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The village of Cheddar is in which English county? | Cheddar village, Somerset, UK Cheddar village, Somerset, UK Local Community and Tourist Information Welcome to the original Cheddar Village web site – for everything regarding things to see and do in and around Cheddar village itself, the Gorge and Caves, getting about, community projects and local events – with links to businesses, jobs, properties, and more besides. Visit the noticeboard page for news of the latest events, classes, clubs etc. Add this site to your bookmarks or favourites – make it your first port of call for local news, events and information. About Cheddar Cheddar is a parish in Somerset known throughout the world as the origin of Cheddar Cheese, which has been produced here since the 12th Century and to this day is still stored in the Cheddar Caves to mature. Cheddar has a number of distinct aspects; the main village with everyday shops, banks, and historic buildings including the Market Cross (pictured here); the tea rooms and gift shops of the Lower Gorge area which also includes the Cheddar Cheese factory; the Caves and Gorge tourist attraction owned and run by Longleat (part of the estate of Lord and Lady Weymouth of TV fame); and the open countryside above and around the Gorge, which is part owned by the National Trust and is within the boundary of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is also a wide expanse of flat moorland to the south of the village which is ideal cycling country. Find out more by following the links in the menu above. CHEDDAR WALKING Cheddar is part of the national Walkers are Welcome scheme which provides a national framework for all locations wanting to attract visiting walkers. We have a number of walks in and around the village and also organise individual walks as well as an annual festival. Many local businesses support our membership by providing walker-specific services. Find out more on the Cheddar Walking web site . LOCAL EVENTS AND NOTICES To share your notices here, just double click on the corkboard area and start typing, it’s as simple as that. New notices will be usually be reviewed within 48 hours and old notices deleted after their dates have passed. Do also make sure you send them to the editor of the printed Cheddar Challenger . |
Fashion company Benetton is based in which European country? | Benetton's 'Dual Supply Chain' System|Operations|Case Study|Case Studies Benetton's 'Dual Supply Chain' System Custom Search Please note: This case study was compiled from published sources, and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion. It is not intended to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. Nor is it a primary information source. Chat with us For delivery in electronic format: Rs. 400; For delivery through courier (within India): Rs. 400 + Rs. 25 for Shipping & Handling Charges Themes Apparel Retailing Abstract: The case discusses the dual supply chain system practiced by Italy based clothing company Benetton SpA (Benetton). During the 1980s and early 1990s, Benetton was the world leader in the casual apparel market with stores spread across the world. The company was well known for its postponement strategy, wherein the dyeing of the garment was postponed till the colors in vogue for the season were identified. By the late 1990s, Benetton could not compete with the fast fashion retailers which were launching several collections a year, as against only two collections brought out by Benetton. In order to meet the changing demands of the customers, Benetton revamped its supply chain, and opted for a Dual Supply Chain system. In this system, production was carried out in Asian and European countries, depending on the time required to market the product. The dual supply chain focused both on pull as well as push based demand. After implementing the new supply chain system, Benetton was able to launch five collections in each season, with some of the collections incorporating the latest trends. The case explains the postponement strategy of Benetton, the supply chain problems it faced in the late 1990s and the Dual Supply Chain system. Issues: � Analyze the supply chain operations of Benetton. � Understand the postponement strategy of Benetton. � Study the production and distribution process followed by Benetton. � Critically evaluate the 'Dual Supply Chain' of Benetton. Contents: |
Roentgen Rays, named after Nobel Prize winner Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, are better known by what name? | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen - Biographical Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Share this: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen - Biographical Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845, at Lennep in the Lower Rhine Province of Germany, as the only child of a merchant in, and manufacturer of, cloth. His mother was Charlotte Constanze Frowein of Amsterdam, a member of an old Lennep family which had settled in Amsterdam. When he was three years old, his family moved to Apeldoorn in The Netherlands, where he went to the Institute of Martinus Herman van Doorn, a boarding school. He did not show any special aptitude, but showed a love of nature and was fond of roaming in the open country and forests. He was especially apt at making mechanical contrivances, a characteristic which remained with him also in later life. In 1862 he entered a technical school at Utrecht, where he was however unfairly expelled, accused of having produced a caricature of one of the teachers, which was in fact done by someone else. He then entered the University of Utrecht in 1865 to study physics. Not having attained the credentials required for a regular student, and hearing that he could enter the Polytechnic at Zurich by passing its examination, he passed this and began studies there as a student of mechanical engineering. He attended the lectures given by Clausius and also worked in the laboratory of Kundt. Both Kundt and Clausius exerted great influence on his development. In 1869 he graduated Ph.D. at the University of Zurich, was appointed assistant to Kundt and went with him to Würzburg in the same year, and three years later to Strasbourg. In 1874 he qualified as Lecturer at Strasbourg University and in 1875 he was appointed Professor in the Academy of Agriculture at Hohenheim in Württemberg. In 1876 he returned to Strasbourg as Professor of Physics, but three years later he accepted the invitation to the Chair of Physics in the University of Giessen. After having declined invitations to similar positions in the Universities of Jena (1886) and Utrecht (1888), he accepted it from the University of Würzburg (1888), where he succeeded Kohlrausch and found among his colleagues Helmholtz and Lorenz. In 1899 he declined an offer to the Chair of Physics in the University of Leipzig, but in 1900 he accepted it in the University of Munich, by special request of the Bavarian government, as successor of E. Lommel. Here he remained for the rest of his life, although he was offered, but declined, the Presidency of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt at Berlin and the Chair of Physics of the Berlin Academy. Röntgen's first work was published in 1870, dealing with the specific heats of gases, followed a few years later by a paper on the thermal conductivity of crystals. Among other problems he studied were the electrical and other characteristics of quartz; the influence of pressure on the refractive indices of various fluids; the modification of the planes of polarised light by electromagnetic influences; the variations in the functions of the temperature and the compressibility of water and other fluids; the phenomena accompanying the spreading of oil drops on water. Röntgen's name, however, is chiefly associated with his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays. In 1895 he was studying the phenomena accompanying the passage of an electric current through a gas of extremely low pressure. Previous work in this field had already been carried out by J. Plucker (1801-1868), J. W. Hittorf (1824-1914), C. F. Varley (1828-1883), E. Goldstein (1850-1931), Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), H. Hertz (1857-1894) and Ph. von Lenard (1862-1947), and by the work of these scientists the properties of cathode rays - the name given by Goldstein to the electric current established in highly rarefied gases by the very high tension electricity generated by Ruhmkorff's induction coil - had become well known. Röntgen's |
What is the name of the convenience store in the tv cartoon show ‘The Simpsons’? | What is the name of the convenience store clerk in the Simpsons? | Celebrity Ethnicity · What is Nationality Race Background of Celebrities? Celebrity Ethnicity · What is Nationality Race Background of Celebrities? celebrities ethnicities, famous people quotes, hollywood gossip ethics, what is height weight, celebrity biography nationality Popular Posts Paul Pierce ethnicity , heritage, race, religion, ethics, hair and eye color, background, weight and height. paul pierce wife dunking ... Labels What is the name of the convenience store clerk in the Simpsons? -Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (name ethnicity Indian American) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart 1) What is Lisa's favorite cartoon? The Happy Little Elves (If you said "Itchy and Scratchy," you are also right.) 2) What is Bart's favorite cartoon? Itchy and Scratchy 3) Who is Lisa's musical idol? Bleedin' Gums Murphy 4) What is the school Principal's name? Seymour Skinner 5) What are the names of Marge's sisters? Patty and Selma 6) Which one has devoted her life to celibacy? Patty 7) What is the name of the convenience store clerk? Apu 8) What does Krusty the Clown endorse? Pork Products 9) What is the name of Homer's favorite Bar? Moe's Tavern 10) What is the full name of the founder of Springfield? Jebadiah Obediah Zacharia Jedediah Springfield 11) What was the name of the three-eyed fish? Blinky 12) What is Marge's maiden name? Bouvier 13) What is Homer's favorite food? Pork Chops 14) What is Homer's boss's name? Charles Montgomery Burns 15) What was his (Homer's boss) campaign jingle? "Only a moron wouldn't cast his vote for Monty Burns!" 16) What is the Simpson's dog's name? Santa's Little Helper 17) What was the name of the space aliens' book? How to Cook for Forty Humans 18) What instrument does Lisa play? Saxophone 19) Who was the voice of Homer's half-brother? Danny DeVito 20) What did Bart's tattoo say? MOTH 21) Complete this phrase: 'I'm Bart Simpson, ...' 'who the hell are you?' 22) What is Homer's favorite Beer? Duff 23) Who wrote the theme music? Danny Elfman 24) What is the Bus driver's name? Otto 25) What is '20 tons and 4 stories of car crunching, firebreathing, prehistoric insanity'? Truckasaurus 26) How old is Bart? 10 27) What did Bart and Lisa sing in the Karaoke bar in the sushi restaurant? Theme song to 'Shaft' 28) How did Bart get kicked out of heaven? Spit over the side of the escalator 29) What year did Homer and Marge meet? 1974 30) What did Bart use to defoliate the school yard? Sodium Tetrasulfate 31) Who is the voice of Marge? Julie Kavner 32) What is the name of the Governor? Mary Bailey 33) Who was Marge's bowling instructor? Jacques 34) What was the name of Krusty's evil companion? Sideshow Bob 35) What is the full name of the Simpson's family doctor? Dr. Julius Hibert 36) Which of the following movies were not referenced in various episodes: The Karate Kid, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vertigo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 37) What did Homer get when he was promoted? (The key to ___________________) the Executive Washroom 38) On what TV show did the Simpson's originate? the Tracy Ullman show 39) What was the name of Homer's hair chemical solution? Dimoxinil 40) In what sector of the nuclear power plant does Homer work? 7G 41) What was the code name of the Albanian spy that stayed with the Simpson's when Bart went to France? Sparrow 42) Who won the miniature golf tournament? It was a draw 43) What was the name of Homer's confidante and one-time secretary? Karl 44) How did the Simpson's pay for their family therapy session? Hocked their TV 45) What was the name of the doctor who conducted the family therapy? Dr. Marvin Monroe 46) What is the Reverend's name? Lovejoy 47) Who is the girlfriend of the Sushi chef? Ms. Krabapple 48) What foreign language does Bart speak? French 49) What is the name of Homer's boss's assistant? Smith |
In which year was the first London to Brighton veteran car run in the UK? | Motul - What's up ? - London to Brighton Veteran Car Run - UK London to Brighton Veteran Car Run - UK 16.11.2011 The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, a must-see, atypical event! For the second consecutive year, Motul was one of the official partners of the famous London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, a most atypical event between London and Brighton, reserved for pre-1905 vehicles! Traditionally organised during the first weekend of November, the run brought together on 5 and 6 November no less than 550 vehicles from all over the world. Their owners came along, as on a pilgrimage, to relive during the weekend the emancipation race that took place in 1896 to celebrate the enactment of a new law authorising cars to drive at the amazing speed of 14 mph (22.5 km/h) compared with the previous 4mph (6.5 km/h). This year, at the end of the 54 miles (87 km) from London to Brighton, no fewer than 420 cars made it to the arrival line for the greatest pleasure of their owners and also the public massed along the resort's roads. Even if the organisers wish to recall that the event is not a race – the average speed is moreover limited to 20mph (32 km/h) – we can nevertheless hail Matt Roberts' performance. At the wheel of his Marot Gardon tricycle dating from 1897, Matt was the first to pass under the arrival arch three hours twenty-five minutes after departing from London. As a partner of the event, various representatives of Motul England and Motul Corporate were present to hand a certain number of trophies and to accompany a French TV channel that had come to report on the event. Related articles |
Which US actor has children named Rumer, Scout and Tallulah? | Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Scout, Tallulah, Rumer in Family Portrait - Us Weekly A photo posted by tallulah (@buuski) on Apr 13, 2015 at 7:03pm PDT Rumer Willis ' family fan club was out in full force to watch her performance on Monday, April 13's Dancing With the Stars — and the usually disparate family made the most of their sudden unity, posing for a "rare" family portrait with huge beaming faces! PHOTOS: Demi Moore through the years The whole Willis/Moore clan turned out to cheer Rumer, 26, on as she brought the house down with her super-sexy Disney-themed samba with partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy. Demi Moore , 52, Scout Willis, 23, and Tallulah Willis, 21, were seated in the front row, while dad Bruce Willis , 60, and new wife Emma Heming, 36, sat behind. And displaying the amazing relationship the Willis girls and their now-divorced parents share, the gang cuddled up for a completely adorable group photo after the performance, Rumer still wearing her Ursula (from The Little Mermaid) wig. Proud dad Bruce is literally beaming as he leans forward from the second row to join the family snap. Mom Demi, DWTS contestant Rumer and sister Scout are pulling pouts while Tallulah looks as over-excited as her dad! Sharing the snap via Twitter after the show, Tallulah captioned the image "#familyportrait #rare." PHOTOS: Before they were on DWTS But while a full family get-together might not be a regular occurrence, there was no doubt that each member of team Rumer enjoyed every second of their time together on Monday night. "The whole Willis/Moore group was super cute and enthusiastic throughout the whole show," one onlooker told Us Weekly . "They kept pointing and waving up at Rumer in the skybox and cheering for her. When Rumer did her incredible dance they were all screaming and jumping up and down. Even Bruce was super excited! It was adorable." |
How many drivers are awarded points at the end of a Formula One Grand Prix race? | Points, classification and race distance Points, classification and race distance Share What the sporting regulations say: Formula One races are of near identical distance, calculated in the regulations as the least number of laps required to exceed 305 kilometres. Some races invariably take longer than others however due to the differing average speeds of circuits. The Formula One World Championship driver's title will be awarded to the driver who has scored the highest number of points. Article 6.1 of the 2017 FIA Sporting Regulations The only exception is Monaco, where the race distance is calculated as the minimum number of laps exceeding 260 kilometres. However, a two-hour cut-off applies to all Grands Prix. If this is exceeded, the leading driver will be shown the chequered flag on the lap during which the two-hour mark elapsed. At the conclusion of each Grand Prix, the top ten finishers will score points towards both the drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, according to the following scale: 1st : 25 points 9th : 2 points 10th : 1 point The only exception to this is when a race is suspended and cannot be restarted. In that instance half points will be awarded if less than 75 percent of the race distance has been completed, while no points will be awarded if less than two laps have been completed. Any driver who completes over 90 percent of the race will be classified as a finisher, regardless of whether they were running as the winner took the chequered flag. The drivers' and constructors' championship titles are awarded to the driver and constructor who score the most points over the course of the season. In the event of any ties for position, the driver with superior race results (based on descending order, from number of wins to numbers of second-places down) will gain precedence. |
What type of foodstuff is gelato? | What is Gelato? What is Gelato? What is gelato? Maybe the real question is... if it looks this good, do you care? What is gelato? Maybe the real question is… if it looks this good, do you care? No matter the season or region, there’s one Italian food that never fails to please: gelato. But what exactly is this Italian answer to ice cream? Where did it come from? And what makes it so different (and delicious!)? First, frozen treats aren’t new. Even in the times of ancient Rome, Italians ate confections made of ice or snow. (One recipe given in the 4th-century cookbook Apicius includes setting cooked meats and vegetables into a meat jelly, cooling the whole concoction, and serving it sprinkled with snow. Maybe not such a crowd-pleaser today). Anything closer to what we know as modern gelato, though, seems to have been developed during the Renaissance. Florence’s Boboli Gardens still have an ice-house built by the Medici in 1612, and a 1595 banquet in the city featured sculptures made out of sorbet. By the late 17th century, ice cream seems to have taken off. A recipe book even was printed in Naples, still one of the best places in Italy to try gelato, with a variety of delicious sorbet ideas, from ice cream thickened with candied pumpkin to gelato flavored with lemon blossom water. By the 19th century, we all screamed for ice cream — and in Italy, gelato (meaning “something frozen”) became the accepted word for the frozen treat. Gelato: Always a crowd-pleaser! So if gelato just means “frozen,” what is gelato today… and why does it taste so different from the ice cream elsewhere? First, traditional gelato has way less butterfat. About 4 to 8 percent of gelato is butterfat, compared to 14 percent for ice cream in the United States. That means gelato freezes less solidly than ice cream (and it’s actually served about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than ice cream), so it melts in your mouth faster. Second, gelato has a much higher density. To make ice cream, producers mix cream, milk, sugar — and then add air, which increases volume, and water, which increases weight. But all that air and water makes for a much less-flavorful sweet. In Europe, meanwhile, regulations prevent you from that kind of process, called “overrun.” In Italy, you can’t legally increase an ice cream’s weight with water and volume with air. (That said, you can buy an industrial “mix,” add flavors, put it in stainless steel trays, and call it “artisanal”). Finally, most commercial ice creams elsewhere are made for long-term storage. (That’s why they’re more fully frozen and have a higher fat content). Gelato, though, is frozen quickly in small batches. That means it’s much fresher and higher-quality — and that truly artisanal gelato has to be eaten within a couple of days of being made. |
A ‘Cockle’ is English slang for what amount of money? | Money Slang : Cockney Rhyming Slang Follow @CockneyRabbit Money Slang There is scads of Cockney slang for money. Much of it derives from the designs on the notes - five pounds, ten pounds, twenty pounds. The first things you gotta learn are that five pounds is a fiver, and ten pounds is a tenner. Then you gotta know the key money values: £20 is a Score, £25 is a Pony, £100 is a Ton, £500 is a Monkey, and £1000 is a Grand. Here's our list of terms from the dictionary that are money-related. If you've got any more, sling 'em over! |
Who was elected President of the European Parliament in July 2009? | Buzek elected European Parliament's president (15/07/2009) - Vita.it Buzek elected European Parliament's president di 15 Luglio Lug 2009 1637 15 luglio 2009 Former Polish prime minister to head the European Parliament for two-and-a-half years ... ... Former Polish prime minister to head the European Parliament for two-and-a-half years Polish centre-right MEP Jerzy Buzek was elected yesterday, July 14th, as the president of the European Parliament by a massive majority. Buzek, a former prime minister of Poland, received 555 of 644 votes cast. His only rival, Swedish far-left MEP Eva-Britt Svensson, received 89 votes. In his speech Buzek thanked MEPs who had voted for him and promised to "try to convince" those who had not supported him. "I intend to work with all of you regardless of political convictions," he said. He pledged to work on human rights and reforming the Parliament. He said it was important to bring citizens closer to the EU as they were becoming "more and more indifferent". Morevoer, Buzek declared that citizens expected the EU institutions to "get us out of the crisis" and ensure there were jobs. He also stressed the importance of energy security and tackling climate change. Underlining the significance of the Lisbon treaty, Buzek stated it was essential for making the EU more effective, especially on the international stage. Buzek received congratulations from most political group leaders, many of whom echoed the symbolic importance of electing someone from central and eastern Europe as the president of parliament. Also José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, expressed his "heartfelt congratulations" to Buzek. He said Buzek's election 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall was "a resounding victory for a united Europe". He said he believed Buzek was "predestined to act as a powerful president of the European Parliament" and called for the Commission and the Parliament to work together to be the "driving force" of the EU. Source: |
In the UK tv series ‘Rising Damp’, what was the first name of Rigsby’s estranged wife? | LeonardRossiter.com: Rigsby Online - Rigsbyisms Rigsby Online: The Authorised Rising Damp web site Rigsbyisms The Collected Wisdom Of Rupert Rigsby, being a thematic dictionary of opinions and witticisms from the series. Click on a thumbnail image to view full size All text is copyright Eric Chappell Africa & culture Rigsby tells Philip what he's heard about African women. (The New Tenant). - You're very hard on your women aren't you, making them walk for miles with pots on their heads? Alan tells Rigsby that Philip has got ten wives. (Black Magic). - Ten wives? Bloody hell! Of course, marriage doesn't mean the same to that lot, does it? They get married whenever there's a hurricane. Philip insists Rigsby's suit has no flair. (A Night Out). - I suppose you'd improve it with a few beads and a shrunken head. Philip tells Rigsby that in his country the 'skinning men' deal with prowler types, by skinning them alive. (The Prowler). - I bet they don't feel like sliding down the drainpipes after that! Philip jokes that losers in African elections are torn apart between two trees. (Stand Up And Be Counted). - Well that's one way of losing your deposit. Rigsby gives Philip his description of Africa. (Food Glorious Food). - Lovely climate, clear skies, blue sea. The only trouble is, the beach goes back 500 miles. Rigsby tells Alan why the Africans weren't very industrious. (Food Glorious Food). - They just laid out under the palms and read the Kama Sutra. Rigsby tells Alan that half of Africans won't eat the 'sacred cow', while some believe in reincarnation. (Food Glorious Food). - They won't eat anything, in case it's someone they knew. - That's why they won't do any digging. If they put a spade through a worm, they think they've cut granny in half. Rigsby says Miss Jones could be useful to Philip in Africa, but Alan asks how, as he's got ten (black) wives already. (A Body Like Mine). - Well... as a marker. Rigsby tells Philip to be grateful to Seymour, an ex-African missionary. (The Perfect Gentleman). - He stopped you shrinking heads and eating each other. Rigsby advises the gas man against cutting off his supply. (Last Of The Big Spenders). - We've got an African chief upstairs. You cut his gas off, it could be a diplomatic incident. Rigsby tells Alan that Philip's race are very superstitious. (Things That Go Bump In The Night). - You know, when they first had petrol stations out there, they spent three years worshipping the pumps. Rigsby thinks Philip's girlfriend Lucy is Philip's present to Rigsby from Africa, although she is from Northampton. (For The Man Who Has Everything). - You'll find things easier here. No walking for miles with a pot on your head. - It's the same with the washing - no need to hump it down to the river. - There's no need to walk ten paces behind me when we go to Tesco's. - There's no need to call me 'Bwana'. Rigsby tells Philip that a car is essential in this country. (Clunk Click). - You can't travel by jungle creeper round here, you know. Rigsby tells Philip that climbing onto the roof is not easy. (The Good Samaritan). - This is going to be a bit more difficult than shinning up a coconut tree, you know. Rigsby comments on Philip's expert handling of uncorking a champagne bottle. (Hello Young Lovers). - You wouldn't think, a few years, ago, he was pounding coconuts with a sharp stone. Philip says men shouldn't advertise for a woman, but should find one in the 'normal' way. (Pink Carnations). - What do you know about the �normal way�? When you want a woman, you just go out and give a quick burst on the drums. Philip says his peoples' way of attracting women is to paint themselves white and leap out at them from the bushes. Rigsby compares this with the newspaper advert. (Pink Carnations). - He's a company director! I can just see him at his company: 'Excuse the stripes, gentlemen, I'm just off to the laundrette to jump on a few women'. Rigsby tells Philip the difference between British and African engagement rituals. (Come On In, The Water's Lovely). - We don't tap them over the head with a war |
The Gardiner Dam is in which country? | Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | GARDINER DAM Encyclopedia of the Great Plains About GARDINER DAM Located sixty miles south of Saskatoon on the South Saskatchewan River, the Gardiner Dam was named in honor of federal Minister of Agriculture James G. Gardiner, who fought for its creation for many years. Construction began in 1958 and the dam was completed in 1967. It is 210 feet in height and 16,700 feet in length. Diefenbaker Lake, the reservoir the dam created, is 140 miles long with a shoreline of about 475 miles; it covers an area of 109,600 acres and has a total storage capacity of 8 million acre feet. At the time of its construction the Gardiner Dam, which cost $121 million, was second only to the St. Lawrence Seaway in terms of Canadian publicly funded projects. A Saskatchewan study in 1996 placed the cost in today's money at $1 billion. It is the largest earth-filled dam in Canada and one of the largest in the world. The political will that fueled the undertaking flowed directly from the experience of the "dirty thirties." The dam is located in a region described by the explorer James Palliser in 1859 as being unfit for human habitation, an area known for extreme droughts, with crop failures expected three years out of ten. During the 1930s it was the home of Canada's Dust Bowl, when topsoil was torn from its base and carried by prevailing westerlies in huge black masses, leaving the farmlands barren and houses and hedges all but buried. Crops were ruined and farm life was left in disarray. Some farmers were driven from the land and some to madness and suicide. The purpose of the Gardiner Dam was to mitigate the effects of such drought by supplying irrigation as well as providing electrical power, urban water supply, flood control, and recreational opportunities. Power generation was the first benefit to make an impact. From the moment it went online, electricity generation began to produce $10 million a year in savings. Urban water supply was soon benefiting as well. A secondary dam was built upstream from the main structure to provide a controlled flow by canal running south to serve the needs of Moose Jaw and the capital city of Regina. Other towns and hamlets and several industrial sites are also being serviced, and access to water is placed within reach of 40 percent of Saskatchewan's population. The main reservoir and a half dozen satellite lakes fed by canals add substantially to recreational opportunities: six vacation villages, twelve fully developed parks, and three major marinas have been established. Flood control is generally a minor consideration, but in years of high river runoff it is crucially important, and in an average year it is responsible for a savings of $44,000 in flood damage by controlling the flow through the dam's spillways. Irrigation is the most significant aspect of the project. There are now almost 100,000 acres under irrigation, which has resulted in a shift to new crop mixtures, notably peas, fava beans, pinto beans, lentils, grasses, potatoes, rapeseed, mustard, and, in some isolated instances, small orchards. Oddly enough, for this part of the country, there has been a recent move into mint production–a processing plant has been established in the region, with all of its production being exported to the United States, United Kingdom, as well as Japan and other Asian markets. Most of all, the project has in large part eliminated the fear of drought. As one farmer observed, "In the past ten years I have never had a crop failure on irrigated land." |
The Cagayan River is the largest river in which country? | 5 Longest River in the Philippines | Philippine Attractions 5 Longest River in the Philippines by marvelynquiobe22 Philippine Longest Rivers 1.) Cagayan River – 505 kmRio Grande de Cagayan or simply Cagayan River, with a total length of 505 kilometers, is the longest and widest river in the Philippines. This great river of great economic importance bisects the Cagayan Valley from north to south. Also considered as the mightiest watercourse, Cagayan River sources its water from smaller rivers and streams in the 3 most popular mountain ranges in the country namely; Sierra Madre, Caraballo and Cordillera. Image Source As already mentioned above, Cagayan River is the country’s largest and longest river. It is situated in the most prominent and productive valley in the archipelago – the Cagayan Valley. The headwaters of Cagayan River are at the Caraballo Mountains in Central Luzon more than 1,500 meters above sea level. Cagayan River has a drainage area of about 27,300 km². 2.) Mindanao River – 373 km Image Source Mindanao River or Rio Grande de Mindanao is the country’s second largest river system. The river is Mindanao’s 2nd largest river and has a drainage area of 23,169 km². It is also the second longest Philippine river with a length of 373 km. 3.) Magat River – 353 km Image Source Magat River is one of the most popular rivers in the Philippines. It is located in Luzon and is the largest tributary of Cagayan River, the country’s longest and largest river system. Magat River has an estimated drainage area of 5, 110 km² and the Magat River Integrated Irrigation System Project is one of the largest irrigation projects in the Philippines. It is 353 km in length. 4.) Agusan River – 350 km Agusan River in Mindanao’s eastern part has a total drainage area of 10,921 km² and an estimated length of 350 kilometers from its origin. The headwaters of the Agusan River are found in the mountains of Compostela Valley. 5.)Pampange River Pampanga River, which is formerly known as Rio Grande de Pampanga or Great River of Pampanga, is the Philippines 2nd largest river. Pampanga River‘s headwaters are located at the Sierra Madre and has a total length of 260 km and has a river’s basin that covers an area of 10,540 km². |
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson married which future world leader in 1992? | Michelle Obama - U.S. First Lady, Lawyer - Biography.com » quotes “Every day, the people I meet inspire me, every day they make me proud, every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on Earth. Serving as your first lady is an honor and a privilege.” “When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.” “One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” “I have the privilege of working on the issues that I choose and the issues that I feel most passionate about.” “These are the moments that define us—not the day you get the promotion, not the day you win teacher of the year, but the times that force you to claw and scratch and fight just to get through the day; the moments when you get knocked down and you're wondering whether it's even worth it to get back up. Those are the times when you've got to ask yourself, who am I going to be?” “That's what's always made this country great—embracing the diversity of experience and opinion that surrounds us everywhere we go.” “The only difference between me and every other woman that I know is that my challenges are publicized, and I'm doing this juggling in front of cameras.” “We should always have three friends in our lives—one who walks ahead who we look up to and we follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journeys; and then, one who we reach back for and we bring along after we've cleared the way.” “People told me, "You can do it all. Just stay the course, get your education and you can raise a child, stay thin, be in shape, love your man, look good and raise healthy children." That was a lie.” “Exercise is really important to me—it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.” “It would be hard for me to edit myself and still be me.” “We learned about dignity and decency—that how hard you work matters more than how much you make . . . that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.” “As women, we must stand up for ourselves. As women, we must stand up for reach other. As women, we must stand up for justice for all.” “She's fundamentally honest—goes out there, speaks her mind, jokes. She doesn't parse her words or select them with an antenna for political correctness.” Michelle Obama Synopsis Michelle Obama was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Princeton University, graduating cum laude in 1985, and went on to earn a degree from Harvard Law School in 1988. Following her graduation from Harvard, she worked at a Chicago law firm, where she met her husband, future U.S. president Barack Obama . The couple married on October 3, 1992. As first lady, she has focused her attention on current social issues, such as poverty, healthy living and education. Michelle Obama - Mini Biography (TV-14; 3:33) Watch a mini biography of Michelle Obama, who in 2009 became the United States' first African-American First Lady, in this video. Background and Early Life Michelle Obama was born Michelle LaVaughn Robinson on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. She would later become a lawyer, Chicago city administrator, community-outreach worker and—as the wife of President Barack Obama—the first African-American first lady of the United States. Michelle was raised in a small bungalow on Chicago's South Side. Her father, Fraser Robinson, was a city-pump operator and a Democratic precinct captain. Her mother, Marian, was a secretary at Spiegel's but later stayed home to raise Michelle and her older brother, Craig. They were a close-knit family, typically sharing meals, reading and playing games together. Craig and Michelle, 21 months apart in age, were often mistaken for twins. The siblings also shared close quarters, sleeping in the living room with a sheet serving as a makeshift room divider. They we |
