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What did the Post Office Group change its name to in March 2001? | Records of the Post office Department [POD] | National Archives (Enter 3 digits: "064" for RG 64) Records of the Post office Department [POD] (Record Group 28) 28.2.2 Records of the Office of the Chief Clerk 28.2.3 Records of the Office of the Disbursing Officer 28.2.4 Records of the Division of Service Relations 28.2.5 Records of the Office of the Solicitor 28.2.6 Records of the Office of the Purchasing Agent 28.2.7 Records of the Special Assistant to the Postmaster General 28.2.8 Records of the Bureau of Finance and Administration 28.2.9 Records of the Bureau of Finance 28.2.10 Records of the Bureau of Facilities 28.2.11 Records of the Bureau of Research and Engineering 28.2.12 Records of the Bureau of Transportation and International Services 28.2.13 Records of the Post Office Changes Branch 28.3 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL AND SUCCESSORS 1789-1971 28.3.2 Records of the Division of Postmasters 28.3.3 Records of the Division of Post Office Clerical Service 28.3.4 Records of the Division of City Delivery Service 28.3.5 Records of the Division of Rural Delivery Service 28.3.6 Records of the Division of Post Office Service 28.3.7 Records of the Division of Dead Letters 28.4 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL AND SUCCESSORS 1808-1969 28.4.2 Records of the Domestic Transportation Division 28.4.3 Records of the Division of Railway Mail Service 28.4.4 Records of the Division of Railway Adjustments 28.4.5 Records of the Division of International Postal Service 28.4.6 Records of the Division of Air Mail Service 28.5 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL AND SUCCESSORS 1775-1968 28.5.2 Records of the Division of Finance 28.5.3 Records of the Postal Savings System 28.5.4 Records of the Division of Money Orders 28.5.5 Records of the Division of Stamps 28.5.6 Records of the Division of Newspaper and Periodical Mail 28.6 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL 1837-1970 28.6.2 Records of the Division of Topography 28.6.3 Records of the Division of Motor Vehicle Service 28.6.4 Records of the Pneumatic Tube Service 28.6.5 Records of the Division of Post Office Quarters 28.6.6 Records of the Division of Equipment and Supplies 28.6.7 Records of the Division of Rural Mails 28.7 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS 1883-1948 28.8 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR 1829-1970 28.9 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF TRANSPORTANION 1915-66 28.10 RECORD OF REGIONAL POST OFFICES 1954-65 28.10.1 Records of the Atlanta Office 28.10.2 Records of the Chicago Office 28.11 LIBRARY COLLECTION OF POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS 1804-1955 28.12 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL) 28.14 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL) 1960-70 28.15 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL) 1883-1959 28.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Established: As an independent agency, by an act of February 20, 1792 (1 Stat. 232). Predecessor Agencies: Postmaster General, 2d Continental Congress (1775-81) Postmaster General, Confederation Congress (1781-89) Office of the Postmaster General (OPMG, 1789-92) Functions: Provided mail processing and delivery services to individuals and businesses within the United States. Abolished: Effective July 1, 1971, by the Postal Reorganization Act (84 Stat. 719), August 12, 1970, and functions transferred to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Finding Aids: Arthur Hecht et al., comps., and Forrest R. Holdcamper, rev., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Post Office Department, PI 168 (1967); supplement in National Archives microfiche edition of preliminary inventories. Janet Hargett, comp., List of Selected Maps of States and Territories, SL 29 (1971). Related Records: Record copies of publications of the Post Office Department and its components in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government. 28.2 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL 1773-1971 History: Position of Postmaster General created by 2d Continental Congress, July 26, 1775. Continued under Confederation Congress following ratification of Articles of Confederati |
Which US pop group starred in the 1968 film 'Head'? | Davy Jones - Television Actor, Singer - Biography.com » quotes “I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.” “Justin Bieber stole my haircut. And Axl Rose stole my dance!” Davy Jones Davy Jones - Preview (TV-14; 3:00) The Monkees member Davy Jones will always be the cute singer and tambourine player with stars in his eyes. After The Monkees, he continued to his sing and act. Davy Jones passed away on 2/29/2012. Synopsis The Monkees debuted on television in September 1966, and Davy Jones attracted a lot of attention from fans for his charm, wit, warm sense of humor and boyish good looks. The Monkees soon scored on the music charts with hits like "I'm a Believer," "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "Daydream Believer"—covers of songs originally released by Neil Diamond, Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and John Stewart, respectively—and their albums sold millions of copies. Jones later wrote several autobiographies, including 1987's They Made a Monkee Out of Me. Early Life A member of the Monkees, Davy Jones became a popular teen idol in the late 1960s. He began an acting career at the age of 11, winning a role on the popular British soap opera Coronation Street. Jones trained to become a jockey for a time, but gave up that career path to perform on stage. He played the Artful Dodger in a London production of the musical Oliver!, reprising the role for his Broadway debut in 1963. He received a Tony Award nomination for his performance that same year. Jones landed a few television guest appearances and other roles before landing his big break: Along with Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Mickey Dolenz, he was selected to perform on a new TV series about a rock group modeled after the Beatles. The Monkees debuted in September 1966, with audiences adoring the humorous antics of the manufactured band. Jones especially attracted attention from fans due to his charm and boyish good looks. The Monkees It wasn't long before the Monkees scored on the music charts. Their version of Neil Diamond's "I'm a Believer" and "Last Train to Clarksville" were their first No. 1 hits. More successful singles followed, including another Neil Diamond tune, "Little Bit Me, Little Bit You"; Gerry Goffin's and Carole King's "Pleasant Valley Sunday"; and "Daydream Believer" by John Stewart of the Kingston Trio. Their albums sold millions of copies. The Monkees even starred in their own feature film, Head, released in 1968. Unfortunately for the so-called "Pre-Fab Four," the movie was a box-office dued. That same year, their series was canceled and Tork left the group. Jones and the remaining members soldiered on for a while, releasing 1969's Instant Replay before splitting up. Thereafter, Jones continued acting and singing. He released a self-titled album in 1971. That same year, he made a memorable appearance on the hit family sitcom The Brady Bunch, playing himself as well as Marsha Brady's dream date for the prom. Jones had guest roles on a number of other shows, capitalizing on his popularity as a teen idol. Returning to music, Jones teamed up with Dolenz and former Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to work on a new project. The group released one album together in 1976, which failed to make much of an impression on the music-buying public. There was a renewed interest in the Monkees, however, in the 1980s, when some of the group's original recordings returned to the charts. In 1986, Dolenz, Tork and Jones reunited for a concert tour. That same year, they released a greatest hits collection, Then and Now, featuring a new track, "That Was Then, This Is Now." Reruns of the group's series began airing on MTV in 1987, giving the band even more of a boost. That same year, the Monkees released the album Pool It!. Nesmith returned to the group in the mid-1990s for a successful tour and a new album, 1996's Justus. While the new recording failed to make the charts, the Monkees' previous albums have remained strong sellers over the years. In 2003, The Best of the Monkees reached No. 51 on the Billboard 20 |
Maria Fitzherbert was mistress to which future British monarch? | The Royal House Of Hanover - British Monarchy Family History British Monarchy Family History The Royal House Of Hanover The Royal House of Hanover was the ruling royal house of Great Britain and Ireland for one hundred and eighty seven years from 1714 - 1901, by way of six monarchs. King George I came to the throne upon the death of the Royal House of Stuart monarch Queen Anne in 1714 as he was the late queen's closest Protestant relative through his mother Queen Sophie, who was the grand daughter of King James I of England by way of her mother Elisabeth of Bohemia. GEORGE I George was born on the 28th of May 1660 in Hanover in Germany, which at that time was part of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the oldest child of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover and his wife Countess Sophie of Rhineland - Palatine. He came to the British throne after the death of his cousin, the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne. King George was crowned at Westminster Abbey on the 20th of October 1714 at the age of fifty and was not particularly liked or welcomed by the British people, probably for no other reason than he was a foreigner. It was believed that he did not speak very good English, although records show that he did have a good understanding of the language. However, his lack of English did go on to see a diminishing of the monarchy and more power and control given to the government, which, by the time of his death in 1727, had left full power of the running of the country to Robert Walpole, Great Britain's very first Prime Minister. King George's reign also brought about the Jacobite Rebellions (1715 - 1746) - a series of uprisings and rebellions aimed at restoring the Royal House of Stuart to the throne of Britain - an act designed to replace him with the former Queen Anne's half brother James Francis Edward Stuart, an act that failed mainly due to the Stuart's Catholicism. On a personal level George is best remembered for his long running feud with his only son, the future King George II. King George died whilst on a visit to his native Germany on the 11th of June 1727 at Osnabruck. He is buried at the Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany. SOPHIA DOROTHEA OF CELLE In 1682, by way of an arranged marriage of state, George married Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666 - 1726) on the 22nd of November 1682 in Celle, Germany. Sophia Dorothea was born on the 15th of September 1666 in Celle, Germany and was the daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick - Luneburg and his long term mistress, Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse. Sophia Dorothea is best remembered for her affair with Philip Christoph von Konigsmarck, which when found out, resulted in her spending the last thirty years of her life incarcerated in the Castle of Ahlden in her native Celle, where she was denied any contact with her children ever again. She died from liver failure brought on by gall stones on the 13th of November 1726 and was later interred at the Stadtkirche in Celle, Germany. Her lover was apparently murdered by order of the King, but this has never been verified. Before her affair and subsequent divorce and incarceration, their union had produced two heirs one of which would become the King of England and the other would become the Queen of Prussia. George II of Great Britain - (1683 - 1760) - Married Caroline of Brandenburg - Ansbach, a union which produced nine children, one of which would become the future Queen of Denmark and another would become the future Princess of Orange. Sophia - (1687 - 1757) - Sophia married Fredrick William I of Prussia, making her Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg. Their union produced ten children, including the future King Fredrick II of Prussia and the future Queen Louise Ulrika of Sweden. EHRENGARD MELUSINE VON DER SCHULENBURG After his divorce in 1694 George began the first of two long term affairs. His first mistress was Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, a former lady in waiting to his mother the Electress Sophia. In 1716 Melusine moved to London to be with George and straight away he |
What is the meaning of the French word 'Eglise'? | Online Etymology Dictionary church (n.) Old English cirice, circe "church, public place of worship; Christians collectively," from Proto-Germanic *kirika (source also of Old Saxon kirika, Old Norse kirkja, Old Frisian zerke, Middle Dutch kerke, Dutch kerk, Old High German kirihha, German Kirche), probably [see note in OED] from Greek kyriake (oikia), kyriakon doma "Lord's (house)," from kyrios "ruler, lord," from PIE root *keue- "to swell" ("swollen," hence "strong, powerful"); see cumulus . Phonetic spelling from c. 1200, established by 16c. For vowel evolution, see bury . As an adjective from 1570s. Greek kyriakon (adj.) "of the Lord" was used of houses of Christian worship since c.300, especially in the East, though it was less common in this sense than ekklesia or basilike. An example of the direct Greek-to-Germanic progress of many Christian words, via the Goths; it probably was used by West Germanic people in their pre-Christian period. Also picked up by Slavic, probably via Germanic (Old Church Slavonic criky, Russian cerkov). Finnish kirkko, Estonian kirrik are from Scandinavian. Romance and Celtic languages use variants of Latin ecclesia (such as French église, 11c.). Church-bell was in late Old English. Church-goer is from 1680s. Church key is early 14c.; slang use for "can or bottle opener" is by 1954, probably originally U.S. college student slang. Church-mouse, proverbial in many languages for its poverty, is 1731 in English. |
How is the painting 'The Militia Company Of Captain Frans Banning Cocq' better known? | The Night Watch – Rembrandthuis The Night Watch The Night Watch The seventeenth century saw an unparalleled output of art in the Republic of the United Provinces. The number of paintings and prints produced during this period is staggering, and very many of them are of outstanding quality. Perhaps the most famous painting is the work by Rembrandt known as The Night Watch. It is a group portrait of a militia company. These were groups of able-bodied men who, if the need arose, could be called upon to defend the city or put down riots. The painting depicts the company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburgh, surrounded by sixteen of their men. A shield above the gate bears the names of the eighteen people in the portrait, who paid for the work. The other people who appear in the painting were added by Rembrandt with an eye to enhancing the composition. He must have been given the commission in 1639 or soon afterwards. It is no coincidence that Rembrandt bought an expensive house at precisely this time. The militiamen met at fixed times in the Kloveniersdoelen. This was the range where they practised. It was decided to commission six large militia pieces and a group portrait of the officers for the main hall of the building. Rembrandt was commissioned to paint one of the six large works. He decided on an audacious composition. The men are in action, busy forming up. The way that Rembrandt has arranged the figures creates immense vitality. This is reinforced by the striking use of light and shade. The men appear to be emerging from a dark gateway into the light. The girl to the captain’s left is in full light. She symbolizes the Kloveniers. The claws of the chicken hanging from her belt refer to the name ‘clauweniers’. She clasps the Kloveniers’ ceremonial drinking horn. Rembrandt, Officers and Men of the Amsterdam Kloveniers Militia, the Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, signed and dated ‘Rembrandt f 1642’. Canvas, 363 x 438 cm, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Rembrandt did not confine himself to a single technique. Some elements are worked out in minute detail, while in other places he seems to have applied the paint very thickly. Technically it is a masterly piece of work. The captain’s hand, for instance, seems to be coming out of the painting towards the viewer. Contemporaries were very well aware of the quality of this painting. Rembrandt’s former pupil, the art theoretician Samuel van Hoogstraten, wrote about it in terms of great admiration. He pointed out that the composition and unity were more important to Rembrandt than the individual portraits. He described the work as strikingly ‘picturesque in conception’ and ‘elegantly’ and ‘powerfully’ done. This is what sets this painting apart from the other militia pieces that were made at the same time. Samuel van Hoogstraten also had a criticism. He wished that Rembrandt ‘had put more light into it’. The name Night Watch dates from the eighteenth century, when the painting had already darkened quite considerably. By then, people were no longer sure precisely what it represented. They evidently took it for a night scene. Today 13-22 January: free workshops in The Rembrandt House Museum While we are anticipating our new exhibition Glenn Brown – Rembrandt: After Life, that will open on January 27th, there will be workshops held on… Read more » Etching demonstration Every day from 10:15 am to 1:15 pm, and from 1:45 pm to 4:45 pm. The demonstrations are free of charge and take place in Rembrandt’s former graphic… Read more » Paint preparation demonstration Every day from 10:15 am to 17:10 pm. These demonstrations are free of charge for visitors to the museum. In the master’s reconstructed studio, our demonstrators will show… Read more » Rembrandt’s First Paintings: The Four Senses Rembrandt’s earliest known paintings, The Four Senses, a set of four small panels representing sight, hearing, smell and touch, can be seen in the Rembrandt… Read more » |
What symbol appears on the flag of Barbados? | My Barbados National Symbols National Symbols of Barbados page 1 Barbados National Coat of Arms The grant of arms conveyed by royal warrant was presented by Her Majesty the Queen to the President of the Senate of the island on February 14, 1966 on the occasion of the Royal Visit to Barbados. Prior to this grant of Arms the only other heraldic device was the seal of the colony. It represented the British Sovereign in a shell chariot, drawn by two sea horses through foaming waves. The Golden Shield of the Arms carries two Pride of Barbados flowers (the National Flower) and the Bearded Fig Tree (ficus Citrifolia) which was common on the island at the time of its settlement. On either side of the shield are the supporters-on the right is a dolphin symbolic of the fishing industry and on the left is a Pelican, after Pelican Island, a small outcrop later incorporated into the Deep Water Harbour development. Above the shield is a helmet and mantling and on a wreath is the arm and hand of a Bajan holding two crossed pieces of sugar cane symbolic of the sugar industry. This is a saltire cross, the cross upon which Saint Andrew was crucified. Independence day in Barbados is celebrated on November 30, Saint Andrews Day. The Coat of Arms carries the motto "Pride and Industry." Barbados National Anthem And greater will our nation grow In strength and unity. The Composer Born in 1912, C. Van Roland Edwards started composing while at school as a pupil of St. Peter's Church Boy's School. Although he had no formal training he had been a member of the British Song society since 1933. Because of his partial blindness has was assisted in his work by his two daughters Nannette and Eullia. Mr. Edwards was know for his compositions "The St. Andrew Murder", "The Goodman song" and "The Federation song". He also composed "Welcome to Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II" which was sung in the presence of the Queen when she opened the St. Elizabeth School in St. Joseph during the official visit to the island in February, 1966. Mr. Edwards died on April 22, 1985 In 1967 the music of the National Anthem was re-arranged. This work was undertaken by Inspector Prince Cave of the Royal Barbados Police Band. He had earlier that year returned from a three year Band Masters course at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall. The Anthem was given a more sustained harmony while at the same time retaining the original tune. The Lyricist The Lyrics of the National Anthem of Barbados were written by Mr. Irving Burgie who was born in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. of a Barbadian mother and American father. Mr. Burgie whose stage name is Lord Burgess was born in 1926. He served in India and after his return to the U.S.A. he entered the University of Southern California and studied Music and performed in many cities of the U.S.A. Mr. Burgie has composed works for "Ballad for Bimshire" and "Island in the Sun", he has also written for a number of internationally famous Artistes. Among his works is "The West Indian Song Book". He is a Life Member of the NAACP. Mr. Burgie who is a frequent visitor to Barbados has instituted the Irving Burgie Literary Award for Barbadian school children. Barbados National Flower Poinciana pulcherrima LINNAEUS References to this flower were recorded as early as 1657. It is a shrub and is often pruned into a low hedge. If untrimmed it grows to a height of 10 to 15 feet. It is a member of the Legume family and can be found in other tropical countries. The Pride of Barbados blooms most of the year, the more common varieties are a fiery red and yellow although other |
Who won the 'Oscar' for Best Actress in the 1950's film 'The Three Falcons'? | Academy Awards® Winners (1950 - 1959) Actor: GARY COOPER in "High Noon" , Marlon Brando in "Viva Zapata!", Kirk Douglas in "The Bad and the Beautiful" , Jose Ferrer in "Moulin Rouge", Alec Guinness in "The Lavender Hill Mob" Actress: SHIRLEY BOOTH in "Come Back, Little Sheba", Joan Crawford in "Sudden Fear", Bette Davis in "The Star", Julie Harris in "The Member of the Wedding", Susan Hayward in "With a Song in My Heart" Supporting Actor: ANTHONY QUINN in "Viva Zapata!", Richard Burton in "My Cousin Rachel", Arthur Hunnicutt in "The Big Sky", Victor McLaglen in "The Quiet Man" , Jack Palance in "Sudden Fear" Supporting Actress: GLORIA GRAHAME in "The Bad and the Beautiful" , Jean Hagen in "Singin' In The Rain" , Colette Marchand in "Moulin Rouge", Terry Moore in "Come Back, Little Sheba", Thelma RItter in "With a Song in My Heart" Director: JOHN FORD for "The Quiet Man" , Cecil B. DeMille for "The Greatest Show On Earth", John Huston for "Moulin Rouge", Joseph L. Mankiewicz for "Five Fingers", Fred Zinnemann for The Rose Tattoo (1955) Actor: ERNEST BORGNINE in "Marty" , James Cagney in "Love Me or Leave Me", James Dean in "East of Eden" , Frank Sinatra in "The Man With the Golden Arm", Spencer Tracy in "Bad Day at Black Rock" Actress: ANNA MAGNANI in "The Rose Tattoo", Susan Hayward in "I'll Cry Tomorrow", Katharine Hepburn in "Summertime", Jennifer Jones in "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", Eleanor Parker in "Interrupted Melody" Supporting Actor: "Rebel Without a Cause" , Arthur O'Connell in "Picnic" Supporting Actress: JO VAN FLEET in "East of Eden" , Betsy Blair in "Marty" , Peggy Lee in "Pete Kelly's Blues", Marisa Pavan in "The Rose Tattoo", Natalie Wood in "Rebel Without a Cause" Director: The Ten Commandments (1956) Actor: YUL BRYNNER in "The King and I" , James Dean in "Giant", Kirk Douglas in "Lust for Life", Rock Hudson in "Giant", Laurence Olivier in "Richard III" Actress: INGRID BERGMAN in "Anastasia", Carroll Baker in "Baby Doll" , Katharine Hepburn in "The Rainmaker", Nancy Kelly in "The Bad Seed", Deborah Kerr in "The King and I" Supporting Actor: ANTHONY QUINN in "Lust for Life", Don Murray in "Bus Stop", Anthony Perkins in "Friendly Persuasion", Mickey Rooney in "The Bold and the Brave", Robert Stack in "Written on the Wind" Supporting Actress: DOROTHY MALONE in "Written on the Wind" , Mildred Dunnock in "Baby Doll" , Eileen Heckart in "The Bad Seed", Mercedes McCambridge in "Giant", Patty McCormack in "The Bad Seed" Director: GEORGE STEVENS for "Giant", Michael Anderson for "Around the World in 80 Days", Walter Lang for "The King and I" , King Vidor for "War and Peace", William Wyler for "Friendly Persuasion" Witness For the Prosecution (1957) Actor: ALEC GUINNESS in "The Bridge On The River Kwai" , Marlon Brando in "Sayonara" , Anthony Franciosa in "A Hatful of Rain", Charles Laughton in "Witness for the Prosecution", Anthony Quinn in "Wild Is the Wind" Actress: JOANNE WOODWARD in "The Three Faces of Eve", Deborah Kerr in "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison", Anna Magnani in "Wild is the Wind", Elizabeth Taylor in "Raintree County", Lana Turner in "Peyton Place" Supporting Actor: RED BUTTONS in "Sayonara" , Vittorio De Sica in "A Farewell to Arms", Sessue Hayakawa in "The Bridge On The River Kwai" , Arthur Kennedy in "Peyton Place", Russ Tamblyn in "Peyton Place" Supporting Actress: MIYOSHI UMEKI in "Sayonara" , Carolyn Jones in "The Bachelor Party", Elsa Lanchester in "Witn |
Traditionally with what were the seams of wooden sailing ships caulked? | Designing and Building a Wooden Ship | Penobscot Bay History Online Jump to Navigation Designing and Building a Wooden Ship Building any ship begins with design. In nineteenth century Maine, once the owner and builder decided on the basic size and shape of the hull, the designer or master carpenter carved a half modelHalf model A longitudinal model of half of a vessel's hull. In the 19th century a primary design tool with most American sailing vessel designs starting out as carved half models, from which dimensions for the full-sized hull would be taken. Read more , made from a number of boards or liftsLifts Boards that are pinned together to form a half model of a vessel. After the model is carved, these boards can be separated and measured to loft the vessel's hull full-sized for construction. pinned together. Once finished and accepted, the designer removed the pins and separated the model’s lifts. He then measured these and drew the shape of the hull full-size on the loftLoft laying off; laying down A large building for drawing full-sized patterns and laying out wooden pieces for a vessel. As a verb, to loft is to draw the lines of the vessel on the floor of the mold loft. floor. Keel and Frames The keelKeel The chief timber or piece extending along the length of the bottom of a vessel from which rise the frames, stem, and sternposts. is the ship’s backbone and provides the most important longitudinal strength for the ship. The keel was built up from 12” x 12” lumber, or larger, and the long pieces were scarfedScarf scarph To join the ends of two timbers or metal parts to form a piece that appears continuous. and bolted to provide a solid backbone. The stemStem The foremost timber in a vessel, attached vertically to the keel. piece, which defines the bowBow Forward part or head of a vessel. of the ship, and the sternpostSternpost The aftermost timber in a wooden vessel or steel piece in a steel vessel, forming the stern of the ship and joined to the keel by scarfing or riveting. Read more , on which the rudderRudder Used to steer a vessel. A flat piece or structure of wood or metal attached upright to the stern of a boat or ship. The rudder may be turned, causing the vessel's head to turn in the same direction. is hung, were scarfed and bolted to the keel. The ship’s ribsRibs The curved or straight wooden pieces that form the frame of a vessel. On a large vessel these are pieced together with futtocks. On a small boat, ribs or frames are often one piece and can be made by steaming wood and bending it., or framesFrame ribs Frames are the skeleton structure of a vessel, also called ribs. They run perpendicular to the keel., were made up of straight and curved timbers. Frames were made of a number of pieces called futtocksFuttocks The four or five individual pieces of wood in a vessel's frame or rib.. Bottom futtocks are called floorsFloor The lower part of a transverse frame of a ship running each side of the keelson to the bilges. In general shipbuilding, this part of the frame is an approximately horizontal platform extending to the ship's sides at the point where they begin to turn up towards the vertical.. The shipbuilder made patterns from the design on the loft floor, which he used to choose the best-shaped timbers. Ship's carpentersShip carpenter ship's carpenter A petty officer, responsible to the chief officer, whose duties include the opening and battening down of hatches and cargo ports, and maintaining wooden masts, spars, and decks. A ship's carpenter can also work in a shipyard, building vessels. cut the wood to shape, and dubbersDubber Workman who dubs, or smoothes, the framing of a vessel before planking and the planking after being attached to the frames. refined the shape using adzesAdze A long-handled cutting tool, with a blade at right angles to the shaft. Originally a shipbuilding tool. to chip off unneeded material. The futtocks were scarfed, bolted, and fastened with treenailsTreenail trunnel Commonly pronounced "trunnel" or "trunnels"; wooden spikes or pins, often made of locust wood., or trun |
Name the most southerly county in the Republic of Ireland? | Ireland's counties and provinces | Ireland.com Home Discover Ireland Ireland's counties and provinces The island of Ireland is made up of four provinces and 32 counties, and they all have their own unique charms and traditions Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal Connacht Connacht is largely made up of counties on Ireland's western coast. Roscommon is the only county landlocked county in the province. Connacht is home to stunning scenery, including Connemara , Achill Island, and Sligo’s world-renowned surfing coast. Many parts of the province retain their very strong Gaelic traditions, in particular the Aran Islands. The Irish language is spoken throughout Connacht's Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) areas. The five counties of Connacht are Galway , Leitrim , Mayo , Roscommon and Sligo . Clogher Bay, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry Leinster This eastern province is home to the Republic of Ireland’s capital city Dublin , originally founded by the Vikings. Today, rarely a week goes by without some form of festival happening in the city. Leinster is now the most populated province on the island, with over half the population of the Republic of Ireland living there. The area was heavily colonized over the centuries and, as a result, it's home to many fine examples of medieval, Norman, Georgian and Neolithic architecture. Carlow , Dublin , Kildare , Kilkenny , Laois , Longford , Louth , Meath , Offaly , Westmeath , Wexford and Wicklow are the counties that make up the Leinster region. Munster Two of Ireland’s largest counties are found in Munster: Cork and Kerry . Both have their own names they like to go by. In Cork they consider themselves the “People’s Republic of Cork”, because if there is one thing people from Cork love, it’s Cork. It's also affectionately known as the gourmet county, because of its excellent culinary expertise. “The Kingdom of Kerry” is renowned for its spectacular golf courses and it has won the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championships more times than any other team. Plus it has lush green scenery and a stunning coastline that is coveted by visitors while the town of Dingle boasts its own resident dolphin called Fungi (so popular he even has his own Twitter account .) The lunar Burren and Cliffs of Moher are in County Clare and several ancient castles populate the counties of Limerick , Tipperary and Waterford . Waterford is renowned for its exquisite hand-cut crystal glass. Munster’s counties are Clare , Cork , Kerry , Limerick , Tipperary and Waterford . Ulster The combined influences of several different cultures – the Ulster Scots, the Gaels, the Normans and the Anglo-Normans – have sculpted and colored the Ulster landscape in a particularly unique manner. Natural beauties such as Donegal’s Glenveagh National Park, the Mourne Mountains in County Down , Fermanagh’s Lakelands and the Giant’s Causeway in Antrim (seen in all its glory here in Ben Joyner’s competition winning video ) make this part of the island a spectacular place to visit. Meanwhile, the capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast city , played its part in making maritime history as the birthplace of the world's most famous ship: the Titanic . |
Which musical duo could have been billed as 'Hodges & Peacock'? | MUSIC / Chas and Dave - those lost years in full: Many assumed it was all over for Charles Hodges and David Peacock. But, gor blimey, no. By Jasper Rees | The Independent MUSIC / Chas and Dave - those lost years in full: Many assumed it was all over for Charles Hodges and David Peacock. But, gor blimey, no. By Jasper Rees Wednesday 25 August 1993 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Culture THREE days after Christmas in 1943, a Mrs Hodges of Edmonton in war-torn north London gave birth to a boy. She could have complicated a big decision he was to make in later life by christening him Samuel, but she plumped instead for Charles. By the time the young Hodges formed a band with David Peacock more than a quarter of a century later, another duo called Sam and Dave had already made quite a name for themselves. When Chas and Dave met they were still both at school and Dave was in a band called the Rolling Stones. 'That was before the dodgy lot come about - we were better than them. We thought it was a stupid name so we changed it.' Even in their teens, at least one half of the duo had a proven poor ear for catchy names that was to resurface 10 years later when they were wondering what to call themselves. 'We tossed around two or three different names and couldn't come up with one,' says Chas. 'Chubby was one of them, wasn't it, Dave?' 'Yeah,' says Dave, 'Oily Rags was one of them as well.' 'Yeah, Rag and Bone,' says Chas. 'But we were doing lots of sessions for other people,' says Chas, 'and it was always Chas and Dave this and Chas and Dave that and one producer said 'Why don't you just call yourselves Chas and Dave?' ' 'Yeah,' says Dave, 'we took the easy way out.' Chas is the bearded one who plays the piano. Dave is the other bearded one who plays bass. Chas has the voice - 'that's why I do the old harmonies,' says Dave. In short, they split the vocal chores rather like those other north London old-timers, Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks. 'We don't know much about them,' says Dave. 'We do like 'em,' says Chas. 'I can't tell them apart, them two, though,' says Dave. 'We know their drummer,' says Chas. 'I met them a few times years ago when I was with Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers on the road.' Long before they could shave, they had taught themselves to strum. Chas was given a guitar by his uncle Alf, while Dave learnt the banjo from his uncle Bill. 'Chas is very nifty on the guitar,' says Dave. 'A lot of people who haven't seen us think it's all 'Knees Up Mother Brown' and 'Up the Apples and Pears'. We love that old music-hall tradition, but after we've played our guitars and done our quiet songs people say, 'We didn't expect that, that was fantastic'.' 'We like to surprise people,' says Chas. The first person they surprised was an EMI scout, who came along to see them and couldn't get in for the crush. A contract was duly signed and an album, One Fing and Anuvver, released, but success did not beckon until several years later, when an advertising executive heard 'Gertcha' and asked them if they would allow it to be used for a Courage commercial. A place in the Top 20 followed but EMI dropped the duo on the assumption that they were one-hit wonders. New wave, ska and the new romantics were all the rage and the label underestimated the nation's appetite for rock'n'roll delivered in a cockney accent by a couple of hairy men in their thirties. 'We knew we weren't going to be a novelty act,' says Chas. 'Our manager Bob England had faith - he had Darts at the time.' They started their own record label, which they called Rockney, and England set up a distribution deal. To confound the suggestion that Chas and Dave only ever had chart success when a single was released on the back of some event or sponsor - 'Rabbit' was the soundtrack to another Courage commercial, Tottenham's FA Cup Final appearances brought two more hits and they teamed up with Barry Hearn's Matchroom clients for 'Snooker Loopy' - they had their biggest hit with 'Ain't No Pleasing You', a traditional rock'n'roll ballad, in which the frankness of Chas's |
Which film actress was the sister of Olivia de Havilland? | Olivia de Havilland - Biography - IMDb Olivia de Havilland Biography Showing all 98 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (58) | Personal Quotes (27) | Salary (3) Overview (4) 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mini Bio (1) Olivia Mary de Havilland was born July 1, 1916, in Tokyo, Japan, to British parents Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her sister, Joan, later to become famous as Joan Fontaine , was born the following year. Her surname comes from her paternal grandfather, whose family was from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Her parents divorced when Olivia was just three years old, and she moved with her mother and sister to Saratoga, California. After graduating from high school, where she fell prey to the acting bug, Olivia enrolled in Mills College in Oakland. It was while she was at Mills that she participated in the school play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and was spotted by Max Reinhardt . She so impressed Reinhardt that he picked her up for both his stage version and, later, the Warner Bros. film version in 1935. She again was so impressive that Warner executives signed her to a seven-year contract. No sooner had the ink dried on the contract than Olivia appeared in three more films: The Irish in Us (1935), Alibi Ike (1935) and Captain Blood (1935), the latter with the man with whom her career would be most closely identified, heartthrob Errol Flynn . He and Olivia starred together in eight films during their careers. In 1939 Warner Bros. loaned her to David O. Selznick for the classic Gone with the Wind (1939). Playing the sweet Melanie Hamilton, Olivia received her first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, only to lose out to one of her co-stars in the film, Hattie McDaniel . After GWTW, Olivia returned to Warner Bros. and continued to churn out films. In 1941 she played Emmy Brown in Hold Back the Dawn (1941), which resulted in her second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actress. Again she lost, this time to her sister Joan for her role in Suspicion (1941). After that strong showing, Olivia now demanded better, more substantial roles than the "sweet young thing" slot into which Warners had been fitting her. The studio responded by placing her on a six-month suspension, all of the studios at the time operating under the policy that players were nothing more than property to do with as they saw fit. As if that weren't bad enough, when her contract with Warners was up, she was told that she would have to make up the time lost because of the suspension. Irate, she sued the studio, and for the length of the court battle she didn't appear in a single film. The result, however, was worth it. In a landmark decision, the court said not only that Olivia did not have to make up the time, but that all performers were to be limited to a seven-year contract that would include any suspensions handed down. This became known as the "de Havilland decision"; no longer could studios treat their performers as mere cattle. Returning to screen in 1946, Olivia made up for lost time by appearing in four films, one of which finally won her the Oscar that had so long eluded her. It was To Each His Own (1946), in which she played Josephine Norris to the delight of critics and audiences alike. Olivia was the strongest performer in Hollywood for the balance of the 1940s. In 1948 she turned in another strong showing in The Snake Pit (1948) as Virginia Cunningham, a woman suffering a mental breakdown. The end result was another Oscar nomination for Best Actress, but she lost to Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda (1948). As in the two previous years, she made only one film in 1949, but she again won a nomination and the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Heiress (1949). After a three-year hiatus, Olivia returned to star in My Cousin Rachel (1952). From that point on, she made few appearances on the screen but was seen on Broadway and in some television shows. Her last screen appearance was in The Fift |
