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Which river splits Norfolk from Suffolk? | Guide to broads and rivers Guide to the Broads and rivers The Northern and Southern Broads 125 miles of navigable waterways Made up of a collection of around 40 inland water-filled broads, connected by over 125 miles of free flowing rivers, this National Park provides the perfect conditions for any explorer. The Broads can be split into two parts, the Northern Broads and the Southern Broads; the second stretching down into Suffolk and the Waveney Valley. With all waterways lock-free the Broads offer the chance for trouble-free cruising. Around 12 broads are open all year round with these being fully accessible. Ranworth Staithe THE NORTHERN BROADS River Bure, Wroxham Broad and Salhouse Broad: Considered to be one of the prettiest rivers in the Broads area and the birthplace of Broads cruising, the River Bure provides many routes for the intrepid traveller. Starting from the quaint village of Coltishall, it flows on through the hustle and bustle of Wroxham, before meandering onto the picturesque village of Horning, with its riverside pubs and continuing onto the river mouth and the energetic town of Great Yarmouth. There are many broads to be explored on this route including Wroxham Broad, where you can either sail alone or take a boat trip and the beautiful Salhouse Broad with its grassy bank and areas of sand, perfect for children. River Ant and Barton Broad: The River Ant is much narrower than the other Broads rivers and in places is a quieter, more peaceful place to sail. With some beautiful towns to visit along its banks the river has a tendency to get busy during the holiday season. It begins surrounded by reed beds before heading upstream to Stalham, a lovely market town. It then opens out in to Barton Broad, the second largest broad, popular for cruising and sailing. Regattas are held here throughout the year including the Barton Regatta in October. River Thurne and Hickling Broad: Imagine vast expanses of clear blue sky and sparkling water stretching out as far as the eye can see with only churches and windmills breaking up the horizon. This will be the view from your boat on the River Thurne which meanders onto Hickling Broad, the largest broad in the region and forms part of a nature reserve run by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. At only five miles in length, the Thurne is Norfolk's shortest river. The river then continues on to the town of Potter Heigham. Wroxham |
Which literary character's home was Thornfield Hall? | Fictional Houses: from Thornfield to Eyre Hall | Rereading Jane Eyre Fictional Houses: from Thornfield to Eyre Hall Posted by lucciagray Throughout literature houses, or buildings where people have converged have become central elements and powerful symbols in the creative process. According to Gaston Bachelard in The Poetics of Space ( La Poétique de l’Espace, 1958), the house becomes the representation of the universe. It can also be examined as the manifestation of the soul through the poetic image. Houses in literature are often places of intimacy which can hold memories, experiences, they can also keep secrets, and arouse sensations, merging into the action by becoming a witness, accomplice, and even instigator of events. In any case, the symbolic value of houses cannot be underestimated. It would be impossible to mention all the houses in English literature. The aim of this brief overview is to bring our attention to the importance of houses by reminding us of some of the most significant literary houses, which have become part of our collective unconscious. We could start with the Herot, the Mead Hall in the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, which J. R. R. Tolkien recreated as Meduseld (meaning mead hall in Old English) in Middle-earth, a richly decorated meeting and gathering hall for the King and his advisors. Herot was both a seat of government and as royal residence, symbolizing civilization and culture, wealth, safety, and merriment, in contrasts with the darkness, danger, and evil of the swamp waters inhabited by the monster, Grendel. A reconstructed Viking Age longhouse (28.5 metres long) in Fyrkat Our next stop would be at the The Tabard Inn, in the London borough of Southwark, which accommodated the numerous pilgrims on their way to their annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, fictionalised by Geoffrey Chaucer in the The Canterbury Tales. The Inn keeper, Harry Bailly, accompanies the pilgrims on their journey and proposed that each tell two tales on the way to Canterbury. The Tabard Inn, Southwark, around 1850 Hamlet’s tortured speeches, Ophelia’s singing, his father’s ghost, the deaths of Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, and Hamlet himself, are inseparable from the place where they took place, Elsinore Castle, in Denmark. Helsingoer Kronborg Castle known by many also as “Elsinore,” the setting of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. The novel which is considered to initiate the gothic genre is set in and called, The Castle of Otranto, written by Horace Walpole. Many more gothic novels are set in singular buildings, such as Count Dracula’s dark and ruined castle inhabited by vampires, recreated by Bram Stoker. By Horace Walpole. Title page from the third edition Moving to the early 19th century, Jane Austen writes about more stately and luxurious houses, such as Pemberley, the fictional country estate owned by Mr. Darcy, in Pride and Prejudice. The beauty of the house plays a key role in Elizabeth Bennet’s attitude towards Darcy and leads to her reappraisal of her first negative opinion of Mr. Darcy. Harewood House, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, was the setting for Pemberley in the ITV fantasy series Lost in Austen. The middle and end of the 19th century and Victorian literature saw a return to somber abodes, after a brief period of delightful Regency homes. The Bronte sisters resumed the gothic atmosphere in their characters’ dwellings. Wuthering Heights is the name of the inhospitable farmhouse where the story unfolds, and Thrushcross Grange, where the pleasant Lintons lived, represents comfort, peace and refinement. igh Sunderland Hall, near Halifax, West Yorkshire is considered by some as the inspiration for Wuthering Heights. Thornfield Hall, is the unforgettable gothic mansion which Jane Eyre describes thus on her arrival as governess: ‘I looked up and surveyed the front of the mansion. It was three storeys high, of proportions not vast, though considerable: a gentleman’s manor-house, not a nobleman’s seat: battlements round the t |
According to Muslin belief, who dictated the Koran to Mohammed? | Islam Muslim: Islamic Religion, History, Beliefs. Quran / Koran, Mohammed Quotes History & Beliefs of Islamic Religion. Quran / Koran, Muhammad (Mohammed) Quotes There is no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God. Allah has revealed to me that you should adopt humility so that no one oppresses another. (Riyadh-us-Salaheen, Hadith 1589) Even as the fingers of the two hands are equal, so are human beings equal to one another. No one has any right, nor any preference to claim over another. You are brothers. (Final Sermon of Muhammad) Introduction to Islamic Religion & Arabic Philosophers The religion and philosophy of Islam, is based upon the belief that God (Allah) transmitted knowledge to Muhammad (c. 570–632) and other prophets (Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus). The followers of Islamic religion, muslims, believe that this revelation to humanity was written down in the Quran, which is the flawless word of God. The theology of the Islamic scriptures informs most aspects of muslim life and culture. The Five Pillars of Islam is expressed in the Quran (Koran), which is a practical doctrine that encourages Muslims to pray 5 times a day, fast during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca, declare 'There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his prophet' and pay money to the poor. Do not turn away a poor man...even if all you can give is half a date. If you love the poor and bring them near you...God will bring you near Him on the Day of Resurrection. (Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1376) The Hadith is a collection of sayings and stories which are commonly related back to the life and sayings of prophet, Mohammed. With such a strong foundation in revelation and prophets of God, Islamic philosophy benefited in the eighth century a.d. by the translations of ancient Greek philosophy into Arabic. In the ninth century a.d. a school of translators and intellectuals, known as 'The House of Wisdom' was founded in Baghdad. It was here and largely through the translations of these scholars, that the writings of Plato , Aristotle and the Neoplatonists became known to the Arabs, and subsequently to the western world which led to the Renaissance. The influence of the ancient Greek philosophers upon the arabic philosophers / thinkers stimulated them to study and interpret the Quran / Koran from a rational foundation. I think the history of Islamic religion is really interesting (even though I am not Muslim). I hope you find the following information on Islam / Muslim beliefs, the Quran and Mohammed useful. Peace, Islam / Muslim Religion Islam is a monotheistic faith and the world's second-largest religion. In Arabic, Islam means "submission" and is described as a Din, meaning "way of life" and/or "religion." Etymologically, it is derived from the same root as, for example, Salam meaning "peace" (also a common salutation). A more precise translation of the word Islam would be the serenity that is created by submission. The word Muslim is also related to the word Islam and means "one who surrenders" or "submits" to God. Islam / Islamic / Muslim Beliefs Followers of Islam, known as Muslims, believe that God (or, in Arabic, Allah) revealed his direct word for mankind to Muhammad (c. 570–632) and other prophets, including Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims assert that the main written record of revelation to mankind is the Qur'an, which they believe to be flawless, immutable and the final revelation of God. Muslims believe that some parts of the Bible and the Torah may have been misinterpreted or distorted by their followers. With that perspective they view the Qur'an as corrective of Jewish and Christian scriptures. Muslims hold that it is essentially the same belief as that of all the messengers sent by God to mankind since Adam, with the Qur'an (the one definitive text of the Muslim faith) codifying the final revelation of God. Islam sees Judaism and Christianity as derivations of the teachings of certain of these prophets - notably Abraham - and therefore see them as fellow Abrahamic religions, and People of the Book. Islam has two primary branches of b |
For his role in which film did JK Simmons win the Oscar for best Supporting actor in 2015? | J.K. Simmons Wins Best Supporting Actor At The 2015 Oscars, Wants You To Call Your Mom | The Huffington Post J.K. Simmons Wins Best Supporting Actor At The 2015 Oscars, Wants You To Call Your Mom 02/22/2015 08:42 pm ET | Updated Feb 26, 2015 320 Leigh Blickley Senior News Editor of Entertainment, The Huffington Post J.K. Simmons won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars on Sunday for his performance in "Whiplash." In the film, Simmons plays fearsome band teacher Terence Fletcher, who continuously abuses young jazz drummer Andrew (Miles Teller) as the student tries to prove his worth. This is the 60-year-old actor's first Oscar nomination and win. He beat out Ethan Hawke ("Boyhood"), Robert Duvall ("The Judge"), Edward Norton ("Birdman") and Mark Ruffalo ("Foxcatcher") for the honor. Simmons thanked his wife and children in his acceptance speech, before making a plea to everyone to call their parents. "If you’re lucky enough to have a parent alive on this planet -- call them, don’t text them!" Simmons said. Simmons, known for his roles on television shows "Oz" and "Law & Order," has been sweeping the Best Supporting Actor category throughout the 2015 awards show season. He was previously named Best Supporting Actor by the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics' Choice Awards and BAFTA Awards. "So much of my career as a screen actor has been in smaller and supporting roles and this is certainly a supporting role as well, but people refer to this as a two-hander even though there are wonderful characters in it. It's a very meaningful part that's a bigger part of the script than a lot of my characters tend to be," Simmons told Interview magazine of landing the part in "Whiplash." "I still go in and read for directors and meet directors, but it's nice to have somebody just offer me a part like this out of the blue. In that way it's sort of another level of accomplishment/luck." For a full list of Oscar winners, head here . Also on HuffPost: |
Which amendment of the US constitution repealed prohibition in 1933? | Prohibition ends - Dec 05, 1933 - HISTORY.com Prohibition ends Publisher A+E Networks The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. At 5:32 p.m. EST, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, achieving the requisite three-fourths majority of states’ approval. Pennsylvania and Ohio had ratified it earlier in the day. The movement for the prohibition of alcohol began in the early 19th century, when Americans concerned about the adverse effects of drinking began forming temperance societies. By the late 19th century, these groups had become a powerful political force, campaigning on the state level and calling for national liquor abstinence. Several states outlawed the manufacture or sale of alcohol within their own borders. In December 1917, the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. On January 29, 1919, the 18th Amendment achieved the necessary three-fourths majority of state ratification. Prohibition essentially began in June of that year, but the amendment did not officially take effect until January 29, 1920. In the meantime, Congress passed the Volstead Act on October 28, 1919, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto. The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of Prohibition, including the creation of a special Prohibition unit of the Treasury Department. In its first six months, the unit destroyed thousands of illicit stills run by bootleggers. However, federal agents and police did little more than slow the flow of booze, and organized crime flourished in America. Large-scale bootleggers like Al Capone of Chicago built criminal empires out of illegal distribution efforts, and federal and state governments lost billions in tax revenue. In most urban areas, the individual consumption of alcohol was largely tolerated and drinkers gathered at “speakeasies,” the Prohibition-era term for saloons. Prohibition, failing fully to enforce sobriety and costing billions, rapidly lost popular support in the early 1930s. In 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was passed and ratified, ending national Prohibition. After the repeal of the 18th Amendment, some states continued Prohibition by maintaining statewide temperance laws. Mississippi, the last dry state in the Union, ended Prohibition in 1966. Related Videos |
Who wrote the opera's A Village Romeo and Juliet and The Magic Fountain? | Reinventing a Classic: 'A Village Romeo and Juliet' Reinventing a Classic: 'A Village Romeo and Juliet' Audio selections In 2013, the world will celebrate a great operatic anniversary: the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi. But as it happens, there's another opera composer who reached a similar milestone just a bit earlier. The year 2012 marks the 150th birthday of Frederick Delius -- who wrote the opera featured here this week. Delius has been called the quintessential English composer. Yet both he and his music were actually quite cosmopolitan. Delius's parents both came from Germany, but they had taken British citizenship by the time the composer was born, in the town of Bradford, in 1862. His father was a successful wool merchant, and hoped his son would eventually take over the business. But the young Frederick soon displayed a decided wanderlust. He travelled in Sweden and France, spending time on the riviera. In Norway Delius met Edvard Grieg, who remained a close friend, and that country's mountains and fjords became a sort of spiritual home for the composer. In his early twenties, he found an actual home in another, very different locale, even farther from the moors of his native Yorkshire. For a time, during the 1880s, Delius ran an orange plantation in Solana Grove, Florida -- an experience that inspired the Florida Suite, one of his many, evocative orchestral scores. Delius also wrote six operas. And, given his travels, it's not surprising that they display a wide range of subject matter. One, called Koanga, was inspired by an African-American slave song. Another, The Magic Fountain, represents the Native American culture of Florida. A Village Romeo and Juliet, his best-known opera, is based on a German short story. Its world premiere, which was sung in German, took place in Berlin, in 1907. The original English version, featured in this production from Wexford, was performed at the opera's London premiere, at Covent Garden, in 1910. Many of Delius's works explore a theme that fascinated the composer throughout his career: the transience of human experience and the brevity of life itself. It's heard in his famous song cycle "Songs of Sunset," which he originally called "Songs of Twilight and Sadness." Yet the composer's exploration of those ideas never found more vivid, or poignant expression than in his unique, operatic take on the traditional story of Romeo and Juliet -- in which two troubled young lovers decide that a single day of happiness is enough to last an entire, all too brief lifetime. On World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone presents A Village Romeo and Juliet from the Wexford Opera Festival, on the southeast coast of Ireland -- an event known for its exceptional productions of unusual and neglected operas. The stars are tenor John Belleford and soprano Jessica Muirhead as the lovers Sali and Vreli, with conductor Rory MacDonald. Social sharing |
Just do it is the slogan of which company? | The Stories Behind 6 Famous Slogans | Mental Floss The Stories Behind 6 Famous Slogans Image credit: Like us on Facebook Though some of the greatest advertising slogans in history seem relatively simple ("Just Do It" is only three words, after all), most of the time, they're anything but. Here's how six of the most enduring taglines came to be. 1. “Just Do It.” The famous Nike slogan came from a rather unlikely source - spree killer Gary Gilmore, who received the death penalty for murdering two people in Utah in July, 1976. Just before a firing squad did their duty, Gilmore was asked if he had any last words. “Let’s do it,” he simply said. When Dan Wieden of Wieden+Kennedy was tapped to create a tagline for Nike a decade later, something about Gilmore’s words just seemed to fit. “Let’s” was changed to “Just” to add a dash of emphasis. 2. “Good to the Last Drop.” Maxwell House has a pretty neat story for this one. They claim that while Teddy Roosevelt was visiting Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage in 1907, he insisted on taking a cup of coffee where Old Hickory once enjoyed his meals, saying, “I must have the privilege of saying that I have eaten at General Jackson's table.” As the story goes, after thoroughly enjoying his joe, Teddy smacked his lips and declared that the stuff was “good to the last drop.” Some years later, the coffee giant decided the slogan was a double win - it was a catchy phrase, but it also provided celebrity endorsement. That being said, there’s a pretty good chance that the whole tale is just a pretty good bit of PR. The Theodore Roosevelt Association, however, claims they know of a credible witness who verified the whole conversation. More from mental_floss writer Bill DeMain: A few tidbits about Maxwell House – A Nashville Banner article from 1907 quoted Teddy Roosevelt as saying of that famous cup of coffee: “This is the kind of stuff I like to drink, by George, when I hunt bears.” Nothing about “good to the last drop.” Though maybe that phrase didn’t sound as quotable back then. Regardless, it was a big deal to have the president enjoying your brand of coffee, and in the days after Roosevelt’s visit, three different coffee companies in Nashville ran ads in the Banner claiming it was their java, not Maxwell House’s, that Teddy liked. Finally, though Maxwell House started using the “good to the last drop” slogan in print ads around 1917, they waited until long after Roosevelt was dead before they started using his name and image in their ads. 3. “A Diamond is Forever.” I wish I was one of those people who went to bed with a problem and woke up with the solution in my head. I’m not, but apparently copywriter Frances Gerety was, because she said the famous De Beers slogan came to her in a dream in 1947. It’s certainly enduring - the tagline has been a De Beers mainstay ever since. Advertising Age even named it the best slogan of the 20th century . 4. “We try harder.” This one is a rare moment of truth in advertising, according to Time magazine. When given the difficult task of making Avis seem appealing - Hertz had a firm lock on the top rental car spot in the U.S. - famed copywriter Bill Bernbach asked company president Robert Townsend why he thought anyone would use his company. “We try harder,” Townsend decided, and a slogan was born. 5. “I People weren’t exactly in a New York state of mind in 1977. Tourism was down, the city was getting a reputation for being dirty, and Deputy Commissioner of the NY State Department of Commerce William Doyle decided to do something about it. He requested a catchy ad campaign to boost tourism, and man, did he get one. Respected designer Milton Glaser created the iconic image thinking it would just be part of a quick, three-month campaign. He had no idea it would still be in use years later, even becoming a rallying cry after 9/11. The kicker: he did the work pro bono. 6. “That was Easy.” It would be nice if real life worked like the Staples ads: when you’re overwhelmed with work, chores, or life in general, all you have to do is push a button and some inventive and |
In which city would you find the Tower of Belem? | Torre de Belem (Lisbon, Portugal): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor Neighborhood Profile Belem Belém is the "capital of the Portuguese Discoveries" and a photographer's paradise. You can spend an entire day exploring this neighborhood: monuments (Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Tower, Monument to the Discoveries), museums (Coach Museum, Centro Cultural de Belém) and breathtaking views of the Tagus river will make your visit worth your time. Belém also offers a variety of restaurants and cafes, namely the famous - and delicious - "Pastéis de Belém" (typical Portuguese custard tarts; make sure you buy an extra box of those!). Easily accessible from Lisbon's historic center, Belém is a must-do, especially if you're spending more than one day visiting the Portuguese capital. |
What do American's call a Hot Dog? | Why Are Hot Dogs Called Hot Dogs? Explore the Etymology By Peggy Trowbridge Filippone Updated January 09, 2017. Ball games and hot dogs go together like cookies and milk, a truly American pairing with a rich and interesting history. Whether you call them hot dogs, red hots, wieners, franks or frankfurters, you obviously appreciate the genius of a sausage served in a bun. Although the history of sausage goes back a long way, there is no certain etymology of the name "hot dog." Two prominent theories offer some insight into the evolution of this quintessentially American street food, though. What's in a Name? Sports cartoonist T. A. "Tad" Dorgan, who caricatured German figures as dachshunds in the early 1900s, generally earns credit for popularizing the term hot dog because he could not spell dachshund. His talking sausage cartoons denigrated the cheap wieners sold at Coney Island, crassly suggesting they contained dog meat. It was such bad publicity that in 1913, the Chamber of Commerce actually banned the use of "hog dog" from signs on Coney Island, though the term had earned entry into the Oxford English Dictionary in 1900. But disregarding the fact that no copy of said cartoon can be found, the name hot dog was clearly already in use by the start of the 20th century and may more simply reflect German immigrants' preference for the dachshund, which they brought to America along with their frankfurters and Vienna sausages, called wienerwurst in German. (The mid-section of the elongated dogs do look like they would fit nicely in a bun.) Bring in the Buns Credit for putting the hot dog into a warm bun and topping it with various condiments often goes to Harry Magely, catering director of New York City's Polo Grounds, who reportedly instructed his vendors to cry out, "Red hots! Get your red hots!" Another story credits Coney Island vendor Charles Feltman with selling the first hot dogs in buns there in 1867; Coney Island remains famous as a hot dog destination and host of the yearly Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, which celebrated its 100th year in 2016, fittingly on the 4th of July. However hot dogs got their start, by the late 1920s, wienie roasts were the rage in backyards all over America, with guests bringing their own hot dogs to cook over an open fire. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt even served hot dogs to England's King George VI during a state picnic in Hyde Park in 1939. Corn dogs were introduced in 1942 at the Texas State Fair, the brainchild of Texan Neil Fletcher. More About Hot Dogs |
What letter is two dot's in Morse code? | International Morse Code International Morse Code For learning Morse code it is recommended that you do not try to remember dots and dashes, but remember the Morse code sounds instead. Letter CL, Going off the air ("clear") -.-..-.. DO, Change to wabun code -..--- KN, Invite a specific station to transmit -.--. SK, End of transmission (also VA) ...-.- I am ready to copy QRV? Are you ready to copy? QRL The frequency is in use QRL? Is the frequency in use? QTH What is your location? Notes If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is three units. The space between the components of one character is one unit, between characters is three units and between words seven units. To indicate that a mistake has been made and for the receiver to delete the last word, send ........ (eight dots). The prosigns are combinations of two letters sent together with no space in between. The other abbreviations and Q codes are sent with the normal spacing. I am a father and foster carer a principal research engineer at the IT Innovation Centre a Woodcraft Folk district coordinator a salsa teacher and in my spare time I write and maintain this web site © Copyright Stephen C. Phillips, 2015 |
Who was the wife of king Priam of Troy? | Definition and Description of King Priam of Troy Share By N.S. Gill Definition: Priam was the last king of Troy, son of Laomedon and Strymo. King Priam was killed at the end of the Trojan War. His wife was Hecuba. Paris , Troilus, and Hector were three of Priam and Hecuba's many sons. Polyxena and Cassandra were two of their daughters. When Hercules sacked Troy during the reign of Laomedon, of the children, only Podarkes, henceforth 'Priam' and Hesione were spared. Pronunciation: preye'-am (noun) |
Which element was named Dephlogisticated Air by its discoverer, the French chemist Lavoisier who gave it this common name? | Joseph Priestley and the story of dephlogisticated air… | science left untitled Joseph Priestley and the story of dephlogisticated air… Tags: history of science , men of science , negative results DOCTER PHLOGISTON, The PRIESTLEY politician or the Political priest. Anonymous caricature, 1791 The facts, as they stand, are these: every creature, when respiring, releases phlogiston. In fact, respiration is simply to be considered a form of combustion. Anything that can burn contains phlogiston. Substances, when burnt, release this weightless, invisible substance — an element of their being, their composition — the phlogiston. The phlogiston is always in need of somewhere to go. Such as, air is best for the phlogiston. Air can absorb it. Taking this mode of thinking to its furthest logical conclusion we can only state that the reason creatures “suffocate” is because there is nowhere for the phlogiston to go. When air was removed from around a living creature then there is nowhere for the phlogiston to go and so respiration would cease and the creature dies. Every now and again we are reminded that science is trial and error, an ongoing process. A collection of our true best current understandings. Yesterday’s taboo and tomorrow’s cliché. And quite often vice versa. We dismiss the science of old for its slavish and almost religious adherence to dogma, classical and entrenched in superstition. Alas, this is not a story of when science “gets it wrong” so to speak. This is the story of the accidental discoverer. Joseph Priestley. The man who stuck by his wrong theory, right to the very end. A mild-mannered chemist by nature, Joseph Priestley goes down in the history books as discovering oxygen. Except that he didn’t, and yet, at the same time he did. The problem was he didn’t realise what he discovered. This new-found discovery he called “dephlogis-ticated air”. You see, this was a recurring problem in the scientific life of Joseph Priestley. “It has often been claimed that Priestley was a skillful experimenter who lacked the capacities to analyze his own experiments and bring them to a theoretical closure.” In other words, Joseph was a man who lacked the ability to connect the dots. In this day and age he would probably be the inventor of many answers in search of a question (the guy who invented Twitter for example). Or perhaps carbonated water. Soda water, something he named “mephitic julep”. His mephitic julep was developed hoping it would be the cure for scurvy. When that didn’t quite work he gladly handed over the recipe to a Mr Schweppes, securing his place in an alternative history where we all drink Priestley bitter lemon with ice. Other examples of the talented Mr Priestley include him being the first to note the electrical conductivity of graphite, as well as the first to describe the use of India rubber to erase pencil marks. A common trait to all scientists is their stubbornness. Joseph was no different. The phlogiston theory, for lack of a better metaphor, had a lot of holes in it. When something burns its weight increases, and yet if a substance is to lose phlogiston from its being it should lose weight. A simple paradoxical problem to solve — the phlogiston had a negative weight! For much of the 18th century this was the popular school of thought, until the French — Antoine Lavoisier — rivals to the English and American way of science, saw a different way to look at things and called it oxygen instead. Joseph championed the colourless, odourless gas he had discovered as phlogiston right until his old age. Even after he had been harassed out of England and fled to America as a result of his incongruous opinions on God and politics. In 1796, eight years before his death, he published a final scientific paper on why the phlogiston theory was still valid, and why the Antiphlogistic theory had got it wrong. “And yet, not having seen sufficient reason to change my opinion, and knowing that free discussion must always be favourable to the cause of truth, I wish to make one appeal more to the philosophical world on the sub |
What term is used for the distance from the earth to the sun? | How Far is Earth from the Sun? How Far is Earth from the Sun? By Tim Sharp, Reference Editor | September 17, 2012 12:12pm ET MORE The sun is at the heart of the solar system. All of the bodies in the solar system — planets, asteroids, comets, etc. — revolve around it. The distance from Earth to the sun is called an astronomical unit, or AU, which is used to measure distances throughout the solar system. The AU has been defined as 149,597,870,700 meters (92,955,807 miles). Astronomers use the AU for measuring distances throughout the solar system. Jupiter , for example, is 5.2 AU from the sun. Neptune is 30.07 AU from the sun. On the outer edges of the solar system, the Oort Cloud , where comets are thought to originate, is 100,000 AU from the sun. The distance to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is about 250,000 AU. However, to measure longer distances, astronomers use light-years, or the distance that light travels in a single Earth year, which is equal to 63,239 AU. So Proxima Centauri is about 4.2 light-years away. Artists rendering of the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. Credit: NASA Elliptical orbit The AU is the average distance from the Earth to the sun . Earth makes a complete revolution around the sun every 365.25 days — one year. However, Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle; it is shaped more like an oval, or an ellipse. Over the course of a year, Earth moves sometimes closer to the sun and sometimes farther away from the sun. Earth's closest approach to the sun, called perihelion, comes in early January and is about 91 million miles (146 million km). The farthest from the sun Earth gets is called aphelion. It comes in early July and is about 94.5 million miles (152 million km). Finding the distance Historically, the first person to measure the distance to the sun was Aristarchus around the year 250 BC. In more recent times, astronomer Christiaan Huygens calculated the distance from Earth to the sun in 1653. He used the phases of Venus to find the angles in a Venus-Earth-Sun triangle. For example, when Venus appears half illuminated by the sun, the three bodies form a right triangle from Earth's perspective. Guessing (correctly, by chance) the size of Venus, Huygens was able to determine the distance from Venus to Earth, and knowing that distance, plus the angles made by the triangle, he was able to measure the distance to the sun. However, because Huygens' method was partly guesswork and not completely scientifically grounded, he usually doesn't get the credit. In 1672, Giovanni Cassini used a method involving parallax, or angular difference, to find the distance to Mars and at the same time figured out the distance to the sun. He sent a colleague, Jean Richer, to French Guiana while he stayed in Paris. They took measurements of the position of Mars relative to background stars, and triangulated those measurements with the known distance between Paris and French Guiana. Once they had the distance to Mars, they could also calculate the distance to the sun. Since his methods were more scientific, he usually gets the credit. New equation With the advent of spacecraft and radar, there were now methods for making a direct measure of the distance between the Earth and the sun. The definition of AU had been "the radius of an unperturbed circular Newtonian orbit about the sun of a particle having infinitesimal mass, moving with a mean motion of 0.01720209895 radians per day (known as the Gaussian constant)." Along with making things unnecessarily difficult for astronomy professors, that definition actually didn't jibe with general relativity . Using the old definition, the value of AU would change depending on an observer's location in the solar system. If an observer on Jupiter used the old definition to calculate the distance between the Earth and the sun, the measurement would vary from one made on Earth by about 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). Moreover, the Gaussian constant depends on the mass of the sun , and because the sun loses mass as it radiates energy, the value of AU was changing along with it. The Internati |
In medicine, for what would you take a Mantoux Test? | Definition of Mantoux test Definition of Mantoux test Mantoux test: A skin test for tuberculosis , named for the French physician Charles Mantoux (1877-1947). See: Tuberculin . Last Editorial Review: 6/9/2016 Use the pill finder tool on RxList. Trending on MedicineNet Get the Latest health and medical information delivered direct to your inbox! From ©1996-2017 MedicineNet, Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Use. MedicineNet does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. See additional information . Health Categories |
Which group had a No 1 hit in 1982 with My camera never lies? | UK MUSIC CHARTS, No.1 Singles 1: Al Martino - Here In My Heart - 14/11/1952. 1953 2: Jo Stafford : You Belong To Me - 16/1/1953 3: Kay Starr : Comes A-Long A-Love - 23/1/1953. 4: Eddie Fisher: Outside Of Heaven - 30/1/1953. Feb 5: Perry Como: Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 6/2/1953 March 6: Guy Mitchell: She Wears Red Feathers - 13/3/1953 April 7: Stargazers: Broken Wings - 10/4/1953 8: Lita Roza: (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window - 17/4/1953 9: Frankie Laine: I Believe - 24/4/1953 June 10: Eddie Fisher: I'm Walking Behind You - 26/6/1953 Aug 11: Mantovani Song: from 'The Moulin Rouge' - 14/8/1953 Sept 12: Guy Mitchell: Look At That Girl - 11/9/1953 Oct 13: Frankie Laine: Hey Joe - 23/10/1953 Nov 14: David Whitfield: Answer Me - 6/11/1953 15: Frankie Laine: Answer Me - 13/11/1953 1954 16: Eddie Calvert: Oh Mein Papa 8/1/1954 March 17: Stargazers: I See The Moon 12/3/1954. April 18: Doris Day: Secret Love 16/4/1954 19: Johnnie Ray: Such A Night 30/4/1954 July 20: David Whitfield: Cara Mia 2/7/1954 Sept 21: Kitty Kallen: Little Things Mean A Lot 10/9/1954 22: Frank Sinatra: Three Coins In The Fountain 17/9/1954 Oct 23: Don Cornell: Hold My Hand 8/10/1954 Nov 24: Vera Lynn: My Son My Son 5/11/1954 25: Rosemary Clooney: This Ole House 26/11/1954 Dec 26: Winifred Atwell: Let's Have Another Party 3/12/1954 1955 27: Dickie Valentine: Finger Of Suspicion 7/1/1955. 28: Rosemary Clooney: Mambo Italiano 14/1/1955 Feb 29: Ruby Murray: Softly, Softly 18/2/1955 March 30: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Give Me Your Word, 11/3/1955 April 31: Perez Prez Prado & His Orchestra: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 29/4/1955 May 32: Tony Bennett: Stranger In Paradise 13/5/1955 33: Eddie Calvert: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 27/5/1955 June 34: Jimmy Young: Unchained Melody 24/6/1955 July 35: Alma Cogan: Dreamboat 15/7/1955 36: Slim Whitman: Rose Marie 29/7/1955 Oct 37: Jimmy Young: The Man From Laramie 14/10/1955 Nov 38: Johnston Brothers: Hernando's Hideaway 11/11/1955 39: Bill Haley & His Comets: Rock Around The Clock 25/11/1955 Dec 40: Dickie Valentine: Christmas Alphabet 16/12/1955 1956 41: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons 20/1/1956. Feb 42: Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This 17/2/1956 March 43: Dream Weavers: It's Almost Tomorrow 16/3/1956 44: Kay Starr: Rock And Roll Waltz 30/3/1956 April 45: Winifred Atwell: Poor People Of Paris 13/4/1956 May 46: Ronnie Hilton: No Other Love 4/5/1956 June 47: Pat Boone: I'll Be Home 15/6/1956 July 48: Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love 20/7/1956 Aug 49: Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 10/8/1956 Sept 50: Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms 21/9/1956 Oct 51: Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love 19/10/1956 Nov 52: Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain 16/11/1956 1957 53: Guy Mitchell.. Singing The Blues 4/1/1957 54: Tommy Steele.. Singing The Blues 11/1/1957 55: Frankie Vaughan.. The Garden Of Eden 25/1/1957 Feb 56: Tab Hunter.. Young Love 22/2/1957 April 57: Lonnie Donegan.. Cumberland Gap 12/4/1957 May 58: Guy Mitchell.. Rock-A-Billy 17/5/1957 59: Andy Williams.. Butterfly 24/5/1957 June 60: Johnnie Ray.. Yes Tonight Josephine 7/6/1957 61. Lonnie Donegan.. Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin' Man 28/6/1957 July 62. Elvis Presley.. All Shook Up 12/7/1957 Aug 63. Paul Anka.. Diana 30/8/1957 Nov 64. The Crickets.. That'll Be The Day 1/11/1957 65. Harry Belafonte.. Mary's Boy Child 22/11/1957 1958 66. Jerry Lee Lewis.. Great Balls Of Fire 10/1/1958 67. Elvis Presley.. Jailhouse Rock 24/1/1958 Feb 68. Michael Holliday.. The Story Of My Life 14/2/1958 69. Perry Como.. Magic Moments 28/2/1958 April 70. Marvin Rainwater.. Whole Lotta Woman 25/4/1958 May 71. Connie Francis.. Who's Sorry Now 16/5/1958 June 72. Vic Damone.. On The Street Where You Live 27/6/1958 July 73. Everly Brothers.. All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 4/7/1958 Aug 74. Kalin Twins.. When 22/8/1958 Sept 75. Connie Francis.. Carolina Moon / Stupid Cupid 26/9/1958 Nov 76. Tommy Edwards.. All In The Game 7/11/1958 77. Lord Rockingham's XI.. Hoots Mon 28/11/195 |
