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What was the nationality of William Baffin, who gave his name to Baffin Island? | William Baffin | English navigator | Britannica.com English navigator James Cook William Baffin, (born c. 1584, London , Eng.?—died Jan. 23, 1622, Persian Gulf , off the island of Qeshm [now part of Iran]), navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage and gave his name to Baffin Island , now part of the Northwest Territories , Canada, and to the bay separating it from Greenland . His determination of longitude at sea by observing the occultation of a star by the Moon in 1615 is said to have been the first of its kind on record. The earliest mention of Baffin (1612) was as a member of Captain James Hall’s expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. Aboard the Discovery with Captain Robert Bylot (1615), Baffin explored Hudson Strait , which separates Canada from Baffin Island. In 1616 Baffin again sailed as pilot of the Discovery and penetrated Baffin Bay some 300 miles (483 km) farther than the English navigator John Davis had in 1587. In honour of the patrons of his voyages, he named Lancaster, Smith, and Jones sounds, the straits radiating from the northern head of the bay. There seemed to be no hope, however, of discovering a passage to India by that route. Next, in service to the East India Company , he made surveys of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. In 1622, during his final voyage to the Persian Gulf, he was killed in an Anglo-Persian attack on Qeshm. Learn More in these related articles: |
What is the name of Johannesburg's major cricket stadium, venue for this year's World Cup Final? | The Wanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg The legend of Wanderers Wanderers Cricket Stadium Popularly known as the ‘the Bullring’, the Wanderers Cricket Stadium in Johannesburg has hosted some of the greatest Test matches since its inception in 1856. Over the years it has been the venue for some of the most scintillating games. Did you know? The first 1st-class match played at Wanderers Stadium was in November 1956, between Transvaal and Natal. The Wanderers Cricket Stadium was moved three times to reach its present venue in Illovo. Its first grounds – known as Old Wanderers – is now the site of the Johannesburg Railway Station. At the end of the 1945-46 season, cricket games were then moved to Doornfontein, where Ellis Park Stadium now stands, before being moved to the present location. The current stadium, the building of which commenced in 1955, hosted its first test in 1956. Since 1991, the stadium has been upgraded several times and according to its website, R60-million has been spent on the upgrades to date. Wanderers now has a capacity of about 34 000. Because if its excellent facilities, the Wanderers Cricket Stadium was the venue for Cricket World Cup final in 2003. On 12 March 2006, the stadium was also the site of what is considered by many cricket fans as one of the greatest matches ever played. During the final match of a five-day series between South Africa and Australia, the Proteas successfully chased down Australia's score of 434/3 to win by 438/3. The Proteas won that series 3-2. The game has since been dubbed the '438 game'. The Wanderers is currently the home ground for Highveld Lions team. Travel |
In which Northamptonshire battle, fought on June 14th 1645, did the Parliamentarians under Fairfax, defeat Prince Rupert's Royalists? | UK Battlefields Resource Centre - The Civil Wars - The Battle of Battle of Naseby Battle of Naseby 14th June 1645 The battle of Naseby was fought on the morning of the 14th June 1645. In the open fields of that small Northamptonshire village, parliament's New Model Army destroyed King Charles I's main field army. After nearly three years of conflict, this was the decisive battle of the Civil War. Only about 4000 Royalists escaped the field, most of whom were either cavalry or senior officers, some seriously wounded. The main royalist field army had been quite literally destroyed. In the following days Leicester was recaptured. The next month the New Model went on to defeat the last significant royalist field army, at Langport. Thereafter it was largely a matter of clearing the remaining royalist garrisons. After Hastings and the Battle of Britain, which respectively began and ended the last millennium, Naseby was arguably the most important and decisive battle ever fought in England. Where those other battles were the result of challenges to the very basis of the kingdom by foreign foes, Naseby was the culmination of a bloody Civil War and the stepping stone for a political revolution. Despite the construction of the A14 road in 1992, Naseby is relatively well preserved and one of the best understood of all British battlefields. It is well worth visiting, for it is easily accessible on minor roads, from which one can gain a good feel for the character of the landscape. However there are few rights of way and thus little opportunity to explore the battlefield on foot. Sadly the interpretation at Naseby does not match the national significance of the battle. This is why the Battlefields Trust is currently developing a staged programme to enhance the on site interpretation of this key English battle. |
The English and the Scots fought which battle, on September 9th.1513, near the Northumberland village of Branxton? | Battle of Flodden - 1513 Battle of Flodden Field - 1513 FLODDEN, or FLODDEN FIELD, near the village of Branxton, in Northumberland, England (10 m. N.W. of Wooler), the scene of a famous battle fought on the 9th of September 1513 between the English and the Scots. On the 22nd of August a great Scottish army under King James IV. had crossed the border. For the moment the earl of Surrey (who in King Henry ViII.’s absence was charged with the defence of the realm) had no organized force in the north of England, but James wasted much precious time among the border castles, and when Surrey appeared at Wooler, with an army equal in strength to his own, which was now greatly weakened by privations and desertion, he hall not advanced beyond Ford Castle. The English commander promptly sent in a challenge to a pitched battle, which the king, in spite of the advice of his most trusted counsellors, accepted. On the 6th of September, however, he left Ford and took up a strong position facing south, on Flodden Edge. Surrey reproaches for the alleged breach of faith, and a second challenge to fight on Millfield Plain were this time disregarded. The English commander, thus foiled, executed a daring and skilful march round the enemy’s flank, and on the 9th drew up for battle in rear of the hostile army. It is evident that Surrey was confident of victory, for he placed his own army, not less than the enemy, in a position where defeat would involve utfer ruin. On his appearance the Scots hastily changed front and took post on Branxton Hill’, facing north. The battle began at 4 P.M. Surrey’s archers and cannon soon gained the upper hand, and the Scots, unable quietly to endure their losses, rushed to close quarters. Their left wing drove the English back, but Lord Dacre’s reserve corps restored the fight on this side. In all other parts of the field, save where James and Surrey were personally opposed, the English , gradually gained ground. The king’s corps was then attacked by Surrey in front, and by Sir Edward Stanley in flank. As the Scots were forced back, a part of Dacre’s force closed upon the other flank, and finally Dacre himself, boldly neglecting an almost intact Scottish division in front of him, charged in upon the rear of King James’s corps. Surrounded and attacked on all sides, this, the remnant of the invading army, was doomed. The circle of spearmen around the king grew less and less, and in the end James and a few of his nobles were alone left standing. Soon they too died, fighting to the last man. Among the ten thousand Scottish dead were all the leading men in the kingdom of Scotland, and there was no family of importance that had not lost a member in this great disaster. The “King’s Stone,” said to mark the spot where James was killed, is at some distance from the actual battlefield. Scottish dead included twelve earls, fifteen lords, many clan chiefs an archbishop and above all King James himself. It is said that every great family in Scotland mourned the loss of someone at the Battleof Flodden. The dead were remembered in the famous Scottish pipe tune The Flowers of the Forest. |
Which Union leader of the American Civil War gave his name to a tree in California's 'Sequoia National Park'? | William Tecumseh Sherman | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Other work Bank manager, lawyer, college superintendent, streetcar executive William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the " scorched earth " policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States . [1] Military historian B. H. Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was "the first modern general". [2] Sherman served under General Ulysses S. Grant in 1862 and 1863 during the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River and culminated with the routing of the Confederate armies in the state of Tennessee. In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the western theater of the war. He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed to the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln . Sherman's subsequent march through Georgia and the Carolinas further undermined the Confederacy's ability to continue fighting. He accepted the surrender of all the Confederate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida in April 1865. When Grant assumed the U.S. presidency in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the Army (1869–83). As such, he was responsible for the U.S. Army's engagement in the Indian Wars over the next 15 years, in the western United States. He steadfastly refused to be drawn into politics and in 1875 published his Memoirs, one of the best-known first-hand accounts of the Civil War. Contents Edit Sherman's childhood home in Lancaster Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father Charles Robert Sherman , a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing , a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first Secretary of the Interior. Sherman was distantly related to American founding father Roger Sherman and grew to admire him. [3] Sherman's older brother Charles Taylor Sherman became a federal judge. One of his younger brothers, John Sherman, served as a U.S. senator and Cabinet secretary. Another younger brother, Hoyt Sherman , was a successful banker. Two of his foster brothers served as major generals in the Union Army during the Civil War: Hugh Boyle Ewing , later an ambassador and author, and Thomas Ewing, Jr. , who would serve as defense attorney in the military trials against the Lincoln conspirators . Sherman's given names Edit Sherman's unusual given name has always attracted considerable attention. [4] Sherman reported that his middle name came from his father having "caught a fancy for the great chief of the Shawnees, ' Tecumseh .'" [5] Since an account in a 1932 biography about Sherman, it has often been reported that, as an infant, Sherman was named simply Tecumseh. According to these accounts, Sherman only acquired the name "William" at age nine or ten, after being taken into the Ewing household. His foster mother, Maria Ewing, who was of Irish ancestry, was a devout Catholic. In the Ewing home, Sherman was baptized by a Dominican priest, who named him William for the saint's day: possibly June 25, the feast day of Saint William of Montevergine . [6] But, scholars believe this colorful account may be myth. Sherman wrote in his Memoirs that his father named him William Tecumseh; Sherman was baptized by a Presbyterian minister as an infant and given the name William at that time. [7] As an adult, Sherman signed all his correspondence – including to his wife – "W.T. Sherman." [8] His |
In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', what is the name of the sinister blind pirate? | Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson The Project Gutenberg EBook of Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Treasure Island Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrator: Louis Rhead Release Date: March 13, 1994 [EBook #120] Last Updated: July 14, 2014 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TREASURE ISLAND *** Produced by Judy Boss, John Hamm, Arthur DiBianca and David Widger TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated by Louis Rhead The images in this file are of absolute format: they do not reduce in size for Tablets, Smart Phones, PDAs and small computer screens; on small screens the larger images may run off the side and not be completely visible. A different version of this ebook with the images made relative to the screen size is available on CLICKING HERE . 34. And Last TREASURE ISLAND To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and with the kindest wishes, dedicated by his affectionate friend, the author. TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons, And buccaneers, and buried gold, And all the old romance, retold Exactly in the ancient way, Can please, as me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of today: —So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave: So be it, also! And may I And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their creations lie! TREASURE ISLAND PART ONE—The Old Buccaneer 1 The Old Sea-dog at the "Admiral Benbow" QUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17__ and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof. I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow—a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards: "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" in the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken at the capstan bars. Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for a glass of rum. This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste and still looking about him at the cliffs and up at our signboard. "This is a handy cove," says he at length; "and a pleasant sittyated grog-shop. Much company, mate?" My father told him no, very little company, the more was the pity. "Well, then," said he, "this is the berth for me. Her |
Sir Sidney Holland was Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country, between 1949 and 1957? | Holland, Sidney George – Biography – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1893–1961 Businessman, politician, farmer, prime minister This biography was written by Barry Gustafson and was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand BiographyVolume 5, 2000 Sidney George Holland was born at Greendale, Canterbury, on 18 October 1893, one of eight children of English-born parents Jane Eastwood and her husband, Henry Holland, a farmer. His father later became a Christchurch merchant and in 1912 was elected mayor, standing as an independent with labour support. Subsequently, Henry moved steadily toward the right and (after standing unsuccessfully as an independent Liberal candidate) was eventually elected to Parliament in 1925 as Reform Party MP for Christchurch North. Sid Holland was educated at Christchurch West District High School, leaving when he was 15 to work first in a hardware store and then in his father’s transport business. Although influenced by a theologically conservative Methodist upbringing, he was later to move into the Anglican church. He served as a sergeant, and later a second lieutenant, in the New Zealand Field Artillery during the First World War, but became ill with hydatids and was invalided home after the battle of Messines (Mesen). He spent six months in hospital and after several operations lost a lung. When he recovered, Sid and a brother founded the Midland Engineering Company in Christchurch; he became managing director in 1918. The firm manufactured spray pumps and operated a profit-sharing scheme with its employees. As a young man Holland represented both Canterbury and the South Island at hockey. He was later to become a test match referee, and in 1932 managed a New Zealand team on a tour of Australia. He also became an authority on dahlias and gladioli. He married Florence Beatrice Drayton in the Durham Street Methodist Church, Christchurch, on 12 May 1920. They were to have two sons and two daughters. Active in a range of organisations, Holland served as president of the Canterbury Employers’ Association, the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club. He was for a time associated with the New Zealand Legion, which opposed not only the socialist New Zealand Labour Party, but also what it saw as the left-wing, interventionist policies of Gordon Coates, minister of finance in the United–Reform coalition government from 1933 to 1935. Holland did not, like some urban businessmen and Legion supporters, rally to the right-wing Democrat Party at the 1935 election, but the following year he helped bring its supporters into the New Zealand National Party, formed from the remnants of Reform, United and the Democrats. After working as his father’s election campaign organiser at the 1925, 1928 and 1931 elections, Sid succeeded him as MP for Christchurch North in 1935. He was to hold the seat, later renamed Fendalton, for 22 years. One of only two new MPs on the opposition benches after Labour’s sweeping victory, Holland quickly proved himself a very effective MP. Determined, vigorous, with a good memory and naturally aggressive, he detested socialism, which he defined as equality of income, irrespective of capacity – ‘the very antithesis of private enterprise’. He was a formidable impromptu debater, whose bluff ebullience, arrogance, tenacity and use of ridicule against the Labour government stood out in a Parliament in which the opposition was weak and divided. Within a short time Holland was seen as the obvious successor as leader of the National Party to the lacklustre Adam Hamilton, Coates’s loyal lieutenant. In July 1940, when Hamilton and Coates joined the War Cabinet, Holland and other National MPs questioned whether Hamilton could still carry out the role of leader of the opposition. Holland, who for several years had been acting as Hamilton’s private secretary, was regarded as more dynamic. Moreover, because he had only been in Parliament since 1935 he did not carry the unpopular legacy of having been a member of the government during |
Which TV comedy series first cast Derek Nimmo as the bumbling cleric, Reverend mervyn Noote? | All Gas And Gaiters All Gas And Gaiters 1 9 6 6 (UK) 1 9 6 7 - 1 9 7 1 (UK) 33 x 30 minute episodes 1 x short special Another intelligent sitcom from the BBC, All Gas And Gaiters starred Derek Nimmo as the bumbling, inept but well-meaning chaplain Mervyn Noote of St Oggs, a 13th Century cathedral. Reverend Noote never used one word when ten would do, and his misadventures were usually aided and abetted by the Archdeacon (Robertson Hare) and the Bishop (William Mervyn). The trio were in constant battle with the church authorities, especially the Dean (played in turn by John Barron and Ernest Clark). All Gas And Gaiters was one of many shows to spring from the BBC's Comedy Playhouse initiative, which gave new writers a peak-time slot in which to try out new ideas. Beginning life under the title The Bishop Rides Again, All Gas & Gaiters proved particularly durable, with 33 half-hours from husband and wife writing team Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps. Handsomely served by a fine cast, the show elevated Derek Nimmo to the top rank of British comic character actors, at the same time giving him a religious connection in the public's mind that he cheerfully explored for many years. During the run of All Gas And Gaiters, Nimmo moonlighted as novice monk Brother Dominic in Oh Brother! and the two shows combined for a segment of the BBC's 1968 Christmas Night With The Stars. A radio version of All Gas And Gaiters aired for 33 episodes (January 1971 - December 1972 on BBC Radio 4) featuring the main TV cast but with Derek Nimmo leaving after the first series of 13 to be replaced by Jonathan Cecil. Reverend Mervyn Noote |
What is the name of 'Long John Silver's' parrot in the children's classic novel, 'Treasure Island'? | Long John Silver in Treasure Island NEXT Character Analysis We think Long John Silver is the best part of this book. He's totally what we imagine a pirate should be: cunning, sly, peg-legged, with a parrot on his shoulder. There's a reason why he's what we think of when we hear the word "pirate." It's in part because of Long John Silver's popularity as a character that Treasure Island has become the most popular, most enduring pirate novel ever. Long John Silver seems like the classic pirate because he's the character whom all other pirates in popular culture are based on. He's the granddaddy of them all, and we love him for it. Long John Silver is a quartermaster, which means he handles the ship's food and drink during the voyage. That's also why his fellow pirates call him Barbecue. He's apparently the only man whom the legendary pirate Captain Flint was afraid of ("Flint his own self was feared of me" (11.13)). And since we discover later in the book that Captain Flint managed to singlehandedly kill six of his crew while he was burying his treasure on the island, Long John Silver must be a pretty tough, terrifying guy. But he's first and foremost a con man, so the rage and violence that lie under the surface are hidden underneath a mask that's as smooth as pudding. We see examples over and over again of Long John Silver's incredibly persuasive manner. He tricks Squire Trelawney, who is, OK, not that bright. Still, the fact that a man as interested in duty and class as Squire Trelawney would believe a quartermaster (Long John Silver) over a captain (Captain Smollett) is a sign of how persuasive Long John Silver can be. We also get to watch him convincing young Dick Johnson to join the pirates while aboard the Hispaniola: You may imagine how I felt when I heard this abominable old rogue [Silver] addressing another in the very same words of flattery as he had used to myself. I think, if I had been able, that I would have killed him through the barrel. (11.6) What irks Jim the most about Long John Silver's show of friendliness and respect for Dick Johnson is that he recognizes that Long John Silver has been using the same lines on Jim himself! Jim may be creative and intelligent, but he's no match for the slippery Long John Silver. The thing is, Long John Silver has a lot of qualities that make him appealing to the reader: he's incredibly wily and well-spoken, he's practical and quick to change sides if he needs to, and he's brave. Actually, if you just read the descriptions without thinking "pirate," Long John Silver sounds a lot like an older, smarter version of Jim Hawkins. But of course, he is a pirate (or "gentleman of fortune," as he likes to be called), so he can't totally win out in the end. Even Stevenson, who is pretty unconventional, can't allow Silver to succeed in his original plan of killing all the non-pirates on board the Hispaniola and making off with all 700 thousand British pounds of treasure. Still, the fact that Long John Silver is so appealing means that it would be equally unsatisfying to the reader for him to be shot down like a dog (like Israel Hands) or marooned on the island (like Tom Morgan). We like him, even if he is a rogue. So the book compromises by letting Long John Silver disappear: he slips away from the Hispaniola with a sack of coins when Squire Trelawney, Doctor Livesey, and Jim Hawkins are ashore at the end of the novel. Long John Silver may not get exactly what he wants, but he escapes punishment, as all good tricksters should. Long John Silver's inconclusive ending also leaves open the possibility of future adventures. Who knows where or when this charming, cunning pirate might show up again? After all, there are still bars of silver buried on Captain Flint's island. Treasure Island's open-endedness invites the reader to imagine future adventures using the colorful character of Long John Silver as a stand-in. By leaving a question mark over his fate, we can dream of meeting him ourselves – and perhaps getting caught up in treasure hunts of our own. Blurring Boundaries Long John S |
Hector Campora was President of which South American country in 1973? | May 25, 1973 - What Happened - On This Day On This Day What Happened on May 25, 1973 Full Calendar Day of the Week: Friday Historical Events 26th Cannes Film Festival: "The Hireling" directed by Alan Bridges and "Scarecrow" directed by Jerry Schatzberg jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film Event of Interest George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in UK Singer-Songwriter Peronist Hector Campora installed as President of Argentina US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz Famous Birthdays Daz Dillinger, American hip-hop performer Demetri Martin, American comedian Duncan Free, Australian rower (Olympics-96) Earl Mackey, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings) Jeff Smith, NFL/WLAF corner (Scotland Claymores/KC Chiefs) Josee Corbeil, Pointe-Claire Quebec, volleyball player (Olympics-96) Maria Jose Gaidano, Buenos Aires Arg, tennis star (1993 Belgium doubles) Molly Sims, American model and actress Racquel Spurlock, WNBA center (Houston Comets) |
What was the forename of 'Private Fraser', the undertaker in 'Dad's Army'? | The Curse, dads army private frazer. (John Laurie) - YouTube The Curse, dads army private frazer. (John Laurie) 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 Dec 31, 2012 John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 -- 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor born in Dumfries, Scotland a very funny scene from dads army this is Private James Frazer (John Laurie)—a dour Scottish undertaker and a Chief Petty Officer on HMS Defiant in the RRRRRRRoyal Navy who served at the Battle of Jutland as a ship's cook if you enjoy dads army have you joined the dads army fan page on facebook yet Category |
What was the occupation of 'Warden Hodges' in the TV classic, 'Dad's Army'? | William Hodges | Dad's Army Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Hodges is Captain Mainwaring 's main rival in Walmington-on-Sea. A greengrocer, following outbreak of war he has been given power as chief air-raid warden, signified by his white helmet, and that power has gone to his head. He can be as pompous and officious as Mainwaring, but is more uncouth and coarse, antagonizing the Home Guard platoon , in particular Mainwaring, whom he calls "Napoleon". Mainwaring responds by referring to him as a "tradesman". This rivalry increased after he was forced to share the church hall with Mainwaring after his headquarters was bombed. Unlike Mainwaring, Hodges did fight in the Great War, where he learned to speak German as a prison guard ( Come In, Your Time Is Up ) and developed a dislike of Americans ( My British Buddy ). In The Recruit , it is revealed that Hodges is uncle to a Scots boy named Hamish (who calls him "Uncle Willie"). ARP Warden Hodges In A Brush with the Law , Hodges and a warden believe they have caught Mainwaring with a light in his office one night (a violation of the blackout and a criminal offence). Hodges greets the discovery with the joyful words "I've got him" repeated over and over in near-hysterical manner. He and Captain Square, the greater of Mainwaring's enemies, proceed to see that the trial goes downhill from the start, Hodges telling Mainwaring he hopes "they give you a month". However, their attempts to have Mainwaring prosecuted are thwarted by Private Walker , who reminds Square of his own black-market whisky. In All is Safely Gathered In , Hodges agrees a truce with Mainwaring after a near-death experience with a bomb. He orders his ARP wardens to help the Home Guard gather in the harvest. Hodges is suddenly desperate to have Mainwaring's favour, and continually insists what a 'good man' the captain is, to the amusement of the platoon. However after they both become drunk on potato wine, the rivalry returns with Hodges branding Mainwaring "a drunken old snob". Hodges is immensely arrogant, shown mainly in his scnees with the Home Guard. Also, he gleefully blackmails people just so he can get what he wants. Hodges views the Home Guard as ineffective old men and tries to take charge of important situations as an 'ARP matter' - however, as he also displays a cowardly streak, in any danger he is quick to transfer command back to Mainwaring and withdraw (for instance, he does this when discovering the severity of the situation in Something Nasty in the Vault ). In many episodes, Hodges and his co-conspirator, the verger, try to sabotage the platoon's efforts, usually at the command of Captain Square. Examples of this can be found in the episodes Menace from the Deep , We Know Our Onions , Don't Forget the Diver , Battle of the Giants and Gorilla Warfare . His feelings towards both Mainwaring and his wartime responsibilities were summed up in the episode Time on my Hands : Hodges (shouting to Mainwaring, who is stuck up the town hall clock tower): "I hope you stay up there to let me enjoy this war in peace. Because I do enjoy this war. I've never enjoyed anything as much in all my life... And you! You always spoil it." Hodges is disliked by the rest of the platoon, who whistle the theme to Laurel and Hardy when he appears. A number have a personal reason for their contempt. Wilson dislikes Hodges because of his advances on Mrs Pike (this led to Wilson punching Hodges in the face in High Finance ), and Godfrey because of his attitude towards the elderly. In Time On My Hands , after Hodges tells Mr. Blewett to shut up, the usually calm Godfrey tells Hodges he is a "rude, common and nasty fellow" and in The Big Wheel Went Round and Round he calls him "the most vulgar, rude and common man I (he) have (has) ever encountered". Even Walker , seen doing business with Hodges at several points, threatens to give Hodges "a bunch of fives up the hooter" in Uninvited Guests after one insult too many towards the platoon. Pike , who is usually not confrontational, encourages Mainwaring to shoot Hodges on a fli |
In a flower, what name is given to the terminal part of a stamen, in which the pollen grains are produced? | FLOWER ANATOMY parts of a flower Anatomy of a Flower The Basic Flower Parts The flower consists of many different parts. Some of the most important parts being separated into both male and female parts. Male Parts Stamen This is the male part of the flower. It is made up of the filament and anther, it is the pollen producing part of the plant. The number of stamen is usually the same as the number of petals. Anther This is the part of the stamen that produces and contains pollen. It is usually on top of a long stalk that looks like a fine hair. Filament This is the fine hair-like stalk that the anther sits on top of. Female Parts Pistil This is the female part of the flower. It is made up of the stigma, style, and ovary. Each pistil is constructed of one to many rolled leaflike structures. Stigma One of the female parts of the flower. It is the sticky bulb that you see in the center of the flowers, it is the part of the pistil of a flower which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate. Style Another female part of the flower. This is the long stalk that the stigma sits on top of. Ovary The part of the plant, usually at the bottom of the flower, that has the seeds inside and turns into the fruit that we eat. The ovary contains ovules. Ovule The part of the ovary that becomes the seeds. Other Important Parts of a Flower Petal The colorful, often bright part of the flower. They attract pollinators and are usually the reason why we buy and enjoy flowers. Sepal The parts that look like little green leaves that cover the outside of a flower bud to protect the flower before it opens. Flower Types Imperfect Flower A flower that has either all male parts or all female parts, but not both in the same flower. Examples: cucumbers, pumpkin, and melons. Perfect Flower A flower that has both the male parts and female parts in the same flower. Examples: roses, lilies, and dandelion. |
The official discovery of Newfoundland is credited to the man who set sail from Bristol in 1497, who? | John Cabot - Exploration - HISTORY.com Google John Cabot’s Early Life Giovanni Caboto was born circa 1450 in Genoa, and moved to Venice around 1461; he became a Venetian citizen in 1476. Evidence suggests that he worked as a merchant in the spice trade of the Levant, or eastern Mediterranean, and may have traveled as far as Mecca, then an important trading center for Oriental and Western goods. He studied navigation and map-making during this period, and (similarly to his countryman Christopher Columbus ) appears to have become interested in the possibility of reaching the rich markets of Asia by sailing in a westward direction. Did You Know? John Cabot's landing in 1497 is generally thought to be the first European encounter with the North American continent since Leif Eriksson and the Vikings explored the area they called Vinland in the 11th century. For the next several decades, Cabot’s exact activities are unknown; he may have spent several years in Valencia and Seville, Spain, and may have been in Valencia in 1493, when Columbus passed through the city on his way to report to the Spanish monarchs the results of his western voyage (including his mistaken belief that he had in fact reached Asia). By late 1495, Cabot had reached Bristol, England, a port city that had served as a starting point for several previous expeditions across the North Atlantic. From there, he worked to convince the British crown that England did not have to stand aside while Spain claimed most of the New World, and that it was possible to reach Asia on a more northerly route than the one Columbus had taken. Cabot’s First Voyage In 1496, King Henry VII issued letters patent to Cabot and his son, which authorized them to make a voyage of discovery and to return with goods for sale on the English market. After a first, aborted attempt, Cabot sailed out of Bristol on the small ship Matthew in May 1497, with a crew of 18 men. The expedition made landfall in North America on June 24; the exact location is disputed, but may have been southern Labrador, the island of Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island. When Cabot went ashore, he reportedly saw signs of habitation but no people. He took possession of the land for King Henry, but hoisted both the English and Venetian flags. Cabot explored the area and named various features of the region, including Cape Discovery, Island of St. John, St. George’s Cape, Trinity Islands and England’s Cape. These may correspond to modern-day places located around what became known as Cabot Strait, the 60-mile-wide channel running between southwestern Newfoundland and northern Cape Breton Island. Like Columbus, Cabot believed that he had reached Asia’s northeast coast, and returned to Bristol in August 1497 with extremely favorable reports of the exploration. Cabot’s Second Voyage In London in late 1497, Cabot proposed to King Henry VII that he set out on a second expedition across the north Atlantic. This time, he would continue westward from his first landfall until he reached the island of Cipangu (Japan). In February 1498, the king issued letters patent for the second voyage, and that May Cabot set off from Bristol with about five ships and 200 men. The exact fate of the expedition has not been established, but by July one of the ships had been damaged and sought anchorage in Ireland. It was believed that the ships had been caught in a severe storm, and by 1499, Cabot himself was presumed to have perished at sea. In addition to laying the groundwork for British land claims in Canada, his expeditions proved the existence of a shorter route across the northern Atlantic Ocean, which would later facilitate the establishment of other British colonies in North America. Tags |
Which Dutch navigator is credited as being the first European to sight New Zealand? | Abel Tasman | A tribute to Influential Australian Christians A tribute to Influential Australian Christians Posted on 1 February 2011 by A tribute to Influential Australian Christians Abel Tasman (1603 – 1659) Dutch navigator and explorer It was a Dutch Protestant, Abel Tasman, “the man who made the longest voyage since Magellan”–who was the first European to sight Tasmania and New Zealand. A devout Christian, he sailed from Batavia on 14 August 1642. Instructions to Skipper Commander Abel Jansz Tasman “destined for the discovery and exploration of the unknown Southland” included an enumeration of other famous explorers–Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama–who had preceded him. “What numberless multitudes of blind heathen have by the same been introduced to the blessed light of the Christian religion!” It was a Dutch Protestant, Abel Tasman, “the man who made the longest voyage since Magellan”–who was the first European to sight Tasmania and New Zealand. A devout Christian, he sailed from Batavia on 14 August 1642. Instructions to Skipper Commander Abel Jansz Tasman “destined for the discovery and exploration of the unknown Southland” included an enumeration of other famous explorers–Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama–who had preceded him. “What numberless multitudes of blind heathen have by the same been introduced to the blessed light of the Christian religion!” Naturally, the Council at Batavia prayed that in addition to finding heathen peoples, Tasman would also discover some “invaluable treasures and profitable trade connections” to make the trip worthwhile. No matter how mixed the motives, Tasman (and his crew of two ships) was sent out with “the blessing of the Ruler of all things”, with the prayer that, in His mercy, He would “endow [him] with manly courage in the execution of the intended discovery, and may grant [him] a safe return”. “May God Almighty”, he wrote in his journal, “vouchsafe His blessings on this work”. After ten months at sea, he arrived back in Batavia. “God be praised and thanked for this happy voyage”, he noted in his journal. Tasman made a second voyage in 1644, when he charted the coast of Australia from Cape York Peninsula west to Willems River in the centre of the west coast. In spite of Tasman’s discoveries, the Dutch shareholders, who were motivated by “uncommon profit” above the treasures of the heathen, were dissatisfied because he did not bring back glittering reports of gold or spices. So Tasman did not complete his charting of the Australian coast, but by the end of Tasman’s voyages, the Dutch had charted the Australian coast from the Cape York west and south to the east end of the Great Australian Bight and southern Tasmania. However, their closing statement on Australia was that “there was no good to be done there”. |
