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'Alderbaran' is the brightest star in which constellation? | Aldebaran is the Bull's fiery eye | Brightest Stars | EarthSky History and mythology of Aldebaran. Science of star Aldebaran. This star glows with the orangish color of a K5 giant star. In visible light, it is about 153 times brighter than the sun, although its surface temperature is lower (roughly 4000 kelvins compared to 5800 kelvins for the sun). Aldebaran is about 65 light-years away, much closer than the stars of the Hyades with which it misleadingly seems associated. The Hyades are about 150 light-years away. Aldebaran is an erratic variable with minor variations too small to be noticed by the eye. It also has a small, faint companion star, an M-type red dwarf, some 3.5 light-days away. In other words, light from Aldebaran would need to travel for 3.5 days to reach the companion, in contrast to light from our sun, which requires 8 minutes to travel to Earth. The three medium-bright stars of Orion’s Belt point to reddish Aldebaran. Image via SolarEmpireUK How to see Aldebaran. Aldebaran is easy to find. Frequently imagined as the fiery eye of Taurus the Bull, Aldebaran is part of a V-shaped star grouping that forms the face of the Bull. This pattern is called the Hyades. You can also locate Aldebaran using the famous constellation Orion as a guide. Simply locate the three stars of Orion’s Belt. Then draw an imaginary line through the belt to the right. The first bright star you come to will be Aldebaran with its distinctive reddish-orange glow. Aldebaran is the 14th brightest star, but five of those that outshine it are only barely visible or not visible at all from much of the Northern Hemisphere. Aldebaran is primarily a winter and spring star. At least, that is when this red star is most easily visible in the evening sky. By early December, it rises shortly after sunset and is visible all night. Three months later it is high to the south at sunset, and sets at around midnight. By early May, it hangs low about the western sunset glow – and before the end of the month, it’s lost altogether. It returns to the predawn sky around late June. By the way, although it appears among them, Aldebaran is not actually a member of the V-shaped Hyades cluster. It is actually much closer to us in space than the actual Hyades stars. Constellation Taurus. See Aldebaran marked as the Bull’s Eye? View larger. History and mythology of Aldebaran. Aldebaran is often depicted as the fiery eye of Taurus the Bull. Because it is bright and prominent, Aldebaran was honored as one of the Four Royal Stars in ancient Persia, the other three Royal Stars being Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut. The name Aldebaran is from the Arabic for “The Follower,” presumably as a hunter following prey, which here likely was the star cluster we call the Pleiades. The latter was often viewed as a flock of birds, perhaps doves. According to Richard Hinckley Allen in his classic book Star Names, the name Aldebaran once was applied to the entire Hyades star cluster, a large loose collection of faint stars. In Hindu myth, Aldebaran was sometimes identified with a beautiful young woman named Rohini, disguised as an antelope and pursued by her lecherous father, disguised as a deer, Mriga. Apparently several ancient peoples associated the star with rain. The Wikipedia entry notes a Dakota Sioux story in which Aldebaran was a star which had fallen to the Earth and whose killing of a serpent led to the formation of the Mississippi River. Allen notes a number of other alternate names, but precious little mythology is known for Aldebaran separately. Aldebaran is the name of one of the chariot horses in the movie Ben Hur. On a different note, astronomer Jack Eddy has suggested a connection with the Big Horn Medicine Wheel, an ancient circle of stones atop a mountain in Wyoming. Eddy wrote that the ancient Americans may have used this site as a sort of observatory to view the rising of Aldebaran just before the sun in June to predict the June solstice. Interestingly, in about two million years, the American spaceprobe Pioneer 10, now heading out into deep space, will pass Alde |
Named after the scene of the crime, what name is given to the Notorious murder of 1827 when Maria Marten was shot dead by her lover, William Corder, in Suffolk? | Rogues’ Gallery: Images of Crime and Punishment – Discover 26 Feb 2015 Rogues’ Gallery: Images of Crime and Punishment by admin | posted in: Brighton Museum , Celebrity , Collections , Fine Art , Politics , Rogues Gallery: Images of Crime and Punishment (2007) | 0 This display features a wide range of serious crimes and lesser felonies of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Some of the prints are cheap products of the gutter press while others are expensive copies of famous paintings. Some of the incidents are trivial and the punishments unduly harsh. Others, such as the execution of Louis XVI, King of France, changed the course of history. Victims are featured as well as villains and a number of scenes show the interiors of London’s most infamous prisons. More crime took place in 18th-century London than anywhere else in the country. Some of the most notorious landmarks, such as the Bridewell prison and the Tyburn gallows gave their names to similar sites around the realm. The London institutions that dealt with crime, the administration of justice and punishment were situated conveniently close together. The Bridewell and the Fleet prisons lay beside the Fleet River, just west of St Paul’s Cathedral and Newgate Prison was