What type of creature is a Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, the largest of its kind? | Queen Alexandra’s birdwing videos, photos and facts - Ornithoptera alexandrae | ARKive Top Queen Alexandra’s birdwing biology A monophagous species, Queen Alexandra’s birdwing feeds only from the vine species Aristolochia schlechteri. This vine also plays a central role in reproduction, as the butterfly lays a single egg on the underside of one of the leaves. After some 11 to 13 days the caterpillar hatches and eats almost constantly, rapidly increasing in size (5) . The vine contains a toxic substance which, although not poisonous to the caterpillar, makes the caterpillar distasteful to potential predators. This trait is advertised by the caterpillar’s bright, conspicuous colouration, but if consumed by a naive predator, the toxin may cause severe vomiting (6) . The caterpillar’s rapid growth is accompanied by six moults, in which the caterpillar grows new skin and sheds the former, before forming a chrysalis , in which metamorphosis takes place over a period of some 40 to 45 days. Once emerged, the adult butterfly remains dependant upon the same vine, feeding from its flowers with an elongated proboscis (5) . Top Queen Alexandra’s birdwing range Endemic to northern Papua New Guinea, east of the Owen Stanley Mountains, Queen Alexandra’s birdwing has an extremely small range (6) . Top Queen Alexandra’s birdwing status Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3) . Top Queen Alexandra’s birdwing threats As one of the world’s most beautiful butterflies, Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is extremely attractive to collectors. Fetching thousands of dollars per butterfly, this rare species has suffered severely from over harvesting (4) . Recognising a dramatic decline, in 1966 the Papua New Guinea government gave Queen Alexandra’s birdwing legal protection from collectors. Consequently, trade in this butterfly has been somewhat reduced, but illegal collection continues to threaten this species. Today however, the greatest threat to Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is the loss of its lowland rainforest habitat. Historically, forests were cleared for subsistence farming and logging, and large tracts of forest were destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Lamington in 1951. Presently, the main cause behind forest loss is the expansion of the palm oil industry, compounded by the development of rubber and cocoa plantations (7) . Top Queen Alexandra’s birdwing conservation Threatened by illegal trade and habitat loss, the survival of Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is dependant upon the successful implementation of conservation measures. To abate trade pressure, Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), and as an Annex A species in the EU Council Regulation on trade of wild species, both of which prohibit international trade (2) (3) . Furthermore, the Papua New Guinea government has provided financial aid to local communities to develop butterfly nurseries. These licensed farms aim to sustainably trade wild butterflies, whilst providing local communities with an additional income and improving the long-term survival prospects of many rare butterfly species (8) . In addition, a large wildlife management area has been created, protecting much Queen Alexandra’s birdwing habitat. Assuming these measures continue successfully, there is significant hope that the beautiful Queen Alexandra’s birdwing will continue to grace the forests of Papua New Guinea (7) . For more information on Queen Alexandra’s birdwing, see: The American Museum of Natural History: |
How many gallons are there in a hogshead? | Pints, gallons, firkins, barrels and more! The style of glass on the left - with the fetching bulge part way down - is referred to as Nonic. Then there's the standard straight-sided type. Other commonly available styles are the Tulip . . . . . . and the Dimple If you want to strike up an interesting - and long lasting - discussion in a pub, simply ask a couple of the locals which shape of beer glass is best. That should while away a few happy (or possibly heated!) hours. And if conversation flags you can always ask them if beer should be served with a good head of foam . . . So if beer comes in casks, don't they use barrels any more? Well, yes and no . . . Beer is delivered in casks of firkin or kilderkin size, because those are reckoned to be most convenient for sales purposes - and in these days of strict Health and Safety rules they are also less likely to give the drayman or cellarman a hernia! But the old barrel (measuring 36 gallons) still survives in a notional form because that is how the output of a brewery is assessed - one with a 10 barrel plant can produce 360 gallons. (End of term test - how many pints is that?) For those who really enjoy the details - or are simply masochists looking for a quick headache - an Imperial British Gallon was defined as the volume occupied by exactly 10 pounds of water of density 0.988859 gramme per millilitre weighed in air of density 0.001217 gramme per millilitre against weights of density 8.136 grammes per millilitre - got that? And if you still haven't got the headache you were seeking, be aware that the capacity of a barrel has been defined in different ways over the years, being 31.5 gallons if it held wine, but 32 gallons when the contents were classed as ale and 36 gallons when beer! Now lets put it all together - and throw in a few more to make confusion complete. One Fluid Ounce (Fl. oz) is 1/160 of a Gallon One Gill is 5 Fl. oz or 1/32 of a Gallon One Pint is 4 Gills or 20 Fl. oz or 1/8 of a Gallon One Quart is 2 Pints or 8 Gills or 40 Fl. oz or 1/4 of a Gallon There is also a Pottle, which is 2 Quarts or 4 Pints. I've never heard it used but it's an attractive thought: "Ho there, mine host, a pottle of your best ale!" Must try that in my local sometime . . . One Firkin is 9 Gallons One Kilderkin is 2 Firkins or 18 Gallons One Barrel is 2 Kilderkins or 36 Gallons In the wine trade they still use Hogshead, where it means 63 Gallons, but in the brewing industry it used to refer to 1.5 Barrels=54 Gallons. Similar disagreement exists with Pipe or Butt (126 Gallons of wine, but 3 Barrels=108 Gallons of beer). And although both trades agree that a Tun or Ton is 2 Pipes, that works out at 252 gallons of wine but 216 of beer! |
Galena is the most important ore of which metal? | Galena Mineral | Uses and Properties Galena The primary ore of lead that is sometimes mined for its silver content Galena: Photograph of a nice cubic galena crystal with adjacent calcite crystals. The galena crystal is about two inches on a side. Collected from the Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Specimen and photo by Arkenstone / www.iRocks.com . What is Galena? Galena is a lead sulfide mineral with a chemical composition of PbS. It is the world's primary ore of lead and is mined from a large number of deposits in many countries. It is found in igneous and metamorphic rocks in medium- to low-temperature hydrothermal veins. In sedimentary rocks it occurs as veins, breccia cements, isolated grains, and as replacements of limestone and dolostone . Galena is very easy to identify. Freshly broken pieces exhibit perfect cleavage in three directions that intersect at 90 degrees. It has a distinct silver color and a bright metallic luster. Galena tarnishes to a dull gray. Because lead is a primary element in galena, the mineral has a high specific gravity (7.4 to 7.6) that is immediately noticed when picking up even small pieces. Galena is soft with a Mohs hardness of 2.5+ and produces a gray to black streak . Crystals are common and they usually are cubes, octahedrons, or modifications. Structure of galena: Galena has a chemical composition of PbS. That means it contains an equal number of lead and sulfide ions. The ions are arranged in a cubic pattern that repeats in all directions. This structure is what causes crystals of galena to have a cubic habit and causes galena to break in three directions at right angles. Physical Properties of Galena Uses An ore of lead Argentiferous galena: Argentiferous galena from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Specimen is approximately 2-1/2 inches (6.4 centimeters) across. Argentiferous galena has a silver content that is often high enough for the galena to be mined as an ore of silver. Some galena mines receive more revenue from their silver than from their lead production. Argentiferous Galena - The Silver Ore The typical specimen of galena is about 86.6% lead and 13.4% sulfur by weight. However, some specimens of galena contain up to a few percent silver by weight. They are called "argentiferous galena" because of their silver content. In these specimens, silver can substitute for lead in the atomic structure of the galena, or it can occur in tiny grains of silver minerals included in the galena. Silver within the galena disrupts the crystal structure, which often causes the galena to have curved cleavage faces. This tiny bit of knowledge can be a powerful prospecting tool. In addition to silver, galena can contain minor amounts of antimony, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, copper , and zinc . Sometimes selenium substitutes for sulfur in galena. Cleavage fragments of galena: One of the most diagnostic properties of galena is its ability to break by cleavage in three directions that intersect at right angles. This forms cleavage fragments that are cubic and rectangular in shape. This photo shows pieces of crushed galena that clearly exhibit the right angle cleavage. This characteristic cleavage is caused by the mineral's cubic internal structure as shown above. Photo © iStockphoto / Tyler Boyes. Galena value: Some mines produce more revenue from the silver content of their galena than from the lead content. Assume that we have a mine that produces argentiferous galena with an average composition of 86% lead, 13% sulfur and just 1% silver (as shown in the diagram on the left). If the silver price is $25 per troy ounce and the lead price is $1 per avoirdupois pound, the value of the lead in one ton of ore will be $1720, while the value of the silver in that same ton of ore will be $7292 (as shown in the diagram on the right). The small amount of silver has a huge impact on revenue because at the prices assumed, silver is 364 times more valuable than an equal weight of lead. It is easy to understand why mining companies get excited by argentiferous galena! Even though galena |
Which English city has districts called Inglemire, Marfleet and Gipsyville? | Free Flashcards about GK 6 Which horse was involved in the 1913 incident that killed Emily Davison? Anmer What is the meaning of "discursive"? digressing from subject to subject What was the German 'Jugendstil' known as in Britain and the USA? Art Nouveau The artists Odilon Redon and Fernand Khnopff were most closely associated with which artistic movement? Symbolism What nationality was artist Fernand Khnopff? Belgian What is the meaning of 'post hoc, ergo propter hoc'? "After which, therefore because of which" In which year did BBC Radio 2, in the guise of the BBC Light Programme, start broadcasting? 1945 What radio programme used the signature tune "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by Bryan Fahey? Pick of The Pops Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was which Roman writer's father-in-law? Tacitus Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was recalled in disgrace by which Emperor? Domitian Which Iron Age tribe had a capital at Emain Macha in Ulster? Ulaid Who had a 1955 Number 1 with "Softly, Softly"? Ruby Murray Who had UK hits with "Be My Love" and "Because You're Mine"? Mario Lanza Who took "Rose Marie" to No 1 spot in the UK IN 1954? Slim Whitman In 1955 Jimmy Young had a No 1 single with "The Man From..." - where? Laramie Which singer was the indirect cause of 1944's Columbus Day Riot? Frank Sinatra In which year did "Rock Around The Clock" hit No 1 in both the UK and the US? 1955 Both "boogie-woogie" and "rock and roll" supposedly got their names from what? Euphemisms for sex Who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues"? Jerry Wexler Which Cleveland DJ is usually credited with coining the term "rock n roll" to apply to the music of that style? Alan Freed Which band were originally called "The Rambling Yodeller And The Sandmen"? Bill Haley & The Comets Who had a 1950s hit with "Be-Bop-A Lula"? Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Which chemical elements occupy positions 89-103 on the Periodic Table? Actinides What name is given to a 3D co-ordinate system with three planes, x, y, and Z? Cartesian What are the names given to the three sides of a right-angled triangle? Hypotenuse, Base, Altitude If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is sinθ equal to? a/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is cosθ equal to? b/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is tanθ equal to? a/b (or sinθ/cosθ) What is the meaning of sin(squared)θ? sinθsinθ An object that has both magnitude and direction in space Which letters are traditionally used for the three base vectors? i, j, k Who had a 1962 Number 1 with "Wonderful Land"? The Shadows Which artistic group was founded in 1911 by Kandinsky and Marc? Der Blaue Reiter Artist Franz Marc was born in wRhich country? Germany Who painted "Luxe, Calme et Volupte"? Matisse Who is generally held to be the originator of the Suprematist art movement? Malevich The artists Boccioni, Carra and Severeni, all Italians, belonged to which movement? Futurism What was the real name of The Big Bopper, who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly? JP Richardson What was the stage name of the singer Rosemary Brown? Dana Which country singer got to No. 1 in the UK with "Coward Of The County"? Kenny Rogers Who composed "The Stars And Stripes Forever"? John Phillip Sousa Who composed the waltz "Tales From The Vienna Woods"? Johann Strauss Robert-Francois Damiens attempted to assassinate (and failed, although he did wound) which king? Louis XV of France When was the Seven Years' War? 1756-63 Whose final work was 1804's "Opus Postumum"? Kant The Pregolya River, which features in Euler's 'Seven Bridges'problem, runs through which city? Kaliningrad Who wrote 1848's "The Principles Of Political Economy"? John Stuart Mill What is defined as "the composite of an organism's observable traits"? Phenotype The Japanese word 'hara', |
Name the Jewish high priest at the time of the Crucifixion? | Profiles of Joseph Caiaphas and Pontius Pilate, key figures in the arrest, trial and crucifixion of Jesus. The Trial of Jesus: Key Figures Joseph Caiaphas, High Priest (18 C.E.-36 C.E) Jesus Before Caiaphas Ossuary of Caiaphas, found in 1990 Joseph Caiaphas was the high priest of Jerusalem who, according to Biblical accounts, sent Jesus to Pilate for his execution. As high priest and chief religious authority in the land, Caiaphas had many important responsibilities, including controlling the Temple treasury, managing the Temple police and other personnel, performing religious rituals, and--central to the passion story--serving as president of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish council and court that reportedly considered the case of Jesus. The high priest had another, more controversial function in first-century Jerusalem: serving as a sort of liaison between Roman authority and the Jewish population. High priests, drawn from the Sadducean aristocracy, received their appointment from Rome since the time of Herod the Great, and Rome looked to high priests to keep the Jewish populace in line. We know from other cases (such as one incident in 66 C.E.) that Roman prefects might demand that high priests arrest and turn over Jews seen as agitators. Caiaphas was the son-in-law of Annas, high priest from 6 to 15 C.E. and head of a family that would control the high priesthood for most of the first century. Annas is also mentioned in Biblical accounts. It is possible that he, as a high priest emeritus, might have served at the side of Caiaphas in the Sanhedrin called to resolve the fate of Jesus. Although little is known of Caiaphas, historians infer from his long tenure as high priest, from 18 to 36 C.E., that he must have worked well with Roman authority. For ten years, Caiaphas served with Roman prefect Pontius Pilate. The two presumably had a close relationship. It is likely that Caiaphas and Pilate had standing arrangements for how to deal with subversive persons such as Jesus. Caiaphas's motives in turning Jesus over to Pilate are a subject of speculation. Some historians suggest that he had little choice. Others argue that Caiaphas saw Jesus as a threat to the existing religious order. He might have believed that if Jesus wasn't restrained or even executed that the Romans might end their relative tolerance of Jewish institutions. High priests, including Caiaphas, were both respected and despised by the Jewish population. As the highest religious authority, they were seen as playing a critical role in religious life and the Sanhedrin. At the same time, however, many Jews resented the close relationship that high priest maintained with Roman authorities and suspected them of taking bribes or practicing other forms of corruption. In the year 36 C.E., both Caiaphas and Pilate were dismissed from office by Syrian governor, Vitellius, according to Jewish historian Josephus. It seems likely that the cause of their dismissal was growing public unhappiness with their close cooperation. Rome might have perceived the need for a conciliatory gesture to Jews whose sensibilities had been offended by the two leaders. Josephus described the high priests of the family of Annas as "heartless when they sit in judgment." Unlike other Temple priests, Caiaphas, as a high priest, lived in Jerusalem's Upper City, a wealthy section inhabited by the city's powers-that-be. His home almost certainly was constructed around a large courtyard. Archaeologists discovered in 1990 in a family tomb in Abu Tor, two miles south of Jerusalem, an ossuary, or bone box, containing on its side the name of Joseph Caiaphas, written in Aramaic. The ossuary is assumed to be genuine. Pontius Pilate, Roman Prefect (26 C.E. -36 C.E.) Pilate Washing Hands Pilot by Giotto Pontius Pilate was the Roman prefect (governor) of Judea, a subprovince of Syria, who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus. As prefect, Pilate commanded Roman military units, authorized construction projects, arranged for the collection of imperial taxes, and decided civil and criminal cases. During |
When Great Britain beat the USA in the Davis Cup in March 2015, who was the other British singles player besides Andy Murray? | Davis Cup 2015: Murray brothers can lead British boost - BBC Sport BBC Sport Davis Cup 2015: Murray brothers can lead British boost By Russell Fuller A capacity crowd of 7,700 is expected in Glasgow Davis Cup: Great Britain v United States Venue: Emirates Arena, Glasgow Dates: 6-8 March Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Red Button, the BBC Sport website, mobile, the BBC Sport app and Connected TV. When Belgium, Slovakia, Hungary and Luxembourg played Davis Cup ties in Glasgow in recent years, there was little fuss and little fanfare. The stakes were relatively low, and the venue chosen accordingly. But now, with Great Britain back in the World Group and facing the United States in its first top-flight home tie since 2002, one of Glasgow's Commonwealth Games venues has been hired. There are two Murrays in the team for the first time in four years, and GB has at least an even chance of repeating last year's memorable victory over the US in San Diego. Why does this tie matter? It is 13 long years since Britain last had a home World Group tie to promote. The Swedish team of Thomas Enqvist and Thomas Johansson snuffed out GB's aspirations that year as they won both final day singles against Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. It is overly simplistic to say that high-profile home Davis Cup ties will boost the sport's flagging participation levels, but British success and greater exposure to what can be a thrilling format has to be in the long-term interests of the sport. Media playback is not supported on this device Murray seals historic Davis Cup win There is also the prospect of a home quarter-final in July against France or Germany, should Britain come out on top at the Emirates Arena over the next three days. The tie would be played in the week after Wimbledon, although I understand the All England Club has already been ruled out as hosts as there would be insufficient time to prepare the courts. This first-round tie has special significance for Scotland. Captain Leon Smith has made no secret of his desire to give the country that produced Andy and Jamie Murray, Elena Baltacha, Colin Fleming and Jamie Baker an opportunity to stage tennis of the very highest level. "Scotland has punched above its weight in terms of what it could deliver British tennis and with so much going on through the British summer down south, there's nothing for Scottish fans to back up what they see on the TV," Smith told me. "While Andy Murray is still active, with his best years still ahead of him, it's very important they get to see live, meaningful, competitive tennis because that can inspire the next group to come through." Where will the tie be won? There is the potential for unpredictable results throughout this first-round tie. Andy Murray will be heavily favoured to beat Donald Young on the opening day, but will expect John Isner to be a very awkward customer on Sunday - even if the 6ft 10in American's serve has been somewhat blunted by the slow court that has been made to order. US captain Jim Courier has called James Ward "a streaky player", saying "he has good patches and bad patches" In a similar vein, James Ward will not be underestimated by the American team. His stunning victory over Sam Querrey in San Diego laid the platform for a run to the cusp of the world's top 100. Wins have been hard to come by recently as he plays more matches at tour level, but should it boil down to his deciding singles against Young, then Ward would have much in his favour. He may be conceding 64 places in the rankings, but will be able to count on the support of nearly 8,000 boisterous fans and his Davis Cup experience. This is his 10th tie, and only Young's second. Whatever happens in the singles, Britain will be confident of victory if they win Saturday's doubles - even if there is always a big if when the Bryan brothers are on the other side of the net. American twins Bob and Mike Bryan became the first doubles pair to win 100 titles together with victory at the US Open in September Bob and Mike have lost only four of their 26 Davis Cu |
Adrak is the Indian name for which spice? | Search Indian Restaurants in any part of the World Search Indian Restaurants in any part of the World Find Indian Restaurant by Name by City Please tell Indian Restaurant that you found them on IndianDinner.com Spicey Restaurants USA Indian cuisine is a subtle taste. Flavours are as varied as climate and as exotic as the people of India. Fragrant spices, pungent and warm spices, are delicately blended in meticulous proportions to create each dish which will have its own distinctive flavour from spices which have to prepared afresh. The blending and preparation of spices is a centuries old craft to Indian cuisine Aniseed (Suwa) is the fruit or seed from the flowering plant, Pimpinella anisum. The seeds are used whole or crushed as a flavoring in various foods, from baked goods and sweets to liquours Asafoetida (Hing) or asafoetid (Devil's Dung) is the dried latex (oleo-gum-resin) exuded from the living rhizome, rootstock or taproot of an umbelliferous plant of varied species. A popular spice in foods and medicines. Basil (Tulsi) is obtained from a small, erect, glabrous, profusely branched herb, indigenous to India. It forms part of the 'sweet' herbs. Basil is a member of the mint family. Basil is popular worldwide because of its rich aroma, attractive fragrance and superb blending properties when used in seasonings. Bay Leaf (Tejpata) these fragrant leaves with pointed ends are used in their dried form. These are used in curries and rice preparations. The leaves are first browned in oil first to increase the aroma. Black Salt (Kala Namak-Sanchal) Slightly pungent smell in the salt comes from the presence of the sulphate. This salt is used as a final garnish by sprinkling on the fresh fruits and vegetables, salads and fried savories. The salt comes in the form of different hued crystals and are ground to a powder before used for culinary purposes Cardamom Small (Elaichi) often dubbed as the "grains of paradise" is a pungent, aromatic herb. It is the dried ripe fruit (capsules of cardamom plant) often referred as the Queen of Spices because of its very pleasant aroma and taste. Cardamom Large (Elaichi) Large cardamom is the dried fruit of a perennial herbaceous plant. It's quality characteristics are different from that of small cardamom. The fruit is 4 to 6 times size of small cardamom. Carom Powder-Oragano (Ajwain) it has a strong, pungent odor and flavor similar to pepper and anise. They contain thymol oil, which gives a taste reminiscent of thyme. it is used in lentil dishes, vegetable parathas, pakoras and meat dishes. . Chillies (Mirchi) India's most important contribution to the world of spices. An annual plant, chilli comes in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colours and in different degrees of pungency. Cinnamon (Dalchini) is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods. Clove (Lavang) are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. They have a numbing effect on mouth tissues. The flower buds are at first of a pale color and gradually become green, after which they develop into a bright red. Coriander (Dhanya) The name `coriander' is based on the Greek work `kopis' which means `bug'. Coriander requires full exposure to sunlight but with less heat and medium-to-heavy loamy soil, good drainage and well-distributed moisture. Cumin (Zeera) Though native to Egypt and the Mediterranean, cumin is now mostly produced in India. Dill Seeds (Suwa) are dried fruit of the herb of parsley family. Seeds are oval-shaped, soft and fluffy, has a pungent and aromatic. Seeds are use to treat colic or gas in children. Dill is useful addition to cough, cold and flu remedies. Fennel (Saunf) Ancient Indians used fennel as a condiment and culinary spice. In Greece, it was a symbol of success. In Rome, the young fennel shoots were used as food. Pliny considered it good for improved vision. Fenugreek (Methi) The ripe, dried fruit of a quick-growing annual leguminous herb, fenugreek has a strong, pleasa |
What aid to opticians did Adolf Eugene Frick invent in 1887? | Free Flashcards about GK 6 Which horse was involved in the 1913 incident that killed Emily Davison? Anmer What is the meaning of "discursive"? digressing from subject to subject What was the German 'Jugendstil' known as in Britain and the USA? Art Nouveau The artists Odilon Redon and Fernand Khnopff were most closely associated with which artistic movement? Symbolism What nationality was artist Fernand Khnopff? Belgian What is the meaning of 'post hoc, ergo propter hoc'? "After which, therefore because of which" In which year did BBC Radio 2, in the guise of the BBC Light Programme, start broadcasting? 1945 What radio programme used the signature tune "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by Bryan Fahey? Pick of The Pops Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was which Roman writer's father-in-law? Tacitus Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was recalled in disgrace by which Emperor? Domitian Which Iron Age tribe had a capital at Emain Macha in Ulster? Ulaid Who had a 1955 Number 1 with "Softly, Softly"? Ruby Murray Who had UK hits with "Be My Love" and "Because You're Mine"? Mario Lanza Who took "Rose Marie" to No 1 spot in the UK IN 1954? Slim Whitman In 1955 Jimmy Young had a No 1 single with "The Man From..." - where? Laramie Which singer was the indirect cause of 1944's Columbus Day Riot? Frank Sinatra In which year did "Rock Around The Clock" hit No 1 in both the UK and the US? 1955 Both "boogie-woogie" and "rock and roll" supposedly got their names from what? Euphemisms for sex Who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues"? Jerry Wexler Which Cleveland DJ is usually credited with coining the term "rock n roll" to apply to the music of that style? Alan Freed Which band were originally called "The Rambling Yodeller And The Sandmen"? Bill Haley & The Comets Who had a 1950s hit with "Be-Bop-A Lula"? Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Which chemical elements occupy positions 89-103 on the Periodic Table? Actinides What name is given to a 3D co-ordinate system with three planes, x, y, and Z? Cartesian What are the names given to the three sides of a right-angled triangle? Hypotenuse, Base, Altitude If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is sinθ equal to? a/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is cosθ equal to? b/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is tanθ equal to? a/b (or sinθ/cosθ) What is the meaning of sin(squared)θ? sinθsinθ An object that has both magnitude and direction in space Which letters are traditionally used for the three base vectors? i, j, k Who had a 1962 Number 1 with "Wonderful Land"? The Shadows Which artistic group was founded in 1911 by Kandinsky and Marc? Der Blaue Reiter Artist Franz Marc was born in wRhich country? Germany Who painted "Luxe, Calme et Volupte"? Matisse Who is generally held to be the originator of the Suprematist art movement? Malevich The artists Boccioni, Carra and Severeni, all Italians, belonged to which movement? Futurism What was the real name of The Big Bopper, who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly? JP Richardson What was the stage name of the singer Rosemary Brown? Dana Which country singer got to No. 1 in the UK with "Coward Of The County"? Kenny Rogers Who composed "The Stars And Stripes Forever"? John Phillip Sousa Who composed the waltz "Tales From The Vienna Woods"? Johann Strauss Robert-Francois Damiens attempted to assassinate (and failed, although he did wound) which king? Louis XV of France When was the Seven Years' War? 1756-63 Whose final work was 1804's "Opus Postumum"? Kant The Pregolya River, which features in Euler's 'Seven Bridges'problem, runs through which city? Kaliningrad Who wrote 1848's "The Principles Of Political Economy"? John Stuart Mill What is defined as "the composite of an organism's observable traits"? Phenotype The Japanese word 'hara', |
According to Monday's child rhyme, what is Friday's child? | "Monday's child is fair of face...," by Mother Goose Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace; Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go; Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for its living; But the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. |
Which composer wrote the Sabre Dance and the ballet Spartacus? | 1000+ images about Aram Khachaturian on Pinterest | Bolshoi ballet, Ballet and Orchestra Forward Aram Khachaturian was born on June 6th of 1903 in Tblisi. He was and is the most internationally famous Armenian composer with his classical compositions. His most famous work was his "Gayaneh" ballet with its "Saber Dance". During his career he had many concertos, symphonies and ballets. His music is still heard today, worldwide. He died in Moscow on May 1st, 1978. pin |
Antares is the largest star in which constellation? | Antares is Heart of the Scorpion | Brightest Stars | EarthSky Antares is Heart of the Scorpion By Larry Sessions in Brightest Stars | July 2, 2016 Bright reddish Antares is easy to spot on a summer night. It is the brightest star in the fishhook-shaped constellation Scorpius the Scorpion. Red Antares, via Fred Espenak at AstroPixels . Used with permission. Bright reddish Antares – also known as Alpha Scorpii – is easy to spot on a summer night. It is the brightest star – and distinctly reddish in color – in the fishhook-shaped pattern of stars known as the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion. Follow the links below to learn more about this wonderful star. Antares in history and myth In 2016, the planets Mars and Saturn make a noticeable triangle with the star Antares, as seen from around the globe. Scorpius is one of the few constellations that looks like its namesake. The bright red star Antares marks the Scorpion’s Heart. Notice also the two stars at the tip of the Scorpion’s Tail. They are known as The Stinger. How to see Antares. If you look southward in early evening from late spring to early fall, you’re likely to notice the fishhook pattern of Scorpius the Scorpion, with ruby Antares at its heart. If you think you’ve found Antares, aim binoculars in its direction. You should notice its reddish color. And you should see a little star cluster – known as M4 – just to the right of this star. (See images above) Antares is the 16th brightest star in the sky, and it is located in the southern half of Earth’s sky. So your chance of seeing this star on any given night increases as you go farther southward on Earth’s globe. If you traveled to the southern hemisphere – from about 67 degrees south latitude – you’d find that Antares is circumpolar, meaning that it never sets and is visible every night of the year from Earth’s southernmost regions. We in the northern hemisphere know Antares better than several other southern stars that are brighter. That’s because Antares is visible from throughout most of the northern hemisphere, short of the Arctic. Well, not quite the Arctic, but anywhere south of 63 degrees north latitude can – at one time or another – see Antares. (Helsinki yes, Fairbanks, no) The midnight culmination of Antares is on or near June 1. That is when Antares is highest in the sky at midnight (midway between sunset and sunrise). It is highest in the sky at about dawn in early March and at about sunset in early September. If Antares replaced the sun in our solar system, its orbit would extend beyond the orbit of the fourth planet, Mars. Here, Antares is shown in contrast to another star, Arcturus, and our sun. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Antares science. Antares is truly an enormous star, with a radius in excess of 3 Astronomical Units (AU). One AU is the Earth’s average distance from the sun. If by some bit of magic Antares was suddenly substituted for our sun, the surface of the star would extend well past the orbit of Mars! Antares is classified as an M1 supergiant star. The M1 designation says that Antares is reddish in color and cooler than many other stars. Its surface temperature of 3500 kelvins (about 5800 degrees F.) is in contrast to about 10,000 degrees F. for our sun. Even though Antares’ surface temperature is relatively low, Antares’ tremendous surface area – the surface from which light can escape – makes this star very bright. In fact, Antares approaches 11,000 times the brilliance of our puny sun, a G2 star. But that is just in visible light. When all wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation is considered, Antares pumps out more than 60,000 times the energy of our sun! Red Antares is similar to but somewhat larger than another famous red star, Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion. Yet Betelgeuse appears slightly brighter than Antares in our sky. Hipparcos satellite data places Antares at about 604 light-years away, in contrast to Betelgeuse’s distance of 428 light-years, explaining why the larger star appears fainter from Earth. Like all M-type giants and supergiants |
Where in the body would you find the Harversian canals? | osteon | anatomy | Britannica.com anatomy tissue Osteon, the chief structural unit of compact (cortical) bone , consisting of concentric bone layers called lamellae, which surround a long hollow passageway, the Haversian canal (named for Clopton Havers, a 17th-century English physician). The Haversian canal contains small blood vessels responsible for the blood supply to osteocytes (individual bone cells). Osteons are several millimetres long and about 0.2 millimetre (0.008 inch) in diameter; they tend to run parallel to the long axis of a bone. The osteon units of bone are made up of Haversian canals (HC) and Volkmann canals (VC), which run … Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Osteons are formations characteristic of mature bone and take shape during the process of bone remodeling , or renewal. New bone may also take this structure as it forms, in which case the structure is called a primary osteon. The process of the formation of osteons and their accompanying Haversian canals begins when immature woven bone and primary osteons are destroyed by large cells called osteoclasts , which hollow out a channel through the bone, usually following existing blood vessels. Layers of bone-forming cells, or osteoblasts , follow the osteoclasts and lay down new bone on the sides of the channel; the layers of bone built up in this way slowly narrow the channel until a tunnel not much larger than the central blood vessel remains. The blood supply for the osteocytes then passes through these channels, the Haversian canals. The spaces between adjacent osteons are filled with interstitial lamellae, layers of bone that are often remnants of previous Haversian systems. Transverse vessels, which run perpendicular to the long axis of the cortex, are called Volkmann canals ; Volkmann canals connect adjacent osteons and also connect the blood vessels of the Haversian canals with the periosteum , the tissue covering the bone’s outer surface. Learn More in these related articles: in bone |