During World War II, which spiritual leader addressed letters to Adolph Hitler as ‘My Friend’, requesting him to stop the war which Germany had started? | WWII Timeline of Events - World War II History Jan 04, 1944 In a conference attended by German leaders Heinrich Himmler, Wilhelm Keitel, Albert Speer, and Fritz Sauckel, it was decided that four million people were to be conscripted from occupied territories as forced laborers for war production. One million were to be drafted from France between 1... 02.and 31 Dec 1944. ( ... ) Jan 04, 1944 SS Garrison Doctor Eduard Wirths notified SS Medical Officers in the sub camps belonging to Auschwitz III-Monowitz camp that as of January 4, following identification and a number check, the corpses of prisoners should be sent every day before noon directly to crematorium, bypassing the morgues in Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. The death reports of the prisoners and the protocols of the corpse examination were to be sent, as before, to the orderly room of prisoners' hospital in Auschwitz I camp by noon on the day the corpses were delivered to the crematorium. ( ... ) Jan 14, 1911 USS Arkansas (BB 33) was launched. She served with the British Grand Fleet in World War I. In WWII, she participated in the Normandy Invasion, then relocated to the Pacific in 1944. After WWII, Arkansas was a target ship during Bikini Atoll Atomic bomb tests, where she was engulfed in a column of water and sunk on 25 July 1946. ( ... ) May 25, 1911 USS Wyoming (BB 32) was launched. Commissioned in September 1912, she later participated in the Veracruz Intervention and WWI. Following the 1930 London Treaty, Wyoming was "demilitarized" in early 1931 and became a training ship, receiving the hull number (AG 17). During WWII, she took on the mission of training thousands of sailors in the art and science of gunnery and operated in the Chesapeake Bay area. Decommissioned in August 1947, Wyoming was scrapped that October. ( ... ) Jan 05, 1919 Germans Anton Drexler, Gottfried Feder, Dietrich Eckart, Karl Harrer, and 20 others formally named their small political group the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) in Munich, Germany. The party aimed to support middle-class citizens of the Aryan race. This party was the forerunner of the Nazi Party. ( ... ) Mar 24, 1919 The battleship USS Idaho (BB 42) was commissioned and spent the next ten years in the Pacific. Following conversion, she was sent to the Atlantic during the beginning of WWII in Europe and returned to the Pacific following the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in gunfire support of the Aleutian, Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa Campaigns. After the end of WWII, Idaho was decommissioned in Jun 1946 and sold for scrapping in Nov 1947. ( ... ) May 23, 1939 USS Squalus (SS-192) suffered a catastrophic main induction valve failure during a test dive off the New Hampshire coast and partially flooded. The submarine sank to the bottom and came to rest keel down in over 200 feet of water. 26 lives were lost. ( ... ) May 24, 1939 - May 25, 1939 Vice Admiral Allan McCann's Rescue Chamber was first used to rescue the 33 men from the sunken USS Squalus (SS-192). Four Navy divers received the Medal of Honor for their heroic actions on 24-25 May to rescue the trapped men. Squalus was decommissioned, repaired and renamed Sailfish, then recommissioned in May 1940. Sailfish successfully served in the Pacific during World War II and was sold for scrapping in 1948. ( ... ) Jul 30, 1939 Reacting to German anti-Jewish policies and reflecting the attitude of many other officials in Great Britain and Western Europe, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain writes: "No doubt Jews aren't a lovable people; I don't care about them myself. But that is not sufficient to explain the pogrom." ( ... ) Aug 10, 1939 SS Officer Alfred Naujocks gave this sworn affidavit on the incident which triggered the war: "On or about August 10, 1939, [Reinhard] Heydrich personally ordered me to simulate an attack on the radio station near Gleiwitz, near the Polish border, and to make it appear as if the attacking forces consisted of Poles. Heydrich said, 'Practical proof is needed for these attacks of the Poles for |
Who was Britain’s Prime Minister before Winston Churchill’s first term in office? | History of Sir Winston Churchill - GOV.UK GOV.UK Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 1951 to 1955, 1940 to 1945 Born 30 November 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire Died 1951 to 1955, 1940 to 1945 Political party Education Act 1944: raised the school leavers age to 14; introduction of the 11+. Interesting facts Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his many published works. More information including archive footage can be found at the Churchill War Rooms. Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice - from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955. David Cameron’s Favourite Past Prime Minister Winston Churchill was born on 30 November 1874, in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire and was of rich, aristocratic ancestry. Although achieving poor grades at school, his early fascination with militarism saw him join the Royal Cavalry in 1895. As a soldier and part-time journalist, Churchill travelled widely, including trips to Cuba, Afghanistan, Egypt and South Africa. Churchill was elected as Conservative MP for Oldham in 1900, before defecting to the Liberal Party in 1904 and spending the next decade climbing the ranks of the Liberal government. He was First Lord of the Admiralty (the civil/political head of the Royal Navy) by the time of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, which he created. Heavily criticised for this error, he resigned from this position and travelled to the Western Front to fight himself. The interwar years saw Churchill again ‘cross the floor’ from the Liberals, back to the Conservative Party. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924, when he controversially opted for Britain to re-join the Gold Standard. Following the Tory electoral defeat in 1929, Churchill lost his seat and spent much of the next 11 years out of office, mainly writing and making speeches. Although he was alone in his firm opposition to Indian Independence, his warnings against the Appeasement of Nazi Germany were proven correct when the Second World War broke out in 1939. Following Neville Chamberlain ’s resignation in 1940, Churchill was chosen to succeed him as Prime Minister of an all-party coalition government. Churchill, who also adopted the self-created position of Minister for Defence, was active both in administrative and diplomatic functions in prosecuting the British war effort. Some of his most memorable speeches were given in this period, and are credited with stimulating British morale during periods of great hardship. However, Labour leader Clement Attlee ’s unexpected General Election victory in 1945 saw Churchill out of office and once again concentrating on public speaking. In his 1946 speech in the USA, the instinctive pro-American famously declared that “an iron curtain has descended across the Continent”, and warned of the continued danger from a powerful Soviet Russia. By his re-election in 1951, Churchill was, in the words of Roy Jenkins, “gloriously unfit for office”. Ageing and increasingly unwell, he often conducted business from his bedside, and while his powerful personality and oratory ability endured, the Prime Minister’s leadership was less decisive than during the war. His second term was most notable for the Conservative Party’s acceptance of Labour’s newly created Welfare State, and Churchill’s effect on domestic policy was limited. His later attempts at decreasing the developing Cold War through personal diplomacy failed to produce significant results, and poor health forced him to resign in 1955, making way for his Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister, Anthony Eden . Churchill died in 1965, and was honoured with a state funeral. Written by Ben Draper and Jak Brown, Mile End Group Help us improve GOV.UK |
In the 1988 film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, what is the name of the town in which Roger Rabbit lives? | Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Pages: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) Background Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is a technically-marvelous film blending animated, ink-and-paint cartoon characters and flesh-and-blood live actors, in a convincing comedy/mystery noir thriller, set in Los Angeles in 1947. Earlier efforts to combine humans and ink-and-paint cartoon characters side-by-side in a film [Disney's Song of the South and Mary Poppins, for example] are considered primitive next to this film. The film is a delightful spoof of the hard-boiled Sam Spade films and reminiscent of the recent Chinatown (1974) , (complete with a sultry, femme fatale humanoid Toon named Jessica Rabbit (Jessica Turner, uncredited, with singing voice by Amy Irving, executive producer Steven Spielberg's wife at the time), and a case involving alleged marital infidelity ("pattycake"), murder, a missing will, blackmail, and a conspiracy hatched by evil, Toon-hating Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) (of Cloverleaf Industries). Doom's plan is to bring freeways to LA, thereby ruining the existing Pacific & Electric Red Car public transport electric trolley system. [There was, in fact, a real-life corporate conspiracy to 'doom' the trolley system and encourage automobile use, orchestrated by General Motors, Firestone, and Standard Oil of California.] The film revolves around the murder of Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye), a gag-gift promoter and props supplier (Acme Novelty Co.) for all Toon productions and the owner of the ghetto-ized Toon-town where the Toons, regarded as a segregated minority group, live just outside Hollywood. Framed for the murder, zany Maroon Cartoon Studios actor Roger Rabbit (voice of Charles Fleischer), a stuttering, disaster-prone 'Toon,' solicits help from reluctant, hard-boiled, boozing private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) to clear his name. Valiant is still grief-stricken over the death of brother Ted by a falling cartoon piano, but is financially - and emotionally - supported by girlfriend Dolores (Joanna Cassidy), as he solves the case. A poster capsulized the film's plot: It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble. The film was a milestone in animation history, one of the top-grossing films of its year, and it received four Academy Awards, one of which was a Special Achievement Award for Animation Direction (Richard Williams). Director Robert Zemeckis must be credited for piecing together the production that involved hundreds of animators, and the special visual effects of George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic, Amblin Entertainment, Walt Disney and other studios. As a result, it was the most expensive film of its decade, at $70 million. It was filmed as a tribute to the entire pantheon of cartoon characters from Disney, Warner Bros., and MGM, and other studios in the 1940s. Famous cartoon voices were used (Mel Blanc for Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, and Porky Pig and Charles Fleischer for Roger, Greasy, Psycho, and Benny the Cab), and the live-action characters were coordinated with cartoon characters - the animations were drawn and inserted after the live photography was shot. Its revolutionary animation: (1) used light and shadows in new ways to produce remarkably realistic, 3-D effects; (2) extensively panned and moved the camera to reduce a static look; and (3) had the car'toon' characters interact flawlessly with real-world objects and flesh-and-blood people as much as possible. The title of the film was derived from the plot: "Who framed (the cartoon character) Roger Rabbit" for a murder. It was also derived by screenwriters Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman from the title of Gary Wolf's 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? - an allegorical tale with comic-book and newspaper strip characters who spoke with word ballons instead of voices. In a |
Who played waitress Maggie Fitzgerald in the 2004 film ‘Million Dollar Baby’? | Anthony's Film Review - Million Dollar Baby (2004) Anthony's Film Review Million Dollar Baby (2004) A boxing drama that is not about the sport, but about human relationships... Million Dollar Baby starts out as your typical sports movie surrounding the trainer-trainee relationship. Clint Eastwood is Frankie Dunn, a former boxer who works as a trainer at a gym. He meets Maggie Fitzgerald, played by Hilary Swank, who is a waitress with high hopes of becoming a boxer to leave her meaningless past behind. There is tension immediately when the two first meet. She really wants to learn to fight, but he really doesn't want to teach a girl. However, she keeps trying to get his attention until he does. Morgan Freeman also appears in the film as Eddie Dupris, another former fighter working in the same gym as Frankie. He is the one who believes in Maggie before Frankie does the same. He also functions as the narrating voice-over, as if he can see all that happens. This character, along with Frankie and Maggie, form the main cast whose interactions are the center of the story. Between Frankie and Eddie, there are some differences between the two friends. Between Eddie and Maggie, there is immediate friendship. And between Frankie and Maggie, there is a hardened teacher-student relationship that slowly grows into something like love between a father and his daughter. With much determination, Maggie quickly grows into a boxer loved by the fans and feared by her opponents. At one point, she becomes too good when she easily beats her opponents in the first round. For Frankie, he begins to see the strength in the girl whom he thought was impossible to train. It is not long before the film reaches the last half hour, when the story's saddening climax breaks our hearts and really makes us think. As a film that is about relationships, it is no surprise that it is a relatively low-budget film shot in only 38 days. One thing it does nicely is downplay the lighting in some scenes, particularly the ones in the gym after hours. There is a somber feel to the film when dialogue between Frankie, Maggie, and Eddie is done with darkness partially covering them. The film also deserves high marks for a well-written script. It slowly engages the audience in the scenes instead of rushing through the story. I thought Million Dollar Baby was a pretty good film and am not arguing about it winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. The cast is great along with everyone else who worked on the film. I think the movie is another one of Clint Eastwood's finest works as a director. With its emotional look at its memorable characters, it is surely a million dollar baby. Anthony's Rating: |
In which year was the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, otherwise known as The Proms, founded? | The Proms The Proms 2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection . Related subjects: Musical genres, styles, eras and events A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. The bust of Henry Wood can be seen in front of the organ The Proms (also more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC) is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London , United Kingdom . Founded in 1895, each season now consists of over 70 concerts in the Albert Hall, a series of eight chamber concerts and four Saturday Matinees at Cadogan Hall, additional Proms in the Park events across the United Kingdom on the Last Night and associated educational and children's events. It is the biggest classical music festival in the world. Proms is short for promenade concerts. The term promenade concert arose from the original practice of audience members promenading, or strolling, in some areas of the concert hall during the concert. Promming now refers to the use of the standing areas inside the hall (the arena and gallery) for which ticket prices are much lower than for the reserved seating. Single concert promming tickets can be purchased, with few exceptions, only on the day of the concert, which can give rise to long queues for well-known artists or works. Prommers can purchase full or half season tickets instead for guaranteed entry, although not guaranteed standing position. A number of Prommers are particularly keen in their attendance, and see it as a badge of honour to achieve the "Grand Slam" of attending every concert of the season. In 1997 one programme in the BBC documentary series "Modern Times" covered this dedicated following. History Although earlier promenade concert series had previously existed, the first Proms concert was held on 10 August 1895 in the Queen's Hall in Langham Place and was arranged by Robert Newman. Newman's idea was to encourage an audience who, though not normally attending classical concerts, would be attracted by the low ticket prices and more informal atmosphere (in addition to promenading, eating, drinking and smoking were all allowed). However, it is the conductor Henry Joseph Wood whose name is most closely associated with the concerts. As conductor from that first concert, Wood was largely responsible for expanding the repertoire heard in later concerts, such that by the 1920s the concerts had grown from being made up of largely more popular, less demanding works, to presenting music by contemporary composers such as Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss and Ralph Vaughan Williams . A bronze bust of Wood, belonging to the Royal Academy of Music, is placed in front of the Organ for the whole season. While now known as BBC Proms, the text on the tickets (along with the headline BBC Proms next to the BBC Logo), still says BBC Music presents the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. In 1927, the BBC — later based at Broadcasting House opposite the hall — took over the running of the concerts, and when the BBC Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1930 it became the main orchestra for the concerts. At this time the season consisted of nights dedicated to particular composers; Mondays were Wagner , Fridays were Beethoven with other major composers being featured on other days. There were no Sunday performances. However, with the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the BBC withdrew its support. The Proms continued though, under private sponsorship, until the Queen's Hall was gutted by an air raid in 1941 (its site is now the St George's Hotel and BBC Henry Wood House). The following year, the Proms moved to their current home, the Royal Albert Hall, and the BBC took over once more. In 1944 however increased danger to the Royal Albert Hall from bombing meant that the Proms moved again to the Bedford Corn Exchange. This venue had been the home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 1941 and played host to the Proms until the end of the war. From the 1950s, the number of guest o |
The Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah stands on the shore of which sea? | Jiddah | Saudi Arabia | Britannica.com Saudi Arabia Alternative Titles: Jeddah, Jidda, Juddah Related Topics list of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia Jiddah, also spelled Jidda, Jeddah, or Juddah, city and major port in central Hejaz region, western Saudi Arabia . It lies along the Red Sea west of Mecca . The principal importance of Jiddah in history is that it constituted the port of Mecca and was thus the site where the majority of Muslim pilgrims landed who were journeying to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina . The city in fact owes its commercial foundations to Caliph ʿUthmān, who in 646 made it the port for Muslim pilgrims crossing the Red Sea. In 1916 Jiddah and its Turkish garrisons surrendered to British forces. It then formed part of the Kingdom of the Hejaz until 1925, when it was captured by Ibn Saʿūd . In the 1927 Treaty of Jiddah the British recognized Saudi sovereignty over the Hejaz and Najd regions. Jiddah eventually was incorporated into Saudi Arabia . In 1947 the city walls were demolished, and rapid expansion followed. The city takes its name (which means “ancestress,” or “grandmother”) from the location there of the reputed tomb of Eve, which was destroyed by the Saudi government in 1928 in the belief that it encouraged superstition. The Red Sea coastline of Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Jeddah Images (CC-BY-SA 4.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Mosque at night in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Almas Balg (CC-BY-2.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner) After World War II, Jiddah was completely modernized and expanded with the new wealth acquired by Saudi Arabia from oil royalties. Its harbour was deepened and enlarged to accommodate large vessels, and a desalinization plant was constructed in the early 1970s, thought to be the largest in the world at its completion. The city’s economy, once dependent on pilgrim expenditures and fishing, was diversified to include steel-rolling mills, oil refineries, and the manufacture of cement, clothing, and pottery. Other activities include cattle raising and dairying and many small industries. One of Saudi Arabia’s largest cities and busiest seaports, Jiddah was the diplomatic capital of the country and the location of the Saudi ministry of foreign affairs and of the embassies and missions of foreign governments before these were all transferred to the Saudi capital of Riyadh in the mid-1980s. Advanced education in economics and administration is offered by King Abdul Aziz University, founded in 1967. Jiddah is served by highways to Mecca and Medina and by King Abdul Aziz International Airport. Pop. (2010 prelim.) 3,430,697. Islamic Development Bank headquarters in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Ameen Mohammad |
Fitch fur comes from which animal? | What Is Fitch? What Is Fitch? April 24, 2010 By: Elaine Riot A fitch is a polecat, found commonly in Eurasia, Africa and Europe, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The albino, domestic version of the polecat is known as a ferret. A ferret is a domesticated albino fitch or polecat. Polecat The term "fitch," usually used in the fur trade, refers to a polecat, a weasel-like carnivore and mustelid. The mustelidae family includes weasels and minks, among others. Characteristics The fitch or polecat is also called a foul marten for its smell. The common polecat has long, coarse brown and black fur, with yellow spots on the face, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. It has a long bushy tail, its torso ranges from 14 to 21 inches long and it usually weighs from one to three pounds. Habitat The fitch is found in the wooded areas and steppes of Eurasia and North Africa. Natural Prey The fitch hunts its prey at night. Since it does not usually climb trees like other mustelids, its main diet consists of birds and small mammals it can catch on the ground. It also feeds on eggs, lizards, snakes, frogs and fish. Breeding Fitches, which usually produce litters of three to eight babies, are born in the spring. The gestation period is two months. Fur According to Furs.com, fitch fur is similar to mink but with more distinctive markings. Most of the pelts, also referred to as fitches, originate in Scandinavia or Russia. A coat made from fitch sells for between $4,000 and $7,000. Like cute animals? Follow Cuteness.com on Facebook for more AWWs and LOLs. Related Articles |
Which former US airline, founded in 1927, ceased to operate in 1991? | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | American airline company | Britannica.com Pan American World Airways, Inc. American airline company Alternative Titles: Pan Am, Pan American Airways Related Topics Pan Am flight 103 disaster Pan American World Airways, Inc., also called (1927–50) Pan American Airways, byname Pan Am, former American airline that was founded in 1927 and, up until the final two decades of the 20th century, had service to cities in many countries in North and South America, the Caribbean Islands , Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East . From 1984 it was governed by the holding company Pan Am Corporation. From 1986, in financial distress, its routes and services came to be drastically reduced. The company ceased operations on Dec. 4, 1991. Pan American Airbus A310-222. John Allan The company was incorporated in 1927 by a former World War I naval aviator, Juan Terry Trippe , who secured a contract to fly mail between Key West , Fla., U.S. , and Havana , Cuba . The airline’s first passenger service—between these cities—began the next year. (One of the employee pilots and a surveyor of new routes was Charles A. Lindbergh.) By the end of 1929 Pan American had a 12,000-mile (19,000-kilometre) route linking the United States, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , Mexico , British Honduras (Belize), Panama , and Colombia. Pan American inaugurated the first transpacific flights (from San Francisco to Manila) in 1936, with the famous China Clipper; the first transatlantic flights (from New York City to Lisbon) in 1939, with the Yankee Clipper, and the first round-the-world flights (from New York to New York eastbound) in 1947. In the immediate post-World War II era, Pan American was perhaps the leading international air carrier. In the mid-1950s it acquired the Boeing Company’s very first jetliner, a B-707, thus leading the way in jet travel. In the 1960s and ’70s the company suffered financial reverses but sought regrowth by the purchase, in 1980, of National Airlines, thereby securing an extensive network of routes along the eastern U.S. seaboard and points west. National had been formed in 1929, when founder George Theodore Baker (1900–63) began the National Airlines Air Taxi System in Chicago. He moved the company to Florida in 1934, reincorporated it as National Airlines, Inc., in 1937, and made it a major airline in 1944 with the award of the lucrative tourist route between New York and Florida. Similar Topics |
Which cricketer won Pipe Smoker of the Year Award in 1986? | The Joy of Six: smoking sports stars | Sport | The Guardian The Joy of Six: smoking sports stars From equality in tennis to the pipe smokers of the year, the relationship between sport and snout Cesar Luis Menotti enjoys a salmon. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Bob Thomas/Getty Images Friday 6 December 2013 06.32 EST First published on Friday 6 December 2013 06.32 EST 1. Tennis Rosie Casals in Virginia Slims branded dress. Photograph: Colorsport/REX The Marlboro Man was one of the 20th century's most enduring icons of old-school machismo: the granite jaw, the muscles of steel, the iron lung. But it's often forgotten that the wheezing old bugger did a little bit for the feminist movement too. In 1968, Phillip Morris - that's the real name of the Marlboro Man, and a rather disappointing one at that, big-leggy cowboys simply shouldn't be called Pip - launched a brand of cigarettes called Virginia Slims. Marketed at young women, the accompanying advertising campaign - "You've come a long way, baby / To get where you've got to today / You've got your own cigarette now, baby / You've come a long, long way" - didn't quite manage to distil all the philosophies and ideologies driving Emmeline Pankhurst, Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Friedan's century-long struggle against oppression into one catchy 30-second jingle. It's also questionable whether equal-opportunity health hazards are desirable in anything other than strict theoretical terms. But Pip and his pals weren't just cynical bandwagon-hitching opportunists: Virginia Slims would also play a small but significant part in a genuine advance. Pip's wares. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images 1968 was also the year in which tennis went open, and prize money for professionals went through the roof. If you were a man. The women were ludicrously under-valued, and when Jack Kramer - a former Wimbledon and US Open champion turned promoter - refused to pony up more than 15% of the prize purse he was paying the men in a 1970 tournament, Billie Jean King led a walkout. The United States Lawn Tennis Association, she reasoned, could go whistle. King, along with eight other players - Rosie Casals, Nancy Richey, Peaches Bartkowicz, Kristy Pigeon, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Julie Heldman, Kerry Reid and Judy Dalton - formed a rebel tour. With the help of magazine publisher Gladys Heldman, who prized a sponsorship deal from Pip Morris, the Virginia Slims Circuit was born. The circuit - the first professional women's tour - was a glorious success. Within three years of its launch, it led to the formation of the Women's Tennis Association, the main overseers of the game today. And three months after the ink had dried on that deal, the 1973 US Open became the first major event to offer women and men equal prize money. The Australian Open followed suit in 2001, before the French Open and Wimbledon finally did the decent thing in 2007. Old-fashioned attitudes at Wimbledon clearly took a while to shift, then. They may or may not have become entrenched in 1972, when Casals opted to wear a mauve and white dress for her semi-final against King that was patterned with a series of VS motifs. She lost the match 2-6, 4-6, but was still in the running for the mixed doubles with Ilie Nastase, and so a letter arrived on her doorstep the morning after from referee Captain Mike Gibson, ordering her to desist with the sly advertising. Given that Virginia Slims were involved in tennis in the first place only because the likes of Wimbledon were refusing to pay the women anything close to equal money, it could be argued that the Captain was being a cheeky bastard. Happily, Casals was having none of his sorry nonsense. She dismissed the Captain's morning log as "the biggest laugh I have had for a long time", and came onto No1 court for her mixed-doubles appointment sporting another VS-inspired outfit. This one, in red, yellow and green, pictured a woman, 18 inches high, holding a tennis racquet in one hand and a cigarette holder in the other. A slogan read: "You've come a long way, baby." The Captain - either intereste |
In humans, plumbism is chronic poisoning due to the absorption of what into the body? | Plumbism | definition of plumbism by Medical dictionary Plumbism | definition of plumbism by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/plumbism Related to plumbism: lead poisoning lead1 (Pb) [led] a chemical element, atomic number 82, atomic weight 207.19. Excessive ingestion or absorption causes lead poisoning . (See also Appendix 6.) l. poisoning poisoning caused by the presence of lead or lead salts in the body; it affects the brain, nervous system, blood, and digestive system and can be either chronic or acute. Called also plumbism and saturnism . Chronic Lead Poisoning. This was once fairly common among painters, and was called “painter's colic.” It became less frequent as lead-free paints were substituted for lead-based ones and as plastic toys replaced lead ones. The disease is still seen among children with pica (a craving for unnatural articles of food) who may eat lead paint chips or coatings. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines an elevated blood lead level as >10 μg/dL for children younger than six years of age. However, there is evidence that there are subtle effects even at lower levels Symptoms include weight loss, anemia, stomach cramps (lead colic), a bluish black line at the edge of the gums, and constipation. Other symptoms may be mental depression and, in children, irritability and convulsions. In addition to the poisoning, the anemia and weight loss must also be treated, usually by providing an adequate diet. In serious cases, EDTA (calcium disodium edetate) may be prescribed. Acute Lead Poisoning. This rare condition can be caused in two ways: lead may accumulate in the bones, liver, kidneys, brain, and muscles and then be released suddenly to produce an acute condition; or large amounts of lead may be inhaled or ingested at one time. Symptoms are a metallic taste in the mouth, vomiting, bloody or black diarrhea, and muscle cramps. Diagnosis is made by examination of the blood and urine. Treatment. Immediate removal of unabsorbed lead in the intestinal tract through the administration of mild saline cathartics and enemas. EDTA is given and in most cases measures must be taken to reduce the increased intracranial pressure that accompanies acute lead poisoning. Prevention. An awareness of the prevalence of lead poisoning among children of preschool age who live in poorly maintained housing has led to neighborhood screening surveys in high-risk areas. An important aspect of prevention of lead poisoning is determination of sources of lead in the environment and efforts to remove them. Sources include peeling paint from window sills, walls, floors, and bannisters, and from soil around old houses that have shed exterior paint through the years. An often unsuspected source is the glaze of certain pottery and “leaded glass;” lead can leach out into food and beverages from such vessels. A vital factor in coping with the problem of lead contamination is public education and development of a community awareness of possible sources and of the need for elimination of these hazards from the environment. lead poi·son·ing acute or chronic intoxication by lead or any of its salts; symptoms of acute lead poisoning usually are those of acute gastroenteritis in adults or encephalopathy in children; chronic lead poisoning is manifested chiefly by anemia, constipation, colicky abdominal pain, neuropathy with paralysis with wrist-drop involving the extensor muscles of the forearm, bluish lead line of the gums, and interstitial nephritis; saturnine gout, convulsions, and coma may occur. |
Which Roman Emperor was named ‘Little Boots’? | Caligula - Ancient History Encyclopedia Caligula by Donald L. Wasson published on 18 October 2011 Among the great emperors of the Roman Empire stand Augustus and Marcus Aurelius . At the other end of the spectrum is the Emperor Caligula who the historian Suetonius simply calls a monster. In his The Twelve Caesars he further added: It is difficult to say whether weakness of understanding or corruption of morals were more conspicuous in the character of Caligula. He seems to have discovered from his earliest years an innate depravity of mind, which was undoubtedly much increased by defect of education. Early Life Born Gaius Julius Caesar in 12 CE, Caligula was the son of Germanicus (hero of the German campaign) and Agrippina, granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus (her mother was his daughter Julia). The name “Caligula” is actually a nickname meaning “little boots,” derived from the miniature uniform he wore as a child while on campaign with his father. The precocious youth served as the company’s mascot. Shortly after the death of his family, Caligula moved to the isle of Capri where he was raised by the Roman Emperor Tiberius as what some historians consider a prisoner. Although Germanicus's death is suspicious, Tiberius is thought to have been instrumental in the death of Caligula’s mother and brothers. Advertisement Caligula's response to his critics was: “Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.” Since Caligula and his sisters were considered to be of no immediate threat, they were allowed to live. While on the island, Caligula witnessed the brutality and savage behaviour that was Tiberius. On Capri he was surrounded by corruption and excess. Suetonius said: … even in those days Caligula could not control his natural brutality. He loved watching tortures and executions; and, disguised in wig and robe, abandoned himself nightly to the pleasures of feasting and scandalous living. Caligula Becomes Emperor Upon the death of Tiberius on 17 March 37 CE, Caligula became the co-emperor of the Roman Empire with Tiberius’ son Gemellus. Caligula, however, soon came to be the lone ruler with the death of Gemellus. (Caligula is suspected of having a hand in the death of his co-emperor.) Since Tiberius had never been a popular emperor, the citizens of Rome welcomed the young emperor, and Caligula soon earned this admiration: He ended the treason trials instituted by Tiberius, recalled exiles, and gave long over-due bonuses to the Praetorian Guard . He completed a number of building projects started by the former emperor, rebuilt decaying temples, built a lighthouse at Boulogne, began work on new aqueducts and even built a new amphitheatre In Pompeii . There were numerous gladiatorial games and chariot races to entertain the people. Within six months after assuming power, however, everything changed: After coming close to death (historians are divided on the cause - a possible breakdown or epilepsy), Caligula became a different person. He was more paranoid, and the Caligula some had seen on Capri re-emerged. After having reduced taxes earlier in his reign, he raised them in order to pay for his excesses. He instituted a series of purges against suspected enemies, including even his first wife. He brought back the treason trials of Tiberius. He condemned others in order to confiscate their property. Suetonius adds that he became more sadistic and “showed the keenest interest in witnessing the suffering and torment of those condemned being tortured.” In reference to a series of gladitorial games attended by Caligula, historian Cassius Dio said: Remove Ads Advertisement It was not the large number of those who perished that was so serious, though that was serious enough, but his excessive delight in their death and this insatiable desire for the sight of blood. His extreme behaviour knew no limits, living a life some historians label as perverse and insane. He gave his beloved horse, Incitatus, jewel-encrusted collars and even threatened to grant him the title of consul . He built a two-and-a-half-mile pontoon bridge across the |