What is the full name, including its sponsor, of the Millenium Wheel, standing on the banks of the River Thames? | London | shadthecat shadthecat by shadthecat The London Eye on the south bank of the River Thames stands at 443 feet (135m) with a diameter of 334 feet (120m) so it’s quite big. And if you’re 25cm tall like me, it looks even bigger. But that didn’t stop me from taking a leap of faith with John last weekend when we drove to the big smoke to take a ride on London’s observation wheel, the Millenium Falcon, oh I mean Millenium Wheel. Wouldn’t it be great if it was the Millenium Falcon with Han Solo and Chewbacca at the helm! Worrying I didn’t see anyone at the helm of the Millenium Wheel and I had read previously that there was an incident when they stopped the wheel for safety checks after a faulty part was discovered and people were suspended in one of the pods 450 feet above the ground for an hour. I suppose one incident with no injury in 16 years isn’t bad and apparently there are supplies of water, blankets and even commodes in each capsule to cater for basic needs. Although if John and I got stuck up there it would take more than a hot drink and a refund to soothe my nerves! The actual experience was pleasant and the clear blue skies provided an unobstructed view. John pointed out lots of interesting landmarks to me including the Can of Ham and the Gherkin, the Salt Cellar, the Cheese-grater and the Walkie-Talkie. No this isn’t a list of the snacks John keeps in his rucksack! They are nicknames for a collection of unusually shaped structures that have been constructed in the city, namely St Marys Axe office buildings, a glass clad skyscraper of triangular design called the Shard, the Leadenhall Building (office, retail and dining space) and a handset shaped tower that contains office space and an indoor garden close to St Pauls Cathedral. The pillars and arches of Westminster Abbey are now surrounded by the slopes and curves of modern architecture that, in London anyway, often have peculiar shapes reminiscent of everyday objects. I would like to see a cat shaped shopping mall with a rescue centre attached! London 360 Click on the photo to see full 360 by shadthecat I truly believe that as a member of the felis catus species, I was genetically engineered to always choose the most efficient option and to never expend valuable energy without a beneficial purpose (usually involving food)! So when I see humans running in the London Marathon for such altruistic purposes as raising money for charity I can’t help but admire their tenacity. Now don’t judge me for not wanting to run 26 miles for someone else, not everyone has a body that suits lycra. Although saying that, not everybody in the Marathon wore lycra. Some brave souls wore far more including an elephant outfit, a rhinoceros costume and an ensemble that resembled a camel, some of my favourite animals who all need lots of support from kind humans because they are either used and abused in the tourist industry for rides or killed for various parts of their anatomy. Participants did not only run, there were others jogging, walking, competing in wheelchairs and waddling in a Dr Who tardis. Although the enormous effort put in by the participators is undeniable, let us not forget the many wonderful supporters behind that scenes like those who sponsor to help raise money, those who clean up and those who stand on the side-lines giving out drinks and cheering. My role I decided was to keep my fur to an acceptably soft standard, curl up on John’s bag and lift my head to nod in approval from time to time as the tired but happy humans crossed the finish line. Despite the sweat pouring from their faces, there was a lot of sticky moist hugging as people finished the race and stumbled to a halt, looking for their friends and loved ones. You humans are a special bunch! by shadthecat This weekend, the Saga Louts met 5 of their music idols in the zany form of AC/DC at Wembley Stadium. To remind you, the Saga Louts consist of 4 mature men with a talent for music and a passion for rock (not the geological kind)! I wrote about the Saga Louts some time ago when Jo |
The 1966 novel 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys was written as a prequel to which 19th century novel? | Jean Rhys - Los Angeles Review of Books Donate Jean Rhys Jean Rhys, born Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, was a mid 20th-century novelist from Dominica. She is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), written as a "prequel" to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. ARTICLES FEATURING JEAN Subscribe to LARB's FREE Weekly Newsletter: Thank you for signing up! CONTINUE BROWSING LARB SUBSCRIBE By submitting this form, you are granting: Los Angeles Review of Books, 6671 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 1521, Los Angeles, California, 90028, United States, http://lareviewofbooks.org permission to email you. |
On the coast of which English county would you find the natural limestone arch known as 'Durdle Door'? | English Counties Walking Guide Books Avon The old county of Avon now comprises the authorities of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset. Attractions include part of the Mendip Hills in the south of the region, the Avon Gorge, Elegant Bath and part of the Cotswold escarpment in the east. Bedfordshire Rural Bedfordshire offers some delightful walking. There are areas of gentle wooded scenery and many attractive unspoilt villages. Part of the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty sweeps across the south and centre of the county. Dunstable Downs provides open country walking while, on the western border, the Grand Union Canal towpath provides a waterside route. Berkshire Berkshire holds many delights for the walker. The rolling Berkshire Downs provide open space and broad vistas. Ancient trackways including the Ridgeway and Icknield Way cross this bracing landscape, golden with wheat fields in summer. In the east Windsor Great Park provides pleasant walking and interesting wildlife. You will find additional guides covering the Thames Valley and Chilterns areas listed in the English Regional Guides/SE England section. Buckinghamshire A large part of the Chiltern Hills lies within Buckinghamshire and walking guides to this lovely region are included here. Much of the Chilterns are covered in dense Beechwood, dark green and cool in summer, a flame of glorious russets and gold in autumn. In springtime glades of bluebells provide a misty blue carpet in dappled sunlight. Fine views are to be had at summits such as Ivinghoe Beacon in the extreme south west of the county. Walking the Chilterns is an experience not to be missed. Cambridgeshire Much of northern Cambridgeshire is fenland, in which a watery landscape of meadows and streams predominates, as at the Isle of Ely. In what was once Huntingdonshire cattle graze on drained pastures that are flat, but not always featureless. There are lovely riverside villages along the Greast Ouse. The beautiful colleges and riverside walks of Cambridge University are well worth exploring. South of Cambridge the land rises to the cereal growing uplands which provide a very different walking landscape. Cornwall Sun, sea and spectacular coastlines. Idyllic coves, sandy beaches, picturesque fishing villages and a footpath that connects them all. Cornwall makes a great walking destination, either walking parts of the SW Coast National Trail or exploring the inland Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty such as Bodmin moor, the peaceful Helford River or the Camel Estuary, or the Lizard and Roseland Peninsulars. County Durham Much of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty lies within County Durham. Sweeping heather clad moors provide wilderness walking and a sense of space. Discover the Durham Dales, Weardale, Teesdale and the Derwent Valley which offer a blend of rugged upland, majestic waterfalls, gentle river valleys, wildflower meadows and drystone walls. In the east there is a stunning coastline with sandy beaches and exhilerating cliff top walking. there are numerous country parks, forests and, of course, Durham city home of the Prince Bishops. Cumbria Most of Cumbria is included in the Lake District National Park. For guides to the Lakes see the National Parks Section. This section includes the Eden Valley, the Howgill Fells, Lunesdale and other areas of Cumbria outside the National Park Boundary. These areas offer glorious scenery and tranquillity away from the summer crowds in the Lake District National Park. Derbyshire Explore the beautiful scenery of the Derbyshire Dales. Routes from all of the unspoilt pretty villages are included in our guides. Add interest by following one of the many trails such as the Tissington Trail, the High Peak Trail or the Monsai Trail which all follow disused railway lines. Explore intriguing rock formations including Black Rocks at Cromford, Stanton Moor, Rowtor Rocks at Birchover or High Tor at Matlock Dale. Please go to National Parks / Peak District section for lots more titles with Peak Dist |
What was the name of the Scottish physicist who wrote 'Treatise On Electricity And Magnetisim' in 1873? | James Clerk Maxwell | Article about James Clerk Maxwell by The Free Dictionary James Clerk Maxwell | Article about James Clerk Maxwell by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/James+Clerk+Maxwell Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia . Maxwell, James Clerk (klärk), 1831–79, great Scottish physicist. After a brilliant career at Edinburgh and Cambridge, where he won early recognition with mathematical papers, he was a professor at Marischal College, Aberdeen (1856–60), and at King's College, London (1860–65). In 1871 he was appointed the first professor of experimental physics at Cambridge, where he directed the organization of the Cavendish Laboratory. He is known especially for his work in electricity and magnetism, summarized in A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism (1873). Basing his own study and research on that of Faraday Faraday, Michael , 1791–1867, English scientist. The son of a blacksmith, he was apprenticed to a bookbinder at the age of 14. He had little formal education, but acquired a store of scientific knowledge through reading and by attending educational lectures including, in ..... Click the link for more information. , he developed the theory of the electromagnetic field on a mathematical basis and made possible a much greater understanding of the phenomena in this field. He was led to the conclusion that electric and magnetic energy travel in transverse waves that propagate at a speed equal to that of light; light is thus only one type of electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic radiation, energy radiated in the form of a wave as a result of the motion of electric charges. A moving charge gives rise to a magnetic field, and if the motion is changing (accelerated), then the magnetic field varies and in turn produces an electric field. ..... Click the link for more information. . Maxwell's electromagnetic theory occupies a position in classical physics comparable to Newton's work on mechanics. One of his early papers, "On the Stability of Motion of Saturn's Rings" (1859), was especially important and foreshadowed his later investigations of heat and the kinetic theory of gases. He is also known for his studies of color (which led to his invention of the color disk named for him) and of color blindness, and wrote a classic elementary text in dynamics, Matter and Motion (1876). Bibliography See N. Forbes and B. Mahon, Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field (2014). Maxwell, James Clerk Born June 13, 1831, in Edinburgh; died Nov. 5, 1879, in Cambridge. British physicist, founder of classical electrodynamics and one of the founders of statistical physics. Member of the London Royal Society (1860). Son of a Scottish nobleman of the well-known Clerk clan. Maxwell studied at the universities of Edinburgh (1847-50) and Cambridge (1850-54). From 1856 to 1860 he was a professor at Marischal College in Aberdeen, and from 1860 to 1865 at the University of London. In 1871 he became a professor at Cambridge University, where he founded the first specially equipped physics laboratory in Great Britain—the Cavendish Laboratory—of which he was director from 1871. Maxwell’s scientific activities encompass numerous fields, including electromagnetism, the kinetic theory of gases, optics, and the theory of elasticity. Maxwell wrote his first work, On the Description of Oval Curves and Those Having a Plurality of Foci, before he was 15 (1846, published 1851). One of his first studies dealt with the physiology and physics of color perception and with colorimetry (1852-72). In 1861 he produced for the first time a color image by simultaneously projecting red, green, and blue diapositives on a screen, thus proving the validity of the three-component theory of color vision and simultaneously outlining the methods later used to develop color photography. He devised one of the first instruments for the quantitative measurement of color, which was called the Maxwell disk. In 1857-59 he conducted theoretical investigations of the stability of Saturn’s rings and showed that t |
The 'Derwent Valley Mills' is a World Heritage Site, in which English county? | Derwent Valley Mills - Derwent Valley Derwent Valley Mills images from the Derwent Valley < > Derwent Valley Mills, ETE, County Hall, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3AG. United Kingdom Follow Derwent Valley Mills DerwentWISE, c/o Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Sandy Hill, Main Street, Middleton, Matlock, DE4 4LR Follow DerwentWISE |
The 1993 novel 'Mrs. de Winter' by Susan Hill was a sequel towhich classic 20th century novel? | Sequel to Du Maurier's 'Rebecca' Is Shrouded by Secrecy . . . and Hype : Literature: Critics wonder how the heroine could adapt to the '90s after accepting such a marriage proposal--'I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.' - latimes YOU ARE HERE: LAT Home → Collections Sequel to Du Maurier's 'Rebecca' Is Shrouded by Secrecy . . . and Hype : Literature: Critics wonder how the heroine could adapt to the '90s after accepting such a marriage proposal--'I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.' September 26, 1993 |ROBERT WOODWARD | REUTERS LONDON — The sequel to "Rebecca," one of the best-loved British novels of the 20th Century, is being prepared for publication in great secrecy and with a fortune riding on its success. "Mrs. de Winter," written by novelist Susan Hill, has been translated into 19 languages and will be published in more than 20 countries--including China and North Korea--on Oct. 4. "I can think of no other book in the world to which I would have been remotely tempted to write a sequel but 'Rebecca,' " said Hill, who was paid $1 million for her book. Rebecca, written shortly before World War II, is the story of a naive young woman's marriage to an older man haunted by the memories of his first wife. It was an immediate best-seller and made writer Daphne du Maurier's reputation. Hollywood's version of "Rebecca," starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine as the heroine, whose first name is never divulged, mirrored the book's success. It won an Oscar in 1940, and the opening line of the film and the book--"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"--became almost as famous as Rhett Butler's "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" in "Gone With the Wind." Du Maurier's executors hope to avoid the fate that befell the sequel to "Gone With the Wind," called "Scarlett," which critics universally panned. The novelist died in 1989 at age 81. Executors will spend about $230,000 promoting "Mrs. de Winter." The book will be serialized in a national newspaper and read on radio by actress Harriet Walter. Hill says she took five months to write "Mrs. de Winter," but few details have been divulged about the book. What little is known is that the heroine will remain anonymous, the book will be told in the first person and the setting has been moved from Cornwall, the far southwest of England where du Maurier lived, north to Gloucestershire. Publishers Sinclair Stephenson are going to great lengths to keep a lid on the book's contents. Journalists wishing to review it will be allowed to see only the first chapter before Oct. 4 and must sign a letter of confidentiality. Dire warnings about the consequences of leaking the contents are contained in the document. A short extract issued by the publishers shows Hill, whose Victorian spine-chiller "The Woman in Black" has been terrifying audiences at a West End theater since 1988, may have decided to try to repeat du Maurier's atmospheric writing. One example: I bent down. Touched the cool, delicate, creamy, infinitely beautiful petals, the faintly ribbed, heavy leaves, and a sweet scent came into my nostrils from the flowers, intoxicating and yet faintly alarming, seductive, dangerous. "Rebecca" ends with the couple returning to Manderley, which has been set afire, apparently by the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers--who serves as the book's wicked witch in contrast to the heroine's Cinderella. For most of the original, the heroine believes her husband still loves Rebecca. But, in fact, he killed her because of her infidelity and sank her body in a boat. It is found by divers after his second marriage, but he escapes arrest. Critics have had a field day guessing what the future may hold. Some du Maurier fans wonder if a sequel can work because the original is dominated by cruel Mrs. Danvers, the dead Rebecca and Manderley, leaving the rather vacuous de Winters in the shade. Will the heroine have "grown up" from the timid, gauche wallflower of the first novel? Will she still be reading the cricket scores to her husband to keep him happy? One critic wants her to become a ragin |
The last surviving example of which bird, once the most common bird in the world, died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1914? | Extinct Birds - Aves - Ornithology - Conservation - Birding in India Extinct Birds - Ornithology Haast's Eagle attacking New Zealand Moa Since 1600, over 100 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all now-extinct species originally lived. Other areas, such as Guam, have also been hard hit; Guam has lost over 60% of its native species in the last 30 years, many of them to imported snakes. There are today about 10,000 species of birds , and 1186 of them are considered to be under threat of extinction. Island species in general, and flightless island species in particular are most at risk. The disproportionate number of rails in the list reflects the tendency of that family to lose the ability to fly when geographically isolated. List of extinct species: Ratites Aepyornis (Aepyornis maximus) Moa (Dinornithiformes) Large flightless birds in New Zealand. They were probably already extinct in 1642 when Europeans landed there. The extinction of the moa and its main predator, the Harpagornis, is attributed to the arrival of human settlers around 1000 AD. Very early European arrivals, ca 1830-40, described seeing birds that might have been the last of the moa but the sightings have never been reliably confirmed. New Zealand has no significant indigenous mammal life. The entire animal ecology consisted of birds, with the moa filling the niche of deer or cattle, and the harpagornis filling the niche of the wolf or tiger. There were ten species. Amongst them were Slender Moa (Dinornis robustus), Great Broad-billed Moa (Euryapteryx gravis) and Lesser Megalapteryx, (Megalapteryx didinus). It has been long suspected that the species of moa described as Euryapteryx curtus / E. exilis, E. huttonii/ E. crassus, and Pachyornis septentrionalis / P. mappini constituted males and females, respectively. This has been confirmed by analysis for sex-specific genetic markers of DNA extracted from bone material. More interestingly, the former three species of Dinornis: D. giganteus = robustus, D. novaezealandiae and D. struthioides have turned out to be males (struthioides) and females of only two species, one each formerly occurring on New Zealands North Island (D. novaezealandiae) and South Island (D. robustus). Moa females were larger than males, being up to 150% of the male's size and 280% of their weight. This phenomenon - reverse size dimorphism, is not uncommon amongst ratites, being most pronounced in moa and kiwis. On a side note, the plural form of moa is also moa, as Maori words do not feature plurals. King Island Emu (Dromaius ater) - Australia 1850 Kangaroo Island Emu (Dromaius baudinianus) - Australia 1827 Ducks, geese and swans Korean Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata) Officially critically endangered due to recent unconfirmed reports. Last confirmed record in 1964. R�union Shelduck (Alopochen kervazoi) - Mascarenes 1674 Mauritian Shelduck (Alopochen mauritianus) - Mascarenes 1698 Amsterdam Island Duck (Anas marecula) - Amsterdam Island 1800 Mauritian Duck (Anas theodori) - Mascarenes 1710 Pink-headed Duck (Netta caryophyllacea). Officially critically endangered, but probably extinct. The only area in which it might reasonably still exist is Northern Myanmar due to its remoteness. Reports of Pink-headed Duck continue to be received from this area, but searches have been inconclusive. Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata) Officially critically endangered, but probably extinct: only one, a semi-captive bird at Antananarivo Botanic Gardens, seen alive since 1991, this bird dying in 1992. Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius). This eider-like sea duck was never very common. Although it has been hunted for food, it probably died out because of decline of mussels and shellfish due to pollution. The last one was seen at Elmira, New York, in 1878. Auckland Islands Merganser (Mergus australis) - Auckland Islands 1902 Nēnē-nui (Branta hylobadistes) Branta (new species), Hawaiian Giant Goose Chendytes lawi, |
Which almond filling used in cakes, tarts and pastries is thought to be named after the perfumer to King Louis XIII of France? | Seeking Sweetness in Everyday Life - CakeSpy - Sweet Celebrities: A List of Pastries and Desserts Named After People Sweet Celebrities: A List of Pastries and Desserts Named After People Friday, November 13, 2009 Having a food named after you seems like the ultimate legacy--until you consider someone like Gustave Doré, a French illustrator of the 19th century for whom the dish Estomacs de dinde à la Gustave Doré was named. (Hint: estomac means stomach, and dinde means turkey. Yeah.) What follows is a much sweeter list of legacies: a collection of desserts named after people (both real, and fictional). CakeSpy Note: How was this list made? I started by first consulting Wikipedia's list of Foods Named After People , (which also served as the inspiration for this list); then I consulted other various sources and added a number of other desserts named after people which I discovered; then, each entry was expanded to include a description, interesting stories (and in some cases myth-busters!), and where possible, recipes. If you've got one to add, please leave a comment or send me an email! A - - - - - - - - - - - - - Big Hearted Al Candy Bar: Alas you won't find this one in drugstores: it was a short-lived confection named after an early-20th-century presidential candidate Al Smith (1873–1944). Ali Babas: Alas, it's not the fictional character that this one is named after: per Wikipedia, though, "The original form of the baba was similar to the babka, a tall cylindrical yeast cake. The name means 'old woman' or 'grandmother' in the Slavic languages, and has nothing to do with Ali Baba; babka is a diminutive of the same word." Alexandertorte: What's for sure is that this treat consists of pastry strips filled with raspberry preserves. Who invented it is a little hazier: Alexander I was gourmet Russian tsar who employed Antonin Carême. Per this site, Finland claims the creation, allegedly by Swiss pastry chefs in Helsinki in 1818, in anticipation of the tsar's visit there. Here's a recipe. Gâteau Alexandra: Per Wikipedia , like her husband Edward VII, Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925) was honored by an assortment of foods named after her when she was Princess of Wales and Queen. Besides this chocolate cake, there is consommé Alexandra, soup, sole, chicken quail, and various meat dishes. Amundsen's Dessert: Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) was a great Norwegian polar explorer who ultimately met his end in an Arctic plane crash--allegedly he was served a was served this dessert before departing on his final flight, but I haven't been able to locate a recipe. Anadama Bread: There are several legends behind this bread (including a family that claims ownership ), so I'm going to go with my favorite one: "A fisherman, angry with his wife, Anna, for serving him nothing but cornmeal and molasses, one day adds flour and yeast to his porridge and eats the resultant bread, while cursing, 'Anna, damn her.' " Oh Anna, you may have been cursed, but the bread is so sweet, and delicious when liberally buttered. Here's a recipe from the wonderful Melissa Clark. B - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lady Baltimore Cake: Per What's Cooking America, A Southern specialty that in the present day has many recipe variations. A favorite wedding cake, this mountainous cake is a white cake topped with a boiled or "Seven Minute Frosting." What makes the cake so distinctive is the combination of chopped nuts and dried or candied fruits in its frosting. It takes its name from the main character in Owen Wister's Lady Baltimore . For more lore and a vintage recipe, visit The Old Foodie . Battenberg cake (also called window cake): Per Wikipedia: This is a sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a distinctive two-by-two check pattern alternately colored pink and yellow. The cake is covered in marzipan and, when sliced, the characteristic checks are exposed to view. These coloured sections are made by dying half of the cake mixture pink, and half yellow, then cutting each resultant sponge into two long, uniform cuboids, and joining them together with apricot jam, |
Which American television drama series, that originally aired between 2001 - 2005, was set in 'Fisher & Sons Funeral Home'? | Six Feet Under (TV Series 2001–2005) - 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 A drama series that takes a darkly comical look at members of a dysfunctional California family that runs an independent funeral home. Creator: Nate and Brenda's daughter Willa is born, but 2 months early and at only 2 lb. 4 oz., requiring a prolonged hospital stay. Nate is convinced she won't make it and insists that he can't accept it if ... 9.9 The family prepares for the worst funeral of their lives. Ruth makes things worse on David by taking out her pain on him until he stands up for himself, and Nate makes things worse for Brenda by ... 9.1 Lawrence Hall Matheson chooses the wrong moment to check his pulse while jogging in a California "ecotone" - a cougar mauls him. Hospitalized following his seizure, an unconscious Nate dreams he ... 9.0 a list of 44 titles created 04 Jul 2011 a list of 25 titles created 25 Dec 2013 a list of 35 titles created 17 Aug 2014 a list of 24 titles created 29 Aug 2015 a list of 27 titles created 7 months ago Title: Six Feet Under (2001–2005) 8.8/10 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. Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 54 wins & 162 nominations. See more awards » Videos New Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life. Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco Dexter Morgan is a Forensics Expert, a loyal brother, boyfriend, and friend. That's what he seems to be, but that's not what he really is. Dexter Morgan is a Serial Killer that hunts the bad. Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper. Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants. Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime. Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement. Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn The X-Files (TV Series 1993) Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts. Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law, conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era. Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic. Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker The lives and cases of a dirty LAPD cop and the police unit under his command. Stars: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits. Stars: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard Edit Storyline A drama series that takes a darkly comical look at members of a dysfunctional family that runs an independent funeral home. With the prodigal elder son (Nate) returning home for the holidays to shattering news, the family must learn to deal with a death of their own, while figuring out how to go ahead wi |
Which rich sauce made fromegg yolks, butter, shallots, herbs and spices, is named after a region of south-west France? | History of Sauces, Whats Cooking America There are Five Foundation Sauces or Basic Sauces Grandes Sauces or Sayces Meres Two of them have a record of two hundred years behind them; they are the “bechamelle” and the “mayonnaise”. They have lasted so long, not only because they are very good, but also because they are so adaptable and provide a fine basis for a considerable number of other sauces. The other three, which also date back to the 18th century, are the “veloute,” the “brune,” and the “blonde.” These five sauces still provide the basis for making of many modern sauces, but no longer of most of them. Modern sauces may be divided into two classes: the “Careme” and “Escoffier” classes. Among the faithful, in the great kitchen of the world, Escoffier is to Careme what the New Testament is to the Old. See “Mother Sauces” for descriptions of the five basic sauces. Aioli (eye-YO-lee) – Aioli is a thick garlic sauce used in the cooking of Provence, France, and of Catalonia in Spain. It is often compared to mayonnaise in its texture, but it is not actual mayonnaise. It is though by culinary historians that Aioli is a Roman sauce, the one the Romans called “aleatum” made of garlic and oil. History: The first apparent written mention of a sauce resembling aioli was by Pliny the Elder (23-79 A.D.), the Roman procurator in Tarragona (a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain.) He writes about garlic (Latin term: aleatum) in his first century book Naturalis Historia. Information below by Peter Hertzmann from his la carte website : Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is an encyclopedia published around AD 77–79 by Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD). It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day and purports to cover all ancient knowledge. Whether garlic was introduced to France by the Romans, brought back to France during the crusades, or a native of French soil is not known for certain. (I think it was introduced by the Romans.) Pliny the Elder discusses garlic at some length in his work Naturalis Historia, published in the year 77. He states that it “is generally supposed, in the country more particularly, to be a good specific for numerous maladies.” Later, in a chapter entitled “Garlic: Sixty-One Remedies,” Pliny writes, “Garlic has very powerful properties, and is of great utility to persons on changes of water or locality. The very smell of it drives away serpents and scorpions, and, according to what some persons say, it is a cure for wounds made by every kind of wild beast, whether taken with the drink or food, or applied topically…. Pliny does not discuss the use of garlic as food, he does comment extensively, however, on how to best grow garlic. Bearnaise sauce (bair-naz) – It is a variation of hollandaise sauce. White wine or vinegar, diced shallots, tarragon, and peppercorns are cooked together and reduced and sieved and then added to hollandaise sauce. The spice tarragon is what gives it a distinctive taste. The sauce is served with beef and some shellfish. History: Chef Jules Colette at the Paris restaurant called Le Pavillon Henri IV in the 19th century invented Brnaise sauce in Paris, France. It was named Brnaise in Henry’s honor as he was born in Bearn, France (a region in the Pyreness mountain range in southwest France). It is said that every chef at the restaurant tried to claim the recipe as his own. Bechamel Sauce (bay-shah-mel) – As the housewife in the 17th Century did not have the luxury of modern refrigeration, they were wary of using milk in their recipes. Peddlers were known to sell watered down or rancid produce. Basically, only the rich or royalty could use milk in their sauces. In France, it is one of the four basic sauces called “meres” or “mother sauces” from which all other sauces derive. It is also know as “white sauce.” It is a smooth, white sauce made from a roux made with flour, boiled milk, and butter. It is usually served with white meats, eggs, and vegetables. It forms the basis of many oth |
What name is given to the wall of a Mosque that faces Mecca? | What is the qibla wall? | Reference.com What is the qibla wall? A: Quick Answer In the Islamic tradition, a qibla wall is a wall of a mosque that indicates the direction followers must face during daily prayer. Such a wall is often identified by an ornamental indentation known as a mihrab. Full Answer The word "qibla" has long referred to the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, located in Saudi Arabia. The Kaaba is a massive stone cube believed to have been first constructed by Adam, the first man. Despite its unquestionably pre-Islamic origins, the Kaaba is actually the second focal point used for the qibla. The first was the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. |
Which large flightless bird, of the genus Pinguinis, was hunted to extinction in 1844? | 10 Tragic Stories of Extinct Animals | Mental Floss 10 Tragic Stories of Extinct Animals wikimedia commons Like us on Facebook The tale of the dodo is one of the most famous stories of extinction in all natural history. Native only to the tiny island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, the birds had never learned any reason to be fearful of humans, so when European explorers first began to visit the island in the 17th century, the dodos were apparently so unsuspecting they could be picked up by hand straight from the wild and killed. Although the dodo was never a particularly numerous species (the fact that it was flightless made it susceptible to floods and forest fires, which apparently kept its population naturally low), within less than a century of its discovery interference by humans had led to its extinction. But it’s by no means alone—the stories behind the disappearance of 10 other creatures are listed here. 1. ATLAS BEAR The Atlas bear was the only species of bear native to Africa, and once inhabited the area around the Atlas Mountains in the far northwest of the continent. The bear’s lengthy demise can be traced all the way back to the time of the Roman Empire, when the animals were not only hunted for sport but captured, brought back to Rome, and made to battle gladiators and execute criminals in a gruesome spectacle known as damnatio ad bestias . Numbers continued to fall throughout the Middle Ages, when great swaths of forest in northern Africa were felled for timber, until finally the last surviving wild Atlas bear was shot and killed in the mid-1800s. 2. CAROLINA PARAKEET Wikimedia Commons The Carolina parakeet was once the only species of parrot native to the United States, found across a vast expanse of the country from New York in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south and the Rocky Mountains in the west. Excessive hunting and trapping meant that the birds had already become rare by the 19th century, but large, isolated flocks were still being recorded until as recently as the early 1900s. Sadly the birds were known for their altruistic habit of flocking to attend to dead or dying members of the same flock—so if only a few birds were felled by hunters, many of the rest of the flock would remain nearby, making themselves easy targets. The last known specimen died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918, and the species was finally declared extinct in 1939. 3. DUSKY SEASIDE SPARROW Wikimedia Commons In 1963, a decision was made by NASA to flood a vast area of marshland on Merritt Island in eastern Florida as a means of controlling the mosquito population around the Kennedy Space Center. Sadly, Merritt Island was also one of the last strongholds of the dusky seaside sparrow, a small dark-colored songbird, and when the land was flooded, so too was the sparrows’ main breeding ground. Drainage of the marshes around the St. Johns River for a highway project also contributed to habitat loss. The birds’ population collapsed, and in the years that followed, the species struggled to regain its numbers. By 1979, only five birds—all males—remained in the wild, and the sparrow was finally declared extinct in 1990. 4. GRAVENCHE Wikimedia Commons The gravenche was a species of freshwater fish native only to Lake Geneva, one of the Alpine lakes that straddle the border between France and Switzerland. The fish were apparently once so common in the lake that it alone accounted for two-thirds of all of the fish caught in Lake Geneva. Due to overfishing, the population of gravenche began to decrease rapidly in the early 20th century; the last known sighting was in 1950, and the species is now considered extinct. 5. GREAT AUK Wikimedia Commons The penguin-like great auk was a large, flightless seabird once native to the entire North Atlantic Ocean, from Greenland and eastern Canada to the British Isles and the westernmost coasts of Europe. The birds were highly prized for their light and fluffy down, which was used as a stuffing for pillows and mattresses. And like the dodo, the fact that the birds were flightless made hunting an |
Who was the leader of the 'Gunpowder Plot', whose conspirators included Guy Fawkes? | The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 - History Learning Site Home » Stuart England » The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Citation: C N Trueman "The Gunpowder Plot of 1605" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 16 Aug 2016. In November 1605, the infamous Gunpowder Plot took place in which some Catholics, most famously Guy Fawkes, plotted to blow up James I, the first of the Stuart kings of England. The story is remembered each November 5th when ‘Guys’ are burned in a celebration known as “Bonfire Night”. The story appears to be very simple. Catholics in England had expected James to be more tolerant of them. In fact, he had proved to be the opposite and had ordered all Catholic priests to leave England. This so angered some Catholics that they decided to kill James and put his daughter Elizabeth on the throne ensuring that she was a Catholic. This led to a plot to kill not only the king of England, James, but also everyone sitting in the Houses of Parliament at the same time as James was there when he opened Parliament on November 5th, 1605. Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, having rented out a house right by the Houses of Parliament, managed to get 36 barrels of gunpowder into a cellar of the House of Lords. The other conspirators were: John Grant and the man who is said to have organised the whole plot Robert Catesby. The most famous picture of some the conspirators The explosive expert, Guy Fawkes, had been left in the cellars to set off the fuse. He was only caught when a group of guards decided to check the cellars at the last moment. Fawkes was arrested and sent to the Tower of London where he was tortured and eventually gave away the names of the fellow conspirators. Sir William Wade, Lieutenant of the Tower, had orders to use whatever means of torture was required to get information from Fawkes. The order came from James. Of those involved, some were shot as they were chased by the law such as Percy and Catesby. Others were captured, sent to the Tower and, after a brief trial, eventually hung, drawn and quartered, with Fawkes, in January 1606. The signature of Guy Fawkes on his confession In celebration of his survival, James ordered that the people of England should have a great bonfire in the night on November 5th. This fire was traditionally topped off with an effigy of the pope rather than Guy Fawkes. His place at the top of the fire came in later as did fireworks. The East Sussex county town of Lewes still has the pope alongside Guy Fawkes when it comes to the effigies being burned. But is there more to this plot than just a small number of angry Catholics wanting to make a statement against the king, James? Some believe that the whole plot was a government conspiracy to convince James that Catholics could not be trusted. At the very least, some curious things happened when the story is looked at in detail. What is odd? We do know that James’ chief minister, Robert Cecil, the Earl of Salisbury, hated Catholics and saw them as a constant source of trouble. Cecil also feared that there was a chance that James would be lenient with them during his reign and this he could not tolerate. That James only expelled priests was not good enough for Cecil. He wanted to remove Catholicism from England as he saw it as a threat. We know that James was terrified of a violent death; his childhood in Scotland had been fraught with danger including being kidnapped as a boy. What better way to get James to severely persecute the Catholics in England than to get him to believe that they had tried to kill him in this very violent manner? The government had a monopoly on gunpowder in this country and it was stored in places like the Tower of London. How did the conspirators get hold of 36 barrels of gunpowder without drawing attention to themselves? Did they get help from the government? How was the gunpowder moved across London from the Tower of London to Westminster (at least two miles distant) without anyone seeing it? The River Thames would not have been used as it could |
Who plays the title role in the 2008 film 'Iron Man'? | Iron Man (2008) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error WATCH NOW ON DISC After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. Director: a list of 30 titles created 25 Jun 2011 a list of 34 titles created 04 Apr 2014 a list of 23 titles created 9 months ago a list of 45 titles created 8 months ago a list of 25 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Iron Man " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 61 nominations. See more awards » Videos With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy. Director: Jon Favreau When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. Director: Shane Black Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity. Director: Joss Whedon Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization. Director: Joe Johnston As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier. Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. Director: Kenneth Branagh When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's Mightiest Heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. Director: Joss Whedon When Dr. Jane Foster gets cursed with a powerful entity known as the Aether, Thor is heralded of the cosmic event known as the Convergence and the genocidal Dark Elves. Director: Alan Taylor When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. Director: Sam Raimi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. Director: Peyton Reed In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start World War III. Director: Matthew Vaughn The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. Director: Bryan Singer Edit Storyline Tony Stark. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Son of legendary inventor and weapons contractor Howard Stark. When Tony Stark is assigned to give a weapons presentation to an Iraqi unit led by Lt. Col. James Rhodes, he's given a ride on enemy lines. That ride ends badly when Stark's Humvee that he's riding in is attacked by enemy combatants. He survives - barely - with a chest full of shrapnel and a car battery attached to his heart. In order to survive he comes up with a way to miniaturize the battery and figures out that the battery can power something else. T |