Which is the only property on a Monopoly board worth £280? | THE MONOPOLY BOARD ° THE MONOPOLY BOARD Here are some mnemonic means of recalling the order/value of squares in a British Monopoly game (useful for pub quiz answers!): There are 40 squares (or 41 if JAIL+VISIT): 22-property, 4 x�200-stations, 2 x�150-utility, 3-CC, 3-CH, 2-TAX (�200-income/�100-super), 4-corner (GO!, JAIL/VISIT, PARK, GO-TO-JAIL) CChest/CHance occur alternately (in alpha). Utilities occur in alpha: (Electric then Water) Stations are (alpha)(St-alpha): (K's-X,Mar),(Fen/St,Liv/St) Sets 2-7 = �100-320 in �20 steps (1=2, 3=�20 up). Property sets 1 & 8 (brown/navy) are odd: Set 1 has only 2x�60 (ie. no 3rd at �80!). Set 8 has only 2, but �350 and �400 (=twice Go!). Opposite Mayfair = Vine St =�200=half-way/value Most people only know the order of sets 1 & 8. The order within sets 2-7 can be recalled by: "AEP, PaWN, BMV, SFT2, L2CoP, ROB" (for key see chart below). Relative settings are also worth noting. For example, "Pentonville Rd" precedes Jail (ie. it's Pentonville-Jail)! "Strand" leads into "Fleet Street", just as in real life! Also note the proximity of TSq & LSq! And just as in the real West End of London, Leicester Square and Piccadilly are at opposite ends of Coventry Street. Finally the utilities divide the 1st/2nd property of set 3 but the 2nd/3rd of set 6 (ie.WWks), while alternate "Community Chest" and "Chance" squares divide the 1st/2nd properties of sets 1-2 and 4-5 but the 2nd/3rd of set 7 (ie.CCh). For reference, the complete order of all 40 squares is: GO |
Who had a No1 hit in 1993 with Young at Heart? | UK MUSIC CHARTS, No.1 Singles 1: Al Martino - Here In My Heart - 14/11/1952. 1953 2: Jo Stafford : You Belong To Me - 16/1/1953 3: Kay Starr : Comes A-Long A-Love - 23/1/1953. 4: Eddie Fisher: Outside Of Heaven - 30/1/1953. Feb 5: Perry Como: Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 6/2/1953 March 6: Guy Mitchell: She Wears Red Feathers - 13/3/1953 April 7: Stargazers: Broken Wings - 10/4/1953 8: Lita Roza: (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window - 17/4/1953 9: Frankie Laine: I Believe - 24/4/1953 June 10: Eddie Fisher: I'm Walking Behind You - 26/6/1953 Aug 11: Mantovani Song: from 'The Moulin Rouge' - 14/8/1953 Sept 12: Guy Mitchell: Look At That Girl - 11/9/1953 Oct 13: Frankie Laine: Hey Joe - 23/10/1953 Nov 14: David Whitfield: Answer Me - 6/11/1953 15: Frankie Laine: Answer Me - 13/11/1953 1954 16: Eddie Calvert: Oh Mein Papa 8/1/1954 March 17: Stargazers: I See The Moon 12/3/1954. April 18: Doris Day: Secret Love 16/4/1954 19: Johnnie Ray: Such A Night 30/4/1954 July 20: David Whitfield: Cara Mia 2/7/1954 Sept 21: Kitty Kallen: Little Things Mean A Lot 10/9/1954 22: Frank Sinatra: Three Coins In The Fountain 17/9/1954 Oct 23: Don Cornell: Hold My Hand 8/10/1954 Nov 24: Vera Lynn: My Son My Son 5/11/1954 25: Rosemary Clooney: This Ole House 26/11/1954 Dec 26: Winifred Atwell: Let's Have Another Party 3/12/1954 1955 27: Dickie Valentine: Finger Of Suspicion 7/1/1955. 28: Rosemary Clooney: Mambo Italiano 14/1/1955 Feb 29: Ruby Murray: Softly, Softly 18/2/1955 March 30: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Give Me Your Word, 11/3/1955 April 31: Perez Prez Prado & His Orchestra: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 29/4/1955 May 32: Tony Bennett: Stranger In Paradise 13/5/1955 33: Eddie Calvert: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 27/5/1955 June 34: Jimmy Young: Unchained Melody 24/6/1955 July 35: Alma Cogan: Dreamboat 15/7/1955 36: Slim Whitman: Rose Marie 29/7/1955 Oct 37: Jimmy Young: The Man From Laramie 14/10/1955 Nov 38: Johnston Brothers: Hernando's Hideaway 11/11/1955 39: Bill Haley & His Comets: Rock Around The Clock 25/11/1955 Dec 40: Dickie Valentine: Christmas Alphabet 16/12/1955 1956 41: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons 20/1/1956. Feb 42: Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This 17/2/1956 March 43: Dream Weavers: It's Almost Tomorrow 16/3/1956 44: Kay Starr: Rock And Roll Waltz 30/3/1956 April 45: Winifred Atwell: Poor People Of Paris 13/4/1956 May 46: Ronnie Hilton: No Other Love 4/5/1956 June 47: Pat Boone: I'll Be Home 15/6/1956 July 48: Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love 20/7/1956 Aug 49: Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 10/8/1956 Sept 50: Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms 21/9/1956 Oct 51: Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love 19/10/1956 Nov 52: Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain 16/11/1956 1957 53: Guy Mitchell.. Singing The Blues 4/1/1957 54: Tommy Steele.. Singing The Blues 11/1/1957 55: Frankie Vaughan.. The Garden Of Eden 25/1/1957 Feb 56: Tab Hunter.. Young Love 22/2/1957 April 57: Lonnie Donegan.. Cumberland Gap 12/4/1957 May 58: Guy Mitchell.. Rock-A-Billy 17/5/1957 59: Andy Williams.. Butterfly 24/5/1957 June 60: Johnnie Ray.. Yes Tonight Josephine 7/6/1957 61. Lonnie Donegan.. Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin' Man 28/6/1957 July 62. Elvis Presley.. All Shook Up 12/7/1957 Aug 63. Paul Anka.. Diana 30/8/1957 Nov 64. The Crickets.. That'll Be The Day 1/11/1957 65. Harry Belafonte.. Mary's Boy Child 22/11/1957 1958 66. Jerry Lee Lewis.. Great Balls Of Fire 10/1/1958 67. Elvis Presley.. Jailhouse Rock 24/1/1958 Feb 68. Michael Holliday.. The Story Of My Life 14/2/1958 69. Perry Como.. Magic Moments 28/2/1958 April 70. Marvin Rainwater.. Whole Lotta Woman 25/4/1958 May 71. Connie Francis.. Who's Sorry Now 16/5/1958 June 72. Vic Damone.. On The Street Where You Live 27/6/1958 July 73. Everly Brothers.. All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 4/7/1958 Aug 74. Kalin Twins.. When 22/8/1958 Sept 75. Connie Francis.. Carolina Moon / Stupid Cupid 26/9/1958 Nov 76. Tommy Edwards.. All In The Game 7/11/1958 77. Lord Rockingham's XI.. Hoots Mon 28/11/195 |
Which bird can be green, black, three-toed or lesser spotted? | Home - Woodpeckers of Europe Woodpeckers of Europe Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Home I am constantly adding photos and text. Please get in touch if you would like to contribute or notice any errors. Email: adminwoodpeckersofeurope.info In Greek and Roman mythology, Picus was a man turned into a woodpecker by the fabled sorceress Circe. His crime? He scorned her love. His wife was Canens, a nymph, and she killed herself after Picus was transformed. Picus became the god of fortune and prophecy. This site is dedicated to the ten species of woodpecker Picidae that breed in Europe: nine resident species and the migratory Wryneck. Eight of these ten species also occur outside Europe, with the distribution of Three-toed, White-backed, Lesser Spotted, Great Spotted, Black and Grey-headed Woodpeckers stretching eastwards from the western Palearctic region into Asia, whilst Syrian is found in the Middle East and Asia Minor and Wryneck winters in Africa. The global ranges of Green and Middle Spotted Woodpeckers are more limited being confined to the Western Palearctic. Above: Female Great Spotted Woodpecker with tongue protruding. Hungary (Lászlo Nehézy) So why woodpeckers? Firstly they occur in woodlands and forests and these places are my favourite landscapes and habitats. Secondly, finding and observing woodpeckers is a challenge. One can enter a woodland where one knows there are woodpeckers, search for hours, and see none. Before one can watch and study woodpeckers one has to first find them, and that is a major part of the appeal of this bird family. The walking, waiting, searching, listening and the identification of the signs that woodpeckers leave, is for me as much of the appeal as observing these fascinating birds themselves. Woodpeckers, like owls and other forest birds, often require some effort to find and observe. Some species, like Black, Great Spotted and Middle Spotted, can usually be found without too much effort if one visits the right habitat in the right regions, but to locate others, such as the rare White-backed and the often unobtrusive Three-toed, some time, birding skill, local expertise and often some fortune is needed. I would like to think that both casual and serious birders, field and laboratory ornithologists, researchers, woodland conservationists and foresters will all be able to appreciate and use these pages. But there is much to do. What you see now is just a start.Please contribute, with comments, notes and photographs. All contributions will be acknowledged. Sincere thanks to the following who have already contributed in various ways: Zoltán Baczo, Dan Bastaja, Bill Baston, Frantisek Bednar, Göran Ekström, Dominic Gorman, Paul Harris, Szabolcs Kókay, Mati Kose, Thomas Kraft, Petr Machacek, Pál Marik, Juozas Miskinis, László Nehézy, Allan Gudio Nielsen, László Novák, Balázs Kárman, Georges Olioso, Jari Peltomaki, Daniel Petrescu, Jean-Marc Pons, Dave Pullan, András Schmidt, Ingvar Stenberg, Gábor Vasuta and the late Lászlo Szabó-Szeley. Finally, please do NOT lift text or photographs off this site without first asking permission. Photograph copyright remains with the named photographers. Leave a Reply |
Name the Russian politician shot and killed near the Kremlin on 27th February 2015? | Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead - BBC News BBC News Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead 28 February 2015 Close share panel Image copyright AP Image caption Mr Nemtsov was shot on a bridge within sight of St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin A leading Russian opposition politician, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say. An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin, police say. He died hours after appealing for support for a march on Sunday in Moscow against the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the murder, the Kremlin says. President Putin has assumed "personal control" of the investigation into the killing, said his spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Investigators said the murder could have been "a provocation aimed at destabilising the country". The investigative committee said in a statement that several motives for the killing were being considered including "Islamic extremism". US President Barack Obama condemned the "brutal murder" and called on the Russian government to conduct a "prompt, impartial and transparent investigation". Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko described Mr Nemtsov as a "bridge between Ukraine and Russia". "The murderers' shot has destroyed it. I think it is not by accident," he said in a statement published on his administration's Facebook page. Image copyright AFP Image caption Boris Nemtsov was one of Russia's leading economic reformers in the 1990s (file photo from 2009) In a recent interview, Mr Nemtsov had said he feared Mr Putin would have him killed because of his opposition to the war in Ukraine. Mr Nemtsov, 55, served as first deputy prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s. He had earned a reputation as an economic reformer while governor of one of Russia's biggest cities, Nizhny Novgorod. Falling out of favour with Yeltsin's successor, Mr Putin, he became an outspoken opposition politician. Analysis: Sarah Rainsford, BBC Moscow correspondent A lawyer for Mr Nemtsov reported that he had received death threats over social media in recent months; but for now there's only speculation as to why he was targeted. He openly opposed Moscow's role in the crisis in Ukraine - and the annexation by Russia of Crimea. He had been planning a rare public protest on Sunday against both things - and a growing economic crisis in this country. Since his death, social media has been flooded with tributes to a man remembered by friends as decent, honest and a democrat. He had been pushed to the political margins in Vladimir Putin's Russia, but he was still prominent enough for someone to want to kill him. Russian and world reaction Mr Nemtsov was shot at around 23:40 (20:40 GMT) on Friday while crossing Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge accompanied by a woman, Russia's interior ministry said. He was shot with a pistol from a white car which fled the scene, a police source told Russia's Interfax news agency. According to Russian-language news website Meduza, "several people" got out of a car and shot him. One of the politician's colleagues in his RPR-Parnassus party, Ilya Yashin, confirmed Mr Nemtsov's death. "Unfortunately I can see the corpse of Boris Nemtsov in front of me now," he was quoted as saying by Russia's lenta.ru news website. Flowers were left at the site of the shooting through the night. Image copyright AFP Image caption People have been coming to the scene of the murder since Saturday evening to leave flowers Image copyright AP Image caption Russian opposition leaders Ilya Yashin, left, and Ksenia Sobchak react to news of the death of Mr Nemtsov Image copyright AP Image caption Mr Nemtsov feared his vocal opposition to President Putin's policies on Ukraine could get him killed Violent deaths of Putin opponents April 2003 - Liberal politician Sergey Yushenkov assassinated near his Moscow home July 2003 - Investigative journalist Yuri Shchekochikhin died after 16-day mysterious illness July |
In which island group would you find Rarotonga, Palmerston and Aitutaki? | Tipani Tours | Our Islands - Palmerston | Cook Island Tours & Accommodation Statistics Palmerston The island of Palmerston lies around 500 kms north-west of Rarotonga , and is the most northern, and only true atoll, in the Southern Group. Palmerston was first discovered by the English sea captain, James Cook, on June 16th 1744 on his second voyage through the Pacific, and was named after the 1st Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Palmerston. Cook himself did not set foot on Palmerston until some years later, in 1777, on his third and final Pacific voyage. Palmerston has a particularly unique history amongst the Cook Islands relating to the origins of its inhabitants. In 1863, an English ships carpenter named William Marsters arrived from Manuae and settled on this tiny uninhabited island with 3 wives, raising 17 children and 54 grand-children. Today, his descendants are scattered far and wide, and the Marsters name is synonymous with the island of Palmerston. Some of those descendants who remain on the island export fish for an income, and have a strong tradition of welcoming visiting seafarers to their island. It is said that they are all fluent English speakers, with a distinct Gloucestershire accent passed down from their founding forbearer. The total land mass of Palmerston amounts to just one square mile (2.6 sq km) consisting of six sandy motu, or islets spread around a large lagoon about seven miles (11km) across at its widest point. The highest point on Palmerston is a sandhill only 20 feet (6 metres) tall that the locals nicknamed “the mountain.” The island has no airport of air services and there is no safe entry for larger vessels to access, but cruising yachts will find good anchorage in many parts of the lagoon along the western side with depths between 30-50 feet, though it is not an official port of entry so clearance should first be arranged before arrival. |
Virginia Hensley was the real name of which 50's and 60's singer? | Music Stars Real Names Movie Lists Music Stars Real Names Here is an alphabetical list of the most popular music stars from past to present and what their real or full names really are. Edited By: Lew Johnny Ace - John Alexander Jr. Adele - Adele Laurie Blue Adkins Clay Aiken - Clayton Holmes Grissom Akon - Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam Lily Allen - Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band) - Gregory Lenoir Allman Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos apl.de.ap (The Black Eyed Peas) - Allan Pineda Lindo Fiona Apple - Fiona Apple Maggart Trey Anastasio (Phish) - Ernest Joseph Anastasio III André 3000 (Outkast) - André Lauren Benjamin Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard Little Anthony - Anthony Gourdine Marc Anthony - Marco Antonio Muniz Ashanti - Ashanti Shaquoya "Shani Bani" Douglas Frankie Avalon - Francis Thomas Avallone Avicii - Tim Bergling Joan Baez - Joan Chandos Baez Ginger Baker - Peter Edward Baker LaVern Baker - Delores Williams Hank Ballard (Hank Ballard and the Midnighters) - John Henry Kendricks Afrika Bambaataa - Kevin Donovan Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) - Roger Keith Barrett Len Barry - Leonard Borrisoff Ol' Dirty Bastard (rap artist) - Russell Tyrone Jones Beck - Bek David Campbell Jeff Beck - Geoffery Arnold Beck Captain Beefheart - Don Van Vliet Harry Belafonte - Harold George Belafonte Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski Tony Bennett - Anthony Dominick Benedetto Brook Benton - Benjamin Franklin Pierre Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band) - Forrest Richard Betts Beyonce - Beyonce Giselle Knowles Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) - Eric Reed Boucher Bo Bice - Harold Elwin Bice, III Birdy - Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde Bjork - Bjork Gudmundsdottir Big Boi (Outkast) - Antwan André Patton Marc Bolan (T-Rex) - Marc Feld Michael Bolton - Michael Bolotin The Big Bopper - Jiles Perry Richardson Gary U.S. Bonds - Gary Anderson Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi Jr. Bono (U2) - Paul David Hewson Sonny Bono - Salvatore Philip Bono Pat Boone - Charles Eugene Boone Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) - Wesley Scott Borland David Bowie - David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones Big Bad Brad (Linkin Park) - Bradford Phillip Delson Michelle Branch - Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch-Landau Bobby Brown - Robert Barisford Brown Chris Brown - Christopher Maurice Brown Jackson Browne - Clyde Jackson Browne David Bryan (Bon Jovi) - David Bryan Rashbaum Buckethead - Brian Carroll Chris de Burgh - Christopher John de Burgh Davison C J. J. Cale - John W. Cale Randy California (Spirit) - Randy Craig Wolfe Freddy Cannon - Frederick Anthony Picariello Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) - Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr Irene Cara - Irene Escalera Tony Carey - Anthony Lawrence Carey Eric Carr (KISS) - Paul Charles Caravello Cat Power - Charlyn Marie Marshall 50 Cent - Curtis Jackson Ray Charles - Ray Charles Robinson Chubby Checker - Ernest Evans Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere Lou Christie - Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco Charlotte Church - Charlotte Maria Reed Eric Clapton - Eric Patrick Clapton Gene Clark (Byrds) - Harold Eugene Clark Kelly Clarkson - Kelly Brianne Clarkson Les Claypool (Primus) - Leslie Edward Claypool Patsy Cline - Virginia Patterson Hensley Clown (Slipknot) - Michael Shawn Crahan Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) - Kurt Donald Cobain Joe Cocker - John Robert Cocker Nat King Cole - Nathaniel Adams Coles Judy Collins - Judith Marjorie Collins Common - Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. Perry Como - Pierino Ronald Como Ry Cooder - Ryland Peter Cooder Sam Cooke - Sam Cook Al Kooper (Blood Sweat & Tears) - Alan Peter Kuperschmidt Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier Dave "Baby" Cortez - David Clowney Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus John Cougar - John Mellencamp Peter Criss (Kiss) - George Peter John Criscuola David Crosby - David Van Cortland Crosby Ice Cube - Oshea Jackson Kim Deal (Pixies) - Kimberly Ann Deal Jimmy Dean - Jimmy Dean John Decon (Queen) - John Richard Deacon Joey Dee - Joseph DiNicola Mos Def - Dante Terrell Smith John Denver - John Henry Deutschendorf Rick Derringer - Richard Zeh |
Livermorium is a new element in the periodic table named after a town in which US state? | Two Elements Named: Livermorium and Flerovium Two Elements Named: Livermorium and Flerovium By Jennifer Welsh | December 2, 2011 11:47am ET MORE Years after their discovery, the super-heavy elements 114 and 116 have finally been christened by their Russian and American discoverers. The elements have been named flerovium and livermoreium, also known as Fl and Lv. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Labs Chemistry's periodic table can now welcome livermorium and flerovium, two newly named elements, which were announced Thursday (Dec. 1) by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. The new names will undergo a five-month public comment period before the official paperwork gets processed and they show up on the table. Three other new elements just recently finished this process, filling in the 110, 111 and 112 spots. All five of these elements are so large and unstable they can be made only in the lab, and they fall apart into other elements very quickly. Not much is known about these elements, since they aren't stable enough to do experiments on and are not found in nature. They are called "super heavy," or Transuranium, elements. The newly named elements fit in the 114 and 116 spots, down in the lower-right corner of the periodic table, and were officially accepted to the periodic table back in June. They originally were synthesized more than 10 years ago, after which repeat experiments led to their confirmation. Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have also been synthesized at Russia's Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, located in Dubna, Russia (about two hours drive from Moscow), but their creation hasn't been confirmed by the International Union yet. Once they have been confirmed, they will also have to go through the naming and public-commenting periods. Both livermorium and flerovium were also synthesized at the same Russian lab, where Russian researchers were working with American researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Element 114, previously known as ununquadium, has been named flerovium (Fl), after the Russian institute's Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions founder, which similarly is named in honor of Georgiy Flerov (1913-1990), a Russian physicist. Flerov's work and his writings to Joseph Stalin led to the development of the USSR's atomic bomb project. The researchers got their first glimpse at flerovium after firing calcium ions at a plutonium target. Element 116, which was temporarily named ununhexium, almost ended up with the name moscovium in honor of the region (called an oblast, similar to a province or state) of Moscow, where the research labs are located. In the end, it seems the American researchers won out and the team settled on the name livermorium (Lv), after the national labs and the city of Livermore in which they are located. Livermorium was first observed in 2000, when the scientists created it by mashing together calcium and curium. "Proposing these names for the elements honors not only the individual contributions of scientists from these laboratories to the fields of nuclear science, heavy-element research, and super-heavy-element research, but also the phenomenal cooperation and collaboration that has occurred between scientists at these two locations," Bill Goldstein, associate director of Lawrence Livermore National Labs' Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, said in a statement. The names for the next batch of super-heavy atoms is still up for grabs, perhaps moscovium will make a comeback. You can follow LiveScience staff writer Jennifer Welsh on Twitter @ microbelover . Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter @livescience and on Facebook . Editor's Recommendations |
Michael Fallon is Secretary of State for which department? | The Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon MP - GOV.UK GOV.UK Secretary of State for Defence The Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon MP Contents Sir Michael Fallon was elected Conservative MP for Sevenoaks, Kent in 1997. Education Michael was educated at Epsom College and the University of St Andrews. Political career Michael was MP for Darlington from 1983 to 1992. He was a minister in the Department for Education and Science from 1990 to 1992. More recently he has held positions on the Treasury Select Committee and was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He was appointed Minister for Business and Enterprise in September 2012 and Minister of State for Energy in March 2013. In 2014 he also became Minister for Portsmouth. He was appointed Defence Secretary on 15 July 2014. Career outside politics Michael is a former director of Bannatyne Fitness Ltd (fitness clubs), Quality Care Homes plc (nursing homes), Just Learning Ltd (nurseries), Attendo AB (Scandinavian social and health care) and Tullett Prebon plc (inter-dealing broking). Personal life Michael is married and has 2 children. Secretary of State for Defence The Secretary of State for Defence has overall responsibility for the business of the department including: strategic operations and operational strategy, including membership of the National Security Council defence planning, programme and resource allocation strategic international partnerships: US , France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, NATO nuclear operations, policy and organisations strategic communications |
If you were born on St David's day, what would your star sign be? | The Real Horoscope Dates - Get Your Accurate Star Sign Information! Discover the Real Horoscope Dates Find out your real Star Sign and why most magazines get it wrong! To start, here's a quick lesson on how your Star Sign is actually determined. As you learn in School, the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun, and your Star Sign is where the Earth and Sun are when you are born. It's bit confusing to explain in words, so the following image shows where the Sun and the Inner Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) were on January 3rd, 1980. If you look at the picture below, you will see blue lines radiating from Earth, dividing the space around it into 12 equal segments. Each segment is ruled by a Zodiac sign. The yellow circle represents the Sun, and on this date it is in the space designated for Capricorn... so if your birthday was January 3rd, 1989 your Star Sign would be Capricorn. A person's Star Sign is the Zodiac Sign containing the Sun on the day they were born. To understand how the Horoscope Dates change, let's fast forward five months to June 3, 1980. In the following picture, all the planets have continued on their orbit around the Sun, and now, because Earth has moved, the 12 Zodiac segements (the blue lines) have moved as well - and the Sun is in the segment ruled by Gemini. If you were born on this day, your Star Sign would be Gemini. When I was learning Astrology, this illustration really helped me understand what a Star Sign means. Now, there's one important caveat. If you were born when the Sun was in the middle of a Zodiac's sector, where and when you are born doesn't really matter in terms of your Star Sign. But if your Birthday is close to the day the Sun moves from one sign to another, it does... What is a cusp, and why does it matter? The days around the moment the Sun moves from one Zodiac sign to another are called the cusp, and people born at the cusp of two Star Signs generally have attributes from both signs. This is where most Magazines and News Papers get Horoscopes wrong. If you are born near the cusp, to get your exact Star sign you need to plug in the time and location of your birth into an Ephemeris . This is because time zones, your location and many other factors will determine what sign the Sun was actually in. But remember, like I mentioned before (and this belief is not just my opinion, it's shared by many published astrologers dating back hundreds of years), if you are born on the day the Sun moves from one sign to another, you should consider yourself of two Star signs. My Star Sign calculator below will let you know if you are at a cusp, or if you have one whole sign. Evidence On the rest of this page I'll show some of the discrepancies in various Horoscope Date tables, and provide evidence to support my hypothesis that the only way to really know what star sign you are is to calculate it. If you just want to know what Star Sign you are, you might want to just use the calculator above... but if you're curious to learn more, keep reading! The following image is my favorite example that shows the sky split into 30 degree arcs, radiating from earth. It's from a book by Comte C. de Saint-Germain published in 1901 called Practical Astrology: A Simple Method of Casting Horoscopes. It shows an ancient tool, with the planets in each Zodiac sign radiating from Earth in 30 degree arcs. Each 30 degree arc is split into 3 Decans (or Decanates). These are same degrees used in my Calculator (although I have rotated mine by 180 degrees). Instead of using an antique tool to determine where the planets are relative to Earth, I use the VSOP87 planetary theory by Bretagnon and Francou. It's too complicated to get into here, but if you would like to learn more this Wikipedia page is a good place to start. Of course, we now know that the planets do not orbit Earth, but this is reason why the different Zodiac signs are Geocentric (based on Earth's position). Inconsistencies with the Horoscope Dates Now that we know how one's sign is calculated, the impossibility of a perfectly accurate table of d |
Camulodunum was the roman name for which town? | BBC - History - Ancient History in depth: Roman Colchester: Britain's First City Print this page Pre-Roman Colchester It is very difficult to represent pre-Roman Colchester, because the site was so nebulous. The best physical indications of it are the Gosbecks dykes, of which the most impressive is Grym's Dyke; but even these just look like big, overgrown ditches. There are some nice burial goods from the Lexden Tumulus (itself less than impressive), and it is possible to see the outline of Cunobelin's farmstead in crop marks. ...after a botched attempt in 55...Caesar returned to finish the job in 54 BC. Colchester was called Camulodunum, which is a Romanisation of its Iron-Age name: the Fortress (-dunum) of Camulos, God of War. The original site of the Iron-Age settlement was some 3 miles south-west of the current city at Gosbecks. There, a sprawling Iron-Age farmstead was established, covering a roughly triangular area of approximately 10 miles which was surrounded by rivers on two sides and a complicated system of dykes on its open western end. It is these dykes which are the only real vestiges of the settlement today, forming great,sunken lanes in the flat Essex countryside. The Trinovantes and Catuvellauni Camulodunum was a hugely important site in pre-Roman times. It was most likely the royal stronghold of the Trinovantes, on whose behalf Julius Caesar invaded in 55 and 54 BC. At this time, the Catuvellauni under their king Cassivellaunus were spreading their authority as southern Britain's largest tribe across the south-eastern counties. It seems that Cassivellaunus invaded Trinovantian territory and murdered its king, whose son, Mandubracius, fled to Caesar for help. This gave Caesar the excuse he was looking for to invade, and after a botched attempt in 55 (which even his own propaganda cannot quite disguise), Caesar returned to finish the job in 54 BC. He chased Cassivellaunus back to his stronghold, which he stormed from two sides, forcing Cassivellaunus to flee and come to terms. A modern day Celtic couple © It is a moot point where this encampment was. Our best guess is Wheathamstead, Herts, but it is possible (though I do not think probable) that Cassivellaunus had transferred his capital to Camulodunum. Part of the problem is one of dating, since we do not know when Camulodunum came into Catuvellaunian hands. Our best dating criteria are by coins, but the earliest coins in the area are for the Catuvellaunian king, Tasciovanus, who ruled c.25-15 BC. By c.AD 10, Cunobelin the nephew of Cassivellaunus, had taken over the area and his coinage reflects this. The last Trinovantian king was called Addedomaros. It is possible that his remains are buried in the Lexden Tumulus, close to Gosbecks. The king who was buried here had been ritually burned along with his goods, which were a mixture of Celtic and Roman ornaments. Among them were the fragments of a small casket, within which was a medallion bearing the head of the Emperor Augustus. Top The Claudian invasion A gravestone commemorating a centurion of the 20th Legion, dating from before AD 60. © When Claudius became Roman emperor in AD 41, he understood that in order to survive he needed a triumph. He used the appeal of the British chieftain, Verica, as his excuse for action. Verica was a king of the Atrebates who had been driven out by Cunobelin's successor, Caratacus. The Roman legions under Aulus Plautius landed at Richborough, surprised the British army at the River Medway and pushed Caratacus back to his stronghold at Camulodunum (Colchester). Camulodunum was of immense strategic importance... There, Plautius waited for the Emperor Claudius to arrive from Rome, bringing additional troops including a force of elephants with him. Claudius himself led the final storming of the Catuvellauni stronghold, which went very like Caesar's earlier assault. Caratacus and his followers escaped in their chariots from the back of the fort and went on the run. He was eventually betrayed by Queen Cartimandua of the Brigantes and handed over to Rome, to be para |
In the 'Batman' stories, which character was played by Pat Hindle on screen, and by Neil Hamilton on ty? | Pat Hingle: 'Gunsmoke' & 'Batman' Actor Dies Pat Hingle: 'Gunsmoke' & 'Batman' Actor Dies By Andre Soares Pat Hingle: 'Gunsmoke,' 'Batman' actor dead at 84 (image: Pat Hingle and Anjelica Huston in 'The Grifters') Pat Hingle, best remembered for his recurring role as police commissioner Gordon in the Batman movies of the late 20th century, died January 3, 2009, at his home in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. The cause of death was myelodysplasia, a blood disorder. He was 84. During the course of more than five decades, Pat Hingle appeared on Broadway, in movies, and on television. Among his most notable film roles are those of a cadet in the 1957 movie adaptation of Calder Willingham's gay-themed drama The Strange One, directed by Jack Garfein and starring Ben Gazzara ; Warren Beatty 's father in Elia Kazan 's Splendor in the Grass (1961); and a sadistic gangster in Stephen Frears' The Grifters (1990), opposite Anjelica Huston . As commissioner James Gordon, Pat Hingle was featured in Tim Burton 's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), both starring Michael Keaton in the title role; Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever (1995), starring Val Kilmer ; and Schumacher's Batman & Robin (1997), with George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell in the title roles. Commissioner Gordon was played by veteran Neil Hamilton in the 1960s television series starring Adam West, and by Gary Oldman in Christopher Nolan 's Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). Among Pat Hingle's other big-screen credits are The Ugly American (1963), starring Marlon Brando ; Bloody Mama (1970), with Shelley Winters ; Norma Rae (1979), with Oscar winner Sally Field ; Sudden Impact (1983), with Clint Eastwood ; The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), with Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn ; The Quick and the Dead (1995), a box office bomb starring Sharon Stone ; and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), with Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen. Pat Hingle on television On television, Pat Hingle played Dr. Chapman in several Gunsmoke episodes in the early '70s, and guest-starred in dozens of TV series, among them Dr. Kildare, Gentle Ben, and The Rookies. Also of note, he incarnated J. Edgar Hoover in Frank Pierson's 1992 HBO drama Citizen Cohn, featuring James Woods in the title role. All in all, Hingle was seen in more than 130 television productions. Pat Hingle, Anjelica Huston The Grifters photo: Miramax Films. If you liked the article Pat Hingle: 'Gunsmoke' & 'Batman' Actor Dies, please recommend it to your friends. See floating share buttons on the left. Pat Hingle: 'Gunsmoke' & 'Batman' Actor Dies © 2004–2016 Alt Film Guide and/or author(s). Text NOT to be reproduced without prior written consent. Leave a comment about 'Pat Hingle: 'Gunsmoke' & 'Batman' Actor Dies' Important: It's perfectly fine to disagree with our own and/or other commenters' views and opinions, but thoughtfulness and at least a modicum of sanity are imperative. In other words: Spammy, rude/abusive, bigoted, baseless (spreading misinformation), trollish/inflammatory, and/or just plain demented comments will be zapped and offenders may be banned. Additionally, bear in mind that a) harassment will not be tolerated b) links found in comments will generally be deleted. Most recent comments listed on top. |