The Franklin River is in which Australian state? | The Franklin River Campaign - Part 1 - The beginnings of Australia's Environmental movement | The Wilderness Society BECOME A MEMBER The Franklin River Campaign - Part 1 - The beginnings of Australia's Environmental movement Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of this landmark High Court decision, by William J. Lines. Part 1 - The beginnings of Australia’s Environmental movement. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of this landmark High Court decision, writes William J. Lines. On July 1, 2008 we celebrate 25 years since the High Court decision that 'Let the Franklin run free'. In this Four Part series on the Franklin river campaign, Author William J. Lines charts the rise of Australia's conservation movement - and a famous win for the environment. Go to PART 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Part 1 - The beginnings of Australia’s Environmental movement From the early 1960s, Australian conservationists became concerned about plans for dams on the rivers and lakes of Tasmania’s south-west wilderness. The first great confrontation occurred in the mid-1960s when Tasmania’s major development agency, the Hydro Electric Commission (HEC) announced, despite previous denials, a scheme to flood Lake Pedder. Moved by the lake’s beauty, bushwalkers, nature lovers, conservationists, and others responded by writing letters to the paper, forming campaign groups, calling meetings, lobbying politicians, writing submissions, testifying at hearings and raising their voice. They continued their protest through to the actual drowning of the lake in 1972 and beyond. Many vowed that they would never allow such destruction in the south west again. They soon found their resolve tested. In 1976, a number of conservationists, including a young doctor, Bob Brown, his companion Paul Smith, as well as veteran Pedder campaigner Helen Gee, separately and together rafted the wild Franklin River. Awed by the place’s spectacular beauty, they were also horrified to learn that the HEC planned to dam the river and flood its gorges, cataracts, and adjoining rainforest. What could they do? The Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) is born Around this time in 1976, at a meeting at Brown’s house in Liffey, a number of conservationists active in the South West Tasmania Action Committee decided on a new name for their organisation: The Tasmanian Wilderness Society. Kevin Kiernan, another Pedder campaigner, became director. Over the next couple of years, the TWS took up the fight for Tasmanian forests, campaigned on mining, airstrips, and roads, and monitored unfolding HEC plans for the Franklin. American Norm Sanders, who had come to Tasmania partly for its wild beauty, replaced Kiernan as director and then in 1979 Bob Brown resigned from his GP practice and took up the position of full-time, unpaid director of the TWS working from a shared office in Hobart. He was not alone. In Sydney the South-West Tasmania Committee worked for the protection of Tasmania’s wilderness, while in Melbourne a group of activists from the Pedder days were also meeting and in 1979 they expanded their activities and opened an office, paying $5 a week rent. Then, what all conservationists feared, happened. In October 1979 the HEC released concrete proposals to build a dam on the Gordon River below its confluence with the Franklin. The Australian Conservation Foundation became alarmed by the contemplated destruction and appointed campaigner Peter Thompson to work on the Franklin campaign in Hobart with the TWS. The campaign to ‘Save the Franklin’ begins in earnest Over the next several months dozens of TWS volunteers built a campaign featuring public meetings, slide shows, pamphlets, colour publications, guide-books, and river trips down the Franklin - including trips for influential politicians, such as the Legislative Council’s Harry Braid. They wrote letters and articles for the press, appeared on television, and spoke to politicians. Volunteers opened a wilderness shop in Hobart followed by Melbourne and Sydney. TWS membership grew from 200 to 1000 in twelve months. Ten new branches formed and 10,000 people rall |
John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded ‘Give Peace a Chance’ at the Hotel La Reine in which city in Canada in 1969? | John Lennon: Give Peace A Chance | The Beatles Bible Give Peace A Chance Yoko Ono : vocals Tommy Smothers: guitar Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Petula Clark, Rosemary Woodruff, Derek Taylor , Murray the K, Dick Gregory, Abraham Feinberg, others: vocals Canadian chapter of Radha Krishna Temple: vocals, drums, finger cymbals Available on: John Lennon Anthology John Lennon's first non-Beatles single, the anthemic Give Peace A Chance, was recorded on the penultimate day of his and Yoko Ono's second bed-in for peace, in room 1742 of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada. It wasn't like 'You have to have peace!' Just give it a chance. We ain't giving any gospel here - just saying how about this version for a change? We think we have the right to have a say in the future. And we think the future is made in your mind. John Lennon, 1980 All We Are Saying, David Sheff Lennon and Ono had arrived in Toronto on 25 May hoping to begin their second bed-in for peace. The next day they checked in to La Hotel Reine Elizabeth in Montreal, where they stayed for a week. During their stay they gave a succession of interviews to the world's media, and received dozens of visits from friends and well-wishers. Well, after being interviewed for weeks and weeks and weeks, night and day, with Yoko and me talking about peace from our beds, I had those words coming out of my mouth or Yoko's - wherever the hell they came from - and it became a song. John Lennon, 1980 All We Are Saying, David Sheff Lennon used the phrase "All we are saying is give peace a chance" during an interview on the first day of the bed-in. Over the next few days he worked up a melody and lyrics, and recorded the song during the final day of the event. The song was intentionally simple, with two chords and a chorus which anyone could join in on. The verses, meanwhile, were largely nonsense, although the third verse contained the word 'masturbation'; this was changed by Lennon to 'mastication' in the published lyrics, as Lennon wished to avoid courting controversy. On the day of recording Lennon instructed Apple's press officer Derek Taylor to arrange for recording equipment to be brought to the hotel suite. Taylor contacted a local studio owner, André Perry, who brought four microphones and a four-track recorder. During the recording Lennon and Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers played acoustic guitars. A wardrobe door was repeatedly opened and closed to provide a rhythm, and the various assembled guests sang during the choruses. The first number of Lennon's "2, 1, 2, 3, 4" count-in was left off the released version, as it was partially obscured by feedback. The entire recording was filmed, and released as two separate promotional films in the subsequent months. Give Peace A Chance was captured in a single take, although a rehearsal prior to the recording was also taped. The rehearsal was later released on 1998's John Lennon Anthology box set. The performance featured a range of guests including LSD guru Timothy Leary and his wife Rosemary, the poet Allen Ginsbert, the singer Petula Clark and the US radio DJ Murray the K. Also present were members of the Canadian branch of Radha Krishna Temple, who sang and played percussion. Although Lennon was delighted with the recording of Give Peace A Chance, Perry worried that it had too much distortion. In the early hours of 2 June more vocals were overdubbed to improve the sound and make it suitable for release as a single. Because of the condition of the room being bad, it's as if you put big speakers in such a small enclosure. Too much noise and in a small environment, and what was going on was the tape picking this up. So it wouldn't have been usable. Originally there were no intentions to have any over-dubs done. But when I left John, he looked at me and I said, 'Well, I'll go back to the studio and listen to this and see what it's like.' And then I decided upon myself that the background was a bit too noisy and needed a little 'sweeping.' By this I mean, we kept all the original stuff, we just kind of like, improved i |
Pneumoconiosis is a disease of which part of the human body? | Pneumoconiosis - body, causes, What Causes Pneumoconiosis? Pneumoconiosis Pneumoconiosis Pneumoconiosis (noo-mo-ko-nee-O-sis) is a disease of the lungs caused by long-term breathing of dust, especially certain mineral dusts. Forms of pneumoconiosis include black lung disease (coal worker's pneumoconiosis), silicosis, and asbestosis. The disease typically results from working in a mine for many years, but factory work and other occupations can expose people to the ill effects of breathing dusts. The term "pneumoconiosis" comes from the Greek pneumon, meaning lung, and konis, meaning dust. KEYWORDS for searching the Internet and other reference sources Asbestosis Silicosis What Causes Pneumoconiosis? Only microscopic-size dust particles, about 1/5,000 of an inch across or smaller, are able to reach the tiniest air sacs (the alveoli) in the lungs. There they cannot be removed, and accumulate to cause a scarring and thickening of the lungs called fibrosis (fy-BRO-sis). Eventually, the lungs begin to lose their ability to supply oxygen to the body. The War Against Black Lung The prevalence of black lung disease did not begin to decrease until it became clear that the cause was excessively high levels of coal dust in mines. Largely due to the efforts of coal miners' unions, occupational safety conditions improved. In 1969, the Mine Health and Safety Act set standards in the United States for maximum allowable levels of coal dust in mines. The Act also provided compensation for miners who developed black lung disease. Death rates from pneumoconiosis have been declining since the Act was passed. Breathing coal dust was an occupational hazard for coal miners, especially those who did not wear protective masks. Corbis-Bettman. Black lung disease is caused by breathing coal dust, usually in mines. Silicosis results from inhaling silica dust from sand and rock, primarily in mines, quarries, and in occupations such as sandblasting. Asbestosis comes from breathing tiny asbestos fibers in mining, building construction, and other industries. Less commonly, other kinds of dust are continuously inhaled in work-related situations and cause pneumoconiosis. What Happens When People Have Pneumoconiosis? Symptoms Because pneumoconiosis usually takes 20 or 30 years to develop, workers often do not notice symptoms until they are over 50. The main symptoms are coughing and difficulty in breathing, which gradually increases. Complications include emphysema (em-fe-SEE-ma) and increased risk of tuberculosis. Asbestosis patients are more likely to develop lung cancer, especially if they smoke cigarettes. Damaged lungs make the heart work harder, and heart problems can accompany severe cases of pneumoconiosis. Diagnosis Diagnosis is made by physical examination and through a medical history that tells the doctor which dusts patients have been exposed to. The doctor may also take chest x-rays and pulmonary (lung) function tests. Treatment There is no cure for pneumoconiosis, because the dust cannot be removed from the lungs. Even if it could, the damage done to the lungs from years of inflammatory reaction to the dust could not be undone. Except in a mild form called simple pneumoconiosis, the disease is progressively disabling. The only treatment is to avoid smoking and further exposure to dust, and to treat complications. Prevention Pneumoconiosis can be prevented by enforcing maximum allowable dust levels in mines and at other work sites, and by using protective masks. Regular medical examinations, including chest x-rays for people at risk, can detect pneumoconiosis during its earlier stages, before it becomes disabling. See also |
Mount Parnassus is in which European country? | Mount Parnassus | mountain, Greece | Britannica.com Mount Parnassus Laki Mount Parnassus, Modern Greek Parnassós, mountain barren limestone spur of the Pindus (Modern Greek: Píndos) Mountains, central Greece , running northwest-southeast on the borders of the nomoí (departments) of Phocis (Fokída), Fthiótis, and Boeotia (Voiotía). Rising to a maximum elevation of 8,061 ft (2,457 m) in Mount Parnassus, within sight of Delphi (Delfoí), it extends to Cape Opus on the Gulf of Corinth (Korinthiakós). In ancient times Parnassus was sacred to the Dorians and in mythology to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs. On a plateau between the summit and Delphi was the Corycian stalactite cave sacred to the nymphs and Pan. For the Roman poets, Parnassus’s Castalian spring was a source of inspiration; they favoured Parnassus over Mount Helicon as the home of the Muses. Parnassus is rich in bauxite , which is mined and converted into alumina and aluminum at nearby factories. A ski centre was opened above Arachova in 1977. Mount Parnassus, central Greece. in Greece: Eastern Greece: Thessalía and Attikí ...battle of antiquity). The last (and perhaps the most important) of the four spurs thrusting down into eastern Greece is the one that curves away to the southeast through the twin-peaked mass of Mount Parnassós (Parnassus). This mountain, rising to an elevation of 8,061 feet (2,457 metres), was held to be the home of the Muses. The view from its summit at sunrise, with a broad expanse... in Central Greece ...Central Greece, three massifs, offshoots of the Pindus, assume a more easterly trend: the Oeta (Oíti), which reaches 7,060 feet (2,152 m); the Gióna, 8,235 feet (2,510 m); and the Parnassus (Parnassós), 8,061 feet (2,457 m). Outliers of the Parnassus are the Helicon (Elikónas), Kithairón, Párnis, and Imittós (Hymettus), the last a great ridge... 2 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: April 29, 2009 URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Parnassus Access Date: January 19, 2017 Share |
What is the name of retired gunslinger, played by Clint Eastwood, in the 1992 film ‘Unforgiven’? | Unforgiven (1992) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 22 titles created 01 Mar 2011 a list of 28 titles created 21 Mar 2011 a list of 45 titles created 10 Jun 2013 a list of 49 titles created 19 Oct 2013 a list of 25 titles created 5 months ago Search for " Unforgiven " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 4 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 29 nominations. See more awards » Videos Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino. Director: Clint Eastwood A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Director: Oliver Stone Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw. Director: Sergio Leone A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. Director: Clint Eastwood An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. Director: Sergio Leone A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. Director: Michael Mann As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. Director: Curtis Hanson Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: Brian De Palma Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen Edit Storyline The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff 'Little Bill' tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town whores just try to get by.Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Dissatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid', and aging killer William Munny. Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned, saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth. Written by Charlie Ness It's a hell of a thing, killing a man Genres: Rated R for language, and violence, and for a scene of sexuality | See all certifications » Pa |
Which actress played nightclub singer Dorothy in the 1986 film ‘Blue Velvet’? | Blue Velvet (1986) Pages: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) Background Blue Velvet (1986) is screenwriter and maverick director David Lynch's artistically bizarre cult film. It is an original look at sex, violence, crime and power under the peaceful exterior of small-town Americana in the mid-80s. Beneath the familiar, peaceful, 'American-dream' cleanliness of the daytime scenes lurks sleaziness, prostitution, unrestrained violence, and perversity - powerful and potentially-dangerous sexual forces that may be unleashed if not contained. A controversial film often criticized for its depiction of aberrant sexual behavior, the surrealistic, psychosexual film was a throwback to art films, 50s B-movies and teenage romances, film noir, and the mystery-suspense genre. Although highly ridiculed and disdained when released as an extreme, dark, vulgar and disgusting film, it also won critical praise - Best Film of 1986, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Dennis Hopper) and Best Achievement in Cinematography (Frederick Elmes) by the National Society of Film Critics. It also received a sole nomination for Best Director from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The plot line of the nightmarish film, a combination of Marquis De Sade sexual fetishism and a Hardy Boys mystery story, is fairly sketchy. An innocent, small-town college student (MacLachlan) in a sleepy town discovers a severed ear, and then finds himself embroiled on the dark side of town (beyond the white picket fence). He witnesses, first as a voyeur, a sexually-depraved, blackmailing relationship between a monstrous, loathsome, nitrous-oxide sniffing kidnapper (Dennis Hopper) and an abused/brutalized mother and fragile nightclub singer (Isabella Rossellini). In some ways, the two male leads represent the two dichotomous sides of life (e.g., light/dark, normalcy/aberration, attraction/repulsion, innocence/experience, perversion/love, virtue/base desires, etc.) that struggle for dominance. After the hideous crime of violated innocence is revealed, the vision of the innocent girl-next-door (Laura Dern) is restored - the "Blinding Light of Love." The Story The film's credits (viewed with fluid, scripted type-lettering) play above a slowly undulating blue velvet, fabric backdrop as Angelo Badalamenti's sensual string score floridly plays. The film dissolves into an unnaturally brilliant, visually lush, boldly colorful opening with patriotic hues (bright red, white, and blue) and a nostalgic, dream-like view of a clean, conforming, pastoral America a la Norman Rockwell. From nearly cloudless, clear aqua-blue skies, the camera tilts and pans slowly down to a clean white picket fence, in front of which are planted perfect, budding blood-red roses and yellow tulips. 60s teen idol/crooner Bobby Vinton sings his rendition of the title song "Blue Velvet" (a song of longing for a woman, written by Lee Morris and Bernie Wayne). Idyllic small-town images are presented in silent slow-motion, with hyper-realistic light and color. A bright-red fire engine truck tranquilly glides down the suburban US street - a friendly fireman on the running board waves with a dalmatian next to him. At a school cross-walk, children are safely allowed to walk across the street by a uniformed, matronly crossing guard holding a Stop sign. Outside one of the houses [the Beaumont house], a paunchy man effortlessly waters his bright-green lawn with a hose. His wife is inside seated on the couch, watching a daytime mystery/film noir on television (an image of a hand holding a pistol fills the screen). The husband finds that the snake-like hose is kinked and wrapped around some of the shrubbery, causing the hose faucet spigot to hiss loudly and leak water under the increased pressure. Then, the scenes of the superficial, ideal American dream in the green garden (of Eden) suddenly explode. He spasms and |
Russia was defeated by which country in the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914? | Battle of Tannenberg begins - Aug 26, 1914 - HISTORY.com Battle of Tannenberg begins Publisher A+E Networks On August 26, 1914, the German 8th Army, under the leadership of Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, strikes with lethal force against the advancing Russian 2nd Army, led by General Aleksandr Samsonov, in East Prussia during the opening weeks of the First World War. In the middle of August 1914, much sooner than had been anticipated, Russia sent two armies into East Prussia, while Germany, according to its war strategy, had the bulk of its forces concentrated to the west, against France. The Russian 1st Army, under General Pavel Rennenkampf, advanced to the northeastern corner of East Prussia, while Samsonov’s 2nd Army made headway into the southwest, planning to join with Rennenkampf’s men and pin the outnumbered German 8th Army between them. After a Russian victory in the Battle of Gumbinnen on August 20, however, Rennenkampf paused to regroup his forces. Meanwhile, change was afoot behind the German lines: Helmuth von Moltke, chief of the German general staff, chose to replace the previous leader, Maximilian von Prittwitz, after the latter issued a misguided order for a German retreat to the River Vistula, against the advice of his corps commanders. Hindenburg, a retired general of great stature, and Ludendorff, who had just led the German capture of the Belgian fortress of Liege, arrived in East Prussia and immediately authorized an aggressive counter-action against the Russians, previously planned by a senior staff officer in the region, Colonel Max Hoffmann. Separated by the great Masurian Lakes, the two Russian armies were unable to effectively communicate with each other as to their movements, a circumstance that would prove deadly. Though Ludendorff succumbed to nerves initially, delaying the start of the German attack by one day, Hindenburg was able to calm his subordinate—not for the last time in what would become a fabled partnership. On August 26, after intercepting uuencoded wireless messages from both Samsonov and Rennenkampf, the Germans were able to take Samsonov’s army by surprise with the force of their attack near the village of Tannenberg, to the southwest of the Masurian Lakes. The delay in starting the attack had given Samsonov’s forces more time to advance deeper into the sack formed by the German divisions enveloping them from both sides, the strength of which Samsonov consistently underestimated. After three days of battering by German artillery, Samsonov’s troops began their retreat; more German forces cut off their path and a massive slaughter ensued. In the first hours of August 30, confronting the reality of his army’s collapse, Samsonov went into the forest, away from his staff, and shot himself. In total, over 50,000 Russian soldiers were killed and some 92,000 taken as prisoners in the Battle of Tannenberg—named thus by the Germans in vengeful remembrance of the village, where in 1410 the Poles had defeated the Teutonic Knights. By the end of August, Russia’s ambitious advance in East Prussia in August 1914 had achieved at least one of its goals, albeit at a tremendous cost: two German corps had been removed from the Western to the Eastern Front in order to confront the Russian menace. Though the two corps had not arrived in time to play a role in the Battle of Tannenberg—which would remain the greatest German triumph of the war against Russia on the Eastern Front— they would also be unable to aid their comrades at the Battle of the Marne in early September, when German forces advancing towards Paris were decisively defeated by British and French troops in a crucial victory for the Allies. Related Videos |
What is the capital of Sudan? | Sudan Facts, Facts about Sudan capital city, currency, language, population, symbols Sudan Facts Where is Sudan? Situated in northern Africa, Republic of Sudan shares its borders with Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. What is the capital of Sudan? Khartoum is the capital of Sudan. It is a tripartite metropolis and is located where the two Niles, White and Blue Nile, meet. The etymology of its name is uncertain. It was founded in 1821 by Ibrahim Pasha and was an important point for the slave trading. How big is Sudan? Sudan is the 16th largest country in the world. It covers an area of 728,215 square miles and has an estimated population of 30,894,000. What is the currency of Sudan? The official currency of Sudan is Sudanese Pound. Its ISO 4217 code is SDG and is subdivided into 100 qirish. It is regulated by Bank of Sudan. Which is the largest city of Sudan? Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, is the largest city of Sudan. It has an estimated population of 639,598 and covers a total area of 5,274,321. What is the official language of Sudan? There are more than hundred languages spoken in Sudan. Arabic and English are the official languages of Sudan. What is the religion of Sudan? According to the CIA World Factbook, 97% of the population are Muslims. Remaining 3% of the population adhere to either animist and indigenous beliefs or Christianity. What is the literacy rate of Sudan? The total adult literacy rate of Sudan is 69%. Who is the political leader of Sudan? Sudan is widely known as an authoritarian state where all powers are vested in President. Officially, it is a federal presidential representative democratic republic, where the President is the head of the state, head of the government, and Commander-in-chief of the Army. Omar al-Bashir is the President of Sudan since 1989. He is also the head of the National Congress Party. Ali Osman Taha is the current and the first Vice President of Sudan. He assumed office on July 9, 2011. When is the National Day of Sudan celebrated? National Day of Sudan is celebrated on January 1. On this day in 1956, the first modern Sudanese government was established. The governments of Egypt and Britain agreed on granting Sudan independence by signing a treaty. A special ceremony was held at the People's Palace and the flag of Sudan was hoisted. What is the economy of Sudan like? In 2009, the GDP of Sudan was $ 92.83 billion, while its and Per Capita income was $2,300. Approximately 40% of the population live below poverty line. Unemployment rate stands at 18.7%. Services sector accounts for 38.2% of the GDP, followed by agriculture (32.6%), and industry (29.2%). Oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap and pharmaceuticals are some of the important industries in the country. Major export markets are China, Japan, and Indonesia, while major imports are with China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, India, and Italy. |
An oribi is what type of animal? | Oribi videos, photos and facts - Ourebia ourebi | ARKive Top Oribi biology Oribi are commonly found in pairs or in groups of as many as seven (2) . Such groups usually have a single adult male (2) , and up to three adult females (3) . These groups are territorial (2) , and will mark the boundaries of their territory with urine, faeces and secretions from the preorbital glands on their faces (2) . Active during the day, oribi graze on fresh grass during the wet season, and browse on shrubs when drought occurs. To supplement their diet, oribi visits mineral licks every few days (4) . Although oribi may give birth throughout the year, birthing is said to be most common in the rainy months (4) , when there is plentiful food and cover (2) . After a gestation period of 200 to 210 days, a single young is born (2) . Male oribi become sexually mature by 14 months, while females can conceive at the age of just 10 months (4) . If threatened by a predator, the oribi will remain hiding in tall grass until the predator is within a few metres. It will then leap through the grass and bound along, flashing the conspicuous white underside of its tail which serves as a warning to other oribi (2) . Oribi will also produce a shrill whistle when alarmed and are seen to jump vertically up with all four legs straight and the back arched when they are under threat, known as stotting (4) . Top Oribi range The oribi occurs in the savannah grasslands of Africa south of the Sahara. Haggard’s oribi is found in Kenya and Somalia, and the Kenya oribi was found only in Kenya (2) . Top Oribi status The oribi is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1) . Two subspecies are recognised: Haggard’s oribi (Ourebia ourebi haggardi) is classified as Vulnerable (VU) and the Kenya oribi (Ourebia ourebi kenyae) is classified as Extinct (EX) (1) . Top Oribi threats The oribi is intensively hunted for food and its habitat is threatened by the development of human settlements (1) (2) , resulting in numbers and distribution of this small antelope being greatly reduced (2) . Top Oribi conservation The oribi is found in several protected areas throughout its range, including Comoé National Park in Cote d'Ivoire and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (5) , and is the subject of a WWF Species Project (6) . This project aims to track captive-bred oribi after their release into appropriate habitat to research their home ranges and their habitat preferences. The long-term aim of the project is to establish viable wild populations from captive-bred stock (6) . |
The Aqua Tower, the first tallest building in the world designed by a team led by a woman, Jeanne Gang, is in which US city? | Aqua Tower – the tower that Jeanne Gang built | Jonathan Glancey | Art and design | The Guardian Architecture Aqua Tower – the tower that Jeanne Gang built With its rippling facade and vast green roof, Chicago's Aqua Tower is a revelation. It's also the tallest building in the world to be designed by a woman Swaggeringly high ... Jeanne Gang's Aqua building. Photograph: Steve Hall/Studio Gang Tuesday 20 October 2009 16.35 EDT First published on Tuesday 20 October 2009 16.35 EDT Share on Messenger Close Jeanne Gang spent her childhood holidays out on the road with her family, looking at the bold new bridges and roads springing up across America. Her father, a civil engineer, also took her to natural wonders like the Grand Canyon and the towering rock formations of the Great Lakes in Michigan. Gang grew up to be an architect with her own practice, Studio Gang, and now elements of what she saw on those road trips have come together in her first skyscraper, the Aqua Tower, a $308m (£188m) addition to downtown Chicago's architectural splendours. The Aqua Tower, rising up in a dance of ever-changing concrete forms, is very different from its neighbours. Seen from the sidewalk, it really does have the look of a multi-layered Lake Michigan rock formation, albeit one that towers above the city. This is a Chicago landmark that has broken out of the city-wide straitjacket of right angles and smooth surfaces – as if Gaudi had taken up skyscraper design, or a spinning ballerina had morphed into a building. It all began three years ago at a dinner following a Frank Gehry lecture in Chicago. Gang found herself sitting with architect and developer James R Loewenberg, who asked her to take a preliminary design for his Aqua Tower and make it sing. She jumped at the chance. After all, at 819ft, the Aqua Tower would be the world's biggest skyscraper designed by a woman (or, to be more precise, the tallest building in the world designed by a female-run architectural practice). Skyscrapers are traditionally seen as an expression of overbearing male libido, a sort of mine's-taller-than-yours competition. So, even today, it is a surprise to find a woman building so swaggeringly high. (Zaha Hadid currently has skyscraper projects in five cities, but none completed). Gang politely dismisses such hackneyed assumptions. She is, after all, part of a team. "Our working method is very collaborative. Having said that, at least half, maybe more, of the staff here are women. I just think it's natural. I've always wanted to build. I was encouraged to make and repair things by my parents. But OK, I can't hide the fact that it's great to have done a skyscraper, even if I never do one again." Gang, who wanted to be an engineer before she decided on architecture, grew up in a small town near Chicago. She says she thinks of the city as a mountain range rising up from the flat Illinois plains that flank Lake Michigan. "When we got the commission, we were partly thinking of building a mountain. But, being steeped in engineering, I also saw the project as a work of urban infrastructure. The tower is a machine plugged into the city – working for people – as well as being a kind of peak, or rock formation." Behind its weaving balconies, this 82-storey residential and hotel tower is a largely conventional building. Conventional in plan, that is, but unexpected in terms of form, and laced through with amenities and luxuries. Although it opens in the middle of the worst recession to hit the US since the 1930s, most of its 740 flats have been sold. From its waltzing balconies, the tower offers fabulous views of the city and its other skyscrapers, of the recently completed Millennium Park, and, of course, of Lake Michigan. It also boasts a swimming pool, sky gardens, a library and a billiard room. Meanwhile, an eight-floor terrace projecting over the entrance offers a running track and open-air hot tubs. The tower's garden roof is Chicago's most extensive. Yet, despite this rippling tower's presence and sparkle, and the fact that it will bring Studio Gang international |
What is Lake Kinnernet in Israel known as in the Bible? | Sea of Galilee | lake, Israel | Britannica.com Sea of Galilee Alternative Titles: Buḥayrat Ṭabarīyā, Lake of Gennesaret, Lake Tiberias, Sea of Kinerot, Sea of Kinneret, Yam Kinneret Related Topics Asia Sea of Galilee, also called Lake Tiberias, Arabic Buḥayrat Ṭabarīyā, Hebrew Yam Kinneret, lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. It is famous for its biblical associations; its Old Testament name was Sea of Chinnereth, and later it was called the Lake of Gennesaret. From 1948 to 1967 it was bordered immediately to the northeast by the cease-fire line with Syria . Sea of Galilee, Israel. Nadavspi Physical features The lake has a surface area of 64 square miles (166 square km). Its maximum depth, measured in the northeast, is 157 feet (48 metres). Extending 13 miles (21 km) from north to south and 7 miles (11 km) from east to west, it is pear-shaped. Its surface elevation was long given as 686 feet (209 metres) below sea level, but for decades the annual water level generally has been 6.5 to 13 feet (2 to 4 metres) below the traditional level. Mountains rising beyond the Sea of Galilee, Israel. © AbleStock.com/Jupiterimages The Sea of Galilee is located in the great depression of the Jordan . The Plain of Gennesaret extends in a circular arc from the north to the northwest, and the Plain of Bet Ẓayda (Buteiha) in Syria extends to the northeast. To the west and southwest, the hills of Lower Galilee fall abruptly to the lake’s edge. In the mid-eastern sections, the cliffs of the Golan Heights overlook the lake. The plateau reappears again in the southeast, becoming larger as it approaches the valley of the Yarmūk River , a tributary that has its confluence with the Jordan a short distance to the south of the lake. Also to the south, the plain of the Ghawr (Ghor) begins, but the Sea of Galilee is separated from it by a narrow ridge through which the Jordan River flows. Similar Topics Chilka Lake The greatest part of the region is covered by basalts that have been formed since the Miocene Epoch (about 23 to 5.3 million years ago) and that are part of the vast area of Mount Durūz , located in Syria. Since the Miocene Epoch began, lacustrine limestones and marls (calcareous clays) have been deposited. The Jordan Valley is part of the East African Rift System , which forms the deep trench through which a tributary of the Jordan River passes to the east of the lake. Smaller and less-important faults occur to the west. The depression was hollowed out at the end of the Pliocene Epoch (about 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago) and was partially filled in again by lacustrine and fluvial sediments. During the humid periods of the Quaternary Period (the past 2.6 million years), the Dead Sea extended up to this point. During the last pluvial period, about 20,000 years ago, a great lake called the Lake of Lisan covered the region. Since then the waters have receded. Because of its sheltered location, low elevation, and the influence of the lake itself, the winters are mild, with temperatures averaging 57 °F (14 °C) in January. The absence of freezing temperatures has facilitated the cultivation of bananas, dates, citrus fruit, and vegetables. The summers are hot, with temperatures averaging 88 °F (31 °C), and the precipitation—almost 15 inches (380 mm) at Deganya—falls, in the course of a winter of less than 50 days, in the form of brief but violent showers. The Sea of Galilee is fed primarily by the Jordan River. Other streams and wadis (seasonal watercourses) flow into the lake from the hills of Galilee. In the rivers associated with the lake and at the bottom of the lake itself are many mineral deposits. Because of those deposits and because of the strong evaporation, the lake’s waters are relatively salty. Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent Because of a pleasant climate, level topography , fertile soil, and relatively abundant water, the rivers flowing into the lake and the adjacent plains have throughout history been the source of livelihood for various peoples. At El-ʿUbeidīya, 2 miles (3 km) south of the lake, lacustrine formation |
Who played Martha Jones in the UK tv series Doctor Who? | Freema __, actress who played Martha Jones in BBC TV series Doctor Who - crossword puzzle clues & answers - Dan Word «Let me solve it for you» Freema __, actress who played Martha Jones in BBC TV series Doctor Who Today's crossword puzzle clue is a general knowledge one: Freema __, actress who played Martha Jones in BBC TV series Doctor Who. We will try to find the right answer to this particular crossword clue. Here are the possible solutions for "Freema __, actress who played Martha Jones in BBC TV series Doctor Who" clue. It was last seen in British general knowledge crossword. We have 1 possible answer in our database. Possible answer: |