Which cartoonist who worked for the satirical magazine 'Punch', is best remembered for illustrating Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland'? | BEDTIME-STORY CLASSICS-Alice In Wonderland BACKGROUND Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Dodgson wrote four versions of "Alice". Dodgson first told the story during a pleasant summer outing with friends. Reverend Dodgson, along with a Christ Church colleague, Robinson Duckworth, and the three young daughters of the Dean of Christ Church at Oxford, (Alice, Lorina, and Edith Liddell), in a rowing boat hired from Salter's boatyard, near Folly Bridgehad all set out on a lazy, 2� hour rowing trip down the river Isis to Godstow, that July 4th in 1862. Dodgson entertained his fellow passengers with a story he created on the spur of the moment for 10 year old Alice. Alice and her sisters were enchanted with the tale, and Alice later pleaded with Carroll to commit the story to paper, which he did, but he did not complete it until until the following February. In an article in the New York Times of April 4th 1928 Alice Liddell recalled that "The beginning of Alice was told to me one summer afternoon when the sun was so hot we landed in the meadows down the river, deserting the boat to take refuge in the only bit of shade to be found, which was under a newly made hayrick. Here from all three of us, my sisters and myself, came the old petition, 'Tell us a story' and Mr. Dodgson began it. Sometimes to tease us, Mr. Dodgson would stop and say suddenly, 'That's all till next time.' 'Oh,' we would cry, 'it's not bedtime already!' and he would go on. Another time the story would begin in the boat and Mr. Dodgson would pretend to fall asleep in the middle, to our great dismay." Robinson Duckworth also described this trip: "I rowed stroke and he rowed bow (the three little girls sat in the stern) ... and the story was actually composed over my shoulder for the benefit of Alice Liddell, who was acting as 'cox' of our gig ... I remember turning round and saying, 'Dodgson, is this an extempore romance of yours?' And he replied, 'Yes, I'm inventing it as we go along.' " Charles Dodgson himself also recalled that day and others that followed: "Many a day we rowed together on that quiet stream - the three little maidens and I - and many a fairy tale had been extemporised for their benefit- .. -yet none of these tales got written down: they lived and died, like summer midges, each in its own golden afternoon until there came a day when, as it chanced, one of the listeners petitioned that the tale might be written down for her." Quotes Courtesy Christ Church This first manuscript, which was called Alice's Adventures under Ground is thought to have probably been destroyed in 1864 when, on November 26th 1864, Dodgson presented Alice Liddell with a more elaborate hand-printed second version (shown at right) which included 37 of his own illustrations as a Christmas present. The manuscript, entitled "Alice's Adventures Underground" was presented to Alice Liddell, inscribed as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child, in Memory of a Summer Day". Reverend Dodgson later showed the tale to his family and his friend George Macdonald, who urged him to publish it. He subsequently revised and expanded the tale to almost twice its length and this third version was published by Macmillan and Co. in London, on July 4th, 1865. Sir John Tenniel was the artist who agreed to illustrate the revised and expanded text which was now called Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which was published in July was subsequently withdrawn. The illustrator was displeased at the poor quality of printing, which did not do justice to his illustrations. All but about 15 copies were successfully recalled and presumed destroyed. A new edition was published in November ( |
Since 2004, 'The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands' has fought for independence from which country? | Gay & Lesbian Kingdom On the 13th of September 2004, the Gay Kingdom declared war on Australia. This also means that the Kingdom sees itself as an independent country. The independence is based on the fact that Australia is guilty of “unjust enrichment,” because of the government’s plan to amendment the marriage act so as to prevent homosexual couples who were married overseas to have their relationship recognised. The law of “Unjust Enrichment” states: “If something is unjustly taken compensation must be made.” The Gay activist are of the opinion that the change in the marriage law has taken from homosexual people the right to be treated equally, “wether it be marriage, superannuation, hospital visits, adoption or IVF treatments.” Instead of financial compensation the activists have chosen “territorial compensation” by establishing an independent gay state on a scattering of tropical islands in the Coral Sea, with the capitol of Heaven on Cato Island. The initiative for the founding of a gay kingdom was taken during the Brisbane Gay and Lesbian Pride festival and the Coral Sea Islands seemed a perfect location because of a twist in international law that states “Oppressed people of overseas territories have a right to self government and self determination”. For a long time these islands were administered as an overseas territory of England, but from the sixties they were administered from Australia by the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories as an overseas external territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. Under the Untied Nations and International Law external overseas territories of all governments have the legal right to self government and self determination. The Coral Sea Island are international recognised by the government of Australia and by all nations and by the United Nations as an external overseas territory of Australia and as Australia has passed into legislation homophobic laws that clearly discriminate against its homosexual people the gay and lesbian activists presumes that the full force of International Law applies to the Kingdoms Independence. The activists also presume that neither England nor Australia has any rights to the Coral Sea Islands, because both governments are unable to provide to the gay government any recording of anyone formally proclaiming the Coral Sea Islands as part of the British/Australian Crown. The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom formally raised the gay rainbow pride flag on Cato Island on the 14th of June 2004 and declared the territory an independent gay and lesbian state, a memorial plaque on the north eastern tip of Cato Island commemorates this historic event and reads: On the 14th day of June 2004, at this highest point in the Coral Sea, Emperor Dale Parker Anderson raised the gay rainbow flag and claimed the islands of the Coral Sea in his name as homeland for the gay and lesbian peoples of the world. God Save our King! Declaration of Independence The kingdom’s Declaration of Independence, signed by the sovereign Dale R and sent to the Prime Minister and Governor General of Australia starts with a clear statement: “Homosexual people have honestly endeavoured everywhere to merge ourselves in the social life of surrounding communities and to be treated equally. We are not permitted to do so. In vain we are loyal patriots, our loyalty in some places running to extremes; in vain do we make the same |
Which actress is reprising her role as 'M' in the upcoming Bond film 'Quantum Of Solace'? | Quantum Of Solace (2008) - Film - Minhembio forum Quantum Of Solace (2008) Postad 08 januari 2008 - 03:29 Addex Bond22.jpg 61,93K 0 Antal nerladdningar Olga Kurylenko is New Bond Girl, Filming Begins on ‘Bond 22′ Production begins today in London on Bond 22, with Daniel Craig reprising the role of Agent 007 and Olga Kurylenko as his leading lady, according to a press release issued today by the film studios. Previous reports were that Gemma Arterton would be the new Bond girl, but it turns out that she’s actually playing the role of MI6 Agent Fields. It’s Ukranian actress Kurylenko (Hitman) that’s the new Bond girl — the dangerously alluring Camille, who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper’s betrayal. French actor Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Munich) will star as the film’s sinister villain Dominic Greene, a leading member of the villainous organization introduced in Casino Royale, who will be a powerful counterpart to Craig’s portrayal of Bond. Also returning for Bond 22 (the film’s working title) from Royale (the first to star Craig as James Bond) are Judi Dench as M, Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter, and Giancarlo Giannini as Mathis. MGM and Sony Pictures will share distribution rights worldwide with Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing International distributing the film to theaters worldwide on November 7, 2008. Marc Forster directs the screenplay by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and Paul Haggis. The unit includes Production Designer Dennis Gassner, Director of Photography Roberto Schaefer, Editors Matt Chesse and Rick Pearson, and 2nd Unit Director Dan Bradley. Postad 25 januari 2008 - 11:01 Addex New Bond film title is confirmed The next James Bond film is to be called Quantum of Solace, producers have confirmed. The title is taken from one of a collection of short stories published by 007 creator Ian Fleming in 1960. Producer Michael Wilson said the film would have "twice as much action" as 2006's Casino Royale, which saw Daniel Craig debut as the iconic secret agent. The next outing, previously known as Bond 22, is partly being shot at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. At a press conference at the facility, reporters were shown a minute of footage from the new film, including Bond swinging on a rope after an explosion at an art gallery in Siena, Italy. Another scene showed him meeting M - played by Dame Judi Dench - outside in the snow. Filming on the movie has been taking place at Pinewood since November. Craig said the cryptic title referenced how Bond's heart had been broken at the end of Casino Royale. "Ian Fleming had written about relationships," he explained. "When they go wrong, when there's nothing left, when the spark has gone, when the fire's gone out, there's no quantum of solace. "And at the end of the last movie, Bond has the love of his life taken away from him and he never got that quantum of solace." Craig said the new film would follow 007 as he goes out "to find the guy who's responsible". "So he's looking for revenge, you know, to make himself happy with the world again. "But the title also alludes to something else in the film," he added. 'Driven by revenge' Olga Kurylenko, who plays Bond girl Camille in the film, said that she has yet to film any scenes, but was working hard preparing for her role. "I'm doing weapons training and body flight training for aerial scenes and stunt work for fighting," she said. "This girl is going to kick ass. She's on her own mission and she's driven by revenge." But it is not clear whether Camille is a secret agent. French actor Mathieu Amalric, who plays the villainous Dominic Greene, told reporters his character had "the smile of Tony Blair and the crazy eyes of Nicholas Sarkozy". Actress Gemma Arterton plays an MI6 agent in the film and has already shot her love scenes with 007. She said: "I felt like a giggly girl, and I felt so young and inexperienced - but I kissed James Bond!" The 21-year-old, who recently starred in the St Trinian's film, said her Bond role is "not |
What was the name of the castle lying on Tremadog Bay, within the Snowdonia National Park, that was built by Edward I in 1283? | Harlech - Accommodation Snowdonia Accommodation Snowdonia Harlech Harlech Harlech is a town and seaside resort in Gwynedd, within the historical boundaries of Meirionnydd in northwest Wales. Lying on Tremadog Bay and within the Snowdonia National Park, it has a population of 1,447, of whom 51% speak Welsh. The town is located in the unitary authority of Gwynedd which was formed in 1996, from 1974 to 1996 it was in the Meirionydd District of the 1974 County of Gwynedd, and before 1974 it was in the historic county of Merionethshire. The town is best known for the landmark Harlech Castle, begun in 1283 by Edward I of England, captured by Owain Glyndŵr, and later the stronghold of Henry Tudor. The castle was originally built next to the sea, but geological processes have changed the shape of the coastline, and the castle now lies on a cliff face, about half a mile (800 m) inland. Present Day Theatr Harlech located on the Coleg Harlech campus and stages a varied selection of plays, music, and films throughout the year. Other attractions in Harlech include its beach backed with sand dunes and the famous Royal Saint David’s Golf Club, a top course in Britain which hosted its fifth British Ladies Amateur in 2009. Harlech’s impressive backdrop is the Rhinog mountain range, some of the most rugged and remote terrain to be found in Wales. Two main valleys penetrate the range: one, Cwm Bychan, with its tranquil lake, leads to the Roman Steps, a Roman paved pack-horse way; from the second, Cwm Nantcol, rise the peaks of Rhinog Fawr and Rhinog Fach. The area affords a multitude of walks from stiff climbs for the experienced mountaineer to more gentle rambles and woodland trails. A World War II-era fighter aircraft was found on Harlech beach in 2007. The discovery of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning has been described as “one of the most important WWII finds in recent history.” The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) are not divulging the precise location of the U.S. Army Air Forces aeroplane, known as the Maid of Harlech, but are hoping to eventually salvage the wreck. |
Between 1932 and 1990, the Russian city Nizhny Novgorod was named after which author? | Nizhny Novgorod city, Russia travel guide More posts.. Nizhny Novgorod history From the 9th century, Slavic colonization took place in the upper Volga River, the region inhabited by Finno-Ugric peoples. By the end of the 11th century, the entire Upper Volga region, almost to the mouth of the Oka River, belonged to the ancient Rus’ state. In 1221, Russian Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, founded a wooden fort at the confluence of the Volga and the Oka rivers. The settlement was named Nizhny Novgorod (“lower newtown”). In 1350, the town became the capital of an independent Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod principality, which occupied a vast territory and competed with the Moscow principality. During this period, Nizhny Novgorod region was actively populated. In 1392 (but finally only in 1425), Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod principality was annexed to the Moscow principality. More Historical Facts… During Ivan III and Vasily III, the town played a role of an outpost. It was a gathering place for troops during wars against the Khanate of Kazan. In 1500-1511, to replace an existing wooden fort, a stone fortress (kremlin) was built. In 1612, during the Russian “Time of Troubles”, Kuzma Minin, a local merchant, gathered troops to expel Polish forces from Moscow. The commander of the troops was Dmitry Pozharsky. The new royal dynasty, the Romanovs, became the head of the country. The square in front of the Kremlin was named after Minin and Pozharsky. The remains of Kuzma Minin are buried in the citadel. In 1817, Makarevskaya Fair moved to Nizhny Novgorod attracting millions of visitors annually. By the middle of the 19th century, the town was known as the trading capital of the Russian Empire. Sormovo Iron Works was the largest industrial enterprise of the town. In 1914, Moscow-Kazan Railway Company began construction of the first bridge over the Volga River. The bridge was finished only in the Soviet era, in 1927. Maxim Gorky, a famous Russian writer, was born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1868. In 1932, he was invited by Joseph Stalin to return to the USSR. Gorky accepted the invitation, and, after that, the city was renamed Gorky in his honor. During the industrialization of the 1930s, several large engineering plants were built in the city, including one the largest Soviet automaker - Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ). During the Second World War, Nizhny Novgorod was the largest supplier of military equipment. Nizhny Novgorod was closed to foreigners for a long time because of numerous military facilities located in the city. Andrei Sakharov, a world famous Russian physicist and Nobel Prize winner, was exiled there to prevent any contacts with foreigners from 1980 till 1986. The “closed” status of Gorky came to an end in 1990, when the original name Nizhny Novgorod was returned to the city. Nizhny Novgorod streets Author: Sergey S. Kazenyuk Nizhny Novgorod features Nizhny Novgorod is located 417 km east of Moscow, in the center of the East European Plain, at the confluence of two major waterways of the European part of Russia - the Oka and Volga rivers. This location made the city an important shipping center of the country. The Oka divides the city into two parts. Nizhny Novgorod is the fifth most populous city in Russia. The city is one of the largest Russian centers of river tourism. The historical part of the city rich in tourist attractions and is an important tourist center. UNESCO included Nizhny Novgorod in the list of Top 100 cities in the world which are of great historical and cultural value. The climate is temperate continental with long cold winters and warm, relatively short summers. The average temperature in January is minus 8.9 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 19.4 degrees Celsius. Strigino International Airport (IATA: GOJ, ICAO: UWGG) is located in the western part of Avtozavodsky district, 18 km south-west of the center of Nizhny Novgorod. Flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Kirov, Penza, Perm, Samara, Saratov, Sochi, Surgut, Ulyanovsk as well as Dubai, Yerevan, Nha Trang, Prague, Tashkent are available. Park |
What was the name of the British battlecruiser that was sunk by the German ship 'Bismark' at the Battle of the Denmark Strait? | Bismarck - The History - The Battle of the Denmark Strait The Battle of the Denmark Strait 24 May 1941 / Saturday morning The morning was clear and cold, seas moderate. Bismarck and Prinz Eugen had passed the narrowest part of the Denmark Strait. Bismarck was 1,750 yards astern of Prinz Eugen and both ships were making 28 knots. 24 May 1941 / 0203 Hood and Prince of Wales change course to 200°. The destroyers are detached to conduct a search to the north. 24 May 1941 / 0340 Hood and Prince of Wales change course to 240° and increased speed to 28 knots. 24 May 1941 / 0521 The German ships change course to 170°. 24 May 1941 / 0525 Oberleutnant zur See Karlotto Flindt, one of Prinz Eugen’s hydrophone operators, notified the bridge: ‘Noise of two fast moving turbine ships at 280° relative bearing! Range 20 miles.’ Kapitänleutnant Paul Schmalenbach, Prinz Eugen’s second gunnery officer, could see nothing from the bridge. Bismarck’s aft radar was still not working. 24 May 1941 / 0527 Schmalenbach spots two targets on the distant horizon. Two minutes later the forward fire control station confirmed two smoke plumes. Schmalenbach sounds the alarm. 24 May 1941 / 0532 The German force steered for course 220°, speed 28 knots, with Prinz Eugen leading Bismarck by 2,700 yards (2,500 m). 24 May 1941 / 0535 The first gunnery officer, Kapitänleutnant Paulus Jasper, confirmed the sightings and judged the targets to be cruisers. Brinkmann informed Lütjens of the presence of hostile craft: ‘Presumably light cruisers, 20° off the port bow.’ At around the same time, Prince of Wales made visual contact at a range of 38,000 yards (34,750 m). The distance was too great to determine which ship was in the lead, but they assumed it was the Bismarck. The German warships were on course 220°, Holland’s force on course 240°, slightly ahead of the Germans and on a gradually converging course. Unless the British changed course, they would soon be broadside to broadside with the Germans. 24 May 1941 / 0537 Holland altered course 40° to starboard to course 280°, speed 28 knots. This was the maximum angle of approach that allowed Hood and Prince of Wales to utilise their main guns. 24 May 1941 / 0541 Norfolk and Suffolk are some 30,000 yards (27,430 m) behind the Germans, too far to participate in the battle. 24 May 1941 / 0547 Brinkmann again reported: ‘Smoke plumes on the horizon to port.’ The Germans were still in doubt about the identity of the enemy ships. Brinkmann and Jasper maintained that they were dealing with cruisers; however, Schmalenbach disagreed. He was convinced that they are facing a battleship. Lütjens ordered ‘General quarters!’ 24 May 1941 / 0549 Holland ordered a turn of 20° to starboard to course 300°. Hood remained in the lead. This move prevented the British the use of their rear turrets, but Holland still had ten heavy guns to Bismarck’s eight. Holland signalled Leach to stay close and follow his every move. Almost immediately, Holland gave another order: ‘Stand by to open fire. Target left-hand ship!’ The left-hand ship was Prinz Eugen that was no threat to the British ships due to its smaller guns and shorter range. However, Leach on Prince of Wales correctly identified the right-hand ship and disobeyed the order. He shifted his guns and targets the right-hand ship: Bismarck. 24 May 1941 / 0552½ Hood opened fire with her four forward 15” (38.1 cm) guns at Prinz Eugen from a distance of 25,000 yards (22,860 m). Holland finally realised that Bismarck was behind Prinz Eugen and ordered a shift of target to the right-hand ship. However, this order was never executed and Hood continued to fire at Prinz Eugen. 24 May 1941 / 0553 Prince of Wales opened fire at a distance of 26,500 yards (24,300 m) with her six forward 14” (35.6 cm) guns. Bismarck was about a mile astern of Prinz Eugen. The first salvo from Prince of Wales fell wide about 1,640 yards (1,500 m) astern of Bismarck. Suddenly, the No. 1 gun in A turret on Prince of Wales failed to operate leaving her with only five guns available forward. Her second, third and fourth salvos |
What was the name of the Welsh village designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, that was used in the fiming of the television series 'The Prisoner'? | Visit - The Prisoner | Portmeirion Visit The Prisoner I am not a number. I am a free man Patrick McGoohan not only starred as Number Six, the leading role in The Prisoner, he was also the creator and driving force behind the 17 episode series. The series was financed by ITC Entertainment with David Tomblin as the Producer and George Markstein as script editor. Many well known actors had guest roles in the series: Leo McKern, Peter Bowles, Eric Portman, Patrick Cargill, Mary Morris, Paul Eddington and Donald Sinden to name but a few. It was probably one of the most influential pieces of televison of the 1960s not only in the UK and USA but also in France, Australia and many other countries. Even The Beatles were fans. Its cult status was confirmed with the establishment in the 1970s of the official Prisoner Appreciation Society, Six of One. Episode Titles (In telecast order) Arrival The Chimes of Big Ben A.B. and C. Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling Living in Harmony The Girl Who Was Death Once Upon a Time Fall Out In the opening sequence of the Prisoner we see Patrick McGoohan as he angrily resigns his top secret government position and then drives through London under a stormy sky. He gets home, packs a bag, some holiday brochures fall out. A white gas hisses through the keyhole and he falls unconscious. He awakes in an identical room but through the window sees a strange village surrounded by sea and mountains. Everything looks cheerful and bright, with gaily dressed people and quaint, turreted buildings. But the village has a sinister purpose; its population are prisoners, identified only by a number, from whom information is required. There is no escape. The prisoners have had all desire to escape taken away, either by their purposeless existence, brainwashing or surgery. Number 6 is the only one with the will to escape, the one who refuses to be broken: "I am not a number; I am a free man". The series asks more questions than it answers. Why is Number 6 being held? Why did he resign? Who is Number 6? Who are his jailers? Who is Number 1? The village is run by Number 2 whose identity changes from episode to episode. The series is rich in imagery and visual impact. The surreal architecture of the village with its Mediterranean atmosphere coupled with the high-tech interiors, tannoys, surveillance cameras and piped music create a bizarre combination. There is great attention to detail throughout with no item too large or small to receive the Prisoner stamp, from steet signs to cans of food to village credit cards, Mini Moke taxis and staff uniforms. Large and menacing balloons (occasionally referred to as 'Rover') patrol the perimiter. A dwarf, mute butler opens the door to No 2's Green Dome. Enigmatic to the end, the last episode caused ITV's telephone lines to be blocked by the many millions of viewers who called in desperate for an explanation. Even though the series is close to 50 years old, there are new viewers who may not have seen it before and we do not wish to spoil it by revealing the ending here. Many diverse and creative conclusions have been drawn from the series such as was Number 6 a victim of a nervous breakdown, or is he, like us, a prisoner of ourselves? Was this an allegorical conundrum or a statement about personal freedom, democracy and social engineering? PRISONER APPRECIATION SOCIETY - SIX OF ONE Fancy becoming a member of the Prisoner Society Six of One? Click on the Six of One link to take you to their new look website, which has details about becoming a member and interesting information about the series. Or find the Six of One Society on their Facebook page Portmeiricon 2015 will take place at Portmeirion on the weekend of 17th - 19th April |
In May 2008, which country voted in favour of abolishing its 240-year old monarchy? | Security Council votes to end UN mission in Nepal in January Further Reading Security Council votes to end UN mission in Nepal in January 15 September 2010 – The Security Council today voted to wind up the United Nations mission supporting Nepal’s peace process in January next year after the country’s opposing political groups reached agreement earlier this week on completing the final tasks of the stalled process by that date. The UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) was set up in 2007, one year after the end of a bloody decade-long civil war pitting Government forces against the Maoists. After conducting Constituent Assembly elections in May 2008, the South Asian country abolished its 240-year-old monarchy and declared itself a republic. But the peace process has slowed since then, threatened by tensions and mistrust. On Monday, Nepal’s caretaker Government and political parties reached an agreement to complete the remaining tasks of the peace process by 14 January 2011. In response, the Security Council decided unanimously to extend UNMIN’s mandate – set to have expired today – until 15 January 2011, after which the mission is to leave Nepal. In his latest report to the Council on the mission, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon indicated that he is not in favour of repeated extensions of UNMIN’s mandate in an atmosphere of persistent and unfounded criticism that complicates its ability to function. “As I have stated before, the United Nations interest is to see UNMIN complete its mandated tasks and bring closure to its work in Nepal,” he wrote. Mr. Ban pointed to resolving the future of the two armies – that of Nepal and the Maoists – and completing the drafting of the constitution as some of the main outstanding tasks in the peace process. The deadline for finishing the constitution has been extended by one year until 28 May 2011. The report also noted that Nepal’s major parties are “preoccupied by profound internal fissures and the question of power-sharing,” adding that “over three months have passed without notable headway in the peace process.” Today’s Council resolution called on the Government and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (UCPN-M) to set up an action plan with clear targets for the rehabilitation and integration of Maoist army personnel. It also called upon “all political parties in Nepal to expedite the peace process, and to work together in a spirit of cooperation, consensus and compromise in order to continue the transition to a durable long-term solution to enable the country to move to a peaceful, democratic and more prosperous future.” Last week, Karin Landgren, Mr. Ban’s Representative for Nepal, appealed to all parties to urgently tackle the existing climate of mistrust and the problems in forming a government, stressing that the stalled peace process must be brought back on track as soon as possible. “Nepal’s peace process has not failed, even though it has moved far more slowly and unevenly than anticipated by either the parties or the Council,” she told the Security Council. “The process can be brought back on track if the political leadership is ready to reassess priorities and place this process at the front and centre of their political activity, recognizing that only through continued and persistent negotiation can it move forward.” NEWSLETTER |
Which American group has had hit albums in the 21st. century with 'Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia' and 'Werlcome To The Monkey House'? | Triniman's Blog: TOP 1000 Indie Rock Songs of All Time - CMJ Bulletin Boards TOP 1000 Indie Rock Songs of All Time - CMJ Bulletin Boards http://www.cmj.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001843-33.html 1000 : Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself [2000] 999 : Ween - Hey Fat Boy (Asshole) [1992] 998 : Gang of Four - At Home He's A Tourist [1979] 997 : Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming [1993] 996 : Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers [1998] 995 : Big Black – Steelworker [1983] 994 : The Apples In Stereo - Seems So [1997] 993 : Elf Power - The Wels [1999] 992 : Squirrel Bait - Virgil's Return [1987] 991 : The Afghan Whigs - Conjure Me [1991] 990 : The Shins - New Slang [2001] 989 : The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Open Heart Surgery [2000] 988 : The Jesus Lizard – Glamorous [1993] 987 : Husker Du - Celebrated Summer [1984] 986 : Screaming Trees – Transfiguration [1987] 985 : Stephen Malkmus - JoJo's Jacket [2001] 984 : Of Montreal - Butterscotching Mr. Lynn 983 : Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah [1994] 982 : Galaxie 500 – Strange [1989] 981 : The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba [2001] 980 : The Make Up - Time Machine [1998] 979 : Pere Ubu - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo [1978] 978 : The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner [1976] 977 : The Stooges - TV Eye [1988] 976 : The Stinky Puffs - I Am Gross / No You're Not [1995] 975 : Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Too Real [2000] 974 : Aislers Set - The Red Door [2000] 973 : Daniel Johnston - Worried Shoes [1983] 972 : Clinic - IPC Subeditors Dictate Our Youth [1999] 971 : The Strokes - Barely Legal [2001] 970 : Belle and Sebastian - This Is Just A Modern Rock Song [1998] 969 : Dillinger Four - J. Harris [2000] 968 : Mudhoney - Burn It Clean [1990] 967 : Helmet - Exactly What You Wanted [1997] 966 : Spliff - Emergency Exit [1982] 965 : Matthew Sweet - I've Been Waiting [1992] 964 : Yatsura - Slain By Elf [1998] 963 : The Webb Brothers - The Liar's Club [2000] 962 : Cursive - The Great Decay [2001] 961 : Rancid - Ruby Soho [1995] 960 : Text - Sound Is Compressed / Words Rebel and Hiss [2001] 959 : The Locust - Moth-Eaten Deer Head [1999] 958 : The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band - Sister! Brother! Small Boats of Fire Are Falling From the Sky [2001] 957 : Hawksley Workman – Bullets [2001] 956 : Karl Hendricks Trio - Some Girls Like Cigarettes [1993] 955 : Girls Against Boys - Kill The Sexplayer [1994] 954 : Cub - Go Fish [1993] 953 : Supergrass – Mary [1999] 952 : The Breeders – Saints [1994] 951 : Paul Kelly & the Messengers - Sydney From A 727 [1992] 950 : Yo La Tengo - Let's Save Tony Orlando's House [2000] 949 : Spoon - Everything Hits At Once [2001] 948 : Dismemberment Plan - Soon To Be Ex-Quaker [1995] 947 : The Wrens – Propane [1994] 946 : The Moldy Peaches - Who's Got The Crack 945 : Slumber Party - Bag of Spiders 944 : The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On 943 : The Smashing Pumpkins - Drown 942 : Space - The Female Of The Species 941 : My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power 940 : Antarctica - Drown The Days 939 : Modest Mouse - Bankrupt On Selling 938 : On A Tip - Halo Benders 937 : The Replacements - Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out 936 : The Krinkles - Working Girl 935 : The Replacements - Here Comes A Regular 934 : Broadcast - Accidentals 933 : Modest Mouse - Doin’ The Cockroach 932 : Big Monster Fish Hook - Ven A Mi 931 : Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Twist The Knife 930 : Silver Jews - People 927 : The Prissteens - Going Out Tonight 926 : Beulah - Gene Autry 925 : 764 Hero - Terrified Of Flight 924 : Unwound - Here Come The Dogs 923 : Sleater-Kinney - Turn It On 922 : Radiohead - Trickster 921 : Arab Strap - Girls Of Summer 920 : Super Furry Animals - The Man Don’t Give A Fuck 919 : Run On - Xmas Trip 918 : Guided By Voices - If We Wait 917 : The Mink Lungs - Snail 916 : Mona Lisa Overdrive - It’s Time 915 : Poster Children - Junior Citizen 914 : Chavez - Unreal Is Here 913 : Mission Of Burma - This Is Not A Photograph 912 : Low - Don’t Understand 911 : Pedro The Lion - Simple Economics 910 : The Nerve – Pole Position 909 : Olivia Tremor Control - Hide |
'Sam's Town' was the critically acclaimed album released by which American rock group in 2008? | The 10 Best Killers Songs - Stereogum The 10 Best Killers Songs Elliah Heifetz | January 14, 2014 - 11:37 am Share < br />this article: CREDIT: The Killers 2004 was, more or less, the Year Of The Pretty Boy. Or, if not that, the Year Of The Not That Masculine Dude. The Guy Who Has Lots Of Feelings And Dresses Well. Think about it: Kanye put out his high-fashion, post-gangsta The College Dropout; Arcade Fire got emotional on their cathartic Funeral; Usher sang really high and slow on Confessions; Franz Ferdinand released their oily dance-rock self-titled debut. It was a continuation of the movement away from the brawn and distortion and tough-guy manhood of the past — a sidestep toward dudes who pondered the world and looked fresh and shook their skinny hips. It’s fitting, then, that 2004 was the year that the Killers dropped their debut LP, Hot Fuss, and rocketed into the limelight. On that sleek, sticky, and all-around stellar first record, the young band of Vegas natives couldn’t get their minds off sex: They suppressed one urge to let the next one loose, sending gender and sexuality into free-float limbo. The tunes were dark and iridescent and painfully fun; Mormon frontman Brandon Flowers careened in guyliner and neon suits; the album put songs about late-night murders and high-school crushes back to back. It was strange, and it was not cool at all, and it was so, so cool. Then things took a turn. The drummer grew a mustache, Brandon Flowers remembered he was from the Great Wild American West, and suddenly the Killers’ sophomore album, Sam’s Town, came out kicking. It was a frantic attempt to reach Bruce Springsteen highs, a pretty bigheaded and ultimately insubstantial effort no matter how you frame it. For the most part, the weird, anxious, serpentine dance itches were gone — the Killers had left the pretty boys in the dust with a largely empty swing at going masculine. This origin story provides some important context: The Killers took that turn, and have never really turned back. In their often awesome third record, 2008’s Day & Age , even the candy-wrapped dance-pop production of Stuart Price (Madonna, Kylie Minogue) couldn’t bring those nervous grooves back. Flowers’ lyrics were stuck in the Sierra, waxing rhapsodic about the American dream, casino high-life, and, at their worst, “ The World We Live In .” Their latest studio album, 2012’s Battle Born, is (despite what other Stereogum writers have argued) so offensively corny and not-catchy and just a complete dud that I couldn’t find a single song on it to include in this Top 10 list. And the 2007 B-sides and rarities collection Sawdust only served to highlight what was once so great about the Killers, and what still appears, though less and less, in the music they continue to release. Last year the Killers released a “greatest hits” record called Direct Hits which, when you exclude the new songs, the Battle Born cuts, and the M83 collab , is made up of ten tracks –- their own Top 10, you might say. There’s a bit of overlap with the list you’ll see below, but the differences are telling: The songs on their list that are not on mine represent that grand American visionary thing that they seem to think is their optimal sound. But it’s just not. The Killers gave the new millennium that perfect, glowing blend of dance-floor sleaze and road-trip splendor. Flowers and co. have had the unique ability to combine the shadowy grooves of guitar-heavy peer acts like Franz Ferdinand with the anthemic stylings of their ’80s forefathers: Their biggest and baddest cuts have let us shout out into the winds while sweating into our shorts. The list below, at least I’d like to think, recognizes the ten songs in which the Killers strike the perfect balance with they want to do and what they’re so inherently good at doing — the tracks where, even when they go big, they can still embrace their goofiness, their strangeness, and their inescapable youth. This list is a showcase of times when the Killers, whether they knew it or not, were doing exactly what they do best. 10. “Andy, You’r |
Which General and commander-in-chief led the 'New Model Army' at the Battle of Naseby in 1645? | The New Model Army in the West, 1645 » Military » The English Civil War » The West Country » The New Model Army in the West The New Model Army in the West, 1645 Following the disastrous Royalist defeat at the battle of Naseby in June 1645, King Charles and Prince Rupert rallied fugitives from the battle at Leicester and withdrew to the Welsh border. The only Royalist force still capable of challenging the New Model Army was the Western army under Lord Goring , who had ignored orders to rejoin the King before Naseby. Goring's forces were active around Taunton; he remained reluctant to co-operate with Prince Rupert. Rather than march in pursuit of the King after Naseby, Sir Thomas Fairfax blockaded Leicester, which surrendered on 18 June. There was popular clamour in London for the relief of Taunton, resolutely defended by Colonel Blake , so after the surrender of Leicester, Fairfax marched swiftly into the south-west, taking a southerly route to avoid Royalist garrisons at Bristol, Bath, Devizes and Bridgwater. Fairfax was reinforced en route by General Massie with elements of Parliament's Western Association army. Early in July 1645, Fairfax arrived at Blandford in Dorset. Advancing rapidly to Beaminster on 4 July, he received the unexpected news that Goring had abandoned the siege of Taunton and was marching towards Yeovil. The Battle of Langport, Somerset, 10 July 1645 To avoid becoming cut off from the Royalist strongholds of Bristol and Bridgwater, Lord Goring marched his forces across the front of the advancing New Model Army and deployed them to occupy the line of the River Yeo along a 12-mile front from Yeovil to Langport. On 5 July 1645, General Fairfax concentrated his infantry at Crewkerne and rode forward with his cavalry to reconnoitre the Royalist position. After resting to observe the Sabbath, Fairfax ordered an advance on Yeovil on 7 July. The Royalist detachment guarding the town withdrew without a shot being fired, possibly because Goring had already decided to concentrate his forces at Langport in preparation for a withdrawal to Bridgwater. The New Model Army in the West, 1645 As a diversionary move, Goring sent Lieutenant-General George Porter towards Taunton with three cavalry brigades. Fairfax drew off 4,000 troops, including Massie's cavalry, to cover the Royalists and defend Taunton from possible attack. Fairfax's force was weakened as Goring intended, but the plan miscarried because Porter failed to post sentries; on 8 July, General Massie took the Royalist detachment by surprise while they were relaxing on Isle Moor a few miles west of Langport. The Royalists were quickly routed and 500 taken prisoner. By 10 July, Goring had taken up a strong position with his main force north-east of Langport to cover the withdrawal of his artillery and baggage to Bridgwater. The Royalists occupied the steep western bank overlooking a ford across Wagg Rhyne, a stream running south through its own valley into the Yeo. Fairfax approached from the east and drew up on the opposite bank of the Wagg. A hedge-lined lane ran down from Goring's position to the ford and back up again to Fairfax's position. Goring stationed his cavalry and placed his two remaining cannon at the top of the lane. With musketeers lining the hedges Goring thought his position was unassailable — but the New Model Army was inspired with crusading zeal and resolution. Realising that an attempt to outflank Goring would give the Royalists time to escape to Bridgwater, Fairfax decided on a direct frontal assault. Parliamentarian artillery was deployed to launch an overwhelming bombardment that quickly silenced the Royalist guns covering the ford. Picked bands of musketeers led by Colonel Rainsborough fought their way along the hedges to dislodge the Royalists. Major Bethel led a valiant charge across the ford and up the opposite slope to strike deep into the heart of the Royalist position, resisting a countercharge by Goring's cavaliers. Major Disbrowe supported Bethel with the cavalry reserve and the New Model infantry came up to join them. Major |
