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A chinese astronaut is known as what? | Space Today Online - Chinese astronauts called yuhangyuans fly in Shenzhou capsules 2003 solo flight and 2005 flight of two were successful... Three Chinese Astronauts Orbited in 2008 Two of the Astronauts Walked in Space Plans for Space Station in 2010 and Landing a Man on the Moon in 2017 Chinese artist concept of a Shenzhou in orbit above Earth The Peoples Republic of China, the world's most populous nation, sent three men to space in one ship on September 25, 2008. In space, two of the astronauts, known as taikonauts or yuhangyuans, exited the Shenzhou 7 capsule briefly on September 27 for China's first-ever spacewalks. China's human transport spacecraft are called Shenzhou, which means Divine Vessel in Chinese. Transport capsules identified as Shenzhou 8, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10 are under development for launch in 2009-2010. The Asian nation hopes to launch the three Shenzhou capsules to form a space station. Shenzhou 8 and 9 would ferry equipment for a space station to be erected in Earth orbit, according to Chinese newspaper reports in 2005. That would be China's first space station. It would be composed of the Shenzhou 8 and 9 capsules joined together in orbit. Shenzhou 10, then, would ferry people up to live and work in the space station. Shenzhou 10 would dock at the space station. All three spacecraft – Shenzhou 8, 9 and 10 – would be launched within the same month. Later, China would send astronauts to land on the Moon in 2017. That would be three years ahead of NASA's planned landing of astronauts on the Moon in 2020. The flights: Shenzhou 1-4 » Shenzhou 5 » Shenzhou 6 » Shenzhou 7 » Long Range Plan The one-man flight in 2003 and the two-person flight in 2005 were early landmarks in the Asian nation's long-range plan. China then launched in 2007 an unmanned two-ton satellite called Chang'e to orbit the Moon for a year and record 3D images of the lunar surface. In 2008, two Chinese astronauts performed spacewalks during the Shenzhou 7 three-person flight. Next, China wants to: in 2009-2010, build a space station in orbit. in 2010-2011, land an unmanned probe on the Moon. by 2013, launch a rocket with triple the lifting power of the nation's largest. It would be able to carry a payload of 27 tons to space, three times today's nine tons. in 2015-2016, land another unmanned probe on the Moon to collect soil samples and return them to Earth in preparation for a human moon base. in 2017, land a man on the Moon. Chinese astronauts on the Moon in 2017 could set up an astronomical telescope and measure the abundance of helium-3, which could be used back on Earth as a non-polluting fuel source. China's third piloted space flight China sent three men to space in one Shenzhou capsule on September 25, 2008. In space, two of the astronauts went outside the Shenzhou 7 capsule briefly on September 27 for China's first-ever spacewalks. The astronauts. The mission commander was Zhai Zhigang. He made the first spacewalk. Astronaut Liu Boming floated outside briefly. He gave Zhai a Chinese flag that he had waved at a camera. Jing Haipeng, the third crew member, watched over the spacecraft from inside the re-entry module. The spacewalk was carried live on state television CCTV. While outside, Zhai was tethered to handles attached to the orbital module's exterior. He remained outside for 13 minutes, then climbed back inside and closed the hatch. Five years later. The Shenzhou 7 flight came five years after China had launched its first piloted space mission, Shenzhou 5, back in 2003. At that time, China had become the third country after the United States and Russia to launch a person into space. A Chinese official was reported to have said Russian technicians assisted with the Shenzhou 7 spacewalk. Chinese food. Chinese food available to the astronauts in space included kung pao chicken, shrimp and dried fruit, according to the official Xinhua News Agency said. The Shenzhou 7 capsule, composed of three modules, flew in a circular orbit 213 miles above Earth. A sub-satellite. Two hours after Zhai retur |
What was the name of the 1927 film that was directed by Fritz Lang and featured a robot called Maria that inspired George Lucas to create the character C-3PO? | Metropolis (1927) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error WATCH NOW ON DISC In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. Director: a list of 45 titles created 23 Sep 2013 a list of 22 titles created 29 May 2014 a list of 41 titles created 26 May 2015 a list of 23 titles created 09 Jun 2015 a list of 37 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Metropolis " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 4 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards » Videos When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. Director: Fritz Lang Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Director: F.W. Murnau Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. Director: Robert Wiene Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. Director: Orson Welles When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single-handedly and straight through enemy lines. Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife. Director: F.W. Murnau Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. Director: Stanley Kubrick A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view. Director: Akira Kurosawa In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it. Director: Vittorio De Sica Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime. Director: Charles Chaplin With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically. Director: Charles Chaplin A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Director: Billy Wilder Edit Storyline Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children who quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he, oblivious to such, is horrified to find an underground world of workers, apparently who run the machinery which keeps the above ground Utopian world functioning. One of the few people above ground who knows about the world below is Freder's father, Joh Fredersen, who is the founder and master of Metropolis. Freder learns that the woman is Maria, who espouses the need to join the "hands" - the workers - to the "head" - those in power above - by a mediator or the "heart". Freder wants to help the plight of the workers in the want for a better life. But when Joh learns of what Maria is espousing and that Freder is joining their cause, Joh, with the assistance of an old colleague and now nemesis named ... Written by Huggo Fritz Lang's 1927 Masterpiece Now With 25 Minutes of Lost Footage (2010 re-release) See more » Genres: 13 March 1927 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $1,070 (USA) (8 August 2003) Gross: (2002 Murnau Foundation 75th aniversary restored) | 119 min (DVD edition) (2002 Murnau Foundation 75th aniversary restored) | 80 min Dolby Digital (1995 restored version)| Silent (o |
What is the name of the home planet of the Transformers? | Cybertron (planet) | Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Let's see what you can see... This article is in need of images. Specifics: G1 Marvel Comics continuity Cybertron was the adopted form of Primus , who trapped himself and Unicron in barren asteroids which they then shaped into their physical forms. While Unicron turned his prison into a transformable, humanoid body, Primus reformed himself into a home for a robotic race he created to fight Unicron with similar transformation abilities. Primal Scream Cybertron for some time was in the orbit of Alpha Centauri , and its inhabitants were at peace. But the avaricious Megatron sought to rule the planet and turn it into a "cosmic dreadnaught ". This plan would find a kind of fruition, but not what Megatron intended: The cataclysmic forces of his wars eventually sent the planet careening through deep space. Its aimless journey brought it near Earth four million years ago. The asteroid belt threatened it, so Optimus Prime led an expedition to clear the way. They were successful, but they were ambushed by Decepticons led by Megatron, and their battle ended with a crash-landing on Earth that left all the combatants deactivated. Their compatriots on Cybertron mourned their loss but continued the wars. The Transformers In the modern day, Prime and Megatron's troops were reactivated, and they eventually found their way back to Cybertron. The world had changed little in the intervening eons, but the return of the old legends helped bring about the fulfillment of the planet's destiny. Deep below the surface, a small group of the once-lost Autobots fought the Mayhem Attack Squad in a chamber containing the giant head of Primus. A stray shot hit the god's face, and he awoke with a scream that alerted Unicron to his location. When the Chaos Bringer arrived, the Autobots and Decepticons united against him, but the battle still wreaked havoc on the planet. Unicron was defeated by the opening of the Matrix , which destroyed both deities. On the Edge of Extinction! In the aftermath, Cybertron suffered storms and earthquakes that many believed would tear apart the world. Exodus! The remaining Transformers evacuated, but Cybertron was ultimately saved by a band of humans who awakened the Last Autobot . The Last Autobot? He was, it turned out, a safeguard put in place by Primus to guide the planet's reconstruction after the god's death. What it was reconstructed into is unclear. Significant locations Beneath the sewers, the Demons in the Darkness were locked away. At the center of this Cybertron there was a room with a huge head of Primus on the wall where he slept and was watched over by the Keeper . Somewhere within the depths of Cybertron could also be found a chamber containing the Last Autobot . Cartoon continuity The Transformers cartoon Cybertron appeared considerably smaller than the planet Earth . Entirely metallic on the surface, some of the lowest levels of Cybertron consisted of rock and dirt, suggesting an organic beginning to the planet. Its gravity was light enough that humans were able to traverse the surface without any trouble, and it possessed a breathable atmosphere. Water, or at least a substance resembling it, was in evidence on the planet—lakes and rivers have been shown to exist, albeit sparingly. Many levels below the surface were the energy-furnace, the Plasma Energy Chamber , and at the heart of the planet was the spherical mega-computer, Vector Sigma . Cybertron was orbited by at least two unnamed moons, but its own place in the cosmos appears unfixed—in 1984 , it was clearly shown to exist outside of the Milky Way galaxy; however, nine million years prior, Starscream and Skyfire had been able to fly from the planet to Earth under their own power, suggesting that it may drift freely through space, and had been passing through the Solar System at that point, going on to drift out of the galaxy over the ensuing millennium. If the assorted colorful exclamations made by numerous Transformers are anything to go by, Cybertron also played host t |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Patrick and Kristanna Loken have all played terminators in movies, but which one played the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day? | Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines by Jonathan Mostow |Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes | 883929018567 | DVD | Barnes & Noble® Videos Overview The second sequel to the 1984 sci-fi action classic, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the first film without the involvement of director James Cameron. Instead, Jonathan Mostow, the man behind Breakdown and U-571, has stepped in to fill the shoes left vacant by Cameron. In addition, the role of John Connor from the second film has been recast, with In the Bedroom's Nick Stahl taking over for Edward Furlong. Set ten years after the events of 1991's Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the film finds Connor living on the streets as a common laborer. Sarah Connor, his mother, has since died, and their efforts in the second film have not stopped the creation of SkyNet artificial intelligence network. As he will still become the leader of the human resistance, Connor is once again targeted by a Terminator sent from the future by SkyNet. This new Terminator, T-X (Kristanna Loken), is a female and is more powerful than any of her predecessors. To protect Connor, the human resistance sends a new T-101 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back from the future. Also starring Claire Danes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines had its world premiere when it showed out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Advertising Editorial Reviews Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse The Terminator trilogy comes to an immensely satisfying finish with this apocalyptic, action-crammed adventure, which finds a clueless mankind moving inexorably toward its subjugation by machines. Humanity's last best hope, John Connor ( Nick Stahl ), lives quietly "off the grid," eschewing anything that might leave computerized clues to his whereabouts. After being targeted for assassination years ago (or years hence, actually) by a time-traveling "Terminator," he leaves little to chance. But unbeknownst to John, a smarter, more fearsome terminator, the TX ( Kristanna Loken ), has been dispatched to the early 21st century to prevent him from leading the Resistance. Timing is everything, because the SkyNet computer network is about to go on line. To protect him, allies in the future send a new bodyguard, the upgraded T-850 ( Arnold Schwarzenegger ), back in time to find the young man before TX does. The result of all this, as you might imagine, is action aplenty. Director Jonathan Mostow , who demonstrated a flair for efficient cinematic thrills in U-571 , knows what Terminator fans want and he delivers it in spades. The series' fans also have come to expect top-of-the-line special effects, and in that respect the production team has outdone itself. The "evil" terminator played by Robert Patrick in T2 remains one of sci-fi's most memorable villains, but the gorgeous Loken makes an equally strong impression, even if her potent right hand invites unfortunate comparisons to Inspector Gadget . Claire Danes , making a welcome return to the screen, brings striking credibility to her role as the feisty young woman unsuspectingly caught up in John Connor’s date with destiny. And then, of course, there's Arnold...need we say more? The governor of California is in fine fettle as the relentless T-850, a walking demolition team programmed to save his youthful charge, even if it means blowing up half the state -- which is just about what it takes. We'd hardly call T3 cerebral, but it takes its fanciful premise seriously and arrives at its conclusion with nary a groan. The breathtaking rush of eye-popping action set pieces, together with the satisfying approach to continuing the Terminator story line, makes this a fitting finale to one of moviedom's most amazing trilogies. That is, if it remains a trilogy. All Movie Guide - Jeremy Wheeler In the post-millennia sea of overblown action epics with inflated running times, the third installment in the Terminator franchise is a lean, mean breath of action, defying most low expectations and proving that you don't have to be James Cameron to know what makes this successful and entertaining serie |
Which sci-fi author wrote the three laws of robotics? | Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: On Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics Copyright © 1991 and 1994 by Robert J. Sawyer All Rights Reserved. Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence, except where such protection would conflict with the First or Second Law. People in the process of reading my novel Golden Fleece keep saying to me, what about Isaac Asimov 's Three Laws of Robotics? I thought they were guiding modern artificial-intelligence research? Nope, they're not. First, remember, Asimov's "Laws" are hardly laws in the sense that physical laws are laws; rather, they're cute suggestions that made for some interesting puzzle-oriented stories half a century ago. I honestly don't think they will be applied to future computers or robots. We have lots of computers and robots today and not one of them has even the rudiments of the Three Laws built-in. It's extraordinarily easy for "equipment failure" to result in human death, after all, in direct violation of the First Law. Asimov's Laws assume that we will create intelligent machines full-blown out of nothing, and thus be able to impose across the board a series of constraints. Well, that's not how it's happening. Instead, we are getting closer to artificial intelligence by small degrees and, as such, nobody is really implementing fundamental safeguards. Take Eliza, the first computer psychiatric program. There is nothing in its logic to make sure that it doesn't harm the user in an Asimovian sense, by, for instance, re-opening old mental wounds with its probing. Now, we can argue that Eliza is way too primitive to do any real harm, but then that means someone has to say arbitrarily, okay, that attempt at AI requires no safeguards but this attempt does. Who would that someone be? The development of AI is a business, and businesses are notoriously uninterested in fundamental safeguards especially philosophic ones. (A few quick examples: the tobacco industry, the automotive industry, the nuclear industry. Not one of these has said from the outset that fundamental safeguards are necessary, every one of them has resisted externally imposed safeguards, and none have accepted an absolute edict against ever causing harm to humans.) Indeed, given that a huge amount of AI and robotics research is underwritten by the military, it seems that there will never be a general "law" against ever harming human beings. The whole point of the exercise, at least from the funders' point of view, is to specifically find ways to harm those human beings who happen to be on "the other side." We already live in a world in which Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics have no validity, a world in which every single computer user is exposed to radiation that is considered at least potentially harmful, a world in which machines replace people in the workplace all the time. (Asimov's First Law would prevent that: taking away someone's job absolutely is harm in the Asimovian sense, and therefore a "Three Laws" robot could never do that, but, of course, real robots do it all the time.) So, what does all this mean? Where's it all going? Ah, that I answer at length in Golden Fleece . More Good Reading |
Johnny 5 was the central character in which film? | Short Circuit (1986) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes. Director: From $7.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC 'The Circle' Trailer: Emma Watson Falls for Tom Hanks' Cult-Like Tech Company 6 December 2016 1:30 PM, -08:00 | Movies.com a list of 47 titles created 08 Dec 2011 a list of 25 titles created 13 Nov 2012 a list of 48 titles created 26 Jan 2013 a list of 45 titles created 10 Jun 2015 a list of 22 titles created 2 months ago Search for " Short Circuit " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 3 nominations. See more awards » Videos Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes. Director: Kenneth Johnson In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship. Director: Randal Kleiser Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition. Director: Matthew Robbins The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret. Director: William Dear Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guys' girlfriends. Director: Leonard Nimoy A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book. Director: Wolfgang Petersen A seemingly normal young boy turns out to be a top secret military-created robot with superhuman abilities. Director: Simon Wincer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X A boy obsessed with 50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what? Director: Joe Dante The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them. Director: Joe Johnston On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and so restore order to his world. Directors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz Stars: Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz A 16-year old girl is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King. Director: Jim Henson A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. Director: Robert Zemeckis Edit Storyline Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after being struck by lightning. He develops self-awareness, consciousness, and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory. With the help of a young woman, Number 5 tries to evade capture and convince his creator that he has truly become alive. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <[email protected]> Life is not a malfunction. See more » Genres: 9 May 1986 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Fisher Stevens plays a character called Ben Jabituya, who has an exaggerated Indian accent and mannerisms. However he is not Indian. When asked where he is from, he responds Bakersfield, and that his ancestors are from Pittsburgh. See more » Goofs When the armed men are shooting from the boat dock, the barrel of one of the guns can be seen with something in it. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits The credits are played out over a montage of scenes from the movie, including a pair of scenes that failed to make the final cut. One involves an encounter between Number 5 and a toy robot, the |
Droids was a animated TV series that was a spin off of which movie franchise? | Every 'Star Wars' Movie And TV Show Ranked - MTV mtv 05/04/2014 On this May the Fourth, we celebrate 37 years of "Star Wars." Most of you reading this weren't born when the first movie blew minds at cinemas around the world (disclaimer, I wasn't). Heck, a lot of you might not have been old enough to see "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" in theaters, and yes, that freaks me out. "Star Wars" is a phenomenon like no other, having spawned a cross-platform universe that includes seven movies and seven TV spin-offs (including one ill-fated Holiday Special), and of course, the upcoming and recently cast " Star Wars: Episode VII ." What better way to celebrate this holiest of "Star Wars" days then by ranking every single one of them? Here is our definitive list of the good, the bad and the ugly of the "Star Wars" franchise. 14) "The Star Wars Holiday Special" (1978) You've probably heard the legend of this insane — and insanely bad — "Star Wars" spin-off that was meant to celebrate Earth Day or something. We don't know; we've blocked it out of our minds. The problem with the Holiday Special is that it's not even so bad it's good — it's just really, really bad. It's like watching the most boring trainwreck of all time, except Bea Arthur is there for some reason. It's no wonder George Lucas ordered this, this thing to never be shown again. Unfortunately for him, the Internet exists, and we can all bask in the special's glorious awfulness. 13) "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure" (1984) It's hard to remember a time when Ewoks weren't simply a punchline and a punching bag for people who argued that they presaged the likes of Jar-Jar Binks and some of the least liked aspects of the prequel trilogy. But there was a time (the '80s) when they were insanely popular, so much so that they got two made-for-TV film spinoffs. The first "Caravan of Courage," is the first, and the worst of the two, focusing on the friendship between Wicket (the hero Ewok from "Return of the Jedi") and little girl whose family crash lands on the moon of Endor a few months before the events of "Jedi." It has some fun adventure moments and some cool stop-motion monsters, but it's probably the most juvenile entry in the canon. 12) "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor" (1985) Yep, that's right. The first Ewok TV movie was apparently so successful that they just had to make a second one. "Battle For Endor" is, unfortunately, not an epic tale of the Ewoks waging a guerilla war against leftover imperial troops that's one part Care Bears and one part "Saving Private Ryan." Instead, it focuses again on the little girl from "Caravan of Courage" who, now orphaned (jeez guys, getting dark, don't you think?), has to help Ewoks regain control of their village from evil maurauders. Oh also, Wicket has learned English (sorry, Basic), and can talk now, which, considering the movie takes place before "Return of the Jedi," means that he was just kind of being a dick that whole time pretending he didn't understand Leia. 11) "Star Wars: Ewoks" (1985-1987) I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that the two made-for-TV movies spawned an animated TV series called "Ewoks," which lasted for two years and 35 episodes. In this one, Wicket's the main character, everyone speaks perfect English, and they fight a witch and a race of Ewok-like creatures named Duloks. None of that was a joke. Though all this was clearly a cash-grab aimed at kids, the series had its charms. The animation was fairly lush and made the Ewoks even cuter (if that's possible), and I'll always have a soft spot for Wicket. 10) "Star Wars: Droids" (1985-1986) Ok, this at least made more sense for a TV series. The animated show featured everyone's favorite droids, C-3P0 (voiced by the man himself, Anthony Daniels) and R2D2. The animated style is as hokey as they come, and the opening theme is, well, amazing in a totally '80s way (it was performed by Stewart Copeland from The Police), but, unlike "Ewoks," the series at least feels like a "Star Wars" show, bridging the gap between the then non-existent "Episode III" and "A New Hope," and |
Who played the gunslinging cowboy robot 406 in the 1973 movie Westworld? | Top 10 Favorite Film Robots — GeekTyrant by Joey Paur Hollywood has introduced us to a ton of awesome robots over the years. Robots have always been extremely cool, and they've sparked the imagination of what is possible. The robots we've seen in the movies have inspired technology and science. There are engineers out there who have created robots of their own and are constantly trying to perfect them. One day those robots will take over the world and destroy us all. We all have our favorite robots, and I thought I'd come up with a top 10 list of my personal favorites. Note: Cyborgs like RoboCop don't count as robots on this list. If you'd like to share your own favorites, please feel free to post them in the comments section below! Iron Giant - The Iron Giant The Iron Giant is by far my favorite robot. He's the one I would have loved to play with as a kid. Excluding the yells and groans, he only said a total of 53 words. Vin Diesel voiced the character but the studio also considered Peter Cullen, Sean Connery, Frank Welker, and James Earl Jones. Robby the Robot - Forbidden Planet This might just be one of the most iconic robots ever. I don't know anyone that isn't familiar with the design. It not only appeared in Forbidden Planet, it has also shown up in a ton of other sci-fi films such as The Thin Man and Lost in Space. It even showed up in some TV shows like The Twilight Zone, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Addams Family, and Mork & Mindy. Johnny 5 - Short Circuit I loved this movie when I was a kid, and I just thought Johnny 5 was the funniest damn thing. The filmmakers wanted to show what a real life robot might look like in the real world, so every part of Johnny 5 was built to have a specific, logical purpose. For example, Johnny's signature "eyelids" were created as sun guards/camera coverings. Gort - The Day the Earth Stood Still "Klaatu barada nikto!" This thing just looked like a menacing badass! When I first saw this thing as a kid I was a little terrified of it. It looked like it couldn't harm anything, but it was the ultimate weapon. The guy who played Gort was Lock Martin, who was the doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater. He was hired because he was so freakin' tall. He wasn't that strong, though, so he had difficulty with the heavy Gort suit and could only stay in it for about a half-hour at a time. Terminator - The Terminator I don't know any movie geek that doesn't love the Terminator. This thing is the ultimate killing machine, and it was really fun watching him kick ass. It has been revealed that the POV shots through the Terminator's eyes shows a dump of the ROM assembler code for the Apple II operating system. Apparently, if you own an Apple II and enter "] call -151 * p" at the basic prompt, it will give you the Terminator view. T-1000 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day A liquid metal machine? Are you kidding me?! What an amazing idea for a robot! I remember seeing this character on the big screen for the first time and being blown away. When Robert Patrick played the character he mimicked the head movements of the American bald eagle, and when moving patterned himself after a shark closing in on its prey. Gunslinging Cowboy Robot Model 406 - Westworld First of all, if you haven't seen this movie yet, you need to put on your list because it's great! The renegade robot cowboy played by Yul Brynner was such a creepy character. The story is about a robot that malfunctions and terrorizes the guests at a futuristic theme park for adults. Optimus Prime - Transformers: The Movie Yes, I'm going with the version of Optimus Prime from the animated movie because he's so much cooler than what Michael Bay came up with. That sequence when he goes out to fight Magatron in the movie was so intense. I was really sad when they killed him off, and it was all Hotrod's fault! I was shocked by how many characters they killed off in this story! Other characters that died included Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl, Brawn, Wheeljack, Windcharger, Megatron, Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Shrapnel, Kickback, Bombshell, and Huffer. |
Brent Spiner played which character in Star Trek: The Next Generation? | Brent Spiner - IMDb IMDb Official Photos » Brent Spiner, whose primary claim to fame is his portrayal of the beloved android Data on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), was born and raised in Houston, Texas. His parents, Sylvia (Schwartz) and Jack Spiner, owned and operated a furniture store, and were both from Jewish immigrant families (from Austria, Hungary, and ... See full bio » Born: 74th Golden Globe Awards Jimmy Fallon may be hosting, but let IMDb be your guide to the 2017 Golden Globes with galleries, videos, lists, and more. Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 5 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. a list of 30 people created 22 Sep 2011 a list of 44 people created 04 Sep 2012 a list of 32 people created 08 Jun 2013 a list of 38 people created 15 Aug 2013 a list of 46 people created 03 Sep 2014 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Brent Spiner's work have you seen? User Polls 2 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards » Known For Star Trek: The Next Generation Lt. Commander Data / Lore / Dr. Noonien Soong / Annie Meyers / Bandito / Dr. Ira Graves / Eli Hollander / Frank Hollander / Henchman / Lt. Cmdr. Data / Sherlock Holmes (1987-1994) Independence Day Dr. Brakish Okun (1996) 2015-2016 Blunt Talk (TV Series) Phil 2015 The Librarians (TV Series) Puck 2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV Series) The Sandman 2014 Ray Donovan (TV Series) Therapist 2013 Wendell and Vinnie (TV Series) Brent Spiner 2010-2013 Generator Rex (TV Series) Dr. Gabriel Rylander / additional voices - End Game: Part 2 (2013) ... Dr. Gabriel Rylander / additional voices (voice) - Endgame Part 1 (2013) ... Dr. Gabriel Rylander / additional voices (voice) - Target: Consortium (2012) ... Dr. Gabriel Rylander / additional voices (voice) - Dark Passage (2010) ... Dr. Gabriel Rylander (voice) 2012 The Simpsons (TV Series) Robots 2003 An Unexpected Love (TV Movie) Brad 2001 The Ponder Heart (TV Movie) Dorris Grabney 2001 A Girl Thing (TV Movie) Bob 1996 Dream On (TV Series) Dr. Strongwater 1995 Deadly Games (TV Series) Danny Schlecht 1995 Mad About You (TV Series) Bob, the Dog Agent 1989 What's Alan Watching? (TV Special) Brentwood Carter 1987 Family Sins (TV Movie) Ken McMahon 1987 Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) Soldier 1986 Sylvan in Paradise (TV Movie) Clinton C. Waddle 1986 American Playhouse (TV Series) Franz / Dennis 1986 The Twilight Zone (TV Series) Draft Dodger (segment "Dead Run") 1985 Crime of Innocence (TV Movie) Hinnerman 1985 Hill Street Blues (TV Series) Larry Stein 1984 The Paper Chase (TV Series) Student in Reese's Class 1981 Ryan's Hope (TV Series) Doctor examining Kim 1970 My Sweet Charlie (TV Movie) Local (uncredited) 2002 Star Trek: Nemesis (performer: "Blue Skies") 2001 Great Performances (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001) ... (performer: "Love is Sweeping the Country", "Rosie") 2000 Geppetto (TV Movie) (performer: "Bravo, Stromboli!") 1987-1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes) - The Schizoid Man (1989) ... (performer: "If I Only Had a Brain" - uncredited) - Datalore (1988) ... (performer: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (You Say 'Tomato', I say 'Tomato')" (uncredited), "Abdulla Bulbul Amir") - Encounter at Farpoint (1987) ... (performer: "Pop! Goes the Weasel " - uncredited) Hide 2011 The Captains (Documentary) (special thanks) Hide 2016 Home & Family (TV Series) Himself 2016 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2012 From the Mouths of Babes (TV Series documentary) Himself (2016) 2011 Those Video Guys (TV Series) Himself 2010 Guten Abend RTL (TV Series) Himself 2009 Family Guy (TV Series) Himself 2003 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2003 Working in the Theatre (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 Richard & Judy (TV Series) Himself 2001 Best of British (TV Series) Himself 2001 Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2001 Great Performances (TV Series) Himself 2000 CBS Cares (TV Series) Himself 1997 |
What was the name of the robot in Forbidden Planet? | Robby the Robot - Biography - IMDb Robby the Robot Jump to: Overview (2) | Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (11) Overview (2) 6' 11" (2.11 m) Mini Bio (1) Robby was the brainchild of, and designed by industrial designer, Japanese-American engineer Robert Kinoshita . It was built in mid-1955 by the MGM prop department, at a reported cost of $125,000, to 'star' in the epic science fiction classic Forbidden Planet (1956) and its B-movie followup The Invisible Boy (1957) a year later. Robby the Robot has become one of the most popular robot icons in the history of movies and media, as recognizable as George Lucas' erstwhile comedy team of R2-D2 and C-3PO who 'co-starred' in his epic sci-fi fantasy Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Donald John Long <[email protected]> Trivia (11) Today, Robby the Robot is a superstar of science fiction, appearing first in Forbidden Planet (1956). Some would say he is the perfect realization of Isaac Asimov's famous "Three Laws of Robotics", which Asimov first promulgated in his 1950 story collection, I, Robot. The Barton brothers completed their full-size replica of Robby in the spring of 1975, and celebrated by booking him at as many Star Trek and sci-fi conventions as they could. Robby was a big hit, a major media star once again, even though the clone made all the personal appearances while the original MGM robot stood gathering dust in an Orange County movie museum. Robby is now owned by the top Forbidden Planet collector in the world, film director Bill Malone. Robby's voice was provided by talented actor and announcer Marvin Miller . Robby stands at a height of 7' 6" tall, weighs about 300 lbs., and was originally operated by an MGM special effects technician named 'Glen Robinson' who subsequently worked on MGM's Logan's Run (1976). Robby was designed by Robert Kinoshita , and built in mid-1955 by the MGM prop department, at a reported cost of $125,000.00. |
Who was the first man to swim the English Channel? | Captain Matthew Webb - The History of the first man to swim the English Channel MATTHEW WEBB a true Son of Shropshire England, was born at the height of the Industrial Revolution in Dawley on January 19th 1848 , named after both his Grandfather Matthew Webb of Broseley, and his Father Matthew Webb of Ironbridge (1813-1876) a surgeon. Webb junior the oldest of 7 children born to his parents Matthew and Sarah Webb (1822-1877) had learned to swim in the River Severn at Coalbrookdale and aged 12 years enlisted into a maritime career with the Conway training ship at Liverpool , progressing to be a Master with the Cunard Line , before choosing to become a professional endurance swimmer in 1874. Webb learned to swim up river from the Ironbridge, were he saved his younger brother Thomas from drowning in the summer of 1863 Farmer Fletcher's Pig "Look-a-like" On August 24th 1875 smeared in porpoise oil, Webb dived into the water near Dover 's Admiralty Pier. Twenty-one hours and 45 minutes later he waded ashore at Calais much to the delight of the passengers & crew of the mailship The Maid of Kent, who witnessed his final effort's. Webb recalled in his diary " Never shall I forget when the men in the mailboat struck up the tune of Rule Britannia, which they sang, or rather shouted, in a hoarse roar. I felt a gulping sensation in my throat as the old tune, which I had heard in all parts of the world, once more struck my ears under circumstances so extra-ordinary. I felt now I should do it, and I did it." News of Matthew Webb's amazing feat filtered back to his home community here in Shropshire, he returned in triumph and arriving at Wellington railway station was met by large crowds of locals, eager to share in the glory and heap deserved praise on their own Local Hero . It is known that he was escorted back to Dawley amid a carnival atmosphere boosted by the able ability of the Shifnal Brass Band . The journey itself was to spawn endless tales of folklore. Arriving as we have into the new Millennium and the year 2000, locals to this day, 125 years on, still refer to The Pig On The Wall . Legend has it that as the Band led Webb's procession into Dawley, a pig placed its front trotters onto the wall of its sty, to watch the band pass by. The Pig on The Wall Matthew Webb's achievement not only raised morale of folk in Shropshire, but throughout the Country, he also received world wide acclaim for his success, it brought the sport of swimming to great heights, but he chose a typical English sport to compare when discussing the physical pain of his Channel Crossing. " The sensation in my limbs is similar to that after the first day of the Cricket season". The London Stock exchange had set up a Testimonial Fund for Webb, it raised �2,424.00 of which he gave his father �500.00 and invested �1.782.00 hoping to provide a guaranteed income for life of �87.00. Basing himself at 21 Tavistock Crescent, Kensington in London , Webb was to lose his parent's within 2 years of his channel swim, and pursued overseas lecture tours. He married 21 year old Madeline Kate Chaddock at St. Andres Church Kensington, they had 2 children, (Matthew & Mary). Webb continued to earn money from his swimming strengths, records show he won large sums of money, from races off Manhattan and also beat US champion Paul Boyton in a so called "World Championship Race" off Nantasket Beach . Bizarrely he also won �1,000.00 for floating in a tank of water at Boston Horticultural Show for 128 hours. Dawley & Shropshire lost their favoured Son at 4pm on July 24th 1883 when he drowned in a "whirlpool" at the foot of Niagara Falls , he had hoped to earn a �12,000.00 fortune by swimming under and across the swirling water. Wife Madeline was ignorant of his intentions, yet thousands of onlooker's were reportedly brought to the Falls by special trains, Matthew Webb uttered the words "If I die they will do something for my wife", he died when he hit his head on jagged rocks beneath the raging torrent, his body was recovered down stream 4 days later. Tribute's to Captain Webb were un |