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in Canada during which month of the year? | Thanksgiving Day in Canada Home Calendar Holidays Canada Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day in Canada Thanksgiving Day in Canada has been a holiday on the second Monday of October since 1957. It is a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year. Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals. Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals. ©iStockphoto.com/Olga Lyubkina What Do People Do? Many people have a day off work on the second Monday of October. They often use the three-day Thanksgiving weekend to visit family or friends who live far away, or to receive them in their own homes. Many people also prepare a special meal to eat at some point during the long weekend. Traditionally, this included roast turkey and seasonal produce, such as pumpkin, corn ears and pecan nuts. Now, the meal may consist of other foods, particularly if the family is of non-European descent. The Thanksgiving weekend is also a popular time to take a short autumn vacation. This may be the last chance in a while for some people to use cottages or holiday homes before winter sets in. Other popular activities include outdoor breaks to admire the spectacular colors of the Canadian autumn, hiking, and fishing. Fans of the teams in the Canadian Football League may spend part of the weekend watching the Thanksgiving Day Classic matches. Public Life Thanksgiving Day is a national public holiday in Canada. Many people have the day off work and all schools and post offices are closed. Many stores and other businesses and organizations are also closed. Public transport services may run to a reduced timetable or may not run at all. Background The native peoples of the Americas held ceremonies and festivals to celebrate the completion and bounty of the harvest long before European explorers and settlers arrived in what is now Canada. Early European thanksgivings were held to give thanks for some special fortune. An early example is the ceremony the explorer Martin Frobisher held in 1578 after he had survived the long journey in his quest to find a northern passage from Europe to Asia. Many thanksgivings were held following noteworthy events during the 18th century. Refugees fleeing the civil war in the United States brought the custom of an annual thanksgiving festival to Canada. From 1879, Thanksgiving Day was held every year but the date varied and there was a special theme each year. The theme was the "Blessings of an abundant harvest" for many years. However, Queen Victoria's golden and diamond jubilees and King Edward VII's coronation formed the theme in later years. From the end of the First World War until 1930, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were celebrated on the Monday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the official end of hostilities in World War I. In 1931, Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving Day was moved to a Monday in October. Since 1957, Thanksgiving Day has always been held on the second Monday in October. Symbols Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals. A common image seen at this time of year is a cornucopia, or horn, filled with seasonal fruit and vegetables. The cornucopia, which means "Horn of Plenty" in Latin, was a symbol of bounty and plenty in ancient Greece. Turkeys, pumpkins, ears of corn and large displays of food are also used to symbolize Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day Observances |
Charles Merivale of Cambridge University and Charles Wordsworth of Oxford University started which annual tradition in 1829? | The annual rowing event - The Boat Race 2010 - between Oxford and Cambridge. [ ? ]Subscribe To This Site Rowing Competition - The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 2010 The annual rowing competition between Oxford University and Cambridge University, sponsored by Xchanging, usually takes place on either the last Saturday of March or the first Saturday of April. The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race 2010 took place on Saturday, 3rd April, during the Easter holiday weekend. This Boat Race was originally the idea of two Harrow school friends, Charles Merivale, who went to Cambridge University, and Charles Wordsworth, who went to Oxford University. In 1829, Cambridge initiated the move and sent a challenge to Oxford. After the race in1829 which was competed at Henley-on-Thames, other boat races took place at Westminster in central London. And because of its popularity it quickly became overcrowded. In 1845, the rowing event had to be moved about six miles upstream to Putney, where it stayed to the present day. This popular rowing event, the 156th Boat Race between the "Light Blues" (Cambridge University) and the "Dark Blues" (Oxford University) has been competed annually since 1856, apart from the years during the two world wars. It has been the tradition of the boat race that the loser of the previous year’s race challenges the opposition to a re-match. Over a quarter of a million people lined both banks of the Thames River and the event starts from Putney Bridge and finishes yards before Chiswick Bridge - a distance of 4 miles and 374 yards. This annual rowing competition was televised by the BBC and watched by over 8 miilion viewers in the UK and many more millions of international audience in 180 countries. The competition is a major international sporting event and makes it the most viewed single day rowing event in the world. |
The ‘Vichy Regime’ described the government of which European country during World War II? | BBC - History - World Wars: The Vichy Policy on Jewish Deportation The Vichy Policy on Jewish Deportation By Paul Webster Last updated 2011-02-17 The story of the Vichy regime during World War Two - particularly the part it played in the deportation of Jews - was kept quiet for years. Eventually, and slowly, however, the tale of its betrayal of the Jewish community in France has emerged - as Paul Webster reports. On this page Print this page Introduction The rescue of 7,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied Denmark in January 1943 has passed from history into legend. With the help of the Danish civil service and police, and the encouragement of King Christian X, almost the entire Jewish population was smuggled out of the country overnight, to neutral Sweden, without alerting the occupying forces. ... Hungary resisted Nazi demands to hand over Jews ... It was the most daring of all such actions to save Jews from Nazi persecution through the years of World War Two, but great risks were also taken elsewhere. In 1941, in occupied Holland, for example, Communist trade unionists held protest strikes - ending with the deportation of leading demonstrators. Even some pro-German states took a stand. Fascist Hungary resisted Nazi demands to hand over Jews until the country was invaded in 1944. Italy had anti-Semitic laws, but nevertheless defended French Jews in south-eastern France, which was occupied by the Italian army, and thus saved thousands of lives. The last example is the most relevant to the tragic French experience, whose consequences are yet to be resolved. More than 60 years after a collaborationist French government helped deport 75,721 Jewish refugees and French citizens to Nazi death camps, the national conscience has still not fully come to terms with the betrayal of a community persecuted by French anti-Semitic laws. Top French background After the 1789 Revolution, France was the first European country to emancipate Jews, and despite periodic resurgences of anti-Semitism the country had Europe's second biggest Jewish community - 330,000 - by 1939. About half were recent refugees from elsewhere in Europe, convinced that they would be protected by France's commitments on political and religious asylum. ... fears ... France was on the verge of a Bolshevik revolution ... By the turn of the century, however, anti-Semitism was being encouraged by the anti-republican movement Action Francaise, which had a strong following in the Catholic Church, as well as in the army, civil service and the judiciary. The movement supported extremists who believed that Jews could never integrate into a Christian country and were potential traitors. A virulent racist campaign intensified in 1936, when the Socialist Popular Front government was led by a Jewish prime minister, Léon Blum. His appointment added to the fears of those convinced that France was on the verge of a Bolshevik revolution, aided by Jews. These fears intensified, and dominated the French administration during the years of World War Two. The lightning defeat of the French army by the Germans in June 1940 brought down the democratic Third Republic, which was replaced by a French state, headed by 84-year-old Maréchal Philippe Pétain, who had fought in World War One. He set up his capital at Vichy, a spa in the Auvergne. The Germans had divided France into occupied and non-occupied zones, leaving Pétain's administration in charge of about two-fifths of the country - including the cities of Lyon and Marseille. Top Jewish Statute Despite autonomy from German policies, Pétain brought in legislation setting up a Jewish Statute in October 1940. By then about 150,000 Jews had crossed what was known as the Demarcation Line to seek protection from Vichy in the south - only to find they were subjected to fierce discrimination along lines practised by the Germans in the north. ... 3,000 died of poor treatment ... Jews were eventually banned from the professions, show business, teaching, the civil service and journalism. After an intense propaganda campaign, Jewish businesses were 'aryani |
Pato, a game played on horseback, is the national sport of which South American country? | Pato: Argentina’s National Sport ‹ The Argentina Independent Pato: Argentina’s National Sport 24th February 2010 Daniel Edwards 302 What do you think is Argentina’s national sport? It has to be football surely, hundreds of thousands of people streaming through turnstiles every week to fill the stadiums? Wrong. Ok maybe tennis at a push, very popular again, Argentine players litter the top 100 rankings. No, try again. The more cynical amongst us might say protesting, eating beef or hoarding monedas, but again you would be well off the mark. The actual sport of the nation plays like a cross between polo and basketball, frequently ends in broken bones and used to be played with a live duck. I am, of course, talking about Pato. Scoring a goal (Photo: Beatrice Murch) A Potted History of Pato: Just as football was popularised in England through mass games between villagers taking a rest from working the fields, the sport was established by gauchos breaking up the tedium of watching their herds in the Argentine pampa. There are written records of pato being played as early as 1610, and complaints of its violence and risk of injury and death dating from 1796. The name comes from the role played by the aforementioned unfortunate duck (pato in Spanish); instead of a ball, the duck was placed in a basket with handles around it and tossed between mounted players, with the object of scoring in a net at the end of the field. Back in the game’s formative years the definition of field was rather loose; games often were played between neighbouring ranches over miles and miles of empty countryside. And just as football in the middle ages was subject to church and state repression for its perceived immorality, so did pato face the iron fist of the authorities – numerous decrees in the 19th century sought to outlaw the sport, and by the turn of the 20th the sport had largely diminished. The sport however resurfaced in the 1930s, more regulated and standardised than before. Ducks everywhere breathed a sigh of relief as their role was eliminated from the game, instead modern pato is played with a leather ball resembling a volleyball, surrounded by six wooden handles for easier grip- important when trying to scoop the ball up on a horse at full gallop. The game slowly gained respect as an organised, proper sport, and was even declared Argentina’s “national sport” in 1953 by President Juan Perón, in an acknowledgement of pato’s role as a symbol of Argentine nationalism and the gaucho spirit which endows its citizens. It was never able however to match either the popular appeal of football or the upper-class allure of polo, and today it remains a sport primarily for aficionados and agricultural workers in the sprawling countryside that surrounds Buenos Aires. Photo by Jorgelina Tuñon These Men Can Ride! After a season ravaged by an unusually wet Buenos Aires spring and many frustrating weekends of cancelled matches, I was able to witness pato first hand on a beautiful December afternoon. Taking place in the “home of pato”, a sports ground located near the Campo de Mayo military complex, two games were played that were to decide who played in the grand finale the following week. The most striking aspect of the sport is the incredible skill shown by the riders. The players often find themselves hanging off their steeds at high speed to pluck the ball off the ground, and the nerve and steady hand to throw the ball into the basket while galloping and being harassed by opponents is very impressive. Even more so when you consider none of the players are professional; the majority are farm workers who play the sport in their spare time, directly mirroring the gauchos of old. Sebastian Tuñon, one of three brothers who play the sport professionally, explained that “we don’t have the money in pato that polo has, for instance. None of us can give up work and play professionally; indeed it probably costs us because none of the equipment comes cheap. We do it however because we love the sport and we love playing it.” The Perils of Pato Injuries happen to ri |
Which US President died in 1841, on his 32nd day in office? | William Henry Harrison | whitehouse.gov Air Force One William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history. "Give him a barrel of hard cider and settle a pension of two thousand a year on him, and my word for it," a Democratic newspaper foolishly gibed, "he will sit ... by the side of a 'sea coal' fire, and study moral philosophy. " The Whigs, seizing on this political misstep, in 1840 presented their candidate William Henry Harrison as a simple frontier Indian fighter, living in a log cabin and drinking cider, in sharp contrast to an aristocratic champagne-sipping Van Buren. Harrison was in fact a scion of the Virginia planter aristocracy. He was born at Berkeley in 1773. He studied classics and history at Hampden-Sydney College, then began the study of medicine in Richmond. Suddenly, that same year, 1791, Harrison switched interests. He obtained a commission as ensign in the First Infantry of the Regular Army, and headed to the Northwest, where he spent much of his life. In the campaign against the Indians, Harrison served as aide-de-camp to General "Mad Anthony" Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, which opened most of the Ohio area to settlement. After resigning from the Army in 1798, he became Secretary of the Northwest Territory, was its first delegate to Congress, and helped obtain legislation dividing the Territory into the Northwest and Indiana Territories. In 1801 he became Governor of the Indiana Territory, serving 12 years. His prime task as governor was to obtain title to Indian lands so settlers could press forward into the wilderness. When the Indians retaliated, Harrison was responsible for defending the settlements. The threat against settlers became serious in 1809. An eloquent and energetic chieftain, Tecumseh, with his religious brother, the Prophet, began to strengthen an Indian confederation to prevent further encroachment. In 1811 Harrison received permission to attack the confederacy. While Tecumseh was away seeking more allies, Harrison led about a thousand men toward the Prophet's town. Suddenly, before dawn on November 7, the Indians attacked his camp on Tippecanoe River. After heavy fighting, Harrison repulsed them, but suffered 190 dead and wounded. The Battle of Tippecanoe, upon which Harrison's fame was to rest, disrupted Tecumseh's confederacy but failed to diminish Indian raids. By the spring of 1812, they were again terrorizing the frontier. In the War of 1812 Harrison won more military laurels when he was given the command of the Army in the Northwest with the rank of brigadier general. At the Battle of the Thames, north of Lake Erie, on October 5, 1813, he defeated the combined British and Indian forces, and killed Tecumseh. The Indians scattered, never again to offer serious resistance in what was then called the Northwest. Thereafter Harrison returned to civilian life; the Whigs, in need of a national hero, nominated him for President in 1840. He won by a majority of less than 150,000, but swept the Electoral College, 234 to 60. When he arrived in Washington in February 1841, Harrison let Daniel Webster edit his Inaugural Address, ornate with classical allusions. Webster obtained some deletions, boasting in a jolly fashion that he had killed "seventeen Roman proconsuls as dead as smelts, every one of them." Webster had reason to be pleased, for while Harrison was nationalistic in his outlook, he emphasized in his Inaugural that he would be obedient to the will of the people as expressed through Congress. But before he had been in office a month, he caught a cold that developed into pneumonia. On April 4, 1841, he died -- the first President to die in office -- and with him died the Whig program. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. C |
The Ferrorie dello Stato is the main railway operator in which European country? | Practical Law Practical Law You need to login to access these options. My account Resource type: Legal update: archive Status: Published on 01-Nov-1998 Jurisdiction: European Union Notification of agreement between Infostrada, a subsidiary of the Olivetti and Mannesmann groups and Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), the main railway operator in Italy, for the purchase of certain rights from FS, notably: the right to access FS's infrastructure in order to deploy cables (the right of way) and the right to use parts of the existing FS dark fiber optic cables (the right of use). Source: OJ No C 283, 12th September, 1998, p. 3. Actions Customer services are available weekdays: 8:30am to 7:00pm (GMT) 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AQ | Map ©2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy and Cookies . Legal Information . ©2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy and Cookies(http://www.practicallaw.com/3-386-5597).Legal Information(http://www.practicallaw.com/8-531-0965). Subscription enquiries +44 (0)20 7202 1220 or email [email protected]. The reference after links to resources on our site (e.g. 2-123-4567) is to the PLC Reference ID. This will include any PDF or Word versions of articles. Cookie Policy We use cookies to give you the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time but if you do, you may lose some functionality on our website. More information can be found in our Privacy Policy and Cookies . |
French artist, Fernande Olivier, was known primarily for being the model of which painter/artist, who painted over 60 portraits of her? | 1000+ images about Olivier Fernande on Pinterest | Oil on canvas, First love and Henri rousseau Forward The first great love of Picasso’s life was a curvy, green-eyed, auburn-haired woman named Fernande Olivier (1881–1966). Picasso and Olivier were regularly smoked Opium together and were repeatedly unfaithful to one another. She is recognized as the inspiration for Picasso’s transition from his gloomy Blue Period to his lighter and more cheerful Rose Period. Learn more by clicking on the image! See More |
The Chicago Bears defeated which team 73-0 in the 1940 NFL Championship game? | Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game - Dec 08, 1940 - HISTORY.com Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game Share this: Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game Author Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1940, the Chicago Bears trounce the Washington Redskins in the National Football League (NFL) Championship by a score of 73-0, the largest margin of defeat in NFL history. The Bears, coached by George Halas, brought a 6-2 record to their regular-season meeting with the Redskins in Washington on November 17, 1940. After Chicago lost 3-7, the Redskins coach, George Preston Marshall, told reporters that Halas and his team were “quitters” and “cry babies.” Halas used Marshall’s words to galvanize his players, and the Bears scored 78 points in their next two games to set up a showdown with the Redskins in the league’s championship game on December 8, also in Washington. Less than a minute into the game, the Bears’ running back Bill Osmanski ran 68 yards to score the first touchdown. After the Redskins narrowly missed an opportunity to tie the game, the Bears clamped down and began to dominate, leaving the field at halftime with a 28-0 lead. Things only got worse for the Redskins, and by the end of the second half officials were asking Halas not to let his team kick for extra points, as they were running out of footballs after too many had been kicked into the stands. The Bears followed their history-making win with two more consecutive championships, including a game against the New York Giants at Chicago’s Wrigley Field just two weeks after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Many great football players were subsequently drafted into World War II, and Halas himself would leave in 1942 for a tour of duty in the Pacific. In 1946, after the war ended, Halas and a number of former players returned to the team, and the Bears won their fourth NFL Championship in seven years. Related Videos |
Which of the Great Lakes is the only one located entirely in the United States of America? | Are the Great Lakes connected? - Ask History Ask History November 12, 2014 By Elizabeth Nix Share this: Are the Great Lakes connected? Author Are the Great Lakes connected? URL Google Covering more than 94,000 square miles in the United States and Canada, the Great Lakes – Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior—are connected by a series of rivers, straits and smaller lakes, forming the world’s largest freshwater system. With an estimated 6 quadrillion gallons of water (that’s enough to bury the 48 contiguous states under about 9.5 feet of H2O), the Great Lakes contain more than 20 percent of the world’s freshwater supply and more than 80 percent of North America’s freshwater. Among the waterways linking the lakes are the St. Marys River, which flows from Lake Superior to Lake Huron; the Niagara River, connecting Lake Erie to Lake Ontario; and the narrow Straits of Mackinac, joining Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (hydrologically, the two lakes are considered a single body of water). Of the five lakes, Superior is the deepest and largest in terms of surface area and water volume, while Erie is the shallowest and smallest by volume. Lake Michigan, the second-largest by volume, is the only one of the five lakes located entirely in the United States. Interspersed throughout the lakes are some 35,000 islands, the biggest of which, Canada’s Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, is sizeable enough to have lakes of its own. Numerous Indian tribes inhabited the Great Lakes region long before the arrival of French explorers in the 17th century. Etienne Brule, an interpreter and scout for Samuel de Champlain, is credited as the first European to discover the Great Lakes, around 1615. The lakes later played a key role in the region’s development as an important industrial center. Since the opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System in 1959, large cargo vessels can travel from the Atlantic Ocean to Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior–the farthest-inland freshwater seaport in North America—a journey of more than 2,000 miles. Tags |
Which district in London is famous for its Royal Hospital for old soldiers? | Royal Hospital Chelsea | Home of the Chelsea Pensioners The Royal Hospital Chelsea is the home of the iconic Chelsea Pensioners, who are all retired soldiers of the British Army. Since 1692 we have offered care and comradeship for veterans in recognition of their loyal service to the Nation. Find out more . |
The Vistula Lagoon is a freshwater lagoon on which sea? | Biological production and eutrophication of Baltic Sea estuarine ecosystems: The Curonian and Vistula Lagoons | DeepDyve Try 2 weeks free now Biological production and eutrophication of Baltic Sea estuarine ecosystems: The Curonian and Vistula Lagoons Aleksandrov, S.V. The long-term data on the temporal and spatial changes of chlorophyll and nutrients concentrations, phytoplankton biomass, primary production and mineralization of organic matter in the Curonian and Vistula Lagoons were analyzed using seasonal data to 1994 and monthly data to 2007 at 9–12 stations. A comparison with hydrological (water temperature, salinity, water exchange) and chemical parameters indicate the main abiotic factors which influence the level of biological production and the trophic state of lagoons. Most of the Curonian Lagoon showed the strong summer warming-up of water (higher 20 °C) combined with freshwater conditions, slow-flow velocity and high concentrations of phosphorus which creates conditions for hyperblooms of Cyanobacteria. The biological production of the Vistula Lagoon is below the potentially possible level as the hydrodynamic activity (high-flow velocity) and brackish water prevent the intensive development of Cyanobacteria. The Curonian Lagoon may be considered as hypertrophic water body whereas the Vistula Lagoon is a eutrophic water body. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Marine Pollution Bulletin Elsevier http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/biological-production-and-eutrophication-of-baltic-sea-estuarine-pTHFL83FRp Biological production and eutrophication of Baltic Sea estuarine ecosystems: The Curonian and Vistula Lagoons S.V. Aleksandrov Atlantic Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (AtlantNIRO), 5, Dm. Donskoy Str., Kaliningrad 236000, Russia article info The long-term data on the temporal and spatial changes of chlorophyll and nutrients concentrations, phytoplankton biomass, primary production and mineralization of organic matter in the Curonian and Vistula Lagoons were analyzed using seasonal data to 1994 and monthly data to 2007 at 9–12 stations. A comparison with hydrological (water temperature, salinity, water exchange) and chemical parameters indicate the main abiotic factors which influence the level of biological production and the trophic state of lagoons. Most of the Curonian Lagoon showed the strong summer warming-up of water (higher 20 °C) combined with freshwater conditions, slow-flow velocity and high concentrations of phosphorus which creates conditions for hyperblooms of Cyanobacteria. The biological production of the Vistula Lagoon is below the potentially possible level as the hydrodynamic activity (high-flow velocity) and brackish water prevent the intensive development of Cyanobacteria. The Curonian Lagoon may be considered as hyper- trophic water body whereas the Vistula Lagoon is a eutrophic water body. Ó 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. 1. Introduction The problems of contamination of coastal and offshore environ- ments and, consequently, of aquatic organisms by pathogenic bac- teria and in uncontrolled run-off from urban and agricultural areas, are manifest in the Baltic Sea region (HELCOM, 2002). Eutrophica- tion from the same sources encourages harmful algal blooms that may contaminate fish and shellfish. Coastal lagoons are most vulnerable to direct impacts of natural environmental and anthropogenic factors. Due to this sensitivity, the analysis of long-term changes of chemical and biological parameters in lagoons could demonstrate the actual relationship between global and local changes, including the discrimination of what is ‘‘natural” from what is due to the human action. The Curonian and Vistula Lagoon are the largest coastal lagoons of the Baltic Sea separated from the sea by narrow sand spits. These Lagoons are similar in ground types, mean depths, wind and tem- perature regimes, however quite different in continental runoff and water salinity. The main morphometric and hydrological char- acteristics are presented in Table 1. The Curonian and Vistu |
If a person is micturating, what are they doing? | Micturating/Voiding Cystourethrogram (MCUG/VCUG) | Health | Patient Micturating/Voiding Cystourethrogram (MCUG/VCUG) 666 A micturating/voiding cystourethrogram (MCUG/VCUG) produces X-ray images of the bladder and urinary tract. Note: the information below is a general guide only. The arrangements, and the way tests are performed, may vary between different hospitals. Always follow the instructions given by your doctor or local hospital. What is a micturating/voiding cystourethrogram (MCUG/VCUG)? A cystourethrogram produces specialised X-ray pictures. These help assess the structure and function of the lower urinary tract, in particular the bladder ('cysto') and the urethra (a tube which takes urine to the outside of your body). Images are also taken while the patient passes urine. Passing urine can be called micturating or voiding, hence the name. This is done to see whether urine flows away correctly from the bladder. Note: for the rest of this leaflet we will use the short form of 'micturating/voiding cystourethrogram': MCUG/VCUG. How does the urinary tract work? There are two kidneys, one on each side of the tummy (abdomen). They make urine which drains down tubes called ureters into the bladder. Urine is stored in the bladder and is passed out through the urethra from time to time when we go to the toilet. The ureter passes through the wall of the bladder at an angle. So, when the bladder contracts to pass urine, the wall of the bladder squeezes the end of the ureter to prevent urine being passed back up the ureter. In effect, this action works like a valve to stop backflow (reflux) of urine up the ureters. Normally, urine should only flow in one direction. Muscles under the bladder (called the pelvic floor) create the valve which allows urine to flow out when we go to the toilet. When working correctly, they should stop the urine coming out until we want it to. What is an MCUG/VCUG used for? An MCUG/VCUG is most commonly used in children who have repeated urinary tract infections. In some children, a problem with the junction of the ureters and bladder allows urine to flow backwards towards the kidneys instead of away from them. This condition is called vesicoureteric reflux. Usually this valve problem does not cause the urine infections. However, in children who get them, it is important that it is picked up. This is so that action can be taken to protect the kidneys from infected urine, and so prevent kidney damage. This is most often why an MCUG/VCUG is done. Other reasons an MCUG/VCUG is done: To find the cause of urinary incontinence . To look for a cause of repeated urinary tract infections. To check for structural problems of the bladder and the urethra. To look for injuries to the bladder or urethra. How does an MCUG/VCUG work? Normally, soft, hollow structures such as the bladder and ureters don't show up on X-ray images. In an MCUG/VCUG a special dye called a contrast agent is inserted into the bladder. The contrast agent blocks X-rays so that the areas it fills show up bright white in colour. This shows up the structures being examined by making them stand out against the black background on the X-ray picture. An MCUG/VCUG also uses fluoroscopy. This is a technique which produces moving live video X-ray pictures on a screen. This allows the doctor to watch as the contrast agent fills the bladder and to observe any problems or defects. Urine should not flow backwards from the bladder so if the images show the contrast agent entering the ureters, this suggests vesicoureteric reflux. Your doctor may be able to assess how much of a problem this is by looking at the X-ray images. What happens during an MCUG/VCUG? The test takes about 30 minutes. For a child You will be able to stay with your child throughout the scan, unless you are pregnant. If you are pregnant, X-ray exposure during this procedure could harm the unborn child. It will therefore be necessary to arrange for another adult the child knows well to be with them for reassurance. Anyone staying with the child in the X-ray room will be given a lead ap |
The Uffizi Gallery is a museum in which European city? | Uffizi Gallery tickets :: reservations for the museum Audioguide: Visit the Uffizi Gallery without queuing up! With 3 simple steps you can buy tickets and visit the Uffizi Gallery without standing in line. With a few clicks you can see The Birth Of Venus or The Spring by Botticelli, The Annunciation by Leonardo Da Vinci, the Tondo Doni by Michelangelo and many others... Do not waste time during your holidays by standing in line. Buy tickets online through our safe and easy system and you will have immediate access to the masterpieces of Florence. We sell Official tickets authorized from Civita-Opera Laboratori Fiorentini that you can visit here You can buy tickets for most Florentine museums at the same time. Do not waste your time, rely on us! In our website you can find all the necessary information on how the system works, on the safety of transactions or simply on how to get more information on your past or future purchases. IMPORTANT : If the time requested is not available, the museum will confirm a timetable different from the one you requested, but as close as possible to the one you requested. What makes this Tour Unique? See famous masterpieces like the Michelangelo's Holy Family, the Botticelli's Birth of Venus and the Spring Skip the line and don't waste you time Stay in the museum how long you want Reduced and free tickets Reduced/Half Ticket: European Community citizens between 18 and 25 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance) Teachers from EU public institutes (Città del Vaticano, Montecarlo, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Repubblica di San Marino, Lichtestein included) with proof of tenure. Free Ticket: Audioguides (not included) Available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese. Cost: individual € 6,00; double € 10,00. You can rent them on your own at the ticket office but they are not included in the ticket price. Library Access from the Uffizi Loggia. Opening hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 9,00-13,30; Thursday and Friday 9,00-13,00. Bookshop There are three museum shops: two at the entrance and one at the exit. One of the bookshops at the entrance is specialised in art publications. In the other two it is possible to buy guide books in various languages (italian, english, frech, german, spanish, japanese and russian) and objects inspired by works of the Gallery. Cloakroom Near the entrance. Visitors must hand in umbrellas, large bags and backpacks. There is no charge. Café There is a café, which also offers restaurant service, on the Gallery floor at the end of the tour. It is situated on the terrace above the Uffizi Loggia and commands a splendid view over the city. Post Office At the Gallery exit there is a post office which provides normal services, currency exchange, postage of objects acquired at the museum shop, collectors' stamps. Disabled Visitors We sell Official tickets authorized from Civita-Opera Laboratori Fiorentini that you can visit here The most important art gallery in Italy and the earliest museum in modern Europe, it displays the greatest paintings from every age. It houses the most significant classical sculptures from the Medici collections and a big selection of Italian and European painting from 13th to 18th C., mainly late Medieval and Renaissance Tuscan works. History The Uffizi Palace was built by Giorgio Vasari at the wishes of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici as the place of the offices of the Medici government. The origin of the Gallery dates back to the Medici age, but the museum was regularly opened to the public under the reign of the Lorraine dynasty. Collections The first section of the Gallery was created in 1581 by Francesco I de' Medici on the last floor of the building, intended to house the Magistrature (the administrative and judicial offices) of the Florentine State. It included the works collected by the Medici in 15th and 16th C., originally located in the "Tribuna" and adjoining rooms. Under the rule of the Lorraine family the works were more rationally arranged, new collections were added, older ones were moved and became the co |
