house for the president, but these plans were never realized. The White House In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt began a major renovation of the White House, including the relocation of the president’s offices from the Second Floor of the Residence to the newly constructed temporary Executive Office Building (now known as the West Wing). The Roosevelt renovation was planned and carried out by the famous New York architectural firm McKim, Mead and White. Roosevelt’s successor, President William Howard Taft, had the Oval Office constructed within an enlarged office wing. Less than fifty years after the Roosevelt renovation, the White House was showing signs of serious structural weakness. President Harry S. Truman began a renovation of the building in which everything but the outer walls were dismantled. The reconstruction was overseen by architect Lorenzo Winslow, and the Truman family moved back into the White House in 1952. Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from their early use as service areas, to the State Floor rooms, where countless leaders and dignitaries have been entertained, the White House is both the home of the President of the United States his family and a museum of American history. The White House is a place where history continues to unfold. White House Trivia There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators. At various times in history, the White House has been known as the "President's Palace," the "President's House," and the "Executive Mansion." President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901. Presidential Firsts while in office... President James Polk (1845-49) was the first President to have his photograph taken... President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-09) was not only the first President to ride in an automobile, but also the first President to trav

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What is the theatrical equivalent of an Oscar

Sophie Okonedo interview: 'I have to go across the Atlantic to get work' | Stage | The Guardian Saturday interview Sophie Okonedo interview: 'I have to go across the Atlantic to get work' Sophie Okonedo is one of Britain's most accomplished and acclaimed actors – but most of her job offers come from the US, where last month she won a coveted Tony award for a Broadway role. So why is the UK neglecting its black stars? 'There could be so many more risks taken in using new people. The tried and tested becomes very boring' … Sophie Okonedo. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Friday 4 July 2014 11.04 EDT First published on Friday 4 July 2014 11.04 EDT Share on Messenger Close Few British actors have had a rave review from Barack Obama. But there – on Sophie Okonedo's mobile phone, when we meet in a cafe near her north London home – is the 44th president of the United States, revealing, in a dressing room at the Ethel Barrymore theatre on Broadway, that he and Michelle had "enjoyed so much" watching her play a poor Chicago mother in the recent revival of Lorraine Hansberry's 1950s play A Raisin in the Sun , in a cast that also included Denzel Washington. Strictly, the Obamas were still in the middle of enjoying it, having unusually "come round" to meet the actors during the interval, as one of the measures to confuse potential malefactors, who might know that the theatrical convention is for admirers to visit the dressing room after the final curtain. In another security precaution, the secret service had instituted a ban on mobile phones, but Okonedo persuaded one of the understudies to keep filming until an agent stepped across the shot. "It was totally full-on," she says. "We had to get to the theatre three hours early, all the roads around Broadway were closed and there was a huge tent erected round the stage door, with sniffer dogs, and everyone was searched coming in." Even Denzel Washington was treated as a potential assassin? "Yes, everybody." With A Raisin in the Sun bringing her both presidential compliments and a Tony award – US theatre's equivalent of an Oscar; she was nominated for one of those in 2004 for her performance in Hotel Rwanda – Okonedo is unarguably one of the standout talents among the generation of British performers who left drama school (Rada, in her case) in the early 90s. As such, she should be a useful rebuke to the loud complaints about the frustrating under-employment of non-white actors in this country: last month, Lenny Henry launched another campaign to increase diversity on screen. But alas, for UK TV bosses with red faces over this issue, Okonedo will make them blush some more. "I do notice that – over the last year – I've had maybe two scripts from England and tens and tens from America. The balance is ridiculous. I'm still struggling [in the UK] in a way that my white counterparts at the same level wouldn't have quite the same struggle. People who started with me would have their own series by now, and I'm still fighting to get the second lead or whatever. I think I'm at a certain level and have a good range, so why isn't my inbox of English scripts busting at the seams in the same way as my American one is? There's something amiss there." Certainly, her highest-profile performance in theatre to date was the Obama-endorsed run that she has just completed in New York and, during rehearsals, she filmed a pilot for a CBS drama with a potential seven-year run. It would be unfair, though, to say that all of her most interesting offers come from the US, as one of them was an Australian project: the eight-part adaptation of Christian Tsiolkas's novel The Slap , in which she played Aisha, a young Melbourne woman whose storylines explore the toxic residues of racism in a Melbourne family. Is it because of racism in Britain that non-white actors often struggle? "Oh, look, I don't know. This is why I don't give interviews. All I know is that I have to go across the Atlantic to get work." While some would attribute her UK-light CV to prejudice, Okonedo also cites Pride and Prejudice. "I think a

1965 Academy Awards® Winners and History A Thousand Clowns (1965) Actor: LEE MARVIN in "Cat Ballou", Richard Burton in "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold", Laurence Olivier in "Othello", Rod Steiger in "The Pawnbroker", Oskar Werner in "Ship of Fools" Actress: JULIE CHRISTIE in "Darling", Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" , Samantha Eggar in "The Collector", Elizabeth Hartman in "A Patch of Blue", Simone Signoret in "Ship of Fools" Supporting Actor: MARTIN BALSAM in "A Thousand Clowns", Ian Bannen in "The Flight of the Phoenix", Tom Courtenay in "Doctor Zhivago", Michael Dunn in "Ship of Fools", Frank Finlay in "Othello" Supporting Actress: SHELLEY WINTERS in "A Patch of Blue", Ruth Gordon in "Inside Daisy Clover", Joyce Redman in "Othello", Maggie Smith in "Othello", Peggy Wood in "The Sound of Music" Director: ROBERT WISE for "The Sound of Music" , David Lean for "Doctor Zhivago", John Schlesinger for "Darling", Hiroshi Teshigahara for "Woman in the Dunes", William Wyler for "The Collector" This would be the first year that the awards ceremony (on April 18, 1966) would be broadcast in color on television. The two top films in the Best Picture Oscars race in 1965, The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago, each had the same number of nominations (ten), and equally divided the same number of Oscars (five): The top winner was 20th Century Fox's and Robert Wise's The Sound of Music , Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical of the same name brought to the screen. It was the real-life story of unsuited postulant Maria (Julie Andrews) who left Austria's Nonnberg Abbey, became governess to seven motherless Von Trapp children, and helped lead the singing family out of Nazi-occupied Austria to Switzerland (and then to America). The Sound of Music won Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Wise), Best Musical Score, Best Editing, and Best Sound. [This win gave the musical genre consecutive Best Picture wins - My Fair Lady (1964) had won the previous year.] The Sound of Music also topped Gone With The Wind (1939) as the most commercially-successful, money-grossing film to date - thereby saving its studio 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy. Best Director and Best Picture winner Robert Wise had won the same two awards four years earlier (for West Side Story (1961) ), but now he didn't have to share his Best Director award with Jerome Robbins. The swoon-inducing romantic epic and spectacle, Doctor Zhivago, was British director David Lean's follow-up to Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - a Russian epic and a colorful film adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel. Doctor Zhivago won five Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Bolt), Best Color Cinematography (Freddie Young), Best Art Direction, Best Original Musical Score (Maurice Jarre), and Best Costume Design (Phyllis Dalton). The other three Best Picture nominees included: Stanley Kramer's direction of Katherine Anne Porter's adapted novel, Ship of Fools (with eight nominations and two wins - Best B/W Cinematography and Best B/W Art Direction/Set Decoration) - it featured a star-studded cast as a group of passengers sailing to Germany in the 1930s (with Vivien Leigh in her final film role). the satirical British film about the shallowness of the fashion model scene and the empty life of an amoral model in director John Schlesinger's film, Darling (with five nominations and three wins - Best Actress, Best Story and Screenplay, and Best B/W Costume Design) the low-budget comedy/drama by director Fred Coe (wi

Who traded places with Eddie Murphy in the film Trading Places?

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Who did Squeaky Fromme try to assassinate?

‘Squeaky’ Fromme released from prison - US news - Crime & courts | NBC News ‘Squeaky’ Fromme released from prison Manson follower spent decades in prison for trying to shoot President Ford Below: x + - FORT WORTH, Texas  — Three decades after basking in the national spotlight as "Squeaky" the infamous Charles Manson disciple who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford, the now 60-year-old woman slipped quietly out of a federal prison Friday after being released on parole. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme eluded the media as she left Fort Worth's Federal Medical Center Carswell in one of the many cars streaming in and out of the front gate Friday morning. She previously refused interview requests, and prison officials would not say where she planned to live or what she planned to do after more than 30 years behind bars. It was a far cry from her antics that captivated the nation's attention in the 1970s: shaving her red hair and carving an "X" into her forehead after Manson was convicted of orchestrating a mass murder, wearing a red robe when she pulled a gun on Ford, and being carried into her trial courtroom by marshals when she refused to walk. In September 1975, Fromme pushed through a crowd, drew a semiautomatic .45-caliber pistol from a thigh holster and pointed it at Ford, who was shaking hands with well-wishers while walking to the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Secret Service agents grabbed her and the gun, and Ford was unhurt. Fromme was a college student before joining Manson's "family," where she reportedly got her nickname because of her voice. She was never implicated in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others, for which Manson is serving a life term in Corcoran State Prison in California. By many accounts, Fromme took over the group after that because Manson had always relied on her. During her own trial, Fromme either refused to attend or had outbursts. Her attorney John Virga argued that she simply wanted to call attention to environmental issues and Manson's case and never meant to kill Ford. A few bullets were in the gun but not in the chamber. "She was very articulate and soft-spoken ... but you could see a noticeable change in her demeanor when you mentioned Manson," Virga told The Associated Press on Friday. "I think she was an example of a young woman who was led astray and got caught up in someone she shouldn't have." Advertise Video: Will You Kill for Me? Manson and followers Fromme was convicted and got a life term, becoming the first person sentenced under a special federal law covering assaults on U.S. presidents, a statute enacted after President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination. She later was sentenced to 15 years in prison, which was tacked onto her life term for threats against the president, after escaping in 1987 from a women's prison in West Virginia. She was recaptured two days later a few miles away after a massive search. Fromme had said she escaped to be closer to Manson after hearing rumors that he was dying. Fromme was granted parole in July 2008 for "good conduct time" but was not released until Friday because of the additional time for her escape, prison officials said. She will be on supervised release for two years, where general conditions include reporting regularly to a parole officer, not associating with criminals or owning guns or leaving the area, said Tom Hutchison, a U.S. Parole Commission spokesman. He declined to say where Fromme will live or if she will have to meet additional conditions sometimes imposed on parolees, depending on their crimes. Future unknown It's unclear if Fromme will return to California. Some of her relatives who still live there did not immediately return calls to The AP on Friday. Virga, who has not communicated with Fromme since the trial, said relatives did not attend the trial but that Fromme always spoke highly of her mother and siblings. Fromme had been at the Fort Worth prison since 1998. The facility specializes in providing medical and mental health services to female offenders and also has a maximum-security

Double Deckers - Where Are They Now? Where Are They Now?   Douglas Simmonds, who played the lovable kid Doughnut, followed his lifelong ambition for science and made it his career. He was a researcher in medical computing at a major hospital in the UK. For six years prior to that position, Doug was a theoretical physicist and at one time was even a medical student. He held a very responsible position with the Department of Health in England. Douglas took early retirement and pursued other interests. Tragically in March 2011 Doug died of a massive heart attack. He will be missed.     Peter Firth, who played Scooper, has made for himself an illustrious career in film and television. The following is taken from a biography of Peter Firth: "Peter Firth is perhaps best-known for his film and stage portrayal of Alan Strang in Equus, a role which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, an Academy Award nomination, a Tony Award nomination, the Theatre World Award and the Plays and Players Award for Best Young Actor. Firth's other film credits include Franco Zeffirelli's Brother Sun Sister Moon, Aces High, Tony Richardson's Joseph Andrews, Robert Altman's When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder, Roman Polanski's Tess, Chris Bernard's Letter to Brezhnev, John McTiernan's The Hunt for Red October and Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands. Firth has appeared onstage in numerous productions including Bill Bryden's Romeo and Juliet and Spring Awakening, both at the National Theatre, and Peter Hall's Amadeus on Broadway." See Peter Firth in the smash BBC series, Spooks (aka MI-5) as Harry Pearce. An extensive list of Peter Firth's credits may be found on the Internet Movie Database. "Hello, Peter!"     Brinsley Forde, who played Spring on the show, has made other television and movie appearances to his credit including, "Leo the Last"(1970), "Please Sir"(1971),"The Georgian House"(1976) and "Babylon"(1980). Brinsley is an accomplised musician in his own right. He is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the reggae group, "Aswad."    You can also hear the music of Brinsley Forde with Aswad perform with Sting in the movie, "The X-Files". He can be seen on VH-1 as the host of "Heart of Soul". I just found out from Producer Frank Wilson from 6 Music (BBC digital radio)  that Brinsley is presenter of the program "Lively Up Yourself" . Tune in and show your support. "Hello, Brinsley!"     Michael Audreson, who played scientific genius Brains, appeared in such hits as "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Good Bye Mr. Chips." in uncredited roles. In 1972 he was in the movie, "Young Winston" where he played Winston Churchill at age 13. Michael even had a part in the series, "The Tomorrow People" as Flyn in the episode "The Thargon Menace." From the 1995 interview on French TV Michael reported that he produced shows in England. More on Michael to come...Keep watching. "Hello, Michael!"     Gillian Bailey, who played Billie, also played many roles on television in the years that followed the DD, such as Follyfoot and Poldark among several others. More recently she has been doing work as a script editor in England. She completed her university studies and received a degree in English Literature and has since received her MA degree in Theatre Research. She has also earned her doctorate in Theatre. Gillian wrote me and generously provided this and more information about her life and career, as well as some favorite moments on the DD. "Hello, Gilli"     Debbie Russ, who played Tiger appeared in the 1973 movie, "Go For a Take" where she appeared as "Tiger" from the Double Deckers. Later on Debbie reportedly attended La Sainte Union where she earned a degree in English, then went into Marketing. She is doing well for herself in the UK where she now resides. She has been quite busy doing voice over work. I'd like to know what else she has been up to. "Hello, Debbie!"     Bruce Clark, who played Sticks, was a great addition to the gang. Bruce is alive and well and living in the United States

Who played Fu Manchu in the 1960s films based on the books by Sax Rohmer?

The Face of Fu Manchu Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 23 reviews in total  15 out of 16 people found the following review useful: 'The Face Of Fu Manchu' isn't a great movie by any means but it's fun to watch. Christopher Lee and especially Nigel Green are just terrific. from Perth, Australia 12 April 2004 'The Face Of Fu Manchu' is the first in a series of five movies produced by the legendary Harry Allan Towers. Towers is probably best known for his collaborations with Jess Franco, indeed Franco directed the last two movies in the series, but this one is directed by Don Sharp ('Rasputin: The Mad Monk', 'Psychomania') and scripted by Towers himself. Horror legend Christopher Lee plays the fiendish Dr Fu Manchu, super criminal, and Nigel Green ('Zulu', 'Countess Dracula') plays his nemesis Sir Nayland Smith. Towers plays fast and loose with Sax Rohmer's original characters and stories with entertaining results. The main reason the movie works is because of the performances by Lee and especially Green, who is just terrific. The plot concerns the kidnapping of a German scientist (played by Joachim Fuchsberger) who Fu Manchu forces to develop a super weapon. The lovely Karin Dor ('You Only Live Twice') plays the scientist's daughter, Tsai Chin is Fu Manchu's evil daughter Lin Tang, and Howard Marion-Crawford is Nayland Smith's Watson-like sidekick Dr. Petrie. 'The Face Of Fu Manchu' isn't a great movie by any means but it's fun to watch, and a great way to spend a rainy afternoon. Was the above review useful to you? 14 out of 15 people found the following review useful: The high point of this five-film series unwisely tries to adopt the style of the James Bond films. from Burlington, NJ 22 March 1999 Hit and run independent film financier Harry Alan Towers made his bid for the big time in 1965. Spending more money than he ever had (or would) again, scouting attractive international locations, hiring respected craftsmen and actors and launching a multi-million dollar publicity campaign to promote his pet project. "The Face of Fu Manchu", the unlikely recipient of all this attention, represents a plateau to which Towers would never aspire again. After publicly purchasing the pulp adventure novels of Sax Rohmer, Towers signed horror film icon Christopher Lee to a six-picture deal as the title menace. As director, Towers hired Don Sharp, maker of numerous elegant, effective horror films and probably the most talented director to put his name on a Towers contract. Writing the script himself under his nom de cinema Peter Welbeck, Towers ignored the plots of all the Rohmer novels and concocted his own. The film wisely retains the period setting of early-twentieth century London (which required shooting in Dublin, for the sake of authenticity), but alters the deductive tone of the books in favor of action sequences in the style of the James Bond films, which were then in their first flush of international success. The finished film is beautiful to see, filmed in technicolor and cinemascope, it truly looks more expensive than it is. Encouraged, Towers launched an expensive international publicity campaign whose most notable stunt was wallpapering election-year New York City with oversized "Fu Manchu For Mayor" posters In the end, "Face" failed to return enough money to justify the huge outlay spent in making and promoting it. The film seemed to please no one: fans of the series were outraged by the James Bondian gunplay, fights and car chases, while Bond fans were alienated by the period trappings (1920s cars just don't go that fast!). More likely, this type of film just did not have the potential to reach the mainstream audience needed to make it a success. Although Towers continued the series, the films would steadily decline in quality, from the high point of "Face" to the home-movie calibre of the final entry, "Castle of Fu Manchu". Was the above review useful to you? 8 out of 8 people found the following review useful: Probably the best of the Chris Lee 'Fu Manchu' movies from Newcastle, England 14 April 2001 Undoubtedly

David Mamet David Mamet David Mamet   David Alan Mamet ( born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). As a screenwriter, he has received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). Mamet’s books include: The Old Religion (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004), a Torah commentary with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006), a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; Bambi vs. Godzilla, a commentary on the movie business; The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture (2011), a commentary on cultural and political issues; and Three War Stories (2013), a trio of novellas about the physical and psychological effects of war. Feature films which Mamet both wrote and directed include Redbelt (2008), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), House of Games (1987) (which won Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 1987 Venice Film Festival and “Film of the Year” for the 1989 London Critics Circle Film Awards), Spartan (2004), Heist (2001), State and Main (2000) (Winner of a Best Acting – Ensemble award from the National Board of Review), The Winslow Boy (1999), Oleanna (1994), Homicide (1991) (nominated for the Palme d’Or at 1991 Cannes Film Festival and won a “Screenwriter of the Year” award for Mamet from the London Critics Circle Film Awards and Best Cinematography for Roger Deakins from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards), Things Change (1988) (which won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at 1988 Venice Film Festival for Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna), and most recently the 2013 HBO film Phil Spector, starring Al Pacino as Spector with Helen Mirren and Jeffrey Tambor. Mamet has also written the screenplays for such films as The Verdict (1982), directed by Sidney Lumet, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), directed by Bob Rafelson, The Untouchables (1987) directed by Brian De Palma, Hoffa (1992), Ronin (1998), Wag The Dog (1997), The Edge (1997), and Hannibal (2001). Mamet was also the creator, executive producer, and frequent writer for the TV show The Unit.   Early Life Mamet was born in 1947 in Chicago to Jewish parents, Lenore June (née Silver), a teacher, and Bernard Morris Mamet, an attorney.[2] One of his first jobs was as a busboy at Chicago’s The Second City. He was educated at the progressive Francis W. Parker School and at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. At the Chicago Public Library Foundation 20th anniversary fundraiser in 2006, though, Mamet announced “My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. I got what little educational foundation I got in the third-floor reading room, under the tutelage of a Coca-Cola sign”.[3]     Theater Mamet is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company; he first gained acclaim for a trio of off-Broadway plays in 1976, The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo.[4] He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for Glengarry Glen Ross , which received its first Broadway revival in the summer of 2005. His play Race , which opened on Broadway on December 6, 2009 and featured James Spader, David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington, and Richard Thomas in the cast, received mixed reviews.[5] His play The Anarchist, starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger, in her Broadway debut, opened on Broadway on November 13, 2012 in previews and is scheduled to close on December 16, 2012.[6] In 2002, Mamet was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.[7] Mamet later received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for Grand Master of American Theater in 2010. Film Mamet’s feature films, which he both wrote and directed, include in chronological order: his feature directorial debut House of Games (1987) (which won Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 1987 Venice Film Festival and “Film of the Year” fo

It is now generally accepted that the human tongue can detect how many basic tastes?

Tip of the Tongue: Humans May Taste at Least 6 Flavors Tip of the Tongue: Humans May Taste at Least 6 Flavors By Adam Hadhazy | December 30, 2011 11:59am ET MORE Scientists disagree about whether humans can detect more than five basic tastes (sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami). Credit: Rafa Irusta , Shutterstock We cook, therefore we are. Over the millennia, humankind – hardly content to eat plants, animals and fungi raw – has created a smorgasbord of cuisines. Yet for all our sophistication in the kitchen, the scientific understanding of how we taste food could still use some time in the oven. Dating back to ancient Greece and China, the sensation of taste has historically been described as a combination of a handful of distinct perceptions. Western food research, for example, has long been dominated by the four "basic tastes" of sweet, bitter, sour and salty. In recent decades, however, molecular biology and other modern sciences have dashed this tidy paradigm. For example, Western science now recognizes the East's umami (savory) as a basic taste. But even the age-old concept of basic tastes is starting to crumble.  "There is no accepted definition of a basic taste," said Michael Tordoff, a behavioral geneticist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. "The rules are changing as we speak." Our ability to sense the five accepted categories comes from receptors on our taste buds. These tiny sensory organs appear mostly on the tongue, the roof of the mouth and in the back of the throat. The sense of touch also plays a key role in experiencing taste, as evidenced by the strong opinions on crunchy versus smooth peanut butter. Smell, too, impacts our tasting abilities. Just ask anyone with a stuffed-up nose picking away at what seems to be a plate of bland food. [ Supertaster vs. Nontaster ] In the mouth itself, though, food scientists continue to discover new receptors and new pathways for gustatory impressions to reach our brain. Here are some taste sensations vying for a place at the table as a sixth basic taste.  1. Calcium The element calcium is critical in our bodies for muscle contraction, cellular communication and bone growth. Being able to sense it in our chow, therefore, would seem like a handy tool for survival. Mice seem to have it figured out, kind of. Recent research has revealed that the rodents' tongues have two taste receptors for calcium . One of those receptors has been found on the human tongue, though its role in directly tasting calcium is not yet settled, said Tordoff. Calcium clearly has a taste, however, and counterintuitively most mice (and humans) don't like it. People have described it as sort of bitter and chalky – even at very low concentrations. Tordoff thinks our calcium taste might actually exist to avoid consuming too much of it. An over-sensitivity to calcium-rich foods such as spinach could help explain why four out of five Americans don't get enough calcium. "There is a strong relation between people not liking vegetables and calcium," said Tordoff. As for milk and other calcium-loaded dairy, the calcium in it binds to the fat, so we don't taste the mineral all that much, Tordoff noted. 2. Kokumi That calcium receptor might also have something to do with an unrelated sixth-taste candidate called kokumi , which translates as "mouthfulness" and "heartiness." Kokumi has been promulgated by researchers from the same Japanese food company, Ajinomoto, who helped convince the taste world of the fifth basic taste, umami, a decade ago. Ajinomoto scientists published a paper in early 2010 suggesting that certain compounds, including the amino acid L-histidine, glutathione in yeast extract and protamine in fish sperm, or milt – which, yes, they do eat in Japan, and elsewhere – interact with our tongue's calcium receptors. The result: an enhancement of flavors already in the mouth, or perhaps a certain richness. Braised, aged or slow-cooked foods supposedly contain greater levels of kokumi. If all that sounds a bit vague, it does to Western scientists also. Ajinomoto representatives

8. All the Arts Equal Beauty 8. All the Arts Equal Beauty                 Chapter 8 of Experiencing the Humanities by Richard Jewell                                     Art is a language completely different from English, French, Chinese, or any other normal spoken language. The language of all the arts is feeling: emotion, intuition, and form or idea without words. According to twentieth-century American philosopher Suzanne Langer, best known for her philosophy of understanding art, the special quality of the arts is that they provide symbolic language, nonverbal language, that helps us understand, learn, and appreciate life in ways in which words cannot.  There is a whole world of experiences in the arts--and inside us--that cannot be described quickly or easily with mere words. That is one of the great functions of the arts for us: it gives meaning to the unnamable, and helps us relive feelings and experiences that we might not ever otherwise bring back, know, or understand. When an artist creates a work of art such as a painting, a sculpture, or a piece of music, he or she is communicating with us just as surely as if she were talking to us. Her "words," though, are not spoken things, but rather are color, line, shape, movement, and musical sound. There are so many ways of "speaking" to us through artistic expression, and so many different things an artist can say by using different combinations of things. Opening Up To Art There are many ways in which we are already open to artistic things. How do we feel, for example, if we look at the color red? How do we feel when we gently stroke a long, warm, smooth curve on a statue made of wood? How do we feel when we listen to our favorite kind of music or read our favorite kind of story? All these are art and our reactions to art. So we are already open to different arts of different kinds. Music does not have to be classical, or drawings or dance two hundred years old, for it to be true art. True art--the definition of art--is simply the use of materials to create a symbolic sensory image--an image that causes us, usually, to react with emotion. We are, all of us, already participants--nearly every day--in art. Though our reactions may be fleeting instants of time in any given day, still we react on an almost daily basis to colors meant to be pleasing to us, sounds meant to excite us, words meant to tell a story that gets to us. There are certainly differences between good art and bad, between "high" art and, say, folk or common art. But they all are art. As human beings, we already are patrons of art, whatever we happen to like. For this reason, it is possible to learn more about art forms--or art styles--that we know little about. It is possible to open ourselves up to a work of art and begin to learn to appreciate the work of art more. There are several ways to do this. One way is to approach a work of art, or "discover" it, simply by just opening up our own feelings and emotions. We can let the work of art loom larger in us, concentrate on it, empty our minds and our feelings before it, and let it sweep over and through us, taking us up in its hands and arms and giving us a ride. Imagine that a painting, for example, is a body of water into which we can dive. Let it take us into its depths; we can swim in it. And often, gradually or quickly, we will discover--as we swim--what the painter was trying to get across, consciously or unconsciously. We will feel the feelings and emotions that the painter herself felt as she created the work of art. Imagine that music, for example, is an ocean wave coming in to shore, and we can concentrate on the leading edge of the wave, just listening purely without thinking about it. With such edge-of-the-wave listening, we will begin hearing the different instruments and voices more and more. When we approach a sculpture or other three- dimensional work of art, we should--if at all possible-- touch it. Sculpture is meant to be touched. We should feel it, strok

Which foodstuff is made by coagulating soy milk, and pressing the resultant curd into blocks?

Yu Do-fu | Kyoto Travel Guide <Official> Food Culture Yu Do-fu Tofu is made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curd into blocks. The making of tofu from soy milk is similar to processing cheese from milk. Yu do-fu is easy to make, low in calories and fat, and is ideal for dinner in the winter. Cut tofu into small cubes, put a large-sized ceramic pot over low heat at the table, add tofu into the pot and simmer, and eat boiled tofu dipping in the sauce. Be careful not to burn your tongue. Yu do-fu is one of the feature winter dishes of Kyoto. There are many yu-dofu eateries around Nanzen-ji, which are popularly known for serving the signature "Nanzenji Dofu". If you visit Nanzen-ji Temple in the winter, we recommend experiencing "Nanzenji Dofu".

Roquefort Cheese Roquefort Cheese Roquefort Cheese © Denzil Green Roquefort Cheese is a blue cheese made from raw sheep's milk curdled with Calf Rennet. The breed of sheep that the milk is taken from is called "Lacaune." The wheels are 8 inches wide by 3 to 4 inches (7.5 x 10 cm) tall, and weigh 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 pounds (2.5 to 3 kg.) Holes are pierced into the wheels to let air into them. At 10 days of age, the wheels are placed to mature on wood shelves in limestone caves inside the Combalou mountains in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France. The underground caves occupy an area twice the size of the actual village of Rocquefort. The caves have holes and cracks that allow air into them: into these air passageways are placed loaves of rye bread inoculated with the "Penicillium roqueforti" mould. As the loaves moulder away, spores are released into the air, which air currents carry into the caves and onto the cheeses. Mould actually grows off the cheese in beards while the cheese is ripening, The "beards" are clipped off from time to time. Roquefort is aged and ripened in these caves for a minimum of 3 months. After 1 month, the cheese is wrapped in tinfoil to slow down the aging to give the mould more time to grow. The cheese does not develop a rind. The surface does turn orangey, though. Inside, the cheese is ivory with blue-green veins. The bacteria, Penicillium roqueforti, originally occurred naturally in these same caves in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France. The caves have of course been greatly enlarged by man to hold more cheese to meet the world demand. Roquefort is big business. Seven million Roquefort cheeses are made a year (2004 figures.) Only seven manufacturers are allowed to make it, the largest of which is called "Société des Caves." Within the Roquefort cheese brand, there are some that are sharper -- such as the one called "1863", and some that are milder, such as "Baragnaudes." This is now a European PDO cheese. Equivalents 1 cup, crumbled = 1/4 pound = 115g History Notes Without too much effort, Roquefort enthusiasts date the cheese back to 1070 AD. On a good day, they'll even drag in the Romans and poor old Pliny to date the cheese back another thousand years. What we do know for sure is that Charles VI gave sole rights to the village in 1411 for aging the cheese in their caves. Roquefort was the first cheese to receive an AOC designation in 1925‡, forcing what is now Bleu d'Causses Cheese to be renamed. Part of the AOC conditions state that milk used for Roquefort cheese needs to come from that local area, but as there isn't anywhere near enough sheep's milk from nearby to meet the demand, producers basically ignore that part of their AOC protection (i.e. their obligations in exchange for their monopoly), and buy sheep's milk elsewhere and bring it in. The industry does, though, dictate how the sheep from which the milk is procured are bred and fed. Import of Roquefort into Australia was banned from 1994 until 2005 on the grounds that it was made from unpasteurized milk. ‡ Technically, Roquefort didn't receive an AOC in 1925, as the AOC system wasn't created until 1935. What it got was protection from a law passed 26 July 1925, reconfirming the rights that Charles VI had given. The law was extended to other products and named AOC in 1935. Literature & Lore "Who said a gourmet wasn't sentimental? It was great news when the first shipment of Roquefort cheese since 1940, a total of 500,000 pounds, came from France in December, and now a second shipment of 300,000 pounds is scheduled for arrival this month. Roquefort-making was continued right through the war, hitting lowest production in 1945 at 55 per cent of normal. This year the makers expect to produce 13,500,000 pounds, or about 60 per cent of their prewar output." -- Paddleford, Clementine (1898 - 1967). Food Flashes Column. Gourmet Magazine. February 1947. Sources Pyne, Christopher. (Former Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing.) Press Release - "Roquefort cheese can now be sold in Australia." 23 September 2005. CP057/05. See also:

Who was the first American President not of British descent?

All presidents bar one are directly descended from a medieval English king | Daily Mail Online comments What do Barack Obama, Thomas Jefferson, George W. Bush and the other past U.S. presidents have in common? Besides holding the coveted title of commander-in-chief, it appears that all of them but one are cousins.   The remarkable discovery was made by 12-year-old BridgeAnne d’Avignon, of Salinas, California, who created a ground-breaking family tree that connected 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to one common, and rather unexpected, ancestor: King John of England. ‘They all have the trait of wanting power,’ d’Avignon told the station WFMY . Budding genealogist: BridgeAnne d'Avignon created a family tree that connected 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to one common ancestor History detective: It took d'Avignon several months to search through more than 500,000 names and trace the male and female lineages of American leaders King John, also known as John ‘Lackland’, is renowned for signing the Magna Carta in 1215, which limited the monarch’s power and helped form the British Parliament. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share John’s other claim to fame, or infamy, is that he was depicted as the villain in the Robin Hood tales. Common grandfather: The 12-year-old traced the lineages of nearly all of the U.S. presidents to King John, the signer of the Magna Carta D’Avignon, a seventh-grader at Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, started the project in hopes of tracing back her own bloodline in France, but somewhere along the way she decided to take her genealogical quest to the highest level. In order to create the family tree, the 12-year-old spent months scouring through over 500,000 names in search of the ‘presidential Adam.’ Her 80-year-old grandfather, who has been tracing roots for nearly six decades, helped her make the presidential links. D’Avignon started with the first U.S. president, George Washington, she traced both the male and female family lines to make the connection. Prior to d’Avignon’s discovery, genealogists were only able to link 22 families of presidents, likely because they only focused on male bloodlines. The only former commander-in-chief not linked to King John is the eighth president, Martin Van Buren, who had Dutch roots.  The teen also found out that she is the 18th cousin of President Obama. She even wrote to her new-found relative a letter to share her findings with him. So far, however, d’Avignon said she received only a generic response from the White House. Odd man out: Only the eighth president of the U.S., Martin Van Buren, was not related to King John because he had Dutch roots D’Avignon created a poster of the presidential family tree and is selling signed copies of it in hopes of raising enough money to make a trip to Washington DC. The middle-school student says her goal is to hand-deliver a replica of her family tree to the president.  'I think we just all go back somewhere; it’s just a matter of proving it,' she said.  Powerful relative: D'Avignon discovered that she is the 18th cousin of President Obama

John F. Kennedy | whitehouse.gov Air Force One John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, becoming also the youngest President to die. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. Graduating from Harvard in 1940, he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite grave injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety. Back from the war, he became a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area, advancing in 1953 to the Senate. He married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953. In 1955, while recuperating from a back operation, he wrote Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history. In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for President. Millions watched his television debates with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon. Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President. His Inaugural Address offered the memorable injunction: "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." As President, he set out to redeem his campaign pledge to get America moving again. His economic programs launched the country on its longest sustained expansion since World War II; before his death, he laid plans for a massive assault on persisting pockets of privation and poverty. Responding to ever more urgent demands, he took vigorous action in the cause of equal rights, calling for new civil rights legislation. His vision of America extended to the quality of the national culture and the central role of the arts in a vital society. He wished America to resume its old mission as the first nation dedicated to the revolution of human rights. With the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps, he brought American idealism to the aid of developing nations. But the hard reality of the Communist challenge remained. Shortly after his inauguration, Kennedy permitted a band of Cuban exiles, already armed and trained, to invade their homeland. The attempt to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro was a failure. Soon thereafter, the Soviet Union renewed its campaign against West Berlin. Kennedy replied by reinforcing the Berlin garrison and increasing the Nation's military strength, including new efforts in outer space. Confronted by this reaction, Moscow, after the erection of the Berlin Wall, relaxed its pressure in central Europe. Instead, the Russians now sought to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. When this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962, Kennedy imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba. While the world trembled on the brink of nuclear war, the Russians backed down and agreed to take the missiles away. The American response to the Cuban crisis evidently persuaded Moscow of the futility of nuclear blackmail. Kennedy now contended that both sides had a vital interest in stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and slowing the arms race--a contention which led to the test ban treaty of 1963. The months after the Cuban crisis showed significant progress toward his goal of "a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion." His administration thus saw the beginning of new hope for both the equal rights of Americans and the peace of the world. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. For more information abo

Which river runs through Shrewsbury?

Shropshire Walking Routes - with Walking maps Attingham Park 5 miles (8 km) A circular walk around this lovely deer park in Shrewsbury. The walk includes woodland sections, the beautiful Walled Garden and a riverside stretch along the River Tern which runs through the park. The garden boasts a 3 acre orchard, with over 150 apple trees with displays of bulbs and annual cut flowers also. The splendid 18th-century mansion has a picture Gallery and an elegant Dining Room. Bishop's Castle Ring 61 miles (98 km) This walk encircles the historic market town of Bishop’s Castle in Shropshire. The walk first heads to Clun with it’s Norman castle, church and interesting houses. You continue to Aston-on-Clun and then to the spectacular Long Mynd (video below). This heathland plateau forms part of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is owned by the National Trust . The views are spectacular, making this section one of the walk highlights. The next section takes you to the rocky Stiperstones and The Bog lead mines, which are of great historical interest. The final section runs through Stapely Common to the ancient stones of Mitchell’s Fold before heading through Saddlers Little Wood and returning to Bishop’s Castle. The walk is waymarked with a green and yellow disc. Bishop Bennet Way 32 miles (52 km) The Bishop Bennet Way is a shared walking and cycling path running from Beeston in Cheshire to Wirswall on the Shropshire borders. The route starts at the 13th century Beeston Castle and proceeds through Milton Green, Churton and Shocklach where you will pass the Grade I listed Norman church. You continue to Grindley Brook where you cross the Shropshire Union Canal shortly before finishing at Wirswall near Whitchurch. For cyclists please note that a mountain bike is required for this route as there are some fairly rugged off road sections. Brown Moss Nature Reserve 1 miles (2 km) Enjoy a series of walking trails in this delightful nature reserve near Whitchurch. The site is 77 acres and includes marshes, pools, heathland and woodland. It's great for bird watching with woodpeckers, jays, Canada goose,�mallard�and�great crested grebe regular visitors. Look out for froglets, dragonflies�and great crested newts around the wetland areas. Caer Caradoc 9 miles (14 km) Climb to the 1500 ft (459 m) summit of this distinctive hill in the Shropshire Hills AONB. The walk starts at Church Stretton, near the train station, and takes you to the Caer Caradoc summit where you will find an ancient hill fort. There are fabulous views of The Wrekin , Long Mynd , Carding Mill Valley , Wenlock Edge , the hills of North Wales and the Brecon Beacons. The walk then descends towards Comley and continues to the pretty village of Cardington. From here you return to Church Stretton via Willstone Hill, passing Hope Bowdler Hill on the way. If you'd like to continue your walking in the area then the beautiful Carding Mill Valley and Long Mynd are nearby. Carding Mill Valley 3 miles (5 km) Visit a lovely reservoir and waterfall on this short walk in the Shropshire Hills AONB. The walk starts at the National Trust's Carding Mill Valley visitor centre and car park in Church Stretton. You begin by following a pretty stream uphill on a good stony path before bearing left on New Pool Hollow to visit the pretty reservoir. You'll pass mill pools and the 2500 year old Bodbury Ring hill fort on the way. The walk then continues uphill to Lightspot Hollow where you will find a waterfall in a beautiful V-shaped valley lined with�bilberry, bracken and heather. You can look out for trout in the pools and stonechats, buzzards and red kites�in the air. If you'd like to continue your walk you could head to the high point of the Long Mynd at Pole Bank. You could also climb the nearby Caer Caradoc for more fabulous views. The Shropshire Way and the Jack Mytton Way also pass through the area so you could pick these up easily too. �and Brown Clee Hill �on this challenging walk in the Shropshire Hills AONB. Titterstone Clee stands at a height of 1,749 feet (533�m)

Cycling at River Severn | Cycle Route | Worcester|Worcestershire Cycling at River Severn Canoeing Details Cycling is a great way of seeing the network of canals and rivers and getting some exercise at the same time. The canals and rivers attract over 21 million visits from cyclists each year and with thousands of miles of towpaths, which by their nature tend to be fairly level, it’s easy to see why. Where else can you take in such a diverse range of wildlife and the country’s finest heritage structures while you’re out on your bike? Providing green corridors through the cities and linking the towns and villages together, canal towpaths are used by a range of cyclists from boaters running errands on their bike to experienced cyclists on week-long tours and families taking an afternoon ride together. The Canal & River Trust welcomes considerate cyclists to its towpaths and you don't need a permit to use your bike on any of the towpaths. However, we would ask that you take a look at the Greenways Code for Towpaths before you take to the towpaths. Lots of people visit the waterways, for many different reasons, and everyone is entitled to feel happy and safe while they're visiting. The mighty River Severn is Britain's longest river. It runs from the Welsh mountains, through the beautiful Shropshire and Worcestershire countryside and down to the flatlands of the Severn estuary. The course of the river is mostly rural, but it does flow through the ancient cities of Worcester and Gloucester. At Worcester, it is overlooked by the magnificent red sandstone cathedral. At Gloucester, the historic docks are a link to its freight-carrying heritage. It is famous for its tidal bore, the second highest tide anywhere in the world. At very high tides, the water is forced from the wide estuary into the narrower channel upstream, forming a wave or bore that travels inland as far as Gloucester and beyond. The different sections of the River Severn are very different in character, offering something for everyone. The Canal & River Trust looks after the River Severn from Stourport to Gloucester. This section of the river is ideal for pleasure-boating, and is busy with narrowboats, motor cruisers and inland waterway boats. Above Stourport, it is suitable for canoes and rowing boats. The section from Gloucester to Sharpness is dangerous for boats, and is bypassed by the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. The section below Sharpness is not recommended for inland craft, unless they are equipped for a short sea voyage and have experienced crews, or else with the help of a licensed River Severn pilot.

How many players are there in a men's lacrosse team?

How Many Players are Needed in Lacrosse? How Many Players are Needed in Lacrosse? by Anonymous How many players are required to play lacrosse? ------------------------------------------------------------- Answer This is a tricky question. And it depends on the type and level of lacrosse. For college mens field lacrosse according to the NCAA rule book 10 players must start a game per side but a team can play with fewer if a team loses a player during the game due to penalty or injury. For High School and Youth boys/mens field lacrosse each team should start with 10 each, but that number can be lowered as low as 7 per side if both sides agree to play with less. For Womens/Girls Field Lacrosse 12 players per side is a full team and is typically the number played with. However the rule book states that any number of players up to 12 may be used if agreed by both sides. Box Lacrosse is played with 6 players per side. I hope this helps Happy Laxin. Jamey

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Which form of Buddhism is prevalent in Japan?

3 Forms of Buddhism 3 Forms of Buddhism Many forms of Buddhism are actually practiced around the world. Buddhists don’t all follow the same teachings and the same texts. The core principles stay the same but different important aspects are observed in each type. Each form is also subdivided into schools . Map Of Buddhism in the World   Theravada Buddhism is also known as the doctrine of the elders, Southern Buddhism or Ancient Teaching. The main text used by this school is the Pali Canon. The main area of influence includes the following countries: Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Burma (Myanmar). They have about 100 million followers and are gaining ground in Singapore, Vietnam and the Western world. This form of Buddhism is characterized by its orthodoxy. They are considered to be the closest to the teaching of Buddha and the text they use- the Pali Canon- is the oldest surviving Buddhist text. Their beliefs are that each individual can attain enlightenment by himself and the best way to do this is by joining the monastic way of life as it allows for an ideal setting to dedicate one’s life to the Dharma. Lay people have a role to play also and it is partly comprised of Merit Making actions including: offering food and other basic necessities to monks making donations to temples and monasteries burning incense or lighting candles before images of the Buddha chanting verses from the Pali Canon act as trustees or custodians for their temples taking part in the financial planning and management of the temple volunteer significant time in tending to the mundane needs of local monks Monks gain merit by practicing mindfulness, meditation, and chanting. In the Pali Sutra, the Buddha instructs the followers to follow concentration as it is a tool he used to attain nirvana. Thus, the Theravada Buddhist practice these form of meditation: Anapanasati (Green and white on the map) (Green and white on the map) Mahāyāna is also called the Great Vehicle, Bodhisattvayāna or the Bodhisattva Vehicle. It is the larger of the two major traditions of Buddhism existing today, the other being that of the Theravāda school. It is also the origin of the Vajrayana form. It is mostly popular in China, Japan , Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia and spread very widely in the west. Major traditions of Mahāyāna Buddhism today include Zen (Chán), Pure Land, Tiantai,(Tendai in Japan) Nichiren , and Esoteric Buddhism (Shingon, Tibetan Buddhism (although we further separate them below)). The beliefs: Mahayana Buddhism prones liberation of suffering for all sentient beings. Where Theravada focuses on individual enlightenment, Mahayana preaches that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are here to help us attain collective illumination. Thus they believe in supernatural bodhisattvas who devote themselves to the perfections, ultimate knowledge, and the liberation of all sentient beings. The Buddha is seen as the ultimate, highest being, present in all times, in all beings, and in all places, and the bodhisattvas come to represent the universal ideal of altruistic excellence. It is difficult to talk about an unified canon for the Mahayana tradition as it is often assimilated by local beliefs and traditions. In Japan, it has incorporated some local Shinto beliefs and some Shamanism. Thus, when observed under this angle, it becomes incorrect to refer Buddhism as a non-religion in the Mahayana tradition because of the gods that were later added and all the powers attributed to the different Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Vajrayana is in fact part of the Mahayana school but because its emphasis on tantrism, it is often cited as a different school. It is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Lamaism, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle. It is mostly active in Tibet and Japan , and in China, to some extent. Vajrayana is a school of esoteric knowledge, secret rituals, mudras and mantras. It teaches that in order to access esoteric knowledge, the practitioner requires initiation from a skilled spiritual teacher or guru. Rituals are an important

About Japanese Food: Soya Beans About Japanese Food The staple food of Japan Soya beans are available in a wide variety of dishes in Matsuri restaurants, such as edamame (boiled soya beans in their pods), agedashi tofu (Golden deep-fried bean curd in a sweet soya sauce), tofu teriyaki and miso soup. Matsuri St James's Soya Beans There are three different soya beans which are used in Japanese cuisine distinguished by their respective colours; white, green and black. The white beans, called “miso mame” meaning “miso beans”, can be eaten boiled, but they are also the main ingredient of miso, shoyu (soya sauce), tofu (bean curd), natto (fermented soya beans), yuba (tofu skin) and kinako (soya bean flour). The green beans are eaten in their unripened form as edamame, mashed and added to soup, or boiled and sweetened (uguisu mame). The black beans are eaten boiled as kuromame and are served as part of the New Year cuisine, osechi ryori. Did you know? Soya beans have a very high nutritional value consisting of protein (35%), carbohydrate (24%) and fat (19%). They also contain linoleic acid, one of the essential fatty acids, vitamin B1 (Thiamin) and vitamin B2 (Riboflavin). The Japanese have been farming soya beans for the past 4-5,000 years and it is one of the five important grains in the Japanese diet; the others being kome (rice), mugi (wheat), awa (foxtail millet) and hie (barnyard millet). Soya Bean Products in Japanese Cuisine Tofu Tofu is soya bean curd which was introduced to Japan from China 2,000 years ago. It is formed by extracting the soya milk by boiling white soya beans and straining them. There are two main types of tofu which result from this, momen, which is strained through cotton, and kinu, which is strained through a finer material. The momen being firmer tofu as there is more sediment from the beans remaining than in the kinu. The soya milk is then set by the use of a coagulant such as calcium sulphate, in the same way that cheese is made from milk. It is then stored in water to maintain its freshness and shape. Yaki-dofu Yaki-dofu is grilled tofu on a skewer. As tofu does not keep for long (around three days) this is a way to preserve it for up to a week. Abura-age Abura-age is thinly sliced tofu cooked in oil and will last for about a week. This is used to make inari-zushi, forming the pockets for the sushi rice. Nama-age Nama-age is thickly sliced tofu fried in oil. This is served grilled, topped with miso, or in oden, a Japanese stew. Yuba Yuba is the skin resulting from boiling the beans in the tofu making process. Natto Soya beans are boiled and then fermented with natto-kin, a bacteria, to produce natto. The fermentation needs to take place between 37° and 39° Centigrade. A rich source of protein, natto and the soybean paste miso are a popular breakfast food in Japan. Miso Salt and water are mixed into steamed soya beans. Rice kouji, a fungus used as a catalyst for fermentation, is then added to the mixture. The combined ingredients are then left to mature in the dark in much the same way as cheese. Shoyu Shoyu (soya sauce), is the most commonly found soya product in Japanese cuisine. It was first introduced to Japan 2,000 years ago. It is formed by boiling soya beans, mashing them up, adding salted water and rice kouji . This mixture is then boiled again and pressed to extract the liquid which is the soya sauce. Soya Bean Recipe

Tonitrophobia is the fear of which weather condition?