next to the Old Bailey Sessions House. The Kings Bench and Marshalsea prisons were just across the Thames in Southwark and the Inns of Court, where the lawyers gathered, were north of Fleet Street and the Strand. The Marshalsea and the Fleet prisons were already well established when they were sacked during the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. They both housed debtors, but since prisoners had to pay for food and lodging, it became increasingly difficult for them to gain their freedom. William Hogarth’s father was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison from 1708-1712, a hateful experience to which he refers in his paintings and prints. Charles Dickens’s father was imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea, which featured in his novel ‘Little Dorrit’. Both prisons closed in 1842 when an Act of Parliament phased out imprisonment for debt. The Bridewell, a former royal palace, was founded for homeless children and to punish disorderly women. In 1700 it was the first prison to appoint a doctor and it functioned as a prison, hospital and workrooms housing paupers, vagrants, prostitutes and single mothers. Newgate Prison, located on the site of a gate in the Roman London Wall, was the most hated of all and housed some of London’s most dangerous prisoners and those awaiting execution. It was set on fire during the Gordon Riots of 1780 when many prisoners died and 300 escaped. On execution days the bell of St Sepulchre’s church was tolled and a religious service was conducted inside Newgate for those condemned to die. They travelled in open wagons to be hanged at Tyburn (where Marble Arch stands today), until 1783 when public executions were transferred to Newgate itself. Trials took place at the Justice Hall or Sessions House, known as the Old Bailey, which lay close to Newgate. The medieval building was rebuilt after the Great Fire in 1666 and again 1774 with a passage to the prison to ensure security and to limit public access. It was decided to record and publish complete transcripts of each trial (now published online: www.oldbaileyonline.org ). These corrected many of the errors reported by the press and in the sensational ‘Newgate Calender’ ( www.exclassics.com/newgate ). Custodial sentences in the 18th century were not long since so many crimes were punishable by death or transportation. Prisons were run as private businesses; convicts had to pay ‘garniture ‘on arrival and a ‘departure’ fee to leave. Extortionate prices were charged for food, drink, candles, soap and other supplies unless provided by families. Many prisoners ran out of money and died in gaol where their bodies lay rotting until relations paid for the corpse. Not surprisingly, prisons were fetid hellholes, full of lice, rats, disease and misery. Assassination Murder of James I, King of Scotland, 1437 Robert III of Scotland is said to have died of grief |
Which film starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Ben Affleck was the world's highest grossing film of 1998? | ARMAGEDDON (1998) - Official Movie Trailer - YouTube ARMAGEDDON (1998) - Official Movie Trailer Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011 Armageddon (1998) / Армагеддон (Трейлер) Director: Michael Bay Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Owen Wilson, Jason Isaacs and Ben Affleck Armageddon is a 1998 American science-fiction disaster film, directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It features an ensemble cast including William Fichtner, Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Michael Clarke Duncan and Steve Buscemi. Armageddon opened in theaters only two-and-a-half months after a similar impact-based movie, Deep Impact, which starred Morgan Freeman. According to Bruce Joel Rubin writer of Deep Impact, a 'president at Disney' took notes on everything the writer said during lunch about his script and initiated Armageddon as a counter film at Disney. Astronomers described Deep Impact as being more scientifically accurate, though Armageddon fared better at the box office. Both films were equally received by critics. Armageddon was an international box office success, despite generally mixed reviews from film critics. It became the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide surpassing the Steven Spielberg war epic, Saving Private Ryan. Plot: When an asteroid the size of Texas is headed for Earth the world's best deep core drilling team is sent to nuke the rock from the inside. I do NOT own this video or right to it. All rights go to its rightful owners (movie company and film creators). trailer teaser sneak peak featurette ellen interview new hq hd 720p 1080p 720 1080 2011 2010 2012 2013 2014 deleted scene movie film awards official hot sexy funny theatrical original score tv spot Friday night cowboys and aliens thor Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark The Adventures Of Tintin The Secret Of The Unicorn the twilight saga breaking dawn trailer official 2011 part 1 new moon eclipse 2 The Muppets contagion x-men first class Sherlock Holmes A Game Of Shadows midnight in paris harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 green lantern scream 5 super 8 hugo cabret pirates of the caribbean 5 Captain America The First Avenger Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol the hangover part II 2 Transformers The Dark Of The Moon The Wolverine war horse Girl With the Dragon Tattoo now titanic 3d #1 #2 national treasure 3 horrible bosses the tree of life The Three Musketeers star wars the smurfs Beginners Submarine Beautiful Boy the trip poppers penguins cars 2 Winnie the Pooh another earth cowboys and aliens crazy stupid love the devil's double the hobbit part interview trailer official 2011 2012 robert pattinson taylor lautner kirsten dunst kristen stewart bradley cooper jennifer aniston courtney cox johnny depp miley cyrus emma stone justin timberlake amanda seyfried mila kunis brad pitt matt damon angelina jolie tom hardy anne hathaway joseph gordon-levitt chloe moretz zach galifianakis carey mulligan andrew garfield interview ellen natalie portman 2011 2012 Category |