What type of infection is the skin complaint, Ringworm? | Ringworm of the Skin-Topic Overview Ringworm of the Skin Ringworm of the Skin - Topic Overview Ringworm of the Skin Credits Is this topic for you? This topic is about ringworm of the skin , groin, or hands. For information about other fungal infections, see the topics: What is ringworm of the skin? Ringworm of the skin is an infection caused by a fungus . Jock itch is a form of ringworm that causes an itchy rash on the skin of your groin area. It is much more common in men than in women. Jock itch may be caused by the spread of athlete's foot fungus to the groin. What causes ringworm? Ringworm is not caused by a worm. It is caused by a fungus . The kinds of fungi (plural of fungus ) that cause ringworm live and spread on the top layer of the skin and on the hair . They grow best in warm, moist areas, such as locker rooms and swimming pools, and in skin folds. Ringworm is contagious. It spreads when you have skin-to-skin contact with a person or animal that has it. It can also spread when you share things like towels, clothing, or sports gear. You can also get ringworm by touching an infected dog or cat, although this form of ringworm is not common. What are the symptoms? Ringworm of the skin usually causes a very itchy rash. It often makes a pattern in the shape of a ring , but not always. Sometimes it is just a red, itchy rash. Jock itch is a rash in the skin folds of the groin. It may also spread to the inner thighs or buttocks. Ringworm of the hand looks like athlete's foot . The skin on the palm of the hand gets thick, dry, and scaly. And skin between the fingers may be moist and have open sores. How is ringworm of the skin diagnosed? If you have a ring-shaped rash, you very likely have ringworm. Your doctor will be able to tell for sure. He or she will probably look at a scraping from the rash under a microscope to check for the ringworm fungus. Continued How is it treated? Most ringworm of the skin can be treated at home with creams you can buy without a prescription. Your rash may clear up soon after you start treatment, but it's important to keep using the cream for as long as the label or your doctor says. This will help keep the infection from coming back. If the cream doesn't work, your doctor can prescribe pills that will kill the fungus. If ringworm is not treated, your skin could blister , and the cracks could become infected with bacteria. If this happens, you will need antibiotics . If your child is being treated for ringworm, you don't have to keep him or her out of school or day care . Can you prevent ringworm? To prevent ringworm: Don't share clothing, sports gear, towels, or sheets. If you think you have been exposed to ringworm, wash your clothes in hot water with special anti-fungus soap. Wear slippers or sandals in locker rooms and public bathing areas. Shower and shampoo well after any sport that includes skin-to-skin contact. Wear loose-fitting cotton clothing. Change your socks and underwear at least once a day. Keep your skin clean and dry. Always dry yourself completely after showers or baths, drying your feet last. If you have athlete's foot, put your socks on before your underwear so that fungi do not spread from your feet to your groin. Take your pet to the vet if it has patches of missing hair , which could be a sign of a fungal infection. If you or someone in your family has symptoms, it is important to treat ringworm right away to keep other family members from getting it. Frequently Asked Questions |
"Who was English history's ""Merry Monarch""?" | Charles II: The Reality Behind the Merry Monarchy | History Today Charles II: The Reality Behind the Merry Monarchy Tim Harris explores the political spin, intolerance and repression that underlay Charles II’s relaxed image, and which led him into a deep crisis in 1678-81 yet also enabled him to survive it. Portrait of Charles II by Sir Peter Lely Most people have an image of an England after 1660 reacting against the austerities of Puritan rule, presided over by a ‘merry monarch’ (albeit one leaning towards the debauched) determined never to go on his travels again but who at the same time was going to enjoy himself after his years in exile. The view of Charles II as a fun-loving, likeable person – the kind you would like to have round for dinner parties – has proved remarkably resilient, fostered in particular by popular historical biographies that have often succeeded in capturing the public’s imagination. One described Charles as ‘one of England’s wittiest, most intelligent, subtle and likeable Kings, whose main weakness, though perhaps a charming one, was his interest in the fair sex’. For Antonia Fraser, arguably Britain’s best popular historian, he was ‘witty and kind, grateful, generous, tolerant, and essentially lovable’, and was thus at his death ‘rightly mourned by his people’. Want the full article and website archive access? Already a member? Log in now |
What bird of fast-flowing streams is so-named from its habit of immersing itself under water to find food? | Full text of "American game birds" See other formats SK UC-NRLF $B E77 3TT afe^ ^;.-^y u ^^ Digitized by tine Internet Arcinive in 2007 witii funding^from IVIicrosoft Corporation littp://www.arcliive.org/details/americangamebirdOOreedricli r! <'i c'c' t r c c (ft Q ^ AMERICAN GAME BIRDS BY CHESTER A. REED, S. B. Author of "Land Birds," Water Birds," "North American Birds' Eggs, "Camera Studies of Wild Birds," etc. ILLUSTRATING MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED SPECIES IN NATURAL COLORS DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. GARDEN CITY, N. Y. 1912 COPYRIGHTED, 1912, BY CHARLES K. REED WORCESTER, MASS, • „• e • * e « • • • '•• • c • • • c ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY QUADRI-COLOR CO., NEW YORK ^ AMERICAN GAME BIRDS 'HA This book is the result of repeated requests from sportsmen in the last few years for a convenient handbook illustrative and descriptive of the game birds. Although there are hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of volumes deal- ing with hunting the various species of wild fowl, we believe "American Game Biids" to be the first to illustrate practically all of them with accu- rately colored plates. Circumstances permitting, nearly every man or boy capable of holding a gun is, or sometime will be, a sportsman. Many sportsmen are expert orni- thologists, well acquainted with the names and habits of most of the birds, but the great majority are not and often secure game which they or their friends are unable to name. "American Game Birds," according to an old sportsman who has hunted all kinds of game in all parts of our country, will be a boon to sportsmen of all calibers, for "the novice has got to have it to know what he is shooting, the man familiar with the birds of his locality will want it in order to see what his brother sportsmen are shooting in other parts of the country, and the old-timer will literally renew his youth as he turns over the pages and sees portraits of his old bird acquaintances and recalls the exact places and circumstances of their former capture." A book with this title might very properly commence with the most pop- ular game birds and continue down the list to the least popular ones, but if we placed the Ruffed Grouse or the Bob-white in the van, some sportsman who beUeves there is no game but ducks would be sure to be offended. Since there is a natural order of birds that is adopted by scientists the world over, we have taken up our so-called game birds in this natural order, an arrange- ment that brings the Mergansers or "Fish Ducks" to the fore, even though they are not desirable as an article of food. We have included all the ducks, even though many of them are not fit to eat, and also all the sandpipers, even though many of them are so tiny that none but the veriest novice would intentionally shoot them, for the reason that they are very commonly seen, can be legally shot, and many are inadvertently taken before their identity is discovered. Chester A. Reed. Worcester, Mass., August, 191 2. S 293159 AMERICAN GAME BIRDS MERGANSERS {Mergus americanus) are large ducks of unusual beauty of plumage, but otherwise of comparatively little inter- est to sportsmen, since their flesh is wholly unfit for the table. Their food consists very extensively of fish, a diet that gives a very strong and rank flavor to the flesh of any bird. That they are exceUent divers and swimmers is amply proven by the fact that they pursue and catch fish under water. The bill of the Merganser is quite slender and cylindrical, the edges being provided with sharp saw-teeth to enable them to firmly hold their finny prey. This species, although often frequenting salt water, is very partial to fresh-water lakes, creeks and rivers. They remain in such places during winter, just as far north as the water remains open. They are known by many local names, among the most com- mon of which may be mentioned "Goosan- der," "Saw-bill," "Buff-breasted Shel- drake," "Fishing Duc |
Which character was played by Anthony Hopkins in 'The Elephant Man'? | The Elephant Man (1980) - 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 Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 23 titles created 18 Mar 2012 a list of 27 titles created 20 May 2012 a list of 32 titles created 24 Feb 2013 a list of 39 titles created 06 Mar 2015 a list of 22 titles created 05 Dec 2015 Title: The Elephant Man (1980) 8.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards » Photos The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. Director: David Lynch Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. Director: David Lynch After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life. Director: David Lynch After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Director: David Lynch As an actress starts to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world starts to become nightmarish and surreal. Director: David Lynch Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor. Director: David Lynch An old man makes a long journey by lawn-mover tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother. Director: David Lynch A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled. Director: David Lynch An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it. Director: Martin Scorsese An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. Director: Ingmar Bergman A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. Director: Milos Forman Edit Storyline John Merrick (whose real name was Joseph, as this is based on a true story) is an intelligent and friendly man, but he is hated by his Victorian-era English society because he is severely deformed. Once he is discovered by a doctor, however, he is saved from his life in a freak show and he is treated like the human being that he really is. Written by Sam Cibula I am not an animal! I am a human being! I...am...a man! Genres: 10 October 1980 (USA) See more » Also Known As: El hombre elefante See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Second consecutive black-and-white film for director David Lynch whose previous film was the b/w Eraserhead (1977). See more » Goofs Bytes threw Merrick's mask out of the caravan. The mask then fell under the caravan's stair. But when Bytes' boy picked Merrick's cloth, we can see the mask (white one) is among the clothes. See more » Quotes Skeleton Man : Get rid of them! I don't want to se |
Give a year in the life of Scottish writer and biographer, James Boswell? | Amazon.com: A Life of James Boswell (9780300093124): Mr. Peter Martin, Peter Martin: Books A Life of James Boswell Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Hardcover $17.55 Prime Next Special Offers and Product Promotions Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review James Boswell (1740-1795), author of The Life of Samuel Johnson , remains one of the more celebrated biographers in modern literary history. In his monumental A Life of James Boswell, Peter Martin takes on the formidable task of writing the biographer's biography--of telling the story of a man whose numerous journals are renowned for their vivid evocation of his life and times. Martin's account is meticulous, dividing Boswell's Life into four discrete periods: "Journey to the Promised Land 1740-1763," "Travel and Marriage 1763-1769," "Stagnation: the Middle Years 1769-1782," and "Biographer and Laird of Auchinleck: Triumph and Despair 1782-1795." This broad-brush approach has the advantage of bringing some coherence to Boswell's complicated, often frenetic life: the dismal relationship with his family, and his early resistance to a career in law; the studies in London and Utrecht; the meetings with Rousseau and Voltaire, and his powerful friendship with Johnson; his salacious sexuality and fits of morbid depression; his passion for literary London. But, somehow, the vibrancy and intellectual fervor of Boswell's career fails to come through. The scope of this biography is remarkable, but its sheer wealth of detail--sometimes disconnected, and often recounted without comment or analysis--works to obscure the psychological, cultural, and political impact of Boswell's life and works. --Vicky Lebeau --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Read more From Publishers Weekly Martin quotes his multi-flawed (but here, warmly limned) hero as confessing, smugly, at 23, "I am one of the most engaging men that ever lived." Despite such confidence, Boswell (1740-1798), author of the first modern biography, A Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson LL.D., was also tormented by bouts of black despair about his private and professional failings. He was never able to earn the respect of his rigid father, a Scot lawyer and laird, and never (despite marrying a paragon of a woman) able to satisfy his alcoholic or his sexual appetites, which left him almost always suffering from, or recovering from, drunkenness or gonorrhea. His two published journals on Corsica and the Hebrides, and his life of Johnson, have since been supplemented by 14 volumes of long-hidden journals and seven volumes of letters, and Martin, a professor of English at Principia College in Illinois, has had the good fortune of access to Yale's as-yet unpublished resources. The result (which Martin first published in England last year) is also the reader's good fortuneDa racy, readable and authoritative biography that sympathetically but unapologetically dramatizes what drove Boswell, almost in spite of himself, to produce some of the best writing in English. Writing his Life of Johnson, Boswell told himself, "I draw him in the style of a Flemish painter. I am not satisfied with hitting the large features. I must be exact as to every hair...." In Martin's pages, the reader lives at Boswell's elbowDimpatient at his failures, delighting in his successes ("I just sat and hugged myself in my own mind," Boswell once wrote). 12 pages b&w illus. (Nov. 15) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
Which is the only country to share borders with just Brazil and Surinam? | Suriname: Maps, History, Geography, Government, Culture, Facts, Guide & Travel/Holidays/Cities Former Dictator Bouterse Returns to Power Geography Suriname lies on the northeast coast of South America, with Guyana to the west, French Guiana to the east, and Brazil to the south. It is about one-tenth larger than Michigan. The principal rivers are the Corantijn on the Guyana border, the Marowijne in the east, and the Suriname, on which the capital city of Paramaribo is situated. Government Constitutional democracy. History Suriname's earliest inhabitants were the Surinen Indians, after whom the country is named. By the 16th century they had been supplanted by other South American Indians. Spain explored Suriname in 1593, but by 1602 the Dutch began to settle the land, followed by the English. The English transferred sovereignty to the Dutch in 1667 (the Treaty of Breda) in exchange for New Amsterdam (New York). Colonization was confined to a narrow coastal strip, and until the abolition of slavery in 1863, African slaves furnished the labor for the coffee and sugarcane plantations. Escaped African slaves fled into the interior, reconstituted their western African culture, and came to be called “Bush Negroes” by the Dutch. After 1870, East Indian laborers were imported from British India and Javanese from the Dutch East Indies. Known as Dutch Guiana, the colony was integrated into the kingdom of the Netherlands in 1948. Two years later Dutch Guiana was granted home rule, except for foreign affairs and defense. After race rioting over unemployment and inflation, the Netherlands granted Suriname complete independence on Nov. 25, 1975. A coup d'état in 1980 brought military rule. During much of the 1980s, Suriname was under the repressive control of Lieut. Col. Dési Bouterse. The Netherlands stopped all aid in 1982 when Suriname soldiers killed 15 journalists, politicians, lawyers, and union officials. Defense spending increased significantly, and the economy suffered. A guerrilla insurgency by the Jungle Commando (a Bush Negro guerrilla group) threatened to destabilize the country and was harshly suppressed by Bouterse. Free elections were held on May 25, 1991, depriving the military of much of its political power. In 1992 a peace treaty was signed between the government and several guerrilla groups. In March 1997, the president announced new economic measures, including eliminating import tariffs on most basic goods, coupled with strict price controls. Later that year, the Netherlands said it would prosecute Bouterse for cocaine trafficking. Public discontent over the 70% inflation rate prompted President Jules Wijdenbosch to hold elections in May 2000, a year ahead of schedule. The New Front for Democracy and Development, a coalition led by former president Ronald Venetiaan, won the election. Venetiaan was reelected in Aug. 2005. In May 2006, torrential flooding left more than 20,000 homeless. In July 2007, a United Nations tribunal settled a long-simmering maritime dispute between Suriname and Guyana. The UN redrew the maritime border to give both countries access to an area potentially rich in oil deposits. |
Give a year in the life of English poet, Alexander Pope? | Alexander Pope - Alexander Pope Poems - Poem Hunter Alexander Pope - Alexander Pope Poems - Poem Hunter Do you like this poet? Alexander Pope Poems Ode On Solitude Happy the man, whose wish and care A few ... Summer See what delights in sylvan scenes appear! ... Sound And Sense True ease in writing comes from art, not ... An Essay On Criticism Part I INTRODUCTION. That it is as ... Essay On Man The First Epistle Awake, my ST. JOHN!(1)... Eloisa To Abelard In these deep solitudes and awful cells, ... All poems of Alexander Pope » Search in the poems of Alexander Pope: Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope's use of the heroic couplet is famous. Life Early Life Pope was born in London to Alexander Pope (senior, a linen merchant) and Edith Pope (née Turner), who were both Catholics. Pope's education was affected by the penal law in force at the time upholding the status of the established Church of England, which banned Catholics from teaching on pain of perpetual imprisonment. Pope was taught to read by his aunt, then went to Twyford ... more » Click here to add this poet to your My Favorite Poets. Quotations more quotations » ''So vast is art, so narrow human wit.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. Essay on Criticism (Fr. I). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990) O... ''For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. Essay on Criticism (Fr. III). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990)... ''Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. An Essay on Criticism, l. 625 (1711). ''The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. Imitations of Horace, bk. 1, epistle 6, "To Mr. Murray," l. 27 (1738). ''An honest man's the noblest work of God.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. An Essay on Man (Fr. Epistle IV). SeCePo. Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; rep... |
Which country shares borders with Columbia and Costa Rica? | Americas Americas Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda is located in the "Heart of the Caribbean" between the Greater and Lesser Antilles, about 402 kilometers (250 miles) east-southeast of Puerto Rico or 60 kilometers (37.5 miles) north of Guadeloupe. This territory consists of several islands, the largest being Antigua (281 square kilometers, or 108 square miles), Barbuda (161 square kilometers, or 62 square miles), and Redonda (1.6 square kilometers, or 0.5 square miles). Barbados Barbados is an island situated between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela and east of the Windward Island chain. It covers an area of 430 square kilometers (166 square miles), roughly 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC. Brazil Located in South America, Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, after Russia, Canada, China, and the United States. Brazil has an area of 8,511,965 square kilometers (3,286,482 square miles), extending 4,320 kilometers (2,684 miles) from north to south and 4,328 kilometers (2,689 miles) from east to west, and a total coastline of 7,491 kilometers (4,655 miles). Chile A coastal country located in the southwest region of South America, Chile has an area of 756,950 square kilometers (292,258 square miles) and a total coastline of 6,435 kilometers (3,998 miles). Chile shares its northern border with Peru and its eastern border with Bolivia and Argentina. Colombia Shaped like an odd-looking pear with a thin top, Colombia is located in the northwestern corner of South America, alongside the Caribbean Sea between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the Pacific Ocean between Panama and Ecuador. Colombia has an area of 1,138,903 square kilometers (439,733 square miles) and a total coastline of 3,207 kilometers (1,993 miles) distributed between the Caribbean Sea and North Pacific Ocean. Dominica Dominica is an island located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean. Its total area is 754 square kilometers (291 square miles), making it the largest of the English-speaking Windward Islands, and it is slightly more than 4 times the size of Washington, D.C. Dominican Republic A country occupying the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola (Haiti occupies the western third) between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the Dominican Republic has an area of 48,730 square kilometers (18,815 square miles), more than twice the size of New Hampshire. It has a total coastline of 1,288 kilometers (800 miles), and a border with Haiti of 275 kilometers (171 miles). Ecuador Located between Colombia and Peru on the west coast of South America, Ecuador has an area of 283,560 square kilometers (176,204 square miles) and a coastline of 2,237 kilometers (1,390 miles). The Galapagos Islands, which rest 960 kilometers (600 miles) to the west of mainland Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean are part of the Republic of Ecuador. Grenada Grenada is an island situated between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago. Its total area is 340 square kilometers (131 square miles), about twice the size of Washington, D.C., and its coastline measures 121 kilometers (75 miles). Guatemala Located in Central America at the southern tip of Mexico between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala has a total area of 108,890 square kilometers (42,042 square miles), slightly smaller than that of the state of Tennessee. Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico all share land boundaries with Guatemala that total 1,687 kilometers (1,048 miles) in length, while Guatemala's coastline along the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea totals 400 kilometers (249 miles). Guyana Guyana is situated on the northeast coast of Latin America, along the Atlantic Ocean. It shares a 600-kilometer (373-mile) border with Suriname to the east, a 743-kilometer (462-mile) border with Venezuela to the northwest, and a 1,119-kilometer (695-mile) border with Brazil to the south and southwest. Jamaica The largest English-speaking island in the Caribbean Sea, Jamaica is about 160 kilometers (90 miles) south of Cu |
The Russian port of Astrakhan lies on the delta of which major river? | Astrakhan | Russia | Britannica.com Astrakhan Volgograd Astrakhan, formerly Khadzhi-Tarkhan, city and administrative centre of Astrakhan oblast (province), southwestern Russia . Astrakhan city is situated in the delta of the Volga River , 60 miles (100 km) from the Caspian Sea . It lies on several islands on the left bank of the main, westernmost channel of the Volga. Astrakhan was formerly the capital of a Tatar khanate, a remnant of the Golden Horde , located on the higher right bank of the Volga, 7 miles (11 km) from the present-day city. Situated on caravan and water routes, it developed from a village into a large trading centre. It was conquered by Timur (Tamerlane) in 1395 and captured by Ivan IV the Terrible in 1556. In 1558 it was moved to its present site. A cathedral and castle (kremlin, 1582–89) are still in existence. The great ethnic diversity of its population gives a varied character to Astrakhan. A city of bridges and water channels, it is an important river port, but because of the shallowness of the northern Caspian, seagoing craft have to transship about 125 miles (200 km) by road from Astrakhan, which is reached by a dredged channel. The city is the base of a large fishing fleet and is important as a fish-canning and caviar-preserving centre. Other industries include clothing and footwear manufacture and ship repair. Astrakhan fur, from the karakul lamb of Central Asia , is so named because it was first brought to Russia by Astrakhan traders. There are medical and teacher-training institutes. Pop. (2006 est.) 498,953. The domes of the Cathedral of the Assumption and the kremlin wall, Astrakhan city, Russia Novosti Press Agency |
In meteorology, what term is used to describe a warm front which has been quickly overtaken by a cold front, moving rapidly around a low pressure centre? | Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Home Weather Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Below is a list of weather terms that are described in weather reports, forecasts and readings. This data is collected from: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service; the Met Office in the United Kingdom; Canada’s Weather Office; and the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology. Top Acid rain Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic (eg. pH < 5.6). Afternoon Noon to sunset. Arctic air A mass of very cold, dry air that usually originates over the Arctic Ocean north of Canada and Alaska. Arctic high Top Ball lightning A relatively rarely seen form of lightning, generally consisting of an orange or reddish ball of the order of a few cm to 30cm in diameter and of moderate luminosity, which may move up to 1 m/s horizontally with a lifetime of a second or two. Barber pole A thunderstorm updraft with a visual appearance including cloud striations that are curved in a manner similar to the stripes of a barber pole. The structure typically is most pronounced on the leading edge of the updraft, while drier air from the rear flank downdraft often erodes the clouds on the trailing side of the updraft. Barometer An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. Barometric pressure The actual pressure value indicated by a pressure sensor. Bitterly cold In winter, bitterly cold or very cold, refers to more than seven degrees Celsius below normal. Black ice Thin, new ice that forms on fresh water or dew covered surfaces; it is common on roadways during the fall and early winter and appears "black" because of its transparency. Blizzard Includes winter storm conditions of sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more that cause major blowing and drifting of snow, reducing visibility to less than one-quarter mile for 3 or more hours. Extremely cold temperatures often are associated with dangerous blizzard conditions. In Canada, a blizzard described as a severe storm that lasts three or more hours, and brings low temperatures, strong winds and poor visibility due to blowing snow. In Australia, it is described as a violent and very cold wind which is loaded with snow, some of which has been raised from snow covered ground. Blocking high A high pressure area (anticyclone), often aloft, that remains nearly stationary or moves slowly compared to west-to-east motion. It blocks the movement eastward movement of low pressure areas (cyclones) at its latitude. Blowing Dust Dust that is raised by the wind to moderate heights above the ground to a degree that horizontal visibility decreases to less than seven miles. Visibilities of 1/8 mile or less over a widespread area are criteria for a Blowing Dust Advisory. Blowing sand Sand particles picked up from the surface of the earth by the wind to moderate heights above the ground, reducing the reported horizontal visibility to less than seven statute miles. Blowing snow Wind driven snow that reduces visibility to six miles or less causing significant drifting. Blowing snow may be snow that is falling and/or loose snow on the ground picked up by the wind. In Canada, it is described as snow that is lifted by the wind from the earth's surface to a height of two meters or more. Blowing spray Water droplets torn by the wind from a body of water, generally from the crests of waves, and carried up into the air in such quantities that they reduce the reported horizontal visibility to less than seven statute miles. Blustery Descriptive term for gusty winds that accompany cold weather. Breezy Wind in the range of 15 miles per hour to 25 mile per hour with mild or warm temperatures. Brisk Wind in the range of 15 to 25 miles per hour when the temperature is cold. Broken clouds The absence of apparent motion in the air. Celsius A temperature scale in which zero is the freezing point of water and one hundred is the boiling point. Chinook A Chinook is a warm, dry, gu |
How was the Dutch dancer and courtesan Margaretha MacLeod, better known? | 1000+ images about History~Mata Hari~WWI German Spy on Pinterest | Mata hari, Exotic and 7 august Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas History~Mata Hari~WWI German Spy Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a Dutch Frisian exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy and executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War I. 162 Pins408 Followers |
The island of Trinidad lies opposite the delta of which major South American river? | Orinoco River | river, South America | Britannica.com Orinoco River Puerto Ayacucho Orinoco River, Spanish Río Orinoco, major river of South America that flows in a giant arc for some 1,700 miles (2,740 km) from its source in the Guiana Highlands to its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean . Throughout most of its course it flows through Venezuela, except for a section that forms part of the frontier between Venezuela and Colombia. The name Orinoco is derived from Guarauno words meaning “a place to paddle”—i.e., a navigable place. The Northern Andes and the Orinoco River basin and its drainage network. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The Orinoco and its tributaries constitute the northernmost of South America’s four major river systems. Bordered by the Andes Mountains to the west and the north, the Guiana Highlands to the east, and the Amazon watershed to the south, the river basin covers an area of about 366,000 square miles (948,000 square km). It encompasses approximately four-fifths of Venezuela and one-fourth of Colombia . Orinoco River near Ciudad Guayana, Venez. Carl Purcell For most of its length, the Orinoco flows through impenetrable rain forest or through the vast grassland (savanna) region of the Llanos (“Plains”), which occupies three-fifths of the Orinoco basin north of the Guaviare River and west of the lower Orinoco River and the Guiana Highlands. The savanna was given its name by the Spaniards in the 16th century and long has been used as a vast cattle range. Since the 1930s this region has been developing into one of the most industrialized areas of South America. Physical features Physiography of the Orinoco The western slopes of the Sierra Parima , which form part of the boundary between Venezuela and Brazil , are drained by spring-fed streams that give rise to the Orinoco River. The source is placed in Venezuela at the southern end of the Sierra Parima, near Mount Delgado Chalbaud at an elevation of some 3,300 feet (1,000 metres). From its headwaters the river flows west-northwest, leaving the mountains to meander through the level plains of the Llanos. The volume of the river increases as it receives numerous mountain tributaries, including the Mavaca River on the left bank and the Manaviche, Ocamo, Padamo, and Cunucunuma rivers on the right. Similar Topics Pearl Harbor attack Most of the Llanos consists of treeless savanna. In the low-lying areas, swamp grasses and sedges are to be found, as is bunchgrass (Trachypogon). Long-stemmed grass dominates the dry savanna and is mixed with carpet grass (Axonopus affinis), the only natural grass to provide green forage during the dry season. The most conspicuous trees in the Llanos occur in the gallery forests that occur in the alluvial soils deposited along the rivers and in the narrower files of trees known as morichales, named for the dominant moriche, or miriti, palm (Mauritia flexuosa), that follow minor water courses. Broad-leaved evergreens originally occupied the high-rainfall zone in the Andean piedmont. There also is a handful of xerophytic trees (i.e., those adapted to arid conditions), including the chaparro (scrub oak) and the dwarf palm, scattered on the open savanna. Much of this natural tree cover, however, has been reduced by deforestation. The Guiana Highlands are covered with high, dense forest that is interrupted by both large and small patches of savanna. The tropical rain forest of the upper Orinoco valley contains hundreds of species of trees. Mangrove swamps cover much of the delta region. Animal life More than 1,000 species of birds frequent the Orinoco region; among the more spectacular are the scarlet ibis, the bellbird, the umbrella bird, and numerous parrots. The great variety of fish include the carnivorous piranha, the electric eel, and the laulao, a catfish that often attains a weight of more than 200 pounds. The Orinoco crocodile is one of the longest of its kind in the world, reaching a length of more than 20 feet; among other inhabitants of the rivers are caimans (an alligator-like amphibian) and snakes, including the boa constricto |
What was the popular name fro the American blues singer, composer and guitarist, McKinley Morganfield? | 20 Most Influential and Best Blues Guitarists - TheGuitarLesson.com 20 Most Influential and Best Blues Guitarists You are here: Home » Guitar Lesson Blog » Blues Guitar Lessons » 20 Most Influential and Best Blues Guitarists September 10, 2015 Tweet Blues guitar is one of the most influential guitar genres, therefore the best blues guitarists had a significant impact and influence on our music today. Ever since the end of the 19th century when the African-American communities of the Southern US started playing and singing the blues, it has affected and shaped other musical genres as well, including Jazz and Rock and Roll. Blues can be split into several subgenres as well, best known perhaps are the Delta, Piedmont, Jump and Chicago blues styles. Got the blues? As such, the best blues guitarists were shaping the music of tomorrow, without them knowing it. Music affects our mood, mindset, and everything about us, therefore these influential blues guitarists shaped society as well. Have you ever heard anybody saying, "I've got the blues"? 🙂 Here is a thorough, but by no means complete list of the best blues guitarists who helped shape and influence music. This is my own list, so if you have any additions, feel free to comment at the bottom of the post. While you read, play this to get you into the mood: And if you get the sudden urge to listen to some more blues, go ahead and check out my favorite blues albums: My List of Best Blues Guitarists Leadbelly Huddie William Ledbetter (January 1888 – December 6, 1949) was an iconic American folk and blues musician, notable for his strong vocals, his virtuosity on the 12-string guitar, and the songbook of folk standards he introduced. Although he most commonly played the twelve string, he could also play the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, concertina, and accordion. Listen to Leadbelly songs on Amazon >> Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer and musician. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend. Johnson's songs, vocal phrasing and guitar style have influenced a broad range of musicians; Eric Clapton has called Johnson "the most important blues singer that ever lived". He was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Listen to Robert Johnson songs on Amazon >> Son House Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American blues singer and guitarist. House pioneered an innovative style featuring strong, repetitive rhythms, often played with the aid of slide guitar, and his singing often incorporated elements of southern gospel and spiritual music. A seminal Delta blues figure, he remains influential today. Listen to Son House songs on Amazon >> Skip James Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. James often played his guitar with an open D-minor tuning (DADFAD). James's 1931 work is considered idiosyncratic among pre-war blues recordings, and formed the basis of his reputation as a musician. Listen to Skip James songs on Amazon >> Muddy Waters McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983) was an American blues musician, generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues". Muddy headed to England in 1958 and shocked audiences with his loud, amplified electric guitar and thunderous beat. He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s. Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Listen to Muddy Waters songs on Amazon >> T-Bone Walker Aaron Thibeaux Walker (May 28, 1910 — March 16, 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, pianist, and songwriter who was one of the most important pioneers of the electric guitar. He was actually the first blues musician to use an electr |