Weather Phobia Signs and Symptoms By Tiffany Means Updated December 02, 2016. Do you jump at every flash of lightning and rumble of thunder? Or monitor the TV whenever there's a severe weather threat near your home or workplace? If you do, it's very possible you have a weather phobia —a marked fear of or anxiety about a specific weather type or event.  Weather phobias are included in the "natural environment" family of phobias—fears triggered by objects or situations found in nature.  Why Am I Afraid?  Phobias are sometimes described as "irrational" fears, but they don't always develop out of nowhere. If you've ever experienced a natural disaster such as a hurricane, tornado , or  wildfire —even if you didn't suffer any physical injury or trauma—it's possible that the unexpected, sudden, or overwhelming nature of the event could have taken an emotional toll on you.   You Might Have a Weather Phobia If... If you feel any of the following in certain weather situations, you may suffer, to some degree, from a weather phobia:  Anxiety and panic (heart palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, and nausea) continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge A desire to be around others when unfavorable weather is forecast or occurring An inability to sleep or eat during sever weather Helplessness when certain weather is occurring You change your schedule so that you can plan around ill weather You obsessively monitor the TV, weather forecasts , or your weather radio One in 10 Americans Are Afraid of Weather  While you might feel ashamed to be afraid of something like weather , which most other people consider to be routine, please know that you're not alone. According to the American Psychiatric Association, approximately 9-12% of Americans have natural environment phobias, of which 3% of that number are afraid of storms. What's more, some meteorologists can trace their interest in learning about weather back to a fear of weather. Let this encourage you that your weather phobias can be overcome! Coping with Weather Fears When your weather fear strikes, you may feel helpless. But there are a number of things you can do, both before and during attacks, to help manage anxiety and stress. Learn how weather works. If you're afraid of something, the last thing you may want to do is willingly subject yourself to it. But sometimes, fear of something is rooted in a lack of knowledge of it. If you understand the reality of how weather works, you can better differentiate between threats that are real and those that are perceived in your mind. Read weather books, visit science museum exhibits, and learn about weather basics from your favorite weather company and links. (Your presence here on About Weather means you're already off to a good start!) Practice weather safety. Having an emergency plan in place may help put your mind at ease should bad weather actually strike. It can also make you feel like you have more control of the situation, and are not just a passive victim. Relax. While it's easier said than done, relaxing is one of your best defenses. To help keep calm, try engaging in activities that keep your mind occupied and off of the weather happening outside your door. Practice a favorite hobby or start up a conversation with friends or family. Meditation, prayer, music, and aromatherapy are other good options. (Lavender, chamomile, bergamot, and almond are scents frequently used to ease anxiety.) To find out more, including what the most common weather phobias experienced among Americans are, read Afraid of the Atmosphere .   Sources: Jill S. M. Coleman, Kaylee D. Newby, Karen D. Multon, and Cynthia L. Taylor.  Weathering the Storm: Revisiting Severe-Weather Phobia . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2014).

1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? - Liverpool Echo News 1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon?  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? 3. For which series of films were the actors Kenneth Williams and Sid James best known? 4. What is the name given to the largest bee in a hive? 5. Which alternative word for the Devil is a Hebrew word with translates as “Lord Of The Flies”? 6. On which TV island might you have found actor Ricardo Montalban? 7. Mozart’s opera, which was a continuation of The Barber Of Seville, was called The Marriage Of . . . who? 8. What is the nearest planet to the Sun? 9. What was the name of the road sweeper played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools And Horses? 10. What connects the answers above? 11. What was the nickname of the first Spice Girl to go solo? 12. Which of the following events did Carl Lewis not win a gold medal for at the 1984 Olympics? Long Jump, 400m or 100m relay? 13. Which two actors were nominated for best actor awards at the Oscars in 1991, both for playing wheelchair-bound characters? 14. How is Eldrick Woods better known? 15. Who did Iain Duncan Smith beat in September, 2001, to become the leader of the Conservative Party? 16. Who was the main villain in the cartoon Wacky Races? 17. When the band Hear‘say formed, who was the oldest member at 24? 18. What is the name of the third book of the Bible? 19. What was advertised with Eva Herzagovia using the slogan “hello boys”? 20. Which model gave birth to her daughter, Lola, in September, 2002? 21. “All children, except one, grow up” is the opening line from which famous story? 22. How are Fizz, Milo, Jake and Bella better known collectively? 23. What number on the Beaufort Scale represents a hurricane? 24. In which film did Jodie Foster play a character called Tallulah? 25. What is pathophobia the fear of? 26. What was the title of the TV show Bonanza changed to? 27. What mountain range is the natural habitat of the llama? 28. What nationality was scientist Marie Curie? 29. Who played the title role in the TV series Worzel Gummidge? 30. Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter when it was first introduced in 1957? 1. Mama Mia; 2. Galileo; 3. Carry On; 4. Queen; 5. Beelzebub; 6. Fantasy; 7. Figaro; 8. Mercury; 9. Trigger; 10. The song Bohemian Rhapsody; 11. Ginger Spice; 12. 400m; 13. Tom Cruise (for Born On The Fourth Of July) and Daniel Day-Lewis (for My Left Foot); 14. Tiger Woods; 15. Ken Clarke; 16. Dick Dastardly; 17. Kym Marsh; 18. Leviticus; 19. The Wonderbra; 20. Kate Moss; 21. Peter Pan; 22. The Tweenies; 23. 12; 24. Bugsy Malone; 25. Illness; 26. Ponderosa; 27. Andes; 28. Polish; 29. Jon Pertwee; 30. Frisbee Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent

Ron Hickman invented a much used DIY aid after damaging a chair while sawing wood?

8 Surprising Uses For Sheds What's the Best Circular Saw? 8 Surprising Uses For Sheds They're a man's refuge (47 percent of men say they've spent a whole day in their shed), storage space for all those things you promise yourself you'll need someday, and the ideal place for mechanical research, more commonly known as "tinkering around." Frank Hopkinson's new book, The Joy of Sheds , is full of trivia about these backyard buildings. Here are the stories of people who used their sheds for more than storing tools. 1 Silicon Shed Technology giant HP is one of the many companies that started in shed-like premises. Though technically a garage, the structure at 367 Addison Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif., was detached from the main building and was, for all intents and purposes a shed. Inside, Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard produced their fledgling company's first product: an audio oscillator, an electronic test instrument used by sound engineers. The shed has since been refurbished and rebuilt and stands today as California Historic Landmark No. 976, "Birthplace of Silicon Valley." 2 The Radioactive Boy Scout When three men in white suits and respirators crossed her lawn holding Geiger counters—that was the first time Dottie Pease knew about David Hahn's attempt to build a model breeder nuclear reactor in his shed. The men, who were from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, broke the shed up, filled 39 barrels, and sent it all off to a low-level waste disposal site in the Great Salt Lake Desert. Hahn's 1995 project to produce cheap energy at the bottom of his garden had resulted in dangerous levels of radiation at his Michigan home. Hahn had meticulously collected and refined beryllium, americium from smoke detectors, radium from luminous paint, thorium from gas mantles, and lithium from batteries. The 17-year-old Eagle Scout, who got his scouting merit badge for atomic energy in 1991, realized that he might have accumulated too much radioactive material in one place when he started picking up signals on his home Geiger counter five houses away from his shed. At one point he put some of the material in the trunk of his old Pontiac to split the sources up. When police pulled him over in a unrelated incident, they found what they thought was a home-made atomic bomb in the back. Of his exposure to radioactivity, Hahn said, "I don't believe I took more than five years off my life." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 3 Soup Can Engine Cedric Lynch is probably the stereotypical shed inventor. Since the 1970s Cedric has been tucked away in his shed in Potters Bar, England, perfecting a more efficient electric motor. While a steam engine is about 8 percent efficient, a diesel engine 40 percent efficient, and electric engines about 75 percent efficient, Cedric has managed to achieve a 93 percent efficiency rating with his invention. Cedric's prototypes were made (in the grand tinkering fashion) using flattened soup cans. Four of the engines he invented were installed in a boat that broke the world speed record for electrically driven vessels by doing around 50 mph. 4 Explosive Doorstop England's domestic munition of choice seems to be the WWII hand grenade—each year a handful turn up in garden sheds. Once, a Cheltenham man named Paul Fittock was about to demolish an old shed in his garden when he decided to make one last search to check that it was completely empty. Fittock discovered a hand grenade on a shelf in the wooden rafters minutes before he was due to attack it with a sledgehammer. RAF bomb disposal officers put the device in a metal box and took it to a quarry to be detonated. However, the best tale of a UXB in a shed came from an old lady in New Malden. Betty Johnson had used an unexploded World War II shell to wedge the door open for over a decade—or, as she explained to a local newspaper reporter, "to stop the door from banging." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 5 Nobel Prize–Winning Shed Research Marie Curie is likely to remain the only two-time winner of the Nobel Prize to carry out

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The State Hermitage Museum is in which Russian city?

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia State Hermitage Museum State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg's most popular visitor attraction, and one of the world's largest and most prestigious museums, the Hermitage is a must-see for all first-time travellers to the city. With over 3 million items in its collection, it also definitely rewards repeat visits, and new-comers can only hope to get a brief taste of the riches on offer here, from Impressionist masterpieces to fascinating Oriental treasures. One estimate has it that you would need eleven years to view each exhibit on display for just one minute, so many visitors prefer to organize a guided tour to ensure they have time to catch all the collection's highlights. Art aficionados, however, may find it more rewarding to seek out for themselves the works that they are particularly interested in. State Hermitage Museum as seen from Palace Square The bulk of the Hermitage collection is housed in the Winter Palace, formerly the official residence of the Romanov Tsars, and its several annexes. However, there are a number of other sites that constitute part of the Hermitage, including the recently opened Storage Facility in the north of St. Petersburg, which offers guided tours through some of the museum's vast stocks. Our guide to visiting the Hermitage is designed to help you find your way around this enormous collection, with a detailed tour of the main site and individual information on each of the affiliated museums. Address:

Nijinsky, the Legend - Russian Ballet History Russian Ballet History The Collection's Beginings Legendary Vaslav Nijinsky (March 12, 1889 - April 8, 1950) Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent. Nijinsky was one of the most gifted male dancers in history.  His  ability to perform seemingly gravity-defying leaps was legendary.  Nijinsky was born in Kiev, Ballet School , where he studied under Enrico Cecchetti , and Nicholas Legat .  At only 18 years old he was given a string of leads. In 1910, a fellow Imperial Ballet dancer, Mathilde Kschessinskaya , selected Nijinsky to dance in a revival of Marius Petipa's Le Talisman, during which Nijinsky created a sensation in the role of the Wind God Vayou. Nijinsky met Sergei Diaghilev , a celebrated and highly innovative producer of ballet and opera as well as art exhibitions, who concentrated on promoting Russian visual and musical art particularly in Paris.  In 1909, Diaghilev took his dance company, the Ballets Russes, to Paris, with Nijinsky and Anna Pavlova as the leads. The show was a huge success.   Nijinsky's talent showed in Fokine's pieces such as “Le Pavillon d'Armide” , “Cleopatra” and  “The Feast”.  His partnership with Tamara Karsavina , also of the Mariinsky Theatre, was legendary, and they have been called the "most exemplary artists of the time". Then, Nijinsky went back to the Mariinsky Theatre, but was dismissed for appearing on-stage during a performance as Albrecht in Giselle wearing tights without the modesty trunks, obligatory for male dancers in the company. The Dowager Empress, Maria Feodorovna , complained that his appearance was obscene, and he was dismissed. It is probable that the scandal was arranged by Diaghilev, in order that Nijinsky could be free to appear with his company in the west, where many of his projects now centered around him. He danced lead roles in Fokine's new productions Le Spectre de la Rose , and Igor Stravinsky's Petrouchka , in which his impersonation of a dancing but lifeless puppet was widely admired. Nijinsky took the creative reins and choreographed ballets. His ballets were L'après-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun, based on Claude Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ) (1912), Jeux (1913), Till Eulenspiegel (1916) and Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring, with music by Igor Stravinsky) (1913). Nijinsky created choreography that exceeded the limits of traditional ballet and propriety. For the first time, his audiences were experiencing the futuristic, new direction of modern dance. The radically angular movements expressed the heart of Stravinsky's radically modern scores. Nijinsky's new trends in dance caused a riotous reaction at the Théâtre de Champs-Elysées when they premiered in Paris. In 1913, Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes toured South America. Diaghilev did not make this fateful journey, because he was told by a fortune teller in his younger days, that he would die on the ocean if he ever sailed. Without his mentor's supervision, Nijinsky entered into a relationship with Romola Pulszky , a Hungarian countess. An ardent fan of Nijinsky, she booked passage on board a ship that Nijinsky was due to travel on, and during the voyage Romola succeeded in engaging his affections.  They were married in Buenos Aires when the company returned to Europe. Diaghilev is reported to have flown into a rage, culminating in Nijinsky's dismissal. Nijinsky tried in vain to create his own troupe, but a crucial London engagement failed due to administrative problems. During World War I, Nijinsky was interned in Hungary. Diaghilev succeeded in getting Nijinsky out for the American tour in 1916. During this time, Nijinsky choreographed and danced the leading role in Till Eulenspiegel . However, it was around this time in his life that signs of his dementia praecox were becoming apparent to members of the company. Nijinsky had a nervous breakdown in 1919, and his career effectively ended. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and taken to Switzerland by his wife, where he was treated unsuccessful

The island of Lanzarote lies in which body of water?

Las Islas Canarias Las Islas Canarias Las Islas Canarias, the Canary Islands, are a group of volcanic islands in the subtropics, lying off the coast of Morocco. Politically they belong to Spain, geologically they are part of Macaronesia - a volcanic group of islands that includes the Azores, Madeira and the Cape Verde Islands, all have similar topography and indigenous flora and fauna. The big plus of the Canaries, at least from the viewpoint of Northern Europeans, is that they are within a reasonable distance to escape from the rigours of winter. Of the 43 million tourists that visit Spain, a quarter go to the Canaries. Due to their location, and an ocean current that helps to moderate the temperatures, the Canaries enjoy a year round summer and spring. The Canaries consist of seven main islands - Lanzarote , Fuerteventura , Gran Canaria , Tenerife , La Gomera , La Palma and El Hierro ; plus six small islands - Isla de Alegranza, Isla Montaña Clara, Isla Graciosa, Isla de los Lobos, Roque del Este, Roque del Oeste. The first of the Canary Islands, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, were formed approximately 20 million years ago by volcanic eruptions. Next, at about 12 million years, came Gran Canaria, followed by Tenerife and La Gomera. Relatively youngsters, at about two to three million years ago, a similar age to man, were La Palma and El Hierro. The islands as a group form an autonomous province of Spain. The seat of the Gobierno de Canaries was at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, but due to inter-island rivalry there now exists a complex arrangement. The presidency rotates every four years between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the sixty member parliament sits in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The islands are subdivided into two provinces; Las Palmas Province consist of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote; Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province consists of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Each province has a military and a civilian governor appointed by Madrid. Each island has its own local government - Cabildo Insular. The islands are further subdivided into municipios, each with their own Ayutamiento (town hall). The islands have one university, situated in La Laguna - the original capital of Tenerife. La Universidad de La Laguna is one of the most prestigious universities in Spain. Its Astrophysics department is of world renown, with observatories on Tenerife and La Palma. The principle industry, and mainstay of the islands, is tourism. In 1998, tourism injected 1.2 billion pesetas into the islands. Agriculture is also important, especially for those parts outside of the main tourist spots. The standard of service in many of the hotels, especially in the major tourist locations, is often poor by international standards. Privately run, family businesses are usually the exception, where the family takes a pride in the hotel. The official language is Castilian Spanish, and this is what is taught in the schools. That spoken on the streets is South American Spanish, though to be strictly correct, Latin American Spanish should be termed Canarian Spanish, as many of those who emigrated to Latin America originally came from the Canary Islands, and the Canaries still retain very strong links with South America. The language spoken on the streets also has a high proportion of Guanche words, though it is a mystery as to how the Guanches, a race who pre-date the Spanish conquest, had a word for bus - guagua. English is widely spoken in all the major tourist resorts. Nevertheless, out of common courtesy if nothing else, visitors should make the effort to learn and speak at least a few words of Spanish. The Canaries are on GMT in the winter, and BST in the summer. That is the same time as London, one hour behind Madrid. Mentioned by Shakespeare, Malmsey, also known as Sack, was an important wine export in the 16th and 17th centuries. Originally produced in Tenerife, the main area of production is now Lanzarote. Known locally as papas, the original Indian name, Canarian potatoes are direct desc

Turks and Caicos National MuseumMessage in a Bottle - Turks and Caicos National Museum Ocean Bottles Introduction In 2000 the Museum’s founder, Mrs. Grethe Seim, passed away. Among her collections that were donated to the Museum was a series of messages found in bottles on the beaches of Grand Turk over a period of nearly 40 years. The Grethe Seim Collection is the inspiration for the Museum’s Message in a Bottle Project, launched in 2001. During a visit to the Museum Penny Smith (below), a well known TV presenter in Britain, filled in one of the Message in a Bottle forms. History of Messages in a Bottle The pop group the Police sang about it, Kevin Costner starred in a film of the same title but what is the truth behind messages in a bottle. Who writes them? Why are they written? How far do the bottles travel before being washed upon a beach? How long does it take for the messages to be found? These are just some of the questions that are raised. Are Messages in a bottle a new Phenomenon? Ever since humans have had the “vessel” for a letter, the ability to write and the time to do it we can assume that messages have been dropped into the sea. The earliest recorded sender was the Greek philosopher Theophrastus who, in around 310 BC, threw sealed bottles into the Mediterranean to prove that the inland body of water was formed by the inflow of the Atlantic. There appears to be no record of any responses. In 16th century England Queen Elizabeth I appointed an official “Uncorker of Ocean Bottles” making it a capital crime for anyone else to open the bottles. This severe punishment was seen as necessary as it assumed that some might contain secret messages from spies as well as from the British fleet who sent messages about enemy positions ashore in bottles. Whether this was an affective means to send information does not appear to have been recorded. Of course sailors or passengers under dire situations have written messages at sea. One such incident occurred in the 1780s (some records give 1714 as the date) when Chunosuke Matsuyama went treasure hunting in the Pacific. He and the Japanese crew of 44 were shipwrecked off a small Island in the South Pacific. Knowing their fate was not good as there was no food or fresh water the captain scratched their story onto chips of wood and cast them adrift in a bottle. The bottle was found 150 years later on the shoreline of Japan – a bit too late to mount a rescue attempt. Coincidentally it was claimed that the bottle was found on the beach where Matsuyama grew up in Japan, but this may just be folklore. Probably one of the most touching letters to have been found was from a passenger on board the torpedoed Lusitania, which sank in May 1915. Imagine, having the calmness to write a message and put it into a bottle, with all the mayhem going on around you as the ship sinks. According to one report the message read “still on deck with a few people. The last boats have left. We are sinking fast. Some men near me are praying with a priest. The end is near. Maybe this note will ” and the abrupt end to the letter suggested the writer hurriedly placed it into the bottle as the ship succumbed to its fate – a rather poignant message. Again however, there are different versions of this story: the letter’s content varies and was either picked up by a fisherman at sea, or found on a beach. But not all messages found have such a grim outcome. In 1948 a Russian fisherman found a message written in Norwegian and English. Once translated it made little sense: “Five ponies and 150 dogs remain. Desire hay, fish and 30 sledges. Must return early in August. Baldwin”. It transpires that the polar explorer Evelyn Baldwin sent it in 1902, and he had returned alive and well. Also, drift bottles were used in 1946 to map the places where Japanese mines were likely to be after being freed by storms. Similar drift bottles have been used in recent years to help understand currents and to allow the prediction of likely harvest areas of fish and marine life, especially endangered species. On top of this captains ca

Who directed the 2009 film Invictus?

Invictus Movie Trailer 2009 HD [OFFICIAL] - YouTube Invictus Movie Trailer 2009 HD [OFFICIAL] Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Nov 30, 2009 Invictus is an upcoming 2009 feature film based on Nelson Mandela's life during the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Morgan Freeman as the South African President Mandela, and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, the South African team captain. The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation. The film is due for release on December 11, 2009. Category

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - 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 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) PG-13 | WATCH NOW ON DISC Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 47 titles created 10 Apr 2012 a list of 35 titles created 14 May 2012 a list of 29 titles created 16 Nov 2012 a list of 22 titles created 31 Aug 2013 a list of 28 titles created 01 Sep 2013 Title: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 6.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 10 wins & 34 nominations. See more awards  » Videos After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace. Director: Steven Spielberg When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis. Director: Steven Spielberg Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. Director: Steven Spielberg A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there while another team approaches with another agenda. Director: Steven Spielberg Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty McFly travels back in time to save his friend. Director: Robert Zemeckis After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip. Director: Robert Zemeckis A cybernetic warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to protect a 25-year old drifter and his future wife from a most advanced robotic assassin and to ensure they both survive a nuclear attack. Director: Jonathan Mostow During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Director: Steven Spielberg Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle. Director: Gore Verbinski Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. Director: Rob Marshall Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well. Director: Gore Verbinski A decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Alan Grant to go to Isla Sorna (the second InGen dinosaur lab.), resulting in an unexpected landing...and unexpected new inhabitants on the island. Director: Joe Johnston Edit Storyline During the Cold War, Soviet agents watch Professor Henry Jones when a young man brings him a coded message from an aged, demented colleague, Harold Oxley. Led by the brilliant Irina Spalko, the Soviets tail Jones and the young man, Mutt, to Peru. With Oxley's code, they find a legendary skull made of a single piece of quartz. If Jones can deliver the s

Which American was the youngest male Olympic gold medalist when he won in 1948?

Famous Olympians Famous Olympians Olympians ‧ since 1850 ‧ Birthday-Anniversaries Top Surnames This project is a place to list famous and "historic" Olympians and perhaps connect them to Geni profiles. Youngest Olympic Champions in History The youngest athlete to participate at the Modern Olympics was Dimitrios Loundras of Greece who was 10 years, 216 days old when he competed in men's team parallel bars gymnastics at the 1896 Games in Athens. Inge Sørensen of Denmark was 12 yrs, 24 days old when she won a bronze medal in the 200m Breaststroke in 1936. The youngest athlete to win a gold Marjorie Gestring of the United States who was 13 years, 267 days old when she won the women's springboard diving event at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin. Barbara Pearl Jones won gold at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. At 15 years old, she is still the youngest track and field gold medalist in history. Marjorie Gestring won gold for the United States diving team in the 1936 Berlin Games when she was only 13 years old. Due to the war, she was unable to defend her title. Nadia Elena Comaneci was the first gymnast to get a perfect score at the Olympics, she was also the youngest to win the all-around title at only 14 years old during the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Bob Mathias was able to overcome his inexperience to win the Decathlon at the 1948 London Games easily at just 17-years old, and without knowing many of the rules of the event. Eleanor Simmonds is the youngest Paralympic Champion, winning gold in the 100 and 400-meters swimming competition for England at only 13 years old. Simmonds continues to train in her hometown of Swansea. Fu Minxia Olympic diver - winning a gold medal award while in her teens. She won gold in Barcelona 1992 at just 14 years old. The youngest runner to win the Olympic marathon, as well as the four major marathons, Sammy Wanjiru was only 22 years old when he won in Beijing 2008. He died two years later in an apparent suicide. Tara Lipinksi, figure skater, won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Games when she was only 15 years old. She is still the youngest gold medalist in the Winter Olympic Game history. Henry Cejudo the youngest ever American wrestling champion (21) at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. He is expected to defend his title in 2012 despite a short lived retirement. Dmitry Nelyubin is the youngest cycler to ever win a gold medal at 17 in Seoul 1988. Unfortunately, Nelybuin would be killed in a street fight in 2005. His attackers were charged with murder. Oldest Olympic Champions in History Oscar Swahn won a gold medal for shooting at the 1912 Olympics, when he was 64 years and 280 days old. At the time of his win, Swahn was 9 months older than Galen Spencer had been when he won his gold medal in 1904. The oldest ever Olympian is Oscar Swahn of Sweden. He was 72 years, 281 days old when he competed at the 1920 Olympics in shooting. He also qualified for the 1924 Olympics but withdrew without competing. Arthur von Pongracz of Austria competed at age 72 in Dressage in 1936, becoming one of the oldest ever competitors at the Olympics. He was born June 25, 1864 and competed on August 12-13, 1936, - 72 years and 49 days old. Hiroshi Hoketsu equestrian rider became the oldest Japanese Olympic representative at age 67in Beijing 2008. Hoketsu first took part in the Olympics in 1964, and he has also made the team for the 2012 Olympics, where he will be 71 years old. Louis, Count du Douet de Graville (69 years, 95 days) competed in Equestrian at the 1900 Olympics. He was born February 27, 1831, competed June 2, 1900. Galen Carter Spencer was an American who competed in archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the team competition. He was born September 19, 1840, and competed on September 19, 1904, which means he competed on his 64th birthday. Jerry Millner (born July 5, 1847) was a British shooter who represented Great Britain and Ireland at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the Free rifle at 1000 yards. At the time he was 61 years and 4 days old. Lorna Johnstone was the oldest wom

'Flying Housewife' wins again in London 'Flying Housewife' wins again in London CHRIS LEHOURITES Pin it Share FILE - This Aug. 4, 1948 file photo shows Fanny Blankers-Koen, of Netherlands, crossing the finish line of the 80-meter hurdle final of the 1948 Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London. Blankers-Koen, who was one of the biggest stars of the 1948 London Olympics, was originally left off a new map of the London Underground dedicated to past Olympians, prompting criticism from her homeland. But on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, the track star known as the "Flying Housewife" was added to the list for future prints. (AP Photo/File) More LONDON (AP) — The "Flying Housewife" has landed a subway stop in London after all. Fanny Blankers-Koen, a Dutchwoman who was one of the biggest stars of the 1948 London Olympics, was originally left off a new map of the London Underground dedicated to past Olympians, prompting criticism from her homeland. But on Wednesday, the track star known as the "Flying Housewife" was added to the list for future prints. "We apologize if any offense has been caused by the omission of Fanny Blankers-Koen, who was clearly a remarkable athlete," Transport for London marketing director Chris Macleod said in a statement. "We are speaking to the publisher to ensure that she features in the next reprint of the map." To make room for Blankers-Koen, who died in 2004, running rivals Zola Budd and Mary Decker will be put together into one station instead of holding separate stops, the TFL said. The Olympic Legends Map, which is being sold as a poster by Transport for London, changed the names of 361 London subway and railway stations, honoring greats like Jesse Owens, Nadia Comaneci and Mark Spitz. It includes a variety of Olympians from various sports. Blankers-Koen won gold in the 100 meters, 200, 80 hurdles and 4x100 relay at the London Games and was chosen "Female Athlete of the Century" by the IAAF in 1999. She was left off the first edition of the map, which prompted a formal complaint from the Dutch athletics federation. It wrote to London organizing committee leader Sebastian Coe to get Blankers-Koen added to the map. "Fanny Blankers-Koen had to be included in this tribute, so it is a great gesture," Dutch Athletics Federation general secretary Rien van Haperen told The Associated Press. "It shows class they found a fitting solution. ... We understand it was a painful mistake." The map was designed by Alex Trickett and David Brooks. "We always intended to select the right people for this map, and we spent a lot of time trying to do that," Trickett told the AP. "The absence of Fanny Blankers-Koen was basically just a pure administrative error on our part. "She had been on our short list — which wasn't so short, it was actually 500 or 600 athletes long — but she was on it and she was on it in red, which meant she was a must to be on the map." Track stars make up a good part of the map, running from west to east and all around the center of the city. With Coe, Carl Lewis, Maria Mutola and Emil Zatopek, most of the all-time greats are represented. Swimmers, boxers and basketball stars also make up a large portion of the map. The station closet to the Olympic Stadium, Stratford, is named "Michael Phelps" on the legends map. Other Americans with subway stops include Cassius Clay, the original name of boxing great Muhammad Ali, Mia Hamm, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Sheryl Swoopes and Venus Williams. There is even room for "renowned athletes famous for not winning a medal." Falling under that category are Decker and Budd, the runners who got tangled in the 3,000-meter final at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. But Roger Bannister, who became the first man to run the mile in under four minutes in 1954, didn't make the cut despite finishing fourth in the 1,500 two years earlier at the Helsinki Olympics. "He is not on the map for a good reason," Trickett said. "He is undoubtedly a British icon, he is a sporting icon for Britain, but his reputation was made outside the Olympics. ... He was an Olympian, but he didn't ex

In Indian cookery 'brinjal pickle' is made from which vegetable?

Brinjal Eggplant Aubergine) Pickle Goa, India) Recipe - Food.com Julianne or dice small brinjal-eggplant. Layer brinjal with salt alternately. Let stand 4-5 hours till water separates from vegetable. Squeeze in handfuls brinjal till water is removed. Keep in separate bowl. Grind ginger and garlic in some of the vinegar to paste. Heat oil till smoke starts rising. Fry brinjals two hand fulls at a time. Drain with slotted spoon and set aside. Wait for water to evaporate from oil, till the bubbles stop before frying another lot of brinjal. Add and fry garlic and ginger paste for 5 minutes. Add dry spices, fry 2 minutes. Add vinegar and tamarind, mix well for 1 minute. Add curry leaves and sugar, mix well. Add brinjal mix well and cook 1-2 minutes. Cool and bottle.

The Curry House - Glossary of Indian Restaurant Curries Glossary of Indian Restaurant Curries     balti Balti is more a style of cooking than one particular curry. The word balti can be translated as "bucket" (i.e. a cooking pan) and some say the style of cooking is indigenous to an area of northern Pakistan known as Baltistan. A balti pan is basically a karahi which has the shape of a Chinese wok but with 2 small round handles on either side of the pan instead of one long handle. In specialist "Balti Houses" the balti is a meal in itself which contains both meat and vegetables and is eaten straight from the karahi using curled up pieces of nan bread. In standard Indian restaurants the balti is more of a stir-fried curry containing plenty of fried green peppers and fresh coriander ( cilantro). Medium hot. bhuna Bhuna is first and foremost a cooking process where spices are gently fried in plenty of oil to bring out their flavour. The dish "bhuna" is an extension of that process where meat is added to the spices and then cooked in its own juices which results in deep strong flavours but very little sauce. The restaurant bhuna is a well spiced curry with a thick sauce. It is often garnished with fried green peppers ( bell peppers) and shredded onions. Usually medium hot although I have had some pretty hot ones in my time. biryani Biryani is not a curry at all but the curry connection comes from the mixed vegetable curry with which it is served in most Indian restaurants. Biryani originated in Persia and, at its simplest, was rice and meat baked together in the oven. The cooks to the Moghul emperors took the biryani and transformed it into a courtly delicacy by adding aromatic spices and other exotic ingredients. Traditionally, biryanis are baked in the oven for some time so the aromatic spices and juices from the meat permeate the rice. In the Indian restaurant, however, all the dishes are made to order and the poor chef has to find a way of preparing the biryani in double quick time. So the restaurant biryani is often just pilau rice stir fried with chicken or lamb which has been cooked as an extra dry bhuna. The restaurant biryani is usually garnished with almonds and sultanas ( golden raisins) and is accompanied by a mixed vegetable curry to add a little juiciness to the rice. Mild. dhansak A famous Parsee dish. Interestingly the dhan part of the name means rice and a dhansak is traditionally served with a pulao of fried and spiced rice. An authentic dhansak will made with lamb and contain vegetables and many different types of dhal (the sak in the name). The curry house dhansak is often referred to as "hot, sweet and sour with lentils". The "hot" is chilli powder, the "sweet" is sugar and the "sour" is lemon juice. Curry houses commonly use masoor dhal (split red lentils) but some restaurants now use chana dhal to good effect. If it is done well the dhansak is an excellent curry with contrasting flavours and textures. But if the "sweet" in your restaurant dhansak is provided by the addition of pineapple then, in my opinion, you should order something else. dopiaza The dopiaza is a classic Indian dish dating back at least to Moghul times. The name dopiaza broadly translates as "2 onions" or "double onions". Some traditional versions of the dopiaza use twice the weight of onions compared to the weight of meat but a classic Indian dopiaza is more likely to use the onions in 2 different ways, fried and boiled, at different stages of the cooking. The restaurant version has small fried pieces of onion in the sauce and then larger chunks of lightly cooked onion are added towards the end of the cooking. Medium hot. jalfrezi Jalfrezi is not a traditional Indian dish as such but, like the bhuna, is actually a method of cooking. It literally means "hot-fry" but is probably better translated as "stir-fry". The term jalfrezi entered the English language at the time of the British Raj in India. Colonial households employed Indian cooks who would use the jalfrezi method of cooking to heat up cold roasted meat and potatoes. But the

What is the name of the revised version of the game Cluedo, with changes to board, gameplay and characters, created in 2008?

Cluedo | Board game manuals Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Board game manuals Wiki Cluedo ( Template:Pron-en ; Clue in North America ) is a deduction board game originally published by Waddingtons in Leeds , United Kingdom in 1949. [1] It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a solicitor's clerk and part-time clown from Birmingham , England . It is now published by the United States game and toy company Hasbro , which acquired its U.S. publisher Parker Brothers as well as Waddingtons . The object of the basic game is for players to strategically move around the game board, in the guise of one of the game's characters, collecting clues from which to deduce which suspect murdered the game's perpetual victim: Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy in North American versions), and with which weapon and in what room. More games, books, and a film have been released as part of the Cluedo franchise. The board games form an overall story whose complete chronology can be found at Cluedo chronology . In 2008, Cluedo Reinvention was created (with changes to board, gameplay and characters) as a modern spin-off. Contents Edit In 1944 Anthony E. Pratt filed for a patent of his invention of a murder/mystery-themed game, originally named "Murder!" Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his wife presented the game to Waddington's executive Norman Watson, who immediately purchased the game and provided its trademark name of "Cluedo." Though the patent was granted in 1947, due to war shortages the game was not officially launched until 1949, at which time the game was simultaneously licensed to Parker Bros. in the United States for publication, where it was re-named "Clue." However, there were several differences from the original game concept and that initially published in 1949 (which also remains the most enduring version of the game). In particular, Pratt's original design calls for ten characters , one of whom was to be designated the victim by random drawing prior to the start of the game. The game allowed for play of up to eight remaining characters, providing for nine suspects in total. Originally there were eleven rooms, including the eliminated " gun room " and cellar. In addition there were nine weapons including the unused axe , bomb , syringe , poison , shillelagh (walking stick/ cudgel ), and fireplace poker . Some of these unused weapons and characters would appear in later spinoff versions of the game. Some aspects of the gameplay were also different. Notably, the remaining playing cards were distributed into the rooms to be retrieved, rather than dealt directly to the players. Players also had to land on another player in order to make suggestions about that player's character through the use of special counter-tokens, and once exhausted, a player could no longer make suggestions. There were other minor differences, all of which would be updated by the game's initial release and remain essentially unchanged in the standard classic editions of the game. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Equipment Edit The game's current equipment consists of a board which shows the rooms of an English country house called Tudor Mansion (previously Tudor Close and Tudor Hall), and the corridors and passages linking them, several coloured playing pieces (character pawns), some props representing murder weapons (dagger, rope, etc), one or two six-sided dice/die, three sets of cards describing the 9 rooms (scene of crime), the 6 suspects and 6 weapons (corresponding to the playing pieces), along with a Solution Cards envelope to contain one card of each, and a Detective's Notes pad (often with 6 pencils) for keeping detailed notes during the game. Suspects Main article: Cluedo characters Depending on edition, the playing pieces are typically made of coloured plastic, shaped like chess pawns , or character figurines . Occasionally they are made from wood or pewter . Miss Scarlett (spelled Miss Scarlet in North American versions – a red piece) Rope Lead Pipe (called Lead Piping in earlier UK editions, the early tokens were made out of actual lead ) Spanner (called Wrench in North American e

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What is the name of the ship that left Southampton on Easter Day this year for the Titanic Memorial Cruise?

Memorial cruise starts for Titanic's centenary in Britain - Xinhua | English.news.cn Memorial cruise starts for Titanic's centenary in Britain NetEase Weibo A woman sees off the Titanic Memorial Cruise ship "Balmoral" in Southampton, Britain, April 8, 2012. The cruise ship carrying 1309 descendants of some of the victims as well as survivors on the "Titanic" set sail here on Easter Day, to retrace the doomed liner's route on its maiden voyage 100 years ago. (Xinhua/Bai Xu)   by Xinhua Writers Bai Xu and Li Rui SOUTHAMPTON, Britain, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Steam whistles blowing and smoke coiling up, passengers from a luxurious liner waved farewell to their beloved ones at the harbor of Southampton 100 years ago. Many of them, however, never returned. Name of the ship was well-known: Titanic. A hundred years later, a memorial cruise started from the same port city on the Easter Sunday, date of the religious rebirth, to commemorate the centenary of the most deadly maritime disaster in the peace time. Exactly 1,309 passengers from 28 countries have set sail on the MS Balmoral at 4 p.m. (GMT) for a 12-night voyage, so as to retrace the doomed ship's original route. "This cruise has been five years in the making," said Miles Morgan, managing director of Miles Morgan Travel who masterminded the cruise. "Every step of the way we have sought to make it authentic to the era and a sympathetic memorial to the passengers and crew who lost their lives." The passengers included relatives of those who lost their lives in the tragedy and who survived, enthusiastic historians and book writers, as well as those fascinated by the Titanic story. One of them was Philip Littlejohn, whose grandfather, a 1st Class Steward on Titanic Alexander barely escaped the disaster. He will also give a lecture on the ship. "I'm sure my grandfather would be proud to know his story shared with the passengers on this historic cruise," he said. The food on board will be based on the menu on Titanic, while a five-member band from Belgium will play the music in 1912, as a tribute to those courageous musicians who kept performing till the last breath of their lives. YESTERDAY ONCE MORE In the terminal hall, the bespectacled Valentijn Biesemans opened a case to show people his cello, while four other young men sat behind him, smiling in pride. The five musicians were from the Belgian band Grudetto. Biesemans told Xinhua that they will play the "very music played 100 years ago." Many survivors remembered music being performed at the wreck time. "After Titanic hit the iceberg, the musicians on board played more and more lively music," he said. "How higher the water level was rising, how more happy the music became on board. It effectively lasted the whole time, before people began to panic. So the orchestra definitely managed in getting the people calm." The band got to know about the memorial cruise from local media, before sending their CDs to the organizer. "It is an honor to be here and give tribute to the fellow musicians who didn't survive the tragedy." They got the list of music from the White Star liner music repertoire booklets used by first and second class passengers on Titanic, and also the pop music from the United States 100 years ago. Every day Biesemans and his fellows will play at dinner, at tea and in the evening, when people are eating, drinking and dancing. They will also play at the special memorial services, to be held on April 14 starting at 11:40 p.m., when the legendary Titanic hit the iceberg 100 years ago, and 2:20 a.m.of April 15, when the enormous hull was completely devoured by the sea. Apart from the band, many of the scenes 100 years ago were reproduced so as to dramatize the current cruise. In the terminal hall, beds and dressing tables were arranged to show the luxury of 1st Class cabin, while a pink dress used by Kate Winslet in the movie Titanic hung by the side. Around 30 actors and actresses were dressed in the costumes as in 1912, bringing people back in time with touching stories of the survivors and crew members on Titanic. Edwar

RMS Titanic | Titanic Database Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Built in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, the RMS Titanic was the second of the three Olympic-class ocean liners – the others were the RMS Olympic and the HMHS Britannic (originally named Gigantic). [2] They were by far the largest vessels of the British shipping company White Star Line 's fleet, which comprised 29 steamers and tenders in 1912. [3] The three ships had their genesis in a discussion in mid-1907 between the White Star Line's chairman, J. Bruce Ismay , and the American financier J. Pierpont Morgan, who controlled the White Star Line's parent corporation, the International Mercantile Marine Co. Years earlier, in 1888, Pirrie had been in talks with Bruce Ismay's father Thomas Henry Ismay about the construction of a four funneled giant of these dimensions but it was decided no existing engine combination could power the behemoth. The White Star Line faced a growing challenge from its main rivals Cunard , which had just launched Lusitania and Mauretania – the fastest passenger ships then in service – and the German lines Hamburg America and Norddeutscher Lloyd. Ismay preferred to compete on size rather than speed and proposed to commission a new class of liners that would be bigger than anything that had gone before as well as being the last word in comfort and luxury. [4] The company sought an upgrade in their fleet primarily in response to the Cunard giants but also to replace their largest and now outclassed ships from 1890, the SS Teutonic and SS Majestic . The former was replaced by Olympic while Majestic was replaced by Titanic. Majestic would be brought back into her old spot on White Star's New York service after Titanic's loss. The ships were constructed by the Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff , who had a long-established relationship with the White Star Line dating back to 1867. [5] Harland and Wolff were given a great deal of latitude in designing ships for the White Star Line; the usual approach was for the latter to sketch out a general concept which the former would take away and turn into a ship design. Cost considerations were relatively low on the agenda and Harland and Wolff was authorised to spend what it needed on the ships, plus a five percent profit margin. [5] In the case of the Olympic-class ships, a cost of £3 million for the first two ships was agreed plus "extras to contract" and the usual five percent fee. [6] Harland and Wolff put their leading designers to work designing the Olympic-class vessels. It was overseen by Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line; naval architect Thomas Andrews , the managing director of Harland and Wolff's design department; Edward Wilding, Andrews' deputy and responsible for calculating the ship's design, stability and trim; and Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief draughtsman and general manager. [7] Carlisle's responsibilities included the decorations, equipment and all general arrangements, including the implementation of an efficient lifeboat davit design. [lower-alpha 1] On 29 July 1908, Harland and Wolff presented the drawings to J. Bruce Ismay and other White Star Line executives. Ismay approved the design and signed three "letters of agreement" two days later authorising the start of construction. [9] At this point the first ship – which was later to become Olympic – had no name, but was referred to simply as "Number 400", as it was Harland and Wolff's four hundredth hull. Titanic was based on a revised version of the same design and was given the number 401. [10] Dimensions and layout Edit Side plan of RMS Titanic Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28 m). Her total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m). [11] She measured 46,328 gross register tons and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (11 m), she displaced 52,310 tons. [2] All three of the Olympic-class ships had ten decks (excluding the top of the officers' quarters), eight of which w

Lieutenant Pinkerton is a character in which opera by Puccini?

Pamina's Opera House » Character Study Corner: Lt. B.F. Pinkerton Character Study Corner: Lt. B.F. Pinkerton     In honor of the 4th of July, I’d like to discuss the most famous American character in opera, Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton from Madama Butterfly.   There are two ways of interpreting Pinkerton’s character… no, make that three. He can either be (A) a completely loathsome cad, (B) a reckless and irresponsible yet well-meaning man who doesn’t realize the depth of Butterfly’s devotion until it’s too late, or (C) a tenor who just parks and barks. So far, believe it or not, I’ve never seen Interpretation A in an actual performance. Every Pinkerton I’ve seen so far has either been a B or a C; either tried to make the character sympathetic or done nothing except sing nicely. I’ve read reviews of A Pinkertons, but have yet to see one. But which interpretation is the dominant one in the minds of the masses? A! A! A! I doubt any character in the standard operatic repertoire is more universally despised than Pinkerton. I don’t think I’ve read half as much venom directed toward any other operatic villain: not even Iago or Scarpia. Audiences love to hate them, but they just hate Pinkerton.   I have two questions. This is the first one: Why? As far as villains go, he could be worse! Does every cad in opera, or in real life, eventually feel remorse? I don’t think so! Yes, I know people tend to disdain him for running away from his guilt instead of facing Butterfly and apologizing, but better remorseful and cowardly than completely unrepentant! Besides, Butterfly is his only conquest that we know of and all he does is abandon her, nothing worse. (Honestly, why are people more willing to forgive serial womanizers and rapists like Don Giovanni or the Duke of Mantua?) And it’s not entirely his fault that she waits for three years as her money dwindles away to nothing. Yes, he lies that he’ll come back when the robins nest again, but is it fair to blame him for her still waiting long after the robins nest, instead of realizing she was duped? Nor can we blame him for her being disowned by her family – the decision to convert to Christianity was hers alone. (Yes, I’ve read John Luther Long’s novella – I know that in the book, he actively “Americanizes” her, isolates her from her family, and never expresses any remorse. But that’s the book. We can’t hate the opera character for details that the libretto changes!) And while I know some people consider his wanting to take his child from Butterfly the pinnacle of cruelty, at least he shows interest in the child by doing so! A complete monster would have denied the boy was his and left him to rot in poverty. He’s better than the majority of Vietnam veterans, who did nothing for their half-Asian offspring!   Maybe my viewpoint is skewed because my introduction to the Butterfly story was the musical Miss Saigon, which makes the Pinkerton-equivalent Chris much more sympathetic. But I’ve never hated Pinkerton. I don’t love him, far from it, but I’ve always been open to Interpretation B as well as Interpretation A. I even prefer it slightly, because it makes the whole scenario more complex and less of a black-and-white melodrama. (And because I’m American and don’t like to see my country completely savaged – it’s possible to criticize the imperialist attitudes of that era without completely vilifying us!) But not many critics agree with me! Again and again I’ve read reviews of the opera, either praising A Pinkertons or disdaining B ones, insisting that to make Pinkerton the least bit sympathetic dilutes the drama beyond repair. They seem to think we can only cry for Butterfly if Pinkerton is the world’s most repulsive excuse for a human being.   Which brings me to my second question: Why does it matter? The opera is called Madama Butterfly, not Lt. B.F. Pinkerton! She’s the one whose emotional journey we follow, who has dimensions and grows as a character, who almost never leaves the stage after her entrance, who sings three gorgeous powerhouse arias, two ravishing duets and much more, and whos

Tosca | Opera Idaho Soldiers, police agents, altar boys, noblemen and women, townsfolk, artisans (chorus) Overview Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist contains many famous arias, including “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) and “E lucevan le stele” (Cavaradossi). Soprano Eleni Calenos returns as the ill-fated title character – Eleni has previously appeared with Opera Idaho in the title roles of La bohème and Madama Butterfly, and as Micaela in Carmen. Steven Crawford returns to conduct his ninth opera for Opera Idaho. Both during his lifetime and in posterity, Puccini's success outstripped other Italian opera composers of his time, and he has been matched in this regard by only a handful of composers in the entire history of opera. Three of Puccini's operas (Tosca, La bohème and Madama Butterfly) rank among the top ten works performed worldwide. This will be Opera Idaho’s fifth production of Tosca, making the opera one of the company’s most oft-performed operas. The most recent production was in 2003. Act I Rome, June 1800. Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner, rushes into the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle. He hides in one of the chapels just before the painter Mario Cavaradossi arrives to work on his portrait of Mary Magdalene. The painting has been inspired by the Marchesa Attavanti, whom Cavaradossi has seen in the church but does not know. He is struck by the resemblance of the dark-haired beauty of his lover, the singer Floria Tosca, and that of the blonde Marchesa Attavanti. Angelotti, who was a member of the former Bonapartiste government, emerges from his hiding place. Cavaradossi recognizes him and promises help, then hurries him back into the chapel as Tosca is heard calling from outside. She jealously asks Cavaradossi whom he has been talking to and reminds him of their rendezvous that evening. Suddenly recognizing the Marchesa Attavanti in the painting, she accuses him of being unfaithful, but he assures her of his love. When Tosca has left, Angelotti again comes out of hiding. A cannon signals that the police have discovered the escape, and he and Cavaradossi flee to the painter’s house. The sacristan enters with choirboys who are preparing to sing in a Te Deum celebrating the recent victory against Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo. Their excitement is silenced by the arrival of Baron Scarpia, chief of the secret police, who is searching for Angelotti. When Tosca comes back looking for Cavaradossi, Scarpia shows her a fan with the Attavanti crest that he has just found. Seemingly finding her suspicions about her lover’s infidelity confirmed, Tosca bursts into tears. She vows vengeance and leaves as the church fills with worshippers. Scarpia sends his men to follow her to Cavaradossi, with whom he thinks Angelotti is hiding. While the congregation sings the Te Deum, Scarpia declares that he will bend Tosca to his will. Act II In his study at the Palazzo Farnese, Scarpia anticipates the pleasure of having Tosca in his power. The spy Spoletta arrives with news that he was unable to find Angelotti. Instead he brings in Cavaradossi. While Scarpia interrogates the defiant painter, Tosca is heard singing at a royal gala in the same building. Scarpia sends for her and she appears just as Cavaradossi is being taken away to be tortured. Frightened by Scarpia’s questions and Cavaradossi’s screams, Tosca reveals Angelotti’s hiding place. Cavaradossi is brought in, badly hurt and hardly conscious. When he realizes what has happened, he angrily confronts Tosca, just as the officer Sciarrone rushes in to announce that Napoleon in fact has won the battle, a defeat for Scarpia’s side. Cavaradossi shouts out his defiance of tyranny and is dragged off to be executed. Scarpia calmly suggests to Tosca that he would let Cavaradossi go free if she’d give herself to him. Fighting off his advances, she declares she has dedicated her life to art and love and calls on God for help. Scarpia insists, when Spoletta interrupts: faced with capture, Angelotti has killed hi

What is the name of Germany's central bank

Germany's Central Bank and the Eurozone - Council on Foreign Relations Council on Foreign Relations Germany's Central Bank and the Eurozone Connect With Us:  Germany's Central Bank and the Eurozone Author: Christopher Alessi Additional Resources Introduction The German Bundesbank was established in 1957 as the world's first fully independent central bank with a simple but all-encompassing mandate: to keep the price of the German deutsche mark stable by limiting inflation. The Bundesbank's anti-inflationary ethos stems from a searing recollection of the hyperinflation Germany endured amid the 1920s economic crisis, which ultimately triggered lasting political and social turmoil. Due to its political independence and unwavering commitment to its mandate, the Bundesbank became the most powerful central bank in Europe in the second half of the twentieth century--and, ultimately, the model upon which the European Central Bank was constructed when the eurozone came into being more than a decade ago. While the Bundesbank's power has since been curtailed, its president remains a key player in crafting eurozone monetary policy at the ECB. However, in the wake of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, the Bundesbank has been increasingly at odds with ECB, accusing it of overstepping its mandate and monetizing debt through its government bond buying programs. Share Email History and Structure The Bank Deutsche Länder was the central banking system established in western Germany by the United States and the other allied powers in 1948, which ultimately evolved into the autonomous Bundesbank with the Bundesbank Act of 1957. The legislation enshrined the newly developed central bank's independence by giving it complete control over German monetary policy (or control over the money supply), leaving fiscal policymaking (or matters related to taxes and government spending) to elected officials. Largely free from political interference, the Bundesbank's primary task through the 1990s was to control inflation and ensure the stability of the deutsche mark, the country's postwar currency. The bank "gives priority to monetary stability and central bank independence, while sound public finances and free competition provide the prerequisites for economic growth," explains Daniela Schwarzer , a senior associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center. In addition to regulating the "amount of currency and credit in circulation," the Bundesbank has achieved its goal of price stability by setting both monetary and inflation targets, explain Richard H. Clarida and Mark Gertler in their paper "How the Bundesbank Conducts Monetary Policy." By pursuing this narrow mandate, the Bundesbank helped keep German inflation relatively low and spur economic growth in the post-War period, instituting a new paradigm for central banking in Europe and throughout the world. Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann at the bank's headquarters. (Photo: Alex Domanski/Courtesy Reuters) The Bundesbank Council--or Zentralbankrat--is the primary policymaking body of the bank, and its arrangement "reflects Germany's federal structure," writes André Szász for the book The History of the Bundesbank: Lessons for the European Central Bank .Below the Council sits the Directorate and its president and vice president, who are nominated by the federal government, and the Land--or regional--central banks and their presidents, who are nominated by the Land governments. The council "consists of up to eight members of the Directorate and the presidents of the Land central banks," explains Szász. By way of comparison, Clarida and Gertler liken the Bundesbank Council to the U.S. Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee, adding that "from the perspective of political independence, any differences between the institutional setup of the Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve are not dramatic." "Germany had a long and really ugly history of monetary instability that the Bundesbank had going for it." -- David Laidler, Un

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In which Spielberg film does an FBI agent pursue a highly talented fraudster?