Named after a nickname given to the victim, what name is given to the unsolved murder of American waitress Elizabeth Short in Leimert Park, Los Angeles in 1947? | 25 Mysteries That Have Scared The Creeps Out of Everyone Follow Emlii 25 Mysteries That Have Scared The Creeps Out of Everyone There are somethings that confuse the world to such an extent that people go mad and crazy behind these mysteries. Find out how these mysteries have managed to dumbfound the world since ages and scare the hell out of those who encounter them. 1. The Taos Hum www.coolfunpedia.blogspot.com In the small town of Taos, New Mexico, there is a certain buzz often heard on the horizon that can be compared to the sound of a distant diesel engine. It is a humming sound that is very disorienting for a person who experiences it and it seems to have an effect on people- it has been known to cause insomnia and/or sleep disturbances, nausea, headaches, dizziness and nosebleeds. Needless to say, it can be very irritating for hearers, Although it can be heard by the naked ear, various sound detection devices are not able to pick it up. This is known as the Taos Hum and up to this day, no one still knows how this sound is being created. 2. Voynich Manuscript www.sci-news.com The Voynich manuscript was written in a language that men through the centuries have tried to decode to no avail. The only idea anyone has of its origin are the drawings found on various pages.The book has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438), and may have been composed in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance. The manuscript is named after Wilfrid Voynich, a Polish book dealer who purchased it in 1912. The pages of the codex are vellum. Some of the pages are missing, but about 240 remain. The text is written from left to right, and most of the pages have illustrations or diagrams. Many people have suggested different theories for deciphering the text, while some believe its just pure nonsense and might be a hoax. Whatever it may be, but to this day the manuscript remains a confusing mystery. 3. Jack The Ripper www.blog.8coupons.com The name Jack the Ripper has been heard in many shows and movies, pertaining to the serial killer who murdered 11 women in London’s east end in the late 1800?s but was never identified. Most of his victims were prostitutes, whose bodies were mutilated beyond recognition and their throats slashed. In the East End's Whitechapel district, a string of prostitutes were butchered. The crime scenes were a gory tableau; the brutalized bodies were perversions of the human form. The killer was a collector who took organs as trophies. The signature of a letter that arrived during the murders gave this monster a name: Jack the Ripper. The city was whipped into a froth of suspicion and fear. Wide dragnets snagged scores of suspects, but the police were unable to catch the killer. Vigilante committees formed, and mobs routinely chased people through the streets. And then, suddenly, the murders stopped. Despite three more years of investigation, the police never uncovered the true identity of Jack the Ripper. The unsolved case was officially closed in 1892, though interest in the killings has never dwindled. 4. Bermuda Triangle www.stiannius.deviantart.com Known as the Bermuda Triangle, this legendary expanse of ocean can be found between the points of Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Pilots often tell of their instruments going haywire and numerous ships have been lost at sea. With explanations ranging from gas bubbles to aliens, no one is sure what is behind the strange phenomena. 5. Kryptos www.anixneuseis.gr Just outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, you will behold a statue that has coded encryptions on its surface. This very captivating sculpture was created by Jim Sanborn to show that everything can be resolved and decoded with the use of patterns and clues. Of the four inscription sections that were included, only the first three have been cracked. But the fourth? Not even the brilliant minds in the CIA were able to get to the bottom of it 6. Shepherd’s Monument Inscription www.peiraxtiri.gr In Staffordshire, England, there is a sculpture that has invited the wits and intellect of ma |