Which Cabinet post has been held by Stephen Byers, Peter Mandelson and Margaret Becket in recent years? | Peter Mandelson : definition of Peter Mandelson and synonyms of Peter Mandelson (English) St Catherine's College, Oxford Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician , who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004 , served in a number of Cabinet positions under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown , and was a European Commissioner . He was a key architect in the rebranding of the Labour Party as " New Labour " and its subsequent landslide victory in the 1997 general election . [1] He twice resigned from Tony Blair's government while holding Cabinet positions. After his second resignation, he served as the European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008. He rejoined the government when he was made a life peer by the Queen and took his seat in the House of Lords on 13 October 2008. [2] Contents 7 External links Early life Peter Mandelson was born in London in 1953, the son of Mary Joyce (née Morrison) and George Norman Mandelson. [3] His father's family was Jewish, and his father was the advertising manager at The Jewish Chronicle . On his mother's side, he is the grandson of Margaret (Kent) and Herbert Morrison , the London County Council leader and Labour cabinet minister. [4] He was educated at Hendon County Grammar School 1965–72. [5] In 1966 he appeared on stage with the local amateur theatre group, the Hampstead Garden Suburb Dramatic Society as the eponymous lead in The Winslow Boy . He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Catherine's College, Oxford (1973–1976) and in the late 1970s, became Chair of the British Youth Council . As Chair of the BYC, he was a delegate in 1978 to the Soviet -organised World Festival of Youth and Students in Havana , Cuba, where with several future Labour cabinet colleagues, he with Hilary Barnard, future IUSY President, and Trevor Phillips successfully frustrated agreement on a distorted Soviet text on youth in the capitalist countries. [6] [7] In his teenage years, he was also a member of the Young Communist League . [8] but was a member of the Oxford University Labour Club delegation to the December 1975 NOLS Conference when the entryist Trotskyist Militant tendency lost control of NOLS. He was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in September 1979, but retired in 1982, disillusioned with the state of Labour politics. [9] Media and public relations career He worked as a television producer at London Weekend Television on Weekend World before Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock appointed him as Director of Communications in 1985, with a view to his overseeing Labour's campaign for the next general election , which was ultimately held in June 1987 and ended in a third successive win for Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, [10] although the Conservative majority was slightly reduced as Labour gained 20 seats. [11] Mandelson was able to secure close friendships within the Labour Party because of uncle Alexander Butler, who had worked alongside many important Labour politicians during the 1960s. In this role he was one of the first people in Britain to whom the term " spin doctor " was applied; he was thus called 'the Prince of Darkness ' [12] [13] and, after his ennoblement , 'the Dark Lord', nicknames he apparently enjoys having. [14] In 1986, Mandelson ran the campaign at the Fulham by-election in which Labour defeated the Conservative Party. [15] He then managed the Labour Party's 1987 general election campaign. He is author (with Roger Liddle ) of The Blair Revolution (1996). More recently, he contributed to the book The City in Europe and the World (2005). Mandelson has been given the nickname "Mandy" in the popular media. [16] Political career He ceased being a Labour Party official in 1990 when he was selected as Labour candidate for the safe seat of Hartlepool . He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election . [17] Shadow cabinet Mandelson made several speeches outlining his strong support for the European Union . He was close to two Shadow Cabinet members |
Of the six 'Noble' or inert gases, which features first in an alphabetical list? | Noble Gases - body, used, Earth, life, chemical, form, energy, reaction, oxygen Noble Gases Noble gases Photo by: photo-dave The noble gases are the six elements that make up Group 18 of the periodic table: helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), and radon (Rn). At one time, this family of elements was also known as the rare gases. Their present name comes from the fact that the six gases are highly unreactive; they appear almost "noble"—above interacting with other members of the periodic table. This lack of reactivity has also led to a second name by which they are sometimes known—the inert gases. (Inert means inactive.) Abundance and production As their former name suggests, the noble gases are rather uncommon on Earth. Collectively, they make up about 1 percent of Earth's atmosphere. Most of the noble gases have been detected in small amounts in minerals found in Earth's crust and in meteorites. They are thought to have been released into the atmosphere long ago as by-products of the decay of radioactive elements in Earth's crust. (Radioactivity is the property that some elements have of spontaneously giving off energy in the form of particles or waves when their nuclei disintegrate.) Of all the rare gases, argon is present in the greatest amount. It makes up about 0.9 percent by volume of Earth's atmosphere. The other noble gases are present in such small amounts that it is usually more convenient to express their concentrations in terms of parts per million (ppm). The concentrations of neon, helium, krypton, and xenon are, respectively, 18 ppm, 5 ppm, 1 ppm, and 0.09 ppm. For example, there are only 5 liters of helium in every million liters of air. By contrast, helium is much more abundant in the Sun, stars, and outer space. In fact, next to hydrogen, helium is the most abundant element in the universe. About 23 percent of all atoms found in the universe are helium atoms. Radon is present in the atmosphere in only trace amounts. However, higher levels of radon have been measured in homes around the United States. Radon can be released from soils containing high concentrations of uranium, and they can be trapped in homes that have been weather sealed to make heating and cooling systems more efficient. Radon testing Lead canisters used to store xenon for medical diagnostic purposes. (Reproduced by permission of Photo Researchers, Inc. ) kits are commercially available for testing the radon content of household air. Most of the rare gases are obtained commercially from liquid air. As the temperature of liquid air is raised, the rare gases boil off from the mixture at specific temperatures and can be separated and purified. Although present in air, helium is obtained commercially from natural gas wells where it occurs in concentrations of between 1 and 7 percent of the natural gas. Most of the world's helium supplies come from wells located in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Radon is isolated as a product of the radioactive decay of radium compounds. Properties The noble gases are all colorless, odorless, and tasteless. They exist as monatomic gases, which means that their molecules consist of a single atom apiece. The boiling points of the noble gases increase in moving down the periodic table. Helium has the lowest boiling point of any element. It boils at 4.215 K (−268.93°C). It has no melting point because it cannot be frozen at any temperature. The most important chemical property of the noble gases is their lack of reactivity. Helium, neon, and argon do not combine with any other elements to form compounds. It has been only in the last few decades that compounds of the other rare gases have been prepared. In 1962 English chemist Neil Bartlett (1932–) succeeded in preparing the first compound of a noble gas, a compound of |
What name describes the group of chemical elements that includes Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine and Fluorine? | What are the Halogens in the Periodic Table? - Quora Quora Daniel James Berger , PhD in organic chemistry The elements in Group 17 of the periodic table ( The Old fashioned name for Group 17 is Group VII ) are known collectively as The Halogens. They are the elements Fluorine, ( atomic number 9 ), Chlorine, ( atomic number 17 ), Bromine ( atomic number 35 ), Iodine ( atomic number 53 ), Astatine ( atomic number 85 ), and a newly discovered element not yet given a name, that has an atomic number of 117, ( Discovered in 2010). However both Astatine and Element No. 117 are too radioactive to be made in quantities that can be weighed. They are man made elements that have very short half lives; so decay into other elements before one has the chance to make any of their compounds. So in most laboratories Halogen chemistry is essentially about the study of Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine & Iodine. The word Halogen was coined in 1842 by the Swedish Chemist Berzelius ( 1779 - 1848 ). It is a made up Swedish word which literally means "Salt producer" in Swedish. A name in keeping with the reactive nature of these elements. Lots of Halogen salts are known. Eg. Sodium chloride. Potassium fluoride. Sodium Bromide. These elements are all members of the same group, because all of their atoms have the same number of electrons in their outermost shell or orbit. Group 17 elements all have 7 electrons in their outermost orbit. The Periodic Table highlighting Group 17. Fluorine As mentioned previously fluorine has an atomic number of 9. This means that an atom of fluorine will have in addition to 9 protons in the nucleus of its atom, it will have a total of 9 electrons orbiting its nucleus. An individual proton always has a charge of +1 and an individual electron always has a charge of -1. We have 9 protons in an atom of fluorine each having a charge of +1, plus 9 electrons in that same atom orbiting the nucleus of that atom. ( +1 X 9 ) + (-1 X 9 ) = 0. So the atom is electrically neutral. This is true for all neutral atoms of fluorine. The 9 electrons are arranged in 2 shells or orbit. 2 of the 9 electrons orbit in the 1st shell or orbit. The remaining 7 electrons orbit in a larger shell. The 7 electrons in the outermost orbit of all Halogens are the electrons that participate in chemical reactions. During chemical reactions the number of electrons in the outermost orbit can go up or down. Up to a max of 8, and down to 0 ( in theory ). Compare with Na+1 or with Li+1 Written Feb 7, 2016 The halogens are the family of chemical elements that includes fluorine (atomic symbol F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), and astatine (At). The halogens make up Group VIIA of the Periodic Table of the elements. Elemental halogens are diatomic molecules. However, due to their high reactivity, the halogens are never found in nature in native form. The family name means "salt-forming," from the Greek for salt, "hals", and for generating "genes". The salinity of the oceans on Earth is due in large part to such halogen salts (halides) as sodium chloride (NaCl) and potassium iodide (KI). Halogens display physical and chemical properties typical of nonmetals. They have relatively low melting and boiling points that increase steadily down the group. Near room temperature, the halogens span all of the physical states: Fluorine and chlorine are gases, bromine is a liquid, and iodine is a solid. All of the elements are colored, with the color becoming more intense moving down the group. Fluorine gas is pale yellow, and chlorine gas is a yellowish green. Liquid bromine and its vapors are brownish red. Solid iodine appears as shiny, dark gray crystals, and the vapors are a deep purple. The halogens are poor thermal and electrical conductors in all phases, and as solids they are brittle and crumbly. The halogens have distinctive, unpleasant odors, will burn exposed flesh, and are toxic. The neutral atoms of the halogens possess seven outer electrons. An additional electron can be added to halogen atoms to form singly charged negative ions. These ions |
"In 1961, who became the first London club to complete football's League and Cup ""double""?" | KryssTal : History of Arsenal [European Finals] [Other Records and Statistics] Arsenal History Arsenal began as a works team for the Woolwich Armaments. They were founded in 1886 as Dial Square. The name soon became Woolwich Arsenal and they played their first match at Plumstead Common. They soon joined the old Second Division playing regularly against professional clubs. The problem with South London was that it was difficult to get to; attendances were therefore low. After short spell in the First Division their lack of attendances (and consequent lack of money) meant that they had mediocre players. By 1913 they were back struggling in the Second Division. There would be three turning points in the history of the club that would transform them into one of the most famous in the world. The first turning point was the move to North London. The club chairman wanted to merge Woolwich Arsenal with Fulham but that plan fell through. So a ground was found near a theological college in Highbury not far from Gillespie Road Underground station on the Piccadilly Line . Access was good from all parts of London, and the area was residential thus supplying supporters. Tottenham Hotspur, four miles away, objected to the move but were over-ruled; the South London club maintaining that there was enough potential support for both clubs. In 1915 the move was completed and the club dropped the Woolwich from its name to become Arsenal. However, it was still an average Second Level team. In 1919 Arsenal won election to the First Division when it was expanded to 22 clubs. This was the second turning point in Arsenal's history. Since this election was at the expense of neighbours Tottenham, this set the enmity between the two clubs that lasts to this day. The 1920s saw Arsenal as an average First Division club usually finishing in the middle of the table. The third turning point in Arsenal's history occurred when Herbert Chapman was appointed manager. He had made Huddersfield Town the dominant team in the 20s. Highbury was the platform he needed to try out his new ideas. He took Arsenal to 2nd in the First Division in 1926 and to the FA Cup Final in 1927. They lost 0 - 1 to Cardiff City (the only time that the FA Cup has gone out of England). This was still the best that Arsenal had done so far in their history. It was during the 1930s that Arsenal became a football force. Chapman built a new stadium complete with marble halls, set up under-soil heating so that matches could be played in all weathers, set up the best medical facilities in the country to treat players, and began youth schemes to train young players. His proposals to number shirts and have floodlights were rejected by the football authorities. His innovations showed he was a man ahead of his time. Tactically, Chapman was astute enough to attack the weaknesses of other teams while playing to Arsenal's strengths. Outside of football, Chapman, had the tube station's name changed to Arsenal. Chapman made Arsenal the most successful and richest club in the country. Everybody wanted to beat them. In 1930 Arsenal won their first trophy, the FA Cup, beating Chapman's old club, Huddersfield Town, 2 - 0. In 1931, Arsenal became the first London club to win the First Division Championship. They set up a new points total which was not bettered for 30 years. In 1932, Arsenal almost became the first club this Century to win both the FA Cup and the League. They finished 2nd in both, losing the FA Cup Final 1 - 2 to Newcastle United. In 1933, 1934, 1935 Arsenal were Champions, one of only three clubs to win three consecutive Championships. They had their upsets however: in 1933 they lost a cup game to Walsall of the old Third Division, a team that cost less than Arsenal's boots. Chapman died during this period, but he is considered to have been the first modern football manager. In 1934, England played an international game with seven Arsenal players, still a record. 1936 saw a second FA Cup win (1 - 0 against Sheffield United). During that season, Ted Drake set a record by scoring |
In 1973, which club became the first Second Division side to win the FA Cup since the war? | 1973 FA Cup Run 1973 fa cup run Introduction "I should pack it all in. there'll never be another moment like it". All of Wearside agreed with the above sentiments of Bob Stokoe as Sunderland took on the best teams England had to offer and deservedly beat them all to lift the FA Cup. After 36 long years the most prestigious domestic knockout club trophy in football travelled to Roker Park. To place the triumph into perspective it is apt to return to the beginning and the arrival of a man who would be hailed as "the Messiah". Bob Stokoe swept into Roker Park as a man on a mission. After managerial spells at Charlton Athletic, Rochdale, Bury, Carlisle United and Blackpool, whom incidentally he had led to victory in the Anglo Italian tournament, the ex Magpie succumbed to initial defeat at the hands of Burnley. Sunderland then embarked on a run of 32 games, with only 5 defeats, culminating in a day that Wearside will never forget. Not bad for a side that started in the doldrums, defeated by Stoke in the first League cup hurdle, and searching for only its 5th win in 18 league attempts, on his arrival. From 4rth bottom they would end the season 6th, although at first an outbreak of flu threatened to scupper the season altogether. It is also pertinent to note that on Stokoe's arrival Sunderland hadn’t bought a player for over 2 years. __________________________ Notts County 1 v 1 Sunderland 13 January 1973, Meadow Lane, Nottingham Attendance – 15,142 In the run up to the 3rd round game Sunderland made a double signing in the shape of Ron Guthrie and David Young however both were ineligible for the Meadow Lane encounter. Bobby Kerr was struggling to be fit with a troublesome back and Denis Tueart had to have 2 stitches inserted in an eye wound sustained in the league match the previous Saturday. Joe Bolton spent 3 days with the England Youth squad but made the trip to Nottingham. Ironically Sunderland met Notts County midweek prior to the game in a North Midlands League encounter. At Meadow Lane Sunderland suffered a first half pounding and were lucky to be just 1 goal down at the interval. Les Bradd scored for Notts County after 29 minutes and County held the lead for 50 minutes. Montgomery made a fine save - a crucial one, Bobby Kerr said later, and then Watson headed in a cross from Tueart after 79 minutes play, having out jumped Needham to score a magnificent goal. Billy Elliott had restored Watson to his old place of centre back, but twenty minutes from the end at Meadow Lane, Bob Stokoe switched him to the attack. Sunderland were backed by upwards of 2,000 fans in Nottingham with a fleet of 40 coaches taking supporters from the North East. After the game bob Stokoe announced, amongst other things, that Derek Forster, Ritchie Pitt, Brian Chambers, Keith Coleman and John Lathan were available for transfer. Notts County: Brown, Brindley, Worthington, Masson, Needham, Stubbs, Nixon, Randall, Bradd, Mann, Carter Sunderland: Montgomery, Malone, Bolton, Horswill, Watson, Tones, Kerr, Ashurst (McGiven), Hughes Porterfield, Tueart __________________________ FA Cup Round 3 – replay Sunderland 2 v 0 Notts County 16 January 1973, Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance – 30,033 Receipts - £13,280 Ron Guthrie and David Young took over from youngsters Joe Bolton and John Tones as a fast and furious cup tie saw Sunderland prevail at Roker Park. However similar to the Meadow Lane encounter Notts County were at their best in the first half primarily through the use of a man for man marking system and a twin attack of Randall and Bradd that caused the home side substantial problems on the night. In the 54rth minute Sunderland had the lead. Porterfield won the ball in midfield and pushed it through to Kerr who allowed the ball to run onto Watson. Watson took on the defence raced to the edge of the penalty area and slammed a right foot shot across Brown inside the far post. The game was still on a knife edge but the matter was sealed just seconds from time when Kerr played the ball through |
Avianca is the national airline of which South American country? | Avianca - SeatLink Avianca About Avianca image credit: Juergen Lehle Avianca is the national airline of Columbia, the world's second oldest airline behind KLM. Avianca offers 122 routes with both domestic and international flights available, with a fleet of 163 planes. Most of Avianca's destinations lie within South American and Latin America, though the airline operates a decent number of full-service flights to destinations in the Southern United States as well as Europe. Avianca is a member of the Star Alliance, maintains partnerships with airlines such as United, Lufthansa, Aeromexico, and Iberia, and manages several subsidiary airlines offering regional service to South American destinations. Find a Seat Inflight Review: Alaska Airlines New Premium Class (Premium Economy) Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the links that appear on the website are from websites from which Seatlink.com receives compensation. However, this compensation does not impact how and where products appear on this site. Please view our advertising policy page for additional details. © 2012-2017 SeatLink.com, All Rights Reserved Sign up for your free Seatlink account! Here's why it's totally worth it: top monthly points earners win airline miles, gift cards, and swag personalize your seat maps according to your preferences follow reviewers you like to get their take on the best seats stay on top of the latest seat products with our blog One-click sign up: Feeling antisocial? Go with old-school email sign up: Username: [this will show up next to all your reviews] Email: Forgot your password? We can fix that! Enter your email address below receive a password reset link: Email address: Not a member? Register here × close × Rate your Avianca seats, enter to win free miles! Share your review of Avianca and help make flying better for travelers like you. As a bonus, we're giving away 10,000 miles to one lucky seat reviewer every month in 2017, so get your reviews in and be automatically entered to win! Overall rating of your Avianca seat: Add a Title for your review Row (optional, required for giveaway) Submit your review No purchase necessary. Alternative method of entry: enter a valid email address at www.seatlink.com/sweepstakes/ Open to legal residents of the U.S., age 21 or older. Void where prohibited. Sweepstakes ends at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on 12/31/17. Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. For full official rules, visit seatlink.com/corporate/sweepstakes-official-rules/. Main Sponsor: Datalytical Media, LLC. × Sweet, your review has posted! Thanks for reviewing your Avianca seat. Your review will show up on Seatlink shortly and will help thousands of other travelers find a better seat for their flight. Tell your friends! Trust us when we say they'll thank you for helping them avoid paying $40 for that "premium exit row" seat with no legroom because the emergency exit slide is in the way... ‹ › × |
Norwich South is the Parliamentary constituency of which government minister? | norwich south uk parliament constituency : definition of norwich south uk parliament constituency and synonyms of norwich south uk parliament constituency (English) 7 Notes and references Boundaries The constituency is one of two covering the city of Norwich . Prior to the 2010 election, it included the Norwich City wards of Bowthorpe, Crome (part) Eaton, Lakenham, Nelson, Mancroft, Thorpe Hamlet (part), Town Close, University and Wensum. In addition the South Norfolk district wards of New Costessey and Cringleford (part) are within the constituency. Boundaries changed at the 2010 General Election (see below). Boundary review Following their review of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk that concluded in 2004, the Boundary Commission for England created a slightly modified Norwich South constituency. The changes took effect at the 2010 General Election. Changes were necessary in order to re-align the constituency boundaries with the new local government ward boundaries introduced in South Norfolk and Norwich in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Norfolk was also granted an additional, ninth seat, by the Boundary Commission. The part of the Crome ward around Morse Road will move to Norwich North , while the area around Mousehold Street in Thorpe Hamlet will move in to Norwich South. Additionally, the villages of Cringleford and Colney will move to the South Norfolk constituency. The composition of the new Norwich South will be: The following wards from the city of Norwich: Bowthorpe, Eaton, Lakenham, Nelson, Mancroft, Thorpe Hamlet, Town Close, University and Wensum. And the New Costessey ward from the district of South Norfolk. History The Labour MP for this seat from 1997 to 2010 was Charles Clarke who served in cabinet for five years from 2001 to 2006, first as Minister without Portfolio , then as Secretary of State for Education and Skills and latterly as Home Secretary . Norwich South was by far Labour's safest seat in Norfolk throughout the Thatcher years and up until 2005. Although it was lost to the Conservatives in 1983, it was regained by Labour in 1987 and was the only Labour seat in Norfolk until 1997. In 2005 the Labour majority was cut by over 5000 leaving Norwich North as the safest Labour seat in the county. The seat was considered a true three way marginal in the 2010 election between the incumbent Labour party the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. The seat was also targeted by the Green Party. The seat was won with the lowest percentage share of the vote in a constituency in the 2010 election. The loss was considered to be an embarrassment for the Labour Party as it was the seat of a former Home Secretary. Members of Parliament |
The fifth 'Harry Potter' book is due for publication on June 21st. What is it called? | JK Rowling announces seventh Harry Potter title - Wikinews, the free news source JK Rowling announces seventh Harry Potter title From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! Jump to: navigation , search Thursday, December 21, 2006 British author J.K. Rowling has revealed the title of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series in an online game on her official website. Contenders would click on items to reveal a chamber, then they would use the clues given and guess the title. After fans played a game they were rewarded with the title of the book which is to be called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . She also revealed that Harry had been taking place in her dreams and she was returning to writing in cafes, as she did 13 years ago. "One character got a reprieve but I have to say that two die that I didn't intend to die," Rowling, 41, said June 27 on Richard & Judy , a television show run in the U.K. The book is first published in the U.K. by London-based Bloomsbury and then sent to the U.S. by Scholastic Corp . "I'm writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more," Rowling wrote on her website. "I don't think anyone who has not been in a similar situation can possibly know how this feels: I am alternately elated and overwrought. I both want, and don't want, to finish this book (don't worry, I will)." The film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , the fifth book in the series published June 21, 2003, is still in production and will be released in July 2007. Rowling was inspired to write after her mother died from multiple sclerosis in 1990 and after a marriage breakdown. She started writing in Edinburgh cafés. Whenever her daughter Jessica fell asleep she would put her in a carriage beside her and stroll her to the closest café. 300 million books worldwide have been sold and the series has been translated into 47 languages. No publication date has been set. Sources |
"In heraldry, if an animal is depicted as ""passant"", what is it doing?" | A Complete Guide to Heraldry/Chapter 12 - Wikisource, the free online library A Complete Guide to Heraldry/Chapter 12 From Wikisource CHAPTER XII BEASTS Next after the lion should be considered the tiger, but it must be distinctly borne in mind that heraldry knows two kinds of tigers—the heraldic tiger (Figs. 322 and 323) and the Bengal tiger (Figs. 324 and 325). Doubtless the heraldic tiger, which was the only one found in British armory until a comparatively recent date, is the attempt of artists to depict their idea of a tiger. The animal was unknown to them, except by repute, and consequently the creature they depicted bears little relation to the animal of real life; but there can be no doubt that their intention was to depict an animal which they knew to exist. The heraldic tiger had a body much like the natural tiger, it had a lion's tufted tail and mane, and the curious head which it is so difficult to describe, but which appears to be more like the wolf than any other animal we know. This, however, will be again dealt with in the chapter on fictitious animals, and is here only introduced to demonstrate the difference which heraldry makes between the heraldic tiger and the real animal. A curious conceit is that the heraldic tiger will anciently be often found spelt "tyger," but this peculiar spelling does not seem ever to have been applied to the tiger of nature. Fig. 322.—Heraldic tyger rampant. Fig. 323.—Heraldic tyger passant. Fig. 324.—Bengal tiger passant. Fig. 325.—Bengal tiger rampant. [ 192 ] When it became desirable to introduce the real tiger into British armory as typical of India and our Eastern Empire, something of course was necessary to distinguish it from the tyger which had previously usurped the name in armory, and for this reason the natural tiger is always heraldically known as the Bengal tiger. This armorial variety appears towards the end of the eighteenth century in this country, though in foreign heraldry it appears to have been recognised somewhat earlier. There are, however, but few cases in which the Bengal tiger has appeared in armory, and in the majority of these cases as a supporter, as in the supporters of Outram, which are two tigers rampant guardant gorged with wreaths of laurel and crowned with Eastern crowns all proper. Another instance of the tiger as a supporter will be found in the arms of Bombay. An instance in which it appears as a charge upon a shield will be found in the arms granted to the University of Madras. Fig. 326.—Leopard passant. Fig. 327.—Leopard passant guardant. Fig. 328.—Leopard rampant. Another coat is that granted in 1874 to Augustus Beaty Bradbury of Edinburgh, which was: "Argent, on a mount in base vert, a Bengal tiger passant proper, on a chief of the second two other tigers dormant also proper." A tigress is said to be occasionally met with, and when so, is sometimes represented with a mirror, in relation to the legend that ascribes to her such personal vanity that her young ones might be taken from under her charge if she had the counter attraction of a hand-glass! At least so say the heraldry books, but I have not yet come across such a case. The leopard (Figs. 326, 327, and 328) has to a certain extent been referred to already. Doubtless it is the peculiar cat-like and stealthy walk which is so characteristic of the leopard which led to any animal in that position being considered a leopard; but the leopard in its natural state was of course known to Europeans in the early days of heraldry, and appears amongst the lists of heraldic animals apart from its existence as "a lion passant." The animal, [ 193 ] however, except as a supporter or crest, is by no means common in English heraldry. It will be found, however, in the crests of some number of families; for example, Taylor and Potts. Fig. 329.—Leopard's head erased. Fig. 330.—Leopard's head erased and affronté. Fig. 331.—Leopard's face. Fig. 332.—Leopard's face jessant-de-lis. A very similar animal is the ounce, which for heraldic purposes is in no way altered from the leopard. Parts of the latter w |
"Who once caused outrage by telling British students in China, ""if you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty- eyed""?" | China'Watch'Canada: Queen describes Chinese and their diplomats as 'very rude' China'Watch'Canada Keeping an eye on Communist, Totalitarian China, and its influence both globally, and we as Canadians. I have come to the opinion that we are rarely privy to truth regarding the real goal, the agenda of Red China, and it's implications for Canada [and North America as a whole]. No more can we rely on our media as more and more information on China is actively being swept under the carpet - not for consumption. Saturday, June 11, 2016 Queen describes Chinese and their diplomats as 'very rude' 'Prickly' Chinese censor news of Queen's garden party slip: Paranoid politicians impose media blackout after Her Majesty describes their diplomats as 'very rude' The Queen spoke about President Xi Jinping and his wife's visit last year She said they were 'very rude' to the ambassador in the conversation Her comments came as she spoke to Met Police Commander Lucy D'Orsi Ms D'Orsi said she ran Chinese visit and Queen replied: 'Oh, bad luck' China's censors 'black out' BBC World report on diplomatic incident By REBECCA ENGLISH FOR THE DAILY MAIL and MARTIN ROBINSON, UK CHIEF REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 22:39 GMT, 10 May 2016 Chinese censors have imposed a media blackout on a film showing the Queen branding President Xi Jinping's officials 'very rude' Her majesty made the unguarded comments about last year's politically sensitive state visit of President Xi Jinping in October, calling his team's behaviour 'extraordinary'. BBC World News has said its channel has been blocked in China and any footage elsewhere is being blacked out on screen as officials maintained they made 'great efforts' during the trip. The Queen spoke out at a Buckingham Palace garden party attended by 4,000 people yesterday when she met Met Police Commander Lucy D'Orsi, who ran security for the trip. When she was told of Ms D'Orsi's role working closely with the Chinese delegation she said: 'Oh, bad luck' before saying they were 'very rude' to British Ambassador to China, Barbara Woodward. 'Oh bad luck': Queen's unguarded comments on Chinese state visit Loaded: 0% Need Text +10 Caught out: The Queen was recorded telling Met Commander Lucy D'Orsi that Chinese officials were 'very rude' during last year's state visit +10 Police Commander Lucy D'Orsi was Gold Commander in charge of security during the visit by controversial President Xi Jinping and his wife last October (pictured together at a state banquet) +10 The Queen has been caught out by her own cameraman making unguarded comments about last year's politically sensitive Chinese state visit A report on BBC World broadcast in the country was 'blacked out' by Chinese censors overnight. The filmed conversation also revealed she called the delegation's actions 'extraordinary' and that she was aware of the Chinese group's 'testing' behaviour. Commander D'Orsi said this included one incident when officials stormed out of Lancaster House, close to Buckingham Palace an threatening to call off the trip. A Chinese Embassy spokesman refused to be drawn on the Queen's views and said: 'President Xi Jinping's state visit to the UK last year was very successful. Both sides at the working level made great efforts towards the success of the visit'. The Queen's gaffe came shortly after David Cameron was recorded telling her that major recipients of British aid are 'fantastically corrupt'. The Prime Minister told her that 'the leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain'. Singling out Nigeria and Afghanistan for criticism, he told the monarch they were 'possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world'. Hours afterwards the Queen made her own unguarded comments. The Lord Chamberlain, The Earl Peel, introduced the Queen to Commander D'Orsi, and couldn't hide his feelings about about the behaviour of the sovereign's guests. Nor, however, could the Queen who, remarkably, commiserated with Commander D'Orsi and complained how rude their guests had been to her ambassador. Normally the model o |
The Colorado Beetle is a destructive pest of which crop? | Colorado Potato Beetle - Salisbury Greenhouse AB Colorado Potato Beetle By Rob Sproule The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), alias potato bug, alias 10-striped speaman, is the most destructive potato crop pest in Canada. After entering Canada via Ontario in 1870, it has become a ravenous and economically destructive pest across the Maritimes, hitting New Brunswick and P.E.I. especially hard. It’s a nuisance across the Prairies, though not as pervasive. Unlike many garden pests, which originated in the Eastern Hemisphere and invaded across the oceans, Colorado potato beetles came from…wait for it…Colorado. From there, it has spread almost worldwide and has shown a remarkable ability to become immune to even the harshest insecticides (it even developed a defence against DDT in 1950s). Identification You’ll know one when you see one. About 1 cm long, adults sport five bold, brown stripes down the length of their golden back. If they weren’t so destructive, we’d say they were downright beautiful. The larvae are striking, with a dark red body, black head and jaws big enough to rip your potato leaves to smithereens. Life Cycle Potato beetle adults overwinter in the soil around their victimized potato plants. In spring, they emerge to seek host plants, feed for a few days, and lay up to 500 yellow or orange eggs in early July. Although they can produce multiple generations per year in warmer countries, in Canada, the prohibitive climate typically limits them to one generation; being cold has its advantages. Damage These beetles are ravenous and can strip potato fields bare with alarming speed. The larvae can chomp up to 40 cm2 of foliage per day, per critter. Multiply that by each female laying up to 800 eggs, and the math proves terrifying. Adults clock in at 10 cm2 of foliage per day. Plants without leaves can neither photosynthesize nor produce big spuds. Eventually, weakened plants will simply die from stress. Control Make sure to rotate your potato crop every year so that the emerging beetles have a tougher time finding hosts in spring. Laying down an organic mulch, such as straw, can confuse emerging larvae enough to keep them wandering until starvation. Potato beetles have a host of predators, and some of them have even been harnessed for commercial use. From ground beetles, parasitic wasps and nematodes to a pathogenic fungus, sometimes your garden army will mobilize itself to keep invaders under control. Curbing your chemical use in all areas, and fostering a healthy ecosystem, will go a long way to supporting the predators. Colorado potato beetles are famous for their ability to withstand and evolve against insecticides, so applying chemicals will do more harm than good. After all, this is an insect that lives exclusively on leaves from the Nightshade family, which is toxic to almost everything else. A World Player Not many bugs have been accused of being covert Cold War agents. Potato beetle history reads like a spy novel. In the early 1950s, the Warsaw Pact accused the CIA of air-dropping potato beetles across East Germany to destroy their crops. After fields that American planes flew over were suddenly afflicted, a propaganda campaign, complete with posters, sprang up. Children across East Germany were sent out after school to collect and destroy the beetles, which were labelled amikafer, or “Yankee beetle.” The allegation was never proven one way or the other. In the 2014 Ukrainian conflict, pro-Russian rebels sported colours of St. George to show their allegiance to Moscow. The black and gold armbands have earned them the derogatory nickname kolorady, meaning “Colorado beetle” in both Ukrainian and Russian. – Keep in Touch with what’s happening at Salisbury Greenhouse Related Posts: |