STEVEN SPIELBERG WRITER AND FILM DIRECTOR. BIOGRAPHY   Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an Oscar winning Jewish American film director and producer. His German last name comes from the name of the Austrian city where his Hungarian ancestors lived in 17th century: Spielberg. He is noted in recent years for his willingness to tackle emotionally powerful issues, such as the horrors of the Holocaust in Schindler's List, slavery in Amistad, hardships of war in Saving Private Ryan, and terrorism in Munich. One consistent theme in his family friendly work is a childlike, even na�ve, sense of wonderment and faith, as attested by works such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook and A.I., and the challenging role of a father-figure.       Arguably the most important figure to emerge from the creative ferment of Hollywood cinema in the 1970s, Steven Spielberg has changed the way movies are made and about what they are made. He is perhaps the Western world's most famous living filmmaker; three movies he directed ("E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" 1981; "Jurassic Park" 1993; "Jaws" 1975) are among the top ten highest grossing films of all time. His former production company, Amblin Entertainment, was also responsible for such hits as "Gremlins" (1984), "Back to the Future" (1985) and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). Spielberg has succeeded in combining the intimacy of a personal vision with the epic requirements of the modern commercial blockbuster, but his astonishing success invalidated his acceptance as an artist for many years. Marketplace issues aside, Spielberg certainly travels in august creative company: like Orson Welles, he has been celebrated and penalized for precocity; like Alfred Hitchcock, he has been alternately praised and damned as a master of emotional manipulation; and like Frank Capra, he has been criticized for shameless sentimentality. Spielberg's most important spiritual predecessor, however, is Walt Disney, another creative individual who made himself into a brand name while attending to the serious business of making "frivolous" entertainments.   Several Spielberg films have become landmarks in the development of special effects, both in their visual and aural aspects. This filmmaker, however, is no technocrat nor does he display a serious intellectual interest in science fiction. Spielberg utilizes elements of sci-fi and fantasy but tends to eschew heavy ideas in favor of sublime feelings, such as childlike awe and trust. Indeed, his work has decisively influenced the emphasis in late 20th Century sci-fi filmmaking on the sensibility of youth and they succeed in spite of blatant sentimentality through the director's masterful use of emotionally potent visual imagery. If nothing else, Spielberg possesses an uncanny knack for eliciting and manipulating audience response. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Spielberg did not attend a major university film program. Largely self-taught, at age 16, he fashioned his first film "Firelight", a two-hour science fiction movie, that a local movie house in Phoenix, AZ, consented to run for one evening. His short film, "Amblin'" (1969) impressed executives at the televisi

Oodles Of Fun: April 2010 Oodles Of Fun Are You Using Your nOodle? Pages Question of the Day - On this day in 1931, what 102-story, 1,046-foot building was dedicated in New York City? Empire State Building Bon Jovi sang "You Give Love a ____ Name". Bad Bing Crosby's real name was: Harry Which is the only Marx Brothers film to feature on the AFI's top 100? Duck Soup The Broadway show Movin' Out featured the songs of: Billy Joel The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie? Die Hard 2 Which film has the line, "I can't have a baby, because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting"? Baby Boom In An Affair to Remember, where did the lovers decide to meet six months later? New York Where do the scientists first find a mysterious monolith, in 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Moon Which actress stars in the film Mean Girls? Lindsay Lohan This horror classic is called: Invasion of the Body ________. Snatchers Whose real name is Eric Bishop? Jamie Foxx Who said: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done"? George W. Bush Bruce Springsteen says "Everybody's got ________". A hungry heart Who had the 1976 hit: "Play That Funky Music"? Wild Cherry Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey starred in: Two for the Money In the "Rock DJ" video, what former Take That singer literally sheds layers of clothes and layers of flesh? Robbie Williams Which film is a love story between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher? Anna and the King What former star of Broadway's Annie married Matthew Broderick, who starred in The Producers? Sarah Jessica Parker What was the last Beatles' album to be recorded before the band's split? Abbey Road Which actress' father is well-known actor Jon Voight? Angelina Jolie What was the name of Herman's wife on The Munsters? Lily On the TV series Heroes, the character Hiro Nakamura is able to: Stop time The music to the U.S. Navy song "Anchors Aweigh" was written by: Charles Zimmerman Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell changed hats to play which narrating character in "Seussical the Musical"? The Cat in the Hat All members of The Monkees have what same color of eyes? Brown The tagline, "Resistance is Futile", comes from which 1996 movie? Star Trek: First Contact One of the longest movie song titles, as sung by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, was: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Who played Truman Capote in Capote? Philip Seymour Hoffman Which Scottish actor voiced a dragon called Draco in the movie Dragon Heart? Sean Connery Question of the Day - Willie Nelson turns 77 today. What is NOT one of his songs? Hit the Road, Jack Which character sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy Finish this line from The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take _________". The cannoli Name the ship commanded by Russell Crowe in Master and Commander. HMS Surprise In which of the Rocky movies was the statue of Rocky unveiled? Rocky III Where was the character Elijah Prince, aka "Mr. Glass", from Unbreakable born? A department store Who sang "When You Wish upon a Star" in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio? Jiminy Cricket What was the name of the woman Dustin Hoffman played in Tootsie? Dorothy Michaels What comedian actress shared Steve Martin's body in All of Me? Lily Tomlin Who played Starsky in the film Starsky and Hutch? Ben Stiller In 1995, what Irish New Age musician released the album The Memory of Trees? Enya Which best describes Kiefer Sutherland? Agent Jack Bauer on 24 Which Beatle sang "My Sweet Lord"? George Harrison In which movie does Kevin Bacon discover the secret of invisibility? Hollow Man Antonin Dvorak's most famous symphony is known as Z Noveho Sveta in his native language. What do we call it? From the New World Which actor played the monster in the original film of Frankenstein? Boris Karloff The movies Courage Under Fire and A Soldier's Story featured which actor? Denzel Washington Angela Lansbury was in which movie? Bedknobs and Broomsticks What film is showing at the Bedford Falls theater at the end of It's A Wonderful Life? The Bells of St. Mary's What sport is pla

What device measures its the proper acceleration relative to freefall, and is increasingly used in portable electronic devices and video game controllers to detect the orientation of the device or provide game input?

Accelerometers | Compare, Review, Quotes (RFQ) from Accelerometers Manufacturers, Suppliers RSS An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, the acceleration experienced relative to freefall. Single- and multi-axis models are available to detect magnitude and direction of the acceleration as a vector quantity, and can be used to sense orientation, vibration and shock. Micromachined accelerometers are increasingly present in portable electronic devices and video game controllers, to detect the orientation of the device or provide for game input.

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US baseball player Pete Rose was accused in 1989 of (and he confessed in 2004 to) what, that has made him ineligible to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

MLB Hall of Fame: A-Rod’s actions hurt baseball more than Pete Rose : MLB : Sports World News Tags: mlb , MLB Hall of Fame , a-rod , Pete Rose Sign Up for Sports World News' Newsletter and never miss out on our most popular stories. Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez is being accused by his cousin Yuri Sucart's wife of urinating in their home, and mocking his sick cousin. (Photo : Reuters) Pete Rose belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Alex Rodriguez deserves a lifetime suspension. So why is it that Rose is banned for life and Rodriguez gets a "slap on the wrist" with his one-year suspension? Rose, a three-time batting champion and baseball's all-time hits leader, was effectively banned from Major League Baseball for betting on the game as a manager in 1989. He admitted to betting on his own team, the Cincinnati Reds, but claimed to never bet against them. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame agreed to ban Rose, as well as other ballplayers listed as "permanently ineligible."   Betting on baseball is a cardinal sin within the game. That has been well understood since Commissioner Landis banned eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox for throwing the World Series. Shoeless Joe Jackson, a career .356 hitter in 13 Major League seasons, was among the eight players banned. He would've easily made the Hall of Fame had it not been for the 1919 World Series incident.  Advertisement  However Rose's gambling never affected the outcome of a game. He never bet against his team and there is no proof he was gambling during his playing career. Therefore, it's idiotic to punish a man when there is nothing to tarnish his name. Pete Rose is being punished for betting on baseball. If that's the case, baseball may as well ban the entire state of Nevada from attending games. Rose bet on baseball. He never used drugs. Alex Rodriguez used drugs. Rodriguez lied about using drugs. Rodriguez then admitted to using drugs and promised never to use them again.  "Back then, baseball was a different culture," Rodriguez told Peter Gammons in a 2009 interview. "It was very loose. I was young. I was stupid. I was naive. And I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time. I did take a banned substance. And for that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful." I guess "sorry" doesn't last forever in the mind of Alex Rodriguez. He lied. If Rodriguez were sorry, then his role in the Biogenesis scandal would not exist.     CBS aired a special edition of 60 Minutes last month, interviewing Anthony Bosch, the man who ran the infamous Biogenesis clinic, and Rob Manfred, the Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball. During the interview, Bosch revealed he first met Rodriguez in 2010 at a Miami hotel. It was a few days before Rodriguez hit his 600th career home run at Yankee Stadium.  Bosch said Rodriguez wanted to obtain performance-enhancing drugs and learn how to bypass the "system" of Major League Baseball's drug tests. Cheating and bypassing the system hardly sound like the actions of an apologetic man seeking redemption.  Bosch also stated in the interview how his life was threatened multiples times if he didn't comply with Alex Rodriguez's associates. These threats reportedly took place after Major League Baseball discovered Bosch's Biogenesis clinic. While the threats didn't come from Rodriguez himself Boesch says no associate of Rodriguez does anything without Rodriguez's consent. What type of example is Rodriguez sending to future baseball players? By his actions, Rodirguez is showing it's OK to take drugs, cheat the system, lie about it and tarnish the legacies of others. Baseball has always been a game of honor.  Steroid users, such as Rodriguez, have done nothing but destroy the foundation baseball built itself on. Baseball is the essence of hard work and fair play, where warriors compete against one another, while at the same time maintaining a level of respect for each other. Rodriguez and his steroid use is destroying the game. Rose bet on baseball, something far less destructive than drug use. "As you kno

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Who directed and starred in the 1992 film ‘Unforgiven’?

Unforgiven (1992) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 22 titles created 01 Mar 2011 a list of 28 titles created 21 Mar 2011 a list of 45 titles created 10 Jun 2013 a list of 49 titles created 19 Oct 2013 a list of 25 titles created 5 months ago Search for " Unforgiven " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 4 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 29 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino. Director: Clint Eastwood A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Director: Oliver Stone Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw. Director: Sergio Leone A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. Director: Clint Eastwood An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. Director: Sergio Leone A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. Director: Michael Mann As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. Director: Curtis Hanson Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: Brian De Palma Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen Edit Storyline The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff 'Little Bill' tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town whores just try to get by.Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Dissatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid', and aging killer William Munny. Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned, saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth. Written by Charlie Ness It's a hell of a thing, killing a man Genres: Rated R for language, and violence, and for a scene of sexuality | See all certifications  » Pa

Django Unchained (2012) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 37 titles created 25 Sep 2012 a list of 35 titles created 16 Dec 2012 a list of 22 titles created 18 Jul 2013 a list of 31 titles created 15 Jan 2014 a list of 40 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Django Unchained " 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 54 wins & 144 nominations. See more awards  » Videos In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort , from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. Director: Martin Scorsese A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. Director: Christopher Nolan An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. Director: David Fincher Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. Director: Robert Zemeckis When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice. Director: Christopher Nolan Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. Director: David Fincher     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X   Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight, with the help of the enigmatic Selina, is forced from his imposed exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. Director: Christopher Nolan An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. Director: Martin Scorsese After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. Director: Quentin Tarantino In 1954, a U.S. marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Director: Martin Scorsese Edit Storyline Former dentist, Dr. King Schultz, buys the freedom of a slave, Django, and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of Django's wife who is under the hands of Calvin Candie, a ruthless plantation owner. Written by BenLobel Life, liberty and the pursuit of vengeance. See more  » Genres: Motion Picture Rating ( MPAA ) Rated R for strong graphic violence throughout, a vicious fight, language and some nudity | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 25 December 2012

Along with the Clwyd, which river burst its banks in November 2012 causing devastation to the town of St Asaph ?

- Funding for St Asaph flood defence plan still not secured Funding for St Asaph flood defence plan still not secured Published date: 03 December 2015 | Published by: Matt Jones    THREE years after floods hit St Asaph funding has still not been secured for a defence plan. More than 400 homes and business were submerged in November 2012 when the River Elwy burst its banks. Vale of Clwyd MP James Davies and St Asaph county councillor Bill Cowie say delays are worrying residents but environment chiefs at Natural Resources Wales (NRW) say short-term measures have been put in place with a longer-term scheme expected to secure funding next year. Mr Davies said: “After the floods assurances were made that action would be taken by NRW and the Welsh Government. "Residents and councillors on the flood partnership believed construction would have commenced by now but for some time NRW has not been in a position to confirm this without assurances of funding from the Welsh Government. "The Welsh Government suggest the flooding works in St Asaph are a priority but they are not being clear about funding." In April last year NWR built a 10-metre section of wall and new concrete strip foundations along the existing embankment to enables a half-metre high temporary barrier to be installed when the River Elwy rises to a certain level. This will provide a higher level of protection for homes in the Roe Parc and Spring Gardens areas. Keith Ivens from Natural Resources Wales said: “The flooding of 2012 brought misery to the lives of hundreds of people in St Asaph, and we are committed to finding a solution to reduce their risk of flooding in the future. "Natural Resources Wales has put short term measures in place to reduce the risk of flooding in St Asaph as we work towards a longer-term scheme.” Mr Ivens said the business case for St Asaph’s flood risk management scheme has been approved by the Welsh Government in the last few weeks, and NRW is progressing with the detailed design stage which will take 10 months. A public consultation will be held in St Asaph in the New Year, before NRW submits a planning application. Mr Ivens said funding has not yet been confirmed as it will depend on decisions by the UK Government Spending Review but the scheme remains a high priority for both Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government. St Asaph West councillor Bill Cowie said: "The flooding affected a large area causing very significant damage and the delays are worrying to residents as we enter what is predicted to be a rough winter. "With us now at the three year anniversary of the terrible flood it’s not acceptable that we are still waiting." For more news from across the region visit newsnorthwales.co.uk

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Who was the first U.S. President to wear a full beard in office?

Last President With Facial Hair - Benjamin Harrison By Tom Murse Updated October 12, 2016. It's been more than a century since the last president with facial hair served in office. The last president to wear a full beard  in office was  Benjamin Harrison , who served from March 1889 to March 1893. The last president to wear any facial hair was  William Howard Taft , who sported a mustache during his term in the White House from March 1909 to March 1913. Take a look around halls of power in Washington, D.C.  now, though. Facial hair has all but disappeared from American politicians. There are very few bearded politicians in Congress . Being clean-shaven wasn't always the norm, though. There are plenty of presidents with facial hair in U.S. political history. Where did they all go? What happened to the beard? List of Presidents With Facial Hair At least 11 presidents had facial hair. They are: William Taft , who wore a mustache. Why Modern Day Presidents Don't Wear Facial Hair The last major-party candidate with a beard to even run for president was Republican Charles Evans Hughes in 1916. He lost. The beard, like every fad, fades and re-emerges in popularity. Lincoln, perhaps America's most famous bearded politician, was the first president to wear a beard in office. But he began his candidacy clean-shaven and only grew his facial hair at the request of an 11-year-old schoolgirl, Grace Bedell. Times have changed, though. Very few people beg political candidates, presidents or members of Congress to grow facial hair since the 1800s. The New Statesman summed up the state of facial hair since then: "Bearded men enjoyed all of the privileges of bearded women." Beards, Hippies and Communists In 1930, three decades after the invention of the safety razor made shaving safe and easy, the author Edwin Valentine Mitchell wrote that, "In this regimented age the simple possession of a beard is enough to mark as curious any young man who has the courage to grow one." After the 1960s, when beards were popular among hippies , facial hair grew even more unpopular among politicians, many of whom wanted to distance themselves from the counterculture. There were very few bearded politicians in politics because candidates and elected officials did not want to appear as either Communists or hippies, according to Slate.com's Justin Peters. "For many years, wearing a full beard marked you as the sort of fellow who had Das Kapital stashed somewhere on his person," Peters wrote in 2012. "In the 1960s, the more-or-less concurrent rise of Fidel Castro in Cuba and student radicals at home reinforced the stereotype of beard-wearers as America-hating no-goodniks. The stigma persists to this day: No candidate wants to risk alienating elderly voters with a gratuitous resemblance to Wavy Gravy." Author A.D. Perkins, writing in his 2001 book One Thousand Beards: a Cultural History of Facial Hair, notes that modern-day politicians are routinely instructed by their advisers and other handlers to "remove all traces of facial hair" before launching a campaign for fear of resembling " Lenin and Stalin (or Marx for that matter)." "The beard has been the kiss of death for Western politicians ..." Perkins writes. Bearded Politicians in Modern Day The absence of bearded politicians has not gone unnoticed. In 2013 a group called the Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy launched a political action committee whose aim is to support political candidates with both "a full beard, and a savvy mind full of growth-oriented policy positions that will move our great nation towards a more lush and magnificent future." The BEARD PAC claimed that "individuals with the dedication to grow and maintain a quality beard are the kinds of individuals that would show dedication to the job of public service." Said BEARD PAC founder Jonathan Sessions: "With the resurgence of beards in popular culture and among today’s younger generation, we believe the time is now to bring facial hair back into politics." The BEARD PAC determines whether to offer financial

William J. Clinton | whitehouse.gov Air Force One William J. Clinton Bill Clinton is an American politician from Arkansas who served as the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001). He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby-boomer generation President.  During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination. After the failure in his second year of a huge program of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over." He sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen environmental rules. President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident. When he was four years old, his mother wed Roger Clinton, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In high school, he took the family name. He excelled as a student and as a saxophone player and once considered becoming a professional musician. As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service. Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas. He was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas's Third District in 1974. The next year he married Hillary Rodham, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School. In 1980, Chelsea, their only child, was born. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. After losing a bid for a second term, he regained the office four years later, and served until he defeated incumbent George Bush and third party candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential race. Clinton and his running mate, Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore Jr., then 44, represented a new generation in American political leadership. For the first time in 12 years both the White House and Congress were held by the same party. But that political edge was brief; the Republicans won both houses of Congress in 1994. In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and continued to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president. In the world, he successfully dispatched peace keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia and bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. He drew huge crowds when he traveled through South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, advocating U.S. style freedom. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. For more information about President Clinton, please visit

What is the only dog allowed to give testimony to a US court of law?

CASES AND STATUTES ON THE USE OF DOGS BY WITNESSES WHILE TESTIFYING IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: A Periodically Updated Online Article | Animal Legal & Historical Center Three children of defendant, respectively 6, 8, and 10 years old when the alleged abuse began Multiple charges of sexual assault and risk of injury to a child Dog named Summer owned by therapist; dog referred to by Supreme Court as a service dog that had not yet been certified but had reached the “testing age of two” Supreme Court said the pivotal question is whether the use of the dog will aid the witness in testifying truthfully and reliably Trial court provided caution to jury; dog apparently kept from jury’s view Summarizing the descriptions of the dogs, in no cases were the dogs required by a court to be trained by any specific organization or under any training regimen. In three cases ( Spence , Devon D. , and Dye ), there was no indication of training at all, though in Devon D. the appellate court had said that a dog should be “suitably trained” but the Connecticut Supreme Court referred to the dog used as a service dog that had not been certified but had reached the testing age of two years. In Tohom , the dog was trained to sense stress, and in Chenault the dog was trained in providing support, but no specifics of training were given. In Moore the dog was described as a service or comfort dog, in Jacobs as a companion dog, in George as a facility, companion, and working dog, in Smith as a service dog, and in Johnson as a therapy dog. Only in Reyes was the length of the dog’s training specified as taking two years, with an indication that the dog had passed public access tests.  Public access tests of the sort provided by the American Kennel Club can be passed with much less training than two years, so presumably much of the training in Reyes came from a service dog program.  Since there was no elaboration on what training meant in the context of this case, it could also mean that the indicated time might have included the time that the dog was to some extent under the control of the training organization, which could include the period during which it was being fostered.  Opposing counsel should always investigate such claims. As will be discussed below, the tendency of courts towards openness in the types of dogs that can function in a courtroom with a child or vulnerable witness is in stark contrast to the increasingly specific, and one might say even monopolistic, requirements that legislatures have begun imposing statutorily. C. Tabular Summary of Vulnerable Witness Statutes Referencing Facility Dogs or Other Animals for Witness Support Six states have so far passed legislation pertaining to the use of an animal, in all but one case specifically a dog, with a child or vulnerable witness.  There is greater uniformity, and specificity, as to the requirements placed on dogs in the statutes than has been true of the case law. State Statute (date of enactment)  Terms Defined and/or Used (victim, dog, handler) Organizational Requirement for Training Child witness; incapacitated witness; certified therapeutic dog. Trained and certified by the AKC, Therapy Dogs Incorporated or equivalent organization. Court to conduct hearing on dog’s credentials, insurance, and relationship with child witness prior to use.   Of the six state statutes that so far specifically refer to the use of facility dogs (or dogs, however designated, permitted to accompany witnesses during testimony), two (Illinois and Hawaii) require that the dog be trained by a member organization of Assistance Dogs International (ADI). Arizona does not specifically refer to ADI, but does require that a facility dog be trained by “an assistance dog organization or entity whose main purpose concerns training, placement, and use of assistance dogs, staff and volunteer education.”  It would be difficult for any therapy dog organization to fit within such a requirement and it may be intended to be specific to ADI without naming it.  Arkansas specifies that the dog must be trained by “Assistance Dogs

AMERICAN COCKER SPANIEL Breed Standards - Certified Pet Registration Kennel Club Inc AMERICAN COCKER SPANIEL Breed Standards   The “cocker” in the name Cocker Spaniel refers to the fact that the breed originally hunted woodcock. The first Cocker Spaniel in America is thought to have arrived in 1620 along with the Pilgrim Fathers on the Mayflower. Over the following centuries, settlers brought more Cockers to help investigate and take advantage of the wilderness game. These dogs are the ancestors of the Cocker Spaniel. Cocker Spaniels have been exhibited in the US since the early 1880s. However, as developed here, the American Cocker has evolved somewhat differently in type, size, and coloring from the breed now recognized as the English Cocker Spaniel. Originally a gun dog, the American Cocker now fulfills the position of family pet or show dog most often and unlike the English Cocker, is rarely seen hunting. Nevertheless, some American Cockers are still bred for fieldwork, and a small movement works to preserve the hunting abilities of the breed. The Cocker Spaniel’s inherent desire to hunt contributes to his capability as a gun dog when judiciously trained, and the Cocker covers all territory within gun range speedily, flushing game and retrieving only when under command, and taking to water readily. Cocker Spaniels have attained “star” status in the media. The more famous Cockers are Lady from Lady and the Tramp, Lucky Bundy from Married with Children, Oprah Winfrey's pets Solomon and Sophie, and Checkers, First Dog during the presidency of Richard Nixon.   SKILLS: Field sports dog by origin, mainly a family pet today. SIZE: The shoulder-height is about 38cm (15in) for dogs and 35.5 (14in) for bitches. COAT: The hair on the head is short and fine while the body hair is medium length. There should be feathering of silken hair on the ears, chest, belly and legs. American Cocker Spaniels are recognized by this long hair. Almost any color is accepted, including black, deer red, light beige, black and tan, and multi-colored. CARE REQUIRED: Grooming  the coat is very important. With this Spaniel it is necessary to brush and comb the hair every day. Additionally, if you want to keep the dog's appearance according to the breed standard, you will need to take it to a professional dog groomer about every four weeks. Of course, the ears should be examined regularly and excess hair between the pads of the feet, under and inside the ear, should be trimmed. If you do not have the time for the grooming required or cannot afford the cost of regular visits to a professional, avoid this breed. CHARACTER: These are lovable, gentle, and playful dogs that are intelligent and obedient. TRAINING: Training the American Cocker Spaniel rarely leads to any problems. Train them with a gentle hand and bear in mind that they are sensitive to the tone of your voice and any upsets within the home. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: Dogs of this breed are very sociable and consequently they get along fine with their own kind and with other household pets. Because they will meekly accept virtually anything, it is sensible to protect them from children's play which can become too rough. EXERCISE: This Cocker Spaniel loves to play and frolic. Provided you bear this in mind, there is no reason why it cannot be kept in an apartment. A few of the breed are still used to find birds in hunting. Most of them greatly enjoy both swimming and retrieving.   SPECIAL REMARKS: In view of the popularity of this breed, it is advisable to purchase a puppy only from a recognized and reliable breeder.

Who is the most famous daughter of Major Bruce Shand

Obituary: Major Bruce Shand | News | The Guardian Major Bruce Shand Camilla's father, cool under fire - military and matrimonial Tom Corby Share on Messenger Close Major Bruce Shand, who has died aged 89, was famous for keeping his cool: this earned him two military crosses in the second world war and, half a century later, the gratitude of the Prince of Wales for keeping quiet - in public, though not in private - when Charles began an illicit affair with Shand's daughter Camilla, now the Duchess of Cornwall. During more than a decade of lurid headlines, there were rumours of confrontations between Shand and Charles over Camilla's status, before the couple married in April 2005. As one long-standing friend put it: "I think [Shand] was completely frank with him, but they never came to blows." There was a strong bond between father and daughter, and Shand could not tolerate Camilla being treated shoddily. One reported instance of his intervention was in 1993, after the disclosure of intimate taped phone calls between the lovers. At a private meeting, Shand reportedly reproached Charles for ruining his daughter's life, reducing the prince to tears. Conversely, throughout the divorce from Princess Diana, he was said to have been a tower of strength to both Charles and Camilla. Charles grew "very fond" of his father-in-law, admiring his courage, wit and impeccable manners. Shand's father, Philip Morton Shand, was an architectural writer and critic, and an authority on food and wine. His company imported Alvar Aalto's furniture to Britain, and he counted among his circle such leading architects as Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Wells Coates. His marriage to Edith Marguerite Harrington ended in divorce when Bruce was three. Philip went on to acquire three more wives; his youngest child grew up to be Elspeth Howe (Baroness Howe of Idlicote), though Bruce met his half sister only when she was 16, and, indeed, 15 years were to pass after his parents' divorce before he again encountered his father. He had a peripatetic childhood, being raised partly by his mother and stepfather, and by his Shand grandmother, to whom he was devoted. He was sent to Rugby school, which he found oppressive, but developed a love of horses and riding. He went on to Sandhurst, was commissioned in the 12th Lancers as a second lieutenant in 1937, and indulged his interest in hunting and polo. In his self-deprecating memoir, Previous Engagements (1990), Shand recalled how he went to war in 1939 wishing he could have emulated a young officer from his regiment who had set off to fight the Boers in a hansom cab, having been at a splendid party in London the night before. The reality was very different. Seven months after mobilisation, he was in St Omar, northern France, facing the Germans in their drive towards the sea. He pulled back with his men to the coast, and narrowly avoided capture before evacuation from Dunkirk. Typically, his memoir does not mention the MC, though the citation spoke of his "skill and great daring" and how, by "the fearless manoeuvring of his troop, he covered the withdrawal of a column in the face of fire from four enemy tanks". By 1942 Shand was in North Africa. The battle of El Alamein was raging and, promoted to major, he was ordered to slip through the enemy's retreating frontline on a reconnoitre. Heading down an escarpment, he was confronted by a German motorised column, which engaged his men in heavy fire. He managed to withdraw a group of the 6th Rajputana Rifles and organised the evacuation of 20 armoured cars, which would otherwise have fallen into enemy hands. The citation to his second MC said he had constantly proved himself a cavalry leader of "the first order". Wounded, he was taken prisoner and spent the rest of the war as a PoW. Shand returned to Britain in 1945 to marry Rosalind Cubitt, the daughter of Lord Ashcombe, whose builder ancestors had created large swathes of central London, including Belgravia and Pimlico. After dabbling in various enterprises, Shand settled into a comfortable life as a partner in a firm

Greater Manchester People Greater Manchester People UK Portal - England Top Surnames Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928) From - (please visit for full citations) Emmeline Pankhurst (born Emmeline Goulden) (15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movemen... Greater Manchester People People with connections to Greater Manchester and Family Heads The modern county of Greater Manchester was not created until 1974. Most of today's Greater Manchester lay within the ancient county boundaries of Lancashire; see also Families on Geni The project Historic Manchester covers the History of Manchester and historical/political people. Please add the earliest head of the family to the list of Manchester Families on Geni below and link their profiles to the project. These should be male! Adding anyone with a Greater Manchester birthplace to the project would cause the project to be a little cluttered, so please restrict this to the earliest head of family! Names with Bold links are to Geni profiles. Non-bold links take you to other biographical web pages. Renown people of Greater Manchester The list of people from Greater Manchester, in North West England, is divided by metropolitan borough. The demonym of Greater Manchester is "Greater Mancunian". Manchester A Caroline Aherne - BAFTA award winning actress, comedian and writer, The Mrs Merton Show Daniel Adamson (1820–1890): engineer born in Durham who designed the Manchester Ship Canal. Adamson was one of the directors of the Manchester chamber of commerce and a Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and Manchester. He was buried in Withington Chris Addison - Stand-up comedian, writer and actor Mark Addy (1840–1890): Manchester-born Albert Medal recipient William Harrison Ainsworth - A historical novelist born in Manchester Sir John Alcock - aviator who, with fellow British aviator Arthur Brown, made the first nonstop transatlantic flight Don Arden - Cheetham Hill-born music manager and businessman, best known for overseeing the careers of rock groups Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath Rob Atha - Table football player Mike Atherton - former England cricket captain and commentator B Max Beesley - English actor and musician. Wes Brown - ex -Manchester United footballer Anthony Burgess (1917–1993): Manchester-born and educated author, poet, playwright, musician, linguist, translator and critic, most famous for his novel A Clockwork Orange C Darren Campbell - former sprinter representing Great Britain John Cassidy, an Irish-born sculptor and painter who lived in Manchester Sir Humphrey Chetham, merchant and benefactor of Chetham's Library, born in Crumpsall Richard Cobden (1804–1865): Sussex-born industrialist who moved to Manchester where he was politically active Roy Collins (1934-2009), cricketer who played for Lancashire and Cheshire, born in Clayton Peter Cundall OA, a horticulturist and television presenter born in Manchester Ian Curtis musician and singer in Joy Division D Les Dawson - comedian born in Collyhurst Arthur Delaney - painter influenced by L. S. Lowry Lee Dixon - former professional footballer and ITV Sport football pundit Robert Donat - film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and Goodbye, Mr. Chips for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor E F Judy Finnigan - Television presenter and columnist. She has usually co-presented with her husband, Richard Madeley, and the two are collectively known, informally, as Richard and Judy G Liam Gallagher lead singer of Manchester band Oasis. Born in Burnage Noel Gallagher - songwriter and lead guitarist for High Flying Birds and formerly Oasis[25] Born in Burnage George Garrett - Submarine pioneer who built Resurgam. Brought up in Moss Side Max George - member of boy band, The Wanted Jimi Goodwin - bassist, vocalist and guitarist for The Doves Holliday Grainger - Didsbury born actress, most known for portraying Lucrezia Borgia in Showtime's The Borgias Trevor Griffiths - dramatist, co-writer of screenplay

Which episode of Star Wars is being filmed 2014-15?

Star Wars 7: New filming location ‘revealed’ with Episode VII to shoot on Ireland's Skellig Michael - Mirror Online TV Star Wars 7: New filming location ‘revealed’ with Episode VII to shoot on Ireland's Skellig Michael We’ve had confirmation of Abu-Dhabi and Buckingham’s Pinewood Studios - now an island just off Ireland’s County Kerry?  Share Will the Empire Strike Back from the small island of Skellig Michael? (Photo: Getty)  Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Star Wars: Episode VII will film part of the next instalment on the Skelligs in County Kerry, according to the latest report. Following confirmation of shooting in Abu-Dhabi and England’s very own Pinewood Studios, it has been reported that J.J. Abrams and the production team have permission to record on the island of Skellig Michael. The Office of Public Works gave filmmakers the go-ahead to film on the World Heritage island off the Kerry coast, Kerry's Eye newspaper reports today. Star Wars moving to the Forest of Dean too? (Photo: Puzzlewood.com)   The report suggests that a 6th century monastic settlement has been made available for a film production shoot. The statement also said this production is being fully supported by the Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Irish Film Board. It has been said that local boatmen have reached an agreement with the film crew regarding arrangements for ferrying them and equipment to the island for the shoot which is due to begin shortly. Earlier in the month it was also reported that Star Wars is about to film parts of Episode VII at Puzzlewood in the Forest of Dean. A popular location with production crews - having already been home to Doctor Who, Merlin and Atlantis - it is thought that Episode VII teams have already arrived to possibly to film the Ewok planet Endor or in the Dagobah system.

Joe Hallenbeck reviews. STAR WARS EPISODE ONE: THE PHANTOM MENACE Joe Hallenbeck reviews.... STAR WARS EPISODE ONE: THE PHANTOM MENACE Published at: May 24, 1999, 1:22 p.m. CST by staff Warning.... You are about to read a review by Joe Hallenbeck. The man who always follows through by twisting the knife. This review will OFFEND NEARLY ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE MOVIE, STAR WARS, ETC.... However, Though I am on the exact opposite polar extreme with my feelings about this film, I can see where Joe is coming from in this review. And I think his feelings are shared by more people than will admit it. I've seen people fall in love with this film, be disappointed by it and loathe it with every fibre of my being. And ya know... I can see all three points of view, but then I'm one of the delusional folks that'll end up on a therapist's couch trying to figure out why I fucked my neighbor's cat (as Joe so eloquently puts it!) Oh yeah. VULGARITY WARNING.... BEWARE.... THIS IS JOE HALLENBECK. His feelings are not mine, and you will feel provoked. Two years ago, he screamed out, "DEATH TO SCHUMACHER".... well... now... well... see for yourself... The Mighty one here. This will be my final review…maybe. We’ll see what my future holds. I hope I’m still able to piss everyone off. Well, here goes DEATH TO LUCAS!!! I want him DEAD! I want his Family DEAD! I want his friends DEAD! I want Skywalker Ranch burned down to the ground so I can go up there and piss on the ashes! Other than that, how y’all doin’? Oh, I know how most of you are…it’s like you just came and realized you blew your wad on a 75 year old whore named Flo. It was your first time and it wasn’t all that great. All the waiting…the anticipation and now you finally realized that it wasn’t all THAT. The pathetic thing is you fuckin losers that have planned your whole life around this second coming can’t and won’t even admit that the movie pretty much sucked. You’re in such a state of denial. Years from now, when you’re lying on your Shrink’s couch, trying to figure out why you beat your kids and had sex with the neighbor’s cat, Psychiatrists will trace everything back to this tremendous let down and this state of denial that you have been living in lo these many years. You freaks actually made Trekkies look cool…a feat that seemed nearly impossible. For Christsakes, people, it’s only a fuckin’ movie!!! I just thank my lucky stars I stayed grounded in reality when it came to this flick. I didn’t get overly excited. I waited a total of 4 hours in line and THAT was 3 hours and 59 minutes too long. At the end of the film I turned to one of my buds and said, “GODZILLA’s lookin’ mighty good.” I wasn’t devastated that the movie sucked. I had a feeling it would. However, I didn’t think it would be as bad as it was. I expected some Ewok lameness, but Jar Jar and the rest of the kiddie-ish antics went far and beyond the call of lame. Even kids groan at the stupidity and silliness in front of them. This is not a fuckin Muppet Movie, George. I expected to see Miss Piggy kicking some Imperial ass in the background. If you were to combine the lameness of Godzilla, TMNT II, and ID4, it doesn’t even come close to the amount of lameness incorporated into this horrendous piece of shit. Let the Mighty one break down the lameness for you: THE DIRECTING – For the love of Spielberg, George, let someone else direct the sequels. Granted, you’ve been sitting on your bum for 22 years, but that’s no excuse. Your total lack of attention paid to your actors was quite evident. You were more concerned with those phony looking Gungans than with the flesh and blood in front of you. This was never more apparent than in the goodbye scene between Ani and his mother. I’ve witnessed more warmth during a Mob hit. This was meant to be the tender scene…the emotional core of the movie. It was treated in such a blasé matter I got the impression he was just walking in the other room instead of leaving his mother for good! What made this scene even more excruciating to watch was the stale acting job of Mama and th

In the Army, which rank comes below Major General and above Colonel?

Army Colonel - Military Ranks Army Colonel O-6 Colonel - Field Officer - U.S. Army Ranks Army Colonel Basic Pay $6,267/mo Colonel is the senior field-officer grade commissioned officer rank, directly above Lieutenant Colonel and below Brigadier General. Colonels typically command a brigade-sized unit consisting of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers, with the assistance of several junior commissioned officers and a Command Sergeant Major as a primary non-commissioned officer advisor. Colonels may also be responsible for leading division-level special agencies. Almost all Army Colonels receive special training at the Army War College in Pennsylvania, which graduates over 200 Army officers a year. Colonel is the final "stepping stone" rank before the General Officer ranks, and Colonels showing exceptional skill and leadership are often promoted to Brigadier General. Colonel is the 24th rank in the United States Army , ranking above Lieutenant Colonel and directly below Brigadier General . A colonel is a Field Officer at DoD paygrade O-6, with a starting monthly pay of $6,267. What is the proper way to address a Colonel? The correct way to address a Colonel named Mr. Williams is "Colonel Williams", or written as COL Williams. In formal situations, a Colonel should always be addressed by their full rank. How much does a Colonel earn? Basic pay for an entry-level Colonel with 2 or less years of experience is $6,267.00 per month. A Colonel receives an automatic raise to their basic pay every one to two years. Basic pay is only a small percentage of a Colonel's final compensation package. In addition to a monthly basic pay salary, a Army Colonel may be eligible for multiple types of allowances and bonus pay including personal money allowance, hazard pay, and more. For full details on the Army's Colonel compensation and retirement plan, visit the 2017 Army Colonel Pay Chart . A full table of the Army's current paygrades are available at the Army Pay Chart . Equivalent Ranks to the Army's O-6 Colonel Air Force

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What is the title of the humorous country song released by Australian singer Slim Dusty in 1957, the first Australian single to ‘go gold’?

Australian music: Top 10 Aussie songs - Australian Geographic Tweet AUSTRALIANS LOVE THEIR ICONS. Whether it's the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, a meat pie at the footy, Kylie Minogue in a disco ball or vegemite on toast, we are not ones to shy away from tradition. Music has also played a huge part in shaping the Australian culture, and here's a list the 10 most iconic Aussie songs. 1. True Blue - John Williamson You cannot get much more iconic than this 1981 Australian folk song. The song is jam packed with Aussie slang lyrics and hidden meanings about mateship and the Australian way of life.   2. Down Under - Men At Work  This patriotic song topped the Australian, Britain and American music charts in the 1980s, giving the band instant success. Singer Colin Hay has said "The chorus is really about the selling of Australia in many ways, the over-development of the country." 3. Still Call Australia Home - Peter Allen This 1980s ballad portrays a longing for the Australian home life. Versions of the song have been used in many advertising campaigns, such as Qantas and TasTV.   4. Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel Released in 1978, this popular Australian song is regularly seen as a resonant symbol of the Australian culture. The lyrics focus on a bitter and disillusioned Australian Vietnam veteran who struggles to fit into society after returning from the war.   5. Great Southern Land - Icehouse This single was released by Australian rock band Icehouse in 1982. Noted as one of the most enduring songs about Australia, it describes the hidden spirituality our country possesses, without reverting to over-worked cliches.   6. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil This 1988 rock song hit not only the music charts, but also a few political nerves. The song is about giving Australian land back to the Aboriginal people in Western Australia.   7. You're The Voice - John Farnham Released in 1986, this song is one of Farnham's biggest international successes. The song is crying out for unity and peace within the world, and was awarded the 1987 ARIA Award for 'single of the year'.   8. Sounds of Then - GANGgajang GANGgajang are an Australian rock band formed in the 1980s. Although their success wasn't immediate, the band became instantly popular when Sounds of Then, otherwise known as This is Australia, was used as a promotion for the Nine Networks Station in 1996.   9. Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House Crowded House are a very successful New Zealand/Australian based rock group formed in the 1980s. The band has had consistent commercial and critical success all over the world, and is a major contributor to Australia's music culture.   10. For The Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes released this hit song in 1985, from his self-titled album Jimmy Barnes. This song defines what it is to be an Australian, and is a tribute to the working class man of the 1980s.   11. Throw your arms around me – Hunters & Collectors While the “romantic” versus “stalker” take on the lyrics may be debated among some critics, the 1984 song has remained a recognisable Aussie favourite and was named by APRA as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.   12. Long Way to the Top – AC/DC Complete with bagpipes and lyrics describing the inglorious side of making it big in “rock ‘n’ roll,” the iconic Australian rock song released in 1975 (and its time-capsule of a film clip) is entrenched as an Aussie favourite.   13.  Solid Rock – Goanna Shane Howard, who wrote the song in 1982, told the Sydney Morning Herald on 21 September 2012 that he experienced a “Great Awakening” while attending a corroboree at Uluru. The spiritual experience brought the idea of the song, which evolved to become more political after returning to Alice Springs and seeing “all the consequences of dispossession”.   14. Pub with no beer – Slim Dusty  A light-hearted clasic Australian song released in 1957 describing what some might consider a nightmare.   15. What’s my scene - Hoodoo Gurus  The song found its place at number three in the Australian music charts when it was r

The INXS Picture Pages Need You Tonight Background: Originally known as The Farriss Brothers, Australian rock group INXS first charted in their native country with their eponymous debut album in 1980 before starting an international career with the moderately successful album “Shabooh Shoobah” (1982). The album featured the band's first Top 40 US hit single, “The One Thing,” which peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1983. The band enjoyed bigger commercial success with “The Swing” (1984), which became the band's first No. 1 hit record in Australia. Its first single “Original Sin” topped the Australian Singles Chart in 1984 and became an international hit during that year. INXS eventually emerged as international stars thanks to a string of hit recordings such as “Listen Like Thieves” (1985), “Kick” (1987) and “X” (1990), with “Kick” becoming the band's best selling album to date, receiving 6x platinum certification from the RIAA. The album earned the band a Grammy nomination for Rock Vocal Group. Its lead single “What You Need” hit No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other notable singles produced during this period included “Need You Tonight,” “Devil Inside,” “New Sensation” and the Grammy nominating song “Suicide Blonde.” The band's popularity in the US, however, started to decline after “Welcome to Wherever You” (1992). Their follow up albums “Full Moon, Dirty Hearts” (1993) and “Elegantly Wasted” (1997) sunk at No. 53 and No. 41 on the Billboard 200. The latter also marked the band's last album with lead vocalist Michael Hutchence, who died in November 1997 of suicide. At the time of his death, Hutchence had fronted the band for twenty years. The surviving members of INXS (bassist Garry Gary, keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, lead guitarist Tim Farriss and guitarist/saxophonist Kirk Pengilly) continued with several guest singers like Jimmy Barnes, Terence Trent D'Arby and Jon Stevens before Canadian J. D. Fortune, the winner of the reality TV show “Rock Star” INXS,” becoming the band's new vocalist in 2005. On November 29, 2005, the band released “Switch,” their first new studio album since 1997. In November 2010, the band resurfaced with a tribute album called “Original Sin.” In addition to their two Grammy nominations, INXS has won and been nominated for many ARIA Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and Brit Awards. The band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001 alongside The Saints. The band also has won six other ARIA Awards, including three for Best Group in 1987, 1989 and 1992. In 1988, the band won a total of five MTV Music Video Award for the song “Need You Tonight.” The band was named Best International Group at the 1991 Brit Awards, with Hutchence taking home the award for Best International Male. Farriss Brothers Childhood and Family: The story of INXS began when Andrew Farriss (keyboard, guitar) and Michael Hutchence (vocals), both were students at Davidson High School, performed together in a band called Doctor Dolphin. Garry Beers (bass), from nearby high school, Forest High School, soon joined the band. Simultaneously, Andrew's older brother, Tim, was playing in various group with his schoolmate Kirk Pengilly. The two groups eventually merged in 1977, with younger brother Jon Farriss joining as drummer, and named themselves the Farriss Brothers. The band made their debut appearance at Whale Beach on August 16, 1977. In 1978, the parents of Farriss boys relocated to from Sidney to Perth and took Jon with them to continue his studies. As s soon as Hutchence and Andrew finished school, the rest of the band followed him to Perth, where the boys briefly performed as The Vegetables. After Jon graduated from high school, the band returned back to Sydney and started making a set of demos. They began to play pub circuit and regularly supported Midnight Oil and other local bands. It was the manage of Midnight Oil, Gary Morris, that suggested the band to take the name INXS, which was inspired by English band XTC and Australian jam makers IXL. The boys made their debut per

What is the longest and strongest bone in the human body?