Which BBC radio programme introduces a castaway every week? | The week in radio: Desert Island Discs; The Compass; Chris Evans; The Archers | Television & radio | The Guardian The Observer The week in radio: Desert Island Discs; The Compass; Chris Evans; The Archers Castaway Bill Gates impressed – just not with all his music choices. And fond memories of Terry Wogan on the Chris Evans show ‘Far more likable than expected’: Bill Gates joins Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs. Photograph: BBC/PA Desert Island Discs (Radio 4) iPlayer The Compass: My Perfect Country (BBC World Service) iPlayer Chris Evans (Radio 2) iPlayer The Archers (Radio 4) iPlayer Bill Gates is on Desert Island Discs . He sounds as you imagine: reedy yet assertive, like he’s so clever he knows what Kirsty Young is going to ask before she says it. (He doesn’t: Kirsty always has a side-swiper question up her sleeve, that’s her USP.) He seems younger than his age (60), and modest, despite the fact that, even among DID alumni, Gates’s successes are impressive. Not just in the computer world, where we hear he was employing people before he could legally drive, but with his charitable foundation. At one point he mentions that in the past 18 months there have been no – that’s zero – incidents of polio in the whole of Africa. “Just Pakistan and Afghanistan to go,” he says. And then polio will be gone, banished from the planet partly due to the efforts and money of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . He says it in passing. I had to go back to check I’d heard right. What an achievement. When Young asked him about being ruthless (her side-swiper), Gates said he wasn’t… but then admitted that when he worked in computing he would always go for a “super-low price point”, because he was “betting on volume”, and for his rivals that would definitely be considered ruthless. Gates started off well, with Queen, Bowie, Hendrix… but then jumped into musical theatre, which is never good And the music (always the most revealing part)? His taste went skew-whiff as the programme went on: he started off well, with Queen and Bowie’s Under Pressure, Willie Nelson and Jimi Hendrix, but then jumped into musical theatre, which is never good. In the end he was far more likable than I expected, though that might be part of his ruthlessness. There are worries about whether his foundation pays enough taxes. Still, no more polio. Amazing. Working towards a better world… over on the World Service, they’ve been wondering about the same thing. In The Compass: My Perfect Country , Fi Glover, accompanied by Martha Lane Fox and Professor Henrietta Moore, is taking a look at different countries for what we might consider their assets. Estonia was the first. It’s a digital success story: after breaking away from the Soviet Union in 1991, it “leapfrogged” (Moore’s term), quickly becoming one of the most internet-friendly countries in the world. Free Wi-Fi for everyone, all schools digitally connected. You can file your tax return in two minutes because every governmental department is linked digitally, so it’s all prepared for you. Estonia chose to do this because it’s a largeish country with only 1.3 million people in it, so connection between them is important. An interesting beginning to an interesting series, and lovely to hear Fi Glover’s voice and her light, funny script. Pinterest L-r: Henrietta Moore, Fi Glover and Martha Lane Fox present My Perfect Country. Photograph: Henry Iddon/BBC Light and funny were Terry Wogan’s thing, and he did them beautifully. I was sad to hear of his death. His Radio 2 breakfast show was never quite my cup of tea – a bit too cosy golf club, and the music was awful – but his voice was a delight, the chuckle in the heart of it always threatening to bubble up and overwhelm the whole studio with giggles. Last Monday morning, Chris Evans ’s chat with Wogan’s friend Father Brian D’Arcy was sweet and revealing. Father Brian told some funny stories and made a good point about Wogan’s Irish accent seeming classless to British listeners. Then he told us about seeing Wogan for that last time. “There’s nothing as sacred as a per |
Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from which 2009 Formula One Grand Prix? | Formula one: Lewis Hamilton disqualified from Australian grand prix | Sport | The Guardian Lewis Hamilton disqualified from Australian grand prix • Jarno Trulli's third-place finish reinstated for Toyota • McLaren deny withholding any meaningful evidence Lewis Hamilton, left, has been docked the points he received for finishing third at the Melbourne grand prix. Photograph: Mark Horsburgh/Reuters Thursday 2 April 2009 05.14 EDT First published on Thursday 2 April 2009 05.14 EDT Close This article is 7 years old The FIA says it has not ruled out further sanctions after Lewis Hamilton and McLaren were disqualified from the Australian grand prix for "misleading" stewards during an inquiry into the latter stages of race . McLaren said they are disappointed by the decision, which they believe was 'harsh', but the team say they will not launch an appeal. Hamilton finished fourth at the season opener in Melbourne on Sunday before being upgraded to third after Jarno Trulli, of Toyota , was adjudged to have illegally overtaken the world champion under the yellow flag on the 57th lap. After taking part in the podium ceremony, Trulli was belatedly handed a 25-second penalty, which relegated the Italian driver from third to 12th place. However, Trulli's podium finish has now been reinstated on appeal and Hamilton and McLaren's classification annulled after the 23-year-old provided "evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards at the hearing on 29 March". In response to the ruling, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh argued: "As we see it, during the closing stages of the race under difficult conditions, there was a safety car incident where Trulli fell off the circuit and Lewis legitimately passed. Lewis didn't do anything abnormal and it was clear Trulli shouldn't have passed him. But we have to accept the decision. Obviously we are disappointed by what happened but, in the circumstances, we are not going to appeal." It has been suggested that the FIA arrived at the decision because McLaren withheld information about a radio conversation that took place between Hamilton and the pit during the course of the incident. "What I understand is that there's a belief that the team was not explicit enough in terms of the content of the radio conversations," Whitmarsh continued. "We don't believe that those radio conversations had an effect on the fact that he was passed by Trulli under a safety car period. The problem is that the stewards believe that the team was not explicit enough in releasing that information. We don't think that affected the outcome of their [original] decision. I believe that it was a harsh decision. I think the facts of the case are that Lewis made a legitimate pass and subsequently was repassed. "We felt that the decision of the stewards in the immediate aftermath of the race was fair but the stewards now believe that the radio conversation – that was listened to and heard by the FIA – because it was not sufficiently contained in the submission that we made and that we withheld that was the reason that they came to their decision today. "As you would imagine Lewis is extremely disappointed. It's a harsh decision but I think that experience has told us that you have to accept these decisions and these things that come along and you focus on this weekend and the races beyond that." The FIA detailed the reasons for their ruling in a statement which read: "The stewards having considered the new elements presented to them from the 2009 Australian formula one grand prix, consider that driver No1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes acted in a manner prejudicial to the conduct of the event by providing evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards at the hearing on Sunday 29 March 2009, a breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code. "Under Article 158 of the International Sporting Code the driver No1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes are excluded from the race classification for the 2009 Australian grand prix and the classification is amended accordi |
Who played Dudley Moore’s butler in the 1981 film ‘Arthur’? | Arthur (1981) - 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 | Comedy , Romance | 17 July 1981 (USA) Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast fortune which he is told will only be his if he marries Susan. He does not love Susan, but she ... See full summary » Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 21 titles created 09 Dec 2010 a list of 43 titles created 09 Mar 2011 a list of 43 titles created 13 Aug 2013 a list of 26 titles created 8 months ago a list of 26 titles created 3 weeks ago Search for " Arthur " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 6 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast fortune which he is told will only be his if he marries Susan. He does not love Susan, but she will make something of him the family expects. Arthur proposes but then meets a girl with no money who he could easily fall in love with. Written by John Vogel <[email protected]> See All (35) » Taglines: I race cars, I play tennis, I fondle women, but I have weekends off and I am my own boss! See more » Genres: 17 July 1981 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Arturo, el millonario seductor See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The scene where Arthur drives his "racing car" around a track was shot at the now defunct Danbury Fair Racearena in Connecticut. The type of car that Arthur drove was never raced there, it was primarily for Modified stock cars and was one of America's great short tracks. Sadly, despite its great success, the land became too valuable and it gave way to a shopping mall. The Danbury Fair Racearena closed on October 12, 1981, shortly after the movie was filmed. See more » Goofs When Burt Johnson takes the knife out of the cheese and starts to approach Arthur and Linda, she reaches her right arm under Arthur's right arm to clutch him. In the next close-up, her right arm is draped over Arthur's right shoulder as she clutches him. See more » Quotes Arthur : Isn't this fun? Isn't fun the best thing to have? Don't you wish you were me? I know I do. See more » Frequently Asked Questions One of the Funniest Films Ever! 1 September 2006 | by ([email protected]) (United States) – See all my reviews Let's begin with that theme song sung by Christopher Cross. The song is "If you get caught between the moon and New York City." It's a great theme and song even after all these years, it never gets tiring. It really is a great song about New York City as well. Anyway, the great Dudley Moore CBE stars as a spoiled drunken millionaire who is engaged to Jill Eikenberry's character in the film. Jill would later star on LA Law. Anyway, he is served by his wonderful British butler, Sir John Gielgud OM who won an Academy Award for his performance in the film as Best Supporting Actor. Arthur falls in love with Liza Minnelli's character who is perfect in this film besides her performance in her Oscar winning role in Cabaret. No, Liza doesn't get to sing. She plays a diner waitress. Anyway I love Geraldine Fitzgerald as the Bach matriarch of the family who decides the family's fortune. Anyway, she is fabulous and should have gotten an academy award nomination herself for Best Supporting Actress. Barney Martin best known as Jerry's dad on Seinfeld plays Liza's dad. He's great too. The movie was well-written, acted, and delivered to the audience who wanted more of it. 15 of 20 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
In the animal world, nidification is the building of what? | Nidification - definition of nidification by The Free Dictionary Nidification - definition of nidification by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nidification Also found in: Thesaurus , Wikipedia . nid·i·fy intr.v. nid·i·fied, nid·i·fy·ing, nid·i·fies To build a nest. [Latin nīdificāre : nīdus, nest; see sed- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -ficāre, -fy.] nid′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n. nidification Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: References in classic literature ? From its affinity, the Spaniards call it Casarita (or little housebuilder), although its nidification is quite different. quick QUIZ Situee a 3 km au nord de la cote et 8 km du port de Beni Saf et relevant administrativement de la commune de Oulhaca, cette ile constitue un site de repos et de nidification de quelques especes de l'avifaune migratrice entre l'Eurasie et l'Afrique. Habitat requirements of the endangered Amami Thrush (Zoothera dauma major), endemic to Amami-Oshima Island, southwestern Japan The present communication encompasses the main objective to gather a firsthand information regarding the nest and various nidification activities such as the number of hours of labour for nest construction, the type and amount of nesting material collected during the busy hours of nidification, average time spent in gathering sticks for nest building, average time to carry the nesting material from its source to the nest, nest inspection and rearrangement activities by nest occupants to determine the role of both sexes of Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis coromandus) in Jammu as virtually nothing has been reported pertaining to these aspects of the bird from the study area. |
Fashion brand Miu Miu is a subsidiary of which famous Italian fashion house? | 1000+ images about Prada on Pinterest | Granddaughters, UX/UI Designer and Fashion designers Forward PRADA is an Italian fashion brand specializing in luxury goods for men and women, founded in 1913 by Mario Prada. Miuccia Prada was born in Milan, the youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, founder of the company. Prada was born in Milan in 1949. In 1985, Miuccia had her first hit when she designed a line of black, finely woven nylon handbags. Miuccia was honored with the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of American International Award in 1993. See More |
The gemstone ruby is the birthstone of people born in which month of the year? | July Birthstone - Ruby - Birth Stones by Months You are here: Home Birthstones by Month July Birthstone – Ruby July Birthstone – Ruby July Birthstone Ruby The brilliant Ruby is given to those who are born in July. Next to the diamond, it is the second hardest material on Earth. The wearer will be found in good luck and have strong protection. It stands for courage, integrity, happiness and devotion. Ruby is derived from “ruber” in Latin, meaning red, the traditional more sought after color of this precious stone. The ruby can be found in a variety of shades form deep strawberry to even violet. The amount of aluminum oxide it contains will dictate its shade. Today, the color of many rubies is caused by man-made heat treatments. The mining of rubies dates back to over 2,500 years ago. There are ruby mines in Thailand, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Napal, Vietnam and India, where it is believed that if you made an offering of rubies to Lord Krishna, you would be reincarnated as an emperor. According to the Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, there are specific gemstones have been designated to symbolize our birth-month. Referred to as birthstones, each one aligns with the energy of its given month and the season of where it falls within a year. According to a Jewish historian, Josephus, he claimed that the breastplate of Aaron was inlaid twelve stones. Each of these stones had a connection with the twelve months of the year. Each precious stone aligns with the season, mental and spiritual energies. They are much sought after for their legends of magical and healing powers. The Hindus regard the ruby at the “Lord of Gems”. In biblical terms, it is a symbol of fire, passion, love, power and importance. For some owners it may bestow upon them fame, virtue, and a commanding power, however, it is discouraged from women, as regular use will destroy body luster. Red is a powerful color, so the ruby has been used for treating blood illnesses and utilized to increase thought patterns, eliminate depression, cures fevers, and gout. For these uses, it is recommended to be worn on the ring finger. It is given as a gift to bring its owner success and prosperity, and will enable one to live a long life. Ruby is one of the family in navagraha stones, which are stones representing the nine planets and have a cosmic influence on every inhabitant. It represents the sun and is seen as the stone closest related to our souls. Other Interesting facts about the July Birthstone Ruby: -Whether ruby is in the same family as the sapphire -In India, a ruby ring is worn for astrological reasons -Ruby is often preferred to the diamond as an engagement ring, due to its rich color and symbolism -Ninety percent of rubies in the market today have been heat treated to enhance their quality -To bring good fortune, it should be worn on the left hand -Legend states that only if it is worn by its rightful owner, will it bring about positive powers Other July Symbols: July Birth Flower: Water Lily and the Larkspur. The water lily is given through “purity of heart”, and the larkspur inspires levity and lightness. July Birth Tree: |
The novels ‘The Shipmaster, ‘The Iron Ships’ and ‘The Trade Winds’ by Cyril Abraham, are based on which 1970’s British tv series? | Pampero (fictional ship) : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Pampero (fictional ship) Wikis Pampero (fictional ship): Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Top rankings for Pampero (fictional ship) 87th (Redirected to The Onedin Line article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Onedin Line was a popular BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980. The series is set in Liverpool in the mid-19th century and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and 'partner', shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore (mostly lower and upper middle class). The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. And it shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade. The series was created by Cyril Abraham, a native of Liverpool, where the story is set. An article in "Woman" magazine published in July 1973, interviewing Cyril Abraham, tells how he came up with the very unusual family name Onedin. He wanted something unique, He'd decided to call the male character James, but still had not found a name when the BBC agreed to film the story. Then some inspiration. He said, "One day I stumbled across the word Ondine , a mythological sea creature. By transposing the "e", I had James Onedin, a sea devil." The music behind the opening credits of the series is an excerpt from the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the ballet Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian , and other background music includes excerpts from Ralph Vaughan Williams 's Symphony No. 5 , Manuel de Falla 's The Three-Cornered Hat , and Dmitri Shostakovich 's Symphony No. 1 . The programme was recorded in Dartmouth, Devon , as well as certain scenes in Exeter , Falmouth and Gloucester (many of the dock scenes). The last series was filmed in Pembroke Dock , Wales where the 18th Century naval dockyard and surrounding streets became Liverpool and various coastal locations in the Pembrokeshire area substituted for Turkey and Portugal. Contents 9 References Story outline James Onedin (played by Peter Gilmore ), the younger son of old Samuel Onedin, a miserly ship chandler , was a penniless sea captain with aspirations to greater things. He married Anne Webster ( Anne Stallybrass ), who was some years his senior (Stallybrass, however, actually was 7 years younger than Gilmore) and the spinster daughter of Captain Joshua Webster, owner of the topsail schooner Charlotte Rhodes. James's only motivation was to get his hands on the ship. A shrewd and often ruthless operator, James soon built up a fleet, assisted by the loyal Mr (later Captain) Baines. His other sailing ships included the Pampero, the Medusa and the Soren Larsen . He also initiated the building of a steamship , the Anne Onedin. James's volatile sister, Elizabeth ( Jessica Benton ), became pregnant by seafarer Daniel Fogarty ( Michael Billington ) but married wealthy Albert Frazer, developer of steamship technology and heir to the Frazer shipyards, a connection James soon turned to his own advantage. Elizabeth gave birth to a son, William, who later died as a young man in a street accident. Robert, James's older brother, took after their father and counted coppers in the family shop, though he later expanded it into a profitable department store, urged on by his thrifty and socially ambitious wife, Sarah. They had one son, Samuel, who cared more for the sea and ships than shopkeeping. Robert was elected as a Member of Parliament and he and Sarah moved to a smart new residence, but Robert's life abruptly came to an end when he choked on a bone at a fa |
The Anatolian Peninsula comprises most of which modern day country? | GEOGRAPHY OF ANATOLIA AND ASIA MINOR Geographical Setting : When we talk about Asia Minor, geographically, we refer to the land mass known as Anatolia, which roughly occupies the area covered by present day Turkey. The word Anatolia covers much of present Turkey, whereas Asia Minor is limited to Central and Western portions of the country. As generally referred, Asia Minor doesn't include the eastern Turkey. So, Anatolia, relatively covers a larger area than Asia Minor does. We don't know exactly when and how the Anatolian Peninsula came to be called Asia Minor or Asia, but we have some clues from ancient writers like Homers, Herodotus, Strabo who refer to the land by this name. The name Asia Minor was first clearly used by Ptolemaios in the 2nd C., and in the modern geographical meaning it was used in the first half of the 5th C. In the ancient times, Asia Minor referred to was a much narrower area than what we know today. Asia Minor was used to discriminate the land in question from a larger area Asia Major that covers the continent of Asia. Besides the name Asia Minor, another name is often used to refer to this area as well. Anatolia or Anadolu in Turkish means �the land where the sun rises" comes from the ancient Greek name Anatole and has been used since the 3rd C. Anatolia in general covers a larger area than Asia Minor does and is used to cover Syria, Mesopotamia and Egypt as well as Asia Minor. Anatolia is more often used after the 3rd C., and in the Byzantine times it was used replacing the name Asia. Land is bordered by the three seas being, Pontus Euxinus ( Black Sea ) on north, by Aigaios Pelagos (Aegean Sea) on west, by Thalassa (Mediterranean Sea) on south and an inner sea Propontis (sea of Marmara) on the northwest. The Seas of Pontus Euxinus and Propontis are connected with a long narrow strait known as Bosporus Thrakios (Bosphorus). On his Scythian campaign Persian king Darius built a pontoon bridge of boats and transported his army across the Bosphorus. Propontis sea is separated from Aigaois Pelagos by another strait Hellespont or Dardanelles. Similar to that of Darius, Xerxes the Persian king on his campaign against Greece built a pontoon bridge on Dardanelles between the towns Abydos and Sestos through which his army moved into Europe. Pontus Euxinus, according to Herodotus is the most amazing among the seas and most beautiful and he gives us the length of this sea as 11,100 stadia (1,250 miles) whereas the Pontus is roughly 6,000 stadia (750 miles). Two great mountain chains run from west to east, being Pontic mountain chain along the Black Sea coast to the north and Taurus mountain chain that goes parallel to the coast of Mediterranean Sea and bends inward towards the eastern Turkey. Besides these two main chains, the country has many single volcanoes that scatter from central to Eastern Turkey. One to mention here, Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey was the final resting place of Noah's Ark after the great flood that is told in the chapter Genesis of the Old Testament. Mt. Ararat is the highest peak in the land with its elevation of 16,000 feet. Mt. Nemrut on the northern shore of Lake Van in eastern Turkey that is at an altitude of roughly 5,500 feet has one of the largest volcanic craters in the world with a 4 1/4 miles diameter. Known in ancient times as, Mt. Argaeus (Erciyes) located in eastern Cappadocia with an elevation of 13,000 feet spewed out volcanic tufa that was to form unreal volcanic rock formations of Cappadocia. Mt. Hasan that marks the western border of Cappadocia has an elevation of 10,000 feet and its eruption in the past played a role along with Mt. Argaeus in forming Cappadocia area. Anatolia has abundance of water. There are great rivers in Anatolia that emerge from various parts of the land and run in various directions. Sangarios river (Sakarya) emerges from Pessinus in Phrygia and after running through Galatia, Phrygia and Bithynia flows into Pontus Euxinus. River Halys with a length of 400 miles emerges from the mountains in eastern Turkey and flows through central An |
Which US soap opera, which started on radio and moved to tv in 1952, ran for 72 years before ending in 2009? | Soap Operas during the Golden Age of Radio | Old Time Radio Soap Operas during the Golden Age of Radio facebook twitter gmail By 1930 the Networks and the Advertisers recognized the great potential of the Daytime market. It was reasoned that Men would be away from home working, and Children either at school or playing. That left the Housewife, by herself a powerful market force. WGN-AM, Chicago, is credited with the very first soap opera , Clara, Lu, and Em , premiering Jun 16, 1930.The act began as sorority sketch by three friends Louise Starkey (Clara), Isobel Carothers (Lu), and Helen King (Em),at Northwestern University; it was popular enough that friends suggested they take it to radio.The trio approached WGN and did the first shows without pay. Interest soon grew and Colgate-Palmolive soon took sponsorship. Originally broadcast in the evening, the show was moved to daytime on Feb 15, 1932. Clara, Lu, and Em : The Housewife was busy taking care of the home, and would have the radio on as company. Irna Phillips, an actress and staff writer for talk shows on WGN, Chicago, was given the assignment of creating a 15 minute daily show "about a family."The result was Painted Dreams, a story of Mother Moynihan and her unmarried daughter. Although originally unsponsored, Phillips would add an engagement and wedding to the plot in order to maximize product tie-ins. Painted Dreams enjoyed a good deal of success, but Phillips couldn't talk WGN management into taking it national. While she was suing for the ownership of the show (CBS was eventually the rights to the program) she created Today's Children ( available in the Rare Soap Operas Collection ) for rival station WMAQ, which was an NBC affiliate. When Phillips' mother, the inspiration for the lead character, passed away, Irna insisted the show be discontinued. By now she was ready with Woman in White , the first daytime serial to be centered on a hospital (many have speculated about Irna Phillips' hypochondria in association with her fascination with hospitals.) Defining the Soap Opera Many critics begin by defining the soap opera by its sponsors. Indeed the target audience was the housewife, so marketing household and cleaning products towards her seems a natural fit. What is missing is the Operatic tradition within the name. Stories of wealth and glamour appealed to the housebound wife, and the use of serialization held the interest of the audience from day to day. The term " Soap Opera " has never been value-neutral. Especially in North America, soap opera has always been considered a "women's genre," and therefore easily devalued. The genre almost always has a reputation of tawdriness, deserved or not, which gives the term soap opera sexist and classist baggage. The radio soap is the most easily parodied of broadcast genres . There is a popular stereo type of the working class housewife allowing the dishes to stack in the sink as the kids run amuck, all the while she is lost to the world through her addiction to her Soaps. This reputation of tawdriness ignores the fact the Soap Opera serials use some of the most complex forms of narrative in mass media, and that enjoyment of Soap Operas require a high degree of knowledge and sophistication on the part of the audience. Soap Opera is a form of escapism, but the high degree of knowledge needed on the part of the audience means that it isn't easy escapism. Seriality is one of the keys to defining a soap opera . Other dramas have continuing characters, but usually the adventure in a single episode or series of episodes will be self contained. On the soap opera the story continues from day to day, and as a particular story line, or story arc, is worked through, another (or multiple) story line is being developed. There will be several storylines in various stages of development at any one time in a soap opera . The Hummert Radio Factory Anne Hummert , along with her ad executive husband Frank, is credited with developing the formula of what would become the typical soap opera . Their first success, Just Plain Bill , is the s |
Which country hosted the second modern Olympic Games in 1900? | Paris 1900 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights Official Reports arrow Games come second The Games of 1900 were held in Paris as part of the World’s Fair. The organisers spread the competitions over five months and under-promoted their Olympic status to such an extent that many athletes never knew they had actually participated in the Olympic Games. Mixed teams and women Tennis was one of five sports in which athletes from different nations competed on the same team. The others were football, polo, rowing and tug of war. Women made their first appearance in the modern Games. The first to compete were Mrs Brohy and Miss Ohnier of France in croquet. Low attendance An Englishman travelled all the way from Nice to watch the women’s croquet event, which consisted only of French players. According to the records, his was the only entry ticket sold for the competition! Memorable champions The star of the Games was American Alvin Kraenzlein, who won the 60m, the 110m hurdles, 200m hurdles and the long jump. In general, there were many French champions at these Games, which was not surprising given several events were entered only by French competitors. NOCs: 24 Athletes: 997 (22 women, 975 men) Events: 95 Media: n/a The Unknown Champion On 26 August 1900, the Dutch coxed pair suddenly needed a replacement coxswain. A French boy was chosen and the Dutch pair rowed to a close victory. The French boy joined in the victory ceremony and had his photograph taken. Then he disappeared. Years of research have failed to turn up a clue as to his name or his actual age. Judging a Parisian boy of 1900 with present-day eyes, he could be anywhere from 7 to 12 years old. Prinstein refuses to take part in the final After the preliminary rounds, Myer Prinstein (USA-athletics) was leading in the long jump competition. Because of his religious beliefs, he refused to take part in the final as this was scheduled for a Sunday. In the final, his compatriot and rival Alvin Kraenzlein beat him by one centimetre. Prinstein was allegedly so angry that he attacked and punched Kraenzlein in the face. Several nationalities on one team In sports such as polo, sailing, athletics and tennis, medals were won by teams comprising athletes of different nationalities. Sailing events at two venues The sailing regattas took place on the Seine, but in two places: on the Meulan, 20km from Paris, and in the port of Le Havre, located at the mouth of the Seine. This was due to the big draught of certain boats which prevented them from navigating the river. The categories were established according to the number of tons (the norm at the time) of the boat. A single spectator for croquet The croquet event had only French players, who were actually from Paris, but the only entry ticket sold for the competition was bought by an Englishman, who had travelled from Nice especially for the occasion. Teachers versus students In fencing, one of the competitions organised away from the Games venue pitted fencing masters against their students. The results favoured a teacher who won against his student. Many and victorious Frenchmen French athletes won many medals at these Games. Not only because there were many more of them than athletes from the foreign delegations, but also because certain events were entered by only French competitors. Demanding gymnastics In gymnastics, to win the title in the individual all-round event, the athlete had to shine in 16 different movements to be performed on several pieces of apparatus. Some exercises of this era, such as the 50kg stone lifting or the rope climbing, disappeared from gymnastics some time afterwards, while others, like the pole vault, changed sport. Ceremonies Paris 3 June 1900, Games of the II Olympiad. Gymnasts parade in the "Vélodrome de Vincennes" during the Federal Meeting of the Union of Gymnastics Associations of France. Official opening of the Games by: No official opening. Lighting the Olympic Flame by: A symbolic fire at an Olympic Summer Games was first lit in 1928 in Amsterdam. Olympic Oath by: The athletes’ oath wa |
In Greek mythology, who was the father of Achilles? | Achilles - Ancient History - HISTORY.com Google Achilles: Early Life Like most mythological heroes, Achilles had a complicated family tree. His father was Peleus, the mortal king of the Myrmidons–a people who, according to legend, were extraordinarily fearless and skilled soldiers. His mother was Thetis, a Nereid. Did You Know? Today, we use the phrase “Achilles heel” to describe a powerful person’s fatal weakness. According to myths and stories composed long after the Iliad, Thetis was extraordinarily concerned about her baby son’s mortality. She did everything she could to make him immortal: She burned him over a fire every night, then dressed his wounds with ambrosial ointment; and she dunked him into the River Styx, whose waters were said to confer the invulnerability of the gods. However, she gripped him tightly by the foot as she dipped him into the river–so tightly that the water never touched his heel. As a result, Achilles was invulnerable everywhere but there. When he was 9 years old, a seer predicted that Achilles would die heroically in battle against the Trojans. When she heard about this, Thetis disguised him as a girl and sent him to live on the Aegean island of Skyros. To be a great warrior was Achilles’ fate, however, and he soon left Skyros and joined the Greek army. In a last-ditch effort to save her son’s life, Thetis asked the divine blacksmith Hephaestus to make a sword and shield that would keep him safe. The armor that Hephaestus produced for Achilles did not make him immortal, but it was distinctive enough to be recognized by friend and foe alike. When Homer wrote the Iliad in about 720 BCE, however, readers and listeners would not have known any of this. They only knew that Achilles was a great hero, that he had superhuman strength and courage and that he was supremely handsome. Homer painted a more nuanced picture: In addition to these qualities, his Achilles was vengeful and quick to anger and could be petulant when he did not get his way. He was also deeply loyal and would sacrifice anything for his friends and family. Achilles: The Trojan War According to legend, the Trojan War began when the god-king Zeus decided to reduce Earth’s mortal population by arranging a war between the Greeks (Homer calls them the Achaeans) and the Trojans. He did this by meddling in their political and emotional affairs. At Achilles’ parents’ wedding banquet, Zeus invited the prince of Troy, a young man named Paris, to judge a beauty contest between the goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Each of the goddesses offered Paris a bribe in exchange for his vote. Aphrodite’s was the most alluring: She promised to give the young prince the most beautiful wife in the world. Unfortunately, the wife in question–Helen, the daughter of Zeus–was already married to someone else: Menelaus, the king of Sparta . At Aphrodite’s urging, Paris went to Sparta, won Helen’s heart and took her (along with all of Menelaus’ money) back to Troy. Menelaus vowed revenge. He assembled an army of Greece’s greatest warriors, including Achilles and his Myrmidons, and set off to conquer Troy and get his wife back. In Homer’s telling, this war lasted for 10 bloody years. Achilles: The Illiad When the Iliad begins, the Trojan War has been going on for nine years. Achilles, the poem’s protagonist, has led one battle after another. He has met with great success–in fact, he is undefeated in battle–but the war itself has reached a stalemate. Homer’s story focuses on a different conflict, however: the internecine quarrel between his hero and Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaean armies and Menelaus’ brother. In a battle that took place before the poem begins, Agamemnon had taken as a concubine a young Trojan woman named Chryseis. Chryseis’ father, a priest of the god Apollo, tried to buy his daughter’s freedom, but Agamemnon mocked his entreaties and refused to release the girl. Enraged, Apollo punished the Greek armies by sending a plague to kill the soldiers one by one. As his ranks thinned, Agamemnon finally agreed to allow Chryseis to return to her |
Sugar Loaf Mountain is in which country of the UK? | Sugar Loaf and Usk Valley | National Trust Sugar Loaf and Usk Valley Enjoy breathtaking views of the Sugar Loaf at sunrise Simon Rutherford Iconic mountains, rich countryside and a sweeping 18th century landscaped park Woodlands at Coed y Bwnydd Rich in history and natural beauty, Coed-y-Bwnydd has been a special place for people for more than 2,000 years. Today, springtime heralds bluebells carpeting the ground while birdsong fills the air. Spectacular views across the Usk Valley can be enjoyed throughout the year. St Mary's Vale It's easy to lose yourself in these wonderful oak woodlands, full of dappled shade and vibrant colours, at the foot of the Sugar Loaf. Come for a walk at sunset to see the Sugarloaf in a different light National Trust / Hana Callard Sat 15 Apr 2017 10:00-15:00 Bunny has been up to his old tricks again, leaving clues on the Sugar Loaf. Now it's up to you and your family to find them. Wed 19 Apr 2017 10:00-15:00 Join our rangers and get closer to nature for a wild family adventure during the Easter holidays. Wed 31 May 2017 10:00-15:00 Join our rangers and get closer to nature for a wild family adventure during the school holidays. Historic buildings at Clytha Estate Home of possibly the last 'Greek-style' house in Wales and one of the outstanding 18th-century follies of Wales, Clytha Estate has many interesting architectural features. With its Gothic gateway, railings and Lodge House, Grade-listed farms and walled garden, Clytha Estate is a true architectural delight. Discover the myths and legends of Skirrid and its surroundings, near to the Sugarloaf mountain and the Usk Valley, Monmouthshire. Places nearby Superb early 17th-century 'black and white' farmhouse with stone-tiled roof and vernacular buildings Join Sugar Loaf and Usk Valley Facilities and access Parking is available at Llanwenarth car park shown on the map point Abergavenny is the nearest place with amenities There are no facilities at this site Dogs are welcome on leads Sheep graze in the area The Skirrid car park per day: £3 cars, £6 minibus and campervans OS: SO 329164 Accessibility There is no wheelchair access at this countryside site Sugar Loaf and Usk Valley Overview Close Iconic mountains, rich countryside and a sweeping 18th century landscaped park The Sugar Loaf and Usk Valley is a landscape of contrasts. It’s where the dramatic Black Mountains give way to broader, rich and green open pastures. The iconic peak of the Sugar Loaf mountain watches over the market town of Abergavenny, dominating the surrounding landscape and offering glorious views towards mid-Wales in one direction and south-west England in another. Meanwhile the distinctive ‘Holy Mountain’ Skirrid peers in from the north-east, standing on the very edge of the mountain range - the legend of a landslide at the moment of Jesus’ crucifixion coupled with the now-ruined chapel at the summit are likely origins of the mountain’s local nickname. Ancient woodlands and riverside walks provide the perfect escape from everyday life and each passing season brings something new to discover: Coed-y-Bwnydd’s carpet of bluebells to the rich turning colour of the woodland's at St Mary’s Vale. The magnificent Clytha Estate brings the picturesque era into the present. It includes Grade One listed Clytha House, beautiful gardens and sweeping parkland with stately trees. Telephone Admission free What is Gift Aid? Most of our places run the Gift Aid on Entry scheme at their admission points. Under this scheme, if you're not a member you have the choice of two entry tickets: Gift Aid Admission or Standard admission If the place runs Gift Aid on Entry, we'll offer you the Gift Aid Admission prices. But it's entirely up to you which ticket you choose. If you want the Standard Admission instead, just let us know when you come to pay. Gift Aid Admission includes a 10 per cent or more voluntary donation. Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid* — an extra 25 per cent — potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds. An extra £1 paid under the schem |