What word describes a system of winds that blow around an area of high pressure? | The Highs and Lows of Air Pressure | UCAR Center for Science Education The Highs and Lows of Air Pressure You are here Home » learning zone The Highs and Lows of Air Pressure Air near the surface flows down and away in a high pressure system (left) and air flows up and together at a low pressure system (right). Credit: NESTA Standing on the ground and looking up, you are looking through the atmosphere. It might not look like anything is there, especially if there are no clouds in the sky. But what you don’t see is air – lots of it. We live at the bottom of the atmosphere and the weight of all the air above us is called air pressure. A tower of air that is 1 inch square and goes from the bottom of the atmosphere is 14.7 pounds. That means air exerts 14.7 pounds per square inch (psi) of pressure at the Earth’s surface. High in the atmosphere, air pressure decreases. With less air molecules above, there is less pressure from the weight of air above. Pressure varies from day-to-day at the Earth’s surface - the bottom of the atmosphere. This is, in part, because the Earth is not equally heated by the Sun. Areas where air is warmed often have lower pressure because the warm air rises and are called low pressure systems. Places where air pressure is high are called high pressure systems. A low pressure system has lower pressure at its center than the areas around it. Winds blow towards the low pressure, and the air rises in the atmosphere where they meet. As the air rises, the water vapor within it condenses forming clouds and often precipitation too. Because of Earth’s spin and the Coriolis Effect, winds of a low pressure system swirl counterclockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of the equator. This is called cyclonic flow. On weather maps a low pressure system is labeled with red L. A high pressure system has higher pressure at its center than the areas around it. Wind blows away from high pressure. Winds of a high pressure system swirl in the opposite direction as a low pressure system - clockwise north of the equator and counterclockwise south of the equator. This is called anticyclonic flow. Air from higher in the atmosphere sinks down to fill the space left as air blew outward. On a weather map the location of a high pressure system is labeled with a blue H. How do we know what the pressure is? How do we know how it changes over time? Today, electronic sensors are used to measure air pressure in weather stations. The sensors are able to make continuous measurements of pressure over time. In the past, barometers were used that measured how much air pushed on a fluid such as mercury. Historically, measurements of air pressure were described as “inches of mercury.” Today, meteorologists use millibars (mb) to describe air pressure. |
Hollesley Bay and Aldeburgh are coastal features of which English county? | Holiday Cottages in and around Aldeburgh | Suffolk Secrets Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages The beautiful seaside town of Aldeburgh is one which has inspired many an artist, musician and traveller. With bright, colourful properties on the seafront and a steel sculptured tribute to Benjamin Britten on the shingle shore, Aldeburgh is perfect for a picturesque stroll along the beach. The High Street boasts a wide selection of boutiques, eateries, art galleries and a cinema to name but a few places which may take your fancy and with an award winning fish and chip shop, what better place to stay? We have a vast array of holiday homes in Aldeburgh itself as well as the surrounding area; by the sea and in the countryside. Click the 'read more' tab for a brief overview of some of the surrounding towns and villages, or for more detailed information visit our Aldeburgh Area Tourist Guide . Barely ten minutes away from Aldeburgh is the village of Snape, home to Snape Maltings with a range of eateries, shops and galleries. The composer Benjamin Britten spent many of his years here before moving to Aldeburgh itself, his music inspired by the great landscapes and the people of the area. The Aldeburgh Festival brings people to Snape from all over the country as acclaimed musicians from all walks of life perform in the renowned concert halls of the Maltings. A tad further north of Aldeburgh lies the fascinating village of Thorpeness. Thorpeness began life as a hamlet, then in 1910 a rich, Scottish barrister decided to transform it into a fantastical holiday village where the illustrious and wealthy would visit from their London homes. He created a vast boating lake inspired by his friend’s novel Peter Pan and tourists now revel in the chance to row around the islands of the Meare on a warm, sunny day. Take a little time to browse through our selection of holiday cottages in Aldeburgh and the surrounding area. We’re certain you’ll find something just right for a truly special Suffolk holiday. Related pages Add to Wishlist Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages The perfect couples getaway. The Sun Deck offers all you will need for a relaxing holiday by the sea. Friday changeover Add to Wishlist Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages The Sail Loft is a fantastic self catering apartment located on the high street in Aldeburgh and only a stones throw from the beach. Friday changeover Add to Wishlist Sudbourne - Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages A well presented holiday cottage, perfect for a couple looking to explore this beautiful part of Suffolk. Friday changeover Interludes exudes elegance... stay in this fantastic apartment right in the centre of Aldeburgh. Friday changeover Equipped with a washing machine Our Price Guarantee Add to Wishlist Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages Directly on the seafront in the popular coastal town of Aldeburgh is Shoreline. The perfect holiday hideaway for a romantic couple's retreat. Friday changeover Equipped with a washing machine All on one level Poppy Cottage is the perfect couples retreat situated in the heart of Aldeburgh. Friday changeover Equipped with a tumble dryer Equipped with a washing machine Add to Wishlist Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages This perfect couples retreat is well presented and comes with its own parking space. Very handy to have in Aldeburgh. Friday changeover Equipped with a washing machine All on one level Add to Wishlist Snape - Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages Featuring beams and with lots of character, Alde End is situated approximately 300 yards from Snape Maltings and the River Alde. Saturday changeover Equipped with a washing machine Our Price Guarantee Add to Wishlist Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh & Surrounding Villages Situated in the much-loved town of Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast, Escape is a fantastic self-catering apartment ideal for couples looking for a romantic holiday. Friday changeover Equipped with a tumble dryer Equipped with a washing machine Add to Wishlist Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh & Surrounding Vill |
How many bonus points does a 'Scrabble' player receive when playing all seven of his tiles in a single turn | The Official Rules of Scrabble - How to Play Scrabble - Learn Scrabble Rules How to Play Scrabble Travel Scrabble Scrabble Rules - Scrabble Official Rules When playing Scrabble, anywhere from two to four players will enjoy the game. The object when playing is to score more points than other players. As words are placed on the game board, points are collected and each letter that is used in the game will have a different point value. The main strategy is to play words that have the highest possible score based on the combination of letters. The Scrabble Board A standard Scrabble board will consist of cells that are located in a large square grid. The board offers 15 cells high and 15 cells wide. The tiles used on the game will fit in each cell on the board. Scrabble Tiles There are 100 tiles that are used in the game and 98 of them will contain letters and point values. There are 2 blank tiles that can be used as wild tiles to take the place of any letter. When a blank is played, it will remain in the game as the letter it substituted for. Different letters in the game will have various point values and this will depend on how rare the letter is and how difficult it may be to lay that letter. Blank tiles will have no point values. Tile Values Below are the point values for each letter that is used in a Scrabble game. 0 Points - Blank tile. 1 Point - A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U. 2 Points - D and G. 3 Points - B, C, M and P. 4 Points - F, H, V, W and Y. 5 Points - K. 8 Points - J and X. 10 Points - Q and Z. Extra Point Values When looking at the board, players will see that some squares offer multipliers. Should a tile be placed on these squares, the value of the tile will be multiplied by 2x or 3x. Some squares will also multiply the total value of the word and not just the single point value of one tile. Double Letter Scores - The light blue cells in the board are isolated and when these are used, they will double the value of the tile placed on that square. Triple Letter Score - The dark blue cell in the board will be worth triple the amount, so any tile placed here will earn more points. Double Word Score - When a cell is light red in colour, it is a double word cell and these run diagonally on the board, towards the four corners. When a word is placed on these squares, the entire value of the word will be doubled. Triple Word Score - The dark red square is where the high points can be earned as this will triple the word score. Placing any word on these squares will boos points drastically. These are found on all four sides of the board and are equidistant from the corners. One Single Use - When using the extra point squares on the board, they can only be used one time. If a player places a word here, it cannot be used as a multiplier by placing another word on the same square. Starting the Game Without looking at any of the tiles in the bag, players will take one tile. The player that has the letter that is closest to “A” will begin the game. A blank tile will win the start of the game. The tiles are them replaced to the bag and used in the remainder of the game. Every player will start their turn by drawing seven tiles from the Scrabble bag. There are three options during any turn. The player can place a word, they can exchange tiles for new tiles or they can choose to pass. In most cases, players will try to place a word as the other two options will result in no score. When a player chooses to exchange tiles, they can choose to exchange one or all of the tiles they currently hold. After tiles are exchanged, the turn is over and players will have to wait until their next turn to place a word on the board. Players can choose to pass at any time. They will forfeit that turn and hope to be able to play the next time. If any player passes two times in a row, the game will end and the one with the highest score will win. The First Word Score When the game begins, the first player will place their word on the star spin in the centre of the board. The star is a double square and will offer a double word score. All playe |
If a solution of common salt is electrolysed, chlorine gas is released at one electrode but which metal accumulates at the other? | Electrolysed | Article about Electrolysed by The Free Dictionary Electrolysed | Article about Electrolysed by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Electrolysed Related to Electrolysed: electrolytic , electrolytic potential , electrolyzed electrolysis (ĭlĕktrŏl`əsĭs), passage of an electric current through a conducting solution or molten salt that is decomposed in the process. The Electrolytic Process The electrolytic process requires that an electrolyte electrolyte , electrical conductor in which current is carried by ions rather than by free electrons (as in a metal). Electrolytes include water solutions of acids, bases, or salts; certain pure liquids; and molten salts. ..... Click the link for more information. , an ionized solution or molten metallic salt, complete an electric circuit between two electrodes. When the electrodes are connected to a source of direct current one, called the cathode, becomes negatively (−) charged while the other, called the anode, becomes positively (+) charged. The positive ions in the electrolyte will move toward the cathode and the negatively charged ions toward the anode. This migration of ions through the electrolyte constitutes the electric current in that part of the circuit. The migration of electrons into the anode, through the wiring and an electric generator, and then back to the cathode constitutes the current in the external circuit. For example, when electrodes are dipped into a solution of hydrogen chloride (a compound of hydrogen and chlorine) and a current is passed through it, hydrogen gas bubbles off at the cathode and chlorine at the anode. This occurs because hydrogen chloride dissociates (see dissociation dissociation, in chemistry, separation of a substance into atoms or ions. Thermal dissociation occurs at high temperatures. For example, hydrogen molecules (H2 ..... Click the link for more information. ) into hydrogen ions (hydrogen atoms that have lost an electron) and chloride ions (chlorine atoms that have gained an electron) when dissolved in water. When the electrodes are connected to a source of direct current, the hydrogen ions are attracted to the cathode, where they each gain an electron, becoming hydrogen atoms again. Hydrogen atoms pair off into hydrogen molecules that bubble off as hydrogen gas. Similarly, chlorine ions are attracted to the anode, where they each give up an electron, become chlorine atoms, join in pairs, and bubble off as chlorine gas. Commercial Applications of Electrolysis Various substances are prepared commercially by electrolysis, e.g., chlorine by the electrolysis of a solution of common salt; hydrogen by the electrolysis of water; heavy water (deuterium oxide) for use in nuclear reactors, also by electrolysis of water. A metal such as aluminum is refined by electrolysis. A solution of aluminum oxide in a molten mineral decomposes into pure aluminum at the cathode and into oxygen at the anode. In these examples the electrodes are inert. Electroplating In electroplating, the plating metal is generally the anode, and the object to be plated is the cathode. A solution of a salt of the plating metal is the electrolyte. The plating metal is deposited on the cathode, and the anode replenishes the supply of positive ions, thus gradually being dissolved. Electrotype printing plates, silverware, and chrome automobile trim are plated by electrolysis. The English scientist Michael Faraday discovered that the amount of a material deposited on an electrode is proportional to the amount of electricity used. The ratio of the amount of material deposited in grams to the amount of electricity used is the electrochemical equivalent of the material. Actual electric consumption may be as high as four times the theoretical consumption because of such factors as heat loss and undesirable side reactions. Electric Cells An electric cell is an electrolytic system in which a chemical reaction causes a current to flow in an external circuit; it essentially reverses electrolysis. A battery is a single electric cell (or two or more s |
The crystals of which element when heated, give off a violet vapour with an irritating odour, similar to chlorine? | Iodine, Chemical Element - reaction, water, uses, elements, proteins, examples, gas, number EYE-uh-dine Discovery and naming One of Courtois' first jobs was to assist his father in making compounds of sodium and potassium from seaweed. Seaweed plants take sodium and potassium compounds out of seawater. The compounds become part of the growing seaweed. Courtois and his father collected seaweed on the coasts of Normandy and Brittany in France. Then they burned it. Next, they soaked the seaweed ashes in water to dissolve the sodium and potassium compounds. Sulfuric acid was added to react with the unwanted seaweed chemicals. Finally, they allowed the water to evaporate, leaving the compounds behind. These compounds are white crystals, much like ordinary table salt. The compounds were sold to large industrial businesses for use in such products as table salt and baking soda. One day in 1811, Courtois made a mistake. He added too much sulfuric acid to the mixture. He was amazed to see clouds of beautiful violet vapor rising from the mixture. He decided to study the new material. Eventually, he proved it was a new element. He named the element after its color. In Greek, the word iodes means "violet." Physical properties Iodine is one of the most striking and beautiful of all elements. As a solid, it is a heavy, grayish-black, metallic-looking material. When heated, it does not melt. Instead, it sublimes. Sublimation is the process by which a solid turns directly to a gas without first melting. The resulting iodine vapor has a violet color and a harsh odor. If a cold object, such as an iron bar, is placed in these vapors, iodine changes back to a solid. It forms attractive, delicate, metallic crystals. Iodine dissolves only slightly in water. But it dissolves in many other liquids to give distinctive purple solutions. If heated under the proper conditions, it can be made to melt at 113.5°C (236.3°F) and to boil at 184°C (363°F). The density of the element is 4.98 grams per cubic centimeter. Chemical properties Like the other halogens, iodine is an active element. However, it is less active than the three halogens above it in the periodic table. Its most common compounds are those of the alkali metals, sodium, and potassium. But it also forms compounds with other elements. It even forms compounds with the other halogens. Some examples are iodine monobromide (IBr), iodine monochloride (ICl), and iodine pentafluoride (IF 5 ). A magnified view of a crystal of iodine. Occurrence in nature Iodine is not very abundant in the Earth's crust. Its abundance is estimated to be about 0.3 to 0.5 parts per million. It ranks in the bottom third of the elements in terms of abundance. It is still more common than cadmium, silver, mercury, and gold. Its abundance in seawater is estimated to be even less, about 0.0003 parts per million. Iodine tends to be concentrated in the Earth's crust in only a few places. These places were once covered by oceans. Over millions of years, the oceans evaporated. They left behind the chemical compounds that had been dissolved in them. The dry chemicals left behind were later buried by earth movements. Today, they exist underground as salt mines. A mistake by Bernard Courtois led to clouds of beautiful violet vapor rising from a mixture on which he was working. It was iodine. Iodine can also be collected from seawater, brackish water, brine, or sea kelp. Seawater is given different names depending on the amount of solids dissolved in it. Brackish water, for Kelp, a type of seaweed, is a popular source of iodine, since it absorbs the element from seawater. example, has a relatively low percentage of solids dissolved in water. The range that is sometimes given is 0.05 to 3 percent solids in the water. Brine has a higher percentage of dissolved solids. It may contain |
On the coast of which English county are Pegwell Bay and St. Margaret's Bay to be found? | England Kent - Bird Watching,Resources for Bird Watching by the Fat Birder Fatbirder - linking birders worldwide... Wildlife Travellers see our sister site: WAND England Kent Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella ©David Featherbe Website Kent's landscape is well known traditionally by the epithet the Garden of England. Facing mainland Europe, only 25 miles from France, the gleaming chalk White Cliffs of Dover are undoubtedly England's most famous natural landmark. But, there is more to Kent's landscape than either agriculture or its chalk backbone. Diverse habitat includes the North Kent Marshes which represent a large proportion of the whole country's remaining inter-tidal grazing marsh, whilst at Stodmarsh-Grove Ferry the county has one of the country's largest reed beds adjacent to the Stour River Valley, Dungeness's quite unique shingle peninsular is the second biggest in the world supporting countless rare flora and fauna, whilst the whole county is surprisingly well wooded. To enhance these assets the county has no less than 5 RSPB reserves and two dedicated bird observatories (Dungeness & Sandwich Bay). Superb examples of recent habitat management can be found at many locations including; Grove Ferry, Elmley, Dungeness and Oare. All of which bodes well for birding in the county.. Even in a county as well watched as Kent, the sudden prominence in recent years of Bockhill and Kingsdown (St. Margaret's Bay) as a rarities and visible migration hot-spot, illustrates the counties potential to produce more and more alternative birdwatching locations. Add to the above ingredients the continents proximity and sea-watching sites offering both north and south facing coastlines, and the picture is complete of one of the country's top birding counties. The birding statistics confirm this premier position: County List - 406; Top Year [1999] List - 263; Top Individual County List - 351 (and 66+ birders over 300); Big Day records - 153; Non-motorised - 121 [2003]; Big sit - 77 (all set in 1999) Top Sites Satellite View Between Deal and Dover this site and it's Bockhill Bird Group stalwarts have enjoyed numerous sought-after species that include most memorably in 1998, a Red-flanked Bluetail and a Nutcracker. Pallas's and Radde's Warbler, Booted Eagle, Corncrake and Red-breasted Flycatcher are amongst the diverse species recorded here, whilst as a sea watching spot good numbers of divers, skuas, terns, auks, etc are seen from the beach, indeed as recently as the 9th of November 2001, 6 Little Auk's were seen offshore. Autumn 2001 passerines seen include Yellow-browed Warbler, Hoopoe, Red-backed Shrike, Lapland and Little Bunting. Bough Beech Satellite View South of Sevenoaks this is the largest reservoir in Kent (Bewl Water is larger, but straddles county borders and is mainly in Sussex). It attracts wintering wildfowl, regular Osprey in spring, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and the odd rarity (most famously a Little Crake in 1998). Canterbury Ring Woods - Church Woods An RSPB reserve on the northern outskirts of Canterbury. It has Redstart, Nightjar, Tree Pipit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Nightingale and the occasional Crossbill. Canterbury Ring Woods - Clowes Wood A better bet for nightjar… Canterbury Ring Woods - Larkey Valley Woods The best in the area for Hawfinch. Many other woods (Lyminge forest, Hamstreet, Bedgebury, etc) in the county hold similar birds and a good look at an OS map will allow birders to make their own discoveries. Capel-le-Ferne The cliff-top area here is good for visible migration and has produced a string of rarities (including Kent’s first Isabelline Wheatear despite being covered by only a handful of birders. Copt Point Near Folkestone has the largest congregation of Mediterranean Gulls in the country; winter is the best period, but birds can be found throughout the year (though very few in mid-summer). Dengemarsh At the western extremity of the Dungeness reserve the road overlooks flooded fields that attract waders and a gully by the sea, which can hold migrants. Dungeness Bird Ob |
Which is the heaviest and softest of the common metals? | What is the Hardest Metal? (with pictures) What is the Hardest Metal? Originally Written By: Michael Anissimov Revised By: Bott Last Modified Date: 22 December 2016 Copyright Protected: These 10 facts about space will blow your mind The hardest known metal is steel alloy, which is often made even harder by adding carbon and other elements. With a tensile strength of 0.84 GPa (122,000 psi) and a yield strength of 0.64 GPa (67,000 psi), carbon steel is surpassed in hardness only by very hard nonmetals, such as rubies , diamonds, or aggregated diamond nanorods. Hardness is defined as the resistance of a matter to abrasion or indentation. The Mohs scale ranks elements according to comparative hardness, on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the hardest. The best high-carbon steels rate an 8 to 9 on the scale, relative to ruby at 9 and diamond at 10. The hardest metals are still somewhat soft in comparison to the strongest nonmetals, based on the strongest bonds in chemistry, the sp2 bond between carbon atoms. Carbon Steel High-strength carbon steel goes through a process of tempering and annealing, which uses heat, to make it harder. While heat makes the metal stronger, it also makes it less ductile, meaning it is less able to bend and move when under stress. Carbon is also added to the steel, at which point the steel alloy metal becomes carbon steel, or strengthened steel, the hardest metal available. Carbon contents as great as 2 percent may be present in the hardest metal. Carbon steel is one of the most common types of steel, the other most common type being stainless steel. Due to it's high melting point of 2,800°F (1,537°C), most carbon steels are used in construction tools such as rock drills and construction dowels. Sometimes very hard metals, such as carbon steel, are undesirable because of their other properties; carbon steel, for instance, is notoriously prone to corrosion . While it is the hardest metal, it is not necessarily the most useful material for every job. Other Hard Materials While often mistaken to be the hardest metal, tungsten carbide, is actually a composite material made of tungsten and carbon, often with cobalt added. It is used in both the military and for gun reloading equipment, and is also a popular choice for men's wedding rings. Iridium and titanium are also sometimes incorrectly called the hardest metals; though they are hard, they are not the hardest. Titanium has been used to build the world's deepest-diving submarines, however, and iridium is known to be the most corrosion-resistant metal. Chromium , which rates 8.5 on the Mohs scale, is also extremely hard, and is often added to alloy steels for this quality. Depleted uranium , the metal of choice for tank shells, is not harder than tungsten carbide or carbon steel but it is more dense, which is preferable for projectiles. The strongest single element is carbon, but only when it is in the form of a diamond. Ad anon945673 Post 68 Single wall carbon nanotube is the hardest material. Young Modulus around 1-5 TPa, Tensile strength 13-53 GPa anon351286 Post 67 The hardest alloy probably CPM REX 121 steel, hardness achieved 72 RC. Hardest pure metal probably "beta tantalum", hardness Knoop is 1000-1300 HN. The hardest material is ADNR (aggregated diamond nanorod), Vickers hardness ~300 GPa. anon344476 Post 65 @ceramic tile guy: that's probably meant for home tile, like you would use on your floor. By ceramic standards, that's soft. To shape TC, you're best off using something with industrial diamond. anon319528 Would a cutting wheel for ceramic tile be right for cutting tungsten? anon287724 Post 62 Tungsten carbide is not a ceramic, is a metal alloy. Ceramics are defined by their composition and mixing method, and while tungsten carbide and carbon steel might have a few similarities to the definition of ceramic, they do not have enough to be even remotely classified as a ceramic. Diamond is the hardest substance on earth (*not* a metal). The Americal Iron and Steel institute recognizes that some tungsten carbide alloys are the hardest (commerci |
In India, what geographical features are the Ghats? | India Geography Maps, India Geography, Geographical Map of India Disclaimer Close Disclaimer: All efforts have been made to make this image accurate. However Compare Infobase Limited and its directors do not own any responsibility for the correctness or authenticity of the same. Geography of India India is the seventh largest country in the world in terms of area. It lies on the Indian Plate, which is the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate. The Indian subcontinent is surrounded by three different water bodies and is easily recognisable on the world map. Geographical Features The country covers an area of about 3.28 million sq. km. The mainland of India extends between 8�4' and 37�6' N latitude and 68�7' and 97�25' E longitude. The Tropic of Cancer 23�30' N divides India into almost two halves. The total length of the coastline is 7,517 kilometers. The Indian peninsula tapers southward resulting in the division of the Indian Ocean into two water bodies - the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. In India, there is a great diversity of landforms such as lofty mountains, deep valleys, extensive plains, and a number of islands. Physiographic Regions On the basis of relief features, tectonic history and stratigraphy, India can be divided into several physical units. The Great Mountains of the North: India comprises the Himalayas in the North and Northeastern region, which divides the country from the Tibetan plateau. The Himalayan range is further divided into different ranges: Pir Panjal Range: This is the largest range of the lower Himalayas and runs from the east-southeast to west-northwest. The Pir Panjal pass lies to the west of Srinagar and comprises Banihal Pass, Sinthal Pass, Rohtang La, Munawar Pass and Haji Pir Pass. Ladakh Range: This range extends from the northern side of Leh to the Tibetan border. It comprises Digar La Pass and Khardung La Pass. Considered a segment of the Karakoram mountain range, the Ladakh range has an extreme climate. Leh, which is the main town of the region, is regarded as a trade centre for fine pashmina wool. Zanskar Range: This range starts from southeastern boundaries of Kashmir and extends to the eastern limit of Baltistan. Singge La Pass, Runrang La Pass, Fotu (Fatu) La Pass, Marbal Pass and Zoji La Pass are some of the passes of this range. Dhauladhar Range: This range rises from the plains of India to the north of Mandi and Kangra. Hanuman ji Ka Tiba or the 'White Mountain' is the highest peak. East Karakoram Range: This range separates India from Central Asia and is also one of the larger ranges of Asia. It is home to the second highest peak of the world, K2. Indo-Gangetic Plain The Indo-Gangetic Plain is also known as Indus-Ganga and the North Indian River Plain. It is dominated by three major rivers - the Ganges, the Indus and the Brahmaputra. It covers a large area of about 7,00,000 sq. km in the Northern and Eastern India. The plain is divided into four divisions: The Bhabhar Belt: It is a narrow belt that lies in the foothills of Himalayas and comprises pebbles and rocks brought down by the streams. The Terai Belt: It is located next to the Bhabhar region and is made up of newer alluvium. The Bangar Belt: It includes older alluvium and has a low upland in the Gangetic plains which is covered by the laterite deposits. The Khadir Belt: It lies on the lowland areas after the Bangar belt and is made up of newer alluvium which is brought down by the rivers which flow down to this plain. The Peninsular Plateau The Peninsular Plateau is a tableland and its characteristic features include shallow valleys and rounded hills. It is broadly divided into three different plateaus: The Deccan Plateau: It is a triangular shaped plateau and is bounded by the Vindhyas and the Western and Eastern Ghats. It stretches across eight states of India and covers a total area of 1.9 million sq. km. The Malwa Plateau: The Malwa Plateau is spread across parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Chambal River and its tributaries find their way in this plateau and Mahi River also flows throug |
In 'Arthurian' legend, who was the father of Sir Galahad? | Sir Galahad | King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table Sir Galahad Galahad was the natural son of Launcelot. His name may be of Welsh origin or come from the place name Gilead in Palestine. His mother was Elaine, and he was placed in a nunnery as a child, being that the abbess there was his great aunt. One day a sword in a stone was seen in a river by Arthur's knights, and it was said that only the world's best knight could pull out the sword. Galahad was led into Arthur's court where he sat in the Siege Perilous and then drew the sword out. It was later on when the Grail appeared in a vision at Arthur's court that Galahad was one of the three knights chosen to undertake the Quest for the Holy Grail. He was given a white shield, made by Evelake, with a red cross which Joseph of Arimathea had drawn in blood. In the course of the Quest he joined up with Percivale, Bors, and Percivale's sister. On board Solomon's ship, Galahad obtained the Sword of David, and after the death of Percivale's sister the trio split up for a while and Galahad traveled with his father, Launcelot. When the three rejoined forces they came to Carbonek and achieved the Grail. Galahad mended the broken sword, and therefore, He was allowed to see the Grail. After beholding the Holy Grail, Galahad requested of Joseph of Arimathea that he die, which request was granted unto him. Galahad was always known as the "Perfect Knight". He was "perfect" in courage, gentleness, courtesy, and chivalry. |
The ancient region of Mesopotamia is now part of which middle eatern country? | Middle East and Ancient Mesopotamia - wanderings in the ancient world wanderings in the ancient world The Middle East and Ancient Mesopotamia Hydrology, Irrigation Systems, and Cooperation The Middle East (The Near East) The Middle East is known as the "cradle of civilization." This is because the concept of civilization first started here. The ideas and innovations of law, religion, government, agriculture, and development in technology began on this part of the world. Ancient Mesopotamia Mesopotamia one of the first great civilizations of the ancient world. My Blog on The Middle East and Resources For Class and Homework discussions you may have to participate in a web log, or blog discussion. Click on the link below: http://profilingthemiddleeast.blogspot.com/ A Brief History on The Middle East and Resources ( A Political Map of The Middle East) The Middle East is a region or area located in the continent of Asia and Africa. Egypt is the only country of The Middle East that is located in Africa. In antiquity, the area of the Middle East is known for starting the first civilizations. Ancient Egypt, Ancient Mesopotamia, The Babylonian Empire, The Assyrian Empire, and The Persian Empire all originate from this region. Some of the greatest achievements from humanity come from this geographical region. The first forms of writing like cuneiform and hieroglyphs originated from Iraq and Egypt, respectively. Mathematics and law were first developed by the Mesopotamians who lived in Mesopotamia, present day Iraq. The first attempts of metallurgy began in The Middle East as well as domestication of animals and farming. Monarchies and theocracies, forms of government emerged in this area. One of the greatest achievement to propel humanity was the creation of legal systems. The first notable creator was Hammurabi, sometimes written as Hammurapi. He was a Babylonian king who developed a code of written law to better rule his people. It is known as Hammurabi's law. After the conquests of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, The Middle East was no longer a formidable power til the emergence of the prophet Mohamed and the start of Islam. The empire covered The Middle East, various parts of North Africa, and Spain. The Muslim invasion of Europe by the Umayyad dynasty was halted by Charles Martel in 732 C.E. at the battle of Tours. Throughout history there has been a clash between the peoples of the Middle East and those of the Western World. However, much of the friction has been due to territorial or ideological disputes. Much of the problems or prejudice towards the Middle East is due to ignorance or cultural insensitivity, Water Water is a precious resource in the Middle East. However, it is scarce and being threatened by damming and pollution.Click on the links below to better understand the importance of water. This is a short film by Leonardo Dicaprio about water. Current Issues In The Middle East The Middle East is currently plagued by war and exploitation of its most famous resource: oil. Sadly, it is an area of the world that has contributed much culturally to the world yet many only think of The Middle East as a harsh desert world with people solely bent on war and terrorism. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The BBC is an excellent site for current news on the Middle East http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/default.stm Another great source is The CIA-The World Factbook Once you click on the link below go to Quick Links on the right-hand side and click on it. There a map of the world should present itself. Click on any continent you are interested in. From there you should be able to narrow your search by country. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/region/region_mde.html Mesopotamia Mesopotamia is the first civilization in history. Civilization was only possible through the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Domestication of the rivers led to engineering feats like the building of levees and irrigation systems. The water distribution allowed for food surplus, whi |
Which is the lowest card used in the game of Bezique? | How to Play Bezique | HowStuffWorks How to Play Bezique NEXT PAGENEXT Bezique, the forerunner of the card game Pinochle, was invented in the early 1800s in Sweden. By the 1850s, it was a hit all across Europe, and it soon arrived in America. It's still widely enjoyed in Britain. Over the years there have been many exciting variations of Bezique. In this article, you will. learn how to play classic Bezique, Rubicon Bezique, and Chinese Bezique. Let's get started with traditional Bezique: Number of players: Two Card Term Glossary Here's a quick reference for some of the card language you will find in this article. Follow suit: To play a card of the suit led. Lead: To play the first card to a trick. Marriage: A meld consisting of the king and queen. Meld: A combination of cards with scoring value, generally three or more cards in sequence in one suit or all of the same rank; also, to show or play such a combination. Stock: The undealt cards available for future use. Table: The playing area; also, to lay down a meld on the playing area. Trick: A round of cards played, one from each player's hand. Trump: A suit designated to be higher ranking than any other suit; any card in that suit. Also, to play a trump card on a trick. Upcard: The first card turned up after a deal, often to begin play or initiate a discard pile. For a complete listing of card terminology, click here . Object: To score points by melding and by taking tricks containing aces and 10s (brisques). The cards: Two sets of 32 cards, consisting of aces through 7s, are shuffled together into one 64-card deck. Cards rank -- from high to low -- A-10-K-Q-J-9-8-7. To play: Deal eight cards to each player, in groups of three, two, and three, and then turn up a card. This "upcard" will designate which suit will be trump. Place that card face up and so that it is slightly sticking out from under the draw pile. If the trump upcard is a 7, dealer scores 10 points immediately. Nondealer starts play by leading any card. At this stage of play, and as long as there remain cards to draw, you are not obliged to follow suit; you may play any of your cards. The highest trump in a trick wins it, or, if there is no trump card, the highest card of the suit led wins it. When two identical cards contend for the same trick (for example, two 10s), the first one played wins the trick. The winner of each trick scores 10 points for each ace or 10 (also called a "brisque") it contains, and may also table one meld. (You may tally the 10 points for a 7 of trumps along with a meld, and if you table the first 7 of trumps you may also trade it for the trump upcard.) Tally all points when you meld as you score them (see "Melds in Bezique" table below). Tally brisques at the end of the hand. Both players take a new card from the stock, with the winner of the previous trick drawing first and then leading to the next trick. Melded cards stay on the table until the stock is used up, but you may still play them on tricks. A card you meld one time can be used again, but only in a different meld and only with a winning trick. For example: Q melds with K in a marriage and can also meld later for 60 points with Q-- Q. But it can't meld with a second K -- a completely new pair is needed to score the second marriage. When only the upcard and one draw card remain, the upcard goes to the trick-loser. Put your remaining melded cards back in your hand, with the winner of the previous trick taking the last draw card and leading to the next trick. In the play of the final eight cards, each player must follow suit and also must win a trick whenever possible. Whoever wins the final trick scores an extra 10 points. ©2006 Publications International, Ltd. lead, though it gives opponent the chance to win a brisque. Instead, you could try either J, but as a card of lower rank, it is a more likely loser. Scoring: The first player to accumulate 1,000 points -- or any other agreed-upon sum -- wins. Tips: The play in Bezique has 32 tricks, in which your opponent will try to trump any ace or 10 you lead. Therefore, you sho |