What city, famous for its 'black hole' is the Capital of West Bengal, and the third largest in India? | Kolkata | India | Britannica.com Kolkata Job Charnock Kolkata, Bengali Kalikata, formerly Calcutta, city, capital of West Bengal state, and former capital (1772–1911) of British India . It is one of India’s largest cities and one of its major ports. The city is centred on the east bank of the Hugli (Hooghly) River , once the main channel of the Ganges (Ganga) River , about 96 miles (154 km) upstream from the head of the Bay of Bengal ; there the port city developed as a point of transshipment from water to land and from river to sea. A city of commerce, transport, and manufacture, Kolkata is the dominant urban centre of eastern India. Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. Photos.com/Jupiterimages Kolkata, India. The city’s former name, Calcutta, is an Anglicized version of the Bengali name Kalikata. According to some, Kalikata is derived from the Bengali word Kalikshetra, meaning “Ground of (the goddess) Kali.” Some say the city’s name derives from the location of its original settlement on the bank of a canal (khal). A third opinion traces it to the Bengali words for lime (calcium oxide; kali) and burnt shell (kata), since the area was noted for the manufacture of shell lime. In 2001 the government of West Bengal officially changed the name of the city to Kolkata. Area city, 40 square miles (104 square km); urban agglom., 533 square miles (1,380 square km). Pop. (2011) 4,486,679; urban agglom., 14,112,536. Character of the city Fashioned by the colonial British in the manner of a grand European capital—yet now set in one of the poorest and most overpopulated regions of India—Kolkata has grown into a city of sharp contrasts and contradictions. Kolkata has had to assimilate strong European influences and overcome the limitations of its colonial legacy in order to find its own unique identity. In the process it created an amalgam of East and West that found its expression in the life and works of the 19th-century Bengali elite and its most noteworthy figure, the poet and mystic Rabindranath Tagore . Statue of Queen Victoria in front of Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India. © Luciano Mortula/Shutterstock.com Varanasi This large and vibrant Indian city thrives amid seemingly insurmountable economic, social, and political problems. Its citizens exhibit a great joie de vivre that is demonstrated in a penchant for art and culture and a high level of intellectual vitality and political awareness. Crowds throng to Kolkata’s book fairs, art exhibitions, and concerts, and there is a lively trading of polemics on walls, which has led to Kolkata being dubbed the “city of posters.” Yet for all of Kolkata’s vitality, many of the city’s residents live in some of the worst conditions, far removed from the cultural milieu . The city’s energy nevertheless penetrates even to the poorest areas, as a large number of Kolkatans sincerely support the efforts of those who minister to the underprivileged. In short, Kolkata remains an enigma to many Indians as well as to foreigners. It continues to puzzle newcomers and to arouse an abiding nostalgia in the minds of those who have lived there. Landscape City site The location of the city appears to have been originally selected partly because of its easily defensible position and partly because of its favourable trading location. The low, swampy, hot, and humid riverbank otherwise has little to recommend it. Its maximum elevation is about 30 feet (9 metres) above sea level. Eastward from the river the land slopes away to marshes and swamplands. Similar topography on the west bank of the river has confined the metropolitan area largely to a strip 3 to 5 miles (5 to 8 km) wide on either bank of the river. Reclamation of the Salt Lake area on the northeastern fringe of the city, however, demonstrated that the spatial expansion of the city is feasible , and further reclamation projects have been undertaken to the east, south, and west of the central area. Britannica Stories |
The second closest planet to the sun is what? | The Second Closest Planet to the Sun - Mr. Valentine's Solar System Webquest Mr. Valentine's Solar System Webquest The Farthest Planet Venus, the Second Closest Planet to the Sun Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun. Venus is 67,240,000 miles from the Sun. Venus is also the closest planet to Earth. Venus is about 26,000,000,000 miles from Earth. In the picture below, you can see that Venus is the second planet from the Sun. What Makes up Venus? Venus is very similar to Earth. Like Earth, Venus is a rocky planet that has a core, mantle, and crust. In fact, Venus is sometimes called Earth's twin. However, there is one big difference between Earth's and Venus' surface. Venus' surface is covered in nearly one million volcanoes! Some volcanoes may still erupt, but many are no longer erupting. The Earth has a core, mantle, and crust like Venus. However, Earth does not have nearly as many volcanoes. Look at what Venus is made of in the picture below. How Big is Venus? Venus is almost identical in size to the Earth. This is another reason why it is sometimes called a "twin" or "sister" planet to Earth. The Photo below shows Venus next to Earth. Does Venus Have an Atmosphere? Venus does have an atmosphere. Venus' atmosphere is much thicker than Earth's atmosphere and is made of harmful chemicals. Scientists believe Venus gained its toxic atmosphere because of the constant volcanic eruptions that happened on the planet in the past and its loss of water. There is no Oxygen in Venus' atmosphere.The thickness of Venus' atmosphere causes it to insulate Venus too much. Once the sun's energy enters Venus it is trapped.This causes Venus' temperature to be steady at 870 degrees Fahrenheit all of the time. The video below describes the atmosphere of Venus. How Long Does it Take Venus to Orbit the Sun? It takes Venus about 225 days to orbit the Sun. Once again, this is less time than it takes the Earth to Orbit the Sun (by 100 days). Like Mercury, Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth so the Sun's gravity pulls on Venus more causing it to orbit faster. Take a look at the videos below. The first video describes many of the things that we've learned about Venus during this lesson. The second video is longer and gives you more information about Venus. You only need to watch the first video, but the second video is very interesting. Time to Share! How can what we know about Venus' atmosphere help us protect our own planet? Create a free website |
Who was the first professional footballer to be knighted? | BBC News | FOOTBALL | The first gentleman of soccer Wednesday, 23 February, 2000, 19:50 GMT The first gentleman of soccer Sir Stanley played his last match aged 50 Sir Stanley Matthews - the first professional footballer to be knighted - was the most renowned player of modern times. His professional career covered 34 years; when he retired in 1965 -aged 50 - he had made nearly 700 League appearances for Stoke City and Blackpool and played for England 56 times. As an outside-right he was without compare. A thin, frail-looking man, he had a marvellous sense of balance and timing; his sudden bursts of speed over 20 yards or so was one of the wonders of the game, and earned him the nickname "the wizard of dribble". His passing was extraordinarily accurate, and he was not so much a scorer as a creator of goals for others. Moreover, his sportsmanship was exemplary, and he was often referred to as "the first gentleman of soccer". It was said Matthews' presence in a team could add 10,000 to away gates. Stanley Matthews: "Wizard of dribble" The son of a professional feather-weight boxer, Stanley Matthews was born near Stoke-on-Trent, in the Potteries, and joined Stoke City straight from school at the age of fourteen. In 1932 he became a full-time professional, and two years later played for England in a full international for the first time. In 1947, after war service in the RAF, he left Stoke City, and joined Blackpool Football Club, with which he stayed for 14 years. It was during this period that he achieved his greatest triumph in what became known as "the Matthews Cup Final" of 1953, paving the way for Blackpool's last-minute victory against Bolton Wanderers. He played his last international - against Scotland - in 1957, and in the same year was made a CBE. Clean slate Matthews rejoined Stoke City in 1961, when they were near the bottom of the second division. The team was transformed, gates rose from 9,000 to 36,000 and the following year they were promoted. The player was knighted in 1964, and played his last game in 1965, five days after his 50th birthday. Reflecting his reputation for fair play, Matthews did not receive a single booking during his long career. Great players from all over Europe - men like Yashin, di Stefano, Masopust and Schnellinger -came to Stoke to take part in his testimonial match on 28th April. Sir Stanley went on to play in many exhibition games at home and abroad, and he became general manager of another club in the Potteries - Port Vale. But the Club never got out of the Fourth Division, and in 1968 it was fined and expelled from the Football League for contravening Association and League regulations. Sir Stanley resigned, and later made his home in Malta, where he became coach of a local team. Honourary degree In 1974 he was coaching a team of Bantu players in South Africa. In 1982 he went to live in Ontario in Canada, where he continued to coach and play occasionally in charity matches. He still returned regularly to Soweto, as well as going to coach in the United States and Australia. In June 1987 it was announced that Sir Stanley would receive the 1986 International Pierre de Coubertin Trophy, and in July 1987 he was awarded an honorary Master's degree by Keele University. Shortly afterwards he returned to live on the outskirts of Stoke. He handed over most of his memorabilia to decorate the walls of a restaurant at the football club. In November 1989 he became President of Stoke City. Sir Stanley married twice. His first marriage, from which he had a son and a daughter, was dissolved in 1975. He remarried the same year. Search BBC News Online |
Au is the chemical symbol for what? | Chemical Elements.com - Gold (Au) Contains an "Introduction to Tungsten", among other things If you know of any other links for Gold, please let me know Bentor, Yinon. Chemical Element.com - Gold. <http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/au.html>. For more information about citing online sources, please visit the MLA's Website . This page was created by Yinon Bentor. Use of this web site is restricted by this site's license agreement . Copyright © 1996-2012 Yinon Bentor. All Rights Reserved. |
A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France is frequently known as a what? | France's White Wines of Bordeaux - dummies By Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan The Bordeaux region of France produces some of the world’s finest white wines, in addition to the more commonly known red Bordeaux wines. The finest dry white wines of Bordeaux are unique to the Bordeaux region; nowhere else in the world can you find such wines. As with many fine wines, however, their production is small. The Bordelais make dry white wine in many districts of the region, including a few wines from the predominantly red-wine Haut-Médoc area. But most of Bordeaux’s dry and semi-dry white wines come from the following three districts: Pessac-Léognan (peh sack leh oh n’yahn) Graves (grahv) Entre-Deux-Mers (ahn treh douh mare) The Pessac-Léognan district is the home of Bordeaux’s finest white wines. Most of these wines come from estates that also happen to make fine red wines. The Graves district makes good, dry white wines that are less expensive than those of Pessac-Léognan. This area also produces great dessert wines. Entre-Deux-Mers (ahn treh douh mare) is a large district that is known for its inexpensive dry, semi-dry, and sweet white wines, although it also grows reds. Other white Bordeaux wines, mainly inexpensive versions, come from grapes grown throughout the Bordeaux region rather than in a specific district; these wines simply carry the region-wide appellation, Bordeaux Blanc. Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon grape varieties Sauvignon Blanc is the dominant grape variety (60 to 100 percent) in most of Bordeaux’s dry white wines, whereas Sémillon dominates the sweeter white wines. (A third permitted white grape variety, Muscadelle, plays a minor role in a few wines.) The very best dry white wines of Pessac-Léognan contain around 50 percent Sémillon (seh mee yohn). Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon have a fine symbiotic relationship, for the following reasons: The Sauvignon Blanc part of the wine offers immediate charm; it’s crisp, lively, herbaceous, light-bodied, and develops early. The Sémillon part is slower to open; it’s fuller-bodied, viscous, and honeyed, with lower acidity than the high-acid Sauvignon; it enriches the wine, but needs several years to unfold. Most of the better dry white Bordeaux, which are blends of both varieties, are crisp and lively when they’re young, but develop a honeyed, fuller-bodied richness with age. In good vintages, they can age a surprisingly long time — often for 30 or 40 years or more. Drinking white Bordeaux Dry white Bordeaux is a versatile wine. It typically goes well with chicken, turkey, veal, and delicate fish entrées. It also goes well with soft, mild cheeses; goat cheese is particularly fine with white Bordeaux. Like most fine white wines, dry white Bordeaux is best when you serve it slightly cool, but not cold! The ideal serving temperature is in the 58°F to 62°F (14°C to 16°C) range. |
Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins advertised what drink in the 1970s? | Leonard Rossiter.com: Career - Cinzano "...suffused with herbs and spices from four continents..." One of the greatest advertising campaigns in British television history, the Cinzano ads saw a perfect pairing of leading actor and actress, performing brilliantly-written 30-second masterpieces of comedy. Leonard played the pretentious oaf, ostentation personified, against Joan Collins’ prim, straight-laced lady-of-society, Melissa. All ten commercials revolved around the old music-hall trick of the bungling fool always finding a way to, inadvertently of course, throw his drink over the girl, and never realising he had done it. During the mid-1970s the Italian drinks manufacturer Martini was busy marketing their product, specifically aimed at the younger generation. Their adverts featured trendy, wealthy, twenty-somethings on private beaches, private yachts, and basically enjoying a lifestyle not accessible to the vast majority of their audience. Cinzano decided to make a humorous spoof on these commercials. Sean Connery and Woody Allen were pencilled in to be the stars, but when top British film director Alan Parker was brought in to direct the first three, the scripts were quickly discarded. (It is interesting to note, however, that the success of the Cinzano adverts actually resulted in an increase in the sales of Martini, as people were so engrossed in the commercials, they forgot what product the stars were advertising and, as Martini was the market leader, it was assumed this was the product being promoted). It was Parker and art director Ron Collins who cast Leonard and Joan, via the Collett, Dickenson, Pearse & Partners advertising agency, a company with a reputation for using celebrities. The company had previously used Leonard Rossiter for a Parker Pens' commercial in 1977, in which he played a traffic warden. “I remember going round to Leonard's house," Parker recalls, "and we agreed the scripts were absolute rubbish. So Leonard said 'What I'd like to do is the old music-hall joke', and we said 'What's that?', so he picked up his cup of tea as we were sitting there in his living room, and he looked at his watch, turning the cup over. And we said 'Yeah, that'll be a good joke, especially if it happens to be Joan Collins you're spilling it on!' “. The first commercial, promoting the launch of the first of the Cinzano family of vermouth aperitifs, Cinzano Bianco, was broadcast during 1978, and was an instant success. Alan Parker directed the next two commercials, launching Cinzano Rose and Cinzano Secco, with art direction again by Ron Collins. Leonard choreographed his every move and had much involvement in the scripts and gags. By the end of 1979, the ads had become firm favourites with the viewing public, who never tired of seeing them over and over again. Joan Collins remembers: "When ITV went on strike viewers wrote in complaining not about the lack of programmes but about not being able to see Joan and Leonard!". But the best was yet to come. The two actors were reported to be paid £30,000 each for the series of commercials. Hugh Hudson stepped in to direct the next two ads, possibly the most memorable of the ten that were made - Airliner and Ski Lodge. Airliner saw the two actors on board an aircraft and, after a near-miss for Melissa when Leonard crosses his legs, sending his seat table flying, she finally gets her soaking when he accidentally hits her seat recline button while she is about to sip her Cinzano. Ski Lodge has an Alpine setting in which the bungling buffoon blusters his way through the bar to Melissa, sending two skiers with legs already in plaster into fits of agony. Within twelve months two more classics were made, directed by Paul Weiland: Roller Disco and Balcony (in the latter, pictured right, Leonard laments Melissa's absence, little knowing that the Cinzano pouring from the bottle over his hotel balcony is raining down on a bikini-clad Melissa on the balcony below). These had such popular appeal that in 1981 there was talk of a feature film. Of course, this would |
What car manufacturer produces the Shogun? | 2017 Mitsubishi Shogun review | What Car? The Mitsubishi Shogun looks good, it's well specified and it’s a proper off-roader. Unfortunately, the on-road drive is less impressive, and the Shogun’s best rivals are far more civilised. The Mitsubishi Shogun is great off-road and feels robustly built. It seats up to seven and is well equipped, but it may be the Tonka Toy looks that really appeal The Mitsubishi lacks refinement and although the diesel engine has plenty of pulling power, it can still struggle with the weight of the car Driving What it’s like to drive, and how quiet it is Mitsubishi Shogun performance The Shogun is impressive off-road and benefits from the 3.2-litre diesel's huge amount of pulling power. The gearboxes have low ratios for added grip and the option of a rear differential lock for super-muddy conditions. On-road, however, the engine can struggle to move the weight of the car, so the Shogun feels very sluggish when overtaking. Open Gallery Mitsubishi Shogun ride & handling You could happily spend hours conquering the roughest off-road terrain in the Shogun, but the picture isn’t so rosy when the surface you’re tackling is more conventional. This huge car feels cumbersome when negotiating bends, not helped by a huge amount of body lean. The ride feels very agricultural on the road, too, with plenty of fidgeting and knocking. Mitsubishi Shogun refinement The Shogun's diesel is very gruff. It’s not too bad at low off-road speeds. But it’s more tiresome on the asphalt. Higher speeds also generate lots of wind noise around the large door mirrors and upright windscreen. Tyre noise is also too evident. |
This British tree is used to make hockey sticks, oars, paddles, rudders, billiard cues, cricket stumps, polo sticks and policemen's truncheons? | Trees Trees Trees have been sacred to humankind and animals alike since the beginning of creation. They are the sanctity, the balance, the protection, the voice, and the promise to all living beings. Its branches span out above as the roots span out below: as above, so below, bringing balance. Its powers bring us the ability to manipulate for the better: and ye harm none. The tree is the fine line that stands between two points. It is the balance that roots itself in the center. It is the sacrificial life that gives itself unselfishly knowing it will be reborn and has done so to help another being. Just as the tree does, so does the druid. The Oak, Hawthorn and Ash make up the sacred trio. The Nine Sacred Woods used in Nied-Fires Holly, Oak, Pine, Hazel, Juniper, Cedar, Poplar, Apple and Ash. The Noble Trees of the Grove Holly, Birch, Alder, Willow, Oak, Hazel and Apple. ALDER Description:Rapidly growing tree (0.5m pa for first 30 - 40 years) mature at about 60 years with long trunk and narrow crown. Distinctive outline in winter. Requires plenty of light and can be used as pioneer species. Height 20m or more. Age up to 150 years.Very tolerant of water logged conditions whilst dormant. Typical streamside tree and as a specific habitat - Alder Carr - in Lake District and Norfolk Broads. All soil types except poor acid peats. Fixes nitrogen via root nodules and will grow on relatively infertile soils and hence used for site reclamation. Natural throughout British Isles and most of Europe. Grown from seed. The seed does not undergo dormancy by germination rate increased if given a period of moist chilling at 0.5C for up to 10 weeks. The seeds float and are carried by streams naturally germinating in mud. Seeds are red brown flakes - 250,000 seeds per Kg. Often rapid growth in first year but best kept in nursery and planted out in second year. Can be beneficially grown with oak on damp sites and ash. The wood is light reddish brown and porous with course texture. Uses:Physical:General purpose hardwood and pulpwood. Particularly suitable for turning, formerly used to make clogs. Burns quickly when used for firewood but suitable for charcoal (used to be used for charcoal for gunpowder). Hardens when immersed in water and suitable for making piles. Medicinal: The bark and leaves contain tannin and have astringent properties. Used in folk medicine to treat chills. Legends and Lore: It is associated with the Celtic god Bran, as He used His body as a bridge to span dangerous waters. Wood carving, inlay work, mallets, screws. Good firewood with pleasant aroma. Medicinal: Other: The attractive small fruit are extremely sour but make good jelly by themselves or with blackberries or rowan berries. Crab Apple wine is reported to be potent. ASH Description:Magnificent large deciduous tree with distinctive black buds in spring. Can be coppiced. Height 45m. Age up to 200 years. Mostly calcerous soils although found on all except poorest and acid soils (above ph 5.5). Surprisingly, a tree that is all male one year can produce female flowers the next, and similarly a female tree can become male. The female flowers develop into fruits, and because they hang in bunches the fruits of the ask tree are known as 'ash keys'.Prefers moist but well drained fertile soils. Up to 450m in altitude. Grows well in mixed stands provided not shaded. Throughout British Isles and Europe into A |
What was E.T.'s favorite candy? | Hershey Community Archives » Blog Archive » Reese’s Pieces: E.T’s Favorite Candy Reese’s Pieces: E.T’s Favorite Candy Reese’s Pieces were introduced in 1978. How a great candy was saved from oblivion by a small alien visitor from outer space OR the story of Reese’s Pieces, E.T.’s favorite candy. In the 1950s, Hershey Chocolate developed the capability for panning; that is, sugar-coating a product. M&Ms are probably the best known example of a panned candy product. Hershey’s first panned product was Hershey-Ets , candy-coated chocolate discs or lentils. One marketing challenge for this new product was that when the company introduced Hershey-Ets, people would say, “What is it?” And to define it, you had to use the competitor’s name. That’s a pretty difficult situation. The product was eventually discontinued, except for holiday and seasonal applications. Hershey-ets single serving bag, 1 3/4 oz., 1961-1968 This was Hershey’s first attempt at a marketing a panned product. Flash forward a couple decades. In the 1970s, Hershey Chocolate developed a formula for sweetened peanut meal with the consistency of chocolate. It became the basis for Reese’s Pieces, which were made using the same procedures and equipment as Hershey-Ets. The new product was originally named PBs. But PBs wasn’t a proper name and the product was soon rechristened Reese’s Pieces. At that time, Hershey was building a new manufacturing plant in Stuart’s Draft, Virginia, and Hershey planned to manufacture Reese’s Pieces there, in addition to the manufacturing in Hershey. Hershey Chocolate supported the introduction of Reese’s Pieces with advertising and promotional coupons. 1980 The product launch was successful. Reese’s Pieces sales went up significantly, held a little bit and then started coming down, not at an alarming rate, but it was certainly a bit disturbing, particularly since the company was in the process of building additional manufacturing capability. About that time, Hershey Chocolate received a call from Universal Studios, and they said that Steven Spielberg was producing a movie called “E.T.,” and they had decided to use Reese’s Pieces and the candy would play a featured part in the picture. Over the phone, Universal invited Hershey to cooperate by promoting the picture. Jack Dowd, then Director, New Products Development, traveled to California to meet officials from Universal Studios. The plot was sketched out, and Universal explained that this creature was lured into the house by Reese’s Pieces. The vice president said to Jack that they had decided not to use M&Ms. Trying to come up with an alternative candy, he had asked his son, “What would you use?” And his son said, “Reese’s Pieces.” The vice president said he had never heard of Reese’s Pieces until that moment. Dowd thought the project looked like something worthwhile. Dowd knew Reese’s Pieces needed some special promotion to save it. He agreed that Hershey Chocolate would support the movie with about a million dollars’ worth of marketing. Hershey would create consumer promotions, trade promotions, and displays, featuring “E.T.” In return, Hershey Chocolate would have an exclusive in the confectionery field for promotion and advertising. This was the first time Hershey Chocolate had agreed to partner with Hollywood in the promotion of a movie and its use of a Hershey product. Jack Dowd, in his 1991 oral history interview, remembered: So I came home and informed Earl Spangler (Hershey Chocolate president) and the staff that we were going to spend a million dollars on a movie that I couldn’t show them the script for, that was going to employ a little green creature from outer space, and I couldn’t show them–at that point it was still confidential–I couldn’t show them a picture of that either. I hadn’t seen it either. I didn’t know what it would look like. Earl said, “Are you sure this is going to work?” And I said, “Oh, sure.” Because what else could I say? If I said, “Oh, no,” then we’d have to cancel it and I’d already signed up |
What was the name of the spaceship in Alien? | USCSS Nostromo | Xenopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia ― Hoop to Ripley , regarding the Nostromo (from Alien: Out of the Shadows ) Following its destruction, the Nostromo incident was subject to a cover up. The Weyland-Yutani personnel who had given the ship its secret mission to LV-426 destroyed all records of ever having done so, along with any information regarding the emergency beacon being transmitted by the derelict ship on LV-426. [8] The beacon itself was later deactivated by the crew of the Anesidora . [9] Weyland-Yutani lost a substantial amount of money as a result of the Nostromo's disappearance, a fact that no doubt helped facilitate the cover up — the incident became a black mark in the company's records, and consequently it was something of a taboo subject amongst employees. [10] The loss of the Nostromo was relegated to the pages of history where it went down as lost without a trace. [11] Crew Edit The Nostromo's name was taken from the eponymous hero of the 1904 novel Nostromo by Joseph Conrad . The ship was originally called the Snark, then later the Leviathan, before Ridley Scott chose the name Nostromo due to his love of Conrad's works. [13] People and places from Conrad's works would go on to feature repeatedly as the names of space-going vessels in the Alien franchise , inspiring the names of the Narcissus (also from Alien ), the USS Sulaco (from Aliens ), the USCSS Patna (from Alien3 ), the USS Verloc (from Aliens versus Predator 2 ), the USS Marlow (from Aliens vs. Predator ) and the USS Sephora (from Aliens: Colonial Marines ). Scale models Edit Three scale models of the Nostromo were made for filming: a 12-inch (30 cm) version for medium and long shots, a 4-foot (1.2 m) version for rear shots and a 12-foot (3.7 m), 7-short-ton (6.4 t) rig for the undocking and planetoid surface sequences. The latter of these was so large it could only be moved using a forklift truck, which would plug into two slots on the back of the model. [14] The basic outlines of the smaller models were made of wood and plastic, while the larger had a welded metal frame. Most of the fine surface details were added from model kits of battleships, tanks and World War II bombers, while the miniature of the attached refinery contained parts from several Star Wars model kits in its construction — the release mechanism that secures the Nostromo to the refinery featured the legs of R2-D2 as decorations on its upper surface, [14] while the refinery's underside incorporated panels from Darth Vader's TIE fighter. [15] Filming of the miniatures took place at Bray Studios near Maidenhead, Berkshire. The Nostromo models were originally painted yellow. However, after the model unit had spent several weeks filming the model, Scott decided to repaint the ship grey and reshoot all of the model work himself. At one point, the refinery being towed by the Nostromo featured towering spires considerably higher than those that appear in the final film, but just before filming Ridley Scott personally removed the upper sections (allegedly with a hammer and chisel). [14] A separate model, approximately 40 feet (12 m) long, was created for the Nostromo's underside, from which the Narcissus would detach and along which Kane's body was launched during the funeral scene. [14] For the scene in which the Nostromo detaches from the refinery, a 30-foot (9.1 m) docking arm miniature was created to the same scale as the largest Nostromo model. To film the sequence, the Nostromo was pushed away from the refinery by the forklift — which was concealed under black velvet — causing the arm to extend out from the refinery, creating the illusion that the arm was pushing the ship forward. [14] Shots from outside the Nostromo in which the characters are seen moving around inside through windows were filmed using larger model sections that contained projection screens showing pre-recorded footage. Interiors Edit The interior of the Nostromo was designed by conceptual artist Ron Cobb . The set constructed for filming was all interconnected and largely sealed, meaning cast |
What was the Joker's real name in Batman? | batman - What is the Joker's real name? - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange What is the Joker's real name? up vote 70 down vote favorite 4 Most villians who take on an alias do so to hide their real names or to show they have become the villian or whatnot. What about the Joker? I know he has a real name because he wasn't always the Joker, but is it ever revealed in any comics? 14 Actually, I DO know the answer, but if I told you he'd kill me. – Jeff Oct 14 '11 at 20:13 @Jeff Don't worry, it'd be kept secret... – user931 Apr 18 '14 at 9:37 5 Joseph "Joe" Kerr. – Oldcat Jul 2 '14 at 20:54 His real name is Riddler - it's a joke he has with the Riddler, whose real name is Joker ;) – Often Right Aug 12 '15 at 4:36 He has a multiple-choice past. (TV Tropes link. You are warned.) The above pictures show 3 of the histories the character has had, and they aren't even the tip of the iceberg. He certainly had a real name, but he's so far gone that I doubt he remembers it himself. Most tragically, in one issue of Justice League, the Martian Manhunter takes Batman's psyche to the one place that no one will ever think to look for him (they're being hunted by someone) - the deepest, darkest place in Joker's mind. In it is just one man, who is terrified and alone, not sure where he is or who he is. It's implied this is all that remains of Joker's sanity. +1 for a great link! – System Down Oct 14 '11 at 16:14 If I remember that particular comic, then these three are not mutually exclusive pasts he is showing us. In which case he has more of a "Mix-and-Match" past. – SteveED Feb 27 '12 at 22:53 30 stack exchange needs one of those landing pages for tvtropes link. "You are now leaving stack exchange and entering tvtropes. click [OK] to forfeit the remainder of your afternoon." – KutuluMike Jul 23 '12 at 14:52 2 Must not click on the link, must not click on the link, must not click on the link, must not click on the link... – user8719 Apr 19 '13 at 13:20 1 @Chronicle: TVTropes is a time-sucker for 99% of people. Once you enter, you lose hours. – Jeff Apr 18 '14 at 12:55 up vote 5 down vote As mentioned in the above answers, there's not a definitive answer. In the "A Death in the Family" storyline, there's a point where Batman scares The Joker into running by implying that he knows The Joker's real name, which he'll reveal, breaking the mystery. At the end of that storyline, it's revealed that Batman was bluffing and he still has no idea. The closes we've come to a canonical answer is in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight issue #50 where a man, Melvin Reipan, is introduced as an idiot savant who actually invents Joker Venom. He addresses The Joker as "Cousin Ja—" before being cut off. Note that "Reipan" is "Napier" backwards and the form of address suggests that The Joker might have a first name of Jack. But, of course, Melvin dies partway through the issue, so the truth of the matter will likely never be known. DC claimed that The Joker's real identity will be revealed in issue #50 of DC's Justice League comic on May 25, leading from the revelation in issue #42 where Batman sat on the Mobius Chair where Batman himself learned the identity, but did not reveal it. The answer there was... not actually a direct answer . Instead, it told him that there were three Jokers, but did not give him names. up vote 1 down vote In the 1989 Batman Film, The Joker 's real name is shown to be Jack Napier. We know this because if you watch the first Batman movie , Batman has a file on Jack Napier because he sees the Joker on his way to where his parents died and recognises his face from when he accidentally let go of Joker in the chemical factory. The original screenplay explicitly refers to him by this name; JACK NAPIER : Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier someplace else. JACK NAPIER is right-hand man and chief enforcer to BOSS CARL GRISSOM. As well as showing us a copy of his pre-Joker "mug shot"; 9 This answer only applies to the 1989 Batman film, the question asks about the Joker's identity |
How old is the prostitute, played by Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, supposed to be? | Jodie Foster 'Taxi Driver' costume - Business Insider print Jodie Foster. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty The Tribeca Film Festival held a 40th anniversary screening of "Taxi Driver" Thursday night, and many of the principals behind the movie were there to talk about it, including director Martin Scorsese, screenwriter Paul Schrader, and stars Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shephard, and Harvey Keitel. During the talk, Foster, who was 13 at the time of shooting, revealed what she thought of the costumes she had to wear to play Iris, the prostitute Travis Bickle (De Niro) saves at the end of the movie. "I was mortified," she told the audience at the Beacon Theater in New York City. "Just the hot pants and the dumb hat and the sunglasses. The first day I met the costume designer and put on the clothes, I cried." Jodie Foster played a 12-year-old prostitute in the movie "Taxi Driver." AP Photo Foster also said she had to go through a four-hour psychiatric evaluation just to star in the film. "The Board of Education didn't want me to work on it," Foster said. "A young actor needs to have a tutor on set and they said I couldn't have one so we hired a lawyer and they had to determine if I was psychologically sane enough to play the part and I passed." When the film was released in 1976, some criticized the fact that Foster was subjected to such mature material, including a lot of violence, at a young age. But Foster said during the talk that she enjoyed the experience immensely, especially all of the fake blood in the movie's gory finale. "Seeing these big gallons of kyro syrup [fake blood] and all the guys would teach me what they were doing with it, it was fascinating," she said. "People asked me how frightening that last scene was to shoot. Honestly, it was kind of fun." |