"In 1974, who said ""I don't want to be leader of the party. I'm happy to be in the top dozen""?" | The HildaBeast : snopes.com The HildaBeast Claim: List reproduces various statements made by Hillary Clinton. mixture Example: [Collected via e-mail, February 2007] WHAT A SWEET, WONDERFUL PERSON THE HILDABEAST IS. Cheers to the Truth! "Where is the G-damn f**king flag? I want the G-damn (From the book "Inside The White House" by Ronald Kessler, p. 244 - Hillary to the staff at the Arkansas Governor's mansion on Labor Day, 1991) "You sold out, you mother f**ker! You sold out!" (From the book "Inside" by Joseph Califano, p. 213 - Hillary yelling at Democrat lawyer.) "It's been said, and I think it's accurate, that my husband was obsessed by terrorism in general and al-Qaida in particular." (Hillary telling a post-9/11 world what a 'great' commander in chief her husband was; Dateline, NBC 4/16/2004.) "I have to admit that a good deal of what my husband and I have learned [about Islam] has come from our daughter." (TruthInMedia.org 8/8/1999 - Hillary at a White House function, proudly tells some Muslim groups she is gaining a greater appreciation of Islam because Chelsea was then taking a class on the "religion of peace") "F**k off! It's enough that I have to see you shit-kickers every day, I'm not going to talk to you too!! Just do your G*damn job and keep your mouth shut." (From the book "American Evita" by Christopher Anderson, p. 90 - Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her with "Good morning." "If you want to remain on this detail, get your f**king ass over here and grab those bags!" (From the book "The First Partner" p. 259 - Hillary to a Secret Service Agent who was reluctant to carry her luggage because he wanted to keep his hands free in case of an incident.) "Get f**ked! Get the f**k out of my way!!! Get out of my face!!!" (From the book "Hillary's Scheme" p. 89 — Hillary's various comments to her Secret Service detail agents.) "Stay the f**k back, stay the f**k away from me! Don't come within ten yards of me, or else! Just f**king do as I say, Okay!!!?" (From the book "Unlimited Access", by Clinton FBI Agent in Charge, Gary Aldrige, p. 139 - Hillary screaming at her Secret Service detail.) "Many of you are well enough off that [President Bush's] tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to have to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." (Hillary grandstanding at a fund raising speech in San Francisco; SFGate.com 6/28/2004.) "Why do I have to keep proving to people that I am not a liar?!" (From the book "The Survivor," by John Harris, p. 382 - Hillary in her 2000 Senate campaign) "Where's the miserable c*ck sucker?" (From the book "The Truth About Hillary" by Edward Klein, p. 5 - Hillary shouting at a Secret Service officer) "No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days — we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote." (Was posted on Hillary Clinton's senate.gov web site on 1/28/05) "Put this on the ground! I left my sunglasses in the limo. I need those sunglasses. We need to go back!" (From the book "Dereliction of Duty" p. 71-72 — Hillary to Marine One helicopter pilot to turn back while en route to Air Force One.) "A right-wing network was after his presidency ... including perverting the Constitution." (To Barbara Walters about the Republicans who impeached her husband; 20/20, ABC 6/8/2003.) "Son of a bitch." (From the book "American Evita" by Christopher Anderson, p. 259 - Hillary's opinion of President George W. Bush when she found out he secretly visited Iraq just days before her highly publicized trip to Iraq) "What are you doing inviting these people into my home? These people are our enemies! They are trying to destroy us!" (From the book "The Survivor" by John Harris, p. 99 - Hillary screaming to an aide, when she found out that some Republicans had been invited to |
What name is given to the cold, dry, strong wind that blows down the Rhone valley to the Mediterranean coast? | Wind Names Evert Wesker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ) Brisa, Briza 1. A northeast wind which blows on the coast of South America or an east wind which blows on Puerto Rico during the trade wind season. 2. The northeast monsoon in the Philippines. Brisote The northeast trade wind when it is blowing stronger than usual on Cuba. Brubu A name for a squall in the East Indies. Bull's Eye Squall A squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off the coast of South Africa. It is named for the peculiar appearance of the small isolated cloud marking the top of the invisible vortex of the storm. Cape Doctor The strong southeast wind which blows on the South African coast. Also called the DOCTOR. Caver, Kaver A gentle breeze in the Hebrides. Chinook A type of foehn wind. Refers to the warm downslope wind in the Rocky Mountains that may occur after an intense cold spell when the temperature could rise by 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of minutes. Also known as the Snow Eater. (Weather Channel Glossary) Chubasco A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the west coast of Central America. Churada A severe rain squall in the Mariana Islands during the northeast monsoon. They occur from November to April or May, especially from January through March. Cierzo See MISTRAL. Contrastes Winds a short distance apart blowing from opposite quadrants, frequent in the spring and fall in the western Mediterranean. Cordonazo The "Lash of St. Francis." Name applied locally to southerly hurricane winds along the west coast of Mexico. It is associated with tropical cyclones in the southeastern North Pacific Ocean. These storms may occur from May to November, but ordinarily affect the coastal areas most severely near or after the Feast of St. Francis, October 4. Coromell A night land breeze prevailing from November to May at La Paz, near the southern extremity of the Gulf of California. Cyclone A severe tropical storm (i.e., winds >64 knots) in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. See also Hurricane and Typhoon. The term is also applied to closed circulations in the mid latitudes and also popularly to small scale circulations such as tornadoes. Diablo Northern California version of Santa Ana winds. These winds occur below canyons in the East Bay hills (Diablo range) and in extreme cases can exceed 60 mph. They develop due to high pressure over Nevada and lower pressure along the central California coast. (NWS San Francisco Glossary) Doctor 1. A cooling sea breeze in the Tropics. 2. See HARMATTAN. 3. The strong SE wind which blows on the south African coast. Usually called CAPE DOCTOR. Elephanta A strong southerly or southeasterly wind which blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks the end of the southwest monsoon. Etesian A refreshing northerly summer wind of the Mediterranean, especially over the Aegean Sea. Euros The Greek name for the rainy, stormy southeast wind. (Glossary of Meteorology) Foehn A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, whose temperature is increased as the wind descends down the slope. It is created when air flows downhill from a high elevation, raising the temperature by adiabatic compression. Examples include the Chinook wind and the Santa Ana wind. Classified as a katabatic wind. (Weather Channel Glossary) Fremantle Doctor A cooling seabreeze in Western Australia,often made note of during hot summer-time cricket matches. (Ian Staples, Australia) Gregale A strong northeast wind of the central Mediterranean. Haboob A strong wind and sandstorm (or duststorm) in the northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartum, where the average number is about 24 per year. The name come from the Arabic word, "habb", meaning wind. (Bill Mork, California State Climatologist) Harmattan The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Saha |
Which crop in particular is damaged by the Boll Weevil? | Boll Weevil | New Georgia Encyclopedia Last edited by NGE Staff on 10/12/2016 The boll Boll Weevil weevil greatly affected Georgia's long history of cotton production between 1915, when the insect was introduced to Georgia, and the early 1990s, when it was eliminated as an economic pest. Yield losses associated with the boll weevil reduced cotton acreage from a historical high of 5.2 million acres during 1914 to 2.6 million acres in 1923. Although insecticides provided temporary relief, the cotton industry remained unprofitable, and planted acreage continued to decline, to a low of 115,000 acres in 1983. The boll weevil's decimation of the cotton industry in the South had implications for the entire region. The pest was a driving force behind the "great migration" of poor tenant farmers into northern cities, and the state's dependence on cash-crop production left its soil depleted and prone to erosion . In 1987 Georgia growers began participating in a program to eradicate the boll weevil. Over a period of years the program proved successful, and Georgia producers have increased cotton acreage and yields significantly while reducing their dependence on insecticides. The adult boll weevil measures from three to eight millimeters from the tip of the snout to the abdomen, which is half the length of its body. Its color is usually reddish or grayish brown but may vary according to age and size. A distinctive characteristic is the double-toothed spur on the inner surface of each front leg. A newly hatched larva is inconspicuous, and the mature larva is white, legless, and about thirteen millimeters long. Larvae complete development in cotton fruiting structures. The primary damage to cotton occurs when female boll weevils deposit eggs in fruiting structures (e.g., flower buds, squares, seed pods, or bolls) on developing cotton plants. Upon hatching, the boll weevil larvae or grubs feed in the square, causing it to be shed by the plant or rendering the bolls unsuitable for harvest. Boll Weevil Before eradication the boll weevil was the chief pest of cotton in Georgia as well as in other areas of the cotton belt. Indeed, the boll weevil was such an economic pest that it engendered an unprecedented amount of research and pesticide application. In 1972 it was estimated that one-third of all pesticides in the United States was applied to cotton for boll weevil prevention. Intensive use of broad-spectrum insecticides for boll-weevil control, such as calcium arsenate and DDT, often caused outbreaks of other insect pests because these insecticides cause the destruction of natural enemies that suppress various pest species in cotton, such as parasites and predatory insects. Fields that used broad-spectrum insecticides often had a loss in yield similar to that in fields that did not use broad-spectrum insecticides. The term "pesticide treadmill" was coined in the early 1970s to describe this cycle as it relates to the boll weevil: pesticides were developed and overapplied, the population of natural predators that were not targeted by the pesticide increased, and then new pesticides were developed and overapplied. This cycle both harmed the environment and did little to reduce crop loss. Additional hurdles to the boll weevil's eradication included the boll weevil's reproductive resilience. Studies found that even if 90 percent of a boll weevil population was treated in a given area, then the remaining population could still reproduce and reinfest the surrounding area after only four generations, which takes less time than a typical growing season. Several Boll Weevil Trap biological factors made it possible to eliminate the boll weevil. The ability to mass-produce boll weevil pheromones in 1972 and the development of advanced boll weevil traps were integral parts of boll weevil eradication. These traps were useful because they allowed farmers to limit the number of boll weevils on their land and because they allowed farmers to detect small populations of boll weevils before they ballooned into a large infestation Cultural practices f |
What name is given to the hot, dry, dusty wind that blows from the Sahara to the Mediterranean coast? | Wind Names Evert Wesker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ) Brisa, Briza 1. A northeast wind which blows on the coast of South America or an east wind which blows on Puerto Rico during the trade wind season. 2. The northeast monsoon in the Philippines. Brisote The northeast trade wind when it is blowing stronger than usual on Cuba. Brubu A name for a squall in the East Indies. Bull's Eye Squall A squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off the coast of South Africa. It is named for the peculiar appearance of the small isolated cloud marking the top of the invisible vortex of the storm. Cape Doctor The strong southeast wind which blows on the South African coast. Also called the DOCTOR. Caver, Kaver A gentle breeze in the Hebrides. Chinook A type of foehn wind. Refers to the warm downslope wind in the Rocky Mountains that may occur after an intense cold spell when the temperature could rise by 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of minutes. Also known as the Snow Eater. (Weather Channel Glossary) Chubasco A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the west coast of Central America. Churada A severe rain squall in the Mariana Islands during the northeast monsoon. They occur from November to April or May, especially from January through March. Cierzo See MISTRAL. Contrastes Winds a short distance apart blowing from opposite quadrants, frequent in the spring and fall in the western Mediterranean. Cordonazo The "Lash of St. Francis." Name applied locally to southerly hurricane winds along the west coast of Mexico. It is associated with tropical cyclones in the southeastern North Pacific Ocean. These storms may occur from May to November, but ordinarily affect the coastal areas most severely near or after the Feast of St. Francis, October 4. Coromell A night land breeze prevailing from November to May at La Paz, near the southern extremity of the Gulf of California. Cyclone A severe tropical storm (i.e., winds >64 knots) in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. See also Hurricane and Typhoon. The term is also applied to closed circulations in the mid latitudes and also popularly to small scale circulations such as tornadoes. Diablo Northern California version of Santa Ana winds. These winds occur below canyons in the East Bay hills (Diablo range) and in extreme cases can exceed 60 mph. They develop due to high pressure over Nevada and lower pressure along the central California coast. (NWS San Francisco Glossary) Doctor 1. A cooling sea breeze in the Tropics. 2. See HARMATTAN. 3. The strong SE wind which blows on the south African coast. Usually called CAPE DOCTOR. Elephanta A strong southerly or southeasterly wind which blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks the end of the southwest monsoon. Etesian A refreshing northerly summer wind of the Mediterranean, especially over the Aegean Sea. Euros The Greek name for the rainy, stormy southeast wind. (Glossary of Meteorology) Foehn A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, whose temperature is increased as the wind descends down the slope. It is created when air flows downhill from a high elevation, raising the temperature by adiabatic compression. Examples include the Chinook wind and the Santa Ana wind. Classified as a katabatic wind. (Weather Channel Glossary) Fremantle Doctor A cooling seabreeze in Western Australia,often made note of during hot summer-time cricket matches. (Ian Staples, Australia) Gregale A strong northeast wind of the central Mediterranean. Haboob A strong wind and sandstorm (or duststorm) in the northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartum, where the average number is about 24 per year. The name come from the Arabic word, "habb", meaning wind. (Bill Mork, California State Climatologist) Harmattan The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Saha |
The title of which Rod Stewart chart-topper was in the form of a question? | Rod Stewart | rhino.com Rod Stewart Rhino Factoids: Rod Stewart and the Faces Call It a Day Submitted by rhino on Wed, 10/12/2016 - 1:48pm 41 years ago today, the final Faces show took place. Not that there weren’t occasional reunions here and there, but insofar as their existence as a proper band goes, it concluded after their performance at New York’s Nassau Coliseum on October 12, 1975. Tags: Happy Anniversary: Rod Stewart, Atlantic Crossing Submitted by rhino on Mon, 08/15/2016 - 2:40pm 41 years ago today, Rod Stewart released his sixth studio album as a solo artist and, in doing so, secured his fourth chart-topping album in a row in the UK. Unlike the LPs that had preceded it, however, Atlantic Crossing found Stewart putting the production responsibilities in someone else’s hands. Tags: This Day in 1981: MTV Launches Submitted by rhino on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 2:39pm 35 years ago today, MTV went on the air and played 208 videos over the course of the first 24 hours. Not 208 different videos, mind you, but…well, look, we’re living in a world where the “M” in MTV hasn’t meant “music” in quite some time, so they could’ve played two videos and it would’ve been impressive. That they played 208 of them might completely blow the minds of a generation who grew up with non-stop non-music programming on the network. Tags: Live 1976-1998: Tonight's The Night Submitted by rhino on Fri, 05/27/2016 - 12:00am One of the best-selling recording artists of all time, Rod Stewart has also earned the distinction of being one of the most beloved live performers in the world. LIVE 1976-1998: TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT shines a spotlight on Stewart's phenomenal legacy on stage with 58 unreleased concert recordings that include his biggest hits along with some incredible covers. Digital Roundup: 11/2/2015 Submitted by rhino on Sun, 11/01/2015 - 11:09pm Welcome to another one of those weeks where we've only got one new item being added to our digital catalog, but since the item is question is actually a four-disc set that features 64 tracks, it certainly seems more than worthy of receiving the spotlight all by its lonesome. Rod Stewart, Storyteller: Although there are many mainstream Stewart fans whose CD collections feature a scaled-down version of this compilation, the 12 tracks that make up Downtown Train: Selections from the Storyteller Anthology are in no way the sort of representation that an artist of Stewart's caliber deserves, which is why it's so great that the full box set has been made available digitally. Tags: Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: Rod Stewart, “You Wear It Well" Submitted by rhino on Wed, 09/02/2015 - 2:38pm 43 years ago today, a song went to #1 on the UK Singles chart that went on to be performed on an episode of The Facts of Life with Blair, Jo, Natalie, and Tootie contributing back-up vocals, and…hang on, what?!? We're very sorry: someone in the research department didn't check their facts (and very, very clearly didn't actually listen to the song in question) because they've mistaken the 1985 Debarge single “You Wear It Well” for Rod Stewart's “You Wear It Well.” As far as we know, Stewart's single was not featured in an episode of The Facts of Life, although it can be heard playing in the camp-tastic 1978 Joan Collins film The Stud, an achievement which in some circles is viewed as a status symbol of inestimable value. Tags: Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: “I Don’t Want to Talk About It” / “The First Cut is the Deepest” Submitted by rhino on Thu, 05/21/2015 - 11:36am 38 years ago today, Rod Stewart had a double A-side hit the top of the U.K. charts, which is an impressive but not unheard-of feat, but there’s an added twist in this instance: the songs were from different albums. Just to be obstinate, let’s start off by talking about “I Don’t Want to Talk About It,” a track written by Danny Whitten and originally recorded for Crazy Horse’s self-titled debut, released in 1971. Stewart recorded the song for his 1975 album, Atlantic Crossing, but when the album was released, its first big hit single was “Sailing,” whi |
"Named for the Spanish for ""little cake"", what name is given to a Mexican thin pancake, made from cornmeal?" | Tortilla - definition of tortilla by The Free Dictionary Tortilla - definition of tortilla by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tortilla Related to tortilla: Tortilla de patatas tor·til·la (tôr-tē′yə) n. A thin disk of unleavened bread made from masa or wheat flour and baked on a hot surface. [American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish torta, cake, from Late Latin tōrta, a kind of bread; akin to Greek tourta, an Attic cake of dates, flour, water, and oil baked covered in ashes, from Egyptian t-rtḥ, baked bread : t, bread + rtḥ, baked.] tortilla (tɔːˈtiːə) n (Cookery) Mexican cookery a kind of thin pancake made from corn meal and cooked on a hot griddle until dry [C17: from Spanish: a little cake, from torta a round cake, from Late Latin; see torte] tor•til•la (tɔrˈti ə) n., pl. -las. a thin, round, unleavened bread made from cornmeal or wheat flour, and baked on a griddle or stone. [1690–1700; < American Spanish, =tort(a) cake (see torte ) + -illa diminutive suffix] tortilla A form of flat unleavened bread, originating in Mexico. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: |
May 21st. 1471, witnessed the murder by stabbing of which king in the Tower of London? | The Ceremony of the Lilies & Roses at the Tower of London | Spitalfields Life The Ceremony of the Lilies & Roses at the Tower of London May 24, 2011 by the gentle author At the core of the ancient palace at the Tower of London is a fine octagonal room with a lofty vault of stone, the Presence Chamber where the medieval kings of England held court - with one entrance leading back into the Tower and the other out towards the City. The Plantagenet dynasty came to a violent end here in the Wakefield Tower when Henry VI was imprisoned and then murdered in 1471, allegedly whilst at prayer in the oratory on the night of 21st May, the Vigil of the Ascension. In 1923, a marble tablet was laid in the oratory floor in memory of Henry and since then lilies have been placed there by students of Eton College upon the evening of each anniversary, commemorating Henry as their founder. And since 1947, the lilies have been supplemented by roses, a token of King’s College Cambridge, the other of the two royal colleges founded by Henry, as the enduring legacy of his ill-fated reign. Held in private, by the fading rays of the evening sun, to the accompaniment of a small choir singing plainsong, this is a quiet ritual of remembrance, and I was granted the opportunity to attend this year as the guest of John Keohane, Chief Yeoman Warder in the company of Spitalfields Life contributing photographer Patricia Niven , who took these first pictures of the ceremony of the lilies and roses in decades. Three weeks before Henry’s murder, his only son Edward was killed at the battle of Tewkesbury on May 4th where his wife, Margaret of Anjou, had been taken prisoner by the Yorkists – bringing the Wars of the Roses to an end. Seventeen years earlier, King Henry had suffered a breakdown and he declined into mental illness through the rest of his life, unleashing a power struggle within the kingdom that was only resolved by his death here upon the stone floor in this room in the Wakefield Tower. Once the Tower of London had emptied out of visitors at the end of the day, a procession gathered outside the Queen’s House on Tower Green, led by the Yeoman Warders. John Keohane first marched in this procession in 1992 as assistant Sexton, then in 1995 he was promoted to the Clerk’s position, rising to the role of Gaoler in 2000 before being appointed to Chief Yeoman Warder in 2004. Each role has its staff of office and John has carried every one, culminating in the solid silver mace with a finial in the shape of the Tower that he wields today. I accompanied the guests, winding up a narrow staircase of worn steps from Water Lane and crossing a stone bridge to enter the austere octagonal chamber where a single shaft of blazing sunlight traversed the space. From within the Tower, arriving through an ancient low doorway that required the crucifix to be lowered to enter, came the procession, warders with their maces, the chaplain and the governor of the Tower, the provosts of Eton and King’s Colleges in their dark gowns, the young scholars with their sheaves of lilies and roses, and the choir in their red vestments. Once this party took up their positions, facing the oratory and filling the chamber, the entire space took on its intended reality, as a place of ritual and the role play that accompanies the distinctions of hierarchy and responsibility. Plainsong in the confines of a medieval chamber carries a resonance that is intense and immersive, as if the number of singers were multiplied – an effect that was vividly apparent when the priest led those gathered in prayer and the voices were augmented through echo, as if a host of unseen guests joined us in attendance for the ceremony. The solemn gathering at twilight and the prayers and the psalms, in this bare stone hall, created a circumstance in which the age of Henry VI no longer seemed beyond reach. Outwith the quiet of the empty Tower of London at the end of the day, the City was busy, yet it dissolved into insubstantiality as we stood in silence together in the ancient Wakefield Tower – while the last shaft of |
Which king was murdered at Berkley Castle in September 1327? | The 21st of September 1327 AD, Edward II killed at Berkeley Castle Edward II killed at Berkeley Castle Berkeley , Gloucestershire The 21st of September 1327 AD The inglorious reign of Edward II drew to an end in 1326. The people had suffered famine under his rule during a period of extreme weather conditions. The church had been ill-treated and seen possessions and treasures grabbed by Edward�s favourites. Scotland had been lost to the English for centuries to come; lands in Gascony were taken from him. Edward was not overwhelmed with support. So it was that the small invasion force of his own wife Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer grew apace as it progressed through the country, and Edward failed to rally any great nobles to his side to resist it. Edward fled to South Wales with his favourite (and possibly lover) Despencer, but on November 16 1326 they were caught in open country and captured by Henry of Lancaster. Despencer was soon tried and executed, after having his body engraved with biblical verses by the mob. Hanged then drawn and quartered like a common thief, he also suffered castration, probably as a brutal reaction to his presumed homosexuality. Edward was taken to Kenilworth Castle , where according to some accounts he was well treated. But the king was forced to abdicate, presented with a litany of his supposed crimes and failures, and also with an option: abdicate and see his son crowned in his place; or be deposed in favour of Roger de Mortimer. He chose the former, abdicating on January 20 1327, a decision made formal by Parliament a week later. The ex-king alive was an embarrassment to those who had dethroned him. On April 3 1327 he was moved to Berkeley Castle , where his treatment was aimed at breaking him without actual violence. He was deprived of light, fed badly, kept in appalling conditions, and his sleep was interrupted regularly. But Edward was an athlete, and had a strong will to live for all his ineffectiveness as a ruler. After one briefly successful attempt to free him, and possibly another had been discovered before it could be carried out, the need to remove the ex-king became more urgent. Roger Mortimer sent William Ockle and Thomas Gourney to Berkeley Castle to do the deed, Thomas de Berkeley conveniently absenting himself, an action that saved him from retribution in later years. The most probable cause of Edward�s death on September 21 1327 was either strangulation or smothering - quick, clean and leaving no visible signs of violence. But the more often quoted means of his destruction is far more brutal and agonising. Legend has it that the king was held down in his cell beneath either a table or a mattress, a horn inserted in his anus and pushed deep into his body, then a red-hot poker or copper rod inserted through the horn � preventing any signs of burning on the exterior of the body � and manoeuvred until his internal burns killed him, or possibly he died of shock. This legend has Edward�s screams heard for miles around, hardly a clever course of action for those wanting to claim as they did that Edward had died a natural death. As with Despencer�s castration, there is definitely a reaction to Edward�s supposed sexual liaisons with Gaveston and Despencer in this version. There is a third possibility concerning Edward�s death at Berkeley, namely that it didn�t happen. There are several sources leading historians to believe he fled to Ireland, or Italy, or even just faded into obscurity, one of them backed with the so-called Fieschi letter, published in 1872 and written by the Bishop of Vicelli, Manuele de Fieschi, chronicling Edward�s movements through Europe until Fieschi met him in Milan years after his purported demise. Given the risks to Isabella and Mortimer of Edward surviving, logic dictates he died at Berkeley Castle. How he died is unclear and will remain so, although it is said his ghost haunts this most atmospheric of castles during the month of September. |
Which thick French soup, made from leeks, potatoes, chicken stock and cream, is usually served cold? | Vichyssoise - definition of vichyssoise by The Free Dictionary Vichyssoise - definition of vichyssoise by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vichyssoise Also found in: Thesaurus , Wikipedia . Related to vichyssoise: gazpacho A thick creamy potato soup flavored with leeks or onions, usually served cold. [French, from feminine of vichyssois, of Vichy.] vichyssoise (Cookery) a thick soup made from leeks, potatoes, chicken stock, and cream, usually served chilled [French, from (crème) Vichyssoise (glacée) (ice-cold cream) from Vichy] vi•chys•soise a thick cream soup made with potatoes and leeks, usu. served cold. [1915–20; < French (crême) vichyssoise (cream soup) of Vichy ] ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: 1. vichyssoise - a creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions; usually served cold soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food 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: soup References in periodicals archive ? Fans of Nick Clegg are likely to own a cat, listen to Cliff Richard, watch the BBC News and the Eurovision Song Contest, and slurp vichyssoise soup. Fat is Back We have Mock Bird's nest Soup from China, Alan Wong's Red & Yellow Tomato Soup from Hawaii, Chicken Mulligatawny Soup from India, Portuguese Fish Stew, Swedish Soup with Dumplings, Lobster Bisque and Crabmeat & Brie Soup from France, Chilled Vichyssoise from England, Irish Stew, Leek & Potato Soup from Wales, chilled soups, Island soups, Mexicali Tortilla Soup, and finally Clam Chowder New California style, and many more from the American continent and others of hybrid or mixed origins. |
"Which city of the USA is known as ""The Athens of America""?" | Athens of America Origin, an Old Nickname for Boston The Hub Athens of America Origin A lesser known nickname for Boston is The Athens of America, used mainly in literary circles during the first half of the 20th Century. The origin is believed to be in a letter written in 1764 by Samuel Adams, as quoted in History of the United States, by George Bancroft, Volume 5, page 195 (1857), in which Adams wrote "Boston might become a Christian Sparta." Also, in 1819, William Tudor wrote a letter describing the town: "[Boston] is perhaps the most perfect and certainly the best-regulated democracy that ever existed. There is something so impossible in the immortal fame of Athens, that the very name makes everything modern shrink from comparison; but since the days of that glorious city I know of none that has approached so near in some points, distant as it may still be from that illustrious model." Aristides the Just On the western slope of Beacon Hill, at Louisburg Square, is a statue of Ancient Greek general and statesman Aristides the Just (530?-468 BC). Aristides led the army in a great victory over the Persians at the Battle of Plataea (479). In 478, he was a prominent leader in the formation of the confederacy of Greek city-states known as the Delian League. The Aristides statue on Beacon Hill was a significant symbol of the Athens of America alias, and also of 1850s Brahmin culture. Louisburg Square is collectively owned by a group of wealthy Boston residents. Joseph Iasigi, of Greek descent and one of the owners of the square, received approval in 1852 and installed the statue of Aristides. The square also hosts a statue of Christopher Columbus, installed about the same time, located at the opposite end as Aristides. In the early 1900s, a club of engineering and technology students resided at a building in the square, and Aristides became known as Uncle Louisburg or just Uncle Louie by the younger generations. Many of the quaint row houses and streets on Beacon Hill resemble parts of old London. This was of course, by design. According to the book Some Statues of Boston (1946), by State Street Trust Company, a former resident recalled that the Edison Company had at one time taken photographs of Louisburg Square, and thus avoided the need to travel to London to take photographs. Edinburgh in Scotland was also known as a Modern Athens at about the same time Boston was espousing its similarity with the ancient Greek city. |
Which George Eliot novel was first published under the title, 'The Weaver Of Raveloe'? | Silas Marner by Eliot, George Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Eliot, George Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Carter's binding "A", which is the preferred and much more elaborate. With Blackwood and Carlyle ads at the rear (which only appear in some copies). Octavo, original orange cloth. In near fine condition with minor wear. "The finest of [Eliot's] studies of humble rural life" (Stanford Companion, 211). "Overwhelming are the glorious qualities which make [Eliot] a supreme novelist in an age of great novelists: her penetrating sympathy, her deep knowledge of humanity, her descriptive power, her lambent humor, the reflection of her extraordinary mind" (Kunitz and Haycraft). Silas Marner ELIOT, George Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First Edition, In the Original Cloth Binding ELIOT, George. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [6], 364 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher's advertisements, [4,unnumbered ads for the third edition of "Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle"] pp. Original cinnamon diagonal ripple-grain cloth (Carter A, no priority established) with covers decoratively paneled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Original cream-colored endpapers. Booksellers ticket "Gilbert Brothers, Gracechurch St, London" on front paste-down. Neat ink presentation dated 1861 on front free-endpaper. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Rear inner hinge just starting, some light foxing. An excellent copy. Chemised in a quarter red morocco slip-case. The advertisements are in placing "b" (eight plus two leaves, at rear, with the advertisements for the third edition of Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle following the publisher's catalogue), and the "New Works" list is in the earlier form, with pp. [1] and [2] listing three and four titles respectively (p. [1]: John Petherick's Egypt, Soudan, and Central Africa, Sir Archibald Alison's Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart ("In the press"), and the Count de Montalbert's The Monks of the West; p. [2]: George Finlay's History of the Greek Revolution ("In the press"), Rev. J. Cave-Browne's The Punjab and Delhi in 1857, David Page's The Past and Present Life of the Globe ("In the press"), and Henry Stephens' The Book of Farm Buildings ("In the press"). Baker & Ross A6.1.a. Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 111-112. Parrish, p. 15. Sadleir 819. Wolff 2063. Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances. She also wished to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe Eliot, George Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. First edition. Roger Senhouse's copy. Senhous |
The 'Pilgrim's Way' runs in an easterly direction from Winchester in Hampshire, to which city? | The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury, by Julia Cartwright The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury, by Julia Cartwright T H E P I L G R I M S’ W A Y FROM WINCHESTER E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY 1911 “From every shire’s ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blissful martyr for to seeke, That them hath holpen when that they were sicke.” All Rights Reserved THE APPROACH TO WINCHESTER FROM THE SOUTH PREFACE T HIS account of the Way trodden by the pilgrims of the Middle Ages through the South of England to the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury originally appeared in the Art Journal for 1892, with illustrations by Mr. A. Quinton. It was published in the following year as a separate volume, and reprinted in 1895 and 1901. Now by the courtesy of Messrs. Virtue’s representatives, and in response to a continued demand, it appears again in a new and revised form, with the {vi} additional attraction of illustrations from original drawings by Mr. Hallam Murray. During the twenty years which have elapsed since these pages were first written, a whole literature has grown up round the Pilgrims’ Way. Not only have scholarly papers on separate sections of the road appeared in the Journals of Archæological Societies, but several valuable works on the subject have been issued by writers of authority. Mr. H. Snowden-Ward has written a book on “The Canterbury Pilgrimages,” in Messrs. A. & C. Black’s Pilgrimage Series, in which he deals at length with the life and death, the cult and miracles of St. Thomas, and the different routes taken by pilgrims to his shrine. Mr. Palmer has described a considerable portion of the Way in his treatise on “Three Surrey Churches,” and only last autumn Mr. Elliston-Erwood published an excellent little guide-book called “The Pilgrims’ Road,” for the use of cyclists and pedestrians, in Messrs. Warne’s Homeland Pocket-book Series. But the most thorough and systematic attempt to reconstruct {vii} the route taken by pilgrims from Winchester to Canterbury has been made by Mr. Belloc in his admirable work, “The Old Road.” The author himself walked along the ancient track, and succeeded in filling up many gaps where the road had been lost, and in recovering almost the whole of the Way, “yard by yard from the capital of Hampshire to the capital of Kent.” This intimate knowledge of the road and its characteristics have led him to make several alterations in the line of the Way marked on the Ordnance Map, which had hitherto served as the basis of most descriptions. But as Mr. Belloc himself recognises, it is clear that pilgrims often left the original road to visit churches and shrines in the neighbourhood. Thus, in several places, new tracks sprang up along the downs to which local tradition has given the name of the Pilgrims’ Way, and which it is not always easy to distinguish from the main road. Like Bunyan’s pilgrims, when they came to the foot of the hill Difficulty, “one turned to the left hand, and the other to the right, but the narrow way lay right up the hill.” {viii} In this edition of my book some obvious errors have been corrected, and certain doubtful points have been cleared up with the help of experience gained by other workers in the same field. But, as a rule, my object has been not so much to draw attention to the actual road as to describe the antiquities and objects of interest which arrest the traveller’s notice on his journey. From whatever side we approach it, the subject is a fascinating one. All of these different studies, varied in aims and scope as they may be, bear witness to the perennial interest which the Pilgrims’ Way inspires. The beauty of the country through which the old road runs, its historic associations and famous memories, the ancient churches and houses which lie on its course, will always attract those who love and reverence the past, and will lead many to follow in the footsteps of the mediæval pilgrims along the Way to Canterbury. Julia Cartwright. ST. CROSS AND ST. KATHERINE’S HILL. CHAPTER I T HREE hundred and seventy years have passed s |
