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By what nickname was American gangster Lester Gillis known | Jim L. Gillis Jr. Jim L. Gillis Jr. James Lester Gillis Jr. (October 2, 1916 – February 26, 2018) was an American politician in the state of Georgia. Gillis was born to the prominent Gillis family of Soperton, Georgia. His grandfather, Neil Gillis, was the founder of Treutlen County, Georgia and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and his father, Jim L. Gillis, Sr. was a former member of the Georgia State Senate, as was his brother Hugh Gillis. Jim L. Gillis, Jr. served on the Georgia Forestry Commission Board and is a former president of the American Turpentine Farmers Association, Georgia | Harlem's American Gangster No More" was released as a single but didn't reach any major "Billboard" charts. Jim Jones explained to MTV why he chose to do the album,"The title of this mixtape is a bit controversial," Jim recently told Mixtape Monday about his response to Jay-Z's American Gangster. "[Roc-A-Fella co-founder] Dame [Dash] feels the same way I do about American gangsters: If you snitch, you're not an American gangster. Understand me. That's what we're doing it for." Dame actually crops up on the mixtape — he surfaces in the intro and in a series of skits — while Byrd Gang flagship member |
Which English city is nicknamed The Lace City | Nottingham city centre of the city known as Hockley has arisen in recent years, situated close to the Lace Market area. The northwestern end of the city centre is home to the Nottingham Trent University city campus which contains a lively mix of old and new buildings. The University's Newton building is one of the tallest buildings in Nottingham and has a prominent position on the city's skyline. Nottingham's central railway station is located in the city centre. Nottingham Express Transit trams also service the area. Nottingham city centre has been voted 5th in Experian's list of the top 15 UK retail areas. | Irish lace starving tenants, that the lace became known and found sales. Youghal lace was a top quality commercial product that ended with the First World War. Lace Making was taught in Youghal from 1845 by the Presentation Sisters. Mother Mary Ann Smith reverse-engineered some Italian lace to understand how it was made. She then taught the technique to local women and thus the school of lace began. Limerick lace (also known as Tambour lace, because of its manner of manufacture) became well known from the 1830s onwards. following the establishment of a lace-making factory in the city by an English businessman, |
What is the name of the island in Poole Harbour | Poole Harbour of Morbihan, New Zealand's Kaipara Harbour, Orkney’s Scapa Flow and San Francisco Bay in California with a conservative estimate of covered. In 1964 during harbour dredging, the waterlogged remains of a 2000-year-old Iron Age logboat were found off Brownsea Island. Dated at about 295 BC, the Poole Logboat is one of the largest vessels of its type from British waters. Its low freeboard would have limited its use to within Poole Harbour. Poole was used by the Romans as an invasion port for the conquest of southern England, who established the settlement at Hamworthy, now the western half of Poole. | Poole Harbour businesses operate around the harbour. Poole Tourism has developed and signed a number of trails and circular walks, collectively called the Poole Harbour Trails, as well as the Poole Heritage Cycle Route for cyclists. Photographs: Poole Harbour Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley (ria) formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the Frome. The harbour has a long history of human settlement stretching to pre-Roman times. The harbour is |
What nationality was the pirate Captain Kidd | William Kidd The book portrays Kidd as an innocent privateer who was framed by corrupt officials as a scapegoat for their own crimes. The heavy metal band Running Wild’s song, Ballad of William Kidd. The band Scissorfight honored William Kidd on the album Balls Deep; The Gibbeted Captain Kidd. William Kidd William Kidd, also Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd (c. 1654 – 23 May 1701), was a Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean. Some modern historians, for example Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton (see Books), deem his piratical reputation | Kidd the Pirate Kidd the Pirate "Kidd the Pirate" is a short story by American author Washington Irving, based on legends of Captain William Kidd. The story was published in "Tales of a Traveller", an 1824 collection of Irving's writings, where it immediately precedes that work's most famous story "The Devil and Tom Walker", which also involves Kidd's treasure. The story begins "In old times, just after the territory of the New Netherlands had been wrested from the hands of their High Mightinesses, the Lords State-General of Holland by Charles the Second". This "unquiet state" is said to have led to an increase |
In waters belonging which country are the world's strongest tidal currents found | Saltstraumen Saltstraumen Saltstraumen is a small strait with one of the strongest tidal currents in the world. It is located in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about southeast of the town of Bodø. The narrow channel connects the outer Saltfjorden to the large Skjerstad Fjord between the islands of Straumøya and Knaplundsøya. The Saltstraumen Bridge on Norwegian County Road 17 crosses Saltstraumen. Saltstraumen has one of the strongest tidal currents in the world. Up to of seawater forces its way through a long and wide strait every six hours. Vortices known as whirlpools or maelstroms | The Strongest Man in the World The Strongest Man in the World The Strongest Man in the World is a 1975 American science fiction comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety, produced by Walt Disney Productions and starring Kurt Russell. It is the second sequel to the 1969 film, "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes", after 1972's "Now You See Him, Now You Don't". Medfield College's Dean Higgins (Joe Flynn) is about to be fired for financial mismanagement due to extreme over-spending by Prof. Quigley's science class. Higgins finds out the high costs are for renting a cow to experiment on; they are feeding it various concoctions to |
What is the Flavium Amphitheatre the correct name for | Amphitheater of Statilius Taurus AD, Vespasian built a new, much larger stone amphitheatre in Rome. This was the "Amphitheatrum Flavium", today known as the Colosseum. Amphitheater of Statilius Taurus The Amphitheatre of Statilius Taurus () was an amphitheatre in ancient Rome. The amphitheatre was inaugurated in 29 BC. Earlier arenas were temporary structures that were disassembled after the event. The amphitheatre was built by Titus Statilius Taurus, who paid for it from his own resources. Statilius Taurus was a successful general and politician in the time of emperor Augustus and had gathered much wealth during his career. For the inauguration he also paid for | Correct name orthographical variants. The zoological equivalent of "correct name" is "valid name". Different taxonomic placements may well lead to different correct names. For example, the earliest name for the fastest growing tree in the world is "Adenanthera falcataria" L. The "L." stands for "Linnaeus" who first validly published the name. "Adenanthera falcataria" is thus one of the correct names for this plant. There are other correct names, based on different taxonomic treatments. The four names "Adenanthera falcataria", "Albizia falcataria", "Paraserianthes falcataria" and "Falcataria moluccana" are each correct, given that the plant is placed in these four genera. Which is the 'right' |
Brazilian football legend Pele always wore which number | Squad number (association football) this was not always the case for a variety of reasons – a famous example was Johan Cruyff, who insisted on wearing the number 14 shirt for the Netherlands. In the 1958 World Cup, the Brazilian Football Confederation forgot to send the player numbers list to the event organization. However, the Uruguayan official Lorenzo Villizzio assigned random numbers to the players. The goalkeeper Gilmar received the number 3, and Garrincha and Zagallo wore opposite winger numbers, 11 and 7, while Pelé was randomly given the number 10, for which he would become famous. Argentina defied convention by numbering their squads | Pelé: Birth of a Legend actors who play my younger self will be true stars, as their skills both on screen and on the football pitch proved." Zimbalist stated that they wanted to concentrate on Pele’s early life for dramatic reasons, giving the reason as: "It was the birth of the legend that parallels the birth of the Brazilian national identity, coming off the 1950 (World Cup) loss (to Uruguay) in Maracana stadium". The film is centered on the relationship between Pele and his father. Pelé's football style derives from Ginga. As explained by the character De Brito: "It is primitive, but it has a |
In American football, what position is LB | Safety (gridiron football position) of those belonging to a linebacker in a 46 or 3–4 defense and those of the other defensive backs, in that he both covers the pass and stops the run. Strong safeties are not seen in the Canadian game, where the role is filled by the two defensive halfbacks. Current examples of strong safeties active in the NFL include Jamal Adams, Patrick Chung, Landon Collins, T. J. Ward, Malcolm Jenkins, Harrison Smith, Keanu Neal, Karl Joseph, and Tony Jefferson. Safety (gridiron football position) Safety, historically known as a safetyman, is a position in American and Canadian football played by a | Tackle (gridiron football position) Tackle (gridiron football position) Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football. Historically, in the one-platoon system prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a tackle played on both offense and defense. In the modern system of specialized units, offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions, and the stand-alone term "tackle" refers to the offensive tackle position only. The offensive tackle (OT, T) is a position on the offensive line, left and right. Like other offensive linemen, their job is to block: to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football |
What is the nickname of New Zealand's national basketball team | New Zealand men's national basketball team New Zealand men's national basketball team The New Zealand men's national basketball team is nicknamed the Tall Blacks. The "Tall Blacks" name is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks. The team has won three FIBA Oceania Championships, and twice appeared in the Olympic Games. It participated in its first FIBA Asia Cup in 2017, finishing fourth. There is a long and storied history of basketball in New Zealand dating back to when Wilt Chamberlain vacationed at the island paradise back in the 60s and introduced the game to the Kiwis. The Tall Blacks competed at | New Zealand national netball team Silver Ferns are administered by Netball New Zealand, the national governing body for netball in the country. Players for the national team are usually selected from ANZ Premiership teams. The coach of the Silver Ferns is former national team player Noeline Taurua, who replaced Janine Southby in the role in August 2018. Netball was introduced into New Zealand as "women's basketball" in 1906 or 1907, and by 1924 the New Zealand Basketball Association was formed to administer the game on a national basis. In 1938, the New Zealand Basketball Association sent the first New Zealand representative women's basketball team to |
What sport takes place at Belmont Park in the USA | August Belmont is buried in an ornate sarcophagus in the Belmont family plot (along with other Belmonts, Perrys and Tiffanys) in the Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. His widow died in 1892. Belmont threw lavish balls and dinner parties, receiving mixed reviews from New York's high society. He was an avid sportsman, and the famed Belmont Stakes thoroughbred horse race is named in his honor. It debuted at Jerome Park Racetrack, owned by Belmont's friend, Leonard Jerome (the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill). The Belmont Stakes is part of thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown and takes place at Belmont Park racetrack, | Belmont Park, Exeter Belmont Park, Exeter Belmont Park (also called Belmont Pleasure Grounds) is a public park in Exeter, England. Opened to the public in 1886 as a children's play area, it was subsequently enlarged for the use of the general public. The park is bounded by Belmont Road, Blackboy Road, Gordon Road, Jesmond Road, Grosvener Place and Clifton Hill and is in close proximity to Clifton Hill Sports Centre and Clifton Hill Driving Range. The Newtown Community Association, the Exeter Scrapstore and the Belmont Bowling Club are all located at the park. There is an area for soccer practice or other "kick |
Which class of racing yacht has the same name as a Shakespeare play | The Shakespeare Code "Sycorax" to Shakespeare, Shakespeare says that he will use the name (the joke is that the name in fact derives from Caliban's mother in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest".) Other sequences include subtle references to much earlier episodes. One of the putative lines of "Love's Labour's Won", "the eye should have contentment where it rests", is taken from episode three of the 1965 serial "The Crusade" — a story consciously written in Shakespearean style. The episode concerns the "lost" Shakespeare play "Love's Labour's Won", which is referred to in more than one historical document, but which may be just an alternative | J-class yacht Herreshoff, 1914) and "Vanitie" (William Gardner, 1914) served as trial horses and most International Rule 23mR yachts were converted to the J-Class, of which three remain in existence: "Astra", "Cambria" and "Candida". J-class yacht A J-Class yacht is a single-masted racing sailboat built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule. The J-Class are considered the peak racers of the era when the Universal Rule determined eligibility in the America's Cup. The J-Class is one of several classes deriving from the Universal Rule for racing boats. The rule was established in 1903 and rates double-masted racers (classes A through H) |
Which novel introduced the bully Harry Flashman | Flashman (novel) Flashman (novel) Flashman is a 1969 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the first of the Flashman novels. Presented within the frame of the discovery of the supposedly historical Flashman Papers, this book chronicles the subsequent career of the bully Flashman from "Tom Brown's School Days". The book begins with a fictional note explaining that the Flashman Papers were discovered in 1965 during a sale of household furniture in Ashby, Leicestershire. The papers are attributed to Harry Paget Flashman, the bully featured in Thomas Hughes' novel, who becomes a well-known Victorian military hero (in Fraser's fictional England). The papers | Harry Flashman write Flashman's memoirs, in which the school bully would be identified with an "illustrious Victorian soldier" experiencing many 19th-century wars and adventures and rising to high rank in the British Army, acclaimed as a great soldier, while remaining "a scoundrel, a liar, a cheat, a thief, a coward—and, oh yes, a toady." Fraser's Flashman is an antihero who often runs from danger in the novels. Nevertheless, through a combination of luck and cunning, he usually ends each volume acclaimed as a hero. Fraser gave Flashman a lifespan from 1822 to 1915 and a birth-date of 5 May. Flashman's first and |