Brandon Lee died during the making of which film? | The Crow <Accidents during filming> A C C I D E N T S W H E N F I L M I N G Many accidents are reported to have occurred during the filming of The Crow, but one stands out from the others - the one that caused the death of Brandon Lee. Several explainations have been put forward as to the exact circumstances of Brandon's death. Some say it was a freak accident, some say incompetence (on the part of several people) was to blame, and some even say it was murder... So which scene was being filmed at the time? Filming was taking place in the loft set (Eric and Shelley's apartment). The scene in question is near the beginning of the film, when T-Bird, Funboy and the others 'pay Eric & Shelley a visit' and kill Eric.� Funboy (Michael Massee) points a gun at Eric and fires.� The shot injures Brandon Lee who later died of his injuries. The camera is on Funboy throughout the gunshot.� It's possible that Funboy taking the shot was re-filmed, but the shot that was seen to be fired in the film is probably the one that killed Brandon.� There was also a camera behind Funboy, filming Brandon.� The film shot by this camera (and any others that could see Brandon) was destroyed without being developed.� There were eight days of filming left to complete when Brandon was killed, mostly involving the loft set.� The majority of this was completed using digital effects. (see the Trivia/Production page - the 'Life After Death' section). An article in Martial Arts Illustrated' (Feb '95) describes the incident thus: "A few minutes before the fatal scene where Brandon Lee was shot, the actor Michael Massee (who played Funboy) pointed the actual .44 Magnum at Lee in order to save time. After these trial scenes, the man in charge of accessories (the 'propsmaster'), 'Mr. X', filled the Magnum with blanks, but forgot to check the barrel. (Apparently, the armsmaster whose job this was, was away from the set for the day). Now, a few days earlier, not having any such blanks, a DIY guy had emptied out real bullets to use in their place. When fired, a light detonation, due to the remainder of powder, forced a piece of cartridge into the barrel, henceforth it blocked. As nobody took the trouble to check and clean the gun, it was in this state that the .44 Magnum came to be used in the scene. The cameras started rolling: Michael Massee takes up his position a short distance away from Brandon; too short, as all the professionals will tell you, as a blank fired at a few metres can cause serious damage. Added to this, Michael Massee, off balance, fired right at Brandon instead of aiming just above his shoulders. When the shot was fired, the sound was deafening, the powder from the blanks violently thrust the cartridge in Brandon Lee's direction. As planned, the star pushed at that instant, the button on the detonator releasing the blood sacks he was wearing. Seriously injured as the scene dictated, Brandon Lee/Eric Draven drags himself along the floor whilst the actor David Patrick Kelly (T-Bird) hurls abuse at him. As a result of the tension created by the scene, nobody yet suspected the accident. There was a general feeling that if Brandon Lee wasn't following the plan precisely it was due to the fact that he was a great actor, that he improvised. Less than a minute later everyone became aware of the 'hitch' without realising, as yet, just how serious it was." For the record, the actor Michael Massee was deemed not responsible for Brandon Lee's death and no criminal charges were ever brought against him. Other reports on the death of Brandon Lee exist, including one that says that the bullet in the gun was simply a live one, instead of a blank... whatever happened, his death will probably always be shrouded in mystery. The accident happened at 12:30 am on 31st March. The shot had perforated Lee's stomach, tearing several vital organs and causing an internal haemorrhage. Brandon Lee died in hospital at 1.03 pm on 31st March 1993 (12 1/2 hours after the accident). Cause of death is listed as G.S.W. (gunshot wou |
Which type of car featured in The Italian Job? | Cars in The Italian Job (1969) • Mini Coopers They're not terribly exotic, but you can't talk about The Italian Job without talking about the trio of Mini Coopers in red, white, and blue that do the work of get away cars. The stunts they perform are equally amazing and adorable, with a ridiculously fun soundtrack by Quincy Jones playing in the background. It's improbably that they could each tote more than 300 pounds of gold, but they have been souped up by guys in matching red, white, and blue jumpsuits, so ... Engine: 1.3-liter inline 4-cylinder |
What was the first film to win a Best Actor Oscar for Jack Nicholson? | Academy Awards Best Actor The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) ); two were consecutive nominations (from 1930/31-1931/32) Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins (Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1993-1994) Sean Penn (5) - with two wins (Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008)); nominations were from 1995-2008 The Most Best Actor Nominations: Actors with the highest number of Best Actor acting nominations (in parentheses) include: Spencer Tracy (9) - with two wins Laurence Olivier (9) - with one win (Hamlet (1948)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1939-1940) Jack Nicholson (8) - with two wins Paul Newman (8) - with one win (The Color of Money (1986)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1981-1982) Peter O'Toole (8) - with no wins; two were consecutive nominations (from 1968-1969); nominations from 1962-2006 Marlon Brando (7) - with two wins Dustin Hoffman (7) - with two wins Jack Lemmon (7) - with one win (Save the Tiger (1973)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1959-1960, and from 1979-1980) Paul Muni (6) - with one win (The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1935-1937) Richard Burton (6) - with no wins; three were consecutive nominations (from 1964-1966) Gary Cooper (5) - with two wins Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins Fredric March (5) - with two wins Sean Penn (5) - with two wins Daniel Day-Lewis (5) - with three wins James Stewart (5) - with one win ( Anthony Hopkins (3) - with one win ( The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ); nominations from 1991-1995 Russell Crowe (3) - with one win (Gladiator (2000)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1999-2001) Jeff Bridges (3) - with one win (Crazy Heart (2009)); nominations from 1984-2010 George Clooney (3) - with no wins; nominations from 2007-2011 Consecutive Best Actor-Winning Performers: There are only two actresses (Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn) who have received two consecutive Best Actress awards, as there are only two actors who have received two consecutive Best Actor statuette wins: Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938)) Tom Hanks (Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)) [Note: Jason Robards won two consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars in 1976 and 1977.] Winners of Both a Lead and Supporting Actor Oscar: In 1997, Jack Nicholson tied Walter Brennan for the most wins (3) for a male performer (Brennan has three Best Supporting Actor trophies, Nicholson has two for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor). The only stars to win both a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor (BSA) Oscar are the following: Jack Nicholson (BA for Gene Hackman (BA for The French Connection (1971) , BSA for Unforgiven (1992) ) Kevin Spacey (BA for American Beauty (1999), BSA for The Usual Suspects (1995)) Denzel Washington (BA for Training Day (2001), BSA for Glory (1989)) The Only Best Actor Tie: In the Best Actor category, an unusual tie (the only occurrence among male acting performances) occurred in 1931/32 between Wallace Beery and Fredric March, for their respective performances in The Champ (1931/32) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931/32). The Most Best Actor Oscar Nominations - Without Winning: Peter O'Toole is the only star with eight Best Actor Oscar nominations without a single win. His record extends 44 years, from 1962 to 2006. Richard Burton was nominated seven times (and never won), although his first nomination was as Best Supporting Actor for My Cousin Rachel (1952) -- his last six nominations were as Best Actor. Oscar-Winning Actor Roles and Trends: Biographies of remarkable, real-life individuals (military figures or soldiers, law-and-order enforcers, historical figures) and portrayals of the mentally ill are heavily represented among male Oscar winners, particularly in the acting awards. It helps an |
The sequel to the movie Mad Max was called Mad Max 2, but what was the third in the series called? | Mad Max Primer: Is 'Fury Road' a Sequel or Prequel? Should You See 3D? - Page 2 of 2 - /Film Mad Max Primer: Is ‘Fury Road’ a Sequel or Prequel? Should You See 3D? Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2015 by Russ Fischer The action is insane whether you see it in 2D or 3D… and 2D makes seeing all the weird details easier. Should I See Fury Road in 3D? Our advice would be to see 2D if you have a choice — this is a film with an incredible amount of constantly-moving detail, and 2D is going to be the best way to see all of that. Seriously: nearly every frame in this film is bristling with little thoughts and concepts. There’s a whole world here, and you want to see it all. When George Miller had the chance to present the movie to press for the first time here in Los Angeles, he showed the film in 2D. That’s a pretty good endorsement. That said, I’m catching the IMAX 3D presentation this weekend out of curiosity, and if you have access to a theater with reliably bright and well-calibrated projection, it should still look great in 3D. Plus, there are a couple bits in the film that are clearly designed as 3D gags. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, 1985 Can You Recap the Other Mad Max Films? Sure! We’ll make this quick and as non-spoiler as possible. The original Mad Max, released in 1979, established Mel Gibson’s character Max Rockatansky, a cop in a society that had mostly broken down, and who is pretty much broken down himself by the end of the film. It’s a pretty small movie with a group of cops in conflict with a gang led by a poetic villain called The Toecutter. The bad guys want revenge for the death of one of their own, and the cops go after the gang for their flagrant bad-ness. Max is kinda caught in the middle, and it isn’t until the gang violently impacts his own life that he really goes into “mad” mode. The Road Warrior, from 1981, is the film most like a chronological sequel in the series than any other. Max, driving the same car and bearing his wounds from the first movie, comes across a motorized gang besieging a stronghold built around an oil well and minor gasoline refinery. Pulled into that conflict, Max looks out for himself throughout, but ends up helping the oil refiners in their attempt to escape the gang forces led by a hulking but well-spoken chieftain who calls himself Lord Humongous. The Road Warrior is the movie that really made this series weird, and it (The film is really called Mad Max 2, but was retitled for US release; the thinking was that not enough people knew what Mad Max was.) The third film, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, from 1985, is even more loose as a chronological sequel, but close enough. Max, in pursuit of stolen property, meanders into Bartertown, a rough attempt at civilization jump-started by the entrepreneurial Aunty Entity (Tina Turner). A power struggle in Bartertown leads Max to shelter in a cove inhabited by a Lost Boys-like band of kids who think Max is their savior. All three films end with Max essentially alone, and The Road Warrior and Thunderdome are both narrated by characters who place Max in a position of near-legend. The implication in Fury Road is that this is yet another sequel, but aside from the character’s name, his survival skills, a fondness for vehicles, and disintegrating mental state, there’s not much here to explicitly connect this Max to the guy played by Mel Gibson. There are some visual signifiers — the Interceptor, his knee brace — but they don’t do much to establish when this movie takes place relative to the previous three. *** We’ll have a lot more on Mad Max: Fury Road next week, including a lot of info on the making of the film, and more conversation about what’s actually in it. |
Noah had 3 sons, Ham and Shem were 2, who was the other? | Who were the sons of Noah, and what happened to them and their descendants? Who were the sons of Noah, and what happened to them and their descendants? Subscribe to our Question of the Week : Question: "Who were the sons of Noah, and what happened to them and their descendants?" Answer: Noah had three sons born to him, Shem, Ham, and Japheth , before God sent a flood to destroy the world (Genesis 5:32). Whenever the names of Noah’s three sons are recorded, Shem is always mentioned first (e.g., Genesis 9:18; 10:2, 21), even though Shem was the second-born (the Bible often lists people according to prominence rather than age). Japheth was the oldest (Genesis 10:21), and Ham was the youngest (Genesis 9:24). Japheth was born when Noah was 500 years old, and the flood came 100 years later (Genesis 7:6–7). Since Shem was 100 two years after the flood (Genesis 11:10), he must have been born when Noah was 502 years old. There is no record of when Ham was born other than the fact that he was born sometime after Shem (Genesis 9:24). “Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber” (Genesis 10:21), and this is important because the word Eber is the origin of the Hebrew word for “Hebrew.” The word Shem means “name,” which implies that Noah expected this son’s name to become great. He was right—the modern words Semitic and Semite are derived from Shem’s name. The Bible records that Shem had five sons: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram (Genesis 10:22). Shem lived to be 600 years of age (Genesis 11:10–11) and became the ancestor of the Semitic peoples (Genesis 10:1, 21–31). Abraham, a descendant of Shem, is the first person in the Bible who is referred to as a “Hebrew” (Genesis 14:13). Noah blessed Shem above his brothers (Genesis 9:26–27), and it was through Shem that the promised seed destined to crush Satan came (Genesis 3:15). That seed is traced back to Adam’s son Seth (Genesis 5:1–32), through Shem, and on to Abraham, Judah, and David, leading all the way to Christ (Luke 3:36). Shem’s son Elam was the father of the Elamites, who later settled east of Mesopotamia. Shem’s son Ashur, whose name is related to the word Assyria, is most likely is the father of those who settled the ancient region of Assyria (Genesis 2:14). Arphaxad is thought by many scholars to be a compound form of the Hebrew word for “Chaldea,” which was a region in southern Mesopotamia (Genesis 11:10–13). It was through Arphaxad that Eber came. Scholars believe that the descendants of Shem’s son Lud became known as the Lydians of Asia Minor. And Aram is identified by Bible scholars with the area northeast of the Promised Land, known today as Syria (cf. 2 Kings 16:6). The sons of Aram are listed in Genesis 10:23. Of Aram’s sons, Uz is later referred to in the book of Job (Job 1:1). Noah’s firstborn son, Japheth, is listed as the father of Gomer, Magog , Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras (Genesis 10:2). Their descendants became the people who lived to the north and west of Israel and, after Babel, spoke what today are classified as Indo-European languages. In blessing his son Japheth, Noah said, “May God extend Japheth’s territory; / may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, / and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth” (Genesis 9:27). There are two schools of thought regarding what this prophecy about Japheth means. Some scholars are of the opinion that the enlargement of Japheth’s territory refers to a great numerical increase of his descendants. The comment “may Japheth live in the tents of Shem” means that Japheth will share in the blessings of Shem. According to this view, there was to be a time when God worked primarily with Shem (the people of Israel), but later Japheth would be brought into connection with the faith of Israel to share Israel’s blessings. A similar prophecy is evident in the Abrahamic Covenant , when God promises to bless all nations through Abraham’s seed (Genesis 12:3). The fulfillment is found in Christ and in the gospel coming to the Gentiles (descendants of Japheth) at the inception of the church (Acts 15:7; Romans 15:16; Galatians 2: |
Who recorded 3 albums in the 1970s, which became known as the Berlin Trilogy? | The History of David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy: 'Low,' 'Heroes' and 'Lodger' REDDIT Hulton Archive, Getty Images By 1976, David Bowie ’s life in Los Angeles was in free fall. Though “Fame” and “Golden Years” were Top 10 hits the year before, Bowie was lost in a haze of cocaine addiction. To escape the drug scene in L.A., Bowie and wife Angela headed for Europe; after stops in Switzerland and France, Bowie settled in Berlin, a city then still divided by the Berlin Wall. The next three years would be one of Bowie’s most productive periods, as he recorded a trio of albums that became known as his Berlin Trilogy. Low and Heroes debuted in 1977, with Lodger arriving two years later. “Life in L.A. had left me with an overwhelming sense of foreboding,” Bowie told Uncut . “I had approached the brink of drug-induced calamity one too many times, and it was essential to take some kind of positive action. For many years Berlin had appealed to me as a sort of sanctuary-like situation. It was one of the few cities where I could move around in virtual anonymity. I was going broke; it was cheap to live. For some reason, Berliners just didn’t care. Well, not about an English rock singer, anyway.” Angela Bowie, in Backstage Passes: Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie, said that “Berlin called to him in other ways. He chose to live in a section of the city as bleak, anonymous, and culturally lost as possible: Schoneberg, populated largely by Turkish immigrants. He took an apartment above an auto parts store and ate at the local workingmen’s cafe. Talk about alienation.” Bowie was joined in Berlin by Iggy Pop , who was battling his own issues with heroin. Bowie would produce Iggy’s solo albums The Idiot and Lust for Life in 1977. Brian Eno of Roxy Music and longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti also came to Berlin; they would contribute to all three of Bowie’s subsequent Berlin projects. “Working with Bowie is much more than going to a studio,” Visconti told Sound On Sound . “It’s a social event, too. We would eat together, go to shows together, go to clubs together, and really soak in the local culture. That was always his way of working.” Listen to David Bowie Perform ‘Sound and Vision Subscribe to Ultimate Classic Rock on For Low and Heroes, Bowie shifted to ambient music, focusing on tone and atmosphere rather of traditional rock riffs. It wasn’t until Lodger that Bowie returned to guitar-based rock. Sales of the albums were respectable but disappointing to RCA Records, because they failed to spin off any hit singles in the U.S. Bowie told NYRock that despite his drug problems, Low “was a relatively straight album. It didn’t come from a drug place. And I realized at the time that it was important music. It was one of the better things I’d ever written – Low, specifically. That was the start, probably for me, of a new way of looking at life.” Recorded in France and Germany, the album’s spacey effects were largely created by Eno, who played a portable EMS Synthi A synthesizer. Visconti used an Eventide Harmonizer to alter the sound of the drums; the producer claimed the audio processor “f–s with the fabric of time.” “It wasn’t a difficult album to make; we were freewheeling, making our own rules,” Visconti told Uncut. “But David was going through a difficult period, professionally and personally. To his credit, he didn’t put on a brave face. His music said that he was ‘low.’ Despite a few really bad days we had quite a lot of fun making Low, especially when all the radical ideas were making sense and things were starting to click. I remember after a couple of weeks of recording, I made a rough mix of the entire album so far and handed a cassette of it to David. He left the control room waving the cassette over his head and grinned ecstatically saying, ‘We’ve got an album; we’ve got an album.’” Listen to David Bowie Perform ‘Heroes’ Subscribe to Ultimate Classic Rock on Guitarist Robert Fripp of King Crimson provided a harder-edged sound on Heroes. Quotation marks were used around the title to express irony. Like Low, Heroes was recorded a |
In mythology, what was the name of the 3-headed dog that guarded the gates to Hades? | CERBERUS (Kerberos) - Three-Headed Hound of Hades of Greek Mythology Death-Darkness? Heracles and Cerberus the hound of Hades, Caeretan black-figure hydria C6th B.C., Musée du Louvre KERBEROS (Cerberus) was the gigantic, three-headed hound of Haides which guarded the gates of the underworld and prevented the escape of the shades of the dead. Kerberos was depicted as a three-headed dog with a serpent's tail, mane of snakes, and a lion's claws. According to some he had fifty heads although this count may have included the serpents of his mane. Herakles (Heracles) was sent to fetch Kerberos as one of his twelve labours, a task which he accomplished with the aid of the goddess Persephone . Kerberos' name perhaps means "Death-Daemon of the Dark" from the ancient Greek words kêr and erebos. FAMILY OF CERBERUS [1.1] TYPHOEUS & EKHIDNA (Hesiod Theogony 310, Quintus Smyrnaeus 6.260, Hyginus Pref & Fab 30) [1.2] EKHIDNA (Bacchylides Frag 5, Ovid Metamorphoses 7.412) ENCYCLOPEDIA CE′RBERUS (Kerberos), the many-headed dog that guarded the entrance of Hades, is mentioned as early as the Homeric poems, but simply as "the dog," and without the name of Cerberus. (Il. viii. 368, Od. xi. 623.) Hesiod, who is the first that gives his name and origin, calls him (Theog. 311) fifty-headed and a son of Typhaon and Echidna. Later writers describe him as a monster with only three heads, with the tail of a serpent and a mane consisting of the heads of various snakes. (Apollod. ii. 5. § 12; Eurip. Here. fur. 24, 611; Virg. Aen. vi. 417; Ov. Met. iv. 449.) Some poets again call him many-headed or hundred-headed. (Horat. Carm. ii. 13. 34; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 678; Senec. Here. fur. 784.) The place where Cerberus kept watch was according to some at the mouth of the Acheron, and according to others at the gates of Hades, into which he admitted the shades, but never let them out again. Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. ALTERNATE NAMES Heracles, Cerberus and Hecate, Apulian red-figure volute krater C4th B.C., Staatliche Antikensammlungen Homer, Iliad 8. 366 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) : "If in the wiliness of my heart I [Athene] had had thoughts like his, when Herakles (Heracles) was sent down to Haides of the Gates, to hale back from Erebos (the Dark) the hound of the grisly death god (Haides Stygeros), never would he have got clear of the steep-dripping water Styx." [N.B. In Homer the dog is just called "the hound of Haides." Hesiod is the first author to give it the name Kerberos (Cerberus).] Homer, Odyssey 11. 623 ff (trans. Shewring) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) : "[The ghost of Herakles addresses Odysseus in Hades :] ‘He [Eurystheus] once sent me even here [to Haides] to fetch away the hound of Haides, for he thought no task could be more fearsome for me than that. But I brought the hound out of Haides' house and up to earth, because Hermes helped me on my way, and gleaming-eyed Athene.’" Hesiod, Theogony 310 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "Typhaon [Typhoeus] . . . was joined in love to her [Ekhidna (Echidna)] . . . And next again she bore the unspeakable, unmanageable Kerberos (Cerberus), the savage, the bronze-barking dog of Haides, fifty-headed, and powerful, and without pity." Hesiod, Theogony 769 ff : "And before them [the halls of Haides and Persephone] a dreaded hound (deinos kunos) [Kerberos (Cerberus)], on watch, who has no pity, but a vile stratagem : as people go in he fawns on all, with actions of his tail and both ears, but he will not let them go back out, but lies in wait for them and eats them up, when he catches any going back through the gates." Bacchylides, Fragment 5 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) : "Once, they say, the gate-wrecking, unconquerable son [Herakles] of thunder-flashing Zeus went down to the house of slender-ankled Persephone to fetch up to the light from Hades the jagged-toothed dog [Kerberos (Cerberus)], son of unapproachable Ekhidna (Echidna). There he perceived the spirits of wretched mortals by the waters of Kokyt |
The Ironman event consists of 3 elements - a marathon, swimming, and which other? | Ironman Triathlon | IronMate Ironman Triathlon Ironman Triathlons The Ironman triathlon is a non-stop event consisting of swimming 2.4 miles (3.8k) cycling 112 miles (180km) then running a marathon 26.2 miles (42.2km). The men’s wining time is between 8 -9 hours depending on the toughness of the course and the first female to finish is 9 hours –9 hours: 30 minutes. There is often a deadline or cut off time in which to be an official finisher you must finish in less than 15 hours 30 minutes to17 hours according to the individual race organization. The average time depends on the course but is usually 11-12 hours (males) and 12-13 hours for females. Women have often finished in the top 20 overall amongst the full time professional men. The biggest average age groups are between 35-44 years. The oldest competitor is often in their late 60’s and can be 70+. Athletes come from all different sports badminton, windsurfing, ice hockey, running, swimming, cycling. It is suggested that you compete in shorter triathlons for a number of years building up in distance to half Ironman before you attempt a full distance Ironman triathlon. To qualify for the Hawaii Ironman world triathlon championships you need to finish high in your age group in one of the many official half Ironman or full distance triathlons around the world. The following pages include information on training schedules, training and racing mistakes, frequently asked questions, Ironman triathlons around the world course information, training for the Ironman next year and what to do? If you found my web sie helpful remember to send a link to a friend, thanks Don't miss.... more from Ironmate Mark. Which Ironman do should I choose? Choose an event you can prepare for? This is what marathon runners who are training for the Ironman need to know INFORMATION ON EACH AND EVERY IRONMAN WORLDWIDE The following will be updated on a regular basis. Will include details of the race course,special needs bags. |
What is the name for the pinkish corner of the eye? | What is the inside corner of your eye called? | Reference.com What is the inside corner of your eye called? A: Quick Answer According to Stanford Children's Health, the inside corner of the eye is called the lacrimal caruncle. This small pink nodule is made of modified oil and sweat glands, and it may become inflamed and itchy in response to allergies. Full Answer According to the US National Library of Medicine, the lacrimal gland is located to the side of the lacrimal caruncle. It continuously secretes tears to moisten, lubricate and protect the eye's surface. The lacrimal caruncle has two openings on both sides that suction the excessive moisture from the eyes as soon as the upper eye comes back up after an individual blink. |
What is the name for the white half moon shape on your fingers? | what is the white half circle on your fingernail? - Nail Problems Message Board - HealthBoards Nail Problems Message Board HealthBoards > Skin & Beauty > Nail Problems > what is the white half circle on your fingernail? what is the white half circle on your fingernail? Posts: 0 what is the white half circle on your fingernail? what is the white half circle on your fingernail and what does it mean if you dont have one? Posts: 2,603 Re: what is the white half circle on your fingernail? The white half-moon at the base of the nail is called the Lunula and is the leading edge of the Matrix where the nail plate cells are 'born'. The longer the lunula, the thicker the nail plate. One can usualy see the Lunula on the thumbs, forefingers, middle fingers and a little bit on the ring finger, but rarely on the pinkie finger. If you do not see the Lunula on your nails, it just means that your nail plate is thinner because of reduced nail plate cell production. This is always genetic and doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with your nails. |
What is the crease between your lips and your nose called? | What’s That Called? – Dictionary of Facial Piercings You are here: Home / Amazing Body Modifications / What’s That Called? – Dictionary of Facial Piercings What’s That Called? – Dictionary of Facial Piercings August 1, 2011 By lulu 23 Comments As promised, here is the next installment of the piercing dictionary. This time we go through the facial piercings, which I’ve split up by general area for easier flow. Enjoy! Nose Standard “Nose Piercing:” a piercing of either nostril, normally worn as a stud or a ring . Septum: a piercing of the septum , which is the area between the two nostrils. Bridge: a piercing of the nose bridge. Vertical Bridge or “third eye:” a vertical surface piercing or dermal piercing at the top of the nose’s bridge or directly between the eyebrows. Mouth Medusa: a piercing of the philtrum (the dent in the upper lip just below the septum.) Jestrum or “vertical medusa:” a vertical piercing through the philtrum in which both ends are visible. Monroe: any piercing of the upper lip underneath the nose. (This piercing is named for Marylin Monroe and her signature beauty mark, but over the years it has also come to be know by the names “Madonna” and “Crawford,” referencing other icons who have also been known for moles or beauty marks in the same area.) Labret: any piercing below the lower lip. Vertical Labret: a verticle piercing directly through the lower lip in which both ends are visible. Lowbret: this is what very low labret type piercings that rest on the surface of the chin are called. Snake Bites: a set of two lower lip piercings, one on either side of the face. Spider Bites: a set of two lower lip piercings right next to each other on the same side. Angel Bites: a set of two piercings just above the upper lip, one on either side. Eyes and Cheeks Eyebrow Piercing: any piercing through the skin of the eyebrow . Anti-eyebrow Piercing: a surface piercing next to the eyebrow or below the outer corner of the eye. Eyelid Piercing: this is just what it sounds like; a piercing of the actual eyelid. It can be done horizontally near the crease like a surface piercing, or be a single piercing through the lid near the lash line. Amazing, huh?! Dimple Piercing: a piercing through the natural cheek dimple, or in the case of not having dimples, through the spot on the cheek where a dimple would normally be. Join me next time as we take a look at all the different piercings that can be done inside the mouth and on the tongue! |
What is the name for the revolving spikey wheel on the end of a cowboy's spurs called? | Spur Spur Western-style cowboy spurs with rowels, chap guards and buttons for the spur straps A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse to move forward or laterally while riding . It is usually used to refine the riding aids (commands) and to back up the natural aids (the leg, seat, hands and voice). The spur is used in many equestrian disciplines. There are rules in most equestrian organizations about spur design, use and penalties for using spurs in any manner that constitutes animal abuse . Contents 7 References Etymology This very old word derives from Anglo-Saxon spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. Medieval High German Sporn, modern German Sporn, Dutch spoor, Frisian spoar. [1] The generalized sense of “anything that urges on, stimulus” is recorded in English from circa 1390. Design Parts of a simple spur The parts of a spur include: The “yoke”, “branch”, or “heel band”, which wraps around the heel of the boot. The “shank” or “neck”, which extends from the back of the yoke and is the area that touches the horse. The rowel, seen on some spurs, a revolving wheel or disk with radiating “points” at the end attached to the shank. Spur straps on an English “Prince of Wales” spur Spurs are usually held on by a leather or leather-like strap, called a spur strap, that goes over the arch of the foot and under the sole in front of the boot heel. Some western designs have a leather strap that goes only over the top, with a heel chain or a rubber “tiedown” instead of a strap under the boot. There are also styles with no straps where the heel band is simply very tight and slips on wedged between the sole and heel of the boot. Some spur designs have a slot for running the spur strap through, others have “buttons,” sometimes on the heel band itself and sometimes attached to the heel band by hinges, that allow a strap with buttonholes to be attached. When used in military ranks, senior officers, and officers of all ranks in cavalry and other formerly mounted units of some armies, wear a form of spur in certain orders of dress which is known as the box spur, having no spur strap but a long metal prong opposite the neck, extending between the arms of the heel band, which is inserted into a specially fitted recess or “box” in the base of the boot heel. Due to the prong, such spurs can only be worn with appropriately equipped boots. This construction is shown in the illustrations of the swan neck and Waterford spurs below. Spurs seen in western riding may also have small curved-up hooks on the shank in front of the rowel, called “chap guards,” that were originally used to prevent the rider’s chaps from interfering with the rowels of the spur. The shank angle from the yoke can vary from “full”. to “one half”, to “one quarter” to “straight”. Some cowboys also added small metal Pajados, also known as Jingo Bobs or Jingle Bobs, near the rowel, to create a jingling sound whenever the foot moved. Rowels can vary in size and number of points. In the history of veterinary science , the word “rowel” described a small disk of leather or other material that was used as a seton stitch . History Western spur rowel with jingo bobs The spur was used by the Celts during the La Tène period (which began in the 5th century BC), and is also mentioned by Xenophon (c. 430 – 354 BC.) [2] [3] Iron or bronze spurs were also used throughout the Roman Empire . [4] The spur also existed in the medieval Arab world . [5] Early spurs had a neck that ended in a point, called a prick, riveted to the heel band. Prick spurs had straight necks in the 11th century and bent ones in the 12th. The earliest form of the horseman’s spur armed the heel with a single prick. In England, the rowel spur is shown upon the first seal of Henry III and on monuments of the 13th century, but it does not come into general use until the 14th century. The earliest rowels probably did not revolve but were fixed. An iron prick-spur (13th–14th century) and an iron spur with eight-pointed rowel |
If a quaver is an 8th note in music, what is a 64th note called? | Music Theory - Note Values Home > Online Piano Lessons > Note Values Note Values In order to read a music piece, we need to know the note values, and names of each note. The following section shows us the different values of notes, that is, how long each note lasts. 4 beats: called a semibreve (whole note) 3 beats: called a dotted minim (dotted half note) 2 beats: called a minim (half note) 1 beat: called a crotchet (quarter note) Half a beat: called a quaver (eighth note) Quarter of a beat: called a semiquaver (sixteenth note) Did you get it? Now you're ready to read more notes. Music is written on groups of five lines called staves. Notes are written on lines: Keyboard music uses two staves. One is for the top half of the instrument. The symbol at the beginning of the line is called the treble clef, sometimes called the G clef. In piano music this calls for the use of right hand. The other is for the bottom half of the instrument. The symbol at the beginning of the line is called the bass clef, sometimes called the F clef. Bass clef calls for the use of the left hand. The two staves are joined by a bracket. Usually the notes on the upper stave are played with the right hand, and the notes on the lower stave are played with the left hand. |
What is the dot called above an 'i' or 'j' called? | Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? | Dictionary.com Blog Home » Symbols and Punctuation » Word Facts » Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? January 5, 2015 by: Dictionary.com 110 Comments While many languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew, add specific accents to the letters or characters throughout their alphabet, the English alphabet has only two letters that include a diacritic dot. This mark is added to a letter to signal a change in either the sound or meaning of a character. What is the additional name of this curious dot that hovers over the ninth and tenth lowercase letters of the English alphabet, and how did it get there? The small distinguishing mark you see over a lowercase i and a lowercase j is called a tittle – an interesting name that seems like a portmanteau (combination) of “tiny” and “little,” and refers to a small point or stroke in writing and printing. Generally, a diacritic dot such as a tittle is also referred to as a glyph . However, in regards to i and j, the removal of the mark is still likely to be read as I or J; as such, these are not examples of a glyph. Derived from the Latin word titulus, meaning “inscription, heading,” the tittle initially appeared in Latin manuscripts beginning in the 11th century as a way of individualizing the neighboring letters i and j in the thicket of handwriting. With the introduction of the Roman-style typeface in the late 1400′s, the original large mark was reduced to the small dot we use today. Many alphabets use a tittle specifically in the case of the letter i. For example, the absence or presence of a tittle over the i in the modern Turkish alphabet, also Latin-based, helps to differentiate two unique letters that represent distinct phonemes . The phrase “To a T” is believed to be derived from the word tittle and the following passage from Edward Hall’s Chronicles circa 1548: “I then… began to dispute with my selfe, little considerynge that thus my earnest was turned euen to a tittyl not so good as, estamen.” Now that you’ve satisfied your desire to know the source of that little dot, consider this: Why does the letter Q almost never appear without a U right next to it? Find your answer, here . What other mysteries of the alphabet would like us to explore? Let us know. |