Because of Hull City's promotion, from next season (2009) which will be the largest city in England never to have had a top-flight football team? | Hull City: 20 surprising facts about Premier League new boys - Mirror Online Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now 4 While we're on the subject of something that's So Macho... 80s pop star and celebrity City fan Sinitta, has promised/threatened (delete according to your musical tastes) to sing on the pitch when the club returns to the Premier League. 5 An even more random set of celebrity Tigers fans are American indie heroes Pavement, who also once owned a racehorse called Hull City Tiger, which itself had a song dedicated to it by Hull based band Salako. 6 A film about Hull City has won an OSCAR. Well, kind of. See You At Wembley Frankie Walsh, a comedy about a fan choosing between a wedding and a cup final, was awarded best foreign film at the 1987 Student Academy Awards. Celebration time: In a few months Sinitta may be on this pitch too (Photo: PA) 7 The film's director, Mark Herman, has smuggled references to his beloved Tigers in most of his films since. In Little Voice, for instance, Ewan McGregor character's pigeon was called Duane after then star striker Duane Darby, while in Brassed Off the celebratory balloons were in black and amber. 8 If Arsenal fans think they've had it bad, they should take a look at Hull City's dust-lined trophy cabinet. The Tigers have never even reached the final of the FA or League cup. They have lifted the Division 3 champions trophy three times, though. 9 The club's highest ever league position is 17th in their first ever Premier League campaign in 2009, with the achievement celebrated by flamboyant manager Phil Brown grabbing the microphone and singing on the pitch. Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now 10 The Tigers' most famous moment of their last two-year spell in the top flight also involved Phil Brown on the pitch. His angry team talk in the centre circle when 4-0 down at Manchester City was hilariously parodied by midfielder Jimmy Bullard back at Eastlands the next season in a 1-1 draw. Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now 11 London 0 Hull 4 wasn't just the title of The Housemartins' 1986 album, it proved to be a football prophecy. In October 2008 Hull City beat West Ham to take a fourth win out of four against London clubs having previously beaten Fulham, Arsenal and Spurs. 12 Hullensians can get confused when you call the football team 'Hull' without the 'City' bit at the end. That's because it's the name of the rugby league club which is also based at the same KC Stadium. 13 Nearly all rundowns of terrible football kits feature Hull City's tiger-stripe shirt from 1992/3, with a completely random pattern which meant no two were the same. But the mockery didn't stop the shirt breaking the club's shirt sales records - and they sell for up to £100 each now on eBay. Tiger style: The legendary stripes worn by Hull City in 1993 14 When Hull City fans protested against then owner David Lloyd, the former Davis Cup captain, they threw hundreds of tennis balls on the pitch during a cup game in 1998 at Bolton Wanderers. If the love-in with current owner Assam Allam were to sour, a similar symbolic gesture would be tricky since he made his fortune through industrial generators. 15 Hungarian side Vasas, perhaps the world's greatest of their era, toured the UK in the mid-1950s just after their national team had humiliated England at Wembley 6-3. Vasas put a total of 13 goals past the country's top two teams, Spurs and Sheffield Wednesday - and the national press wanted the match with Hull City, then bottom of the second division, called off to avoid any further embarrassment. Amazingly, City won 3-1. 16 Up to the early 1960s, when league games were often played on Christmas Day, Hull City and Grimsby Town were the only two teams exempt from playing because fans in the fishing industry needed to be at work. 17 Hull City player Arthur Childs was the first and last player ever to be sent off for wearing inappropriate boots. Shortly after the incident, in 1 |
Which real-life confidence trickster and forger was playedby Leonardo di caprio in the 2002 film 'Catch Me If You Can'? | Catch Me If You Can: The Film and the Filmmakers by Frank W. Abagnale — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Shelves: bookcrossing , biography-autobiography-or-memoir I went to see this movie a few years back, because even though I'm not a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan, I adore Tom Hanks. It was the first role DiCaprio played that I thought was credible and set me up to want to see The Aviator when it came out (which I thought he was brilliant in). There's always a moral dilemma when dealing with a story about a crook. This book is actually entertaining and a good biography about a very colorful life. He's a thief, a scam artist, a crook, but you still want to see I went to see this movie a few years back, because even though I'm not a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan, I adore Tom Hanks. It was the first role DiCaprio played that I thought was credible and set me up to want to see The Aviator when it came out (which I thought he was brilliant in). There's always a moral dilemma when dealing with a story about a crook. This book is actually entertaining and a good biography about a very colorful life. He's a thief, a scam artist, a crook, but you still want to see what he dreams up next. Airplane pilot, doctor, lawyer, big executive, a college professor...all before age 21 and without even graduating high school. His ingenuity is amazing. his personal charm must be phenomenal. Especially telling was the interview afterward with him about his life now. FROM THE PUBLISHER Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, passed himself off as a college sociology professor, and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks, all before he was twenty-one. Known by the police of twenty-six foreign countries and all fifty states as "The Skywayman," Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the lam-until the law caught up with him. Now recognized as the nation's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilarious, stranger-than-fiction international escapades, and ingenious escapes-including one from an airplane-make Catch Me If You Can an irresistible tale of deceit. The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man currently in development as a DreamWorks feature film. "I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and basked on all the world's most famous beaches." SYNOPSIS Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. Nov 05, 2008 Chelsy added it Catch Me If You Can Review My favorite characterin the book “Catch Me If You Can”, is Frank Abaganale. I liked him because he was resourceful,pasionite, and even though a lier and a cheat, in a way remained true to himself. I would recommend thi book to anyone who enjoys mystery,adventure, and intrige. This book seems to have no end, it just keeps going. Just when you think this is the climax or the end its just a new beginning. The author Frank Abaganale was telling a true story of hi own life. Catch Me If You Can Review My favorite characterin the book “Catch Me If You Can”, is Frank Abaganale. I liked him because he was resourceful,pasionite, and even though a lier and a cheat, in a way remained true to himself. I would recommend thi book to anyone who enjoys mystery,adventure, and intrige. This book seems to have no end, it just keeps going. Just when you think this is the climax or the end its just a new beginning. The author Frank Abaganale was telling a true story of hi own life. My least favorite character in this story was Paulette Abaganale she was a french algerian beauty who meet Frank da |
According to the Book of Revelations, which city in modern-day Israel will be the site of 'Armageddon'? | Bible Prophecy The Apocalypse and Armageddon Introduction . . . As God looks down upon the Earth He sees the violence. He sees the gross and rampant immorality and how casually we accept it. He feels the rebellion. He hears each lie. He hears the blasphemies spoken in earnest and in jest against His name and the name of His Son, who stepped forth from Eternity ... "from of old, from everlasting" (Micah 5:2). He knows what is about to happen. Yet, as He looks upon us, it is with a heart filled with love and compassion. A heart willing to forgive and forget. A heart that yearns for His children to come to repentance (to turn away from their sins) and return to Him. He sent forth His prophets to reason with and to warn the people. But His prophets were brutally beaten, imprisoned, and murdered. Then He sent forth His Son ... not to judge the sinner, but to save the sinner. And through His Son He extends an offer. An offer to save each of us from the second death (which the Bible warns is the eternal darkness, aloneness, and torment of Hell) and to hide and shelter those who are waiting in faith from the great and awesome "Day of the Lord" ... the coming Apocalypse. Jesus (Yeshua) came to show us "the way" into the Kingdom of Heaven. But, as with Jeremiah, Elijah, Zechariah, Isaiah, and other prophets sent before Him who were imprisoned, beaten, and killed, the unbelieving political and religious rulers of the day once again treated a prophet of God with arrogance, malice, and evil intent. Only this time it was different. Not just a prophet, but He Himself who stepped forth from Eternity to place His Spirit into the form of man, as the "son of Man" ... the "Son of God." This time, a living sacrifice for all of mankind, once and for all. Willingly and lovingly He took upon Himself the punishment and penalty due to each of us for our sins. The only burden He asks us to carry is simply the burden of turning away from our sins and believing (trusting) in Him to save us (from Hell), while loving Him as He loved us. We choose our eternal destiny by accepting or rejecting His offer. "The foolishness of the Cross." We are told He hated it and despised the shame. Yet, He endured it as He hung there in pain and agony, nailed to that cross of wood, out of love. His love for you and for me ... just as the prophets said He would! Today He waits patiently seated on His throne in Heaven. Waiting while His offer of grace is extended to all peoples and nations on Earth. There is a day, we are told, when God's patience ("long-suffering") with a world filled with sin, violence, and arrogant unbelief will end, and the door of escape will be closed . . . These events which are about to be unleashed upon this world, even though global in nature, will focus on one thing - the nation of Israel. One tiny piece of land. A speck of land when compared to the powerful enemies that surround her on all sides (look at a map). A land God calls His own. God says He owns it and the sons and daughters of Israel are His . . . "Thus says the LORD of Hosts (armies): Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation ... And at that Day the slain of the LORD shall be from one end of the Earth even to the other end of the Earth ..." (Jeremiah 25:27-38) America will be "neutralized". . . Israel must stand alone - with God (The U.S. will one day be unable or unwilling to defend Israel ... Israel must stand alone ... with God.) Around the time of the "Apo |
Which branch of mathematics takes its name from the Latin for 'pebble'? | What is Calculus? What is Calculus? While many people believe that calculus is supposed to be a hard math course, most don't have any idea of what it is about. The good news is that if you remember your algebra and are reasonably good at it then calculus is not nearly as difficult as its reputation supposes. This article attempts to explain just what calculus is about--where it came from and why it is important. First, a little history leading up to the discovery of calculus, or its creation, depending on your philosophy. The word "calculus" comes from "rock", and also means a stone formed in a body. People in ancient times did arithmetic with piles of stones, so a particular method of computation in mathematics came to be known as calculus. Arithmetic and geometry are the two branches of mathematics originating in ancient times. Mathematicians attempted to do algebra in those days but lacked the language of algebra, namely the symbols we take for granted such as +, -, X, ÷ and =. Much of the world, including Europe, also lacked an efficient numbering system such as that developed in the Hindu and Arabic cultures. (Try long division, for example, using Roman numerals.) Algebra as a branch of mathematics can be said to date to around 825 A.D. when a Persian, al-Khwarizmi, wrote the earliest known algebra text. (The word "algebra" comes from a Persian word in the title, "al'jabr", which means "to restore". The English term for a systematic mathematical method, algorithm, was derived from al-Khwarizmi's name by way of a Latin translation.) For over seven hundred years algebra and geometry coexisted but were not well linked. Geometry describes the physical nature of our world while algebra is a sophisticated tool for mathematical analysis. Due to the Greek influence on Persian (or Islamic) mathematics geometry was successfully used to verify some of their algebraic methods, but there was no known way to harness the analytical power of algebra to analyze geometry. In the late 1500's the French philosopher and mathematician, Rene Descartes, had a profound breakthrough when he realized he could describe position on a plane using a pair of numbers associated with a horizontal axis and a vertical axis. By describing, say, the horizontal measurement with x's and the vertical measurement with y's, Descartes was able to give geometric objects such as lines and circles representation as algebraic equations. This seminal construction of what we call graphs is, arguably, the cornerstone without which our modern technology would not be possible. Descartes thus united the analytical power of algebra with the descriptive power of geometry into a branch of mathematics he called analytic geometry. This term is sometimes seen in textbooks with titles such as "Calculus with Analytic Geometry." Descartes, as philosopher, is also the author of the famous line, "Cogito, ergo sum," or, "I think, therefore I am." He was attempting to settle an argument about whether we exist independently of God's imagination. The next major breakthrough in mathematics was the discovery (or creation) of calculus around the 1670's. Sir Isaac Newton of England, and a German, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, deserve equal credit for independently coming up with calculus. Each accused the other of plagiarism for the rest of their lives, but for what it's worth, the world largely adopted Leibnitz's calculus symbols. Calculus did allow Newton to establish physics principles which remained uncontested until the year 1900 and which in our ordinary scale world still suffice to explain physics to excellent accuracy. Calculus was developed out of a need to understand continuously changing quantities. Newton, for example, was trying to understand the effect of gravity which causes falling objects to constantly accelerate. The speed of an object increases constantly every split second as it falls. How can one, for example, determine the speed of a falling object at a frozen instant in time, such as its speed when it strikes the ground? No mathematics prior to Newton and Leibnitz' |
According to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, who was compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus as he was taken to his crucifixion? | 27. The Crucifixion of Jesus | Bible.org 27. The Crucifixion of Jesus Article contributed by www.walvoord.com Jesus Delivered to Pilate, 27:1-2 No doubt realizing that the trials before Annas and Caiaphas in the night were illegal both in the way they were conducted and in their outcome, the chief priests and elders reviewed their case against Jesus at a meeting held the next morning. Mention of this is made in the other gospels (Mk 15:1; Lk 23:1; Jn 18:28). The problem was not only the illegality of the trial, but the fact that the Jews did not have the authority to put Jesus to death. This could only be done by an order from a Roman ruler. Accordingly, at the close of this third trial before a Jewish authority, Jesus was bound and led away to be delivered to Pontius Pilate, the governor, for the first of the three trials before Roman rulers. Before proceeding with the account of the trial of Christ, Matthew records the remorse of Judas. Judas Repents Too Late, 27:3-10 The sad end of Judas Iscariot, recorded only in Matthew in the gospels, is mentioned by Luke in Acts 1:16-19 in connection with the election of Matthias as his successor. According to Matthew’s account, when Judas found that Jesus had been condemned to die, he repented of his act and attempted to return the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. Apparently, Judas had not believed that the arrest of Jesus would lead to His condemnation, or perhaps he was confronted now with his wicked betrayal of Jesus. In his conversations with the chief priests he said, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood” (27:4). While his feelings concerning the claim of Jesus to be the Messiah may still have been mixed with unbelief, he knew that Jesus was not worthy of death. The priests, however, were quite unconcerned and threw the problem back at him. This encounter with the chief priests and elders may have been before Caiaphas’ palace, as Lenski suggests. 156 Upon being spurned by them, however, Judas went to the temple and hurled the silver into the sanctuary (Gr. naos), meaning the entrance to the holy place. He then went out and hanged himself. Acts 1:18-19 describes the horrible deed in detail. The chief priests, confronted with what to do with this blood money, decided it could not be put in the treasury but could be used to buy a potter’s field in which to bury strangers. This they did; and according to Matthew, the field became known as “The field of blood,” or, as Acts 1:19 calls it, “Aceldama.” The whole transaction reflected on the one hand the casuistry of the Pharisees and their indifference to their crime, and on the other hand, the despair of Judas, for whom there seems to have been no road to forgiveness, even though he had remorse. Matthew notes that this was a fulfillment of “that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me” (27:9-10). The reference to this as a quotation from Jeremiah has caused difficulty to expositors, as it is actually a quotation of Zechariah 11:12-13. How can this apparent discrepancy be explained? Probably the best explanation is that the third section of the Old Testament began with the book of Jeremiah and included all that followed. Just as the first section was called the law, after the first five books, and the second section was called the psalms, although other books were included, so the third part began with Jeremiah, and the reference is related to this section of the Old Testament rather than to the book of Jeremiah. The references sometimes cited in Jeremiah, such as 18:2-12 and 19:1-15, do not correspond sufficiently to justify the quotation. 157 In Zechariah 11:12-13, the thirty pieces of silver are paid to dispose of Israel’s shepherd. In Matthew, the actual fulfillment is found in that the price was paid to dispose of Jesus, the true Shepherd of Israel. Obviously, Matthew is referring to the |
For which county did the cricketer garfield Sobers score his famous six sixes in one over? | Malcolm Nash, the bowler hit for six sixes by Garfield Sobers, keen to set record straight about the ball used - Telegraph Cricket Malcolm Nash, the bowler hit for six sixes by Garfield Sobers, keen to set record straight about the ball used 45 years ago this summer, Malcolm Nash was taken to the cleaners by the world’s greatest cricketer. Now he’s taking on the world’s leading auction house in a dispute over the make of the ball he bowled when Garry Sobers hit him for an historic six sixes at St Helen’s in Swansea. Hit for sixes: Malcolm Nash is adamant the ball he used against Garry Sobers is different from the one sold for a record £26,400 at Christie’s in London in 2006 Photo: PA By Grahame Lloyd 5:56PM BST 22 Sep 2013 Ever since the ball allegedly used in the famous over was sold for a record £26,400 at Christie’s in London in 2006, Nash has been waiting for the record to be put straight. The brand of ball he bowled was a 'Stuart Surridge' to the West Indies and Nottinghamshire captain – not a 'Duke' as claimed by Christie’s – and it was the only ball used in the over, not the last of three as the lot notes maintained. BBC TV footage shows it being returned to Nash after every six except the last one. But as my book, Howzat? The Six Sixes Ball Mystery, reveals, Christie’s are standing by their claim that the Duke is genuine – citing its “good provenance” and a certificate of authenticity signed by Sobers. After reinvestigating the sale, the auctioneers say they’ve found no “evidence or knowledge of any wrongdoing or that helps to shed any light on the subsequent controversy.” Nash knows he’ll never be allowed to forget the part he played in Sobers making hay and history in the sunshine at St Helen’s but he now wants “a conclusion to all of the nonsense” surrounding the ball’s authenticity. “I bowled thousands of overs for Glamorgan using Surridge balls so why on earth would we change to another make for one game in 1968?” he said. “Sobers never handled the ball; he handled the bat. How could he know which particular make of ball I bowled to him? Why haven’t Christie’s spoken to me?” The Sixties had just started swinging for the 23-year-old seam bowler from Abergavenny back in 1968. His supreme self-confidence led to his team-mates giving him a nickname by putting a ‘super’ in front of his initials, M.A.N. Malcolm Andrew Nash feared no one – not even a real-life superhero in the shape of Sobers. After a fruitless spell of fast bowling in the Nottinghamshire match, he’d switched to left-arm orthodox spin, à la Derek Underwood, and picked up four wickets for 64 runs before Sobers, on 40, launched his assault. “It was a challenge because it was the first time I’d come up against Garry,” he recalled. “He was the best player in the world and I just wanted to get him out. “After the first six hit the Cricketers pub, my mindset didn’t change. Unless you bowl at the wicket, you’re not going to get anyone out.” The second six also disappeared out of St Helen’s – this time over midwicket – and the third landed in the members’ enclosure in front of the pavilion. But it was business as usual for Nash as he prepared to bowl the fourth ball. “It might well have been better if I’d gone back to my normal style but I felt the only way to get Garry out was to bowl straight. He pulled the next six over square leg and I just held the fifth ball back a bit. It was a little slower, I gave it a little more air and dropped it slightly shorter. I deceived Garry in the flight and he got under it. When I saw it going up, I thought we’d got him – he was out.” Sobers was out – and then he wasn’t. Roger Davis ‘caught’ the ball at long-off but fell over the boundary rope and, because of an experimental law covering the taking of a fair catch which had been introduced only that season, the umpires eventually awarded a six. Nash had refused to bowl defensively by firing the ball wide down the leg side or outside the off stump but he decided to return to his comfort zone for the last delivery. His only regret is that he didn’t go over, rathe |
The Costa Smeralda (or Emerald Coast) is a feature of which Mediterranean island? | Costa Smeralda - Emerald Coast in Sardinia - Costa Smeralda Beaches Wine Share The Costa Smeralda, (or Emerald Coast), is a 35-mile stretch of some of the most breathtaking beaches and luxury destinations in the Mediterranean. The development of the Emerald Coast in Sardinia began in the early 1960s when a conglomerate of companies backed by a wealthy Middle Eastern prince introduced an elaborate plan for urban development including villages, beaches, and resorts . Nearly a half-century later Costa Smeralda is one of the most enviable destinations for affluent travelers around the world. The luxury accommodations, dining , shopping, pristine beaches, and nightlife make the Emerald Coast in Sardinia the “playground of the rich.” Other destinations in the Mediterranean, Ibiza for instance, have become increasingly popular in the last few decades largely because of the fact that much of the island is geared toward catering to travelers who are seeking out luxury accommodations, boutiques, spas, and more. This is true for many of the posh destinations around the world, but it is doubtful that any have been developed with the same level of exacting detail with which Costa Smeralda was constructed. The Costa Smeralda beaches provide the perfect natural venue for some of the most expensive and elaborate resorts in the Mediterranean. It is known as the Emerald Coast in Sardinia largely because of the awe-inspiring water that, throughout the course of one day on the island, displays brilliant shades of blue that reflect the sun like an ever-changing gem stone. Visitors to the Costa Smeralda beaches enjoy fine white sand and a stunning natural landscape of bays and inlets that are accentuated by unique foliage and vegetation, as well as rocky promontories and high-reaching coast lines. There is full-time security on the beaches and access to plenty of water sports and other activities. The luxury hotels and resorts on the Emerald Coast in Sardinia provide you with access to lush and exclusive areas of the long stretch of beach where you can enjoy your vacation in relative privacy. It's also a good idea to check into vacation packages that include one of the resorts in Costa Smeralda. Sardinia Map Staying in one of the hotels in Costa Smeralda is expensive, especially during peak season. You can expect to pay between $2000 and $3000 for one night at a luxury accommodation on the exclusive Emerald Coast. The Cala di Volpe, Cervo Hotel, Hotel Romazzino, Hotel Pitrizza comprise the main luxury resorts on this coastal area of the island of Sardinia. Each of these hotels is fantastically well appointed, offering guests nearly every imaginable amenity to ensure an ideal stay on the island. Many of the affluent guests charter boats from the marina in Porto Cervo or enjoy a round of golf at the Pervero Golf Club. There is also private jet access in nearby Olbia as well as helicopter transport. The Costa Smeralda beaches are already majestic on their own. When you add the benefits of luxury resorts and world-class dining, shopping, and entertainment, you have an Emerald Coast experience. It is the most exclusive part of Sardinia and an area that grows in popularity every year. Even though its tradition is one of extreme affluence and exclusivity, the resort destination is even growing in popularity among savvy travelers who have figured out how to travel there cheaply, take in all of the impressive sights, but stay in a nearby and more reasonably priced accommodation. Hotels |
For which county cricket team was Brian Lara playing when he scored his world record 501 not out? | 501 not out | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Cricinfo June 6 down the years 501 not out Brian Lara surpassed Hanif Mohammad's 499 Graham Chadwick / © PA Photos 1994 On the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Brian Lara achieved immortality with the highest score in first-class cricket history: 501 not out. As if his Test-record 375 wasn't enough, Lara took the first-class record within two months when he surpassed Hanif Mohammad's 499, while playing for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston . He had a few near-misses - Lara was bowled off a no-ball on 12 and then was dropped by wicketkeeper Chris Scott on 18 (Scott apparently said: "Oh dear, he'll probably go on and get a hundred"). Technically there was only one ball left when he creamed John Morris through the covers for four to bring up the magic 500. In all Lara faced only 427 deliveries, and hammered 62 fours and ten sixes. On the final day he whacked 174 runs before lunch. For good measure, he also became the first man to make seven hundreds in eight first-class innings, the first of which was the 375. He lost his Test record briefly to Matthew Hayden in 2003, but took it back in April 2004 with 400 against England in Antigua . 1957 The career of Mike Gatting , who was born today, split into three distinct segments. He struggled at first, taking seven years and 54 innings to make his first Test century. But after breaking that duck with 136 in Mumbai in 1984-85 , Gatting went on a storming two-year run in which he made nine centuries in 28 Tests and averaged 63. Then came Shakoor Rana, and an alleged liaison with a barmaid that cost him the England captaincy in 1988. Gatting was never the same - he captained the rebel tour to South Africa in 1989, and in 51 Tests either side of his outstanding two-year run of form, he only made one century, a tortuous 117 in Adelaide in 1994-95 as the curtain came gently down on his career. 1943 One of Pakistan's finest batsmen is born... in Hyderabad, India. Asif Iqbal came a long way from the 21-year-old who opened the bowling - with his fellow debutant and future batting star Majid Khan - and batted No. 10, against Australia in Karachi in 1964-65. In full flow Asif was a sumptuous sight. He made his first Test century from No. 9, 146 against England at The Oval in 1967, but he eventually graduated into the middle order, where his dashing, fleet-footed strokeplay charmed everyone, not least during a successful stint in county cricket with Kent. 1988 Birth of India batsman Ajinkya Rahane . A prolific scorer for Mumbai - he made over 1000 runs in only his second Ranji season - Rahane was on the fringes of the Indian Test team for years before he finally got his chance in the 2013 Delhi Test against Australia. He made up for a forgettable debut by establishing himself as one of India's most valuable overseas batsmen, with centuries in New Zealand, England and Australia in less than two years, filling the middle-order vacancy left by VVS Laxman's retirement. Rahane has the ability to adapt to different formats as well, with strong showings in the IPL at the top of the order. 1991 After all the fuss, 25-year-old Graeme Hick finally made his England Test debut against West Indies at Headingley . Most pundits had already booked him in for 100 Tests, 8000 runs and an average of 50, but it didn't quite work out like that. In fairness, it was an unforgiving baptism - Curtly Ambrose tortured him all summer, dismissing him six times in a row, but it was Courtney Walsh who ended his first innings when Hick fenced to Jeffrey Dujon, having made just 6. 1930 A typhoon is born. In terms of raw, unbridled pace, few bowlers in history can match England's Frank Tyson . Richie Benaud rated him the quickest he ever saw. In 17 Tests, Tyson took 76 wickets at an average of 18. This was no brainless quickie, however - Tyson was a Durham University graduate, and had a penchant for quoting Shakespeare or Wordsworth to batsmen, something you can't quite imagine Glenn McGrath ever doing. Most famously, Tyson blew away Australia as England retained the |
Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes are this year's nominees for which prize? | Turner prize shortlist unveiled: Cathy Wilkes, Goshka Macuga, Mark Leckey, and Runa Islam - Telegraph Turner prize shortlist unveiled: Cathy Wilkes, Goshka Macuga, Mark Leckey, and Runa Islam By Billy Kenber 12:01AM BST 29 Sep 2008 By Billy Kenber Richard Dorment: who cares who wins? Cathy Wilkes, Goshka Macuga, Mark Leckey, and Runa Islam have all been nominated for prestigious award, given to the best exhibition by an artist born or based in Britain under the age of 50. It is the first time in a decade that three of the four nominees for the £25,000 award have been women. The contemporary art prize has a long history of controversy, often showcasing unusual or even shocking works. Previous winners have included Martin Reed who exhibited an empty room with the lights going on and off, Chris Ofili who attached balls of elephant dung to canvas, and Damien Hirst who displayed a cow and calf cut in half and preserved in formaldehyde. This year's work includes Runa Islam's 'Be The First To see What You see As You see It,' a film in which a well-dressed woman throws pieces of crockery to the floor. Belfast-born Cathy Wilkes is exhibiting a new sculpture made using items from her home. It depicts a supermarket checkout adorned with empty breakfast bowls alongside a mannequin sitting on a toilet. Works by the third female nominee include glass, steel and fabric sculptures exploring two relationships where the woman is the lesser-known partner. Goshka Macuga describes herself as a "cultural anthropologist" and her work featured in the 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art. The sole man one the shortlist, 44-year-old Mark Leckey, is showing a film featuring Homer Simpson. A forty minute art lecture by Leckey, who is currently a film studies professor in Germany, has been recorded for 'Cinema-in the- Round.' The winner of the prize will be announced on 1 December live on Channel 4. The exhibition is open to the public from tomorrow and runs until January 18. |
Which African capital city is the highest above sea level? | THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 10 Capital Cities by Highest Elevation In The World 10 Capital Cities by Highest Elevation In The World 1. La Paz, Bolivia La Paz 1. La Paz, Bolivia (3,660 mts), is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department, and the second largest city (in population) only after Santa Cruz de la Sierra. It is located in the western part of the country on the department of the same name. It is located at an elevation of 3,660 meters above sea level, making it the world's highest "de facto" capital city, or administrative capital. The official capital of Bolivia is Sucre and it is the seat of Justice, La Paz has more government departments, hence the "de facto" qualifier. 2. Quito, Ecuador Quito 2. Quito, Ecuador (2,800 mts), is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With a population of 1,397,698 according to the last census (2001), and, as estimated by the municipality, approximately 1,504,991 in 2005, Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil.The elevation of the city's central square is 2,800 m (about 9,186 ft), making Quito the second-highest administrative capital city in the world (after La Paz,Bolivia), and the highest legal capital (ahead of Sucre, also in Bolivia, and Bogotá, Colombia). 3. Bogota, Colombia Bogota 3. Bogota, Colombia (2,640 mts), is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with an estimated 7,304,384 inhabitants as of 2009. Bogotá and its metropolitan area, which includes municipalities such as Chía, Cota, Soacha, Cajicá and La Calera, had an estimated population of 8,566,926 in 2009. In terms of land area, Bogotá is the largest city in Colombia, one of the biggest of Latin America, figures in the 30th largest cities of the world, and it is the third-highest capital city in the world (after La Paz and Quito) at 2640 metres above sea level. With its many universities and libraries, Bogotá has become known as "The Athens of South America". 4. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa 4. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2,390 mts), is the capital city of Ethiopia.It is the largest city in Ethiopia, with a population of 3,384,569 according to the 2007 population census.As a chartered city, Addis Ababa has the status of both a city and a state. It is where the African Union and its predecessor the OAU are based. Addis Ababa is therefore often referred to as "the political capital of Africa", due to its historical, diplomatic and political significance for the continent. The city is populated by people from different regions of Ethiopia – the country has as many as 80 nationalities speaking 80 languages and belonging to a wide variety of religious communities. It is home to Addis Ababa University. 5. Asmara, Eritrea Asmara 5. Asmara, Eritrea (2,325 mts) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people. At an elevation of 2,325 meters (7,628 ft), Asmara is on the edge of an escarpment that is both the northwestern edge of the Great Rift Valley and of the Eritrean highlands. Textiles and clothing, processed meat, beer, shoes, and ceramics are the major industrial products. 6. Thimphu, Bhutan Thimphy 6. Thimphu, Bhutan (2,300 mts) is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan and the name of the surrounding valley is dzongkhag, the Thimphu District. The city became the capital of Bhutan in 1961. As of 2005 it had a population of 79,185, with 98,676 people living in the entire Thimphu district.The city is spread out longitudinally in a north-south direction on the west bank of the valley formed by the Wang Chuu, also known as the Thimphu Chuu River. Unusually for a capital city, Thimphu is not served by an airport, but relies on the airport at Paro, connected by road some 54 kilometres (34 mi) away. 7. Sana'a, Yemen Sana'a 7. Sa |
What was the name of the cross-dressing potter who won the Turner Prize in 2003? | Grayson Perry wears 'mother of bride' outfit to receive CBE from Prince Charles | Daily Mail Online comments Buckingham Palace has played host to some flamboyant characters over the years. So perhaps it was unsurprising that barely a courtly eyebrow was raised when transvestite potter Grayson Perry collected his CBE from Prince Charles yesterday in a midnight blue dress and jacket, heels, and fabulously over-the-top black hat. Indeed, when asked about what Perry joyfully described as his ‘Italian mother of the bride outfit’, the Queen’s official spokesman replied with only the merest hint of a smile: ‘His attire was entirely appropriate.’ My husband and I: Grayson Perry (left) and his wife Phillipa (right) outside Buckingham Palace. Perry wore a midnight blue dress to collect his CBE Investiture: Mr Perry shakes hand with the Prince of Wales as he receives the CBE The Turner Prize winner became the first male cross-dresser to collect a gong wearing a dress. Charles got a fit of the giggles as Perry, in heavy make-up and a sweep of fuschia-pink lipstick, was introduced but the two were quickly chatting like old friends. The prince couldn’t place Perry’s medal for services to contemporary art over his head because of the size of his hat, so handed it to him instead. Perry, 54, who bowed rather than curtseyed, said he designed his outfit specially for the event, but first wore the hat ‘when I went away on a Transvestite Bridal Weekend’. The artist, accompanied by his wife Philippa, 56, and daughter Flo, 21, said his outfit had been agreed in advance with the palace, adding: ‘They are pretty cool here.’ Or, as one royal source put it: ‘People would have been more upset if he had turned up in jeans.’ Close encounter: The artist shook hands with Prince Charles as he picked up the gong at Buckingham Palace Chat: Mr Perry and Prince Charles have a brief conversation during the investiture ceremony Speaking after the ceremony Perry said: 'Receiving this was great, it's not just for me it's for all the artists - no really it's just for me, for 30 years of hard graft.' Mr Perry, 53, once described Claire as 'a cross between Katie Boyle and Camilla Parker-Bowles' but when reminded of this he laughed and said: 'This is my Italian mother of the bride outfit.' He added: 'When I got the call my first thought was, "What am I going to wear?" It's a serious thing, I'm not going to compromise my identity as Britain's pre-eminent transvestite. 'I Googled to see what people wore and went for the sexier end. I always do like the older woman who makes an effort.' Other people who received honours from Prince Charles today included darts champion Catrina Gulliver, awarded an MBE, and comedy producer Gareth Gwenland, who was given an OBE. Former newsreader Julia Somerville was also recognised, receiving an OBE for her work supporting the arts as a former chairman of the Government Art Collection's advisory committee. Mr Perry, who grew up in Essex, made his name with hand-crafted pottery which is often illustrated with disturbing scenes of sex and child abuse. Royal occasion: Mr Perry posing with a pair of Beefeaters outside the Palace today Family: Mr Perry with his wife Philippa and their 21-year-old daughter Flo after the ceremony He achieved widespread public fame in 2003 when he was awarded the Turner Prize - the first potter ever to receive Britain's most prestigious arts prize. At the time, the judges praised him for 'subverting the craft form of ceramics'. Born in 1960 in Chelmsford, he began his career at Braintree College of Further Education and then at Portsmouth Polytechnic, where he studied fine art. Mr Perry says he realised he was a transvestite when he was teenager, and was thrown out of his father's home by his stepmother. Eminent: Mr Perry with GQ editor Dylan Jones, who was awarded an OBE today Outfit: Grayson Perry dressed as an 'Italian mother of the bride' to receive the CBE at Buckingham Palace Later when he moved to London in the early 1980s he began attending evening pottery classes and develope |
By what name was the Spanish nobleman Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better known? | El Cid: Spanish history enjoys a right royal revamp | Film | The Guardian Reel history El Cid: Spanish history enjoys a right royal revamp Anthony Mann jousts fast and loose with the lives of Spain's medieval masters – resulting in seriously sublime cinema Dressed to kill … Charlton Heston (right) as Rodrigo Díaz in El Cid (1961), directed by Anthony Mann. Photograph: Allied Artists/Allstar/Cinetext Entertainment grade: A History grade: D Rodrigo Díaz was an 11th-century nobleman from Vivar in Castile. He is better known as El Cid, from the Arabic sidi or sayyid, meaning "the Lord". War Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, El Cid. Photograph: Universal/Getty Images In 1080, when this film begins, the territory that is now Spain and Portugal was split between Christian and Muslim kingdoms . Emir Ben Yussuf ( Herbert Lom ) rouses the Muslim princes of the southern part, known as al-Andalus, to conquer the Christian north, some of which is known as León-Castile. The film's Ben Yussuf is the historical Yusuf ibn Tashufin , commander of the Almoravid Empire . At his summons, Emir Yusuf al-Mutamin of Zaragoza (Douglas Wilmer) has a go at conquering part of León-Castile, but is captured by Rodrigo Díaz ( Charlton Heston ). When Díaz offers him freedom rather than death, al-Mutamin honours him with the name El Cid. According to the historical sources, al-Mutamin was not attempting to conquer León-Castile. His war was with his own brother and rival emir, Mundhir . Díaz and al-Mutamin are said to have become close when the former joined the latter's army as a mercenary in the early 1080s. Love Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren in El Cid (1961). Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features Díaz's girlfriend, Jimena (Sophia Loren), is upset with him for killing her father. When he fights an Aragonese knight in an astonishingly good jousting scene (which took El Cid's enormous cast and crew five weeks to film), Jimena gives her colours to his rival. The bubbling hatred between Díaz and Jimena on screen is the stuff of historical fantasy, but it was real enough on set. At the beginning of filming, Heston found out that Loren was earning a $1m paycheque – substantially larger than his. He was so angry that he refused even to look at her in most of their scenes. This soon becomes amusing for the viewer. Politics King Ferdinand the Great of León-Castile dies, and divides his lands between his children Sancho, Alfonso and Urraca. This really happened 15 years earlier in 1065, but the film has bodged the timeline to heighten the tension. At the king's funeral, Sancho tries to kill Alfonso. Alfonso teams up with his sister Urraca, the two blond-haired siblings conspiring to reunite and rule the several kingdoms. They want gruff warrior Díaz on their side – but he won't do their bidding, for above all else he believes in honour. All Alfonso and Urraca would need to do is indulge in a spot of incest and we'd be in Game of Thrones, perhaps because medieval history is George RR Martin's source material . El Cid's version of the warring heirs has elements of accuracy, though in real life Ferdinand made it even more complicated by having five children , all of whom variously went into battle against each other, allied with Muslim princes, had affairs with runaway Muslim princesses , hatched world-domination conspiracies and assassinated each other. If a couple of dragons and some ice zombies turned up, they could hardly make the 11th century more dramatic than it really was. More war Scene from the 1961 film El Cid, with Charlton Heston Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar Alfonso is defeated by Ben Yussuf at the battle of Sagrajas . Díaz saves the day for the Christians by taking Valencia – but Ben Yussuf turns his forces and besieges him there. The battle sequences along the beach to the castle of Valencia (represented on film by the 13th-century castle of Peñíscola ) are some of the most spectacular in Hollywood history. Spain's military dictator Francisco Franco , who flattered himself that he might be compared to El Cid when this movie came out, loaned t |