In which country was Mike Gatting once involved in a slanging match with Umpire, Shakoor Rana? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1987: Gatting row halts play in Pakistan About This Site | Text Only 1987: Gatting row halts play in Pakistan The England cricket tour to Pakistan could be called off following a row between Mike Gatting and the umpire Shakoor Rana. There was no play during the second test today after Rana refused to take the field until the England captain apologised to him for a heated exchange which broke out between them yesterday. But Gatting is demanding an apology from the umpire. The deadlock comes after both men clashed twice at Faisalabad yesterday on the second day of play. 'Furious row' Gatting stood shaking his head and was heard saying, "One rule for one, one for another", after his appeal for a catch was turned down. Later, the umpire triggered a furious row - in which the captain began pointing and shouting - when he accused Gatting of cheating. It has thrown the series into chaos after the England side waited on the field for play but the umpire remained in the pavilion. The players are said to have given Gatting their full support. Behind the scenes a series of negotiations have been taking place and both men met to reach a compromise but failed. It is understood Gatting is prepared to apologise but only if Rana withdraws his allegation of cheating. Discussions England tour manager Peter Lush said discussions between the two men had been a "little bit tense" and he described Mr Rana as being "very sensitive". But the umpire said: "He [Gatting] just abused me. I cannot tell you what did he say but he used filthy language." Pakistan Cricket Board official Ijaj Butt said: "The series might be called off because there is no point in playing the game of cricket if this is the feeling to prevail between the umpires and one of the sides." England pulled out of a tour of Pakistan in 1969 after disruptive anti-British riots. A cancellation now would mean the first time events on the field have brought players home in test cricket's 111 year history. |
A favourite in Asian cookery, what fragrant herb's Latin name is Cymbopogon citratus? | 1000+ images about Lemon Grass on Pinterest | Melissa clark, Plants and Indian curry Forward Going to plant lemon grass to keep mosquitos away. Did you know that lemon grass is also an effective herbal anti-fungal medicine (lemon grass tea) and in Puerto Rico people use the fibrous stalks as a natural toothbrush? What a cool plant. See More |
Which Puccini opera is set in a garden, in the Japanese city of Nagasaki? | Madama Butterfly — Productions — Royal Opera House View more news and features On Wikipedia Madama Butterfly ([maˈdaːma ˈbatterflai]; Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The opera is based in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based partially on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and partially on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti. Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as a one-act play, Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved on to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year. The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on 17 February 1904 at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. It was poorly received, despite such notable singers as soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in its lead roles; this was due in part to a late completion by Puccini, and thus inadequate time for rehearsals. Puccini revised the opera, splitting Act II into two (with the Humming Chorus as a bridge to what became Act III) and making other changes. Success ensued, starting with the first performance, on 28 May 1904 in Brescia. Between 1915 and 1920, Japan's best-known opera singer Tamaki Miura won international fame for her performances as Cio-Cio-san. (" Butterfly" is chōchō in Japanese; san is a plain honorific. ) A memorial to this singer, along with one to Puccini, can be found in the Glover Garden in the port city of Nagasaki, where the opera is set. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the operatic repertoire around the world, ranked 6th by Operabase; Puccini's La bohème and Tosca rank 3rd and 5th. Abstract taken from the Wikipedia article , available under a Creative Commons license . Book a package Book tickets for Madama Butterfly within a package and receive a discount. Madama Butterfly |
"Which Mozart opera is seen as a contest between ""Good"", the priest Sarastro, and ""Evil"", the Queen of the Night?" | The Magic Flute: characters | The Magic Flute The Magic Flute Characters The characters of Die Zauberflöte: thumbnail sketches Die Zauberflöte is a fairytale. The traditional oppositions between the characters of the chosen ones (Tamino/Pamina) and the non-initiated (Papageno), the good and wise (Sarastro, the priests) and their enemies (the Queen of the Night, the Three Ladies, Monostatos), are clearly motivated in dramaturgical terms, even if this does not forbid us from seeing them in a slightly different light. Here are a few cursory – and personal – sketches of them, rather like those one might make for use, say, in a little puppet theatre. Papageno : the birdcatcher, a clumsy, comical character written for the librettist to play, is the heir to the Kasperl and Hanswurst figures of Viennese popular theatre, a trace of whose accent he retains. The attribute of this ‘know-all’ who really knows nothing is a set of panpipes that can charm birds (he will also make incidental use of a set of magic bells). In a sense he lies at the centre of the opera: his failed, even parodic initiation sets in perspective the gravity of the itinerary followed by the Tamino/Pamina couple and the solemnity of a discourse which thus always remains human and accessible. He emerges as an amiable coward with a tendency to put his foot in it, deeply in love with life and with his Papagena, and his feathered person and catchy tunes add a touch of bright colour to the austere interplay of shadows and light which structures the drama. Tamino : the young man is in love with Princess Pamina. We admire his fine bearing, his extreme sensibility, his steadfastness in the trials, his sublime arias. Yet he makes an unexpected entrance by fainting before a serpent that pursues him. Of course it is not the serpent that frightens him, but what it symbolises. The Three Ladies save the young prince, the better to deceive his innocence and subject him to the power of the Queen of the Night. Only once he is inside the Temple does he understand that he has been tricked, a sign that his initiation has been successful. It is on this initiation of Tamino and Pamina – and alongside them the audience – that the entire drama rests. His attribute is a flute. As his initiation progresses, he will discover all its enchanted powers: it can charm the animals of the forest and will assist him in passing through the terrible trials of Fire and Water, thus helping to make the world a better place. Pamina : the object of both the noblest and the basest desires (Tamino and Monostatos respectively), she is Tamino’s reward for successfully undergoing his initiation. She is depicted in a portrait given to Tamino by the Three Ladies, in which, according to Papageno, she is seen with dark eyes, red lips and blonde hair. She encounters her beloved in a particularly dramatic scene, only to be separated from him again until they are at last reunited to accomplish the final trials of purification together. As the daughter of the Queen of the Night, she is torn between her filial love and her love for Tamino. She plays an active role on the path towards wisdom, leading Tamino behind her in the final trials. Mozart assigned her the most deeply-felt arias, quivering with emotion, sometimes desperate, in which she displays a nobility and resolution that foreshadow the qualities of the heroines of early Romanticism, such as Beethoven’s Leonore or Agathe in Der Freischütz). Papagena : she appears quite late in the opera, in a comic role (disguised as an old woman both physically and vocally) that culminates in a magnificent love duet with Papageno (the only true love duet in the opera). The Second Priest had promised her to Papageno if he passed his trials. Since such is not the case, she appears to him in the least attractive form imaginable. Yet love will transform her into a beautiful female birdcatcher. Her role is at once tender and mischievous. The father and the mother : Sarastro and the Queen of the Night. They too may be seen though the eyes of childhood. Sarastro : outward appearan |
Which British aeronautical engineer, knighted in 1968, designed the first swing-wing aircraft? | Engineering Timelines - Birthplace of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis Birthplace of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis Ripley, Derbeyshire date 26th September 1887 era Victorian | category Birthplace of Engineer | reference SK408509 Sir Barnes Neville Wallis was a pioneer of geodetic airframe construction and a leading figure in British aeronautical and aerial warfare design. Barnes Wallis was born in Ripley, where for a short time his father Charles ran a medical practice. His father moved to London when Barnes was four years old. The boy received his education at Christ�s Hospital School in Horsham (founded in 1552), to which he had won a scholarship. He left school at 17 and became an apprentice first at the Thames Engineering Works, Blackheath, and then J.S. White's shipyard, Cowes. Known for his work on the R100 airship built at Howden, which made a successful flight to Montreal and back in 1930, he went on to design aircraft such as the Wellington bomber used in WWII, and the famous dambusting �bouncing� bomb. After wartime work, he contributed to the progress made in radio telescopy, and to the design of swing wing aircraft. Barnes Wallis was appointed a CBE in 1943 and knighted in 1968. He was awarded an number of distinguished medals for his work, held six honorary doctorates, was an honorary fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and a freeman of the City of London. He died on 30th October 1979 in Leatherhead Hospital, aged 92. Research: ND "Barnes Wallis, A Biography" by J.E. Morpurgo Ian Allen Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey, 1981 "Dictionary of National Biography" |
In which country is the vast plateau, known as the Nullarbor Plain? | Nullarbor Plain Ooldea Range The name derives from "null (Latin for no) and arbor (Latin for tree)". By sheer coincidence, apparently, in some Aboriginal languages nulla means "none" or "not any". Maybe there is some basis to a story told in Ancient Rome by some sailors returning home with apparently wild stories about large hopping animals. Unfortunately, I can't remember where I read it. At about 250,000 km2, the Nullarbor is the largest block of limestone, or karst (limestone characterised by caves and underground drainage) on Earth, raised from the sea 3 million years ago. Longest straight length of railway in world, 470 km, connects the east coast to the west coast across it. There are no trees because the soil is a shallow calcium-rich loam derived mainly from sea shells. Its vegetation consists of succulents (not cactus type of succulents) such as saltbush and bluebush. The total lack of trees implied by the name refers to an area at the centre of the plain, there is in fact a cover of saltbush (Atriplex spp.) and bluebush (Maireana and Bassia spp.) with some mallee (Eucalyptus spp.) and a number of stunted eucalypts, making it different from any other arid area in Australia. In this it is more like the arid areas in other countries such as North America. Another "un-Australian" characteristic of the Nullarbor was, until the arrival of Europeans with their feral animals, a land of mammals, whereas the rest of the arid zone of Australia is more accurately described as a land of lizards. It stretches from the arid salt lake region of Western Australia to the similarly arid plains of South Australia, and north from the Great Australian Bight to the edge of the Great Victoria Desert , though its borders are not exactly defined, it is usually said to be about 700 km east to west and about 300 km south to north. About 2/3 of its total area being in Western Australia, the remainder in South Australia. The surface of the plain is flat, but it dips gradually from about 200-300 m above sea level in the north to between 40 and 120 m above sea level at the southern coast. The Nullarbor Plain is composed of 3 separate parts, the Bunda Plateau, the large main section, the southern scarp which is divided into 4 sections, Wylie Scarp, Baxter Cliffs, Hampton Range and Bunda Cliffs, and 2 coastal plains, Roe Plains and Israelite Plains. Dunes partially cover the 2 coastal plains that are backed by the scarp. The cliffs are in 2 sections, in the west the Baxter Cliffs rise to 60-100 m and in the east the Bunda Cliffs are 49-75 m high. Both sections of cliff are about 200 km long, and are coloured hues of brown in their upper portions and white lower portion. The sea pounds the cliffs relentlessly with huge waves and powerful southerly winds, but the rock strata are horizontal and vertical joints are very regular, with no weaker sections for the sea to gouge out caves or valleys. The result is that the cliffs erode by being undercut, whole slabs falling off at a time, leaving a very straight coastline, the plateau continuing to drop vertically to the sea. Behind the Israelite and Roe plains the cliffs are some distance inland from the sea, but remain vertical, having been eroded by being undercut in times of higher sea level. The largest area of karst (cave landforms) is found in the southern part of the Bunda Plateau where massive cave systems have been weathered out of the limestone by seepage from the surface at times when the climate was wetter than the present. The caves have been divided into 2 types, shallow caves that are less than 25 m below the surface, and deep caves that can reach up to 120 m beneath the surface. The water table is reached by a lot of the larger deep caves, and where it does there are often clear lakes and complex networks of underwater passages. It is believed the water found in a number of the deeper caves may underlie much or all of the plain. The deeper caves often have very large caverns, |
The Sonoran Desert, one of the world's largest, is situated in which country? | The world's largest yacht club is located in the Arizona desert | Roadtrippers Your guide to all places other‑worldly, haunted, and just plain weird. The world's largest yacht club is located in the Arizona desert Greg Newkirk 27 October, 2014 Just off the border of California, in the Sonoran Desert, is the tiny town of Quartzsite, and while you might not peg a desert for a sailor's paradise, its home to a yacht club that boasts the largest membership in the world, even though it's located hundreds of miles from a body of water. Quartzsite is something of a mecca for rock, gem, mineral enthusiasts (I promise, they do exist), where every January and February, precious rock collectors gather for a two-month-long gem show and swap meet that happens in town. But while that might be the biggest draw to Quartzsite, it's definitely not the weirdest. That distinction would have to go to the Quartzsite Yacht Club. So how does a yacht club wind up in the middle of the desert? A great sense of humor, basically. Back in the 70s, a man by the name of Al Madden bought Quartzsite's old beer bar "The JIGSAW", and jokingly renamed it to The Yacht Club, even coming up a rather snappy motto: "long time so sea". Before long, the business had taken off, and Madden was selling memberships to the Yacht Club at $10 a piece. It was a hit. Today, membership at the Quartzside Yacht Club only costs $25 a person, but members will tell you it's worth it. Any visitors to the club have the option of joining, and with their membership they recieve their a t-shirt, a flag, signed certificates for framing, and official membership cards. There is one particular perk, though, that ends up being the best of the bunch: reciprocity. You see, a good majority of Yacht Clubs around the country, from the Hermosa Beach Yacht Club to the Miami Beach Intracoastal Yacht Club offer reciprocal memberships, which means that those belonging to another club can present their card and gain access without a fee. Hilariously enough, members of the Quartzsite Yacht Club began to notice that their joke membership was being taken seriously at other clubs around the country, their one-time fee of $25 allowing them to enter much swankier, actually-real yacht clubs. Not a bad deal. Want to join the weirdest Yacht Club in America? Just head to Quartzsite, and remember to bring your precious gems. MORE RAD STORIES FROM ROADTRIPPERS: |
Which 19th century monarch had a much-publicised affair with an actress called Mrs. Robinson? | Wikijunior:Kings and Queens of England/The Whole Book - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Wikijunior:Kings and Queens of England/The Whole Book From Wikibooks, open books for an open world This is the latest reviewed version , approved on 25 September 2016. (+) Quality: good Introduction[ edit ] Welcome to the Wikijunior book on Kings and Queens of England. In this book we start by looking at the very first Anglo-Saxon Kings of England. We then move on to show how the Crown changed hands many times as a result of conquest. We see some powerful kings and some weak ones. We see how the Crown has battled Parliament. We look at the period where power finally did transfer to Parliament through to the times of our current queen, Elizabeth II. At the end we also look at who the next kings of England may be. We will find out about eleven Kings called Edward and nine called Henry. We will find out about a nine-day queen and a King Philip, who most people have now forgotten about. But first let's start way back in 871 with the Anglo-Saxons and the only king of England to be called "Great," Alfred. The Anglo-Saxons (871-1016)[ edit ] Our history of the kings of England starts with the Anglo-Saxons, at the beginning of the 9th century. Because it was so long ago, the dates, and even the years are uncertain. At this point in time, England, as you know it, doesn't exist yet. The land is divided into several small kingdoms, and the people who live there are called Anglo-Saxons. It was during this time, around the year 830, that the Vikings realized that England was a very interesting country to loot and plunder. Between 830 and 865 they came by more and more often, much to the dismay of the people living there. In 865 these Vikings formed a "Great Army". While their previous raids were aimed at looting and plundering, the Great Army was sent to actually conquer England. They were surprisingly good at that - in only three years they had conquered northern and eastern England. Even in the west, one by one the small kingdoms fell until only one of them remained independent. It was the kingdom of Wessex. It's here that we find Alfred the Great, the first of the Kings and Queens of England. Alfred the Great (871-899)[ edit ] King Alfred the Great Alfred the Great was born around 850 in Wantage, in what is now Oxfordshire. Alfred was the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex. He became king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in 871, when his brother Ethelred I died. When the Danish Vikings had conquered most of England, they finally came to Wessex. Alfred had only just been crowned, and now had to face the invaders at his borders. During a fierce series of battles, he managed to drive them from Wessex. Defeated, the Vikings retreated. However, seven years later they returned in full force. In May of 878, Alfred had to confront his enemies once more, and crushingly defeated them near Edington in Wiltshire. This victory earned him the name "the Great", making him the only English monarch called by that name. With the Danes defeated, the way was cleared to unite England. By building a system of fortifications, the kingdom of Wessex managed to expand its borders. Alfred encouraged education, being educated himself, and improved the kingdom's laws. Under his guidance, the kingdom began to prosper. Public life[ edit ] Very little is known about what Alfred did during the short reigns of his two eldest brothers, but when his third brother, Ethelred, became king in 866, Alfred became active in public life. In particular, he worked hard to free England from the influence of the Danes, and Alfred was appointed as Ethelred's successor. In 868, Alfred tried unsuccessfully to relieve the central English kingdom of Mercia from Danish influence. For nearly two years after, though, the Danes did not attack Alfred's native Wessex. At the end of 870 this era of peace ended, and the next period of time became known as "Alfred's year of battles". The Kingdom of Wessex fought nine battles in 870 and 871, winning some, and losing others. In A |
In 1712, who became the first engineer to introduce steam to an engine with a piston? | The History of Steam Engines The History of Steam Engines The History of Steam Engines James Watt the inventor of the modern steam engine. Updated August 13, 2016. Thomas Savery (1650-1715) Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor. In 1698, he patented the first crude steam engine , based on Denis Papin's Digester or pressure cooker of 1679. Savery had been working on solving the problem of pumping water out of coal mines when he came up an idea for an engine powered by steam. His machine consisted of a closed vessel filled with water in which steam under pressure was introduced. This forced the water upwards and out of the mine shaft. A cold water sprinkler was then used to condense the steam. This created a vacuum which sucked more water out of the mine shaft through a bottom valve. Thomas Savery later worked with Thomas Newcomen on the atmospheric steam engine. Among Savery's other inventions was an odometer for ships, a device that measured distance traveled. To learn more about Thomas Savery the inventor, check out his biography here . Savery’s description of his crude steam engine can be found here . continue reading below our video Profile of James Watt Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) Thomas Newcomen was an English blacksmith who invented the atmospheric steam engine. The invention was an improvement over Thomas Slavery's previous design. The Newcomen steam engine used the force of atmospheric pressure to do the work. This process begins with the engine pumping steam into a cylinder. The steam was then condensed by cold water, which created a vacuum on the inside of the cylinder. The resulting atmospheric pressure operated a piston, creating downward strokes. With Newcomen's enginee, the intensity of pressure was not limited by the pressure of the steam, a departure from what Thomas Savery had patented in 1698. In 1712, Thomas Newcomen, together with John Calley, built their first engine on top of a water filled mine shaft and used it to pump water out of the mine. The Newcomen engine was the predecessor to the Watt engine and it was one of the most interesting pieces of technology developed during the 1700's. To learn more about Thomas Newcomen and his steam engine check out this biography here . Photos and a diagram of Newcomen’s steam engine can be found at Niagara college’s professor Mark Csele’s website . James Watt (1736-1819) Born in Greenock, James Watt was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer who was renowned for the improvements he made to the steam engine. While working for the University of Glasgow in 1765, Watt was assigned the task of repairing a Newcomen engine that was deemed inefficient but the best steam engine of its time. That started the inventor working on several improvements to Newcomen's design. Most notable was Watt's 1769 patent for a separate condenser connected to a cylinder by a valve. Unlike Newcomen's engine, Watt's design had a condenser that could be cool while the cylinder was hot. Eventually Watt's engine would become the dominant design for all modern steam engines and helped bring about the industrial revolution. A unit of power called the Watt was named after James Watt. the Watt symbol is W, and it is equal to 1/746 of a horsepower, or one volt times one amp. |
"Her portrayal of which character won Julia Roberts a ""Best Actress"" 'Oscar' in 2001?" | Oscars 2001: Contenders in the main categories | Film | The Guardian Contenders in the main categories Thursday 22 March 2001 22.01 EST Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 4-1 Traffic 5-1 Erin Brockovich 6-1 Chocolat 15-1 Using nifty computer-generated images, Gladiator recreated the blood, intrigue, sandals and pageantry of ancient Rome. It won a Golden Globe and is now bookies' favourite. With another double nomination, Steven Soderbergh et al may be miffed if neither Erin Brockovich nor Traffic wins best film or direction; but tipsters put Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ahead of both. Best actor in a leading role Russell Crowe (Gladiator) 5-9 Tom Hanks (Cast Away) 3-2 Ed Harris (Pollock) 7-1 Geoffrey Rush (Quills) 7-1 Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls) 8-1 Antipodean demigod Russell Crowe is favourite for his portrayal of Colosseum butcher Maximus Meridius. But going by this year's Golden Globes, gushing Academy veteran Tom Hanks could take home his third Oscar for playing Chuck Noland - the Cast Away Fed-Ex brownshirt with yo-yoing waistline and fearsome beard. Outsider Ed Harris is worth a flutter. Best actress in a leading role Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) 1-10 Joan Allen (The Contender) 5-1 Juliette Binoche (Chocolat) 6-1 Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream) 9-1 Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me) 9-1 Tipsters reckon Golden Globe-winner Julia Roberts has this stitched-up for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich. It garnered Hollywood's highest-paid actress her second Oscar nomination. Joan Allen, the character-assassinated vice-president nominee in The Contender, and Juliette Binoche, Chocolat's mysterious chocolatier, are worth a bet too. Best actor in a supporting role Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) 1-6 Albert Finney (Erin Brockovich) 3-1 Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator) 6-1 Willem Dafoe (Shadow/Vampire) 8-1 Jeff Bridges (The Contender) 13-1 Benicio Del Toro is out in front with his portrayal of Traffic's Javier Rodriguez - the Tijuana cop caught up in the drug trade. Eating his dust are five-times nominated Albert Finney, the world-worn attorney in Erin Brockovich; Joaquin Phoenix, the deliciously reptilian Commodus in Gladiator; and Willem Dafoe - uncanny in Shadow of the Vampire. Best actress in a supporting role Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) 1-1 Judi Dench (Chocolat) 7-5 Frances McDormand (Almost Famous) 7-5 Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) 6-1 Julie Walters (Billy Elliot) 8-1 Favourite is celebrity du jour Kate Hudson, for her Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Penny Lane in Almost Famous - the epitome of groupie chic. If she wins, Hudson and Oscar-winning mum Goldie Hawn could be the first mother-daughter winners. It may be two times lucky for Judi Dench for Chocolat, though a Julie Walters win is possible too. Best director* |
The 'Bullet Train' of Japan runs between Tokyo and which other city? | What is a Bullet Train? (with pictures) What is a Bullet Train? Last Modified Date: 29 November 2016 Copyright Protected: These 10 facts about space will blow your mind A bullet train is a term used to describe a high-speed passenger rail train. Originating in Japan, it is so named because of its sleek, aerodynamic appearance and its speed. The actual Japanese word for this rail service is Shinkansen, which, when literally translated into English, means “new trunk lines.” Public transportation is an important element of Japanese society, as the topography of the island nation limits the amount of available and usable space for roads. For many people, mass transportation is their main means of transportation. In light of this fact, the bullet train was conceived as a high-speed railway that would reduce the travel time between Japan’s large cities. The train achieves its high speed through the use of an aerodynamic shape and technology designed to fully maximize the power of the train. The railroad tracks for it were developed specifically for high-speed rail service. Conventional trains do not run on the Shinkansen lines and high-speed trains do not run on conventional tracks. This allows the trains to run at consistently high speeds, without having to reduce their operating speeds for slower trains on the tracks. The tracks are not designed to go around hills or mountains. Rather, a system of tunnels and viaducts allow the trains to go through any obstruction, which helps the Shinkansen maintain its high speeds. There are no railroad crossings, no changes of the right-of-way, and limited stops on the route. The bullet train began service in Japan in late 1964, connecting the cities of Tokyo and Osaka. The original trains traveled at approximately 125 miles per hour (200 kilometers per hour.) This allowed the 320 mile (550 kilometer) distance between Tokyo and Osaka to be traveled in about three hours. Today, the system consists of eight lines of service throughout most of Japan. It can reach speeds of up to 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour) and make the journey between Tokyo and Osaka in approximately two and one-half hours. Since the Shinkansen began operation in 1964, over 6 billion passengers have traveled on the railway, and there have been no major accidents. The success of the high-speed rail line in Japan encouraged other nations to develop their own similar programs. High-speed rail is now a fixture of mass transportation in many European and Asian nations. Two of the more notable services are in France and Spain. The French Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV) line is widely considered to be the most extensive high-speed rail system in Europe. The TGV began service in 1981 between the cities of Paris and Lyon. By 2007, the line had over 200 destinations throughout France and in neighboring countries such as Germany, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. It is estimated that, as of 2009, the system has carried in excess of 1.3 billion passengers since service began. Spain's bullet train service, known as the Alta Velocidad Española, or AVE, began service in 1992 between the cities of Seville and Madrid. It has now expanded north to the city of Barcelona and south of Seville to the city of Malaga. Spain is planning future expansion of the line, which would ultimately create a larger network than the French line. Other nations with high-speed rail include the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Portugal Taiwan and South Korea. China began development of its own program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. High-speed service began in Shanghai in 2004, and in 2008, service between Beijing and Tianjin was inaugurated. China is now embarking on an ambitious expansion program to provide high-speed service throughout the nation. Ad |
A British pair won the mixed doubles at the 1987 Wimbledon Tennis Champioships, Jeremy Bates and who elase? | Who was really the last British winner of a Wimbledon final? - Mirror Online Sport Who was really the last British winner of a Wimbledon final? Who were the last British players to claim Wimbledon titles in the men's singles, women's singles, mens doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles events? We bring you right up to speed Share Triple crown: Fred Perry claimed three consecutive titles between 1934-1936 (Photo: Hulton Archive) Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Andy Murray will carry the weight of history and a nation on his shoulders tomorrow as he steps out on Centre Court to face Roger Federer . While the Swiss ace has clocked up six Wimbledon titles by himself already, British tennis fans have had few final triumphs to cheer. But we have had some Wimbledon winners, so here is our rundown of the last British winners in Wimbledon finals... Men's singles final No Brit man has won the men's singles event at Wimbledon since Fred Perry sealed a hat-trick of titles in 1936. Until Murray's win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday, Bunny Austin was the last Brit to get there - in 1938. (Photo: Getty) Andy Murray plays Roger Federer in this year's final as the first Brit to reach the Wimbledon men's final in 74 years. It's a far cry from 1877 to 1904 where every final was contested by the British. Australian Norman Brookes crashed the party as runner up in 1905 before winning in 1907. How brash of him. (Photo: Wikipedia) No British woman has won the ladies' singles since Virginia Wade did so in 1977. (Photo: Getty) Women's doubles Virginia Wade was runner up with French player Francoise Durr in 1970, following Ann Haydon Jones - also with Francoise Durr - in 1968. (Durr was a losing doubles finalist six times without ever winning). Anglea Buxton was the last Brit to win the title with American Althea Gibson in 1956. The best year was 1955, when all four finalists were Brits with Angela Mortimer and Anne Shilcock beating Patricia Ward Hales and Shirley Brasher Broomer. Those were the days. (Photo: Getty) Mixed doubles Andy's older brother Jamie Murray won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Jankovic. He was the first Briton to do so since the all-British triumph of Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie in 1987. (Photo: Getty) Wheelchair Ladies' finals Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley became the first all-British wheelchair tennis pair to reach a Wimbledon final this year. They play Griffoen and Van Koot on Sunday. (Photo: Getty) |
Who starred as 'Arthur Parker', a sheet music salesman, in the Dennis Potter TV drama, 'Pennies From Heaven'? | Pennies from Heaven (TV Mini-Series 1978) - IMDb Pennies from Heaven Arthur, a sheet music salesman, has an ear for the hit tunes, but nobody will trust it. And his imagination often bursts into full song, building musical numbers around the greatest ... See full summary » Stars: a list of 39 titles created 15 Oct 2011 a list of 47 titles created 08 Jun 2012 a list of 39 titles created 26 Sep 2012 a list of 22 titles created 10 Apr 2014 a list of 33 titles created 3 months ago Title: Pennies from Heaven (1978– ) 8.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards » Photos Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations. Stars: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher. Director: Herbert Ross 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her ... See full summary » Director: Norman Z. McLeod Brimstone and Treacle (TV Movie 1987) Drama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X The Bates sadly care for their severely disabled daughter Pattie. Martin arrives at their door claiming to be her college friend. He charms them into accepting him as a lodger and carer for Pattie. But Martin is not all he seems. Director: Barry Davis Cold Lazarus (TV Mini-Series 1996) Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller Dr. Emma Porlock and her colleagues, attempting to unlock the secrets of human memory for the Masdon drug empire, get a cryogenically stored 400-year-old human head to project its memories ... See full summary » Stars: Albert Finney, Ciarán Hinds, Frances de la Tour Popular BBC sketch show that introduces a whole host of memorable characters such as Tim-Nice-But-Dim, Wayne and Waynetta Slob, The Old Gits and teenagers Kevin and Perry. The show spawned a slew of spin-off series and films. Stars: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Kathy Burke A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer...but both men are more than they claim to be. Director: Richard Loncraine BBC Television comedy detailing the fortunes of Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own ... See full summary » Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when they were young and flashbacks to the earlier visit reveal the origins of both their ... See full summary » Director: Gavin Millar The mysterious murder of an environmental activist leads her straight-laced father, an Inspector of the local police force, through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of the British ... See full summary » Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay A satire show using puppets that are charicatures of major public figures. Stars: Steve Nallon, Kate Robbins, Chris Barrie Blackeyes is an attempt to explore "what does go on between men and women in their heads, to show the possibilities of the ways that they see each other." Complex and multi-layered, the ... See full summary » Stars: Michael Gough, Carol Royle, Nigel Planer Edit Storyline Arthur, a sheet music salesman, has an ear for the hit tunes, but nobody will trust it. And his imagination often bursts into full song, building musical numbers around the greatest frustrations in his life. He meets an innocent young school teacher, Eileen, who seems to hear the same music, but when Eileen learns that he's married, and that she's pregnant with his child, she runs away. Arthur gives up everything to find and protect her, but fate and the music haven't finished with Arthur Parker. Written by Kathy |