"""On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair"", are the opening lines of which pop song?" | EAGLES - HOTEL CALIFORNIA LYRICS Hotel California Lyrics On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell Then I was thinking to myself this could be Heaven or this could be Hell Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say "Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year You can find it here" Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat Some dance to remember, some dance to forget So I called up the captain, "Please bring me my wine" He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969" And still those voices are calling from far away Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say "Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place |
Who wrote the novel 'Do Anderoids Dream Of Electric Sheep', the basis of the screenplay for the film 'Blade Runner'? | Adapting Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep English Literature Essay Adapting Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep English Literature Essay Published: Last Edited: 23rd March, 2015 This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers. Philip K. Dick has been described by some reviewers as the best writer in science fiction. His novel "Do Androids dream of electric sheep?" is a science fiction which amalgamates technology, intense drama, philosophy and other crucial human concerns. It talks about a fierce World War that was intensively fought that humankind was endangered with extinction and thus fled to planet Mars. In order to obtain some workforce, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra such as sheep and even 'made' human beings as illustrated by the San Francisco 2021 situation. As a result, the emigrants to mars could not be distinguished from some other artificial human beings, androids, whom governments on earth were afraid of. The novel thus describes the fight and antagonism between androids and real human beings with Rick Deckard, a police officer, playing a very central role in the fight. It must be insisted that the last fifty pages are so much moving. On the other hand, the movie is based on a cyberpunk futuristic vision; just like the novel upon which it was based. In this vision, human beings create 'human replicants' with fixed life spans and these 'replicants' are useful in the colonization of the off-earth planets. To terminate these human representations, a blade runner, also a police officer, specializes in 'retiring' them. At his retirement, he was recalled to work so as to terminate other six 'replicants' which landed on earth from far away colonies. In literary symbolic terms, if Ridley Scott were to produce a 'literary replicant' of Philip K. Dick's novel, there could probably have been worse effects than those experienced in the 2019 Los Angeles at the return of the techno-humans. In other words, inclusion of every novel detail would have meant involvement of Dick in the production process. The film per se was not an enactment of the novel but was based on the novel as evident in the details herein. Most literary analysts generally agree that the film "Blade Runner" is based on Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (Sammon 320) originally published in 1968. DISCUSSION In order to establish whether Ridley Scott's 1982 film, the Blade Runner made use of Philip K. Dick's novel, it is important to know the situation surrounding the film's establishment. It is reported that the film company had bought another novel's rights and thus changed most of the original ideas. The concept remained the same though. There are two camps in the debate of whether Philip K. Dick's ideas have been well featured in the film or it was a dire injustice by the film company in the omission of the 1968 idea. The first proposition should not be very disputable; that the movie Blade Runner is based on the novel. The concern only seems to surround the extent to which all ideas have been entrenched. In the view of this analysis, it does not conceptually appear that the original idea was altered; though that may manifest as face value. The answer could probably be magnified by the extrapolation of the idea that if Dick could represent future technology in a 20th century book, why could a movie based on the same futuristic concept not omit some aspects, incorporate others in the recent times (Because the movie should be watched by present-day human beings) and retain the original line of thought? According to Westfahl (776), the Blade Runner was inspired by Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? In literary terms therefore, the novel was adapted for the film. In elucidating the approaches to adaptation, Blakesley and Hoogeveen (113) wrote that the following factors should be put into perspective: Fidelity, interpretation and inspiration. In this case, both subjects have fiction as their inspiration while the th |
The creature, the Loris, is related to which animal? | BBC Nature - Primate species: new slow loris found in Borneo Primate species: new slow loris found in Borneo By Matt Walker Editor, BBC Nature New to science Warning over slow loris pet trade Watch A new species of small nocturnal primate has been discovered by scientists in Borneo. The primate is a type of slow loris, a small cute-looking animal that is more closely related to bushbabies and lemurs than to monkeys or apes. Uniquely among primates, they have a toxic bite, belying their appearance. Two previously known subspecies of slow loris have also been accorded full species status. Details of the discoveries are published in the American Journal of Primatology. The new species of slow loris, named Nycticebus kayan, has gone unrecognised until now, in part due to its nocturnal lifestyle. Animals that are active by night often rely less on visual clues, and can therefore appear more similar to one another. So the scientists had to look hard to discover the differences between the new species. An international team of researchers, led by Professor Anna Nekaris of Oxford Brookes University in the UK, and Rachel Munds from the University of Missouri in Columbia, US, surveyed slow lorises living in the forests of Borneo and the Philippines. They focused on studying the primates' facial markings, which take the appearance of a mask, with the eyes being covered by distinct dark patches and the heads by varying patterns. Part of Prof Nekaris's research was filmed by the BBC programme Natural World, which followed members of the team as they conducted surveys. This research has revealed there are actually four species of slow loris in the Philippines and Borneo, each with their own, subtly different but distinct head markings. Originally there was thought to be just a single species, called N. menagensis. Two of these new species, N. bancanus and N. borneanus, were previously considered subspecies of N. menagensis. While, N. kayan, is new to science. "In Borneo in particular, from where three of the new species hail, this will mean that three new lorises will be added as threatened to some degree on the IUCN Red List of threatened species," says Prof Nekaris. "With more than 40% of the world's primates already threatened with extinction, this brings the toll even higher." Outside of Borneo and the Philippines, four other slow loris species are known, living across south and southeast Asia. All have a difficult relationship with humans. They are the only primates with a toxic bite, secreting the toxin from glands in their elbows. Slow lorises lick this toxin, and mix it with their saliva. They then use it when they bite, or to coat the fur of their offspring, possibly as a way to deter predators from attacking their young. The toxin is powerful enough to potentially cause fatal anaphylactic shock in people. But the slow lorises' cute appearance also makes them a favoured target of the pet trade. Slow lorises are filmed being sold illegally in terrible conditions Captured animals often have their canine and incisor teeth pulled out before being sold on as pets, in a bid to protect their potential owner. Harming the animals this way, though, can quickly lead to their death, as the toothless primates are unable to feed properly. The discovery that more slow loris species exist also has implications for their survival. "Well-meaning groups rescue lorises and rarely follow proper guidelines when releasing them back to the wild," says Prof Nekaris. "That means that the wrong species of loris has found itself in many a new place throughout Asia, if they have survived the traumatising practice of hard release to the wild in the first place." Join BBC Nature on Facebook and Twitter @BBCNature . More on This Story |
England cricketer Andrew Caddick was born in which country? | Andrew Caddick | International Cricket Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 44/– Source: CricInfo , 4 August 2009 Andrew Richard Caddick (born 21 November 1968 in Christchurch, New Zealand ) is a retired cricketer who played for England as a fast-medium bowler . At 6 ft 5in, Caddick was a successful bowler for England for a decade, taking 13 five-wicket hauls in Test matches . He spent his entire English domestic first-class cricket career at Somerset County Cricket Club, and then played one Minor Counties match for Wiltshire in 2009. Contents Career Early career Caddick was born in Christchurch, New Zealand to English parents, and educated at Papanui High School.[4] As a youngster, he modelled his bowling action on that of Richard Hadlee . He appeared three times for New Zealand Young Cricketers, all of his appearances coming in February 1988. His performances were unremarkable, the highlight being an unbeaten 20 with the bat and bowling figures of 1/16 off three overs in the first One Day International (ODI) against the touring India Under 19 team. In spite of his modest figures in the two matches against the Indians, he retained his place for the first match of the McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup. However, after struggling with 0/39[8] he lost his place, and did not appear for New Zealand again. Frustration at what he saw as a lack of opportunities to be selected for the New Zealand Test side drove him to try his luck in England, something New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford would later rue, commenting that "he slipped through the net and given our lack of depth we can ill afford to lose players like him". He played a handful of games for Middlesex Second XI in late 1988 and early 1989, taking 17 wickets in four matches for them at 26.71. On his Somerset Second XI debut in June 1989, Caddick took 8/46 in Surrey Second XI's first innings. He was restricted to playing in the Second XI Championship for the 1990 and 1991 seasons, as Jimmy Cook was the club's overseas player and Caddick had yet to serve his four years to qualify as an English player. In spite of this, he made his first-class debut for Somerset against the West Indians in May 1991, but his only further match of the season was against the touring Sri Lankans in the August. His County Championship debut and breakthrough came in the 1992 season, with Caddick immediately amongst the wickets, taking 4/96 against Gloucestershire. Later in the season, he took his maiden 10 wicket haul against Kent, and finished the season with a respectable 71 wickets at 27.01. He impressed the right people and was rewarded with his county cap, and a place in the England A squad touring Australia. He shone on the tour, finishing with a first-class bowling average of 28.60, by far the best on the England team. A strong start to the following season, including a career best 9/32 in the second innings of a match against Lancashire, saw him called up to the Test and one-day squads for the 1993 Ashes series. Achievements Man of the Match awards Man of the Match Awards – International Cricket Andy Caddick has won 3 Man of the Match awards in Test cricket. No |
Although the names of the four Scottish 'Quarter Days' have remained the same, on which date of the respective months do they fall? | The Scottish Tradition in Canada The Scottish Tradition in Canada The Scot in the Fur Trade Elaine Allan Mitchell It would be almost impossible to overemphasize the pre-eminent position which Scots of every stripe, Highlander, Lowlander and Islander, attained during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the North American fur trade. The same political, economic and social pressures which forced them as a people to emigrate in such large numbers, brought them as a matter of course into this expanding trade. But it is clear that, in addition to the paramount need to earn a living, they possessed certain advantages of character or education, or both, which admirably fitted them for the service of the two principal and diverse interests in the northwest, the Canadians operating from Montreal and the English on Hudson's Bay. If the dashing Highlanders of the North West Company have captured the imagination of the general public, still they must yield pride of place to the less spectacular Orkneymen of the Hudson's Bay Company, who preceded them in that part of North America formerly known as Rupert's Land. In later years, too, the sons of both groups, the majority of them born of marriages with Indian women, were frequently to succeed their fathers and grandfathers, and themselves to play a substantial and worthy part in the continent-wide and virtually monopolistic corporation on whose foundations the modern Canadian nation has been built. The fur trade dates back to the earliest days of the discovery of Canada. The Basque, Breton and other European fishermen who followed the explorers to the Gulf of St. Lawrence (and may even have preceded them) were the first to barter furs from the Indians with goods and trinkets, but the trade continued to be subsidiary to the fishing industry and of minor importance until the hatmakers of Europe discovered the superiority of beaver in the manufacture of their increasingly popular felt hats. The hooked ends of the under fur particularly suited it to the felting process and the most prized pelts came from the robes which the Indians wore to Protect themselves from the cold. These skins, taken when prime during he winter, were subjected to a special treatment which caused the guard hairs to fall out, leaving the soft fur underneath, while constant wear for fifteen to eighteen months further improved the quality, making them well-greased, pliable and yellow in colour.1 The new French colony, which Champlain founded on the St. Lawrence River in 1608, soon came to rely on the fur trade as its principal source of revenue and the adventurous coureurs de bois, preferring the free life of the woods, with its relatively high rewards, to the harsh and unremunerative toil of Quebec farms, spread out in all directions by way of the Ottawa River and the Great Lakes in pursuit of beaver. The story of Radisson and Groseilliers and the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company is too well known to be repeated here, but the presence of English traders after 1668 on the bay which the French regarded as their own had immediate repercussions on the St. Lawrence. Not only did it give fresh impetus to the French movement inland, in order to intercept the furs going down to the Bay, but it led to numerous attempts, first by sea and then by land, to oust the English from their posts. These campaigns featured the daring exploits of de Troyes and Iberville and constitute one of the most exciting periods in the history of New France. In 1713 the Treaty of Utrecht ended the struggle for the Bay by returning all the posts there to the English, and a glut of beaver in Europe gave temporary pause to the pace of French expansion in the interior. A few years later, however, it was again taken up by explorers like La Verendrye and his sons, who continued to press inland towards the Rocky Mountains and to establish posts in strategic places along their route. Me |
Which city is served by Lester B. Pearson Airport? | Toronto Airport Information - Information about YYZ Airport Near Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto Airport Information Toronto Pearson International Airport: 6301 Silver Dart Dr, Mississauga, ON L5P 1B2, Canada Search Airport Hotels Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport Overview Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport is usually referred to by the shorter name Toronto Pearson International Airport. The airport is located over 20 miles to the Northwest of the Toronto, Ontario city center. The airport is named for Lester Pearson who served as Prime Minister of Canada for many years. With a passenger load in excess of 33 million people, Toronto Pearson is the busiest airport in the nation of Canada. The airport is also quite large in land size, and it is Canada’s largest airport in area as well. This airport is the major hub of airport activity in Canada. History of the Toronto Pearson Airport The airport’s history dates back to 1937 when several tracts of land were purchased for the purpose of airport construction. The airport was officially opened in 1938 with an old farmhouse serving as the airport’s first terminal building. At this time, the airport was known as Malton Airport. Later in 1938, a second terminal was built, and two runways were constructed. The first passenger flights landed at the airport in the summer of 1938. During the World War II period, the airport was used as a base for military pilot training. Pilots trained at this airport came from all across the nations of the British Commonwealth. After the war, the airport continued to expand with the addition of another terminal facility. The runways were also expanded at this time. In 1960, the name of the airport was changed to Toronto International Airport. The current Terminal 1 building was built in the 1960s, and Terminal 2 was built in 1972. The 1980s and 90s brought more changes to the airport. In 1984, the airport took its current name. Terminal 3 was opened in 1991. Terminals Currently, Toronto Pearson operates two functioning terminals designated Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. There are five operating runways. The longest runway is 11,120 feet in length while the shortest is 9,000 feet in length. There is a lot to do at Toronto Pearson while waiting for a flight. Art is a major attraction at the airport. The airport conducted a major art competition in 2000 for works to put on permanent display. Eight works were eventually chosen, and travelers can see these works displayed in Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. Throughout Terminal 1, passengers will find several exhibits detailing the art and history of Canada. These displays change throughout the year. Some past exhibits included Canadian sports and photography. Besides art, Terminal 1 has a dinosaur exhibit. The major attraction of this exhibit is a complete Allosaurus skeleton that is on display. There is an interesting exhibit located in Terminal 3 called Toronto on Film. This exhibit tells the story of how the city of Toronto was featured in various movies. For travelers who want to stay connected to the Internet, Toronto Pearson has free Wi-Fi Internet access. This service is available in both terminals. There are two interfaith chapels for prayer and reflection. There is a chapel in each terminal, and Catholic and Protestant services are held in each chapel each day of the week. Transportation Passengers who need to travel between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 may use the LINK Train. These trains also connect passengers to the parking lots. Trains run so that passengers wait no longer than seven minutes for a train. Valet parking is available curbside. Express Park is for parking under three hours. Daily Park and the Value Park Garage offer short and long-term parking. Airlines Serving Toronto Airport Overview Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport is an important transportation hub for Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, and WestJet Airlines. These airlines are famous for offering more than 750 daily flights to popular destinations located in Austrasia, the Caribbean, E |
"Which poem in five sections, first published in 1922, was described by the poet as ""..just a piece of rhythmic grumbling""?" | The Waste Land - The British Library All 20th century works The Waste Land The Waste Land, a long poem by the American writer T S Eliot , is one of the most famous works of literary modernism. Across the poem’s five sections – ‘The Burial of the Dead’, ‘A Game of Chess’, ‘The Fire Sermon’, ‘Death by Water’ and ‘What the Thunder Said’ – Eliot presents a bleak picture of the landscape of the contemporary world and its history; ‘the most important personage’, as he put it, is ‘the old man with wrinkled dugs’ Tiresias, a hermaphroditic character from Greek mythology who is blind, but can see into the future. Rather than a single dramatic monologue, like ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (1915), woven throughout The Waste Land is a rich array of voices. This includes numerous literary and cultural references from sources as diverse as Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare , Blake, Conrad, ancient Sanskrit, and First World War trench slang. In addition, the poem contains a variety of musical references: Wagner, music hall, ragtime and nursery rhyme; and these sit alongside the sounds of children sledging, horns and motor cars, pub chatter and the rattle of bones. Eliot had the idea for the poem in 1914, but a breakdown brought on by his father’s death in 1919 precipitated its completion, and it has largely been read as a comment on the bleakness of post-war European history. The pervasive metaphor of dryness is generally read as expressive of spiritual emptiness. The poem itself was heavily edited by Ezra Pound, another American expatriate poet living in London at this time. Eliot gave Pound a copy of the 1922 edition with a handwritten dedication to ‘il miglior fabbro’ – Italian for ‘the better craftsman’ – and added it to the 1925 printed edition in his Poems 1909–1925. Yet looking back, Eliot felt it ended up overshadowing his other work, and described it not so much as ‘an important bit of social criticism’, but as ‘the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling’. These rhythms are indeed intensely of the time, and include hints of jazz and popular song. The Waste Land was first published in 1922 in Criterion, a magazine edited by Eliot, then a few days later in the magazine The Dial, and later that year, as a book by Boni & Liveright in New York. This latter edition included ‘Notes’ explaining some of the vast range of references contained in the poem, and its particular basis on the legend of the Holy Grail, and the vegetation ceremonies in The Golden Bough (1890; expanded 1906–1915), a comparative study of world mythology by J G Frazer. However, in ‘The Frontiers of Criticism’, in 1956, Eliot described these notes as ‘a remarkable exposition of bogus scholarship’, which he had only written to make the text long enough for book publication. Creator: |
Phyllophobia is the fear of what? | No Questions Quiz 62 Answers - No Questions Quiz 1 Answers No Questions Quiz 1 Answers Similar ^ No Questions Quiz 62 Answers 1 In Globe Arizona it's illegal to play cards in the street with who American Indian 2 What is the most common mammal in the UK Brown Rat 3 Name the second most commonly spoken language in Australia Italian 4 Which athletic event requires five judges Triple Jump 5 Victoria is the only Australian state without what Letter S in name 6 What TV show was set in Wentworth Detention Centre Prisoner Cell Block H 7 In the rhyme about magpies what do 5 represent Silver 8 Who voiced Mr Spock in the cartoon version of Star Trek Leonard Nimoy 9 Europhobia is the fear of what Female Genitals 10 In Maryland it's illegal play what Randy Newman song on radio Short People 11 In Greek mythology who was the first woman Pandora 12 Which timepiece has the most moving parts Egg timer 13 What is the official language of Egypt Arabic 14 Which literary character lives at 4 Privet Road Harry Potter 15 Rio's Maracarria stadium has what unusual feature A Moat 16 What natural phenomenon can never be seen at noon Rainbow - sun must be 40 deg or less 17 In Elizabethan England rich people carried their own folding what Spoons to Banquets 18 In ancient China what was hung outside a bad doctors house Lantern for each dead patient 19 In the Balanta tribe women stayed married until what happened Wedding dress wore out 20 In Massachusetts it's illegal to wear what without a licence Goatee 21 Suzy was a star of a 60s TV show what character did she play Flipper the dolphin 22 The average child wears out 730 by age ten 730 what Crayons 23 In a survey what food did Americans say they hated most Tofu 24 What vegetable was Emperor Nero's favourite The Leek 25 What nation invented the toilet seat Egyptian 26 Virginia Woolf always did it standing up - did what Wrote her books 27 Mount Teide is the highest mountain in which country Spain it's on Tenerife 28 In what film did the character Regan McNeil appear The Exorcist 29 Who rejected the 1964 Nobel prize for literature Jean Paul Sarte 30 In Alaska it's legal to shoot bears but illegal to do what Wake up for photo 31 George Jung of Los Angeles in 1916 invented what Fortune Cookies 32 John Paul Getty, world's richest man had what in his house A Payphone 33 What was unusual about the drawings of artist Cesar Ducornet Drawn with feet - he had no arms 34 Who was the only English King crowned on the battlefield Henry VII 35 In 1901 Dr Dausand demonstrated what that never caught on Silent Cinema - for the blind 36 In some areas of Paris what is provided for dogs Private flush toilets 37 What countries brides get the most diamond engagement rings Canada 38 What area in the US translates from the Dutch as Broken Valley Brooklyn 39 In ancient Egypt men and women did what opposite to today Peeing - men sat women stood 40 In Youngstown Ohio it's illegal to run out of what Gas or petrol 41 Who links a western gambler and a private eye James Garner Maverick Rockfort 42 How did Bunito Mussolini ward off the evil eye Touch his testicles 43 Both sexes get them but men more often - get what Hiccups 44 Who would use an orange stick Manicurist 45 Jacob German in 1899 got the worlds first what in New York Speeding Ticket - 12 mph 46 Mary Somerville said "It wont last, a flash in the pan" what Television 47 China 300 bc you could not speak to the Emperor without what Clove in your mouth 48 In what US city do they watch the most TV evangelists per cap Washington DC 49 Egyptian embalmers replaced the bodies eyes with what Onions 50 According to a 1997 survey what nation are the best kissers Italian ^ No Questions Quiz 62 Answers 51 In South Dakota it's illegal to fall down and sleep where Cheese Factory 52 Who was the last living person on a US postal stamp Nobody it's illegal 53 What is the main ingredient in a Navarin stew Mutton or Lamb 54 What elements name comes from the Greek word for violet Iodine 55 VH is the in |
Which system of historical classification was devised by the 19th century Danish archaeologist Christian Jurgensen Thomsen? | Archaeology Wordsmith Archaeology Wordsmith museum CATEGORY: structure; term DEFINITION: An institution that collects, studies, exhibits, and conserves objects for cultural and educational purposes; literally, a temple (or seat) of the Muses. The term was first applied to an establishment founded by Ptolemy I, called Soter, at Alexandria in Egypt, in the late 3rd century BC. SYNONYMS OR RELATED TERMS: Abu Ghurob CATEGORY: site DEFINITION: A site on the west bank of the Nile between Giza and Saqqara, originally called the Pyramid of Righa" and containing the remains of a sun temple erected by the 5th Dynasty King Nyuserra (2445-2421 BC) whose pyramid is at Abusir just to the south. The building of a sun temple to Ra in addition to a royal pyramid complex was customary in the 5th Dynasty. Abu Gurah is the best preserved of the two surviving examples (Userkaf at Abusir is the other.). Reliefs from the temple were sent to museums in Germany but a number of them were destroyed during World War II." Abydos, Tablets of CATEGORY: artifact; language DEFINITION: Two hieroglyphic inscriptions containing the names of Egyptian kings that were found on the walls in a small temple at Abydos, Egypt. The first tablet has the names of the kings of the 12th and 18th Dynasties and it is now in the British Museum. The second tablet begins with Menes, one of the first kings of Egypt, and has a complete list of the first two dynasties as well as a number of names from the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Dynasties. It was discovered in 1864 by Auguste Mariette, who published the book Abydos" in 1869." accession CATEGORY: term DEFINITION: An object acquired by a museum or collector as a part of a permanent collection; also, the act of processing and recording an addition to a permanent collection. alabaster SYNONYMS OR RELATED TERMS: Egyptian alabaster CATEGORY: geology DEFINITION: A term used by Egyptologists for a type of white, semi-transparent or translucent, stone used in statuary, vases, sarcophagi, and architecture. It is a form of limestone ( calcium carbonate), sometimes described as travertine. It was used increasingly from the Early Dynastic period for funerary vessels as well as statuary and altars. Alabaster is found in Middle Egypt, a main source being Hatnub, southeast of el-Amarna. The sarcophagi of Seti I (British Museum) is a fine example. An alabaster (also alabastron or alabastrum) is also the name of a small vase or jar for precious perfumes or oils made of this material. It was often globular with a narrow mouth and often without handles. Alfred Jewel CATEGORY: artifact DEFINITION: An elaborate gold ornament which is an example of 9th century Anglo-Saxon craftsmanship and found at Somerset, England in 1893 (now in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford). It consists of an enameled plaque with an oval portrait in different-colored Cloisonné, enhanced with filigree wire and backed by a flat piece of gold engraved with foliate decoration. Engraved around the frame are the Old English words which translate to, 'Alfred ordered me to be made', assumed to be King Alfred. Amudian SYNONYMS OR RELATED TERMS: Amud CATEGORY: culture DEFINITION: A culture and industry close to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, Israel. There are several important caves, including Emireh, the type site of the Emiran, and Zuttiyeh, the type site of the Amudian. These demonstrate the early occurrence of Upper Palaeolithic blades and burins even earlier than the Mousterian and its flake tools. The Amud cave is Mousterian or Emiran and in 1961 the skeletal remains were found of two adults and two children estimated to have lived about 50,000-60,000 years ago (remains held in the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem). They consist of a skeleton of an adult male about 25 years old, a fragment of an adult jaw, and skull fragments of infants. The skeleton has an exceptionally large brain (1800 cc). The remains suggest that they are part of a group known as Near Eastern Neanderthal man. This group represents a mixture of West Asian features similar to those of f |
Sometimes known as the 'White Whale', Delphinapterus Leucas belongs to the bottle-nosed family of whales, how is it more generally known? | Beluga whale : definition of Beluga whale and synonyms of Beluga whale (English) ( Pallas , 1776) Beluga range The beluga or white whale, Delphinapterus leucas, is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean . It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae , along with the narwhal . This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the beluga or sea canary due to its high-pitched twitter. [3] It is up to 5 m (16 ft) in length and an unmistakable all-white color with a distinctive protuberance on the head. From a conservation perspective, the beluga is considered "near threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ; however the subpopulation from the Cook Inlet in Alaska is considered critically endangered and is under the protection of the United States' Endangered Species Act . [2] [4] Of seven Canadian beluga populations, two are listed as endangered, inhabiting eastern Hudson Bay, and Ungava Bay. Contents 13 External links Taxonomy In 1776, Peter Simon Pallas first described the beluga. [1] It is a member of the Monodontidae family , which is in turn part of the toothed whale suborder. [1] The Irrawaddy dolphin was once placed in the same family; however, recent genetic evidence suggests otherwise. [5] The narwhal is the only other species within the Monodontidae besides the beluga. [6] The Red List of Threatened Species gives both beluga and white whale as common names, though the former is now more popular. The English name comes from the Russian белуха (belukha), which derives from the word белый (belyy), meaning "white". It is sometimes referred to by scientists as the belukha whale to avoid confusion with the beluga sturgeon . The whale is also colloquially known as the sea canary on account of its high-pitched squeaks, squeals, clucks and whistles. A Japanese researcher says he taught a beluga to "talk" by using these sounds to identify three different objects, offering hope that humans may one day be able to communicate effectively with sea mammals. [7] Description A beluga in the shallow waters of the Vancouver Aquarium Male belugas are larger than females. Length can range from 2.6 to 6.7 m (8.5 to 22 ft), averaging 4 m (13 ft) in males and 3.6 m (12 ft) in females. [8] Males weigh between 1,100 and 1,600 kg (2,400 and 3,500 lb), occasionally up to 1,900 kg (4,200 lb) while females weigh between 700 and 1,200 kg (1,500 and 2,600 lb). [9] [10] They rank as mid-sized species among toothed whales. [11] The adult beluga is rarely mistaken for another species, because it is completely white or whitish-gray in color. Calves, however, are usually gray. [8] Its head is unlike that of any other cetacean. Like most toothed whales it has a melon —an oily, fatty tissue lump found at the center of the forehead. The beluga's melon is extremely bulbous and even malleable. [6] The beluga is able to change the shape of its head by blowing air around its sinuses . Unlike many dolphins and whales, the vertebrae in the neck are not fused together, allowing the animal to turn its head laterally. The rostrum has about 8 to 10 teeth on each side of the jaw and a total of 34 to 40 teeth. Belugas have a dorsal ridge , rather than a dorsal fin . [8] The absence of the dorsal fin is reflected in the genus name of the species—apterus the Greek word for "wingless." The evolutionary preference for a dorsal ridge rather than a fin is believed to be an adaptation to under-ice conditions, or possibly as a way of preserving heat. [6] As in other cetaceans, the thyroid gland is relatively large compared to terrestrial mammals (proportionally three times as large as a horse's thyroid) and may help to sustain higher metabolism during the summer estuarine occupations. Its body is round, particularly when well-fed, and tapers less smoothly to the head than the tail. The sudden tapering to the base of its neck gives it the appearance of shoulders, unique among cetaceans. The tail fin grows and becomes increasingly and ornately curved as the animal ages. The flippers are broad and short—making them almost square-shaped. Ran |
Which city is served by Hanedi Airport? | Haneda Airport - Go Japan Go Haneda Airport Profile Haneda Airport (IATA: HND, ICAO: RJTT) is officially known as Tokyo International Airport, however it mainly handles domestic flights with some short haul international flight and the majority of international flights go through Narita Airport . Haneda Airport is only 14km south of the centre of Tokyo in the ward of Ota . Haneda Airport is the fifth busiest airport in the world, handling over 64 million passenger movements per year. Sorry, no record were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again. Google Map Not Loaded Kifune Shrine 4.99 km Kifune Shrine is a Shinto Shrine in Ota Ward of Tokyo, that is said to have been established around 1266. The object of enshrinement at Kifune Shrine is Izanagi-no-ohkami (a Read more [...] Shinagawa Aquarium 6.25 km Shinagawa Aquarium, in Shinagawa central Tokyo, features tunnel tank with a walk through tunnel where you can view sea creatures swimming over head and on both sides of you. Read more [...] Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari 7.44 km Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari, in Odaiba, is the largest (artificial) hot spring complex in Tokyo. Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari has an Edo-era (1800s) style and featuring an endless array of batht Read more [...] |