Change the first letter in the surname of a famous jockey to get the surname of a famous New Zealand cricketer. Whats the name of the jockey and the cricketer. | Section 1 – Britain and all things British - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo Section 1 – Britain and all things British 1. What is the most common street name in Britain? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 1. What is the most common street name in Britain? 2. Which British city has more miles of canal than Venice? 3. The first single to sell over two million copies in Great Britain was written as a tribute to where in Great Britain? 4. Which lake in Great Britain has the largest volume of water? 5. In the TV show “Little Britain” what is the name of “the only gay in the village”? 6. True or False: Great Britain is one of the top 10 largest islands in the world? 7. Who lived “in the top left-hand corner of Wales”? 8. What is the longest motorway in Great Britain? 9. Which four British cities have hosted the Commonwealth Games? 10. In Britain, which University has more students than any other? Section 2 – Song lyrics - can you identify which songs these lyrics are from? 11. “We haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine”? 12. “My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die”? 13. “Switch on the TV, we may pick him up on channel two”? 14. “Lord, I never drew first, but I drew first blood”? 15. “You coulda’ heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door”? 16. “Now you’re calling me up on the phone so you can have a little whine and a moan”? 17. “Light up your face with gladness”? 18. “Ask the local gentry, and they will say is elementary”? 19. “Heaven sent and heaven stole”? 20. “Right now tomorrow’s lookin’ bright, just like the sunny mornin’ light”? Section 3 - General knowledge and lateral thinking 21. Change the first letter in the surname of a famous jockey to get the surname of a famous New Zealand cricketer. What’s the name of the jockey and the cricketer. 22. Which rock group has four members, all of whom are dead, one of whom was assassinated? 23. Which comedian and member of the radio show the Goons had the line ‘I told you I was ill’ engraved on his grave stone? 24. What was unusual about the Austrian concert pianist Paul Wittgenstein? 25. Which two words, allegedly heard for the first time in the song Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf, describe a style of rock music? 26. Where would you most likely be headed if you were in a tumbrel during the French revolution? 27. How did Olivia overtake Grace in 2008? 28. Three second hand vehicles were put on the market in December 2008 for £27m each. What are they? 29. What Olympic sport is derived from the Greek word for naked? 30. If you are a Greek man and wear a fustenella what kind of garment would you be wearing? 1. High Street; 2. Birmingham; 3. Mull Of Kintyre; 4. Loch Ness; 5. Daffyd Thomas; 6. True (it is 8th largest); 7. Ivor The Engine; 8. M6; 9. London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Cardiff; 10. The Open University; 11. Hotel California by The Eagles; 12. The Show Must Go On by Queen; 13. Starman by David Bowie; 14. Blaze Of Glory by Jon Bon Jovi; 15. Coward Of The County by Kenny Rogers; 16. Smile by Lily Allen; 17. Smile by Nat King Cole; 18. Love And Marriage by Frank Sinatra; 19. Jesus To A Child by George Michael; 20. Dance The Night Away by The Mavericks; 21. Frankie Dettori and Daniel Vettori; 22. Mount Rushmore (they’re all made of rock!); 23. Spike Milligan; 24. He was one handed – lost his right hand in first world war but taught himself to play with his left hand; 25. Heavy Metal (Heavy Metal Thunder); 26. That you were on your way to visit Madame Guillotine – it was the two wheeled cart used to ferry people to their deaths; 27. By becoming the most popular girl’s name in the UK; 28. All US Space Shuttles – Atlantis, Endeavour and Discovery; 29. Gymnastics; 30. Skirt Like us on Facebook |
Which two words, allegedly heard for the first time in the song Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf, describe a style of rock music? | John Kay - Questions & Answers John Kay John Kay - Questions & Answers We sat down w/John Kay and asked him the hard questions... When you started, did you ever think that you would still be active 30 years later? Well of course, when we started out years ago, I don't think anybody planned 30 days ahead, let alone consider that 30 years would some day come. I must also say that there was really no master plan or some ingenious revelation that is responsible for us still being around. It was really two factors more than anything, I believe....number one, the fact that there were enough people on various parts of the globe that were into what we were doing, be it the old stuff or the more recent recordings.....and the other one was that a number of people within our 'Wolf organization have seen to it that we have always made the very most out of what we had to work with as far as fan loyalty, reputation in the business, doing good, consistent live shows, so that we were maximizing on what there was for us. It was a roller coaster ride, and there were times when things were not going our way, and so then you had to be kind of tenacious, and stick to it, and grit your teeth a little bit, and play twice as hard and hope that the word of mouth brings on another wave of resurgence of your popularity....and that really has been the case. Complete this sentence: Steppenwolf is about...... That's not that easy, because when you are in it you have a totally different perspective than when you're outside of it standing looking at it and I'm not sure whether I am the person most qualified to say what Steppenwolf is about. Maybe some of the fans that are part of the Wolfpack Fanclub, and so forth, who have been following us (some of them for up to 29 years) would be more qualified. And I think it varies from person to person. Certainly the cards and letters with their respective stories about Steppenwolf music or songs or lyrics would indicate that. Steppenwolf is about giving a damn and doing it to music, I suppose. For those younger fans who didn't grow up in the 60's, what is Steppenwolf named after and why did you choose it? Steppenwolf was originally a book written by Herman Hesse, (a German author) and it was a book I was totally unfamiliar with when the band that became Steppenwolf was in its infancy. The young man who lived next door to where Steppenwolf started to rehearse (by the name of Gabriel Mekler, born and raised in Israel) he had read the book. When it came time to put a name on the demo box that was going to go to the first label, he said "Well, what is the band called?" and aside from the obvious joke names and other obscene suggestions which were not marketable, he finally said, "Well look, how about 'Steppenwolf'? I think it's a word that looks good in print, and it denotes a certain degree of mystery and power and you guys are kind of rough and ready types." Everybody said that sounds pretty interesting and if we don't get a deal we can always scrawl another name on the box and send it to somebody else, so let's go with that for now. Well, that's what it's been now for many years and, to be honest, it's been a very good name. When I talk to college kids today, the 60's is almost a myth to them. It's a fabulous time. They wished they could have lived through it. Are your memories of the 60's as groovy as the kids think it was? Was it as good as we think it was? Well, I supposed to some extent our experience is perhaps a little bit outside the mainstream in the sense that we, Steppenwolf, were just catching our first big wave of success. So, in addition to living through the 60's in the way that all other Americans, or for that matter people in various parts of the world were, we had the added bonus, so to speak, of having our music hit the charts and all the rest that went with the success of a rock & roll band. My personal recollection of the 60's was one of a tremendous amount of activity, both in terms of what we were up to (zipping all over the country and the world and TV shows and recording and what have you |
What Olympic sport is derived from the Greek word for naked? | Gymnastics in Greece and the First Olympics - Gymnastics Zone Gymnastics Zone You are here: Home > Gymnastics in Greece and the First Olympics Gymnastics in Greece and the First Olympics Posted on January 19, 2011 in Articles Introduced in early Greek civilization, gymnastics facilitated physical body development utilizing a variety of activities including running, jumping, wrestling, weight lifting, swimming and throwing. Gymnastics in Ancient Crete The later history of gymnastics is closely related to the ancient Olympic Games, but a thousand years before the first Olympics, King Minos (and others during the Crete Minoan period 2,700 BC – 1,400 BC) had already advocated such physical exercises. The First Olympics In 776 BC, the Greeks held the first Olympic games, which was a festival dedicated to their god, Zeus. In this game there was only a foot race of 200 yards. These first Olympic games continued for about 1,100 years The ancient Greeks practiced physical exercises and routines and as a result, gymnastics was added in the ancient Olympic Games along with boxing, wrestling, throwing, jumping, and weightlifting. A Variety of Gymnastics Events Gymnastics is one of the oldest Olympic sports, and competitors performed a variety of events that could loosely be termed “gymnastics”. These activities are recorded in illustrations seen on ancient clay pots. Nude Gymnastics The name of the sport “gymnastics” is derived from the ancient Greek word “gymnos” which literally translated means naked and comes from, the Greek word for naked. In ancient Greece, male athletes trained and competed in the nude. Because of this, women were excluded from the ancient Games, not just as competitors but also as spectators. Gymnasiums The Greeks built elaborate complexes known as gymnasia for their physical education training. The gymnasium, originally an area for physical training, evolved into a school for training both the body and the mind. There were three types of teachers in a gymnasium: Grammatistes, who taught reading, writing and other scholarly pursuits; Kitharistes, who taught music; and paidotribes, who were physical fitness teachers. Thus, the gymnasium also became a center for the arts, philosophy and literature. Early Gymnastics to Music Physical training took place in the palestra, which was a square, walled, open-air workout area and even equipped with changing rooms and baths. A variety of activities were classified as gymnastics, including running, jumping, weightlifting, throwing, wrestling, and swimming. Evidently, many exercises were conducted to music, just like in the floor exercise routines of modern women’s artistic gymnastics. Spartan Gymnastics Among the ancient Greeks, gymnastics probably reached a peak in Sparta. With their emphasis on the military, the Spartans prized activities and exercises that could improve not only physical fitness but also military discipline. In Athens and other Greek city-states, usually only boys received a formal education and took part in gymnastics. Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics Physical fitness was a highly valued attribute in ancient Greece for both men and women. Basic gymnastics events were practiced in some form even prior to the introduction of “gymnazein” which means literally, “to exercise naked” or “gymnos” meaning “naked art.” The Early Christian View of Gymnastics Christians of the time considered gymnastics Satanic because of its focus on the body and that gymnasts performed in the nude at the all-male ancient Games of Olympia. Early Gymnastics Evolves into Other Sports Many of these exercises, activities and competitions grouped under the ancient definition of gymnastics later became separate sports such as track and field, wrestling, and boxing. The First P.E. Teachers Early Greek gymnastics and physical fitness teachers, the paidotribes, were the first to design systems of physical activity for both athletes and the ordinary citizens. These programs were central aspects of a formal education. The Body is a Temple The Greek philosophy views the human body as a temp |
If you are a Greek man and wear a fustenella what kind of garment would you be wearing? | Is it a sin for a woman to wear pants? Is it a sin for a woman to wear pants? The Question: Is it a sin for a woman to wear pants? MUST women always wear dresses? The Answer: Deuteronomy 22:5 (KJV) - The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman�s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. Deuteronomy 22:5 (NIV) A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the LORD your God detests anyone who does this. The argument about whether it is sinful for a woman to wear pants is based primarily on this verse, stating that pants "pertain" to a man, so it is unholy for a woman to wear them. It is interesting that in Biblical times neither men nor women wore pants or trousers as in our culture today, so to brand all trouser-like garments as "pertaining to a man" and sinful for a woman to wear shows an ignorance of history and customs. Biblical men and women wore robes, and the closest thing to our pants of today was when women pulled their skirt tails between their legs to the front, tucked into their girdle and formed a kind of pant to work in the fields. Yet I don't ever hear someone proclaiming that men ought to wear robes and NOT pants, as this originally was a form of women's clothing! Exodus 20:26, 28:42-43 " And do not go up to my altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it- Make linen undergarments [breeches] as a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to the thigh. Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants." Leviticus 6:10 The priest shall then put on his linen clothes, with linen undergarments [breeches] next to his body, and shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar. Leviticus 16:4 "This is how Aaron is to enter the sanctuary area: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. He is to put on the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments [breeches] next to his body; he is to tie the linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are sacred garments; so he must bathe himself with water before he puts them on." Some say that these verses prohibit women from wearing pants. In the KJV these garments are called breeches, which is an old fashioned way of saying trousers or pants. However the newer translations have the more correct translation "undergarments". "Breeches" or undergarments in the Hebrew is miknac {mik-nawce'} from kamac {kaw-mas'} a primitive root, to store up, save (Qal) stored up (participle) in the sense of hiding. It is translated in the KJV as "breeches", but literally means underwear, drawers, trousers, specifically a priestly undergarment of linen, which were clearly special undergarments worn by the priests ... not pants as men wear today. And there is no indication that the average man wore these, just the priests. Notice in Leviticus 16:4 that these were "sacred garments" only worn for special occasions, and that the man had to wash himself before putting them on. The reason for wearing them was not to expose the priest's nakedness as he climbed the steps to the altar. Revelation 1:6, 5:10 -and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen...You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth." Some even go so far as to say women aren't allowed to wear ANY "crotched garments", even underwear. I certainly don't think it's modest to go about in a dress without underwear. If anything, since we are a nation of kings and priests unto God, ALL of us, these verses would promote the wearing of underwear I would think. As for undergarments, bras are a relatively new invention. Does that mean it isn't holy to wear them? I remember when burning your bra was a big deal (in the sixt |
In which ocean is the former penal settlement of Devil's Island? | Devils Island | island, Atlantic Ocean | Britannica.com island, Atlantic Ocean Alternative Title: Île du Diable Similar Topics Saint-Barthélemy Devils Island, French Île Du Diable, rocky islet off the Atlantic coast of French Guiana . The smallest of the three Îles du Salut , about 10 miles (16 km) from the mainland and the Kourou River mouth, it is a narrow strip of land about 3,900 feet (1,200 m) long and 1,320 feet (400 m) broad, mostly covered by palm trees. Devils Island off the coast of French Guiana. Bjorn Klingwall/Ostman Agency Part of a penal settlement, the island housed the convicts’ leper colony until the Îles du Salut were made a maximum-security area. The island’s most famous prisoner was Alfred Dreyfus , a French army officer unjustly condemned for treason, who arrived on April 13, 1895; he was released on June 5, 1899, having written a journal and more than 1,000 letters in captivity. Dreyfus was succeeded by other political prisoners and, during World War I , by spies and deserters, chiefly from tropical countries and not of French birth. Transportation of prisoners to French penal colonies was abolished by a decree of June 17, 1938, although the last prisoners did not leave Devils Island until 1953. The island was later promoted as a winter resort and has a growing tourist trade. Learn More in these related articles: |
The Ligurian Sea is an arm of which body of water? | Ligurian Sea - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com Ligurian Sea n an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica Example of: a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land Word Family Usage Examples Sign up, it's free! Whether you're a student, an educator, or a life-long learner, Vocabulary.com can put you on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement. |
Which expanse of sea in the Orkney Islands was the main base of the British Grand Fleet in World War I? | First World War.com - Encyclopedia - Scapa Flow What's New Encyclopedia - Scapa Flow Scapa Flow was the designated anchorage of the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet during the First World War. A natural expanse of sea, Scapa Flow was enclosed by the Orkney Islands in Scotland and was capable of holding the Grand Fleet several times over. Sponsored Links When war began Scapa Flow was essentially undefended against the threat of German U-boat attacks. With the Grand Fleet newly relocated to the area from Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham high priority was therefore given to securing the area against German assault, the more so once it was discovered that a German submarine had managed to enter the Flow in November 1914. Thus initial defences were constructed with the sinking of some 21 blockships and the deployment of anti-submarine indicator nets laid at various depths and intended to entangle enemy submarines. Work continued with the laying of defensive minefields and, further supported by gun batteries, Scapa Flow was declared a safe base for the fleet in 1915. Nevertheless the Grand Fleet occasionally put to sea after scares emerged reporting the presence of German submarines in the area. Grand Fleet commander Sir John Jellicoe later admitted that he lived in constant fear of the potential damage U-boats could wreak upon the Grand Fleet were they to enter Scapa Flow undetected. It was from Scapa Flow that the Grand Fleet put to sea at the end of May 1916 to engage the German High Seas Fleet in what was to comprise the last great fleet action between two of the world's great naval powers at Jutland . A tactical victory for Germany (which sunk more shipping) the British claimed the longer term success, since Kaiser Wilhelm II , shocked at the risk he had run of a German naval defeat with its inevitable disastrous consequences, thereafter barred his fleet from again engaging the British in fleet action. A matter of days after the action at Jutland, in June 1916 Lord Kitchener , the war minister and hero of Khartoum, visited Scapa Flow en route to Russia on a diplomatic mission. He and his staff subsequently boarded HMS Hampshire and put to sea through Hoy Sound. It then became clear that the defensive blockships had failed in their aim, for a German U-boat had successfully crossed the Flow and having reached Birsay further north, laid a mine. It was this mine which struck HMS Hampshire on 5 June. Kitchener was killed, stunning the nation. With the armistice in November 1918 74 ships of the German Navy were instructed to proceed to Scapa Flow to surrender to the British. For some six months the German vessels remained at anchor, food and other supplies from Germany meanwhile running low. When the local German commander, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter , read details of the Allies' peace terms in The Times newspaper in June 1919, he resolved to scuttle the German fleet when the Grand Fleet were next out performing exercises. This he proceeded to do on 21 June, with 66 ships in all destroyed, the event spectated by a party of schoolchildren who had travelled to see the ships at Scapa Flow. Upon his eventual return to Germany von Reuter was regarded as a national hero, the saviour of the honour of the German Navy. In 1919 Scapa Flow lost its status as the fleet's main base to Rosyth in the Firth of Forth; it was however restored with the arrival of renewed war in 1939. Sponsored Links Saturday, 22 August, 2009 Michael Duffy A Kite Balloon was an observation balloon controlled by a cable from the ground. - Did you know? |
Who is the Greek God of the Sea? | Sea Gods & Goddesses | Theoi Greek Mythology A COMPLETE LIST OF GREEK SEA GODS & GODDESSES AEGAEUS (Aigaios) A god of violent sea-storms. He was an ally of the Titans. AEOLUS (Aiolos) The king of the winds. He kept the storm-winds, squalls and tempests locked away in the hollows of the floating island of Aiolia, to be released at the command of the gods. ACHEILUS (Akheilos) A shark-formed sea Daemon. ALCYONE & CEYX (Alkyone & Keyx) The former king and queen of the realm of Trachis were transformed into a pair of kingfishers. The birds presided over the halcyon days, a period of calm seas good for sailing. AMPHITRITE The goddess queen of the sea, wife of Lord Poseidon. Amphitrite was the goddess who spawned the sea's rich bounty--fish and shellfish--as well as dolphins, seals and whales. APHROS One of the Ichthyocentaurs or fish-tailed centaurs. Aphros was the god of the sea-foam who, along with his brother Bythos, carried Aphrodite ashore at her birth. APHRODITE The goddess of love and beauty. She was born from the foam of the se, when the castrated genitals of Ouranos were cast down from heaven. Although Aphrodite was a heavenly goddess she retained a close kinship with the sea. ARGYRA One of the sea nymphs whose name means the "Silvery One." She loved an Achaean man named Selemnus who was transformed into a river. BENTHESICYME (Benthesikyme) One of the sea nymphs, a daughter of the god Poseidon. Her name means "deep wave" and she was the wife an Ethiopian king named Enalos "the man of the sea." BRIAREUS (Briareos) The god of violent sea-storms. He was one of the Hecatoncheires, three hundred-handed, fifty-headed giants, and a son-in-law of Poseidon who made his home on the floor of the Aegean sea. BYTHOS One of the Ickhthyocentaurs or fish-tailed sea-centaurs. He and his brother Aphros brought the goddess Aphrodite to shore following her sea-birth. His name means "sea-depths". CABEIRO (Kabeiro) A sea nymph native to the shores of the island of Lemnos. She was a goddess of the Samothracian Mysteries, and the mother by Hephaestus of the Cabiri. CALLISTE (Kalliste) The sea nymph of the Island of Calliste. CAPHEIRA (Kapheira) The sea nymph nurse of the god Poseidon. CARCINUS (Karkinos) A gigantic crab who allied itself with the Hydra against in a battle against Heracles. It was crushed beneath the hero's foot and placed amongst the stars as the constellation Cancer. CETEA (Ketea) The monsters of the sea's depths. One, sent by Poseidon to ravage Troy, was slain by Heracles, another sent to punish the Ethiopians which was destroyed by Perseus. CETO (Keto) An ancient sea-goddess. She was the goddess of the monsters and dangers of the deep. Her name means "whale" or "sea-monster." CHARYBDIS (Kharybdis) The monstrous Daemon of whirlpools and the tides. She was chained to the sea-bed where her inhallation caused the seas to rise and fall. CYMOPOLEIA (Kymopoleia) A sea-nymph of high storm waves. She was the wife of the Aegean storm-giant Briareus. DELPHIN The leader of the dolphins. He aided Poseidon in the wooing of Amphitrite, and as a reward was placed amongst the stars as the constellation Delphin. DORIS One of the Oceanides, the wife of Nereus and mother of the fifty Nereides. She may have presided over the mingling of fresh water with the brine as her name suggests. EIDOTHEA A prophetic sea-nymph. She was the daughter of the seal-herder god Proteus. ECHIDNA (Ekhidna) A monstrous she-dragon, half serpent and half fair Nymph. She was born of the scum of the sea or the sea-gods Phorcys and Ceto, and was associated with slime, sea-rot, fetid salt-marshes, eels and lampreys. By the storm-giant Typhoeus she became the mother of many a foul beast. ELECTRA (Elektra) One of the Oceanides, the wife of the sea-god Thaumas and mother of the Rainbow (Iris) and the Storm-Gusts (Harpyiae). She probably presided over her namesake "amber"-coloured clouds often seen accompanying the rainbow. EROTES The winged gods of love. Like Aphrodite they were regarded as minor sea-deities and frequently appear in maritime scenes depicted in Roman mosaic |
Standing on the Arabian Sea what is the principal seaport of Pakistan? | PakistanPaedia - Ports of Pakistan Ports Pakistan shares a 1,200 kilometres long coast line with the Arabian Sea - a mid sea which joins the the strategic oil line of Persian Gulf with the Indian Ocean. On it lie the Karachi Port which has been serving this part of the erstwhile Indian subcontinent and later Pakistan on its creation in 1947. However, owing to the growing needs of the country, there was a need to develop other smaller coastal ports into major cargo handling ports. Beside Karachi, Pasni, Jiwani, Gadani, Ormara and Gwadar are other ports which are being developed into world class ship handling centres. Of these Gwadar is the latest development, which is almost completed and recently in December 2008, it has started handling shipping operations with the arrival of three urea laded ships. Karachi Port and Light House Karachi Port: Karachi Port is the hub of Pakistan's entire economic activities as 98 per cent of the entire foreign trade is conducted through this port. Read more about the history of Karachi Port ( Wikipedia ). As such Karachi Port is being modernized at a total cost of Rs. 5 billion including World Bank loan of US $ 91.4 million. The Government has increased emphasis on an early completion of the entire scheme. As a result the following projects have already become functional:- OP-V:- OP-V has been constructed at a cost of Rs. 510 million with an annual handling capacity of 6 to 8 million tons liquid cargo. The project has been in operation since April, 1994. Circular Road:- To solve the problem of traffic congestion around Port area and central city areas of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, the Government has given go ahead signal for construction of a Circular Road comprising Southern By-pass, Jinnah Bridge (Phase-II) and Northern By-pass at an estimated cost of Rs. 1353 million. The first phase of the project has been completed in December, 1997. Reconstruction/Rehabilitation of Berths No.5-10:- To enable Karachi Port to handle increasing volume of cargo, the Government has directed to reconstruct/rehabilitate the Berths No. 5-10 at an estimated cost of US $ 60 million within the next 2 years. Container Terminals.- In order to modernize cargo handling at Karachi Port, the Government has directed KPT to set up another Container Terminal at West Wharf (Berths NO.22-24) through private sector at an estimated cost of US $ 75 million. On April 5, 2009, the first super cargo ship ( pictured above) carrying 5000 containers arrived in Pakistan through the newly dredged 11 km long channel berthed in a new berth which has been dredged down to a depth of 14m ( The berth used to be 11.3 m deep before current development ). Port Bin Qasim Port Muhammad Bin Qasim With the coming up of the Steel Mills near Karachi and to meet the increasing demand of coal, it was decided to construct a sea port some 35 kilometres west of Karachi. It was constructed in the late 1970s and named after the Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim who captured the area around 712 A.D. The port was developed close to the Pakistan Steel Mills complex near the Indus River delta. Port Qasim is Pakistan's second busiest port, handling about 35% of the nation's cargo (17 million tons per annum). It is located in an old channel of the Indus River at a distance of 35 kilometres east of Karachi city centre. The total area of the port comprises 1,000 acres (4 km²) with an adjacent 11,000 acre (45 km²) industrial estate. The approach to the port is along a 45-kilometre long Navigation Channel which provides safe navigation for vessels up to 75,000 DWT. The geographic position of the Port places it in close proximity to major shipping routes. One of it's major advantages is the proximity to national transport facilities - 15 kilometres from the Pakistan National Highway, 14 kilometres from the National Railway network through six railway tr |
The Gulf of Venice is the northern part of which sea? | Gulf of Venice | gulf, Europe | Britannica.com Gulf of Venice Gulf of Gabes Gulf of Venice, Italian Golfo Di Venezia, northern section of the Adriatic Sea (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea), extending eastward for 60 miles (95 km) from the Po River delta , Italy , to the coast of Istria , in Slovenia and Croatia . It receives the Po, Adige, Piave, and Tagliamento rivers. Marshes, lagoons, and sandspits border the gulf’s shores as far as Trieste , Italy, where the low plateau of the Istrian Peninsula begins. A northeast wind, called the bora, causes rough seas and creates shipping hazards in the gulf. The rise of the city of Venice as a maritime power at the northwestern end of the gulf gave special importance to Adriatic shipping routes in the Middle Ages. Modern ports along the gulf, apart from Venice, include Pula and Rovinj (both in Croatia) and Trieste, which is located on a northeastern inlet, the Gulf of Trieste. Learn More in these related articles: Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Article Title: Gulf of Venice Website Name: Encyclopædia Britannica Date Published: July 20, 1998 URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/Gulf-of-Venice Access Date: January 17, 2017 Share |
Which river flows into the Dead Sea? | The __________ River flows into the Dead Sea and is an important source of irrigation water. A. Tigris B. Euphrates C. Jordan D. Shatt al-Arab You have new items in your feed. Click to view. Question and answer The __________ River flows into the Dead Sea and is an important source of irrigation water. A. Tigris B. Euphrates C. Jordan D. Shatt al-Arab The C. Jordan River flows into the Dead Sea and is an important source of irrigation water. Get an answer |
In which ocean are the Kara, Beaufort and Lincoln Seas situated? | Kara Sea | Sea in Arctic Ocean Kara Sea Kara Sea The Kara Sea is a part of the Arctic Ocean lies north of Siberia. It is separated from the Barents Sea on the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea on the east by the Severnaya Zemlya. Geography The Kara Sea covers roughly about 1,450 kilometers long and 970 kilometers wide with an area of around 880,000 km and a mean depth of 110 meters (360 ft). The Kara Sea's Northern boundary is marked by a line running from Cape Kohlsaat in Graham Bell Island, Franz Josef Land, to Cape Molotov (Arctic Cape), the northernmost point of Komsomolets Island in Severnaya Zemlya. Climate Compared to the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea is much colder, remind frozen for over nine months of a year. Novy Port and Dikson are the main ports of the sea and it is an important fishing spot though the sea is ice-bounded for all but two months of the year. The average air temperature is below 32 F (0 C) in the north (9 to 10 months) and in the south (7 to 8 months) a year. In January the average temperatures are from 30 to 43 F (-1 to 6 C) and the minimum is -51 F (-46 C). In July the average temperatures are from 30 to 43 F (-1 to 6 C), with a maximum of 61 F (16 C). Summer brings snow, fogs and snow squalls, while in winter brings gales and snow storm. Water temperature in winter are from 29.1 F (-1.6 C), while in summer it reaches 43 F (6 C) in the southwestern part of the sea and 36 F (2 C) in the north. Fauna Cod, salmon, and sturgeon are the fishes found in Kara sea and also sea mammals include seal, sea hare, walrus, white whale, and polar bear. Islands Kara Sea has many islands and island groups. Arkticheskiy Institut Islands, the Izvesti Tsik Islands, the Kirov Islands, Uedineniya or Lonely Island, Vize Island, and Voronina Island are the islands located in the open sea of its central regions. The largest group of island here is the Nordenskild Archipelago, with five large subgroups and over ninety islands. Bely Island, Dikson Island, Taymyr Island, the Kamennyye Islands and Oleni Island are the other important islands in the Kara Sea. |
Delia Smith is associated with which football league club? | Delia Smith boils over after Norwich City are promoted to the Premier League | Daily Mail Online comments A decade ago she made a bit of a pudding of herself after she marched on to her team’s football pitch and screeched ‘Let’s be ’avin’ you!’ at the crowd to fire up the fans. And it seems Delia Smith’s vocal support for Norwich City is just as loud and proud today. The celebrity cook shouted and pumped her fists yesterday after the Canaries beat rivals Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship play-off final, meaning they clinched promotion to the Premier League. Scroll down for video Ten tears on: Yesterday (left) Delia celebrated in front of Norwich fans after seeing her club return to the Premier League. Her pitch appearance was reminiscent over her overwrought speech in 2005 (right) Overjoyed: The celebrity cook shouted and pumped her fists yesterday after the Canaries beat rivals Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship play-off final She has more reason than most to be overjoyed at the victory, worth £130million to her club, because she is a majority shareholder with her husband Michael Wynn Jones. Indeed Miss Smith, 73, was so deliriously happy that she celebrated by joining players on the pitch. Miss Smith certainly wasn’t dressed for such raucous behaviour in a smart black suit and pearl earrings. RELATED ARTICLES Share 48 shares She had even confined her team’s green and yellow stripes to a silk scarf tucked neatly around her neck. Her displays of support for her club, which has yo-yoed between the top two divisions in recent years, have sometimes stunned supporters. In 2005 she barged on to the pitch during half-time when Norwich City played Manchester City. Winners: Delia Smith can look forward to her side cooking up a storm in the top flight once again after winning promotion Get in: Stephen Fry could not contain his joy on Monday as he watched his football team, Norwich City, secure a place in the Barclays Premier League next season Overjoyed: The team’s 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in the Championship playoff final at Wembley means Norwich will return to the Premier League just one year after relegation She grabbed the microphone from the club announcer and yelled at the crowd: ‘A message for the best football supporters in the world, we need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let’s be ’avin’ you! Come on!’ Miss Smith has supported Norwich City since the 1970s and attends most of City’s matches – home and away – throughout the season. She joined the club’s board with her husband and took over the majority of Norwich City’s shares in 1996, when the club’s finances were very precarious. The couple currently hold 53 per cent of ordinary shares and 19 per cent of ‘B preference’ shares. Miss Smith, who has also been a director of the club since 1996, set up Delia’s Canary Catering in 1997 to provide match-day food at the team’s home ground, Carrow Road. With her cooking credentials it greatly improved the snacks on offer, making ‘significant financial contribution to the club’s coffers’. However, she retired as its head in 2011 in order to ‘reduce her workload’. What a time: The 57-year-old was seen cheering loudly and punching the air with glee as Cameron Jerome and Nathan Remond found the back of the net within the first fifteen minutes of the match Naturally, Stephen was overjoyed by the victory and joined in with other fans, pulling a variety of expressive faces as he saw his team dominate the game right from the kick-off. Another fan who could not contain his joy was Stephen Fry, who was seen throwing his arms into the air from the stand. The panel show host, who has been a member of the Canaries board since 2010, is famously a lifelong fan of the team and has uses his celebrity status to raise awareness for Norwich City over the past few years. Naturally, Stephen was overjoyed by the victory and joined in with other fans, pulling a variety of expressive faces as he saw his team dominate the game right from the kick-off. Making he sure he was on hand to cheer his team on sporting the clubs sca |