Which Ian Fleming novel first introduced us to secret agent, James Bond? | "Climax!" Casino Royale (TV Episode 1954) - 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 American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions. Director: William H. Brown Jr. (as William H. Brown) Writers: 16 April 2007 4:34 AM, -08:00 | WENN Around The Web a list of 27 titles created 10 Nov 2012 a list of 26 titles created 29 Nov 2012 a list of 27 titles created 08 Mar 2013 a list of 27 titles created 17 Nov 2015 a list of 28 titles created 05 Jan 2016 Search for " Casino Royale " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Casino Royale (21 Oct 1954) 5.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Storyline American Combined Intelligence Agency spy James Bond aka Jimmy Bond arrives at the Casino Royale in Monte Carlo, Monaco but is shot at whilst entering. He meets up with British Secret Service secret agent Clarence Leiter (this character was called Felix Leiter in the original Ian Fleming novel). He briefs Bond about his mission then Bond runs into old flame Valerie Mathis (she is an amalgam of the Vesper Lynd and Rene Mathis characters from the novel). She introduces him to Le Chiffre who is the Chief Soviet Agent in the area and is nearly always accompanied by three henchman called Basil, Zoltan and Zuroff. Le Chiffre has been gambling with the Soviet funds of his employers and he's down several million francs. Bond's mission is to beat him at a high-stakes card game of Baccarat so Le Chiffre will be ruined. Written by Jamie Skinner 21 October 1954 (USA) See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia First on-screen appearance of James Bond. The popular James Bond is also known as "Jimmy" Bond or 'Card Sense' Jimmy Bond or 'Card Sharp' Jimmy Bond, as well as James Bond. [In point of fact, Bond is a "Card Shark", not a "Card Sharp"; a Sharp cheats to make money, while a Shark deliberately plays against weaker players in order to make money]. According to the telefilm, he got the nickname "Card Sense Jimmy Bond" whilst playing the Maharajah in Deauville. See more » Goofs Camera shadow is visible several times in the final scene. See more » Quotes Clarence Leiter : You're a legend old boy - Card Sense Jimmy Bond they call you. I knew you right away. James Bond : I didn't know I had that much of a reputation. Clarence Leiter : Oh my dear fellow - look here - how about you give me the lowdown how to play - over a drink? Oh, I'm very sorry, my name's Clarence Leiter. James Bond : Clarence sure - What have I got to lose? Clarence Leiter : Do you ever lose old boy? Bar's over there - lead on! Character name Leiter is misspelt as Letter in the closing credits. See more » Connections (Las Vegas, Nevada) – See all my reviews When Ian Fleming published the first 007 novel, "Casino Royale", in 1952, he envisioned it as being made as a movie, and began 'selling' it to anyone who might be interested. He quickly struck a deal, but soon discovered that he'd made a bad bargain; once he'd relinquished the rights, not only did he lose any control over how it would be used, or where, but on any potential revenue from it, as well. He'd be far more cautious in future, but "Casino Royale" became the one 'Bond' title that Eon Productions wouldn't own...giving it a convoluted history that is worth a book on it's own! American television, in the 1950s, was called the "Golden Age" of 'live' drama, in part because recording techniques were so primitive. Short of actually filming productions, which was costly and time-consuming, the only way of recording was on videotape's predecessor, which was grainy, dark, and really awful. As a result, much would be performed 'live', with the taping only made as a record of the airing. A lot of plays, stories, and novels were edited into half-hour and hour-long television programs, and "C |
Which Dennis Potter TV drama featured Ewan McGregor as 'Private Mick Hopper'? | Ewan McGregor — The Movie Database (TMDb) Report Biography Ewan Gordon McGregor was born 31 March 1971 in Crieff, Scotland. At 16, he left Crieff and Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents encouraged him to leave school and pursue his acting goals rather than be unhappy. McGregor studied drama for a year at Kirkcaldly in Fife, then enrolled at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama for a three-year course. He studied alongside Daniel Craig and Alistair McGowan among others, and left right before graduating after snagging the role of Private Mick Hopper in Dennis Potter's 1993 six-part Channel 4 series "Lipstick on Your Collar" (1993). His first notable role was that of Alex Law in Shallow Grave (1994), directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge and produced by Andrew MacDonald. This was followed by The Pillow Book (1996) and Trainspotting (1996), the latter of which brought him to the public's attention. He is now one of the most critically acclaimed actors of his generation, and portrays Obi-wan Kenobi in the first three Star Wars episodes. McGregor is married to French production designer Eve Mavrakis, whom he met while working on the TV show "Kavanagh QC" (1995). They married in France in the summer of 1995 and have two daughters, Clara Mathilde and Esther Rose. McGregor has formed a production company with friends Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Pertwee, Jude Law and Sadie Frost. Called Natural Nylon, they hope it will make innovative films that do not conform to Hollywood standards. |
Who won Wimbledon mixed doubles titles with Paul McNamee, Mark Woodforde and Jonathan Stark? | Navratilova takes title No 20 to equal King record - Telegraph Navratilova takes title No 20 to equal King record Courting triumph: Martina Navratilova wins her 20th title By William Johnson 12:01AM BST 07 Jul 2003 At the ripe old age of 46 years, eight months and 18 days, Martina Navratilova, the finest women's singles player Wimbledon has known , last night fittingly claimed a share of the record of 20 Championship titles established 24 years ago by one of her former doubles partners, Billie Jean King. The last title won by King, the six-time singles champion, was in tandem with Navratilova in the 1979 women's doubles. Navratilova had 12 months earlier secured the first of her nine singles crowns, and, eight years ago, she raised her total to 19 by partnering Jonathan Stark to her third mixed doubles honour. All three of those came with different partners - the Australians Paul McNamee and Mark Woodforde were the others, and she arrived on Centre Court last night with yet another, Leander Paes, the renowned doubles specialist from India who won the men's title in 1999 with his countryman Mahesh Bhupathi. Paes was only three years old when Navratilova first had her name inscribed on the Wimbledon roll of honour after the opening one of seven women's doubles triumphs - five of them with Pam Shriver - and he was delighted to play his part in Wimbledon history. Related Articles Sugiyama forgives Clijsters 06 Jul 2003 He and Navratilova, who last Friday became the first player of either gender to appear in 300 matches at Wimbledon, always had the measure of their unseeded opponents, Israel's Andy Ram and Anastassia Rodionova, a Russian whose serve they broke once in each set to secure a 6-3, 6-3 victory. Paes, who hammered in the clinching smash as he served out to love, bowed in an "I'm not worthy" manner to his illustrious partner as Navratilova briefly wept in his arms. She recovered swiftly to tell her supporters as she savoured the making of history: "They are all special, but the last one was eight years ago so it's great to bridge such a long gap with this very, very special honour. I'll be back next year," she promised, "but I don't know in what capacity". Kim Clijsters, who allowed a glorious chance to reach her first Wimbledon singles final slip through her grasp against the injured Venus Williams , claimed the consolation prize of the women's doubles title when she partnered Japan's Ai Sugiyama to a 6-4, 6-4, victory over the top seeds, Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez. The match was a repeat of a semi-final here last year and the final of this year's French Open, both of which were won by Clijsters and Sugiyama and that Grand Slam sequence was extended when the second seeds made the decisive break of the Suarez serve to complete their 76-minute triumph. The men's doubles final was played on Saturday evening and saw Australian Todd Woodbridge equal the record of eight titles set 98 years ago by the Doherty brothers. Woodbridge, who won the first six of his titles as part of the "Woodies" with his compatriot Woodforde, combined with Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman to defeat the top seeds, Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi, in four sets. Bjorkman and Woodbridge were seeded only fourth despite winning The Championship last year and they retained their title for the loss of only two sets, albeit going through one of their six matches on a walk-over. This was Woodbridge's 14th Grand Slam triumph and his 76th doubles title at all venues. He now needs to win two more events to equal the record of 78 set by Tom Okker in 1980. One more honour would take him into joint second with John McEnroe. There was mixed news on the home front in the senior events. Jeremy Bates and Nick Fulwood won the men's 35 and over title but Jo Durie and her American partner Gretchen Majors were beaten in the women's final. |
Which distinctive wild flower, a member of the 'Campion' family, is sometimes known as the 'Cuckoo Flower'? | Featured Species | Wildflower Europe Wildflower Europe Our Supporters Featured Species Please click on the pictures to find out more about the wild plants featured. We hope you will be inspired to learn more about them and please also visit our theme pages to find out how these plants are linked to culture and history. (inula verbarscifolia) Alder (Alnus glutinosa) Alder was formerly an important timber tree and has been found in many archaeological sites across Britain and Ireland. Bronze age alder shields are known from County Leitrim and County Down and they are the first tree mentioned in the Welsh poem 'Cad Goddeu - the Battle of the Trees'. Oakbank Iron Age Crannog on Loch Tay was built on alder piles. Alder or Fearn is one of the letters of the Ogham Tree Alphabet and the name Fearn is found in many places names in Scotland and Ireland. Alpine aster (Aster alpinus) Alpine catchfly (Lychnis alpina) Most of the UK population of this beautiful alpine plant is found on one hill top in Angus. The plant favours rocks with a heavy metal content and has been used by prospective miners to indicate ore deposits. It is the county flower for Angus. Photo copyright Andrew Gagg. Find out more about this plant Alpine Gentian (Gentiana nivalis) The snow or alpine gentian is one of our rarest plants, a alpine growing on the slopes of Ben Lawers in Perthshire. It is also found in the Alps and in Scandinavia. It is the county flower or Perthshire and there are three snow gentian flowers on the coat of arms of the municipality of Nord-Aurdal in Oppland county, Norway. Photo copyright Andrew Gagg Arnica species Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) The ash tree is central to Norse mythology (Yggdrassil), the wood is also used for many purposes. Ash is used for the letters Nin and Nuin in the Ogham and Gaelic alphabets. Photo copyright Laurie Campbell. Aspen (Populus tremula) Basil (Ocimum basilicum) Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) The bee orchid is one of our most dramatic native orchids. It prefers well drained grasslands and can be found growing on scrub, railway banks, sand dunes, and quarries. It is the county flower of Bedfordshire. It has also been depicted in illuminated manuscripts. Photo copyright Sue Nottingham. Beech (Fagus sylvatica) The beech is native to the south east England and Wales at least and naturalised all over the UK. Its wood has been widely used for furniture and building, and its nuts used as food and oil for animals and also humans during times of famine. The nuts used to be called 'buck' and the county of Buckinghamshire derived its name from the beech nut. Beech boards were used for writing by the Anglo-Saxons. Beefsteak mushroom (Fistulina hepatica) Bindweed (Convolvulaceae) Birch (Betula species) Birch gives its name 'Beith' to the first letter of the Ogham and Gaelic tree alphabets. It is one of our most distinctive, useful and versatile trees. The bark has been used for millennia for making containers, including coffins, and can be used as a writing material. The sap can also be used to make wine and the wood is still used for a wide variety of purposes. Birds-Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculata) The birds-foot trefoil is a bright and colourful plant of grasslands across Europe. It has many different names including 'boots and shoes', 'cheese cakes', 'Grandmother's slippers', 'Devil's fingers' and 'Lady's pincushion'. Photo copyright Luke Morton Bird's eye primrose (Primula farinosa) Black Bryony (Dioscorea communis) Blackberry (Rubus sp) Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) The blackthorn is one of the first hedgerow blossoms and it used for its wood, as food and medicine. The blackthorn has a mixed reputation as a plant of ill omen, associated with witches and with the Christian crown of thorns, and a useful plant. It is the letter 'Straif' in the Ogham Tree Alphabet. The mayor of Sandwich in Kent uses a blackthorn staff as a badge of office, and it is the clan plant badge of Clan MacQuarrie. Photo copyright Beth Newman Bladder senna (Colutea arborescens) Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) Blue Alpine Sow Thistle (C |
Which famous example of Indo-Islamic architecture was built between 1630 and 1653? | Taj Mahal, India : eVideo : Toronto Public Library Learn about our affiliate program Summary/Review: "Islamic architecture's most beautiful building, the Taj Mahal, is located on the southern shore of the Jumna Rive close to Agra in Northern India. Th more... Summary/Review: "Islamic architecture's most beautiful building, the Taj Mahal, is located on the southern shore of the Jumna Rive close to Agra in Northern India. This mighty mausoleum was built on the orders of the Mogul King, Shah Jehan, for his favourite wife. Surrounding an inner core of stone, the Taj Mahal is mainly of brick construction encased in marble. The marble was transported from quarries about 300 km from Agra and in addition to its richly decorated, precious white marble, red sandstone was also used for its massive main gateway. Floral reliefs, tendrils and other carefully created stone works adorn the building's magnificent exterior. On its walls there are artistic images taken from the Koran and there are also non-Islamic decorations that were designed by 17th century architects. The stunning Persian motifs of blossom and plants consist partly of precious stones such as diamonds. garnet, sapphires and onyx. In 1629 the wife of the Indian Mogul, Shah Jehan, died at the birth of her 14th child. In her memory, her husband promised to build a mighty monument: the result was the Taj Mahal. It was built between 1630 and 1653 and its Persian character is due to its first architect, Isa Afandi, who originated from Iran. Its onion-like cupolas were a real architectural achievement of their day and the symmetry of the building is truly remarkable. A perfect example of Indo-Islamic architecture, today the Taj Mahal is India's most famous structure."--Container |
What food, although not rationed during the Second World War, was rationed after it? | What You Need To Know About Rationing In The Second World War | Imperial War Museums Quick read What You Need To Know About Rationing In The Second World War In January 1940, the British government introduced food rationing. The scheme was designed to ensure fair shares for all at a time of national shortage. The Ministry of Food was responsible for overseeing rationing. Every man, woman and child was given a ration book with coupons. These were required before rationed goods could be purchased. Basic foodstuffs such as sugar, meat, fats, bacon and cheese were directly rationed by an allowance of coupons. Housewives had to register with particular retailers. A number of other items, such as tinned goods, dried fruit, cereals and biscuits, were rationed using a points system. The number of points allocated changed according to availability and consumer demand. Priority allowances of milk and eggs were given to those most in need, including children and expectant mothers. As shortages increased, long queues became commonplace. It was common for someone to reach the front of a long queue, only to find out that the item they had been waiting for had just run out. Not all foods were rationed. Fruit and vegetables were never rationed but were often in short supply, especially tomatoes, onions and fruit shipped from overseas. The government encouraged people to grow vegetables in their own gardens and allotments. Many public parks were also used for this purpose. The scheme became better known as ‘Dig For Victory’. Certain key commodities were also rationed – petrol in 1939, clothes in June 1941 and soap in February 1942. The end of the war saw additional cuts. Bread, which was never rationed during wartime, was put on the ration in July 1946. It was not until the early 1950s that most commodities came ‘off the ration’. Meat was the last item to be de-rationed and food rationing ended completely in 1954. One way to get rationed items without coupons, usually at greatly inflated prices, was on the black market. Shopkeepers sometimes kept special supplies ‘behind the counter’, and ‘spivs’ - petty criminals - traded in goods often obtained by dubious means. By March 1941, 2,300 people had been prosecuted and severely penalised for fraud and dishonesty. Follow us |
"Which family did Clint Eastwood deliberately pit against the 'Rojo family'. in ""A Fistful Of Dollars""?" | Novelization Appreciation: A Fistful of Dollars A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS by Frank Chandler Technically, today's 50th anniversary of A Fistful of Dollars is not an American celebration. Due to protracted legal issues over Sergio Leone's liberal appropriation of plots 'n shots from Yojimbo, the pioneering spaghetti western wouldn't be ushered into western theaters until early 1967. But 50 years ago the Man With No Name fired up Italian screens for the first time and his violent pistol opera swiftly become the country's highest grossing film to date, thus assuring its unshaven anti-hero's massive crossover success in the states and iconic status in the annals of action cinema. Short of actually going out and shooting some Italian character actors, what better way to mark this occasion than to talk a little about the movie's novelization, which also didn't debut in America (it was published by Tandem, Universal Publishing's U.K. subsidiary) and also isn't 50 years old (it didn't materialize until 1972). Obviously, the biggest challenge of shoehorning this or any Sergio Leone film into a cash-in novelization that dropped eight years after the movie's debut is the inescapable lack of Sergio Leone. And of all five of his westerns, A Fistful of Dollars doesn't offer much story to work with - for all its excessive shootouts, epic scope and piercing Morricone score, the narrative itself couldn't be more economical. The small cast and centralized location are the antithesis of a monumental John Ford production. The simplicity of the hero's motivation is a pale shade of the psychological complexity built into a Mann or a Boetticher protagonist. Although it's not without its dark and funny moments, Leone steered clear of Hawks' common sojourns into comedic territory, the moral grey areas of de Toth and Peckinpah's visceral portraits of men who've outlived their time in the world (at least until Once Upon a Time in the West). Deliberately stripped down to the sparsest possible structure, the Dollar trilogy - particularly the first one - rely less on storytelling techniques than cinematic design: extreme close-ups, POV shots and rapid editing to heighten the tension of deadly stand-offs, jarring music cues and sound effects that echo up and down the hills of Almer�a (er, San Miguel), characters introduced through actions rather than dialogue. An introductory shot of Clint Eastwood's stranger riding into town under a tall leafless tree with jutting branches from which hang an ominous noose tells you everything about the town you need to know: its desperate poverty, the omnipresent threat from any one of its various criminal chapters, that the stranger has wandered into a situation not as easily manipulated as he might expect. But as oblivious as he might seem to death hanging directly above him, the stranger riding tall and stoically in his saddle immediately establishes his strategy to come as close to the danger as possible without letting his neck slip into the noose. All this from one shot, before a word of dialogue has been spoken. This kind of very visual storytelling presents an obvious challenge to British writer Terry Harknett, writing under the name Frank Chandler (more American sounding I guess?) Even less enviable a task is having to transform Clint Eastwood's detached gunslinger into an internalized character: how many different ways can Harknett describe the stranger's "impassive expression" and "steady gaze?" It's the equivalent of a sketch artist sitting on the sidelines as the gunslinger saunters into town: Eastwood's visage is better seen than transcribed. In Red Harvest, the novel Kurosawa may or may not have based Yojimbo on, Dashiell Hammett avoided having to constantly explain what his similarly unnamed protagonist was thinking by keeping the narrative in first person, letting the enigmatic detective report on events happening around him rather than glancing omnipotently inward. Of course, that approach to the Man With No Name wouldn't have worked - his mysterious aura is based on his impenetrable stoicism.* There's |
'Michaelwood Services' are located on which Motorway? | Michaelwood Services M5 - Motorway Services Information Michaelwood Services M5 Other ratings from visitors to the site Truckers Type: Separate facilities for each carriageway, but linked by a pedestrian footbridge Operator: Welcome Break Eat-In Food: Starbucks, Eat In, Burger King, KFC Takeaway Food / General: WH smith Picnic Area: yes Cash Machines in main building: Yes (transaction charge applies) Parking Charges: Free for two hours, charges apply for longer stays. Cars: £10.00. Caravans, Coaches and HGVs: £18.50 including meal voucher or £16.00 without. Other Facilities/Information: Gaming area, free Wi fi, tourist information area, highways traffic information, large seating area, toilets. Motel: Days Inn |
What was the former name of Surinam? | BBC News - Suriname country profile Printable version Suriname country profile Suriname, once known as Dutch Guiana, is one of South America's smallest countries. It enjoys a relatively high standard of living but also faces serious political and economic challenges. Since independence from the Netherlands in 1975 Suriname has endured coups and a civil war. Former military strongman Desi Bouterse dominated politics for much of the post-independence era, but the country is now under civilian rule. Overview Media Suriname is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the Americas. Most of its people are descended from African slaves and Indian and Indonesian indentured servants brought over by the Dutch to work as agricultural labourers. However, there is little assimilation between the different ethnic groups, which confine their contacts to the economic sphere. Similarly, most political parties are ethnically based. This acts as an obstacle to consensus-building. Suriname has potential for tourism, boasting rainforests, abundant wildlife and colonial architecture in the capital. But the sector is undeveloped, hampered by the inaccessibility of the interior and the lack of infrastructure. So, Suriname depends heavily on mining and processing its declining reserves of bauxite and is vulnerable to falls in commodity prices. Suriname and neighbouring Guyana have been engaged in a long-running territorial dispute over a potentially oil-rich offshore area. A UN tribunal settled the issue in 2007, redrawing the maritime border and giving both countries access to the basin. The ruling is expected to bring a surge of exploration by major oil companies. The issue flared up in 2000 when Surinamese patrol boats evicted a Canadian-owned rig from a concession awarded by Guyana. Facts Media President: Desire "Desi" Bouterse The former military leader of Suriname in the 1980s and early 1990s, Desi Bouterse won enough parliamentary support in July 2010 to be elected president. Desi Bouterse first led Suriname following a coup in 1980 This followed his Mega Combination coalition's winning 23 out of the 51 seats in parliament in May, thereby becoming the largest single party. He won the presidency with the help of two smaller parties after weeks of strenuous efforts by the opposition to stop him. Mr Bouterse's election campaign concentrated on winning over poorer voters who felt let down by the previous government's economic austerity programme. Mr Bouterse is a controversial figure. In 2007, he was put on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of 15 political opponents as military ruler in 1982. But the slow-moving case was put on hold when parliament passed a law giving Mr Bouterse and his 24 co-defendants blanket immunity for human rights violations committed during military rule. The amnesty law provoked outrage among his opponents, while former colonial power the Netherlands recalled its ambassador and froze aid in protest. In 1999, the Netherlands convicted Mr Bouterse in absentia of drug-trafficking in 1999. He denied all charges in the case. As head of state he is immune from prosecution abroad. Media |
Who was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America? | Who was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America? A. Andrew Jackson B. Abraham Lincoln C. Jefferson Davis D. Franklin Pierce You have new items in your feed. Click to view. Question and answer Who was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America? A. Andrew Jackson B. Abraham Lincoln C. Jefferson Davis D. Franklin Pierce C. Jefferson Davis was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. Who was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America? A. Andrew Jackson B. Abraham Lincoln C. Jefferson Davis D. Franklin Pierce New answers This answer has been added to the Weegy Knowledgebase 3 This answer has been added to the Weegy Knowledgebase Comments Log in or sign up first. Questions asked by the same visitor Weegy: A. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846. (More) Question Asked 11/17/2011 12:03:54 PM 0 Answers/Comments Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. Added 9/23/2014 7:11:24 PM This answer has been added to the Weegy Knowledgebase Weegy: D. He attended Harvard College (More) Question Asked 11/17/2011 12:09:38 PM 0 Answers/Comments Weegy: The statement B. The North had far better military leadership than the South, was untrue. (More) Question Asked 11/23/2011 10:48:45 AM 0 Answers/Comments The first shots of the Civil War were fired: B. the Battle of Fort Sumter Added 11/23/2011 11:19:36 AM This answer has been added to the Weegy Knowledgebase 3 The first shots of the Civil War were fired at the Battle of Fort Sumter. Added 11/23/2011 11:22:36 AM Weegy: -54 + 18 = -36 User: Simplify 3(x - 4) + 8(x + 2) User: What is the equation of the line that passes through ... 1/17/2017 1:07:03 PM| 5 Answers Weegy: r(r+3) = 1 User: 5x + 2y = 20, when x = 0.3? User: What is the value of a in the equation 3a + b = 54, when b ... 1/17/2017 9:50:12 AM| 3 Answers Weegy: C. [ July On July 4, 2008, our planet is at the distant end- a point astronomers call "aphelion." This puts ... 1/18/2017 1:59:28 AM| 3 Answers |
Who manufactured the U2 spy plane in which Gary Powers was shot down in 1960? | U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers honored with Silver Star at Pentagon - CBS News By David Morgan CBS News June 15, 2012, 3:02 PM U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers honored with Silver Star at Pentagon U.S. Air Force Pilot Captain Francis Gary Powers is pictured before his U-2 spy plane on June 1, 1959. While flying a joint Air Force-CIA mission, Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union and held for nearly two years. AP Photo Email (CBS News) Capt. Francis Gary Powers, the Air Force pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, was posthumously honored Friday in a medal ceremony at the Pentagon. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz presented the Silver Star Medal to Capt. Powers' children, Gary Powers Jr. and Dee Powers, in the Hall of Heroes, in tribute to Powers' "heroic action and his loyalty to the United States of America during a pivotal time in our nation's history." "My sister, myself, my wife, my son, aunts and uncles, cousins, the Powers family is deeply grateful and deeply appreciative for the awarding of the Silver Star to my father," said Gary Powers Jr. "It goes to show that it's never too late to set the record straight." U.S. pilot whose spy plane was shot down in Soviet air space in 1960 is posthumously awarded Silver Star Powers, whose reconnaissance plane was shot down over the U.S.S.R. on May 1, 1960, was honored for demonstrating "exceptional loyalty" while enduring harsh interrogation in a Russian prison for nearly two years. After taking off from Pakistan and flying at an altitude of 70,000 feet, Powers was more than 1,200 miles inside the Soviet Union's border when he was shot down by surface-to-air missiles. He parachuted safely to the ground and was captured by Soviet troops. The plane's camera and film was also captured - a propaganda boon for Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev. Under intense interrogation, Powers was threatened with death and suffered sleep and food deprivation. He was eventually tried in Moscow. U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (right) sits in the dock in a Moscow court, August 17, 1960, at the opening of his espionage trial. At left is his defense counsel, Mikhail Griniev. AP Photo "Captain Powers steadfastly refused all attempts to give sensitive defense information or be exploited for propaganda purposes," the medal citation reads. In August 1960 Powers was convicted of espionage and sentenced to three years in prison and seven years in a prison colony. After 21 months in prison Powers was exchanged was turned over to U.S. officials in Berlin in 1962, exchanged in a prisoner swap for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. After returning to the U.S., Powers was exonerated by a CIA board of inquiry, and he was awarded an Intelligence Star. But many criticized him for not destroying the plane and its sensitive surveillance instruments - and for allowing himself to be taken alive. Powers' daughter, Dee, that the trauma of her father's detention and show trial was exacerbated by a teacher in third grade, who voiced the sentiment of many over the pilot's capture: "A teacher told me my father should have killed himself," she told CBS Radio's Howard Arenstein. Powers later worked as a test pilot at Lockheed and wrote a 1970 memoir, "Operation Overflight." A TV-movie was made in 1976 about the U-2 incident starring Lee Majors. Powers died in 1977 when the helicopter he was piloting for KNBC crashed in Los Angeles. Documents declassified in the 1990s revealed that the U-2 spy flight had been a joint operation of the CIA and the Air Force, making him eligible for military honors. Powers was awarded a posthumous POW medal - and now, the Silver Star. © 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
The building originally known as the G-Mex Centre in Manchester was built on the site of which railway station? | Rail History — Manchester Metrolink — LRTA Metrolink Introduction > A Brief Rail History: updated 8 October 2016 A Brief Rail History of Manchester This page is an outline of the history of railways in the Manchester area from 1830. It summarises information obtained from various books about railways and includes observations of recent developments. When mainline railways arrived, during the 1830s and early 40s, the town was already a considerable size with valuable properties in the central area. Terminal stations were built on the outer edges of the town. This resulted in problems for passengers arriving at one station and wanting to depart from another. Victoria station with its connecting lines opened in 1844 on the north side of the city centre, the adjacent Exchange station opened in 1884. The Manchester South Junction and Altrincham lines opened in 1849 on the south side. By the 1980s the north and south side networks were still unconnected and without effective central area penetration. The Metrolink six line plan came out of several studies into light rail. The 19th Century saw the arrival and expansion of railways in the Manchester area. Topics in this section are Liverpool and Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Manchester and Birmingham, Sheffield and Manchester, Diagram of Central Manchester Railways and Stations in 1890, Victoria and Exchange Stations, Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR), Manchester to Leeds via Stalybridge and Huddersfield, Midland Railway (MR) and Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC). 1900 to 1960s , during this period the railways faced increasing competition from road based transport. Topics in this section are Bury Line Electrification (LYR), Railway Grouping 1923, The Altrincham Line Electrification (MSJAR) and Modernisation and Contraction. Late 1960s to Metrolink . It became clear that previous attempts to solve the railway’s problems were not working which lead to the setting up of the Passenger Transport Authorities and Executives. Other topics covered in this section are Altrincham line first re–electrification, North–South Connections, Hadfield and Glossop line re–electrification, Hazel Grove Chord and Windsor Link, Transpennine Services, Manchester Airport Link, Diagram of Central Manchester Railways, Stations and Metrolink in 2015 and Conclusions 19th Century Liverpool and Manchester By the early nineteenth century Manchester was already a thriving town based on the cotton and related industries. The existing road and canal links to Liverpool, through whose docks most of the raw cotton was imported and also finished goods exported, were considered inadequate. A group of Liverpool businessmen got together and promoted a rail line between Liverpool and Manchester. The ‘Rocket’ won the Rainhill locomotive trials in October 1829. The line opened on 15th September 1830 the Manchester terminus was Liverpool Road Station. The Grand Junction Railway (GJR), opened in 1837, linked the mid–point of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with Birmingham. Early in 1844 Liverpool Road became a goods station and closed in 1975. It is now preserved as part of the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway This was formed in 1847 from a number of smaller railways in the two counties from which it is named. The Manchester and Bolton opened in 1838 from a terminus at Salford (present day Salford Central) to Bolton. The Manchester and Bury was promoted by a company which became the East Lancashire Railway (ELR). It ran from Clifton Junction on the Manchester and Bolton to Bury and on to Accrington. The Manchester and Leeds was first of the Transpennine railways and one of the easiest in terms of gradients. The route is through Rochdale and Hebden Bridge. The line opened throughout in 1841 from a terminal station in Oldham Road. Oldham Road became a goods station after Victoria opened. Later it closed completely and has now been demolished, it was about 800 metres or half a mile from Piccadilly Gardens. By 1842 there was a steeply graded branch from |
Which is the only athletics world record never to have been broken at the Olympic Games? | Unattainable records leave female athletes struggling for acclaim | Anna Kessel | Sport | The Guardian Sportblog Unattainable records leave female athletes struggling for acclaim Women at the World Athletics Championships are competing in the shadow of a murky past but deserve more acclaim Sanya Richards' best at 400m iis still 1.10sec slower than Marita Koch's in 1985. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA Sportblog Unattainable records leave female athletes struggling for acclaim Women at the World Athletics Championships are competing in the shadow of a murky past but deserve more acclaim Saturday 15 August 2009 19.15 EDT First published on Saturday 15 August 2009 19.15 EDT Share on Messenger Close It was an enduring image: Usain Bolt, centre stage, at the Jamaican team press conference in Beijing, while squeezed to one side were his female Olympic gold medal winning team-mates. A thousand camera flashes illuminated the triple world record holder's grin as the women were comprehensively ignored. Pursing their lips, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Melaine Walker had been here before. Yes, Bolt's achievements were extraordinary, but for the female athletes the dynamics were all too familiar. So why are women so routinely consigned to the bottom of the page? When she was finally given the microphone, Campbell-Brown bravely broached the issue. "It's a touchy subject, but if I should be honest, I really believe men get more attention in this sport. It's based on the fact that the world record in the 100m and 200m for men is reachable. For me, my PRs [personal records] are 10.85[sec] and 21.74[sec], which I just accomplished here and I only ran that once. It is hard for me to even think about the world record." Why so? Because since Florence Griffith-Joyner's 1988 world records in the 100m and 200m, no female sprinter has come anywhere near breaking them – not even a drug-fuelled Marion Jones. Meanwhile, in the men's sprints, the 100m world record has been broken 11 times in the past two decades. With Fraser and Walker nodding in unison, Campbell-Brown spelled out the awkward truth. "It is beyond my reach. The 200m world record is 21.34[sec] and the 100m record is 10.49[sec]. How many females have even run 10.6[sec] in the past 20 years since Flo Jo set that record?" Actually the only other woman to run a 10.6sec time was Jones, ahead of the Sydney Olympics, but after admitting that she took performance-enhancing drugs in 2007, that mark was swiftly erased. "It's disappointing to not get the respect that the males do," Campbell-Brown said, "because they are capable of breaking the record and people are excited to see them run because they know the possibility of breaking the record is close. I don't have that luxury." The problem is not unique to the sprints. With 13 women's world records in the Olympic track and field events still standing from the 1980s – all before the introduction of mandatory random drug testing in 1989 – some feel that a clean athlete will never be able to surpass those marks. Compare that to the men's events, in which only the hammer and the discus world records date back to the 1980s, and the opportunities for male and female athletes could not be more different. The frustrations are obvious. How can it be that no contemporary athlete has managed to get within the same second as Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1983 mark in the 800m? Why is Sanya Richards' best – the fastest 400m runner in over a decade – still 1.10sec slower than Marita Koch's effort in 1985? Why is the legendary Carolina Kluft's best score in the heptathlon 259 points behind the world record set in 1988 by Jackie Joyner-Kersee? There are no easy answers. Flo Jo and the others never failed a drugs test, but the flamboyant American's achievements were dogged by rumour and suspicion as critics whispered about increased muscle tone, an elongated jawline, a deeper voice, a hasty retirement and death by heart seizure aged just 38. So why the discrepancy between the sexes? We know that doping has a greater effect on women than on men. |