BBC Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Skeleton Layer Thighbone: Is the longest, largest, strongest bone in your body Kneecap: Is embedded in your quadriceps muscle Long and strong Your leg bones are the longest and strongest bones in your body. When you stand or walk, all the weight of your upper body rests on them. Each leg is made up of four bones. The three long bones are your femur, your tibia and your fibula. The fourth bone is your small patella, which is better known as the kneecap. Your femur, or thighbone, is the largest bone in your body. The head of your femur fits into your hip socket and the bottom end connects to your knee. The two bones beneath your knee that make up your shin are your tibia and fibula. Your upper and lower leg are connected by a hinge joint. Your patella, or kneecap, rests on the front of your femur. The bones of your leg have roughened patches on their surfaces where muscles are attached. When your muscles contract, they pull the bone they're attached to, making your leg move.

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"What appears on the usual logo for the musical ""West Side Story"" and is the setting for Maria and Tony's duet, ""Tonight""?"

WEST SIDE STORY WEST SIDE STORY was first presented by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince, by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens, at the Winter Garden, New York City, September 26, 1957, with the following cast: THE JETS RIFF, the leader-Mickey Calin TONY, his friend-Larry Kert ACTION-Eddie Roll A-RAB-Tony Mordente BABY JOHN-David Winters SNOWBOY-Grover Dale BIG DEAL-Martin Charnin DIESEL-Hank Brunjes GEE-TAR-Tommy Abbott MOUTHPIECE-Frank Green TIGER-Lowell Harris THEIR GIRLS GRAZIELLA-Wilma Curley VELMA-Carole D'Andrea MINNIE-Nanette Rosen CLARICE-Marilyn D'Honau PAULINE-Julie Oser ANYBODYS-Lee Becker THE SHARKS BERNARDO, the leader-Ken Le Roy MARIA, his sister-Carol Lawrence ANITA, his girl-Chita Rivera CHINO, his friend-Jamie Sanchez PEPE-George Marcy INDIO-Noel Schwartz LUIS-Al De Sio ANXOIUS-Gene Gavin NIBBLES-Ronnie Lee JUANO-Jay Norman TORO-Erne Castaldo MOOSE-Jack Murray THEIR GIRLS ROSALIA-Marilyn Cooper CONSUELO-Reri Grist TERESITA-Carmen Guiterrez FRANCISCA-Elizabeth Taylor ESTELLA-Lynn Ross MARGARITA-Liane Plane THE ADULTS DOC-Art Smith SCHRANK-Arch Johnson KRUPKE-William Bramley GLAD HAND-John Harkins ACT ONE PROLOGUE: THE MONTHS BEFORE 5:00 P.M., The Street 5:30 P.M., A Back Yard 6:00 P.M., A Bridal Shop 10:00 P.M., The Gym 11:00 P.M., A Back Alley MIDNIGHT, The Drugstore THE NEXT DAY 9:15 P.M., The Bridal Shop 6:00 to 9:00 P.M., The Neighborhood 9:00 P.M., Under the Highway ACT TWO 9:15 P.M., A Bedroom 10:00 P.M., Another Alley 11:30 P.M., The Bedroom 11:40 P.M., The Drugstore 11:50 P.M., The Cellar MIDNIGHT, The Street MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE PROLOGUE, Danced by the Jets and Shark JET SONG, Riff and Jets SOMEHING'S COMING, Tony THE DANCE AT THE GYM MARIA, Tony TONIGHT, Tony and Maria AMERICA, Anita, Rosalia, and Shark Girls COOL, Riff and the Jets ONE HAND, ONE HEART, Tony and Maria TONIGHT (Quintet and Chorus), Company THE RUMBLE, Riff, Bernardo, Jets and Sharks ACT TWO I FEEL PRETTY, Maria, Rosalia, Teresita, Francisca SOMEWHERE, Danced by Company; Sung by Consuelo GEE, OFFICER KRUPKE, Action, Snowboy, and Jets A BOY LIKE THAT, Anita and Maria I HAVE A LOVE, Anita and Maria TAUNTING, Anita and the Jets FINALE, Company ACT I SCENE ONE 5:00 P.M. The Street. A suggestion of city streets and alleyways: a brick wall. The opening is musical: half-danced, half-mimed, with occasional phrases of dialogue. It is primarily a condensation of the growing rivalry between two teen-age games, the Jets and the Sharks, each of which has its own prideful uniform. The boys - sideburned, long-haired- are vital, restless, sardonic; the Sharks are Puerto Ricans, the Jets an anthology of what is called "American." The action begins with the Jets in possession of the are: owning, enjoying, loving their "home." Their leader is Riff: glowing, driving, intelligent, slightly wacky. His lieutenant is Deisel: big, slow, steady, nice. The youngest member of the gang is Baby John: awed at everything including that he is a Jet, trying to act the big man. His buddy is A-rab: an explosive little ferret who enjoys everything and understands the seriousness of nothing. The most aggressive is Action: a catlike ball of fury. We will get to know these boys better later, as well as Snowboy: a bespectacled self-styled expert. The first interruption of the Jets' sunny mood is the sharply punctuated entrance of the leader of the Sharks, Bernardo: handsome proud, fluid, a chip on his sardonic shoulder. The Jets, by far in the majority, flick him off. He returns with other Sharks: they, too, are flicked off. But the numerical supremacy, the strength of the Jets, is gradually being threatened. The beginnings of warfare are mild at first: a boy being tripped up, or being sandbagged with a flour sack or even being spit on -all with overly elaborate apologies. Finally, A-rab comes across the suddenly deserted area, pretending to be an airplane. There is no sound as he zooms along in fancied flight. Then over the wall drops Bernardo. Another Shark, another and another appear, blocki

Mary Poppins Mary Poppins November 7 - December 22, 2013 Marian Theatre Mary Poppins is appropriate for all ages - a great show to see as a family. Children as young as 3 years old may attend the 1:30 performances on November 10, November 30, December 7, and December 19. Children attending all other performances must be at least 5 years old. Mary Poppins A musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film. Original Music & Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman Book by Julian Fellows New Songs and Additional Music & Lyrics by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe Generously sponsored by Ng & Ng Dental & Eye Care Dr. Dennis & Franziska Shepard Joan G. Sargen The whole family will delight in this high-flying musical, fresh from Broadway. It's the beloved story of practically perfect nanny Mary Poppins, who floats over London's chimneys into Cherry Tree Lane, stirring up the winds of change for the upstanding but unhappy Banks family. Anything can happen as Mary and the Chim-Chiminey-sweep Bert, step in time through a jolly holiday with the Banks children, Jane and Michael, in which Mary's magic transforms ordinary virtues into extraordinary values. She helps the children, their parents, and all of us, learn to take our medicine with a spoonful of sugar, find the silver lining in every situation, and realize that sometimes we should just use the winds of change to go fly a kite. Director Choreographer Sierra Wells Ensemble Benjamin McNamara, Lucas Blair, Casey Canino, Katie Wackowski, Alysa Perry, Sierra Wells, Amanda Farbstein, Steven Jasso, Zach Johnson, Edgar Lopez, William Hoshida Pit Singers: Kenny Bordieri, Gian Console, Erik Groth, Kurt Haaker, Allyson Hankins, Claire Harlan, Danielle Levin, Shannon Peters, Melissa Ramirez, Cameron Rose, Noelle Sisneros, Dominic Williams *Member, Actors' Equity Association November 7 - December 22, 2013 Sun 7pm 1:30 & 7pm *Children as young as 3 years old may attend the 1:30 performances on November 10, November 30, December 7, and December 19. Children attending all other performances must be at least 5 years old. Elizabeth Stuart* as Winifred Banks, Marisa Dinsmoor as Jane Banks & Sacha Carlson as Michael Banks Karin Hendricks as Mary Poppins Andrew Philpot* as George Banks & Peter S. Hadres* as Bank Chairman "Step In Time" Kitty Balay* as Miss Andrew & Karin Hendricks as Mary Poppins "Jolly Holiday" Marisa Dinsmoor as Jane Banks, Karin Hendricks as Mary Poppins, Sacha Carlson as Michael Banks Julia Galloway as Jane Banks, Devin Orr as Michael Banks, George Walker as Bert, Peter S. Hadres* as Park Keeper Karin Hendricks as Mary Poppins "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Kitty Balay* as Mrs. Corry Photos: Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio Thumbnails are linked to high resolution images intended for the media About the Play Mary Poppins is the title character of a series of children’s books written by P.L. Travers. The first book, Mary Poppins, was published in 1934, and the last, Mary Poppins and the House Next Door, in 1988. The books focus on the magical English Nanny, Mary Poppins, who is blown by the wind into the lives of the Banks family. She arrives and gets right to work mending the family and bringing order to the chaotic home. Mary and the children have numerous adventures in which they encounter everything from singing chimney sweeps, to a loving bird woman, dancing statues, and a carpet bag that fits the strangest things. In 1964, Walt Disney Productions produced a film version of Mary Poppins. Walt Disney had fallen in love with the stories and had started pursuing Ms. Travers for the rights to produce the film in the early 1940s but was rejected because Travers did not believe that a film version would do justice to her creations and she was opposed to an animated film. Eventually, Disney’s persistence succeeded in gaining Travers’ permission in 1961 to produce the film, with the caveat that she had final script approval rights. The creation of the film and composition of the songs took roughly two years of work. The Mary P

Paul Shaffer, Canadian and bandleader, was born on Nov 28, 1949. On which entertainers show does he provide the music?

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Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri

Complete the proverb, little strokes fell

Proverbs exemplified, and illustrated by pictures from real life. Teaching morality and a knowledge of the world; with prints. Designed as a succession-book to Æsop's Fables.: Proverbs exemplified, and illustrated by pictures from real life. Teaching morality and a knowledge of the world; with prints. Designed as a succession-book to Æsop's Fables.: Trusler, John, 1735-1820. Little strokes fell Great oaks. [illustration] WE are here taught, not to be discouraged at the greatness of any enterprise, for, Faint Heart never won fair Lady. Time and Patience overcometh all things; and wonderful things have been effected by perseverance. A man, with a journey of a hundred miles before him, thinks he Page  182 never get through it.—Most assuredly he will not, if he never sets out;—but let him make the attempt, and every step he advances, he will find himself nearer to his journey's end. So is it in all we un|dertake.—Every thing is not to be done at once; but, by degrees, we shall obtain our object. It is not in the power of any man to cut down a large tree, at one stroke of an axe; but let him repeat those strokes, and he will accomplish his purpose. So with the stone-cutters before us. What more hard than stone, and what less easy to be cut? Stone can be sawn through by degrees, and chizelled into any form we please. Bridges have been built by laying stone upon stone; and the most stupendous piles have been raised, and have given way to the arm of man. Flints have been worn by the feet of pismires; and the paths of ants are easily discovered. The greatest number is made up of units; and the wa|ters of the sea, are made up with drops. The hardest stone has been hollowed out by drops of water continually falling on it. Plutarch tells a story of Sertorius, to this pur|pose. To persuade his soldiers, that understanding was more available than strength, he caused two horses, with long tails, to be brought out; the one Page  183 poor and lean, the other lusty and strong. To the weak horse, he sets a stout, strong, young man, and to the strong horse, a little, weak fellow; each was to pull off his horse's tail. The young man, catch|ing all the tail at once in his hands, began to tug with all his strength, labouring and sweating to little purpose, till at last, being tired, he gave it up: whereas, the weak man, with more under|standing, pulled his horse's tail, hair by hair, and thus, by perseverance, in a little time, got off the whole tail, without much labour; for, according to the Italian proverb, Feather by Feather, the Goose is plucked. In short, the meaning of the Proverb is, that assiduity overcomes all difficulty. In another sense, it teaches us, that Light Gains make a Heavy Purse; that is, those who sell for small profit, vend more commodities, and make quicker returns of their money, than those who are covetous of gain, and sell their goods at a dearer rate. Indeed, those who sell dear, are likely to be losers in another way; their goods remain long on hand, and frequently spoil and grow out of fashion. Under this sense of the Proverb, we are taught, likewise, to save our money, for, as Little and osten fills the Purse, he who begins to save, will Page  184 soon find himself rich. As Rome was not built in a Day, so a great estate is not acquired in a few hours; but, Every Little makes a Mickle; and great things rise from small beginnings. In a religious sense, we learn from the scene before us, that perseverance in well-doing, is the way to be saved. No man can lay siege to Hea|ven and take it by violence: but if he pursues the path that leads to it, and holds out to the end, he will then be within reach, and may lay hold of the crown of life. In a word, whatever object we may have in view, let us keep our eyes fixed upon it, make use of the means that are in our power to obtain it, persevere in those means, never be discouraged, or give the point up, and we shall gradually accom|plish our aim.—Few difficulties are so great as not to be overcome; for Little strokes fell Great oaks.

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Which singer was lead singer with band Frankie Goes to Hollywood in the mid 1980s?

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Music on Google Play Frankie Goes To Hollywood About the artist Frankie Goes to Hollywood, formed in 1980, were a British band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson, with Paul Rutherford, Peter Gill, Mark O'Toole, and Brian Nash. The group's 1983 debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and subsequently topped the UK singles chart for five consecutive weeks, going on to enjoy prolonged chart success throughout that year and ultimately becoming the seventh best-selling UK single of all time. It also won the 1985 Brit Award for Best British Single. After the follow-up success of "Two Tribes" and "The Power of Love," the group became only the second act in the history of the UK charts to reach number one with their first three singles; the first being fellow Liverpudlians Gerry & the Pacemakers. This record remained unbeaten until the Spice Girls achieved a six-single streak in 1996-1997. In 1985, Frankie Goes to Hollywood won the Brit Award for Best British Newcomer, and the band also received Grammy Award and MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best New Artist. 1 $9.49 Liverpool is Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second and last studio album, released in October 1986. It would be the band's final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave th... 1 1 $9.49 Welcome to the Pleasuredome is the debut studio album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, first released by ZTT and Island Records on 29 October 1984. Originally issued as a vinyl double album, it was as... 1 1 $9.49 Bang!... The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood is a compilation album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1993 during a spate of reissuing and remixing of Frankie Goes to Hollywood p... 1 1 $4.99 Bang! is a compilation album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood given a Japan-only release during 1985. It is the first compilation album by the group, and the first to gather together various remixes th... 1 1 $14.49 Twelve Inches is a compilation album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, featuring many remixes that had previously only been available in their original twelve-inch format. The track listing for the Ger... 1 1 $9.49 Reload! Frankie: The Whole 12 Inches is a remix album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was released by ZTT Records in 1994 as a complementary album to Bang!... The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to ... 1 Holly Johnson 0 William Holly Johnson, born William Johnson and known professionally as Holly Johnson, is an English artist, musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who a... 0 The Human League 0 The Human League are an English electronic new wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. After signing to Virgin Records in 1979, the band released two albums and a string of singles before attaining ... 0 Bronski Beat 0 Bronski Beat were a popular British synthpop trio who achieved success in the mid-1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit "Smalltown Boy". All members of the group were openly gay and their son... 0 Propaganda 0 Propaganda are a German synthpop group, formed in 1982. They were one of the initial roster of acts signed to Trevor Horn's ZTT label, between 1984 and 1986, during which they released the critical... 0 Ultravox 0 Ultravox are a British new wave band, formed in London in 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980–86, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which ... 0 ABC 0 One of the most popular new wave bands of the early '80s, the British group ABC built upon the detached, synthesized R&B pop of David Bowie and Roxy Music, adding a self-conscious, campy sense of t... 0 Talk Talk 0 Talk Talk were an English new wave band, active from 1981 until their breakup in 1992. Their early hit singles include "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life" and "Such a Shame". Although the band onl... 0 Heaven 17 0 Heaven 17 are an English new wave and synthpop band formed in Sheffield in 1980. The band were a trio for most of their career

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

What is the name of the celebration held for a man shortly before his wedding?

Wedding Traditions & Their Origins   Wedding Traditions & Folklore Many of today's popular wedding ceremony and reception traditions can be traced to ancient Egyptian and European customs. These were often based on symbolism, superstition, folklore, religion, and even the belief that evil spirits could bring disease and death to newlyweds and crops, which was very important in many farm-based early cultures. Although the exact origin and usefulness of many of these early wedding traditions are not always clear, popular acceptance has allowed them to flourish. Besides, many of these wedding traditions are just plain fun! According to various sources, some of the early marriages were literally carried out by the Groom and his "Bridesmen" (or "Bridesknights") who would kidnap a woman (the origin of "carrying a Bride over the threshold") from another tribe! The Groom and his fellow conspirators would then fight off the female's family of tribesmen with swords held in their right hand while the Groom would hold the captured Bride in his left hand, which is the origin of why a Bride stands on the left side of the Groom at a wedding. After a successful capture, another politically correct practice was for the Groom to hide his new Bride for one month for mating purposes. It is said that the word "honeymoon" was created to describe this one month cycle of the moon when they would drink mead, which was a honey sweetened alcoholic brew that effects both sobriety and the acidity of the womb, thus increasing fertility. Beginning around 1000 A.D., marriages were often nothing more than trading chips used in bartering land, social status, political alliances, or money (no checks or credit cards were accepted) between families! The word, "Wedding" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "wedd" that meant a man would marry a woman and pay the Bride's father. Bouquet Wedding bouquets were originally made of such strong herbs as thyme and garlic, which were meant to frighten away evil spirits, and to cover the stench emitting from people who had not bathed recently! Bouquet Toss In ancient times, it was believed that a Bride was especially lucky on her wedding day. Guests would sometimes tear at her dress for a souvenir piece of good luck to take home. The Bride's tossing of her bouquet grew from her desire to offer a good luck souvenir, and prevent guests from bothering her (and her dress!) during her reception. Bridesmaids Early Brides and Bridesmaids wore similar dresses in order to confuse evil spirits. Bridal Shower Back in the days when weddings were arranged by family members, it is said that a poor Dutchman fell in love with a girl whose father refused her a dowry. Their friends showered her with enough gifts to help them start a household. According to another story, the first "Bridal Shower" occurred at the end of the 19th century. At a party, the Bride's friends placed small gifts inside a parasol and opened it over the Bride's head. When she opened the parasol, she was "showered" with presents! Bridal Veil When marriages were arranged by family members, the newlyweds very rarely were allowed to see one another. Family members exchanging a dowry were afraid that if the Groom didn't like the appearance of the Bride's face, he might refuse to marry her. This is why the Father of the Bride "gave the Bride away" to the Groom at the actual wedding ceremony. Only after lifting her veil just prior to the ceremony did the Groom see the Bride's face for the first time! Early Greek and Roman Brides wore red or yellow veils to represent fire, and to ward off demons. Carrying The Bride Over The Threshold When a Groom used to steal his Bride from her tribe, he was forced to carry her kicking and screaming. This act of thievery has evolved into a more romantic gesture,  welcoming the Bride into her

The Origin of Bachelor Parties - AdventureBritain | AdventureBritain The Origin of Bachelor Parties Where does the term stag party & bachelor party come from you ask? This is a very good question. In Britain,Canada and Ireland the event is referred to as a stag party, stag night, stag do or stag weekend. In Australia they are bucks parties and bachelor parties in America. It is a party held for the single man just before he gets married. It is a celebration of his honour, although it may not seem like it at the time as humiliation seems to be the order of the day… It is also sometimes known as his last night of freedom although the duration of the event over recent years seems to have changed from the traditional drink the night before the wedding to weekends away participating in things such as adventurous activities and generally getting involved in things his future wife may not approve of. Read more: How to Plan the Perfect Stag Weekend What are stag or bachelor parties? It is a last chance as a bachelor to gather together a group of people who have known the him since childhood, through school, in University and work colleagues, sports clubs and obviously last but not least his family. It can often be the last opportunity to get this grouping of people together before the Groom and his peers take on more responsible adult marital roles – mortgages, children and monthly bills. This is not just you average night for drinking in the pub or bar. It has a tradition and mystique associated with it involving tricks and lots of drinking usually at the groom’s expense. It often has a risqué element such as strippers or being stripped and tied to lampposts in the dead of night, body hair being shaved off, dressing up in fancy dress with the groom in female attire the list is endless. Although there is not much evidence around to explain the origins of this famous tradition what evidence there is suggests that it was originally called the bachelor dinner, or stag party. Like many other wedding traditions, it seems to extend back into ancient history. Evidence suggests it first came about in the fifth century, in Sparta, where military comrades would feast and toast one another on the eve of a friend’s wedding. There he would say goodbye to the carefree days of bachelorhood and swear continued allegiance to his comrades. Adventure Britain lets you build your own stag weekend package . Why a stag? The reference to stag and bucks also has strong male conartations. The leader of the pack or herd, virile, male vigour and ardour, males in their prime identified with strength and vitality. There’s another stag connection with male rites of passage – again possibly involving drinking alcohol to excess and soliciting the favours of ladies who are prepared happily to remove all their clothing for the appropriate sum. The Horned God referred to in both Celtic and early English mythology was a symbol of all things male – the Celts called him Cernunnos. Legend from these times is often confused, but it seems clear that in pre-Christian times, Brits definitely worshipped a large hairy god who sported antlers, ran around with the Einheriar, or wild hunt. Why bachelor? As to the word bachelor, again its history is murky. The earliest meaning of bachelor in English is ‘a young knight who followed the banner of another’. This reference is first found in the late thirteenth century. The use of the word in the context of ‘an unmarried man’, is found in Chaucer in the late fourteenth century. The English word, seems to come from Old French. The source of the Old French word, many believe, probably comes from a Latin word baccalaris ‘farmhand’ but who really knows well your guess is as good as the next man! For more ideas on stag weekends click here , or take a look at our special  stag weekend packages .

"The military action popularly known as ""The Charge of the Light Brigade"" took place in which war?"

SparkNotes: Tennyson’s Poetry: “The Charge of the Light Brigade” (page 2) “The Charge of the Light Brigade” “The Charge of the Light Brigade” (page 2) → “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, page 1 “Crossing the Bar” page 2 of 2 Form This poem is comprised of six numbered stanzas varying in length from six to twelve lines. Each line is in dimeter, which means it has two stressed syllables; moreover, each stressed syllable is followed by two unstressed syllables, making the rhythm dactylic. The use of “falling” rhythm, in which the stress is on the first beat of each metrical unit, and then “falls off” for the rest of the length of the meter, is appropriate in a poem about the devastating fall of the British brigade. The rhyme scheme varies with each stanza. Often, Tennyson uses the same rhyme (and occasionally even the same final word) for several consecutive lines: “Flashed all their sabres bare / Flashed as they turned in air / Sab’ring the gunners there.” The poem also makes use of anaphora, in which the same word is repeated at the beginning of several consecutive lines: “Cannon to right of them / Cannon to left of them / Cannon in front of them.” Here the method creates a sense of unrelenting assault; at each line our eyes meet the word “cannon,” just as the soldiers meet their flying shells at each turn. Commentary “The Charge of the Light Brigade” recalls a disastrous historical military engagement that took place during the initial phase of the Crimean War fought between Turkey and Russia (1854-56). Under the command of Lord Raglan, British forces entered the war in September 1854 to prevent the Russians from obtaining control of the important sea routes through the Dardanelles. From the beginning, the war was plagued by a series of misunderstandings and tactical blunders, one of which serves as the subject of this poem: on October 25, 1854, as the Russians were seizing guns from British soldiers, Lord Raglan sent desperate orders to his Light Cavalry Brigade to fend off the Russians. Finally, one of his orders was acted upon, and the brigade began charging—but in the wrong direction! Over 650 men rushed forward, and well over 100 died within the next few minutes. As a result of the battle, Britain lost possession of the majority of its forward defenses and the only metaled road in the area. In the 21st century, the British involvement in the Crimean War is dismissed as an instance of military incompetence; we remember it only for the heroism displayed in it by Florence Nightingale, the famous nurse. However, for Tennyson and most of his contemporaries, the war seemed necessary and just. He wrote this poem as a celebration of the heroic soldiers in the Light Brigade who fell in service to their commander and their cause. The poem glorifies war and courage, even in cases of complete inefficiency and waste. Unlike the medieval and mythical subject of “The Lady of Shalott” or the deeply personal grief of “Tears, Idle Tears,” this poem instead deals with an important political development in Tennyson’s day. As such, it is part of a sequence of political and military poems that Tennyson wrote after he became Poet Laureate of England in 1850, including “Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington” (1852) and “Riflemen, Form” (1859). These poems reflect Tennyson’s emerging national consciousness and his sense of compulsion to express his political views. This poem is effective largely because of the way it conveys the movement and sound of the charge via a strong, repetitive falling meter: “Half a league, half a league / Half a league onward.” The plodding pace of the repetitions seems to subsume all individual impulsiveness in ponderous collective action. The poem does not speak of individual troops but rather of “the six hundred” and then “all that was left of them.” Even Lord Raglan, who played such an important role in the battle, is only vaguely referred to in the line “someone had blundered.” Interestingly, Tennyson omitted this critical and somewhat subversive line in the 1855 version of this poem, but the writer Joh

The Battle of Waterloo 18th June 1815 War: Napoleonic Wars Date: 18th June 1815 "Scotland for ever!"  Lady Butler's iconic picture of the Charge of the Royal Scots Greys, 2nd Dragoons, as part of the Union Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo. Place: South of Brussels in Belgium Combatants: British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians against the French Grande Armée Generals: The Duke of Wellington, Marshal Blucher and the Prince of Orange against the Emperor Napoleon Size of the armies: 23,000 British troops with 44,000 allied troops and 160 guns against 74,000 French troops and 250 guns. Winner: The British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians The Duke of Wellington and officers and soldiers of the Allied army at the end of the Battle of Waterloo.  Prince William of Orange lies wounded on the stretcher: picture by Jan Willem Pieneman in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam British Regiments present at the battle: 1st Life Guards now the Life Guards 2nd Life Guards now the Life Guards Royal Horse Guards now the Blues and Royals King’s Dragoon Guards now the Queen’s Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoons now the Blues and Royals Royal Scots Greys now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 6th Inniskilling Dragoons later the 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and now the Royal Dragoon Guards 7th Hussars later the Queen’s Own Hussars and now the Queen’s Royal Hussars 10th Hussars later the Royal Hussars and now the King’s Royal Hussars 11th Hussars later the Royal Hussars and now the King’s Royal Hussars 12th Light Dragoons now the 9th/12th Lancers 13th Light Dragoons later the 13th/18th King’s Royal Hussars and now the Light Dragoons 15th Light Dragoons later the 15th/19th Hussars and now the Light Dragoons 16th Light Dragoons later the 16th/5th Lancers and now the Queen’s Royal Lancers 18th Light Dragoons later the 13th/18th King’s Royal Hussars and now the Light Dragoons Royal Artillery 1st Foot Guards now the Grenadier Guards 2nd Coldstream Guards 3rd Foot Guards now the Scots Guards 1st Foot now the Royal Scots 4th King’s Own Regiment of Foot now the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment 14th Foot later the West Yorkshire Regiment and now the Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers 27th Foot, the Inniskilling Fusiliers and now the Royal Irish Regiment 28th Foot later the Gloucestershire Regiment and now the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment 30th Foot later the East Lancashire Regiment and now the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment 32nd Foot later the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and now the Light Infantry 33rd Foot the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment 40th Foot later the South Lancashire Regiment and now the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment 42nd Highlanders now the Black Watch (the Royal Highland Regiment) 44th Foot later the Essex Regiment and now the Royal Anglian Regiment 51st Light Infantry later the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and now the Light Infantry 52nd Light Infantry later the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and now the Royal Green Jackets 69th Foot later the Welsh Regiment and now the Royal Regiment of Wales 71st Highland Light Infantry now the Royal Highland Fusiliers 73rd Highlanders the Black Watch 79th Highlanders later the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, then the Queen’s Own Highlanders and now the Highlanders 92nd Highlanders the Gordon Highlanders and now the Highlanders 95th Rifles later the Rifle Brigade and now the Royal Green Jackets British Cavalry Charge Background to the battle: In 1814, twenty five years of war finally came to an end with the surrender of the Emperor Napoleon and his banishment to the Mediterranean island of Elba. The European powers began the task of restoring their continent to normality and peace. The Emperor Napoleon at Waterloo On 1st March 1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba and

Who got the vote in Britain in 1829?

Elections Canada Online | A History of the Vote in Canada A History of the Vote in Canada A History of the Vote in Canada Chapter 1 British North America 1758–1866 In the colonies that would later form Canada, the vote was a privilege reserved for a limited segment of the population – mainly affluent men. Eligibility was based on property ownership: to be eligible, an individual had to own property or assets of a specified value or pay a certain amount in taxes or rent. The law also prohibited some religious, ethnic and other groups from voting. Women were also excluded by and large, though by convention rather than statute. In short, only a fraction of the population could vote. Since then, the situation has improved markedly, and in the following pages we provide a brief history of its evolution. Evolution of the right to vote was neither consistent nor ordered. The right to vote was not extended gradually and steadily to encompass new categories of citizens; rather, it evolved haphazardly, with the franchise expanding and contracting numerous times and each colony proceeding at a different pace. For example, the degree of wealth needed for eligibility changed several times, with the result that people who had been entitled to vote suddenly found themselves deprived of that right, only to have it returned sometime later. Similarly, laws were adopted from time to time that withdrew the right to vote from groups that had previously enjoyed it. First Elected Council Meets, 1658 Charles Walter Simpson used gouache, watercolour and oil to depict the Conseil de Québec, established in 1657. Four of its six members – one each from Trois-Rivières and Montréal, two from Québec – were elected by the small number of New�France residents who qualified as habitants – perhaps�100 of the 2,000�residents. The council had limited powers and did not survive the establishment of royal government in�1663. Moreover, there was often quite a discrepancy between legal provisions and reality. Having the right to vote did not – and does not now – guarantee that an elector could exercise that right. Early in Canada's history, voting conditions set out in the law opened the door to a host of fraudulent schemes that, in practical terms, restricted the voting rights of a significant portion of the electorate at various times. For example: each electoral district usually had only one polling station votes were cast orally election dates differed from one riding to another no polling station remained open if a full hour had passed without a vote being cast How many voters, living far from their riding's only polling station, relinquished their right to vote rather than travel long distances in often harsh conditions? We will never know. Oral voting made it easier for votes to be bought; it also opened the door to intimidation and blackmail, since bribers could easily tell whether the voters whose votes they had bought voted as instructed. Worse yet, the practice of closing polling stations when an hour had passed without any voters appearing led to numerous acts of violence. To win an election, an unscrupulous candidate could simply hire a gang of bullies to allow his supporters to vote, then bar the way to the polling station for an hour. Election Security, 1860 With electors casting their votes orally, intimidation and bullying were not uncommon. Dealing with election violence (which claimed at least 20 lives before Confederation) often required the services of the army or police, as in this scene near the Montréal courthouse in February 1860, captured by photographer William Notman. Such tactics, coupled with the fact that most candidates supplied unlimited free alcohol to voters during an election, resulted in riots that claimed at least 20 victims before 1867: three in Montréal in 1832; nine in the Province of Canada in 1841; one in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, in 1843; one in Montréal in 1844; three in Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in 1847; two in Québec in 1858; and one in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1866. Finally, in addit

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Churchill voted greatest Briton Sunday, 24 November, 2002, 23:24 GMT Churchill voted greatest Briton Churchill notched up another victory in the poll Sir Winston Churchill has been named the greatest Briton of all time in a nationwide poll attracting more than a million votes. Participants in the survey voted the second World War leader top of the list of the country's 100 most significant individuals, with 447,423 votes. He beat his nearest rival, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by more than 56,000 votes. The final vote 9. Nelson 10. Cromwell Proceeds from phone votes will fund a permanent memorial to Churchill at a venue yet to be decided. The result came after a lively two-hour live debate on BBC2 in which celebrities including former Tory minister Michael Portillo and TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson argued the case for their choices for greatest Briton. It marked the conclusion of a month-long survey in which viewers cast their votes by telephone and e-mail. Late surge Former Northern Ireland Secretary Dr Mo Mowlam put the case for Churchill in the last of six BBC documentaries this week, provoking a late surge of support for him. Summarising her argument, she said: "If Britain - its eccentricity, its big heartedness, its strength of character - has to be summed up in one person, it has to be Winston Churchill." Diana had been a favourite among female viewers In third place was Diana, Princess of Wales. Great Britons, which began on 20 October, has been hailed as a great success by BBC executives, delighted with its average ratings of three million. It has led to campaigns among voters using "sophisticated" tactics to cast multiple votes for certain individuals. The BBC said it had identified people trying to rig the voting and their choices had been eliminated. Students from Brunel University were behind a "legitimate" campaign to get their institution's namesake out in front. Similar bona fide efforts have been initiated by fans of other contenders like John Lennon and Princess Diana. Churchill had been even-money favourite with bookmaker William Hill to win the contest, with Diana at 6-1 and Brunel at 20-1. The book was closed after bets piled up on Brunel. "The show has seized the public's imagination and sparked off a lot of debate," said the BBC spokeswoman. "Everyone's delighted with it."  WATCH/LISTEN

Which English city has parliamentary constituencies named Moor View and Sutton & Devonport?

UK General Election political map: Results explanation & methodology - Telegraph UK General Election political map: Results explanation & methodology 12:01AM GMT 13 Jan 2008 With our dynamic political map you can see the state of play in UK politics at a single glance, track the Government’s performance and follow the next British General Election. Each hexagon marks a single constituency and clicks through to information on candidates, health, crime and education. UK General Election political map All the political data in the map has been organised according to the latest set of constituency boundary changes, as drawn up by the Boundary Commission and approved by Parliament on 27 June 2007. This review is the fifth general review since permanent, independent Boundary Commissions for each of the four parts of the UK were established by the 1944 House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act. The results in the election map, including those of the 2005 General Election, have been re-weighted to suggest what they would have been had the contest taken place under these new boundaries. Please note: this can lead to apparent contradictions in the data. In Croydon Central, for example, the boundary changes have given Labour a de facto majority in a seat that was won by the Conservatives in 2005. In such a case the seat is marked red on the map, but only one name is listed on the political data card: that of the incumbent MP. In some cases, for example in Tyne & Wear, boundary changes are so extensive that the person listed as the sitting MP may not be the person who ends up contesting that seat at the next election. There are many such anomalies to be found on the map, as the changes are quite extensive, involving alterations to constituencies in all parts of the UK except Scotland (changes to Scottish boundaries were enacted prior to the 2005 general election, following the creation of the Scottish parliament). Only 55 constituencies in England and 18 in Wales remain wholly unaffected by the changes, and a net total of four new seats has been added, bringing the total in the new House of Commons to 650. The data for the notional results are taken from the Media Guide to New Parliamentary Constituencies, compiled by Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymouth for BBC, ITN, PA News and Sky News. EXISTING CONSTITUENCIES WHICH HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVELY ABOLISHED Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath Barnsley West and Penistone Knowsley North and Sefton East Normanton NEWLY CREATED CONSITUTUENCIES, FOR WHICH NO SITTING MP CAN BE LISTED Broadland Wyre and Preston North York Outer CONSTITUENCIES WHERE THE EXISTING NAME HAS BEEN RETAINED, BUT BOUNDARY CHANGES HAVE MEANT A NOTIONAL CHANGE TO THE HOLDING PARTY Constituencies won by Labour in 2005, but notionally the Conservatives under the new boundaries (the sitting Labour MP is listed on the map): Enfield North Thanet South Wirral West Constituencies won by the Conservatives in 2005, but notionally Labour under the new boundaries (the sitting Conservative MP is listed on the map): Croydon Central Northampton South Constituencies won by the Liberal Democrats in 2005, but notionally Conservative under the new boundaries (the sitting Liberal Democrat MP is listed): Solihull Constituencies won by the Liberal Democrats in 2005, but notionally Labour under the new boundaries (the sitting Liberal Democrat MP is listed): Rochdale NEWLY-NAMED CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS Aberconwy - Based on Conwy Arfon - Predominantly based on Caernarfon, but after taking in part of the old Conwy seat it is notionally held by Labour, not Plaid Cymru Barnsley East - Based around the old Barnsley East and Mexborough seat, but also drawing on parts of the other two Barnsley seats Basildon and Billericay - Based on Billericay, but taking in a part of the old Basildon seat Bermondsey and Old Southwark - The new name for the slightly amended Southwark North and Bermondsey seat Blackley and Broughton - Based on Manchester Blackley, but taking in part of the old Salford seat Blackpo

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

Rhodesian Ridgeback is which breed of animal?

Rhodesian Ridgeback : Dog Breed Selector : Animal Planet Watch Video The Ridgeback loves to run, and it needs daily mental and physical exercise to keep it from becoming frustrated. It can be a good jogging or hiking companion. The Ridgeback can live outdoors in temperate or warm climates, but it is usually much happier sleeping indoors and dividing its time between the house and yard during the day. Coat care is minimal, consisting only of occasional brushing to remove dead hair. • Major concerns: dermoid sinus • Occasionally seen: deafness, elbow dysplasia • Suggested tests: breeder check for dermoid sinus, (hip) • Life span: 10 – 13 years Watch Video When European Boer settlers arrived in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries, they brought with them such breeds as the mastiff, Great Dane, bloodhound, pointer, staghound and greyhound, among others. These settlers needed a dog that could withstand both hot and cold temperatures, limited water and rough bush, while performing the duties of guard dog and hunting dog. By breeding their European dogs with native Hottentot tribal hunting dogs (which were distinguished by a ridge of hair growing in the opposite direction along the top of their back) they produced just such a dog. These dogs hunted by both sight and scent and were devoted protectors of the entire family. In the 1870s, several were taken to Rhodesia to hunt lions, chasing and harassing the lion until the hunter could shoot it. The "lion dogs" were so successful that they soon became popular, their distinctive ridge becoming a trademark of quality. By the 1920s, so many different types of ridged lion dogs existed in Rhodesia that a meeting was held to elucidate the most desirable points of the breed, which became the basis for the current standard. Dogs meeting the standard criteria were known as Rhodesian Ridgebacks (the dogs' former designation as lion dogs was deemed to sound too savage). The breed was introduced into England in the 1930s and America soon after. In both countries, it gained recognition in the 1950s and quickly attracted admirers. In the 1980s, the breed received recognition as a sighthound and became eligible to compete in sighthound field trials. Today it is among the more popular hounds, undoubtedly because it combines the abilities of hunter, protector and companion in a sleek handsome body.

Birds beginning with R Birds beginning with R Fish Birds beginning with R R - It is a typical "sylvia" warbler, similar in size but slimmer than Sardinian Warbler. The adults have a plain grey back and paler grey underparts. The bill is fine and pointed, with brown legs and red eyes. The striking male has a black head and, usually, a black throat, separated by a white malar streak . Females have a pale throat, and the head is grey rather than black. Their grey back has a brownish tinge. The song is a slower, deeper rattle than that of Sardinian Warbler. Rachel's Malimbe - It has interesting breeding behaviour. The nest is build by three to four birds of which only one is female and which takes the leading role in building the nest. After the nest is finished one of the males that participated in the building chase off the other participating males. Both of the remaining couple take duty of incubating the eggs. Racket-tailed Coquette - The Racket-tailed Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. Racket-tailed Treepie - It has a velvety-black forehead of short, plush black feathers with the rest of the bird being an oily green colour, though appearing black in dim light. The tail feathers which in this species are long and broaden at the tail's end are black also with a greenish tinge, as are the wings. The iris of the bird is a turquoise-blue darkening towards the pupil to a very deep or near black. The bill, legs and feet are black. Rackettailed Roller Radde's Accentor - Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. Radde's Warbler - This is a bird of open woodlands with some undergrowth near water. The nest is built low in a bush, and eggs are laid. Like most Old World warblers, this small passerine is insectivorous. Radjah Shelduck - Both the male and female of the species are mostly white, with dark wingtips and a distinctive "collar" of dark feathers. Seen from above in flight, the birds have green bands on the tops of their wings. The female has a harsh rattle and the male has a breathy, sore-throat whistle. Raffles's Malcoha - Raffles's Malkoha is a species of cuckoo . It was formerly often placed in Phaenicophaeus with the other malkohas, but it is a rather distinct species, with several autapomorphies and sexual dimorphism . Raggiana Bird-of-paradise - The Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, also known as Count Raggi's Bird-of-paradise, is a large bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. Raiatea Parakeet - Psittacus ulietanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 Platycercus tannaensis Finsch, 1868 Psittacus fuscatus von Pelzeln, 1873 Raimondi's Yellow Finch - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. Rain Quail - Grassland, cropped fields and scrub in the Indus valleys of Pakistan, the Gangetic plains, of the central Republic of India and parts of peninsular continental India. Mostly seen in winter further south. Rainbow Lorikeet - Rainbow Lorikeets have been introduced to Perth, Western Australia, Rainbow Pitta - An Australian endemic, the Rainbow Pitta lives in the forests of northern Australia. As with other pittas, it is a secretive and shy bird. The diet consists mainly of insects, arthropods and small animals. The female lays three to four glossy cream eggs with blotches inside its large domed nest. Rainbow Starfrontlet - The Rainbow Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Rainbow-bearded Thornbill - The Rainbow-bearded Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. Rajah Scops Owl - The Rajah Scops Owl is common throug

What is the name of the brother of Peppa Pig?

Peppa Pig (character) | Peppa Pig Fanon Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Bio According mind the episode "The Olden Days" , Peppa Pig was born on 23 January and is much like Alexander , she suggests. When she was born, Daddy Pig and Mummy Pig had a house to protect it. Mummy Pig hung pictures, Daddy Pig put a shelf (not yet fixed, appears in the episode " The Toy Cupboard ") and Grandpa Pig watered some flowers that Daddy Pig wiped careless. At 11 months Peppa got to make a great friend we know today as Suzy Sheep . They did everything together: crying, burping, laughing, as counted Mummy Pig in the episode. Peppa one day finds something fascinating: a muddy puddle and starts jumping without even knowing that his discovery is. His parents say it's a mud puddle and they put some boots so you can jump without getting dirty. Although the first episode of the first season "Muddy Puddles" she jumps without boots and Mummy teaches her again. Sometimes it's a little gross and she fights with her friends. Description An adorable and very beautiful female pig who is the main character. She enjoys jumping in muddy puddles, playing with her teddy bear, named "Teddy," playing fairy and dressing up. Looks Peppa has the shape of a human being but she is a pig, or anthropomorphic. Peppa almost always wears a red dress and black shoes. Interestingly, in the episode "New Shoes" , she lost her shoes, and she bought some red shoes. But in the episode "The School Fete" she again has black shoes. In Trip to China she has a red and pink Hanfu. In Poppies and Puddles she has a simple red dress with flowers and polka dotted designs and has a crimson hat with a pink ribbon tied in a bow at the front. In " Dance Class " Peppa first wears her Season 15 raincoat, which is red and white. Peppa's practice dress is dark red with short puffy, frilled sleeves and a sand red petticoat revealed by the opening at the front of her skirt, and black strapped ballet shoes. In " Sports Day " she wore a ripped red fishnet dress with a black underskirt and dark purple skull necklace while Emily's clique killed people. After that she wore a black dress with blood on it, dark purple fishnets, red chandelier necklace and dark purple apron with a grey underskirt. Peppa's swimwear is a red swimsuit with red frills near the bottom. While Peppa was at the airport, she wore a pretty pale red jacket over her dress. During " Peppa Comes In Like A Wrecking Ball " she wore her signature red dress at the start, but while on the wrecking ball, Peppa was naked. Development Sketches of Peppa Pig The black and white pencil drawings of the porker and her family may look familiar. For these are previously unseen original sketches for the Peppa Pig cartoon series, which is now shown in 180 countries. Producer Phil Davies, of animators Astley Baker Davies, which came up with Peppa, said: “In the first drawing there’s no pink on Peppa and she has a flowery dress. Peppa Pig sounded good so the name stuck. But then we needed her to look different to her brother George so she was changed." As colleague Mark Baker played with his sketches back in 2000, she got pinker and her dress became red. And so the Peppa that millions of kids love was born. Today her pink face is on nightwear, duvets and a range of toys and books. Also clarified that collect more money, you may Peppa Pig comes with a new season and added "We don’t live a celebrity lifestyle. God forbid anything like that happened. It’s all about having fun and muddy puddles." Personality Despite her cuteness and beauty, Peppa sometimes is bad with her friends, her little brother and sometimes their parents, who are always there to correct their discomfort, they are also responsible for instilling values ​​like friendship. She is very loving with their grandparents, they will bring lots of fun things. She also has a good side and a side of panic and fear. In the episode Peppa's Christmas , she is frightened by the noises Santa Claus made down the chimney of her house. In the episode George Catches a Cold is shown not to be very

Puzzles - Kids' TV (last) 31 How is the cartoon character of Norville Rogers better known? 32 Which Gerry Anderson series featured a seal called Oink? 33 Who is the arch enemy of He Man? 34 What type of bird is Professor Yaffle in Bagpuss? 35 Which organisation does Captain Scarlet work for? 36 What was the name of the cow in the Woodentops? 37 Who narrated The Wombles? 38 How were Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo and Snork collectively known? 39 Who lives in a dustbin in Sesame Street? 40 What was the name of the female companion of Andy Pandy? 33 Who is the arch enemy of He Man? Skeletor 34 What type of bird is Professor Yaffle in Bagpuss? Woodpecker 35 Which organisation does Captain Scarlet work for? Spectrum 37 Who narrated The Wombles? Bernard Cribbens 40 What was the name of the female companion of Andy Pandy? Looby Loo 36 What was the name of the cow in the Woodentops? Buttercup 38 How were Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo and Snork collectively known? Tra la la la la la la pciking up our mess for fun The Banana Splits I also knew 35 37 40. 39 Who lives in a dustbin in Sesame Street?  Oscar the Grouch [I was just telling Thingummie Minor, I need to get an Oscar the Grouch, to add to my tiny collection of grumpy folk. I have a miniature Grumpy Bear. who is awfully cute. And Eeyore belongs there I guess. Grumpy from the Seven Dwarves. And maybe Dougall? Wasn't he rather sceptical in a charming sort of way, or am I remembering him wrong?] Marvin from Hitchikers guide to the galaxy. He was available as a little knitted character from the 2005 movie but I think you have to knit your own these days. Muran Buchstansangur I doubt he is available. But if he was available in toy form he would be ideal. Dougal was known as Pollux in France.   Yes, Asy, he was at times charmingly sceptical about things so Creature do say, your memory is not at fault. "charmingly sceptical" is a nice way of putting it. He needed a dozen sugar lumps just to get through an episode so he wasn't a happy dog. Probably had the toothache too. He needed a dozen sugarlumps to get through an episode? �what about those of us who had to watch it � 31 Shaggy - I think someone should have got this one !! 32 Stingray - Stingray, diddle dah-dum dahdum I foudn a knited Marvin pattern but it's the wrong Marvin (from the film - not a patch on the TV series) Miniature grumps and sceptics collection. Perhaps C3PO from Star Wars might go in there too. Fun replies, guys, thanks.