In which US city are the Academy Awards held? | History | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1985 1985 Gee Nicholl and Julian Blaustein met with the Academy’s then-Executive Director Jim Roberts and then-Executive Administrator Bruce Davis to discuss the development of a program that would aid new screenwriters. That program ultimately became the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. 1986 1986 The first Nicholl fellowships are awarded to Allison Anders, Dennis Clontz, and Jeff Eugenides at a reception held in the Academy’s Grand Lobby. In the initial year of competition, the 99 entrants were not required to submit screenplays; they could submit a screenplay, a teleplay, a TV series episode, fiction or a stageplay. The competition was limited to California college students. 1987 1987 The Academy Nicholl Fellowships expanded eligibility to include college students in nine states and to residents of Texas. 1989 1989 Eligibility was expanded again to include all United States residents who had not sold or optioned a screenplay or teleplay. 1990 1990 Rules for judging were modified to: EARLY ROUNDS – paid, professional readers narrow thousands of entries to the top five percent which are then passed onto the quarterfinal round. QUARTERFINAL ROUND – Academy members volunteer to select the semifinal scripts – less than half are passed to the next round. In 2002, as the number of entries continued to rise, paid, professional readers replaced Academy readers in the Quarterfinal round. Readers do not read the same scripts round to round. SEMIFINAL ROUND – Academy members volunteer their time to select the 10 finalist scripts, which are presented to the Nicholl Fellowship Committee. FINALISTS – In October, the Nicholl Fellowship Committee meets for a lengthy and spirited discussion to select up to five winning scripts. Often committee members champion their favorites and dismiss the scripts they did not appreciate. It’s quite common for one member’s frontrunner to leave another member cold. 1991 1991 At a meeting of the Nicholl Committee, former Academy president Robert Wise declared that “the best parties have chairs.” The committee and Gee Nicholl agreed and the ceremony became an awards dinner. The first Nicholl Dinner was held at Chasen’s restaurant in Beverly Hills. Eligibility was expanded to include international entrants writing in English who had not sold or optioned a screenplay or teleplay. Radha Bharadwaj, a 1989 fellow, becomes the first fellow to have her Nicholl entry script released as a feature film. “Closet Land” opened in March 1991. 1994 1994 Dennis Clontz received a Pulitzer prize for spot journalism as part of the Los Angeles Times team reporting on the Northridge earthquake. 1999 1999 At the encouragement of then-Nicholl Committee Chair Gale Anne Hurd, the Academy began inviting finalists as well as fellows to participate in Nicholl Awards week festivities. 2000 2000 Susannah Grant, a 1992 fellow, earned an Academy Award nomination for her original screenplay “Erin Brockovich.” 2001 |
Which British model was named ‘The Face of ’66’ by the Daily Express newspaper? | Twiggy Pictures, Photo Galleries, Bio & Rating - AskMen AskMen Messages You have no messages Notifications You have no notifications Twiggy Twiggy With her boyish haircut, wide-eyed expression, and mod clothes, Twiggy was named the "Face of '66" by London's Daily Express, thus launching a worldwide phenomenon that rivaled Beatlemania. She turned her back on modeling at the age of 19, and reemerged as the singing, dancing and acting star of The Boy Friend (1971). Subsequent film roles followed, but Twiggy found more success on the stage, appearing in critically acclaimed productions such as My One and Only. Appeal Twiggy's stick-like physique was a radical reversal from the voluptuous ideals of female perfection from previous generations. Being all of 91 pounds and measuring a meager 31-22-32 during the height of her prominence in the late '60s, a Newsweek cover story of the day described her as "four straight limbs in search of a body" and as having the "frail torso of the teenage choirboy." There may have been more curvaceous women selling a certain image of femininity, but Twiggy's unusual sex appeal came through in her confident, blasé demeanor. She helped change the concept of what made a woman sexy without adapting to the norm of the times. Foot fetishists take note: Twiggy has one of the smallest shoe sizes of any model. Success At the peak of her popularity in the mid to late '60s, Twiggy was one of the most recognized faces and names in the world, and undoubtedly the best known model up to that point. She was named the "Face of '66" in the UK after only a brief period in the modeling profession. She was Britain's biggest moneymaker of 1967, the best paid model of the '60s, and was mobbed everywhere she went when she first visited the U.S. in the late '60s. In February 1967, Twiggy became the first model to be featured in Madame Tussaud's famous wax museum. The following year, some 200,000 Twiggy dresses were sold worldwide, and Twiggy merchandise such as coloring books and dolls were also popular products. Twiggy switched gears when she debuted in The Boy Friend, a critical and box-office hit directed by Ken Russell. She won two Golden Globes for her performance, in the categories of Best Actress and Most Promising Newcomer. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony for her singing and dancing in the Broadway musical, My One and Only. During the '90s, Twiggy's name was being thrown around the modeling industry when the waif look made a comeback. Models such as Kate Moss and Amber Valletta gained notice for what was being touted as the Twiggy look for the '90s, or less flatteringly, the heroin-chic image. In perhaps the ultimate tribute to the "Face of '66," Marilyn Manson's former bassist is named Twiggy Ramirez (partly) in her honor. Twiggy Biography Leslie Hornby was born on September 19, 1949, in Neasden, a working-class suburb of London. The youngest of three girls, each born seven years apart, Lesley became interested in fashion and learned to sew at an early age so that she could make herself clothes that would keep her on the cutting edge of fashion trends. In 1965, 15-year-old Leslie met Nigel Davies, a man 10 years her senior. Nigel and his brother Tony worked in a hair salon, and it was apparently Tony who gave Leslie her nickname. Due to her ultra-thin frame, he first referred to her as "Sticks," then "Twigs," and finally settled on the moniker that would stick with her for life, "Twiggy." what's in a name? Davies first considered going into the garment business with Twiggy. However, a certain boyish, "elfin" haircut helped launch Twiggy's career as a fashion model. Nigel changed his name to Justin de Villeneuve and became Twiggy's manager, as well as her romantic interest. Within weeks of her debut as a model, the Daily Express declared her the "Face of '66," after a writer from the paper saw her picture hanging in Leonard's hair salon in Mayfair. And with that, the supermodel phenomenon was born. By 1966, Twiggy's line of clothing had been launched and became a sensation in Europe, and especially the UK |
Bobby Cox was manager of which US professional baseball team before his retirement in 2010? | Cox, Bobby | Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 2014 Primary team: Atlanta Braves Primary position: Manager Although Bobby Cox’s playing days were cut short by injuries, he set out on a trail that led him to a long and successful career as one of the game’s most highly regarded managers. In an amazing run, Cox, the one-time infielder, would skipper big league teams for three decades, accumulating more than 2,500 victories by the time he retired after the 2010 season. But his greatest accomplishments came during his second stint with the Atlanta Braves, when he led the franchise to 14 straight division crowns and a World Series title. Born May 21, 1941 in Tulsa, Okla., Cox graduated from Selma High School in California’s San Joaquin Valley before signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1959. As a minor leaguer, splitting his time between second and third base, Cox spent five seasons in the Dodgers’ farm system before being selected by the Cubs in the November 1964 minor league draft. After being traded to the Braves in April 1966, Cox was acquired by the Yankees after the 1967 season, where he made his big league debut in 1968. After two seasons as a big league third baseman with the Yankees, bad knees would eventually force Cox to retire as a player. But a career as a manager beckoned, and Cox progressed rapidly. The 30-year-old Cox began his managerial career in the Yankees’ farm system with Fort Lauderdale of the Florida State League in 1971. After a season with West Haven in the Eastern League, he skippered Syracuse for four seasons, winning the International League’s Governor’s Cup in 1976 before serving as the Yankees’ first base coach in their championship season of 1977. After 10 years with the Yankees as a player, a minor league manager and a big league coach, Cox became Atlanta’s eighth manager in 12 years in December 1977. Of the 36-year-old, who was two years younger than Braves pitcher Phil Niekro and became the youngest manager in the National League, Braves owner Ted Turner said Cox was picked “because we have a young team and wanted someone who was young and had his future ahead instead of behind him.” Of his managing philosophy, Cox said, “I’m my own manager. I have no ‘book’ on the subject; I don’t pattern myself after anybody especially. “I hope to work hard as I can and not put pressure on the players. I think I can handle ballplayers at the major league level just as I did in the minor leagues. There’s not that much difference. It’s still a young man’s game.” Cox’s first stint managing the Braves would last from 1978 to 1981, resulting in a 266-323 record. When Turner was asked at a 1981 press conference who the likely next manager of the Braves would be, he replied, “It would be Bobby Cox if I hadn’t just fired him. We need someone like him around here.” After four years managing the Toronto Blue Jays, which included leading the young franchise to 99 wins and to within one game of attaining a World Series berth in 1985, Cox returned to Atlanta as general manager in October 1985. After overseeing a farm system that would lay the foundation for future success, he also became Atlanta’s manager on June 22, 1990. Cox was able to devote all his time to managing when John Schuerholz was named GM of the Braves in October 1990. Starting in 1991, the Braves began a remarkable string of 14 consecutive division crowns that led to five National League pennants (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1999) and in 1995 the first professional sports world championship for the city of Atlanta. A hallmark of this era in Braves history was the starting pitching trio of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. During Cox’s tenure as their manager, the Braves won six NL Cy Young awards – Maddux’s three, Glavine’s two, Smoltz’s one. “(Cox) was the single greatest influence on me as a player, in terms of teaching the game, respecting the game, carrying yourself the right way on and off the field,” Glavine said. “All that stuff was important. He was very much like a fa |
Ian Stewart was known as the sixth member of which British rock group? | Ian Stewart | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Steve Kurutz Lovingly referred to as the sixth stone, pianist Ian Stewart was actually a founding member of the original group, pre-dating both Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman as members. Stewart , or Stu as he was called, was one of a core group of rhythm and blues enthusiasts that frequented Alexis Korner's blues club. Among the others were Charlie Watts , Mick Jagger , Eric Clapton , Dick Taylor and Keith Richards , figures who would all go on to have a profound effect on rock n' roll music. Adept at boogie woogie style piano, Stewart began rehearsing with fellow enthusiasts Brian Jones , Mick Jagger and Keith Richards . When bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts joined, the group named themselves the Rolling Stones and began attracting a small but loyal following in London. After manager Andrew Loog Oldham took over the reigns of the Stones ' career he deemed Stewart unfit for the group because the straight-laced Stewart didn't "have the right look." Thankfully for the rest of the band Stu agreed to stay on as their road manager and sometime piano player. Throughout the groups career Stu contributed his Chicago style piano playing to several of the Stones releases including December's Children, Aftermath and Let it Bleed among others. The gifted keyboardist also lent his hand to projects outside The Stones such as the London Howlin' Wolf sessions, Led Zeppelin 's Physical Graffiti and Pete Townshend 's Rough Mix album. Adored by all who knew him, Stewart 's uncompromisingly purist stance towards the blues (he refused to play piano on "Wild Horses" because minor chords offended him aesthetically) helped keep the Stones on a stayed course during the times when they were in real danger of losing their core sound. Ian Stewart died in 1985 before he could have a chance to be inducted into the rock n' roll hall of fame beside his beloved Rolling Stones . |
In the game of bridge, what is the term for bidding and winning a contract of thirteen tricks? | Basic Bridge Terms - Acol Bridge Club London Basic Bridge Terms Basic Bridge Terms Auction: The part of the game where the partnerships bid to play in a contract. The dealer opens the auction. Balanced hand: A hand which contains no voids, singletons and no more than one doubleton. Possible card distributions for a balanced hand are: 4-3-3-3 (the so-called"flat" hand), 4-4-3-2 and 5-3-3-2. Bid: The nominating of a suit plus the number of tricks in excess of six that a player believes he and partner can make with the named suit as trumps. Thus a bid of 4 hearts means that the bidder expects to win 10 tricks with hearts as trumps. The bid may also be in no trumps. Cash: To play a card that is currently the highest in the suit, thought certain to succeed, or to take all available winners in a suit one after the other. Chicago: A variation of rubber bridge for four players where each session is just four deals. Chicago is reputed to have been devised by a group of commuters who played bridge on daily train journeys, where the time available for play was limited by the length of the trip. Contract: The final bid of the auction. A bid becomes the contract when it is followed by three passes. Convention: An artificial bid whose meaning is not necessarily related to the strength or denomination of the bid. The most well-known conventions are Stayman (used to find a major suit match after partner's opening bid of no trumps) and Blackwood (used, when investigating the possibility of a slam, to find out how many Aces partner possesses). Cover: To play a card higher than the previous one. Cross-ruff: A playing technique in trump contracts, where declarer makes tricks by ruffing in both hands alternately. Cue-bid: an artificial, strength-showing bid of an opponent's suit (e.g. 1? by your left-hand-opponent, 2? by you). The term "cue-bid" is also used to describe a high-level bid that shows control in that suit. Declarer: The player who is the first to bid the suit (or no trump) of the final contract. Defender: The opponents of the declarer are called defenders and must try to stop the declarer from making the contract. Discard: The play of a card (other than a trump) of a different suit from the one led. Distribution: The way in which the 13 cards in a hand are divided among the four suits. Hands can be described as balanced or unbalanced according to the distribution. Double: a special bid that can be made only over an opponent's bid that uses up no space in the auction. A double usually has one of two meanings, depending on the previous auction: [i] Penalty double - this type of double is made when you expect the opponents' contract to go down. [ii] Takeout double - this type of double shows strength and at least moderate length in all unbid suits. It asks partner to "take it out" of the auction by bidding his longest suit. Doubleton: An original holding of two of a suit. Duck: A card-playing technique in which a player does not immediately play a card that might take a trick, but plays a lower card instead. Dummy: Declarer's partner. Dummy does not participate in the play. After the bidding is completed and the opening lead is made, dummy places his cards face-up on the table, sorted into suits, and they are played by declarer. Duplicate bridge: A type of bridge tournament where the same cards are played at more than one table. Your scores are then compared with those of the other players playing in the same direction as you. Entry: A winner in one of the partnership's hands that can be used to get the lead into that hand. Finesse: A play that attempts to win a trick with a certain card, even though the opponents hold a higher card in the suit, by taking advantage of the position of the particular cards. Forcing bid: A bid that obliges partner to ensure the forcing bidder will get another chance to bid. This means that after a forcing bid and a pass of the opponent, partner has to make a bid other than pass. Game: A contract, bid and made, where the tricks are worth 100 points or more. The game contracts are 3NT (40 for the first |
What colours are on the national flag of Belgium? | Belgium Flag Printables Shop Belgium Flag Printables Print three sizes of the Belgium flag, a Belgian flag colouring page, bookmarks, notebooking pages, jigsaw and more! Find links to our flag printables below. About the Belgian Flag The National flag of Belgium was adopted in 1831. It consists of three vertical sections, coloured black, yellow and red. These colours were taken from the Duchy of Brabant and the design was meant to copy the flag of France. |
Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa became President of which country in December 2006? | Profile: Felipe Calderón – President of Mexico Profile: Felipe Calderón – President of Mexico By H. Chris Lomas Will his six-year term in office determine a new direction for Mexico? Source: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images In December 2006, Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa became Mexico’s 20th president since the constitution of 1917, and the 16th president of the National Action Party (PAN).Of the three major parties in Mexico, PAN is the most conservative. Mr. Calderón inherited many challenges upon taking office, namely the nation’s growing influence of drug cartels. Many saw his road to the presidency as filled with irregularities, accusing Mr. Calderón of vote-rigging because of software contracts he granted to Hildebrando, a company in which he was a minority shareholder. His brother-in-law also founded the company, which was responsible for writing the vote-counting software in the controversial election. Political Background Expand Image Anti-narcotics patrol: Mexican Federal Police personnel patrol the streets of Ciudad Juarez. President Felipe Calderón has acknowledged the country’s drug war is bloodier and tougher than he thought when he first took office in 2006, but vowed to eradicate the “cancer” that is consuming Mexico. He deployed 5,000 military troops and 1,000 police to Mexico’s drug-ravaged northern border. Source: Getty Images The youngest of five brothers, Felipe Calderón grew up in Morelia, Michoacan, one of Mexico’s 31 states. He was a brilliant student, and, after school, he moved to Mexico City, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in law. Mr. Calderón later received a master’s degree in economics from the Instituto Technológico Autónomo de México. He also studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in Massachusetts, where he obtained a master’s degree in public administration. After his studies, Mr. Calderón spent most of his life working and promoting PAN, which his father co-founded. After serving as national chairman from 1996 to 1999, Mr. Calderón was elected president of PAN in December 2005, and held several important positions. He was the director of the state-owned bank, Bonabros, as well as Secretary of Energy. In January 2006, he began campaigning to become president of Mexico. Family Life While working in the PAN, Mr. Calderón met his wife, Margarita Zavala, who served in the Congress as a federal deputy. The married couple had three children and lived in the southern suburbs of Mexico City before he became president of the country. Coming from a strong Catholic background, President Calderón strongly opposes homosexual marriage, abortion and euthanasia. He is also against contraception education, as Catholic theology teaches it is intrinsically wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence. In his approach to the challenges facing him as president, Felipe Calderón declared that the way forward was not a matter of being left or right, but rather making the right choices between the past and the future. He said the past represents nationalization, in which industry and private businesses were state operated and controlled, while the future means privatizing state-owned businesses, providing greater political freedom (an emphasis on human rights and freedom of speech and religion). His aim is to remove Mexico’s reputation as a gangster haven, and he has taken measures that reflect this during his tenure in office. War Against Drug Cartels On his first day as president, Felipe Calderón announced his government would cap salaries for high-ranking government officials and increase the salaries of federal and military police. He then began to clampdown on the drug trade, systematically reducing the production of drugs on Mexican soil. This process made it increasingly difficult for drug runners who used Mexico as a transit zone for drugs coming from South America to be exported into the U.S. and Canada. His efforts dealt a substantial blow to the drug lords, with losses estimated in billions of dollars. In merely four mont |
One minute of longitude at the equator is equal to how many nautical miles? | 1_2 1.2 Latitude, Longitude and Nautical Miles In an emergency a Cape Breton skipper who radios his location to the Coast Guard as "Somewhere east of Louisburg" could wait a long time for help. There's a lot of ocean in the North Atlantic. Navigators use a proven and exact way of describing a boat's position, wherever that may be. Every square on a chessboard can be identified by column and row: the white queen makes her move from the first row of the fourth column. Similarly, every point on earth can be described using co-ordinates. This has been the practice used by navigators since early times. In ancient Greece a mathematician, Hipparchus, developed a grid system with rows for lines of latitude and columns for meridians of longitude to position his home at Rhodes. The system has been refined over the years but the idea and practice remain the same. Parallels and Meridians The grid system of latitude and longitude consists of a network of imaginary lines encircling the earth in two directions: north-south, and east-west. The east-west lines of latitude run parallel to each other and are appropriately called parallels of latitude. The equator is a parallel of latitude. North and south lines of longitude aren't parallel; instead they fan out from one pole and converge to the other. Lines of longitude are called meridians of longitude. Co-ordinates of Latitude and Longitude The location of any point on the earth's surface can be described using its latitude and longitude co-ordinates. In theory there are an infinite number of parallels and meridians. For convenience they are ordered into scales made up of degrees ( ° ) and fractions of degrees. The circumference of a sphere is divided into 360°. The distance from the equator to the north pole is one-quarter of the circumference of the world. Therefore, parallels of latitude are numbered from 0° at the equator to 90° at each pole with an N or S to designate northern or southern hemisphere. Halfway from the equator to the north pole is the parallel of 45° N latitude - the approximate latitude of Cornwall, Ontario or Minneapolis, Minnesota. Meridians of longitude are numbered from 0° to 180° E and from 0° to 180° W of the prime meridian, the meridian passing through Greenwich, England. Degrees and Minutes The distance between degrees of longitude is about 60 nautical miles at the equator. It is less further north or south as the longitude lines converge towards the poles. Degrees of latitude are always 60 nautical miles apart. At the equator, a grid of 1° of longitude by 1° of latitude covers about 3,600 square miles. For greater precision, degrees are divided into 60 minutes ( ' ) - of distance, not time. Each minute is further divided into 60 seconds ( " ), although it's becoming common to use tenths of a minute, or decimal minutes, instead of seconds. A tenth of a minute (or tenth of a nautical mile) is about 600 feet or 185 meters. This is the level of accuracy used in this course. Describing Co-ordinates In maritime navigation, it’s conventional when describing co-ordinates to enter latitude first, or to place it directly above longitude. There's no need to attach the prefixes "lat" and "long" or "L" or "Lo" although you may do so. The descriptors N S, E or W indicate the co-ordinates as latitude or longitude. For example, the Citadel in Halifax, Nova Scotia is located at 44° 38.8' N, 63° 34.8' W using degrees, minutes and tenths of a minute or decimal minutes. In another format, using degrees, minutes and seconds, the position of Athens' Acropolis can be described as: 37° 58' 12" N 23° 43' 30" E The Nautica |
Cuevo de las Manos (Cave of the Hands), famous for the paintings of hands made around 9,000 years ago, is in which Spanish-speaking country? | Cave of hands: Cueva de los Manos Patagonia Michael Turtle | 25 Comments Cueva de los Manos “This is the bit where everyone likes to take photos,” my guide tells me as she points to the hands on the cave wall. “This is the most famous part.” In some ways, it is an unnecessary comment. There is no doubt that this is going to be the highlight of my trip to the Cave of Hands in the middle of rural Patagonian Argentina. Along the stone wall of the cave are dozens of hand prints. Orange, yellow, red pigments sprayed onto the rock, while hands were placed on its cold hard surface, have left the impressions in negative of the fingers and palms. I’m the only person here, aside from my guide, and silence fills the valley that stretches for kilometres in both directions. It hasn’t always been this lonely, though. Nine thousand years ago, a whole community of primitive hunters would pass through this valley and stay in the caves as they followed their prey across Patagonia. During these stops they would stand where I am now standing, place their palms on the rock, and leave a mark of their existence. The hands of art Seven thousand years before the first book was created, and four thousand years before the Egyptians started writing their hieroglyphs on the walls, the hunters of Patagonia were documenting their stories in the art of these caves of hands. Each print was a personal acknowledgement of their life, and each group of hands a demonstration of their community. Then, around these hands, they drew pictures of their daily activities that are a testament to their culture. The main source of food was the guanaco, a llama-like animal in easy supply in this area. The drawings on the caves show the men hunting the creatures with primitive weapons but ingenious tactics. In one tableau, a crack in the rock is used to represent a ravine that the hunters chase the animals into, making them easier to catch. There are lizards and spiders, pregnant animals, baby animals and even evil spirits in the drawings. The things that make their world what it is are all depicted on the rock. “What are those dots painted onto the roof of the cave,” I ask the guide. “They could be the stars in the sky,” she says, “or maybe the marks of a game where the children would throw painted balls into the air.” She chuckles. “We don’t really understand everything.” The history of the Cave of Hands There’s something nice about not knowing everything. The imagination is free to fill in the blanks. I can picture the tribe sitting here, hunched around a fire, eating their guanaco, turning its skin into clothes, and painting the stories of the day on the walls around them. I look at those pictures now and a scene comes to life, of men chasing the animals, shouting at each other to surround a herd, of proudly bringing their bounty back to their families. Their stories haven’t been lost. Their lives haven’t been forgotten. Their paintings are more than just a diary for themselves because they have become a record of the time and a constant reminder of their existence. The ancient residents of the Cave of Hands have become what every artist, writer and even blogger dreams of being – narrators of history. |
What were the first names of writer C.S.Lewis? | C.S. Lewis - Biography - IMDb C.S. Lewis Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (22) | Personal Quotes (20) Overview (5) 5' 10¾" (1.8 m) Mini Bio (1) C.S. Lewis was born in 1898 and brought up in a very strict, religious household. While he was quite young, his mother died of cancer but the "stiff upper lip" in favour at the time meant he wasn't allowed to grieve. He became an Oxford don and led a sheltered life. He seriously questioned his religious beliefs and finally left the church. The death of his mother is reflected in "The Magician's Nephew". When an American fan Joy Gresham, came to visit him, they found they enjoyed each others company and she stayed. She was dying of cancer and he was afraid to express his emotions until she convinced him that it was OK to "allow" himself to love her even though it would shortly lead to heartbreak when she died. This was a great writer who dared to examine his emotions and beliefs and record them for the rest of us. Most famous for his childrens book (The Narnian Chronicles) he also wrote a very interesting Science Fiction Trilogy and some of the most intriguing Christian literature. He finally resolved his crisis of faith after tearing apart and fully examining the Christian (and other) religion and re-embraced Christianity. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Crook <[email protected]> Spouse (1) The play of "Shadowlands", also by William Nicholson ran in London, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Jane Lapotaire . Member of the Oxford literary circle the 'Inklings' along with writers J.R.R. Tolkien , Jeremy Dyson, Charles Williams, Messrs Coghill, and Owen Barfield. As a child he never liked his birth names, Clive Staples. When his dog Jacksie got run down, he announced that he would always be known by the name of his dead dog. It developed from "Jacksie" to "Jack" over the years. Many of his fans refer to him as "Jack Lewis.". Died on 22 November 1963, the same day as writer Aldous Huxley and President John F. Kennedy , as result of the various illnesses Lewis had. Sci-fi master Arthur C. Clarke regards Lewis' two books "Out of the Silent Planet" and "Perelandra" as "two of the very few works of space fiction that can be classed as literature." His speech patterns, and some aspects of his personalities, were the basis for the character of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) As with what happened to J.K. Rowling with her Harry Potter series, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", the first book of C.S. Lewis's seven-book series "The Chronicles of Narnia", suffered an alteration made by American publishers. The book features a wolf named Maugrim, whose name was changed to Fenris Ulf in the American publication. The sixth book of the series is entitled "The Magician's Nephew" and tells how the Land of Narnia was created and discovered by Professor Digory Kirke when he was a boy. His life and work seem to have attracted the attention of both of the actors who have played Hannibal Lecter. Lewis was played by Anthony Hopkins in Shadowlands (1993), and his character Aslan was to be voiced by Brian Cox in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) before the filmmakers changed their minds and replaced Cox with Liam Neeson . He based Ransom, the main character in two of the works in his Perlandra trilogy, after his friend J.R.R. Tolkien . Joined the Somerset Light Infantry, a regiment of the British Army, in World War I. Is portrayed by Joss Ackland in Shadowlands (1985) and Anthony Hopkins in Shadowlands (1993). When he married Joy Gresham, she had already been married to and divorced from her first husband, Bill Gresham. Lewis adopted the Greshams' two sons, David and Douglas, and made them the heirs to his estate, including the royalties to the Narnia books. For many years, the Narnia books were read in the same order in which they were written and published: 1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) 2. Prince Caspian (1951) 3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) 4. The Silver Chair (1953) 5. The Horse a |
What was the name of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s steamship, launched in 1858? | Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Great Eastern Steamship Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Great Eastern Steamship This is the story of the Great Eastern steamship, the largest steamship of its time. It is the story of the risks that are able to destroy even a good plan and project. It is also the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a talented engineer and the illustrious son of an illustrious father, Marc Isambard Brunel. Since the Great Eastern steamship turned out to be an unsuccessful project it is important to note that the background of its proponent, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, gave every reason to expect it to be a success. First the story of the father, Marc Isambard Brunel. Marc Isambard Brunel was born in Normandy, France in 1769. When he reached maturity he served in the French navy for six years. When this term of service was completed in 1792 he returned to France to find the French Revolution raging in full fury. Because of his royalist sympathies he decided to emigrate to the United States. He reached New York in 1793 and commenced a career in New York as an architect and civil engineer. He was successful as an architect, but his most outstanding accomplishment was the design of equipment for an arsenal and cannon factory. This project required his invention of new devices. After six years in New York Marc Isambard Brunel decided to emigrate to England. He sailed in 1799 with plans for new equipment to manufacture the block and tackle equipment (multiple pulleys) used on ships to manipulate sails. It took until 1803 to get approval from the British government and begin construction at the Portsmouth dockyard. Marc Isambard Brunel also invented new machines for the processes involved in the construction of ships and by 1812 he had been commissioned by the British government to build sawmills at Woolrich and Chatham. His mind was exceeding productive. During the period from 1812 he interested himself in a wide variety of endeavors. These included: Steamships and their navigation on the Thames. Machines used in textile manufacture such as stocking frames. Devices for copying drawings. Manufacture of nails. Manufacture of tin foil. Some of these pursuits resulted in patents. Yet despite his fertile intellect, or perhaps because of it, he found himself in such financial difficulties that in 1822 he was incarcerated for nonpayment of his debts. Actually his financial troubles stemmed from two major setbacks: 1. A fire which destroyed some of his facilities, 2. The government refusing to make payment for a consignment of military boots manufactured by a Brunel enterprise. A war Britain had been engaged in, ended sooner than people expected and the government knew it would not need the boots. Brunel's friends secured a government grant of five thousand pounds for Brunel to use to pay his debts and gain his freedom. Before he went to prison he started designing bridges and when he was released he gained the commission to construct some of those bridges. He conceived a plan to excavate a tunnel under the Thames and in 1824 a company was formed to carry out this project. It took until 1843 to complete that tunnel. Marc Isambard Brunel died in 1849. His son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was born in 1806. His middle name Kingdom was his mother's maiden name. When he reached the age of 14 he was sent to France to study engineering. There probably were several factors behind the elder Brunel sending his son to France for his education. Probably foremost was that in the period before the Industrial Revolution France exceded England in science and engineering. Undoubtebly the French background of the Brunel family was another factor. The son joined the father's engineering firm in 1823, about the time the Thames tunnel project was being prepared. The son, Isambard Kingdom, became the lead engineer for the project at the early age of 19. He continued as the Thames Tunnel engineer until 1828. The son then went on to design bridges. In 1833 Isambard Kingdom Brunel at the relatively young age of 27 was appo |