What is the nationality of Chelsy Davy, former girlfriend of Prince Harry | Chelsy Davy 2011, addressing rumours of a possible reconciliation, Prince Harry publicly professed himself "100 per cent single," and Chelsy, who attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011, stated that she would not marry Prince Harry due to rising incompatibility of life choices in the relationship. In May 2018, Davy was a guest at Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle. Chelsy Davy Chelsy Yvonne Davy (born 13 October 1985) is a Zimbabwean businesswoman and a former girlfriend of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, whom she dated from 2004 to 2011. Chelsy Davy was born in Bulawayo, | Chelsy Davy work as a trainee solicitor at London law firm Allen & Overy. In late 2014, however, Davy decided to quit her position at the firm. After studying at Gemological Institute of America, Davy started a jewellery brand, Aya, in July 2016. Davy had what the press described as a "turbulent" relationship with Prince Harry, the younger son of the Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. The pair met in early 2004 while Davy was a boarder at Stowe School, and were an on-again, off-again couple, until May 2010. Davy announced the end of the relationship on Facebook. In |
What name is given to the horizontal bar of a window | Cross-window Cross-window A cross-window is a window whose lights are defined by a mullion and a transom, forming a cross. The Late Gothic cross-window is known since the 14th century and replaced the hitherto common Romanesque or Gothic arched window on buildings. Since then the latter have almost exclusively been reserved for church buildings. The two, upper lights were usually somewhat smaller that the two lower ones and could be opened separately. The latter is also true for a transom window, which has a horizontal bar or transom separating the lights. Characteristically the rectangular window is divided into four individual lights | Horizontal bar Horizontal bar The horizontal bar, also known as the high bar, is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in artistic gymnastics. It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal (typically steel) bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a system of cables and stiff vertical supports. Gymnasts typically wear suede leather grips while performing on the bar. Current elite-level competition uses a more elastic fiberglass core rail similar in material to the rails used in the women's uneven bars and men's parallel bars apparatus. The gymnastics elements performed on the horizontal bar are regulated by a |
What was the Roman coin that was worth a quarter of a denarius | Sestertius Sestertius The sestertius (plural sestertii), or sesterce (plural sesterces), was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin. The name "sestertius" means "two and one half", referring to its nominal value of two and a half "asses" (a bronze Roman coin, singular "as"), a value that was useful for commerce because it was one quarter of a denarius, a coin worth ten "asses". The name is derived from "semis", "half" and "tertius", "third", in which "third" refers to the | As (Roman coin) as, the (2), (2), . After the as had been issued as a cast coin for about seventy years, and its weight had been reduced in several stages, a as was introduced (meaning that it weighed one-sixth of a pound). At about the same time a silver coin, the denarius, was also introduced. Earlier Roman silver coins had been struck on the Greek weight standards that facilitated their use in southern Italy and across the Adriatic, but all Roman coins were now on a Roman weight standard. The denarius, or 'tenner', was at first tariffed at ten asses, but in |
Who led the Iceni against the Romans | Iceni Thames at that time. The Iceni were a significant power in eastern Britain during Claudius' conquest of Britain in AD 43, in which they allied with Rome. Increasing Roman influence on their affairs led to revolt in AD 47, though they remained nominally independent under king Prasutagus until his death around AD 60. Roman encroachment after Prasutagus' death led his wife Boudica to launch a major revolt from 60–61. Boudica's uprising seriously endangered Roman rule in Britain and resulted in the burning of Londinium and other cities. The Romans finally crushed the rebellion, and the Iceni were increasingly incorporated into | Iceni from afield" Tacitus records that the Iceni were not conquered in the Claudian invasion of AD 43, but had come to a voluntary alliance with the Romans. However, they rose against them in 47 after the governor, Publius Ostorius Scapula, threatened to disarm them. D. F. Allen explains in further detail, in his article "The Coins of the Iceni," that Scapula had been "preoccupied with defense against the unconquered Silures in South Wales and Brigantes in Yorkshire." Allen informs readers that this was how Prasutagus had come to gain full control over the Iceni (Allen 2). The Iceni were defeated |
Which major settlement was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC | Battle of Corinth (146 BC) Battle of Corinth (146 BC) The Battle of Corinth was a battle fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek city-state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League in 146 BC, which resulted in the complete and total destruction of Corinth. This battle marked the beginning of the period of Roman domination in Greek history. In 146 BC, the Romans finally defeated and destroyed their main rival in the Mediterranean, Carthage, and spent the following months in provoking the Greeks, aiming to a final battle that would also strengthen their hold in this area. Cassius Dio reported that | Ca n'Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum at its most prosperous with the construction of an access road, moat, and a field of silos for storing leftover farm products, which were later sold to other Mediterranean towns. The settlement was destroyed at the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 2nd century BC, a result of the Punic Wars (218-206 BC), but it was rebuilt during the end of the Iberian period. Years later, with the arrival of the new territorial organisation imposed by the Romans, the Iberians abandoned the settlement for good. During the 9th and 10th centuries, in the high Middle Ages, the |
Which soft drink is made from grapes blackcurrants and raspberries | Vimto Vimto Vimto is a soft drink sold in the United Kingdom. It was first manufactured as a health tonic in cordial form, then decades later as a carbonated drink. It contains the juice of grapes, raspberries and blackcurrants (in a 3% concentration), flavoured with herbs and spices. The original recipe was invented in 1908 by (John) Noel Nichols. Nichols grew up in the Scottish town of Shortridge. Vimto has also been made into a sweet and an ice lolly. It is available in cans and bottles and as a draught soft drink in pubs. Vimto was created in 1908 at | Sunkist (soft drink) Sunkist (soft drink) Sunkist is a brand of primarily orange flavored soft drinks launched in 1979. Sunkist was first licensed by Sunkist Growers to the General Cinema Corporation, the leading independent bottler of Pepsi-Cola products at the time. The soft drink was the idea of Mark Stevens, who foresaw the potential based on market research which indicated that, worldwide, orange was the third best selling soft drink flavor (largely due to The Coca-Cola Company's Fanta brand). After extensive R&D during 1977 and early 1978, in which research was conducted on taste, color and carbonation levels, Sunkist made a grand introduction |
What is Romaine a variety of | Romaine lettuce Romaine lettuce Romaine or cos lettuce ("Lactuca sativa" L. var. "longifolia") is a variety of lettuce that grows in a tall head of sturdy dark green leaves with firm ribs down their centers. Unlike most lettuces, it is tolerant of heat. In North America, romaine is sold as whole heads or as “hearts” that have had the outer leaves removed and are often packaged together. , commercially sold romaine lettuce is the subject of warnings by U.S. and Canadian health authorities that it should not be consumed in any form, at home or in restaurants, by humans due to contamination | Vaison-la-Romaine Vaison-la-Romaine Vaison-la-Romaine (Latin: "Vasio Vocontiorum") is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.The French archaeologist and hellenist Henri Metzger (1912–2007) died here. The historic section is in two parts, the "Colline du Château" on a height on one side of the Ouvèze, the "upper city" and on the opposite bank, the "lower city" centered on the "Colline de la Villasse". Vaison-la-Romaine is famous for its rich Roman ruins, medieval town and cathedral. What makes Vaison-la-Romaine unique is the possibility to see the antique, medieval and modern towns within the same environment, 2,000 years |
Who took Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini to number one in 1990 | Timmy Mallett an oversized net and imprisoned in jungle jail. The celebrities were given an option to trade their possessions for him and David Van Day to enter. They refused. On 30 November 2008, Mallett was the fourth contestant eliminated from the show after being placed in the bottom 2 in the public voting and taking part in a (play-off) Bushtucker eating trial to Brian Paddick. With producer Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mallett formed Bombalurina, along with female vocalists/dancers Dawn Andrews (wife of Gary Barlow) and Annie Dunkley, and released a cover of the single "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini". | Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini Morisse. The French version was recorded in 1960 first by Dalida and then by Johnny Hallyday. Johnny Hallyday's version reached no. 1 in Wallonia (French Belgium). 7" single Barclay 70345 (1960) 7" single Vogue V. 45-775 (1960) There have been cover versions in many languages. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" is a novelty song telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing polka dot bikini at the beach. It was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss and first released in June 1960 by Brian Hyland with orchestra conducted |
Who wrote 'The Times They Are A Changin' | The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Hudson was backed by a gospel choir. The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) "The Times They Are a-Changin'" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album of the same name. Dylan wrote the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the time, influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads. Released as a 45-rpm single in Britain in 1965, it reached number 9 in the British top ten. Ever since its release the song has been influential to | The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) which was moderately successful. In addition to its appearance on the Byrds' second album, "The Times They Are a-Changin" is included on several Byrds compilations, including "The Byrds' Greatest Hits Volume II", "The Very Best of The Byrds", "The Byrds", "The Essential Byrds", "There Is a Season", and "The Byrds Play Dylan". In January 1984, a young Steve Jobs recited the second verse of "The Times They Are a-Changin'" in his opening of the 1984 Apple shareholders meeting, where he famously unveiled the Macintosh computer for the first time. In 1994, "The Times They Are a-Changin'" was licensed for use |
Which 1981 Duran Duran music video was banned by the BBC | Duran Duran Video 45 "Girls on Film" instead. The Beta versions were included in the "Duran Duran" video album later in the year. Duran Duran Video 45 Duran Duran Video 45 (or technically just "Duran Duran", as Video 45 was the format) is a two-track video EP by Duran Duran. It was released in 1983 by PMI in the UK and Sony in the US. The release was originally intended to be like a video single, hence the Video 45 nomenclature. The EP was released in both the VHS and the Betamax format. The VHS release included the "day" version of "Girls on Film" | Duran Duran (1981 album) impact the music channel would have on the industry. The raunchy "soft porn" video which featured semi-naked women created an uproar and a heavily edited "day version" was aired on MTV (though the uncut version did receive regular airings on the Playboy Channel), and the band enjoyed and capitalized on the controversy. Duran Duran Production Duran Duran (1981 album) Duran Duran is the debut album by English new wave/synthpop band Duran Duran, released worldwide on EMI Records on 15 June 1981. The album reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart and remained in the UK top 100 for 117 |
Which rapper's real name is Louise Harman | Lady Sovereign Lady Sovereign Louise Harman better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper and singer. She is best known for the songs "9 to 5" and "Love Me or Hate Me". Lady Sovereign grew up in Chalkhill Estate, a run-down council estate in Wembley Park, London. In 2010, she said "When I heard Ms. Dynamite's track 'Boooo!' in 2001 it inspired me. I hadn't heard a female MC before that. She's real. Her presence, her image, the way she does everything... she opened so many doors for us girls, MCs are real, they write their own stuff, | My Name Is My Name "A few poor production choices and uneven sequencing do slow the album, but it shows flashes of real brilliance. The best tracks here are produced by Kanye and Pharrell, and they're concentrated at the beginning and end. The smattering in the middle of the tracklist is handled by host of collaborators, not all of them effectively complimenting Pusha's rawness. While not the defining statement it could’ve been, "My Name Is My Name" shows different sides of Pusha T as he becomes a more multidimensional rapper." Jabbari Weekes of "Exclaim!" said, "A majority of "My Name Is My Name"'s sounds are |
Lewis Carroll the author of the Alice stories was an Oxford don, what was his subject | University of Oxford Botanic Garden Oxford mathematics professor Lewis Carroll and the Liddell children, Alice and her sisters. Like many of the places and people of Oxford, it was a source of inspiration for Carroll's stories in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The Garden's waterlily house can be seen in the background of Sir John Tenniel's illustration of "The Queen's Croquet-Ground". Another Oxford professor and author, J. R. R. Tolkien, often spent his time at the garden reposing under his favourite tree, "Pinus nigra". The enormous Austrian pine was much like the Ents of his "The Lord of the Rings" story, the walking, talking tree-people of | Alice Liddell Alice Liddell Alice Pleasance Hargreaves, "née" Liddell (; 4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934), was, in her childhood, an acquaintance and photography subject of Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). One of the stories he told her during a boating trip became the children's classic "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Although she shared her name with the heroine of the story, scholars disagree about the extent to which the character was based upon her. She married cricketer Reginald Hargreaves, and they had three sons. Alice Liddell was the fourth of the ten children of Henry Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, |
Francesco Schettino was the captain of which ship | Francesco Schettino Francesco Schettino Francesco Schettino (; born November 14, 1960 in Meta into a seafaring family) is an Italian former sea captain who commanded the cruise ship "Costa Concordia" when it struck an underwater rock and capsized with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of Giglio on January 13, 2012. Schettino attended the nautical institute Nino Bixio in Piano di Sorrento, then worked for the ferry company Tirrenia. In 2002 he was hired by Costa Crociere (Costa Cruises), a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation. Starting as an official in charge of security, he moved up to become | Francesco Schettino the 16-year prison sentence. Schettino further appealed to Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation, which upheld the original sentence on May 12, 2017. Schettino handed himself in to Rome's Rebibbia prison on hearing the verdict of the second appeal, to begin his sentence. Before starting his prison sentence, Schettino lived in Meta, Campania, in the Province of Naples. He is married to Fabiola Russo, and has one daughter. Present with him on the bridge during the collision was Moldovan dancer Domnica Cemortan (26), who has admitted she had been having a love affair with Schettino. Francesco Schettino Francesco Schettino (; born |