Which British Prime Minister later became the Earl of Stockton? | Harold Macmillan - Stockton Council Stockton Council Harold Macmillan Harold Macmillan Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (1894 - 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963. Nicknamed 'Supermac', in his premiership he advocated a mixed economy, championed the use of public investment to create expansion, and presided over an age of affluence marked by high growth and low unemployment. He restored the special relationship with the United States, decolonised much of Africa, ended National Service, strengthened the nuclear deterrent, and pioneered the Nuclear Test Ban with the Soviet Union, but his unwillingness to disclose United States nuclear secrets to France led to a French veto of the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community. When asked what represented the greatest challenge for a statesman, Macmillan replied: "Events, my dear boy, events". Harold Macmillan was born in Chelsea, London, and was first educated at Summer Fields School and then at Eton but left during his first half after a serious attack of pneumonia. He also attended Balliol College, Oxford, although he only completed two years of the four year course reading Greats before the outbreak of the First World War. Macmillan served with distinction as a captain in the Grenadier Guards during the war and was wounded on three occasions. During the Battle of the Somme, he spent an entire day wounded and lying in a slit trench with a bullet in his pelvis, reading the classical Greek playwright Aeschylus in his original language. Macmillan lost so many of his fellow students during the war that afterwards he refused to return to Oxford, saying the university would never be the same. He joined Macmillan Publishers as a junior partner in 1920, remaining with the company until his appointment to ministerial office in 1940. Macmillan married Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire on 21 April 1920. Between 1929 and 1935 Lady Dorothy had a long affair with the Conservative politician Robert Boothby, in full public view of Westminster and established society. Boothby was widely rumoured to have been the father of Macmillan's youngest daughter Sarah. The stress caused by this may have contributed to Macmillan's nervous breakdown in 1931. Lady Dorothy died on 21 May 1966, aged 65. Elected to the House of Commons in 1924 for Stockton-on-Tees, Macmillan lost his seat in 1929, only to return in 1931. He spent the 1930s on the backbenches, During this time (1938) he published the first edition of his book The Middle Way, which advocated a broadly centrist political philosophy both domestically and internationally. In the Second World War he at last attained office, serving in the wartime coalition government in the Ministry of Supply and the Colonial Ministry before attaining real power upon being sent to North Africa in 1942 as British government representative to the Allies in the Mediterranean. During this assignment Macmillan worked closely with US General Dwight Eisenhower, a friendship that would prove crucial in his later career. Macmillan was also the British resident minister advising General Keightley of V Corps, the senior Allied commander in Austria responsible for Operation Keelhaul, which included the forced repatriation of up to 70,000 prisoners of war to the Soviet Union and Tito's Yugoslavia in 1945. Macmillan returned to England after the war and was Secretary of State for Air for two months in 1945. He lost his seat in the landslide Labour victory that year, but soon returned to Parliament in a November 1945 by-election in Bromley. With the Conservative victory in 1951 he became Minister of Housing under Winston Churchill and fulfilled his conference promise to build 300,000 houses per year. He then served as Minister of Defense from October 1954. He then served as Foreign Secretary in April-December 1955 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1955-1957 under Anthony Eden. Harold Macmillan became Pri |
Which organisation was founded by the Reverend Chad Varah? | Obituary: The Rev Chad Varah | Society | The Guardian The Rev Chad Varah Liberal cleric who founded of the Samaritans, his life was dedicated to 'listening therapy' Simon Armson Share on Messenger Close The Rev Dr Chad Varah, who has died aged 95, dedicated his long life to providing care and emotional support to people contemplating suicide, and teaching others how to provide that support. To this end, in 1953 he founded the Samaritans - "to befriend the suicidal and despairing". The movement is now a household name, with more than 200 branches in the UK and Ireland and some 17,000 trained volunteers providing confidential, non-judgmental, emotional support around the clock. In 2004, 4.7m telephone calls were made to the organisation. Last year, the number of contacts exceeded 5m. Varah also promoted the same principle internationally through Befrienders Worldwide, as its founder/chairman from 1974 to 1983, and president from then until 1986. Befrienders Worldwide now operates in more than 40 countries, including some where there is no easy access to phones or computers, and where people will walk for hours to get emotional support. An inveterate traveller, Varah visited most, if not all of them, continuing these journeys into his 90s. Although he stepped down from day-to-day involvement with the Samaritans in later life, for more than four decades he continued to be immensely proud of the organisation. It was only as the Samaritans' 50th anniversary approached in 2003 that he felt it necessary to voice his disapproval and disappointment at some of the ways the Samaritans and Befrienders Worldwide were being directed. However, in the summer of 2005, a rapprochement was reached. He was delighted when, in 2006, his eldest son, Michael, who died earlier this year, was elected to the organisation's newly created board of trustees. Varah was a man of immense intellectual and linguistic skills, of eclectic interests, originality and practicality. He was born the eldest of nine children in the village of Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, where his father - the local vicar and a canon - named him after St Chad, founder of the parish. In his autobiography, Before I Die Again, published in 1992 - the title referred to his belief in reincarnation - Varah described his father as "a very strong character, a man