Which evergreen flowering climbing plant is said to be associated with Jesus Christ? | Christian Symbols: Flowers, Plants & Trees Symbolizes the soul's immortality because it is a durable wood. Almond A symbol of divine approval, based on Numbers 17:1-8: "The LORD said to Moses, 'Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write the name of each man on his staff. ... The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites.' ... The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron's staff, which represented the house of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds." (NIV) For this reason is has been used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. Anemone Used in the early church as a symbol of the Trinity. Used in art as a symbol of sorrow and death. Often seen in scenes of the Crucifixion. Apple When shown in Adam's hand, the apple symbolizes sin. When held by Christ, it represents salvation. Aspen Legend has it that the aspen was the only tree that did not bow in sorrow and respect when Jesus died on the cross. Because of its pride, its leaves were doomed to constant trembling. Another legend claims the aspen was the wood chosen for the cross, and when the tree learned how it was to be used, it began to tremble with horror and has never stopped. Bramble The burning bush at which the Lord appeared to Moses was believed to have been a bramble. It became a symbol of the purity of the Virgin Mary, who "bore the flames of divine love without being consumed by lust. Bulrush The bulrush has been used as a symbol of faithfulness and humility in obedience to Christ because the bulrush is a common plant that grows in clusters near water. Because of its association with the infant Moses, it may also point to the place of salvation (Exodus 2). Carnation A red carnation symbolizes love. A "pink" is a symbol of marriage. Cedar (of Lebanon) The cedar is a symbol of Christ. It is also identified with the concepts of beauty and majesty. Song 5:15 His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars. (NIV) Cherry A cherry symbolizes the sweetness of character derived from good works. Chestnut A symbol for chastity because the chestnut is surrounded by thorns but is not harmed by them. Clover The clover, or shamrock, is a symbol of for the Trinity. Cockle The cockle symbolizes the invasion of wickedness, especially in the Church, because it invades tilled fields and mingles with the grain. Matt. 13:24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. (NIV) Columbine Thought by some to look like a dove, the columbine is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The name comes from the Latin columba, which means "dove." Seven blooms on a stalk represent the seven gifts of the Spirit. Isa. 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him &emdash; the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD (NIV) Cyclamen Cyclamen is used in reference to the Virgin Mary. The red spot at its center represents the sorrow she carried in her heart. Cypress The cypress is associated with death. For this reason, cypress trees are often planted in cemeteries. Daisy The daisy is a late symbol of the innocence of the Christ Child. Dandelion The dandelion, one of the "bitter herbs," is a symbol of Christ's Passion. Elm The elm is used in reference to dignity and faithfulness. Fern Because it conceals its beauty in the depths of the forest, the fern represents humility in solitude. Fig The fig is sometimes used in place of the apple as the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It may also be used as a symbol of lust or fertility because of its many seeds. Fir Fir trees are sometimes used to represent God's elect because they |
On a standard violin, to which notes are the four strings normally tuned? | The Online Encyclopedia of Tunings / Violin family tunings As used in most symphony orchestras: Violin: g - d' - a' - e' ' Viola: c - g - d' - a' Cello: C - G - d - a Double bass: E' - A' - D - G All also have notable scordatura tunings. Fractional scale lengths Fractional scale length instruments, sizes such as 3/4 or 1/2, are reduced- scale instruments. Fractional sizes of violin family instruments (except the viola) are used by younger students and have some other uses as well. Some of the traditional names for these go back at least to Stradivarius, who may have invented some of them and at least standardised those he used (like many other things). The fractions used to identify them have no mathematical significance, apart from roughly indicating the order of the sizes, so for example a 3/4 scale violin is a lot bigger than three quarters of the size of a 4/4, and a 1/4 is significantly larger then half the size of a 4/4. And there is little standardisation between makers, except for those violin and cello sizes established by Stradivarius. See fractional scale length . a - d' - a' - e' ' (Old-Timey D Tuning) a - e' - a' - e' ' (Cross Tuning, A tuning, Open A, High Bass, High Counter or High Tenor, for Breaking Up Christmas, Cluck Old Hen, Hangman's Reel, Horse and Buggy, and Ways of the World) a - e' - a' - c# ' ' (A tuning, Black Mountain, Rag Tuning, Calico Tuning, Open A Tuning, or Drunken Hiccups Tuning) a - e' - a' - d' ' (for Old Sledge, Silver Lake) d - d' - a' - d' ' ("Dee-Dad", Dead Man's Tuning, D Tuning or Open D Tuning, for Bonaparte's Retreat) e - d' - a' - e' ' (for Glory in the Meeting House) e - e' - a' - e' ' (for Get up in the Cool) f ' - c' - g' - d' ' (Cajun Tuning) g - d' - a' - d' ' {"Gee-Dad" or G Tuning) g - d' - a' - e' ' (Italian tuning or That 'Ole Eye-talian tuning - the standard violin tuning!) g - d' - g' - b' (Open G Tuning) g - d' - g' - d' ' (Sawmill Tuning) Fiddle tunings are often also known by their four note names, so the standard is known as GDAE tuning, and so on. The five-string double bass has an extra treble or bass string. E' - A' - D - G - B Extended bass: B' ' - E' - A' - D - G The ability to play notes down to B' ' is increasingly expected of professional orchestral players. This can be accomplished by either a fifth bass string or by a fingerboard extension on the E string. Extended-range four-string bass An alternative to the fifth bass string is a fingerboard extension supporting extra bass notes on the E string, generally with mechanical means for producing the extra notes. This does not affect the string gauge or tension, see fingerboard extensions . This extension, as an alternative to a fifth bass string, is common in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada. The fifth string tends to be favoured in continental Europe. The extension is most commonly four semitones, meaning that the extended open string is tuned to C', while if stopped at the head nut it would still sound the normal open tuning of E'. This means that on those occasions when B' ' is required, the string must also be tuned down one semitone. But for the purposes of calculating string tension and figuring left-hand technique, the pitch must be measured at the normal head nut. Measured in this way this tuning is: |
How many imperial gallons of oil are in a barrel? | Oil Oil Oil How much oil is there in a barrel? A barrel of oil is equal to 159 litres, 42 US gallons or 35 imperial gallons. How many barrels of oil are produced and consumed a day? For 2016, the IEA Oil Market Report forecasts worldwide average demand of nearly 96 million barrels of oil and liquid fuels per day – that works out to more than 35 billion barrels a year. Production breached 97 million barrels per day (mb/d) in late 2015, and Medium-Term Oil Market Report 2016 foresees demand crossing the 100 mb/d threshold towards the end of its five-year outlook period. What is crude oil? Crude oil is a mineral oil consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons of natural origin and associated impurities, such as sulphur. It exists in liquid form under normal surface temperatures and pressure. Its physical characteristics (for example, density) are highly variable. Where is the bulk of oil demand growth going to come from? In the next five years, non-OECD Asia will remain the major source of oil demand growth, with volumes increasing from 23.7 mb/d in 2015 to 28.9 mb/d in 2021, though the rate of growth is affected by reductions in subsidies and efforts to tackle pollution. China will be central to demand growth, partly because of the underlying rise of oil demand but also due to its build-up of strategic reserves which will reach at least 500 mb by 2020. This trend for China is set to continue to 2040, as oil demand from the transportation sector is growing strongly there as well as in other non-OECD countries such as India. In contrast, oil demand among OECD countries is expected to decline over the outlook period, driven mostly by government policies on fuel efficiency and the fact that rates of vehicle ownership are already high. What is the difference between conventional and unconventional oil? Conventional oil is a category of oil that includes crude oil and natural gas liquids and condensate liquids, which are extracted from natural gas production. Unconventional oil consists of a wider variety of liquid sources including oil sands, extra heavy oil, gas to liquids and other liquids. In general conventional oil is easier and cheaper to produce than unconventional oil. However, the categories “conventional” and “unconventional” do not remain fixed, and over time, as economic and technological conditions evolve, resources hitherto considered unconventional can migrate into the conventional category. What is peak oil? Peak oil can mean different things to different people. Some see it as the potential result of economies maturing and deploying more energy-efficient and diverse fuel technologies, meaning that year-on-year growth in world oil demand may level off. Others see it as the maximum possible annual rate of extraction of conventional crude oil, due either to physical resource constraints or above-ground political, economic or logistical factors. While others insist that since the definition of what constitutes conventional oil is constantly changing, total producible liquid fuels is what should be looked at. Where does the IEA stand in the peak oil argument? Our analysis suggests there are ample physical oil and liquid fuel resources for the foreseeable future. However, the rate at which new supplies can be developed and the break-even prices for those new supplies are changing. Global oil production levels are also dependent on the production policy of OPEC, which holds between one and six million barrels per day of spare capacity in reserve. Declining oil production in any given year can occur for one of several reasons unrelated to peak production, including OPEC production decisions, unplanned field stoppages and the impact of earlier investment decisions by the oil industry. A combination of sustained high prices and energy policies aimed at greater end-use efficiency and diversification in energy supplies might actually mean that peak oil demand occurs in the future before the resource base is anything like exhausted. Does the IEA analyse the oil market? Yes. The IEA constantly analyses and monitors short-, |
Rocinante is the name of which fictional character’s horse? | Rocinante | fictional character | Britannica.com Rocinante fictional character THIS ARTICLE IS A STUB. You can learn more about this topic in the related articles below. Similar Topics Rocinante, fictional character, the spavined half-starved horse that Don Quixote designates his noble steed in the classic novel Don Quixote (1605, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes . Learn More in these related articles: horse a hoofed, herbivorous mammal of the family Equidae. It comprises a single species, Equus caballus, whose numerous varieties are called breeds. Before the advent of mechanized vehicles, the horse was widely used as a draft animal, and riding on horseback was one of the chief means of transportation.... Don Quixote (novel by Cervantes) novel published in two parts (Part I, 1605; Part II, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes, one of the most widely read classics of Western literature. Originally conceived as a comic satire against the chivalric romances then in literary vogue, it describes realistically what befalls an elderly knight who,... Miguel de Cervantes September 29?, 1547 Alcalá de Henares, Spain April 22, 1616 Madrid Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) and the most important and celebrated figure in Spanish literature. His novel Don Quixote has been translated, in full or in part, into more than... 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: February 05, 2016 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rocinante Access Date: December 28, 2016 Share |
In humans, enteritis is the inflammation of which part of the body? | Enteritis (Small Intestine Inflammation) Acute and Chronic | Healthhype.com Home » Current Health Articles » Enteritis (Small Intestine Inflammation) Acute and Chronic Enteritis (Small Intestine Inflammation) Acute and Chronic Tweet The small intestine, also referred to as the small bowel, extends from the stomach to the large intestine. It is the longest portion of the human alimentary tract and measures approximately 6 meters (20 feet). The small intestine is an important site of both digestion and absorption of nutrients. It has three parts – the duodenum leading from the stomach, jejunum and ileum which continues to the large intestine. As with any part of the alimentary tract, the small intestine may become inflamed through a number of mechanisms. When the small intestine alone is inflamed, it is then referred to as enteritis or it can be more specific like ileitis which is inflammation of the ileum of the small intestine. What is enteritis? Enteritis is the term for inflammation of the small intestine. It is not specific for which part of the small intestine that may be affected, either the duodenum, jejunum or ileum, or the entire small intestine. The term enteritis is not heard of frequently on its own. Instead it is associated with inflammation of the neighboring parts of the alimentary tract – gastroenteritis for inflammation of the stomach and small intestine or enterocolitis for inflammation of the small intestine and colon. However, this should not detract from the fact that inflammation of the small intestine can exist on its own and enteritis is as serious a pathology as gastritis (stomach inflammation only) and colitis (colon inflammation only). The Small Intestine The small intestine is longer but narrower than the stomach or colon. It communicates with several important structures of the digestive system, apart from the stomach and colon. The pancreas and gallbladder both empty its contents into the small intestine, specifically into the duodenum. While digestion and absorption begins in the mouth and intensifies in the stomach, majority of these processes occur in the small intestine. Apart from the digestive enzymes that ‘rollover’ from the stomach, the pancreatic digestive enzymes and bile from the gallbladder, the small intestine also has its own enzymes that contribute to digestion. This originates from enterocytes in the mucosal epithelium lining the small intestine and includes lactase, sucrase, maltase and iso-maltase for carbohydrate digestion, peptidases for protein digestion and lipase for fat digestion. On a daily basis, the small intestine secretes some 2 liters of digestive enzymes, mucus and water. However, its function of greatest importance is the absorption of most nutrients. The is facilitated by the massive surface area due to the mucosal protrusions known as microvilli and specialized structures within it for fat absorption (lacteals). When the small intestine is inflamed, it is the absorptive function that is severely impaired and largely responsible for the clinical presentation. Swelling of the small intestine wall as a result of inflammation reduces the surface area and disrupts passive and active absorption of nutrients from the lumen. Water and electrolyte exchange between the tissue spaces and intestinal lumen is unregulated and large quantities of water and electrolytes are dumped into small intestine. In addition the epithelial cells may be destroyed and ulcers may form within the small intestine. Apart from the pathological changes to the intestinal wall, the microenvironment within the small intestine is also disturbed thereby allowing for the proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms. Acute and Chronic Causes Most cases of enteritis are caused by infections with bacteria being the leading pathogens. The more common of these include : Campylobacter jejuni Ask a Doctor Online Now! It is important to note that these infectious agents may also involve the stomach and/or colon. Contaminated food and water accounts for the main routes of transmission. These pathogens are disc |
Who became Archbishop of Canterbury in February 2003? | The 27th of February 2003 AD, Rowan Williams becomes 104th Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams becomes 104th Archbishop of Canterbury Canterbury , Kent The 27th of February 2003 AD Rowan Williams, previously Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales, was announced as George Carey�s successor as Archbishop of Canterbury and thus spiritual head of the Church of England, on December 2 2002, and enthroned on February 27 2003. In so doing he became the 104th holder of that office, and the first Welshman (he was born in Swansea , his first language Welsh). Although his appointment followed the usual arcane process of the established church Dr Williams had been a very strongly tipped candidate for the post, though as his background was primarily academic rather than pastoral it was not without criticism. And although an Anglo-Catholic Dr Williams had shown himself relatively liberal as regards the question of homosexuality and the church, though contrastingly of the pro-life tendency. An undoubtedly highly intelligent man, speaking several languages, Rowan Williams has sometimes, however, shown himself less than adept as a communicator, the press at times finding his style hard to follow: he seemed genuinely surprised when outrage followed his suggestion that sharia law could in certain circumstances run in parallel with existing laws in this country, though what had seemingly been intended was only that it could be used in such matters as dispute resolution, as Jewish law already is in this country. |
In the Bible, what was the name of Jacob’s only daughter? | Genesis 34:1 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. Matthew Henry Commentary 34:1-19 Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children from needlessly exposing themselves to danger. Indulged children, like Dinah, often become a grief and shame to their families. Her pretence was, to see the daughters of the land, to see how they dressed, and how they danced, and what was fashionable among them; she went to see, yet that was not all, she went to be seen too. She went to get acquaintance with the Canaanites, and to learn their ways. See what came of Dinah's gadding. The beginning of sin is as the letting forth of water. How great a matter does a little fire kindle! We should carefully avoid all occasions of sin and approaches to it. |
Felsic, Mafic and Intermediate are all types of which natural substance? | felsic and mafic rocks | igneous rock | Britannica.com Felsic and mafic rocks Alternative Titles: acid rock, felsite, silicic rock Related Topics aplite Felsic and mafic rocks, division of igneous rocks on the basis of their silica content. Chemical analyses of the most abundant components in rocks usually are presented as oxides of the elements; igneous rocks typically consist of approximately 12 major oxides totaling over 99 percent of the rock . Of the oxides, silica (SiO2) is usually the most abundant. Because of this abundance and because most igneous minerals are silicates, silica content was used as a basis of early classifications; it remains widely accepted today. Within this scheme, rocks are described as felsic, intermediate, mafic, and ultramafic (in order of decreasing silica content). In a widely accepted silica-content classification scheme, rocks with more than 65 percent silica are called felsic; those with between 55 and 65 percent silica are intermediate ; those with between 45 and 55 percent silica are mafic; and those with less than 45 percent are ultramafic . Compilations of many rock analyses show that rhyolite and granite are felsic, with an average silica content of about 72 percent; syenite , diorite , and monzonite are intermediate, with an average silica content of 59 percent; gabbro and basalt are mafic, with an average silica content of 48 percent; and peridotite is an ultramafic rock, with an average of 41 percent silica. Although there are complete gradations between the averages, rocks tend to cluster about the averages. In general, the gradation from felsic to mafic corresponds to an increase in colour index (dark-mineral percentage). The fine-grained or glassy nature of many volcanic rocks makes a chemical classification such as the felsic-mafic taxonomy very useful in distinguishing the different types. Silica content is especially useful because the density and refractive index of natural glasses have been correlated with silica percentage; this makes identification possible in the absence of chemical data. For similar determinations, glasses can also be prepared in the laboratory from crystalline rocks. Similar Topics |
What is the name of the scarlet and gold banner of St Denis, which was given to early French kings on setting out for war? | Oriflamme | Define Oriflamme at Dictionary.com oriflamme [awr-uh-flam, or-] /ˈɔr əˌflæm, ˈɒr-/ Spell noun 1. the red banner of St. Denis, near Paris, carried before the early kings of France as a military ensign. 2. any ensign, banner, or standard, especially one that serves as a rallying point or symbol. Origin of oriflamme Middle French 1425-1475 1425-75; late Middle English oriflam < Middle French oriflamme, Old French, equivalent to orie golden (< Latin aurea, feminine of aureus, derivative of aurum gold) + flamme flame Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for oriflamme Expand Historical Examples The banner of the oriflamme is said to have been unfurled by the French for the last time at Agincourt. Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle The owner of this oriflamme looked like a young Scandinavian god. Talks about Flowers. M. D. Wellcome The oriflamme, or enseigne derived its name from being made of scarlet silk, and covered with flames of gold. Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle The oriflamme was a red banner attached to a staff, and cut in the manner shown in our engraving. British Dictionary definitions for oriflamme Expand noun 1. a scarlet flag, originally of the abbey of St Denis in N France, adopted as the national banner of France in the Middle Ages Word Origin C15: via Old French, from Latin aurum gold + flamma flame Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for oriflamme Expand n. sacred banner of St. Denis, late 15c., from Old French orie flambe, from Latin aurea flamma "golden flame." The ancient battle standard of the kings of France, it was of red or orange-red silk, with two or three points, and was given to the kings by the abbot of St. Denis on setting out to war. Cotgrave says it was "borne at first onely in warres made against Infidells; but afterwards vsed in all other warres; and at length vtterly lost in a battell against the Flemings." It is last mentioned in an abbey inventory of 1534. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper |
In which year was the death penalty for treason formally abolished on the mainland UK? | Abolition of capital punishment in the UK until the passing of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Powers) Act 1973. Nobody was executed there after 1961, however. Capital punishment has now been totally abolished for all civil crimes, having remained on the statute book for high treason and piracy. (There had been no executions for either of these crimes since 1946, when two men were hanged for treason.) In October 1998, the government introduced an amendment to the Human Rights Bill that abolished the death penalty as a possible punishment for military offences under the Armed Forces Acts. There were five military wartime capital offences: serious misconduct in action, communicating with the enemy, aiding the enemy or furnishing supplies, obstructing operations or giving false air signals, mutiny to incitement to mutiny or failure to suppress a mutiny. The last execution under military law was in 1942. On the 10th of December 1999, International Human Rights Day, the government ratified Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights thus totally abolishing capital punishment in Britain . Historical background. Capital punishment had first been abolished in the 11th century by William the Conqueror but was reinstated by his son William Rufus. Efforts to have the death penalty abolished had been going on since the late 1700's. In 1770, Sir William Meredith suggested that Parliament consider "more proportionate punishments." His proposal was rejected but it opened up the debate. With over a thousand people a year being sentenced to death (although only a small proportion actually executed), it was clearly a debate that was needed. Sir Samuel Romilly, 1757-1818, attempted to get parliament to de-capitalise minor crimes. On the 17th of January 1813 , he introduced a Bill in the House of Commons "to repeal so much of the Act of King William as punishes with death the offence of stealing privately in a shop, warehouse or stable, goods of the value of 5s" (25p). This is what we call shoplifting now. This Bill was thrown out by the House of Lords. After Romilly's death in 1818, Sir James Mackintosh, who supported Romilly's proposals for reducing the severity of the criminal law, took up the abolitionist's cause. On the 2nd of March 1819 , he carried a motion against the government for a committee to consider capital punishment, by a majority of 19. In 1820, he introduced 6 bills embodying the recommendations of the committee, only three of which became law. Lord Eldon - the Lord Chancellor secured an amendment to keep the death penalty for stealing to the value of more than �10. On the 21st of May 1823 , Mackintosh put forward a further 9 proposals to parliament for abolishing the punishment of death for less serious offences. He wanted to make forgery a non capital crime but this was opposed by Sir Robert Peel. However, it was declassified as a capital crime in 1832. This was important because a conviction for forgery generally did result in the execution of the culprit. Over the first 68 years of the 19th century, other individuals and pressure groups were to lend their voices to the argument in favour of abolition with some success. Several, including author Charles Dickens and the Quaker movement campaigned for ending of public executions, which occurred in 1868. The public enjoyed these far more than was thought good for them. The Establishment has never been happy about the ordinary people enjoying overtly morbid pastimes such as watching a criminal struggling on the end of a rope! There is no doubt that public did enjoy a "good hanging" - there was general disappointment expressed if the criminal died too quickly, as happened with the hanging of William Palmer outside Stafford prison in 1856. Charles Dickens, writing in the Times, attacked the behaviour of the crowds at the execution of Frederick and Maria Manning in 1849. Progressively attitudes to public hanging had changed between 1800 and 1868. At the beginning of the century, hangings were attended by all classes of society and |
In 1776, the United States Declaration of Independence decreed that how many American colonies, which were at war with Britain, were no longer part of the British Empire? | The Declaration of Independence | The American History Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Declaration of Independence Share The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson , the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War . The birthday of the United States of America/Independence Day is celebrated on July 4, the day the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress. The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III , and by asserting certain natural rights, including a right of revolution. Having served its original purpose in announcing independence, the text of the Declaration was initially ignored after the American Revolution. Its stature grew over the years, particularly the second sentence, a sweeping statement of individual human rights: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. This sentence has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language" and "the most potent and consequential words in American history". After finalizing the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It was initially published as a printed broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is usually regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Although the wording of the Declaration was approved on July 4, the date of its signing has been disputed. Most historians have concluded that it was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed. The sources and interpretation of the Declaration have been the subject of much scholarly inquiry. The famous wording of the Declaration has often been invoked to protect the rights of individuals and marginalized groups, and has come to represent for many people a moral standard for which the United States should strive. This view greatly influenced Abraham Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and who promoted the idea that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted. |
Which nation’s football team won the FIFA World Cup in 2006? | FIFA.com - FIFA World Cup™ FIFA World Cup™ You're logging in with Facebook You're logging in with Twitter You're logging in with Google+ Connect Login Error The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. This Facebook account is already present Your Club account has been locked due to a breach of our Terms of Service. Please set up a new account in line with the Club rules. Review the Club Rules . Alternatively, you can email us by completing our contact form . Please enter a valid email address The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. Log-in unsuccessful FIFA World Cup™ © Foto-net The FIFA World Cup™ is the biggest single-event sporting competition in the world and is contested by the senior men's national teams from the 208 Member Associations of FIFA. The competition has been played every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. It fulfils FIFA’s objectives to touch the world, develop the game, and build a better future through a variety of ways. Tournament format The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of one month – this phase is often called the Final Competition. A qualification phase, the Preliminary Competition which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). The preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ sees a total of 204 entries across six continents competing for 31 available spots. For the last FIFA World Cup, 200 teams played a total of 853 matches as 31 teams qualified for South Africa. Both the preliminary and final competitions act as a massive promotion for the game of football and for the host nation(s) and are therefore wonderful opportunities to help promote values of respect, fair play and discipline to the watching world. Understandably, the organisation of such an event is a huge task for FIFA and the Local Organising Committee and is therefore one of the main activities of FIFA over a four-year period. Facts and figures The 19 FIFA World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three wins; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each. The FIFA World Cup is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany and the 2010 event in South Africa was broadcast to 204 countries on 245 different channels. Inside the stadiums, a total of 3,170,856 spectators attended the 64 matches an average of 49,670 per match and the third highest aggregate attendance behind USA 1994 and Germany 2006. There were also over six million people who attended public viewing events in 16 sites across the world: ten within South Africa and a further six across the globe in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. A total of 350,000 fans attended the International FIFA Fan Fest in Berlin for the semi-final match between Germany and Spain. 177,853 accreditations for the last FIFA World Cup were printed, while the hospitality programme attracted almost a quarter of a million guests. Over three quarters of a million litres of beer were sold in the stadiums and 390,600 hot dogs were sold in the public catering concessions; many to the half a million international visitors who descended on South Africa. The F |
What is the flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant women which nourishes the foetus through the umbilical cord? | pregnancy dictionary, pregnancy glossary, pregnancy terms PREGNANCY DICTIONARY Just another WordPress site PREGNANCY DICTIONARY Put aside the overwhelming feeling of pregnancy, now is the moment to revert back to full-time student mode. This in itself will take many hours of digging through pregnancy books, attending NCT classes, speaking to your midwife and doc, also watching and speaking to other been-there-done-that mums. Doing your due diligence and learning as much as you can about your pregnancy, birth and postnatal care is imperative for a healthy mum and baby. Here are some helpful pregnancy terms that you will have to become familiar with. HELPFUL PREGNANCY TERMS TO KNOW ACTIVE LABOUR: thinning and opening of the cervix, usually between 4–10 centimetres, with contractions typically 2–5 minutes apart. AFTERBIRTH: placental expulsion occurs when the placenta comes out of the birth canal after childbirth. The period from just after the baby is expelled until just after the placenta is expelled is called the third stage of labor. AMNIOCENTESIS: an invasive surgical procedure for obtaining a sample of amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac in the uterus of a pregnant woman by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall, used in diagnosing certain genetic defects or possible obstetric complications. AMNIOTIC FLUID: the watery fluid in the amnion, in which the embryo is suspended. AMNIOTIC SAC: the sac in which the embryo is suspended. Also called “water bag.” ANAEMIA: deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness. ANENCEPHALY: congenital absence of part or all of the brain. ANOMALY: foetal malformation or abnormal development. ANTERIOR PRESENTATION: the most common position for babies during birth, with the face turned toward the mother’s spine. ANTENATAL DEPRESSION: depression felt anytime throughout pregnancy. Symptoms include: constant tears and feelings of sadness. sleepless nights and difficulty concentrating. A general feeling of anxiety, irritability with yourself, your partner/family and the world in general. APGAR SCORE: a numerical measure of the physical health of a newborn infant derived by evaluating heart rate, muscle tone, respiratory effort,response to stimulation, skin colour, and other physiological indicators. BACK LABOUR: the intense lower back pain that many women feel during contractions when they’re giving birth. Some women even feel it between contractions. BIRTHING CENTRE: facility in which a woman labours, delivers and recovers in the same room. It may be part of a hospital, or it may be a freestanding unit. See the beautiful one at Chelsea & Westminster here . BLOODY SHOW: bloody show is the passage of a small amount of blood or blood-tinged mucus through the vagina near the end of pregnancy. It can occur just before labor or in early labor as the cervix changes shape, freeing mucus and blood that occupied the cervical glands or cervical os. BRAXTON HICKS: contractions, also known as prodromal labor or practice contractions, or incorrectly as false labor, are sporadic uterine contractions that sometimes start around six weeks into a pregnancy. However, they are not usually felt until the second trimester or third trimester of pregnancy. BREECH BABY: birth of a baby with the buttocks, rather than the head, emerging first. Breech birth is more likely to cause injury to the mother or the infant than head-first birth. In many cases a baby in the breech position can be turned before delivery by using repeated, gentle massage. CESAREAN SECTION – delivery of a baby through an abdominal incision rather than through the vagina. CERVIX: is the lower part of the uterus in the human female reproductive system. During vaginal childbirth, the cervix must flatten and dilate to allow the foetus to progress along the birth canal. CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION (CPD): when a baby’s head is too large to fit through the mother’s pelvis. CERVICAL RIPENING: softening and thinning of the cervix in preparation for labour. |