What was advertised as The doll you love to dress | Fashion doll Doll You Love to Dress", Tammy was portrayed as a young American teenager, more "girl next door" than the cosmopolitan image of Barbie. Sindy was created by the British Pedigree Dolls & Toys company in 1963 as a rival to Barbie with a wholesome look. American Character Doll Company released their "Tressy" fashion doll in 1963 to compete with Barbie. Tressy was first sold as an 11½" fashion doll, and, after being acquired by the Ideal Toy Company, by the late 60s was sold as a larger pre-teen doll. Tressy featured a long swatch of hair that could be pulled | Tammy (doll) Tammy (doll) Tammy was a 12" fashion doll created by the Ideal Toy Company that debuted at the 1962 International Toy Fair. Advertised as "The Doll You Love to Dress", Tammy was portrayed as a young American teenager, more "girl next door" than the cosmopolitan image of Mattel's Barbie, or American Character's Tressy. The doll was loosely based on the character "Tammy" in the 1957 film "Tammy and the Bachelor". Tammy was produced in three versions: the first with straight legs, the second released in 1964 with bendable legs, and the final version released in 1965 was an older-looking doll |
What was advertised with the slogan It's slightly rippled with a flat underside | Vic and Bob these was for Cadbury's Boost bars, described by Reeves as "slightly rippled with a flat underside". Other companies they advertised together included Müller, where the duo acted out examples of pleasure and pain, MFI and Kit-e-Kat. They have advertised several products solo such as Mini Cheddars and DHL (Mortimer) and Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Fanta, Lynx and Mars chocolate bars (Reeves). Mortimer contends that derivative material of their comedy and works has "flooded the advertising world. The Tango and McDonald's ads wouldn’t have been on without our sort of stuff." Reeves and Mortimer appeared in a corporate advert for the BBC | Boost (chocolate bar) coconut version is no longer available and the peanut version has again been rebranded as Starbar. The biscuit version is now the standard Boost bar. A further version was launched in the UK in 2002 with a green wrapper containing guarana. It was marketed alongside the biscuit Boost and advertised with the slogan "Boost Guarana: One Step Ahead". However, this was eventually discontinued. For a while Boost was advertised on television by comedy duo Reeves and Mortimer. This led to the unconventional advertising slogan "It's slightly rippled with a flat under-side." In Ireland, Boost bars are known as Moro bars. |
Ophelia is a moon of which planet in the Solar System | Ophelia (moon) towards Uranus. The ratio of axes of the Ophelia's prolate spheroid is 0.7 ± 0.3. Ophelia acts as the outer shepherd satellite for Uranus' ε ring. The orbit of Ophelia is within the synchronous orbit radius of Uranus, and is therefore slowly decaying due to tidal forces. Explanatory notes Citations Ophelia (moon) Ophelia ( ) is a moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by "Voyager 2" on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 8. It was not seen until the Hubble Space Telescope recovered it in 2003. Ophelia was named after | Stability of the Solar System essentially the distance from sun to earth). These are now known as the Kirkwood gaps. Some asteroids were later discovered to orbit in these gaps, but their orbits are unstable and they will eventually break out of the resonance due to close encounters with a major planet. Another common form of resonance in the Solar System is spin–orbit resonance, where the period of spin (the time it takes the planet or moon to rotate once about its axis) has a simple numerical relationship with its orbital period. An example is our own Moon, which is in a 1:1 spin–orbit resonance |
Who were the first nation to wear wedding rings | Wedding ring circle to be a symbol of eternity, and the ring served to signify the perpetual love of the spouses. This was also the origin of the custom of wearing the wedding ring on the ring finger of the left hand, because the ancient Egyptians believed that this finger enclosed a special vein that was connected directly to the heart, denominated in Latin the "Vena amoris". The Western traditions of wedding rings can be traced to ancient Rome and Greece, and were first associated with the marital dowry and later with a promise of fidelity. The modern exchange of rings derived | Wedding ring will go onto the right hand. Many spouses wear their wedding rings day and night, causing an indentation in the skin that is visible even when the ring is removed. Since the 19th century in the West, it has been considered unlucky to remove a wedding ring once it has been placed on the finger in church. It is commonly believed that the first examples of wedding rings were found in ancient Egypt. Relics dating to 6,000 years ago, including papyrus scrolls, are evidence of the exchange of braided rings of hemp or reeds between spouses. Ancient Egypt considered the |
What has become a custom from armoured knights raising their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king | Salute walk on her right side. A right-handed boatswain Mate piping an Officer aboard may salute with his/her left hand. The earliest version of saluting comes from the habit of Greek soldiers, whose main visual theory was Plato's Emission Theory. The soldiers of lower rank would shield their eyes with their hand in order to protect themselves from the stronger eyebeams of their commanding officer. According to some modern military manuals, the modern Western salute originated in France when knights greeted each other to show friendly intentions by raising their visors to show their faces, using a salute. Others also note | What They Become In June 2016, IGN ranked the episode as the third best in the series. What They Become "What They Become" is the tenth episode of the second season of the American television series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they race to destroy an ancient Kree city before Hydra can get to it and unlock a potentially extinction-level event. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the |
Who is Ben Miller's TV partner in their TV series | Armstrong and Miller (TV series) Armstrong and Miller (TV series) Armstrong and Miller - later retitled The Armstrong and Miller Show - is a comedy sketch television show that aired between 1997 and 2001 featuring Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller, known together as Armstrong and Miller. Following a series on the Paramount Comedy Channel in 1997, a further three were made for Channel 4. The duo moved to BBC One in 2007 with "The Armstrong & Miller Show". Four series were produced by Absolutely Productions. The first series was made for the Paramount Comedy Channel, the subsequent three series were broadcast on Channel 4 (Series | The Partner (TV series) set to debut in Summer 2016. The series debuted March 7, 2017. The Partner (TV series) The Partner is an American reality television show which is broadcast on CNBC. The series features entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis auditioning ten candidates to help run businesses Lemonis has invested in during his other CNBC program "The Profit". Candidates will be auditioned over a six-week period, with one being selected to be Lemonis' partner. The winner will receive a three-year contract including a salary of US$163,000 and a 1% equity stake in Lemonis' portfolio. The series drew comparisons to another business themed reality format "The |
Which Carol won the first Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes | Shooting Stars (TV series) on Ulrika's team during the 2002 series. Carol Vorderman made a total of 3 appearances and Jarvis Cocker, Stephen Fry, Zoë Ball, Les Dennis and Sara Cox each made two appearances (although Fry made a short appearance in the 2002 Christmas special). Martin Clunes made two appearances as a panellist, once on Series One and once on video exclusive Unviewed and Nude, and was also featured as a "mystery celebrity" in series two. An anniversary edition entitled "All New Shooting Stars" was shown on 30 December 2008, celebrating the 15th anniversary of Shooting Stars. Ulrika Jonsson returned as captain with | Stars in Their Eyes Stars in Their Eyes Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show, based on Joop van den Ende’s Dutch format "Soundmixshow". It featured a singing contest in which members of the public impersonate showbiz stars. Each contestant would walk through ‘smoky’ doors before instantly reappearing dressed up as their chosen star. A number of celebrity specials and a childrens’ spin-off series have also aired during the original run. The show premiered on 21 July 1990 and ran until 23 December 2006. It was produced by Granada for ITV and originally presented by Leslie Crowther. Matthew Kelly took over |
What was the name of Tom's wife in the TV sitcom The Good Life | The Good Life (1975 TV series) The Good Life (1975 TV series) The Good Life is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television. It ran from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978 on BBC One and was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. Opening with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old London plastics designer, it relates the joys and miseries he and his wife Barbara experience when they attempt to escape modern commercial living by "becoming totally self-sufficient" in their home in Surbiton. In 2004, it came 9th in "Britain's Best Sitcom". In the United States, it aired on various PBS stations | The Good Wife that "There's nothing inherently wrong with "The Good Wife" other than it's a legal series with too many close-up shots of knowing glances and 'attagirl Alicia' moments of empowerment that you saw coming 20 minutes prior." "Time Magazine"s James Poniewozik named it one of the Top 10 TV Series of 2010 and 2011, saying, "The ability to keep growing: that's what makes a good "Wife" great." "The Salt Lake Tribune" in its list of the Top 10 series of 2011 ranked "The Good Wife" No. 3, explaining "The mix of fascinating legal drama and even more fascinating personal drama is |
What is a freshwater lobster commonly known as | Spiny lobster family ("Jasus", "Projasus", and the furry lobster "Palinurellus"), and its form can distinguish different species. Spiny lobster Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the Bahamas, called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish ("kreef" in South Africa), terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish. The furry lobsters ("e.g." "Palinurellus") were previously separated into a family of their own, the Synaxidae, but are usually considered members of the Palinuridae. The | American lobster of New Jersey". The name Say chose – ""Astacus marinus"" – was invalid as a junior homonym of "Astacus marinus" Fabricius, 1775, which is in turn a junior synonym of "Homarus gammarus". The American lobster was given its current scientific name of "Homarus americanus" by Henri Milne-Edwards in his 1837 work "" (""Natural History of the Crustacea""). The common name preferred by the Food and Agriculture Organization is "American lobster", but the species is also known locally as the "northern lobster", "Maine lobster" or simply "lobster". American lobsters are a popular food. They are commonly boiled or steamed. Hard-shells (lobsters |
What sport is enjoyed by Wigan Wasps | Wigan 1966 at a cost of £692,000 (£ as of 2019), Wigan BEST, named Wigan Wasps until 2004, is the town's swimming club. It has produced Olympic standard swimmers, including medal winner June Croft. Wigan Wheelers are a cycling club, originally established in 1919 who have social and competitive members from across the borough and beyond. Wigan has staged motorcycle speedway racing at two venues. Poolstock Stadium was the home of Wigan Speedway in 1947. The team moved to Fleetwood in 1948, although they raced at Poolstock in 1960. Woodhouse Lane Stadium was used briefly in the early 1950s when the | Wigan Warriors other clubs from Yorkshire and Lancashire to found the Northern Union which led eventually to the sport of rugby league. This was a result of the breakaway from the Rugby Football Union. This was when the "Wasps" tag was dropped and the club simply became known as Wigan. The County Championship was introduced in October 1895 with Cheshire entertaining Lancashire. The Red Rose side contained three players from Wigan: Winstanley (full back) and Unsworth and Brown (forwards). In 1896–97 due to the increased number of Northern Union teams the Northern League was abandoned in favour of two County Senior leagues. |
Which English town or city was the first to introduce a congestion charge on 1 October 2002 | Durham City congestion charge Durham City congestion charge The Durham City congestion charge was the first congestion charge to be introduced in the UK in October 2002. Durham County Council introduced the toll for drivers using 1,000-year-old Saddler Street in the city centre which stands on the peninsula above the River Wear. This is the only public access road leading to the World Heritage Site of Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle. It was mainly introduced to reduce traffic flow using the road. Prior to the introduction of the congestion charge around 3000 vehicles used the road on a daily basis. The narrow street, built | London congestion charge roads, which since June 2016 pay the full congestion charge. The T-charge (toxicity charge) was introduced from October 2017 for vehicles that do not meet . These older polluting vehicles pay an extra £10 charge on top of the congestion charge to drive within the Congestion Charge Zone. From April 2019, the T-charge will be replaced by the Ultra-Low Emission Zone, which will apply 24/7 to vehicles which do not meet the standards: Euro 4 for petrol vehicles, and Euro 6 or VI for diesel and large vehicles. From 2021, the ULEZ will be extended to the North and South |
What letter do the motorways in France begin with | Motorways in Kosovo the legislation. Motorways in Kosovo The Motorways in Kosovo (; Serbian: "Autoput") are the controlled-access highway system in the Republic of Kosovo which are predominantly under the supervision of the Ministry of Infrastructure. They are defined as roads with at least two lanes in each direction including an emergency lane and a speed limit of not less than . The motorways in Kosovo are marked with a special road sign, similar to the road sign depicting a motorway in other countries of Europe. The markings has green background and are identified as consisting of letter R and the motorway number | What to Do with Daylight What to Do with Daylight What to Do with Daylight is the debut album by New Zealand singer/songwriter, Brooke Fraser released in 2004. "What to Do with Daylight" was the top New Zealand album for 2004 (according to RIANZ), and went seven times Platinum. The album title comes from the album's first track "Arithmetic", as heard in the line "Wondering what to do with daylight/Until I can make you mine". The song was released as the album's fourth single in New Zealand. All five singles from the album reached the top 20 NZ singles chart and achieved No. 1 airplay |
On which motorway are the Trowell and Woodhall service areas | Trowell services the north. Trowell services Trowell services is a motorway service station off the M1 motorway in Trowell, Nottinghamshire, England, situated north of Junction 25. Opened in 1967 by Mecca Leisure, it is currently owned by Moto. The services are situated near Nottingham. Trowell services appeared in an episode of the second series of "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet", where the actors discuss who they would be in "The Magnificent Seven". It was also the location for part of the 2009 British film "Hush".. The services are also a Visual Reference and Reporting Point for general aviation traffic entering East Midlands Airport controlled | Motorway service area NRA, they are unlikely to proceed in the short term due to the economic recession. "No services on motorway" signs have been erected on the M7, M8, and M9. The NRA has stated that it now intends to erect signs to petrol stations off the motorway instead. Motorway service area Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom, also known as 'service stations' or 'services', are places where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of |