"Which science fiction writer developed ""The Three Laws of Robotics""?"

Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: On Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics Copyright © 1991 and 1994 by Robert J. Sawyer All Rights Reserved. Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence, except where such protection would conflict with the First or Second Law. People in the process of reading my novel Golden Fleece keep saying to me, what about Isaac Asimov 's Three Laws of Robotics? I thought they were guiding modern artificial-intelligence research? Nope, they're not. First, remember, Asimov's "Laws" are hardly laws in the sense that physical laws are laws; rather, they're cute suggestions that made for some interesting puzzle-oriented stories half a century ago. I honestly don't think they will be applied to future computers or robots. We have lots of computers and robots today and not one of them has even the rudiments of the Three Laws built-in. It's extraordinarily easy for "equipment failure" to result in human death, after all, in direct violation of the First Law. Asimov's Laws assume that we will create intelligent machines full-blown out of nothing, and thus be able to impose across the board a series of constraints. Well, that's not how it's happening. Instead, we are getting closer to artificial intelligence by small degrees and, as such, nobody is really implementing fundamental safeguards. Take Eliza, the first computer psychiatric program. There is nothing in its logic to make sure that it doesn't harm the user in an Asimovian sense, by, for instance, re-opening old mental wounds with its probing. Now, we can argue that Eliza is way too primitive to do any real harm, but then that means someone has to say arbitrarily, okay, that attempt at AI requires no safeguards but this attempt does. Who would that someone be? The development of AI is a business, and businesses are notoriously uninterested in fundamental safeguards — especially philosophic ones. (A few quick examples: the tobacco industry, the automotive industry, the nuclear industry. Not one of these has said from the outset that fundamental safeguards are necessary, every one of them has resisted externally imposed safeguards, and none have accepted an absolute edict against ever causing harm to humans.) Indeed, given that a huge amount of AI and robotics research is underwritten by the military, it seems that there will never be a general "law" against ever harming human beings. The whole point of the exercise, at least from the funders' point of view, is to specifically find ways to harm those human beings who happen to be on "the other side." We already live in a world in which Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics have no validity, a world in which every single computer user is exposed to radiation that is considered at least potentially harmful, a world in which machines replace people in the workplace all the time. (Asimov's First Law would prevent that: taking away someone's job absolutely is harm in the Asimovian sense, and therefore a "Three Laws" robot could never do that, but, of course, real robots do it all the time.) So, what does all this mean? Where's it all going? Ah, that I answer at length — in Golden Fleece . More Good Reading

The Three Laws of Robotics by Isaac Asimov   Laws of Robotics What are the Laws of Robotics? The original Three Laws of Robotics were coined by Isaac Asimov in his 1942 short story Runaround. Eventually Runaround became only one of several similar stories published under the common name I, Robot. The three laws state that: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Asimov's three laws of robotics were designed to guide robots in their interaction with humans and provide a safe way for future robotic development, one that cannot threaten human existence. Yet in his own short stories Asimov's robots always happen to fall into all kinds of trouble while following the laws in reality. The main issue here is: Is it possible to create practical laws of robotics which can guarantee a safe, conflict free and peaceful co-existence between robots and humans? Do you want to sumbit your own singularity content? Do you agree or disagree with the content of this page? Do you want to improve it? Do you want to post some great singularity content of your own? Why not share it here at Singularity Symposium?! Enter Your Title

The secret police force created by Papa Doc Duvalier, the Tonton Macoute terrorized the citizens of what country?

The Tonton Macoutes: The Central Nervous System of Haiti’s Reign of Terror – COHA COHA 8369 10 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.coha.org%2Ftonton-macoutes%2FThe+Tonton+Macoutes%3A+The+Central+Nervous+System+of+Haiti%E2%80%99s+Reign+of+Terror2010-03-11+18%3A15%3A34COHAhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.coha.org%2F%3Fp%3D8369 A Malediction on Haitian Society Few countries in the hemisphere have suffered through such an extensive run of unqualified repressive regimes and military dictatorships as Haiti. The nearly thirty years of harsh rule under François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, and his son, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier that ended in 1986, are likely the most infamous epoch in the painful history of this small French-Creole nation that occupies the western third of the Caribbean island of La Hispaniola. Certainly, the main tool for the maintenance of the regime’s grasp on the population through much of this period was the “Tonton Macoutes,” renamed in 1971 as the Milice de Voluntaires de la Sécurité Nationale —MVSN (Volunteers for National Security). Although this organization no longer formally exists, its legacy of paramilitary violence and sheer brutality still contorts Haitian modern political and economic cultures. The Birth of Terror In 1959, only two years after becoming president, “Papa Doc” created a paramilitary force that would report only to him and would be fully empowered to use unremitting violence to maintain the new administration’s authority to summarily dispose of its enemies. This marked the birth of one of the most brutal paramilitary organizations in the hemisphere and was justified by the leader’s profound paranoia towards the threat posed by the regular armed forces. Haiti’s military began to steadily lose a great deal of authority with the consolidation of the François Duvalier regime, which it would not recover until 1986, when the pressure coming from senior military officers played a major role in the fall of Jean-Claude. A spate of coups followed, with military figures occupying the vacancy left by “Baby Doc.” The Haitians nicknamed this warlord-led goon squad the “Tonton Macoutes,” after the Creole translation of a common myth, about an “uncle” (Tonton) who kidnaps and punishes obstreperous kids by snaring them in a gunnysack (Macoute) and carrying them off to be consumed at breakfast. Consequently, these torturers, kidnapers and extortionists were feared not only by children, but also by the country’s general population, as well as by opposition members and business men not willing to make enforced pay-offs to the authorities. The militia consisted mostly of illiterate fanatics that were converted into ruthless zombie-like gunmen. Their straw hats, blue denim shirts, dark glasses and machetes remain indelibly etched in the minds of millions of Haitians. Ever since its establishment, this brutal organization had free rein to act unreservedly, disregarding any ethical or civil rights of the citizenry that might interfere with its indiscriminate violence. They were not accountable to any state branch, court or elected body, but rather only to their leader, “Papa Doc.” The Second Most Feared Man in Haiti The dictator’s hold on power was guaranteed by the secret police’s terror campaign, and usually, the head of the “Macoutes,” was considered to be extremely close to the dictator. This was especially true under President François Duvalier. Luckner Cambronne was a particularly fierce head of the “Tonton Macoutes” throughout the 1960’s and the beginning of the 1970’s, for two reasons: first, because he was considered perhaps the most powerful and influential man in Haiti during the transition from “Papa” to “Baby Doc,” and second, because of his unique brand of cruelty that enabled him to become very rich and earned him the nickname “Vampire of the Caribbean.” As a result of his close relationship with “Papa Doc,” Luckner climbed rapidly up Haiti’s power structure and he became the chief plotter of the extortions carried out by his henchmen. Later, he profited by supplying corpses and blood to universities and hospitals in t

BBC - iWonder - The Gunpowder Plot: Three years in the making The Gunpowder Plot: Three years in the making 1601-1603 30-31 January 1606The plotters are hanged, drawn and quartered The greatest terror plot We all know the story of Guy Fawkes and how he was caught as he tried to blow up the House of Lords with gunpowder. But it took more than one man on a single night to nearly change the course of British history. Thirteen conspirators conceived a terrorist plot on an unprecedented scale. They would blow up Parliament, which would wipe out the King and the whole establishment and trigger a popular uprising. Plotter Thomas Wintour's confession reveals all. 1601-1603 The plotters gather You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip. Meet the plotters: Leader Catesby, Wright the swordsman, Percy the insider, Wintour the diplomat and Fawkes the bomb maker. Richard Lintern narrates. Transcript (PDF 248k) A circle of young, dashing and disenchanted Catholic gentlemen meet regularly to discuss the future of England. Unlike the majority of Catholics who were loyal to the Crown, they hope to overthrow the Protestant monarchy. Some of them take part in the failed rebellion by the Earl of Essex against the government of Elizabeth I. They are imprisoned but later released after paying heavy fines. A new Protestant monarch James I of England did not reverse the anti-Catholic laws following his coronation. When Elizabeth I dies, her third cousin, James VI of Scotland, becomes also King James I of England. He announces plans to unite his two realms but faces strong opposition both north and south of the border. Although James is a Protestant he is the son of the late Catholic, Mary Queen of Scots. Catholics are hopeful that her son will be more sympathetic to their plight. Catesby starts planning the Gunpowder Plot You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip. Robert Catesby reveals his grand plan to Thomas Wintour in this dramatisation from BBC Two's Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot. Transcript (PDF 149k) James I orders Catholic priests to leave the country. He continues the practice of fining Catholics who won’t attend the Church of England services. In February, ringleader Robert Catesby, his cousin Thomas Wintour and John Wright meet in London and start their plans. Wintour travels to Flanders, under Spanish rule at the time, to seek Spain’s support. [Catesby] had bethought him of a way... to deliver us from all our bonds, and without any foreign help to replant again the Catholic religion. Thomas Wintour's written confession Guy Fawkes is recruited as the explosives expert You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip. Thomas Wintour recruits Guy Fawkes in Flanders. Transcript (PDF 150k) After years as bitter rivals Spain wants peace with England and will not aid the plotters. While he’s in Flanders, Thomas Wintour meets Guy Fawkes, who went to school with the plotter John Wright. Fawkes, who goes by the Italian name of Guido, is fighting for the Spanish army in Flanders and is an explosives expert. He is an English nationalist who hates the Scots and any talk of union. The two men sail back to England. Meanwhile the King and Parliament introduce legislation refusing Catholics the right to receive rent or make wills. 20 May 1604 The plotters swear an oath of secrecy You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip. The plotters, who are all devout men, swear an oath to each other on a religious primer. Transcript (PDF 148k) Thomas Wintour and Guy Fawkes meet ringleader Robert Catesby and his friend and fellow plotter John Wright in a London pub. At the Duck and Drake Inn they are joined by Wright's brother-in-law Thomas Percy. Together these plotters create a core of five. They swear an oath of secrecy on a religious primer. June-October 1604 Thomas Percy secures a house near Parliament You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip. Guy Fawkes poses as Thomas Percy's servant John Johnson. The gunpowder is smuggled to Westminster You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip. Ho

In which city were the first operas performed?

Operas | American Opera American Opera Operas THE MOST FREQUENTLY PERFORMED OPERAS IN THE UNITED STATES Although it is hard to know exactly which operas have been the most performed in the United States, Madama Butterfly and La Boheme appear over and over again on unofficial lists as the top two. La Traviata, Carmen, and The Barber of Seville are three other operas that are leading contenders for frequency of performance. Some of these operas surprisingly got off to a rocky start but later become widely popular. Giocomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, which premiered in 1904 in Milan, was not well received by the public at first. Changes were made by Puccini, and a few months later it became a smashing success. The first performance in the United States was in 1906 in Washington D.C. Also composed by Puccini, La Boheme, the story of the love between a seamstress and a poet, premiered in Turin in 1896 and four years later was performed at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York. La Triviata by Giuseppe Verdi, had it’s first premiere in Venice in 1853 and was met with jeers, possibly because of poor casting. It was revised and became successful in 1854 and premiered in New York in 1856. This opera is based on a play adapted from an Alexandre Dumas novel called La dame aux Camélias. Georges Bizet’s lighthearted opera, Carmen, opened in Paris in 1875, but was given terrible reviews by critics. By the end of its first run, the audience had dwindled and tickets were being sold for next to nothing. In a turn of events in 1875 it was well received in Vienna, and by 1878 was premiering in several cities including New York and Philadelphia. Sadly, Bizet did not live to see the astounding success of his opera. Finally, The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini was also an opera comique and was one of the first Italian operas performed in the United States. This opera premiered in 1816 in Rome and came to the Park Theater in New York almost ten years later. There are many other operas, like the aforementioned ones, that have stood the test of time and continue to be performed over and over. The fact that one to two hundred years later, these operas still enjoy such popularity, definitely attests to the greatness of these masterpieces. Search for:

Albert Herring Albert Herring By Benjamin Britten   Albert Herring, Op. 39, is a chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten. Composed in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947, this comic opera was a successor to his serious opera The Rape of Lucretia. The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant’s novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson, but it was transposed entirely to an English setting.[1]   Composition History After having composed and staged The Rape of Lucretia, Britten decided he should attempt a comedy, preferably set in England.[2] Eric Crozier suggested adapting the Maupassant short story Le rosier de Madame Husson and transplanting it to the Suffolk landscape already familiar to Britten from his home in Snape.[2] Britten composed Albert Herring at his home, The Old Mill at Snape, in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947.[2] He scored the opera for the same instrumental forces as he had used in his first chamber opera The Rape of Lucretia, intending it like the earlier opera for performance by the English Opera Group.[2]   Performance History and Reception   The opera was premiered on 20 June 1947 at Glyndebourne, conducted by the composer. According to one writer the owner and founder of Glyndebourne, John Christie, “disliked it intensely and is said to have greeted members of the first night audience with the words: ‘This isn’t our kind of thing, you know’.”[3] Just 38 years later Glyndebourne’s 1985 production was “one of the most successful the opera has had”.[3] The opera was given its US premiere on 8 August 1949 as part of the Tanglewood Music Festival.[3] In 1949, Britten’s English Opera Group toured with both Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring, giving ten performances between 12–23 September in Copenhagen and Oslo:[4] an almost complete recording of one of their Copenhagen performances has been commercially released. Sviatoslav Richter called it “the greatest comic opera of the century”,[5] and in 1983 staged Albert Herring as part of the December Nights Festival at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum.[6] The opera was performed at Buenos Aires’s Teatro Colón in 1972. In 2008–2010, over 55 performances were given by companies such as those at Glyndebourne and the Portland Opera in Oregon (2008 season); the Opéra-Comique in Paris and the Opéra de Normandie in Rouen (2009); and, for 2010, at the Landestheater in Linz, the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki and the Santa Fe Opera.[7] The Santa Fe production was given by the Los Angeles Opera in 2011. Vancouver Opera presented the work, in a co-production with Pacific Opera Victoria, in 2013.   Time: April and May 1900Place: Loxford, a small market town in East Suffolk, England Act 1 Housekeeper Florence Pike is run ragged. Her mistress Lady Billows is organising the annual May Day festival, and has gathered all the important people of the village to vet nominees for the coveted position of Queen of the May. But Florence has dug up dirt on every single girl nominated, proving that none is worthy to wear the May Queen’s crown. Lady Billows is depressed. Superintendent Budd suggests that the solution may be to select, this year, a May King instead of a May Queen. He knows of a young man in town who is as certainly virginal as the girls are not: Albert Herring. At the greengrocer’s, Albert is teased for his timidity by the easygoing Sid. Sid’s girlfriend Nancy comes in to do some shopping, and the couple shares a tender moment while Albert eats his heart out. The lovers leave, and Albert reflects on his miserable existence under his mother’s thumb. The Festival Committee arrives with the news of his selection as May King. Mrs. Herring is thrilled, Albert less so. Mother and son quarrel, to the mocking commentary of the village children. Act 2 It is the day of the festival. Sid and Nancy are preparing the banquet tent, and they take the chance to slip some rum into Albert’s lemonade glass. Albert is tongue-tied at the feast in his honour, but drinks his lemonade greedily (which Britten satirically illustrates with a quote from Richard Wagner’s T

What one of these is a metallic chemical element? Brass, Barium, Steel, Sterling Silver, Pewter?

Metalic - definition of Metalic by The Free Dictionary Metalic - definition of Metalic by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Metalic  (mĕt′l) n. 1. Any of a category of electropositive elements that usually have a shiny surface, are generally good conductors of heat and electricity, and can be melted or fused, hammered into thin sheets, or drawn into wires. Typical metals form salts with nonmetals, basic oxides with oxygen, and alloys with one another. 2. An alloy of two or more metallic elements. 3. An object made of metal. 4. Basic character; mettle. 5. Broken stones used for road surfaces or railroad beds. 6. Molten glass, especially when used in glassmaking. 7. Molten cast iron. 8. Printing Type made of metal. 9. Music Heavy metal. tr.v. met·aled, met·al·ing, met·als also met·alled or met·al·ling To cover or surface (a roadbed, for example) with broken stones. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin metallum, from Greek metallon, mine, ore, metal.] metal n 1. (Elements & Compounds) a. any of a number of chemical elements, such as iron or copper, that are often lustrous ductile solids, have basic oxides, form positive ions, and are good conductors of heat and electricity b. an alloy, such as brass or steel, containing one or more of these elements 2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing type made of metal 3. (Ceramics) the substance of glass in a molten state or as the finished product 4. (Civil Engineering) short for road metal 5. (Pop Music) informal short for heavy metal 1 6. (Military) navy a. the total weight of projectiles that can be shot by a ship's guns at any one time b. the total weight or number of a ship's guns 7. (Elements & Compounds) astronomy Also called: heavy element any element heavier than helium 8. (Heraldry) heraldry gold or silver 9. (Railways) (plural) the rails of a railway adj vb (tr) , -als, -alling or -alled, -als, -aling or -aled 10. (Metallurgy) to fit or cover with metal 11. (Civil Engineering) to make or mend (a road) with road metal [C13: from Latin metallum mine, product of a mine, from Greek metallon] ˈmetal-ˌlike adj (ˈmɛt l) n., v. -aled, -al•ing (esp. Brit.) -alled, -al•ling. n. 1. any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured. 2. such a substance in its pure state, as distinguished from alloys. 3. an alloy or mixture of such substances, as brass. 4. an element yielding positively charged ions in aqueous solutions of its salts. 5. formative material; stuff. 7. printing type made of metallic alloy. 8. molten glass in the pot or melting tank. 11. to furnish or cover with metal. [1250–1300; Middle English (< Old French) < Latin metallum quarry, metal < Greek métallon] met′al•like`, adj. met·al (mĕt′l) 1. Any of a large group of elements, including iron, gold, copper, lead, and magnesium, that conduct heat and electricity well. Metals can be hammered into thin sheets or drawn into wires. They are usually shiny and opaque. All metals except mercury are solid at room temperature. 2. An alloy, such as steel or bronze, made of two or more metals. Usage We think of metals as hard, shiny materials used to make things like paper clips and cars. But for chemists, a metal is a chemical element that loses electrons in a chemical reaction. Metal atoms do this because of the structure of their electron shells—the layers in which electrons are arranged around an atom's nucleus. If an element's outermost electron shell is filled, the element is stable and does not react easily. But if the shell contains only a few electrons, the atom will try to share them with another atom in a chemical reaction, thereby becoming stable. Elements having only one electron in their outermost shell are the most reactive; all they have to do to become stable is lose this electron. Such elements are alkali metals like sodium and potassium, and they are listed in the left-hand column of the Periodic Table at Pe

BBC Science - The periodic table: how elements get their names The periodic table: how elements get their names By Christopher Brooks BBC Scotland Most people could name many of the elements, but how many of us know how they got those names? Each of the 115 known chemical elements was discovered over the last few thousand years, from before recorded history began to the nuclear laboratories of the 21st century. British scientists and the elements Humphry Davy discovered nine elements using electrolysis - the splitting up of compounds into elements by applying electricity. William Ramsay discovered a new group of unreactive elements using spectroscopy , now called the noble gases. William Crookes identified helium for the first time, and also discovered thallium . Their chosen names were influenced by an ever changing mix of language, culture and our understanding of chemistry. So how did they get these names? And why do they end in -ium? Ancient Elements Several elements' names have Anglo-Saxon language origins, including gold, iron, copper and silver. These metals were known long before they got these names, however. Gold can be found in its pure form in nature and although iron is usually found in ores which require smelting, the earliest known iron artefacts, from 3500 BCE, derive from purer metal from meteorites. The Latin names of these elements are commemorated in their atomic symbols, Au (aurum) for gold and Fe (ferrum) for iron. The Romans began the practise of element names ending in "-um," with Victorian scientists continuing the trend. Meteoric iron was used by humans before smelting of iron ores was invented. Element of uncertainty Since 1947, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC ) has had the responsibility for approving elements' names, and deciding the single internationally recognised symbol for each element. Before this, there were multiple historical occasions of elements being given several names, usually due to simultaneous discovery or uncertainty over a discovery. The name of element 41 was not agreed for 150 years. It was called columbium in America and niobium in Europe until IUPAC finally decided the official name would be niobium in 1949. Dr Fabienne Meyers, Associate Director of IUPAC, explains the current naming process : To start with, "the discoverers are invited to propose a name and a symbol." "For linguistic consistency, the recommended practice is that all new elements should end in '-ium'," she adds. The sake of naming an element is essentially to avoid confusion.” End Quote Dr Fabienne Meyers Associate Direcor, IUPAC "Since the sake of naming an element is essentially to avoid confusion, it is important to ensure that the proposed name is unique and has not been used earlier even unofficially or temporarily for a different element." "After examination and acceptance by the division - which includes a public review period of five months - the name and symbol are then submitted to the IUPAC Council for approval." The name is then published in the scientific journal Pure and Applied Chemistry . Actinium to zirconium A common source of names both now and historically, over a quarter of the elements are named after a place, often where they were discovered or synthesised. These places range in size from continents (europium) and countries (americium, francium, polonium) to the the Scottish village Strontian (strontium). Because of the great wealth of discoveries made there, four elements are named after the Swedish mining village, Ytterby (ytterbium, yttrium, erbium and terbium). There is just one element that wasn't first discovered on Earth, and it too is named after its place of the discovery - helium, from the Greek word for Sun, helios. Myth and legend Dmitri Mendeleev published the periodic table in its modern form. About a dozen elements take their name directly from legends, including titanium, arsenic and tantalum. Nickel and cobalt are named after 'devil' and 'kobold', from the Germanic folk belief that malign creatures snuck into mines to replace valuable

Which cartoon character first appeared in an animated feature called The Wise Little Hen ?

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Walk of Fame star for Donald Duck Walk of Fame star for Donald Duck Donald Duck received the 2, 257th star on the Hollywood walkway Cartoon character Donald Duck has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. The 70-year-old Walt Disney character was given a plaque outside El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Disney CEO Michael Eisner said: "He has brought tremendous joy and laughter to people around the world, with his charm and explosive temper-tantrums." Donald Duck first appeared on 9 June 1934 in an animated cartoon called the Wise Little Hen. 'Against odds' Donald was joined by fellow Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Pluto and Daisy Duck as he received the 2,257th star on the Hollywood walkway on Monday. "I think everyone here would agree that Donald, in one way or another, represents a piece of all of us facing life boldly against all odds," said Mr Eisner. His 70th birthday was celebrated at Disney resorts and other venues across the globe in June. The character is due to appear in his first computer-animated feature, Twice Upon a Christmas, this autumn.

List of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons the Years and Main Characters - Wildsville Gallery List of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons the Years and Main Characters May 15, 2013 The Ruff Reddy Show (1957-1960) Main Characters The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-1962) Main Characters The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959-1961) Main Characters Quick Draw McGraw / El Kabong Baba Looey The Yogi Bear Show (1961-1962) Main Characters The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962) Main Characters Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har Touché Turtle and Dum Dum Wally Gator Peter Potamus and his Magic Flying Balloon (1964-1965) Main Characters The Secret Squirrel Show/The Atom Ant Show (1965-1967) Main Characters Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles (1966) Main Characters Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966-1968) Main Characters Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (1967-1969) Main Characters Johnny Storm (The Human Torch,) Sue Storm-Richards (The Invisible Girl) Doctor Doom Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (1967-1969) Main Characters The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968-1970) Main Characters Big Gruesome and Little Gruesome Professor Pat Pending Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly The Ant Hill Mob(Clyde, Danny, Kurby, Mac, Ring-A-Ding, Rug Bug Benny, and Willy) Luke and Blubber Bear Scooby-Doo and related spin-offs (1969-present) Other titles in series: The Scooby Doo Show (1976 – 1977) What’s New Scooby-Doo? (2002 – 2005) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976) The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988/1991) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo (1985) Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006) The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972/ 1973) Scooby and Scrappy-Doo (1979 – 1984) The Scooby, Scrappy and Yabba Doo Show (1982-1983) The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-1984) Main Characters

Which NW parliamentary constituency did Winston Churchill first represent?

The Churchill Society London. SCHOOLS. Who was Churchill?   The Young Politician He returned to England a military hero and with the large amount of money he had earned by his writing (he had not inherited any money) he then decided to try to get elected to Parliament. He failed at the first attempt, but succeeded at the second; and so became Winston S Churchill MP for Oldham in Lancashire. No doubt the fame of his father Lord Randolph and his aristocratic family background greatly helped him become an MP - but his success came because he was determined to make something worthwhile out of his life.   So far in this story he is only 26 and is already a:-   5. An escapee and quasi military hero 6. An MP. It was not all so easy though. He suffered from a speech impediment and this made public speaking at first very difficult. But he spent hours thinking about and polishing his speeches. He sat as a Tory.  From the very outset of his parliamentary career it was evident that he loved fair play and tolerance, and that he hated mismanagement and extravagance. It was extraordinary that coming from the rich and landed classes and never having mixed with working people he was always conscious of the sufferings of the poor. This made him a great believer in Free Trade and taxation of land values. political ideas that were anathema to his own class. It is important not to idealise a national hero. The young Churchill - like all young men - had his faults. He was brash and cocksure, he showed off and sought publicity at every opportunity and in the process vastly annoyed those who disliked him. But even at this young age he had patience and did not indulge in 'small talk' or 'people pleasing'. Principles were what in the end mattered to him. Thus in the House of Commons as a very inexperienced politician he rose and said in his 'If I were a Boer . . I hope I should be fighting in the field'. This caused immense offence - especially to his own party - the Conservatives. In 1904, he joined with others and founded the Free Food League to enable cheap food to be brought into the country. In doing this he upset the people who elected him to Parliament and they disavowed him. To make matters worse he then left the Tory (Conservative) Party and joined the Liberal Party. He was what is known in politics as a radical. ie, a Social reformer. In 1906 he stood for election to Parliament in Manchester (near Oldham) and won a notable victory as a Liberal. For a politician to change his party allegiance, is  of mistake he can make if he wishes to climb to the top of the slippery political pole. We shall see later in this story how Churchill changed back to the Tory Party and how this made him for many years mistrusted and very unpopular with other Tories. Churchill fought in Parliament for self government for the Boers. Strangely he did not see - let alone foresee - the cruel way they treated the native (and the imported Chinese) labouring population. All he saw was that stable government and law and order in the Transvaal and Orange Free State could only be established by the grant of self government to the Boers and in this respect he was right. But these attitudes were despised by his parliamentary colleagues. He soon became a successful junior minister of the Colonies and then in 1908 the Prime Minister promoted him to be The President of the Board of Trade. He was only 34 years of age. He was then defeated in an election and lost his seat in Parliament and of course his new job! This gave immense satisfaction to his enemies - especially the Tory ones who despised him for 'ratting' on his party. He found another constituency in Dundee in Scotland and in the next election he won that, and so he got back into the House of Commons. The next thing he did was to fall in love (for the second time - the first girl Pamela Plowden refused him) and get married to a beautiful lady - Clementine Hozier. A lovely English pastoral and romantic movement from THE CHURCHILL MUSIC. (Blenheim Palace was a gift to Churchill's ancestor, The Duke of

BBC - History - World Wars: Why Churchill Lost in 1945 Why Churchill Lost in 1945 By Dr Paul Addison Last updated 2011-02-17 Labour's landslide in the 1945 general election remains one of the greatest shocks in British political history. How did Winston Churchill, a hugely popular national hero, fail to win? On this page Print this page Politics in peacetime Between 1940 and 1945 Winston Churchill was probably the most popular British prime minister of all time. In May 1945 his approval rating in the opinion polls, which had never fallen below 78 per cent, stood at 83 per cent. With few exceptions, politicians and commentators confidently predicted that he would lead the Conservatives to victory at the forthcoming general election. ... it is hard to imagine anyone who could have played the role of national leader with greater success than Churchill ... In the event, he led them to one of their greatest ever defeats. It was also one for which he was partly responsible, because the very qualities that had made him a great leader in war were ill-suited to domestic politics in peacetime. Politicians are often rejected by voters because they have failed in office. But one of the reasons why Churchill lost the general election in 1945 was because he had succeeded in completing the almost superhuman task he had taken on in 1940, and in a way this made him redundant. His first act as prime minister in 1940 was to invite the leaders of the Labour, Liberal and Conservative parties - Attlee, Sinclair and Chamberlain - to serve in a Coalition Government. This became the administration, robustly surviving external shocks and internal quarrels, that mobilised the British for total war, and it is hard to imagine anyone who could have played the role of national leader with greater success than Churchill did at that time. The conduct of the war, however, was his overriding passion, and military victory was by far the most important of his goals - thus everything else, including party politics, was secondary. As a result, when the war came to an end and party politics resumed, Churchill suddenly found himself without a clear sense of purpose or direction. Top Competing claims Winston Churchill addressing crowd during General Election, July 1945   © It was not from a commitment to party, but in order to consolidate his authority as a war leader, that Churchill had assumed the leadership of the Conservatives in succession to Neville Chamberlain in October 1940. He thought of the party much as a knight in medieval times thought of his horse, as a mount on which to go into battle. Never was a party so leaderless as the Conservative Party is today ... This single-mindedness could, of course, be seen as a great asset in a period of national emergency, but there is no doubt that Churchill neglected Conservative interests during the war years. 'Never was a party so leaderless as the Conservative Party is today', wrote one Conservative backbench MP in October 1944. Meanwhile the Labour Party and its allies in the media ran an effective propaganda war on the home front. They vilified members of the pre-war Conservative party as having been appeasers of Hitler, and of having been responsible for the failure to re-arm Britain. And they painted the 1930s in dismal colours as an era of poverty and mass unemployment. At the same time, they held out the prospect of a new social order that would ensure better housing, free medical services and employment for all. Top Beveridge and reform Holloway County School, London, 1945 - woman voting by proxy for husband stationed overseas   © The movement for social reform reached a climax in December 1942, with the publication of the Beveridge Report. The author of this, Sir William Beveridge, was an ambitious man, whose report went far beyond the terms of reference he had been given by the government. He produced what amounted to a comprehensive manifesto of social reform, including social security, a National Health Service, a full employment policy and other advances. In his early years as a politici

Triton and Nereid are moons of which planet?

Kepler Observes Neptune and Its Moons Triton and Nereid Kepler Observes Neptune and Its Moons Triton and Nereid May 15, 2015 Space Seventy days worth of solar system observations from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, taken during its reinvented “K2” mission, are highlighted in this sped-up movie. The planet Neptune appears on day 15, followed by its moon Triton, which looks small and faint. Keen-eyed observers can also spot Neptune’s tiny moon Nereid at day 24. Neptune is not moving backward but appears to do so because of the changing position of the Kepler spacecraft as it orbits around the sun. Credits: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/J. Rowe This short video shows 70 days of Kepler observations of Neptune and its moons Triton and Nereid compressed into 34 seconds. NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, known for its planet-hunting prowess of other stars, is also studying solar system objects. In its new K2 mission, Neptune and two of its moons, Triton and Nereid, have been imaged. The movie illustrates 70 days of uninterrupted observation making this one of the longer continuous studies of an outer solar system object. The movie, based on 101,580 images taken from November 2014 through January 2015 during K2’s Campaign 3, reveals the perpetual clockwork of our solar system. The 70-day timespan is compressed into 34 seconds with the number of days noted in the top right corner. Neptune appears on day 15 but does not travel alone in the video. The small faint object closely orbiting is its large moon Triton, which circles Neptune every 5.8 days. Appearing from the left at day 24, keen-eyed observers can also spot the tiny moon Nereid in its slow 360-day orbit around the planet. A few fast-moving asteroids make cameo appearances in the movie, showing up as streaks across the K2 field of view. The red dots are a few of the stars K2 examines in its search for transiting planets outside of our solar system. Neptune’s atmosphere reflects sunlight creating a bright appearance. The reflected light floods a number of pixels of the spacecraft’s on board camera, producing the bright spikes extending above and below the planet. The celestial bodies in the stitched-together images are colored red to represent the wavelength response of the spacecraft’s camera. In reality, Neptune is deep blue in color and its moons and the speeding asteroids are light grey while the background stars appear white from a distance. Relative orbit speeds explain the interesting motion of Neptune and its moons beginning at day 42. Inner planets like Earth orbit more quickly than outer planets like Neptune. In the movie, Neptune’s apparent motion relative to the stationary stars is mostly due to the circular 372-day orbit of the Kepler spacecraft around the sun. If you look at distant objects and move your head back and forth, you will notice that objects close to you will also appear to move back and forth, relative to objects far away. The same concept is producing the apparent motion of Neptune. While NASA’s Kepler spacecraft is known for its discoveries of planets around other stars, an international team of astronomers plans to use these data to track Neptune’s weather and probe the planet’s internal structure by studying subtle brightness fluctuations that can only be observed with K2. NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, manages the Kepler and K2 missions for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, managed Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. operates the flight system with support from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Source: NASA

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The name of which pasta is sometimes thought to have a name derived from the Italian for little turnips?

Different Types of Pasta Explained A / B / C / D / E / F / G /H/ I /J/K/ L / M /N/ O / P / Q / R / S / T /U/ V /W/X/Y/ Z ACINI DI PEPE Acini di pepe translates as pepper corns in English, meaning these are seriously tiny pasta shapes. Scatter them across salads for a more filling effect, or drop them into soups a few minutes before the cooking time is up. AMORI (also, SPIRALI/ CAVATAPPI) A tubular corkscrew shaped pasta, A.K.A. pasta spirals. These come from Southern Italy originally and are an adaptable shape suited to many types of pasta sauce. ANELLINI Translates as ‘small rings’ in Italian (the ‘ini’ word ending refers to smaller pasta shapes, as explained on this pasta naming page ). Anellini are often used in soups. BARBINA A long type of strand pasta almost identical to capellini, usually sold in a coiled shape - to look like a nest. BAVETTE Effectively flattened spaghetti, and virtually identical to linguine. BIGOLI Bigoli is the Venetian name for a long pasta shape slightly thicker than spaghetti. Bigoli were traditionally made with buckwheat flour but these days makers often use wholewheat flour instead, giving bigoli a slightly darker finish than standard durum wheat spaghetti. (In Tuscany you will hear a pasta similar to this referred to as 'Pici' (pronounced pee-chee) or 'pinci'.) BOW TIE PASTA Called farfalle in Italian. A great small pasta for pasta salads like this scrummy vegetable dish . Learn how to make bow tie pasta shapes here . BUCATINI This pasta name comes from ‘buco’, which means hole in Italian, because bucatini is like a hollow version of spaghetti (almost like a thin drinking straw). Perciatelli is a wider version of bucatini. BUSIATA TRAPANESE This is a type of corkscrew pasta (effectively a long kind of fusilli) that hails from the town of Trapani on the gloriously chilled Southern Italian island of Sicily. CACCAVELLE (singular is CACCAVELLA) This big boy pasta is currently the world's largest pasta shape. One 'caccavella' measures approximately 11cm across at its widest point. Produced by Gragnano from Naples in the South of Italy, caccavelle are delicious when stuffed (i.e. with bolognese sauce or fried chopped eggplant), covered in a simple tomato or bechamel sauce, and cooked in a hot oven for 20 minutes. Buono! CALAMARI (also, CALAMARETTI, CALAMARATA) Originating from the city of Naples (‘Napoli’) in the South of Italy, calamari – also called calamaretti - are thick rings of pasta dyed with black squid ink so that they resemble sliced calamari (a squid dish). Note: if you like seafood, I recommend you try this easy seafood pasta recipe . CAMPANELLE A great pasta for catching dribbly pasta sauces , campanelle is a creative looking type of pasta that resembles a church bell (campanelle literally translates as ‘bellblowers’). Campanelle's fluted edges also resemble the petals of a foxglove flower. (Thanks to lccavender for the great photo.) CANDELE This word means candles in English. Therefore candele are long hollow pasta tubes, roughly the same length as your average Church-style candle. (For a creamily delicious dish that works well with candele, try this Baked Rigatoni Recipe .) CANNELLONI Cannelloni (literally ‘large reeds’) are rectangle-shapes of flat pasta dough that are filled - with spinach and ricotta for example - and then rolled into large tube shapes. Cannelloni is then finished by smothering a sauce on top. Try these cannelloni recipes . CANNEROZZETTI A curved, almost tube-like, kind of pasta featuring horizontal raised ridges. CAVATAPPI (SPIRALI/AMORI) Cavatappi are tubular corkscrew shaped pasta, A.K.A. pasta spirals. These come from Southern Italy originally and are an adaptable shape suited to many types of sauce. (Picture courtesy of aesterling .) CAVATELLI Described by some as miniature ‘hot dog buns’, cavatelli are small folded pasta shapes that come originally from the Puglia region (on a map, this is the ‘heel’ of Italy’s ‘boot’). CAVATURI A small, rolled type of pasta that, like cavatelli, comes from the Puglia region. Great for pasta salads . CELLENTANI Meaning ‘

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"Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot was the ""real"" name of which Batman villain?"

The Penguin | Batman Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Jason Spisak (Voice) The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) is a DC Comics supervillain and an enemy of Batman . He was introduced by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , he first appeared in Detective Comics #58 (December 1941). The Penguin, one of Batman's oldest foes, is an eccentric criminal mastermind, known as much for his love of ornithology and trick umbrellas as for his already shady business dealings. Gotham City 's popular Iceberg Lounge serves as Penguin's front for a number of illegal financial stature; the Penguin is a wily foe whose umbrellas conceal a variety of deadly weapons and gadgets. In most incarnations, the Penguin is a short, chubby (though he wasn't really fat in the original Batman series) man who wears a tuxedo, top hat, monocle, white gloves (black in Batman Returns ), and spats. A mobster-type criminal, he fancies himself a "gentleman of crime". Unlike most Batman villains, he is sane and doesn't theme his crimes around a psychotic obsession; his intelligence and aristocratic personality starkly contrast against demented Batman villains, such as the Joker . As a result, his relationship with Batman is often somewhat less tense than it is with other villains. The Penguin recently became a mobster and nightclub owner who engages in more quiet criminal activity whom Batman tolerates as a source of criminal underworld information. Whenever he is apprehended for a crime, he is sent to an ordinary prison instead of Arkham Asylum, although some versions of the character (particularly the less sane interpretations) are sent to Arkham. The Penguin does, however, possess a few eccentricities. He is known for his love of birds and his high-tech umbrellas that serve some specialized function, such as hang-gliding and weaponry. He also keeps beautiful women around him, perhaps to remind others of his monetary power or to compensate for his own grotesqueness. Although a second-string villain for many years, Burgess Meredith popularized the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV show, partially because of his signature squawking laughter. Danny DeVito played a much darker and older version of the Penguin in Batman Returns. This version was not just an unattractive criminal, but a physically deformed, sadistic, megalomaniacal monster. Subsequent Batman animated series have alternately featured the deformed Penguin and a more traditional version. The deformed version of the character has also appeared in comics, most notably in the miniseries Batman: The Long Halloween and its sequel Dark Victory . He only appears for a minor cameo at the end of the Long Halloween, and has no lines. He plays a slightly more notable role in Dark Victory, when Batman goes to him for information. This incarnation also added elements of the 1966 TV series character, as he shouted the well-known "Waugh waugh" while talking. Contents History Origin Born Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, the Penguin was teased very much in his childhood due to his short stature, obesity, and bird-like nose. These traits made him an outcast in his rich, debutante family. Their rejection drove him to become evil. These are contrasted against the more aggressive and specific wealth gathering origins of the Batman graphic novel Batman: Penguin Triumphant , which specifically states that Oswald Cobblepot neither is nor ever was insane and merely used his astute mind and scientific skills in developing weapons to intimidate and control others, and the largely attributed Earth-One incarnation origin of the Penguin in Batman #287 (1977). The Penguin with his trademark umbrella. The Penguin's weapons of choice are the trick-umbrellas he uses to execute his crooked schemes. Several versions of the Penguin's origins say that he was forced as a child to always carry an umbrella around by his over-protective mother due to the fact that his father died of pneumonia after being drenched in a downpour. In keeping with his pretensions of being a refined gentleman, he also prefers to wear formal wear, such as a top h

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The unified atomic mass unit is defined as being one 12th the mass of an atom of which element?

Atomic Mass, Mass Number and Unified Atomic Mass Unit - YouTube Atomic Mass, Mass Number and Unified Atomic Mass Unit Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 29, 2015 Check out the written tutorial here: http://www.ninetyeast.net/chemistry/g... ---------------------------------------------------- An easy to understand chemistry tutorial, aimed to meet the GCSE (high school grade 9/10) higher-tier requirements in Chemistry. Atoms are really really small, and consequently their mass is really small. This means that if we use units like 'grams' we get really unruly numbers that are hard to grapple with. Instead, we use a system called the unified atomic mass unit (or u for short). The atomic mass of an atom, is its actual mass - this is in contrast to mass number, which is the number of subatomic particles in the atom's nucleus that gives the atom its mass. Using the unified atomic mass unit, we are able to compare the atomic masses of different atoms without having to use large numbers - and that's usually what we want to do: to be able to work out if one atom is heavier than another. The atomic mass of carbon-12 is 12 u - and that's not a coincidence. 1 unit of the unified atomic mass system is defined as being 1/12th of the mass of carbon-12. That is, we use carbon-12 as the standard by which we compare all other atoms in the universe. The video has a few examples, and gets you to decide if you think the atomic mass is going to be higher or lower than carbon-12's atomic mass. NB: although the atomic mass of an atom is not the same as its mass number, it is usually a very similar number. You can turn the subtitles / captions on and off as you please, using the button in the bottom right hand corner. Want the slides to make notes on as you follow along? Easy peasy - check them out here: http://www.slideshare.net/NinetyEast/... ----------------------------------------------------

Untitled Page Third Parties: The first third party in the U.S., the Anti-Masonic Party, is founded. Science André Ampere (1775-1836) publishes his "Treatise on Electrodynamics." Inventions The first permanent photograph is produced by J.N. Niepce (1765-1833), a French scientist. Inventions Samuel Morey (1762-1843) patents an internal combustion engine. Inventions The first reflecting telescope is built in the U.S. by Amasa Holcomb (1787-1875) in Massachusetts. Inventions Bassell designs a pendulum that takes exactly one second per swing. Education Education of Women: The first public high schools for girls open in New York and Boston. Education The American Lyceum—a mechanism for adult education—is founded. Education The Smithsonian Institution is founded in Washington, DC, endowed by James Smithson (1765-1829). Arts and Letters The U.S. Academy of Design is founded by Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872). Arts and Letters Poetry: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) publishes "Essays on Mind, with Other Poems." Adams, Abigail John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd President of the U.S., dies in Braintree (now Quincy), MA. Jefferson, Martha Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) dies on July 4 at Monticello (near Charlottsville, VA). Harrison, Anna Lucy Singleton Harrison Este (1800-1826), daughter of William Henry and Anna Harrison, dies April 7. Taylor, Margaret Richard Taylor (1826-1879), son of Zachary and Margaret Taylor, is born January 27. Fillmore, Abigail Abigail Powers (1798-1853) marries Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) on Feb. 5 in Moravia, NY. Lincoln, Mary Mary Todd (1818-1882) enters the academy of Dr. John Ward; stays until she is 14. Grant, Julia Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902), future wife of President Ulysses S. Grant(1822–1885), is born on January 26 on her family’s plantation near St. Louis, Missouri. Economics Transportation: Railroad History: The first line of rails in the New England States is said to have been laid down at Quincy, Mass., 3 miles in length and pulled by horses. Discovery The first overland journey to Southern California is led by Jedediah Strong Smith (1798-1831). Daily Life Newspapers: The first issue of the "United States Telegraph" is published; it reflects an anti-John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) bias. Popular Culture James Fennimore Cooper (1789-1851) publishes "The Last of the Mohicans." Social Issues Native Americans: The Creek Indians sign the Treaty of Washington, which voids the previous treaty and cedes less land to the government; it requires the Indians to move in 1827. Social Issues Slavery: A Pennsylvania law makes kidnapping a felony, thereby nullifying the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. Reform Temperence Movement: The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance is founded in Boston. 1827 Joint occupation of the Oregon territory is agreed upon by the U.S. and Britain. War Congress gives the President the right to call out the militia. Science The mammalian ovum (egg) is discovered, proving that mammals do develop from eggs. Science John J. Audubon (1785-1851) publishes "Birds of North America." Medicine Brights’ disease (of the kidneys) is described by English physician Richard Bright (1789-1858). Inventions The screw propeller for ships is invented. Education Joanne Bethune founds the Infant School Society in New York City. Education African American Education: A letter in the Freedom Journal demands education for black women. Education The first nautical school in America is opened in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Education Public Education: Massachusetts requires every town with 500 or more families to establish a public high school. Education Public Education: Massachusetts passes a law making all grades of public school open to all pupils free of charge. Arts and Letters "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), premieres. Economics Transportation: The first public transit system—horse-drawn busses—appear in New York City. Economics Transportation: Railroad History: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is chartered to run from Baltimore to the Ohio River in Virginia. It was the fi

What was Sir John Franklin searching for when he died?

Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found - BBC News BBC News Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found 9 September 2014 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Media captionBBC's Alpa Patel: "the mission set sail in high spirits and hope but contact was lost two years later" One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada's prime minister says. Stephen Harper said it was unclear which ship had been found, but photo evidence confirmed it was one of them. Sir John Franklin led the two ships and 129 men in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition's disappearance shortly after became one of the great mysteries of the age of Victorian exploration. The Canadian government began searching for Franklin's ships in 2008 as part of a strategy to assert Canada's sovereignty over the Northwest Passage, which has recently become accessible to shipping because of melting Arctic ice. Expedition sonar images from the waters of Victoria Strait, just off King William Island, clearly show the wreckage of a ship on the ocean floor. "I am delighted to announce that this year's Victoria Strait expedition has solved one of Canada's greatest mysteries, with the discovery of one of the two ships belonging to the Franklin Expedition," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement. "Finding the first vessel will no doubt provide the momentum - or wind in our sails - necessary to locate its sister ship and find out even more about what happened to the Franklin Expedition's crew." Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sir John Franklin and his crew were captured in this 1847 painting by W Turner Smith called The End In Sight Image copyright Getty Images Image caption HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, as they appeared in Illustrated London News The find has been described as "the biggest archaeological discovery the world has seen since the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb almost 100 years ago" by a British archaeologist, William Battersby, who has written extensively about the Lincolnshire explorer's expedition. "From the images it is clear that a huge amount of evidence will be preserved from the expedition, possibly even including the remains of the men and maybe, just possibly, some of their photographs," he said. The loss of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, which was built in Topsham, Devon, prompted one of largest searches in history, running from 1848 to 1859. The mystery has gripped people for generations, in part because no one knows for sure exactly what happened to the crew. Experts believe the ships were lost when they became locked in the ice near King William Island and that the crews abandoned them in a hopeless bid to reach safety. Reports at the time from local Inuits say the men, desperate for food, resorted to cannibalism before they died. Sir John Franklin's wife spearheaded an attempt to find him, launching five ships in search of her husband and even leaving cans of food on the ice in the desperate hope he would find them. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A neighbourhood in Winnipeg, Canada, is named Sir John Franklin In total more than 50 expeditions joined the search. Three bodies discovered over a century later in the 1980s were found to have a high lead content and to this day, many people believe the 129 crew members were poisoned by leaking lead in their poorly soldered tin cans. More recent research suggests the canned food supplied to Franklin was not acidic enough for that to happen and the lead was more likely to have come from the internal pipe system on the ships. The search resulted in the discovery of the Northwest Passage, which runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic archipelago. The discovery of Franklin's vessels is considered one of the most sought-after prizes in marine archaeology. A team of Canadian divers and archaeologists has been trying to find the ships since 2008. Image copyright AP Image caption HMCS Kingston has been involved in the search Image copyright Parks Canada

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What name is given to the Mafia code of silence?

Omerta - The Mafia The Mafia Vendetta Mafia's Law of Omerta Omerta is the Code of silence when dealing with the government. It literally means "manhood" and refers to the idea of a man dealing with his own problems without the help of an law-body, but the term has a also become synonymous with Mafia's code of silence. Omerta is a very popular attitude in places of Southern Italy like Sicily, where the Mafia is strong. It all began in Sicily around the 16th Century A.D. as a way of opposing Spanish rule. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and as such influence many countries to invade and conquer it and then make immense riches from it. The local people were often enslaved by the conquering party and were often treated very inhumanely by the foreign overlords. The Mafia was born is such circumstances and provided the oppressed Sicilian people with protection, stability and a kind of "pride". The Mafia's "Vendetta" became Sicily's justice system and no one approached the ruling body for any help. The continuous invasions left the Sicilians with feeling of helplessness, mistrust and rage at the government. They believed that the government was there not to help them out, but to make things even more difficult.  As a result, the Mafia's golden rule of Omerta was born. It became an unwritten law to keep the government out of their private affairs. Crimes began to be considered personal and justice was received through personal vengeance and vendetta, not by the decision of the government. If the Code of Omerta were to be put into words, it would say something like this:- "Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care of himself without police protection is both. It is cowardly to betray an offender to justice, even though his offenses be against yourself, as it is not to avenge an injury by violence. It is dastardly and contemptible in a wounded man to betray the name of his assailant, because if he recovers, he must naturally expect to take vengeance himself. A wounded man shall say to his assailant: If I live, I will kill you - If I die you are forgiven." The accusation of being an informant was the worst possible stain on the manhood. Each individual was obliged to prove his manliness by not appealing to legally constituted authority for redress of personal grievances. A victimized person is expected to avenge the wrong-doing himself or find some patron who will do it for him. It is shameful to even betray one's deadliest and worst enemies to the authorities. Breaking the code of Omerta in serious cases specially if Mafia is concerned can lead to the assassination of the informant by the Mafia. Create a free website

Free Flashcards about GK 6 Which horse was involved in the 1913 incident that killed Emily Davison? Anmer What is the meaning of "discursive"? digressing from subject to subject What was the German 'Jugendstil' known as in Britain and the USA? Art Nouveau The artists Odilon Redon and Fernand Khnopff were most closely associated with which artistic movement? Symbolism What nationality was artist Fernand Khnopff? Belgian What is the meaning of 'post hoc, ergo propter hoc'? "After which, therefore because of which" In which year did BBC Radio 2, in the guise of the BBC Light Programme, start broadcasting? 1945 What radio programme used the signature tune "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by Bryan Fahey? Pick of The Pops Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was which Roman writer's father-in-law? Tacitus Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was recalled in disgrace by which Emperor? Domitian Which Iron Age tribe had a capital at Emain Macha in Ulster? Ulaid Who had a 1955 Number 1 with "Softly, Softly"? Ruby Murray Who had UK hits with "Be My Love" and "Because You're Mine"? Mario Lanza Who took "Rose Marie" to No 1 spot in the UK IN 1954? Slim Whitman In 1955 Jimmy Young had a No 1 single with "The Man From..." - where? Laramie Which singer was the indirect cause of 1944's Columbus Day Riot? Frank Sinatra In which year did "Rock Around The Clock" hit No 1 in both the UK and the US? 1955 Both "boogie-woogie" and "rock and roll" supposedly got their names from what? Euphemisms for sex Who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues"? Jerry Wexler Which Cleveland DJ is usually credited with coining the term "rock n roll" to apply to the music of that style? Alan Freed Which band were originally called "The Rambling Yodeller And The Sandmen"? Bill Haley & The Comets Who had a 1950s hit with "Be-Bop-A Lula"? Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Which chemical elements occupy positions 89-103 on the Periodic Table? Actinides What name is given to a 3D co-ordinate system with three planes, x, y, and Z? Cartesian What are the names given to the three sides of a right-angled triangle? Hypotenuse, Base, Altitude If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is sinθ equal to? a/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is cosθ equal to? b/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is tanθ equal to? a/b (or sinθ/cosθ) What is the meaning of sin(squared)θ? sinθsinθ An object that has both magnitude and direction in space Which letters are traditionally used for the three base vectors? i, j, k Who had a 1962 Number 1 with "Wonderful Land"? The Shadows Which artistic group was founded in 1911 by Kandinsky and Marc? Der Blaue Reiter Artist Franz Marc was born in wRhich country? Germany Who painted "Luxe, Calme et Volupte"? Matisse Who is generally held to be the originator of the Suprematist art movement? Malevich The artists Boccioni, Carra and Severeni, all Italians, belonged to which movement? Futurism What was the real name of The Big Bopper, who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly? JP Richardson What was the stage name of the singer Rosemary Brown? Dana Which country singer got to No. 1 in the UK with "Coward Of The County"? Kenny Rogers Who composed "The Stars And Stripes Forever"? John Phillip Sousa Who composed the waltz "Tales From The Vienna Woods"? Johann Strauss Robert-Francois Damiens attempted to assassinate (and failed, although he did wound) which king? Louis XV of France When was the Seven Years' War? 1756-63 Whose final work was 1804's "Opus Postumum"? Kant The Pregolya River, which features in Euler's 'Seven Bridges'problem, runs through which city? Kaliningrad Who wrote 1848's "The Principles Of Political Economy"? John Stuart Mill What is defined as "the composite of an organism's observable traits"? Phenotype The Japanese word 'hara',

Writer and model, Sophie Dahl is married to which musician?

Sophie Dahl pregnant and expecting second child with Jamie Cullum | Daily Mail Online comments She's got one of the most famous families in Britain, and now there's going to be a new addition to the Dahl clan. Model turned author Sophie Dahl, who married jazz musician Jamie Cullum in 2010, has revealed that the couple are expecting their second child. The 35-year-old cookery writer, who gave birth to her first child in March last year, is clearly working on extending her famous blood line. Covering up: Sophie Dahl wears a loose-fitting tunic to the Harper's Bazaar party on Wednesday night as she poses with husband Jamie Cullum Confirmed to MailOnline by her agent, the news comes the day after the loved up pair stepped out for the Harper's Bazaar award at Claridge's in Mayfair. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The granddaughter of writer Roald Dahl wore a loose-fitting patterned tunic to the party, sparking speculation that she might have something to hide. Posing alongside her diminutive husband, Sophie couldn't seem to keep the smile off her face on the red carpet as Jamie put a protective arm around her waist. That smile says it all: Jazz musician Jamie Cullum is seen smiling on Thursday in London, on the day it was announced he's to become a second-time father Paired with black tights and flat shoes, the star looked demure compared to many of the other guests. The blonde presenter, who lives in a small village in Buckinghamshire with her husband and daughter Lyra, took a break from modelling to concentrate on her BBC2 cookery programme and her writing but has recently announced her return to the career that made her name. Although the star is the new face of the Aubin & Wills' new autumn campaign, she may have to give modelling more of a back seat with another little one on the way. Not a hint: Sophie with Heston Blumenthal in September, showing off no sign of her pregnancy The writer, who has spoken out about size zero models, has maintained her slim figure in recent years and showed off her flat stomach just last month. Posing at the GQ Awards, Sophie didn't display any sign of pregnancy in a skin-tight red dress. The blonde writer, who is eight inches taller than her musician husband, married Jamie in a lavish ceremony in 2010.

Steven Tyler store | aerosmith.com | janiesfund.org Steven Tyler (born Steven Victor Tallarico; March 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and former television music competition judge, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'"[1] due to his high screams and his wide vocal range. He is also known for his on-stage acrobatics. During his high-energy performances, Tyler usually dresses in bright, colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his microphone stand. In the 1970s, Tyler rose to prominence as the lead singer of Aerosmith, which released such milestone hard rock albums as Toys in the Attic and Rocks, along with a string of hit singles, including "Dream On", "Sweet Emotion", and "Walk This Way". In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tyler had a heavy drug and alcohol addiction, and the band's popularity waned. Tyler and bandmate Joe Perry became known as the "Toxic Twins" due to their drug abuse. In 1986, Tyler completed drug rehabilitation and Aerosmith rose to prominence again when Tyler and Perry joined Run–D.M.C. for a re-make of the classic Aerosmith song "Walk This Way", which became a Top 5 hit. Aerosmith subsequently launched a remarkable comeback with the multi-platinum albums Permanent Vacation, Pump, Get a Grip, and Nine Lives, which produced a combined thirteen Top 40 singles and won the band numerous awards. During this time, the band embarked on their longest and most extensive concert tours, promoted their singles with conceptual music videos, and made notable appearances in television, film, and video games. In the wake of this success, Tyler emerged as one of the most enduring rock icons. Since the late 1980s, he has embarked on several solo endeavors including guest appearances on other artists' music (working with artists as diverse as Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, Santana, Pink, and Keith Anderson), film and TV roles (including as a judge on American Idol and several cameo and guest appearances in other programs and films), authoring a bestselling book, and solo work (including the Top 40 hit single "(It) Feels So Good" in 2011). While tension with his Aerosmith bandmates boiled in 2009 and 2010 after he fell off the stage at a concert, had a relapse with prescription drugs (which he successfully received treatment for in 2009),[2] and signed on to American Idol without telling his bandmates, Tyler has continued to record music and perform with Aerosmith, after more than 45 years in the band. In May 2015, Tyler released the country single "Love Is Your Name", followed by the second single "Red, White & You" in January 2016; his debut solo album is expected to be released in 2016. Tyler is included among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers.[3] He was ranked 3rd on Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Aerosmith, and in 2013, Tyler and his songwriting partner Joe Perry received the ASCAP Founders Award and were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are both the great-great grandchildren of whom?

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Celebrate 65 Years of Marriage | BridalGuide Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Celebrate 65 Years of Marriage Photo Credit: Royal Household/John Swannell Today, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. The couple tied the knot on November 20, 1947 in Westminster Abbey before 2,000 guests, followed by an intimate wedding lunch at Buckingham Palace. Here, check out 20 facts you may not know about the longest-married British monarch: 1. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are third cousins — both are great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Philip’s mother was born in Windsor Castle and he, in fact, has more royal blood than Elizabeth—his parents were Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece, while Elizabeth’s mother was of British nobility. 2. The pair first met when Elizabeth was 13 and Philip was 18, and it was love at first sight for the young royal. Her nanny, Marion “Crawfie” Crawford, remarked that Elizabeth “never took her eyes off him,” though he “didn’t pay her any special attention.” Regardless, the two started corresponding through frequent letters while Philip was in the Navy. “Lilibet took pride in writing to a man who was fighting for our country,” wrote Crawford in her book, The Little Princesses: The Story of the Queen’s Childhood by Her Nanny, Marion Crawford. “She never looked at anyone else,” Elizabeth's cousin, Margaret Rhodes, told  Vanity Fair . 3. At first, Elizabeth’s parents and their royal advisors did not approve of Philip. He was, in essence, a prince without a kingdom — he had no financial standing, and he was considered a foreigner, despite having been born and educated in England and serving in the British Royal Navy. Further complicating his acceptance was the fact that his sisters had married German noblemen with Nazi links. 4. Philip proposed in secret to Elizabeth during the summer of 1946, and she immediately accepted without consulting her parents. 5. After denying engagement rumors, the King and Queen took Elizabeth and her sister with them on a four-month trip to South Africa in early 1947, rumored to introduce her to other, more suitable men. “I knew the separation would change nothing; when Lilibet gives her love, she gives it once and for all," said Crawford. “From South Africa, she wrote to him constantly. And throughout the trip, she put Philip’s photograph on her dressing table.” 6. The King and Queen finally consented to the marriage and announced the engagement on July 9, 1947. Elizabeth’s engagement ring included diamonds from a tiara belonging to Philip’s mother. Photo via Daily Mail 7. Before the wedding, Philip renounced his Greek and Danish titles and converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism. He was granted the royal titles of Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich. 8. On the morning of the wedding, he quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey because he understood Elizabeth’s concern about her father’s addiction to cigarettes. 9. Elizabeth’s wedding gown, designed by Norman Hartnell, was inspired by the Botticelli painting “Primavera,” where the central figure wears “clinging ivory silk, trailed with jasmine, smilax, syringa and small rose-like blossoms.” Hartnell purchased 10,000 pearls from the United States and made sure that no materials were sourced from Italy or Japan, recent enemies of the country, according to Vintage Weddings: One Hundred Years of Bridal Fashion and Style by Marnie Fogg. The 15-foot train, embroidered with pearl, crystal, and appliqué duchess satin, featured a star pattern. She borrowed a tiara from her mother: the diamond-encrusted Queen Mary Fringe Tiara, originally made for Queen Mary from a necklace Queen Victoria had given her as a wedding present. Photo via The British Monarchy 10. The wedding was the first royal festivity since the end of World War II. The bride famously saved up her ration cards in order to purchase a wedding gown. The King was warned that “any banqueting and display at your daughter’s we

George II (Greek: Γεώργιος Β', Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) (20 July 1890 - 1 April 1947) ruled Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947. Early life, first period of kingship and exile George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of Constantine I, King of the Hellenes and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia. He was a gr...eat-grandson of Queen Victoria and grandson of George I of Greece, the Danish prince of Glucksburg who had been selected as King in 1863. He was a direct descendant of five Greek imperial (Byzantine) dynasties (Monomachos, Comnenos, Laskaris, Angelos, and Paleologos). George pursued a military career, training with the Prussian Guard at the age of 18, then serving in the Balkan War as a member of the 1st Greek Infantry. When his grandfather was assassinated in 1913, George became the crown prince (Diadochos) as well as the Duke of Sparta. After a coup deposed King Constantine during the First World War, Crown Prince George, by then a Major, followed his father into exile in 1917 (see National Schism); his brother Alexander was installed as king by prime minster Eleftherios Venizelos, an avowed Republican. When Alexander I died following an infection from a monkey bite in 1920, Venezelos was voted out of office, and a plebiscite restored Constantine to the throne. Crown Prince George served as a colonel, and later a major general in the war against Turkey. During this time he married, on 27 February 1921 in Bucharest, Princess Elisabeth of Romania, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. When the Turks defeated Greece at the Battle of Smyrna, the military forced the abdication of Constantine, and George succeeded to the Greek throne on September 27, 1922. Following a failed royalist coup (by Ioannis Metaxas) in October 1923, the Revolutionary Committee "asked" him to depart Greece while the National Assembly considered the question of the future form of government. He complied and, although he refused to abdicate, he left on December 19, 1923 for exile in his wife's home nation of Romania. When a republic was proclaimed on March 25, 1924, he was officially deposed, stripped of his Greek nationality and his property confiscated. His wife stayed in Bucharest whilst he spent more and more time abroad visiting Britain, and his mother in Florence. In 1932 he left Romania permanently and moved to Britain. Elisabeth and he had no children, and were divorced on July 6, 1935. Restoration of monarchy and the Metaxas regime In Greece between 1924 and 1935 there were 23 changes of government, a dictatorship and 13 coups. General Georgios Kondylis, a former Venizelist, overthrew the government in October 1935 and appointed himself Prime Minister. He then arranged a plebiscite both to approve his government and to bring an end to the Republic. On November 3, 1935, over 95% of the reported votes supported restoration of the monarchy. The balloting was not secret, and participation was compulsory. As Time magazine described it at the time, "A voter one could drop into the ballot box a blue vote for George II and please General George Kondylis... or one could cast a red ballot for the Republic and get roughed up." George, who had been living at Brown's Hotel in London, returned to Greek soil on November 25. Almost immediately he and Kondylis disagreed over the terms of a general amnesty the King wanted to declare, and George appointed an interim Prime Minister, Professor Konstantinos Demertzis. New elections were held in January, which resulted in a hung parliament with the Communists (who were anti-monarchist) holding the balance of power. A series of unexpected deaths amongst the better-known politicians (including Kondylis and Demertzis) as well as the uncertain political situation, led to the rise to power of Ioannis Metaxas. On August 4, 1936, George endorsed Metaxas's establishment of dictatorship - the "4th of August Regime", signing decrees that dissolved the parliament, banned political parties, abolished the constitution, and created a "Third Hellenic Civilization. The

Juliette Norton married which British television chef in 2000?

Celebrity chef who married Juliette Norton in 2000 - crossword puzzle clues & answers - Dan Word «Let me solve it for you» Celebrity chef who married Juliette Norton in 2000 Today's crossword puzzle clue is a general knowledge one: Celebrity chef who married Juliette Norton in 2000. We will try to find the right answer to this particular crossword clue. Here are the possible solutions for "Celebrity chef who married Juliette Norton in 2000" clue. It was last seen in British general knowledge crossword. We have 1 possible answer in our database. Possible answer:

Bad Boy in the Kitchen - The New Yorker Bad Boy in the Kitchen By Luke Jennings Bad Boy in the Kitchen The New Yorker, April 27, 1998 P. 136 This article is available to subscribers only, in our archive viewer. Get immediate access to this article for just $1 a week by subscribing now. This article is available to subscribers only, in our archive viewer. Get immediate access to this article for just $1 a week by subscribing now. ANNALS OF COOKING about British chef Marco Pierre White. Marco Pierre White first caught the attention of London's beau monde in January of 1987, when his restaurant, Harvey's, opened on Wandsworth Common, South London. Harvey's was an immediate sensation: the food was sublime, the prices were astronomical, and the patron, at 25, was a dangerous new breed of chef. White began his cooking career in 1978, as an apprentice cook at the Hotel St. George, in Harrogate, 15 miles north of Leeds, his hometown. A year later, he moved to the Box Tree, at Ilkley, then the best restaurant in northern England; there he learned the basic elements of classic cuisine. At 19, he left Yorkshire for London and joined Le Gavroche. After 3 years there, White then worked for Chez Nico, La Tante Claire, and Le Manoie aux Quat' Saisons; these restaurants represented the British haute-cuisine establishment of the early '80s. With Harvey's, White offered a startling and sensual menu drawn from the far extremes of the classical. He soon became as well-known for his disrespect of his customers, his egomaniacal tyranny in the kitchen, and his scandalous love life, as he was for his excellent cuisine. Marco stories appeared in the press almost weekly, and the more outrageous White behaved, the harder the London jet set fought to get into his restaurant. He was labeled the "enfant terrible" of British cuisine. In January of 1998, White received his first Michelin star. For a 26-year-old chef-proprietor to win a star within a year of opening his first restaurant was an exceptional achievement. In January of 1990, White was awarded his second Michelin star, and he calculatedly raised his prices. Harvey's continued to do good business, but the pressures were acute, since London was in recession. In August of that year, White's wife of 2 years divorced him. He then had a series of high-profile relationships, before wedding model Lisa Butcher; they were divorced 4 months later. In November of 1992, White opened The Canteen, a smart brasserie, with the actor Michael Caine. That partnership ended a year later, and in September of 1993, White opened The Restaurant--Marco Pierre White in the Hyde Park Hotel, at the behest of Rocco Forte, owner of the hotel. The Restaurant's cuisine was classical French, very grand, very formal, and White decorated the dining room with works from his own private early-20th-century art collection. White also had a new relationship, with Matilda Conejero, a member of the Canteen's staff, and in December of 1993, she bore him a son. (18 months later a second son arrived). In January of 1995, White won his third Michelin star, the guide's highest rating. At 33, he was the youngest chef, and the only Englishman, ever to be so honored. White then reopened the Criterion in October of 1995; and he soon bought 2 new restaurants, Les Saveurs, which he later sold to Rocco Forte, and the Mirabelle. White enjoys pike-fishing, and went fishing with the writer. In November of 1995, the media conglomerate Granada launched a successful hostile takeover bid against the Forte empire. White launched 2 more restaurants, a brasserie called MPW, and Quo Vadis, a long-established Italian restaurant in Soho. The idea that all of White's new restaurants have in common is affordable glamour. A Blairite cuisine has arisin in London, and the new diners out are the demotic-speaking meritocrats of fashion, sport, and the media. Last year, White moved from the Restaurant to the Oak Room at Le Meridien hotel, a Granada property, in Piccadilly. He has transformed it into London's grandest and most expensive

Which Scottish author died in Samoa?

Robert Louis Stevenson Museum - Samoa.travel You are here    Home   >   Things To Do   >   Robert Louis Stevenson Museum Robert Louis Stevenson Museum Gallery Description The majestic and maginificent Robert Louis Stevenson Museum. A place where this famous Scottish poet and author fell in love. The Museum is perfectly restored back to its glorious day with some of the Author's work and family memorabilias. Robert Louis Stevenson is famous for his many writings including Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Originally from Scotland and he was known to the Samoans as the man with great ‘manas’. Due to his many positive interactions with the local community he became very popular and also a well respected figure to the locals that knew him. He passed away December 3, 1894 at the age of 44. His colleagues and people that worked for him buried him on top of Mount Vaea (within Vailima) at a spot overlooking the sea. The museum is well kept and all its facilities are in good condition. The museum also has a gift shop available for the visitors and there is a sign book at the front of gift shop which visitors can use to note where they are from and more significantly feedback of their experiences with the site. For maintenance purpose, guests are not allowed to take shoes or eat inside the museum.

The musicians bringing old favourites to life again in a fond remembrance of past greats (From Evening Times) The musicians bringing old favourites to life again in a fond remembrance of past greats Show caption 0 comments Celtic Connections annually brings the best, most exciting and most innovative musicians to Glasgow to perform their own brand of roots, folk and traditional music, or to collaborate in joint ventures which blend those forms. This year, the festival also celebrates a trio of departed greats with three tribute concerts dedicated to their memories IVOR CUTLER This year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Ivor Cutler, the Glasgow-born writer and musician who played many roles during his 83 years on this earth – poet, maverick, teacher, eccentric, composer, film star (sort of) – and brought to them all his trademark humour, humanity and outsider's eye. John Peel loved him, The Beatles loved him (they gave him a part in their Magical Mystery Tour film in 1967) and children and adults alike loved his Edward Lear-esque reflections, whether in prose or (more commonly) poetry. In 2014 the National Theatre of Scotland even put his life and work on stage in an award-winning touring show, The Beautiful Cosmos Of Ivor Cutler. Duglas T Stewart, founder member of Scottish indie veterans BMX Bandits, is another who loved him – so much so that he has teamed up with Glasgow's Glad Community Choir to create Songs Of Ivor Cutler, an evening of music and poetry at the choir's HQ, The Glad Cafe in Shawlands. Like many of his generation, Stewart first encountered Cutler and his work on John Peel's much-admired and hugely influential radio show. “A lot of things I was attracted to artistically were things which had a childlike quality and which also had a cross between humour and pathos and seemed really individual, not a version of something else,” he recalls. “Ivor Cutler ticked all those boxes for me.” Joining the 20-strong choir on stage, Stewart will contextualise Cutler for the uninitiated, steer the performance and recount anecdotes both humorous and poignant. There will also be a selection of special guests, still under wraps but sure to offer a few pleasant surprises. “Like most things that I love I'm very evangelical about Ivor,” says Stewart. “I think he was a unique figure. He was stubborn, did things his way, refused to do them any other way. He would tell his audiences to applaud at half the volume because he didn't like the noise. He was quite contrary – but also very singular and very true to how he believed things should be done. That becomes a rarer and rarer quality in the world these days.” Songs Of Ivor Cutler with Duglas T Stewart and the Glad Community Choir is at the Glad Cafe on January 22 BERT JANSCH Neil Young, no less, called him the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar while Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin join Keith Richards and Elton John in the club of celebrity admirers. The object of their devotion? Scottish folk guitarist Bert Jansch. Born in Glasgow but raised in Edinburgh, Jansch was a guitar prodigy who fused jazz and folk idioms into a dazzling virtuoso style. Allied to a Serge Gainsbourg-style cool, it made him a star first on the capital's nascent folk scene and later in London, to which he re-located in the mid-1960s. Inevitably, he was soon dubbed “the British Bob Dylan”. Jansch died in 2011 aged 67, just weeks after appearing at London's Royal Festival Hall with Pentangle, the band he played in between 1968 and 1972. Later this month, however, he will be given the two-night tribute treatment at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in a star-studded show forming one of the centrepieces of the ongoing Celtic Connections festival. Among those performing is Plant himself. But it isn't just the blues- and folk-inspired rock stars of the 1960s and 1970s who are in thrall to Jansch and his legacy. Bernard Butler, guitarist with Suede, is a long-time admirer. As well as guesting on Jansch's Crimson Moon and Edge Of A Dream albums in 2000 and 2002, Butler performed live with him

The 25th January is the day of the year on which Scots celebrate which national hero?

Robbie Burns Day | January 25 | Scottish | Holiday | Robert | Poet Robbie Burns Day Hate 11 Robbie Burns Day is a Scottish holiday named after poet and writer , Robert Burns. Find out why we celebrate his work every January 25th! Who Was He? Robert Burns was born on January 25th, 1759, in Alloway, Scotland. At the age of 37, he died from rheumatic heart disease, which he had suffered from since he was a child. Robbie was the oldest of seven children born to a struggling farmer and his wife. After his mother introduced him to Scottish folk songs, legends and proverbs, he began writing touching poems and songs . Some of Robbie Burns' most famous songs include "Auld Lang Syne" (the song people sing at New Years), "Ye Banks and Breaes of Bonnie Doon" and "My Love's Like a Red, Red Rose." His first book of poems was published in 1788. Robbie Burns Day Depressing Inspiration Robbie Burns married Jean Armour the same year that his first book of poetry was published. They moved to Dumfries, where he rented a farm . Things didn't work out with the farm and he sunk into a deep depression. Throughout his times of depression (and this happened on several occasions), he continued to write poetry. Celebrations Because Robbie Burns' work is loved so much, his birthday is celebrated all over the world on January 25th. Highlights of any Robbie Burns festival often include the bagpipes, Scotsmen in kilts and the reading of Burns' poem, "To A Haggis." But no Robbie Burns' feast would be complete without the dish of choice - haggis. Recipe for Haggis 1 sheep's bag and pluck (heart, liver, windpipe and lungs) 1/4 lb. suet 4 medium sized onions (blanched) 1/2 lb. pinhead oatmeal 1 level teaspoon black pepper 1 level teaspoon powdered herbs Instructions: Wash the bag in cold water, scrape and clean it well. Leave it overnight in cold water. Wash the pluck and put in a pan of boiling water and boil for one hour. Leave the windpipe hanging out. Place a small bowl under the windpipe to catch any drips. Place the cooked pluck in a bowl, cover with the fluid it was boiled in and leave overnight. The next day cut off the windpipe. Grate the liver and chop the heart , suet and onions. Toast the oatmeal, but make sure the color doesn't change. Add the oatmeal, salt, pepper, herbs and just over half a liter of liquid in which the pluck was boiled. Mix well. Fill the bag more than half full of the mixture, then sew it up and prick it. Place in boiling water, simmer for three hours, pricking occasionally to keep from bursting. The bag may be cut into several pieces to make smaller haggis; cook one and a half to two hours. The national dish of Scotland is Haggis Enjoy your meal and don't forget to read a poem by Robbie Burns!

Father of the U.S. Navy Father of the U.S. Navy American Civil War Store: Books, DVDs, etc. Father of the U.S. Navy The importance of the sea as a highway, a source of food or a battlefield, if necessary, was well understood by the American colonists.  When the Revolution came, it was a natural impulse, therefore, that many men in numerous locations would play prominent roles in the founding of a national navy.  Thus, the Navy recognizes no one individual as "Father" to the exclusion of all others.  As it was the Continental Congress, convoked in Philadelphia, that created the Navy in their resolution of 13 October 1775, the members of Congress must collectively receive credit for the creation of the Continental Navy, the forerunner of the United States Navy.  The various attempts to credit individual naval officers with this act are misguided, for those officers received their commissions from the very body that created the Navy in the first place.  None of this, of course, detracts from the great contributions to our struggle at sea for independence made by General Washington, John Barry, John Paul Jones, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and others. Source: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER, WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Recommended Reading : John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy. Description: Evan Thomas’s John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy grounds itself on the facts of Jones’s life and accomplishments to bolster his place among the pantheon of Revolutionary heroes while also working to deflate the myths that have circulated about his name. Jones, we learn, was confronted throughout his life with controversy and was crippled by ambition. But Thomas lauds Jones for early innovations as an American self-made man who rose from Scottish servitude. Continued below… Jones, despite his too brisk manner, was a true success, if not genius, as a naval captain. Early in the Revolutionary War, he captured a shipload of winter uniforms destined for General Burgoyne’s army in Canada , which instead warmed General Washington’s troops as they swept across the Delaware to defeat British at Princeton and Trenton . Later, Jones helped formulate the Navy’s plan of psychological warfare on British citizens. And Jones’s strategy to cut off the British fleet via the French Navy was arguably the most decisive strategic decision of the War. In the end, Thomas makes a good case for a renewed appreciated for Jones’s role in the broader revolution, citing his many connections to the Founding Fathers and his contributions to the broader war effort. While it may be that the John Paul Jones who proclaimed "I have not yet begun to fight" never existed, the real man behind the textbook legend is every bit as compelling a figure in Thomas’s hands. This temperate biography situates Jones in what will likely prove durable fashion among portraits of Adams, Franklin : Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy. From Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. Toll, a former financial analyst and political speechwriter, makes an auspicious debut with this rousing, exhaustively researched history of the founding of the U.S. Navy. The author chronicles the late 18th- and early 19th-century process of building a fleet that could project American power beyond her shores. The ragtag Continental Navy created

The Supper at Emmaus, painted in 1601 and now part of the National Gallery's collection, is by whom?

Detail from: Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus; painted for Ciriaco Mattei in 1601-0 [HD] - YouTube Detail from: Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus; painted for Ciriaco Mattei in 1601-0 [HD] Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 3, 2014 Experience Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's "Detail from: Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus; painted for Ciriaco Mattei in 1601-0" together with beautiful classical music, in HD quality! Painting title: Detail from: Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus; painted for Ciriaco Mattei in 1601-0 Painting date: um 1600 Painting artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Music: Mozart, String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, 1st Mvt. Performer: Musopen String Quartet You can download the classical music piece for free, at www.hdclassicalmusic.com . Audio ID: PA7 Video ID: CH478 From our research, this digital picture should be part of the Wikipedia Yorck Project public domain collection. If that is not the case, and we have made a mistake, please contact us at [email protected] . Also, if you have any suggestions regarding what paintings to publish next, or any other feedback, you can contact us at the same address! :) Category

Artwork details, Liverpool museums See a larger version About the artwork In 1854 William Holman Hunt completed 'The Light of the World', which along with 'The Scapegoat' remains one of the best known religious images of the 19th century. His continuing interest in religious subjects for his paintings and a determination to paint directly from Nature culminated in his first trip to the Holy Land in 1854-6. Here he could pursue his desire to paint religious narratives in the landscape in which they took place. He travelled to Jerusalem in June 1854 and then on to Oosdoom, on the southern shore of the Dead Sea, in October of that year. Here he started a smaller study for the Lady Lever painting, which is now in Manchester City Art Gallery. Before a second trip to the area in the November, he bought a rare, white goat in Jerusalem then spent about ten days working on the Lady Lever canvas at Oosdoom, painting the distant mountains and lake and making sketches of the goat. The goat proved a somewhat fidgety subject, refusing to stand still or hold a pose. When poor weather forced Hunt to return to Jerusalem for the winter, the goat died on the journey home. By early 1855, Hunt had purchased another goat for use as a model and completed its image and the sky in his Jerusalem studio, having waited most of the winter for the right sort of clouds. In his diary he describes standing the long-suffering goat in a tray of salt and mud, collected in Oosdoom, to create the dried and cracked lake shore beneath his hoofs. In March he bought a camel skeleton and borrowed an ibex skull from a friend to add these grisly details to the painting. The painting was not completed in time for the Royal Academy exhibition of 1855 but was submitted in 1856. People were puzzled by the subject of the painting and were generally uncomplimentary. A review in the Times commented, ‘Were it not for the title annexed it would be difficult to define the nature of the subject.’  Other criticisms were levelled at the composition and the artist’s concentration on his subject matter at the expense of draughtsmanship.  Ruskin’s review was particularly harsh when he said, ‘This picture, regarded merely as a landscape, or as a composition, is a total failure. Mr Hunt …in his earnest desire to paint the Scapegoat has forgotten to ask himself first, whether he could paint a goat at all’. Hunt took his subject from Leviticus XV1 and the Jewish ceremony of Atonement held in the Temple at Jerusalem. Two goats were used during the proceedings; one was sacrificed as a burnt offering to God, the second was led out of Jerusalem to carry the sins of the community. A crowd followed this goat, jeering and chasing it.  Tied between its horns was a scarlet cloth which, if their offerings were accepted, would turn white. The whole episode was regarded as typological, a biblical Old Testament narrative prefiguring a New Testament event, in this case the sacrifice of Christ to carry away the sins of the world. The frame was designed by Hunt in Jerusalem and was an integral part of the iconography of the image. He sent sketches and detailed letters to his frame maker, Joseph Green, in London. The carved design includes a dove with an olive branch, a heartsease set within a cross, a seven-branched candlestick and seven stars. Biblical inscriptions at top and bottom read as follows:  ‘Surely he hath borne our Griefs and carried our Sorrows,  yet did we esteem him, stricken, smitten of GOD and afflicted’. ‘And the Goat shall bear upon him all their Iniquities unto a Land not inhabited’. The original frame is currently being conserved and this replica was carved and gilded by National Museums Liverpool’s Frame Conservator. William Holman Hunt was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with his close friends John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti . Their central concern was to work from nature wherever possible, using the pure, bright palettes of medieval and early renaissance painters whose works in the National Gallery they admired enormously. Their pain

Of which regal title is Princess Anne the seventh holder?

Anne, Princess Royal - YouTube Anne, Princess Royal Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 25, 2014 Anne, Princess Royal KG KT GCVO GCStJ QSO GCL  (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth, she was third in the line of succession, behind her mother and elder brother. She rose to second after her mother's accession, but after the birth of two younger brothers, six nieces and nephews, and one grand-nephew, she is currently 11th in line. The seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, Anne is known for her charitable work, being the patron of over 200 organisations, and she carries out about 500 royal engagements and public appearances per year. She is also known for equestrian talents; she won two silver medals (1975) and one gold medal (1971) at the European Eventing Championships, and was the first member of the British Royal Family to have competed in the Olympic Games. She is married to Timothy Laurence, has two children from her previous marriage to Mark Phillips, and has three granddaughters. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video Category

Queen Anne Stuart of England Queen Anne of England Anne Stuart was an unlikely person to become queen of England. She was born on February 6, 1665 to the Duke and Duchess of York and was their second daughter out of three children. Shortly before her birth, her uncle, King Charles II,  had married and seemed destined to have a large family after fathering several illegitimate children.  But he had no more children. As Anne grew older she would be plagued by numerous health problems, but she survived to adulthood. She only received a limited education, yet Anne would reign during a critically important period in her nation's history. During her reign she would oversee two major events in English history, one domestic and one foreign. The first being the Act of Union that united England and Scotland. The second was a major international war, the War of Spanish Succession. Best remembered as the last of the Stuart dynasty Anne had no heirs. The events of her reign would pave the way for Britain to become an international world power. Although born into royalty, her education was similar to that of other aristocratic girls:  languages and music. Her knowledge of history was limited and she received no instruction in civil law or military matters that most male monarchs were expected to have. She was also a sickly child, and may have suffered from the blood disease porphyria, as well as having poor vision and  a serious case of smallpox at the age of twelve. Poor health would plague Anne her entire life, probably contributing to her many miscarriages. Anne grew up in an atmosphere of controversy. Her father James, the Duke of York, and both her mother and later her stepmother were Roman Catholic. They would have preferred to raise Anne and Mary (their only children to survive early childhood)  as Roman Catholics. Nevertheless, prominent Protestants, such as Henry Compton, later bishop of London, interceded and ensured the girls would not only be required to attend Protestant services but that they also receive Protestant religious instruction. Anne's life dramatically changed when the Lord Treasurer and Earl of Danby, in an attempt to strengthen his influence with King Charles II, arranged the marriage of Anne's sister, Mary, to William of Orange. Their father, the Duke of York, had wanted to wed Mary to the heir to the French throne, a Roman Catholic. Danby persuaded by the King to allow the marriage to William, a Dutch Protestant and an enemy of France, thus straining the close relationship between Anne and Mary. Anne married Prince George of Denmark. This was an arrangement Anne's father negotiated in secret with sponsorship by King Louis XIV of France, who hoped for a Anglo-Danish alliance against William of Orange and the Dutch. No such alliance would ever materialize.   Her husband did not affect Anne's position as he remained politically weak and inactive, suffering from a drinking problem. Prince George's influence in matters of state would remain small throughout their marriage. The relationship he had with Anne was a close one and she loved him deeply, however, their marriage was saddened by Anne's twelve miscarriages and the fact that none of their other five children reached adulthood. When King Charles II died in 1686, Anne's father became King James II. His Roman Catholicism and his desire to rule without Parliament's input caused Parliament to call on William of Orange and Mary to take the throne, in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. This revolution created a constitutional, limited monarchy in England, where elected representatives, not a dynastic monarch, truly ruled.  Interestingly, later Queen Anne became the last British monarch to veto an act of Parliament.  Anne supported the revolution and opposed her father.  Mary allowed her husband to rule, and neither got along with Anne during their reign.  But since they never had children, after Mary died, followed by William, in 1702, the throne then passed to Anne. The Settlement Act of 1701 paved the way for Anne's reign. It stated that if Anne died without chi

Which lake was formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado river?

Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Colorado River and Hoover Dam Facts and Figures How is the Colorado River Basin divided? The Colorado River Compact divided the Colorado River Basin into the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin. The division point is Lees Ferry, a point in the mainstem of the Colorado River about 30 river miles south of the Utah-Arizona boundary. The "Upper Basin" includes those parts of the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River system above Lees Ferry, and all parts of these States that are not part of the river's drainage system but may benefit from water diverted from the system above Lees Ferry. The "Lower Basin" includes those parts of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River system below Lees Ferry, and all parts of these States that are not part of the river's drainage system but may benefit from water diverted from the system below Lees Ferry. How is Colorado River water apportioned? The Colorado River Compact apportioned to each basin the exclusive, beneficial consumptive use of 7,500,000 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River system in perpetuity. In addition, the Compact gave to the Lower Basin the right to increase its annual beneficial consumptive use of such water by 1,000,000 acre-feet. How much water is apportioned to each State in the Colorado River Basin? The Colorado River Compact did not apportion water to any State. On October 11, 1948, the Upper Basin States entered into the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, which apportioned use of the Upper Basin waters among them. The compact permits Arizona to use 50,000 acre-feet of water annually from the upper Colorado River system, and apportioned the remaining water to the Upper Basin States in the following percentages: Colorado, 51.75 percent; New Mexico, 11.25 percent; Utah, 23 percent; and Wyoming, 14 percent. The Lower Basin States of Arizona, California, and Nevada were not able to reach agreement. In 1952, Arizona filed suit in the United States Supreme Court to determine how the waters of the Lower Basin should be divided. In October 1962, the Court ruled that of the first 7,500,000 acre-feet of mainstem water in the Lower Basin, California is entitled to 4,400,000 acre-feet, Arizona 2,800,000 acre-feet, and Nevada, 300,000 acre-feet. The United States has contracted with the States of Arizona and Nevada and with various agencies in Arizona and California for the delivery of Colorado River water. These contracts make delivery of the water contingent upon its availability for use in the respective States under the Colorado River Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act. The United States and Mexico entered into a treaty on February 3, 1944, which guarantees Mexico 1,500,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water annually. This entitlement is subject to increase or decrease under certain circumstances provided for in the treaty. Hoover Dam How much concrete is in the dam? Three and one-quarter million cubic yards. There are 4,360,000 cubic yards of concrete in the dam, powerplant, and appurtenant works. This much concrete would build a monument 100 feet square and 2-1/2 miles high; would rise higher than the Empire State Building (which is 1,250 feet) if placed on an ordinary city block; or would pave a standard highway, 16 feet wide, from San Francisco to New York City. The first concrete for the dam was placed on June 6, 1933, and the last concrete was placed in the dam on May 29, 1935. Approximately 160,000 cubic yards of concrete were placed in the dam per month. Peak placements were 10,462 cubic yards in one day (including some concrete placed in the intake towers and powerplant), and slightly over 275,000 cubic yards in one month. What was an unusual feature of Hoover Dam's construction? The dam was built in blocks or vertical columns varying in size from about 60 feet square at the upstream face of the dam to about 25 feet squar

Colorado State Facts - 50States.com Connecticut Colorado Facts and Trivia "Beulah red" is the name of the red marble that gives the Colorado State Capitol its distinctive splendor. Cutting, polishing, and installing the marble in the Capitol took six years, from 1894 to 1900. All of the "Beulah red" marble in the world went into the Capitol. It cannot be replaced, at any price. Colorado is the only state in history, to turn down the Olympics. In 1976 the Winter Olympics were planned to be held in Denver. 62% of all state Voters choose at almost the last minute not to host the Olympics, because of the cost, pollution and population boom it would have on the State Of Colorado, and the City of Denver. The United States Air Force Academy is located in Colorado Springs. The world's largest flat-top mountain is in Grand Mesa. In Fruita, the town folk celebrate 'Mike the Headless Chicken Day'. Seems that a farmer named L.A. Olsen cut off Mike's head on September 10, 1945 in anticipation of a chicken dinner - and Mike lived for another 4 years without a head. The LoDo region of Denver stands for Lower Downtown. Denver, lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. The trademark for the name Cheeseburger was awarded in 1935 to Louis Ballast. The highest paved road in North America is the Road to Mt. Evans off of I-70 from Idaho Springs. The Road climbs up to 14,258 Ft. above sea level. Colorado means �colored red� and is known as the �Centennial State.� The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad continues to provide year round train service operating a historical train with rolling stock indigenous to the line. The line was constructed primarily to haul mine ores, both gold and silver, from the San Juan Mountains. The United States federal government owns more than 1/3 of the land in Colorado. Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet. Colorado has 222 state wildlife areas. Colfax Avenue in Denver is the longest continuous street in America. The 13th step of the state capital building in Denver is exactly 1 mile high above sea level. The Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel between Clear Creek & Summit counties is the highest auto tunnel in the world. Bored at an elevation of 11,000 feet under the Continental Divide it is 8,960 feet long and the average daily traffic exceeds 26,000 vehicles. Leadville is the highest incorporated city in the United States at 10,430 feet elevation. Because there was lots of "silver" named towns at the time, the founding fathers suggested Leadville. Katherine Lee Bates wrote �America the Beautiful� after being inspired by the view from Pikes Peak. Hundreds of thousands of valentines are re-mailed each year from Loveland. Fountain, has the distinction of being the United States' millennium city because it best symbolizes the overall composition of America. Fountain is the most accurate representation of the American "melting pot." Fountain was chosen after a Queens College sociologist crunched Census Bureau statistics in an effort to find the one city in the country that best represented the population make-up of the United States. Pueblo is the only city in America with four living recipients of the Medal of Honor. The tallest building in Colorado is the Republic Plaza at 57 stories high, in Denver. Every year Denver host the worlds largest Rodeo, the Western Stock show. Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in City limits and 20,000 Acres of parks in the nearby mountains. Dove Creek is the "Pinto Bean" capital of the world. The tallest sand dune in America is in Great Sand Dunes National Monument outside of Alamosa. This bizarre 46,000-acre landscape of 700-foot sand peaks was the creation of ocean waters and wind more than one million years ago. The World's First Rodeo was held on July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail. Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike explored the southwest portion of the Louisiana Territory in 1806 and though he never climbed the peak that bears his name, he did publish a report that attracted a lot of inter

What alcoholic drink is made from molasses?