What type of plant is an opuntia? | On-line Guide to the positive identification of Members of the Cactus Family CactiGuide.com Custom Nomenclature - System Default About This | Login Notes for the Genus: Opuntia Etymology -Beleived to refer to a Greek region - Locris Opuntia with the town of Opus in Greece where other spiny plants grew. Opuntia is the most widespread of all genera in the cactus family. The genus occurs naturally throughout North and South America from as far north as Canada, through the Caribbean, and down into Argentina. With man's help, however, this species can now be found world-wide where it has escaped cultivation and become naturalized even to the point of being classified as a noxious weed. Opuntia are easily recognized by their flat paddle-shaped stem segments called cladodes that grow one on top of the other. The edge and flat surfaces of these cladodes are covered with areoles that always have tiny, easily detached spines called glochids. Many Opuntia species have large, formidable spines in addition to the glochids, but some are armed only with masses of glochids. These have the appearance of being soft or fuzzy, but anyone who does touch them immediatly regrets doing so. The small size of the glochids does not cause much pain, but is rather highly irritating. As such, these have been collected for use in the making of itching powder. Opuntia flowers are typically yellow, sometimes pink, and rarely white or anywhere inbetween these colors. Flowers are cup-shaped and do not have floral tubes, but instead the pericarples resemble round, extensions of the cladodes. It is impossible to determine if new growth is going to be a flower or a new cladode as they are identical when first appearing -often covered with cone-shaped deciduous leaves. If a rounded pericarpel, this later becomes the fruit and may turn a bright red color or stay green. Some Opuntias have very juicy, fleshy fruit called "tunas" that are harvested and turned into candies or jellies. Similarily, cladodes when still young and tender are harvested and eaten as a vegitable - particularly in Mexico under the name Nopales. For ornamental purposes, Opuntias are rarely grown except as a novelty or even to create a barrier on property lines. Many people despise the Opuntia, even those who otherwise love growing cacti. In recent times, however, there seems to be a renewed interest in the genus - particularly the species native to the Southwest U.S. and it is gaining in popularity. However, species from central Mexico south are still very poorly known. It also seems that many Opuntia species hybridize easily in the wild and one population tends to blend into another. This further confounds taxonomists and therefore this genus will long frustrate those trying to separate it into a tidy division of various species. Click on one of the species below for more info. |
What was the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars? | Battle of Waterloo - British History - HISTORY.com Battle of Waterloo A+E Networks Introduction The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. Napoleon rose through the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution (1789-1799), seized control of the French government in 1799 and became emperor in 1804. Through a series of wars, he expanded his empire across western and central Europe. However, a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, coupled with other defeats, led to his abdication and exile in 1814. He returned to France in 1815 and briefly resumed power. The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, signaled the end of his reign and the end of France’s domination in Europe. After Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated and later died in exile. Google Napoleon’s Rise to Power Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. The year before his birth, France acquired Corsica from the city-state of Genoa, Italy. Although Napoleon’s parents were members of the minor Corsican nobility, his family was not wealthy. Did You Know? Today, the expression that someone has “met his Waterloo” means the person has suffered a decisive or final defeat or setback. After graduating from a French military academy in 1785, Napoleon joined an artillery regiment of the French army. The French Revolution began in 1789, and within three years revolutionaries had overthrown the monarchy and proclaimed a French republic. During the decade-long revolution, Napoleon rose rapidly through the ranks of the military and proved himself a talented and daring leader. After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he was given the title of first consul and became France’s leading political figure. In 1804, he crowned himself the emperor of France in a lavish ceremony. Under Napoleon, France engaged in a successful series of battles against various coalitions of European nations, and the French empire expanded across much of western and central continental Europe. Napoleon’s Abdication and Return In 1812, Napoleon led a disastrous invasion of Russia in which his army was forced to retreat and suffered massive casualties. At the same time, the Spanish and Portuguese, with assistance from the British, drove Napoleon’s forces from the Iberian Peninsula in the Peninsular War (1808-1814). In the 1813 Battle of Leipzig , also known as the Battle of Nations, Napoleon’s army was defeated by a coalition that included Austrian, Prussian, Russian and Swedish troops. Afterward, Napoleon retreated to France, where in March 1814 coalition forces captured Paris. On April 6, 1814, Napoleon, then in his mid-40s, was forced to abdicate the throne. With the Treaty of Fontainebleau, he was exiled to Elba, a Mediterranean island off the coast of Italy. Less than a year later, on February 26, 1815, Napoleon escaped Elba and sailed to the French mainland with a group of more than 1,000 supporters. On March 20, he returned to Paris, where he was welcomed by cheering crowds. The new king, Louis XVIII (1755-1824), fled, and Napoleon embarked on what came to be known as his Hundred Days campaign. Napoleon Marches on Belgium Upon Napoleon’s return to France, a coalition of allies–the Austrians, British, Prussians and Russians–who considered the French emperor an enemy began to prepare for war. Napoleon raised a new army and planned to strike preemptively, defeating the allied forces one by one before they could launch a united attack against him. In June 1815, Napoleon’s forces marched into Belgium, where separate armies of British and Prussian troops were camped. At the Battle of Ligny, on June 16, Napoleon defeated the Prussians under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher (1742-1819). However, the French were unable to totally destroy the Prussian army. The Battle of Waterloo Two d |
What is the rank of officer in the US Army above Colonel and below Major General? | Army Colonel - Military Ranks Army Colonel O-6 Colonel - Field Officer - U.S. Army Ranks Army Colonel Basic Pay $6,267/mo Colonel is the senior field-officer grade commissioned officer rank, directly above Lieutenant Colonel and below Brigadier General. Colonels typically command a brigade-sized unit consisting of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers, with the assistance of several junior commissioned officers and a Command Sergeant Major as a primary non-commissioned officer advisor. Colonels may also be responsible for leading division-level special agencies. Almost all Army Colonels receive special training at the Army War College in Pennsylvania, which graduates over 200 Army officers a year. Colonel is the final "stepping stone" rank before the General Officer ranks, and Colonels showing exceptional skill and leadership are often promoted to Brigadier General. Colonel is the 24th rank in the United States Army , ranking above Lieutenant Colonel and directly below Brigadier General . A colonel is a Field Officer at DoD paygrade O-6, with a starting monthly pay of $6,267. What is the proper way to address a Colonel? The correct way to address a Colonel named Mr. Williams is "Colonel Williams", or written as COL Williams. In formal situations, a Colonel should always be addressed by their full rank. How much does a Colonel earn? Basic pay for an entry-level Colonel with 2 or less years of experience is $6,267.00 per month. A Colonel receives an automatic raise to their basic pay every one to two years. Basic pay is only a small percentage of a Colonel's final compensation package. In addition to a monthly basic pay salary, a Army Colonel may be eligible for multiple types of allowances and bonus pay including personal money allowance, hazard pay, and more. For full details on the Army's Colonel compensation and retirement plan, visit the 2017 Army Colonel Pay Chart . A full table of the Army's current paygrades are available at the Army Pay Chart . Equivalent Ranks to the Army's O-6 Colonel Air Force |
Which British singer had a lily named after her in 2010, which is officially registered as ‘Popstar’? | Brit Awards 2010: Lady Gaga | Daily Mail Online comments When Brit Awards organisers confirmed Lady Gaga as a performer at tonight's show, they must have been thrilled. With her penchant for extravagant routines, her set looked sure to be the highlight of the much-hyped 30th anniversary. But now organisers have been left making hasty rearrangements, after Gaga decided to turn her performance into a tribute to tragic fashion designer Alexander McQueen. The singer has been left ‘devastated’ by the death of close friend McQueen, who committed suicide, aged 40, last Thursday after becoming inconsolable following the death of his mother. Tribute: Lady GaGa leaves her hotel today with her personal bodyguard ahead of tonight's Brits performance As a result, Miss Gaga has completely down-sized her performance in tribute to the designer, according to award insiders. The eccentric singer – who donned a bright red floor-length Tudor-style gown with an Elizabethean ruff when she met the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance last November - had been due to deliver a typically dramatic show. Originally Gaga was to arrive onstage in a wreck of a car, packed with musical instruments, to perform a medley of her biggest hits, including Poker Face. Now she is planning on singing less well known songs Telephone and Dance In The Dark - an album track. Grieving: Lady Gaga seen here with designer Alexander McQueen before his tragic suicide But, instead, the 23-year-old will now perform a relatively low-key set for the star-studded audience at the event at Earl’s Court, West London as well as the millions who will be watching on TV when the show is aired live on ITV1. A Brit Awards source revealed: ‘Lady Gaga has been left absolutely devastated by his death. ‘She was a huge fan of his talents as a designer – but more importantly a good friend of his. And she is determined her show will be a tribute. 'At the Brits, it was going to be a typically wild Lady Gaga show - but now she has decided she will deliver a much more sombre performance.' Lady Gaga – real name Stefani Germanotta - debuted her hit Bad Romance at McQueen’s show in Paris last July. She then dressed in McQueen designs for the video to the single four months later. Subdued: Lady Gaga climbs into her limousine last night on her way to Brit Awards rehearsals; she has ditched plans for a big performance When she arrived at rehearsals for the show yesterday morning, she had even dressed head-to-toe in black as a tribute to her close friend. It was a far cry from Lady Gaga's normal public attire. Her most infamous performance came at the MTV Awards in New York last September. Then she had hung from a ceiling covered in fake blood after pretending to stab herself while performing her hit Paparazzi. Two months later, she also asked for a giant bathroom to be built onstage while cavorting with a host of dancers for her performance on ITV show the X Factor. Poker Face: Lady Gaga appeared not to feel the cold as she left the May Fair hotel Along with Lily Allen and Florence And The Machine Gaga has been nominated for three awards, making her a favourite to win. Gaga, who had the biggest-selling single of 2009 with Poker Face, is nominated as best international female, international breakthrough act and best international album for her debut The Fame. Along with Gaga's pared-down set there will be an array of eye-catching one-off performances - and even a royal endorsement - for the anniversary night at London's Earls Court. Prince Harry has recorded a special message to be aired during the live show, praising the event as it takes place for the 30th time. There will also be spectacular collaborations - for which the Brits has become increasingly known - including a showpiece duet between Florence Welch and Dizzee Rascal - both of whom are hot tips to win trophies. Other performers lined up for the show include Kasabian and Jay-Z, who will take to the stage with Alicia Keys. Allen is set to play, as is Cheryl Cole, whose husband Ashley is at the centre of newspaper stories about texts alleged |
The Cuillin Hills are on which Scottish island? | Cuillin Hills | mountain range, Scotland, United Kingdom | Britannica.com mountain range, Scotland, United Kingdom Written By: Alternative Titles: the Cuchullins, the Cuillins Similar Topics Alps Cuillin Hills, also called the Cuillins or the Cuchullins, mountain range, south-central portion of the Atlantic coastal island of Skye , Inner Hebrides island group, Highland council area, Scotland . The Cuillin Hills are among the steepest mountains in the United Kingdom and include 15 peaks above 3,000 feet (900 metres). There are two main ridges—the magnificent Black Cuillins, some peaks of which remained unclimbed until the late 19th century, and the Red Cuillins, around Loch (lake) Coruisk to the south. Cuillin Hills on the island of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. © Index Open Skye the largest and most northerly of the Inner Hebrides islands of Scotland. It is the nearest of these islands to the mainland, which lies only a few hundred yards away at Kyleakin, where the Skye Bridge provides access to the mainland by road. Administratively, it lies within the Highland council... in Hebrides The Hebrides are known for their unique natural features. The Cuillin Hills of Skye—reaching an elevation of 3,309 feet (1,009 metres)—are said to be the most spectacular massif in Britain. The small island of Rhum became a Nature Conservancy Research Centre in 1957, specializing in the study of the local geology, flora, and fauna. The wildlife of the Hebrides is particularly rich... 1 Reference found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference 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 Mountain range, Scotland, United Kingdom Tips for Editing 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: October 09, 2007 URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuillin-Hills Access Date: January 18, 2017 Share |
What is the name of the soft fatty tissue in which blood cells are produced, found in the cavities of bones? | Bone marrow | definition of Bone marrow by Medical dictionary Bone marrow | definition of Bone marrow by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Bone+marrow [mar´o] soft spongy material; called also medulla . The term is often restricted to mean bone marrow . bone marrow the soft, organic, spongelike material in the cavities of bones; called also medulla ossium . It is a network of blood vessels and special connective tissue fibers that hold together a composite of fat and blood-producing cells. Its chief function is to manufacture erythrocytes , leukocytes , and platelets . These blood cells normally do not enter the bloodstream until they are fully developed, so that the marrow contains cells in all stages of growth. If the body's demand for leukocytes is increased because of infection, the marrow responds immediately by stepping up production. The same is true if more erythrocytes are needed, as in hemorrhage or anemia. There are two types of marrow, red and yellow. The former produces the blood cells; the latter, which is mainly formed of fatty tissue, normally has no blood-producing function. During infancy and early childhood all bone marrow is red. But gradually, as one gets older and less blood cell production is needed, the fat content of the marrow increases as some of it turns from red to yellow. Red marrow is present in adulthood only in the flat bones of the skull, the sternum, ribs, vertebral column, clavicle, humerus, and part of the femur. However, under certain conditions, as after hemorrhage, yellow marrow in other bones may again be converted to red and resume its cell-producing functions. The marrow is occasionally subject to disease, as in aplastic anemia , which may be caused by destruction of the marrow by chemical agents or excessive x-ray exposure. Other diseases that affect the bone marrow are leukemia, pernicious anemia, myeloma, and metastatic tumors. Cells of the bone marrow and the blood. From Malarkey and McMorrow, 2000. bone mar·row [TA] the soft, pulpy tissue filling the medullary cavities of bones, having a stroma of reticular fibers and cells; it differs in consistency by age and location. bone marrow n. The soft, fatty, vascular tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of red blood cells and many white blood cells. bone marrow Etymology: AS, ban + ME, marowe the soft, organic, spongelike material in the cavities of bones; also called medulla ossium. It is a network of blood vessels and special connective tissue fibers that hold together a composite of fat and blood-producing cells. Its chief function is to manufacture erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets. These blood cells normally do not enter the bloodstream until they are fully developed, so that the marrow contains cells in all stages of growth. If the body's demand for leukocytes is increased because of infection, the marrow responds immediately by stepping up production. The same is true if more erythrocytes are necessary, as in hemorrhage or anemia. Red marrow is found in many bones of infants and children and in the spongy (cancellous) bone of the proximal epiphyses of the humerus and femur and the sternum, ribs, and vertebral bodies of adults. Fatty yellow marrow is found in the medullary cavity of most adult long bones. Bone marrow bone marrow The soft, spongy tissue in the centre of large bones, which is composed of mature and immature blood cells and fat. Bone marrow produces leukocytes, erythrocytes and platelets from cognate stem cells, and is the body’s most radiation-sensitive tissue. BONE MARROW A trial assessing the safety of the proprietary Biosense system for percutaneous injection of autologous bone marrow into ischaemic myocardium of patients with refractory angina. Major acute coronary events at 30 days. Conclusion Autologous bone marrow cell injection in patients with ischemia is safe and results in a sustained beneficial effect on anginal symptoms, myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function. bone mar·row The tissue filling the cavities of bones, having a |
In which English county is Dunster Castle? | English Castles - Dunster Castle Castles of England - Dunster Castle Location near Dunster, Somerset, England Description Set on a wooded hilltop within the Exmoor National Park, Dunster Castle has sweeping views over the Bristol Channel and is situated on the outskirts of the town of Dunster The castle is set in beautiful park and woodland surroundings on the side of a river. The castle�s defensive walls were demolished long ago but visitors can see a medieval gatehouse, a ruined tower, an octagonal summerhouse at the highest point of the site and a Mediterranean garden terrace. The main castellated building has both Jacobean and Victorian facades and is built over four floors of a light and red coloured stone. The interiors feature ornate plasterwork ceilings, fine furniture and paintings. Facilities The park and garden are open to the public every day throughout the year (except Christmas) and the castle everyday except Thursday between mid March and the end of October between 11am and 5pm. The castle offers guided tours of the attic and basement areas which are not normally available for visitors for an extra charge and by reservation only; there is also a National Trust gift shop on site. Throughout the year on Fridays and Saturdays couples whishing to tie the knot can do so at a Civil ceremony in either the Tenants Hall which is located in the upper storey of the gatehouse or between November and February in the Inner and Outer halls. The Tenants Hall with its Tudor windows is an ideal summer wedding venue seating up to 60 guests with romantic lighting from its impressive chandeliers. The Inner and Outer Halls can seat up to 80 guests with the bride making a grand entrance down the 17th century staircase. History In 1066 William The Conqueror granted the castle; which was already built on the site, to William de Mohun. The family remained at the castle until it was sold to Lady Elizabeth Luttrell in 1376 whose descendents remained there until 1976. The property was in a poor state of repair when it was inherited by Sir George Luttrell in 1571 as the family had not lived there for many years, so in 1617 employed architect William Arnold to build a new house in the lower ward of the castle. During the civil war the castle was surrendered to the parliamentarian forces who subsequently demolished the defensive walls leaving just parts of two towers and the gatehouse. During the following centuries and in particular between 1862 and 1872 the castle was restored, remodeled and added too with a landscaped park, follies, terraced garden and the addition of a fine oak staircase and plasterwork ceilings. In 1976 Sir Walter Luttrell gave the castle and much of its contents over to the National Trust. Other Castles in the Area |
Which prime number is between 11 and 17? | Prime numbers (2,3,5,7,11,13,...) Prime Numbers Is 2 a prime number? What is prime number? Prime number is a positive natural number that has only two positive natural number divisors - one and itself. The opposite of prime numbers are composite numbers. A composite number is a positive nutural number that has at least one positive divisor other than one or itself. The number 1 is not a prime number by definition - it has only one divisor. The number 0 is not a prime number - it is not a positive number and has infinite number of divisors. The number 15 has divisors of 1,3,5,15 because: 15/1=15 So 15 is not a prime number. The number 13 has only two divisors of 1,13. 13/1=13 So 13 is a prime number. Prime numbers list List of prime numbers up to 100: 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97,... Is 0 a prime number? The number 0 is not a prime number. Zero is not a positive number and has infinite number of divisors. Is 1 a prime number? The number 1 is not a prime number by definition. One is has one divisor - itself. Is 2 a prime number? The number 2 is a prime number. Two has 2 natural number divisors - 1 and 2: 2 / 1 = 2 |
Frederico Fellini was famous for his work in which of the arts? | Home :: Browse by subject :: Art :: Chapter 1 - Fellini, Painting On Film Chapter 2 - Giulietta degli spiriti: Symbolist virgins meet Decadent femmes-fatales in Art Nouveau interiors Symbolist strands embedded in Giulietta's childhood scenes Suzy's domain: Symbolist femmes fatales roaming art nouveau interiors The Master's Bedroom and the Jungian Shadow Chapter 3 - Toby Dammit: Rembrandt meets Velázquez on Screen The hanging carcass - Rembrandt to Fellini via Soutine and Bacon The bambina diavolo, or "Velázquez on film" Fellini, Picasso, and Las Meninas after Velázquez Severed head and white ball: Fellini's Jungian universe The severed head: Symbolist intertexts Toby Dammit: the creative artist as mystical initiate Chapter 4 - Fellini-Satyricon: Bruegel meets Klimt in the sewers of imperial Rome Fellini's (re)presentation of Romanità Fellini’s "Byzantium" Picasso’s Minotaur meets Encolpio in Fabrizio Clerici's labyrinths Chapter 5 - Fellini’s Casanova: Casanova meets De Chirico on Böcklin's Isle of the Dead Casanova, Fellini's version of the Golem Through the half-drawn curtain: Casanova, De Chirico and The Enigma of the Oracle The Isoletta di San Bartolo, or Isle of the Dead A bridge over the Thames: Fellini's Casanova meets Whistler’s Nocturnes Conclusion - "A new hypothesis of the truth": Painting as vehicle of the Real in Fellini's films, 1960s-70s List of Illustrations Bibliography “Beautifully, elegantly, and clearly written, Hava Aldouby’s Federico Fellini: Painting in Film, Painting on Film is an outstanding and wonderfully original work. The range and depth of the artistic knowledge Fellini had and that Aldouby chronicles completely debunks the public image Fellini himself created—that of a simple artisan and storyteller lacking in any profound intellectual qualifications. Aldouby’s explications of the intricate connections between Fellini’s intentions, his sources, and his ultimate artistic creations will change forever the way we see this multifaceted cinematic genius.” Peter Bondanella, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of French and Italian, Indiana University “With Federico Fellini: Painting in Film, Painting on Film, Hava Aldouby has undertaken the daunting challenge of adding a new chapter to the voluminous scholarship on Fellini and succeeded admirably. Highly original, compelling, and important, it will make a striking contribution to Fellini studies and to the work on transmediality.” Millicent Marcus, Department of Italian, Yale University ‘Aldouby’s work contributes to the revitalization of the classical field of inquiry about cinema and painting, addressing both scholars in the broad domain of visual studies and cinephiles looking for fresh gaze on Fellini’s oeuvre.’ Giacomo Tagliani, Annali d’Italianistica vol 32:2014 ‘This book is by far the most serious and successful attempt to date to document and interpret pictorial intertexts in Fellini’s work.’ Albert Sbragia, Quaderni d’Italianistica vol 36:01:2015 ‘With this superb book the author has offered us a paragon of inter-arts study one which provides not only a new understanding of Fellini’s creative process, but also furnishes a compelling approach to the work of other auteurs who may have devised their own unique forms of ‘painting on film’.’ Millicent Marcus, Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies vol 3:03:2015 ‘This impressively researched book is a welcome and important contribution to film scholarship… Aldouby’s assiduous and intricate analysis of intertextual meanings in Fellini’s films enriches our sense of the film maker.’ Faye McIntyre, University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015 ‘A compelling and original contribution to Fellini scholarship by demonstrating the director’s astonishingly sophisticated knowledge of art history, as well as masterful manipulation of the historical and cultural hyperlinks that these works invoke.’ M. Thomas Van Order, Modern Language Review vol 111:03:2016 ‘This is a well-researched, fresh, and thought-provoking book that provides new perspectives on some of Fellini’s most fascin |
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Seppuku, part of the code of Samurai warriors, is better known by what name? | 1000+ images about Seppuku on Pinterest | Female names, 47 ronin and The wild Forward Seppuku (or as it’s commonly known “harakiri”) is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. As part of the samurai bushido honor code, seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies (and likely suffer torture), as a form of capital punishment for samurai who had committed serious offenses, or performed for other reasons that had brought shame to them. See More |
Henrietta Maria was the wife of which British monarch? | Exploring Maryland's Roots: Library: Charles I (1600-1649) and Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) Charles I, King of England (1600-1649) and Henrietta Maria, Queen of England (1609-1669) King Charles I was the English king who signed the Charter of Maryland, making Maryland a colony. King Charles I reigned in England from 1625 to 1649. He was the second member of the Stuart family to rule England and Scotland jointly. King Charles knew that George Calvert had been a wise secretary of state for the king's father, James I. Charles I signed the Charter of Maryland in 1635, making George Calvert and his heirs Proprietors of Maryland. But George Calvert died before the Charter was ready to be signed. George's son, Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, recieved the province of Maryland from King Charles I. During his reign, Charles I made certain that Cecil Calvert could maintain control of his colony. However, the English Civil Wars between Parliament and Charles I, left the possession of the Maryland Province in question. To learn more about history during King Charles I's reign, see his page from History of the Monarchy, on the Official Website of the British Monarchy . Maryland got its name from Henrietta Maria. She was the daughter of King Henry IV of France and Marie de Médici of Italy. In 1625, Henrietta Maria married King Charles I and became Queen of England. King Charles I's choice to make Henrietta Maria his wife was controversial because she and her family were Roman Catholics rather than members of the Church of England. Queen Henrietta Maria was unpopular with many English people and members of Parliament because she assisted English Catholics like the Calverts. The Calverts chose to name their new province in North American, Mary-land, (�Terra Mariae�) in the queen's honor. Henrietta Maria's life was difficult due to the English Civil Wars that occurred during her husband's reign. She had to flee England while her husband was on trial for treason against his nation. She went to the Netherlands to raise money and soldiers to support King Charles I. In 1649, King Charles I was executed by Parliament. Henrietta Maria went home to France and entered a convent. She returned briefly to England in 1660, to see her eldest son crowned King Charles II. Another son, King James II ruled from 1685 to 1688. Henrietta Maria died in Paris at the age of 51 in 1669. LINKED DOCUMENTS OR IMAGES: King Charles I's biography from a British perspective, in History of the Monarchy section, Official Website of the British Monarchy. The Charter of Maryland , SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Huntingfield Corporation Collection) "A Relation of the Successefull beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-land: The Charter of Maryland, 1635." MSA SC 1399-526 also titled: "A Relation of Successfull beginnings of the Lord Baltimore's Plantation in Mary-land," (1635). Click here to view The Charter online at Museum Without Walls, online exhibit of the Maryland State Archives, October 23, 2002. "Maryland named for Queen Henritta Maria ," Maryland State Archives, May 29, 2002. Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of England, oil painting by the Studio of Anthony Van Dyck, 1632. Courtesy of Commission on Artistic Property, Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 1545-1100. © 2017 Maryland Public Television. All Rights Reserved. |
What is the name of Willy Loman’s son in the play ‘Death of a Salesman’ by Arthur Miller? | Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (Click the character infographic to download.) You were probably aching throughout this play to shove a mirror in front of Willy Loman's face and make him take a good, honest look at himself. But even if you tried, it probably wouldn't have worked. He has a lot of potential, but he also has a whopping case of self-deception paired with misguided life goals. A salesman for all of his career, Willy thinks the goal of life is to be well-liked and gain material success. So what happens when he doesn't reach these goals? Total disaster. Willy is a rather insecure guy. He tries to make himself feel better by lying to himself and his family. In his world of delusion, Willy is a hugely successful salesman. He disguises his profound anxiety and self-doubt with extreme arrogance. Periodically unable to maintain this image of strength, Willy despairs and pleads with successful people around him for guidance and support. Despite his efforts, it becomes clear that Willy Loman is not popular, well-liked, or even good at his job. In fact, he never was. In all likelihood, he never will be. Now an older man, Willy can no longer drive competently, pay his bills, or sell anything. Despite Willy's evident failure to meet his (poorly chosen) life goals, he clings to a fierce belief in the American Dream and the promise that anyone attractive and well-liked can make it big. He has deceived himself his entire life and tries to live vicariously through his unwilling son, Biff. But Biff uncovers Willy's lies when he finds out that Willy has been cheating on Linda. Choosing to alienate his son rather than face reality, and tormented by his failures, Willy spirals downward. Willy's Desire to Escape So let's talk about all these flashbacks. Part of this "downward spiral" we keep talking about has to do with Willy losing a grip on reality and on time. Because his life, by his standards, sucks, Willy escapes into the past and also conveniently gives us, the reader or audience, the background information we need. "Escape" becomes Willy's middle name—not unlike his own father, who abandoned him and his brother when they were young. All this escape business brings us to Willy's mistress. "The woman" gives Willy everything he needs: an alternate world and an ego-boost. Miller makes sure we are able to understand these reasons for why Willy has the affair. If we, the reader/audience, hated Willy for being a cheating jerk, we wouldn't be so upset at his death. But we don't hate Willy. We don't even call him a cheater. Why? Because we understand the psychology behind his affair. He is simply trying to escape. Willy's Death Which brings us, right on schedule, to the end of the play. As we all know, Willy kills himself. But why? Well, he was clearly still harboring misguided hopes about success for Biff. It seems Willy would rather kill himself than accept the fact that really, honestly, all his son wants is some shirtless sweaty time in Midwestern haystacks. The point is, Willy is still deluded when he kills himself. We all know the money isn't going to be used to start a business. What's sad is that Willy doesn't. That final delusion is almost worse than his death itself. Speaking of this death, let's talk about the title of the play. Willy was always in pursuit of being the perfect salesman, and before he kills himself he expresses a wish to die "the death of a salesman." So here's the big money question: does he? To answer that, we have to ask ourselves just what does it mean to be a salesman in this play? We know what it means in Willy's mind (if we say "well-liked" one more time…), but Charley brings up an interesting point at the funeral: part of being a salesman is having a dream. Part of being a salesman is about selling yourself. We'll let you take it from there. Willy as Tragic Hero Hamartia If you saw Willy Loman sitting across from you on a bus, you probably wouldn't peg him for a hero. If you got to know him, it would probably seem even less likely. Still, Willy Loman is often |
The radio adaptation of which H G Wells novel, narrated by Orson Welles caused panic in parts of the USA in October 1938? | "War of the Worlds": Behind the 1938 Radio Show Panic "War of the Worlds": Behind the 1938 Radio Show Panic Stefan Lovgen for National Geographic News June 17, 2005 It was the day before Halloween, October 30, 1938. Henry Brylawski was on his way to pick up his girlfriend at her Adams Morgan apartment in Washington, D.C. As he turned on his car radio, the 25-year-old law student heard some startling news. A huge meteorite had smashed into a New Jersey farm. New York was under attack by Martians. Mars Facts: From Little Green Men to Robotic Geologists "I knew it was a hoax," said Brylawski, now 92. Others were not so sure. When he reached the apartment, Brylawski found his girlfriend's sister, who was living there, "quaking in her boots," as he puts it. "She thought the news was real," he said. It was not. What radio listeners heard that night was an adaptation, by Orson Welles's Mercury Theater group, of a science fiction novel written 40 years earlier: The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells. However, the radio play, narrated by Orson Welles, had been written and performed to sound like a real news broadcast about an invasion from Mars. Thousands of people, believing they were under attack by Martians, flooded newspaper offices and radio and police stations with calls, asking how to flee their city or how they should protect themselves from "gas raids." Scores of adults reportedly required medical treatment for shock and hysteria. The hoax worked, historians say, because the broadcast authentically simulated how radio worked in an emergency. "Audiences heard their regularly scheduled broadcast interrupted by breaking news," said Michele Hilmes, a communications professor at University of Wisconsin in Madison and author of Radio Voices: American Broadcasting, 1922-1952. Stations then cut to a live reporter on the scene of the invasion in New Jersey. "By the end of the first half of the program, the radio studios themselves were under attack," Hilmes said. Tuning in Late Orson Welles and his team had previously dramatized novels such as The Count of Monte Cristo and Dracula. The introduction to War of the Worlds broadcast on CBS Radio emphasized that it was based on the H.G. Wells novel. |
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