What nationality was the painter Edvard Munch | Edvard Munch Edvard Munch Edvard Munch (; ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter, whose best known work, "The Scream", has become one of the most iconic images of world art. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inheriting a mental condition that ran in the family. Studying at the Royal School of Art and Design in Kristiania (today’s Oslo), Munch began to live the bohemian life, under the largely negative influence of the nihilist Hans Jæger, who did, however, urge him to paint his own emotional and psychological state (‘soul painting’). From | Edvard Munch Laura was artistically talented and may have encouraged Edvard and Sophie. Edvard was related to painter Jacob Munch and to historian Peter Andreas Munch. The family moved to Christiania (renamed Kristiania in 1877, and now Oslo) in 1864 when Christian Munch was appointed medical officer at Akershus Fortress. Edvard's mother died of tuberculosis in 1868, as did Munch's favorite sister Johanne Sophie in 1877. After their mother's death, the Munch siblings were raised by their father and by their aunt Karen. Often ill for much of the winters and kept out of school, Edvard would draw to keep himself occupied. |
Who was honoured in 2010 with her own chapel in Westminster Abbey | State funerals in the United Kingdom usually receive a ceremonial funeral. However, a few historical civilians of profound achievement, exceptional military leaders, and outstanding statesmen have also been honoured with a full state funeral, including, for example, Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Nelson, and Sir Winston Churchill. The former prime minister Benjamin Disraeli was offered the honour of a state funeral, but refused it in his will. The famous nurse and statistician Florence Nightingale was also offered a state funeral, but her family opted for a private ceremony. Charles Darwin (died 1882) was honoured by a major funeral in Westminster Abbey, attended by state representatives, but this | Westminster Abbey St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle next to her husband, King George VI, who had died 50 years previously. At the same time, the ashes of the Queen Mother's daughter, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, who had died on 9 February 2002, were also interred in a private family service. Westminster School and Westminster Abbey Choir School are also in the precincts of the abbey. The Choir School educates and trains the choirboys who sing for services in the Abbey. Westminster Abbey is renowned for its choral tradition, and the repertoire of Anglican church music is heard in daily worship, particularly |
"Which TV presenter was the first to win the coveted ""Rear of the Year"" for a second time in 2014" | Rear of the Year ludicrous thing I’ve ever done' The event, staged for some years at London's Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, attracts national and international press publicity. In 2012, organiser Tony Edwards declared that female rears were starting to slim down as more women took to the gym, jogging, and keeping trim in this Olympic year. In 2014, Carol Vorderman became the first person to receive the award for a second time. Rear of the Year Rear of the Year is a light-hearted British award for celebrities who are considered to have a notable posterior. It was created by publicity consultant Anthony Edwards | Rear of the Year Rear of the Year Rear of the Year is a light-hearted British award for celebrities who are considered to have a notable posterior. It was created by publicity consultant Anthony Edwards and is organised by Rear of the Year Limited. It was for several years awarded to women only; now it is usually awarded to one woman and one man. Barbara Windsor won the first award in 1976, presented as a one-off accolade. Five years later it became an annual event with Felicity Kendal taking away the honours. On winning the award in 1985, Lynsey de Paul quipped "I would |
Which Blur album their first for 12 years reached the top of the charts in May 2015 | Blur (band) album was marked by Albarn's growing interest in hip hop and African music. After a 2003 tour without Coxon, Blur did no studio work or touring as a band, as members engaged in other projects. Blur reunited, with Coxon back in the fold, for a series of concerts in 2009. In the following years they released several singles and retrospective compilations, and toured internationally. In 2012, the group received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Their first major release in twelve years, "The Magic Whip" (2015), became the sixth consecutive Blur studio album to top the British charts. | Blur (Blur album) would flop as a result, "Blur", as well as lead single, "Beetlebum", reached the top of the UK charts and the album was certified platinum. The album also reached the top 20 in six other countries. The success of "Song 2" led to "Blur" becoming the band's most successful album in the US where the Britpop scene had been largely unsuccessful. The album received positive reviews from most music critics, many praising the stylistic change as well as Albarn's improved songwriting. Despite Blur's previous album, "The Great Escape" being released to positive reviews, and entering the UK charts at number |
What is the hardest grade of pencil | Pencil claim to have first used the HB designations, with "H" standing for Hardtmuth, "B" for the company's location of Budějovice, and "F" for Franz Hardtmuth, who was responsible for technological improvements in pencil manufacture. As of 2009, a set of pencils ranging from a very soft, black-marking pencil to a very hard, light-marking pencil usually ranges from softest to hardest as follows: Koh-i-noor offers twenty grades from 10H to 8B for its 1500 series; Mitsubishi Pencil offers twenty-two grades from 10H to 10B for its Hi-uni range; Derwent produces twenty grades from 9H to 9B for its graphic pencils and | Pencil pencil hardness of different coatings. This test defines a "pencil hardness" of a coating as the grade of the hardest pencil that does not permanently mark the coating when pressed firmly against it at a 45 degree angle. For standardized measurements, there are Mohs hardness testing pencils on the market. The majority of pencils made in the US are painted yellow. According to Henry Petroski, this tradition began in 1890 when the L. & C. Hardtmuth Company of Austria-Hungary introduced their Koh-I-Noor brand, named after the famous diamond. It was intended to be the world's best and most expensive pencil, |
When he was reworking the Mona Lisa what did Salvadore Dali add to it | Mona Lisa replicas and reinterpretations example of "second-generation" interpretations of "Mona Lisa". Salvador Dalí created his "Self Portrait as Mona Lisa" in 1954, referencing "L.H.O.O.Q." in collaboration with Philippe Halsman, incorporating his photographs of a wild-eyed Dalí showing his handlebar moustache and a handful of coins. In 1958, Icelandic painter Erró then incorporated Dalí's version into a composition which also included a film-still from Dalí's "Un Chien Andalou". Fernand Léger and René Magritte are among the numbers of Modern art masters who've adapted "Mona Lisa" using their own iconography. None of the parodies have tarnished "Mona Lisa"'s image; rather, they reinforce her fame. Duchamp's "mustached" | The Mona Lisa (song) The Mona Lisa (song) "The Mona Lisa" is a song recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in December 2013 as the fourth and final single from his ninth studio album, "Wheelhouse". Paisley wrote the song with Chris DuBois. The song was inspired when Paisley had the chance to see the masterpiece and he says that one exciting element of the song came courtesy of his fans. Paisley recalls "in the big refrain to 'The Mona Lisa', there are actually 10,000 people recorded live in Saratoga Springs, New York. In concert, I said, 'who wants to |
You can hold it without using your arms or hands what is it | Don't Hold Your Breath arrangement were compared to songs by Gloria Gaynor, according to Robert Copsey from Digital Spy. Lyrically, the song's theme and content was described as "Scherzinger staving off an ex’s advances" and making it clear that the relationship is officially over. As well as incorporating elements of club music, her tone is scornful on lines such as "You can’t touch me now, there’s no feeling left/ If you think I’m comin’ back, don’t hold your breath/ What you did to me, boy I can’t forget". Pop Justice praised Scherzinger's choice to release "Don't Hold Your Breath" as her second single. They | I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" is a 1947 song by Eddy Arnold. The song was Eddy Arnold's third number one on the "Billboard" Juke Box Folk Records chart. "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" spent 46 weeks on the chart and 21 weeks at number one. The song also served as Arnold's first crossover hit, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart. It was |
Which championship team beat Stoke City 4-1 in 2015 thereby knocking them out of the FA Cup | 1961–62 Stoke City F.C. season was that Stoke had renewed confidence for the future. Stoke were drawn away at last season's winners Leicester City in the FA Cup. The match ended in a 1–1 draw but in the replay Stoke knocked out the "Foxes" 5–2 to set up a fourth round meeting with Blackburn Rovers. A crowd of 49,486 saw Rovers win 1–0 thanks to a controversial penalty, the referees decision enraged one Stoke supporter so much he started legal action against him. Stoke recorded their first victory in the League Cup at Roots Hall beating Southend United 1–0. In the next round they were | 2015–16 Stoke City F.C. season Stoke beat both Manchester clubs 2–0 and won 4–3 away at Everton as Stoke ended 2015 in a top half position. Stoke also had a good run in the League Cup where after knocking out Luton Town, Fulham, Chelsea and Sheffield Wednesday they lost to Liverpool on penalties in the semi-final. Stoke were also knocked out of the FA Cup by Crystal Palace, and with both cup exits sandwiched between three consecutive 3–0 Premier League defeats it rounded up a poor start to 2016 for the Potters. In the January transfer window Stoke broke their transfer record set in the |
In the group Echo and The Bunnymen who or what is Echo | Echo & the Bunnymen bass player Les Pattinson to form Echo & the Bunnymen. This early incarnation of the band featured a drum machine, assumed by many to be "Echo", though this has been denied by the band. In the 1982 book "Liverpool Explodes!", Will Sergeant explained the origin of the band's name: In November 1978, Echo & the Bunnymen made their debut at Liverpool's Eric's Club, appearing as the opening act for The Teardrop Explodes. The band played one song, a 20-minute version of "Monkeys" which was entitled "I Bagsy Yours" at the time. Echo & the Bunnymen's debut single "The Pictures on | Echo & the Bunnymen discography with the UK Top 10 hit "Nothing Lasts Forever". An album of new material, "Evergreen", was greeted enthusiastically by critics and the band made a successful return to the live arena. Though Pattinson left the group for a second time, McCulloch and Sergeant continue to record as Echo & the Bunnymen, releasing "What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?" (1999), "Flowers" (2001), "Siberia" (2005), "The Fountain" (2009), and "Meteorites" (2014). Echo & the Bunnymen discography The discography of Echo & the Bunnymen, an English post-punk band which formed in 1978, consists of twelve studio albums, ten live albums, |
Dame Trott traditionally appears in which pantomime | Pantomime dame played as pantomime dames are often - though not exclusively - older, matronly women. Indeed, they may be the protagonist's mother, as in "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Robinson Crusoe", or a nursemaid to the protagonist, as in "Sleeping Beauty" and "Snow White". Although often warm and sympathetic characters, dames may also be employed as comic antagonists, such as with the Ugly Sisters in "Cinderella". Some pantomimes traditionally do not contain standard dame roles, but certain productions may add a dame character, as in the case with many pantomime versions of "Peter Pan". Further examples of these characters include: Pantomime | Pantomime dame Pantomime dame A pantomime dame is a traditional role in British pantomime. It is a continuation of "travesti" portrayal of female characters by male actors in drag. They are often played either in an extremely camp style, or else by men acting 'butch' in women's clothing. They wear big make up and big hair, have exaggerated physical features, and perform in a melodramatic style. While not from pantomime, possibly the best known of this type of character is Dame Edna Everage whose name plays on two meanings of "dame": this tradition and the title equivalent to "Sir". Characters who are |
What type of butter was advertised on TV using wobbly cows | Cows (band) stage, throwing the microphone stand into the crowd, throwing food at the crowd, drawing on themselves, among others. Lead singer Shannon Selberg's trademark is that he has a tattoo illustrating the game Hangman on his body that reads "F_CK" and another tattoo of an anchor with the word "DAD" on top of it. One reviewer wrote about the band's shows, "I have no doubt that the Cows know how to play their instruments. What I don't understand is why they refuse to tune them." Cows (band) Cows were a post-hardcore/noise rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band formed in 1987 | Vologda butter Vologda butter Vologda butter, or Vologodskoye Maslo (), formerly known as Parisian butter, is a type of butter made in the Vologda region of Russia, known for its sweet, creamy and nutty flavor. It gets its flavor from its particular manufacturing process, which involves an exact set of temperatures and fat content; as well as due to the vegetation and breed of cows found in Vologda. The process used to create Vologda butter was invented by Nikolai Vasilievich Vereshchagin, the older brother of war artist Vasily Vereshchagin. He was inspired by tasting "Norman butter", from the Normandy region of France, |
In which English County would you find both the towns of Ham and Sandwich | Sandwich, Kent podcasts on their website. They hope to create a district-wide internet based radio station in the future leading to a community licence. Academy FM Thanet can also be well received in the Sandwich area. There is a nearby hamlet to the south called Ham. A fingerpost three miles from Sandwich in the hamlet of West Street points towards both Ham and Sandwich, thus reading "Ham Sandwich". Sandwich, Kent Sandwich is a historic town and civil parish on the River Stour in the non-metropolitan district of Dover, within the ceremonial county of Kent, south-east England. It has a population of 4,985. | Ham sandwich from the processed meat. A ham sandwich was suspected of causing an outbreak of swine fever in the UK in 2000. New York State chief judge Sol Wachtler was famously quoted by Tom Wolfe in "The Bonfire of the Vanities" that "a grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich,' if that's what you wanted." A fictional talking ham sandwich appeared in an online noir serial in the late 1990s, and the publishers sued in 1999 when a similar character appeared in a television advertisement for Florida orange juice, though the suit was withdrawn. The name "ham sandwich" is sometimes used |
What do the locals call the cloud that covers Table Mountain in Cape Town | Cape Town real estate industries. With a Gini coefficient of 0.67, Cape Town has the highest rate of equality in South Africa. Cape Town is located at latitude 33.55° S (approx. the same as Sydney and Buenos Aires and equivalent to Casablanca and Los Angeles in the northern hemisphere) and longitude 18.25° E. Table Mountain, with its near vertical cliffs and flat-topped summit over high, and with Devil's Peak and Lion's Head on either side, together form a dramatic mountainous backdrop enclosing the central area of Cape Town, the so-called City Bowl. A thin strip of cloud, known colloquially as the "tablecloth", | Table Mountain granite basement, to form the "Cape Flats". The "Cape Flats" form the isthmus that connects the Cape Peninsula to the Mainland. The Fold Mountains reappear as the Hottentots-Holland Mountain range on the mainland side of the "Cape Flats". What has added to the mountain's table-top flatness is that it consists entirely of the very hard, lower layer of the Table Mountain Sandstone Formation. Originally this was topped by a thin glacial tillite layer, known as the Pakhuis Formation (see the diagram above, left), above which was the upper layer of Table Mountain Sandstone. Both these layers, but especially the tillite |