Author Wilbur Smith was born and lived most of his life in which country? | Wilbur Smith Biography THE LIFE Wilbur Addison Smith (so named after Wilbur Wright, the flight pioneer) was born on 9 January 1933 in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) to British-born parents. He went to Michaelhouse in Natal, South Africa before continuing to Rhodes University where he graduated with a degree in Commerce in 1954. He was an accountant and tax assessor for the Inland Revenue for a few years before he started to write. Wilbur has married four times. On 28 August 1964, he married Jewell Slabbert, but they later divorced. He then married Anne who produced 2 children (a son, Shaun, and a daughter, Christian), but their married dissolved too. He remarried, in February 1971, to Danielle (Dee Dee) Antoinette Thomas (who had a son, Dieter, from her previous marriage). After that, he dedicated every book to her (25 in total), making a point of starting each new book on their anniversary and using the gold pen which she gave him. Danielle acted as his researcher, soundboard and editor, usually censoring the racier parts of his stories. She even wrote her own successful novels. (Click here to find out more). Unfortunately, she died from a cancer-related brain tumour in December 1999. He is currently married to his fourth wife, Mokhiniso. They married in May 2000. He met Mokhiniso (Niso) in a book shop in London. Niso was born in Tajikistan, a former state of the Soviet Union north of Afghanistan and trained at the Moscow University as a lawyer. They met in December 1999, when she was buying a John Grisham novel, recommended to her by her language teacher, who said that reading popular English books aloud would improve her accent. Smith told her that he knew a much more suitable author and led her to the Wilbur Smith section and signed her purchase. Niso now speaks very good English: I have the best English teacher in the world! He lives on part of the original Cecil John Rhodes Estate, on the side of Table Mountain in Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa. His home is called 'Sunbird Hill'. He also owns a farm, a game reserve and houses in London and the Seychelles, his favourite holiday destination. Wilbur (and his late wife, Danielle, whom he considers the most beautiful woman in the world), normally travels from November to February, often spending a month skiing in Switzerland, and visiting Australia and New Zealand for deep sea fishing. During his summer break, he visits environments as diverse as Alaska and the dwindling wilderness of the African interior. His favourite singer is Frank Sinatra and his favourite movie is LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. At school, Wilbur was the captain of the shooting and cross-country teams. At school, At Rhodes University, Wilbur was sent to hospital three times in one term because of motor-cycle crashes! THE LITERATURE Wilbur's first attempt at writing, a novel which remains unpublished, was rejected nearly 20 times! He now keeps it in a safe place to bring himself back down to earth when he begins to believe his own publicity. Wilbur soon sold several short stories to magazines and to the BBC, but one short story got out of hand . He got so caught up with the characters that he decided to expand it into a novel. Two and a half years later, he completed WHEN THE LION FEEDS . He sent it to London and within ten days - almost a record for an unknown author - he received a cable announcing its acceptance by Heinemann. His first published novel, WHEN THE LION FEEDS , was originally banned in South Africa, along with his next three books, for its 'indecent, obscene and objectionable' subject content. He was under surveillance by the state security police and even his phone was tapped! He is quoted to have said: There's nothing like a good book banning to set an author on his feet! He bases his many characters with physical disabilities on himself. He had polio when he was a child and his right leg is withered. His father, a sheet metal worker, was the model for many of the intimidating men in his novels. There |
Dr Smith was the cowardly troublemaker in "Lost in Space". What was his first name? | Jonathan Harris | Lost in Space Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Lost in Space Wiki Edit Jonathan Harris played Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space . He was the only member of the original cast to reprise his role in Lost in Space (a Hanna-Barbera animated episode). Jonathan Harris (born Jonathan Charasuchin, November 6, 1914 – November 3, 2002) was an American character actor. Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the TV version of The Third Man and the prissy villain Dr. Zachary Smith of the 1960's science fiction television series Lost in Space. Near the end of his career, he provided the voice of Manny, a praying mantis in the animated feature A Bug's Life. Early Life Edit The second of three children, Harris was born to a poor family in The Bronx, New York City. His parents were Sam and Jennie Charasuchin, Russian Jewish immigrants who eked out a living in Manhattan's garment district. His family resided in a six unit apartment building. To raise money, his mother took in boarders, some of whom were given Jonathan's bed, forcing Harris to sleep on dining room chairs. From the age of 12, he worked as a pharmacy clerk. Jon & Gert as young children. While there was little money for luxuries, Jonathan's father took efforts to expand his son's cultural horizons. This included trips to the Yiddish Theatre, where he was encouraged by his father to listen to opera. Young Harris was enthralled. He discarded his Bronx accent and began to cultivate more sophisticated English tones. Although he could seldom afford tickets, Broadway plays were also an interest. Before graduation from James Monroe High School in 1931 (at age 16), he had also become interested in archeology, Latin, romantic poetry and, inevitably, Shakespeare. He did not fit in amongst his peers (who included classmate Estelle Reiner, mother of future actor/director Rob Reiner) with the exception of his girlfriend, Gertrude Bregman, whom he subsequently married. In 1932, he legally changed his name from "Charasuchin" to "Harris," apparently without informing his parents. That same year, Harris' work at the pharmacy led him to attend nearby Fordham University where he majored in pharmacology. He graduated in 1936 and worked in several drugstores. Career Edit Acting was Harris's first love. At 24, he prepared a fake resumé and tried out for a repertory company at the Millpond Playhouse in Long Island, New York and appeared in several of this troupe's plays prior to landing a spot in The Red Company. In 1942 Jonathan won the leading role of a Polish officer in the Broadway play "The Heart of a Cit"y. Adopting a Polish accent, he advised the producers that his parents were originally from Poland. In 1946 he starred in "A Flag Is Born" opposite Quentin Reynolds and Marlon Brando. Television Edit Harris became a popular character actor for 30 years on television, making his first guest appearance on an episode of The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre in 1949. The part led to other roles in such shows as The Web, Lights Out, Goodyear Television Playhouse, Sanford and Son, 2 episodes of Hallmark Hall of Fame, Armstrong Circle Theatre, 3 episodes of Studio One, Telephone Time, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Climax!, The Outlaws, The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, The Rogues, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and 2 episodes of Bewitched, among many others. Harris returned to television, where he landed a co-starring role opposite Michael Rennie in The Third Man from 1959-65. He played Bradford Webster, an eccentric, cowardly assistant. Half the episodes were shot in London, England; the rest were filmed in Hollywood. Harris' teenaged son would visit the set at this time, and Harris did whatever he could to bridge the gap between father and son and tried to make up for lost time. From 1963-65, Harris co-starred in the sitcom The Bill Dana Show. He played Mr. Phillips, the pompous manager of a posh hotel who is constantly at odds with his bumbling Bolivian bellhop, José Jiménez (Bill Dana). This formula presaged the popular John Cleese hotel comedy, Fawlty T |
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What was Will Smith's character's name in "Men in Black"? | Will Smith | Men in Black Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Active Years 1985-present Willard Christopher "Will" Smith (born September 25, 1968) is an American rapper/actor best known for his role in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In the Men in Black film series, Will Smith portrays new recuit Agent J . To increase the hype about Men in Black (film) he released Men in Black (song) , a rap song about the MiB . The song was also used in Men in Black: The Series . Smith has also been hinted as doing a song for Men in Black III [1] . |
James Todd Smith, born 1968, is an American award winning rapper and actor. What is he better known as? | LL Cool J — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm old school James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968 in Bay Shore, New York), better known as LL Cool J (Ladies Love Cool James), is a Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor signed to Def Jam. He has released twelve studio albums over his 27 year career, has starred in numerous feature films and currently plays Agent Sam Hanna on the hit show NCIS: Los Angeles. Born in Bay Shore, New York, and raised between St. Albans, New York and Hollis… read more |
Which French side knocked Bolton Wanderers out of the 2006 UEFA cup? | Walking Down The Manny Road - Olympique Marseille 2. Bolton Wanderers 1. Olympique Marseille 2. Bolton Wanderers 1. By Mark Heys February 24 2006 A second half own goal by the unfortunate Tal Ben-Haim sent Bolton Wanderers crashing out of the UEFA Cup against Olympique Marseille last night Israeli international Ben-Haim had been faultess throughout the course of the competition and could do little about diverting Habib Beye's 68th minute cross past goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen to end the Wanderers Euro hopes. It had all looked to be going to plan in the first half as Trotters midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos gave the visitors a deserved lead in a hostile atmosphere following a gaff by L'OM keeper Fabien Barthez only to see the highly rated Franck Ribery head home an unexpected equaliser in first half injury time. The game at the Stade Velodrome opened to a cauldron of noise every time a Wanderers player touched the ball but the jeers from the home support soon became less hostile as the first half wore on. Marseille where seemingly physical in the opening stages as Habib Beye, Abdoulaye Meite, Lorik Cana and Ribery all tested the patience of Swiss referee Massimo Busacca. Just over three minutes into the game the first chance fell the way of the Wanderers who won a free kick after Kevin Davies had been felled by Frederic Dehu. The much improved Jay-Jay Okocha fired in the resulting set piece which Barthez could only parry away. Four minutes later Okocha was once again involved but this time it was for conceding a free kick at the other end when shoving countryman Wilson Oruma in the chest. Marseille midfielder Ribery stepped forward to take the free kick just outside the area but the resulting shot proved disappointing as it cannonned off the wall for a corner. Bolton seemed totally unfazed by the atmosphere of the home crowd and continued to plug away as if they had been involved in European football for a number of seasons. Their reward came on twenty six minutes as Giannakopoulos gave Sam Allardyce's side an all important away goal when taking advantage of a terrible blunder from ex-Manchester United custodian Barthez. The Marseille players had expected the customary long throw to go into the area by Okocha but the Nigerian star fooled the French by playing a one-two with Ricardo Gardner before delivering the pinpoint cross which Barthez was unable to keep hold of. Just after the half hour mark Marseille midfielder Cana struck the side netting after a deep ball into the box from the right had been flicked on by the otherwise annonymus Mamadou Niang, this was quickly followed up at the other end by goalscorer Stelios who could not get a clean connection on his volley following a cross from Joey O'Brien. The game was starting to liven up by this point and the Wanderers looked comfortable despite the fact that the French hosts had started to up their game slightly. Oruma, who was so impressive in the first leg fired in a shot on the turn for Marseille shortly before the break but the Wanderers could feel hard done by some sixty seconds later as Abdoulaye Faye raced clear to fire the ball past Barthez only to be denied a goal due to a marginal offside. Tragedy struck in the cruellest possible way for Bolton on half time as the industrious Ribery headed home a right side cross by youngster Samir Nasri to pull the French side back into the tie. This gave Marseille fresh impetus and it showed at the start of the second half as Oruma and Nasri both tried to test Trotters keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen from long range. On 64 minutes ex-Marseille man N'Gotty saw his well timed header cleared off the line by Dehu following Stelios deep corner. The incident was marred somewhat by the fact that Barthez had stamped on Bolton skipper Nolan before the set piece was taken Four minutes later the winning goal was scored to eventually end Bolton's UEFA Cup journey as Stelios was unable to prevent a left wing cross by Beye making its way into the danger zone and a helpless Tal Ben-Haim could in turn only divert the ball past his own goalkeep |
Benfica and F.C. Porto compete in which country? | Época 64/65 - Taça de Portugal: F.C.Porto - Benfica (1-1) - YouTube Época 64/65 - Taça de Portugal: F.C.Porto - Benfica (1-1) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 30, 2016 16 avos-de-final (2ª Mão) When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Up next New 26:59 Dragão com História: Aloísio - Duration: 18:18. Os Filhos do Dragão 209 views 18:18 Futebol Clube do Porto - [ Alegria ] - Duration: 4:37. sarafi00 82,911 views 4:37 Portugal | Lisbon Street Dancing! - Duration: 2:33. GUN1T123 4,566 views 2:33 Atletiekploeg naar Portugal voor oefenkamp - Duration: 1:33. ANP Video 28 views 1:33 Preconceito em Portugal #MorandoFORAdoBRASIL #veda 02 @blog da quel - Duration: 10:39. Blog da Quel - Raquel Carboni 2,128 views 10:39 |
Which country did Oliver Kahn play for? | Oliver Kahn - Biography - IMDb Oliver Kahn Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (8) Overview (4) 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) Oliver Kahn was born on June 15, 1969 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany as Oliver Rolf Kahn. He has been married to Svenja since July 8, 2011. They have two children. He was previously married to Simone. Spouse (2) ( 8 July 2011 - present) (2 children) Simone ( 10 July 1999 - 17 August 2009) (divorced) (2 children) Trivia (8) Goalkeeper of Bayern Munich since 1994. He has won 7 Bundesliga titles and the 2001 UEFA Champions League title. After loosing the FIFA World Cup Final in 2002 with the German national side, he was chosen "goalkeeper of the World Cup". He was also part of the German squad at the 2006 World Cup but he only got to play in one match during the whole tournament though (their final match against Portugal for the third place, which Germany won). Fans of opposing teams taunted him by making ape noises and throwing bananas at him after comedian Harald Schmidt had lip-synced him by using ape noises on Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995). He has two children (with Simone): Katharina-Maria (b. December 28, 1998) and David (b. March 7, 2003). Has been in a widely publicized relationship to former barmaid and TV host Verena Kerth since 2003. 429 appearances for FC Bayern Munich in Bundesliga. 128 appearances for Karlsruher SC in Bundesliga. He has two children with Svenja: Julian (b. February 1, 2011) and a daughter (b. February 2016). See also |
Who were the first ever English team to win away against Real Madrid? | Real Madrid's record against English sides (Squarefootball :: original football articles) Tuesday, 18 September 2012 Real Madrid's record against English sides Posted by Colin Illingworth at 02:00 AM in Champions League , La Liga , Real Madrid , Spain | Permalink Real Madrid host English champions Manchester City tonight and Roberto Mancini will be hoping to achieve something that only two English sides have managed in European competitions . . . beat Madrid at the Bernabeu. Arsenal were the first English side to beat Real Madrid at home in 2006 thanks to a sensational solo goal from Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. The Gunners took a 1-0 lead back to north London and held on to knock the Spanish giants out of the competition, as Arsenal went on to face Barcelona in the final. Three years later Liverpool joined that exclusive club, thanks to Yossi Benayoun's head. The Israeli international, who is currently back at West Ham United on loan, gave the Reds a 1-0 lead to take back to Anfield, and boy did they make the most of it. They sent the Spanish giants packing with a 4-0 defeat, 5-0 on aggregate. Tottenham aimed to make it a hat-trick of wins for English clubs at the Bernabeu in 2011, but Harry Redknapp's men were torn apart, losing the game 4-0. And that's the risk for Manchester City fans. If you give Real Madrid a sniff of a chance they will punish you. But City have the chance to do something their fierce rivals United have failed to manage in four attempts. United were the first English team to face Madrid in Europe in 1956/57 but left the Bernabeu on the back of a 3-1 defeat. Eleven years later, United recorded a 3-3 draw there, beating Real at home as Matt Busby's side went on to reach the final and clinch the European Cup for the first time. In 2000 United returned to the Bernabeu and recorded a goalless draw. Three years later they were shot down 3-1. The mighty Manchester United are still waiting for their first win at the Bernabeu. Could City go there tonight and beat them at the first time of asking? It will be a tough ask. Derby County were given a football lesson in the 1975/76 season as they lost 5-1, while Leeds United put up a better fight in 2001 in the group stages as they lost out in a five-goal thriller. In the UEFA Cup Ipswich Town played out a goalless draw there in 1973 as did Spurs in 1985, but whereas the Tractor Boys saw them off 1-0 at Portman Road, Spurs lost 1-0 at the Lane. Real Madrid will start as favourites for tonight game and Ronaldo in particular will want to put City in their place. The visitors may be sitting in the top four but they have yet to keep a clean sheet this season and that will be a huge concern for Roberto Mancini, who will have his own scores to settle with Jose Mourinho. Two defeats in 11 games against English opposition is quite a feat. Can City make it three in 12? Whatever your views, we'd love to hear from you. To view Manchester City's record against Spanish sides, click here ...Display PP 2010/11 here |
Who had a hit single in 1991 with The One And Only? | Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only (1991) - YouTube Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only (1991) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 8, 2012 "The One and Only" is a popular song written by Nik Kershaw and recorded by the British singer Chesney Hawkes. Produced by Kershaw and Alan Shacklock, Hawkes's recording was featured in the film 1991 Buddy's Song which starred Hawkes as the eponymous Buddy and Roger Daltrey as his father. The film performed moderately well at the UK box office, but the song was a massive hit in the country's music charts, spending five weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in March-April 1991. The song was later featured in the film Doc Hollywood, also 1991 (starring Michael J. Fox) and became a hit in the USA, peaking at no. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in May 1991.(wikipedia.org) Category |
BBC 2 started its programming on 20 April, in which year? 1954, 1959 or 1964? | Popular Fifties TV Shows from The People History Site Food Prices From The 1950's Below you will find a number of TV shows that were popular back in the Fifties, many are available as DVD Sets or you can find them being repeated on specialist TV stations ( Terrestrial and Cable ) that feature popular old 50s TV Classics. Great fun , while doing the research it bought back many fond memories of my childhood. I wonder how many others found themselves humming along with the theme music. Rawhide Rawhide was an American television Western about cattle drives featuring Trail Boss "Gil Favor" played by Eric Fleming and ramrod "Rowdy Yates" played by Clint Eastwood. The theme music "Rawhide" performed by Frankie Laine. Series ran from 1959 till 1966. Perry Mason Perry Mason based on a fictional defense attorney "Perry Mason" played by the actor Raymond Burr and his faithful secretary, "Della Street" . Series ran from 1957 till 1966. The Phil Silvers Show The Phil Silvers Show a comedy television series based on the fun and antics of Sergeant Bilko a master sergeant in the United States Army . Series ran from 1955 till 1959. Lassie Lassie an American television series featuring the adventures of Lassie and his human companions which started with 11 year old boy Jeff Miller (1954–1957), seven-year-old Timmy Martin (1957–1964) after that she spent some time with forest rangers and the final years as a companion at a children's home. Series ran from 1954 till 1973. The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger an American television series featuring The Lone Ranger ( masked Texas Ranger ) with his White Horse Silver and his Indian sidekick, Tonto fighting the bad guys. Best remembered for the words "Hi-yo, Silver, away!" . The series originally was a Radio series dating back to 1933 . TV Series ran from 1949 till 1954. Bonanza Bonanza American cowboy television series featuring the adventures of the Cartwright family headed by Ben Cartwright played by Lorne Greene with his new wife and three sons Hoss, Little Joe and Adam, who lived on a cattle ranch called Ponderosa. . TV Series ran from 1959 till 1973. Wagon Train You can not include westerns from the TV shows of the fifteis without including the most popular of them all "Wagon Train" , This Webmaster is close to 60 years old and still remembers the opening song ". The first series aired from 1957-1962, and the second series aired from 1962-1965. 77 Sunset Strip 77 Sunset Strip American private detective series set in Los Angeles, featuring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes. The show was a major hit and soon actors and actresses were vying for the chance to appear as guest spot , the list of those who had a guest appearance included William Shatner, Mary Tyler Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Dyan Cannon, Susan Oliver, Roger Moore, and Diane Ladd. TV Series ran from 1958 till 1964. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin American children's television series about a young boy Rusty played by Lee Aake and his German shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin in the American West helping to bring law and order to the area. This was one of many fifties TV shows of the period which were focussed on pets and other animals. TV Series ran from 1954 till 1959. Gunsmoke Gunsmoke American Cowboy Western drama series adapted from Radio show based in Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The start of the series featured James Arness playing the role of Marshal Matt Dillon which he continued to play for the shows 20 year run and Milburn Stone playing Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams. The programme held the number 1 slot for TV audiences for four years from 1957 to 1961 and was the last of the western cowboy series to end. Series ran from 1955 till 1975. The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone is an American TV series based on fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and horror usually with an unexpected twist at the end of the show. The series was reintroduced in 1985 and again in 2003. Original Series ran from 1959 till 1964. American Bandstand American Bandstand originally bega |
Who wrote The Three Musketeers? | SparkNotes: The Three Musketeers: Overall Summary The Three Musketeers Context List of Characters The Three Musketeers is a marvelous journey and should be appreciated foremost for its engaging story. The techniques Dumas employed to such success in 1840-- particularly his mastery of the form of the Romance--still work today. As we saw in the closing portions of the book, Dumas gives us a fully developed Romance within his historical framework. He starts with levity and confidence, and ends with moroseness and doubt. The ending, indeed, seems to question many of the books dearly held values. D'Artagnan becomes a lieutenant in the Musketeers, but his promotion comes from the Cardinal--the Cardinal whom he and his four friends had fought so valiantly against for the first half of the novel. In the epilogue, d'Artagnan befriends the Comte de Rochefort, a Cardinalist agent. Was all that earlier fighting really worth it, then? Or was there something futile in all the Musketeers' efforts? Both the possibility of futility and this return to the normal at the end of a great Quest, characterize the form of the Romance as much as do its lighter aspects. Dumas sees the form through. With Dumas’s historical context in mind, the melancholy of the Romance becomes even more pronounced. It is almost as though Dumas presents this wonderful Romantic adventure, providing people with a chance to escape day to day toil and immerse themselves in better thoughts about their country, and then spurns it. He cannot bring himself to see the lie of Romanticism through to the end. Even bearing in mind that this turn to ambiguity is typical for the end of the Romance, it is hard not to interpret the ending of the novel as Dumas’s rejection of Romantic values. There are two sequels to The Three Musketeers, which Dumas wrote to capitalize on the success of the novel. They are entitled Vingt ans apres, published in 10 volumes in 1845, and Dix ans plus tard, ou le vicomte de Bragelonne, published in 26 parts from 1848-1850. The latter opens in 1660, and tells of a matured, powerful d'Artagnan, captain of the Musketeers. It also contains the account of Porthos's heroic death. But despite these sequels, Dumas never fully recaptured his success of 1844. His estate and his health declined until, after a period of furious attempted productivity to recoup his debts, he died in 1870. The Romance left his life as well. But The Three Musketeers is not merely a Romance; it is also a great historical novel, and Dumas’s interesting approach to history also contributes to the success of his book. While he keeps his characters away from being major players in national events, he is not afraid of brazenly attributing human motives to history. In Dumas’s version, France and England very nearly fight a war simply because the Duke of Buckingham loves Anne of Austria: John Fenton assassinates Buckingham because of personal reasons provided by Milady, and so on. Part of the entertainment of The Three Musketeers is that, in seeming to avoid the great events and focus on petty affairs, Dumas explains the great events more satisfyingly and entertainingly than any direct explanation of affairs of state could hope to do. History does not have a face-- d'Artagnan has a face, and a handsome one at that. Dumas’s formula serves his story well. His incorporation of Romanticism into the historical novel lifted an entire genre of literature into public adulation, and gave the French people a story that reassured them about their country even as it brought them away from their country's troubles. Popular literature must be considered on two fronts: aesthetically and socially, as literature and as a popular artifact. The best popular literature, like the work of Alexandre Dumas, supercedes the latter category to come into our minds as a work of literature in its own right. It is not necessary to know about Dumas’s life, or about French history, or about the genre of Romance, to enjoy The Three Musketeers. The superlative entertainment of the novel speaks for itself--which is why it remai |
In what year was the first Six Nations Championship played? | What is the Rugby Union Six Nations tournament? - CBBC Newsround What is the Rugby Union Six Nations tournament? 11 February 2015 Image copyright Getty Images Check out this guide to find out all you need to know about the Six Nations. Rugby Union Six Nations tournament The Six Nations is a rugby union tournament played every year between the top countries in Europe. The six countries who take part are England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy. For the first 90 years of the championships there were only five countries involved, but Italy were invited to take part in 2000. Rugby Union Rugby Union is played by teams of 15 players, with each team made up of eight forwards and seven backs. Even at the top level it used to be amateur; that is, played for fun by people who had other jobs too, but now the top players are all professionals. The biggest competition in Union is the World Cup, played every four years, but the most famous one in this country is the Six Nations championship. The Grand Slam If a team wins all five of its matches it is called a Grand Slam, but to win a Grand Slam is very hard. England won a Grand Slam in 2003, but only after losing their final match in the three seasons before. The Triple Crown The Triple Crown is a special prize that only the four home unions are able to win. Image copyright PA Image caption A team can only win the triple crown if they beat all three of the other home unions Rugby facts The sport gets its name from the place where it was invented, Rugby School in Warwickshire, England. In 1816 a pupil called William Webb Ellis got a bit bored during a match of football and decided that picking up the ball would make things more interesting. Although the game has come a long way since, even splitting into two codes; Rugby Union and Rugby League, that's where it started. One of the most important rules of the sport is that the ball can only be passed backwards. |
Who directed the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven? | The Magnificent Seven (1960) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC new and ongoing cinema releases, Us/Can, from Jan 13 13 January 2017 2:39 PM, -08:00 | www.flickfilosopher.com a list of 40 titles created 01 Jun 2011 a list of 30 titles created 20 Jun 2012 a list of 28 titles created 29 Oct 2012 a list of 34 titles created 09 May 2015 a list of 36 titles created 4 weeks ago Title: The Magnificent Seven (1960) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations. See more awards » Videos Seven gunmen in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Director: Antoine Fuqua Three survivors of the initial Magnificent Seven outfit, Chico, Chris and Vin, recruit four new members in order to re-form the outfit and defend a few Mexican villages from attacks by vicious bandits. Director: Burt Kennedy A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. Director: Akira Kurosawa During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers. Director: Robert Aldrich Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. Director: John Sturges A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. Director: Sergio Leone An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. Director: Sam Peckinpah Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the ... See full summary » Director: George McCowan A Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from an Indian tribe. Director: John Ford A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. Director: Howard Hawks An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. Director: Peter Yates A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed. Director: John Ford Edit Storyline A bandit terrorizes a small Mexican farming village each year. Several of the village elders send three of the farmers into the United States to search for gunmen to defend them. They end up with seven, each of whom comes for a different reason. They must prepare the town to repulse an army of thirty bandits who will arrive wanting food. Written by John Vogel <[email protected]> Once You've Met Them...You'll Never Forget Them. See more » Genres: 23 November 1960 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Die glorreichen Sieben See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Steve McQueen , James Coburn and Charles Bronson all appeared together again in John Sturges next film The Great Escape (1963). This film had just been released in Germany while the next film was filming, and it was a big hit, so they were all besieged on set by autograph hunters. See more » Goofs When Chris and Vin begin driving the hearse up to Boot Hill, they pass the Belmar Hotel sign twice - once silently at the very start, and then again as they briefly discuss the towns they've come from a few moments later. See more » Quotes Calvera : [dying - to Chris] You came ba |
What was given by my true love on the eighth day of Christmas? | What was given by my true love on the eighth day of christmas Sitemap What was given by my true love on the eighth day of christmas Oct 22, 2013 . Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of. On the Second day of Christmas my true love sent to me. However, a 20th-century variant has " and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 7 Swans a Swimming 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings 4 Calling BirdsOn the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven swans-a- swimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two . Dec 15, 2011 . Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me My true love sent to me. A partridge. On the seventh day of Christmas, My true love. In the version collected by John Jacob Niles, ". my true love gave to me.Dec 21, 2005 . On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A partridge in a. Eight maids a milking symbolize the eight beatitudes. The good that we . 4 explanations to The Twelve Days Of Christmas lyrics by Christmas Carols: On the first day of Christmas / My true love gave to me: / A.. On the seventh day of Christmas, My true love gave to me: Seven swans a-swimming. Six geese a- layingDec 20, 2011 . On the 8th day of Christmas my true love sent to me…. . I find joy in the meaning given to this song, and I sing it joyfully – especially around . The Twelve Days of Christmas Lyrics: On the first day of Christmas / My true love gave to me: / A Partridge in a Pear Tree / On. On the seventh day of Christmas "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of. Get breaking entertainment news and the latest celebrity stories from AOL. All the latest buzz in the world of movies and TV can be found here. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of. Our Lady's Messages 1981-2016. The messages given by Our Lady in Medjugorje began on June 25, 1981, and continue to this day. The earliest messages from 1981-1983. Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most. god, jesus, bible, bible quotes, bible truth, bible errors, christianity, slavery, abortion, gay love, polygamy, war, execution, evil, TEEN abuse, taxes, punishment. This is the 2nd year doing this for my boyfriend! Last year he was so surprised on Day 1 and could hardly wait for the next 11 days to see what he was. A collection of lyrics to many of the best loved Christmas Carols in the world.. Christmas Carols - More than 100 Christmas lyrics Christmas Songs Holiday carol. Langston Hughes was first recognized as an important literary figure during the 1920s, a period known as the "Harlem Renaissance" because of the number of emerging. To link to this poem, put the URL below into your page: <a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1900.html">Song of Myself by Walt Whitman</a> Plain for Printing The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of. On the Second day of Christmas my true love sent to me. However, a 20th-century variant has " and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 7 Swans a Swimming 6 Geese a Laying 5 Golden Rings 4 Calling BirdsOn the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven swans-a- swimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two . Dec 15, 2011 . Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent |
Traditionally, which player in a rugby league team wore the number nine shirt? | Nine weird rituals of Rugby World Cup players - Telegraph World Cup player journeys Nine weird rituals of Rugby World Cup players Here are some bizarre traditions (including wearing black underwear) used by nine current and former international players to make sure they’re in the zone Men of ritual: Mark Cueto, John Smit, Simon Taylor, Jonny Wilkinson and Mike Cattt Follow Research suggests that rugby union players are more obsessed about pre-match rituals and superstitions than either footballers or cricketers – 13 per cent of those polled thought that touching the tunnel ceiling was key to their performance. Some vomit, others wear lucky pants. Here are some very odd traditions used by nine Rugby World Cup players, past and present, to make sure they’re ready for action… Jonny Wilkinson Given his meticulous approach to kicking, perhaps it’s no surprise that the 2003 Rugby World Cup hero, who laced England to glory against Australia in their own back yard, had a certain ordered pre-match sequence. Stand-off Wilkinson would always warm up without his England jersey on – that would be saved for the match proper – and then head back to the changing room to put on his shoulder pads, atop a certain lucky garment. “I always wear the same T-shirt under my England shirt,” the 91-cap Wilkinson, who retired last summer, explained when still playing. “It is more routine rather than thinking: ‘If I don’t do this, today’s going to go horribly wrong.’ People like to have their own routines to fight back the nerves and to keep them sane.” Mike Catt Another RWC 2003 winner, currently in charge of coaching England’s backs, Catt also had a pre-game habit, one which initially started as a bit of fun and developed as a must-do thing. Prior to any international match the South Africa-born utility back would touch his ear during the national anthems when cameras panned across the line-up. It was originally intended as a way of sending a visual message to his family, watching from home. However, the routine became a ritual for Catt and continued throughout his international career, which ended in 2007 after 75 appearances. Jason Robinson The speedy rugby league convert, who won the Webb Ellis Cup alongside Catt and Wilkinson, was notorious for the way in which he strapped himself before matches, having to wait for certain minutes to tick down before applying tape to specific places. Interestingly a recent survey discovered that almost a quarter of top rugby players tend to strap up age-old injuries, even though they had healed long ago. Robinson, the former wing or full-back, also – contrary to a number of other players – would insist on heading out of the changing room first. Mark Cueto A long-time teammate of Robinson’s at both Sale Sharks and with England, the winger, who hung up his boots at the end of last season, was famous for having a culinary superstition on match days. Worthy of a Michelin star this was not: he insisted on having beans on toast every morning before a match – and would not be able to take to the field if he had not eaten his desired dish. Perhaps he thought it would provide extra fire power. Cueto, capped 55 times for England, would also put on his left boot before his right, and liked to leave the coach and then changing room last, perhaps copying another winger, David Campese. The Australian legend was unpredictable on the pitch but would always see to it that he was the last man to run on to it. Alan Whetton The All Black lock or backrower, who was part of the team that won the inaugural World Cup in 1987, and who won 65 caps for New Zealand, played many times at Eden Park, for Auckland, whose home stadium it was, and for his country. And every time he did he had a set routine. “I used to have a little ritual in the changing shed,” Whetton said. “I would put the jersey on a peg by itself – it would command a lot of respect. So I would look at it. I used to have my togs, boots and mouthguard in a bag below – they didn't quite warrant being together with the shirt. Also, 40 minutes before a game at Eden Park, |