Historical liquor made from molasses, sugar | The Triangle Historical liquor made from molasses, sugar September 23, 2011 by Matthew.Hartshorne Rum has lately become a staple of college parties, but many people do not appreciate its long and varied history. First, though, it’s helpful to understand a little bit about what rum is, and how it is made. Rum is defined as liquor made by fermenting and distilling sugarcane juice or, more commonly, the tailings from sugar production, such as molasses. The distillation process is generally done in a column still to provide a cleaner, more consistent product; however, a number of distillers still utilize pot stills for small batches. After distillation, rum is aged in oak barrels for a period of time. Rum is classified by its color as light, gold or dark, with darker rum having more flavor or spice based upon other additives. The particular rum in question is Cruzan Rum’s Cruzan Black Strap. This rum is part of a subset of dark rum called Naval Rum. Cruzan Rum was founded in 1760 on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ownership of the distillery has passed through a number of corporations over the years, currently residing with Beam Global Spirits Inc., but distillery operations have been managed by the Nelthropp family for eight generations. Naval Rum is the darkest of the rums, ranging from dark amber to opaque black in color. The color comes from the retention of a larger percentage of the molasses components, which results in a far, far stronger flavor than in any other type of rum. Cruzan Black Strap rum is intended as a slightly smoother version of Naval Rum, especially low in hot fusel alcohols, providing an accessible version of the style to the general public. The rum pours a jet black, but reveals a beautiful deep ruby red color with golden red highlights right at the edge of the glass. When served in a snifter, a surprising amount of spicy alcohol character is present, which almost covered the sweet vanilla and molasses notes. The taste is very sweet for liquor, far sweeter than even most bourbons, but not cloying. The taste is of very smooth and sweet molasses, or perhaps even a very dark brown sugar with hints of caramel. The rums have a very smooth, warming nature to them without giving the impression of being spiced at all. The best description I’ve heard of this rum is that it’s “dessert in a bottle,” and I have used it that way on several occasions. Though I love to drink this rum straight, I also find that it provides a wonderful, caramel molasses character to mixed drinks. I decided to mix up three cocktails, although all three are debatably highballs, which is a name for the category of drinks made by cutting a portion of liquor with a larger portion of mixer. The first is the reliable standby of the college house party, the rum and coke. This particular drink was vastly improved by the substitution of the Black Strap. My main objection to the usual rum and coke is that the soda overshadows the rum; however, there is not a chance of this happening if a reasonable portion of Black Strap is used. The vanilla character of the rum really penetrates, reminding me of Vanilla Coke, and the molasses flavor provides a nice, sweet caramel depth. This drink is improved even more by a twist of lemon, and I found myself enjoying it far more than I thought I would. For my second drink I mixed the Rum Swizzle. Shake two ounces of rum, a half ounce each of triple sec and lemon juice, then strain into a tall, ice-filled glass. Top off with ginger ale and a lemon wheel. This drink was much sweeter than the base rum, thanks to the triple sec, and the lemon provided a very bright citrus highlight. The sweetness really brought out the molasses character in this rum, and the ginger ale provided a nice contrast of spice. Overall, this drink was very, very smooth and went down quite easily. The third drink I mixed was the Dark and Stormy; this drink is the big, bad cousin to the Rum Swizzle that I mixed. The key to this drink is the ginger beer; I would stay away from

Sherry Wine 101 Sherry Wine 101 A True Spanish Wine Treasure Sherry Casks at Mora Winery.  Osborne By Stacy Slinkard Updated November 22, 2016. Sherry wines are recovering new ground in the wine world, and it is well deserved. Sherry has a long history of serving the likes of Christopher Columbus to Shakespeare, and has recently been previewing new spotlights for its stellar value and food-friendly behavior in our modern world of wine. Getting down to brass tacks, Sherry is a fortified wine, produced in southwest Spain's "Sherry Triangle." This triangle consists of the three sunny towns of Puerto de Santa María, Jerez and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The Palomino and Pedro Ximénez grapes are the primary grapes used to make Sherry. The soil in this region is chalky, limestone based, and provides the perfect conditions for growing the Palomino and Pedro Ximenez (PX for short) grapes that are used in making the world’s finest Sherries. Once harvested and fermented, the wines fate is then decided - will it become a Fino or an Oloroso? Two Styles of Sherry The two predominant types of Sherry are Fino (very dry with a lighter body) and Oloroso (still dry, but much richer in both flavor and body). continue reading below our video Why Baking Pans Really Matter If the winemaker is going for Fino, alcohol is added (fortification) until it reaches just over 15%; however, if Oloroso is the goal then alcohol is added to reach an 18% alcohol content. Now the fun begins, while the wines remain in their casks they are permitted contact with air in the top portion of the cask. A layer of yeast, called "flor" forms a coating on the surface of the Sherry, keeping the wine from over-oxidizing - these wines will become Finos as their lower alcohol content is what allows the yeast to grow in the first place. Olorosos, on the other hand, do not support the growth of flor due to their higher alcohol content. Olorosos are permitted to oxidize intentionally, producing a darker, and richer wine, with more body than a Fino.​ The Sherry Solera System Sherry wines must go through a solera system for adequate aging. This system is essentially a blending system of casks that hold wines of different ages. The oldest casks of Sherry are the ones that are bottled in a given year and the next casks are arranged in such a way that the youngest Sherries are blended into a series of casks holding progressively older Sherries. The blending off of younger Sherry into older Sherry results in very consistent, high-quality wines that all share a portion (albeit small) of the oldest, original vintage of Sherry made at the bodega . Sherries do not have a vintage date, per se, as they are really a blend of many years. 8 Types of Sherry Fino - Very dry, light-bodied Sherry that is straw-like in color. The characteristic aromas associated with Finos are almonds. Typically, Finos comes in at about 15-17% alcohol by volume. Amazing with almonds, olives, ham, and chips and dips. Manzanilla - Also dry, and pale in color. A "fino" style of Sherry made in Sanlucar and best with seafood and tapas. Amontillado - In between Fino and Oloroso in terms of color and body. This off-dry Sherry loses its flor during the aging process and yields deeper color and a lovely nutty flavor. The characteristic aromas associated with Amontillados are hazelnuts. This Sherry is great with oily fish and chicken dishes. Oloroso - Dark in color, rich in flavor. Olorosos typically have a remarkable walnut aroma and a swirled caramel flavor making them a top pick for rich meats and flavorful cheeses (consider Manchego, a delicious Spanish cheese made from sheep's milk). Palo Cortado - Is a very rare Sherry that begins life as a Fino (where the yeast develops) and progresses to an Amontillado (where the flor dies off) but ends up with the richer style of an Oloroso. This Sherry has a dry palate and an enchanting reddish-brown color combination with dramatic aromas and full flavor. Sweet Sherry - Is a Sherry that has been sweetened with Pedro Ximénez (PX) grape juice. Pedro Ximénez grapes have a high residua

In art, Saint Jerome is often shown with which animal?

SIGNS: ANIMALS APE: In art it depicts malice. ASS: Humility. Patience. Animal of the poor. BASILISK: A fabled creature, based on Psalm 91:13: naming four animals for the Antichrist. These were interpreted by St. Augustine as four aspects of the Devil, who was trodden down by the triumphing Christ. Although a well-established symbol, and often represented in the Middle Ages, the basilisk rarely appears in Italian paintings of the Renaissance. BAT: Night. Desolation. BEAR [wild]: Cruelty and evil influence. In the Old Testamtent it represented the kingdom of Persia. BEAR [tame]: Christianity.Typical is the life of St. Euphemia, who, when thrown to wild animals in the arena, was shown honor by a bear who appeared tame, and would not eat her. BEE: Tireless activity. Regal power. Chastity. Also associated with St. Rita of Cascia. BIRDS: Symbol of the "winged soul." Many artists have the Child Jesus holding a bird in His hand. BLACKBIRD: The black feathers and melodious song represented the temptation of sin. Tradition tells us that one day when St. Benedict was praying the Devil appeared to him in the form of a blackbird which tried to divert him from his devotions. St. Benedict was not fooled: he made the Sign of the Cross and the Devil departed in haste. BULL: Depicts strength; sometimes St. Sylvester is shown with a bull at his feet because he brought back a dead bull to life. If the bull is made of brass, this is a symbol of St. Eustace who was Martyred with his family by being encased in a brass bull under which a fire was ignited. BUTTERFLY: Resurrection of Christ. CAMEL: Represents the virtue of temperance because he can go a long time without water. Also a sign of royalty in the Old Testament. Camel's hair is one of the the symbols of St. John the Baptist. CAT: Symbolizes laziness and lust gnerally because of its indolent habits, although the cat is a symbol of good, for instance, when it is shown with the Virgin because tradition has it that a cat gave birth to a litter of kittens in the stable at Bethlehem. Several Annunciation images portray the Virgin Mary with a little cat near her feet. CENTAUR: This mythic animal, part horse, part man is a symbol of St. Anthony Abbot because a mysterious animal appeared to him to point the way to reach St. Paul the Hermit in the desert. COCK: Because the cock crows early in the morning, it symbolizes vigilance, but when depicted in a painting of St. Peter, it signifies his denial of Jesus Christ and subsequent repentance. Thus the cock is now a symbol of the Passion. [John 13:38] CRANE: Vigiliance. Loyalty and good works. Good order in monastic life. It is thought that at night some cranes maintain watch for the others. CROCODILE: Hypocrisy. DOG: Fidelity. Loyalty. Watchfulness. Orthodoxy. There are many examples of the faithfulness of dogs, such as the dog of [St.] Tobias and St. Roch, which brought bread to the Saint and remained at hs side. A dog with a flame is a symbol of St. Dominic. Occasionally black and white dogs were used as symbols of the Dominicans [Domini canes, that is dogs of the Lord] because the friars wear black and white robes. DOLPHIN: Resurrection. Faith. Love. Society. Since they swim alongside ships, they symbolize Christ guiding the Church. Often the dolphin is used to depict the whale of Jonah. When the dolphin is pictured with an anchor it represents the Catholic Church. DOVE: Purity. Innocence. Peace. At the time of the flood, when Noah sent out for the last time the dove from the ark, it brought back an olive branch to show that the waters had receded and that God made peace with man. Under the Mosaic law the dove was used during the purification ceremony after the birth of a child. Thus one sometimes sees paintings of the Presentation of the Child Jesus with Joseph bearing two white turtledoves. [Luke 2:22, 24] As an emblem of purity the dove sometimes appears on top of St. Joseph's rod to show that he was chosen to be the husband of the Virgin Mary. The dove was seen by the father of St. Catherine of Siena above her head while she was in prayer. T

The Roman Arena - Archaeology Magazine Archive The Roman Arena by Shelby Brown How the Games Worked Many popular ideas about the Roman arena were formed in the nineteenth century from popular images and accounts. The influential artist Jean Léon Gérôme used genuine gladiatorial art and equipment from Pompeii as models for his paintings of ancient Rome and the arena, but he also invented freely in dramatizing his scenes. Movies from Quo Vadis to Gladiator have drawn on such works to depict a world of strangely armed gladiators, Christians nobly awaiting attack by lions, and "thumbs down" death-gestures by emperors and rabid crowds. Actual Roman images of the arena are quite different: crowds and emperors are rarely shown, we are not sure which direction the thumb actually pointed in the famous death gesture, and victims of attack by big cats were certainly neither dignified nor noble. The Romans glorified the bravery shown in the arena, but trivialized the events and degraded the participants. Mosaic pictures of executions and combats, graphically violent to our eyes, were displayed in the public rooms and even dining rooms in the homes of wealthy Romans. How can the viewer today possibly understand such images? Until fairly recently, modern authors writing about the arena minimized its significance and represented the institutionalized violence as a sideline to Roman history. The tendency was also to view the events through our own eyes and to see them as pitiful or horrifying, although to most Romans empathy with victims of the arena was inconceivable. In the past few decades, however, scholars have started to analyze the complex motivations for deadly public entertainments and for contradictory views of gladiators as despised, yet beloved hero-slaves. Artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) painted several scenes of the arena, including Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) in 1872 and The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer in 1883. Images from the Art Renewal Center website, www.artrenewal.org . Click on thumbnails for larger versions on that site. Protests by Romans against the games were rare (Seneca, Letters 7.2-5), and complaints (at least by non-Christians) tended to focus on the low aspect of the entertainment rather than on the cruelty of the events. Far from being pitiful or horrifying, the image of an adult being thrown to the beasts was a reminder of an edifying entertainment. Roman scenes in different media show bloody attacks by lions and leopards against men propped up in the arms of animal-handlers, or tied to stakes in moveable carts. The image might have made a new, foreign slave wince as he cleaned the mosaic floor, and it might have caused him to think twice about running away. Nevertheless, it was clearly not intended to make those household slaves whose roles were well-established feel uncomfortably empathetic. Rather, it documented the brutal maintenance of social order and reinforced the solidarity of those who already belonged to that order. The Context of the Games The arena played a significant role in Roman public life from the third century B.C. into the fifth century A.D., but the origin of gladiatorial games is somewhat obscure. The earliest recorded Roman examples were hand-to-hand combats, probably involving captives, performed at funerary games at Rome. The first took place in in the Forum Boarium (the cattle market) in 264 B.C. The two sons of Brutus Pera gave an exhibition of an unspecified number of gladiators in honor of their dead father (Valerius Maximus 2.4.7). The three sons of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus presented funeral games for three days in their father's honor in the Forum Romanum in 216 B.C., providing 22 pairs of gladiators (Livy 23.30.15). From these relatively modest beginnings the games grew and grew. The arena played a significant role in Roman public life from the third century B.C. into the fifth century A.D., but the direct origin of gladiatorial games is somewhat obscure. The Etruscans are credited (secondhand, by the Greek writer Athenaeus in the first century A.D., who was quoting

"Which actor has appeared in the most ""Carry On"" films making a total of 26 appearances?"

1000+ images about WHAT ♡ A ♡ CARRY ♡ ON! on Pinterest | Carry on, Kenneth williams and Butterworth Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas WHAT ♡ A ♡ CARRY ♡ ON! The Carry On films are a sequence of 31 low-budget British comedy motion pictures produced between 1958 and 1992. The films' humour was in the British comic tradition of the music hall and seaside postcards. Producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas drew on a regular group of actors, the Carry On team, that included Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor and Jim Dale 32 Pins774 Followers

James Bond James Bond 2007 Schools Wikipedia Selection . Related subjects: Films James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent (the Bond character is usually referred to as a spy, but was actually a counter-agent and a professional assassin) created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis (pseudonym Robert Markham), John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson. In addition, Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and other authors have also written various unofficial permutations of the character. Although initially made famous through the novels and books, James Bond is now best known from the EON Productions film series. Twenty-one films have been made (as of 2006) as well as two that were independently produced and one American television adaptation of Fleming's first novel under legal licence. The EON films are generally referred to as the 'official' films (although its origin is unclear, this terminology is used throughout this article). Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman produced most of these up until 1975, when Broccoli became the sole producer. From 1995, his daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson, Michael G. Wilson, jointly continued production duties. To date, six actors have portrayed James Bond in the official series. They are: Pierce Brosnan (1995–2002), Daniel Craig (2006–present). In addition and generally considered "unofficial", Barry Nelson portrayed Bond in an Americanised television episode adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954. Bob Holness portrayed James Bond in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker in 1956. Roger Moore acted the role in an episode of a TV comedy show called Mainly Millicent (starring Millicent Martin and guest stars) in summer 1964. This episode is included as a special feature (named Roger Moore as James Bond, Circa 1964) in the newly published Live and Let Die Ultimate Edition DVD. David Niven played the role of James Bond in a non-EON production of Casino Royale in 1967, and Connery reprised the character in another non-EON film, Never Say Never Again in 1983, an update of 1965's Thunderball, in which he also starred. The 1973 BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero featured Christopher Cazenove playing Bond in selected scenes from the original novels. The twenty-first official film, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig as James Bond, premiered on 14 November 2006, with the film going on general release in Asia and the Middle East the following day. Broccoli and Saltzman's family company, Danjaq, LLC, has owned the James Bond film series, through EON, since the start. It became co-owner with United Artists Corporation since the mid-1970s, when Saltzman sold UA his share of Danjaq. Currently, Columbia Pictures and MGM (United Artists' parent) co-distribute the franchise. In addition to novels and films, Bond is a prominent character in many computer and video games, comic strips and comic books, and has been the subject of many parodies. Overview Ian Fleming's creation and inspiration Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is an agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) (more commonly known as MI6). He was created in February 1952 by Ian Fleming while on holiday at his Jamaican estate called Goldeneye. The hero of Fleming's tale, James Bond, was named after an American ornithologist of the same name who was an expert on Caribbean birds and had written a definitive book on the subject: Birds of the West Indies. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, owned a copy of Bond's field guide at Goldeneye. Of the name, Fleming once said, "I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, James Bond was much better than something more interesting like 'Peregrine Maltravers.' Exotic things would happen to and around him but he would be a neutral figure – an anonymous blunt instrument wielded by a Government Department." Bond's parents are named as Andrew Bond, a Scotsman, and Mon

According to the saying, where do all roads lead?

All Roads Lead to Rome According to New Map From Moovel Lab - CityLab CityLab This Map Shows That All Roads Basically Do Lead to Rome Data visualizers found a route from every point in Europe. Tweet Europe’s roads to Rome. ( moovel lab ) Over the course of centuries, the Roman Empire built some 50,000 miles of highways, criss-crossing the ancient Mediterranean world from Britain to modern-day Turkey, from the Danube River to northern Africa. According to Encyclopaedia Brittanica , the vast number of feeder roads stretching into the empire’s provinces led to that famous saying about the Italian capital. Today, modern highways and arteries have mostly replaced the ancient transit system (though some fragments still exist). Which raises the question: Do all roads still lead to Rome? moovel lab , a German urban design team, has an answer. Data visualizers layered a grid of 486,713 cells on top of an open-source digital road map of Europe. They then developed an algorithm to calculate a route to Rome from each one of those cells, and found that yes, indeed, there was a way from every point (although it might be a stretch to say that “all roads” lead to the city). The map above shows those routes; The thicker the road segment is drawn, the more frequently that road was used across all routes. U.S. roads to Romes. ( moovel lab ) The team also applied a similar algorithm to the 10 places in the U.S. named Rome. “[W]e adjusted our routing to find [routes to] the closest Rome to every location in the USA,” they write. “Every location is connected to the nearest Rome according to fastest travel time.” The different colors represent routes that connect to the closest Rome. Routes to U.S. capitals. ( moovel lab ) Following that line of thought, moovel lab then examined the shortest routes to every U.S. state capital from every point (based on a similar grid) in the U.S. This might be the most interesting map of all, given what it reveals about how road systems follow state borders—or not. The designers write (quirky grammar and capitalizations their own): Remarkable are the different road networks throughout the States. While the east coast seems to rely on roads parallel to the coast. The rockies and appalachian mountains reveal their topography with their curvy roads containing some blank spots not reached by any road. While the mid west of the USA show long straight road networks in rectangular alignment.

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

In which county in Northern Ireland are the towns of Ballymena, Larne and Carrickfergus?

antrim - County Antrim, Northern Ireland.    Antrim    Ulster County Antrim is one of Northern Ireland's most desirable and picturesque destinations. The Causeway Coast and the Glens of Antrim are both areas of unsurpassed beauty, a unique blend of heritage and magnificent scenery. Covering an area of just over 1,000 square miles, Antrim is home to some of Ireland's best loved myth and legend. The Giant's Causeway in the north of Antrim is a World Heritage Site, an extraordinary mass of basalt columns tightly packed together, some 37,000 in total, leading into the sea. Legend tells that the giant, Finn MacCool, laid the Causeway to provide a path across the water to the Isles of the Hebrides for his Scottish love. Today, an award winning Visitor Centre is the gateway to the Causeway. Derived from the Irish ' Beal Feiriste', the River Farset, Antrim is home to several important historical buildings and monuments. The ruin of Dunluce Castle is perched on a dramatic cliff top and was the main fort of the Irish MacDonnells, chiefs of Antrim. The county towns of Antrim and Carrickfergus both boast of early Christian sites, imposing castles and magnificent churches. Visitors to County Antrim can enjoy superb outdoor activities set in an idyllic landscape. To the south-west of Antrim is Lough Neagh with a series of crystal clear waterways - providing excellent coarse and game fishing. The stunning north coastline offers great surfing and golden sandy beaches. For the boating enthusiast, County Antrim has many natural harbours and loughs with sailing centres and deep sea angling facilities. The Antrim hinterland is haven for hill walkers and lovers of beautiful countryside. The Glens of Antrim provide a breathtaking backdrop for world class golf courses, including the renowned Royal Portrush Golf Club, host to the British Open. One of Ireland's oldest whiskey Distilleries can be found at Bushmills, the Old Bushmills Distillery, offering a guided tour and welcome samples of single grain malt whiskies. Towns in County Antrim The City of Belfast bridges the border of Antrim and Down. Other principal townships are Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Larne, Lisburn and Newtownabbey. The population of County Antrim is estimated at 563,000. Business Information Six local authorities administer County Antrim: Antrim City and Borough Council, Ballymoney Borough Council, Ballymena Borough Council, Carrickfergus Borough Council, Larne Borough Council and Newtownabbey Borough Council. Each Council body has its own Economic Development Department to assist and promote commerce and tourism in their respective areas. Heavy engineering is the principal industry in Antrim with the manufacturing of components for diesel engines for the construction industry and Caterpillar. Tourism plays an important role in the County with the landmark attractions of the Causeway Coast and the Glens of Antrim. Belfast International Airport is located in Antrim, with a distribution centre, warehousing, imports and exports on site. Agriculture traditionally is dairy and beef in the North of the County with some food processing plants. The services sector is growing with provision of banking, insur

Issue 211 by East Cork Journal - issuu issuu East Cork Journal Issue No. 211 THE WAIT value paCk THERE were scenes of unbridled joy last weekend, when Carrigtwohill bridged an almost centurylong gap to bring the Sean Óg Murphy Cup home, having beaten CIT by a single point at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in the County Senior Hurling Championship Final. Carrigtwohill celebrated in fine style as the Castlelyons Pipe Band led an open-topped bus through the village, with the conquering heroes on-board. Each member of the team was introduced by the joint captains - and the efforts of management and backroom staff were acknowledged. Team assistant Ken Landers then led a rousing course of the team's anthem, 'Blue is the Jersey', before the celebrations continued long into the night. 'This is going to come as an enormous relief to the people of Cobh who have, quite rightly, feared for the health of their community for over ten years, with unchecked emissions of a carcinogenic toxin, Chromium VI, coming from an unlicenced landfill," the Ireland South MEP said in Brussels earlier this week. While a baseline health study has never been carried out, the National Cancer Registry of Ireland proves that the rate of cancer in Cobh is 37% higher than the national average. Mr. Kelly, who lobbied for action on the site, is now hopeful that this part of his Cork con- St. Brigid’s & St. John the Baptist NS JUNIOR INFANTS PHOTOS 2011 Cloyne Harvest Fest. * Fota Honey Show 2 Sirloin STeakS 3 CHiCken filleTS 3 pork CHopS 1lb minCe beef 6 STeak burGerS Glounthaune's Sandra 'Safe' after Week 1 of The apprentice all for mill road, midleTon 021 4613542 www.crowleyscraftbutchers.com Confirmation of €40 million clean-up of Haulbowline imminent THE impending confirmation that the government will allocate €40 million to clean-up the Haulbowline toxic dump in Cork Harbour over the next two years has been welcomed by MEP Sean Kelly. €1. 95 stituency can look towards future economic growth with positivity. 'Earlier this year, the European Commission directed Irish authorities to take decisive action on the landfill within a three month timeframe under threat of court action. The warning followed a petition of over 5,000 signatures calling for immediate action, I brought before a parliamentary committee in conjunction with Cork Harbour Health pressure group,' the MEP continued. Mr. Kelly believes the previous government, the EPA and Cork County Council 'passed the buck on Haulbowline in a disgraceful way'. However, with Cabinet approval of €20m in the 2012 budget and €20m in the 2013 budget due for the restoration of the area, it is time to look towards a brighter future for Cobh and Haulbowline Island. THE Rising Tide, Glounthaune's Sandra Murphy acquitted herself admirably on TV3's 'The Apprentice' last Monday night. Sandra, one of two contestants from Cork, is amongst the 16 candidates vying for for €100,000 cash, a start-up package worth a further €100,000 and Bill Cullen as an equal business partner in this year's show. 30-year-old Sandra Murphy, manager of the award-winning Rising Tide said she would be sitting in the restaurant to watch last Monday night's episode, adding, 'I can't wait! As Bill said - "it'll be explosive!" And it was - as Aisling Smith was sent home after her performance as Project Manager in a task which involved making and selling sandwiches to accompany a vitamin drink didn't get off to a great start - they made just €19 in profit. (Photo: Billy MacGill) 5 3 9 1 5 1 2 5 8 4 6 7 2 2 What’s in your future? Page 12 & 13 & 17 St Brigid’s & St. John the Baptist NS Junior Infants photos Page 22 & 23 Midleton has the ‘write’ stuff for culture night Pages 27 - 46 Get your weekly sports fix of soccer, GAA and all those in between Page 50 Test your brain power and win cinema tickets Page 51 Fancy a night at the flicks? Page 52 Why not try your hand at a new dish? Page 53 Are you up to date with the latest fashions? Page 54 & 55 Your weekly event guide for the East Cork area DAVID STANTON TD Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 - The East Cork Journal stanton w

US singer Aliane Thiam is better known by what name?

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BBC - Press Office - Network Radio Programme Information BBC Week 48 7-Day Version Saturday 27 November 10.00am-1.00pm BBC RADIO 2 Graham Norton's own show every Saturday morning is a vibrant mix of music and celebrity conversation, and this week the nation's favourite agony uncle is joined by Maria McErlane for Grill Graham where listeners' problems are solved live on air. From his listeners' suggestions, Graham selects a hit from the past that hasn't quite stood the test of time for I Can't Believe It's Not Better. He also invites listeners to submit their favourite Tune With A Tale. Plus there's travel with Bobbie Pryor, sport with Alistair Bruce-Ball and the very best celebrity guests. Listeners can email the show at: [email protected]. Presenter/Graham Norton, Producer/Malcolm Prince for the BBC BBC Radio 2 Publicity 3.00-6.00pm BBC RADIO 2 Zoe Ball sits in for Dermot O'Leary Zoe Ball continues to sit in for Dermot O'Leary. This week she has live music from Alesha Dixon and chats to Bryan Ferry. Alesha Dixon began her pop career as one third of Mis-teeq before embarking upon a solo career, taking the Strictly Come Dancing crown and becoming a judge on the show. She then returned to the UK charts with a platinum-selling second album, The Alesha Show. Her third solo album, The Entertainer, is released next week and she performs in a session recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale studios. Zoe also chats to Bryan Ferry about his latest album, Olympia, and the 2011 Roxy Music Tour. Released last month, Bryan's solo album features contributions from Nile Rodgers, David Gilmour, Groove Armada, Scissor Sisters, Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Mani (Primal Scream) and Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead). It also sees Bryan reunited with members of Roxy Music, including Brian Eno. Presenter/Zoe Ball, Producer/Ben Walker for Labora TV BBC Radio 2 Publicity Music Feature – The Shorthand Of Emotion Saturday 27 November 12.15-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3 Marking the centenary of Leo Tolstoy's death, Katie Derham considers the relationship between the writer – one of the world's greatest artists and moral activists – and the early Russian composers of the 20th century. During an icy November, 82-year-old Tolstoy fled his family estate in Yasnaya Polyana having finally decided to leave his wife. He died on his journey. One of the most renowned of his later works was a novella called The Kreutzer Sonata which told the tale of the infatuation of an older married woman for a young violinist. This programme explores how music remained a source of continued recreation and delight, and was an emotional stimulus for Tolstoy for much of his life. Later on, eminent musicians visited the Tolstoy homes in the country and in Moscow – some even performed there. They included the great pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein; Sergei Rachmaninov; harpsichordist and pianist Wanda Landovska; and, most famously, Tchaikovsky. Presenter/Katie Derham, Producers/Diana Bentley and David Prest BBC Radio 3 Publicity The Early Music Show – Opera Profile: Handel's Alcina Saturday 27 November 1.00-2.00pm BBC RADIO 3 Lucie Skeaping continues the Early Music Show's series of opera profiles by delving into the music and history surrounding Handel's Alcina. Based on the epic poem by Ariosto, the libretto by Antonio Marchi provided Handel with some very intense dramatic opportunities, including star-crossed lovers, dark magic and madness. Alcina was composed for Handel's first season at London's Covent Garden Theatre, and it premièred on 16 April 1735. Like many of the composer's other serious stage works, it fell into general obscurity; after a revival in Brunswick in 1738 it was not performed again until a production in Leipzig nearly two centuries later. It has now become one of Handel's most popular operas. Lucie Skeaping talks to American harpsichordist and musical director Alan Curtis at his home in Florence, who recorded Alcina in 2007 with his ensemble Il Complesso Barocco. Presenter/Lucie Skeaping, Producer/Chris Wines BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Saturday 27 November 2.00-3.

Which sport was the subject of the 1963 film This Sporting Life?

This Sporting Life (1963) - 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 | Drama , Sport | 24 May 1963 (Ireland) Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live. Director: David Storey (based on the novel by), David Storey (screenplay) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 39 titles created 26 Feb 2012 a list of 43 titles created 10 Jul 2013 a list of 36 titles created 04 Oct 2013 a list of 36 titles created 01 Feb 2014 a list of 22 titles created 9 months ago Title: This Sporting Life (1963) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child. Director: Karel Reisz A juvenile offender impresses the reform school Governor with running abilities. He is in turn given special privileges to encourage him to win a race against the local public school, but he is therefore teased his fellow rebellious peers. Director: Tony Richardson This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone. Director: Lindsay Anderson In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England. Director: Lindsay Anderson The moving story of a plain young girl who becomes pregnant by a black sailor, befriends a homosexual, and gradually becomes a woman. Director: Tony Richardson An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. Director: Jack Clayton A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values. Director: Tony Richardson A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family. Director: John Schlesinger Mick Travis is a reporter who is about to shoot a documentary on Britannia Hospital, an institution which mirrors the downsides of British Society. It's the day when Her Royal Highness is ... See full summary  » Director: Lindsay Anderson After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law. Director: John Schlesinger A prominent lawyer goes after a blackmailer who threatens gay men with exposure (homosexual acts still being illegal). But he's gay himself... Director: Basil Dearden "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land. And when the widow who owns the field decides to sell the field in a public ... See full summary  » Director: Jim Sheridan Edit Storyline In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26} 24 May 1963 (Ireland) See more  » Also Known As: First cinema film of George Sewell . See more » Quotes For He's A Jolly Good Fellow Sung by

Wakefield Trinity | Belle Vue Ground Guide Ground name: Belle Vue Stadium Address: Doncaster Road, Wakefield, WF1 5EY Home to: Wakefield Capacity: 12,600 Record attendance: Description of the ground: Currently, the East stand has a covered stand with seating, with some terracing beneath. The North and West sides are large open terrace, while the South side is the location of hospitality facilities. The stadium capacity is officially listed as 12,000 but can hold up to 13,000 in rare occasions. Ground History: The site was purchased in 1895 after the split between rugby league and rugby union, in order to provide a permanent base for the Wakefield Trinity team who had being playing on fields in the local area since 1873. The money was provided by the Wakefield Athletic Club, and was also initially used for cycling and athletics competitions. Wakefield Trinity Wildcats have long been in negotiation with the local council to find an alternative site, as the present Belle Vue stadium does not comply with the proposed standards required by the Super League. However, there have been difficulties in agreeing with the local council on a suitable alternative site. The capacity has now been increased to 12,600 in order to help with the application for a 2009 Super League licence. Many of the scenes from This Sporting Life were filmed at the Belle Vue Stadium during Wakefield’s third round Challenge Cup match against Wigan in 1962. Floodlights were installed in 1967 and were upgraded in 1990/1. The stadium was called the Atlantic Solutions Stadium for 2005. On Saturday 16 September 2006 the stadium played host to “The Battle of Belle Vue” when 11,000 fans from Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Castleford Tigers crammed in to watch the match which would decide who was relegated from Super League. Wakefield won the match 29-17 sending their nearest and most fierce rivals Castleford down to the National League. Transport (bus, rail, car etc): From the M1 Junction 39 Take the A636 Denby Dale Road towards Wakefield. At the first Roundabout (Asdale Road) carry straight on towards the city, you will see the Campanile Hotel on your left hand side, bear right under the railway bridge and continue towards the city with Wakefield Park on your left hand side. You will now see a mini-roundabout and some arches, go straight across the roundabout and under the arches, take a right at the next roundabout and head along Ings Road with Sainsburys and Homebase on your right hand side. Follow the signs for the A638 Doncaster Road. Once on Doncaster Road the ground is on the Right hand side after about half a mile. From the M62 Take Junction 31 and take the A655 towards Wakefield. Turn right and join the A638 go under the railway bridges, head straight on and you will see Superbowl 2000 on the left hand side, Belle Vue Stadium is just beyond on the left. Bus The following buses serve to the stadium:-105,106,122,123,145,148,149, 150,167,168,172,182,184,185,189,192,193,485,489,497,498. Train Trains from Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster and York go into Westgate Station. Trains from Barnsley, Huddersfield, Goole, Castleford and Featherstone go into Kirkgate Station. Train info: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk Parking: There are parking spaces on streets in the locality, however, parking on these streets is restricted and you will see traffic cones in these areas. A popular spot is on Sugar Lane near to the cemetery but again places get taken quickly. There are quite a few car parks in Wakefield but you face a 15 minute walk to the ground after parking up although several buses listed below go past the ground. Home Disabled supporters can apply for a season long parking pass in writing to the club. These passes are allocated accordingly. Away disabled supporters can apply for a parking space to the club prior to the game. Again, these spaces are allocated accordingly. Next Match

Mandrax is a 1963 French-originating trademark for a?

Brownjohn vs Cooper | BEACH July 15, 2010 Brownjohn vs Cooper Following yesterday’s thread about Robert Brownjohn’s conceptual-art-style stationery for Michael Cooper, Painter, Bobby Gill has suggested that Michael Cooper was so unaccomplished, that having had Brownjohn design his stationery was, perhaps, his only accomplishment. “It was very much the style then to have a witty letterhead. Brownjohn designed one for this guy Michael Cooper, who was somebody who hung around, but he didn’t have much personality. The only thing this guy had done was to ask Brownjohn to design his stationery.” Bobby Gill Smells like hyperbole, right? Well, I thought so, and a little research shows that, in fact, Cooper’s life and accomplishments, when compared to Brownjohn’s, match up in a lot of ways. 1. They both designed album covers for the Rolling Stones. Cooper photographed and art directed the cover (the first 3D album cover ever) for “Their Satanic Majesties Request.” (above, left) Michael Cooper was in charge of the whole thing, under his leadership. It was handicrafts day… you make Saturn, and I’ll make the rings… People always ask, Are John and George in there? … They are all in there. And Paul and Ringo… we had to put a stop to it. We were getting the whole of Sergeant Pepper in there, just for the hell of it. It was getting late and Michael finally got Saturn suspended… It was really funny… we should have done a gig that night. Keith Richards, 1971 (via: Time Is On Our Side ) (Regarding “Satanic Majesties” see also: Tony Meeuwissen ) Brownjohn designed the album cover for “Let it Bleed.” (above, right)—(Photography by Don McAllester; Cake by Delia Smith) 2. They both had smoking habits (also heroin) They both were smokers. In yesterday’s post we showed photos of Brownjohn and Cooper, as young men . Details from those photos, above, show them each with a cigarette in hand. See also: Brownjohn’s design for a Bachelor’s brand cigarette pack. (Note: we have an ongoing interest in photos of celebrity smokers. See: George Arents Jr. and Bridget Riley’s Rolling Papers ) Robert “Bj” Brownjohn had already made a name for himself as a designer in 1950s New York when he arrived in London in 1960. He claimed that he came over for the city’s creative energy. His girlfriend, the super-chic fashion designer Kiki Byrne, remembers it differently. “You could get heroin on the National Health back then,” says Byrne. “And Bj did have a problem.” Cooper has been described as “A heroin addict whose worsening condition confined him to a wheelchair.” (More similarities, after the fold…) 3. They both had one child each and their wives left them Brownjohn married Donna Walters in 1956 and their daughter Eliza was born. Donna left him in 1962, moving to Ibiza with Eliza. (Later his girlfriend was fashion designer, Kiki Byrne, whom he does not marry.) 1963 Cooper married a model from Vogue—(It’s unclear as to her name—could it actually be “ Rose ”?)—and their son Adam was born. Adam’s mother soon left them both and Cooper apparently raised Adam as a single father—with the help of girlfriend, “Ginger”—(Felicity Meredith-Owens)—whom he does not marry. (See: Photo of young Adam with the Beatles ) 4. They both died young Robert Brownjohn died in London of a heart attack in 1970. He was 44. Michael Cooper died in 1973 at the age of 31. Some newspapers reported his death as a heroin overdose, but others—(including his son, Adam)—say it was a suicide. After spending time with his girlfriend, Felicity Meredith-Owen, in her family home in order to kick his heroin habit, he had a period of a relatively straight and productive existence however in 1973 Michael committed suicide by taking some Mandrax (a sedative drug that was often used as a recreational drug, also known as Quaaludes) and topping it off with Scotch. from bio on Snap Galleries 5. Posthumous Postage Stamps They both had album covers that they worked on commemorated as postage stamps. (after they died) Cooper had done the photography for the Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s cover—(art directed by Robert Fraser ;

New chapter in the 81-year history of Durex - BBC News New chapter in the 81-year history of Durex By Will Smale News reporter, BBC News 21 July 2010 Close share panel Image caption All of Durex's condoms are now made in Asia For adults looking to earn some extra money, there was a job advertisment last year that may have tickled their fancy: tester for Durex condoms. Durex said it would pay 5,000 people across the UK £500 to help evaluate its latest range of products. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the unusual job offer made a few headlines. For a brand that for 81 years has been the best-selling condom in the UK, it was just the latest example of its skill at self-promotion. But now Durex is in the news for strictly business reasons, with the annoucement that its owner - UK group SSL International - has agreed to be bought by Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser for £2.54bn. With SSL's shareholders widely expected to back the deal, Reckitt says Durex will be added to its so-called "powerbrand" group of best-selling products, which includes Vanish stain remover and Finish dishwasher tablets. Ignoring the temptation to speculate whether doing domestic cleaning can have an aphrodisiac effect, it is the latest development in Durex's colourful history. 'Durable, reliable' Durex's origins go back to 1915 when the London Rubber Company was formed to sell imported condoms and barber supplies. Image caption Durex remains the world's biggest selling condom brand, with a market share of 30% Condom production eventually started in the UK, and the brand name Durex was born in 1929, standing for "durability, reliability and excellence". And soon Durex advertisements were a regular sight across the country. Despite some opposition to the product in question, the company was greatly helped by the Church of England ruling in 1930 that birth control could be used by married couples. At the forefront of advancements in condom manufacturing, Durex dipped its condoms in water to test for breakages, and extended this in 1953 by introducing electronic testing. Fast forward to 1969 and it introduced the world's first anatomically shaped condom, while in 1974 it produced the first to be spermicidally lubricated. Fraud scandal However, it was the 1980s, and public awareness of HIV/Aids that brought Durex and other condom manufacturers to much greater prominence, as people became more aware of the dangers of unprotected sex. Image caption Durex is a long-established brand name in many countries This was also the time that supermarkets started to sell condoms, and vending machines were installed in pub toilets. With sales booming, London Rubber Company floated on the stock exchange in 1985, when it changed its name to London International. SSL International was formed in 1999 when London International merged with Seton Scholl Healthcare, the maker of Scholl footcare products. Yet while Durex was by now the world's best-selling condom brand, SSL faced financial difficulties in its early years, sparked by a fraud scandal in 2001. This resulted in an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, and six people faced criminal charges. The charges were ultimately dismissed, but not before SSL had to issue a number of profit warnings, and saw its share price fall to all-time lows. 'Good fit' The London-based company has since recovered, with global sales of Durex continuing to rise as it targets China and other developing countries. Today, Durex remains the world's best-selling condom brand, with 30% of the branded market. However, all production now takes place in China, India and Thailand, with its last remaining UK condom factory ceasing manufacturing in 2007. With SSL and Durex now about to pass to Reckitt Benckiser, financial analyst Damian McNeela of Panmure Gordon told the BBC the deal was "a good fit". "SSL is getting a good price, and it makes an excellent strategic fit for Reckitt," he says. "One of the main attractions for Reckitt is SSL's big exposure to overseas markets. "I can't see anyone else coming in to better Reckitt's offer, w

On a standard UK typewriter keyboard, over which number is a circumflex positioned?

Using Tyndale Greek & Hebrew Unicode The Tyndale Unicode Font Kit provides: Hebrew font and keyboard including full pointing with automatic positioning Greek font and keyboard including breathing and accents with automatic positioning Transliteration font and keyboards for Greek, Hebrew and manuscript markups Masoretic punctuation font and keyboard for punctuation in the Hebrew Old Testament   To start typing in Greek or Hebrew: 1)   Turn on the keyboard at "EN" on the taskbar or toggle through keyboards with Alt-Shift   2)   Change the font to Cardo                (On a Mac, click on the flag at top right)   Most word processors on a PC will work OK with Greek & right-to-left Hebrew. A few word processors (eg Word Perfect) may never convert to Unicode. On the Mac, Word does not cope with writing Hebrew right-to-left or pointing, but NeoOffice (free) writes Hebrew well and Melel (cheap) does it perfectly. However, at present, there are considerable problems with Hebrew on Macs .�   Masoretic punctuation   The Masoretes tried to eliminate ambiguity in the Hebrew Old Testament by indicating which words form phrases together and which words did or did not act on each other. In order to do this they created a complex system of punctuation. �         English has five or six ways to provide internal structure to sentences, while Masoretic Hebrew has fourteen common ways and several more rarer ones. �         English has only one way to make a compound word (using a hyphen) while Masoretic Hebrew has eight major and several rarer ways of conjoining words. An explanation of this system is installed with the Tyndale Kit. To see the significance of these divisions see the TanakhML structure analysis, I can't remember all this! Don't worry � use it for a little, and you'll soon be touch-typing. Print the summary page and pin it up in front of you.   How do I copy and paste Bible texts without typing them? You can do this in various ways, eg: 1) copy and paste from Crosswire.org 2) download the InsertBible tool 3) tell your Bible program (Accordance, Logos or BibleWorks) to export in Unicode  For example, in BibleWorks:  - click on Tools: Options: Fonts and select "Export Fonts"   -  for Greek & Hebrew tick "Unicode" a choose a Unicode font such as Cardo   Right-to-left does not work in Windows XP: Open the Control Panel for "Regional and Language Options" (click on "Start", "Control Panels") Click on tab "Languages" - if there is no tick on "Install files for... right to left languages", tick it and restart the computer (you may be asked for your Windows installation discs).   Hebrew accents are not working correctly. Perhaps you have not turned on the Cardo font? Cardo contains positioning data which is not available in Times New Roman and most other Unicode fonts containing Hebrew. Other good academic fonts include SIL Hebrew, SBL Hebrew, Code 2000 and TITUS. Perhaps you are trying to write Hebrew in Word on a Mac? Unfortunately Word on the Mac is years behind the PC for Unicode. Fortunately NeoOffice is as just as good (if not better), and is fairly good at Hebrew, and it is free!  For flawless Hebrew use Melel. Perhaps you are using a non-standard keyboard (Croatian or whatever)? Keys such as single quote may not be indicated the same - try the key at the bottom left of the Enter key. Other keys may also need to be found by hunting round!     How do I write macros in Word to change fonts? In Word 2003 (other versions are similar): First make a copy of your "normal.dot" file which contains all the Word settings (just in case). It is usually at C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR ID\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\ Then: - click on menu "Tools", "Macro", "Record New Macro..." - name the macro "TypeHebrew" and click on "Keyboard" - press a shortcut keystroke, eg Alt+H and click on "Assign" then "Close" - change the font in Word to "Cardo" - change the keyboard by changing "EN" to "HE" (in the bottom-right language bar) - click on menu "Tools", "Macro", "Stop recording"   Make a simila

BAND NAMES .. ORIGINS Numbers 10cc Manager Jonathan King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the boarding read "10cc The Best Band in the World". A widely repeated claim, disputed by King and Godley, but confirmed in a 1988 interview by Creme, and also on the webpage of Gouldman's current line-up, is that the band name represented a volume of semen that was more than the average amount ejaculated by men, thus emphasising their potency or prowess. 10 SECONDS OF FOREVERS named after Hawkwind's "10 Seconds of Forever" 10,000 MANIACS Inspired by the old horror movie called '2000 Maniacs' 101 ERS (the) The group was named after the squat where they lived together: 101 Walterton Road, Maida Vale, although it was for a time rumoured that they were named for "Room 101", the infamous torture room in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS (the) The band's name was developed from a suggestion by drummer John Ike Walton to use the name "Elevators" and Clementine Hall added "13th Floor" 2Be3 French band using English language as a pun ~ meaning To Be Free 23rd TURNOFF (THE) They took their name from the motorway sign indicating the nearby M6 exit. 3rd STRIKE Lead singer named his band after the "three strikes, you're out" law. 311 311 is an Omaha police code for indecent exposure. P-Nut and some friends went skinny dipping in a public pool. They were apprehended by police. P-Nut's friendwas arrested, cuffed (naked) and taken home to his parents. He was issued a citation for a code 311 (indecent exposure). 702 Pronounced "Seven-Oh-Two", named after the area code of their hometown of Las Vegas. 801 / THE 801 Taken from the Eno song "The True Wheel", which appears on his 1974 solo album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). The refrain of the song - "We are the 801, we are the central shaft" 808 STATE Took their name from their Roland TR-808 drum machine. ("the 808 state" is a nickname for Hawaii, due to 808 being the telephone area code) _____________________________________ A A DAY IN THE LIFE named after the Beatles song "A Day in the Life". They are now known as Hawthorne Heights. A DAY TO REMEMBER This was a phrase came from the band's first drummer Bobby Scruggs' girlfriend, who used the phrase a lot at the bands rehearsals. A PERFECT CIRCLE aka APC when asked at a news conference, frontman Maynard Keenan stated that the name " A Perfect Circle" originates from the friendships of the band members, all of them met one another in a way resembling "a perfect circle of friendship" A WILHELM SCREAM they named themselves after a sound effect, The Wilhelm scream, which is a frequently-used film and television stock sound effect, first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums. A-CADS according to press releases, their name is a compromise between the band and thier manager Peter Rimmer. Apparently Rimmer was keen to name the group after the Rand Academy of Music, while the group members’ preferred choice was The Cads, the result being The A-Cads. A-HA "a-ha" comes from a title that member Pål Waaktaar thought giving to a song. Morten Harket was looking through Waaktaar's notebook and came across the name "a-ha". He liked it and said, "That's a great name. That's what we should call ourselves". After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that a-ha was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations. A-STUDIO The band was first called their 'Alma-Ata Studio' after the town Almaty where it was formed. Later, the name was shortened to "A-Studio". A-TEENS The 'A' stands for ABBA since they started as a cover band for the group, but the name was changed upon the request from Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson to avoid confusion. ABC named after the 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5, "ABC" ABBA An acronym for the first names of the band members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad. AC/DC Guitarists

What is the name of the concert venue in Glasgow, completed in September 2013, becoming the largest entertainment venue in Scotland?