MBE, OBE, CBE which is the highest honour | Joan Whittington magistrate and Chairman of the Bench in Oxfordshire, and was active in the Scout movement. She was successively made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE; 1945), Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE; 1955) and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE; 1963). She also held the Red Cross' Badge of Honour Class 1, its highest award. She died on 23 March 1980. The Jeep she used in World War II is in the Imperial War Museum, London. Joan Whittington Joan Whittington CBE (died 1980, aged 73) was an aid worker with | The Highest Honor The Highest Honor The Highest Honour is a 1982 Australian film about Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau by Z Special Unit during World War II. The same story inspired the mini-series "Heroes" (1988) and "" (1991). During World War II, a team of Australian soldiers from Z Special Unit, including Ivan Lyon and Robert Page, successfully lead an expedition to destroy ships in Singapore harbour, Operation Jaywick. An attempt to duplicate this success, Operation Rimau, ends in disaster, with the team either killed or captured. Those soldiers who are interrogated by the Japanese in Singapore, with Page forming a friendship |
In which Scottish city is there a statue of Desperate Dan | Desperate Dan help the underdog. After Watkins’ death in 1969, the cartoons were drawn by many other artists, principally Ken H. Harrison, though the Watkins canon was often recycled. When the Dandy became digital-only in 2012, the Desperate Dan strips were drawn by David Parkins. There is a statue of Dan in Dundee, Scotland, where his publishers, D. C. Thomson & Co. are based. The strip was drawn by Dudley D. Watkins until his death in 1969. Although "The Dandy Annual"s featured new strips from other artists from then on, the comic continued reprinting Watkins strips until 1983 (though the then Korky | Desperate Dan Watson, the Desperate Dan statue is the most photographed of 120 pieces of public art in the city. After the print "Dandy" ended with its 75th anniversary issue (for which Ken H. Harrison returned to draw one final strip, reverting to the art style he had employed during the 1980s and 1990s), "The Dandy" relaunched as a digital comic. David Parkins returned to DC Thomson to draw Desperate Dan with Dan's previous artist, Jamie Smart, drawing a relaunch of "The Numskulls" from "The Beezer". As with many well-known characters, the name and image of Desperate Dan have been borrowed in |
Who played Prince Feisal in the epic film 'Lawrence of Arabia' | Lawrence of Arabia (film) and his divided allegiance between his native Britain and its army, and his new-found comrades within the Arabian desert tribes. As well as O'Toole, the film stars Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains and Arthur Kennedy. "Lawrence of Arabia" was nominated for ten Oscars at the 35th Academy Awards in 1963; it won seven in total, including Best Picture and Best Director. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and the BAFTA Awards for Best Film and Outstanding British Film. In the years since, it has been recognised | Lawrence of Arabia (film) film "A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia" was aired. It depicts events in the lives of Lawrence and Faisal subsequent to "Lawrence of Arabia" and featured Ralph Fiennes as Lawrence and Alexander Siddig as Prince Faisal. Lawrence of Arabia (film) Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic historical drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel through his British company Horizon Pictures, with the screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Starring Peter O'Toole in the title role, the film depicts Lawrence's experiences in the Arabian Peninsula |
Who is the Roman equivalent to the Greek god Hypnos | Hypnos Hypnos In Greek mythology, Hypnos (; , "sleep") is the personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent is known as Somnus. In the Greek mythology, Hypnos is the son of Nyx ("The Night") and Erebus ("The Darkness"). His brother is Thanatos ("Death"). Both siblings live in the underworld ("Hades") or in Erebus, another valley of the Greek underworld. According to rumors, Hypnos lived in a big cave, which the river Lethe ("Forgetfulness") comes from and where night and day meet. His bed is made of ebony, on the entrance of the cave grow a number of poppies and other hypnotic plants. | Who Says God Is Dead! Who Says God Is Dead! Who Says God Is Dead! is the tenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on February 5, 1968, by Decca Records. This is Lynn's second Gospel album, following 1965's "Hymns". In the issue dated February 17, 1968, "Billboard" magazine published a review of the album, saying, "The darling of the country music field has produced another beautiful religious LP. Her understanding and perception on "Who Says God Is Dead" is convincing. She's also great on "I Believe", "In the Garden", and "The Old Rugged Cross"." There were no singles |
Of what is agoraphobia the fear of | Agoraphobia due to a different mechanism from agoraphobia with panic attacks. Primary agoraphobia without panic attacks may be a specific phobia explained by it once having been evolutionarily advantageous to avoid exposed, large, open spaces without cover or concealment. Agoraphobia with panic attack, though, may be an avoidance response secondary to the panic attacks due to fear of the situations in which the panic attacks occurred. Most people who present to mental health specialists develop agoraphobia after the onset of panic disorder. Agoraphobia is best understood as an adverse behavioral outcome of repeated panic attacks and subsequent anxiety and preoccupation with | Agoraphobia or even avoids a location. Some refuse to leave their homes even in medical emergencies because the fear of being outside of their comfort areas is too great. The sufferers can sometimes go to great lengths to avoid the locations where they have experienced the onset of a panic attack. Agoraphobia, as described in this manner, is actually a symptom professionals check when making a diagnosis of panic disorder. Other syndromes like obsessive compulsive disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder can also cause agoraphobia. Essentially, any irrational fear that keeps one from going outside can cause the syndrome. Agoraphobics may suffer |
Who wrote about a mongoose called Ricki Tikki Tavi | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Kldiashvili directed a live action feature film entitled "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" four years later. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story in the 1894 anthology "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young mongoose. It has often been anthologized and has been published several times as a short book. The story follows the experiences of a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (after his chattering vocalizations) after he becomes the pet of a British family residing in India as protection against cobras. He becomes friendly with some of the other creatures inhabiting the garden, and is warned of the cobras Nag | Mongoose and New Organisms Act 1996, preventing them from being imported into the country. Mongooses are a common spectacle at roadside shows in Pakistan. Snake charmers keep mongooses for mock fights with snakes. On Okinawa (where mongooses were misguidedly brought in to control the local habu snake), mongoose fights with these highly venomous snakes ("Ovophis okinavensis" and "Trimeresurus flavoviridis") in a closed perimeter were presented as spectator events at such parks as Okinawa World; however, due to pressure from animal rights activists, the spectacle is less common today. A well-known fictional mongoose is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, who appears in a short story of |
WE FATTEN HIGH MOTHERS (Shakespeare) | The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Christmas Carol Directed by Scott Alan Small 2017 Richard III Directed by Ian Gallanar 2017 Taming of the Shrew Directed by Ian Gallanar 2017 The Fantasticks! Directed by Curt Tofteland 2017 The Tempest Directed by Lizzi Albert 2017 Julius Caesar Directed by Michael Toylado The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company was founded in 2002 and quickly received a great deal of attention for its high-energy approach to the works of Shakespeare and other classics. Performing both in its indoor and outdoor homes in Ellicott City, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company attracts a regional audience from Baltimore, Washington and beyond. | We Share Our Mothers' Health long sleep and starts searching for a sacred apple. At the end of a nightmarish story the girl is able to find her apple but only to discover the real price that she has to pay for it." We Share Our Mothers' Health "We Share Our Mothers' Health" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo The Knife from their third studio album, "Silent Shout" (2006). It was released in May 2006 as the album's third single. Pitchfork Media ranked it at number fourteen on The Top 100 Tracks of 2006. The music video for the song is an animated |
What is the heaviest breed of dog in the world on average | The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon the starring dog Buck. The breed used in this adaptation was not the one identified in the novel, but the look is similar. Jack London describes Buck as a huge, four-year-old half-Saint Bernard and half-Scottish shepherd dog. The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon is a 1996 movie. The screenplay by Graham Ludlow is based on Jack London's classic novel "The Call of the Wild" (1903), is narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, and stars Rutger Hauer. "The Hollywood Reporter" said it was, "... a pleasant surprise. Much more faithful to Jack | Breed type (dog) line" This terminology is incorrect. The word "type" in reference to a dog refers specifically to the description of what defines that breed and what makes that breed of dog different from every other breed, as can be found in that breed's written Standard. When comparing dogs of the same breed, you look at "type" first and foremost, and then you look for different "styles" of dogs within that breed. The term "style" refers to characteristics that are different in each dog that already has "breed type". There can be a vast variety of "styles" existing in each breed of |
What is the Beverley Hills Diet developed by Judy Mazel based on | Beverly Hills Diet that weight gain results from undigested food that is stuck in the body. The article expressed concerns about the combination of large amounts of fruit with little salt, noting that significant water loss from diarrhea could produce fever, muscle weakness, and a rapid pulse, and that blood pressure could drop low enough to cause death. Beverly Hills Diet The Beverly Hills Diet is a fad diet developed by author Judy Mazel (1943–2007) in her 1981 bestseller, "The Beverly Hills Diet". Mazel had tried and failed to lose weight with existing programs, and developed the diet plan after spending six months | Judy Mazel Judy Mazel Judy Mazel (December 20, 1943 – October 12, 2007) was the American weight loss advocate and author of ""The Beverly Hills Diet"", which became a 1981 best seller and a nationwide diet craze. Judy Mazel was a devout practicing Jew and was raised in a conservative Ashkenazi Jewish home. Mazel was born in Chicago on December 20, 1943 as the youngest of three sisters. She moved to California but failed to become a professional actor. She began to struggle with her weight and began writing several diet books. Mazel had no formal training in either medicine or nutrition |
What did Buster Bloodvessel call the hotel he owned in Margate | Buster Bloodvessel landing a part in an episode of "Boon" in 1990. In 1998, he signed a solo deal with the Virgin Records offshoot label, Innocent Records, and recorded an album but the label decided to axe the project just before his debut solo single was to be released. Buster struggled with morbid obesity and underwent laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery in 2004, his weight dropping from 31 stone (196.86 kg/434 Lbs) to 13 stone (82.6 kg/182 Lbs). He once owned a hotel in Margate called Fatty Towers, which specifically catered for larger customers, with features such as extra large beds and baths | Buster Bloodvessel as well as fatty meals. The hotel closed in 1998 and Buster moved back to London. He often appears as a guest on various television shows, as well as in the tabloid newspapers. In early 2001 he fell ill during a concert in Perugia. Buster Bloodvessel Douglas Trendle (born 6 September 1958), better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer and the frontman of the ska revival band Bad Manners. His stage name was taken from the bus conductor played by Ivor Cutler in the Beatles' 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour". Born in Stoke Newington as Douglas Woods to |
Doctor Herman Tarnower was responsible for which well known diet | Herman Tarnower Herman Tarnower Herman Tarnower (March 18, 1910 – March 10, 1980) was an American cardiologist and co-author (with Samm Sinclair Baker) of the bestselling diet book "The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet" (1978). On March 10, 1980, just eight days before his 70th birthday, Tarnower was shot dead by Jean Harris. Harris was convicted of his murder in White Plains, New York in 1981. Herman Tarnower was born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish immigrants, Harry and Dora Tarnower. Known to his friends as Hy, Tarnower had three sisters, and attended Syracuse University, becoming a physician specializing in cardiology. Tarnower established | Herman Tarnower to wrestle it away from her. The jury did not believe her testimony and convicted her, because manslaughter was not an option during the deliberations. Judge Russell Leggett sentenced Harris to the minimum of 15-years-to-life in prison. However, she was granted clemency by New York Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1992 and paroled in 1993. Herman Tarnower was interred on a sloping hill in the Larchmont Temple section of Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Jean Harris visited his gravesite on several occasions. Herman Tarnower Herman Tarnower (March 18, 1910 – March 10, 1980) was an American cardiologist and co-author |
In the Fatty Arbuckle murder case what was the name of the victim | The Garden Murder Case (film) The Garden Murder Case (film) The Garden Murder Case is a 1936 mystery/drama, the tenth in the Philo Vance film series, following after 1935's "The Casino Murder Case". In this entry to the series, Vance is played by Edmund Lowe, and Virginia Bruce co-stars. The film also features Benita Hume, Douglas Walton, and Nat Pendleton. It was directed by Edwin L. Marin from a screenplay by Bertram Millhauser based on the 1935 book of the same name by S. S. Van Dine. Society swell and dilettante detective Philo Vance investigates a number of murders, beginning with the apparent suicide of | Murder Was the Case Murder Was the Case Murder Was the Case is a 1994 short film and soundtrack album starring and performed by Snoop Doggy Dogg. The 18 minute film was directed by Dr. Dre and Fab Five Freddy and chronicles the fictional death of Snoop Dogg and his resurrection after making a deal with the Devil. The film's title comes from Snoop's song of the same name from his debut album, "Doggystyle", which had been released a year earlier. The single "What Would You Do" was included on the "Natural Born Killers" soundtrack and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best |