Native to the Mediterranean and violet in colour, what sort of marine creature is a 'Venus's Girdle'? | Marine Life of Eastern North America including North Carolina Leatherback (Sea) Turtle (t1) (ph) (*) ______ DE(p) NC(p) NJ(p) Dermochelys coriacea The Leatherback Sea Turtle is the world's largest turtle. It can weigh half a ton. It is a deep diver, able to go to a depth of about 5,000 feet. Loggerhead (Sea) Turtle (t2) (ph) (*) ______ DE(p) NC(p) NJ(p) Caretta caretta A Loggerhead Sea Turtle photographed during a FONT pelagic trip (photo by Alan Brady) Kemp's Ridley (Sea) Turtle (t1) (*) ______ DE(p) Lepidochelys kempii The Kemp's Ridley Turtle is the world's rarest sea turtle. It is classified as "critically endangered". Green (Sea) Turtle (t2) (ph) ______ DE Chelonia mydas A Green Sea Turtle photographed during a FONT tour Again, as previously noted, an excellent book about sea turtles is "Voyage of the Turtle - in Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaurs", by Carl Safina, Owl Books, 2007. Click the above link to a list of marine fish of eastern North America: 560 species Sharks' Teeth ______ NC Occasionally, one who is beachcombing on a sandy beach is fortunate to find what appears to be, and in fact is a tooth, dark in color, and from one-half to several inches in length. Such a find is likely to be a sharks' tooth. On beaches in North and South Carolina, the teeth of about 14 species are to found, among them those of: Great White, Hammerhead, Tiger, Bull, and Lemon Sharks. Such teeth are not from sharks currently alive. They are fossil teeth, from sharks that lived thousands to millions of years ago. Dark teeth found on the beach are all fossils. A tooth from a present-day shark is white, and rarely found on the beach. Actually, sharks' teeth are about the only remnants from ancient sharks. Unlike most fish whose skeletons are composed of hard bone, those of sharks are composed of softer cartilage. The hardest substance in the bodies of sharks are their teeth. When they die, their bodies decompose, except for their teeth, which can continue to exist for eons. Sharks produce a large number of teeth during their lives. It is estimated that a Tiger Shark, for example, produces up to 24,000 teeth in a 10-year period. INVERTEBRATES Class CALCISPONGIAE: the CALCAREA with limy spicules Organ-pipe Sponges ______ (ASC:54) (PAS:10) the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Cod Leucosolenia botryoides Little Vase Sponge ______ (ASC:45) from the Arctic to Rhode Island, also North American Pacific coast Scypha coliata Dujardin's Slime Sponge ______ (ASC:115) from the Arctic to Cape Cod MA Halisarca dujardini Loosanoff's Haliclona ______ DE MD (PAS:10) Cape Cod to the Chesapeake Bay, possibly south to Cape Hatteras Haliclona loosanoffi Finger Sponge ______ (ASC:520 (PAS:11) Labrador to Long Island, NY, rarely south to North Carolina Haliclona oculata Haliclona oculata is called the "Eyed Sponge" because its pores resemble many eyes. It is often broken free by storms and washed up on the beach, where its skeleton bleaches to white. Purple Sponge ______ VA (ASC:126) (PAS:11) in Maine, and the lower Chesapeake Bay where it is abundant; also the North American Pacific coast Haliclona permollis The Purple Sponge is encrusted on rocks in protected places, and on floating docks and in tidepools, from the midtidal zone to water up to 20 feet deep. Common Palmate Sponge ______ DE MD NC VA (ASC:28) Nova Scotia, Canada to North Carolina Isodictya palmata In the British Isles, where Isodictya palmata also occurs, it is known as "Mermaid's Gloves". Egg Sponge ______ (PAS:10) from the Arctic south to New Hampshire Mycalecarmia ovulum Bowerbank's Crumb of Bread Sponge ______ (PAS:10) Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod, also North American Pacific coast Halichondria bowerbanki Another name for Halichondria bowerbanki is Bowerbank's Halichondria. It can be distinguished from the following species, Halichondria panicea, only by its spicules. Crumb of Bread Spo |
Which architect designed the 'Millenium Dome'? | Millennium Dome - Designing Buildings Wiki Millennium Dome To help develop this article, click 'Edit this article' above. Contents [ edit ] Introduction The Millennium Dome (known as 'the Dome ') is a fabric clad, cable net structure in Greenwich, London. It opened in 2000 as the centrepiece of the UK ’s millennium celebrations, which ran from 31 December 1999 to 31 December 2000. It was subsequently rebranded the O2 in 2005 and re-opened to the public in 2007, containing the O2 Arena, the busiest music arena in the world. It was also the venue for the gymnastics during the London 2012 Olympics. [ edit ] Origins A national celebration for the Millennium year in was originally conceived by John Major's Conservative government in March 1994. A consultation paper was published by the Millennium Commission in March 1995 and bids invited in May. Four sites were shortlisted, and in January 1996, creative communications agency Imagination Group were selected to develop ideas. The Imagination proposal however was intended for the NEC site in Birmingham. Whilst this was logistically a very straight-forward site, and was more geographically central within the UK , the government felt that the Greenwich peninsular had more resonance with the theme, as it is crossed by the meridian line, and being in a deprived area of East London would benefit more from the investment that the millennium celebrations would bring. Imagination were persuaded to move their proposal. However, being the site of a former gasworks and being very exposed, the Greenwich site brought with it its own problems. Architect ’s Richard Rogers (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners ) and engineers Buro Happold proposed the idea of covering the site with a large fabric dome . This would create the shelter that would be required for a year long celebration that would open and close in the winter, and would allow the exhibition content to be constructed with relative freedom and in relative secrecy. The New Millennium Experience Company Ltd (originally Millennium Central Ltd), was established to co-ordinate the design, construction and operation of the Millennium Dome and associated celebrations. The company issued a single share that was owned by the cabinet office minister (first Peter Mandelson and then Lord Falconer). [ edit ] Design At 320m in diameter, the dome is the largest single enclosed space in the world. It was constructed by McAlpine/Laing Joint Venture (MLJV), a joint venture formed between Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing Management. The Dome is neither a true dome , nor a conventional fabric structure , it is a cable net structure , clad with flat fabric panels. The Dome is 52m at its peak, is supported by 12 masts 100m high and 72km of cables. It includes a large cut out section that accommodates a ventilation shaft from the Blackwall Tunnel . The Dome fabric is a PTFE coated glass fibre fabric. There are in fact two layers of fabric, in order to provide some insulation between the inside and outside and to reduce the likelihood of condensation . [ edit ] The zones During the millennium year, the Dome contained a number of exhibitions or ‘zones’. The main zones fell under three categories, originally conceived as: Who we are: Mind, body and spirit. What we do: Work, rest and play. Where we live: Local, national and global. These eventually became: Body. Sponsored by Boots, L'Oréal and Roche. Designed by Branson Coates Architecture . Mind. Sponsored by BAE Systems and Marconi. Designed by Zaha Hadid . Faith. Designed by Eva Jiricna Architects and Jasper Jacobs Associates. Self Portrait. Sponsored by Marks & Spencer. Designed by Caribiner and Pentagram. What we do: Work. Sponsored by Manpower Inc. Designed by WORK. Learning. Sponsored by Tesco. Designed by WORK. Rest. Designed by Richard Rogers Partnership with lighting by Tanya Burns and sound by Artangel. Play. Designed by Land Design Studio. Talk. Sponsored by BT. Designed by Imagination. Money. Sponsored by the City of London. Designed by Caribiner and Amalgam. Journey. Sponsored by Ford. Designed by Im |
Which heavyweight boxer was known as the 'Cinderella Man'? | James J Braddock - Cinderella Man Boxer - World Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1935 On this day in 1933, Braddock fought Hans Birkie in a 10 round Loss James J. Braddock James J Braddock earned his nickname "Cinderella Man" from his seemingly fairytale like rise from a poor local fighter to the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Braddock, born in New York City, had a powerful right hand and a successful amateur career. He turned pro in 1926. Braddock had victories over fighters like Jimmy Slattery and Pete Latzo. Braddock fought light heavyweight champ Tommy Loughran in 1929 for the title, but was defeated in a heartbreaking 15-round decision. Following the Loughran fight and the stock market crash of 1929, Jim Braddock was down on his luck. He had a hard time struggling to win fights and put food on the table for his young family. Eventually Jim's luck began to change. In 1934 he had upset wins against Corn Griffin and John Henry Lewis. With these two wins, Braddock set himself up for a shot for the title against heavyweight champion Max Baer. On June 13th, 1935, in Long Island City, N.Y., Braddock, as a 10 to 1 underdog, won the heavyweight championship of the world from Max Baer. The general reaction in most quarters was described as, "the greatest fistic upset since the defeat of John L. Sullivan by Jim Corbett". Braddock would lose his heavyweight title two years later in an 8 round KO to "The Brown Bomber", Joe Louis. He retired after a final win over Tommy Farr in 1938. Jim was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1964, the Hudson County Hall of Fame in 1991 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001. © Estate of James J. Braddock, All Rights Reserved Site created and maintained by Swirling |
The 'Greene King brewery' is based in which English town or city? | Greene King | Home Suffolk IP33 1QT Time Well Spent Greene King is the country’s leading pub retailer and brewer, running over 3,100 pubs, restaurants and hotels in towns, villages and city-centre high streets across England, Wales and Scotland. With a rich heritage of over 200 years, we brew award-winning beers and operate managed, tenanted, leased and franchised pubs from our headquarters in Bury St. Edmunds. |
Which car company produces the four-wheel-drive 'Vitara'? | Suzuki Grand Vitara Reviews, Specs and Prices | Cars.com Hidden gem by Rich S. from Georgia on October 2, 2015 Suzuki didn't change much about the second generation Grand Vitara over the years, so the 2011 (and 2012 and 2013) looks much like the original 2006 model year. Maybe it was a case of "if it ain't br... Read Full Review |
Which traditional pudding was named after the wife of George II, she was the patron of the growers of its main ingredient? | Culinary Dictionary - C, Whats Cooking America Culinary Dictionary Linda’s Culinary Dictionary – C A Dictionary of Cooking, Food, and Beverage Terms An outstanding and large culinary dictionary and glossary that includes the definitions and history of cooking, food, and beverage terms. Please click on a letter below to alphabetically search the many food and cooking terms: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U-Y Z cabbage – There are over 70 varieties of cabbage. Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kohlrabi, collards, kale, turnips, and many more are all a member of the cabbage family. These plants are all known botanically as members of the species Brassica oleracea, and they native to the Mediterranean region of Europe History: According to horticultural historians, barbarians were eating the juicy, slightly bulbous leaves of wild cabbage in Asia long before the dawn of recorded history. The Greeks revered the cabbage for its many medicinal properties. Cato, an ancient Roman statesman, circa 200 BCE, advised people to eat plenty of raw cabbage seasoned with vinegar before a banquet at which one plans to “drink deep.” Even the ancient Egyptians advised starting the meal with raw cabbage, including cabbage seeds, to keep one sober. It is an historical fact that the laborers who built the Great Wall in China were fed sauerkraut to prevent scurvy and other debilitating diseases that come from eating only rice. Europeans were devouring stewed cabbage during the cold winter months because it was one of the few staples available when the ground produced little else. cabernet sauvignon (cab-air-nay so-veen-yawn) – One of the finest of red wines. It is associated with the Bordeaux region in France but the grapes are now grown worldwide. caciocavallo cheese (kah-choh-kuh-VAH-loh) – This cheese is said to date back to the 14th century, and believed by some to have originally been made from mare’s milk. Today, Caciocavallo cheese is made from cow’s milk, though its cryptic name literally means “horse cheese” – the Sicilian word “cacio” sharing the same root as casein while “cavallo” means horse. (There’s a theory that the cheese owes its name to the manner in which two bulbs were attached by a string and suspended from a beam “a cavallo” as though astride a horse.) It takes at least eight months to age Caciocavallo cheese properly, achieving a sharper flavor in about two years. Caciocavallo is a good complement to stronger wines, and widely used for grating over pasta. It is a favorite of Sicilian chefs for use with pasta. It Is usually shaped as a large wheel. “Caciovacchino” was a similar product made in times past. Caesar Salad (SEE-zer) – The salad consists of greens (classically romaine lettuce) with a garlic vinaigrette dressing. The Caesar salad was once voted by the International Society of Epicures in Paris as the “greatest recipe to originate from the Americas in fifty years.” History: For a detailed history of the Caesar Salad, check out History of Salads and Salad Dressings cafe noir – French for black coffee (coffee without cream or milk). caffe (kah-FEH) – It is the Italian term for “coffee.” In Italy, the term caffe usually refers to a small cup of espresso coffee. Cajun cuisine (KAY-juhn kwee-ZEEN) – Cajun food is essentially the poor cousin to Creole. Today it tends to be spicier and more robust than Creole, utilizing regionally available resources and less of the foods gained through trade. Some popular Cajun dishes include pork based sausages such as andouille and boudin; various jambalayas and gumbos; coush-coush (a creamed corn dish) and etouffee. The true art of Louisiana seasonings is in the unique blend of herbs and spices that serve to enhance the flavor of vegetables, seafood, meats, poultry and wild game, along with a “Cajun” cook that knows how to blend these spices. History: Learn about the history and recipes of Cajun Cuisine. cake – Cakes are ma |
Two telephone numbers can be dialled to reach the emergency services; one is 999, what is the other? | Triple Zero (000) Triple Zero (000) Using other emergency numbers Page Content Australia’s primary emergency call service number is Triple Zero (000), which can be dialled from any fixed or mobile phone, pay phones and certain Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. There are also two secondary emergency call service numbers— 112 and 106 . 112 is available from all GSM or GSM derived mobile phones. 106 connects to the text-based relay service for people who have a hearing or speech impairment. All calls to the emergency numbers, whether from fixed, mobile, pay phones or VoIP services are free-of-charge. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has produced a webpage of Frequently asked questions on the Emergency Call Service . For more information on the 106 Text Emergency Relay Service, Triple Zero (000) by internet relay and Triple Zero (000) by Speak and Listen, go to the National Relay Service website. 106—Text Emergency Relay Service If you have a hearing or speech impairment and your life or property is in danger, you can contact police, fire or ambulance on 106 directly through a TTY (also known as a teletypewriter or textphone). It is not possible to contact emergency services using the Short Message Service (SMS) on your mobile telephone. The Australian 106 Text Emergency Relay Service is provided as part of the National Relay Service (NRS) . The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and calls made using the 106 service are given priority over other NRS calls. Using the 106 Text Emergency Relay Service Dial 106, which is a toll-free number You will be asked if you want police (type PPP), fire (FFF) or ambulance (type AAA). Note Speak and Listen (or voice carry over) users just need to say 'police', 'fire' or 'ambulance' to the relay officer The relay officer will dial the correct service and stay on the line to relay your conversation As a TTY is connected to a fixed line, the emergency service can locate where you are calling from You will be asked to confirm your address The 106 service can only be dialled from a TTY, it cannot be used by: an ordinary phone text message (SMS) on a mobile phone, or internet relay. If you have further questions you can contact the National Relay Service Help Desk (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm AEST). When calling from a mobile telephone Triple Zero (000) is Australia's primary telephone number to call for assistance in life threatening or time critical emergency situations. 112 is a secondary emergency number that can be dialled from mobile phones in Australia. Special capabilities, including roaming, once only existed when dialling 112, however mobile phones manufactured since January 2002 also provide these capabilities when dialling Triple Zero (000) to access the Emergency Call Service. There is a misconception that 112 calls will be carried by satellite if there is no mobile coverage. Satellite phones use a different technology and your mobile phone cannot access a satellite network. Important – if there is no mobile coverage on any network, you will not be able to reach the Emergency Call Service via a mobile phone, regardless of which number you dialled. To find out more about calling Triple Zero (000) from a mobile telephone, visit the Australian Communications and Media Authority website. 112—International standard emergency number Triple Zero (000) is Australia's primary telephone number to call for assistance in life threatening or time critical emergency situations. Dialling 112 directs you to the same Triple Zero (000) call service and does not give your call priority over Triple Zero (000). 112 is an international standard emergency number which can only be dialled on a digital mobile phone. It is accepted as a secondary international emergency number in some parts of the world, including Australia, and can be dialled in areas of GSM network coverage with the call automatically translated to that country’s emergency number. It does not require a simcard or pin number to make the call, however phone coverage must be available (any |
Which car company produces the four-wheel-drive Terrano? | Nissan Terrano 4x4 launched in Russia; might come to India too - NDTV CarAndBike Nissan Terrano 4x4 launched in Russia; might come to India too Nissan Terrano 4x4 launched in Russia; might come to India too By Vikas Yogi View Photos Nissan , the Japanese automaker has launched the Terrano SUV in Russia at a starting price of 677,000 Roubles (Approximately Rs 11.60 lakh). The Russian Terrano is the same available in India, but with some changes. While the overall design is the same as the Indian version of the Terrano, the car has left hand drive layout and all-black interiors there. In India, the car has beige and black colour interior. 11.22 Lakh * On Road Price (New Delhi) FIND OUT MORE Unlike the Indian Terrano that's available in diesel engine option as well, the Russian market has received the car in two petrol engines - 1.6-litre and 2.0-litre. While the 1.6-litre 102bhp is the same powering the Indian Terrano, the 2.0-litre is the new petrol engine that churns out 135bhp and 191Nm. Also, the Russian Terrano is available in both front wheel and four wheel drive options, coupled to a five-speed manual and 6-speed manual gearbox, respectively. The 2.0-litre engined model gets the 6-speed manual gearbox as standard in both front wheel and four wheel drive versions. The more powerful 2.0-litre engine also receives a four-speed automatic gearbox with a front wheel drive layout. Nissan might also launch the 4x4 version of the Terrano in India, but that should happen only after the Duster 4x4 gets released. |
How is Hanna Glawari described in the title of the operetta of her fictionalised life? | Merry Widow 101: History of a Hit History of a Hit Vienna 1905 Today, Vienna is a popular tourist destination, the elegant capital of a peaceful republic. But in 1905, it was one of the world's busiest financial and cultural centers, and the capital of Austria-Hungary, a polyglot empire with over 50 million inhabitants, the second largest nation in Europe. The Hapsburg dynasty had governed this unruly confederation since the 13th Century. Emperor Franz Joseph had been on the throne since 1848, and at age 75 commanded enough public affection to keep the empire functioning, despite the occasional stumbles of a massive and often corrupt bureaucracy. Nationalists and political extremists pulled from all sides. In 1905, when a revolutionary crisis in Russia inspired renewed calls for reform in Austria-Hungary, Franz Joseph granted a portion of his subjects voting rights. In years to come, he did his best to turn back time, but increasing discontentment gradually turned the empire into what one historian has called "a madhouse of nationalities." Despite the political turmoil, the Viennese clung to their intellectual and artistic pursuits, finding comfort in their coffee mitt schlag ("with cream"), sacher torte and their native brand of romantic comic operetta. As a major banking and business center, Vienna had ample resources, and a sizeable population with the leisure time and money to support the arts, including several fulltime operetta theatres, some of which remain active to this day. And while Vienna welcomed its share of revivals, theatergoers expected and got a constant flow of original works. At the start of the 20th Century, the latest Viennese hits often traveled to Berlin, London and New York, so there was a constant demand for new ideas and fresh talent. The Beginning : The Ambassador's Attache Henri Meilhac , best remembered as the co-librettist for many of Offenbach's hits, was also a prolific playwright. His now-forgotten French comedy L'Attache d'ambassade (1861) (trans: "The Embassy Attaché") involved Baron Scharpf, the Parisian ambassador of an impoverished German duchy, who must orchestrate a marriage between his country's richest widow, Madeline von Palmer, and embassy attaché Count Prachs -- thus preventing economic disaster back at home. The original Paris production at the Theatre du Vaudeville faded away after 15 performances, but Vienna's Carltheater staged a German adaptation by Alexander Bergen, and Der Gesand schafts Attache (1862) enjoyed a profitable run and was periodically revived. It was either one of these revivals or a chance encounter with a copy of the script in early 1905 that caught the attention of veteran librettist Leo Stein in 1905 He thought the forty-year old comedy could be turned into a successful operetta, and brought the idea to his occasional collaborator Victor Leon . Franz Lehar, Leo Stein and Victor Leon -- the creators of Die Lustige Witwe -- as they appeared on a 1908 postcard. The prestigious Theater An der Wein was reeling from a series of expensive failures. They had not had a major new hit since Der Opernball (1898), a bit of fluff about three Parisian men flirting behind their wives' backs. The melodic score by composer Richard Heuberger and libretto co-authored by Leon had gone on to international success. Theater manager Wilhelm Karczag was looking for a new operetta with a similar Parisian setting, so a musical version of Der Gesand schafts Attache sounded like it might be just what he needed. The Plot Leon and Stein updated the story line to their own time, the dawn of the 20th Century, and came up with the provocative title Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow). The action opens during a gala reception at the |
In which town or city is 'Arkells Brewery' based? | Accommodation in Swindon, hotels, bed and breakfast and pubs Swindon | Arkell's Brewery Swindon Our Accommodation Alex is back behind the bar 05/01/2017 It’s been six years since the Arkell’s head brewer was pulling pints behind the bar, but 2017 sees a return to his roots when, on Wednesday 25 January from 7-9pm for one night only, Alex Arkell will be behind the bar at The Plough, Old Town Swindon. The Plough, Old Town Swindon Before he trained in brewing, Alex spent two years running The Rusty Bicycle pub in Oxford, so he can pull a mean pint of beer. During his ‘Brewer on the bar’ visit to The Plough Alex will be able to chat with customers about what they like best in a pint of beer. And he plans to make regular ‘Brewer on the bar’ trips to Arkell’s pubs throughout the year. “It’s my favourite sort of market research,” says Alex. “All of us at Arkell’s visit our pubs every week, but it’s usually a pretty social, off-duty, affair. ‘Brewer on the bar’ gives me a golden opportunity to spend more time with customers chatting about my absolutely all-time favourite topic: beer. I want to find out what flavours they enjoy most, and share new brew ideas too, as well as enjoying a pint or two of perfectly-kept beer at The Plough, Old Town.” ‘Brewer on the bar’ will kick off at 7pm at The Plough, Old Town and all beer drinkers are welcome to attend. Future ‘Brewer on the bar’ dates will be announced on the Arkell’s website and across Arkell’s social media. Arkell’s Brewery celebrates buying iconic Swindon bar 04/01/2017 We are delighted to announce that Arkell's has acquired in central Swindon Rudi’s Bar & Kitchen at Regents Circus, following the retirement of its current owners, Paul and Lyn Notton. Brewery chairman, James Arkell, said: “Rudi’s has been run very successfully by Paul and Lyn and their family for 30 years. It is in an iconic location in central Swindon and will be run by tenant licensee Shaun Montague. Katie and Mario and other existing staff are also remaining. We are delighted the way things are and have no plans to change. “Rudi’s is a real meeting place,” added James. “Everyone visiting Swindon spots Rudi’s 1930s art deco building when they drive through the town centre, especially in the evening when its colourful neon signage is lit up. It’s been 30 years in the making, and now we’re looking forward to the next 30 years.” Swindon students get new bar, and Arkell’s support 08/12/2016 Swindon College is celebrating getting a brand new bar for its hospitality and catering restaurant, courtesy of Arkell’s Brewery. But that’s not all. Plans are also being laid for the brewery to provide on-going support and advice to students studying hospitality and catering, helping prepare them for the real world of work. Picture shows: Joshua Fernandez, first year hospitality and catering student at Swindon College with Faith Rostron behind the new bar, with George Arkell Swindon College hospitality and catering lecturer, Faith Rostron, approached Arkell’s to see if the Swindon brewery would sponsor the refurbishment of the tired bar area in the college restaurant. “Arkell’s went one better,” she said. “They agreed to install a bar, repurposed from one of their pubs, redecorate the whole area and provide some furniture too. It looks really attractive and we are very grateful.” Brewery managing director, George Arkell, said: “We have been developing closer links with Swindon College for a while and we were really pleased to be able to do something so positive for the students. We have also been invited in to talk to students, giving them practical information on what it’s really like to work in the hospitality industry, and we’re looking forward to doing this in 2017.” According to the British Hospitality Association, in 2014 (latest statistics available), there were 2.9 million people employed in hospitality in the UK. However, one particular area of concern is the shortage of chefs in the UK. This is due in part to an increasing number of restaurants being opened. However, according to Faith, it’s also due to a lack of st |
'Oscar' nominated actress Kate Hudson is the daughter of which actress? | Kate Hudson sweeps Oscar red carpet amidst rumours of Matthew Bellamy split | Daily Mail Online Share this article Share Kate matched her hairstyle to the 1950s-style gown, wearing her blonde locks long and sleek - and parted fetchingly to one side. Good company: Kate was followed on the Oscar red carpet by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Nominated for a best supporting actress award in 2000 for her character Penny Lane in the film Almost Famous, Kate is the daughter of Goldie Hawn and Oliver Hudson. While Kate made a stunning entrance, noticeably absent was her fiancé Matthew Bellamy. Although Kate and fiance Matt Bellamy recently denied they were breaking up, the Muse frontman was nowhere to be seen Sunday. Sweeping look: Kate's long glossy locks were worn swept to the side, matching the long hem of her dress A story in the New York Daily News claimed the couple - who have been engaged since 2011 - have drifted apart due to the 'separate lives' they have been living, but Kate's spokesperson denied it. Kate and Matt, 35, started dating in spring 2010, with the actress falling pregnant just two months after they started dating. It had initially been claimed the pair, who raise two-year-old son Bingham Hawn Bellamy together, were on the outs over where to live: Kate prefers to be in Los Angeles near the film industry and her mother; while Matt is reported to be reluctant to leave London and his Muse bandmates. Kate will next be seen starring with James Franco in a thriller called Good People. She's also in pre-production on Wish I Was Here, the Zach Braff directed film about a family growing apart. Still together? Kate has denied splitting with fiance and baby daddy Matthew Bellamy. They attended Kate's premier of The Reluctant Fundamentalist at the 69th Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2012 THE OSCARS 2014: WINNERS LIST Best Picture |
In which year did the London Evening News merge into the Evening Standard? | History of The Evening News THE HISTORY OF THE EVENING NEWS INTRODUCTION The information presented below has been organised in the form of a timeline, detailing certain key events in the newspaper's history from 1881 to 1987. It is intended as a general overview of the newspaper which I hope will be of interest to those curious about the origins and history of the Evening News. The facts assembled here have been derived from various sources which include issues of the newspaper itself, Internet sites and several publications which I have listed at the bottom of this web page. The Evening News was founded in 1881 by Coleridge Kennedy and Harry Marks. The first edition of the newspaper was published on July 26, 1881 and was priced at one halfpenny. It was four pages long with six columns to a page and was edited by Martin Fradd, who had previously edited the Torquay Evening News in Devon. Curiously, the very first issue of the Evening News made no announcement of the fact that it was the first edition, nor was there any proclamation of editorial policy. Unheralded, the paper simply came out. The original daily circulation of the Evening News totalled a mere 10,000 copies. In the early years of its life the newspaper was distributed in London from traps drawn by ponies. Martin Fradd, together with several of his associates (also from Devon), set up the original newspaper offices of the Evening News at 83-85 Farringdon Street, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C. The building that housed the offices of the newspaper was in fact situated in an alley just off Farringdon Street. The Evening News, July 26, 1881 Soon after its inception, the Evening News, which had originally entertained somewhat liberal aspirations, became the voice of the Conservative Party when it was bought by the Conservative Newspaper Company Ltd. At this point Martin Fradd was replaced as editor by Frederick A. Hyndman whose own brief tenure came to an end when Charles Williams, a former war correspondent, took over as editor in 1882. In 1882, the Evening News headquarters were relocated to a ramshackle building at 12 Whitefriars Street, London, E.C. The newspaper was to remain at this address for the next twenty years. In 1883 Frank Harris (1856-1931) was appointed as the new editor. Harris held the position for four years during which time he became known for his sensationalising headlines. He left in 1887 to become editor of the Fortnightly Review. His successor was Dr. I. Rubie. On November 22, 1888, the editors of the Evening News announced that the circulation of the newspaper had reached 219,000 copies. In 1889 Rubie left the Evening News and was succeeded by W. R. Lawson who himself was replaced the same year by J. H. Copleston who held the post from 1889-1894. On May 13, 1889, the Evening Post, a rival newspaper, lost out in the circulation battle and was absorbed by the Evening News. From this date onwards the new amalgamated paper carried the full title of "The Evening News and Post," and was now owned by the Union Newspaper Company Ltd. From 1889 onwards the Evening News and Post proudly claimed to have the "largest sale of any evening paper in London." Alfred and Harold Harmsworth By the summer of 1894, the newspaper, which was under the control of city financier Harry Marks, was struggling financially. On August 30, 1894, the nearly-bankrupt Evening News and Post was acquired for �25,000 by the brothers Alfred Harmsworth (1865-1922) and Harold Harmsworth (1868-1940), who were to become the first Lord Northcliffe and the first Lord Rothermere respectively. The Harmsworth brothers appointed Kennedy Jones (1865-1921), a brilliant young journalist from Glasgow, as the new editor of the Evening News and Post. The paper was to remain under the ownership of the Harmsworth family empire for its entire lifespan. On September 17, 1894, the "and Post" was dropped from the title and the newspaper reverted back to its original name the Evening News. In the same month the paper announced that its average daily sale had increased to 110,000 copies. The Evening |
With which pop group do you associate Jo O'Meara and Rachel Stevens? | Rachel Stevens Pictures, News, Gossip & Rumours - AskMen AskMen Messages You have no messages Notifications You have no notifications Rachel Stevens Rachel Stevens Stevens was an integral part of the success of British pop group S Club (formerly S Club 7) since their 1999 debut. Together, they notched chart-toppers like "Don't Stop Movin'," established a successful TV show and cultivated a large following of pre-teens all over the world. Though they are now broken up, the dream certainly isn't over -- Stevens is well positioned to tear up the charts once again, with an upcoming solo record set for release in September 2003. Appeal When Rachel Stevens first came onto the scene in '99, she immediately blew our socks off. Despite being on stage with six co-performers and dozens of dancers, she stood out beautifully -- it was love at first sight. Of course, with her goddess-like face and body, do you really blame us for falling so hard? Add to that the bronze skin of a Mediterranean woman and a pierced belly-button, and you'll understand why she is considered by many to be one of the sexiest women on the planet. Success When Polydor Records put Hannah, Jo, Jon, Paul, Bradley, Tina and, of course, Rachel, together, success was inevitable. In 1999, the newly formed S Club 7 stood out from the plethora of other UK pop groups, thanks to their clever marketing and smooth sound. Their first two efforts, "Bring It All Back" and "S Club Party" debuted at No. 1 and 2 on the British charts, respectively. When all was said and done the seven -- and then six, after Paul left -- enjoyed several hits including "Two In A Million," "Never Had A Dream Come True" and "Don't Stop Movin'." They were stars on the small screen as well, with a show called S Club 7 in Miami (and later in L.A. and in Hollywood). Stevens was often the centerpiece, getting the most attention in the magazines -- she was voted the second sexiest lady on the planet by FHM in 2001 and 2002 -- as well as on the big screen, such as in the upcoming film Suzie Gold. Following a UK tour in 2003 and a film, S Club Seeing Double, the remaining six members decided to break up. Left to her own devices, Stevens landed a role in the upcoming film, Suzie Gold, and signed a four-album, solo contract with Polydor. Her first record, Funky Dory, is set for release in September 2003. Possessing the widest appeal (both physically and musically) of all her S Club mates, there is no doubt that her name will be on top of the Billboard charts in the near future. Rachel Stevens Biography Mark April 9th down on your calendar, for this is the day you should observe a very important celebration: Rachel Lauren Stevens' birthday, of course. Born in 1978 in London, England, she showed a flair for entertaining even as a toddler. At 5 years old, she had already begun drama school, but gravitated toward fashion as the years wore on. An early highlight came at the age of 15, when she beat out 4999 competitors in a modeling competition sponsored by Just 17 magazine. music all the way After attending the London School of Fashion and working in PR, Stevens changed her mind, and gravitated toward a career in music instead -- she had always displayed a real talent for singing. An audition for a new British pop band came up, and, after several cuts and callbacks, Stevens was selected as one of the seven members of the band, joining Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Jo O'Meara, and Tina Barrett. Called S Club 7 , the group and its managers at Polydor Records aimed to find a niche in the very convoluted UK pop market. They did this by marketing an array of both fast-paced tracks and ballads while simultaneously working on a TV deal. lucky 7 Fame was almost immediate for this group of talented twenty-somethings, as their first single "Bring It All Back" debuted at No. 1 on the UK charts in June of 1999. "S Club Party" followed up as their No. 2 hit in September, and their self-titled album sold like hotcakes on the strength of these hits. Their success spurned the debu |
The capitulation of Marshal Bazaine's force at Metz was the last critical action of which war? | FrancoPrussianwar.com War The war with the Prussians will be a mere stroll, stick in hand . In 1869, became Marshall of War.Distrustful of the Garde Mobile, when war came they were woefully unprepared to aid the regular army and ignored breech loading artillery such as the Krupp gun.The earlier work of his predecessor Niel to improve the rail system were also ignored .Laboef drew up the war mobilization plans based on the reports of General Charles Frossard which called for the creation of three armies on the frontier in a defensive position and invade Germany with Austrian allies.Dismissed on Aug 14, 1870 and assumed command of the IIICorps .Captured at Metz. Gen Charles Denis Bourbaki (1816-97) Son of Greek colonel Constantin Denis Bourbaki, educated at St Cyr and served in Africa.In the Crimean War he commanded a portion of the Algerian troops; and at the Alma, Inkerman and Sevastopol Bourbaki's name became famous.In 1870 he was given command of the Imperial Guard- a resevre force which saw little action in the opening weeks of the war.He offered his services to Gambetta and the new republic and received the command of the Northern Army, but was recalled on November 10 and transferred to the Army of the Loire. In command of the hastily-trained and ill-equipped Army of the East, Bourbaki made the attempt to raise the siege of Belfort, which, after the victory of Villersexel, ended in the repulse of the French in the three days' battle of the Lisaine. Other German forces under Manteuffel now closed upon Bourbaki, and he was eventually driven over the Swiss frontier with the remnant of his forces. He tried to commit suicide on Jan 26, but was unsuccessful. Louis Jules Trochu (1815-96) Educated at St. Cyr and served in Algeria, the Crimea and distinguished himself in the Italian campaign of 1859. Lost some support from the court after publishing books advising reform of the army in 1867.Appointed to command the 12th Corps but later tapped to become governor of Paris and commander-in-chief of all the forces destined for the defence of the capital, including some 120,000 regular troops, 80,000 mobiles, and 330,000 National Guards. After the downfall of Napoleon after Sedan on September4 he became president of the Government of National Defence (new Republic) Antoine Chanzy (1823-1883) Attended St Cyr and served in Algeria where he became governor . After the revolution he was given command of the Army of the Loire formed by Léon Gambetta.Regarded by the Prussians as one of their most formidable opponents . General Pierre Louis Charles de Failly (1810-92) Commander of the V Corps Attended St Cyr, defended Rome against Garibaldi, was to become infamous for actions at Worth and Spicheren It was taken for granted by most foreign military observers, that the war would begin with a French invasion into Germany, either to the north into the Palatine or eastward into the Rhine .Fredrich Engels wrote in the Pall Mall Gazette, that the French must be planning an offensive if they declared war . The Germans themselves also expected an invasion . The one strong card that the French held was their supposed ability to mobilize their smaller army quicker than the larger Prussian army could . Every day that passed without an invasion favored the Germa |