Which sportsman married Erin Nordegren in 2004? | Elin Nordegren biography | birthday, trivia | Swedish Celebrity Relative | Who2 Celebrity Relative Elin Nordegren became world-famous in 2009, when her husband, superstar golfer Tiger Woods , admitted cheating on her. Nordegren first became a public figure in 2002 when she began dating Woods, one of the world’s most famous sports figures. A striking, blonde, blue-eyed Swede and part-time model, Nordegren was working as a nanny for Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik when she met Woods. Reportedly Parnevik introduced the two at the 2001 British Open. Their romance became more widely known during the Masters golf tournament in April of 2002, and they became engaged in November of 2003. They were married in Barbados on 5 October 2004. Their first daughter, Sam Alexis Woods, was born on 18 June 2007; Woods told reporters that “Sam” was a nickname his father called him as a child. A son, Charlie Axel, was born on 8 February 2009. On November 27 of 2009, police were called to the Woods home near Orlando, Florida, after Tiger crashed a Cadillac Escalade near their driveway at 2:30 in the morning. It was soon revealed that the Woods and Nordegren had been arguing, after she discovered his relationship with club hostess Rachel Uchitel . Other women then came forward to claim they had slept with Woods before and during his marriage. Two weeks later, Woods released a statement admitting “infidelity” and said he would take an indefinite break from golf. On 23 August 2010, the couple announced that they had divorced. Extra credit Elin Nordegren went by the name Elin Woods during her marriage to Tiger Woods; in the divorce announcement at the end of their marriage, she was identified again simply as Elin Nordegren… Elin Nordegren has never posed for nude photos; online photos with titles like “Elin Nordegren nude” or “Elin Woods naked” are fakes. One particularly popular series featured a model named Kim Hiott… Elin Nordegren has a twin sister named Josefin; she is a lawyer in London, with the married name of Josefin Lonnborg. According to People magazine, the twins also have an older brother named Axel… Nordegren’s mother, Barbro Holmberg, has served as Sweden’s migration minister. Their father is a radio journalist. |
The Potola Palace is a famous landmark in which Asian city? | Famous Landmarks: Satellite View of Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, China - Nations Online Project Satellite View of Potala Palace ___ Famous Landmarks - Satellite View of Potala Palace (པོ་ཏ་ལ), Lhasa, Tibet The front side of Potala Palace complex in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region (Xizang) - Image: Antoine Taveneaux About Potala Palace The Potala complex in Lhasa with its massive walls, gates and turrets built of rammed earth and stone, comprises the White and the Red Palaces and several ancillary constructions. They were built on the Red Mountain in the center of Lhasa Valley. Lozang Gyatso, the Fifth Dalai Lama, started the construction of the Potala Palace in 1645. The complex symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of a unified Tibet. The Potala Palace was the core of the Tibetan theocracy, and the winter palace the chief residence of the Dalai Lama from the end of the 17th century until 1959. The palace contains 698 murals, almost 10,000 painted scrolls, numerous sculptures, carpets, canopies, curtains, porcelain, jade, and fine objects of gold and silver, as well as a large collection of sutras and important historical documents. The Red Palace contains the gilded burial stupas of past Dalai Lamas. The Potala Palace complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The Historic Ensemble of the Potala comprises the White and Red Palaces, Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's former summer palace, and the Jokhang monastery. For most Tibetans the 7th-century Jokhang monastery near the palace, is the most sacred and the most revered site in Tibet. Satellite view is showing the location of Potala Palace, the Jokhang monastery and Ramoche temple monastery in Tibet's capital Lhasa which lies at an elevation of 3750 m above sea level. φ Latitude, λ Longitude (of Map center; move the map to see coordinates): , |
How many theses were nailed to the door of Wittenburg | 95 Theses Martin Luther nailed to the Wittenburg church door The 95 Theses Martin Luther nailed to the Wittenburg church door 1. When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, "Repent" (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance. 2. This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction, as administered by the clergy. 3. Yet it does not mean solely inner repentance; such inner repentance is worthless unless it produces various outward mortification of the flesh. 4. The penalty of sin remains as long as the hatred of self (that is, true inner repentance), namely till our entrance into the kingdom of heaven. 5. The pope neither desires nor is able to remit any penalties except those imposed by his own authority or that of the canons. 6. The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring and showing that it has been remitted by God; or, to be sure, by remitting guilt in cases reserved to his judgment. If his right to grant remission in these cases were disregarded, the guilt would certainly remain unforgiven. 7. God remits guilt to no one unless at the same time he humbles him in all things and makes him submissive to the vicar, the priest. 8. The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and, according to the canons themselves, nothing should be imposed on the dying. 9. Therefore the Holy Spirit through the pope is kind to us insofar as the pope in his decrees always makes exception of the article of death and of necessity. 10. Those priests act ignorantly and wickedly who, in the case of the dying, reserve canonical penalties for purgatory. 11. Those tares of changing the canonical penalty to the penalty of purgatory were evidently sown while the bishops slept (Mt 13:25). 12. In former times canonical penalties were imposed, not after, but before absolution, as tests of true contrition. 13. The dying are freed by death from all penalties, are already dead as far as the canon laws are concerned, and have a right to be released from them. 14. Imperfect piety or love on the part of the dying person necessarily brings with it great fear; and the smaller the love, the greater the fear. 15. This fear or horror is sufficient in itself, to say nothing of other things, to constitute the penalty of purgatory, since it is very near to the horror of despair. 16. Hell, purgatory, and heaven seem to differ the same as despair, fear, and assurance of salvation. 17. It seems as though for the souls in purgatory fear should necessarily decrease and love increase. 18. Furthermore, it does not seem proved, either by reason or by Scripture, that souls in purgatory are outside the state of merit, that is, unable to grow in love. 19. Nor does it seem proved that souls in purgatory, at least not all of them, are certain and assured of their own salvation, even if we ourselves may be entirely certain of it. 20. Therefore the pope, when he uses the words "plenary remission of all penalties," does not actually mean "all penalties," but only those imposed by himself. 21. Thus those indulgence preachers are in error who say that a man is absolved from every penalty and saved by papal indulgences. 22. As a matter of fact, the pope remits to souls in purgatory no penalty which, according to canon law, they should have paid in this life. 23. If remission of all penalties whatsoever could be granted to anyone at all, certainly it would be granted only to the most perfect, that is, to very few. 24. For this reason most people are necessarily deceived by that indiscriminate and high-sounding promise of release from penalty. 25. That power which the pope has in general over purgatory corresponds to the power which any bishop or curate has in a particular way in his own diocese and parish. 26. The pope does very well when he grants remission to souls in purgatory, not by the power of the keys, which he does not have, but by way of intercession for them. 27. They preach only human doctrines who say that as soon as the money clinks into the money chest, the soul flies |
What was the name of the robot in the 1951 film, 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'? | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - 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 The Day the Earth Stood Still ( 1951 ) Approved | From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. Director: Edmund H. North (screen play), Harry Bates (based on a story by) Stars: a list of 30 titles created 06 Feb 2012 a list of 23 titles created 20 Apr 2012 a list of 34 titles created 24 Jan 2014 a list of 45 titles created 10 Jun 2015 a list of 25 titles created 5 months ago Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards » Videos A small town in California is attacked by Martians. Director: Byron Haskin A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has. Director: Fred M. Wilcox A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. Director: Don Siegel A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society. Director: George Pal A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth. Director: Scott Derrickson Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost. Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. Director: Gordon Douglas An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved. Director: Franklin J. Schaffner When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him. Director: Jack Arnold Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact scientist Dr. Russell Marvin as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth. Director: Fred F. Sears In the world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a big company CEO. Director: Richard Fleischer An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe Edit Storyline An alien (Klaatu) with his mighty robot (Gort) land their spacecraft on Cold War-era Earth just after the end of World War II. They bring an important message to the planet that Klaatu wishes to tell to representatives of all nations. However, communication turns out to be difficult, so, after learning something about the natives, Klaatu decides on an alternative approach. Written by Bruce Janson <[email protected]> The screen has never conceived a creature like this! See more » Genres: El día que paralizaron la Tierra See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The first actor to whom the role of Klaatu was actually offered was Claude Rains , who wanted to accept it, but had to decline because of a prior commitment on Broadway. See more » Goofs A colonel orders his troops to block off all streets intersecting Connecticut Avenue "along a line from Wisconsin to the park." Connecticut Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue do not intersect. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits Elmer Davis , H.V. Kaltenborn , and Drew Pearson identify themselves when they appear on screen. Radio personality Gabriel Heatter is identified b |
Which series of books were illustrated by E.M. Shepherd? | Pooh Corner Pooh Corner Warning: Parameter 3 to showItem() expected to be a reference, value given in /home/poohcorn/public_html/includes/Cache/Lite/Function.php on line 100 Information on the Audio Recordings of Peter Dennis The Complete Works of Winnie-the-Pooh The Enchanted Places USA: 1 818 HUM POOH (818 486 7664 ) International: +1 818 486 7664 Contents of this site Copyright � 1999 - 2017 Pooh Corner. All rights reserved worldwide. This website is officially sanctioned by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties Trust, the owners of the copyright in the four books therein described. Reproduction and/or retransmission of all or any part of Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six is prohibited under international copyright law. Users desiring to reproduce or retransmit all or any part of the foregoing titles must first secure the appropriate copyright and other authorization in writing from Curtis Brown Ltd., 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4S8. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Illustrations are copyright protected and used by permission of the Executor of E.H. Shepard and the E.H. Shepard |
Who was Clive Ponting accused of leaking information to during his 1985 secrets trial? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 16 | 1985: Falklands' row civil servant resigns 1985: Falklands' row civil servant resigns Ministry of Defence assistant secretary Clive Ponting has resigned from his post. Mr Ponting, 38, was acquitted of breaching section two of the Official Secrets Act at the Central Criminal Court in London on 11 February. He was charged with leaking two documents about the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War - the Royal Navy's first serious attack of the conflict. He had sent information to the Labour MP for Linlithgow, Tam Dalyell, last July but on Monday the jury found this did not entail, "communicating information to an unauthorised person", which is illegal. After the two week trial Mr Ponting, from Islington in London, said he thought he was unlikely to return to his �23,000 per year job. Although the Civil Service was ordered to reimburse Mr Ponting - who had been on half pay since the case began last year - it withdrew his security clearance last week. Blowing the whistle on Belgrano His resignation came hours before he received an official warning not to proceed with the publication of extracts from his book, The Right to Know. A Sunday newspaper has already begun to serialise Mr Ponting's account of events, suggesting senior ministers misled parliament and the public about the timing of the sinking and locations of warships. And the former assistant secretary also made a speech about the case at a Freedom of Information rally on Thursday. Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials will consider Mr Ponting's resignation after the weekend, but it is likely to be accepted, since his actions would otherwise have incurred disciplinary proceedings. The MoD police has announced a new investigation into an anonymous letter sent to Mr Dalyell last April suggesting questions to raise in parliament about the Belgrano affair. Opposition MPs have accused the Conservative Government of a vendetta, ahead of a debate about the Belgrano affair in the Commons on Monday. |
Who was John McCain's running partner in the 2008 American Presidential election? | Presidential Election of 2008 << 2004 The 56th quadrennial United States presidential election was held on November 4, 2008. Outgoing Republican President George W. Bush's policies and actions and the American public's desire for change were key issues throughout the campaign. During the presidential election campaign, the major-party candidates ran on a platform of change and reform in Washington. Domestic policy and the economy eventually emerged as the main themes in the last few months of the election campaign after the onset of the 2008 economic crisis. Democrat Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain. Nine states changed allegiance from the 2004 election. Each had voted for the Republican nominee in 2004 and contributed to Obama's sizable Electoral College victory. The selected electors from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia voted for President and Vice President of the United States on December 15, 2008. Those votes were tallied before a joint session of Congress on January 8, 2009. Obama received 365 electoral votes, and McCain 173. There were several unique aspects of the 2008 election. The election was the first in which an African American was elected President. It was also the first time two sitting senators ran against each other. The 2008 election was the first in 56 years in which neither an incumbent president nor a vice president ran — Bush was constitutionally limited from seeking a third term by the Twenty-second Amendment; Vice President Dick Cheney chose not to seek the presidency. It was also the first time the Republican Party nominated a woman for Vice President (Sarah Palin, then-Governor of Alaska). Additionally, it was the first election in which both major parties nominated candidates who were born outside of the contiguous United States. Voter turnout for the 2008 election was the highest in at least 40 years. |
The song 'When You Wish Upon A Star' featured in which film? | When You Wish Upon a Star | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia When You Wish Upon a Star Share When You Wish Upon a Star is a featured article , which means it has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Disney Wiki community. If you see a way this page can be updated or improved without compromising previous work, please feel free to contribute. When You Wish Upon a Star Composer Now That's What I Call Movies (UK) Followed By [Source] "When You Wish Upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney 's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio . [1] The original version was sung by Jiminy Cricket ( Cliff Edwards ) [1] and is heard over the opening credits and in the final scene of the film. It has since become the representative song of The Walt Disney Company . The recording by Cliff Edwards and Chorus was released by Victor Records as catalogue number 261546 and 26477A (in USA) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice Label as catalogue number BD 821. Edwards recorded another version in 1940 for an American Decca Records "cover version" of the score of Pinocchio, conducted by Victor Young and featuring soprano Julietta Novis and The King's Men. It was first released on a 4-record 78-RPM album set, and years later as one side of an LP, backed by selections from The Wizard of Oz. A recording with Christian Rub (with Mister Geppetto 's voice), Cliff Edwards and Chorus was released by Victor Records as catalogue number 26479B (in USA) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 823. It won the 1940 Academy Award for Best Original Song. [1] It was also the first Disney song to win an Oscar. Contents When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true When your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme Chorus (Singing): When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true You'll find your dreams come true Influence The American Film Institute ranked the song seventh in their 100 Greatest Songs in Film History, the highest ranked Disney animated film song, and also one of only four Disney animated film songs to appear on the list, with the others being " Some Day My Prince Will Come " from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ranked at #19, " Beauty and the Beast " from Beauty and the Beast ranked at #62, and " Hakuna Matata " from The Lion King ranked at #99. The song reached the top one in Billboard's Record Buying Guide, a predecessor of the retail sales chart. Popular versions included Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Horace Heidt and, of course, Cliff Edwards. In Japan , Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark , the song has become a Christmas song, often referring to the Star of Bethlehem. The Swedish language version is called Ser du stjärnan i det blå, roughly translated: "do you see the star in the blue(sky)", and the Danish title is "Når du ser et stjerneskud", which translates as "When you see a shooting star". In Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway, the song is played on television every Christmas Eve in the traditional Disney one-hour Christmas cabaret, and the gathering of the entire family to watch this is considered a Scandinavian tradition. The song was also covered by Dion and the Belmonts in 1960 . The song was covered by KISS bassist Gene Simmons, on his eponymous solo album in 1978 . Simmons said that he covered it because he related to ut and was a fan of Disney movies. "When I first heard that song I could barely speak English but I knew the words were true. Anybody can have what they want, the world and life can give its rewards to anyone." [2] In 1986 , Linda Ronstadt recorded the classic song for her Platinum-certified album For Sentimental Reasons. Released as the album's first single, it peaked at #32 in Billboard Magazine at year's end. Bill |
"Which American said ""Nothing is certain except death and taxes""?" | Quotes Uncovered: Death and Taxes - Freakonomics Freakonomics Quotes Uncovered: Death and Taxes February 17, 2011 @ 1:30pm I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations , and my more recent research. Ewout asked: Who was the first to say these famous words: “Nothing is certain except for death and taxes.” Some sources mention Ben Franklin, others say Mark Twain or Daniel Defoe. Thanks! This is usually attributed to Benjamin Franklin, who wrote in a 1789 letter that “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” However, The Yale Book of Quotations quotes “‘Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes,” from Christopher Bullock, The Cobler of Preston (1716). The YBQ also quotes “Death and Taxes, they are certain,” from Edward Ward, The Dancing Devils (1724). Do any readers have any other quotations whose origins they would like me to attempt to trace? Ben Ramsey February 17, 2011 @ 6:47pm Where does the quote "A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero but only one" come from? Sam Adams sounds like Tennyson to me, we'll see how the expert responds... Don Rodriguez "Death and Taxes", or, in other words, "Freud and Marx". = "The only two certainties in life are Freud and Marx." Leland G February 17, 2011 @ 7:54pm The internets seem to attribute the following quote to Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." But I can't find ANY specific citation for it - not from Einstein's writings or a lecture/appearance, etc. It seems to have appeared out of thin air sometime in the late 90s. Any idea whence it comes? Joshua Northey February 17, 2011 @ 7:57pm What is with the strange fixation with written citations? I realize that allows you to have a point of reference, which is nice, but isn't it clear from the historical record that a huge number of these famous quips were already circulating before pen was put to paper? JimFive February 17, 2011 @ 8:47pm Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2: "Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once." -- Drew February 18, 2011 @ 12:07am Was "Statistics are like ladies of the night...Once laid out you can do anything with them." really Mark Twain? Eric M. Jones February 18, 2011 @ 12:55am @4- Leland G I'll bet Albert Einstein never said such a thing. Furthermore until the year 2000 (and beyond) Google Books says he never said it either. Marcus Bruté February 18, 2011 @ 1:26am How about "the _____ from Hell" (e.g. "the mother-in-law from Hell")? Was Richard Lewis really the first to use the expression? John Torrey February 18, 2011 @ 4:34am A review of a movie or play: "When it wasn't putting me to sleep it was keeping me awake." Cañada Kid February 18, 2011 @ 7:12am "Home is where the heart is." I've not put much research into this one, but ever since you located my quote's origin (If at first you don't succeed...) I have been hearing this one bounce around, from books and novels to friends and family members. Thanks! Casey February 18, 2011 @ 1:38pm I agree with the quote "Nothing is certain except for death and taxes." Everyone one dies, but not everyone lives. No matter what, you will always have to pay taxes. There will never be a time where this won't occur. Eric M. Jones February 18, 2011 @ 2:00pm @11- Cañada Kid: "Home is where the heart is" seems to have arisen almost spontaneously in 1847. But my guess is it could be found as latin engraved on some Roman doorway or such. It would be easy to believe that this kind of motto is a translation from Latin or Spanish or Yiddish. One also has to wonder about the hearth-heart similarity. Duncan Miller February 18, 2011 @ 4:56pm "Let's blow this popsicle stand" I had heard something about it pertaining to a Jamaican man in the 40s storing radioactiv |
What movement was founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1881? | The False Teachers: Charles Taze Russell - Tim Challies The False Teachers: Charles Taze Russell # false teachers Share A few weeks ago I set out on a new series of articles through which I intend to scan the history of the church—from its earliest days all the way to the present time—to examine some of Christianity’s most notorious false teachers. Along the way we will visit such figures as Arius, Pelagius, Fosdick, and even a few you might find on television today. We continue this morning with a false teacher whose name has been nearly forgotten even though his followers regularly knock on your door. He is Charles Taze Russell, founder of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Sponsor Become a Patron Charles Taze Russell was born on February 16, 1852 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, the second of five children born to Joseph and Ann Russell. Charles grew up in a devout home and his parents were respected members of the Presbyterian church. When he was young, his family moved to Pittsburgh, where his father came to own a number of haberdashery stores. In his early teens Charles became a partner in this business and soon owned several of the locations. As a boy Charles had a great deal of religious enthusiasm, and while still only a teenager left his Presbyterian congregation to attend a Congregational church. As a form of evangelism he would often go to public locations and use chalk to write out Bible verses related to sin and damnation. But then, at the age of sixteen, he engaged in a debate with a friend that led him to question the reliability of the Bible and the validity of the Christian faith. He embarked on a period of religious searching and dabbled in many Eastern religions before determining that they, too, were empty and unsatisfying. When Charles was eighteen he encountered Adventist preaching and began to regularly attend a Bible study. It was not long before he determined that he could not reconcile an eternal hell with a merciful God. Over the next two years he came to question many other historic Christian doctrines and became convinced that the historic creeds betrayed true Christianity. At the same time he adopted Adventist teachings: that the end times had begun in 1799, that Christ had returned invisibly in 1874 and been crowned King of Heaven four years later, that all Christians who had already died would be resurrected before the end of 1878, and that 1914 would mark the end of a harvest period and usher in Armageddon. He sold his five clothing stores, an act that generated a substantial amount of money (today’s equivalent of several million dollars), and committed his life to writing, publishing, and funding the propagation of the message of Christ’s imminent return. He did this at first through a partnership with Nelson H. Barbour and his Adventist periodical Herald of the Morning. When 1878 came and went without any of the predicted events, he was forced to re-examine his beliefs and to distance himself from some of his Adventist peers, including Barbour. He founded his own periodical which he titled Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. At this time he also married Maria Frances Ackley in an apparently celibate union that would last until 1897 before ending in an acrimonious divorce. In 1881 Russell founded the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society which grew to a substantial publishing venture, and there were soon some 16 million of his books and booklets in print. His ministry and his opportunities to preach grew exponentially and Pastor Russell, as he became known, soon had followers all over the Northern and Eastern states. He preached and wrote constantly, his sermons were printed in several thousand newspapers around the globe, and he became one of the most famous preachers in the world. He eventually moved the headquarters of the Watch Tower Society to Brooklyn, New York, where they remain today. Russell died of cystitis on October 31, 1916, near Pampa, TX, as he attempted to return to his home in Brooklyn. By the time of his death, his writings had become among the most widely-distributed |
Which sea area is south of South Utsire, north of German Bight, and eat of Forties? | Sea Areas of the Shipping Forecast - Part 1 | TheYachtMarket Sea Areas Of The Shipping Forecast - Part 1 Sea Areas of the Shipping Forecast - Part 1 Post by: TheYachtMarket News The hows, whys and wheres behind the names Part 1. The Eastern Area – Viking to Thames "Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight" – such evocative sounds, but where do they come from and why? A bit of history Gale warnings for the British Isles were first broadcast to ships approaching these shores as far back as 1911 but with the outbreak of war in 1914 they ceased and the service was not resumed until 1921. In June of that year a specially prepared weather bulletin for shipping was broadcast twice daily from the wireless transmission station at Poldhu in Cornwall. Then from 1st January 1942 a weather bulletin called Weather Shipping was broadcast twice daily from the Air Ministry Station GFA in London. The Sea Areas and Stations originally used were subdivided into districts named after islands, rivers or banks within them. (The same principle is still used) These names identify themselves immediately to the mariner. Sea Areas were amended in 1932 but bulletins ceased at the outbreak of hostilities in 1939. They were resumed in 1945 in much the same form but by 1948 the need was felt for forecasts to cover a wider area and considerable extensions were agreed upon. Since then certain names have been changed and areas subdivided until today we have the present form known and loved by all those who travel at sea. Although areas are frequently grouped together for the forecast they always appear in the same order. The areas – where are they and why are they so named? Viking – an area covering the open sea between Norway and the Shetland Islands. It originally included N & S Utsire. The word comes from old Norse vikingr used to refer to Norse explorers, warriors and pirates from the late 8th to mid 11th century. Viking is actually the name of a sandbank in the North Sea. This area is stormy, heavily tidal and also shallow. North Utsire and South Utsire – Utsire is a tiny, windy island of 4 square miles off the west coast of Norway with a population of approximately 240. The origin of the name is uncertain but may mean “strong stream”. It is located in the North Sea and is an area where the weather is extremely harsh. However it seems to suit the birdlife, which is very rich, there being over three hundred species of birds on it, more species than the total population. It does boast a local football team which apparently used to win most of their matches due to the sea-sickness of the visiting teams. After complaints from the defeated teams, the league pronounced that Utsire should play all its fixtures on the mainland resulting in hardly any wins. Forties - an area in the North Sea named after a sandbank and also an area called the “Long Forties” which is fairly consistently 40 fathoms deep (73m). The area is the home to much of the North Sea’s oil and gas fields and it is approximately 100 miles from Aberdeen. Originally the area was larger but in 1955 the northern half was named Viking. It has no land boundaries at all. Cromarty – is named after both a river estuary and a place, Cromarty, in the Burgh of Ross and Cromarty in the North Eastern tip of Scotland. The name originates from the Gaelic words crom (crooked) and bati (bay), or from ard (height). So it means either Crooked Bay or The Bend Between The Heights, referring to the high rocks or Sutors that guard the entrance to the Firth. They are said to be the sleeping forms of two giant shoemakers who protected the harbour from Vikings and pirates in past centuries. Now the estuary is home to more oil platforms. Forth – named after a river estuary the Firth of Forth. The name originated from Gaelic and means Black River. The river itself is 29 miles long and is the major river draining the eastern part of Central Scotland. Seafarers will be familiar with the famous Bell Rock lighthouse, the oldest working lighthouse in the world and the legend of the Inchcape Rock. Fear of |
Which German composer, born in 1776, wrote the opera 'Undine'. he shares his name with an American 'Oscar' winning actor born in 1937? | IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "1776" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "1776" 49 names. James Noble The son of a Dallas wholesale coal dealer, Noble spent much of his youth attending pool halls and movie houses. He retained his expertise with a pool cue throughout his life, while his stronger interest in acting (fueled by movies) manifested itself in local stage productions and drama studies at Southern Methodist University. Following Navy service in World War II, Noble went to New York to study at the Actors Studio, then went on to a stage revival of Pygmalion wherein he met his future wife, actress Carolyn Coates . The actor appeared on such TV soap operas as As the World Turns , A World Apart and such Broadway productions as "1776" (a role he took to the movie 1776 ), spending much of his spare time in psychotherapy to handle his ongoing feelings of self-doubt. In films from the mid '70s, Noble principally played small roles as authority figures and politicians ( Being There , The Nude Bomb ), with occasional larger roles. such as Bo Derek 's father in 10 . In 1979, Noble was cast as the genially absent-minded "Governor Gene Gatling" on the sitcom, Benson , a role in which he remained until the series' 1986 cancellation. Two years later, he resurfaced on TV in the role of a Nebraska-based recording engineer on the very short-lived sitcom, First Impressions . Larry Cedar Larry Cedar is an accomplished film, television, stage and voiceover artist. Admitted to Hastings Law School after earning his BA in Communication Studies, the course of his life was dramatically altered when he impulsively decided to audition for, and was accepted into, the MFA Theater program at UCLA. There he participated in and won the Hugh O'Brian Acting Competition award for Best Actor and as a result was signed to an exclusive one-year artist development contract with Universal Studios, where he subsequently appeared in his first television pilot. He went on to star in various projects for Walt Disney Studios, numerous episodics and several feature films, including a starring role opposite Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross in the Ivan Reitman -produced Feds , as well as an unforgettable appearance opposite John Lithgow as "The Creature on the Wing" in the Steven Spielberg remake of Twilight Zone: The Movie , directed by George Miller . Larry spent six years in New York starring in the award-winning PBS series Square One Television and later starred in 40 episodes of the Fox television series A.J.'s Time Travelers produced by Gianni Russo . An excellent singer, on stage he has portrayed Hoagy Carmichael in "Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, starred as "Vernon" opposite Lea Thompson in "They're Playing Our Song", and as "Secretary Thompson" in "1776: The Musical" opposite Roger Rees . An avid reader and monologist, he is currently developing a one-man show based on the works of one of his favorite authors, George Orwell . In 2003 he was nominated for two Los Angeles Theater Alliance "Ovation" awards for his performances in "Anything Goes" (as Lord Oakley) opposite Rachel York and "She Loves Me" (as Sipos, for which he ultimately won Best Featured Actor in a Musical). He also excels in the field of voiceovers, and in addition to lending his numerous vocal characterizations to hundreds of commercials, cartoon series, and video games, he specializes in the art of "speed talking". Demos of his voiceover work can be heard at www.disclaimerman.com. Larry currently recurs as "Leon", the opium-addicted card dealer and thief, in HBO's newest hit series, _"Deadwood" (2004/I)_ opposite Powers Boothe , Ricky Jay and Ian McShane . He most recently completed work opposite Keanu Reeves as the horrific "Vermin Man" (with special effects makeup by Stan Winston ) in Constantine , directed by Francis Lawrence . Tom Aldredge Tom Aldredge was born on February 28, 1928, in Dayton, Ohio. First appearing off-Broadway in 1957 in "Electra" and on Broadway in 1959 in "The Nervous Set," Aldre |
Who was the last boxer defeated by Muhammad Ali? | Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Updated 1549 GMT (2349 HKT) June 6, 2016 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Since winning a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics, Muhammad Ali has never been far from the public eye. Take a look at the life and career of Ali, the three-time heavyweight boxing champion who called himself "The Greatest." Hide Caption 1 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, poses in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, prior to his amateur boxing debut in 1954. He was 12 years old and 85 pounds. As an amateur, he won 100 out of 108 fights. Hide Caption 2 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali rose to prominence at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he claimed a gold medal in the light-heavyweight division. Hide Caption 3 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali boldly predicted it would take him five rounds to knock out British boxer Henry Cooper ahead of their bout in London in 1963. The fight was stopped in the fifth round as Cooper was bleeding heavily from a cut around his eye. Hide Caption 4 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Patrick Power, 6, takes on Ali in the ring in 1963. Patrick was taking boxing lessons after getting bullied. Hide Caption 5 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali poses for a picture with The Beatles in Miami, during the run-up to his heavyweight title fight against Sonny Liston in 1964. Hide Caption 6 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali celebrates after defeating Liston in Miami on February 25, 1964. Upon becoming world heavyweight champion for the first time, Ali proclaimed, "I am the greatest!" Hide Caption 7 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali relaxes after his win over Liston in 1964. At 22, he became the youngest boxer to take the heavyweight title from a reigning champion. Hide Caption 8 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Civil rights activist Malcolm X, left, takes a picture of a tuxedo-clad Ali surrounded by jubilant fans in March 1964. Shortly after the Liston fight, Ali announced that he had joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name from Cassius Clay. Hide Caption 9 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Known for being as quick with his mouth as he was with his hands, Ali often taunted his opponents. He famously said he could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali prepares to defend his heavyweight title in 1965. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali stands over Liston during their rematch in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali eats at a restaurant in 1965. Hide Caption 13 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali The referee pushes Ali to a neutral corner as Floyd Patterson slumps to the canvas in November 1965. The fight was stopped at the end of the 12th round and Ali was declared the winner. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali signs an autograph for a fan in 1966. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali visits a children's home in London in May 1966. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali trains for his second fight against British champion Henry Cooper in May 1966. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali British talk-show host Eamonn Andrews shares a laugh with Ali in May 1966. Hide Caption 18 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali lands a right to the head of Brian London during their bout in London on August 6, 1966. Ali won by a knockout in the third round. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali looks in his hotel-room mirror in February 1967. Hide Caption 20 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali The referee counts as Ali looks down at Zora Folley during a championship fight in New York on March 23, 1967. Ali won by a knockout in the seventh round. Hide Caption 21 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali As a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, Ali refused induction into |