The novel written by Agatha Christie that was renamed for political correctness in 1940 as Ten Little Indians has again been renamed. How is this story now titled? | Why was Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Niggers" renamed "Ten Little Indians", and yet Joseph Conrad's "The Nigger of Narcissus" remains unchaged? Why was Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Niggers" renamed "Ten Little Indians", and yet Joseph Conrad's "The Nigger of Narcissus" remains unchaged? Message Bookmarked ― jonathan livingston pigeon , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:12 (twelve years ago) Permalink sexism. ― RJG (RJG) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:16 (twelve years ago) Permalink [I was going to lock this thread as a troll but some quick research shows it isn't; wow would my reading habits have been different if I'd known about this when I was 10.] ― MODERATOR (Dan Perry) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:17 (twelve years ago) Permalink Heh, I had the initial reaction as you but then yes, I did remember this being the case. ― Ned Raggett (Ned) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:17 (twelve years ago) Permalink It's political crunkess. Gone mad. ― de , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:18 (twelve years ago) Permalink I'm seriously considering building a time machine so that I can go back and slap Agatha Christie for being racist. ― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:19 (twelve years ago) Permalink The classic book "The Student as Nigger" is also unchanged, but given the radical nature of the point the book makes, in that case perhaps it makes some sense. Perhaps literature needs to be understood as a product of the society that created it--why whitewash over the taken for granted racism that existed? Let the names stand and give fodder for discussion about racism and society. ― Orbit (Orbit) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:19 (twelve years ago) Permalink Seriously, where would you stop though? xpost ― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:20 (twelve years ago) Permalink Cos racism wasn't taken for granted by everyone -- black or white -- when Christie chose that as a title. xpost ― Enrique (Enrique) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:22 (twelve years ago) Permalink I gather the rhyme originated in the UK, but the n-word was added when it got to the States. Charming. ― Ned Raggett (Ned) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:22 (twelve years ago) Permalink Evidently it was taken for granted enough that the title was even proposed, no? xpost ― Orbit (Orbit) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:23 (twelve years ago) Permalink I think the thread title should be "X-Post-o-rama." ― Ned Raggett (Ned) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:24 (twelve years ago) Permalink how is the use of Indians, in the context of the rhyme, any less racist? It has less stigma, sure, but that's different. ― hstencil , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:24 (twelve years ago) Permalink Being old enough to remember the civil rights movement, racism and the n word were very very common up through the 1970s. When I was a kid, you could still eat at Sambo's. So yeah, that Christie could conceive of the title and propose it to a publisher says a lot about public consciousness at the time. mega xpost public consciousness about Indians wasn't even developed until very recently (changing of sports team names etc) ― Orbit (Orbit) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:27 (twelve years ago) Permalink maybe if it was "Ten Little Injuns" ― phil-two (phil-two) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:27 (twelve years ago) Permalink well Indian was reclaimed by AIM (and most Americans don't give a shit about Indians anyway) - but obviously the use of nigger has remained contentious (at least for some). ― hstencil , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:28 (twelve years ago) Permalink (the title's also been changed to " …and then there were none") ― mark s (mark s) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:28 (twelve years ago) Permalink why whitewash over the taken for granted racism that existed? This is exactly why I hate _Heart Of Darkness_. ― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry) , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:29 (twelve years ago) Permalink I just thought it strange that this thread was posited as being somehow a "cleanup" of the title, when they're both pretty bad. ― hstencil , Monday, 26 April 2004 15:29 (twelve years ago) Permalink Do you mean the literary association wi |
Which architect's works include Jameos del Agua, Mirador del Rio and Jardin de Cactus? | Lanzarote: César Manrique Full-Day Tour Lanzarote: César Manrique Full-Day Tour Lanzarote: César Manrique Full-Day Tour Product ID: 49798 Pick-up is available from selected hotels or the nearest possible bus stop. Select date and participants: Admire the views from the Mirador del Rio Discover the connection between art and nature in the cave of Jameos del Agua Marvel at Cueva de los Verdes, part of the one of the longest lava tubes in the world Explore Jardin de Cactus, another example of the creativity of Manrique Visit the Fundación César Manrique and see an excerpt of his artistic work Discover the Monumento al Campensino, a monument designed by César Manrique Overview Discover Lanzarote in the footsteps of César Manrique on this full-day tour. Visit the Monumento al Campensino and enjoy the fantastic views from the Mirador del Rio. Explore a lava tube and the impressive house that belonged to Manrique. What to Expect Hardly any other has influenced Lanzarote so much as the artist César Manrique. He was a painter, architect, sculptor, designer, and environmentalist. His vision was a symbiosis of architecture and nature. Start the tour in his footsteps with a visit to the Monumento al Campensino, a monument to farmers dedicated to the hard-working rural population. See the traditional craftsmanship of the Canary Islands in the small museum and marvel at the impressive restaurant in the foothills of a lava field. Continue on into the Valley of a Thousand Palms to the Mirador del Rio. Enjoy one of the most spectacular panoramic views of Lanzarote and one of the most representative architectural creations of César Manrique that unites art and nature. Visit the nearby caves, Jameos del Agua or Cueva de los Verdes, both part of a 7-kilometer-long lava tube, which was created by the eruption of Monte Corona around 8000 years ago. Discover Cueva de los Verdes, one of the best kept secrets of Lanzarote. Alternatively, you can explore Jameos del Agua, a portion of which was artistically designed by César Manrique. Here you will find a restaurant, a concert hall, and a small lake with direct access to the sea where small, white blind crabs live. At the end of the tour you will drive to the cactus garden “Jardin de Cactus”. Here you will find more than 1100 different species of plants from around the world spread across 5000 square meters. On the way back you will visit the Fundación César Manrique in the artist’s former residence. See some of his works of art and discover how the artist worked. A large part of the complex is nestled in the foothills of the longest lava flow of the Canary Islands, with unusual structures running through the entire house. What's Included Visit to the Monumento al Campensino Entrance to Mirador del Rio Entrance to Jardin de Cactus Entrance to Cueva de los Verdes or Jameos del Agua Entrance to Fundación César Manrique Tour guide Travel insurance for the duration of the tour Transport by air-conditioned coach |
Which winner of the X Factor (UK) reached number 1 in the UK singles chart with their single 'Hallelujah'? | X Factor's Louisa Johnson charts at number 9, worst-performing winner's single ever - Telegraph Celebrity news X Factor's Louisa Johnson charts at number 9, worst-performing winner's single ever Louisa Johnson's X Factor winner's song has entered the charts at number nine, the worst position in the show's history X Factor 2015 finalist, Louisa Johnson Photo: PA By Hannah Furness , Arts Correspondent 6:00PM GMT 18 Dec 2015 Follow Louisa Johnson, the X Factor winner, has entered the UK charts at number nine: the worst performance from a winner's single in the show's 11-year history. Johnson would traditionally have been aiming for Christmas number one with her cover of Bob Dylan's Forever Young, following in the footsteps of previous winners who have sailed to the top of the charts. But despite singing her way to victory in the ITV talent show last Sunday , she has achieved combined sales of just 39,000 with the single. Last year's X Factor winner Ben Haenow achieved 214,000 combined sales with his winner's single, Something I Need, during its first week on sale and went on to take the Christmas number one spot. Photo: ITV Shayne Ward' s That's My Goal sold 740,000 copies in its first week in 2005, going on to reach the 1.11m mark in the UK. Alexandra Burke's cover of Hallelujah sold 576,000 in 2008, while even the show's very first winner Steve Brookstein sold 204,000 copies of Against All Odds. Johnson's chart position follows a difficult series for X Factor, with ratings dropping to a low of 5.39 million. Unlike former contestants, a change in the Official Charts, which saw it move from Sunday to Friday, meant Johnson has not had a full week of sales under her belt. While it is not impossible for the song to gain momentum and climb the chart, it will now struggle to reach Christmas number one : a position the majority of X Factor winners have enjoyed. All previous winners have reached number ones with their debut single, with even Joe McElderry - who missed out on the Christmas number one to Rage Against the Machine - climbing a week later. The X Factor did, however, give a boost to One Direction's single History, which reached its highest position of number 11 after their performance of the song on Sunday's final. Adele's 25 is set to become the fastest album to sell two million copies in UK chart history. By midnight on December 17, the singer's third album had reached 1.97 million sales, and it has now almost certainly hit the two million mark - having sold between 46,000 and 61,000 copies a day for the past week. Photo: ITV 25, which remains in the top spot on the album chart for the fourth consecutive week, will likely achieve this record after 29 days on sale - beating her previous album 21, which took 13 weeks to reach the two million mark. On the singles chart, Justin Bieber set a new record as the first artist ever to log four consecutive weeks at numbers one and two, with his tracks Love Yourself and Sorry. |
Which philosopher was born in 551 BC in China? | Confucius is Born | World History Project Source: Wikipedia Added by: Colin Harris While he was living, Confucius was not a powerful man, nor even a particularly famous man. He was born in China in 551 B.C., and was not much different from most ordinary men in his time. However, today he is well-known as one of China's most prestigious and prominent teachers, and his wisdom is heard around the world. Source: 'Confucius Biography and Teachings'; AllSands, www.allsands.com. Added by: Colin Harris According to tradition, the Chinese philosopher and sage Confucius (circa 551-479 BC) was born in the village of Zou in the state of Lu (present-day Shandong Province) as a descendant of the noble K'ung clan. His original name was K'ung Ch'iu - the later name K'ung Fu-tze translates as philospher or master K'ung. The Analects ( gleanings or sayings ) of Confucius have had a very profound influence on Chinese society and beyond. |
The Birds, a film by Alfred Hitchcock, was inspired by the short novel of the same name by which author? | The Birds (1963) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Birds can be found here What is 'The Birds' about? As a practical joke, wild and carefree newspaper heiress Melanie Daniels ( Tippi Hedren ) buys and delivers a pair of lovebirds to Cathy Brenner ( Veronica Cartwright ), the sister of Mitch Brenner ( Rod Taylor ), a San Francisco lawyer she met while playing another practical joke in a pet store. Soon after Melanie arrives at the Brenners' home in Bodega Bay, birds of various species begin banding together and attacking humans for no discernable reason. Is "The Birds" based on a book? The Birds is based on a short story of the same name by British author Daphne du Maurier [1907-1989]. It was first published in 1952 in a collection of short stories titled The Apple Tree and republished under the name The Birds and Other Stories (1963). The short story was adapted for the movie by American author and screenwriter Evan Hunter. The film bares no similarity to the story. What was causing the birds to attack? There is no explanation. Hitchcock himself answered that question by saying, "If you provide an explanation for the phenomenon then the film becomes science fiction; we're not making science fiction, Birds is a thriller, hence we leave out any explanation." The fact that it is never revealed to the audience why normally peaceful birds suddenly start attacking humans is a technique that Hitchcock used frequently in his movies. It is called a MacGuffin (or McGuffin), which Hitchcock defines as "The plot device, of little intrinsic interest, such as lost or stolen papers, that triggers the action." (Quotation from Halliwell's Filmgoers Companion). Just as the audience never finds out what is written on the stolen papers or what the secret formula is for, the audience is never told why the birds started attacking. Some suggestions in the movie are that the birds are massing to migrate, that they have lost their way in the fog or the dark, that they are panicking, that they are being fed bad chicken feed, that the children have bothered them, or that they are attracted to light. Was Melanie responsible for causing the birds to attack? This is another of those things that Hitchcock chose not to explain to the audience. As the plot develops, Melanie certainly seems to be the lightning rod for the attacks. However, there was mention of birds attacking in other places unrelated to Melanie's presence, such as the gulls attacking the fisherman, the attack on chicken farmer Ned Fawcett, and flocks of birds attacking people miles away in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa. How does the movie end? Melanie hears some noises in the attic and goes up to check it out. As she opens the door and steps in the room, birds come flying at her from all sides. The attack is so forceful that she can't reopen the door in order to get out. Mitch is finally able to get the door open and pull Melanie from the room, but her head is bleeding from places where the birds have pecked her, and she appears to be in a daze. It's decided that they must get her to a hospital, but their yard is a sea of birds. Slowly and quietly, the four of them -- Mitch, Melanie, Lydia, and Cathy -- wind their way through the birds, afraid that the birds will start attacking again. At the last minute, Cathy asks whether she can bring the lovebirds with them, and Mitch consents. They make it to the car, Cathy and Lydia cradling Melanie in the back seat and Mitch and the lovebirds in the front. Trying to be as nonthreatening as possible, Mitch slowly drives out of the yard and heads up the road. On the radio, an announcer can be heard talking about |
Who is the only person to be named number one box office star in the world for a five years in a row, when he acheived this every year from 1978 to 1982? | Sylvester Stallone - Biography - IMDb Sylvester Stallone Biography Showing all 345 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (126) | Personal Quotes (178) | Salary (28) Overview (4) 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Mini Bio (2) This athletically built, dark-haired American actor/screenwriter/director may never be mentioned by old-school film critics in the same breath as, say, Richard Burton or Alec Guinness ; however, movie fans worldwide have been flocking to see Stallone's films for over 30 years, making "Sly" one of Hollywood's biggest-ever box office draws. Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, in New York's gritty Hell's Kitchen, to Jackie Stallone (née Labofish), an astrologer, and Frank Stallone , a beautician and hairdresser. His father was an Italian immigrant, and his mother's heritage is half French (from Brittany) and half German. The young Stallone attended the American College of Switzerland and the University of Miami, eventually obtaining a B.A. degree. Initially, he struggled in small parts in films such as the soft-core The Party at Kitty and Stud's (1970), the thriller Klute (1971) and the comedy Bananas (1971). He got a crucial career break alongside fellow young actor Henry Winkler , sharing lead billing in the effectively written teen gang film The Lords of Flatbush (1974). Further film and television roles followed, most of them in uninspiring productions except for the opportunity to play a megalomaniac, bloodthirsty race driver named "Machine Gun Joe Viterbo" in the Roger Corman -produced Death Race 2000 (1975). However, Stallone was also keen to be recognized as a screenwriter, not just an actor, and, inspired by the 1975 Muhammad Ali-Chuck Wepner fight in Cleveland, Stallone wrote a film script about a nobody fighter given the "million to one opportunity" to challenge for the heavyweight title. Rocky (1976) became the stuff of cinematic legends, scoring ten Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Picture Award of 1976 and triggering one of the most financially successful movie franchises in history! Whilst full credit is wholly deserved by Stallone, he was duly supported by tremendous acting from fellow cast members Talia Shire , Burgess Meredith and Burt Young , and director John G. Avildsen gave the film an emotive, earthy appeal from start to finish. Stallone had truly arrived on his terms, and offers poured in from various studios eager to secure Hollywood's hottest new star. Stallone followed Rocky (1976) with F.I.S.T. (1978), loosely based on the life of Teamsters boss "Jimmy Hoffa", and Paradise Alley (1978) before pulling on the boxing gloves again to resurrect Rocky Balboa in the sequel Rocky II (1979). The second outing for the "Italian Stallion" wasn't as powerful or successful as the first "Rocky"; however, it still produced strong box office. Subsequent films Nighthawks (1981) and Victory (1981) failed to ignite with audiences, so Stallone was once again lured back to familiar territory with Rocky III (1982) and a fearsome opponent in "Clubber Lang" played by muscular ex-bodyguard Mr. T . The third "Rocky" installment far outperformed the first sequel in box office takings, but Stallone retired his prizefighter for a couple of years as another mega-franchise was about to commence for the busy actor. The character of Green Beret "John Rambo" was the creation of Canadian-born writer David Morrell , and his novel was adapted to the screen with Stallone in the lead role in First Blood (1982), also starring Richard Crenna and Brian Dennehy . The movie was a surprise hit that polarized audiences because of its commentary about the Vietnam war, which was still relatively fresh in the American public's psyche. Political viewpoints aside, the film was a worldwide smash, and a sequel soon followed with Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), which drew even stronger criticism from several quarters owing to the film's plotline about American MIAs allegedly being held in Vietnam. But they say there is no such thing as bad publicity, and "John Rambo's" secon |
What was Bon Jovi's first UK top ten hit single? | The 10 best Bon Jovi songs - AXS The 10 best Bon Jovi songs By: Shawn S. Lealos AXS Contributor Nov 25, 2014 2044271 485462 16541761 6 y2014m11d25 29985 YouTube If anyone represents the 80s hair band era perfectly, it is Bon Jovi. Led by singer Jon Bon Jovi, the band remains one of the most popular in the world three decades later, one of the bestselling live performances in the world today regardless of genre. With 13 studio albums, with the last 10 all hitting the Top 10 on the Billboard charts, and five reaching number one, there are plenty of songs to choose from when putting together a top 10 list. With 57 singles over Bon Jovi’s 30 year career, there is definitely plenty to choose from. Check out our list of the New Jersey natives top 10 tracks and see where your favorites rank. 10. Runaway This is the song that really kicked off the career of Bon Jovi, their first single from their debut album. It was released in 1984 by Jon Bon Jovi and a group of musicians that were not even the members of the actual Bon Jovi band. The song peaked at the 39th spot on the Billboard charts. 9. Keep the Faith Released in 1992 on the Keep the Faith album, this single came from the final album that Bon Jovi released before the hair band era died. While not the biggest hit, as “Bed of Roses” was a bigger song, it was the better song on one of Bon Jovi’s most mature albums that still retained the hair era spirit. 8. Born to Be My Baby The second release for Bon Jovi from their number one ranking album New Jersey, “Born to be my Baby” reached number three on the Billboard charts. It was one of five singles to hit the Top 10 from that album, the most for a rock band. 7. Never Say Goodbye Released in 1987 from the band’s breakout album, Slippery When Wet, “Never Say Goodbye” became an anthem and enjoyed the spot on many high school prom playlists for the next few years. It hit 11 on the mainstream rock charts but never hit the Billboard charts thanks to the fact that the band never released it as an actual single. 6. Blaze of Glory The only song on this list that was not on a Bon Jovi album is “Blaze of Glory,” which was a Jon Bon Jovi solo track from the movie “Young Guns 2.” The song hit number one on the Billboard charts in 1990. In some interesting trivia, Emilio Estevez, the star of the movie, asked for “Wanted Dead or Alive,” but Bon Jovi wanted to write a new song that better fit the theme of the western movie. 5. Bad Medicine The first release from the New Jersey album in 1988 was “Bad Medicine” and the band proved at the time to be the most popular metal band in the world. The video remains iconic with the late great comedian Sam Kinison opening up the video by getting fans all riled up to shoot a music video that wasn’t the same old crap. 4. I’ll Be There for You The third of five songs released from New Jersey was the power ballad “I’ll Be There For You” in 1989. It hit number one on the Billboard charts, the biggest hit so far from the album and is also known as the final number one single that Bon Jovi ever had. 3. You Give Love a Bad Name Released in 1986 from the Slippery When Wet album, “You Give Love a Bad Name” was the very first single released from the Bon Jovi breakthrough album. It reached number one on the Billboard charts and actually made it back onto the charts 23 years later thanks to “American Idol.” 2. Livin’ on a Prayer When it comes to the top two Bon Jovi songs of all time, either of the choices could reach the top spot depending on who you talk to. “Livin’ on a Prayer” was released in 1986 as the second single from Slippery When Wet and was the band’s second straight number one hit. It remains one of the most popular Bon Jovi songs ever made, actually telling the story of a working class couple fighting to survive in hard times. 1. Wanted Dead or Alive Arguably, the most popular and referenced Bon Jovi song ever made was “Wanted Dead or Alive,” the third release from Slippery When Wet. While remaining the most popular Bon Jovi song years later, it didn’t rank as high as the first two singles but remains a |
Which famous movie charcter has had movies named after him in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s? | Paul Newman - Biography - IMDb Paul Newman Biography Showing all 225 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (126) | Personal Quotes (75) | Salary (10) Overview (5) 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Mini Bio (2) Screen legend, superstar, and the man with the most famous blue eyes in movie history, Paul Leonard Newman was born in January 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, the second son of Theresa (Fetsko) and Arthur Sigmund Newman. Paul's father was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Poland and Hungary; he owned a successful sporting goods store. Paul's mother, a practicing Christian Scientist of Slovak decent, and his uncle Joe, had an interest in creative arts, and it rubbed off on him. He acted in grade school and high school plays. The Newmans were a well-to-do family, and Paul grew up in a nice home in Shaker Heights. By 1950, the 25 year-old Newman had been kicked out of Ohio University for unruly behavior, served three years in the Navy during World War II as a radio operator, graduated from Ohio's Kenyon College, married his first wife, Jackie, and had his first child, Scott. 1950 was also the year that Paul's father died. When he became successful in later years, Newman said if he had any regrets it would be that his father wasn't around to see it. He brought Jackie back to Shaker Heights and he ran his father's store for a short period. Then, knowing that wasn't the career path he wanted to take, he moved Jackie and Scott to New Haven, Connecticut, where he attended Yale University's School of Drama. While doing a play there, Paul was spotted by two agents, who invited him to come to New York City to pursue a career as a professional actor. After moving to New York, Paul acted in guest spots for various television shows and in 1953 came a big break. He got the part of understudy of the lead role in the successful Broadway play Picnic. Through this play, he met actress Joanne Woodward, who was also an understudy in the play. While they got on very well and there was a strong attraction, Paul was married and his second child, Susan, was born that year. During this time, Newman was also accepted into the much admired and popular New York Actors Studio, although he wasn't technically auditioning. In 1954, a film Paul was very reluctant to do was released, The Silver Chalice (1954). He considered his performance in this costume epic to be so bad that he took out a full-page ad in a trade paper apologizing for it to anyone who might have seen it. He had always been embarrassed about the film and reveled in making fun of it. He immediately wanted to return to the stage, and performed in The Desperate Hours. In 1956, Newman got the chance to redeem himself in the film world by portraying boxer Rocky Graziano in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), and critics praised his performance. In 1957, with a handful of films to his credit, he was cast in The Long, Hot Summer (1958), co-starring none other than Joanne Woodward . During the shooting of this film, they realized they were meant to be together and by now, so did Paul's wife Jackie. After Jackie gave Paul a divorce, he and Joanne married in Las Vegas in January of 1958. They went on to have three daughters together and raised them in Westport, Connecticut. In 1959, Paul received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). The 1960s would bring Paul Newman into superstar status, as he became one of the most popular actors of the decade, and garnered three more Best Actor Oscar nominations, for The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963) and Cool Hand Luke (1967). In 1968, his debut directorial effort Rachel, Rachel (1968) was given good marks, and although the film and Joanne Woodward were nominated for Oscars, Newman was not nominated for Best Director. He did, however, win a Golden Globe for his direction. 1969 brought the popular screen duo Paul Newman and Robert Redford together for the first time when Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) was released. It was a box office smash. Throughout the 1970s, Newman had h |
How many number one singles did Queen have while Freddie Mercury was alive? | Single Statistics Chart Positions and Weeks On Chart >> Single Statistics This page includes various statistics and lists regarding Queen and solo singles, including chart performance, entry and dropout positions, length and writers. The data focuses on UK singles and considers Queen and solo singles combined, unless specified; Brian's tracks with Kerry Ellis are excluded as they are collaborations rather than solo tracks. It includes all singles upto and including the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' reissue in 2015, although this is excluded from most sections as it failed to chart. Downloads are not included in all sections. General Statistics and Chart Performance UK Singles Without Promo Videos Singles Facts & Feats Queen are the second biggest selling group of all time in Britain, with 12.8 million sales - behind The Beatles (22.1 million), and ahead of Abba (11.3 million), The Rolling Stones (10.1 million) and Oasis (9.1 million) Only two artists have had number one singles in four different decades - Cliff Richard (50's-90's), and Queen (70's-00's) The Beatles are the only act to have had more top 10's than Queen - Queen have 25 while The Beatles have 27. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has spent 14 weeks at number one, giving it the fourth longest stay at the top of the charts, behind 'I Believe' (18), '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' (16), and 'Love Is All Around' (15). 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is also the only song to have been the Christmas number one twice, and a number one in four different years (1975-6 and 1991-2). 'Innuendo' is joint second in a list of number one singles with fewest weeks on chart, with just six weeks. Queen are 5th in a list of most top 20 hits, behind Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Madonna and Michael Jackson Queen are the most successful chart act never to have had a transatlantic number one hit. The nearest was 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', which reached #2 in the UK and #1 in the USA. After 'Living On My Own' reached number one in 1993, Freddie became the first artist to have recorded, written, and produced a number one single both pre and post-humously. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is third in a list of the all time best sellers, with 2.36 million copies sold, behind 'Do They Know It's Christmas' (Band Aid) with 3.69 million and 'Candle In The Wind 1997' (Elton John) with 4.9 million copies. In September 2005 it was announced that in a global poll of 700,000 people, 'We Are The Champions' was voted the world's favourite song, beating Toxic (Britney Spears), Billie Jean (Michael Jackson), Hotel California (The Eagles), La Tortura (Shakira), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana), Yesterday (The Beatles), One (U2), Imagine (John Lennon) and Sultans Of Swing (Dire Straits). As part of the same poll, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was voted Britain's third favourite song, behind 'Billie Jean' and 'Thriller', both by Michael Jackson. However, this poll seems rather bizarre as the top 10 has 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Angels' by Robbie Williams, 'Welcome To The Jungle' by Guns 'n' Roses, and seven Michael Jackson songs (two of which I've never heard of), which goes against every other poll that I've seen. In December 2005 it was announced that Queen had overtaken The Beatles to become the third best-selling chart act of all time, in terms of combined album and single weeks on chart. The list features Elvis Presley at no. 1 (2,574 weeks), Cliff Richard second (1,982), Queen third (1,755) and The Beatles fourth (1,749). In 2012, music licensing company PPL revealed the top 10 most played Queen tracks on TV and Radio: A Kind Of Magic |
In which TV show would you find the characters T-Bag and Linc The Sink? | Prison Break's Linc the Sink - Gaming Nexus Prison Break's Linc the Sink by: Marissa - posted: 2/27/2010 1:24:00 AM More On: Prison Break Publisher SouthPeak has released new info about Prison Break: The Conspiracy, the game based on the TV show in the form of new screenshots and character details. Lincoln Burrows, older brother and caretaker of Michael Scofield, is one of the main characters you'll get to know (or already know as a fan of the show). His nickname in prison is "Linc the Sink." What characteristics does a person need to have to acquire that kind of nickname? Does he like to do dishes? Does he dispose of garbage? For the full Lincoln Burrows bio, hit the jump. The game is set for release on March 30th for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Lincoln Burrows, often referred to as “Linc” or “Linc the Sink” (a name given to him by other inmates,) is the older brother of Michael Scofield. After their mother passed away, Lincoln took on the responsibility of caring for his brother and became Michael’s guardian. Lincoln endured a tumultuous youth, starting with his dropping out of high school during his sophomore year and leading to a life marred by crime and violence. Even early on, he a lready had a number of convictions on his rap sheet, including theft, battery and possession of illegal substances. Lincoln continued looking after his brother even into adulthood. He borrowed money to finance Michael’s college education to the tune of $90.000; not a paltry sum. When Michael wondered how his brother was able to send him to school, Lincoln told Michael that the money came from their mother’s life insurance. However, ultimately the money came from the very source that wound up framing Lincoln for the death of the vice president’s brother, Terrence Steadman. Facts & Anecdotes Lincoln is father to a son, Lincoln Burrows Jr. (LJ), that he had together with his ex-girlfriend, Lisa Rix. During the course of Season 1, Lincoln’s son, LJ, starts to reconnect with his estranged father. Lincoln’s incarceration instigated deep feelings of guilt in his brother Michael, who felt responsible since the borrowed money for his education may have had a part in Lincoln’s predicament. |
In Star Wars what creatures did the sand people ride? | Tusken Raider | Wookieepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia "A moisture farm? Poor locals never stood a chance. The Sand People think all water is sacred and was promised to them." ― Saponza to his partner after discovering a moisture farm ravaged by Tusken Raiders [src] A group of Tusken raiders Tusken Raiders were a species native to the desert world of Tatooine . Their homeworld's harsh environment resulted in them being extremely xenophobic & territorial of their native resources, often attacking the outskirts of smaller settlements such as Anchorhead . [2] The Sand People believed that all water was sacred and promised to them, resulting in them raiding moisture farms set up by colonists. [4] Additionally, Tusken Raiders harvested black melons which grew in the Jundland Wastes , providing them with a reliable source of milk . [6] Tusken clan groups consisted of 20 to 30 individuals, and were led by clan leaders, tribal chiefs, and warlords. The Sand People communicated in a language known as Tusken . At the age of 15, a Tusken became an adult, and had to slay a krayt dragon and cut out the precious pearl found in its stomach. Tuskens inhabited encampments scattered across an area of the rocky Jundland Wastes known as The Needles , [3] which were guarded from intruders by vicious massiffs . [7] Male Tusken Raiders were the warriors of their clans, often attacking vulnerable travelers that were unfortunate enough to wander through their territory. [1] They wielded gaderffii sticks in combat, and used Tusken Cyclers to fire on vehicles they spotted. [2] Every Tusken warrior created their own gaderffii stick, making each one unique. Males wore rough wrappings and garments that provided protection and allowed ease of movement. [3] Females could be distinguished by their elaborate jeweled masks with eyeslits and torso-covering sand-shrouds. Tusken children wore unisex cowls and simple cloaks, [2] and couldn't dress like males or females until they reached adulthood. All Sand People wore mouth grilles and eye coverings to retain moisture and keep sand out. They were forbidden to remove their clothing in front of others, except at childbirth , on their wedding night, and at coming-of-age ceremonies. [3] The Sand People and banthas shared a close, almost mystical bond. During warrior initiation rites, a young Tusken was given a bantha [2] matching their own gender [3] and learned to care for it, with the pair becoming extremely close as the youth earned a place in its clan. [2] When Sand People married, their banthas also mated, and, should its rider die , their bantha usually perished shortly after. If a bantha died before its rider, its remains were placed in a large graveyard, which was treated with great respect by Tuskens and other banthas. [3] History Edit During the Boonta Eve Classic , several Sand People camped out on Canyon Dune Turn . During the first lap, they took several shots at passing podracers with their projectile rifles. Though initially unsuccessful, on the second lap a Tusken managed to shoot down the podracer of pilot Teemto Pagalies , causing it to crash. [8] A month before the Battle of Geonosis , Sand People attacked the Lars moisture farm and kidnapped Shmi Skywalker Lars , whom they imprisoned and tortured. Her son, the Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker , returned to Tatooine to rescue her, but after finding her in a Tusken camp , she died of her injuries. The vengeful Anakin proceeded to slaughter every nearby Tusken, even the women and children. [7] Following the massacre, the Tuskens began to fear Skywalker as a vengeful desert demon , and began performing ritual sacrifices to ward him off. [3] Over twenty years later, Anakin's son Luke was attacked by URoRRuR'R'R and a group of Tuskens after venturing from the homestead to retrieve R2-D2 . [5] Fortunately, Obi-Wan Kenobi warded off the Tuskens by imitating the cry of a krayt dragon, Tatooine's deadliest predator. [9] Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , Darth Vader slaughtered a village of Tuskens prior to his meeting with bounty hunters Boba Fett and B |