"Whose 1923 essay ""Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown"" attacked the literary realism of Arnold Bennett?" | "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown" - Modernism Lab Essays "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown" From Modernism Lab Essays by Aleksandar Stevic “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” is a 1923 essay by Virginia Woolf . However, it should be noted that much of the argument of the essay Woolf also developed in a number of other texts, including “Modern Novels” ( 1919 ), “Character in Fiction” ( 1924 ) and “Modern Fiction” ( 1925 ). In fact, “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” is just one of several closely related versions of Woolf's account of the state of the modern novel, and it seems appropriate to read the essay with other versions of the argument in mind. There are at least two central features that “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” shares with texts like “Modern Fiction”; first, there is the shared concern with representation, and especially representation of character; and second, this concern is almost always explored with respect to the literary practices of Edwardian writers. It is typical of Woolf to define her theoretical position against the generation of novelists that immediately precedes her own. Woolf assesses the state of the novel and voices her own expectations of the genre precisely trough the analysis of what she felt were the failures of Edwardian novelists. “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” is written as a polemical answer to Arnold Bennett's claim that the novel is in crisis due to the failure of Georgian novelists in the art of “character-making” which he finds crucial for successful novel-writing. Woolf partially accepts both Bennett's account of the current state of the novel and agrees with the claim that the representation of characters is central to the novel as a genre. She accepts that “the novel is a very remarkable machine for the creation of human character” (384), and agrees that it is precisely the crisis in character-making that sparks a wider crisis of the genre: “And it is because this essence, this character-making power, has evaporated that novels are for the most part the soulless bodies we know, cumbering our tables and clogging our minds” (383-384). The point of contention for Woolf is primarily the question of the origins of this crisis. While for Bennett Georgians are to be blamed, Woolf, predictably, locates the problem in the previous generation of writers – Galsworthy, Wells and Bennett himself. Obviously, the dispute bears clear marks of a conflict between two literary generations, but in doing so it also touches on some crucial theoretical questions, and is highly instructive on the issue of Woolf's stance on representation and on the status of character in fiction. The charge against Edwardian writers in “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” is that while representing a vast number of details, they fail in creating believable characters. In their writings “every sort of town is represented, and innumerable institutions”, but “in all this vast conglomeration of printed pages, in all that congeries of streets and houses, there isn't a single man or woman we know” (385). It appears that in the Edwardian fiction Woolf sees signs of excessive pedantry and attention to detail, but lack of ability to convey complex characters. In this failure Edwardians are firmly opposed to the “astonishing vividness and reality of the characters” of the Victorian novel (385). Woolf apparently believed that after the end of the Victorian period, a crucial change took place in the English novel, undermining the task of character-representation. Woolf identified several causes of this change. First, the turn towards moralism and social reform visible in authors like Galsworthy. The second factor was the influence of Dostoevsky whose characters appear to be constructed in such a way that undermined both the Victorian understanding of character and any attempt to seriously deal with character in English fiction. “But what keyword could be applied to Raskolnikov, Mishkin, Stavrogin, or Alyosha? These characters without any features at all. We go down into them as we descend into some enormous cavern. Lights swing about; we hear the bottom of the s |
Name the illusionist who played 'Russian Roulette' on television? | Illusionist survives roulette dare | Daily Mail Online Next Illusionist survives roulette dare Mind control expert Derren Brown played Russian roulette 'live' on television, despite fierce criticism that it was tasteless and irresponsible. The showman pulled the trigger of a Smith and Wesson four times, three times against his head, before correctly electing the fifth chamber as containing a live round. The performance, shown on Channel 4 'as live', with a short time delay in case of tragedy, has been roundly criticised by senior police officers and campaign groups. It comes in a week when gun crime has gripped the nation leaving two people dead and several others injured in a series of street shootings. Brown carried out the stunt at a secret location outside Britain because gun laws would not permit such actions here. He was joined by a carefully selected member of the public, picked from 12,000 candidates, who loaded the bullet into the chamber. The TV star then attempted to predict which of the six chambers on the weapon contained the bullet by listening for clues in the volunteer's voice as he read out the numbers of each chamber. Chief Superintendent Rick Naylor, of South Yorkshire Police and vice-president of the Police Superintendents' Association, said the show was irresponsible. "It beggars belief that Channel 4 went ahead with this show," he said. "It sends out entirely the wrong message and you're going to get kids copying." Philip Hodson, a spokesman for British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, said: "It has made even more of a fetish of guns than we first feared. The gun was seen to be almost lovingly caressed and all the drama centred on it. Channel 4 is a public service broadcaster. In this instance I think they are doing the public a disservice." Brown, 32, had insisted before the show that it was about "non gun violence" and about not getting hurt. A spokeswoman for Channel 4 stood by the broadcast, adding: "It was presented in a very strict and guarded way with warnings. In terms of guns there are plenty of other films and dramas that glamorise it." |
Which geological period followed the 'Devonian Period' but preceded the 'Ordovician'? | Geologic timeline - RationalWiki Geologic timeline v - t - e The Geologic timeline (also called geologic time scale) is a system of measurement commonly used by earth scientists that relates rock strata to time, providing a rough history of geology and life (through the fossil record ) on Earth. The geologic timeline is vast, stretching back to the formation of the Earth approximately 4.5 billion years ago to the present day and into the future until the destruction of the Earth. It is divided into various eons, eras, periods and other denominations to make studying it more practical and distinguish unique periods of time. Contents [ edit ] Precambrian Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian) is an informal term in geology and paleontology for the time from the formation of the Earth , about 4500 million years ago (mya), to the Cambrian explosion of life that occurred 542 mya, which marked the beginning of the Paleozoic Era and the Cambrian Period. Little is known about the Precambrian, despite the fact that it constitutes the vast majority (about 88%) of our planet's history. The Precambrian saw the origin of life , the evolution of photosynthesis , the transformation of Earth's atmosphere into its modern form, and the creation of iron ore. In non-scientific writing, the Precambrian is often imprecisely referred to as a "period" or "era", but " period " and " era " are technical terms of geology, and the Precambrian is itself made up of several periods (such as the Ediacaran) and eras. Precambrian is more accurately described as a supereon, as it consists of several distinct geologic eons: the Hadean, Arcean and Proterozoic. [ edit ] Hadean The Hadean eon saw the formation of the Earth around 4500 mya to around 4000 mya, the formation of the moon and the initial, hostile state of the Earth with heavy volcanism and poison waters when they existed. Very few traces of this time period remain due to geologic processes, and the few that do are in scattered locations such as Australia and Greenland, and to an extent on the moon as well due to the currently accepted model for its formation in this period. [ edit ] Archean The Archean is the second eon of the early Earth (4000 MYA to 2500 MYA), and consisted of higher volcanism and a near total lack of oxygen in the atmosphere. By the end of the period, the planet would have cooled significantly, allowing more familiar processes to act and for the formation of actual continent and continent bases to begin. At the beginning there was no functional distinction between the Hadean and the Arcean (the division itself is artificial), and at the end it is theorized several continents would have risen and fallen, though less than 10% of archean rock is known to remain across the planet, in locations spread across the globe. The most significant part of this time period would be that life, if not in the previous Eon, began in this era, though what there was would have been very simple. [ edit ] Proterozoic The Proterozoic is the final eon of the Precambrian, lasting from 2500mya to 542mya. This eon marks the beginning of life in a way we would understand it (non simple) and the creatures that would ultimately make up the Cambrian explosion would have first evolved in this time period. Some of the most significant events of this time period would have been the first glacial periods, including a hypothesized time when all except the equator was locked under ice (Snowball Earth hypothesis) and the change of the atmosphere as oxygen rose from almost nothing to the current percentage, as well as triggering a mass extinction of lifeforms to whom oxygen was a poison in the same way carbon dioxide is to modern creatures that breathe oxygen. [ edit ] Paleozoic The Paleozoic Era is a geological era that started 542 mya and finished 252.2 mya, encompassing the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian geological periods. It is marked in the beginning by the emergence of soft shelled life, and near the end of the Era, marked by complex plants (first modern ones), insects, fish and |
"What was the 'Asahi Shimbun', first produced 24th, September 1980, and advertised as ""untouched by human hand""?" | The Espresso Stalinist | Wake Up to the Smell of Class Struggle ☭ | Page 6 Wake Up to the Smell of Class Struggle ☭ By Mitchell A. Orenstein Given that one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stated reasons for invading Crimea was to prevent “Nazis” from coming to power in Ukraine, it is perhaps surprising that his regime is growing closer by the month to extreme right-wing parties across Europe. But, in both cases, Putin’s motives are not primarily ideological. In Ukraine, he simply wants to grab territory that he believes rightly belongs to him. In the European Union, he hopes that his backing of fringe parties will destabilize his foes and install in Brussels politicians who will be focused on dismantling the EU rather than enlarging it. In Hungary, for example, Putin has taken the Jobbik party under his wing. The third-largest party in the country, Jobbik has supporters who dress in Nazi-type uniforms, spout anti-Semitic rhetoric, and express concern about Israeli “colonization” of Hungary. The party has capitalized on rising support for nationalist economic policies, which are seen as an antidote for unpopular austerity policies and for Hungary’s economic liberalization in recent years. Russia is bent on tapping into that sentiment. In May 2013, Kremlin-connected right-wing Russian nationalists at the prestigious Moscow State University invited Jobbik party president Gabor Vona to speak. Vona also met with Russia Duma leaders including Ivan Grachev, chairman of the State Duma Committee for Energy and Vasily Tarasyuk, deputy chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources and Utilization, among others. On the Jobbik website, the visit is characterized as “a major breakthrough” which made “clear that Russian leaders consider Jobbik as a partner.” In fact, there have been persistent rumors that Jobbik’s enthusiasm is paid for with Russian rubles. The party has also repeatedly criticized Hungary’s “Euro-Atlantic connections” and the European Union. And, more recently, it called the referendum in Crimea “exemplary,” a dangerous word in a country with extensive co-ethnic populations in Romania and Slovakia. It seems that the party sees Putin’s new ethnic politics as being aligned with its own revisionist nationalism. The Kremlin’s ties to France’s extreme-right National Front have also been growing stronger. Marine Le Pen, the party leader, visited Moscow in June 2013 at the invitation of State Duma leader Sergei Naryshkin, a close associate of Putin’s. She also met with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and discussed issues of common concern, such as Syria, EU enlargement, and gay marriage. France’s ProRussia TV, which is funded by the Kremlin, is staffed by editors with close ties to the National Front who use the station to espouse views close to National Front’s own perspective on domestic and international politics. The National Front wishes to replace the EU and NATO with a pan-European partnership of independent nations, which, incidentally, includes Russia and would be driven by a trilateral Paris-Berlin-Moscow alliance. Le Pen’s spokesman, Ludovic De Danne, recently recognized the results of the Crimea referendum and stated in an interview with Voice of Russia radio that, “historically, Crimea is part of Mother Russia.” In the same interview, he mentioned that he had visited Crimea several times in the past year. Marine Le Pen also visited Crimea in June 2013. The list of parties goes on. Remember Golden Dawn, the Greek fascist party that won 18 seats in Greece’s parliament in 2012? Members use Nazi symbols at rallies, emphasize street fighting, and sing the Greek version of the Nazi Party anthem. The Greek government imprisoned Nikos Michaloliakos, its leader, and stripped parliamentary deputies of their political immunity before slapping them with charges of organized violence. But the party continues to take to the streets. Golden Dawn has never hidden its close connections to Russia’s extreme right, and is thought to receive funds from Russia. One Golden Dawn–linked website reports that Michaloliakos ev |
R.V. Shepherd and H.J. Turpin invented which light sub- machine gun? | Sten | Define Sten at Dictionary.com noun 1. a light 9 mm sub-machine-gun formerly used in the British Army and Commonwealth forces, developed during World War II Word Origin C20: from s and t (initials of Shepherd and Turpin, the inventors) + -en, as in Bren gun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for sten Expand Sten n. type of light, rapid-fire submachine gun, 1942, from initials of surnames of designers R.V. Shepherd and H.J. Turpin + En(field) (see Bren ). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper People invent new words all the time, but which ones actually make it? Word of the Day |
Who played the part of 'Alfie' in the 1975 film 'Alfie Darling'? | Alfie Darling (1975) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS 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 Alfie returns, up to his old womanizing ways, until he meets his match in a sophisticated magazine editor Abby. His pursuit is complicated by his encounter with Norma and the fact that a ... See full summary » Director: a list of 11 titles created 10 Mar 2012 a list of 3687 titles created 29 Jan 2013 a list of 51 titles created 19 Mar 2015 a list of 50 titles created 06 May 2015 a list of 1753 titles created 15 Jun 2015 Search for " Alfie Darling " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.5/10 X Tom Jones, a maid's son adopted by the nobleman she worked for, now all grown up must run away from home when he is set up by his jealous cousin. He has several adventures and women on his way to town where his possible salvation awaits. Director: Cliff Owen An Italian private investigator tries to get to the bottom of a suspicious kidnapping case with the help of an exotic dancer Director: Stelvio Massi On the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol is asked to intervene in a political dispute between nations, which leads to chaos. Director: Ken Hughes The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place. Director: Gerry O'Hara A small-time soccer referee gets the chance of a lifetime when he gets to referee a major-league game. He becomes a celebrity because and suddenly finds himself having to choose between his... See full summary » Director: Luigi Filippo D'Amico An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle. Director: Lewis Gilbert A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary little tyke. The child is seemingly possessed by the spirit of a freak dwarf who the mother once spurned. Cue a spate of strange ... See full summary » Director: Peter Sasdy A good-looking but virginal "rockstar" teen (Morgan) tries to score with some of the local high school girls. But a classmate's mom (Collins) decides to make a man out of him. Director: James Beshears At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic ... See full summary » Director: Ken Hughes Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted ... See full summary » Director: Kevin Billington A young woman recovering from a nervous breakdown moves with her husband to a boys' school, and finds herself being terrorized by a mysterious one-armed man, but nobody believes her. Director: Jimmy Sangster Fontaine Khaled is the wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, the hobo, and partying. She hires a manager, Tony, to run her club, but it is ... See full summary » Director: Quentin Masters Edit Storyline Alfie returns, up to his old womanizing ways, until he meets his match in a sophisticated magazine editor Abby. His pursuit is complicated by his encounter with Norma and the fact that a jealous husband won't let him forget about his time with his wife Fay. Written by Jonah Falcon <[email protected]> Alan Price is the new ALFIE See more » Genres: April 1976 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia According to his memoirs Patrick Mower was first choice for the role of Alfie. See more » Connections Rather weak sequel to the original 'Alfie' 6 February 2008 | by whatleym (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews This movie from 1975 is a sequel to the very successful |
In March 2003, which 29 year-old became the youngest ever recipient of the Best Actor 'Oscar'? | Hollywood Golden Guy - 75th Academy Awards Anniversary Page The 75th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2002, were held on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It was produced by Gil Cates and hosted for the second time by Steve Martin. The nominees were announced on February 11, 2003, by Academy president Frank Pierson and actress Marisa Tomei, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters. Chicago led the nominations with thirteen. The film went on to win six Oscars including Best Picture, the first musical to win this category since Oliver! in 1968. Roman Polanski, who was nominated for the fourth time, won the Oscar for Best Director. Adrien Brody, at age 29, became the youngest ever recipient of the Best Actor Award for his role in The Pianist Best Picture: Chicago Ugh, Russell Crowe said 'don't cry if you get up there' and now i'm crying. [turn around, crying]. Sorry.." - Nicole Kidman, upon received her Oscar for Best Actress. "We live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results, that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fiction of duct tape or fiction of orange alerts, we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush! Shame on you! And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up! Thank you very much!" - Michael Moore, as he received his Oscar for Best Documentary Bowling for Columbine. "It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it. The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo." – host Steve Martin, after Michael Moore's acceptance "In About Schmidt, Jack Nicholson plays a retired insurance executive who climbs into a hot tub with Kathy Bates...But hey, who hasn't?" - host Steve Martin. "Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings." - Kathy Bates. "There comes a time in life when everything makes sense. This is not one of those times." - Adrien Brody after winning Best Actor. "...you know, it fills me with great joy. But I am also filled with a lot of sadness tonight, because I'm accepting an award at -- at such a strange time. And you know my experiences of making this film made me very aware of the sadness and the dehumanization of people at times of war, and the repercussions of war. And whomever you believe in, if it's God or Allah, may He watch over you, and let's pray for a peaceful and swift resolution."- Adrien Brody. |
Who was voted FIFA 'Footballer Of The Year' 2003? | 2003 - History - Team of the Year - UEFA.com Team of the Year 2003 Team of the Year 2003 ©uefa.com 1998-2012. All rights reserved. French duo Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane have made it a glorious treble as they take their places in uefa.com users' Team of 2003. Familiar faces With almost 1.5 million votes cast, the Arsenal FC striker and the Real Madrid CF midfield player have been voted into uefa.com users' Team of the Year for the third time in succession, and have now appeared in every one of our élite teams since the first poll in 2001. Madrid quartet Zidane was joined in the dream team by three other Madrid players. Roberto Carlos was voted the left-back of the year for the second season running, Luís Figo earned his first appearance and David Beckham - who was named in the Team of 2001 while at Manchester United FC - also made a welcome return to the XI. Ruud awakening Beckham's former United team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooij has made the team for the first time after being overlooked in the 2001 and 2002 polls. He links up in attack with Henry, his adversary from the Premiership. Nedved honoured The European Footballer of the Year, Pavel Nedved, makes it into the Team of the Year for the first time in emphatic style. The Juventus FC playmaker won a massive 65 per cent of the vote for his position to confirm that he was - for the ordinary fans as well as the experts - one of the greats of 2003. Milan partners Back in defence, AC Milan profited from their 2002/03 UEFA Champions League triumph with Alessandro Nesta and Paolo Maldini being named as Europe's central defensive partnership of choice, with Juve's Gianluigi Buffon taking the goalkeeper's gloves behind them. Porto prestige However, the man named as Europe's favourite right-back is more of a surprise. With FC Porto succeeding in magnificent style with a league, Portuguese Cup and UEFA Cup treble in 2003, both right-back Paulo Ferreira and coach José Mourinho have made their way into the Team of 2003. Mourinho polled 60 per cent of the coaching vote to leave no doubt that uefa.com users' had shared in Porto's joy over the course of last year. uefa.com users' Team of 2003: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC), Paulo Ferreira (FC Porto) Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Paolo Maldini (AC Milan), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF), Luís Figo (Real Madrid CF), David Beckham (Real Madrid CF), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid CF), Pavel Nedved (Juventus FC), Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC), Ruud van Nistelrooij (Manchester United FC). José Mourinho (FC Porto). uefa.com users' Team of 2002: Rüstu Reçber (Fenerbahçe SK), Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Cristian Chivu (AFC Ajax), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF), Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan), Michael Ballack (FC Bayern München), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid CF), Damien Duff (Blackburn Rovers FC), Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC), Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF). Senol Günes (Turkey). uefa.com users' Team of 2001: Santiago Cañizares (Valencia CF), Cosmin Contra (Deportivo Alavés), Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool FC), Patrik Andersson (FC Barcelona), Bixente Lizarazu (FC Bayern München), David Beckham (Manchester United FC), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal FC), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid CF), Kily González (Valencia CF), Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC), David Trezeguet (Juventus FC). Gérard Houllier. |
In which year did the 'Torrey Canyon' sink, Donald Campbell was killed and the 'Colonels' seized power in Greece? | Pay Articles from May 1967 Part 2 - Site Map - The New York Times For a comprehensive guide to our site, please see the Site Index . Site Map > Pay Articles 1967 > May Part 2 |
"In which year was the 'Great Train Robbery' the 'Profumo Affair' hit the headlines and Martin Luther King made his ""I have a dream"" speech?" | The Great Train Robbery Crime Magazine by Mark Pulham The train didn’t seem to be anything special. It had a single diesel locomotive at the front, pulling a number of coaches, 12 in all, through the night, heading for its final destination, Euston Station in London. The only difference was that the coaches didn’t have windows. This was the overnight mail train from Scotland to London. The train, known as the “Up Special” made the same journey every night, and had been doing so for 125 years. There had never been any major incidents. But all that was about to change. In 1963, there were many events which would be considered significant or noteworthy. In the United States, the year began with George Wallace taking over as the governor of Alabama after a landslide victory the previous November. In his inaugural speech he spoke the line for which he will always be remembered, “I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” Later on in the year, he would stand in the doorway of the University of Alabama to stop the enrollment of black students, only stepping aside when confronted by federal marshals, the deputy attorney general, and the Alabama National Guard. The end of the year came with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In between those two events, Alcatraz closed as a penitentiary, the first James Bond film, Dr. No, had its North American premiere, and Martin Luther King gave his 17-minute “I Have A Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. In Great Britain, it was the swinging sixties. Heavy snow dominated the beginning of the year, with snow remaining on the ground in many places right into April. It was the worst winter in 16 years. The end of the year would see the police in Ashton-under-Lyne begin a fruitless search for a missing 12-year-old boy named John Kilbride. Kim Philby, a high ranking member of British Intelligence, would turn out to be a double agent spying for the Russians. He would disappear and resurface later in Moscow. It was an embarrassment for the Conservative Government. One of Philby’s fellow double agents, Guy Burgess would die later in the year. In Gorton, Manchester, 16-year-old Pauline Reade went missing, the first victim of the Moors Murderers, Brady and Hindley. Harold Wilson became the leader of the Labour Party after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskill; The Beatles released their first album “Please, Please Me” which went to number one and sparked Beatlemania. The album would remain at the top for 30 weeks until finally being toppled by their second album. Following the Philby spy humiliation, the Conservative Government was hit by a second scandal, when 48-year-old John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, resigned after admitting that he had been having a “secret” affair with a 21-year-old woman named Christine Keeler, a call girl. The problem was that Profumo wasn’t the only one having an affair with Keeler. Also sharing her bed was Yevgeny Ivanov, a senior naval attaché, and spy, at the Soviet Embassy in London. When Keeler was interviewed, she used the term “nuclear payload,” a term not used by the general public at the time. It was clear that John Profumo liked to talk in bed. The Profumo Affair would eventually bring down the Government. In other news, Pope John XXIII died, and in the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. And in the middle of it all, in August, 15 men, plus a few accomplices, would commit a crime so audacious that it would go down in history as one of the greatest robberies of all time, one that all others would be compared to: The Great Train Robbery. The Fixer – Brian Field Brian Field was a 28-year-old solicitor’s managing clerk working for the company James and Wheater. Despite his young age, he was already very successful, both in his personal life and his professional. He had a beautiful German wife, Karin, and lived in a large house in Oxfordshire named Kabri. His boss, John Wheater, was not as well off as his young employee. Wheater lived in a run down neighborhood, and |
Picasso's 'Still Life With Chair Caning' in which strips of oilcloth in imitation of chair caning are stuck onto the surface of the work, is an example of which artistic technique? | The Object in 20th-century Art Introduction The object has run throughout the western pictorial tradition ever since antiquity. But it was in the 16th century that the representation of inanimate objects became quite separate as a genre in itself: the still life, which would then be canonised as the painting of objects posed as if suspended in time and arranged by the hand of the artist. Skulls, musical instruments, mirrors, baskets of flowers and fruits seem to enclose the viewer in the mute world of things. Dutch painting in the 16th and 17th centuries was full of tables arrayed with crystalline glasses and peeled fruit, while the vanitas became established in France, where a century later the undisputed genius of the genre would rise to prominence: Chardin. The still life was to be Cézanne's preferred realm of pictorial production, since it offers an inexhaustible repertoire of forms, colours and different kinds of light. The Cubists would see it as the genre best suited to conveying the question of the representation of space in painting. With his revolutionary Still Life with Chair Caning, as early as 1912, Picasso brought into the picture a piece of oilcloth for the caning and a rope to give material presence to the oval of the chair's frame. Components lifted from reality therefore sometimes replace representation and they enter into dialogue with the painted parts. The object, or rather fragments of real objects, invade the representation. But the radical gesture was Duchamp's, transforming the manufactured everyday object into a work of art by means of nothing more than the artist's declaration that it was one. The first ready-mades date from 1913. Since that time, the object has left the picture frame and invaded the real world, presenting itself as such on the stage of art. It would later be deployed in the most unlikely appropriations and assemblages by the Surrealists, in the "accumulations", "compressions" and various "traps" of the New Realists, in the installations of current new objective sculpture, and by way of American Pop Art's simultaneous celebration and critique, which took the consumer society and its objects as the main subject of its art. The object addresses 20th-century art, its status and its boundaries, pushing them further and further. What this dossier proposes is a perusal of the National Museum of Modern Art's collections through one of the main artistic events of the last century: "the affirmation of the object". Representing the Object The Cubist Experiment The Cubist still lives are peopled with violins and bottles, pedestal tables and newspapers, glasses and guitars. Devoid of any action, this pictorial genre was ideally suited to the plastic experiments of Braque and Picasso between 1910 and 1914. There, the object is represented in its countless facets and through a diffracting of picture planes whereby it is developed in space. The monocular vision of classical perspective is shattered into pieces by virtue of a multiplication of planes intercut across the surface of the painting. Cinq bananes et deux poires (Five Bananas and Two Pears), 1908 Oil on canvas 24 x 33 cm Here Braque explores the motif of the fruit bowl, with an explicit reference to Cézanne. It is superfluous to refer to Cézanne's influence on Cubist painting, but Braque does so in a conscious and singular manner. He returns to the motif of the still life and develops it in a spatial dynamic where what has prime importance is the continuity of space rather than the strict definition of the object. The green of the pears chimes with the green of the tablecloth and the ochre of the bananas with that of the wall. The geometrical forms have a resonance with the light and shadows of the space. Braque reminds us that "The painter thinks in shapes and colours, the object is poetics"; he also says that "one must |
Which architect designed the Sydney Opera House? | Sydney Opera House | australia.gov.au Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House from the harbour, image by McDaniel Woolf Architects The Sydney Opera House is Australia's most recognisable building and is an icon of Australia's creative and technical achievement. Since its completion in 1973 it has attracted worldwide acclaim for its design and construction, enhanced by its location on Bennelong Point within a superb harbour setting. The design of the building, with its soaring white roof shell shaped sails atop a massive red granite platform, has been internationally acclaimed as an architectural icon of the 20th century. As a dominant sculptural building that can be seen and experienced from all sides, it is the focal point of Sydney Harbour and a reflection of its character. It is placed right at the end of Bennelong Point, juxtaposed to the harbour and completely to scale in relation to the Harbour Bridge, the sandstone cliff face, Macquarie Street and Circular Quay. Viewed from a ferry, from the air, or by approach on foot, the vision is dramatic and unforgettable. Sydney Opera House construction, 1964, image by Max Dupain, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales It took 16 years to build. Constructed between 1957 and 1973, is a masterpiece of modern architectural design, engineering and construction technology in Australia. It exhibits the creative genius of its designer, the Pritzker Prize winner Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the successful engineering by the Danish firm Ove Arup and Partners, and the Australian building contractors M R Hornibrook. The completion of the project was overseen by the architects Hall, Todd and Littlemore, and the story of its construction was one of great controversy. Complex engineering problems and escalating costs made it a source of great public debate that only subsided when the beauty and achievement of the completed building placed it on the world stage. The technical challenge of how to construct the roof sails took four years to solve. The roof sails were based on the geometry of the sphere and Utzon used this to demonstrate the creative potential and the assembly of prefabricated, repeated components. It was seen as a structure at the leading edge of endeavour. Today the Sydney Opera House is a national cultural centre that has gained widespread recognition and respect as a performing arts venue, and includes a concert hall, opera and drama theatres, a playhouse and a studio. It is a fitting showcase for many of the world's leading performers. As Utzon envisioned, the Sydney Opera House reflects its pivotal place in Australia's creative history ‘an individual face for Australia in the world of art' (Frampton and Cava, 1995 in Statement of Values for Sydney Opera House National Heritage Listing) The vision Utzon showing model of Sydney Opera House, Courtesy of Sydney Opera House. The architect Jørn Utzon reached an unique understanding of the site at Bennelong Point—its topography and relationship to the harbour and surrounding land marks—by studying naval charts, photographs, a site plan, and watching a short film on Sydney. It was his intention to create a sculptural form that would relate as naturally to the harbour as the sails of its yachts. Organic or natural forms were important principles in his design, ‘evident in the leaf form pattern devised for the ceramic roof tiles. (Australian Heritage Database, Sydney Opera House). Utzon used ‘nature's colours on the exterior. That was the general idea—concrete, granite and ceramics. White shell as contrast' (Jørn Utzon, June 2000 in Sydney Opera House, Utzon Design Principles, May 2002) The concrete platform is faced in red-granite, and this material is also used for the paving on the waterfront promenade which surrounds the building. Its uniformity was intended to give a rock-like character that was desired for the base, ‘as a contrast and anchor to the soaring roofs'. The granite underwent a process of needle hammering ‘giving a slightly matt surface which should also have the advantage of weathering even |