For what are the 'Hugo' awards given? | The Hugo Awards | The Official Site of The Hugo Awards The Official Site of The Hugo Awards Posted on January 9, 2017 by Kevin Peter Weston, the man who created the current version of the iconic Hugo Award rocket, died on January 5, 2017, aged 73, according to a report published by Locus Online today . Although each Worldcon designs its own Hugo Award trophy base, since 1984, all metal Hugo Award trophy rockets have been cast from a mold created by Weston at the foundry he owned. (Non-metallic trophies followed the same design but were constructed using a different process.) Weston gave presentations about the making of Hugo Award rockets and made the presentation available to The Hugo Awards web site for us to preserve here. The World Science Fiction Society recognized Weston’s contributions to the Hugo Award by including his name in the WSFS Constitution after the original designers of the Hugo Award trophy, Jack McKnight and Ben Jason. Besides his contributions to the Hugo Awards, Weston chaired the 1979 Worldcon in Brighton, UK, and was Fan Guest of Honor at the 2004 Worldcon. He edited anthologies and was a finalist for the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Related Work for his memoir, Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom. Posted on August 24, 2016 by Cheryl With apologies for the delay, we are now able to release the full voting breakdown for the 1941 Retro Hugo Awards. You can find the document here (pdf). We have also updated the 2016 statistics document to correct a small number of typographical errors in the original document. These did not affect the results of the Awards in any way, and all of the numbers were correct. The only significant change is in the top 15 for fancast where The Coode Street Podcast was incorrectly listed twice. The second listing should have been for Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men, presented by Jay Edidin and Miles Stokes. Posted on August 20, 2016 by Kevin The 2016 Hugo Awards ceremony is tonight, August 20, 2016, at 8 PM Central Daylight Time, at the Kansas City Convention Center Grand Ballroom (aka The Pat Cadigan Theatre, or more prosaically as Room 2501). Live video streaming of the 2016 Hugo Awards ceremony provided by MidAmeriCon II is at the UStream Hugo Awards page . Text-only coverage of the 2016 Hugo Awards ceremony through CoverItLive, suitable for lower-bandwidth connections, is in the window below. Our coverage of the ceremony will start just before 8 PM. Live Blog 2016 Hugo Awards Ceremony The CoverItLive feed is generally a few seconds to a few minutes ahead of the video streaming on UStream. Ad-free streaming of the 2016 Hugo Awards ceremony through UStream is sponsored by Worldcon 75 , the 2017 Worldcon in Helsinki, Finland. Internet connectivity for providing the video streaming of the 2016 Hugo Awards is sponsored by Harvest Productions . Posted on August 18, 2016 by Kevin The designs of the 2016 Hugo Award trophy and 1941 Retrospective Hugo Award trophy were unveiled during the Opening Ceremonies of MidAmeriCon II, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, on the afternoon of August 17. In keeping with recent practice, MidAmeriCon II elected to showcase the trophy early in the convention so that members could see it before the final night of Worldcon. The trophy has been on display in the convention’s Hugo Award history exhibit since shortly after the convention’s Opening Ceremonies. While the Hugo Award trophy always includes the rocket originally designed by Jack McKnight and Ben Jason as refined by Peter Weston, each year’s Worldcon can design its own base. In recent years, most Worldcons have had an open design competition to design the Hugo Award base. The 1941 trophy base was designed by Brent Simmons and the 2016 trophy base was designed by Sara Felix. The 1941 Retrospective Hugo Awards will be announced and presented at the Retro Hugo Swing Dance Ceremony on Thursday, August 18, 2016. The 2016 Hugo Awards will be presented at a ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri on the evening of Saturday, August 20, 2016, starting at 8 PM CDT. The ceremony will be b |
Henri Donat Mathieu was better known as whom? | Yves Saint Laurent | Croco Magazine Yves Saint Laurent THE FILMIC LIFE OF YSL Category Papers Written by Boris Ponton – Translated by Sylwia Grzegórzko Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, better known as Yves Saint Laurent, was born in Algeria in 1936 and is regarded as one of the greatest couturiers of French haute couture and pret-a-porter in fashion history. His influence was pivotal in the fashion world of the seventies and early eighties with his innovative styling of cloth and structuring of the female costume where he merged the classic and masculine with the fantastic. Yves was born into a middle class family. He liked to create intricate paper dolls, and by his early teen years he was designing dresses for his mother and sisters. In 1953, aged eighteen, he won a contest for young fashion designers, organized by the International Wool Secretariat and was invited to attend the awards ceremony in Paris. After graduating in Foreign Languages at University in Algeria, he moved to Paris and enrolled at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, where he quickly emerged as the star pupil. He entered the International Wool Secretariat competition again and won, beating the young German student Karl Lagerfeld. His designs impressed Michel de Brunhoff, editor-in-chief of the French edition of Vogue magazine. Brunhoff went on to introduce Yves to the fashion giant, Christian Dior, who after a fifteen-minute interview, offered him a job at the House of Dior which was the most prestigious House in the world of fashion at that time. Dior died aged 52, from a massive heart attack in 1957. Twenty one years old Saint-Laurent, took over management of the brand, and the following year he launched his famous “trapeze dress”, catapulting him to international stardom. Unfortunately, he had to interrupt this work to fulfil his military duties in the Algerian war, but this only lasted two and a half months as he was soon declared unfit for the army on mental health grounds. Yves Saint Laurent holds a drawing of the design that won a contest in Paris en1953. His success in the contest drew the attention of the team of designers at Christian Dior Around the same time, he found out that he had been fired by House of Dior and replaced by Marc Bohan. Saint Laurent went on to sue Dior in 1961 for breach of contract and with his lover and partner, industrialist Pierre Bergé and a team of collaborators who came from Dior, he started his own fashion house – Yves Saint Laurent YSL. Saint Laurent with his two friends, Betty Catroux and Loulou de la Falaise outside the YSL Rive Gauche boutique in London, 1969 He was the first French couturier to come out with a full prêt-à-porter (ready-to-wear) line. He popularized trends such as the beatnik look – safari jackets, tight trousers, thigh-high boots and and and pantsuits with the first form of transparency ever – revolutionary for the time. Many of his collections were received rapturously by both his fans and the press, such as the famous classic tuxedo suit for women in 1966, Le Smoking. Still on full blast with the miniskirt, Saint-Laurent, inspired by the colourful paintings of Mondrian, incorporated it into his collection in 1965 with remarkable success. Yves Saint Laurent poses next to a portrait of himself at his Paris boutique in 1966. Speaking on French radio, Pierre Berge, the designer’s former business and personal partner, said he’d empowered women. “In this sense he was a libertarian, an anarchist and he threw bombs at the legs of society.” In 1966 he opened his first boutique, Rive Gauche, where his first customer was Catherine Deneuve. Rive Gauche quickly developed into a worldwide chain of 150 stores with a staff of ten thousand. In 1974, he introduced a series of haute couture with menswear pants, blazers and shirts, which were characteristics of the female wardrobe from the seventies. Equally, his formal attire was sumptuous, fantastic, colourful, romantic and often inspired by exotic outfits in Cossack style. In 1978, he launched his children’s line of pret-a-porter, exclusive |
Ray Barneveld in 2005, Jelle Klaasen in 2006, and Martin Adams in 2007 were all World Champions in which field? | Global Darts HOME | Global | Tournaments | Sport | Who is Who | Miscellaneous | BDO World Championship The BDO World Championship is played since 1978 and was till the split in darts the only darts World Championship. It is always played at the beginning of January so that now the early rounds overlap with the final days of the PDC World Championship. Since 1985 it is hold in the Lakeside County Club in Frimley Green in Surrey and when Embassy stopped to sponsor the World Championship in 2003 the Lakeside Country Club took over the sponsoring. So one often hears "Embassy" for the early days of the tournament while now it is called "Lakeside". From the beginning the tournament was televised by the BBC on terrestrial TV. Betweeen 1988 and 2001 it was the only dart tournament on TV but the BBC didn�t start to televise it complete since 2005. Often one hears the quality of the transmission is not as good as that from Sky Sports. But the BDO World Championship nevertheless has much more TV spectaors then the PDC World Championship. Parts of the tournament are televised in other European countries by Eurosport. Till today many people think of the BDO World Championship as the "real" World Championship and many of those players - including all World Champions to this time - who founded the PDC in 1992 had been successful BDO players. Like in the PDC World Championship the format of the BDO World Championship is sets, in the first round best of five, second round best of seven, quarterfinals best of 9, semifinals best of 11 and final best of 13. While in the PDC World Championship 64 players take part ind the BDO World Championship it are only 32 and there are none preliminary round matches. The participants come over the BDO invitation table, sometimes a player gets a wild card and the free places are filled with qualifiers from a qualification played during the World Masters. The price money is far less then in the BDO though over the last few years it increased. In all those years since the first World Championship never a player was so dominant as Phil Taylor is in the PDC. In the 1980's Eric Bristow won the title five times, but only he and Raymond van Barneveld were able to defend their titles. Raymond van Barneveld won four times and John Lowe three times. Jelle Klaasen in 2006 was the youngest winner, Martin Adams with almost 54 years in 2010 the oldest. Raymond van Barneveld, John Part, Tony David and Jelle Klaasen were the non British champions and Martin Adams was the player who with 17 times most often took part. Though Bobby George never managed to win the title, only two times stood in the finale, he certainly is one of the most enigmatic players of the BDO World Championship. Ted Hankey is the "bad" boy and hands out plastic bats to the crowd during his walk-ons. Les Wallace was a winner wearing a kilt. The only nine-darter so far threw Paul Lim in 1990. Well-known and with a lot of influence in the BDO and th IDPA is the MC Martin Fitzmaurice who opens the tournament session with "Let's play darts!" Only recently the BDO modernised the stage in Lakeside though the rather garish coulours are not to everybody's liking. On the Lakeside stage you�ll not find any chalkers any more - they were replaced by a screen only visible for the players and the MC. In 2013 the BDO announced that the field of participants in the tournament would be enlarged to 40 players from 2014 onwards. The eight additional players will come from national qualifications in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Asia, Baltic and Scandinavia and the USA. |
What is the capital of Lesotho? | What is the Capital of Lesotho? - Capital-of.com Dates of religious and Civil holidays around the world. www.when-is.com Capital of Lesotho The Capital City of Lesotho (officially named Kingdom of Lesotho) is the city of Maseru. The population of Maseru in the year 2006 was 227,880. Lesotho, formerly known as Basutoland, is an English speaking country that does not border with any sea. Additional Information |
'Myosotis' is better known as what? | Welcome to O2 Landscapes - pp-myosotis Plant profiles > Myosotis Family : Boraginaceae The sky blue flowers of the garden forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) are familiar to most gardeners. It is a very common plant of flower gardens, although it is more trouble than it is worth in New Zealand (where mildew besets plants, and it becomes an annoying weed). The late winter/spring appearance of its flowers are evocative of English and European woodlands, to where it is native1. It will therefore come as a surprise to many that New Zealand is a major centre of diversity for this genus. Out of a worldwide figure of approximately 100 Myosotis species, around 40 are native to New Zealand2, with all but two of those species confined to our shores. This diversity increases further when we take into account the distinct varieties that occur within some of our species. Several New Zealand species of Myosotis make fine garden plants, although they are still little known by most gardeners. In addition to their potential for cultivation, some knowledge of our native forget-me-nots can enrich one's experience of our wild places; as some of the native species are stunning when in flower (the most notable example being the remarkable bronze forget-me-not, Myosotis macrantha). It should be noted here that the commonly cultivated Chatham Island Forget-me-not, Myosotidium hortensia, is not part of this genus. It actually constitutes its own genus, which is found nowhere else in the world (outside the Chatham Islands). It is therefore not included in this article, but may be featured in a future plant profile. Of the native forget-me-nots that are suited to cultivation, several are alpine or montane species which are best grown in areas of relatively low humidity (such as in more southern or elevated parts of New Zealand). However, several species, including Myosotis eximia and Myosotis pottsiana, perform well even in the north (in suitable conditions). An additional aspect to the cultivation of native forget-me-nots is that a large number of our species are either rare or acutely threatened in the wild. Therefore, growing them contributes to making their existence better known, and in some cases towards preserving the genetic diversity of species. It also contributes to the work of nurseries such as Oratia Native Plant Nursery, who are actively concerned with making tangible contributions towards the conservation of native plants. Myosotis pansa subsp. pansa This nationally endangered forget-me-not is native to Auckland's west coast, with its close relative, M. pansa subsp. praeceps occurring sporadically on the western coast of the King Country and northern Taranaki. It always grows close to the sea, within open forest or scrub, and more open habitats such as the base of cliffs - areas which, importantly, have reasonably good air movement and are not excessively shaded or humid. Its vibrant green foliage and well presented white flowers (which appear over a long period in summer) render it a very beautiful plant; one which is also, fortuitously, well adapted to garden use. M. pansa subsp. pansa is one of many examples of a horticultural variation on the 'Cassandra Complex'3; a plant that despite being heartily recommended by esteemed authors like Lawrie Metcalf, is too seldom taken up by gardeners or horticulturists. Our horticultural and botanical literature is filled with similar cases, extending back into the writings of Thomas Cheeseman or Leonard Cockayne, almost a hundred years ago. This is a sentiment that Muriel Fisher expressed regularly in her classic work on native plants for gardens; and is not a complaint, but rather an affirmation of the huge potential (and importance) that lies in investigating a wider range of the New Zealand flora than that which is commonly represented in gardens or landscaping. Myosotis pansa subsp. pansa grows in a similar manner to the classic garden forget-me-not, insofar as it is a short-lived perennial which self-seeds freely once established. It is, however, superior to its European relative as its |
Which actor provided the television voice for 'Captain Scarlet'? | Captain Scarlet voice actor Francis Matthews dies - BBC News BBC News Captain Scarlet voice actor Francis Matthews dies 15 June 2014 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption Francis Matthews starred in numerous dramas and comedies as well as lending his voice to Captain Scarlet Actor Francis Matthews, who was the voice of Captain Scarlet in Gerry Anderson's 1960s TV show, has died at the age of 86. Matthews lent his voice to the indestructible puppet hero, who defended the Earth in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, in 1967 and '68. The actor also played private detective Paul Temple in the BBC series of the same name from 1969. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Captain Scarlet was created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson after their success with Thunderbirds "We are very sorry to report that Francis Matthews, best known to Gerry Anderson fans as the voice of the indestructible puppet hero Captain Scarlet, has died aged 86," it said. The statement recounted how they chose Matthews for the role of Captain Scarlet because he sounded like Cary Grant. Matthews also appeared in Hammer horror films including The Revenge of Frankenstein and Dracula: Prince of Darkness plus the Morecambe and Wise movies The Intelligence Men and That Riviera Touch. Other TV roles included one opposite George Cole in the 1970s BBC sitcom Don't Forget to Write! But it was Captain Scarlet that continued to inspire devotion among its fans, to Matthews' bemusement. "They really are anoraks," he told The Independent in 2006. "They dress up and stare at you when you're signing the autograph as if you're some kind of extraordinary God." Image caption Matthews appeared with Morecambe and Wise in a string of films and TV specials Image caption He starred with George Cole in the BBC comedy Don't Forget to Write! |
'Economo's Disease', or 'Trypanosomiasis' is better known as what? | CDC - African Trypanosomiasis ShareCompartir African Trypanosomiasis, also known as "sleeping sickness," is caused by microscopic parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei. It is transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina species), which is found only in rural Africa. Although the infection is not found in the United States, historically, it has been a serious public health problem in some regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, about 10,000 new cases each year are reported to the World Health organization; however, it is believed that many cases go undiagnosed and unreported. Sleeping sickness is curable with medication, but is fatal if left untreated. Image: L&R: Trypanosoma bruceissp. in thin blood smears stained with Giemsa. Center: A close up of a tsetse fly. Credit: DPDx |
In which year did John Charles, Princess Juliana, Peter Ustinov and Yasser Arafat die? | Team selections for Derby Dead Pool 2004 Team selections for Derby Dead Pool 2004 Key to symbols unique pick (+1 point in the event of a hit) joker (double points in the event of a hit) Jump directly to a team: Alison The Assassin First year in DDP. A late entrant and refugee from a now-defunct rival deadpool. A younger-than-average selection of celebs, with a definite leaning towards the music and entertainment industry. Years in DDP: 9 Best position: 3rd= (2000) DDP organiser 1996-2002, now taking a back seat but still entering a strong (or weak, depending how you look at it) team. Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 40th (2002) A warm welcome back to the Zimbabwean tyrant and his backing group. Must surely improve on his previous performance of finishing 40th, as we've barely got that many teams this year. Years in DDP: 5 Best position: 17th (2003) One of two teams captained by a cat, but Cefor, with just 5 hits in the last 4 years, has been unable to match the success of his feline rival, Whitaker. Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk First year in DDP. Initially tried to pick Sammy Davis Jr, who's only been dead for 13 years, but after that false start, has fielded a respectable team. Dead As A Dodo First year in DDP. Newcomer with no fewer than 16 unique picks in the team. A risky strategy, which could pay dividends, but could also mean bottom-of-the-table obscurity. Deathlist.net First year in DDP. An entry from the organisers of another celeb death-related website, so we're expecting great things of them. Check out their site at (you guessed it) www.deathlist.net . Best position: 1st (1998 & 1999) The boozy Glaswegian and twice DDP champion is always one to watch. Eat My Dust First year in DDP. A fighting choice of team name from this newcomer. Will their line-up of mainly elderly celebs leave the rest of us for dead? Years in DDP: 6 Best position: 2nd= (2001) Was the bookies' choice last year, but a disappointing 14th place has led the ever-helpful Ed to make several changes to his team for 2004. Ferret's Foragers First year in DDP. Another younger-than-average team, with a few unique picks, but only 19 players, due to the inadvisable selection of Jimmy Stewart, who died in 1997. 'Mad' Frankie will be sending the boys round in retribution for picking him... I'm Feeling Better... First year in DDP. The jovial Brummie new boy has gone for some populist choices; massively overweight '80s popster Buster Bloodvessel could certainly net him a few points. Years in DDP: 2 Best position: 12th= (2002) Returning after a year's absence from the DDP, the automotive types have gone for a fairly conservative selection of mainly aged celebs. Years in DDP: 9 Best position: 2nd (1996) Other than Big Iain himself, the only competitor to have taken part in DDP every year since the start. Has finished 2nd, 3rd (twice) & 4th - could this be the year for JJ to take top spot? Years in DDP: 4 Best position: 1st (2002) Runner-up in 2001 and winner in 2002, Joe had (by his standards) a disappointing year last year, finishing 9th equal, but he's still one to watch. Years in DDP: 7 Best position: 7th= (1998) A DDP regular since 1998, but has always languished in mid-table obscurity. It remains to be seen how this year's mixed team of nobility, entertainers and politicians will fare. Lyn's Down and Under First year in DDP. Another team weighted towards popular culture, and their choice of cult hero Rolf Harris is nothing short of sacrilegious! Years in DDP: 6 Best position: 2nd (1999) One of the most experienced DDP competitors. Put in a strong performance last year, finishing equal 3rd, and has replaced the 7 members of his team who popped off with some fairly obscure choices this time round. |
Who is missing from this list - 'Dancer', 'Dasher', 'Donner' ,Blitzen', 'Vixen', 'Prancer' and 'Comet'? | History Of Santa Claus' Reindeers: Rudolph May Be Most Popular, But What About Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen? History Of Santa Claus' Reindeers: Rudolph May Be Most Popular, But What About Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen? Close [[nid:1519660]] Rudolph may be the most known of Santa’s helpers, but he is not the only reindeer who helps Santa bring gifts to little boys and girls around the world. In fact, Rudolph was actually created after the other reindeers already became popular in Christmas folklore. In 1939, he came to life after 34-year-old copywriter Robert L. May created him for a booklet for shoppers of the Montgomery Ward stores. By 1946, 6 million booklets about Rudolph and his red nose were distributed. Rudolph's story became a popular children’s tale, due to his overcoming adversity for having a red nose and being teased by other reindeers. His nose ended up being one of his greatest assets, though, when he came to Santa’s rescue on Christmas Eve. His red nose was used as a lantern so Santa could make it to every home and ensure all children had their gifts Christmas morning. Rudolph learned to respect of the other reindeers while taking charge and leading them during the terrible winter weather. However, eight reindeers were created before Rudolph. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen are the commonly cited names of the other reindeers, and those reindeers are based on the reindeers named in the famous 1823 poem “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas,” attributed to Clement C. Moore. The names of Donder and Blitzen derive from Germanic words for thunder and lightning, respectively. Before Rudolph was included, Dasher was the first reindeer and the right-hand leader of the sleigh. Details about the reindeers: Dasher is the fastest reindeer and is always the winner at the reindeer games. Dancer Dancer is Santa's prettiest reindeer, but she does not know it. Dancer spends most of her time looking at her reflection in the frozen pond. Prancer Prancer is always aiming to please and is very strong. Vixen Vixen loves playing tricks, even on Santa Claus himself! Vixen is also very funny and makes the others laugh a lot. Comet Comet is a very serious reindeer and likes peace and quiet. On his nights off, Comet enjoys looking at the stars. Cupid Cupid is very shy, and the mother of Donder and Blitzen. Donder |
Which sea area is south-east of Faroes, west of Viking, north-east of Hebrides and north-west of Forties? | List of British Sea Areas as listed in the weather report for shipping on BBC Radio4 Here's a nice but big (162K) map I scanned it from the Radio Times, they managed to forget Bailey so I had to edit it in, which is why the lines and font are a bit dodgy there. Here's one from the Met Office , a lot smaller but not as pretty, but it DOES have Trafalgar on it, and it makes the Lat and Longs more obvious. South East Iceland: 64N18W..65N14W..63N7W..62N11W (roughly) Faeroes: 63N7W..62N3W..59N7W..62N11W (roughly) Fair Isle: 62N3W..61N00..58N00..58N5W..59N7W (roughly) The above 3 form a diagonal band from the coast of Iceland down to the Greenwich Meridian at the Shetlands on the northern edge, and the Scottish coast on the southern edge. Fair Isle is 5 sided to get back into the normal squarish grid. Bailey: Between 10W and 15W from South East Iceland down to about 58N Rockall: Between 10W and 15W from Bailey (58N) down to 53N Shannon: Between 10W and 15W, from Rockall down to 50N, and including the bits off the Irish coast. Hebrides: The bit between Faeroes and Fair Isle, the Scottish coast, 10W, and 57N Malin: Below Hebrides, between Rockall and the coasts, down to the narrowest point between England and Ireland Irish Sea: The Irish Sea from Malin down to the narrowest point between Wales and Ireland Lundy: Bounded by the south Welsh and north Cornish coasts, out to about 6.5W Fastnet: Between Lundy and Shannon, with the south Irish coast above and 50N below Sole: 6.5W..15W and 50N..48.27N, below Shannon and Fastnet Finisterre, now renamed Fitzroy: Below Sole Biscay: From Finisterre to the French coast Plymouth: The mouth of the Channel to about 8W, Biscay below, Sole to the left Portland: Up the channel from Plymouth to about 2W Wight: From Portland to a line from about 50N2E(France) to 51N1E(England) Dover: From Wight to a line matching the latitude 51N, near enough Thames: Moving out towards the North Sea, as far as about 52.5N Humber: Up to 54N, but loses a degree of its eastern extent halfway up Tyne: A tiny bit about a degree wide along the coast from Humber up to about 56N Dogger: Tyne to the left, Humber below, 4E at the right, up to about 56N German Bight: From Humber and Dogger on the left to the continental coast Forties: Directly above Dogger, ie about 56N..58.5N and 1W..4E Forth: Between Forties and the Scottish coast, stopping at 57N Cromarty: Between Forties and the Scottish coast, from Forth up to 58.5N or so, where it meets Fair Isle Viking: Above Forties with Fair Isle to the west Fisher: East of Forties and north of German Bight, but only as far as about 57.5N North Utsire, South Utsire: The last bit between Viking and Forties and the Scandinavian coast I appear to have listed them in the reverse order to that used by the weather forecasters. Never mind! |
What was Britney Spears' first number one, in 1999? | Official Charts Flashback 1999: Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time 20 February 2014 Official Charts Flashback 1999: Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time Oh baby, baby. It’s 15 years since the world got its first glimpse of that video featuring that future global popstar. Introducing Miss Britney Spears… Google + Oh baby, baby. It’s 15 years since the world got its first glimpse of that video featuring that future global popstar. Introducing Miss Britney Spears… Sometimes you just know when a big pop moment us happening, and most people will admit they suspected something huge was about to happen. A former child star of Disney TV show The Mickey Mouse Club, Britney Jean Spears soon grew up in front of our very eyes, starting out with this deliciously cheeky video to a song that was to become a modern classic. It was the first of seven consecutive Top 10s for Britney – Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know broke the spell by peaking at Number 12 in 2001. She’s had 23 Top 10s in total, her most recent being Work Bitch in November 2013, and six of those tracks went to Number 1: …Baby One More Time, Born To Make You Happy, (2000) Oops!…I Did It Again (2000), Toxic (2004), Everytime (2004) and Scream & Shout with will.i.am in 2012. …Baby One More Time is still her biggest seller, shifting over 1.5 million copies. Watch Toxic – possibly her greatest video – before we see who else was in the Top 5 this week in 1999. 2: The Corrs – Runaway Just pipped to the post by Britney, the Irish band who liked to keep it in the family were enjoying their fourth Top 10 hit with this remix of a song they’d first released back in 1996. They had finally shot to fame thanks to their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s 1997 hit Dreams, which was given an extra helping hand thanks to a remix from DJ Todd Terry. Nine more Top 40 hits would follow for Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and brother Jim, including a Number 1 and their biggest seller, Breathless, in 2000. Runaway is the band’s second best selling single, shifting 330,000 copies. 3: Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away A producer who decided to step out of the shadows and enjoy some chart success of his own, Lenny Kravitz had just been tumbled from Number 1 by Britney with this track. Made famous on a car advert, Fly Away was to be his only chart-topper and is his most recent Top 10 hit so far. 4: Lauryn Hill – Ex Factor The follow-up to her Top 3 hit Doo Wop (That Thing) saw ex-Fugees singer Lauryn Hill get serious. Taken from her hit album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Ex Factor was her sixth Top 10 hit, including her four with Fugees. She’s never had a solo Number 1, but has topped the Official Singles Chart twice with Fugees, consecutively in 1996 with Roberta Flack cover Killing Me Softly and Enya-sampling Ready or Not. 5: N Sync – I Want You Back Believe it or not, Justin Timberlake’s solo career was still a good three years away, as was his style makeover. This was N Sync’s very first hit on the Official Singles Chart, peaking right here at Number 5. There’d be five further Top 10 hits to come – the biggest being the very last, Girlfriend, which hit Number 2 – before the boys decided it was time to go “on a break” and Justin ran as fast to Pharrell’s house as his legs would carry him. |
Who was kidnapped and assassinated by the left-wing movement 'Brigate Rosse' in 1978? | Red Brigades | Mapping Militant Organizations Mapping Militant Organizations 1984 First Attack September 17, 1970: The Red Brigades set fire to the car of a factory manager in Milan. (0 killed) [1] Last Attack April 16, 1988: The Red Brigades kidnapped a chemical engineer in Mestre. (No reported casualties) [2] Updated June 27, 2012 Narrative Summary The Red Brigades was Italy's largest, longest lasting, and most broadly diffused left-wing terrorist group. At its peak the organization had thousands of active members and supporters, with its strongest presence in the industrial cities of Northern Italy. [3] It sought to overthrow the democratic Italian state and replace it with a dictatorship of the proletariat. Its primary targets were symbols of capitalism and the Italian state. These included politicians, especially those of the center-right Christian Democratic party, law enforcement, and factories. The organization cast its armed activities as acts of self-defense, undertaken on behalf of workers facing repression from factory bosses and police. [4] The first pamphlet signed by the Red Brigades – then using the singular "Red Brigade," or "Brigata Rossa" – appeared at a Sit-Siemens plant in Milan in 1970 [5] , but the roots of the organization extend back to the late 1960s, as student and worker demonstrations spread throughout Italy and protestors increasingly clashed violently with the police. The fall of 1968, known as the "autunno caldo" or "hot autumn," marked a high point in such violence as well as an organizational turning point as workers began to form collectives as alternatives to existing trade unions. The Red Brigades' founders are believed to have decided to take up arms during a November 28, 1969 meeting of the Metropolitan Political Collective (Collettivo Politico Metropolitano), a coordinating group of leftist student and worker movements, in Chiavari in the province of Genoa. [6] Some two weeks later, a bomb exploded in Milan's Piazza Fontana, killing 16 and wounding 87. At roughly the same time, two other bombs exploded in Rome, wounding 16. Suspicion for the day's carnage initially fell on the far left, members of which insisted that right-wing groups, likely aided by elements of state intelligence, had planned the attack as a provocation. [7] What later came to be known as the "Piazza Fontana Massacre" was seen on the left as the inauguration of a "strategy of tension" pursued by the right in cooperation with the state. [8] Members of the Red Brigades attacked property rather than people until 1972; arson against factory managers' cars was particularly common, as were raids against the offices of right-wing organizations. [9] Beginning with the 1974 kidnapping of a Genoa magistrate, the Red Brigades expanded their attacks to include politicians and employees of the state. An April 1975 BR document outlining the organization's "Strategic Direction" identified Italy's long-dominant Christian Democratic party "the principal enemy." [10] The number of BR-directed attacks, including kidnappings and shootings, spiked between 1977 and 1979. The organization's best-known attack of the period was the kidnapping and killing of Christian Democratic leader and former prime minister Aldo Moro in 1978. The Red Brigades' activities began to decline in 1980. Members began being arrested at higher rates, and those arrested began increasingly to cooperate with authorities, leading to the capture of more members. The group split numerous times over the period. The Red Brigades ceased to exist as a unified organization around 1981. Its core successor, the Red Brigades Fighting Communist Party (BR-PCC) continued to stage high-profile attacks throughout the decade. The Red Brigades' original leaders, many of them in jail, continued to guide the BR-PCC until formally declaring the armed struggle finished in 1988. [11] Attacks have been carried out in Italy under the name "Red Brigades" as late as 2002, though the attackers are likely not formally connected to the original organization. [12] Leadership Antonio Sa |
The song 'As Long As He Needs Me' comes from which show and film? | As Long As He Needs Me from the film Oliver! - YouTube As Long As He Needs Me from the film Oliver! Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 15, 2013 Full song of 'As Long As He Needs Me' from the film Oliver. Lyric Video coming soon. No copyright intended. Category |
Who wrote the play 'Blood Brothers'? | BBC - GCSE Bitesize: Willy Russell To understand the context of Blood Brothers you’ll need some background on the writer himself and on the aspects of British society that might have influenced his interests and his ways of thinking. Willy Russell Willy Russell was born in 1947 into a working-class family near to Liverpool. He left school at 15 without academic qualifications and became a hairdresser. By the age of 20 he felt the need to return to education and, after leaving university, he became a teacher at a comprehensive school in his home city. During this time Russell wrote songs for performers and for radio shows. One of his early plays was about the Liverpool pop group the Beatles. He has a love of popular music and this can be seen in many of his plays, but especially in Blood Brothers. Page: |
US Vice-President Joe Biden represents which state? | Vice President Joe Biden | whitehouse.gov Vice President Joe Biden Other Advisory Boards Vice President Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate before becoming the 47th and current Vice President of the United States. Download Hi-res (1256 KB) Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., was born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first of four siblings. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to Claymont, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. Then, at age 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate. Just weeks after the election, tragedy struck the Biden family when Biden's wife, Neilia and their one-year-old daughter, Naomi, were killed and their two young sons critically injured in an auto accident. Vice President Biden was sworn in to the U.S. Senate at his sons' hospital bedside and began commuting to Washington every day by train, a practice he maintained throughout his career in the Senate. In 1977, Vice President Biden married Jill Jacobs. Jill Biden, who holds a Ph.D. in Education, is a life-long educator and currently teaches at a community college in Northern Virginia. The Vice President’s son, Beau (1969-2015), was Delaware's Attorney General from 2007-2015 and a Major in the 261st Signal Brigade of the Delaware National Guard. He was deployed to Iraq in 2008-2009. The Vice President’s other son, Hunter, is an attorney who manages a private equity firm in Washington, D.C. and is Chairman of the World Food Program USA. And his daughter Ashley is a social worker and is Executive Director of the Delaware Center for Justice. Vice President Biden has five grandchildren: Naomi, Finnegan, Roberta Mabel ("Maisy"), Natalie, and Robert Hunter. As a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, Vice President Biden established himself as a leader in facing some of our nation's most important domestic and international challenges. As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 17 years, then-Senator Biden was widely recognized for his work on criminal justice issues, including the landmark 1994 Crime Law and the Violence Against Women Act. As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, then-Senator Biden played a pivotal role in shaping U.S. foreign policy. He has been at the forefront of issues and legislation related to terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, post-Cold War Europe, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. Now, as the 47th Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden has continued his leadership on important issues facing the nation. The Vice President was tasked with implementing and overseeing the $840 billion stimulus package in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , which has helped to rebuild our economy and lay the foundation for a sustainable economic future. The Vice President also leads the Ready to Work Initiative , the Administration’s key effort to identify opportunities to improve our nation’s workforce skills and training systems to help better prepare American workers for the jobs of a 21st century economy. The Vice President has continued to draw upon his years in the United States Senate to work with Congress on key issues including the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. As a longtime advocate against sexual assault and domestic violence, the Vice President appointed the first-ever White House Advisor on Violence Against Women . The Vice President has also been tasked with convening sessions of the President’s Cabinet and leading interagency efforts, particularly to reduce gun violence and raise the living standards of middle class Americans in his role as Chair of the Middle Class Task Force . Vice President Biden has traveled to 48 states as part of the Administration’s continuing efforts to focus key priorities such as college affordability and American manufacturing growth. With decades of foreign policy experience in the Unite |
"What was advertised as ""spreading straight from the fridge""?" | UK television adverts 1955-1985 Breads, spreads, biscuits, crackers, cakes Anchor Butter (1): c.1970 There’s an Anchor sign on Britain’s favourite butter, It’s the Anchor sign that tells you it’s the best. If you like your bread and butter, There’s no other word you’ll utter ’Cos you’ll always want the butter With the Anchor sign! (A little butter sailor singing and dancing to a hornpipe tune) Anchor Butter (2): 1982 Didn’t we have a lov-er-ly time Those far off days with Anchor? Salmon and cucumber butties for you Something cheesy — ain’t it breezy? Somebody’s seen the butler machine! Kiss-me-quick and donkeys So far away — and I Anchor today For those days gone by. You’ve got to Anchor for the real taste of butter! Tune: “Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor”] Anchor Butter (3) There’s an anchor sign on Britain’s favourite butter, It’s the anchor sign that tells you it’s the best. If you want your bread and butter there’s no other name you’ll utter ’Cos Britain’s favourite butter has the Anchor sign Everybody loves it ’cos it tastes so nice, Housewives like it for the lovely price. If you want your bread and butter there’s no other name you’ll utter ’Cos Britain’s favourite butter has the Anchor sign! Big T bread: 1970s Big T, Big T Roll, Big T, Big T in a ba-ag! (The wrapping was one of the first plastic bag types, which eventually almost replaced wax paper) Blue Band Margarine It’s a good good feeling! Breakaway chocolate biscuit: c.1972 With Eric Idle’s “nudge nudge” advert adapted from Monty Python Breakaway. The milk chocolate suggestive biscuit. Burton’s Bingo caramel bar Sung by Joe Brown in a cockney accent in skiffle style, to the tune of "What a crazy world we’re living in." Burton’s made a biscuit, Favver said "By jingo!" "Muvva’s played a blinder son, she’s gone and bought some Bingo". Sister can’t resist ’em, with all that Ca-Ra-Mel When ’er boyfriend asks for some she says “You go and buy yer own!” Joe: So do your mouth a favour, and listen you yer ma, Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar Sister: With lovely chocolate! Joe: Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar Father: With crispy wafer! Joe: Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar And give us anuvver muvver! Butter (1): 1950s Lady (giving man a sandwich): Here you are. It’s butter too. Real butter. Man: Mmmm: wonderful! Lady: Only butter tastes like butter. Voiceover: Buy some extra butter this week. Butter (2): 1960s With Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier AL: What are you doing with that teacake? JLM: Nothing; nothing at all really. AL: You are looking to see if it has got butter in it, aren't you? Well, has it? JLM: It's rather difficult to say. AL: Well, don't keep staring at it. Taste it. That's the only way to tell if there's butter in it JLM: Mmmm. Beautiful butter. AL: Thank goodness for that. Voiceover: Butter tastes so much better. Cadbury’s Chocolate Biscuits: 1950s Good to eat and good for you … Cadbury’s Chocolate Biscuits. Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (1): 1960s They’re singular, they’re fingular, They’re biscuits without any bends, They’re long and little, they start at the middle And come to a stop at the ends. They’re long and thin With a chocolate skin — Like sticks in chocolate silk But the most singular thing In a finger is … Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (2) Well I got these chocolate fingers now And I know they’re gonna please, They sure taste good, well I knew they would, ’Cos they’re made by Cadbury’s. Well those fingers sure go quickly, And I tell you kids they should, ’Cos when Cadbury’s make the chocolate, It sure makes those fingers good So the next time you buy fingers, Make sure they’re just like these, ’Cos the chocolate makes the fingers, And the chocolate’s Cadbury’s! Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (3) [Child trying to fit Cadbury’s chocolate fingers between his own fingers bites the end off to make it fit]: Why are you so clever, Brian? Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (4) Brian (counting chocolate fingers in a box): “Firty-one, firty-two …. Younger friend: Wha’ ya doin’ Brian? Brian: I'm counting Cadburys chocolate fin |