The SSE Hydro Glasgow : Live entertainment venue on River Clyde Click an image to enlarge Location: Pacific Quay & SECC, SECC Description: Created by world-renowned architects Foster and Partners, who also designed the SECC's Clyde Auditorium, Scotland's new national arena will hold 12,000 fully seated and will be the largest entertainments venue in Scotland. Now known as The SSE Hydro, the SECC national arena is the only one of its scale in the UK built specifically for concerts, conferences and events. The SSE Hydro is the latest landmark on Glasgow's skyline.  Modelled on Greek and Roman amphitheatres, the 45m tall building, with its distinctive silver dome, stands higher than the neighbouring Armadillo. Translucent materials used in the facade will cause the building to appear to glow at night. View more images of The SSE Hydro in our image gallery. Like the Clyde Auditorium, The SSE Hydro has been designed from the inside out. Visitors can enjoy outstanding viewing angles from each of the 12,000 seats in the fixed, tiered and demountable seating system and the acoustics are of the highest standard. There are a wide range of food and drink outlets as well as a club seating area and  VIP boxes, each capable of accommodating 12 people. There will also be restaurants, bars and sponsors lounges. Scottish Enterprise contributed £25m to the project.  The QD2 masterplan is designed to enhance and transform the 64-acre site into a complete exhibition, conference and entertainments complex of significant national scale and make the SECC a world-class venue.  The new facilities will enhance Glasgow and Scotland's tourism offer, specifically business tourism, and the arena is now lined up to play an integral role in the 2014 Commonwealth Games as the home for both gymnastics and the netball finals at the games. The SSE Hydro is one of the first major developments to be undertaken in the SECC's QD2 master plan which has the potential to create 2,449 jobs. The 12,000-seat arena will be the largest entertainments venue in Scotland and the only one of its scale in the UK built specifically for concerts and events. The Hydro will play host to around 140 events each year, including national and international artists and bands as well as being a venue for major comedy stars and sporting events. The arena has the potential to inject an additional £131 million into the local economy. The current economic impact of the SECC is £347million per annum with 1.5 million visitors a year. By summer 2014 the arena had achieved 4th place in the Pollstar "Top 100 Worldwide Arena Venues" rankings Scottish Hydro has committed to invest £1.5 million per year over  10 years. The Scottish company, which is part of SSE plc,  has been supplying energy to the nation's homes and businesses since 1947. Scottish Hydro is proud to be investing in Scotland's cultural heritage and will in turn provide a high profile association with live entertainment, bringing real benefits for customers. Current status: In September 2010 SECC announced that AEG Facilities had been appointed to create an event programme for the new venue in advance of it opening in 2013. Lend Lease were appointed to build the auditorium and began work in February 2011. Construction of the roof elements involved 16 roof segments to be connected to a central "doughnut", which was completed by end summer 2012. The first precast concrete seating terrace units were installed in January 2012, with the first seats to be installed by the end of the year. In May 2012 the centre roof section was lowered into place in a massive 5-day engineering operation. In November, the temporary supporting tower was successfully removed, leaving the huge domed roof self-supporting. Now the first two ceiling layers are being put in and the house lights are being fitted. A giant three-tiered steel rig is being constructed in the centre of the arena, from which all the lighting and the speakers will be hung when the Hydro opens. In November 2012, the temporary supporting tower was successfully removed, leaving the huge

Last night of Proms 2013 to be conducted by a woman | Music | The Guardian Proms 2013 Last night of Proms 2013 to be conducted by a woman Marin Alsop to take the baton for Royal Albert Hall concert on 7 September, with Daniel Barenboim's complete Ring cycle the must-see of the preceding programme Charlotte Higgins , chief arts writer Thursday 18 April 2013 09.09 EDT First published on Thursday 18 April 2013 09.09 EDT Close This article is 3 years old A complete Ring cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, making his UK debut as a Wagnerian, will be a highlight of the 119th BBC Proms season this summer – which will also be the first festival in its history to have the last night conducted by a woman. Marin Alsop will take the baton for the evening of celebration in the Royal Albert Hall on 7 September, leading the BBC Symphony Orchestra through the mix of traditional favourites, including the Londonderry Air and Parry's Jerusalem, as well as a new work by US-based British composer Anna Clyne and star turns from violinist Nigel Kennedy and mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato . The latter will sing, among other arias, Over the Rainbow – according to Roger Wright, the director of the Proms, "the most authentic performance you'll ever hear, since Joyce is actually from Kansas". Renowned as a confident, warm communicator, Alsop, a New Yorker, is a former chief conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and now leads the symphony orchestras of Baltimore and São Paulo . According to Wright, the reason it has taken over a century for a woman to take on this landmark role in the British arts calendar – party host and orchestral conductor rolled into one – is "the weight of history. There are also clearly issues about the sort of schooling conductors go through and how family roles have been divided traditionally; role models have been slow to come through." Alsop is one of five women to lead Proms this year, out of around 50 conductors in total. Reading this on mobile? Click here to view Wright said that he did not "programme by demographic" and that the last night programme "plays to Alsop's strengths as a conductor". Musically, he said, it would be a "cracking evening". This year will be the first to see Proms broadcast not only on Radio 3 as usual, but also, for selected events, on Radios 1, 1Xtra, 4 Extra and 6 Music. There will also be regular TV broadcasts on BBC2 and 4. For the first time, chamber music Proms will be filmed for broadcast online and for future transmission on BBC4. On the 6 Music Prom, Steve Lamacq and the Guardian writer Tom Service will present music from Cerys Matthews, Laura Marling and the Stranglers alongside work by Luciano Berio, Edgard Varèse, John Adams and the young Scottish composer Anna Meredith, performed by the London Sinfonietta. The first "urban prom", to be broadcast on Radio 1 and 1Xtra, will combine music by the German modernist Hans Werner Henze and the Soviet futurist Alexander Mosolov with performances by singers Faser, Laura Mvula and Maverick Sabre. Wright said he hoped the initiatives would "get the message out about the Proms". The point was to "take the audience further" and, by making unusual juxtapositions, present "concerts you wouldn't get elsewhere". The purpose of these Proms aimed at lassooing a younger, more pop-literate audience was "audience development", he said – as was "the fact that we are mounting a free Prom, with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony performed by the National Youth Orchestra; and we are keeping the promming tickets at £5 for the eighth consecutive year". He added: "This is what it's all about: high artistic ambition, high quality and low ticket prices." Barenboim's Ring cycle, for which he will conduct his own orchestra, the Berlin Staatskapelle , will be performed over the week of 22 July. Bryn Terfel will sing Wotan in Die Walküre and Nina Stemme will take on Brünnhilde. In the year of Wagner's centenary, the Proms will also mount performances of Tristan, Tannhäuser and Parsifal – conducted by Semyon Bychkov, Donald Runnicles and Sir Mark Elder respectively. T

Which British artist is best known for his painting 'And When Did You Last See Your Father'?

William Frederick Yeames, Artist • Biography & Facts William Frederick Yeames Artist William Frederick Yeames RA (18 December 1835 – 3 May 1918) was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas problem picture 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?' , which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.

The Bostonians - Henry James - Author Biography • Where—New York, New York, USA • Education—Attended schools in France and Switzerland;     Harvard Law School • Awards—British Order of Merit from King George V • Died— February 28, 1916 • Where—London, England, UK Henry James was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. James alternated between America and Europe for the first 20 years of his life, after which he settled in England, becoming a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. He is primarily known for the series of novels in which he portrays the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans. James contributed significantly to literary criticism, particularly in his insistence that writers be allowed the greatest possible freedom in presenting their view of the world. James claimed that a text must first and foremost be realistic and contain a representation of life that is recognisable to its readers. His theatrical work is thought to have profoundly influenced his later novels and tales. Life James was born in New York City into a wealthy family. His father, Henry James Sr., was one of the best-known intellectuals in mid-19th-century America. In his youth James traveled back and forth between Europe and America. At the age of 19 he briefly attended Harvard Law School, but preferred reading literature to studying law. James published his first short story, A Tragedy of Error, at age 21, and devoted himself to literature. In 1866–69 and 1871–72 he was a contributor to The Nation and Atlantic Monthly. Among James's masterpieces are Daisy Miller (1879) and The Portrait of a Lady (1881). The Bostonians (1886) is set in the era of the rising feminist movement. What Maisie Knew (1897) depicts a preadolescent girl who must choose between her parents and a motherly old governess. In The Wings of the Dove (1902) an inheritance destroys the love of a young couple. James considered The Ambassadors (1903) his most "perfect" work of art. James's most famous novella is The Turn of the Screw, a ghost story in which the question of childhood corruption obsesses a governess. Although James is best known for his novels, his essays are now attracting a more general audience. James regularly rejected suggestions that he marry, and after settling in London proclaimed himself "a bachelor." F. W. Dupee, in several well-regarded volumes on the James family, originated the theory that he had been in love with his cousin Mary ("Minnie") Temple, but that a neurotic fear of sex kept him from admitting such affections. James's letters to expatriate American sculptor Hendrik Christian Andersen have attracted particular attention. James met the 27-year-old Andersen in Rome in 1899, when James was 56, and wrote letters to Andersen that are intensely emotional: "I hold you, dearest boy, in my innermost love, & count on your feeling me—in every throb of your soul". In a letter from May 6, 1904, to his brother William, James referred to himself as "always your hopelessly celibate even though sexagenarian Henry". How accurate that description might have been is the subject of contention among James's biographers, but the letters to Andersen were occasionally quasi-erotic: "I put, my dear boy, my arm around you, & feel the pulsation, thereby, as it were, of our excellent future & your admirable endowment." To his homosexual friend Howard Sturgis, James could write: "I repeat, almost to indiscretion, that I could live with you. Meanwhile I can only try to live without you." He corresponded in almost equally extravagant language with his many female friends, writing, for example, to fellow-novelist Lucy Clifford: "Dearest Lucy! What shall I say? when I love you so very, very much, and see you nine times for once that I see Others! Therefore I think that—if you want it made clear to the meanest intelligence—I love you more than I love Others." Work James is one of th

What fate made Spencer Perceval unique among British Prime Ministers?

Jim Werbaneth - 1812.html  A Paper presented to the New York Military Affairs Symposium on 31 March 2012 |as part of a 3-day War of 1812 in New York and Beyond conference supported in part by a grant from the  New York Council for the Humanities.                           Britain, at least as much as the United States, entered into the War of 1812 reluctantly.  After all, Britain was absorbed since 1793 with a much more important struggle, that against France. [1]   Indeed, Napoleon was the central concern of Robert Banks Jenkinson, the Earl of Liverpool, when he formed his government on 8 June 1812, with the new war in America as nothing more than a distraction. [2]     On the American side, there was no enthusiastic rush to war either, and it was, ironically, concentrated in areas removed from both aggrieved parties and the ensuing zone of conflict around New York and New England.  A disproportionate share of the support for the war came from the West and South, with the Northeast, particularly New York, New Jersey, and New England especially opposed. [3]   Further, opposition to the war was centered on the Federalist Party, but also included some more traditional members of James Madison�s own Democratic-Republican Party. [4]   Samuel Eliot Morrison described the polarization of American thought on the war by writing that:   [New England] wanted no part of the war and agitated against it to the brink of treason; whilst back-country congressmen who had never smelt salt water (unless in the Potomac)  and whose constituents would as soon have thought of flying to the moon as enlisting in the United States Navy, screamed for �Free Trade and Sailors� Rights.� [5]               British strategy in this war, unwanted by their own government and by much of the American electorate and political elite, faced both challenges and opportunities.  The main challenge was obvious; Britain was already involved in a massive war against Napoleon, on the eve of his own invasion of Russia.  Less obvious, Canada was subject to a constant influx of immigrants, from the United States.  While many were favored for their perceived superior skills at frontier living, compared to more urban-oriented immigrants from the British Isles, Canada experienced anti-American sentiment that impeded the ability of Americans to purchase land there.  With this general anti-Americanism expanding with the start of the war, [6] British strategists had to consider the presence of a large, alienated American population within Canada.  This was concentrated in Upper Canada, the future Ontario, especially; there about one-third of the population of 100,000 was American, either by birth or descent. [7]   Further, Canada was not especially well garrisoned, and what militia there was might well rally to the Americans.  Governor David Tomkins of New York expected that one half of the militia in both Upper and Lower Canada would switch sides. [8]               At the same time, Britain faced opportunities.  The polarization of the American body politic over the War of 1812 ended up seriously undermining the American war effort, especially in New England, and as Morrison describes verged on treason.  Further, American merchants, again primarily in New England but not limited to it, desired to maintain trade with the British, even though they were now the enemy.  After all, three-quarters of American ships originated in New England, and an even greater proportion of the sailors, [9] and it was their livelihoods that were most endangered by interdictions on trade with Britain.               Due to its own lack of commitment to hostilities with the United States, Britain was not aggressive in its strategy toward New York and New England, at least until Napoleon abdicated in April 1814.  Military strategy in Canada tended to be defensive in nature, even passive.  Economically, Britain took advantage of the desire of American shippers and merchants to maintain trade, and yet did little or nothing to undermine the United States politically; America�s own political se

The Institution of Prime Minister | History of government The Institution of Prime Minister — No 10 guest historian series , Prime Ministers and No. 10 “How the power of Prime Ministry grew up into its present form it is difficult to trace precisely.” In 1841 a former Prime Minister, Viscount Melbourne , explained the above to Queen Victoria . Details of the lives of individual Prime Ministers have been recounted in numerous biographical studies, but less is known about the history of the premiership as an institution. This article provides an historical overview of how the British Prime Minister’s Office came into being, its subsequent development and the staff attached to it. Sir Robert Walpole and the origins of the premiership The so-called ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688 helped produce a new power-balance within the English constitution. Monarchs became more dependent upon Parliament to obtain tax revenues and pursue their favoured policies, while the House of Commons was establishing its dominance over the House of Lords. This changed constitutional structure created a potential opening for a politician who could deliver control of Parliament for the monarch. One man in particular, operating from the position of a Member of the Commons, not the Lords, managed to exploit this opportunity: Sir Robert Walpole . The title ‘prime minister’ was originally a term of abuse rather than a description of an official role. It implied that an individual subject had risen improperly above others within the royal circle, and had echoes of a political institution imported from France, England’s great enemy. When Robert Harley, a favourite of Queen Anne (1702-1714), was impeached in 1715, one of the charges against him was that he was a prime minister. The prevailing view at this time was that monarchs should be their own prime ministers. The historian A. J. P. Taylor wrote that Walpole was ‘as much the first modern Prime Minister we should recognize as Adam was the first man’. Walpole had a long tenure as First Lord of the Treasury (1721-1742) and became the dominant figure within government from around 1730. His ability to carry crown business through Parliament ensured the support of first George I and, from 1727, George II . Their backing enabled Walpole to influence official appointments and gave him access to money, both of which could be traded for support in Parliament. He exerted further influence over public business by avoiding the use of the large, full Cabinet of around a dozen senior figures for serious business, preferring to operate with an inner circle of five or fewer key supporters. Moreover, through his control of the Treasury Walpole was able to extend his power throughout the country and help ensure that parliamentary elections – in which only a tiny proportion of men (and no women) could then  vote – produced the desired outcome. However, the idea of an official office of Prime Minister remained taboo. In 1741, when the nature of his government was under attack, Walpole told the Commons “I unequivocally deny that I am sole and prime minister.” A controversial public figure, he was targeted by a literary grouping whose members – including John Gay, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift – labelled themselves the ‘Scriblerus Club’. In Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels Walpole was parodied as ‘Flimnap, the Treasurer’; while in Gay’s musical play the Beggar’s Opera, a highwayman character, Robin of Bagshot, had aliases including ‘Bob Booty’ – a nickname which became attached to Walpole, playing on his reputation for corruption. There was an attempt to impeach Walpole after his fall from power in 1742, but the parliamentary ‘Committee of Secrecy’ set up to investigate his financial activities could not construct a case against him.  As later became the norm for Prime Ministers, the ultimate sanction deployed against him was not legal, but political: removal from office. The institution of Prime Minister is entrenched In the decades that followed the fall of Walpole it was not always clear whether there was a Prime Minister at a

What country was personally owned (and abused) by King Leopold of Belgium?

Belgian Congo - The Ultimate History Project A Poor Foundation for Stability Jessica Achberger Workers stand next to drying rubber, Belgian Congo. Often African nations are described as unstable.  There is a great deal of truth in this statement as almost all post-colonial African nations have experienced political violence and severe economic mismanagement during the mid and late twentieth century. Of all African nations, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has had an especially tumultuous post-colonial experience.  Formerly a Belgian colony, the DRC still faces violence in the eastern portion of the country as well as political, economic, and social instability throughout. There are many historical reasons for the DRC’s instability but Belgian colonial education policies are a key cause of this instability.  In 1884-1885, the Berlin West Africa Conference effectively divided up the African continent amongst the Great Powers of Europe. Attended by the colonial powers of Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Belgium, among others, the Conference created artificial state boundaries as well as a colonial system that was in effect for the next sixty years. Among these territories, the Congo was a unique case. Granted to King Leopold II of Belgium, the Congo was a “personal” concession for the King, rather than a colony.  The King, not the Belgian government, effectively owned and controlled the Congo.  Leopold administered the Congo in a notoriously brutal manner, using it to augment his own personal wealth.  The Congo’s wealth, which included its numerous rubber trees, was brutally extracted using what was basically slave labor.  This rubber was then exported to fuel the industrial growth of both nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe and America. King Leopold II of Belgium, as a Garter Knight. Despite his growing reliance on the wealth of the Congo, Leopold never visited this territory himself.  By 1908, the territory was so poorly managed that an international furor condemning Leopold had erupted.  That same year, in an attempt to stem this furor, the Congo was ceded to Belgium and placed under the control of the Belgian government, not its king. Belgium then administered the Congo as a colony until independence in 1960. Unlike other early twentieth-century colonial powers in Africa, Belgium did not directly oversee the education of the Congo’s indigenous population.  Rather, it turned the responsibility for education over to missionaries. In 1908, the Congo had 587 missionaries, mostly Catholic, who educated only 46,075 students, a very small fraction of the many residents.  This small number of students stemmed from many factors.  The number of missionaries was insufficient to educate a large population.  But the missionary’s educational agenda, which often undermined indigenous African culture and promoted colonial domination, also deterred many Africans from pursuing European educations. Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the primary role of the Church, both in religion and education, was to promote colonialism.  Many Congolese villagers at first avoided the mission schools because they had a religious agenda that threatened to undermine their cultural values and beliefs. Map of Church Mission areas in the Belgian Congo, Hippolyte d'Ursel. Along with concerns about the type of education the Congolese should receive, the Church also believed that higher education should be reserved only for those entering the priesthood.  As a result, most students who did attend school in the Congo received only a basic primary education. This practice was reinforced by the Belgian colonial administration, which discouraged higher education for Africans.  It was only in 1954 that the first Congolese citizen was admitted to a university for purposes other than religious education. Belgian colonial education policy stood in stark contrast to the colonial educational policies of Britain and France. While government policies that discouraged the educational and vocational promotion of

Idylls of the King by Tennyson: Summary, Poem Analysis & Characters | Study.com Idylls of the King by Tennyson: Summary, Poem Analysis & Characters Watch short & fun videos Start Your Free Trial Today Instructor: Sophie Starmack Sophia has taught college French and composition. She has master's degrees in French and in creative writing. Add to Add to Add to Want to watch this again later? Log in or sign up to add this lesson to a Custom Course. Custom Courses are courses that you create from Study.com lessons. Use them just like other courses to track progress, access quizzes and exams, and share content. Teachers Organize and share selected lessons with your class. Make planning easier by creating your own custom course. Students Create a new course from any lesson page or your dashboard. From any lesson page: Click "Add to" located below the video player and follow the prompts to name your course and save your lesson. From your dashboard: Click on the "Custom Courses" tab, then click "Create course". Next, go to any lesson page and begin adding lessons. Edit your Custom Course directly from your dashboard. Personalize: Name your Custom Course and add an optional description or learning objective. Organize: Create chapters to group lesson within your course. Remove and reorder chapters and lessons at any time. Share your Custom Course or assign lessons and chapters. Teacher Edition: Share or assign lessons and chapters by clicking the "Teacher" tab on the lesson or chapter page you want to assign. Students' quiz scores and video views will be trackable in your "Teacher" tab. Premium Edition: You can share your Custom Course by copying and pasting the course URL. Only Study.com members will be able to access the entire course. In this lesson we'll discover Alfred, Lord Tennyson's collection of poems, 'The Idylls of the King.' We'll go over the plot summary, key themes, and symbolism. Overview Every country has its founding myths. In the United States, we tell tall tales about Davy Crockett, the 'king of the wild frontier,' or we like to remember how 'Honest Abe' Lincoln pulled himself up from his bootstraps to become President of the United States. Pretty much every group of people, from the ancient Greeks and Romans on, has told and retold stories about their most exciting ancestors. Some of them are more true than others (we'll get to that later) but the basic urge to glorify the past seems to be a part of human nature. That's just what Alfred, Lord Tennyson, set out to do in 'The Idylls of the King,' a collection of poems that recounts the legends of some of Britain's founding heroes, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Tennyson was a hugely successful poet in his day, and when Queen Victoria named him Poet Laureate of England, he had the opportunity, even the obligation, to create something that would glorify the country and make the people feel proud. The Kingdom of Camelot The Arthurian Legends 'Idylls' was published in bits and pieces over a long period from 1842 to 1888. Delving into the epic past wasn't something new for Tennyson. He'd already investigated ancient stories in his poems 'The Lady of Shallott' and 'Ulysses.' But who are Arthur and these Round Table Knights that so captivated his attention? Well, no one really knows for sure, and even the experts have a hard time finding out anything about a real-life person by that name. King Arthur starts showing up in English ballads and poems as early as the 8th century. In these songs and tales he falls in love, fights off bad guys, gets betrayed by his best friend, behaves with courage and nobility, and is an all-around epic hero. Two of the most famous Arthur works are the stories written by Chrétien de Troyes in 12th century France, and the 'Morte d'Arthur' written by Sir Thomas Malory in 15th century England. Tennyson drew on these and other authors in his own version of Arthur's life and deeds; however, he added his own twists and elaborations along the way. Poem Summary The book is divided into twelve

Which awards were founded by American publicist John J B Wilson on Oscar night 1981?

Jack Black nominated for 'worst actor' award - Telegraph Jack Black nominated for 'worst actor' award Golden Raspberry Awards 2011 - or Razzies - are announced on eve of Oscar nominations 9:51AM GMT 24 Jan 2011 Jack Black has been nominated for a Razzie Award for 'Worst Actor' in the traditional pre-Oscar nomination night awards that recognise all that is bad in films. The nominations for Golden Raspberry Awards - or Razzie for short - were announced on Sunday night, with Jennifer Aniston nominated for Worst Actress for her role in The Bounty Hunter and The Switch . The blockbuster supernatural tale "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and the action fantasy "The Last Airbender" tied for the most nominations with nine each, including worst picture. The Razzies lineup was announced a day before Oscar nominations come out. Razzie winners, chosen by the group's 600 voters, will be announced on 26th February, the night before the Oscars. The awards, founded by American copywriter and publicist John J.B. Wilson in 1981, precede the corresponding Academy Awards ceremony by one day. The term raspberry in the name is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry". The awards themselves typically cost around £5 each, in the form of a "golfball-sized raspberry" which sits atop a Super 8 mm film reel, the whole of which is spray-painted gold. Related Articles

Biography – Wynton Marsalis Official Website with comparisons to Leonard Bernstein’s celebrated Young People’s Concerts of the 50s and 60s. That same month National Public Radio aired the first of Marsalis’ 26-week series entitled Making the Music . These entertaining and insightful radio shows were the first full exposition of jazz music in American broadcast history. Wynton’s radio and television series were awarded the most prestigious distinction in broadcast journalism, the George Foster Peabody Award . The Spirit of New Orleans , Wynton’s poetic tribute to the New Orleans Saints’ first Super Bowl victory (Super Bowl XLIV) received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature (2011). Marsalis has written six books: Sweet Swing Blues on the Road , Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life , To a Young Musician: Letters from the Road , Jazz ABZ (an A to Z collection of poems celebrating jazz greats), Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life and Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! a sonic adventure for kids. Awards and Accolades Wynton Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards® in grand style. In 1983 he became the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards® for both jazz and classical records; and he repeated the distinction by winning jazz and classical Grammys® again in 1984. Today Wynton is the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards® in five consecutive years (1983-1987). Honorary degrees have been conferred upon Wynton by over 25 of America’s leading academic institutions including Columbia, Harvard, Howard, Princeton and Yale (see Exhibit A). Elsewhere Wynton was honored with the Louis Armstrong Memorial Medal and the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts . He was inducted into the American Academy of Achievement and was dubbed an Honorary Dreamer by the “I Have a Dream Foundation.” The New York Urban League awarded Wynton with the Frederick Douglass Medallion for distinguished leadership and the American Arts Council presented him with the Arts Education Award. Time magazine selected Wynton as one of America’s most promising leaders under age 40 in 1995, and in 1996 Time celebrated Marsalis again as one of America’s 25 most influential people. In November 2005 Wynton Marsalis received The National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the United States Government. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan proclaimed Wynton Marsalis an international ambassador of goodwill for the Unites States by appointing him a UN Messenger of Peace (2001). In 1997 Wynton Marsalis became the first jazz musician ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his epic oratorio Blood On The Fields. During the five preceding decades the Pulitzer Prize jury refused to recognize jazz musicians and their improvisational music, reserving this distinction for classical composers. In the years following Marsalis’ award, the Pulitzer Prize for Music has been awarded posthumously to Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. In a personal note to Wynton, Zarin Mehta wrote: “I was not surprised at your winning the Pulitzer Prize for Blood On The Fields. It is a broad, beautifully painted canvas that impresses and inspires. It speaks to us all … I’m sure that, somewhere in the firmament, Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong and legions of others are smiling down on you.” Wynton’s creativity has been celebrated throughout the world. He won the Netherlands’ Edison Award and the Grand Prix Du Disque of France. The Mayor of Vitoria, Spain, awarded Wynton with the city’s Gold Medal – its most coveted distinction. Britain’s senior conservatoire, the Royal Academy of Music, granted Mr. Marsalis Honorary Membership, the Academy’s highest decoration for a non-British citizen (1996). The city of Marciac, France, erected a bronze statue in his honor. The French Ministry of Culture appointed Wynton the rank of Knight in the Order of Arts and Literature and in the fall of 2009 Wynton received France’s highest distinction, the insignia Chevalier of the Legion of Honor , an honor that was first awarded by Napoleon

In which Swiss resort is the famous bobsleigh track, the Cresta Run?

Skeleton Equipment and History - Olympic Sport History Sports History Skeleton racing involves plummeting head-first down a steep and treacherous ice track on a tiny sled. It is considered the world's first sliding sport.   Thrill-seeking tourists Sleighing is one of the oldest winter sports. Descriptions of the sport can be found in 16th-century literature, but as a racing sport it can be traced to the mid-19th century, when British tourists started sliding down snowbound roads in the Alps. British and American holidaymakers built the first toboggan run in Davos in 1882. The Cresta run Skeleton sled racing owes it entire early history to St Moritz and the famed Cresta Run. The sport developed in the Swiss resort town as a pursuit for the rich. E. F. Benson put it best when he wrote in 1913, “There is one Mecca, there is one St Peter's, and there is one Cresta.” Olympic history Men’s skeleton made two early appearances on the Olympic programme at its “ancestral” home of St. Moritz in 1928 and 1948. It was then dropped until it reappeared as a men’s and women’s event at Salt Lake City in 2002.

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Give a year in the life of of the English philosopher, statesman and scientist, Sir Francis Bacon.

Sir Francis Bacon > By Individual Philosopher > Philosophy (Lithograph) Introduction Sir Francis Bacon (Baron Verulam, 1st Viscount St Alban) (1561 - 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, essayist and scientist of the late Renaissance period. He was an astute and ambitious politician in the turbulent and poisonous political climate of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. But, despite his sometimes nefarious dealings and constant battles against debt, he was also the possessor of a brilliant mind. His major contribution to philosophy was his application of inductive reasoning (generalizations based on individual instances), the approach used by modern science, rather than the a priori method of medieval Scholasticism and Aristotelianism . He was an early proponent of Empiricism and the scientific method. Life Francis Bacon was born in London, England on 22 January 1561. His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I; his mother was Ann Cooke, Sir Nicholas' second wife, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, and sister-in-law of William Cecil (Lord Burghley) (chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth). He was therefore raised as an English gentleman, and had many contacts in the royal court of the day. He was the youngest of his father's five sons and three daughters. Bacon's early education was conducted at home owing to poor health, which plagued him throughout his life. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge at the age of twelve (living in Cambridge for three years with his older brother, Anthony), and it was there that he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect. In 1576, he briefly entered the upper class part of Gray's Inn, but was soon granted the opportunity to travel (with Sir Amias Paulet, the English ambassador at Paris) throughout France, Italy and Spain, including some time spent at the University of Poitiers in France and at the French court. There were unsubstantiated rumours that he became romantically involved during this time with Marguerite de Valois, sister of the French king). In February 1579, he returned to England on the sudden death of his father, although his inheritance was much less than anticipated, and he returned to Gray's Inn to study law in order to support himself. He was admitted as a junior barrister in 1582, but his ambitions (which he described as to discover truth, to serve his country and to serve his church) led him into politics. He served as Member of Parliament for Melcome Regis in 1584, and then Taunton (1586), Southampton and Ipswich (1597), Liverpool (1589), Middlesex (1593) and St Albans and Ipswich (1604). His early opposition to Elizabeth�s tax program retarded his political advancement, but, with the help of his powerful uncle, Lord Burghley, he rose quickly in the legal profession, receiving the valuable appointment of reversion to the Clerkship of the Star Chamber in 1589. During this period, he also became acquainted with Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and by 1591, he was acting as the earl's confidential adviser. He continued to use his contacts to advance his career, including an appointment to Queen's Counsel in 1596, although his money problems continued and, in 1598, he was briefly arrested for his bad debts. He was an astute politician and managed to sever his ties with the Duke of Essex before Essex was executed for treason in 1601 (even publicly arguing against his old benefactor). With the accession of King James I after Elizabeth's death in 1603, Bacon's star continued to rise and he was knighted in the same year. In 1606, he married Alice Barnham, the 14-year old daughter of a well-connected London MP (he was later to disinherit her on the discovery of her infidelity). Despite the generous income from his various legal positions, old debts and his spendthrift ways kept him indebted. He managed to negotiate the political obstacles of King James' reign, and continued to receive the King's favour, although he was not always so popular with his peers. He was rewarded with one

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

Who is the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic?

Conducting's next big question: who will bag the Berlin Phil? | Music | The Guardian Tom Service on classical music Conducting's next big question: who will bag the Berlin Phil? With Simon Rattle’s next post in London finally confirmed, attention returns to the Berlin Philharmonic and the question of who will succeed him as its principal conductor. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in a concert in Abu Dhabi, November 2010. Who will lead the world famous orchestra next? Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images Tuesday 10 March 2015 08.28 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 10 March 2015 10.16 EDT Share on Messenger Close As one Rattle-era dawns , so another reaches its crepuscular blue-hour . Simon Rattle is preparing simultaneously to take up the Music Director role at the London Symphony Orchestra in 2017, the following year he will leave his position running the Berlin Philharmonic. As three years is but a breath in classical-music planning terms at these rarefied echelons, the Berlin Phil needs to gets its skates on to nab their man for 2018. Man? Yes. I’m afraid that the glacial progress towards gender equality at the top levels of the conducting world means I reckon the next principal conductor will be a man, this time around, at least. (Although they could and arguably should consider a woman: Simone Young , Emmanuelle Haim , and Susanna Mälkki have all conducted the orchestra in recent seasons.) On 11 May, the first round of secret voting will take place among the 124 members of the Berlin Philharmonic over who becomes their next principal conductor. And as is well-known and infinitely gossiped about, the Berliners are in more than a soupçon of a pickle with this appointment, which may take several rounds of voting to resolve before the eventual candidate has the backing of a mandate-giving majority. The problem is there seems to be a generational gap in the ranks of today’s most celebrated conductors. There are plenty of younger candidates who don’t quite have the experience but who do have the requisite glamour, but they also all have pretty big jobs just now (see below), and then there are the venerated and venerable older generation whose time and energies are necessarily more limited. But the middle generation of conductors in their 40s or 50s who have the right balance of energy, experience and ambition have largely been bypassed in the Berlin Phil’s thinking - and indeed, in the wider cultures of orchestral music, where enthusiastic youth and super-maturity seem to be the only recognised states of being for a great conductor. Here’s the situation as I see it, based solely on subjective rune-reading, along with a pinch of happenstance and hearsay. Current job: Chief Conductor, Staatskapelle Dresden Berlin Phil Top Trump rating: 5/10 Thielemans’s admitted brilliance in late-romantic repertoire - Bruckner, Strauss, Wagner, but not Mahler, with whom he feels less sympathy - and his lifelong obsession with the German and specifically Prussian culture of which the Berliners are a historic symbol, along with his direct musical relationship with Herbert von Karajan, makes him impossible to ignore. But it’s precisely that narrowness of repertoire, along with his perceived political sympathies , that makes him so toxic to some, arguably especially for the international audience who are so essential to the Berliners’ continuing reputation. Current job: Music Director, Boston Symphony Orchestra Berlin Phil Top Trump rating: 7/10 The coming man for classical music has already arrived, since Nelsons has just taken up the Music Director post at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and leaves the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra later this year. He could also be in prime position to take over at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as and when James Levine steps down. So would he leave Boston for Berlin? I think it’s unlikely. He’s universally admired, but he will want to do his utmost to make Boston as good as it could be, and he may feel that Berlin would be better as his next job. Photograph: Chris Lee/Philadelphia Orchestr

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Garter, Chevron, Pavilion and Windmill are all terms used in which handicraft?

Library of Knitting Stitches - Knitting Stitch Patterns Search This Site Knitting Stitch Patterns Knitting Stitch Patterns, or combinations of knitting stitches, are a wonderful way to expand your knitting skills. There are hundreds of ways to combine just knits and purls to form different designs. They have been in use since people first began to knit. All knitting uses stitch patterns...even stockinette is considered to be stitch pattern. So instead of knitting a sweater you can use a different stitch pattern instead, keeping in mind the stitch multiples needed for each pattern stitch. A multiple of 5 stitches means you should cast on any number of stitches that is divisible by 5. A multiple of 6 + 1 means you should cast on any number of stitches that is divisible by 6 plus 1 extra stitch. Reversible stitch patterns look identical on both sides or sometimes one side is the opposite of the other. Because there is no wrong side, they are useful for projects where the wrong and ride side will show such as scarves, afghans and dish cloths. See Knitting Abbreviations and the Glossary Of Knitting Terms for more help. Also see the database of information on Barbara Walker's stitch pattern books . Both a text file and a spreadsheet are available. They include the stitch name, the number of stitches and rows required for the pattern, and other information.

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

In which country was Ivana Trump born and brought up?

Ivana Trump Biography | Fandango Ivana Trump Biography Filmography Biography Socialite Ivana Trump initially gained national recognition as the first wife of billionaire Donald Trump , to whom she was wed from 1977 to 1992. Born Ivana Marie Zelnickova in 1949, she grew up in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, just south of Prague, and established herself as a champion skier at an early age. After earning her masters in the dual arenas of physical education and languages, Ivana spent a number of years professionally coaching ski racers with then-paramour George Syrovatka in Montréal, Canada, then shifted gears and moved into modeling for the Audrey Morris agency during the 1970s -- a line of work that inadvertently brought her to New York City and introduced her to Donald Trump in 1976. The two married within a year and had three children: Ivanka Trump , Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump. As Mrs. Trump, Ivana worked for many years as vice president of interior design for the Trump Organization. Following their much-publicized and ballyhooed divorce (an event that occupied an inordinate number of tabloid pages and headlines), she established two of her own companies, Ivana, Inc. and Ivana Haute Couture; graced numerous print advertisements for a plethora of brands; and significantly (like her ex-husband) moved into work as on-camera talent, as the subject of her own Lifetime network biography special, Intimate Portrait: Ivana Trump (2001) and the host of her own reality television special, Ivana Young Man on the Oxygen Channel. The program traveled behind the scenes to witness Trump guiding an affluent young socialite into marriage with the proper suitor. — Nathan Southern, Rovi

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In 1978 who became the first man in history to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of Test Match Cricket

BBC ON THIS DAY | 19 | 1978: Botham bowls into cricket history Search ON THIS DAY by date   About This Site | Text Only 1978: Botham bowls into cricket history Cricketing star Ian Botham has become the first man in the history of the game to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match. The Somerset all-rounder's blistering performance helped bring England victory by an innings and 120 runs in the second Cornhill Test. He hit 108 runs in England's first innings and today took eight wickets for just 34 runs to contribute to Pakistan's second innings total of all out for 139. In fact, Tony Greig is the only other England player to score a century and take more than five wickets in an innings. He hit 143 runs and took six wickets for 164 against the West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados, in 1974. Botham was just unplayable Pakistan captain Wasim Bari England captain Mike Brearley said of Botham's performance: "He is colossus at the moment." Botham made his Test debut at the age of 21 against Australia at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in July last year. In that match, he took five wickets for 74 runs to help bowl out the opposition for 243. His wife Kathryn, who was eight months pregnant with the couple's first child, was in the spectator stands. Today at Trent Bridge, it was Botham's swinging deliveries which managed to beat his Pakistani opponents. Afterwards, Pakistan captain Wasim Bari said: "I have never seen a ball swing so much in bright weather...Botham was just unplayable." The Pakistan team includes many players new to Test cricket and unused to English weather conditions. Bari continued: "England bowled better, batted better and fielded better than we did. And this man Botham is a magnificent cricketer." In Context Ian Botham went on to become one of England's greatest ever all-rounders. Perhaps his best performance was in the 1981 Ashes series against Australia. After a poor run of results ending with a draw in the second Test, he resigned the England captaincy. England were one down and facing almost certain defeat in the third Test at Headingley. Botham saved the match, England ended up winning the series three-one, and the all-rounder's legendary status was assured. He played in 102 Test matches in a career spanning from 1977-92. His highest-ever batting score was 208 - his best performance with the ball was eight wickets for 34 runs. Since retiring from the game, he has become a television commentator and in 2003 became an adviser to his old county team of Somerset. He has also walked thousands of miles raising money for Leukaemia Research and more recently for The Noah's Ark appeal which is building a children's hospital in Wales. His son, Liam, played county cricket for Hampshire in 1996 but has since taken up professional rugby. Stories From 19 Jun

Darren Gough: A dazzling, entertaining cricketer; England and Yorkshire legend - Cricket Country › Darren Gough: A dazzling, entertaining cricketer; England and Yorkshire legend Darren Gough, born on September 18, 1970, is a former England and Yorkshire fast bowler and handy lower-order batsman. Jaideep Vaidya profiles the man who was called the pulse of the England dressing room during his time. | Updated : July 7, 2014 1:21 AM IST Darren Gough © Getty Images Darren Gough, born on September 18, 1970, is a former England and Yorkshire fast bowler and handy lower-order batsman. Jaideep Vaidya profiles the man who was called the pulse of the England dressing room during his time. It is a huge pity that Darren Gough was probably born 10 years too early. Born in 1970, and having played majority of his cricket in the 1990s, a character Gough was unlucky to have been part of possibly the worst England cricket team of all time. The word ‘character’ has been deliberately used here, instead of the more clichéd ‘talent’, because Gough was such a wholehearted and colourful one. He was, as David Lloyd rightly termed, “the heartbeat of the England team”, always enjoying his cricket and doing his best to ensure that his mates enjoy it with him. Not once in his career did he ever have the fear of failure; he was as happy-go-lucky as they come. He was the sort of bloke who wouldn’t give a damn about homework or bother to find out who the opposition was. It didn’t matter to him; all that mattered was that he was going to have to take the ball and bat in his hand and deliver. And if he didn’t, never mind, there was always tomorrow. That isn’t to say that Gough was an unserious cricketer who wouldn’t mind dabbling in mediocrity. You sure can’t say that about a man who became the first England cricketer to get 200 wickets in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and was, until James Anderson went past him in 2013 , the country’s highest wicket-taker in the format. He was a very noticeable man on the field, built with a somewhat stocky frame and a unique bowling action to go along with it. He used to charge in, huffing and puffing like a freight train with his chest expanding and contracting faster than a marathon runner. His delivery stride would include a leap in the air coupled with a side-on action before delivering the ball. He wasn’t Allan Donald in pace, and neither was he Wasim Akram in swing, but he was just the right amount of both and made up for any shortcomings with the energy he brought to the game. When English cricket was going through a severe bad phase after the retirement of Ian Botham and before the dawn of the Freddie Flintoff generation, Gough was the ‘go-to man’ for his captain. This wasn’t just because he was a capable bowling all-rounder and one of the best in the business, but also because of the influence he had on the dressing room, especially on the younger players towards the latter half of his career. “Gough was my trump card. He was our Botham,” wrote Nasser Hussain in his autobiography Playing with Fire. “When I became captain I’d identified certain people from whom I had to have 100 per cent support, and Gough was right up there in our team. I love him to death and think he has been arguably our most influential bowler since Botham, but he was also dangerous in that he was such a magnet and such an influence in the dressing room that the young players took notice of anything he said.” Gough was, as his autobiography is aptly titled, a ‘Dazzler’; and he very well knew it. September 18, 1970 was a sad day for the world of rock’n'roll. It was the day when Jimi Hendrix was found dead at the age of 27 in his London home. However, as Gough would observe in his autobiography, “That date in 1970 may have been a bad day for rock’n'roll, but for the Gough family, and the cricket world in general, the more important event of the day was the arrival of Trevor and Christine’s first son, Darren.” Gough did not find out about his connection with Hendrix until much later, and when he did his reaction apparently was, “One legend go

Played by Dirk Benedict in the series and Bradley Cooper in the movie, by what nickname was Templeton Peck known on The A-Team?

Templeton "Faceman" Peck | The A -Team Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The A -Team Wiki Templeton "Faceman" Peck, as played by Dirk Benedict on the A-Team TV series. Vital statistics Career/Military Information: Job/Career: Special Forces Officer in Special Detachment-Alpha Commando unit led by Lt. Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, Fought in Vietnam War in TV series, Iraqi War in 2010 film; now soldier of fortune and AWOL from US Army and wanted fugitive Years active in job: First Lieutenant (O-2), U.S. Army Family/Personal Information: Bradley Cooper ( The A-Team (2010) ) Templeton Peck (also known as Faceman, or simply Face or Peck) was a member of the A- Team , a U.S. Army Special Detachment unit in the Vietnam War. Face was a First Lieutenant and was decribed as being able to get in and out of trouble. Contents Edit The A-Team is a group of ex-United States Army Special Forces who were wrongly convicted of a crime during the Vietnam War. Managing to escape from the military police, they fled to Los Angeles, where, as fugitives, the A-Team work as soldiers of fortune, using their military training to fight oppression or injustice. Faceman, along with Hannibal Smith , B. A. Baracus , and H.M Murdock make up the A-Team. The first time Face was in a firefight, his company got pinned down by the Vietnamese. What he remembered about it later was that there was crying and screaming everywhere. When he bailed out of a jeep and hit the dirt he lost his helmet. Ray Brenner gave his own helmet to Face. [1] Suave, smooth-talking, and hugely successful with women, Peck serves as the team's con man and scrounger, able to get his hands on just about anything they need. Effectively second in command behind Hannibal (although Murdock outranks him), he is the one who arranges for supplies, equipment, and sensitive information using numerous scams and hustles. He is also the team member who usually organizes the fees for their services, due to his aptitude with numbers, as demonstrated in "Members Only." He once claimed to be a Scorpio, but may have been lying. [2] In the pilot episode it is revealed in a discussion with an elderly priest that Face spent his youth at a Los Angeles orphanage run by the Catholic Church, where possibly one of the priests was Father O'Malley . It was later revealed in future episodes that he was raised an orphan and is Catholic and may have once considered the priesthood. Face's will left his estate to an orphanage. [3] In the episode Family Reunion (fifth season), it was revealed that Face is the son of former presidential adviser and convicted criminal A.J. Bancroft. However, Face only finds out about this when Murdock tells him after Bancroft's death. Although Murdock found out earlier, Bancroft made him promise not to tell Face, who is furiously angry that Murdock didn't tell him sooner about his father. Face is happy to find out about his sister, Bancroft's daughter, as it gives him at least one family member. Face is the most gentle member of the A-Team, generally attempting to avoid conflict. His interests tend towards more cultural facets, such as country clubs, art purchasing, and wine tasting. While still in college, he tried to give his fraternity pin to Leslie Becktall , as a sort of pre-engagement gift. He discovered that she had moved away without saying goodbye. Face responded to this abandonment by dropping out of school, joining the army, and eventually becoming part of the A-Team. [4] Face lost much of his charm while married, acting much more nervous around his wife than either before or after they were wed [5] . Face Peck played by Bradley Cooper Abilities Face is a skilled grifter. He is very likeable, and people seem to find themselves trusting him. He is knowledgeable on a wide variety of subjects. Face is a skilled marksman and is proficient with many different types of guns. He knows how to drive a bus [6] and a garbage truck. [7] He can parachute. [8] He knows how to ride a horse. [9] He can apparently pick a padlock in under ten seconds, [10] but sometimes takes at least twice that long

CRICKET PLAYERS & NICKNAMES ... endless! by Chinaroad Australia's 1948 tour of England � The Invincibles  Australian national cricket team � Baggy Greens  Bangladeshi national cricket team � The Tigers  Canadian national cricket team � One Man Band  New Zealand national cricket team � The Black Caps, The Kiwis  South African national cricket team � The Proteas  West Indian national cricket team � The Windies, The Calypsos  Indian national cricket team � The Men in Blue  Pakistani national cricket team� The Stars  Officials, umpires and commentators Harold Bird � Dickie Bird  Henry Blofeld � Blowers  Brent Bowden � Billy  Steve Bucknor � Slow Death  Bill Ferguson � Fergie  Bill Frindall � The Bearded Wonder  Brian Johnston � Johnners  Christopher Martin-Jenkins � CMJ  Don Mosey � The Alderman  David Shepherd � Shep  Bryan Waddle � Wads  Players Bobby Abel � The Guv'nor  Jimmy Adams � Padams  Paul Adams � Gogga ("insect" in Afrikaans), A frog in a blender (for his unusual bowling action)  Ajit Agarkar � Bombay Duck (for his horror streak of ducks against Australia)  Jonathan Agnew � Aggers  Shoaib Akhtar � Rawalpindi Express  Wasim Akram � Prince of Pakistan, Was, Sultan of Swing  Terry Alderman � Clem (after Clem Jones, mayor of Brisbane, curator of Gabba and an alderman)  Mark Alleyne � BooBoo  Mohinder Amarnath � Jimmy, Amarnought  Surinder Amarnath � Tommy  Warwick Armstrong � the Big Ship  Jason Arnberger � Cheesy  Geoff Arnold � Horse  Shahid Afridi � The Boom  Michael Atherton � Athers  B Trevor Bailey � The Boil, Barnacle  Omari Banks � Bankie, Cowheb  Richie Benaud � Diamonds  Tino Best � The Best, Ntini  Michael Bevan � Bevvo  Andrew Bichel � Bic  Jack Blackham � Black Jack  David Boon � Boonie, Keg on Legs, Stumpy  Allan Border � A.B., Captain Grumpy  Ian Botham � Beefy,The Both,Guy  Mark Boucher � Guinness, Billy  Nicky Boje � Bodge  Nathan Bracken � Bracks  Don Bradman � The Don  Ian Bell � Belly, the team baby  C Andy Caddick � Caddyshack  Chris Cairns � B.A. (Bad Attitude)  Shivnarine Chanderpaul � Tiger  Ian Chappell � Chapelli  Ewen Chatfield � Chats, Farmer (Mer) or The Naenae Express  Stuart Clark � Sarfraz, Stu  Michael Clarke � Pup  Paul Collingwood � Nice Ginger, Colly  Herbie Collins � Horseshoe  Corey Collymore � Screw  Jeremy Coney � Mantis  Colin Cowdrey � Kipper  Jeff Crowe � Chopper  Martin Crowe � Hogan  D Adam Dale � Chipper  Joe Darling � Paddy  Phillip DeFreitas � Half-Chocolate, Daffy  Aravinda de Silva � Mad Max  Fanie de Villiers � Vinnige Fanie ("Fast Fanie" in Afrikaans)  Kapil Dev � The Haryana Express  Mahendra Singh Dhoni � Mahi  Graham Dilley � Pica  Boeta Dippenaar � Dipps  Allan Donald � White Lightning  Brett Dorey � Hunky, John  J.W.H.T. Douglas � Johnny Won't Hit Today  Rahul Dravid � Jammy, The Wall  E Bruce Edgar � Bootsy  F Damien Fleming � Flemo  Stephen Fleming � Flange  Duncan Fletcher � Fletch  Keith Fletcher � The Gnome of Essex  Andrew Flintoff � Freddy, Twiggy, Fred, family man  James Foster � The Child  Graeme Fowler � Foxy  C. B. Fry � Lord Oxford, Charles III, Almighty  G Saurav Ganguly � Maharaj, Prince of Calcutta, Dada, Bengal Tiger  Joel Garner � Big Bird  Sunil Gavaskar � Sunny, The Little Master  Chris Gayle � Cramps, Crampy  Herschelle Gibbs � Scooter, The Sack Man  Adam Gilchrist � Churchy, Gilly, The Demolition Man  Ashley Giles � Ash, the King of Spain  Jason Gillespie � Dizzy  Darren Gough � Rhino, Goughy, the Dazzler, Dancing Darren  E. M. Grace � The Coroner  W.G. Grace � The Doctor  Mark Greatbatch � Paddy  Clarrie Grimmett � The Old Fox, Grum  Subhash Gupte � Fergie  H Brad Haddin � BJ, Harry, Guildo  Richard Hadlee � Paddles  Andrew Hall � Brosh, Merv, Hally  Stephen Harmison � Harmy (or Harmi), Tinker, GBH  (Grievous Bodily Harmison) Chris Harris � Harry, Lugs  Ian Harvey � Freak  Nathan Hauritz � Horry  Matthew Hayden � Haydos, Unit