Who played 'Mister Wilson' in the 1994 film 'Denis'? | Dennis the Menace (1993) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS 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 When his parents have to go out of town, Dennis stays with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. The little menace is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but Dennis is just trying to be helpful. Even to the thief who's arrived in town. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 49 titles created 12 Dec 2012 a list of 25 titles created 06 Oct 2013 a list of 31 titles created 07 Dec 2013 a list of 42 titles created 17 Feb 2015 a list of 36 titles created 1 month ago Title: Dennis the Menace (1993) 5.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 3 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards » Videos A rich young boy finds his family targeted in an inside job and must use his cunning to save them. Director: Donald Petrie A slobbering St. Bernard becomes the center of attention for a loving family, but must contend with a dog-napping veterinarian and his henchmen. Director: Brian Levant Hey, Mr. Wilson! It's another Dennis the Menace movie! The day starts out fine, it's Mr. Wilson's birthday and guess who shows up uninvited? Dennis and a few of his bug friends. After ... See full summary » Director: Charles T. Kanganis A woman kidnaps puppies to kill them for their fur, but various animals then gang up against her and get their revenge in slapstick fashion. Director: Stephen Herek When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale. Director: Simon Wincer A doctor discovers that he can communicate with animals. Director: Betty Thomas A paranormal expert and his daughter bunk in an abandoned house populated by three mischievous ghosts and one friendly one. Director: Brad Silberling Dennis Christmas is a Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neighborhood bully, he ... See full summary » Director: Ron Oliver Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately... See full summary » Director: Patrick Read Johnson Beethoven, the St. Bernard dog, becomes a father, but his girlfriend Missy is dog-napped, and his puppies are in danger of the same fate. Director: Rod Daniel Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett. Director: Chris Noonan An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance. Director: Les Mayfield Edit Storyline Everyone's favorite kid from the comics is back. When his parents have to go out of town, he stays with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. The little menace is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but Dennis is just trying to be helpful. Even to the thief who's arrived in town. Written by Brian W. Martz <[email protected]> He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer. See more » Genres: Rated PG for comedic mischief | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 25 June 1993 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia In the United Kingdom the film was initially titled simply as "Dennis" to avoid confusion with the identically named character from the British children's comic "The Beano". The film has since been released online in the UK under its American title in line with the DVD and online releases of Hank Ketcham's character whilst the Beano character is now published as "Dennis the Menace and Gnasher". See more » Goofs When Dennis is taking a bath, the water is low to Dennis' waist, but in the next few shots, it's high almost up to his chest. See more » Quotes (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada) – See all my reviews This film had a very good |
What was the name of the Army Major found guilty of cheating his way to £1million on the TV show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'? | Charles Ingram | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Wiki 15 & 18 September, 2001 (original) 21 April, 2003 (first broadcast) Money won £1,000,000 (later stripped) Charles Ingram, a former British Army major from Derbyshire, was a contestant on series 10 of the UK version of the show on the shows scheduled for broadcast on 15 & 18 September, 2001. After originally winning £1,000,000, the prize was cancelled after it was revealed that he had cheated his way through most of the questions. As a result, the episodes that he appeared in were not actually broadcast until 21 April, 2003. Contents Put these words in the order they occur in the title of the Agatha Christie thriller. • A: Nile • C: Death • D: The From the 8 remaining contestants, 7 got it right, but Charles (with a time of 3.97 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-B-D-A, making it into the Hot Seat. Charles's Run to the Million Edit On the first night of his game, when he got into the hot seat, he got through the first four questions without using any lifelines. On the fifth question, he still didn't use a lifeline, but took a while to answer. On both questions 6 and 7, he used a lifeline on each of them. He used two of his lifelines early on. After 7 questions, he won £4,000 but then the show ran out of time, so he had to return the next day to continue. £100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed On which of these would you air laundry? • A: Clothes dog • D: Clothes pig £200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed What name is given to a person who is against increasing the powers of the European Union? • A: Eurosceptic £300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed What is butterscotch? £500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed Which of these is the nickname for a famous Scottish army regiment? • A: Black Cat £1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed The Normans, who invaded and conquered England in 1066, spoke which language? • A: German £2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed In 'Coronation Street', who is Audrey's daughter? • D: Sally Ask the Audience Results: A: 4% • B: 89% • C: 3% • D: 4% Charles did not know, so he used his first lifeline, He asked the audience , which gave a resounding 4-89-3-4 vote. Charles went with the audience, and won £2,000. £4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed The River Foyle is found in which part of the United Kingdom? • C: Northern Ireland • D: Wales Charles did not know, so he decided to phone his friend Gerald, who was 99% sure it was Northern Ireland. He went with him and won £4,000. Then, the klaxon called time and Charles would return on £4,000 with 1 lifeline still available. Having watched and recorded several episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? , the Millionaire team thought that if you used two of your lifelines by the end of the night, you've usually struggled up to that point and you're expected to last only a couple of questions and be gone. The host Chris Tarrant thought that Charles chances of winning £32,000 were the chances of going to the moon in a rocket. Since he only had one lifeline left Chris expected Charles to get to £16,000 and be on his way. He was in for a big surprise... Meanwhile, Charles and his wife Diana Ingram , who accompanied Charles in the audience called one of the Fastest Finger Contestants. Tecwen Whittock , who would appear on the next show that night. It is here, it is alleged, where Tecwen joins the Ingram's scam to cheat to the million, and this is where the "Major Fraud" begins. Diana Ingram later claimed she alone had spoken with him and purely to wish him good luck. Night 2 Edit On the next night, before starting the game, Chris asked Charles if he had a strategy. Charles said that he was a little defensive on the last show so he's going on the counter-attack. In fact, this reply, given the actual facts of what happened on the previous night, is incomprehensible. It appears that Ingram was simply setting the scene for what he was about to do. In saying that he was 'too defensive' on the previous night, Ingram also said that he had been too negative and had talked himself out of the answers which 'I knew'. However |
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Which actor sped off with Jack Lemmon in a speedboat at the end of the film 'Some Like It Hot'? | Detail view of Movies Page Summary: In Chicago, in February, 1929, federal agent Mulligan sets up a raid on a speakeasy run by notorious bootlegger “Spats” Colombo, based on information provided by small-time gangster “Toothpick” Charlie. As Mulligan inspects the lively speakeasy, two members of the band, saxophonist Joe and bass player Jerry eagerly discuss plans for their salary from their first job in four months. The longtime friends begin arguing about how to spend their salary until Jerry notices Mulligan’s badge and they make a hasty exit as the raid begins, avoiding the police roundup. Putting up their coats as collateral, they place a bet with their bookie, and promptly lose both the bet and their coats. Desperate, Joe and Jerry visit the musicians’ agency building hoping to line up another job. At Sid Poliakoff’s agency, receptionist Nellie Weinmeier, incensed over being stood up by Joe a few nights earlier, reveals there is an opening for a bass and sax with a band in an all-expenses paid trip to Florida. Joe and Jerry eagerly question Sid, only to learn that the positions are in an all-girl band. Sid tells them of a job at a college dance in Urbana and Joe accepts, then charms Nellie into loaning them her car for the Urbana gig. Retrieving the car at a garage owned by Toothpick Charlie, Joe and Jerry unintentionally witness Spats and his men shoot Charlie and his men to death for informing on the speakeasy. Although the musicians are spotted by Spats, he is distracted by Charlie, who revives long enough to allow Joe and Jerry to flee. After they evade the gangsters, Jerry suggests they call the police, but Joe reminds him they will not be safe from Spats in any part of Chicago in spite of the police. Joe then telephones Sid and, using a high falsetto voice, accepts the job with the all-girl band. That evening at the train station, Joe and Jerry, uncomfortably disguised as women, check in with band leader Sweet Sue and manager Beinstock as the newest members of the Society Syncopators, Joe as Josephine and Jerry as Daphne. Once on board the train, Joe fears that Jerry’s enthusiasm at finding himself among so many women will expose them and warns his friend to behave “like a girl,” but in the process, musses Jerry’s outfit. Retreating to the ladies’ room for repairs, the men come upon stunning singer and ukulele player Sugar Kane Kowalczyk drinking bourbon from a flask. Sugar pleads with them not to report her to Sue, who has threatened to fire her if she is caught drinking again. A little later during rehearsal, when Sugar’s flask falls to the floor, Sue responds angrily, but Jerry steps forward, and to Sugar’s surprise, claims the flask is his own. That night, Sugar sneaks to Jerry’s berth to thank him for his action, then abruptly jumps into the berth to avoid Sue. Overwhelmed by Sugar’s proximity, Jerry grows anxious and suggests that he needs a drink and within minutes an impromptu party ensues at Jerry’s berth. Joe awakens and is horrified, but gets drawn into the festivities when Sugar asks him to help break up an ice block in the ladies’ room. There Sugar confides that she is with the all-girl band in order to escape a series of unhappy love affairs with tenor saxophone players and dreams of finding a sensitive millionaire who wears glasses. Upon arriving in Florida at the beachfront Ritz Seminole Hotel, “Daphne” catches the attention of wealthy, oft-married Osgood Fielding III. Once in their room, Jerry, infuriated at being flirted with and pinched by Osgood, demands they give up their disguises and find a male band, but Joe insists they must maintain their masquerade, as Spats will surely investigate male orchestras all over the country. Jerry reluctantly agrees and then accompanies Sugar to the beach. Unknown to Jerry, Joe has stolen Beinstock’s suitcase of clothes and eyeglasses and, dressing in them, goes to the beach where he stages an accidental meeting with Sugar. Joe implies that he is the heir to the Shell Oil company and, captivated by the apparently sensitive “Juni |
What is the name of the Japanese port that was devastated by a huge earthquake in 1995. resulting in 4000 deaths? | Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths 1900-2014 Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths 1900-2014 This data is current through the end of 2014. Date UTC Quezaltenango and San Marcos, Guatemala 14N 91W 2000 7.5 This quake also caused damage in Mexico at Tapachula, Chiapas. It was felt as far away as Jalapa, Veracruz and Mexico City. The duration in Mexico was estimated at one to one and a half minutes. [ 307,308,A-51 ] 1902/12/16 Andijon (Andizhan), Uzbekistan (Turkestan, Russia) 40.8N 72.3E 4700 6.4 Over 41,000 buildings destroyed in the Andijon-Margilan area. A train was "thrown from the tracks" at Andijon station. A strong aftershock about 40 minutes later caused additional damage. [ 233 ] 1903/04/28 3500 7.0 About 12,000 houses destroyed and 20,000 animals killed in the Malazgirt-Patnos area. Slight damage as far away as Erzurum and Bitlis. A strong aftershock on August 6 caused additional casualties. [ 215,71 ] 1903/05/28 1000 5.8 Several villages destroyed. Death toll may be overstated, since Ambraseys said quake "is alleged to have killed over 1000 people. [ 215 ] 1905/04/04 Damage in the Kangra area and at Dehra Dun [ 6,299 ] 1906/01/31 Off coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador 1N 81.5W 1000 8.8 Damage in the Tumaco, Colombia - Esmeraldas, Ecuador area from the earthquake and tsunami. Earthquake damage occurred as far as 100 km (60 mi) inland, from Cali, Colombia to Otavalo, Ecuador. Felt as far away as Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Tsunami waves as high as 5 m (16 ft) observed at Tumaco, but fortunately some of the waves were dissipated on offshore islands before reaching the city. About 450 houses destroyed in the Guapi area, Colombia by a series of 6 waves, the largest described as being as high as tall trees. Coastal uplift as high as 1.6 m (5 ft) observed in the harbors of Manta, Ecuador and Buenaventura, Colombia. Submarine cables were broken in several places between Buenaventura and Panama. Cable breaks also occurred off Puerto Rico, implying there may have been a tsunami generated in the Caribbean Sea as well. [ 207,3,325,312,314 ] 1906/03/16 72000 7.2 Over 40% of the population of Messina and more than 25% of Reggio di Calabria killed by the earthquake and tsunami, as well as by fires in some parts of Messina. Casualty toll is based on census data 1901-1911, some estimates are as high as 110,000. Severe damage in large parts of Calabria and Sicily. Felt throughout Sicily and north to Naples and Campobasso. Also felt on Malta, in Montenegro and Albania and on the Ionian Islands. Tsunami heights of 6-12 m (20-39 ft) observed on the coast of Sicily south of Messina and heights of 6-10 m (20-33 ft) observed along the coast of Calabria. Aftershocks continued into 1913. [ 301,299,A-75 ] 1909/01/23 32610 7.0 Severe damage in the Avezzano-Pescina area. An estimated 3,000 more people died in the next few months from indirect effects of the earthquake. Felt throughout Central Italy from Veneto to Basilicata. [ 301,321 ] 1917/01/20 9.0S 115.8E 1500 Landslides on Bali caused most of the casualties. Many houses damaged. One source lists casualty toll as 15,000, but that seems high compared to the damage descriptions. 1917/07/30 North of Daguan, Yunnan, China 28.0N 104.0E 1800 7.5 Many houses collapsed in the Hengjiang and Daguan River Valleys. An iron chain bridge at Yanjin was turned upside down and several stone bridges collapsed. Rockslides blocked the Daguan River, causing the water to flow back upstream for several kilometers. [ 310,104 ] 1918/02/13 200000 7.8 Total destruction (XII - the maximum intensity on the Mercalli scale) in the Lijunbu-Haiyuan-Ganyanchi area. Over 73,000 people were killed in Haiyuan County. A landslide buried the village of Sujiahe in Xiji County. More than 30,000 people were killed in Guyuan County. Nearly all the houses collapsed in the cities of Longde and Huining. Damage (VI-X) occurred in 7 provinces and regions, including the major cities of Lanzhou, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Xining and Yinchuan. It was felt from the Yellow Sea to Qinghai (Tsinghai) Province and from Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) s |
What was Buddy Holly's real first name? | Buddy Holly - Biography - IMDb Buddy Holly Biography Showing all 42 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (32) | Personal Quotes (2) Overview (4) 5' 11½" (1.82 m) Mini Bio (1) Buddy Holly was born on September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, USA as Charles Hardin Holley. He was married to Maria Elena Santiago. He died on February 3, 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA. Spouse (1) Wore horn rimmed black glasses Fender Stratocaster Trivia (32) Died when his chartered plane (N 3794 N) crashed. Also on board and killed in the crash were Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson). An investigation determined the cause of the crash was "pilot error"; the pilot was not qualified to fly by instruments, and the plane took off in a snowstorm. Despite later urban legends, the plane was not named the "American Pie"; it had no name. His date of death (February 3, 1959) was forever immortalized as "The Day the Music Died" in the song "American Pie" by Don McLean . Many, including Holly's father and his manager, were against Buddy's marriage to Maria Elena Santiago, a young Puerto Rican girl he met in New York months before his death. Waylon Jennings was part of Buddy's backup group and was supposed to be on the fateful flight but, instead, allowed The Big Bopper , who was sick, to take his place. Buddy's group was The Crickets and they stayed together after his death. Had a cat named Booker T. and a dog named Alonzo. Attended and graduated from Lubbock High School in Lubbock, Texas (1955). Had two brothers: Larry Holley (born 1925), Travis Holley (born 1927), and one sister: Patricia Lou Holley (1929-2008). Pictured on one of four 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued in booklet form 16 June 1993. This Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues set of stamps also honored Otis Redding , Dinah Washington and Elvis Presley . He was voted the 13th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. His wife was pregnant at the time of his death, but later suffered a miscarriage. Following his untimely death, he was interred at City of Lubbock Cemetery in Lubbock, Texas. Holly was a member of an independent Baptist church in Lubbock called Tabernacle Baptist Church; his funeral was conducted there. His brother is still a member. Actual Crickets (the ones that chirp) got into the recording studio and are heard in the fade out of the single "Listen to Me". Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (charter member) (1986), the American Songwriters Hall of Fame (1986), and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1994). Although he used the last name "Holly" as a professional recording artist (it was an uncorrected mistake on his first recording contract; he liked the spelling and kept it), his gravestone gives the correct spelling of his name which is Holley. In recognition for his achievements, the city of Lubbock erected a life-size statue of Holly next to the convention center. The statue shows Holly strumming his Fender Stratocaster guitar and tapping his heel (he tapped his heel instead of his toe) which also serves as a monument to the West Texas Hall of Fame. At the base of Holly's feet, there are plaques with the names of famous Texans. The Beatles took their name in tribute to Buddy Holly and The Crickets . John Lennon and Paul McCartney were both inspired to write their own songs after learning that Holly wrote (or co-wrote) many of his own songs. In the period of 1958 to 1960, the band had been using many different names, most prominently "The Quarrymen" (after the school they attended) and "Johnny and the Moondogs". According to some stories, it was Stuart Sutcliffe (the famed "fifth Beatle") who suggested the name "The Beetles" and that John changed the spelling to give the name a double meaning. In 1959, The Crickets ' recorded a tribute to Buddy written by member Sonny Curtis , "(I Love You) More Than I Can Say". It was later a charted hit for Bobby Vee in 1961 (#61) and Leo Sayer in 1980 (#02). Buddy Holly and The Crickets' first million se |
On 29th July 2000, Martin Dugard of Eastbourne became the first-ever winner of the British Grand Prix - in which sport? | RIDERS - W - British Speedway Official Website [ N ] - [ O ] - [ P ] - [ Q ] - [ R ] - [ S ] - [ T ] - [ U ] - [ V ] - [ W ] - [ X ] - [ Y ] - [ Z ] The following is an A-Z list of riders who are contracted to appear in 2011, at Elite League, Premier League and National League level. NOTE: (1) All entries for the current season are as per the declared team line-ups, but do not necessarily relate to actual appearances for the named clubs, particularly in the case of No. 8 riders in the Elite League; (2) The symbol II after a team's name differentiates between a club's National level and higher league side, when more than one team was operated in the same season; (3) With regard to 'Club Honours', riders have been credited with a contribution to a league title-winning side if they rode in 6 or more matches of the team's league programme - and with a cup-winning contribution if they appeared in at least one leg of the final; (4) '2011 Starting Average' is each rider's figure at the beginning of the campaign or, indeed, if they joined after the start of the season. These are the official figures, which exclude bonus points. By contrast, all averages mentioned under 'Additional Info' are 'real-time' figures; this means the average a rider achieved from all official meetings, inclusive of bonus points; (5) The Speedway Grand Prix statistics will be updated for participating riders after each round of the 2011 series. Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup statistics courtesy of Steve Brandon. LAST UPDATED: NOVEMBER 3, 2011 RIDERS - W DATE OF BIRTH: 4 May 1992, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. BRITISH CAREER: (2008) Boston; (2009) King’s Lynn; (2010-11) Poole. MAJOR HONOURS: Queensland Under-21 State Champion: 2009; Australian Under-21 Champion: 2009, 2010, 2011; World Under-21 Champion: 2009, 2010; New South Wales State Champion: 2010. CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2009 [King’s Lynn], 2011 [Poole]; Premier Trophy winner: 2009 [King’s Lynn]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2009 [King’s Lynn], 2010 [Poole], 2011 [Poole]; Pairs Championship winner: 2011 [Poole]. 2011 STARTING AVERAGE: 6.63 (EL). ADDITIONAL INFO: Having ridden spectacularly for Boston at Conference-level during the second-half of the 2008 campaign, the teenage sensation started the 2009 season at reserve for King’s Lynn in British speedway’s middle sphere. However, he soon became the talk of the sport after a string of magnificent displays, which led to him moving up to the side’s No. 1 slot in early June. His blistering form continued and saw him shoot to pole position in the overall Premier League averages, before injury struck at Edinburgh on 10 July. The Aussie was leading heat five, but lost control on the pits bend and crashed into the safety fence, chipping a bone at the bottom of an ankle. The injury necessitated a spell on the sidelines and the use of guests in his place; the youngster quickly recovered, though, returning to the Stars’ line-up on 2 August to continue his high-scoring exploits. Ward’s efforts helped propel King’s Lynn to a League Championship and Premier Trophy double, whilst individually the talented Aussie finished a gallant runner-up to home representative Ricky Ashworth in the Premier League Riders’ Championship at Sheffield on 27 September. Further glory came his way on 3 October, though, when he annexed the World Under-21 Championship with a typically breathtaking display at Goričan, Croatia. Ward was to retain top spot in the Premier League averages, finishing up with a real-time figure of close on 10 points per match. He did, however, sustain a back injury whilst representing Australia against Great Britain in an Under-25 Test match at Ipswich on 15 October. That necessitated a trip to Poland, where he received specialist attention from his Extra League club’s physiotherapist at Toruń, before returning to the UK for more treatment with a specialist in London. He subsequently appeared in the first leg of the Knock-Out Cup final at Edinburgh on 23 October, but missed the return fixture five days later when the Stars secured an |
Which former pop singer is now known as Yusuf Islam? | SHORT TAKES : Israel Bars Cat Stevens - latimes YOU ARE HERE: LAT Home → Collections SHORT TAKES : Israel Bars Cat Stevens July 02, 1990 | From Times Wire Services TEL AVIV, Israel — Former pop singer Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was barred from entering the country Sunday by passport officials. Airport officials said Islam, who took his name after converting to the Muslim faith, was turned away as "an undesirable" along with his 8-year-old son, Mohammed, after their British Airways jet landed about 4 a.m. They were met on arrival by passport officials and held at the airport about four hours until the flight returned to London, officials said. One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Islam and his son accepted the decision quietly. The passport agents were acting on instructions from the Interior Ministry, he said. MORE: |
'The Nore' is a sandbank at the mouth of which British river? | The Nore (Pepys' Diary) 5 External links Lightship The Nore is a hazard to shipping, so in 1732 the world's first lightship was moored over it [1] in an experiment by Robert Hamblin, who patented the idea. The experiment must have proved successful, because by 1819 England had nine lightships. [1] The Nore lightship was run by Trinity House , General Lighthouse Authority for England (and Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar). The early Nore lightships were small wooden vessels, often Dutch-built galliots . [1] By the end of the 19th century a larger ship with a revolving light had appeared, but after about 1915 the authorities ceased to use a lightship. Sea Reach No. 1 Buoy as of 2006 marks the anchorage-point of the former lightship, about midway between Shoeburyness in Essex and the Isle of Sheppey in Kent . This defines the limit of the Thames and the beginning of the North Sea. Royal Navy The Nore has been the site of a Royal Navy anchorage since the age of sail , being adjacent to both the city and port of London and to the Medway , England's principal naval base and dockyard on the North Sea. During the French Revolutionary War it was the scene of a notorious mutiny , when seamen protesting against their poor pay and working conditions refused orders and seized control of their ships in May 1797. The mutiny ended in June, but while the ringleaders were punished, much was done by the Admiralty to improve pay and conditions for the seamen. From 1899 to 1955, the Royal Navy maintained a Commander-in-Chief, The Nore , a senior officer responsible for protecting the entrance to the port of London , and merchant traffic along the east coast of Britain. In the First World War the Nore Command principally had a supply and administrative function, [2] but in the Second World War it oversaw naval operations in the North Sea along the East coast of Britain, guarding against invasion and protecting trade. [3] Fort Also during the Second World War a series of defensive towers, known as Maunsell Forts were built in the Thames estuary to protect the approach to London from air and sea attack. The Nore was the site of one of these, the Great Nore Tower. It was equipped with a battery of anti-aircraft guns and manned by a unit of the British Army . It was completed in 1943, but was abandoned at the end of hostilities. [4] It was badly damaged in a collision in 1953 and dismantled in 1959–60. References |
With which English king did Pope Clement VII have a dispute? | Pope Clement VII and Henry VIII of England previous | next Pope Clement VII and Henry VIII of England The power of the Roman Catholic Church was largely cultural and diminished by kings whose power derived from their military. This diminished power was evident during the reign of Pope Clement VII, who became pope in 1523 at the age of forty-five, while Lutheranism was spreading in central Europe. Clement was the second pope from Florence's most wealthy and powerful Medici family. He looked after the interests of the papacy and the Medici and was aligned with Charles V, who was both King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor. With warring in Italy between France and and Charles V, Clement changed his alliance from Charles to France and Venice (Roman Catholics all), believing that Charles had become too powerful in Italy. The French force was driven back to France and Pope Clement became a prisoner in the Castle of St. Angelo in Rome, from which he could hear the screams of his flock as men, women and children were butchered. After six months he bought off some Imperial officers and escaped disguised as a peddler. He returned to a depopulated and devastated Rome within a year, in October 1528. The Papacy and Henry VIII William Tyndale Pope Paul III had the power of excommunication. Henry VIII a different power. England's King Henry VIII had reigned since 1509 at the age of eighteen. Loyal to Catholicism he suppressed Protestantism with his standard brutality – while making his court a center of Renaissance erudition. By the time he had turned forty-two he had come into conflict with Pope Clement regarding marriage. His queen, Catherine of Aragon, had not given him a son who had survived, and Henry, who was accustomed to having mistresses was smitten by Catherine's unusually intelligent and fascinating lady-in-waiting, Anne Boleyn. Henry wanted his twenty-four years of marriage to Catherine annulled. Pope Clement refused to annul the marriage, and Henry responded by assuming supremacy in his realm over religious matters. Henry I believed he was competent enough in theology to head the Church of England and he made himself the "Supreme Head in Earth of the Church of England." In 1533 Henry declared his marriage to Catherine invalid and he married Anne on the judgment of the clergy in England. Henry stayed with Catholic doctrine and ceremony. In 1534, the Parliament of England accommodated him with the Treasons Act, which made it high treason, punishable by death, to refuse to acknowledge the King as head of the Church of England. His old friend Thomas More, another of Europe’s famous humanist scholars, refused to sign the document that made Henry head of the Church of England, and Henry had More beheaded. Clement died in September 1534 and was succeeded by Paul III, and Paul used his power of excommunication against Henry, followed by his rescinding Henry's title as "Defender of the Faith." England's parliament declared that title still valid. Pope Paul had to watch – powerless – as Henry "nationalized" all Roman Church property in England into his personal ownership and sold off these properties to the highest bidders among the aristocracy and the gentry. Roman priests in England were dismissed unless they swore an oath of conformity to Henry's new Church. Those who would not were dispossessed of their positions and livelihood, or if they made too much political noise they executed as "recusants" – dissidents. The brilliant Anne Boleyn, from a commoner family and ambitious, in becoming Henry's queen, had stepped into trouble. Henry was genuinely religious, including superstitions common to the sixteenth century, and when Anne miscarried a deformed male fetus it was seen as God's punishment for a terrible sin. Henry got rid of Anne. Torture and a confession led the case against her. She was charged with high treason, incest and adultery, with having slept with numerous men, including her brother – charges that one might expect with the circumstances. Four men and her brot |
Bamako is the capital of which country? | Bamako, capital city of Mali All... Bamako, capital city of Mali There are plenty of reasons to love Bamako. The capital of Mali is always buzzing with activity. Colorful markets spill into the streets, great restaurants serve up traditional meals for pocket change, a friendly energy permeates the neighborhoods and the soundtrack of the city is created by some of the continent's best music stars. The MarchÈ de Medina is one of the city's best hidden secrets. Not yet overridden with tourists, the market is a great place to shop and drink in the vibrant scene without getting hassled. There, ramshackle stalls spill over with fresh fruits and vegetables and clothing made from local cotton. The array of goods is constantly changing, but you can also often find handwoven rugs, wood carvings and other artisan handicrafts for low prices. If you have time, get your hands decorated with henna and hair braided at the beauty parlor section. If you are looking for something a bit more out of the ordinary, try shopping at the Fetish Stalls, a small market in the Quartier du Fleuve. The faint-hearted should stay away, as the stomach-turning array includes dried chameleons, bones, monkey heads, skins and other oddities. The small but interesting National Museum offers a glimpse into the history and culture of Mali's many ethnic groups. Beautiful ethnographic pieces are on display, including ancient textiles, wooden masks, contemporary marionettes and intricate carvings. More artifacts that detail Malian culture and history are on display at the Muso Kunda Museum. The collection highlights fine works of art by the country's female artists and includes a number of handicrafts that tell the story of traditional Malian life. There is also an interesting exhibit of traditional clothing embellished with fine handwoven details. When the afternoon sun gets too warm, head to the Bamako Botanical Gardens to cool off in the shade of hundreds of leafy trees. The park is dissected by a beautiful man-made river spanned with lovely pedestrian bridges, and walking paths lead visitors up a large hill that yields some of the best views of the city. After exploring the flora of Mali at the botanical garden, visit the nearby Bamako Zoo to see Africa's fauna up close. Most of the animals, including crocodiles, ostriches, chimpanzees, lions and zebras, are in cages instead of behind glass. This means that visitors are often allowed to treat the animals with food under the careful watch of the zookeepers. The zoo is also crisscrossed with peaceful hiking trails that show off Bamako's scenic beauty. One of the capital's most prominent landmarks is the BCEAO Tower, home of the Central Bank of Western African States. Visitors can tour the 20-story building, the tallest in the country, and catch another great view of the city from the top floor. About 90 percent of Malians are Muslim, and many of the faithful in Bamako worship at the Grand Mosque. Located in the heart of the city, the mosque was built with Saudi Arabian funds in the late 1970s and is one of the capital's tallest buildings. The mosque is occasionally open to visitors outside of congregational prayer times, and it is a real treat to view the opulent interior. Bamako Geographical Location Bamako is located in the southwest of Mali near the Niger River and is its largest city. The population of Bamako is approximately 1,850,000. Bamako Language French is the official language of Mali but Bambara is the most widely spoken. There are many indigenous languages to Mali that are still spoken, 13 of them have the status of national languages. Bamako Predominant Religion 9% Indigenous Beliefs 1% Christian Mali’s constitution provides for religious freedom and although there are few atheists, the religious groups of Mali generally interact well. Bamako Currency The official currency of Mali is the Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc. Bamako Climate Bamako is hot all year round with a rainy season from June until September. The winter’s temperature is very similar to summer but there is almost no rainfall |
What is the astronomical terminology fro 3.26 light years? | Glossary of Astronomy Terms - Astronomy Reference Guide on Sea and Sky Glossary of Astronomy Terms Glossary of Astronomy Terms The universe is a large place full of wondrous and unimaginable things. The amateur astronomy hobby contains words, labels, and technical terms that may seem be a little confusing for both beginners and the more experienced hobbyists. This glossary of astronomy terms contains definitions for some of the most common words used in astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics, and space exploration. You may click on any yellow highlighted word to jump directly to the definition for that astronomy word. You can also click on any letter of the alphabet below to jump directly to that section in the astronomy glossary listing. Absolute Magnitude A scale for measuring the actual brightness of a celestial object without accounting for the distance of the object. Absolute magnitude measures how bright an object would appear if it were exactly 10 parsecs (about 33 light-years ) away from Earth. On this scale, the Sun has an absolute magnitude of +4.8 while it has an apparent magnitude of -26.7 because it is so close. Asteroid A small planetary body in orbit around the Sun, larger than a meteoroid but smaller than a planet . Most asteroids can be found in a belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The orbits of some asteroids take them close to the Sun, which also takes them across the paths of the planets. Aurora A glow in a planet's ionosphere caused by the interaction between the planet's magnetic field and charged particles from the Sun. This phenomenon is known as the Aurora Borealis in the Earth's northern hemisphere and the Aurora Australis in the Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Aurora Australis Also known as the southern lights, this is an atmospheric phenomenon that displays a diffuse glow in the sky in the southern hemisphere. It is caused by charged particles from the Sun as they interact with the Earth's magnetic field. Known as the Aurora Borealis in the northern hemisphere. Aurora Borealis Also known as the northern lights, this is an atmospheric phenomenon that displays a diffuse glow in the sky in the northern hemisphere. It is caused by charged particles from the Sun as they interact with the Earth's magnetic field. Known as the Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere. Big Bang The theory that suggests that the universe was formed from a single point in space during a cataclysmic explosion about 13.7 billion years ago. This is the current accepted theory for the origin of the universe and is supported by measurements of background radiation and the observed expansion of space. Black Hole The collapsed core of a massive star . Stars that are very massive will collapse under their own gravity when their fuel is exhausted. The collapse continues until all matter is crushed out of existence into what is known as a singularity . The gravitational pull is so strong that not even light can escape. Black Moon A term used to describe an extra new that occurs in a season. It usually refers to the third new moon in a season with four new moons. The term is sometimes used to describe a second new moon in a single month. Blue Moon A term used to describe an extra full that occurs in a season. It usually refers to the third full moon in a season with four full moons. Note that a blue moon does not actually appear blue in color. It is merely a coinsidence in timing caused by the fact that the lunar month is slightly shorter than a calendar month. More recently, the term has sometimes been used to describe a second full moon in a single month. Steady State Theory The theory that suggests the universe is expanding but exists in a constant, unchanging state in the large scale. The theory states that new matter is being continually being created to fill the gaps left by expansion. This theory has been abandoned by most astronomers in favor of the big bang theory. Stellar Wind The ejection of gas from the surface of a star . Many different types of stars, including our Sun, have stellar winds. The stellar wind of |