Which painter married Hortense Fiquet and used her as the subject of many of his paintings? | Madame Cézanne: the unsung hero of her husband's art - Telegraph Culture Madame Cézanne: the unsung hero of her husband's art A new exhibition reveals the importance that Hortense Fiquet, Cézanne's wife and muse, played in developing her husband's art One of Cézanne's 29 known portraits of his wife: Madame Cézanne in the Conservatory, 1891 Photo: COURTESY OF METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART By Kathryn Hughes Comments The face that stares out from the painting is not beautiful, not quite. Pale and oval as a perfect egg, it is topped off with a helmet of auburn hair. Nor, with slits for eyes and a dash for a mouth, is it a face that begs to be loved or understood. None the less, it remains one of the most instantly recognisable images of the late 19th century, staring out of 29 extraordinary works of art that changed painting for ever. The face belongs to Hortense Fiquet, the woman whom Paul Cézanne married then ignored, despised and loved in equal measure. Above all, though, he depended on her. Not just as 19th-century artists depended on their wives to arrange the studio and keep visitors at bay – for in truth Hortense was never very good at those things. What Cézanne demanded from Hortense was her extraordinary face, which he painted over and over, until he had absorbed its odd geometry and was able to remake it on canvas in a series of images that contemporaries described simultaneously as “monstrosities” and “masterpieces”. Now these paintings will go on show as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s blockbuster exhibition “Madame Cézanne”, opening on 19 November. In the early days his friends couldn’t see why he bothered. According to them, Hortense Fiquet was nothing special, with her mean little mouth and asymmetric eyes. But in the sharp angles and planes of her pale profile and high hairline Cézanne saw the chance to develop an early abstract art that released painting from its duty to represent reality. While contemporaries such as Manet and Renoir continued to draw women as hazy erotic objects, out and about in the pleasure grounds of Paris, Cézanne rendered Hortense as a still life, as if she were a bowl of apples. Related Articles Louise Bourgeois' New York home 15 Jun 2014 One of the earliest surviving paintings that Cézanne made of Hortense shows this principle at work. In Madame Cézanne Leaning on a Table (c1873-74), the young woman sits with her elbow resting on a table. Her dull green dress smudges into the background’s murky palette. What stands out are the sharp horizontals of the table, the vertical of the chair and door jamb, and the pattern made by her face. It is a distinct pink oval, the elliptical shape exaggerated by the heavy crown of chestnut hair piled on top. In a gesture that anticipates Picasso by 35 years, Cézanne has turned Hortense into a series of triangles, ovals and oblongs. In the painting, the fact that Hortense’s downcast eyes are nothing more than dark dots emphasises a lack of intimacy between the artist and model. And yet, confusingly, the domestic setting suggests this is a painting born of familiarity. The odd couple had met in the late 1860s when Cézanne, the son of a prosperous banker from Provence, was studying painting in Paris. Hortense, a decade younger, was a bookbinder who modelled for extra cash. They started living together early on, and a score of tender sketches by Cézanne show his lover caught in informal moments: sewing, sleeping or simply staring into space. Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress, 1888 - 1890 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) This evidence of everyday intimacy would have come as a surprise to Cézanne’s friends, who were determined to see Hortense as a bit of household furniture at best and, at worst, as a millstone around his neck. In part this was because of the way Cézanne’s paintings habitually rendered his lover’s features as a mask, with little attention paid to her inner life. In works such as Portrait of Madame Cézanne (c1877), the focus is entirely on the shape made by her severe centre parting, while in a similarly titled portrait from 10 years l |
Which French city held up the advance of British troops for over a month shortly after D-Day? | CHAPTER 22: World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy With the invasion of North Africa (Operation TORCH), the U.S. Army in late 1942 began a ground offensive against the European Axis that was to be sustained almost without pause until Italy collapsed and Germany was finally defeated. More than a million Americans were to fight in lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea and close to four million on the European continent, exclusive of Italy, in the largest commitment to battle ever made by the U.S. Army. Alongside these Americans were to march British, Canadian, French, and other Allied troops in history's greatest demonstration of coalition warfare, while on another front massed Soviet armies were to contribute enormously to the victory. The North African Campaign, November 1942-May 1943 Although the decision to launch Operation TORCH had been made largely because the Allies could not mount a more direct attack against the European Axis early in the war, there were specific and attractive objectives�to gain French-controlled Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia as a base for enlisting the French empire in the war, to assist the British in the Libyan Desert in destroying Axis forces in North Africa, to open the Mediterranean to Allied shipping, and to provide a steppingstone for subsequent operations. The Germans and their Italian allies controlled a narrow but strategic strip of the North African littoral between Tunisia and Egypt with impassable desert bounding the strip on the south. (Map 40) Numbering some 100,000 men under a battle-tested German leader, Field Marshal Rommel, the German-Italian army in Libya posed a constant threat to Egypt and the Near East as well as to French North Africa and, since the Axis also controlled the northern shores of the Mediterranean, served to deny the Mediterranean to Allied shipping. Only a few convoys seeking to supply British forces on the island of Malta ever ventured into the Mediterranean, and these took heavy losses. Map 40 475 Moving against French Africa posed for the Allies special problems rooted in the nature of the armistice that had followed French defeat in 1940. Under terms of that armistice, the Germans had left the French empire nominally intact, along with much of the southern half of Metropolitan France, yet in return the French Government was pledged to drop out of the war. Although an underground resistance movement had already begun in France and an Allied-equipped force called the Free French was assembling in the British Isles, that part of the regular French Army and Navy left intact by the armistice was sworn to the service of the Vichy government. This pledge had led already to the anomaly of Frenchman fighting Frenchman and of the British incurring French enmity by destroying part of the fleet of their former ally. If bloodshed was to be averted in the Allied invasion, French sympathies had to be enlisted in advance, but to reveal the plan was to risk French rejection of it and German occupation of French Africa. Although clandestine negotiations were conducted with a few trusted French leaders, these produced no guarantee that French forces would not resist. Partly because of this intricate situation, the Allies designated an American, General Eisenhower, to command the invasion in order to capitalize on absence of rancor between French and Americans by giving the invasion an American rather than a British complexion. American troops were to make up the bulk of the assault force, and the Royal Navy was to keep its contribution as inconspicuous as possible. The operation was to begin in western Egypt, where the British Commander in Chief, Middle East, General Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, was to attack with the veteran British Eighth Army under Lt. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery against Field Marshal Rommel's German-Italian army. Coming ashore in French Africa, Gener |
Which motorway runs from Ross to Tewksbury? | Introduction + Share | Print page Introduction Anyone who studies a road map of the Midlands would be excused from wondering why a short length of motorway running through the rural areas of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire was ever required let alone built. Even today, over 40 years since it was opened, it remains a delight to drive on with comparatively little traffic using it. The reason for this lies behind a pre-war vision that there was a need to connect the steel manufacturing centres of South Wales with the metal bashing industries of Birmingham and the Black Country. After the war, the then County Surveyor of Worcestershire was keen to see a new major road built between Cardiff and Birmingham and with the counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire pushing for a link between A449 at Ross and the A38 North of Tewksbury, the M50/M5 was spawned. In an endeavour to get things moving after the war, the three counties took on teams of civil engineers who were being de-mobilised from the army. Detailed survey, route location and earthworks design commenced. For design purposes the project, as it affected Worcestershire and Herefordshire was divided up as follows- North - South (M5) Quinton (J3) - Lydiate Ash (J4) (not originally part of M50/M6 strategy) North - South (M5) Lydiate Ash (J4) - Strensham (J8) The northern limit of M5 in Worcestershire was at Quinton with the Southern limit at Twyning on the Gloucestershire border. Main Menu |
What was founded by John Nelson Derby in Dublin in 1827? | Pre-Trib Research Center - Non-dispensational, covenant theologians recognize this essential about dispensationalists as noted by Michael Williams. The Darbyist church/Israel distinction constitutes the one great organizing principle of classical dispensationalism. The metaphysical and historical distinction between the church and Israel is the axle upon which the theology of Darby, Scofield, and Chafer rides. It is the one great absolutely necessary or essential element of the system. The Darbyist metaphysical distinction between Israel and the church is the sine qua non of classical dispensational theology. [66] Whether dispensationalists or non-dispensationalists, all recognize for dispensationalism the importance of the distinction between God�s rule for Israel and His rule for the church. From the time of his convalescence, Darby developed a theology that taught and supported a dispensational, premillennial, pretribulationism. Essentially Darby came to understand that his place or position was the same as Christ, which is in heaven. Thus, the church is a heavenly people, not an earthly people like the established church, in which he was a clergyman. Juxtaposed to the heavenly and spiritual church was Israel, who are composed of a spiritual, ethnic, and national people on earth who have a future in God�s plan after the church age. Darby came to understand that the church could be taken to heaven at any moment without signs preceding that event, in what would later be known as the pretribulational rapture of the church. Darby�s realization of a change in dispensations laid the groundwork for the development of dispensationalism, since he saw a distinction between God�s plan for the church and His plan for Israel. By this time, Darby also developed a pessimistic view of the visible church, Christendom, and came to believe that it was in utter ruins. By January 1828, February at the latest, John Nelson Darby had not only come to an understanding of the idea of pretribulationism, but, he had also come to see other components, along with a rationale to support this view. This does not mean that his ideas relating to pretribulationism came out of the womb fully developed along with no internal contradictions. [67] There was still developmental work to be done. Stunt surmises: �In fact for some years after his experience of deliverance there was something decidedly ambivalent about some of the positions adopted by Darby.� [68] It would take at least another decade for Darby to develop full confidence in his new views and their implications. The basics were in place by early 1828. This was too early to have received seminal influence from others regarding things Darby strongly contends he came to understand from personal Bible study alone during his Dublin convalescence. Conclusion J. N. Darby�s pretribulationism appeared as a seminal idea from his own Bible study during a convalescence period of December 1827 through January 1828 while staying at his sister�s house in Dublin. Darby was in distress about issues relating to the true nature and purpose of the Church during his convalescence, which led to his ideas of the rapture of the Church, an ecclesiastical and eschatological issue. Stunt concludes: �we must emphasize that Darby was a very complex person whose understanding of scripture and theology was continually evolving.� [69] Darby possessed the intellect, education, and capability needed for original thinking, and the discipline to develop ideas into a system. There is nothing in the record that indicates that this is not what he in fact did do. Through Darby�s own personal testimony on multiple occasions, he provided the theological rationale to support pretribulationism, something that would be unlikely if it was just an idea stolen from another source. A Refutation of False Origin of the Rapture Theories Exactly from whom, when, and where did Darby�s pretribulationism arise? Such questions are often debated within the world of American Evangelicalism. |
Give any year in the life of 'Ivan the Terrible'? | Ivan the IV, or Ivan the Terrible, was tsar of Russia from 1530-1584 and established a tradition of absolute rule. After a childhood of abuse and repression he destroyed his rivals and claimed the throne of Tsardom. He beat back the last of the Mongols, provided some large territotial expansion, and centralized the bureacracy. At the same time his blood thristy habits and cruel personality have made him infamous in history's annals as a lunatic ruler whom even his own people called "Terrible." Historical Background In the 1500's while the rest of western Europe was revealing in the glories of the Renaissance, Russia was still struggling to establish its own identity after just emerging from the Mongol yoke in 1480. The princes of Muscovy had traditionally been tax collectors for the Mongols and it was not until Ivan the I managed to amass a large personal fortune and conquer surrounding rivals, furthering his power and gaining the trust of the Mongols, that any single ruler began to emerge in Russia. In 1480, Ivan the III managed to buy up all the surrounding territory around Moscow and proclaim himself tsar and not subject to Mongol rule Research Report Ivan IV Vasilyevich (1530-1584), was the first of two children of Basil III and Elena Glinskaya. Ivan came into the world on August 25, 1530. Nearly a year after this Ivan's father died when he was only three. Basil had died due to a small, little pimple on his thigh that had developed into a deadly sore. Basil requested at his deathbed that his son Ivan would become the ruler of Russia when he became a man at age 15. Once Basil died the boyars took over Russia, denying Ivan's right to the throne. Ivan's mother then with other trusted boyars took over the ruling party. Elena was able to successfully rule Russia for four years, until she died suddenly in 1538, apparently from poisoning, leaving eight-year-old Ivan an orphan. Through all this Ivan had remained isolated, Ivan's brutal behavior later on in life is testimony to his never having forgotten nor forgiven the childhood indignities he had suffered. The boyars would only pay attention to him when his presence was required at a ceremony. As the rivalry in the Palace for the power of Russia escalated into a bloody feud, Ivan witnessed horrible things. Living in poverty he watched and heard murders, beatings, and verbal and physical abuse regularly. The boyars alternately neglected or molested him; Ivan and his deaf-mute brother Yuri often went about hungry and threadbare. Incapable to strike at his tormentors, Ivan took out his terrible frustrations on defenseless animals, He tore feathers off birds, pierced their eyes and slit open their bodies. On December 29, 1543 Ivan surprised his boyars by calling them to a meeting. He condemned them for their neglect of him and the nation, and denounced them for their misconduct. Prince Andrew Shuiksy, the leader of the boyars was thrown to a pack of hungry hunting dogs as an example to the others. After this the boyars conceded that their rule had ended and that Ivan had complete power. On Sunday, January 16, 1547, Ivan was crowned czar in Moscow's lavish Cathedral of the Assumption. Ivan soon married Anastasia Romanovna-Zakharyina-Yurueva. Anastasia bore him six children of whom only two survived infancy. At times Ivan was very devote; he used to throw himself before the icons, banging his head against the floor. It resulted in a callosity at his forehead. Once Ivan even did a public confession of his sins in Moscow. During the beginning of Ivan's reign, the administrative functions of the government were handled by two brothers of Ivan's mother, Prince Yuri Glinsky and Prince Mikhail Glinsky abused their position in the government, mistreating the boyars and the citizens. Ivan vowed to no longer leave administration duties in the hands of others. From 1547 to 1560 Ivan is believed to have governed with the aid of a talented group of advisers dubbed the Chosen Council. It is unknown who wielded more power, Ivan or the council. In 1550, Ivan announced a reformed code of laws |
Who commanded the Royal Navy taskforce which destroyed much of the Italian fleet off Cape Matapan in 1941? | The Italian Navy during World War II - Naval War in the Mediterrean, Malta & Crete - WWII Forums → Naval War in the Mediterrean, Malta & Crete We Need Your Help - Become a Site Supporter For 16 years we've been delivering WWII discussion and research, help support our efforts for the next 16 years. Become a WW2 Forums Patron ! The Italian Navy during World War II Started by JCFalkenbergIII , Aug 15 2008 11:30 PM Please log in to reply 107 replies to this topic Posted 15 August 2008 - 11:30 PM The Italian Navy during World War II The Second World War was a dramatic defeat for Italy and consequently for the Italian Navy. The reasons of the naval disaster are several: a) Wrong attitudes of Supermarina (Naval Head Quarter) in conducting the war strategies - crews and Captains demonstrated every day an extraordinary courage and skill but their initiatives were always frustrated by Supermarina's too prudent policy; absolutely poor coordination with the Air Force; c) inadequate equipments in terms of radar lack and unsatisfactory precision of gun aiming systems; d) fuel lack; e) the enemy was the British Royal Navy , for centuries the most powerful armada of the world; f) the Royal Navy was able to read for almost all conflict long the Italian encryipted message that should be kept secret. Most of these reasons are the obvious consequences of the irresponsible political decision by the Mussolini's government to join the war, thinking it would be ended in few months with the victory of German ally on every front. Submarine Ambra's crew The Italian militaries had to obey to the orders of the government, and they went to a war well aware that there weren't chances of victory for them. They were successful in the '30s against Ethiopians and Spanish Republicans, but the enemy they were going to face was well different. Anyway we will only analyse the military facts and not the political ones. War began for Italy on June 10, 1940, with only only two battleships that were combat ready, the Conte di Cavour and Giulio Cesare, battleships Littorio and Vittorio Veneto were still under training. Others would be ready in several months: Caio Duilio, Andrea Doria. The rest of the fleet included, 7 heavy cruisers, twelve light cruisers, about one hundred and twenty destroyers and torpedo boats and over one hundred submarines. The British were slightly numerically inferior and were based in Alexandria (Mediterranean Fleet) and Gibraltar (Force H), two of the advantages the British had, were the availability of aircraft carriers and tactics based on the use of aircraft in reconnaissance and strike roles. Italians lacked totally from this point of view, all their airplanes were controlled by th Air Force which imposed to not build any carrier. Mussolini thought that all Italian peninsula was a huge aircraft carrier: this though will be tragically wrong. During the first days of war Italians lost 5 submarines and the British lost cruiser Calypso sunk by submarine Bagnolini. On June 27, 1940 Italian destroyer Espero is sunk by 5 British cruisers. The first clash between the two navies was at Point Stilo two squadrons escorting the respective convoys, Italian ships (under the command of Admiral Campioni) were Cesare, Cavour, 14 cruisers and numerous destroyers, British units were battleships Warspite, Malaya, and Royal Sovereign, aircraft carrier Eagle, five light cruisers, and 14 destroyers, commander was Admiral Cunningham . The result of this match was that only Giulio Cesare was lightly damaged, but it demonstrated the inferiority of the Italian since they were in a more favorable position and they lost a good chance to beat the British more significantly. The battle was near the coasts of Italy and if the cooperation with the Air Force had work properly, Point Stilo would have been a great victory. In addition Veneto and Littorio were almost ready for combat, and his commander, Admiral Bergamini, asked the permission to join the battle, but it was denied by Supermarina. On July 18 a British formation sunk the cruiser Colleoni, while on July, 2 |
Which US President was imprisoned by the British and killed Charles Dickinson in a duel with pistols? | The American Experience | The Duel | Dueling, American Style The History of Dueling in America The fatal duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr shocked the nation. But it was the identity of the man killed, not the fact of the duel itself, that produced such dismay. By 1804, dueling had become an American fixture. And for another thirty years or more, its popularity would continue to grow. Like many early American customs, dueling was imported. Starting in the Middle Ages, European nobles had defended their honor in man-to-man battles. An early version of dueling was known as "judicial combat," so called because God allegedly judged the man in the right and let him win. In an era known for its bloody encounters, judicial combats probably prevented men from killing in the heat of passion. Still, numerous authorities, including heads of state and the Catholic Church, banned dueling -- with little effect. In 1777, a group of Irishmen codified dueling practices in a document called the Code Duello . The Code contained 26 specific rules outlining all aspects of the duel, from the time of day during which challenges could be received to the number of shots or wounds required for satisfaction of honor. An Americanized version of the Code, written by South Carolina Governor John Lyde Wilson, appeared in 1838. Prior to that, Americans made do with European rules. In a typical duel, each party acted through a second. The seconds' duty, above all, was to try to reconcile the parties without violence. An offended party sent a challenge through his second. If the recipient apologized, the matter usually ended. If he elected to fight, the recipient chose the weapons and the time and place of the encounter. Up until combat began, apologies could be given and the duel stopped. After combat began, it could be stopped at any point after honor had been satisfied. Edward Doty and Edward Lester, of the Massachusetts colony, fought the first recorded American duel in 1621, just a year after the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth. Armed with swords, both men sustained minor wounds. A unique aspect of this duel was that Doty and Leicester were servants. For the most part, only gentlemen dueled. Most duelists chose guns as their weapons. The large caliber, smoothbore flintlock pistols Hamilton and Burr used in their encounter typified the American dueling weapons. Many American men owned a pair of such pistols, and, from about 1750 to 1850, many were called to use them. The chance of dying in a pistol duel was relatively slim. Flintlocks often misfired. And even in the hands of an experienced shooter, accuracy was difficult. Generally, pistols had to be discharged within three seconds; to take aim for a longer time period was considered dishonorable. In an 1802 duel, DeWitt Clinton was challenged by John Swartwout, a friend of Aaron Burr. Swartwout accused Clinton of trying to ruin Burr with political smears. The men exchanged five rounds. After each round, as the code provided, seconds encouraged the combatants to mend their differences. Clinton adamantly refused to sign a letter of apology. Swartwout, despite being shot in the thigh and ankle, refused to quit. Unwilling to continue shooting at a wounded man, an exasperated Clinton left the field. Surgeons standing at the ready tended Swartwout's wounds. In America, duels were fought by men from all walks of life. But many of America's most important citizens defended their honor on the dueling grounds. Button Gwinnet, who had signed the Declaration of Independence, was shot down by General Lachlan McIntosh in a duel. Commodore Stephen Decatur of the United States Navy, an experienced duelist, died at the hands of another commodore, James Barron. And Abraham Lincoln narrowly averted a battle with swords by apologizing to an Illinois state official he had ridiculed in a local newspaper. Benjamin Franklin and George Washington were among the most prominent Americans to condemn dueling. Franklin called duels a "murderous practice
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'Edward Lewis' and 'Vivian Ward' were the principal characters in which popular 1990 film? | Pretty Woman (1990) - Quotes - IMDb Pretty Woman (1990) Vivian : People put you down enough, you start to believe it. Edward Lewis : I think you are a very bright, very special woman. Vivian : The bad stuff is easier to believe. You ever notice that? [after negotiating three thousand dollars] Vivian : I would have stayed for two thousand. Edward Lewis : I would have paid four. Old Lady at Opera : Did you like the opera, dear? Vivian : It was so good, I almost peed my pants! Edward Lewis : She said she liked it better than Pirates of Penzance. Shop assistant: Hello, can I help you? Vivian : I was in here yesterday, you wouldn't wait on me. Shop assistant: Oh. Vivian : You people work on commission, right? Shop assistant: Yeah. Edward Lewis : You can't charge me for directions! Vivian : I can do anything I want to baby, I ain't lost. Edward Lewis : I told you not to pick up the phone. Vivian : Then stop calling me. Edward Lewis : I never treated you like a prostitute. [Walks away] [Kit is trying to cheer up Vivian] Vivian : Tell me one person who it's worked out for. Kit : What, you want me to name someone? You want like a name? Oh, God, the pressure of a name... I got it. Cindafuckin'rella Vivian : That would make you a... lawyer. Edward Lewis : What makes you think I'm a lawyer? Vivian : You have that sharp, useless look about you. Vivian : Yeah. Be still like vegetables. Lay like broccoli. Edward Lewis : Look, I'll tell ya what. I'll be back. We'll do broccoli tomorrow. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Edward Lewis : People's reactions to opera the first time they see it is very dramatic; they either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they will always love it. If they don't, they may learn to appreciate it, but it will never become part of their soul. Edward Lewis : So what happens after he climbs up and rescues her? Vivian : She rescues him right back. Vivian : Bridge? He's not really my uncle. Bridget : They never are dear. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options [last lines] Happy Man : Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some don't; but keep on dreamin' - this is Hollywood. Always time to dream, so keep on dreamin'. [At the beginning of the evening] Vivian : In case I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time tonight. Lady at polo match: Edward is our most eligible bachelor, everyone is trying to land him. Vivian : Oh, I'm not trying to land him, I'm just using him for sex. Vivian : Can I call you Eddie? Edward Lewis : Not if you expect me to answer. Edward Lewis : 6 nights at $300 is $1800 Vivian : You want days too. Philip Stuckey : Oh, God! What? Edward Lewis : It corners like it's on rails. Vivian : Are you sure you want me to stay the night? I mean, I could just pop ya real good and get outta here. Edward Lewis : No, I'd really like you to stay. I don't want to be alone tonight. Vivian : Is it your birthday? Edward Lewis : No, no. Not my birthday. Vivian : Oh. 'Cause you know, I've been the surprise at a lot of birthday parties. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Vivian : When I was a little girl, my mama used to lock me in the attic when I was bad, which was pretty often. And I would- I would pretend I was a princess... trapped in a tower by a wicked queen. And then suddenly this knight... on a white horse with these colors flying would come charging up and draw his sword. And I would wave. And he would climb up the tower and rescue me. But never in all the time... that I had this dream did the knight say to me, "Come on, baby, I'll put you up in a great condo." |
How many players are there in an Ice Hockey team? | FAQ | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League 16 teams participate in the AHL’s postseason. Click here for the Calder Cup qualification rules . How does the AHL break ties? The American Hockey League plays a five-minute, 3-on-3 overtime period following games tied after regulation. If neither team scores, the game advances to a shootout, with each team getting three attempts. If the score remains tied, the shootout progresses to sudden-death rounds until a winner is determined. When is the AHL schedule released? The American Hockey League’s regular-season schedule is usually released each year in early-to-mid August. A full schedule of preseason games is usually available in mid-September. Where can I find contact information for your teams? Click here for member club information How can I play or work in the AHL? The AHL serves as the top development league for the National Hockey League, and the vast majority of players in the AHL have been chosen in the NHL Entry Draft and signed to an NHL contract. Occasionally, players are signed as free agents based on scouting information compiled by AHL teams and their parent clubs. For further information on tryouts, camps or other playing opportunities, please contact our teams individually. If you’re interested in employment or internship opportunities with the AHL office, you can send a cover letter and resume to: American Hockey League One Monarch Place, Suite 2400 Springfield, MA 01144 How can I become an off-ice official? AHL off-ice officials are managed by each club. Contact your local team if you are interested in serving as an off-ice official. What is the AHL’s development rule? In the AHL, player development is a top priority. The American Hockey League and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association have the following development rule in place: Of the 18 skaters (not counting two goaltenders) that teams may dress for a game, at least 13 must be qualified as “development players.” Of those 13, 12 must have played in 260 or fewer professional games (including AHL, NHL and European elite leagues), and one must have played in 320 or fewer professional games. All calculations for development status are based on regular-season totals as of the start of the season. Who qualifies as an AHL rookie? To be considered a rookie, a player must not have played in a total of twenty-five (25) or more AHL and/or NHL regular-season games in any preceding seasons, nor in six (6) or more AHL and/or NHL regular-season games in each of any two preceding seasons, nor in one hundred (100) regular-season games in any European Elite League. A player who has met these qualifications but did so while playing on an amateur try-out agreement or as a signed junior will not have those games count towards his rookie status. Any player at least twenty-six (26) years of age (by Sept. 15 of that season) is not considered a rookie. What is the minimum age for an AHL player? Per AHL By-Laws, the age limit for eligibility to compete in the American Hockey League is 18 years or over, on or before September 15 of each season of competition. What do those abbreviations on your transactions page stand for? SPC = Standard players’ contract (also known as an “AHL contract”) PTO = Professional try-out contract ATO = Amateur try-out contract AHL players not signed to one of these three contracts are on NHL contracts and assigned to their respective AHL clubs by their parent team. |
Which Shakespeare play features 'Dogberry', a Constable? | Much Ado About Nothing 3.3 - Dogberry gathers the Watchmen Explanatory Notes for Act 3, Scene 3 From Much Ado About Nothing. Ed. A. Wilson Verity. London: Rivingtons. I feel sure that in writing these Dogberry and Verges scenes Shakespeare had in his mind's eye one of Lyly's comedies; viz., Endimion. (iv. 2.) Lyly's work is crude and incomplete; but I believe that he furnished the prototypes of the immortal constables. It would be easy to show from other places how familiar Shakespeare was with the works of his contemporary. For a single example take the beautiful "Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings." (Cymbeline, ii. 3. 21; and Sonnet 29); it was "conveyed" from Campaspe, v. i. I have not thought it necessary to note the magnificent Malapropisms scattered up and down the scene. Who runs may read. Dogberry and Verges. "Dogberry occurs as a surname in a charter of the time of Richard II, and Verges as that of a usurer in MS. Ashmol, 38, where this epitaph is given: 'Here lyes father Verges, who died to save charges.'" (Halliwell, quoted by Mr. Marshall.) Verges is a vulgarism for verjuice. Dogberry appears to be the name of a shrub. The order of seniority is � Dogberry, Verges (Headborough, to give him his official title), and Seacole, appointed (pro hac vice) "constable of the watch" for the night. The stage-directions in the scenes where they appear are rather confused, an unimportant matter for us. 10 George Seacole. Halliwell thinks that we should read Francis, identifying the watchman here with the Seacole in scene 5, who was to bring "his pen and inkhorn to the gaol." Perhaps, however, the Seacole family was numerous and fertile of dignified and accomplished officials. 13 Well-favour'd. 'Good-looking.' 40 Bills. "A kind of pike or halbert ... the usual weapon of watchmen." (Nares.) 50 Meddle or make. So Troilus and Cressida, i. I. 14, "I'll not meddle nor make." 55 They that touch. An old saying, found in Ecclesiasticus xiii. I, "He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it." Shakespeare refers to the proverb in i Henry IV, ii. 4. 455, and Love's Labour's Lost, iv. 3. 3. 74 Statues. An intentional blunder, which the later Folios needlessly correct to statutes. 84 Till two. When they would go off duty. 88 Coil. 'Fuss,' 'bother.' A Celtic word. 98 Pent-house. 'A shed, sloping out from the main building.' 99 Like a true drunkard. A quibble on his own name, which seems to have meant 'drunkard.' 104 Any villany. Some editors change to villain; needlessly, I think. 109 Unconfirm'd. 'Inexperienced.' |
Which actor is the husband of Billie Piper? | Billie Piper - Biography - IMDb Billie Piper Biography Showing all 68 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (45) | Personal Quotes (16) Overview (3) 5' 5¼" (1.66 m) Mini Bio (1) Billie Piper studied at the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. She caught the eyes of record producers who were interested in signing a young vocalist when she was the poster girl for the ad campaign of a British pop music magazine, "Smash Hits". She released her first single, "Because We Want To", which debuted at #1 at age 15. Her second single, "Girlfriend", was also a #1 hit. By the time she turned 16, Billie had released 4 singles that all made the top three on the charts. She has been labeled the "Pop Princess" of England, UK. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dori-6 Spouse (2) Combination of blonde hair and very dark brown eyebrows Trivia (45) Singer. Chris Evans bought her a red sports car worth over £100,000 after they had been dating for just three days. She couldn't even drive. During her singing career she suffered from insomnia due to the pressure of fame. Daughter of builder Paul Piper . Her ex-husband Chris Evans is a popular and wealthy radio DJ in England. She was nominated for two BRIT Awards (the UK equivalent of the Grammys) in 1999, for Best British Newcomer and Best British Female, but lost to Belle & Sebastian in the former category and Des'ree in the latter category. Won the Breakthrough Award For Rising British Talent at the 10th annual South Bank Show Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on Friday 27th January, 2006. Won the most popular actress award at the 11th annual National Television Awards in London, England on October 25, 2005 for her portrayal of "Rose Tyler". Her Doctor Who (2005) co-star Christopher Eccleston , won for most popular actor. She has a brother named Charlie, and two sisters, Harley and Ellie. Her singing career included some misfortunes: Billie's PR company dropped her because of Chris Evans 's interference with her image. Virgin dithered about releasing a new single, and Billie's manager, Nicki Chapman , the Pop Idol (2001) judge, canceled their three-year contract. While she was at Sylvia Young 's, Billie was spotted by Hugh Goldsmith, managing director of Innocent Records, who was looking for a singer to take on the Spice Girls . He liked her vocals, and at age 14, Billie signed a three-album deal. At 15, she had a number-one hit with 'Because We Want To'. Two more number ones followed and an album, Honey to the B, went double platinum, selling half a million copies in the UK alone. Refused to take any money from her divorce settlement with Chris Evans . Her parents only found out by listening to Virgin Radio that she had married Chris Evans in a Las Vegas chapel called Little Church of the West, when she was 18 and he was 34. Billie wore flip-flops and Danny Baker was best man. Billie and Chris took the second most expensive wedding package the chapel offered. Despite having, at the age of 15, a No 1 hit with "Because We Want To", Piper revealed that her earnings from her early singing career were negligible due to being young and taken advantage of. She claimed that she is working twice as hard now because there was a massive financial rip-off and was then left with hardly any money. Auditioned for the role of Nikki in Alfie (2004). Won Best Actress, BBC Drama Awards. [2005] Named BBC Face of the Year. [2005] Woman of the Year, GQ Magazine UK. [2006] Won Best Actress, Best Exit of the Year for Doctor Who (2005), BBC Drama Awards. [2006] Won The Times Breakthrough Award - Rising British Talent, The South Bank Show Awards. [2006] Nomination for Best Actress, for her theatre role in "Treats", Evening Standard Theatre Awards. [2007] (2007/08) Nomination for London Newcomer of the Year, for her theatre role in "Treats", Theatregoers' Choice Awards. Daughter-in-law of actor James Fox . On April 25, 1983, her name was officially changed to Billie Paul Piper, by her parents, Paul Victor Piper and Mandy Kane Kent. Gave birth to her first child at |
What type of bridge is the Forth Railway Bridge? | Engineering Timelines - the Forth Rail Bridge The Forth Rail Bridge introduction | the cantilever principle | building the bridge BUILDING THE BRIDGE The construction challenges posed by the Forth Bridge were immense. The spans necessary were almost four times as large as any railway bridge previously built in the United Kingdom, which as yet had no cantilever bridges. Also, steel, the proposed material, was considered relatively untried for bridge applications. From the mid 1800s most railway bridges were of cast iron, although steel could offer a 50 per cent increase in maximum working stresses, clearly a great attraction with long spans. Safety was a primary concern after the Tay Bridge disaster. A new wind loading of 56 lb per sq ft (previously 10 lb per sq ft) had been imposed and the Board of Trade stated that the bridge: 'should gain the confidence of the public, and enjoy a reputation of not only being the biggest and strongest, but also the stiffest bridge in the world'. The construction of the colossal spans was tremendous task that was undertaken by William Arrol of Glasgow, who had also worked on the massive new Tay Bridge. Initial site work involved building the support piers. No special difficulty arose with the work executed either in tidal conditions, or in half-tide or full-tide cofferdams. Each of the three main towers is supported on four separate granite foundations, constructed within iron caissons 21m (70ft) in diameter. The caissons were founded at depths varying from 4.25m (14ft) to 27m (89ft). A delay was caused when one of the caissons accidentally tilted and, through a combination of very high and low tides, sank unevenly into the mud. It took ten months before it was refloated and sunk again in the correct position. By 1887, the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the core of the towers had reached their full height and it remained to extend their arms towards each other and close the gap. It was the task of constructing the cantilever sections that fully demonstrated the the practicality and buildability of cantilever design. Because construction takes place by building out from one support to the next, no temporary support structure is needed. This dramatically reduces the amount of material required and the time taken. All the steel superstructure, which used large riveted tubes for the compression members, was fabricated on site. In September 1889, a bridge worker clamboured from the Queensferry to the central Inchgarvie cantilever across a ladder placed between crane jacks, working some 60m (200ft) above the water. On 15th October a more secure and formal crossing was made, and by 6th November the central girder was ready to be connected. This was delayed for over a week until the temperature changed sufficiently to cause the necessary expansion that would allow the key plates to be driven in and the girder fixed between its supporting cantilevers. The bridge was opened by the Prince of Wales on 5th March 1890 and is still in use today. It held the world record for a cantilever bridge until 1917. Not only is the Firth of Forth Rail Bridge still in use today, it is also a structure that will continue to inspire generations of engineers. And how long might such a monument last? 'Forever if you look after it' according to the Firth of Forth Bridge Engineer in 1890. |