What was Kylie Minogue's first UK number one single? | Kylie Minogue’s Official Number 1 Singles’ Sales Revealed! 15 March 2014 Kylie Minogue’s Official Number 1 Singles’ Sales Revealed! To celebrate Kylie’s return to the Official Charts, we count down each of Kylie’s Number 1 singles, from the very first in 1988, all the way up to her most recent in 2003 – in order of sales. Google + Next week Kylie releases her 12th studio album, and in this week’s Official Singles Chart she’s eyeing up her 35th Top 10 hit with Into The Blue. To celebrate Kylie’s return to the Official Charts, we count down each of Kylie’s Number 1 singles, from the very first in 1988, all the way up to her most recent in 2003 – in order of sales. There’s no prizes for guessing what comes out on top, but there could be a few surprises along the way. Here’s Kylie’s lucky lucky lucky seven. 7. Slow (2003) Coming off the back of Kylie’s million-selling album Fever, Slow was something of a surprise. Veering off from Fever’s energetic modern disco and taking a mean and moody electro direction, Slow saw Kylie at her sensuous best, with a sultry video filmed at the former Olympic aquatics centre in Barcelona. It spent just a week at Number 1 in miserable November – thank goodness for that super sunny video. SALES: 130,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Kylie saw off competition from Blazin’ Squad’s anthem to playing old cassettes in your Walkman, Flip Reverse and knocked Fatman Scoop’s Be Faithful off the top in the process. CHART FACT: Slow was kicked off Number 1 by Busted’s Crash The Wedding. 6. Tears On My Pillow (1990) Kylie managed to do with her second album what she couldn’t with her first: score two Number 1s off it. Although Kylie was enjoying herself as a popstar, she didn’t want to leave acting behind for ever, and so acted in coming of age movie The Delinquents. Notable mainly for Kylie’s quite frankly dreadful hair throughout, and a very tame love scene in the middle, the movie was essential viewing for any hardcore Kylie fan. Tears On My Pillow was a cover of the Little Anthony & The Imperials song from 1958, which had never been a hit in the UK before. The song was also on the Grease soundtrack – it can be hard in the background as the Rydell kids get ready for their dance-off (not Kylie's version, obviously; she was only 10 at the time). SALES: 260,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Kylie chucked New Kids On The Block’s Hangin’ Tough of the top spot. After just a week at Number 1, Tears On My Pillow was deposed by another blubfest – Sinead O’Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U CHART FACT: Kylie wouldn’t have a Number 1 after Tears On My Pillow for another ten and a half years! Until… 5. Spinning Around (2000) If there’s one thing Kylie knows how to pull off, it’s a comeback. After a few years of moderate chart success with singles from two albums Kylie Minogue and Impossible Princess, Kylie decided it was time to turn the pop factor back up to 100 with this breezy, empowering track, co-written by none other than Paula Abdul. Spending a week at Number 1 in July, Spinning Around was Kylie’s first chart-topper in a decade and the perfect song to let everyone know La Minogue was back in business. And there were those famous hotpants, of course… SALES: 300,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Kylie replaced Black Legend’s Barry White-inspired You See The Trouble With Me and was eventually nudged out of pole position herself by Eminem with The Real Slim Shady. EXTRA CHART FACT: If Kylie’s 2010 hit All The Lovers had got to Number 1 – and some say it really, really should’ve done – it would’ve sat right here on her countdown, with almost 370,000 copies sold. 4. Hand On Your Heart (1989) Kylie mania was in full swing by the time Kylie released her sixth single – the first off her second album Enjoy Yourself. Kylie kept it sweet and simple – no need to mess with the formula that had made her a megastar in just a year. Not yet, anyway. The video saw Kylie in a dazzling array of dresses that all looked rather similar. Well, sometimes, when you like something, you just want one in every colour, don’t you? SALES: 488,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Hand On Your Heart despatched Ba |
Which famous person from the world of movies died on Christmas Day 1977? | IMDb: Most Popular People With Date of Death in 1977 Most Popular People With Date of Death in 1977 1-50 of 1,330 names. Sort by: STARmeter▲ | A-Z | Height | Birth Date | Death Date 1. Bing Crosby Actor, Going My Way Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, the fourth of seven children of Catherine Helen "Kate" (Harrigan) and Harry Lowe Crosby, a brewery bookkeeper. He was of English and Irish descent. Crosby studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band... 2. Charles Chaplin Writer, Modern Times Charles Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years... 3. Joan Crawford Actress, Mildred Pierce Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1905, in San Antonio, Texas, to Anna Belle (Johnson) and Thomas E. LeSueur, a laundry laborer. By the time she was born, her parents had separated, and by the time she was a teenager, she'd had three stepfathers. It wasn't an easy life; Crawford worked a variety of menial jobs... 4. Elvis Presley Actor, Love Me Tender Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In September 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School... 5. Sebastian Cabot Actor, Family Affair 7. Jean Hagen Actress, Singin' in the Rain Jean Shirley Verhagen (later shortened to Hagen) was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 3, 1923. Her father was a Dutch immigrant. Hagen and her family moved to Elkhart, Indiana when she was twelve; she subsequently graduated from Elkhart High School. Afterwards, she graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied drama and was a roommate of fellow actress Patricia Neal ... 8. Burt Mustin Actor, Cat Ballou Burt Mustin was a salesman most of his life, but got his first taste of show business as the host of a weekly radio variety show on KDKA Pittsburgh in 1921. He appeared onstage in "Detective Story" at Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix Arizona, and played the janitor in the movie version, ( Detective Story )... 9. Howard Hawks Director, The Big Sleep What do the classic films Scarface , Twentieth Century , Bringing Up Baby , Only Angels Have Wings , His Girl Friday , Sergeant York , To Have and Have Not , The Big Sleep , Red River Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Rio Bravo have in common? Aside from their displays of great craftsmanship, the answer is director Howard Hawks... 10. Stephen Boyd Actor, Ben-Hur Stephen Boyd was born William Millar on July 4, 1931, at Glengormley, Northern Ireland, one of nine children of Martha Boyd and Canadian truck driver James Alexander Millar, who worked for Fleming's on Tomb Street in Belfast. He attended Glengormley & Ballyrobert primary school and then moved on to Ballyclare High School and studied bookkeeping at Hughes Commercial Academy... 11. Groucho Marx Actor, Duck Soup The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers . With one-liners that were often double entendres, Groucho never cursed in any of his performances and said he never wanted to be known as a dirty comic. With a great love of music and singing ( The Marx Brothers started as a singing group)... 12. Peter Finch Actor, Network Despite being one of the finest actors of his generation, Peter Finch will be remembered as much for his reputation as a hard-drinking, hell-raising womanizer as for his performances on the screen. He was born in London in 1916 and went to live in Sydney, Australia, at the age of ten. There, he worked in a series of dead-end jobs before taking up acting... 13. Andy Devine Actor, Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Rotund comic char |
In which occupation would you use a plonker? | Occupation - definition of occupation by The Free Dictionary Occupation - definition of occupation by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/occupation a. An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation. b. An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation. 2. a. The act or process of holding or possessing a place. b. The state of being held or possessed. 3. a. Invasion, conquest, and control of a nation or territory by foreign armed forces. b. The military government exercising control over an occupied nation or territory. [Middle English occupacioun, from Old French occupacion, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōn-, from occupātus, past participle of occupāre, to occupy; see occupy.] occupation 1. a person's regular work or profession; job or principal activity 2. any activity on which time is spent by a person 3. the act of occupying or the state of being occupied 4. (Military) the control of a country by a foreign military power 5. the period of time that a nation, place, or position is occupied 6. (modifier) for the use of the occupier of a particular property: occupation road; occupation bridge. oc•cu•pa•tion 1. a person's usual or principal work, esp. in earning a living; vocation. 2. any activity in which a person is engaged. 3. possession, settlement, or use of land or property. 4. the act of occupying. 5. the state of being occupied. 6. the seizure and control of an area by military forces, esp. foreign territory. 7. the term of control of a territory by foreign military forces. 8. the holding of an office or official function. [1250–1300; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin] occupation aptronym - A name that fits a person's nature or occupation, like Jane House for a real estate agent. mechanical - Predates "machine" in English and has long had certain separate senses, such as "an art, trade, or occupation: concerned with manual work" and "practical as opposed to theoretical." specialization , specialty - Specialization refers to the process of becoming specialized; specialty refers to a special pursuit, occupation, or product. study - Based on Latin studium, "painstaking application, zeal" (from studere, "to be zealous"), study's earliest uses are surprising: "affection, friendliness," an "occupation or pursuit," and "a state of reverie or abstraction; state of perplexity." Occupation costermonger A street-vendor, a hawker of fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, etc.; also simply coster. This British expression comes from the earlier costardmonger ‘apple-seller’ (costard ‘a large, ribbed variety of apple’ + monger ‘dealer, trader’). It has been in use since 1514. flatfoot A police officer. This expression, in widespread use since the early 20th century, implies that a police officer on a beat becomes flatfooted from walking. Flatfoot and other expressions of derision became firmly entrenched in American speech during the Prohibition era (1920-33) when the general public was particularly contemptuous of those who enforced the law. He got sore as a boil and stepped up to the lousy flatfoot. (J. T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan, 1932) flesh-tailor A surgeon. The derivation of this British colloquialism is obvious. free-lance An unaffiliated person who acts on his own judgment; a writer or journalist who submits work to various publishers without actually being employed by any of them; a person hired on a part-time or temporary basis to perform tasks for which he has been specially trained. This expression dates from the Middle Ages when, after the Crusades, bands of knights offered their services to any country that was willing to pay. Also known as mercenaries or free companies, these bands were commonly called free-lances in reference to their knightly weapon, the lance. Eventually the term was applied to unaffiliated politicians. In contemporary usage, however, a free-lancer is anyone (though usually a writer) who offers his services on a temporary basis with payment upon completion of the work, as opposed to payment in the form of a salary or retainer. |
Which sport or pastime would you be playing if you tried to sell a dummy to a hooker? | Dowbrigade » Sports Dowbrigade The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Blogged Archive for the 'Sports' Category dowbrigade - June 20, 2008 @ 9:37 pm · Boston , Celtics , Humor , Prose Screeds , Sports Yesterday the Dowbrigade and his son and cameraman Gabriel joined half a million other Boston sports fans to celebrate the latest World Championship by a local sports team. Yawn. Then we stopped for Brazilian Bar-B-Q on the way home. Ho hum. How jaded we have become, here in the Hub! Somehow life seems empty if one of the local teams isn’t playing for a cup, or trophy, or title. What we have here is a unique and unprecedented confluence of statistical, psychic and socio-cultural factors, bringing championships to Boston by the bandwagon. We have already taken credit for the Major Mojo behind this run of competitive success. However, it occurs to us that most people may not be aware of how deep and widespread this reign of triumph currently is. For example, how many readers are aware that the Walpole, MA Little League team was declared the default 2007 Little League World Series winner, due to the retroactive age-related disqualifications of players from the Macon, Georgia and Osaka, Japan teams which finished ahead of them? And how about the news that the Boston team at the National Conference of Mayors won the annual City Government Softball Tournament final 17-6 after cleanup hitter Tom Tom Menino pointed to the left field wall, mumbled something unintelligible and smashed the crap out of an 0-2 knuckleball from Michael Bloomberg. While the “Big Three” of Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox grab all the headlines, true sports fans are aware that there are other champions in town. The New England Revolution have been to the MLS finals three years in a row, earning the unfortunate sobrioquet “Buffalo Bills of the MLS”. But further down the food chain of professional sports, who knew that the Boston Tea Bags recently finished first in the Gay Para Olympics. Or that the Boston Bonsais of the Professional Flower Arranging League last year won the Bouquet Bowl?It is a shame only the Bay Windows weekly rag reported that the Boston Stylistics captured the American Stylists 2008 Coiff-Off held recently in Las Vegas. They Blow! Among female competitors, local teams at the top of their respective sports include the Boston Ballbreakers of the Womens Amateur Rugby Association and the New England Nannies who recently triumphed in the World Child Care Olympics in Manchester, England. And who could forget the Boston Blueballs, who traveled to Fugloysund, Norway for the Competitive Ice-Swimming Team Championship and won! Go Blueballs! But Boston’s good fortune has not been limited to nominal grown-ups. Our many excellent college teams have also been bringing home titles at a rate that has the laurel leaves falling faster than foliage in the fall. Why, just during the past academic year, MIT took home both the US Collegiate Chess Championship and the NCAA Robot Rhythmic Gymnastics Cup. In between Harvard won the Super-Ego Bowl. Speaking of bowls, BC triumphed in the 2008 GE College Bowl as well as the Champs Sports Bowl, and Northeastern staggered home with the 2008 Beer Pong title. Brandeis took the team title at the Maccabee Games and a Bentley won the Paris-Dakar Road Rally. In a major upset, BU won the Division 3 Football Championship, even though they haven’t had a football team for ten years. Flipping through the cable lineup we also note that New Englanders have been on a competitive reality show tear, having recently won America’s Top Model, Celebrity Chef Cookoff, American Idle (a slacker spin-off), Dancing with the Stars, Big Brother, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, America Gladiator, The Great Race, Fear Factor, Top Design, America’s Got Talent, The Biggest Loser and The Apprentice. The popularity of Boston has been noted and rewarded by a plethora of national publications and professional associations which have recently named our fair city, among other things, America’s Voted Most Livable City, Best Sports Bars, Top S |
In which sport or pastime do players tap and guard their balls? | Past Time Sports makes leather football helmets, antique baseball gloves, vintage leather football helmets Leather Football Helmet Hisitory Football historians, those who have studied the game and its origins, place the games beginnings in rugby, an English game played with many similarities to football. Rugby began in eighteen twenty-three at the famous Rugby Boys School in England. Another cousin of the game of football is soccer, sometimes called association football; its beginnings can also be traced to English origin, being played as early as the eighteen twenties. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ITS BEGINNINGS At the same time, a group of students, who did not wear leather football helmets, at Princeton began playing what was then known as bal lown. First using their fists to advance the ball, and then their feet, this game consisted mainly of one goal: to advance the old watermeoln football past the opposing team. There were no hard and fast rules applied to this earliest attempt at the game we now call football .At Harvard, the freshman and sophomore classes, who also did not at first wear leather football helmets, competed in a football-type game, played on the first Monday of each school year; this event came to be known as Bloody Monday because of the roughness of the game. Pick up games,where there were no leather football helmets, similar in style to that played on Bloody Monday, soon became popular on the Boston Common, catching on in popularity around eighteen sixty .Soon after the end of the American Civil War, still the leather football helmet had not been invented, around eighteen sixty five, colleges began organizing football games.None of these early teams wore leather football helmets. In eighteen sixty seven, Princeton led the way in establishing some rudimentary rules of the game. But still , leather football helmets were not used or invented. Players simply tied a bandana around their heads. Also in that year, the football itself was patented for the very first time That early ball was a crude watermelon, almost round shape. But still no way to protect the players from death or concussins because there were no leather football helmets even thought of during these early years..Rutgers College also established a set of rules in eighteen sixty seven, and with the relatively short distance between it and Princeton, a game was decided upon by both universities. A date was chosen, November sixth, eighteen sixty nine; Rutgers won by a score of six goals to four, and thus was played what has become known as the very first intercollegiate football game No leather football helmets were worn during this contest. The flying wedge plays injured many because they had no leather football helmets..In eighteen seventy three, representatives from Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, and Yale met in New York City to formulate the first intercollegiate football rules for the increasingly popular game, still being played with many of the rules of soccer. These four teams established the Intercollegiate Football Association, and set as fifteen the number of players allowed on each team.Walter Camp, the coach at Yale and a dissenter from the IFA over his desire for an eleven man team, helped begin the final step in the evolution from rugby-style play to the modernfootball game of American football. The IFAs rules committee, led by Camp, soon cut |
In which sport or pastime might you see six chinamen in a maiden or a nightwatchman out with a duck? | Cricket Terminology - VirginiaLiving.com Spring’s ‘other’ sport, cricket, has surprisingly deep roots in the Commonwealth. × Cricket Ball Cricket ball Springtime is here, and across Virginia players will take up the old bat and ball for a classic warm-weather sport. Around the state, they’ll gather for informal games and in structured contests on official playing fields, umpire and all. The sport they’ll play? Cricket, the only sport in the world where you can be out for a duck if a bowler you thought was a dibbly dobbly sends you a googly. You may chortle a bit at this stereotypically British athletic contest that comes complete with an official tea break, but more than 1,000 people play the sport in Virginia, according to Shelton Glasgow, the Atlantic region representative to the United States of America Cricket Association. Northern Virginia in particular has seen a surge in the number of active cricket players—Loudoun County conducts a popular cricket league, and some public schools in Fairfax County include cricket in physical education classes. Cricket is even played on the collegiate level: The George Mason University cricket team beat 31 squads to win the 2011 national championship. Cricket began in England, with the earliest known reference to the game dating to 1598. (The game would be codified in 1788.) Long associated with countries that were once part of the British Empire, it’s no surprise the sport was played in Colonial Virginia. The 1709 and 1710 secret diaries of William Byrd of Westover indicate that Byrd played cricket with friends at Westover, Green Spring, Shirley and Berkeley plantations, and played hard enough to injure himself. “We played at cricket and I sprained my backside,” he wrote, but continued to play. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington’s troops are thought to have played a variation of the game at Valley Forge in 1778. Even post-Independence, in 1795, a Richmond cricket club printed a set of team and sport rules, suggesting the organization’s members wanted more people to take up the pastime. Henry Chadwick, now rememberd as “the father of baseball,” was initially a cricket writer and created a short-lived Richmond cricket club in 1857, and there are references to clubs in Roanoke, Gordonsville, Charlottesville and Richmond around the turn of the century. But it was baseball that captured Chadwick’s imagination, along with the rest of the nation’s. Cricket was largely forgotten, but far from gone. The British Commonwealth Cricket Club, established in 1953 and now based in Washington, D.C., played its first four years in Virginia at Bellpais, a Fairfax County estate near Mount Vernon. The organization served as the fountainhead for the multiethnic Washington Cricket League and the melting-pot cricket culture that began to emerge across Northern Virginia. In 1988, the Hampton Cricket Club emerged from the gathering of NATO troops stationed in the area. A few years later, the India Association Cricket Club took up play in Richmond, taking on Hampton and another team in Lynchburg. In 1995, the four-squad Mid-Atlantic Cricket League formed, and the next year it merged into the North Carolina-based Mid-Atlantic Cricket Conference. Last year, 15 Virginia teams competed in the MACC. Fans see cricket as a highly athletic sport. Top-level bowlers can hurl 100-mile-per-hour balls toward the batsman, who needs protective equipment, including arm, leg and chest guards, gloves, and a protective helmet with a facemask. The players wear collared shirts and brightly colored uniforms that almost resemble training suits for most matches. For test matches—the increasingly rare, five-day matches that “test” qualified national teams—players wear stylish white uniforms. On a basic level, the game should appear familiar to most Americans. Teams of 11 take turns on offense—wielding a bat—during an innings (don’t be fooled; for unknown reasons, ‘innings’ is both a singular and plural term) while the fielding team attempts to get them “out.” The batsman stands by a wicket—three posts known as stumps, |
Which sport or pastime would you be playing if you flicked your wink with your squidger into a tiddle? | Tiddlywinks: The Classic Victorian Pastime: On Target for the 21st Century (1996) You are at: Home » History »Tiddlywinks: The Classic Victorian Pastime: On Target for the 21st Century (1996) Tiddlywinks: The Classic Victorian Pastime: On Target for the 21st Century (1996) This article was originally published in the American Game Collectors Association ‘s Game Researchers’ Notes, ISSN 1050-6608, October 1996, with illustrations and content on the cover, on pages 5552 to 5561, and also on the back cover. In the web version of this article, additional images have been incorporated that did not appear in the original publication. Also please note that the AGCA is now known as the Association of Game & Puzzle Collectors . A substantial majority of the information provided in the original 1996 article remains accurate to this day. However, quite a bit more background information has been gathered since. An update is warranted, and is in the works. This article was originally posted on the Internet on 3 May 1997, was updated on 2 April 1999, and then with updated images and links on 9 and 15 September 2006, plus a few more minor updates on 24 November 2006, and also on 13 July 2014. By Rick Tucker © 1996 Richard W. Tucker. All Rights Reserved “One should make a serious study of a pastime”—Alexander the Great [ 1 ] Table of Contents References The Preface I’ve played tiddlywinks for 24 years, ever since I ventured into a dormitory at MIT on my first day as a freshman and encountered (no pun intended) the local denizens on their hands and knees shooting winks across the carpet and down the stairs. (It really isn’t normally played on the floor, actually.) I was captivated at the congruence (technical term, sorry) of the ivory towers of MIT housing the noble sport of tiddlywinks, and amazed that MIT might, perhaps inadvertantly (but not always), lend credence to a sport enmired in such a mischievous stereotype. Tiddlywinks appealed to me because of its unique character, because it is almost universally known, and because it demands precise dexterous skills, while also requiring strategy and tactics, and also a measure of luck. And so, what follows is the first definitive history of tiddlywinks boxed games. There is a history in all men’s lives.[ 2 ] I invite and expect to hear from game collectors and historians to help me add to, revise, and where necessary, fix errors in this history. I also invite you to visit my tiddlywinks web pages at http://www.tiddlywinks.org , where this article will appear subsequent to its publication in Games Researchers’ Notes, with all the photos in living color. — Rick Tucker, 31 October 1996 Setting the Stage: The Oft-Ridiculed Game “Have we sold our precious heritage in exchange for frivolity and a game of tiddlywinks?”, letter by Lillie Struble in Library Journal[ 3 ]. This was the most unkindest cut of all.[ 4 ] “A 15th-century Donatello bronze, The Madonna and Child, served the Fitzwilliam family as a tiddlywinks bowl until the Victoria and Albert Museum [London] recognized its importance”, ARTnews[ 5 ]. “Even in the matter of nursery games the Victorian child took things very seriously. There were some board games, however, which provided little or no intellectual stimulus. Chief among these was […] tiddlywinks, whose apparent inanity (to the uninitiated) is often regarded as the ultimate in useless activities.”, James Mackay [ 6 ]. Prince Philip once suggested that tiddlywinks be included in the Olympics. To which Ian Wooldridge of the Olympic Committee responded: “At the risk of propagating royal support for tiddlywinks, a game of the utmost tedium played by anti-athletes too tired or apathetic to get up off the floor, I have to concede that his argument makes sense.”, British Airways magazine.[ 7 ] “The research described in this chapter concerns a well-known children’s pastime, the game of tiddlywinks, where the idea is to take one counter and press it on the edge of another, to make the latter jump. Because this is extremely simple, the research centered less on cognizance of the mov |
What English name is ususally given to The Palazzo Ducale in Venice ? | Palazzo Ducale, San Marco 1, Venice. Attractions - Time Out Venice Palazzo Ducale review 2 Users say 4/5 Rate it An unobtrusive side door halfway down the right wall of the nave in San Marco leads straight into the courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace). Today's visitors take a more roundabout route, but that door is a potent symbol of the entwinement of Church and state in the glory days of La Serenissima. If the basilica was the Venetian Republic's spiritual nerve centre, the Doge's Palace was its political and judicial hub. The present site was the seat of ducal power from the ninth century onwards, though most of what we see today dates from the mid 15th century. Devastating fires in 1574 and 1577 took their toll, but after much heated debate it was decided to restore rather than replace - an enlightened policy for the time. The palace is the great Gothic building of the city, but is also curiously eastern in style, achieving a marvellous combination of lightness and strength. The ground floor was open to the public; the work of government went on above. This arrangement resulted in a curious reversal of the natural order. The building gets heavier as it rises: the first level has an open arcade of simple Gothic arches, the second a closed loggia of rich, ornate arcading. The top floor is a solid wall broken by a sequence of Gothic windows. Yet somehow it doesn't seem awkward. The façade on the Piazzetta side was built in the 15th century as a continuation of the 14th-century waterfront façade. On the corner by the ponte di Paglia (Bridge of Straw) is an exquisite marble relief carving, the Drunkenness of Noah from the early 15th century, while on the Piazzetta corner is a statue of Adam and Eve from the late 14th century. The capitals of the pillars below date from the 14th to the 15th centuries, although many of them are 19th-century copies (some of the originals are on display inside the palace). The Porta della Carta (Paper Gate - so called because this was where permits were checked), between the palace and the basilica, is a grand piece of florid Gothic architecture and sculpture (1438-42) by Bartolomeo and Giovanni Bon. The statue of Doge Francesco Foscari and the lion is a copy dating from 1885; French troops smashed the original when they occupied the city in 1797. Behind the palace's fairy-tale exterior the complex machinery of empire whirred away with assembly-line efficiency. Anyone really interested in the inner workings of the Venetian state should take the 90-minute Itinerari Segreti tour. This takes you into those parts of the palace that the official route does not touch: the cramped wooden administrative offices; the stark chambers of the Cancelleria Segreta, where all official documents were written up in triplicate by a team of 24 clerks; the chamber of the three heads of the Council of Ten, connected by a secret door in the wooden panelling to the Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci, and the torture chambers beyond. The tour ends up in the leads - the sweltering prison cells beneath the roof from which Casanova staged his famous escape (probably by bribing the guard, though his own account was far more action hero) - and among the extraordinary beams and rafters above the Sala del Maggior Consiglio. Following reorganisation, the main visit - for which an audio guide is recommended - now begins at the Porta del Frumento on the lagoon side of the palace. The Museo dell'Opera, just to the left of the ticket barrier, has the best of the 14th-century capitals from the external loggia; the ones you see outside are mostly copies. In the main courtyard stands the Arco dei Foscari - another fine late-Gothic work, commissioned by Doge Francesco Foscari in 1438, when Venice was at the height of its territorial influence. It was built by Antonio Bregno and Antonio Rizzo. Rizzo also sculpted the figures of Adam and Eve (these too are copies; the originals are in the first-floor liagò), which earned him gushing accolades and led to his appointment as official architect in 1483, after one of those disastro |
On which famous river would you find the Cat and Mouse castles ? | Cat & Mouse Castles - Castle Quest Castle Quest I have been trying to find the answer to the following for 2 weeks now - and have just seen this site! Please help if you can!! Where and on which famous river would you find the Cat & Mouse Castles? Hoping for a favourable response to solve my problem Many thanks unregistered posted 10-19-99 02:04 PM A quick search on the web got this answer to your query. St. Goarshausen on the river Rhine -- This ancient town is known for its cat and mouse castles. The Burg Katz (Castle Kat) was built in 1372 by aristocrats who gave the neighboring Durenberg Castle the name Burg Maus (Castle Mouse). ------------------ Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them, Psychiatrists charge the rent, art therapists do the interior design and nurses clean out the garderobes! jfm1963 posted 03-12-2004 04:03 PM Do you have any idea where I can find some information as to who live in the Castle Maus? I have records that indicate that some of my ancestors left the Castle Maus around the 1830. ipflo Unfortunately it doesn't say much about the owners after 1800s. It only says that the castle became a ruin, but maybe you can email them for more info. Merlin http://www.bti-net.com/burgen/burg/1601.htm They say there that the family von Nassau sold Burg Maus 1806 for deconstruction. From www.burgenreich.de I got the information that the ruin was bought by a local wine-maker at 1819. At the end of the 19th century, it came in the posession of an architect named G�rtner who did the reconstruction from 1900 to 1906. jfm1963 I need help in translating those websites into English. Anyone out there willing to help? ipflo on www.altavista.com you can find a tool with which you can translate websites from german to english. jfm1963 posted 03-15-2004 02:13 PM Merlin, do you have any idea what the wine makers name was? And thanks ipflo for the translation site! Merlin I'm sorry, but searching the net I couldn't find his name. More sites with information about the castle: posted 03-18-2004 05:09 PM Do any of you have any contacts that you can check out the family of a Johann Georg Maus? He apparently lived in the castle until they fled from the area for America around the 1830 or 1840's. Merlin Are you sure about that? In the time period you suggest, castle Maus was already in ruins. And the 'Maus' in the castles name was not connected to the name of a family - it's original name was Durenberg. The neighboring castle on the other side of the Rhine is castle 'Katz' - named after the counts of Katzenellnbogen (which means "cat's ellbow"). It was more kind of a joke that the bishop who owned Durenberg in the 14th century und who was not a freind of the counts named his castle 'Maus'. jfm1963 posted 03-22-2004 09:20 AM This is the account I have from a relative of mine and it suggests that they came from their castle on the Rhine: "The Maus family fled from Germany about 1830. Their home was the ancestral castle, the Maus Tower on the Rhine, province of Hesse-Darmstadt. The father was a Lutheran Bishop. Son Frederick was also studying for the ministry and had been to Munich and absorbed revolutionary ideas. The duke of the province was in the habit of coming personally to the village on the Maus estate to gather taxes. On one occasion he encountered Frederick on the street and the young man stubbornly refused to lift his hat to the duke. The duke lifted his cane and knocked the hat off. Frederick seized the cane, whacked the duke on the head and threw the cane beside him on the ground. It was dusk, and people of the village had gone into their homes for the night, so there was no witness to the scene. Frederick immediately hastened up the hill to the castle to tell his family what he had done. The table was set and the family was ready to sit down to the evening meal. Instead, however, they hastily gathered whatever valuables they could carry, mounted horses, crossed the Rhine, and escaped into France und |
Which is the most southerly of The Channel Islands ? | Channel Islands guide Listings Alderney - Guernsey - Sark - Herm - Jersey Coast Guide The Channel Islands* are a group of five small islands, around sixty odd miles south of Weymouth, on the English coast. In spite of being much closer to France; around 15 miles in the case of Alderney, the islands have been British territories since the twelfth century. The two main islands of Jersey and Guernsey are very popular holiday destinations for the British but they also attract tourists from all over the world. There are numerous ferry links to both the UK and France and there are air links to Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey. Mont Orgueil Castle Jersey For details of Jersey and Guernsey Hotels and Holidays, Guest Houses, Cottages and to visit Attractions. Go to Jersey Guernsey Hotels Guest Houses and Cottages Alderney Alderney is the third largest island of the group but is quite small, measuring around 3.5 miles by 1.5 miles. It has a population of around 2500, who are mostly located in the main town St Anne. The island is also a bit isolated as it has no regular ferry service operating from the mainland or from the other islands. The main means of transport is via air links which run to Jersey and Guernsey and to Bournemouth on the mainland. Although there are now daily flights into the island from Southampton, Shoreham (Brighton International), and Bournemouth. Check with airports for schedule. Oddly enough, as Alderney gets relatively few visitors, it is one of the best defended places in the UK with an amazing 13 forts along its coast. The reason for these fortifications, of course was the fear of French invasion during the nineteenth century. The island is only a cannon ball shot or two from the French coast. The island has some excellent beaches and beautiful scenery you should book accommodation in advance. Guernsey Guernsey is the second largest island with a population of around 60,000 and is the second most popular holiday destination of the group. Life centres on St Peter Port which is the main town and port. Here you can catch ferries to the smaller islands of Herm and Sark. The island has some dramatic scenery, with towering cliffs and sandy beaches along its western coast. Recommended beaches are at Cobo and Pembroke. Guernsey's most famous son is Victor Hugo, the French writer, who was exiled to the island in 1856 when Napoleon III took over France. He stayed until 1870, living in Hautville House, which is now a visitor centre and open to the public on most days. The Channel Islands were occupied by Germany during World War II and there are still many reminders of this event dotted around the island, including the Underground Hospital which was built by slave labour to house injured German soldiers. As you would expect Guernsey has some great beaches, these are mostly located on the islands north coast. At the eastern end of the island is Pembroke Bay, which is north east facing, nearby is Le Grand Harve, a large sandy beach. Further to the west are Saline and Cobo Bay, both are sandy and have beach facilities. Next is Vazon Bay and at the western end of the island you will find the huge L'eree Bay which joins up with Rocquaine Bay, there are beach cafes at either end of the beach. The nearest beaches to St. Peter Port are Petit Bot Bay and Moulin Huet Bay - situated about 2 miles from the town. Places to visit on Guernsey Guernsey Aquarium - La Vallette, St Peter Port, GY1 1AX Phone: (01481) 723301 Beau Sejour Leisure Center - Amherst, St Peter Port GY1 2DL Phone: 01481 12050 Pleinmont Headland - Cliff walk and bird watching Victor Hugo's Garden - Hauteville House, 38 Hauteville Street, St Peter Port GY1 1DG Phone: (0)1481 721911 Castle Cornet - 12th century castle with three museums inside plus gardens outside. Castle Emplacement, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1AU Phone: (0)1481 721657 Herm This tiny island is one of the smallest occupied islands within the UK with a population of just 115. It is situated some five miles from Guernsey an |