In Australian slang what is a sanga | Golden Gaytime – named Golden Gaynetto – in addition to other formats. In 2017, Streets released a Golden Gaytime ice-cream sandwich named the Golden Gaytime Sanga ("Sanga" being Australian slang for sandwich). In 2017, the flavours Gaytime Unicorn, Pina Colada and Choc Mint McMint Face were introduced. The company appears to embrace the camp name by retaining the tagline from the 1980s, "It's hard to have a Gaytime on your own". The in-home boxes feature the words "4 delicious chances to have a gay time". In 2009, Streets started re-airing a television commercial from the 1980s. The double meaning of the name | Sanga-Sanga Sanga-Sanga Sanga-Sanga is an island in the southwestern Philippines, part of the Sulu Archipelago between the Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea. It is sandwiched between Tawitawi Island to the east and Bangao Island to the south. The island is subdivided into 11 barangays (Karungdong, Lakit-Lakit, Lato-Lato, Luuk Pandan, Malassa, Mandulan, Pagasinan, Pakias, Paniongan, Sanga-Sanga, and Tubig Basag), all belonging to the municipality of Bongao in the province of Tawi-Tawi. During World War II the island was a major stopover for the Japanese Navy. It was liberated by American forces on 2 April 1945, and used by American and Australian forces. |
Which British super Middleweight champion announced his retirement in July 2015 | Super middleweight on to defeat Carl Froch by unanimous decision and win the tournament in late 2011. Current champions Below is a list of longest reigning super middleweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple title reigns) does not apply. "Updated 23 September 2018" In MMA, the Super middleweight division is from 186 lbs (84 kg) to 195 lb (88 kg). Super middleweight Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. In professional boxing, super middleweight is contested between the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, in which boxers weigh | Super middleweight Singletary for the International Boxing Federation version of the title. The World Boxing Association created its version of the super middleweight title when reigning "Lineal" champion Chong Pal Park defeated Jesus Gallardo in 1987 (Park had been IBF champion before relinquishing the title to fight for the inaugural WBA version). The World Boxing Council crowned its first champion in 1988 when Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Donny Lalonde in a fight that was also for its version of the light heavyweight title. Since the early 1990s, there has been a highly competitive super middleweight division in Britain and Ireland, including the |
Developed as a new town in 1963 which Shropshire town is named after a Scottish engineer | Dawley Dawley Dawley is a small town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Today, it forms part of the new town of Telford, which was originally, in 1963, going to be named 'Dawley New Town' before it was decided in 1968 to name the town 'Telford', after the engineer and road-builder Thomas Telford. Dawley is one of the older settlements in Shropshire, being mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). It is divided into "Dawley Magna" ("Great Dawley") and Little Dawley (also shown as "Dawley Parva" ("Little Dawley") on older maps). The town's main civil | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) is a box set by David Bowie, released on 29 September 2017. A follow-up to the compilations "Five Years (1969–1973)" and "Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976)", the set covers the period of Bowie's career from 1977 to 1982, including his "Berlin Trilogy", over eleven compact discs or thirteen LPs. Exclusive to the box set are a ""Heroes"" EP, which compiles album and single versions of the song that were recorded in German and French, a new version of "Lodger" (1979), remixed by coproducer |
Which role was played by Tim McInerny on TV's 'Blackadder IV' | Edmund Blackadder mud of the trenches of the Western Front, this Blackadder's sole goal is to escape his inevitable fate. Blackadder's attempts to escape are thwarted by General Melchett, who does not realize the futility of the war, and Melchett's assistant Captain Darling, his sycophantic right-hand man. Blackadder shares his trench with Private S. Baldrick, and Lt. The Hon. George Colthurst St Barleigh. In the series finale, "Goodbyeee", Captain Blackadder and his company go over the top in 1917 to their implied deaths. In the series, Captain Blackadder is seen wearing the following ribbons: Lord Edmund Blackadder is the modern representative of | Blackadder fortunes, regardless of his surroundings. The life of each Blackadder is also entwined with his servant, each from the Baldrick family line (played by Tony Robinson). Each generation acts as the dogsbody to his respective Blackadder. They decrease in intelligence (and in personal-hygiene standards) as their masters' intellect increases. Each Blackadder and Baldrick is also saddled with tolerating the presence of a dim-witted aristocrat. This role was taken in the first two series by Lord Percy Percy, played by Tim McInnerny; with Hugh Laurie playing the role in the third and fourth series, as Prince George, Prince Regent; and Lieutenant |
In Greek mythology what were the mythical sea nymphs called that tried to lure Ulysses onto the rocks | The Cave of the Storm Nymphs The Cave of the Storm Nymphs The Cave of the Storm Nymphs is a painting by British artist Edward Poynter, depicting three nude sirens or nymphs from Greek mythology that lure sailors to their deaths. Poynter painted two versions, one in 1902 and the other in 1903, with minor differences. The former is housed in the Norfolk's Hermitage Museum, and the latter is in the private collection of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. One of the depicted sirens is playing a golden stringed, tortoise-shell lyre, while the other two sirens rejoice amid the foundering ship, expecting to add to the cave’s | Hyades (mythology) restore their youth. In Tennyson's poem, Ulysses recalls his travels of old: "I cannot rest from travel: I will drink - Life to the lees: All times I have enjoy'd - Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those - That loved me, and alone, on shore, and when - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades - Vext the dim sea ..." Hyades (mythology) In Greek mythology, the Hyades (; , popularly "rain-makers" or "the rainy ones" from ὕω "hyo" "I fall as rain", but probably from ὗς "hys" "swine") are a sisterhood of nymphs that bring rain. The Hyades were |
Sn is the chemical symbol for which metallic element | Chemical element of metals. Cu comes from Cuprum, Fe comes from Ferrum, Ag from Argentum. The symbols were not followed by a period (full stop) as with abbreviations. Later chemical elements were also assigned unique chemical symbols, based on the name of the element, but not necessarily in English. For example, sodium has the chemical symbol 'Na' after the Latin "natrium". The same applies to "W" (wolfram) for tungsten, "Fe" (ferrum) for iron, "Hg" (hydrargyrum) for mercury, "Sn" (stannum) for tin, "K" (kalium) for potassium, "Au" (aurum) for gold, "Ag" (argentum) for silver, "Pb" (plumbum) for lead, "Cu" (cuprum) for copper, and | Chemical element hydrogen and deuterium). Thus, all carbon isotopes have nearly identical chemical properties because they all have six protons and six electrons, even though carbon atoms may, for example, have 6 or 8 neutrons. That is why the atomic number, rather than mass number or atomic weight, is considered the identifying characteristic of a chemical element. The symbol for atomic number is "Z". Isotopes are atoms of the same element (that is, with the same number of protons in their atomic nucleus), but having "different" numbers of neutrons. Thus, for example, there are three main isotopes of carbon. All carbon atoms |
What is the only country that borders Gambia | Trans-Gambia Highway Trans-Gambia Highway The Trans-Gambia Highway is the most important road in The Gambia, running across the centre of the nation in a north-south direction. The road is also economically important for Senegal, in which it is designated as the N4 road. The Gambia is an elongated state forming a country that is almost surrounded by Senegal (but not an enclave, as it also borders the Atlantic Ocean). The Gambia almost separates the Casamance region from the remainder of Senegal. The Trans-Gambia Highway provides the most important connection between the two parts of Senegal. As the N4, it runs from Kaolack | The Gambia Gambia began the process of returning to its membership of the Commonwealth and formally presented its application to re-join to Secretary-General Patricia Scotland on 22 January 2018. Boris Johnson, who became the first British Foreign Secretary to visit the Gambia since the country gained independence in 1965, announced that the British government welcomed the Gambia's return to the Commonwealth. The Gambia officially rejoined the Commonwealth on 8 February 2018. The Gambia is a very small and narrow country whose borders mirror the meandering Gambia River. It lies between latitudes 13 and 14°N, and longitudes 13 and 17°W. The Gambia is |
Which type of aeroplanes were used by the Argentine Air Force to launch Exocet missiles | Exocet Italian Otomat, the Swedish RBS-15 and the Chinese Yingji series. In 1982, during the Falklands War, the Exocet became noted worldwide when Argentine Navy Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard warplanes carrying the AM39 Air Launched version of the Exocet caused irreparable damage which sank the Royal Navy destroyer on 4 May 1982. Two Exocets then struck the 15,000 ton merchant ship "Atlantic Conveyor" on 25 May. Two MM38 ship-to-ship Exocet missiles were removed from the old destroyer ARA "Seguí", a retired US Navy "Allen M. Sumner"-class vessel and transferred to an improvised launcher for land use, a technically challenging task which also | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 16 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 16 Launch Complex 16 (LC-16) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida is a launch complex built for use by LGM-25 Titan missiles, and later used for NASA operations before being transferred back to the US military and used for tests of MGM-31 Pershing missiles. Six Titan I missiles were launched from the complex between December 1959 and May 1960. These were followed by seven Titan II missiles, starting with the type's maiden flight on March 16, 1962. The last Titan II launch from LC-16 was conducted on May 29, 1963. Following the |
Which Jazz great passed away in December 2012 at the grand age of 92 | Jazz at Oberlin away from realisation"; he further observed that it "marked Brubeck's eager adoption by America's (predominantly white) youth - a welcome that soon extended around the world ... for a rhythmically intricate instrumental jazz". Jazz at Oberlin Jazz at Oberlin is a live album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It was recorded in the Finney Chapel at Oberlin College in March 1953, and released on Fantasy Records as F 3245. The Fantasy Records album back cover states that drummer Lloyd Davis had a 103-degree fever during the performance. Critic Nat Hentoff wrote in "Down Beat" magazine that the album ranks with | The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard is a live album by the Great Jazz Trio; pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams, recorded in 1977 for the Japanese East Wind label. Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "No matter which edition one hears of the Great Jazz Trio, leader Hank Jones can be counted upon to deliver the goods. ...On this occasion, Jones is ably accompanied by Ron Carter and Tony Williams, so it is no surprise the fireworks begin right away". On All About Jazz |
Which dry gin was created by James Burroughs in Chelsea in 1862 | Beefeater Gin owners, further establishing its reputation and extending its customer base. The 1876 company stock lists showed an increasing portfolio of gins with brand names such as Ye Old Chelsea and James Bourrough London Dry, as well as Old Tom styles. By spending time experimenting, inventing and using new processes he discovered that blending a particular recipe of botanicals produced a bold, full-flavoured gin, which he named Beefeater Gin. After the almost instant success of the gin, it was soon made the James Burrough Company’s flagship product. The original Beefeater recipe book dated 1895, specifies that nine botanicals are essential (juniper, | Pink Gin Pink Gin Pink Gin or Pink Plymouth is a cocktail made fashionable in England in the mid-19th century, consisting of Plymouth gin and a dash of Angostura bitters, a dark red bitters that makes the whole drink pinkish. Lemon rind is also commonly used as a garnish, with the citrus oils subtly complementing the flavour. Pink gin is widely thought to have been created by members of the Royal Navy. Plymouth gin is a 'sweet' gin, as opposed to London gin which is 'dry', and was added to Angostura bitters to make the consumption of Angostura bitters more enjoyable as |
England crushed Australia in the 2015 4th Ashes test. Who had bowling figures of 8 for 15 in the 1st innings | 2015 Ashes series elected to bowl first. England made one change to their team, replacing the injured James Anderson with Mark Wood, while Shaun Marsh replaced his brother Mitchell in the Australian side. Australia were bowled out before lunch on the first day for 60 in 18.3 overs, the least number of overs a team has been bowled out for in the first innings of a Test match. Stuart Broad picked 8/15, the best bowling figures by a fast bowler in an Ashes Test, while extras outscored every one of Australia's batsmen with 14 (the top-scoring batsman was tail-ender Mitchell Johnson, with 13). | Test matches in England in 2005 two more wickets just before lunch, Andrew Flintoff after scoring a quick-fire 46 and Geraint Jones for 42. After lunch Australia quickly dispatched the remaining two wickets for just a further 10 runs, bowling England out for a score of 444, with Glenn McGrath finishing on his worst-ever Test figures of nought for 86. Australia started their innings tentatively with Matthew Hoggard dropping a low catch Matthew Hayden off his own bowling. Just before tea Australia lost their first wicket with Hayden out caught at short leg from Ashley Giles first over. After tea Australia lost another couple of wickets, |
Which American city is named after Saint Francis of Assisi | St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church (General Trias) St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church (General Trias) The St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church, commonly known as the General Trias Church is the first Catholic parish church of the municipality of General Trias in Cavite province in the Philippines. Typical of towns established during the Spanish colonial period, the church is located at the "plaza" (town square) of General Trias, which was formerly called "San Francisco de Malabon" in honor of its patron saint, Saint Francis of Assisi. The first church in General Trias was established by the shakespears in 1896 when it was still a "visita" (sub-parish) of | Saint Francis of Assisi College III, Las Piñas City. Saint Francis of Assisi College (SFAC) is one of the prime educational institutions with Home Study Culture in the Philippines that began in the early 90's where the program was not yet recognized in the country. www.stfrancis.edu.ph Saint Francis of Assisi College - Student Handbook pp. 1-15 Saint Francis of Assisi College Saint Francis of Assisi College (SFAC) is a system of private, Catholic-oriented but non-sectarian Philippine educational institutions, offering complete education from pre-school up to the graduate or masteral level of education. The main campus is situated in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila. The Saint |