Both Luton Town and Stockport County football clubs have the same nickname. What is it? | Stockport County F.C | The Freindly Football Club The Freindly Football Club Links The Basics Stockport County Football Club are an English football club based in Stockport, England. They play in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football pyramid. Their home stadium is Edgeley Park, and are nicknamed The Hatters, although are usually referred to by supporters simply as County. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers F.C., shortly after they merged with a similarly named club, Heaton Norris F.C., and on 24 May 1890 changed their name to Stockport County F.C. to reflect Stockport becoming a County Borough. They joined the Football League in 1900, and have competed in it continuously since 1905. Having spent most of their history in the lower reaches of the Football League, the 1990s were notably successful, competing in the Football League First Division (2nd Tier) for five seasons. Instability on & off the pitch led to Stockport quickly tumbling back down the leagues, narrowly avoiding a drop into the Football Conference (5th Tier) in 2006. The History Stockport County were formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers by members of the Wycliffe Congressional Church, and played their first recorded game in October the next year. The club adopted 'The Hatters' as their nickname, owing to Stockport's history as the centre of the Victorian hat-making industry, a nickname that is shared with Luton Town. Stockport played in the Lancashire League until 1900. They then gained admission to the Football League Second Division. Unfortunately, the club finished in the bottom three for their first four seasons and at the end of 1903-04 they failed to gain re-election. They spent one year in the Lancashire Combination, won the league, and were re-admitted to the Football League. County were fortunate that, despite an awful 1921-22 campaign that saw them end the season bottom of the Second Division, which would normally have seen them face re-election, they were placed in the brand new Third Division North. The Hatters won the league at the first time of asking in 1921-22, but struggled and soon returned to the bottom division where, barring a couple of seasons, the club would stay for more than 40 years. The 1933-34 season saw goals galore, 115 in total, including a 13-0 win over Halifax Town, which still stands as a Football League record. In 1936-37 County won the Third Division North, but failed to gain a foothold in the Second Division, finished 22nd out of 22 and were relegated. The 1950s brought little league success, but were notable for some fine goalscoring by Jack Connor, whose 140 goals are still a club record, including 13 hat-tricks, two instances of 4 goals in a match, and two of five goals in a match. When the regional Third Divisions were to be combined into national Third and Fourth Divisions after the 1957-58 campaign, Stockport managed to finish in the top half of the Third Division North and so were placed in the following season's national Third Division. Just one season was spent at this level, Stockport were demoted and didn't return until winning the Fourth Division in 1966-67. After being relegated in 1969-70, the 1970s and 80's consisted of little other than mediocrity or struggling against re-election. The introduction of automatic promotion & relegation between the Football League & the Conference was not a good sign for Stockport and, in 1986-87 they had just 6 points from 13 games and faced a real prospect of non-League football, exemplified by crashing out of the FA Cup to Caernarfon Town. Colin Murphy was brought in for his second spell as manager, County gained 45 points from their final 31 games and survived, although Murphy left shortly after the end of the season. Danny Bergara was appointed as manager in March 1989, quickly transforming the team and automatic promotion was gained in 1990-91. The next three seasons saw County make the play-offs, but failed to result in another promotion. In March 1995 Bergara was sacked after an altercation with then chairman Brendan Elwood, and Dave Jones was appo |
In which month is United Nations day? | United Nations Day Home Calendar Holidays UN Holidays United Nations Day United Nations Day United Nations Day highlights, celebrates and reflects on the work of the United Nations (UN) and its family of specialized agencies. United Nations offices around the world join in to observe United Nations Day. United Nations offices around the world join in to observe United Nations Day. ©iStockphoto.com/Michael Palis What Do People Do? On and around October 24, many activities are organized by all parts of the UN, particularly in the main offices in New York, the Hague (Netherlands), Geneva (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria) and Nairobi (Kenya). These include: concerts; flying the UN flag on important buildings; debates on the relevance of the work of the UN in modern times; and proclamations by state heads and other leaders. Public Life United Nations Day is a global observance and not a public holiday. Background The foundations for a “League of Nations” were laid in the Treaty of Versailles, which was one of the treaties to formally end World War I. The treaty was signed in Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919. The league aimed to encourage disarmament, prevent outbreaks of war, encourage negotiations and diplomatic measures to settle international disputes and to improve the quality of life around the world. However, the outbreak of World War II suggested that the League of Nations needed to take on a different form. The ideas around the United Nations were developed in the last years of World War II, particularly during the UN Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, the United States, beginning on April 25, 1945. The UN was officially created when a UN charter was ratified on October 24 that year. United Nations Day was first observed on October 24, 1948. The UN recommended that United Nations Day should be a public holiday in member states since 1971. There were also calls for United Nations Day to be an international public holiday to bring attention to the work, role and achievements of the UN and its family of specialized agencies. These have been spectacular, particularly in the fields of human rights, support in areas of famine, eradication of disease, promotion of health and settlement of refugees. The UN does not work alone but together with many specialized agencies, including: the World Health Organization (WHO); the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); International Labour Organization (ILO); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); and United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Symbols The UN emblem consists of a projection of the globe centered on the North Pole. It depicts all continents except Antarctica and four concentric circles representing degrees of latitude. The projection is surrounded by images of olive branches, representing peace. The emblem is often blue, although it is printed in white on a blue background on the UN flag. United Nations Day Observances |
With virtually the same tonnage and outline, in World War II, what was the sister ship of the Bismark? | Types of Naval Ships / Useful Notes - TV Tropes Because a battleship and a destroyer are not the same thing. NATO has a variety of different codes it uses to designate ship types (not the same as ship classes), so we'll use them. If you want to know how things got this way, see the History of Naval Warfare . To see the kinds of firepower used on the high seas, examine Naval Weapons . A couple of notes first. Navies Love Nuclear Power If an N is in the type designation, that means that the vessel is nuclear-powered. This is not the same as nuclear-capable, the latter meaning that it can carry nuclear weapons. Nuclear powered ships or submarines are very useful things for a navy to have. Simply put, they don't need to be refuelled during a sortie, have enough electricity to generate their own oxygen from seawater, and are only limited by the endurance of their crew and other supplies. This allows the vessel to go more or less anywhere in the ocean and if they're a submarine stay submerged for weeks if not months on end. The appearance of the first US nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, made most techniques for anti-submarine warfare developed during the Second World War useless, since those relied on the submarine coming to surface to recharge its batteries. All submarines in the US Navy are nuclear powered, as are all currently-active carriers; USS Kitty Hawk was the last conventionally powered carrier in service with the USN, and was decommissioned on May 12, 2009. The crazy amount of energy generated by a carrier's two reactors (eight in the case of USS Enterprise) allow them to steam at full speed around the world indefinitely. USS Enterprise could out-accelerate all of her non-nuclear escorts despite her bulk thanks to her eight reactors. They're also very fast despite being among the largest ships in the world. There are a couple of drawbacks to using nuclear reactors for power. One of course, is the radioactivity, although this is actually far less of a problem than it was in the past.note In fact, you actually get less radiation exposure on a tour on a US submarine than you would on the shore, as cosmic rays are absorbed by water Nuclear-powered vessels are also rather complicated and expensive to maintain, a problem which is only exacerbated over time through exposure to a corrosive environment. One major operational drawback of nuclear submarines is that although their range is functionally infinite, they cannot shut down their nuclear reactors without losing all systems entirely until they start the reactor up again, which may be impossible without towing the sub back to port (emergency batteries only last so long). So the reactor system, including cooling pumps and other machinery, runs all the time. This makes nuclear submarines much noisier than diesel-electrics, by the ultra-sensitive standards of modern submarine warfare. They are incapable of true "silent running".note With the advent of natural convection cooling this is no longer the case. Some modern US subs are quieter than the ocean's ambient noise. Which, paradoxically, can actually make them easier to detect as you just listen for the " hole in the water "... Which of course has its own problems in that the intervening noise of the water tends to cover the quiet of the submarine very nicely, unless you know exactly where to listen. "G" is for Guided Missile Most ship designations were created before the 1950's and 60's. Ships then were separated by size and role. Then, the guided missile was invented. The difference in range and combat power between a ship armed with conventional guns and one armed with guided missiles was such that navies around the world added "G"s into their designations so that they were still accurately divided. Therefore, a DDG is a destroyer with Guided Missiles. Likewise CG, CGN, FFG, SSG, SSGN, etc. Most vessels today have some form of guided missile on, usually anti-air, often anti-ship too. Anti-submarine missiles (i.e. launch a fair distance to drop a torpedo in the water) also exist, such as the American ASROC and Soviet/R |
What is the name of the grain or potato based Scandinavian spirit flavoured with Caraway seeds? | Akavit - definition of Akavit by The Free Dictionary Akavit - definition of Akavit by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Akavit Also found in: Thesaurus , Wikipedia . Related to Akavit: akvavit (ä′kwə-vēt′) n. A strong clear Scandinavian liquor distilled from potato or grain mash and flavored with caraway seed. [Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian akvavit, from Medieval Latin aqua vītae, highly distilled spirits : Latin aqua, water; see aqua + Latin vītae, genitive of vīta, life; see vital.] aquavit (ˈækwəˌvɪt) n (Brewing) a grain- or potato-based spirit from the Scandinavian countries, flavoured with aromatic seeds and spices, esp caraway. Also called: akvavit [from Scandinavian; see aqua vitae] aq•ua•vit |
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What will be the middle two numbers of a car registered in September 2010? | Paetechie Philippines News and Reviews: LTO Car Registration Schedule, Fees, Charges and Tips Paetechie Philippines News and Reviews Uncomplicating the Complicated stuff from a guy who's not can be really technical, with lots of ideas on hand but no time to blog. Saturday, July 11, 2009 LTO Car Registration Schedule, Fees, Charges and Tips For those looking for car registration schedule in the philippines, these information i offered to you particularly if it's the first time you're going to register one at the LTO (whether LTO Head Office, LTO Makati, LTO Quezon City or any LTO office) UPDATED January 2016 Vehicle registration schedules in the Philippines depends on the last two digits of the vehicle plate numbers. the last digit identifies the month i.e. 1 January 9 September 0 October the second to the last digit points to the week where you need to have it renewed at the Land Transportation Office: 1, 2, 3: first week of the month 4, 5, 6: second week week of the month 7, 8: third week week of the month 9, 0: fourth week week of the month For example, if your plate number is ABC123, take the last two digits of your plate number to know you vehicle registration schedule. In this case, you need to renew your vehicle register in the first week of March (3 is for march, 2 is for the first week) Late registrations fees apply even for just a day of delay and depends on the length of delay e.g. PhP200.00 for a week, PhP1000.00 after a month Car registration requirements: Xerox copy of OR and CR would be enough. And TPL insurance, you can get it from offices near or inside the LTO office itself, or you can bring your own. 400-600 usually. Plus emission test results from an accredited testing center. There should be one nearby. 300 bucks. And the right amount of money for the reg fee for your vehicle. Tip for the stencil boy too. LTO Vehicle Registration Fees/Charges: Registration fee depends on the year model of vehicle Computer fee: PhP132.00 Third Party Liability: Emission test If you intend to register your vehicle at another LTO branch where it's not registered before, there's a charge of PhP100.00 Note: There are LTO renewal services being offered by some individuals that require no appearance of your car at the LTO but I have no direct experience with them so I can't qualify them as fixers or scams so beware. The Land Transportation Office is located on East Avenue in Quezon City. To get to LTO from Makati, it's just a straight drive on EDSA going to Quezon City and turn right on East Avenue after passing Cubao. For commuters, the nearest MRT station is GMA-kamuning while Fairview-bound buses pass by the area. Related Post: |
Who played the part of 'Neville Hope' in 'Auf Wiedershen, Pet'? | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Cast Cast The Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Cast might be household names now, but back in 1983 when the show first aired, many viewers were watching these fresh faced builders for the first time! The Cast have gone on to many things in the past 30 years, starring in Hollywood Blockbusters with Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise and most recently one of them winning the Palme d’Or in Cannes. Jimmy Nail - Oz Name - James Michael Aloysius Bradford Born - March 16th 1954, Benton, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Character - Leonard “Oz” Osborne Since starring in Auf Wiedersehen Pet in 1983, Jimmy has gone on to become one of England's greatest TV actors, singers and TV producers. First starring in Get Carter in 1971 as an uncredited extra, Jimmy went on to sing in the band, The King Crabs in the 1970’s. His wife Miriam, persuaded him to go for a part in a new show, and turning up, telling everyone he didn’t want to be there, is how he got the part of Oz. Classic quote - “Aww Bollocks Man”. Trivia - Jimmy is one of only 4 characters to appear in all 40 episodes. Tim Healy - Dennis Name - Timothy Malcolm Healy Born - January 29th 1952, Benwell, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Character - Dennis Patterson Tim Healy appeared in Coronation Street in 1976 as a Bingo Caller, and since then, being Dennis in Auf Wiedersehen pet has made Tim one of the UK’s most well known actors. Currently starring as Les/Lesley in the hit ITV comedy Benidorm, Tim has continued to be on our screens for the past 30 years. Tim was heavily involved with the 30th Anniversary Convention in 2013, and narrates and walks fans through the ‘Back With The Boys’ DVD. Classic quote - “I’m still the gaffer, so get gan!!” Trivia - Tim originally went for the part of Oz, but as we now know this went to Jimmy Nail, and Tim got the part of reluctant leader Dennis Patterson. Tim Spall - Barry Name - Timothy Leonard Spall Born - February 27th 1957, Battersea, South London Character - Barry Spencer Taylor Timothy Spall is one of the UK’s leading character actors, appearing in some of the biggest TV shows and Movies ever made. First appearing on screen in “Quadrophenia” in 1979, and then in 1982 “Home Sweet Home”, which was his first working with Mike Leigh. In 1983, Tim hit the big time, and gave UK viewers one of the most lovable, but slightly boring and annoying characters in Barry Taylor. Since then, Tim has appeared in some of the highest grossing films ever made. Classic Quote - “Would you like to come back to our hut?” Trivia - Tim bought his motorbike as featured in Series 1, it was eventually stolen. Kevin Whately - Neville Name - Kevin Whately Born - February 6th 1951, Hexham, Northumberland. Character - Neville Hope Kevin Whately, has been on UK TV screens for the past 30 years. He first appeared on screen in Shoestring in 1979, and then a few years later got the part of Neville Hope in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Kevin then went on to play a big part of the hit show, Inspector Morse, playing the “sidekick” to John Thaws Morse. Kevin has starred in hit shows such as Peak Practice, and can now be seen on ITV1 in Lewis, the spin off to Inspector Morse. Classic Quote - “I’ve got Brenda in case you forgot!” Trivia - Kevin’s daughter Catherine Whately appeared as Neville’s daughter Debbie in Series 2. Pat Roach - Bomber Name - Francis Patrick Roach Born - May 19th 1937, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Died July 17th 2004 Character - Brian “Bomber” Busbridge Pat Roach appeared in many TV shows and Movies, including Indiana Jones, Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves and Superman 3, to name just a few. Pat was a wrestler, and you can see a Grandstand appearance in the opening titles of Series 2. Pat sadly died in 2004, and did not appear in the final 2 episodes of The Special. Classic Quote - “Bombers ready, Bombers away!” Trivia - Pat did actually break his foot in Last Rites, and this had to be written into the script, where Oz, accidentally tells the German Crane operative to lower the bricks onto Bombers foot. Gary Holton - Wayne Name - Gary Frederick Holton Born - September 22, 1952, |
Which iconic English actor,born in 1910, died in 1983 of Motor Neurone Disisease? | Famous People with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Lou Gehrigs Disease Famous People with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Lou Gehrigs Disease A list of famous and well known people with ALS or Lou Gehrigs Disease one of the most common neuromuscular diseases worldwide. ALS is one of the most common neuromuscular diseases worldwide, and people of all races and ethnic backgrounds are affected. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's Disease, or Maladie de Charcot) is a progressive, usually fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement. Between 1 to 2 people per 100,000 develop Lou Gehrig's Disease each year. ALS most commonly strikes people between 40 and 60 years of age, but younger and older people can also develop the disease. Scientists have not found a definitive cause for Lou Gehrig's Disease but the onset of the disease can be linked to a variety of risk factors. It is believed that one or more of the following factors are responsible for the majority of Lou Gehrig's Disease cases. Researchers suspect a virus, exposure to neurotoxins or heavy metals, DNA defects, immune system abnormalities, and enzyme abnormalities as the leading causes of the disease. Lou Gehrig's Disease Symptoms The onset of ALS may be so subtle that the symptoms are frequently overlooked. The earliest symptoms of Lou Gehrig's Disease may include twitching, cramping, or stiffness of muscles; muscle weakness affecting an arm or a leg, and/or slurred and nasal speech. Eventually, ALS weakens muscles, including muscles used for breathing, until they become paralyzed. Men are affected slightly more often than women. Famous People with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's Disease Lou Gehrig - Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 - June 2, 1941), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an American baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s, who set several Major League records and was popularly called the "The Iron Horse" for his durability. His record for most career grand slam home runs (23) still stands today. At the midpoint of the 1938 season, Gehrig's performance began to diminish. As Lou Gehrig's debilitation became steadily worse, Eleanor called the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. After six days of extensive testing at Mayo Clinic, the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was confirmed on June 19, Gehrig's 36th birthday. The prognosis was grim: rapidly increasing paralysis, difficulty in swallowing and speaking, and a life expectancy of fewer than three years, although there would be no impairment of mental functions. Gehrig probably was told that the cause of ALS was unknown but it was painless, non-contagious and cruel - the nervous system is destroyed but the mind remains intact. Professor Stephen Hawking - Born on the eighth of January in the year 1942 in Oxford, England. Stephen has conducted work concerning the basic laws that govern the universe itself. Along with Roger Penrose, he has shown that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the, "Big Bang," and end in black holes. In regards to the disability Stephen experiences, he has some things to say: "I am quite often asked: How do you feel about having ALS? The answer is, not a lot. I try to lead as normal a life as possible, and not think about my condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many." Mao Zedong - (1893-1976) Chinese military and political leader, who led the Communist Party of China (CPC) to victory against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War, and was the leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Regarded as one of the most important figures in modern world history, Mao is still a controversial figure today, over thirty years after his death. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known in the U.S as Lou Gehrig's Disease and elsewhere as Mot |
Who surrendered formally to the British onboard HMSBellerephon? | The Surrender of Napoleon The Surrender of Napoleon Price reductions The Surrender of Napoleon tells the true story of how the legendary French emperor surrendered to the British on HMS Bellerophon and the events between 24 May and 8 August 1815. While HMS Bellerophon was stationed off Rochefort in the Bay of Biscay observing French warships in the harbour, Napoleon has been defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. News had reached Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland on 28 June that Napoleon was planning an escape to America from the French Atlantic coast, possible from Bordeaux. Believing that Rochefort was the more likely point of escape, Maitland also sent two ships to cover the ports of Bordeaux and Arcachon. With HMS Superb and a string of British frigates, corvettes and brigs watching the coast, there was no escape for Napoleon. Maitland’s instincts proved correct and Napoleon arrived at Rochefort in early July. Finding escape barred by the patrolling HMS Bellerophon and unable to remain in France, he authorised the opening of negotiations with the commander of the British warship off the coast. Maitland refused the request to allow Napoleon to sail for America, but offered to take him to England. The negotiations went on for four days, but eventually Napoleon acquiesced. He embarked on 15 July with his staff and servants where he surrendered to Maitland. Maitland placed his cabin at the former emperor’s disposal and sailed for England. She reached Torbay on 24 July, but was ordered to Plymouth, while a decision was made by the government over Napoleon’s fate. She sailed again on 4 August and while off Berry Head on 7 August, Napoleon and his staff were removed to HMS Northumberland, which conveyed him to his final exile on Saint Helena. The Surrender of Napoleon is Maitland’s detailed and stunning narrative of the French emperors time on HMS Bellerophon, which he originally published in 1826. THE AUTHOR Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland (7 September 1777-30 November 1839) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He rose to the rank of rear admiral and held a number of commands. The most famous event of his career occurred when Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to him onboard HMS Bellerophon, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars. FORMAT Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm Binding: paperback |
In which book was Britain called 'Airstrip One'? | Airstrip One - TV Tropes Airstrip One You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share YMMV "Japan became the dominion of The Empire . It was stripped of its freedom, its rights, and its name. Area 11... the defeated and once proud nation of Japan was rechristened with a mere number." Even the names of the countries, and their shapes on the map, had been different. Airstrip One, for instance, had not been so called in those days: it had been called England or Britain, though London, he felt fairly certain, had always been called London. — Nineteen Eighty-Four So The Empire has conquered a number of unfortunate countries and crushed the citizens under the weight of oppression. But it just isn't enough for The Empire . They've got to rub their newfound authority in the subdued province's face. How best to humiliate them? Take away something they strongly value, something that symbolizes their very identity—their name! The Empire will show how evil they are by re-branding the area with a label and a number. It also adds to the overall military atmosphere of a piece, even though Real Life militaries' very reason for using codes rather than common place names is operational secrecy, and replacing the latter with the former for public use would be missing the point. For replacing people's names with numbers, see You Are Number 6 . Examples: open/close all folders Anime and Manga In Code Geass , the various lands conquered by the Holy Britannian Empire are given numbers as part of the "Number system" of identified said conquered lands. Japan is renamed "Area 11." Furthermore, the people themselves of conquered Areas are renamed as well, so, for example, the people of Japan (now named Area 11) are called "Elevens." Full citizens of Britannia also use "Numbers" as shorthand for everyone in Areas. Frieza named all the planets he conquered " Planet Frieza #(insert number here)" Comicbooks In Judge Dredd there is Mega-City 1, Luna-City 1, East Meg 1 and East Meg 2 . There used to be Mega Cities 2 and 3 as well, but Dredd nuked Mega-City 2, and Mega-City 3 broke away from the union following the Atomic Wars , becoming Texas City instead. Other nations include Euro Cit, Pan Africa, Murphyville and Brit Cit. Dredd also nuked about half the world that time in order to combat a Zombie Apocalypse . East Meg 1 no longer exists either, thanks to Dredd, who nuked it in a separate incident. Captain Britain : The Corps - gathering of the counterparts of Captain Britain from every alternate version of Earth - includes a Captain Airstrip-One who seems to hail from a world very similar to Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four . Fan Fiction Aperture Science 3007 Colony and Land of Life and No Death (theoretically Lithuania and Poland) from Portal: The 4th Millennium franchise . Even though most other modern countries are referred to by their actual names. The author probably just hated his own home country that much. Film In Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, Stone Alexander becomes the head of European Union and quickly turns it into a One World Order , separating the world into zones. He pressures the US to join this new global community, consistently calling it the North American Zone, which infuriates the President. District9 has the eponymous ghetto where the aliens are forced to live. In the epilogue it's shown that they've been moved to (larger and nicer, but still segregated) District 10, but it's never made clear exactly what the districts are or where the first eight are. It can be assumed that the whole city, assuming the human parts, is divided into administrative districts, but the alien area is the only one referred to by just its number. Literature Nineteen Eighty-Four has the entire United Kingdom given the pitiful title of "Airstrip One," a reference to the Americans referring to it as "an unsinkable aircraft carrier" during World War II when the Nazis had overrun most of continental Europe. Ixia's Military Districts (MD-1 through MD-8) in Maria Snyder's Ixia and Sitia books. The Commander i |
What is the psychological term for the process of bonding that sometimes occurs between prisoners and their captors? | Stockholm syndrome | definition of Stockholm syndrome by Medical dictionary Stockholm syndrome | definition of Stockholm syndrome by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Stockholm+syndrome Definition Stockholm syndrome refers to a group of psychological symptoms that occur in some persons in a captive or hostage situation. It has received considerable media publicity in recent years because it has been used to explain the behavior of such well-known kidnapping victims as Patty Hearst (1974) and Elizabeth Smart (2002). The term takes its name from a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1973. The robber took four employees of the bank (three women and one man) into the vault with him and kept them hostage for 131 hours. After the employees were finally released, they appeared to have formed a paradoxical emotional bond with their captor; they told reporters that they saw the police as their enemy rather than the bank robber, and that they had positive feelings toward the criminal. The syndrome was first named by Nils Bejerot (1921–1988), a medical professor who specialized in addiction research and served as a psychiatric consultant to the Swedish police during the standoff at the bank. Stockholm syndrome is also known as Survival Identification Syndrome. Description Stockholm syndrome is considered a complex reaction to a frightening situation, and experts do not agree completely on all of its characteristic features or on the factors that make some people more susceptible than others to developing it. One reason for the disagreement is that it would be unethical to test theories about the syndrome by experimenting on human beings. The data for understanding the syndrome are derived from actual hostage situations since 1973 that differ considerably from one another in terms of location, number of people involved, and time frame. Another source of disagreement concerns the extent to which the syndrome can be used to explain other historical phenomena or more commonplace types of abusive relationships. Many researchers believe that Stockholm syndrome helps to explain certain behaviors of survivors of World War II concentration camps; members of religious cults; battered wives; incest survivors; and physically or emotionally abused children as well as persons taken hostage by criminals or terrorists. Most experts, however, agree that Stockholm syndrome has three central characteristics: The hostages have negative feelings about the police or other authorities. The hostages have positive feelings toward their captor(s). The captors develop positive feelings toward the hostages. Causes & symptoms Stockholm syndrome does not affect all hostages (or persons in comparable situations); in fact, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) study of over 1200 hostage-taking incidents found that 92% of the hostages did not develop Stockholm syndrome. FBI researchers then interviewed flight attendants who had been taken hostage during airplane hijackings, and concluded that three factors are necessary for the syndrome to develop: The crisis situation lasts for several days or longer. The hostage takers remain in contact with the hostages; that is, the hostages are not placed in a separate room. The hostage takers show some kindness toward the hostages or at least refrain from harming them. Hostages abused by captors typically feel anger toward them and do not usually develop the syndrome. In addition, people who often feel helpless in other stressful life situations or are willing to do anything in order to survive seem to be more susceptible to developing Stockholm syndrome if they are taken hostage. People with Stockholm syndrome report the same symptoms as those diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): insomnia , nightmares, general irritability, difficulty concentrating, being easily startled, feelings of unreality or confusion, inability to enjoy previously pleasurable experiences, increased distrust of others, and flashbacks. Diagnosis Stockholm syndrome is a descriptive term for a |
AJS motorcycles were produced identically under which otherbrand name? | Qwika - AJS AJS Stevens is the mark name of deduction from public service pension to allow for simultaneous payment of $AOW engines and of gebroeders of stevens. This name change later in AJS and Stevens. Also engine block-systems under the name became Ajax produced. Contents 10 External left Stevens engine Manufacturing Company The first steps in the engine bicycle field of Harry stevens: a mitchell cube built in Ajs-fietsframe, in 1899. Stevens advertisement for an engine bicycle block-system from 1904. The mark was then not yet called AJS AJS "Motette" tricycle from 1903 with Fred Adey as of the and Harry stevens as a passenger THE AJS model d from 1915 have the "AJS Scientific frame", which fails exclusively from straight existed The Graiseley Hill Works AJS S3, 500 cc from 1931 In the years thirty the engines and engine block-systems of AJS and Matchless went up terrible each other to seem. This is the block-system of the AJS 25/2 from 1935... ...and this is the block-system of the Matchless model X from 1936 Stevens engine Manufacturing Company, stevens Brothers Ltd., Wolverhampton (-). Joseph stevens Sr. worked as from as independent blacksmith in cross Street in Wolverhampton. Its company was called j. Stevens co. Its oldest zoon came help Harry in later years in the company, which to Tempest Street (dense at the centre of Wolverhampton) moved. Zoon also third Joseph Jr. joined yourself at them. Joseph bought Mitchell - to operate machines in the company. This block-system was however very onbetrouwbaar. Harry improved the engine and already rapidly came of it its own production motorblokjes. In built Harry such motortje in BSA - bicycle frame. In the same year the two brothers aimed stevens engine Mfg. Co. on. William Clarke of the firma Wearwell engine Carriage co. Ltd. touched interested. He had established its own company in Pountney Street. For Wearwell-fietsen became j. Stevens co. already spaken, crap and wreck provided. Clarke closed a contract with gebroeders stevens for the supply of a fixed number deduction from public service pension to allow for simultaneous payment of $AOW engines per week. Thus the mark arose wearwell wearwell-Stevens .. In produced the brotherbrother brothers themselves their first complete engine bicycle, which was driven by their zus Lily by the streets of Wolverhampton. Also the "Motette" appeared tricycle . In moved stevens MMC to Pelham Street. There a large production of engine block-systems, among other things of aid engines for wearwell wearwell-Stevens arose. In strongly walked back sale of engine bicycles, but thanks to the production of to crap and wreck at the stevens Screw co. survived the company. Gebroeders used this period to develop new engine block-systems, but three of them job had nevertheless take to be able pay the creditors. The sales at Wearwell ran fortunately still reasonable with the production of Wolf - ¸ ÿ ¿ engine bicycles. Now also frames for wearwell wearwell-Stevens were produced and also the mark Clyno ordered stevens-motorblokkenstevens-motorblokken stevens-motorblokken. In stevens had grown from the pand. One moved to Retreat Street and Clyno drew in the old stevens-pandstevens-pand stevens-pand. The pand in Retreat Street lay compared with stevens Screw Company Limited. Meanwhile the control of the engine bicycle factory had been extended with the brothers George and jacket. The initialen of jacket (the some with two Christian planned themselves: Albert John) were used for the name of the firma: AJS. With will produce now on larger scale engine bicycles. A.J.Stevens & co (AJS) A. J. Stevens & co., Wolverhampton (-) As from 14 November 1909 was called AJS the company official. The directors were four gebroeders of stevens: Albert John (jacket), George, Joe jr. and Harry. The frames were still made in Pelham Street, but then Clyno there its residence took moved complete production to Retreat Street. Unfortunately went in the same year Wearwell bankrupt, what the loss of an important customer meant. Jacket devised the first engine bicycle for S |
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