What is the highest peak in Exmoor National Park ? | Highest point in Exmoor national park | Twenty Something Burnouts 13 Replies Nick Says: Being back in the UK at long-last hasn’t cured us of any sort of wanderlust; in fact it’s just made it more amplified! So of course it wasn’t long after we touched back down and moved back to London that we were zooming off again, but this time to explore the amazing wilds of our own country. Taking the time to explore what we had at home had been something we were both very keen to do after our tropical adventure, and the fact that it was Bee’s birthday (a very special one too) gave us the perfect excuse to hightail it away from the city. Planning this trip had been a long time in the making. All the way back in South America actually… Bee had asked to go away for her birthday weekend, and had a few requests! It needed to be in the wilderness, have the opportunity to do some star-gazing, and also put on a great cream tea. So I sent off this wish-list to Bee’s mum who kindly offered to do some research, and in the end found the perfect place; Cutthorne House in Exmoor, voted one of the Top 10 Most Remote Hotels in England and Top 20 Wild Places to stay in the UK. It looked to be perfect, and I couldn’t wait to surprise Bee with a trip to somewhere she had no idea where she was going (despite asking a LOT of leading questions). Bee Says: We set off nice and early, making packed lunches to take in the car. I knew nothing about where we were going other than it was in the UK (no passport required, for once!) and that I had to scrunch my eyes shut when Nick typed in the end destination to the sat nav. Luckily, as I haven’t driven for over 8 years and am a Yorkshire lass, my sense of Southern geography is atrocious. I soon figured out we were heading west… but wasn’t actually sure what was in the west, so it made for a pretty easy surprise. I get so lucky with my birthday every year in terms of weather, and this one was no different. We got great van-man-tans on opposing arms as the glorious English countryside zoomed past, all green and yellow and spring-ing into life. After smooth sailing for a couple of hours, we hit some mega traffic. We sat and sat and sat, inching along with our tummies starting to rumble and our bladders starting to wish we were closer to a service station. And then! We saw what all the fuss was about. It was because we were about to pass this pile of pebbles: It always amazes me how close Stonehenge is to the motorway, and suddenly idling away in the sticky jam of cars was all worth while. Before long we were back on the magical mystery tour and it was time to take a lunch break. One of the things I always hold dear to my heart as quintessentially British, is our very special brand of service stations. Everything about them fills me with a patriotic pride, even though I know they are a bit grotty and flawed. I LOVE Little Chef, I love the shopping arcade bits with everyone milling around buying magazines and overpriced water and car sweets. I love the feeling that you also get in airport departure lounges; everyone if having some sort of adventure and on some sort of journey. We ramped up the awfully British service station experience by choosing to eat our cheese and chutney sandwiches whilst sat IN the boiling hot car, IN the car park. Why do we do this to ourselves?! But true to form the family sat in the car parked facing us were doing the same, so we all awkwardly avoided eye contact whilst munching away. A quick mooch around the Spa led to my rediscovery of the BEST crisps ever (Cheese & Onion Squares) so I bought myself 3 grab bags that I demolished in one sitting; by now I was embracing a regular theme to the weekend; “it’s my 30th so I can do exactly what I want!” – Poor Nick ey? Back on the road we passed through Taunton and then suddenly life and civilisation seemed to drop away entirely. One moment we were passing sports centres and banks and schools, the next we were on a seemingly never-ending road that was winding it’s way further through wide open plains, patches of straggly copse and not a soul in |
What is the name of the Cumbrian town on the river Eden which has an annual horse fair ? | Appleby horse fair begins in Cumbria - and is already hit by row over 'invasion' | Daily Mail Online Next My Big Fat Gypsy horse fair: Traditional gathering begins in Appleby - and is already hit by row over 'invasion' Thousands of travellers and tourists are arriving in Appleby, Cumbria to take part in the annual horse fair The event - the largest of its kind in Europe - runs for a week and has been taking place for hundreds of years But there is already anger over this year's event - with dozens of travellers camping on the town's golf course |
Which city stands on the rivers Spree and Havel ? | River Spree, Wannsee and Havel Lakes, Berlin - Off the Beaten Path - VirtualTourist Off The Beaten Path Type the characters in the box Send me the VT Newsletter (you can unsubscribe at any time) I've read and agree to the terms of the User Agreement and the Privacy Statement . You are required to read the User Agreement and the Privacy Statement. Off The Beaten Path in Berlin River Spree, Wannsee and Havel Lakes Molecule Man framing the TV Tower. photo_library 2/10 3: Again, just walk along the shore photo_library 5/10 4: Your pick: head to main station or Dt. Quarter photo_library 9/10 Private Berlin Custom Half-Day Tour with Private Driver and Guide "Your day will start with your guide meeting you at your hotel before driving to Germany’s parliament building the Reichstag. On the way your guide will kick off the day with an overview of Berlin’s 800-year history from its humble beginnings to the creative world city it is today.You’ll then pass Berlin’s gleaming €1bn main train station Hauptbahnhof before driving to visit the most famous entrance to Berlin’s historical center the Brandenburg Gate. From there you will be taken to Berlin’s most famous Holocaust memorial the poignant ‘Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe’.Following this you’ll get a chance to stand above the remains of Hitler’s Bunker Berlin Pass Including Entry to More Than 50 Attractions "Berlin is a big bustling city full of museums art galleries iconic landmarks and historic monuments. Where to begin? With the Berlin Sightseeing Pass! The pass offers fantastic value and convenience with free entry to more than 50 top Berlin attractions plus included sightseeing tours river cruises (summer only) and walking tours that allow you to explore all sides of the German capital.If you want to learn more about Berlin's artistic and cultural side Private Tour: Berlin City Highlights "You’ll be picked up from your hotel in the morning for your 3-hour private sightseeing tour. Learn about Berlin’s turbulent history diverse architecture and thriving art and cultural scene as you explore the city by private vehicle. As this is a private tour you can customize the exact itinerary to your preferences; simply let your guide know if you have any special interests. Visit historic sites such as Potsdamer Platz Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) Checkpoint Charlie Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) Charlottenburg Palace (Schloss Charlottenburg) and the town hall. Hop out to walk alongside the remains of the Berlin Wall |
What is the largest lake in Italy ? | The 5 Largest Lakes in Italy | USA Today The 5 Largest Lakes in Italy The Borromeo Islands are among Lake Maggiore's major attractions. (Photo: Andy Sotiriou/Photodisc/Getty Images ) What Are Some Unique Landforms in Italy? Italy counts more than 1,500 lakes, but most of the largest are in the north, where the Alps form a mountainous boundary with countries farther north. Three of the lakes -- Garda, Maggiore and Como -- rank as Italy’s largest, while the fourth- and fifth-ranked lakes -- Trasimeno and Bolsena -- lie farther south. Garda Lake Garda -- Lago di Garda in Italian -- has an area of 143 square miles, making it the country’s largest lake and also the third-largest in the Alps, surpassed only by Lake Constance and Lake Geneva. Its borders touch on the Italian regions of Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige. Despite its mountain location, Garda is well-sheltered by the high peaks and enjoys a Mediterranean climate, allowing citrus and olive trees to flourish at its southern end. The northern end was Austrian territory until 1919 and maintains a strong German-speaking character today through the thousands of Austrian and German tourists who vacation in the area. Maggiore With an area of 82 square miles, Lake Maggiore is Italy’s second-largest lake. The lake’s 34 mile length forms part of the boundary between the regions of Lombardy and Piedmont, while the international border between Italy and Switzerland also crosses the water; the northern end is in the Swiss canton of Ticino. One of the lake’s most popular attractions is the picturesque town of Stresa and the three Borromeo Islands just offshore, which you can visit by boat. The narrow lakeside roads are very busy in the peak summer season, but the lake is just as beautiful in spring and autumn, when the roads are quieter. Como Lake Como is the third-largest Italian lake, with an area of 56 square miles. It’s easily reachable from Milan, 25 miles to the south, and as a result is popular with locals looking to escape from the crowded city. Como is also popular with celebrities -- film star George Clooney and businessman Richard Branson have homes there, and part of the James Bond film “Casino Royale” was filmed at a lakeside villa. Trasimeno While Garda, Maggiore and Como in the Italian north are the country’s largest lakes, Trasimeno is the largest on the Italian peninsula south of the Po river. Just 10 miles west of the city of Perugia, it has an area of 49 square miles, but its maximum depth of just 20 feet illustrates how different it is in comparison with its much deeper northern neighbors. Many Italians are aware of Trasimeno from school history lessons, because it is the site of a bloody defeat for the Romans in 217 B.C. when an army led by Hannibal killed around 15,000 Roman soldiers. Today it's a national park with lots of hiking trails for walkers. Bolsena Bolsena has an area of 44 square miles and owes its existence to a hollow formed in the crater of an extinct volcano. It is the furthest south of the five largest lakes and spreads out to the southwest of the city of Orvieto in the province of Lazio. The lake gives its name to a small lakeshore town. The fertile lake makes fishing one of the main local industries, but you’re also likely to see vineyards and olive groves around the lake if you visit. References |
What is the second largest of the Balearic Islands ? | Balearic Islands Tourist - Information on islands, resorts and attractions Travel Weekly UK Reed & Mackay announces acquisition of Gray's Travel Management Travel We [ ... ] Balearic Islands Tourist The Balearic Islands, an autonomous division of Spain and are located between Spain and the North African coast. The Balearic Islands are also one the most popular tourist destination in the whole of Europe. This Balearic Islands are made up of Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. On each of these islands you will find the sun, sea and sand but depending on which island you visit you can also find parties in to the early hours of the morning of a nice quiet evening with very little happening. We offer information on each of the Islands including tourist resorts, attractions, weather and the ability to book and secure you hotels and flights online. All of balearics have an excellent climate with around 300 days of sun per year, wonderful golden beaches and a rich cultural offering. Choosing which islands to visit though may be your only hard choice as all of them will offer something you can and will enjoy on your holiday. There are more passengers passing through the airport of Palma de Majorca than at the airport of any other Spanish city making the Balearic Islands one of the top destinations for many people. So what information can Balearic Islands Tourist offer you? Majorca (Mallorca) – Majorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands, flying time most most UK airports is around 2 – 2 ½ hours and on arrival local time is 1 hour in ahead of GMT. Minorca (Menorca) – is the second largest of the Balearic Islands. Although the second largest Menorca has been able to keep a lot of the traditional settings and managed to avoid over development. |
What is the longest river in Scandinavia ? | Glomma | river, Norway | Britannica.com Glomma Volga River Glomma, also spelled Glåma, river , eastern Norway . Rising in a series of small lakes and streams that drain into Aursunden (lake) about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Trondheim, near the Swedish-Norwegian border, the Glomma flows out of the lake southward through Østerdalen (Eastern Valley) to Kongsvinger, then westward and southwestward into Øyeren (lake). From there it continues southward to Sarpsborg and enters Oslo Fjord at Fredrikstad after a course of 372 miles. The longest river in Scandinavia, it drains an area of 16,236 square miles (42,051 square km). Its chief tributaries are the Atna, Rena, and Vorma. Glomma river at Elverum, Nor. Jensens The Glomma flows through Norway’s richest timber forests to Sarpsborg, which has extensive sawmills and paper mills to handle the logs that are floated downstream. The river is a major source of hydroelectric power. Flumes (artificial channels) bypass the falls and power plants, and the Glomma is navigable from its mouth up to the Sarpsfoss (Sarps Falls) at Sarpsborg. Learn More in these related articles: Norway country of northern Europe that occupies the western half of the Scandinavian peninsula. Nearly half of the inhabitants of the country live in the far south, in the region around Oslo, the capital. About two-thirds of Norway is mountainous, and off its much-indented coastline lie, carved by deep... Østerdalen narrow valley, Hedmark fylke (county), southeastern Norway. It extends in a general north-south direction from the eastern flanks of the Dovre Mountains and is approximately 75 miles (120 km) long. The Glomma (Glåma), Norway’s longest river, flows through the valley. Lumbering,... in Norway: Drainage The Glåma (Glomma) River, running south almost the entire length of eastern Norway, is 372 miles (600 km) long—close to twice the length of the two other large drainage systems in southern Norway, which meet the sea at the cities of Drammen and Skien. The only other long river is the 224-mile- (360-km-) long Tana-Anarjåkka, which runs northeast along part of the border with... 2 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted References drainage of Norway (in Norway: Drainage ) physiography of Østerdalen (in Østerdalen ) External Links Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: September 15, 2010 URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/Glomma Access Date: January 18, 2017 Share |
The Northwest of which country is called Thrace ? | Turkey at a Glance - Geography Turkey at a Glance Turkey at a Glance Geography: The lands of Turkey are located at a point where the three continents making up the old world, Asia, Africa and Europe are closest to each other. Turkey is situated on an area where Europe meets Asia, creating a link between these two continents. The European part of the country is called Thrace, while the Asian part is known as Anatolia (or Asia Minor). It is bordered to the northwest by Greece and Bulgaria, to the east by the former USSR (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaican Republics) and Iran, and to the south by Iraq and Syria. The Turkish peninsula is bathed by four seas: the Mediterranean to the south, the Aegean to the west, the Sea of Marmara between the European and Asian land masses, and the Black Sea to the north. The entire coastline spans more than 8,000 kilometers (approximately 5,000 miles) in length. Because of its geographical location the mainland of Anatolia has always found favour throughout history, and is the birthplace of many great civilizations. It has also been prominent as a center of commerce because of its land connections to three continents and the sea surrounding it on three sides. Location: Southwestern Asia (that part west of the Bosporus is included with Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. Area: Total area: 780,000 square km (300,000 square miles) Land area: 770,760 square km Thrace (Europe): 23,764 square km. Anatolia (Asia): 755,688 square km. Max. length: 1,565 km. Average width: 550km. Coastline: Total: 8,372 km. Aegean: 2,805 km. Mediterranean: 1,577 km. Black Sea: 1,695 km. Marmara: 927 km. Land Boundaries: Total: 2,753 km. Syria: 877 km. Former USSR (Georgia, Armenia, Nakhitchevan); 610 km Iran: 454 km. Irak: 331 km. Bulgaria: 269 km. Greece: 212 km. Land Use: Arable land: 30% Permanent crops: 4% Meadows and pastures: 12% Forest and woodland: 26% Other: 28% Lakes: Total: 9,423 square km. In order of size: Van, Tuz Golu (Salt Lake), Beysehir, Egridir, Aksehir, Iznik, Burdur, Manyas, Acigol, Ulubat (Apolyont). Mountains Max. altitude: Mt. Ararat: 5,165 m. Kackar; 3,923 m. Erciyes; 3,917 m. B Hasan; 3,268 m. Nemrut: 2,282 m. Uludag (Mt. Olympus): 2,543 m. Average altitude; 1,131 m. Land above 500 m. altitude 80% Rivers: Firat (Euphrates): 1,263 km. (in Turkey) Kizilirmak: 1,182 km. Sakarya: 824 km. Murat: 722 km. Seyhan: 560 km. Menderes (Meander): 584 km. Dicle (Tigris): 523 km. (in Turkey) Yesilirmak: 519 km. Ceyhan: 509 km. Porsuk: 488 km. Coruh: 442 km. Gediz: 401 km. Islands: Aegean Sea: Gokceada, Bozcaada, Uzunada, Alibey Marmara Avsa Isles: Eknik, Koyun, Pasalimani Princes' Isles: Buyukada, Heybeliada, Burgaz, Kinali, Sedef, Mediterranean: Karaada, Salih, Kekova Straits: Bosphorus Links Black Sea to Marmara Sea Dardanelles Links Marmara Sea to Aegean Sea Regions: Seven geographical and administrative regions: Marmara, Aegean, |
Which German football club has won the most league titles? | Champions League Winners: The most successful countries and cities | Sportslens Blog Teams AC Milan Champions League Winners: The most successful countries and cities Champions League Winners: The most successful countries and cities M. A. Umair 7 May, 2013 AC Milan , Ajax , Aston Villa , Barcelona , Bayern Munich , Benfica , Borussia Dortmund , Celtic , Chelsea , England , Football Stats , France , General Football News , Germany , Holland , Inter Milan , Italy , Juventus , Lists , Liverpool , Manchester United , Marseille , Nottingham Forest , Porto , Portugal , PSV Eindhoven , Real Madrid , Romania , Scotland , Serbia , Spain , UEFA Champions League This year’s Champions League will obviously go to Germany and it will be the seventh time a German club will be crowned the champions of Europe. Which makes one wonder, how many Champions League trophies have gone to the other top European football nations. Lets take a look at how many Champions League or the European Cup trophies have been accumulated by each country. Spain – 13 We know Real Madrid has nine and it is no surprise who won the other four. Madrid won their first one all the way back in 1956 and their ninth title came in 2002 when they defeated Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the final. The final was played in Scotland and the goalscorers were Lucio for Bayer and Raul and Zinedine Zidane for Madrid. Barcelona won their first in 1992 – the first trophy for Spain since 1966 and the last time this competition will be played under the name European Cup. Barca defeated Serie A side Sampdoria 1-0 after Ronald Koeman scored off a free-kick in extra time. Wins by city Barcelona – 4 Italy – 12 Italy has produced some of the greatest footballers and their record in Europe justifies that statement. AC Milan are the most successful Italian club in Europe; they won the Champions League on seven occasions. Their latest success came in 2007 when Filippo Inzaghi’s brace saw them avenge their 2005 final defeat against Liverpool. Inter Milan and Juventus are the other two teams, winning three and two titles respectively. Internazionale’s latest win came under Jose Mourinho in 2010 while Juve have not seen European glory since 1996. Wins by city Turin – 2 England – 12 England find themselves tied with Italy with 12 trophies but their trophies have been divided between more clubs than any other country. England’s first ever European success came in 1968 when Manchester United managed to score three goals in the extra time against Benfica after the game had ended 1-1 in regulation time. United went on to win two more trophies in 1999 and 2008. The most successful English club in Europe has been Liverpool. They have been crowned champions on five occasions, the latest coming in 2005 against Milan. Chelsea won their first trophy last year and that makes nine trophies for England. The Three Lions’ remaining three trophies were won by, what now seems unusual, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa. Villa won their only trophy in 1982, just two years after Forest won and successfully defended theirs in 1979 and 1980. Wins by city Dortmund – 1 Netherlands – 6 With the quality of Bundesliga on display this season, it is hard to believe that Netherlands are tied with them on European triumphs. But we must not forget, the Dutch have been way ahead of their time providing players that went on to win trophies for so many other clubs. Ajax have seen some of the greatest ever footballers in their ranks and their glorious history speaks for itself. They won the European title on four occasions. Their latest success came in 1995 when Patrick Kluivert’s solitary goal was enough to beat Milan. They were back to defend their title the very next year but lost to Juventus on penalties. The other famous academies from Netherlands are Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven. Both have won the trophy only once in their history – Feyenoord in 1970 and PSV in 1988. Wins by city Eindhoven – 1 Portugal – 4 We witnessed an FC Porto team led by Jose Mourinho leave teams like Marseille, Manchester United, Lyon and Deportivo La Coruna |
What was the name of the cat that survived the sinking of the Bismarck, HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal in WW II ? | Meet Unsinkable Sam: The Cat that Survived Three Ships Sinking in WWII Meet Unsinkable Sam: The Cat that Survived Three Ships Sinking in WWII 0 Mihai Andrei The black and white cat was named Oscar and then became known as Unsinkable Sam started his “career” in the fleet of the Nazi regime, the Kriegsmarine, and ended it in the Royal Navy. He was onboard Bismarck, the HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal, but here comes the cool part: the other thing that all those ships have in common is that they all three sank, and Sam survived them all. Bismarck sinking Bismarck. Image via Wikipedia. Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the battleship was launched on 14 February 1939, measured 241 meters in length and weighed 41,700 tons. Bismarck was involved in a battle with The Prince of Wales, an allied battleship, was badly damaged, and became unmanoeuvrable. Ultimately, the ship was sank, and only 118 from its crew of over 2,200 survived. Hours later, Oskar was found floating on a board and picked from the water, the only survivor to be rescued by the homeward-bound British destroyer HMS Cossack. The crew didn’t know the cat’s name and they named him Oscar. It was then that Unsinkable Sam switched sides from the Nazi to the Allied forces, but his luck didn’t change so much… HMS Cossack sinking… HMS Cossack The cat served on board Cossack for the next few months as the ship carried out convoy escort duties in the Mediterranean and north Atlantic. Things went pretty smoothly for that period, but ultimately, the destroyer was badly damaged by a torpedo, and 139 of its crew were killed. On 27 October 1941, a day after the tow was slipped, Cossack sank to the west of Gibraltar, and Oscar was found clinging to a piece of plank; he made it and was brought to the shore establishment in Gibraltar. When they learned what happened, British officers changed his name to Unsinkable Sam – a fitting name for a cat that survived the sinking of two warships. But his adventure wasn’t over quite yet… …and HMS Ark Royal sinking… Advertisement Unsinkable Sam was then adopted by the crew of the HMS Ark Royal – ironically, a ship that was instrumental in sinking the Bismarck. Ark Royal survived several near misses and gained a reputation as a ‘lucky ship’. The Germans incorrectly reported her as sunk on multiple occasions – the right place for Sam to be. But luck didn’t last, and when returning from Malta on 14 November 1941, this ship too was torpedoed, this time by an U-boat. This time, Sam was found clinging to a floating plank by a motor launch, and described as “angry but quite unharmed”. But by this time, Sam had enough. He was transferred to a job on land and spent his days hunting mice in the building of the Governor General in Gibraltar. Eventually, he was sent back to the UK where he remained at a ‘Home for Sailors’ in Belfast until the end of his earthly days. Unsinkable Legacy Painting of Unsinkable Sam. Some people question the veridicity of Sam’s story, classing it as a ‘sea story’. Surviving the Bismarck sinking seems especially unlikely, as salvaging the crew was done in desperate conditions, but even so, I could imagine a British soldier taking the time to save the cat. I don’t know if the story is true or not, but we’ll just take it as it is for now. Take it as a story, take it as a legend or a myth – Unsinkable Sam survived the destruction of three warship in World War II and lived happily until 1955. A pastel portrait of Sam (titled “Oscar, the Bismarck’s Cat”) by the artist Georgina Shaw-Baker is in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Oh, and as for Sam’s legacy – it goes to show that even in the most dire of circumstances, even as everything around you is crumbling down, you can still cling on to a piece of wood, get rescued, and move on to another ship and start over again. Or it goes to show that cats really do have 9 lives. Like us on Facebook |
Which US state did Sir Walter Raleigh name? | History Of Raleigh | raleighnc.gov History Of Raleigh Last updated Aug. 17, 2016 - 3:35 pm Raleigh's history is bountiful. In 1792, Raleigh was created to be North Carolina's seat of government. To fully appreciate this uniquely blessed city, one must contemplate the history and delightfully complex composition of the state that created Raleigh. Home to the Native American Iroquoian, Siouan and Algonquian tribes, it is also the birthplace of Virginia Dare, the first child born of English parents in the new world during the first attempt by the English to settle the western hemisphere. One of the original 13 colonies, North Carolina was the first to officially call for independence with the Halifax Resolves in 1776. A state of yeoman farmers and among the South's first industrial areas, North Carolina was no home place to the gentry, but rather a state of working men and women who valued education and established the nation's first state university. North Carolina's appreciation of education also created a notable public school system and the nation's best community college system. Though firmly in the grip of the hard times of the 1920s, North Carolina invested in a statewide network of paved thoroughfares and became known as "the good roads state," recognizing that the lifeline of economic growth was a statewide transportation network. That diverse composition of people, that love of freedom, that gritty work ethic, that esteem for education and that common sense approach to economic development combined to create the robust environment in which North Carolina's capital city today thrives. Listed below are key dates and events in the history of this great city. Prior to 1800 1587: Under direction of Sir Walter Raleigh, John White founds the "Cittie of Raleigh." The only known site is in the vicinity of the settlement built in 1585 by the Ralph Lane Colony on the north end of Roanoke Island, about 190 miles from present-day Raleigh. John White returns to England. 1590: John White returns, but the colony has disappeared. Today, it is popularly referred to as The Lost Colony. The word, "Croatoan," carved on a tree, was considered a clue as to the colony's fate. December 17, 1770: Joel Lane presents a petition to the General Assembly to create a new county. January 5, 1771: A bill creating Wake County passes in the General Assembly. Wake County is formed in March from portions of Cumberland, Orange and Johnston counties. Many historians believe the county was named after Margaret Wake Tryon, the wife of Royal Gov. William Tryon. The county seat was Bloomsbury. October 1784: Meeting in New Bern, the General Assembly voted to fix the seat of North Carolina government. November 1787: The General Assembly authorizes the Constitutional Convention to establish the state's permanent capital. August 4, 1788: The Constitutional Convention votes to locate the new capital within 10 miles of Isaac Hunter's Wake plantation. January 5, 1792: The General Assembly appoints commissioners to select a site for the new capital. March 20, 1792: After 10 days of viewing the proposed sites, the commissioners select a tract of land owned by Joel Lane for the new capital at a cost of $2,756. Sen. William Christmas, a surveyor, is hired to lay out the new city. The sale of lots begins. November 1792: The North Carolina General Assembly chooses the name "Raleigh" for its capital city. December 30, 1794: General Assembly meets for the first time in Raleigh new Statehouse. January 21, 1795: General Assembly charters Raleigh. Seven commissioners are appointed to govern the new city. John Haywood is named the first Intendant of Police (later renamed Mayor). 1799: N.C. Minerva and Raleigh Advertiser is the first newspaper published in Raleigh. 1800s 1800: Raleigh's population is 669. 1801: At the cost of $374, the City purchases its first fire engine which expels water at 80 gallons per minute. 1803: Amended charter grants voting rights to city residents. Raleigh voters elect first commissioners. December 29, 1808: Andrew Johnson, |
Which book begins with the line The American handed Leamus another cup of coffee.... ? | We Be Reading: "The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee ..." Tuesday, August 11, 2009 "The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee ..." One of the benefits of "must-read" lists is that someone assigns a certain level of importance to a book that you might have had the wrong impression about. For me, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John le Carré was a book that I never would have picked up. I find the Cold War dreary and imagined spy novels to be flashy and shallow. But knowing that this book was on a "must-read" list, I decided to take a chance and try it. I think this is a chance that many more readers should take. Alec Leamas is the head of the British spy operation in West Germany at the start of the Cold War. However, his agents have all been targeted and he is awaiting the return from East Germany of his last man-- a government mole. The man almost makes it past the checkpoint but at the last moment is gunned down from the East German side. Leamas has to flee back to England and discuss his future with Control, the head of the intelligence organization. As Alec isn't ready to retire, they decide to put a risky plan into motion -- one that if successful will bring down the head of East German intelligence. This is a shorter novel but, as you can guess, it is fast-paced. However, it didn't fit the stereotype of the spy novel. There was sex but it was barely mentioned. There was torture but we didn't have to read every gruesome detail. There was a good amount of drinking but surprisingly no foul language. This was a much more intelligent but also suspenseful tale. I read the book in almost a single sitting because it was so compelling. I picked up The Spy Who Came In From the Cold for the Take a Chance Challenge . It was for the "Random Bestseller" task -- Go to Random.org and, using the True Random Number Generator, enter the number 1950 for the min. and 2008 for the max. and then hit generate. Then go to this site and find the year that Random.org generated for you and click on it. Then find the bestseller list for the week that would contain your birthday for that year. Choose one of the bestsellers from the list that comes up, read it and write about it. My year was 1964, in the month of April. This book had been on the list for 14 weeks at this point and ended up being a bestseller for over a year. This one was definitely worth the chance! This book is also on the 1000 Books to Read Before You Die list which qualifies it for the 1% Well-Read Challenge . It replaced an existing book on my challenge list but I'm glad to give up the spot. It's one that I would have put off for a long time, possibly forever. I believe there is at least one other John le Carré novel on the list and I would definitely consider reading it. The quality of his writing is very high. It's also nice to diversify a bit and not just read about Regency and Victorian England! Learning something new every day, K |
Which two men are waiting for Godot? | SparkNotes: Waiting for Godot: Summary Waiting for Godot Context Characters Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree. They converse on various topics and reveal that they are waiting there for a man named Godot. While they wait, two other men enter. Pozzo is on his way to the market to sell his slave, Lucky. He pauses for a while to converse with Vladimir and Estragon. Lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking, and Pozzo and Lucky leave. After Pozzo and Lucky leave, a boy enters and tells Vladimir that he is a messenger from Godot. He tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming tonight, but that he will surely come tomorrow. Vladimir asks him some questions about Godot and the boy departs. After his departure, Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave, but they do not move as the curtain falls. The next night, Vladimir and Estragon again meet near the tree to wait for Godot. Lucky and Pozzo enter again, but this time Pozzo is blind and Lucky is dumb. Pozzo does not remember meeting the two men the night before. They leave and Vladimir and Estragon continue to wait. Shortly after, the boy enters and once again tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming. He insists that he did not speak to Vladimir yesterday. After he leaves, Estragon and Vladimir decide to leave, but again they do not move as the curtain falls, ending the play. More Help |
What is a bird AND a fruit? | Bird Nutrition: Feeding Pet Birds, Parrot Diets, and Nutrition Recommendations Bird Nutrition: Feeding Pet Birds, Parrot Diets, and Nutrition Recommendations Veterinary & Aquatic Services Department, Drs. Foster & Smith Email Article Feeding pet birds the right foods is important for their health. A balanced diet based on sound bird nutrition recommendations is the key. Balancing a parrot's diet from the beginning may prevent many health and behavior problems. But it's never too late to get your pet bird on a firm nutritional footing. It is something you will want to do since an unbalanced diet is a main cause of disease and early death in pet birds. Malnutrition is a human-made disease. Fortunately, it is also preventable. Dietary differences among birds When feeding pet birds, we must realize that the species of birds we have as companion pets do not all have the same dietary needs. Just as our North American wild birds such as chickadees, woodpeckers, and hummingbirds do not eat the same foods, neither do our companion birds. In general, parrots can be classified according to their normal diets. Most psittacines (members of the parrot family) are florivores, meaning the main portion of their diet is obtained from plants. Among florivores, there are granivores (birds that eat grain and/or seeds, including nuts), and frugivores (birds with diets based on fruits). Some pet birds are omnivores, whose diet can consist of both plant and animal components. There is a special class of florivores called nectarivores, who eat mostly nectar. Pet Bird Dietary Classification Seeds, fruits, nuts, bark, roots, berries Military macaw, Blue and gold macaw, Red-faced parrot Granivore Mostly fruit and flowers; some nuts and seeds Blue-throated macaw, Green-winged macaw Nectar, pollen; some insects and seeds Lorikeet, lory From the above table you can see that even among related birds, such as macaws, primary diets differ. A wild Hyacinth Macaw eats mostly grains (nuts, actually), while a Blue-throated Macaw eats mostly fruits. Additionally, in each bird classification there will be different nutrition recommendations. For instance, even though both are considered granivores, in the wild, Hyacinth macaws eat mostly palm nuts, while budgies eat mostly seeds. Seed-eating birds Even for seed-eating birds, seeds alone are not a proper diet. There are several reasons for this: The seeds we offer our companion birds are not the same seeds they would find in their native habitats. We tend to offer seeds that are lower in protein and other nutrients, such as vitamins. The amount of energy used by wild birds in foraging for food is far greater than that used by our companion birds. Since our pet birds use less energy, they need to eat fewer calories or they will become overweight. Eating less, however, could result in vitamin, mineral, and other nutrient deficiencies. When offered seeds, our companion birds tend to pick out their favorites, and leave the rest. Limiting the diet to only several types of seeds can lead to certain nutrient deficiencies. Even when multiple types of seed are offered, the seed-only diet will not supply the necessary array of vitamins and minerals that is needed for optimal health. Birds love seeds, like children (and adults) love candy. They will eat a favorite seed over what is healthy for them. The best diet for most seed-eating birds consists of formulated diets (such as pelleted foods), vegetables, small amounts of fruit, and an occasional treat. Formulated diets: Formulated foods are readily available from many reputable manufacturers, pet stores, and veterinarians, and include Harrison's, ZuPreem, and Roudybush. The food is a blend of grains, seeds, vegetables, fruits, and various types of proteins, as well as additional vitamins and minerals. The ingredients are mixed and then baked. This formulated diet may be in the form of pellets, crumbles, or nuggets. Unlike a seed mixture, the bird cannot select particular components out of a formulated diet, so nutritional imbalances are much less likely to occur. There |
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