Albert II became King of the Belgians in 1993 on the death of his brother. What was his brother's name? | Belgium's King Albert II announces abdication - BBC News BBC News Belgium's King Albert II announces abdication 3 July 2013 Media captionKing Albert: "The time has come to pass the flame to the next generation" The King of the Belgians, Albert II, has announced his abdication. In a national televised address, the 79-year-old monarch said he would step down in favour of his son Crown Prince Philippe, 53, on 21 July, Belgium's national day. He said his health was no longer good enough to fulfil his duties, and he would step down after nearly 20 years on the throne. King Albert was sworn in as the sixth king of the Belgians on 9 August 1993. His accession to the throne followed the death of his brother, King Baudouin, at the age of 62. "I realise that my age and my health are no longer allowing me to carry out my duties as I would like to," he said in his address. "Prince Philippe is well prepared to succeed me." King Albert met the Belgian government's cabinet earlier on Wednesday to inform them of his decision, Belgian state TV reported. Royal scandal Analysis By Matthew PriceBBC News, Brussels This is a small but pivotal nation in Europe. The headquarters of the European Union. And yet Belgium is a country increasingly divided between its Dutch (Flemish) and French-speaking regions. In recent years King Albert II has been part of the glue that just about holds this nation together. He intervened decisively when, for more than a year, Belgium's politicians could not form a government. What might his abdication mean for a country whose national unity is under strain more than ever before from regional forces? All Flemish political parties would like to reduce the role of the king, and some would abolish the monarchy. Much will depend on King Albert II's son and heir, Philippe. His style and personal touch could well help determine whether Belgium in the coming years remains united, or continues to split. After he succeeded his brother, King Albert became embroiled in a major royal scandal when he was alleged to be the father of an out-of-wedlock daughter, Delphine Boel, and suffered a crisis in his marriage with Queen Paola. That issue came to the fore again this spring when Ms Boel opened court proceedings to prove she was the king's daughter. There is some speculation in the media that this may have influenced his decision to abdicate. Belgium has a constitutional monarchy in which the king plays a largely ceremonial role. One of the duties the monarch does have is trying to resolve constitutional crises. King Albert exercised his authority in mediating between political leaders on the formation of a government during the 2010-2011 parliamentary stalemate, when Belgium was left without a government for 541 days after elections failed to find a clear winner. Tensions between the two main language communities of Flemish and French sometimes run high, and the issue has brought down several governments, creating frequent political instability. Respect for the royal family, though, is one of the few factors that crosses the communal divide. King Albert's announcement comes only three months after Queen Beatrix of the neighbouring Netherlands vacated the Dutch throne in favour of her son Willem-Alexander. |
Which town is the administrative headquarters of Derbyshire? | Register offices in Derbyshire: Community and living - Derbyshire County Council Register offices Register offices in Derbyshire Details of the register offices in Derbyshire where you may register births, deaths, notices of marriage and civil partnerships or celebrate a wedding, civil partnership, naming, renewal of vows or citizenship ceremony. All offices operate an appointment-only system and it is essential that you telephone the office to make an appointment before you visit. Derbyshire Register Office (Chesterfield) Tel: 01246 271405 or 01246 234754 Opening times: Monday to Friday, between 9am and 4.30pm. All appointments must be pre-booked. Appointments available at Derbyshire Register Office Birth registration, death registration, notice of marriage and notice of civil partnership. Ceremonies available at Derbyshire Register Office Wedding, civil partnership, naming, renewal of vows and private citizenship ceremonies. Tel: 01246 234754 or 01246 271405 Opening times: Tuesdays and Thursdays subject to registrar availability. All appointments must be pre-booked. Appointments available at Matlock Registration Office Birth registration, death registration, notice of marriage and notice of civil partnership. Ceremonies available at County Hall Wedding, civil partnership, naming, renewal of vows and private citizenship ceremonies. Tel: 01629 533969 or 533985 (superintendent registrar) or 01629 533968 (registrar of births and deaths) Opening times: Monday and Wednesday, between 10am and 12.30pm Friday between 1.30pm and 4pm. All appointments must be pre-booked. Appointments available at Ashbourne Registration Office Birth registration, death registration, notice of marriage and notice of civil partnership. Ceremonies available at Ashbourne Registration Office Wedding, civil partnership, naming, renewal of vows and private citizenship ceremonies. Bakewell Registration Office opening times To register a birth or a death: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, between 8.45am and 12.30pm. For notice appointments and all ceremony bookings: Monday and Tuesday between 1pm and 4.30pm Wednesday between 9am to 12.30pm and between 1pm and 5pm Thursday between 1pm and 5.30pm Friday between 1pm and 4.30pm. All appointments must be pre-booked. Appointments available at Bakewell Registration Office Birth registration, death registration, notice of marriage and notice of civil partnership. Ceremonies available at Bakewell Registration Office Wedding, civil partnership, naming, renewal of vows and private citizenship ceremonies. |
The first three constituencies to declare their results in the 2010 General Election were in which city? | BBC News - Election 2010: Sunderland wins race to declare result Election 2010: Sunderland wins race to declare result Labour retain seat in first result Houghton and Sunderland South has won the race to become the first constituency to declare a result. The constituency declared at 2252 BST. Labour's Bridget Phillipson won the seat with 19,137 votes. It is the fifth general election in a row Sunderland City Council has been the first to declare a constituency. Votes were also cast in Washington and Sunderland West, which was second to declare at 2325 BST, and in Sunderland Central which was third at 2341 BST. The Houghton and Sunderland South result saw the Conservatives on 8,147 votes, Lib Dems 5,292, BNP 1,961 and UKIP 1,022. It represents a notional 8.44% swing Labour to Conservatives. In Washington and Sunderland West Labour won, with Sharon Hodgson taking 19,615 votes. The Conservatives got 8,157 votes, the Liberal Democrats 6,382, BNP 1,913 and UKIP 1,267. In Sunderland Central Labour won, with Julie Elliott taking 19,495 votes. The Conservatives took 12,770 votes, the Lib Dems 7,191, BNP 1,913 and UKIP 1,094. Ballot papers from the three Sunderland constituencies were counted at Sunderland Tennis Centre on Thursday. Efficiency over speed In the 2005 election the council made history by declaring the first three results on the night - Sunderland South at 2245 BST, Sunderland North at 2325 BST and Houghton and Washington East at 2332 BST. Sunderland's election officer, Bill Crawford, earlier said the aim was to continue that record and nothing was being left to chance. To make sure the ballot boxes got quickly into Sunderland Tennis Centre a group of local school children were employed to swiftly pass them down a line. The council's election team had learnt from past counts too. One year they found they had finished a little slower than anticipated, so changed the weight of their voting papers from 100 grams to 80 grams, making them easier to handle. And voters were under strict instructions to fold their papers only once, from north to south. Mr Crawford said plans had also been made for the unexpected: they had spare counters in the wings should it be a particularly high turn out, an emergency generator available in case there was a power cut, and a spare room has been set aside should there be any problems in the main counting room. Bookmark with: |
The Isle of Man Steam Railway runs from Douglas to which small seaside town? | Douglas (Isle of Man) – Travel guide at Wikivoyage Understand[ edit ] Douglas is the capital of the Isle of Man. The island's government assembly, the House of Keys, is located there. Douglas is also the main centre of commerce on the island and home to around a quarter of the island's population. The town's main areas are the sea front which stretches for 2 miles between the Onchan and the Sea Terminal. The Quay area near the Sea Terminal is popular for drinking and shopping. Away from the sea front are shopping districts, financial offices and government buildings while Upper Douglas becomes more residential. By plane[ edit ] The only operating commercial airport on the Island is the 54.086596 -4.63394 1 Isle of Man Airport ( IATA : IOM) in Ronaldsway, located about 15km south of Douglas. Flights depart to London Luton, Gatwick and City, as well as (amongst other destinations) Dublin , Manchester , Leeds , Bradford and Birmingham . Select flights to smaller UK airports often operate during the summer months. By car[ edit ] If you are flying into Ronaldway Airport, then you can rent a car to drive into the town. By boat[ edit ] Ferries from Liverpool and Heysham in England to Douglas operate all year round. Ferries from Belfast and Dublin operate a more restricted schedule to Douglas. Be advised that transport to the island during the last week of May and the first week of June may be extremely expensive and often fully booked a year in advance because of the TT Festival. By steam train[ edit ] Close to the airport is a halt stop of the Isle of Man Steam Railway which runs from Port Erin, in the south, to Douglas. It offers one of the few opportunities to take a steam train from the airport to your destination. Trains run during the summer months only. Get around[ edit ] A horsedrawn tram, one of only two left in the world, runs the Douglas promenade's length, from the ferry terminal to the Manx Electric Railway's southern terminal. There is also a bus service in town. Douglas is easily walkable. See[ edit ] 54.1544 -4.4819 1 Manx Museum , Kingswood Grove, Douglas, IM1 3LY, ☎ +44 1624 648000 . Museum dedicated to the history and the natural history of the Isle of Man. There is a section dedicated to Viking finds. Free entry. 54.1619 -4.4733 2 Castle Mona. A seaside mansion designed by George Steuart for John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl. Completed in 1804. 54.14915 -4.476 3 Jubilee clock. A street clock commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign (1887). 54.14915 -4.476 4 Gaiety Theatre , Harris Promenade (Buses 1, 2, 11, 12, 12A, 13, 13A, 13B, 13C and 13D stop at the Gaiety Theatre), ☎ +44 1624 600555 . 1900 theatre and one of the few remaining theatres designed by Frank Matcham. Incredibly detailed interior Do[ edit ] Buy Kippers. Buy kippers from one of the two kipper shops on Strand Street Go on the Horse Tram Railway. Travel from the Sea Terminal to the far end of Douglas Bay using the Horse Tram £3 (Aug 08) apx. Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy). This is one of the world's best-known motorcycle road races. See the start of the TT from the grandstand overlooking Nobles Park. Buy[ edit ] Douglas is the island's shopping capital and most chain stores are located in Strand Street and Duke Street close to the sea front. Smaller independent shops can be found around the Quay area close to Strand Street and the Sea Terminal (where ferries from the UK and Ireland dock). This area has been semi-pedestrianised in recent years and includes small cafés, pubs and Douglas Train Station (for steam trains to the south of the island). Eat[ edit ] The Isle of Man prides itself on the quality and variety of its locally produced food and drink – from freshly caught seafood, to succulent meat and specially brewed beers and spirits. A visit to the island really is the perfect opportunity to see what the local producers, farmers and fishermen do best. If you’re a fan of seafood try traditional Manx Kippers which are herring fillets that have been smoked over hot oak chips, or Manx Queen Scallops - Queenies as they a |
Which colour of jersey is worn by the leader in the points classification in the Tour de France? | Jerseys of the Tour de France Home > Events > Cycling > Tour de France > Jerseys Jerseys of the Tour de France In the Tour, a colored jersey is generally associated with each prize, and the current holder of the prize is required to wear the jersey when racing. The rider leading a classification at the end of a stage is required to wear the corresponding jersey during the next stage. Jerseys are awarded in a ceremony immediately following the stage. Where a single rider leads in the competition for more than one jersey, they wear the most prestigious jersey to which they are entitled, and the second-placed rider in each of the other classifications becomes entitled to wear the corresponding jersey. Yellow Jersey The yellow jersey, known in French as the maillot jaune, is worn by the overall time leader, and is the most prized jersey. It is awarded by calculating the total combined race time up to that point for each rider. The yellow jersey was first awarded in 1919 to make the race leader stand out. The color yellow was chosen because the pages of the race sponsor's magazine, L'Auto, were yellow. Green Jersey The green jersey, known in French as the maillot vert, is awarded to the cyclist with the highest number of sprint points. Points for this jersey are gained by the riders who finish first, second, etc., at the end of each stage. The number of points for each place and the number of riders rewarded varies depending on the type of stage as the flatter stages are more likely to result in a sprint finish. Flat stages give the winner 35 points down to 1 point for the 25th rider; medium mountain stages give the winner 25 points down to 1 point for the 20th rider; high mountain stages give the winner 20 points down to 1 point for the 15th rider. Points are also awarded for individual time trial stages: 15 for the winner down to 1 for the 10th rider. Additional points are available at intermediate sprint contests, usually occurring 2 or 3 times in each stage at pre-determined locations; currently 6, 4 and 2 points are available to the first 3 riders at each sprint. Polka Dot Jersey The winner of the King of the Mountain wears a white jersey with red dots (known as the maillot à pois rouges in French), which is commonly referred to as the "polka dot jersey". Although the best climber was first recognized in 1933 as the "King of the Mountain", the distinctive polka dot jersey was not introduced until 1975. The colors were decided by the then sponsor, Poulain Chocolate, to match a popular product. At the top of each climb in the Tour, there are points awarded for the riders who are first over the top. The climbs are divided into categories, from 1 to 4 based on their difficulty with 1 being the most difficult, measured as a function of their steepness and length. A fifth category, called Hors categorie (outside category) is formed by mountains even more difficult than those of the number 1 category. In 2004, the scoring system was changed so that the first rider over a fourth category climb was awarded 3 points while the first to complete a hors category climb would win 20 points. Further points over a fourth category climb are only for the top three places while on a hors category climb the top ten riders are rewarded. Also, beginning in 2004, the points scored on the final climb of the day were doubled if such a climb was at least a second category climb. White Jersey A lesser classification is that for the white jersey (known as the maillot blanc in French), which is like the yellow jersey, but only open for young riders (those who are less than 25 years old on January 1 of the year the Tour is ridden). Other (non-jersey) Awards There is a special award for the cyclist that shows the most "fighting spirit" as determined by a group of judges based on points awarded to riders who made particularly attacking moves that day. The rider with most points in total gets a white-on-red (instead of a black-on-white) identification number. Then there is a team classification which is determined |
Who plays '2' in the 2010 ITV series 'The Prisoner'? | 2010 TV Preview: 'The Prisoner' 2010 TV Preview: 'The Prisoner' Click in to find out more about the modern day remake of cult classic The Prisoner. Don't Miss Share 32 minutes ago 10:55 AM Share 1 hour ago 10:23 AM Share 10 hours ago 1:14 AM 10 hours ago 1:04 AM Latest News Share 32 minutes ago 10:55 AM Share 1 hour ago 10:23 AM Share 9 hours ago 2:14 AM 10 hours ago 1:14 AM Must Read Share 18 hours ago 5:00 PM Share 12 hours ago 10:46 PM Share 19 hours ago 3:44 PM Share January 19 2017 11:21 AM 11 December 2009 6:14 AM Shares Advertisement - Continue Reading Below One of the most beloved and iconic of classic cult shows, The Prisoner is about to be reborn for a modern day audience in a new six-episode series for ITV. The story is faithful to the original (man wakes up in a bizarre gated community, bereft of personal identity) and the cast is huge (Jim Caviezel is Number Six, while Sir Ian McKellen (r) plays looming leader Number Two). In the next of our 2010 Previews, Tube Talk speaks to chief screenwriter Bill Gallagher to find out more about The Prisoner's resurrection. How did the production come about? "Damien Timmer, who was with Granada at the time, had long wanted to make an updated version of The Prisoner but couldn't track down who had the TV rights. Originally it was made by a company called ABC - now defunct - so the rights had gone elsewhere. Eventually he found out that actually the rights belonged to Granada International, who were one floor up from him! It took him two years to find that out. Once they had the rights they called me out of the blue one evening and asked if I would like to write a remake of The Prisoner. I was thrilled. I loved it as a kid. I couldn't make sense of it but it had a real impact on me and it was unlike anything else on television, so I jumped in immediately and then thought 'Well, how am I going to do this?'" Did you have a list of things you want to keep from the original? "I just thought 'What was the essence of it? What is it that makes it so different and compelling?' The obvious thing is a man in this place called The Village - but what is it? How did he get there? How does he get out? Such a nightmare experience, that. Also the way of storytelling. It wasn't a conventional narrative, it was strange ways of telling stories. My approach was to take the essence of it, but also it would have been pointless to repeat the original, so I just responded to it with 'these are the questions and dilemmas the original posed, what are the dilemmas now?'" The original was very much a social commentary too - has that been maintained? "It is but it's more oblique, less overt. There was the Cold War and a kind of assertion of the individual - 'I'm a free man' - those kinds of '60s concerns. It would have been easy to do a version that invokes terrorism - a kind of surface version - but the battles are more subtle these days. The world is different and so much more accessible in some respects. We're all bloody Americans now! Also I think I wanted to make it a bit more about the state of human beings, not looking in terms of political battles but what is going on within the individual. How have we changed? Where are we going as individuals? One of the notions I came up with was, 'what if we become so obsessed with our individuality that it's dangerous?' Dangerous on the small scale in relationships, families and communities, but also dangerous on a vast scale so it's actually affecting our means of functioning." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below You've got a great cast. Can you tell us more about them and their characters? "James Caviezel plays Number 6. He's an individual who works for a vast corporation, where there's a mammoth amount of surveillance going on. It's not so much for crime or any sinister means, but it's for mass observation - patterns of behaviour, patterns in lifestyle - and he starts to see things in his work that make him think something is happening so he reports it. Once he's reported it he wakes up in the village. His battle is: What is this place? Why am I h |
Which Emeritus Professor at Edinburgh University has written several series of novels including '2½ Pillars Of Wisdom' and '44 Scotland Street'? | Alexander McCall Smith Biography. Bibliography. AUTHOR PROFILE Author Biography Alexander McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe and educated both there and in Scotland. He worked as a Professor in Law in Scotland after graduating, also returning to the University of Botswana to work for several years in the Law Faculty he helped to set up there. He retired from his post as Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh in 2005, in order to concentrate on his writing career. He has been a visiting Professor at various other universities including in Italy and the USA. He is an international authority on genetics and advisor to UNESCO and to the British government on bioethics. His books include many specialist titles, for example, The Criminal Law of Botswana (1992), the only book on the subject, and Forensic Aspects of Sleep (1997), again the definitive title on this area of knowledge. He has written many popular children's novels and picture books, as well as collections of short stories such as The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales From Africa (2004), based on African stories handed down to him. In 1998, he wrote The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, a novel about Precious Ramotswe, an amateur sleuth turned professional detective in Botswana. It became the first of a series of novels which have since become extremely popular worldwide, and have been translated into many languages. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency gained two Booker Prize for Fiction Judges' Special Recommendations, made the New York Times Bestseller list and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement. It was adapted for television by Anthony Minghella and broadcast on BBC1 in 2008. Tears of the Giraffe (2000), its sequel, was named one of The Guardian's top ten fiction books of 2000 and the fifth book in the series, The Full Cupboard of Life (2003) won the 2003 Saga Award for Wit. In 2004, Alexander McCall Smith also won the British Book Awards Author of the Year award. The latest book in the series of ten is Tea Time for the Traditionally Built(2009). In 2004, the first of a new series of novels was published - The Sunday Philisophy Club - featuring Isabel Dalhousie, a Scottish-American Professor of moral philosophy. The second in the series, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, was published in 2005, the third, The Right Attitude to Rain, in 2006, the fourth, The Careful Use of Compliments, in 2007, and the fifth, The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday, in 2008. Alexander McCall Smith lives in Edinburgh, plays in the Really Terrible Orchestra and wrote a serial novel in daily episodes through the pages of The Scotsman newspaper entitled '44, Scotland Street'. 44 Scotland Street was published in book form in 2005, and has been followed by several other books in the same series, the latest being The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (2008). He is currently writing Corduroy Mansions in 100 episodes - a serial novel for the Telegraph website. Bibliography Power and Manoeuvrability (edited with Tony Carty) Q Press, 1978 So You Want to Try Drugs? (with Fiona Foster) Macdonald, 1980 The White Hippo (illustrated by Michael clifford) Hamish Hamilton, 1980 All About Drinking (with Fiona Foster) Macdonald, 1981 The Little Theatre (illustrated by Peter Rush-Jansen) Macdonald, 1982 The Perfect Hamburger (illustrated by Laszlo Acs) Hamilton, 1982 Law and Medical Ethics (with J. K. Mason) Butterworth, 1983 Y blas sy'n cyfri (with Alwena Williams; illustrated by Lazlo Acs) Gomer, 1983 Butterworths Medico-Legal Encyclopaedia (with J. K. Mason) Butterworths, 1986 On the Road Chambers, 1987 Alix and the Tigers (illustrated by Jon Miller) Young Corgi Books, 1988 Film Boy (illustrated by Joanna Carey) Methuen Children's, 1988 Mike's Magic Seeds Young Corgi, 1988 Children of Wax: African Folk Tales (editor) Canongate, 1989 Uncle Gangster Methuen Children's, 1989 Akimbo and the Elephants Mammoth, 1990 All about Drink and Drug Abuse Macmillan, 1 |
Which 'rapper' has released albums entitled 'Mr. Smith' and 'Todd Smith'? | LL Cool J - Music on Google Play LL Cool J About the artist James Todd Smith, known professionally as LL Cool J, is an American rapper, actor, author, and entrepreneur from Queens, New York. He is known for such hip hop hits as "I Can't Live Without My Radio", "I'm Bad", "The Boomin' System", "Rock The Bells" and "Mama Said Knock You Out", as well as romantic ballads such as "Doin' It", "I Need Love", "Around the Way Girl" and "Hey Lover". LL Cool J is also known as one of the forefathers of pop rap. He has released 13 studio albums and two greatest hits compilations. His twelfth album Exit 13, was his last for his long-tenured deal with Def Jam Recordings. His latest album, Authentic, was released in April 2013. In 2010, VH1 considered him to be in their "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time" list. LL Cool J has also appeared in numerous films, including In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, S.W.A.T., Mindhunters, and Edison. He currently stars in an action role as NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna, on the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles. LL Cool J is also the host of Lip Sync Battle on Spike. 1 $8.99 The DEFinition is the tenth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, released on August 31, 2004 by Def Jam Recordings. Produced by Timbaland, N.O. Joe and 7 Aurelius, the album peaked at number ... 1 1 $9.49 10 is the ninth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, released on October 15, 2002 by Def Jam Recordings. It peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200. LL Cool J and 10 hit a milestone in... 1 1 $8.99 G.O.A.T. is the eighth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, issued on Def Jam Recordings. It was released on September 12, 2000, and peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200. It was LL ... 1 1 $5.99 Phenomenon is the seventh studio album by rapper LL Cool J. After the success of his previous release Mr. Smith, the same basic principles are followed here, with several R&B-influenced tracks, and... 1 1 $12.49 Mr. Smith is the sixth studio album by American hip hop recording artist LL Cool J, released on November 21, 1995 by Def Jam. After the commercially disappointing 14 Shots to the Dome, it was a suc... 1 1 $5.99 Mr. Smith is the sixth studio album by American hip hop recording artist LL Cool J, released on November 21, 1995 by Def Jam. After the commercially disappointing 14 Shots to the Dome, it was a suc... 1 Busta Rhymes 0 Trevor George Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes,... 0 RUN-DMC 0 Run–D.M.C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. The group is widely acknowledged as one of the most in... 0 Coolio 0 Artis Leon Ivey Jr., known professionally as Coolio, is an American rapper, chef, actor, and record producer. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid to late 1990s with his albums It Takes a ... 0 Snoop Dogg 0 Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper and actor from Long Beach, California. His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Dre of N.... 0 Junior M.A.F.I.A. 0 Junior M.A.F.I.A. is an American hip hop group from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. The acronym M.A.F.I.A. stands for Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes. They were form... 0 Heavy D 0 Dwight Errington Myers, better known as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, singer, actor, and the former leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a hip hop group which included dan... 0 Ice-T 0 Tracy Lauren Marrow better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his ... 0 Wreckx-n-Effect 0 Wreckx-n-Effect is an American new jack swing group from the Harlem, New York City who were best known for their multi-platinum hit "Rump Shaker" in 1992, which was produced by Teddy Riley. |
Crowned o June 1st 1533, Anne Boleyn was the mother of which monarch? | 1533 – tudors & other histories Minerva Casterly Leave a comment Princess Elizabeth Tudor was christened on the tenth of September 1533, three days after her birth. Her mother was Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second spouse. And although some sources reported that it was with “great regret” that they welcomed their daughter into the world, the couple tried to remain positive with Henry VIII stating that he and his wife “are both young and by God’s grace, sons will follow.” It was the best they could do of a bad situation. In her book, Antonia Fraser, states that it would have been much better for Anne and her stepdaughter, if she had given birth to a son. With a son in the Tudor cradle the pope and the rest of Catholic Europe, would have been forced to recognize the marriage. And it is highly likely, given that Spain was constantly looking to England as an ally against their ancestral enemy, France; he would have found a form of reconciling with his former uncle. As for the Lady Mary; with a brother in the cradle and the rest of Europe recognizing him as her father’s true heir, she would no longer be seen as a threat anymore and it’s very possible that she would have been married to a loyal noble or an impoverished royal or second son in due time. Of course, this is all speculation, but given how urgent it was for Henry and Anne to have a son, these outcomes seem highly likely. Following his daughter’s birth, Henry cancelled the joust and the letters announcing her birth had to be added an extra ‘s’ for Princess. What made up for their disappointment was the princess’ health. This was a good sign for some, and proof that Anne could sire healthy children. Prior to her christening, the rivalry between Anne and Katherine intensified when she demanded that she hand over the christening cloth she’d used for her firstborn son [Henry, Duke of Cornwall]. Naturally, Katherine refused. That cloth had been brought by Spain, it was hers and it also held a sentimental value. She was not about to give it up declaring that the mere suggestion of it was “horrible and abominable”. Anne must have been angered, but in the end it didn’t matter because as Queen, she could have anything she wanted, so a new cloth was made. The ceremony started very early. “The heralds carried their tabards. Attendants and serving men bore unlighted torches. Lords and ladies carried the equipment needed for the ceremony: a gold cellar of salt, for the exorcism of the child; great silver gilt basins in which the godparents could wash off traces of the holy oil with which the child was anointed; a chrisom-cloth, to be bound over the crown of the baby’s head after she had been anointed with chrisom; and a taper, to be lit after the baptism was completed.” (Starkey) Elizabeth was carried into the church by one of her godparents, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. Her other godparents, Thomas Cranmer [Archbishop of Canterbury] and the Marchioness of Exeter were close by. The Bishop of London officiated the ceremony, christening the little Princess Elizabeth; and when it was over, she was returned to her mother who received her “joyfully lying on her great French bed with the King by her side.” There was a lot of talk regarding her birth, and what Henry felt. Chapuys was no stranger to gossip and was the one who wrote that the couple felt very disappointed with their daughter’s gender. It would be very naïve to think that they weren’t, but as time went on, Anne showed that she was very committed to her child as her rival had been of hers; and just as Katherine, her faith become a major part of her life –taking refuge in it. Ironically, Henry’s quest for an ‘ideal’ marriage and a son to make his dynasty be remembered, wouldn’t be accomplished by a son or another marriage, but rather by a daughter; and her refusal to wed. Sources: Minerva Casterly 1 Comment On the 7th of September 1533, Queen Anne Boleyn gave birth to a daughter she named Elizabeth, at Greenwich, the Palace of Placentia. Anne had gone to her confinement a month earlier, confident that she was going to |
Nicknamed 'The Staggies', which First Division team were runners-up in the 2010 Scottish FA Cup Final? | Ross County F.C. | Open Access articles | Open Access journals | Conference Proceedings | Editors | Authors | Reviewers | scientific events See also: List of Ross County F.C. seasons The club were formed in 1929 after the previous local clubs from the North Caledonian Football League , Dingwall Victoria United, the 'Dingwall Victors', and Dingwall Thistle, the 'Dingwall Jags' successfully applied for Highland Football League membership. The club was subsequently renamed Ross County. Playing in the Highland League from 1929, they won the championship on three occasions, first in 1967, then in 1991 and 1992. They also gained a reputation for their good performances in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup , upsetting league teams on eight occasions. The most notable of these upsets came on 8 January 1994, they won 4–0 at Forfar Athletic , and were elected to the Scottish Football League three days later. At the beginning of season 1994–95 the Scottish League underwent changes in its structure, and, following a vote on 11 January 1994, County were allocated one of the two vacancies in the new 10-club Division Three . County gathered 57 votes, while the proposed merger to form Inverness Caledonian Thistle amassed 68. In 1998–99 they were Champions of the Third Division and thereby won promotion to the Second Division, where they finished in third place. This resulted in promotion to the First Division followed thanks to a reorganisation of the League, with the Premier League being expanded from ten clubs to twelve. After seven seasons in the First Division Ross County were relegated back to the Second Division in 2006–07. They won the Second Division in 2007–08, and were promoted back to the First Division. Ross County finished their first season back in the First Division in 8th place. Their manager for a very short spell until October 2005, was former Inverness and Hearts manager John Robertson . He left the club on 24 October 2005, due to differences of opinion on a number of fundamental issues with the chairman. Gardner Spiers , a former Aberdeen coach, was appointed caretaker manager , but he too left in April 2006 after being told he would not be considered for appointment on a permanent basis. Director of Football George Adams took temporary charge before former Motherwell player Scott Leitch was appointed on 18 April 2006. Leitch, after winning the Challenge Cup but suffering relegation, stood down at the end of the 2006–07 season, almost exactly one year after his appointment. [2] Former Partick Thistle manager Dick Campbell was announced as his replacement in May 2007. [3] However, after a good run of results to start their Division 2 campaign, Campbell and the Ross County board decided to part company on 2 October 2007. Derek Adams (son of George Adams) took over as caretaker, and was confirmed as permanent manager a month later, after the side's good form continued. File:RossCountyFC League Performance.svg Chart of table positions of Ross County since joining the League. In November 2010 Derek Adams left to become Colin Calderwood's assistant at Hibernian . [4] Former Celtic player Willie McStay was appointed as his replacement in November 2010. [5] Although McStay's tenure was short – lasting only 9 games. [6] Jimmy Calderwood was then appointed until the end of the 2010–11 season. [7] In May 2011 it was announced that Derek Adams was to return as manager. [8] Ross County won their first ever nationwide trophy when they won the Scottish Challenge Cup in November 2006 on penalties with Jason Crooks scoring the deciding spot kick on his competitive debut. [9] Two years later County again reached the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup . They played Airdrie United at McDiarmid Park . Unlike two years previously, County lost in a penalty shootout where four penalties were missed. Ross County also reached the Challenge Cup final on April 2011 in which they beat Queen Of The South 2–0. On 23 March 2010 they defeated Scottish Premier League club Hibernian 2–1 in a Scottish Cup quarter-final replay at home at Victor |
In which 1970's police drama did Karl Malden play 'Detective Lieutenant Mike Stone'? | Best Cop Shows from the 1970s | ReelRundown Best Cop Shows from the 1970s Best Cop Shows from the 1970s Updated on May 25, 2016 Joined: 7 years agoFollowers: 13Articles: 9 Influential Television The most influential television shows from my childhood were the police dramas of the 1970s. In fact I credit shows like Baretta, Charlie's Angels, and Starsky & Hutch for inspiring my initial desire to become a writer. I wanted to recreate those tough no nonsense crime fighters I grew up with in my own fiction. Whether or not I succeed remains to be seen, since I haven't published any of my own writing as yet. Cop shows dominated the '70s so there was no way to pay credit to them all in this short article. Instead I focused on my personal favorites, the ones I remember watching in the evening with my family. Hopefully there are some of your favorites too. Advertisement Martin Milner as Malloy and Kent McCord as Reed from Adam-12. | Source Advertisement The series centered around Los Angeles Police Department vetern, Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and his new rookie partner, Jim Reed (Kent McCord). Pete was the carefree bachelor and Malloy the devoted family man. Created by Jack Webb, who was also responsible for the hit series Dragnet, this police procedural followed the officers during a typical day. The show ran from 1968 to 1975. Adam 12 - Season 1 Episode 2 Advertisement Hawaii Five-O Intro 1970s The Streets of San Francisco Karl Malden (right) as Mike Stone with David Wayne as Wally Sensibaugh, a newspaper person. | Source Advertisement Karl Malden played veteran detective Lieutenant Mike Stone and Michael Douglas his young rookie partner, Inspector Steve Keller. The ABC series aired from 1972 to 1977. Back to the Streets of San Francisco, a reunion movie, aired in 1992. Streets of San Francisco Opening Kojak Source Telly Savalas played Lieutenant Theo Kojak, a cool streetwise New York City cop known as much for the lollypop in his mouth as his bald head. Kojack and his team were known to track down the worst of New York City's criminals. George Savalas, Telly's real life brother, played Detective Stavros. Kojack's "Who loves ya, baby?" became one of the top catchphrases of the decade. Kojak won two Emmy's, including Best Actor in a Drama for Telly Savalas. The show ran from on CBS from Oct. 1973 to March 1978. Seven Kojak movies aired on ABC between 1985 and 1990. Kojak Intro and Theme The Rookies The cast of The Rookies from the top: Georg Stanford Brown (as Terry Webster), Kate Jackson (Jill Danko), Gerald S. O'Laughlin (Eddie Ryker), Bruce Franklin (Chris Owens), and Sam Melville (Mike Danko). | Source This ABC show focused on a group of young police officers and the relationships between them. The show was produced by Aaron Spelling and ran for four years (1972 to 1976). The cast included George Stanford Brown, Kate Jackson, and Michael Ontkean. The Rookies Intro Police Story Tony Lo Bianco and Don Meredith on Police Story. | Source Police Story had different actors in lead roles each week. Some recurred and many were killed off, making Police Story different from other cop shows on the air. Don Meredith, James Farentino, and Tony Lo Bianco were a few of the regulars. The series aired from 1973 to 1977 with several reunion movies. Police Story - Pilot Clip Rockford Files James Garner (right) as Jim Rockford. | Source James Garner played Jim Rockford, an ex-con turned private eye. Unlike most of the other tv detectives, Rockford led a less than luxurious life. He lived and worked out of a trailer and was constantly being hounded by people he owed. He was often assisted by his father, Rocky, played by Noah Beery Jr. or his friend, Angel, played by Stuart Margolin. Every episode started with an amusing message left on Rockford's answering machine. Rockford Files ran on NBC for six seasons (Sept. 1974 - Jan. 1980) and there were eight reunion movies. Scene from Season One of Rockford Files Police Woman Angie Dickenson as Pepper Anderson on Police Woman. | Source Angie Dickinson starred as Sergeant Pepper Anderson in the NBC s |
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