Which exotic creatures reside in St. James Park, London? | Pelican Feeding in St James's Park Pelican Feeding in St James's Park Pelican Feeding in St James's Park Pelican Feeding Time in St James's Park. © Laura Porter, licensed to About.com, Inc. Share By Laura Porter If you have visited St James Park - between Buckingham Palace , Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament - you will have seen the resident pelicans . They are not shy and will often wander along the paths near the lake and try and get treats from visitors. Why Are There Pelicans Here? This area was a deer park and hunting land for King Henry VIII in the 1500s. When James I became king in 1603 he kept more exotic animals here in the park that included camels, crocodiles and an elephant. There were also aviaries of exotic birds along what is now Birdcage Walk. After the English Civil War and the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Charles II re-landscaped the park in a formal French style. The first pelicans were brought to St James's Park in 1664 as a gift from the Russian Ambassador and pelicans are still offered to the park by foreign ambassadors today. How Many Pelicans? There are currently four Eastern (or Great) White Pelicans living near Duck Island at St James's Park. continue reading below our video Best Ride Sharing Apps of 2015 All have been bred in captivity. What Do They Eat? Visitors are actually asked not to feed the pelicans, or pigeons or any birds in the park, but that point is missed by most people. These lucky pelicans are fed 12lb (5.4kg) of fish a day, plus a vitamin supplement. In more recent years there have been more sightings, and videos uploaded by shocked tourists, of pelicans eating live pigeons. This is opportunistic behavior as, simply, pigeons look like food to them. But, this is still unusual and these pelicans are generally happy with their daily fish. What Time is the Daily Feeding? Head to Duck Island at the east end of St James's Park Lake, near Horse Guard's Parade, to see the pelicans receive their daily fish between 2.30pm and 3pm daily. A member of Royal Parks staff comes out from the cottage (Park Office) with a large bucket or bowl and throws the fish individually to each pelican to ensure all get their fair share. It's fine to take photos and to watch the feeding but please don't ask to throw a fish yourself as that's not allowed. If staff have time they can answer some questions when they have finished feeding the pelicans but while they are throwing the fish let them do their job as they are also assessing the pelicans at the same time. Did you Know? |
Which King married Alexandra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark? | Alexandra | queen consort of Great Britain | Britannica.com queen consort of Great Britain Written By: Alternative Titles: Alexandra Caroline Mary Charlotte Louisa Julia, Alexandra, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Alexandra, Princess of Wales Alexandra Queen consort of Great Britain Also known as Alexandra Caroline Mary Charlotte Louisa Julia Alexandra, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg David Cameron Alexandra, in full Alexandra Caroline Mary Charlotte Louisa Julia, also called (1844–63) Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, or (1863–1901) Princess of Wales (born Dec. 1, 1844, Copenhagen , Den.—died Nov. 20, 1925, Sandringham , Norfolk , Eng.), queen consort of King Edward VII of Great Britain. Queen Alexandra. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The eldest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark , Alexandra was married to Edward (then Albert Edward, prince of Wales) in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, on March 10, 1863. The exceptional beauty and graceful manner of the princess made her an immediate and lasting favourite with the British public. She had six children: Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence; George, Duke of York, afterward King George V; Louise, afterward Duchess of Fife; Victoria; Maud, afterward queen of Norway; and John, who died in infancy. A serious illness in 1867 left Alexandra lame and accentuated a hereditary deafness. As queen she devoted much of her income and time to the poor and suffering; she founded the Imperial Military Nursing Service in 1902 and started Alexandra Rose Day to raise funds for British hospitals. Learn More in these related articles: Edward VII Nov. 9, 1841 London, Eng. May 6, 1910 London king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions and emperor of India from 1901, an immensely popular and affable sovereign and a leader of society. in choker ...early form of choker had one or more rows of pearls, which sometimes covered the neck from the base to the chin. Another popular choker was a band of velvet with a cameo pinned to its centre. Queen Alexandra, consort to Edward VII of Great Britain, in the late 19th century introduced a wide pearl and diamond choker that was soon dubbed the “dog collar.” 2 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted References association with Edward VII (in Edward VII ) introduction of choker as fashion (in choker ) External Links Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Queen consort of Great Britain 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: July 20, 1998 URL: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandra-queen-consort-of-Great-Britain Access Date: January 20, 2017 Share |
What type of garment is a 'Billycock'? | Counterfeit Billycock - Official TF2 Wiki | Official Team Fortress Wiki Counterfeit Billycock This hat is a spy. “ — The Spy on imposter hats ” The Counterfeit Billycock is a community-created cosmetic item for the Spy . It is a top hat, adorned with a paper disguise mask bearing an image of the Backbiter's Billycock . The item was designed by A trained chimpanzee , and the backpack icon was contributed by smash.mn . The Counterfeit Billycock was contributed to the Steam Workshop. Contents |
Which group was voted 'Best British Group' at the 2007 Brit Awards? | Who will win Best British Group at the Brit Awards 2014? Vote for your favourite Brits nominee - Mirror Online Celebs Who will win Best British Group at the Brit Awards 2014? Vote for your favourite Brits nominee It's seriously tough in this category, with the likes of One Direction, Bastille, the Arctic Monkeys, Disclosure and Rudimental battling it out Share The One Direction boys are hoping for the crown (Photo: WENN) Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email It looks like it's going to be men ruling the group category at the Brit Awards this year, and there is some serious competition. Heartthrobs One Direction are up against big names including Rudimental and the Arctic Monkeys for a chance of being crowned Best British Group. They will also have to contend with chart topper Bastille and newcomer Disclosure, who made a name for themselves with their hit White Noise. But unfortunately for these guys, there can only be one winner at the annual bash later this month. Last year's champion was Mumford and Sons, who have gone on to have a VERY successful year indeed, so it's bound to be something worth fighting for this time round too. Check out our guide below as we break down every nominee, and don't forget to vote for your favourite star at the bottom of the page. One Direction |
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What make of car was JF Kennedy traveling in when he was shot dead? | The Strange Saga of the JFK Assassination Car | Boundary Stones: WETA's Washington DC History Blog The Strange Saga of the JFK Assassination Car 11/22/2013 in DC by Patrick Kiger You may have assumed that the Presidential limosine that carried President Kennedy through Dallas on November 22, 1963 was taken out of service after the assassination... But that would be incorrect. Four more presidents used it afterwards. The photo above is from LBJ's term. (Photo source: Flickr user That Hartford Guy via Creative Commons license.) On Oct. 5, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson joined a visiting head of state, Philippines President Diosdad Macapagal, in a 25-minute noontime parade through downtown Washington . In the annals of Presidential events, it was unremarkable, save for one odd and unsettling detail. LBJ and Macapagal rode thorugh the capital's streets in the same customized black 1961 Lincoln limousine in which, not quite a year before, President John F. Kennedy had been killed by a sniper as he rolled in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas. It may seem puzzlingly strange, even macabre, that LBJ — who had been riding two cars behind JFK in Dallas — would reuse the same car in which his predecessor had been slain. But apparently, the Secret Service decided that it was faster and more economical to recycle JFK's old Lincoln than it was to order the building of a new Presidential parade limousine. Those who'd seen JFK in the limousine in Dallas might not have recognized it. The navy blue Lincoln no longer was a convertible, having been equipped with a bulletproof metal-and-glass hardtop roof. There were numerous other security modifications as well, which bystanders couldn't see. The strange saga of JFK's recycled death car began a few years before, when the Secret Service decided to add a new car to the fleet of 10 1950 Lincolns that Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower had used, whose roofs had been modified to provide with extra headroom to accommodate the tophats that once were the fashion for chiefs of state. The President's new car started out as a stock 1961 Lincoln Continental 4-door convertible, manufactured at Ford's plant in Wixom, Mich. in January 1961. The auto maker then sent it to another company, Hess & Eisenhardt, in Cincinnati, Oh., which customized it to serve as a parade limousine. That involved fairly radical alternations, including cutting the car in half and adding a 3-and-a-half-foot section to the middle. According to Popular Mechanics, the vehicle — code-named X-100 by the Secret Service — was the most sophisticated presidential limousine that had ever been built. Its equipment included a pair of radio telephones, interior floodlights, spotlight-illuminated flagstaffs on the fenders, and a rear seat equipped with a hydraulic lift capable of raising it 11 inches off the floor. But the car's crowning feature was its set of three removable roofs — a standard cloth convertible roof, another of lightweight metal, and a third of transparent plastic. The roofs were composed of multiple removable panels that could be used separately or in different combinations, depending upon the weather and the President's wishes. The designers' intention was to make the President more visible to spectators — a decision that would seem ill-considered after Nov. 22, 1963. For all its sophisticated features, the car was woefully short on protection against attack. It wasn't armored, and even if the plastic bubbletop hadn't been removed that day because of the clearing skies over Dallas, the Warren Commission report would note that it "was neither bulletproof nor bullet-resistant." After the assassination, the limousine was scoured by investigators for evidence. The windshield, which had been hit by the third bullet fired by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, was removed by the FBI and Secret Service, and became Exhibit (CE) 350 of the Warren Commission. You might suspect that after that, the car would have been set aside as an historical artifact. Instead, oddly, the fateful Lincoln was shipped back to Ohio, where He |
Which English batsman scored 70 runs in England's final 1-Day match against Australiain February 2007? | Top 10 Highest Run Chases in ODI Cricket Top 10 Highest Run Chases in ODI Cricket Tweet Some teams have a peculiar strategy of having a preference to bowl first in ODIs, since they want to know how many runs they need in 50 overs to win a match and in accordance, planning becomes much easier unlike batting first when the team has to set a total for the opposition to chase. For example, India won 16 one-day matches on the trot from the period of November 2005 – May 2006 chasing totals. Here are some of the highest runs ever scored by teams batting second in an ODI – 1) South Africa – 438/9 South Africa’s batsman Mark Boucher celebrates after hitting the winning run This was one of the most incredible ODI chases of all-time. The match was on March 12, 2006 at Johannesburg, where South Africa were playing world champions Australia in the final match of a 5-match series which was level at 2-2. Australia batted first and piled up a massive 434/4 in 50 overs, with captain Ricky Ponting playing one of the finest ODI knocks ever, scoring 164 runs off 105 balls. Even the rest of the batsmen were striking the ball exceptionally well, on a flat pitch at the Wanderers. South Africa started miserably, losing opener Boeta Dippenear early. But Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs launched a breathtaking counter-attack against a weakened Australian bowling unit. Smith was eventually dismissed for a 55-ball 90, while Gibbs bettered Ponting’s effort with a 111-ball 175, hitting Australia’s bowlers to all parts of the ground and clearing the fence seven times. Although there was a mini collapse, but Mark Boucher had a cool enough head to hit a memorable and quickfire 50 off just 43 balls, hitting Brett Lee for a four as winning runs for the side. This will go down as an all-time great ODI match to watch, as Australia lost despite having 434 runs to defend. 2) Sri Lanka – 411/8 Sri Lanka already possess the world record for the highest total in ODIs, which is 443. They have the batting firepower to deliver as per the situation, and that is one of the key reasons of the team scoring 411/8 in 50 overs in a match against India at Rajkot in 2009. India batted first in this match and almost took the game away from Sri Lanka, with Virender Sehwag going characteristically berserk, hitting 146 runs off just 102 balls. Fifties from Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni led India to 414/7 in 50 overs. Sri Lanka began strongly though, with a 188-run opening partnership between Upul Tharanga and Tillakratne Dilshan. Dilshan, Sehwag’s Sri Lankan equivalent scored an aggressive 160 off just 124 balls giving him team all the chances of pulling off a stunning chase, until he was dismissed by Harbhajan Singh. With Sangakkara and Dilshan gone, the Lankan batters fell like a pack of cards and scrambled somehow to finish just 3 runs short of the target, in 50 overs. It was a great start to a 5 match series, with this being a rare run-feast between the two Asian sides. 3) New Zealand – 350/9 The Kiwis will feature five times in this list. It goes to show the team’s batting strength in the one-day game, having the grinders as well as the power-hitters. A testimony of this was the 350 they chased against Trans-Tasman archrivals Australia in Hamilton in February 2007. Australia finished with 346/5 in 50 overs, and Hamilton was fortunate to witness a fighting and aggressive knock from the burly Matthew Hayden. Hayden hit 181 off just 166 balls, batting till the end of the innings. This remained the highest individual score by an Australian in ODIs until his fellow Queensland team-mate Shane Watson broke the record in 2011 against Bangladesh. However, New Zealand had their own way of replying back to an Australian attack without the likes of Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. Craig McMillan hit a 96-ball 117 and Brendon McCullum stayed unbeaten till the end, hitting 86 runs off just 91 balls as the duo guided the hosts home by 1 wicket. Being the last match of the ODI series and just prior to the World Cup, New Zealand whitewashed the world champions 3-0. 4) India – 347 all out It i |
'Maverick', 'Ice','Viper', 'Goose', 'Jester' and 'Cougar' were names used by various characters in which film? | Top Gun (1986) - Goofs - IMDb Top Gun (1986) Goofs Showing all 143 items Jump to: Audio/visual unsynchronised (3) | Boom mic visible (1) | Character error (13) | Continuity (59) | Crew or equipment visible (2) | Errors in geography (1) | Factual errors (28) | Miscellaneous (1) | Incorrectly regarded as goofs (9) | Revealing mistakes (20) | Spoilers (6) Audio/visual unsynchronised During both the training missions and dogfight scenes, the sound effects for the targeting system and the radar/missile warning are nearly identical. In reality, those two sounds would be completely different so as to give the pilot no doubt as to what's going on (as evidenced when Maverick appears confused when he hears a "lock on" tone when Jester "kills" him while Maverick's chasing Viper). Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Boom mic visible In Viper's office (visible in the top right as Jester and Viper converse following Maverick leaving the room). Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Character error The term "bogey" is misused throughout the movie. A bogey is an unidentified aircraft. Once identified, it is referred to as a "friendly" (for friendly aircraft), "bandit" (for non-friendly aircraft) or "hostile" (for non-friendly aircraft that may be fired at). In USN terminology, a non-friendly surface radar contact is a "skunk". Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options When Maverick and Charlie are having dinner, Otis Redding 's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" comes on and Maverick remembers his "folks loved it", then states his father "disappeared in an F-4 November 5th, 1965," yet this song was not written until November 1967. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options When the F-14 engines flame out before the flat spin, Goose says, "Engine one is out," and the next shot shows the number two (right) engine "flaming out." When Goose says, "Engine two is out," we see the number one (left) engine "flaming out." (The flame outs are actually the engines being normally brought out of afterburner.) Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options When the crew sings You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling, they omit the second verse, and change the line "But baby, baby I know it" to "But baby, believe me, I know it." It seems highly unlikely that every man in the room would make the same exact singing error. Additionally, the second verse is missing when Charlie plays the song on the jukebox at the end of the film. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Viper tells Maverick, "that's not something the State Department tells dependents when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map," in reference to the death of Maverick's father. While this is technically correct, it is only correct because the State Department is in no way involved in the process of informing military dependents on the deaths of service members, that is the responsibility of the Defense Department. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Continuity On hop 31, the planes clearly take off early in the morning, but once they're off the ground, it's high noon. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Throughout the film in various dogfight scenes, the wrong pilot can be seen in the RIO seat of the F-14. For instance, in the initial carrier scenes, Sundown can be seen briefly as Maverick's RIO. In the training Hops, both Merlin and a blue-helmeted pilot can be seen in Maverick's RIO seat. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Maverick and Iceman seem to change planes during the final fight scene. Maverick launches in an F-14 bearing a 104 on the nose. Once he lands he exits an F-14 with 114 on the nose while Iceman exits an F-14 with 114 on the nose. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Before and during the "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" scene at the bar where Maverick and Goose (et al) serenade Charlie, Maverick's nametag clearly reads "Peter Mitchell," with an " |
What is the name ofthe seventh and final 'Harry Potter' book due out in July 2007? | Final Harry Potter book released - Jul 21, 2007 - HISTORY.com Final Harry Potter book released Share this: Final Harry Potter book released Author Final Harry Potter book released URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 2007, the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is released, with an initial print run of 12 million copies in the United States alone. Like each of the previous Harry Potter novels, Deathly Hallows was slated to be made into a major Hollywood film. The bespectacled boy wizard Harry Potter is the brainchild of the British author J.K. Rowling, who was born July 31, 1965. Rowling’s first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, debuted in Britain in 1997 (it was retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone when it was released in America the next year) and went on to become an international bestseller. Children and adults alike were captivated by Harry, his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and their adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The books, which chronicled Harry’s struggles against his enemy, the evil Lord Voldemort, have sold over 400 million copies and been translated into more than 60 languages. The series is also credited with boosting childhood literacy around the globe. Spawning a series of blockbuster films, video games and other merchandise, the Harry Potter series transformed J.K. Rowling, a broke single mother when she penned the first book, into the highest-earning author in history. The first movie in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, opened in America on November 16, 2001. Directed by Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire), the film starred British actor Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Rupert Grint as Ron and Emma Watson in the role of Hermione. Columbus also directed the second film in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which premiered in the United States on November 14, 2002. The Mexican director Alfonso Cuaran (Y tu mama tambien) helmed the third film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which opened in America on June 4, 2004. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was directed by Mike Newell, the first Brit to helm the series, and released in the United States on November 18, 2005. The fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, was directed by David Yates and opened in America on July 11, 2007. Yates also directed the next film in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2008) and is scheduled to helm the adaptation of the final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is planned as two separate films. Related Videos |
what is the name of the 1994 'Star Trek' film that introduced Patrick Stewart to William Shatner? | William Shatner - IMDb IMDb Actor | Writer | Producer William Shatner has notched up an impressive 50-plus years in front of the camera, most recently displaying comedic talent, and being instantly recognizable to several generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Shatner was born in Côte Saint-Luc, Montreal, Canada, to ... See full bio » Born: a list of 27 people created 15 Mar 2012 a list of 40 people created 21 May 2012 a list of 44 people created 10 Aug 2013 a list of 21 people created 14 May 2014 a list of 36 people created 24 Nov 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of William Shatner's work have you seen? User Polls Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 18 wins & 41 nominations. See more awards » Known For Star Trek Captain James T. Kirk / Dr. Janice Lester / Garth of Izar / Sam Kirk (1966-1969) 2015 Breaking Ground (TV Series) Narrator 2014 Elite: Dangerous (Video Game) Orion (voice) 2013 At Fenway (Video short) Home Plate Umpire 2012 Rookie Blue (TV Series) Henry McLeod 2006 Star Trek: Encounters (Video Game) Narrator (voice) 2005 Atomic Betty (TV Series) Betty's Grandfather 2005 Invasion Iowa (TV Series) Col. Shane Yeager / Himself 2004 Chilly Beach (TV Series) The President 2001 The Kid (TV Movie) Professor (voice) 2001 Bob Patterson (TV Series) Warren Wellman 1997 Perversions of Science (TV Series) Admiral Kornfeld 1996 Dead Man's Island (TV Movie) Chase Prescott 1994 SeaQuest 2032 (TV Series) Milos Tezlof 1993 Family of Strangers (TV Movie) Earl 1988 Broken Angel (TV Movie) Chuck Coburn 1982 Police Squad! (TV Series) Poisoned Man 1980 The Babysitter (TV Movie) Dr. Jeff Benedict 1977 The Oregon Trail (TV Series) Master Sgt. Buford Cole 1976 The Tenth Level (TV Movie) Prof. Stephen Turner 1976 Perilous Voyage (TV Movie) Steve Monroe 1975 The Rookies (TV Series) Luke Harris 1974 Police Woman (TV Series) Mark Ciprio 1974 Amy Prentiss (TV Series) Bill Parkins 1974 Police Story (TV Series) Sergeant Bill Keitlinger 1973-1974 Police Surgeon (TV Series) Barney Davis / Joe Flatt 1974 Kung Fu (TV Series) Capt. Brandywine Gage 1974 The Magician (TV Series) Ed Cassidy 1974 Indict and Convict (TV Movie) Sam Belden 1973 Pioneer Woman (TV Movie) John Sergeant 1973 Barnaby Jones (TV Series) Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams 1973 Go Ask Alice (TV Movie) Sam 1972 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) Dr. Bellings 1971-1972 Mission: Impossible (TV Series) Joseph Conrad / Thomas Kroll 1972 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) Sam Tolliver 1972 The Sixth Sense (TV Series) Edwin Danbury 1972 The People (TV Movie) Dr. Curtis 1971 Cade's County (TV Series) Jack Pilgrim 1970 The F.B.I. (TV Series) Arthur Majors 1970 The Andersonville Trial (TV Movie) Col. Chipman 1970 Medical Center (TV Series) Dr. Eli Neily 1970 Sole Survivor (TV Movie) Lt. Col. Josef Gronke 1965-1969 The Virginian (TV Series) Henry Swann / Luke Milford 1969 CBS Playhouse (TV Series) Peter Hoyt 1965 The Fugitive (TV Series) Tony Burrell 1965 12 O'Clock High (TV Series) Maj. Kurt Brown 1961-1965 The Defenders (TV Series) Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes / Gil Rawson / Cliff Sellers / ... - Whipping Boy (1965) ... Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes - Killer Instinct (1961) ... Jim McCleery 1965 Insight (TV Series) 1964 The Reporter (TV Series) Horner 1964 The Outer Limits (TV Series) Col. / Brig. Gen. Jeff Barton 1964 Arrest and Trial (TV Series) Larry Tavener 1963 Route 66 (TV Series) Menemsha Faxon 1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) Dr. William Grant 1962 Naked City (TV Series) Maung Tun / Roger Barmer - The Hungry Glass (1961) ... Gil Thrasher 1960 Festival (TV Series) 1960 Point of Departure (TV Movie) 1960 Outlaws (TV Series) 1960 One Step Beyond (TV Series) Carl Bremer 1957-1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) John Crane / Jim Whitely 1959 Sunday Showcase (TV Series) Sen. Thomas P. Gore - The Indestructible Mr. Gore (1959) ... Sen. Thomas P. Gore 1959 Tactic (TV Series) 1957-1958 Kraft Theatr |
Keisha Buchanan, Mulya Buena, and Siobahn Donaghy (who was replaced by Heidi Range),formed which pop group? | How life after stardom went sour for the Sugababes | Daily Mail Online comments They were famous for chart-topping hits such as Freak Like Me and Round Round but life post Sugababes stardom hasn't been kind to everyone. Earlier this week singer Jade Ewan, who joined the group in September 2009, was declared bankrupt - and she is far from being the only one to end up in hot water. Four years after the band released its last single, the free-to-download Freedom in 2011, FEMAIL reveals how life has treated the Sugababes since. Siobhán Donaghy (left), Mutya Buena (middle) and Keisha Buchanan (right), the three founding members of the Sugababes, have been trying to revive their sound in a comeback project called MLK The trio first made an appearance as the Sugababes when they were fresh-faced 13 and 14-year-olds The Sugababes were originally formed in 1998 by manager Ron Tom, who had already enjoyed a succession of chart hits with All Saints. Siobhán Donaghy, now 31, and Mutya Buena, now 30, were already signed to the label as solo artists at the age of 13. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share After the pair were signed to perform at the same event, Mutya invited best friend Keisha Buchanan, now 30, to watch, and the duo became a trio after manager Tom decided he liked their 'look.' The group were originally going to be called Sugababies but their name was changed when their record label decided to opt for a more mature image. After Siobhán left, she was replaced by Heidi Range (left) who is pictured with bandmates Mutya and Keisha Mutya left in 2005 and was replaced by Amelle Berrabah (middle), pictured with Keisha (right) and Heidi (left) After bullying rumours, the final founding member Keisha was forced out of the group and replaced with former Eurovision contestant Jade Ewen (left). Pictured with Amelle (middle) and Heidi (right) MUTYA BUENA 1998 - 2005 One of the original members, Mutya was only 13 when the group started, and was chosen for her deep, soulful voice. During her time with the Sugababes, she saw the line-up go through two permutations - the first with Siobhán and Keisha, and the second with replacement Heidi Range and Keisha. Three studio albums were released before Mutya announced her departure in December 2005 following the birth of her daughter, and newcomer Amelle Berrabah was drafted in. Mutya continued to make music, releasing her debut album, Real Girl, in 2007 - and working with the likes of Amy Winehouse, Groove Armada and George Michael. But due to poor record sales, the 30-year-old was eventually dropped from her record label. Mutya Buena, now 30, went bankrupt in September last year, which she blamed on an 'administrative error' After she left the group, the singer worked with Amy Winehouse, Groove Armada and George Michael In 2009, Mutya entered the Celebrity Big Brother House (second right), but left after only two weeks Fast forward to 2009, and Mutya entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, alongside contestants that included rapper Coolio and La Toya Jackson, However she left after two weeks having only just survived the second eviction. She did briefly attempt to reunite with Siobhán and Keisha for a comeback project called MKS but their debut single Flatline failed to enter the Top 50 in the Official Singles Chart. In September 2014, the 30-year-old was declared bankrupt after failing to pay her tax bill, which according to The Sun, Mutya blamed on an 'administrative error.' Today, the singer devotes her time to personal appearances and modelling jobs, and is also working on comeback project MKS - but little has been heard on this recently. SIOBHÁN DONAGHY 1998 - 2001 Siobhán Donaghy went on to release a couple of solo albums after her time in the Sugababes Siobhan starred in West End show RENT with Welsh actor Luke Evans in 2007 Former founding member Siobhán worked as a model booker between 2006 and 2007 Another original member, Irish beauty Siobhán, left the group in 2001 at the age of 17, after the release of just one studio album. At the time, she claimed that she wanted to |
Which French painter, who lived from 1848 to 1903 evolved a style known as 'Synthetism'? | Paul Gauguin: Brilliant French Painter of Several Art Movements | Owlcation Paul Gauguin: Brilliant French Painter of Several Art Movements Updated on May 08, 2016 Profile Joined: 5 years agoFollowers: 680Articles: 269 "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" (1897) Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Paul Gauguin's masterpiece painting. | Source Photograph of Paul Gauguin 1891 | Source Self-portait (1888) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Source Paul Gauguin 1848 - 1903 One of the most interesting French painters that cannot be definitively categorized into one artistic or painting movement is Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin. Gauguin's painting and artistic career overlapped into several different art movements as his art evolved over the years. He is also unusual as he did not have any art training or painting in his youth, but in his later adult years began to paint. Because of all this, his paintings were not fully appreciated until after his death. He is described by art critics as a post-impressionist painter, a symbolist painter and a synthetist painter. He also is considered a beginning painter of the modernist period. Gaugin is widely recognized for his experimental use of colors and synthetist style that were distinguishly different from Impressionism. His use of these bold colors led to a synthetist style of modern art. He also paved the way to Primitivism in his paintings under the influence of the cloisonnist style. So, Gauguin, certainly cannot be placed into any one art style or movement. Symbolism was a late 19th century art movement originating in France, Belgian and Russia. It was a reaction against naturalism and realism and anti-idealistic styles, and it was in favor of spirituality, the imagination and dreams. It elevated the humble and the ordinary over the ideal in paintings. Synthetism was a form used by the post-Impressionist artists to distinguish their work from Impressionism and connected to Cloissonnism. It emphasized two-dimensional flat patterns and differing from impressionist art and theory. Gauguin, when he began to paint, first painted with the Impressionists, but that art did not inspire him as he moved on to using much more bold colors and strokes in his paintings. He moved from here finally to Primitivism which is painting exaggerated body proportions, animal totems, geometric designs and stark contrasts. Many of the modernist painters, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, were greatly influenced by Gauguin's paintings and avante-garde works. Advertisement Poster advertisement for one of the Sythetist art showings of which Gauguin was an artist. | Source "Watermill in Pont-Aven" (1874) by Paul Gauguin. | Source Early Life Paul Gauguin was born in Paris, France in 1848 to a French father and a half-French and half-Peruvian mother. Gauguin was most proud of his Peruvian heritage and native Peruvian indian heritage figured prominently in his own paintings. His father died when he was eighteen months old and he and his mother and sister moved to Peru and lived with his mother's family there. At age seven, Gauguin and his family returned to France, this time living in Orleans with his grandfather Gauguin's first language was always Peruvian Spanish, but he learned French when he attended school. This would remain true for the rest of his life as he always identified first with his Peruvian heritage. He was an intelligent student and made excellent marks in his studies. Gauguin spent six years after formal schooling in the merchant marines. In 1873, he married a Dane, Mette-Sophie God and they had five children together. Gauguin became a stockbroker in Paris and worked at this quite successfully for eleven years. During this time he became a collector of Impressionist paintings and began dabbling in painting himself in his free time. He also dabbled in sculpture and by 1879 a small statuette of his had been accepted for the fourth Impressionist exhibition. The next year he exhibited seven paintings in the Paris Impressionist show. After Paris, Gauguin and his fa |
Upon which river does the city of Londonderry stand? | Foyle Canoe Trail in Northern Ireland Lifford, Gribben Quay, Prehen Itinerary This 22km paddle along the tidal River Foyle starts at the canoe steps just below the bridge in Lifford (in the Republic of Ireland) and finishes at the slipway at Prehen adjacent to the A5 road, just upstream of the city of Londonderry or Derry (in Northern Ireland). The river is tidal, very wide in places and can be choppy (especially if wind is against tide). There are shallow places where the river bed can be sticky mud, requiring care if run aground. Some paddlers raft and erect a sail in favourable conditions to allow the wind to take them along the final few miles of the Foyle – if the English navy did it in 1600 in sailing ships, why not a canoe or kayak today! Launch from the canoe steps in Lifford, users should be aware that the steps are not perfect height above the level of water – a problem compounded at low tide! However, paddlers should set off downriver at or close to high water to take advantage of the ebbing tide. Remember that since the river is tidal, there is a tidal time difference of approximately 3 hours at Lifford (compared to Lisahally, just south of Culmore Point) and there is a tidal range of approxiamately 1 metre. The paddle to Gribben Quay is picturesque and home to a wealth of biodiversity. The river splits into two channels: the Backwater (to the east) and the Frontwater (to the west) running either side of a 106 hectare island called Islandmore. After which the river quickly widens. The western branch does offer a useful stopping point with picnic site at Red Bridge (GR C348 021). On your approach to Gribben Quay watch out for mud flats on the right hand side on the river. Gribben Quay was a fishing station in years gone by. The old ice house and stone quay still stand, testimony to the commercial salmon fishery that the Foyle sustained for centuries (records show salmon being exported to Spain hundreds of years ago)! The structures in the river (most visible at low water) are “hailing grounds”, man-made mounds that were used in tying off or hauling (“hailing”) salmon nets. Upstream of the Gribben the paddler will see the lock gates of Strabane Canal. This canal once aided ocean going schooners to make their way in to Strabane town, offloading cargo and loading exports at the Canal Basin (now a car park of the same name!). Business died away with the building of bridges in Derry that obstructed passage up the Foyle for masted vessels. Derry was, of course, a trading rival! Dunnalong was one of several crossing points where a ferry plied the Foyle. There were others at Grange (once the site of a monastery), in the city and at Culmore. There is still the remnants of a stone jetty at Dunnalong. Close by are some level fields, once the site of large earthwork ramparts built by an Elizabethan army. Nothing remains today. The pasture lands of the Foyle valley are of international importance for herds of Whooper Swan. Other wintering birds include wildfowl (for instance, Greenland White Fronted Goose) and waders. Look out for otters along the river, sometimes readily approached. Showers, changing and toilet facilities are available (by prior arrangement with Foyle Paddlers Canoe Club) at your final destination at Prehen. Nearby and just upstream is Riverwatch, a free visitor attraction and aquarium. Enjoyed this site? Why not check out... Copyright © |
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