Who was Bonnie Parker's murderous accomplice in the nineteen thirties | The Bonnie Parker Story The Bonnie Parker Story The Bonnie Parker Story is a 1958 crime film directed by William Witney. It is loosely based on the life of Bonnie Parker, a well-known outlaw of the 1930s. The film stars Dorothy Provine as Parker; Parker's actual historical partner, Clyde Barrow, is renamed Guy Darrow for the film's story, and played by Jack Hogan.The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with "Machine Gun Kelly". Diner waitress Bonnie Parker is just as tired of her job in 1932 Texas as she is of customers like Guy Darrow, who try too hard | Accomplice (company) Accomplice (company) Accomplice is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts that invests in technology startup companies, with specialties in cybersecurity, eSports, data analytics, S&B class software, emerging hardware platforms, and marketplaces. Accomplice is one of the most active early stage firms in New England. A majority of Accomplice’s investments are in Boston, with others throughout the U.S., in Canada, and in the E.U. Formerly known as Atlas Venture, the firm announced in October 2014 that it was splitting its technology and life sciences franchises. The technology group renamed as Accomplice; the life sciences group retained the name |
Which group had a number one album in 1978 with Rumours | Rumours (album) The album was certified platinum in America and the UK within months of release after one million units and 300,000 units were shipped respectively. All three major US trade publications—"Billboard", "Cash Box", and "Record World"—named it Album of the Year for 1977. After a debut at number seven, "Rumours" peaked at the top of the UK Albums Chart in January 1978, becoming Fleetwood Mac's first number one album in the country. In February, the band and co-producers Caillat and Dashut won the 1978 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. By March, the album had sold over 10 million copies | Rumours (Glee) week that Nicks' new solo album "In Your Dreams" debuted at number six. The two recordings sold a little less than 30,000 and 52,000 units, respectively. Music downloads accounted for ninety-one percent of the "Rumours" sales. The spike in sales for "Rumours" represented an uptick of 1,951%, and it had the highest US chart entry by a previously issued album since The Rolling Stones' reissue of "Exile on Main St." entered the chart at number two on June 5, 2010. In Australia, the interest had an even more profound effect: five days after the episode aired, the "Rumours" album entered |
In the Bible how many sons did Jacob have | Jacob and his twelve sons Jacob and his twelve sons Jacob and his twelve sons is a series of thirteen paintings by Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán. The series of life-size portraits was painted between 1641 and 1658. Twelve of the thirteen paintings are in Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, England, and one is in Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. The series traveled to the Americas for the first time in 2016, to be displayed at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, Texas, from 17 September 2017 until 7 January 2018, and then in New York City at the Frick Collection from 31 January until 22 April 2018. The | Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph and solemn”. Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is a 1656 oil painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn. It is said to have almost “a sculptural surface with a translucent glaze over paint”. This piece is housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Kassel, Germany. "Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph" shows a scene from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Chapter 48. In this scene, Joseph brings his two sons (Manasseh and Ephraim) to his dying father Jacob so that they can receive the family blessing. According to tradition, the eldest son |
The Melbourne Cup is a prize in which sport | 2015 Melbourne Cup injury. 2015 Melbourne Cup The 2015 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 155th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over , was held on 3 November 2015 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. The date is a public holiday in the state of Victoria. The final field for the race was declared on 31 October. The total prize money for the race was A$6.2 million, the same as the previous year. The winner was Prince of Penzance, ridden by Michelle Payne, who became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. Max Dynamite ran | Melbourne Cup (greyhounds) Melbourne Cup (greyhounds) The Melbourne Cup is the world's richest and most prestigious greyhound race. In 2016 it was reported that the race had a prize-winning pool of 600,000. The Cup was first run in 1956 and was worth £500 to the winner. The race is the final event of the three-week Superdogs series which carries over $1 million in total prize money. The Cup is run over at Sandown Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in November annually, following the Melbourne Cup for thoroughbred horses. Some of Australian greyhound racing's most memorable moments and most significant events have occurred in |
Which American state is nicknamed the Hoosier State | Hoosier State (train) 6, 2015, INDOT announced that the "Hoosier State" would discontinue service on April 1, 2015. The decision was made due to regulations of the Federal Railroad Administration that would have required the state of Indiana to act as a rail carrier, despite the state owning no tracks or trains, which – according to INDOT – would have increased the cost to Indiana taxpayers for no additional benefit. After Indiana appealed to the FRA, the train's operation was extended to April 30, while Amtrak continued to operate the "Hoosier State" under a short-term agreement while negotiations continued. On August 2, 2015, | Hoosier City Hoosier City Hoosier City is an action/adventure side scrolling game, first released for MS-DOS in 1991. The game was released along with multiple sequels; "Hoosier City I: Assault of the Orcs", "Hoosier City III: Return to Oil City", and "Hoosier City II: Liberating Freedom City", some of which were released in 1992. The games were developed and published by MVP Software, with distribution by Wetware. "Hoosier City" and its sequels are based in a post-nuclear war, where the player is tasked with ridding a city of mutants. Movement is controlled using the cursor keys, and the player is able to |
Which bones were used in the manufacture of the farthingale which were worn under ladies dresses | Farthingale Farthingale A farthingale is one of several structures used under Western European women's clothing in the 16th and 17th centuries to support the skirts in the desired shape. It originated in Spain. The Spanish "verdugado", from which "farthingale" derives, was a hoop skirt originally stiffened with the subtropical Giant Cane; later designs in the temperate climate zone were stiffened with osiers (willow withies), rope, or (from about 1580) whalebone. The name "verdugado" comes from the Spanish "verdugo", ("green wood", or the more modern meaning of "executioner"). The earliest sources indicate that Joan of Portugal started to use verdugados with hoops | Farthingale been worn at an angle ("low before and high behind") which visually elongated the wearer's torso while shortening her legs. Modern costumers conjecture that it probably consisted of one or more large hoops with horizontal stiffeners which radiated from around the waist in order to produce a flat platter-like shape when supported underneath by the "bumroll" or "French farthingale" described above. The great farthingale remained in fashion into the first few decades of the 17th century, mostly for court functions, after which the fashion died out. Farthingale A farthingale is one of several structures used under Western European women's clothing |
Which car company make the Mokka | Opel Mokka Opel Mokka The Opel Mokka is a Crossover SUV engineered and built by German automotive marque Opel since 2012. Sales began with model year 2013 in late 2012. The Mokka is now built in Bupyeong, South Korea and Zaragoza, Spain. In 2016 The Opel Mokka was renamed to the Mokka X. It is also sold under the Vauxhall brand in Great Britain, and as the Buick Encore in North America and in China. A variant of the Mokka/Encore vehicle having significantly different sheet metal and trim is marketed in North America as the Chevrolet Trax. In September 2007, "What Car?" | Opel Mokka produced computer generated images, which showed a Corsa C based SUV. However that model never made it into production. The Mokka is positioned below the Antara and the Zafira Tourer in the Opel lineup, and is available in both front wheel and four wheel drive versions. The "Mokka" name derives from the small, round coffee beans of the Coffea Arabica variety. The Mokka is based on GM's Gamma II platform. As introduced for model year 2013 the Mokka was offered with a choice of three engines: a 1.6 litre petrol, a 1.4 litre turbo petrol, and a 1.7 litre diesel. |
To which Berkshire destination did the C.N.D. march from London each Easter beginning in the late 1950s | Anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom In May 2012, a new government report showed that, in England and Wales, hundreds of sites could be contaminated with radioactive waste from old military bases, factories, and old planes. This figure is far higher than previous official estimates. The first Aldermaston March organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament took place at Easter 1958, when several thousand people marched for four days from Trafalgar Square, London, to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment close to Aldermaston in Berkshire, England, to demonstrate their opposition to nuclear weapons. The Aldermaston marches continued into the late 1960s when tens of thousands of people | Reform of the date of Easter than in otherwise equivalent common years after February. The Symmetry454 Calendar proposes a fixed date of Easter in week 14, which would agree with the aforementioned proposals in most years, but would be 1 week earlier in F/GF years (like the only deviation of the Pepuzite definition) and also in DC, D/ED and E/FE years. The Sunday of an ordinal ISO week "n" is also the "n"th Sunday of the year, except in A/AG, B/BA and C/CB years where it is the "n"+1st Sunday, so both major proposals put Easter on the 15th Sunday of the year except either in |
What is the unusual collective noun for cougars | Houston Cougars football playing in their first game as a Division I FBS team. In the fallout of the loss, coach Mike Nesbitt resigned his position as offensive coordinator for the Cougars. Assistant coach Travis Bush assumed play-calling duties for the Cougars for the rest of the season. The Cougars would finish the season at 5–7, miss out on a bowl bid, and suffer a defeat at SMU in which the Cougars allowed the most points to an opponent in school history and gave up a school record nine turnovers. What seemed a promising beginning to his coaching tenure with a bowl win | Collective noun lighthearted, humorous or facetious collective nouns. Collective noun In linguistics, a collective noun refers to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are mundane and "not" specific to just one kind, such as the word "group", which is applied to "people" in the phrase "a group of people", but is also applied to "dogs" in the phrase "a group of dogs". Other collective nouns "are specific" to one kind, especially terms of venery, which identify specific groups of animals. For example, "pride" as a term of venery always refers to lions, never to |
What is Japan's second-largest island | Geography of Japan Geography of Japan Japan is an island nation comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over along East Asia's Pacific coast. It consists of 6,852 islands. The main islands are Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkaido. The Ryukyu Islands and Nanpō Islands are south of the main islands. The territory extends . It is the largest island country in East Asia and fourth largest island country in the world. Japan has the sixth longest coastline and the eight largest Exclusive Economic Zone of in the world. The terrain is mostly rugged and mountainous with 66% forest. The population is clustered in urban areas on | Geography of Japan world with people (2016). The area is and has a population density of . is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of the four main islands. , Kyushu has a population of 12,970,479 and covers . It has the second highest population density of (2016). is the smallest of the four main islands, . It is located south of Honshu and north east of Kyushu. It has the smallest population of 3,845,534 million (2015) and the third highest population density of . is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture. The Tsugaru |
Which company announced in 2015 that it is to stop publishing images of naked women | Naked Women's Wrestling League Naked Women's Wrestling League The Naked Women's Wrestling League, also known as NWWL, is a defunct erotic women's professional wrestling promotion which featured naked females battling in the ring. Carmen Electra acted as hostess for the organization until 2007, when she sued the company for breach of contract. The NWWL broadcast shows around the world, and its wrestlers were featured in magazines such as "Penthouse", "Playboy", and "Maxim". Before creating the Naked Women's Wrestling League, the creators tried other products that featured naked women, such as online gambling, before settling on nude female wrestling. The NWWL wrestlers were trained by | Women in Publishing was held in an upstairs room at the Globe pub, opposite Baker Street tube station. Attended by some 100 women, the meeting was chaired by Anne McDermid, with the discussion being led by Liz Calder and Ursula Owen (co-founder with Carmen Callil of the publishing company Virago). The stated aims of WiP, which holds meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, are: WiP presents annual awards, chosen by nomination, in two categories: Women in Publishing Women in Publishing (WiP) is a London-based group, established in 1979, that works to promote the status of women working in the publishing industry |
What is Thailand's biggest island | Geology of Thailand of red beds, overlain by light-colored sandstones, red beds and evaporites such as carallite, tachydrite, halite and sylvite. The carnallite zone is up to 95 meters thick and the halite deposit is one of the thickest on Earth. Thailand has intrusive granitoid everywhere but the Khorat Plateau. I- and S-type plutons are dominant along the border with Myanmar and extending to the Phuket Island. Typically, they are small and isolated with biotite and muscovite-rich granite as well as potassium feldspar megacrysts, hornblende and large mica-tourmaline or lepidolite pegmatites. S-type granites in this belt commonly have tin-tungsten mineralization. Triassic S-type granitoid | Fashion Island (Thailand) had no circuit breaker, and the passenger compartment was not protected by fireproof insulation. Two girls, 6 and 8 years old, died in the fire, and two more children were injured from jumping out of the train. Fashion Island (Thailand) Fashion Island is a shopping mall located on Ramintra Road, in Khan Na Yao district outskirt of Bangkok, Thailand. Fashion Island is currently ranked Twenty-first largest mall in the World along with "Dubai Mall" and "West Edmonton Mall" (once biggest mall in the world until 2004). The shopping mall featured an amusement park with a monorail circling around the mall. |
How many litres of water will a standard European condom hold before it bursts | Condom effectiveness condom users varies depending on the population being studied, ranging from 10 to 18% per year. The perfect use pregnancy rate of condoms is 2% per year. Condoms may be combined with other forms of contraception (such as spermicide) for greater protection. Condom effectiveness Condom effectiveness is how effective condoms are at preventing STDs and pregnancy. Correctly using male condoms and other barriers like female condoms and dental dams, every time, can reduce (though not eliminate) the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis. They can also provide protection against other diseases that | Condom be stretched in excess of 800% before breaking. In 1990 the ISO set standards for condom production (ISO 4074, Natural latex rubber condoms), and the EU followed suit with its CEN standard (Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices). Every latex condom is tested for holes with an electric current. If the condom passes, it is rolled and packaged. In addition, a portion of each batch of condoms is subject to water leak and air burst testing. While the advantages of latex have made it the most popular condom material, it does have some drawbacks. Latex condoms are damaged when used with |
What is the name of Johnny Depp's character in Pirates of the Caribbean | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl blockbuster of the summer," acclaiming all the comic performances despite his disappointment with the swashbuckling sequences. The performance of Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow was particularly praised by critics and audiences alike. Review site PopMatters applauds Depp's performance by saying "Ingenious and mesmerizing, Johnny Depp embodies the film's essential fantasy, that a pirate's life is exciting and unfettered." James Berardinelli of ReelViews also applauds Depp's performance by saying ""Pirates of the Caribbean" belongs to Johnny Depp...Take away Depp, and you're left with a derivative and dull motion picture." Roger Ebert acclaimed Depp and Rush's performances, with "It can be said | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Threequel, Favorite Male Movie Star (Johnny Depp) and Favorite Female Action Star (Keira Knightley). Also, at the Teen Choice Awards it won five awards, out of six nominations. Finally, at the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards, it achieved three nominations but won only the Favorite Movie Actor award (Johnny Depp). However, Orlando Bloom was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a 2007 American epic fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski, the third in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series and |
Which famous architect was born in the Wiltshire village of East Knoyle | East Knoyle East Knoyle East Knoyle is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies just west of the A350 road about south of Warminster and north of Shaftesbury, Dorset. It is the birthplace of Sir Christopher Wren. The parish includes the hamlets of Holloway, Milton, The Green, Underhill and Upton. East Knoyle was part of the ancient Hundred of Downton. Unusually for England, parish registers survive from 1538 and are kept in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales" (1870-1872) notes two tythings in East | East Knoyle the Action on Addiction charity as a treatment centre for drug and alcohol dependence. East Knoyle elects a consultative parish council, while Wiltshire Council have their offices in Trowbridge. The village is represented in Parliament by the member for South West Wiltshire, Andrew Murrison. The village falls in the 'Nadder and East Knoyle' electoral ward. The ward stretches east-west starting at Burcombe Without and crossing to East Knoyle before stretching south to Donhead St Mary. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,257. East Knoyle has a village hall, between the church and the former school. It |
The following are the first lines to which well known poem Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary | Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight in the military and the troubles he caused while at West Point, his marriage and his struggles to make his mark as a poet, publisher and writer. It is peppered with numerous quotes from many of Poe's works, and also includes a complete recitation of Poe's poem "The Raven". John Astin, as Poe, is the only character on stage throughout the play. Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight is a one man play starring John Astin as Edgar Allan Poe. Astin said, of why he wanted to do a play on Poe, | Once Upon a Midnight Once Upon a Midnight Once Upon a Midnight is a Japanese/Australian rock musical. The script is bilingual, featuring seven Japanese performers and seven Australian performers. It follows the adventures of Kelsey Clarke and the warrior doll Nozomi as they journey to the Underground to liberate the monster world from the mysterious Angelica. The show was first performed at the Kijimuna Festival in Okinawa, Japan, and later appeared as a headline act at the OzAsia Festival in Adelaide, South Australia. It was a collaboration between the Kijimuna Festival, Flinders University Drama Centre and Adelaide Festival Centre. Kelsey Clarke is very afraid. |
What was Little Eva's follow up dance to The Locomotion | Little Eva recorded new songs. The only existing footage of Little Eva performing "Loco-Motion" is a small clip from the ABC 1960s live show "Shindig!" wherein she sang a short version of the clip along with the famous dance steps. She also sang "Let's Turkey Trot" and the Exciters' song "I Want You to Be My Boy" in the same episode. This TV show was one of her final performances until 1988, when she began performing in concerts with Bobby Vee and other singers. In a 1991 Richard Nader concert, she performed "Loco-Motion" and "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby". The concert | Lost to follow-up institutions like the FDA taken action over the recovery of or communication with patients lost-to-follow-up. Section 4.3.4 of the ICH E-6 Good Clinical Practice: Consolidated Guidance reads, "Although a subject is not obliged to give his/her reason(s) for withdrawing prematurely from a trial, the investigator should make a reasonable effort to ascertain the reason(s), while fully respecting the subject's rights." This excerpt expresses the need for physicians associated with clinical research trials to make a first-hand effort to contact patients who are lost-to-follow-up. In doing so pharmaceutical companies not only look out for the best interest of the patients who |
What symbol is used by the British Standards Institute | British Standards to adhere to a common method for such a specification. The Kitemark can be used to indicate certification by BSI, but only where a Kitemark scheme has been set up around a particular standard. It is mainly applicable to safety and quality management standards. There is a common misunderstanding that Kitemarks are necessary to prove compliance with any BS standard, but in general it is neither desirable nor possible that every standard be 'policed' in this way. Following the move on harmonisation of the standard in Europe, some British Standards are gradually superseded or replaced by the relevant European Standards | Austrian Standards Institute branch office of the German "Deutsches Institut für Normung" (DIN) standards organization, but resumed operations in its own right after World War II, and was a founding ISO member in 1946. The 1954 Federal Act on Standardization recognized the activities of the committee, and the Act, as amended, serves as its legal basis. The Austrian Standards Committee's name was changed to the Austrian Standards Institute in 1969. On 1 March 2006, the Institute published ON rule ONR 168000, used to calculate the monetary value of a brand. The Institute is located at Heinestrasse 38, 1020 Vienna. Austrian Standards Institute The |
What was the name of the character played by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs | The Silence of the Lambs (film) the "Playboy" centerfold." The Silence of the Lambs (film) The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror-thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme from a screenplay written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel of the same name. The film stars Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, and Anthony Heald. In the film, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill", who skins his female victims' corpses. The novel was | The Silence of the Lambs (novel) Author David Foster Wallace used the book as part of his curriculum while teaching at Pomona College and later included the book as well as Harris's "Red Dragon" on his list of ten favorite novels. John Dunning says of "Silence of the Lambs": [it is] "simply the best thriller I've read in five years". Following the 1986 adaptation of "Red Dragon" (filmed as "Manhunter"), "The Silence of the Lambs" was adapted by Jonathan Demme in 1991. "The Silence of the Lambs" became the third film in Oscar history to win the following five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best |
What are Chas and Dave's surnames | Chas & Dave duo played on. They had their biggest success in the early 1980s with "Rabbit" and "Ain't No Pleasing You". They also had nine charting albums. In October 2013 they released "That's What Happens", their first studio album in 18 years. Charles Nicholas "Chas" Hodges and David Victor "Dave" Peacock met in 1963, but the duo only started writing songs together in 1972. In the 1960s and 1970s, Hodges and Peacock were in various groups. Hodges was with The Outlaws and then Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers in the 1960s, while Dave Peacock was with a group called the Rolling | Chas & Dave spoke to Peacock about forming a band together where they can sing in their own accent and about things they knew. This would the beginning of Chas & Dave. They had initially considered a few names, including Chubby. The name Chas & Dave came about when they were doing sessions together, and a producer would say, "Here comes Chas and Dave", often referring to them together, and later said: "Why don't you just call yourselves Chas and Dave?" They also recorded as Oily Rags (cockney rhyming slang for cigarettes - "fags"), and released a self-titled album with Gerry Hogan and |
What was the former name of Jaguar motors | Jaguar Cars Jaguar Cars Jaguar (, ) is the luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England and owned by the Indian company Tata Motors since 2008. Jaguar Cars was the company that was responsible for the production of Jaguar cars until its operations were fully merged with those of Land Rover to form Jaguar Land Rover on 1 January 2013. Jaguar's business was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before developing bodies for passenger cars. Under the ownership of S. S. Cars Limited the | Guy Motors operation in South Africa was losing them £300,000 a year. By 1961, Guy had no choice but to enter receivership. Sir William Lyons, managing director of Jaguar, acquired the company for £800,000, transferring its assets to a new company, Guy Motors (Europe) Limited, which left all the liabilities with the now defunct Guy Motors Limited, the name eventually reverting to "Guy Motors Ltd" in 1966. Jaguar immediately set about rationalisation, reducing both the number of employees and the range of vehicles in production. Guy continued to be successful throughout the 1960s, with the development of the Victory trambus and the |
Who did Eddie George succeed as Governor of the Bank of England | Edward George, Baron George George joined the Bank of England in 1962. Apart from secondments to Moscow State University, the Bank for International Settlements and the International Monetary Fund, he remained there throughout his career. After three years as Deputy Governor, he was appointed Governor of the Bank of England in 1993, succeeding Robin Leigh-Pemberton, who became Lord Kingsdown, and retired on the completion of his second five-year term of office on 30 June 2003. During the early part of his governance his successful relationship with the former Chancellor Ken Clarke gained for them the nickname of 'the Ken and Eddie Show'. Upon Labour | Deputy Governor of the Bank of England Governor for Financial Stability for the rest of his term, and Mervyn King became the first Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy. In June 2013, the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Bank of England was created. The COO has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Bank. They have the same status and remuneration as a Deputy Governor. Deputy Governor of the Bank of England A Deputy Governor of the Bank of England is the holder of one of a small number of senior positions at the Bank of England, reporting directly to the Governor. According to the |
With which Yorkshire town do you associate a liquorice sweet | Liquorice chewing and suckling, the intensely sweet flavour is released. The sweetness is 30 to 50 times as strong as sucrose, without causing damage to teeth. Since about the 1970s, "zoethout" has become rarer and been replaced by easier to consume candies (including 'drop'). Pontefract in Yorkshire, England, was the first place where liquorice mixed with sugar began to be used as a sweet in the same way it is today. Pontefract cakes were originally made there. In County Durham, Yorkshire and Lancashire, it is colloquially known as 'Spanish', supposedly because Spanish monks grew liquorice root at Rievaulx Abbey near Thirsk. | Liquorice Liquorice Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) ( ) is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra from which a sweet flavour can be extracted. The liquorice plant is an herbaceous perennial legume native to southern Europe and parts of Asia, such as India. It is not botanically related to anise, star anise, or fennel, which are sources of similar flavouring compounds. Liquorice flavours are used as candies or sweeteners, particularly in some European and Middle Eastern countries. Liquorice extracts have been used in herbalism and traditional medicine. Excessive consumption of liquorice (more than 2 mg/kg/day of pure glycyrrhizinic acid, a |
In which city does almost half the population of the state of Illinois live | Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois The Illinois General Assembly created Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS or the System) in 1939 for the purpose of providing retirement annuities, disability and survivor benefits for educators employed in public schools outside of the city of Chicago. The System’s enabling legislation is in the Illinois Pension Code at 40 ILCS 5/16-101 TRS members fall into the following categories: active, inactive, annuitant, and beneficiary. Active members are all full-time, part-time, and substitute Illinois public school personnel employed outside the city of Chicago in positions requiring licensure by the | Live in the City of Light sleeve. The package featured a 12" x 12" attached giant-sized booklet with state-of-the-art photography of the band's performance and outdoor session pictures. This art could not be reproduced faithfully on later CD releases (an original 1st pressing on double-fat jewel case and the USA version packaged in a long box on two separate discs). All tracks recorded live on 12/13 August 1986 at Le Zénith, Paris, France except "Someone, Somewhere In Summertime" recorded live on October (24 or 30) 1986 at the Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia. Live in the City of Light Live In The City Of Light is the |
Who stated that she was a moron to nominate Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership | Margaret Beckett to retain the First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system at the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. She led the campaign to success and FPTP remains the system used in UK parliamentary elections. Margaret Beckett was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015. Later, during an interview with BBC Radio 4's "World at One", after it became known he was in the lead among the candidates, Beckett was asked if she was "a moron" for nominating Corbyn. She replied: "I am one of them". Furthermore, in January | Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn from numerous celebrities. According to poll data released by YouGov, 61.5% of under-40s voted for Labour, compared to just 23% who voted Conservative. After the general election result, senior Labour MPs and former advisers who have previously criticised Corbyn expressed notably different attitudes towards him. Many from within the party praised Corbyn after Theresa May was prevented from obtaining the majority she sought in the election. Labour Party membership increased by 35,000 within four days of the general election. Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn The Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn began when Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Leader |
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