of principle with firm beliefs and convictions, someone with the moral courage to speak what he believed, whether it would make him popular or unpopular". The son inherited those qualities. The extent to which Chad spoke what he believed often earned him respect, but not infrequently led him into conflict - not that this ever weakened his resolve. From his schooling at Worksop college, Nottinghamshire, he gained an exhibition in natural sciences to Keble College, Oxford, but switched subjects and, in 1933, obtained a degree in philosophy, politics and economics. A keen linguist and with a great love of music, he was active in the university Russian and Slavonic clubs (he would go on to publish two volumes of Russian Orthodox church music). He also founded the student Scandinavian club - "not least because of the access it gave me to long-legged, blue-eyed blondes", he reflected candidly in later life. Despite an initial reluctance to follow in his father's footsteps, Varah was persuaded by his godfather, Archbishop Hine, to study at Lincoln Theological College. Ordained in 1936, he was curate at St Giles, Lincoln (1935-38), St Mary's, Putney (1938-40), Barrow-in-Furness (1940-42), and vicar of Holy Trinity, Blackburn (1942-49) and St Paul, Clapham junction (1949-53). In 1940, he married Susan Whanslaw, who became a key figure in the Church of England as world president of the Mothers' Union during the 1970s, steering through important changes in the organisation's statutes. They had one daughter, triplet sons (born at home in the Blackburn vicarage in wartime Britain), and then a fourth son. This growing family and the scale of his parish work were often the cause of Varah's pleas to the Almighty about the pressures on his time |
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What was the name of William Shakespeare's only son? | William Shakespeare - British History - HISTORY.com William Shakespeare A+E Networks Introduction Considered the greatest English-speaking writer in history and known as England’s national poet, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) has had more theatrical works performed than any other playwright. To this day, countless theater festivals around the world honor his work, students memorize his eloquent poems and scholars reinterpret the million words of text he composed. They also hunt for clues about the life of the man who inspires such “bardolatry” (as George Bernard Shaw derisively called it), much of which remains shrouded in mystery. Born into a family of modest means in Elizabethan England, the “Bard of Avon” wrote at least 37 plays and a collection of sonnets, established the legendary Globe theater and helped transform the English language. Google Shakespeare’s Childhood and Family Life William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a bustling market town 100 miles northwest of London, and baptized there on April 26, 1564. His birthday is traditionally celebrated on April 23, which was the date of his death in 1616 and is the feast day of St. George, the patron saint of England. Shakespeare’s father, John, dabbled in farming, wood trading, tanning, leatherwork, money lending and other occupations; he also held a series of municipal positions before falling into debt in the late 1580s. The ambitious son of a tenant farmer, John boosted his social status by marrying Mary Arden, the daughter of an aristocratic landowner. Like John, she may have been a practicing Catholic at a time when those who rejected the newly established Church of England faced persecution. Did You Know? Sources from William Shakespeare's lifetime spell his last name in more than 80 different ways, ranging from “Shappere” to “Shaxberd.” In the handful of signatures that have survived, he himself never spelled his name “William Shakespeare,” using variations such as “Willm Shakspere” and “William Shakspeare” instead. William was the third of eight Shakespeare children, of whom three died in childhood. Though no records of his education survive, it is likely that he attended the well-regarded local grammar school, where he would have studied Latin grammar and classics. It is unknown whether he completed his studies or abandoned them as an adolescent to apprentice with his father. At 18 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway (1556-1616), a woman eight years his senior, in a ceremony thought to have been hastily arranged due to her pregnancy. A daughter, Susanna, was born less than seven months later in May 1583. Twins Hamnet and Judith followed in February 1585. Susanna and Judith would live to old age, while Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died at 11. As for William and Anne, it is believed that the couple lived apart for most of the year while the bard pursued his writing and theater career in London. It was not until the end of his life that Shakespeare moved back in with Anne in their Stratford home. Shakespeare’s Lost Years and Early Career To the dismay of his biographers, Shakespeare disappears from the historical record between 1585, when his twins’ baptism was recorded, and 1592, when the playwright Robert Greene denounced him in a pamphlet as an “upstart crow” (evidence that he had already made a name for himself on the London stage). What did the newly married father and future literary icon do during those seven “lost” years? Historians have speculated that he worked as a schoolteacher, studied law, traveled across continental Europe or joined an acting troupe that was passing through Stratford. According to one 17th-century account, he fled his hometown after poaching deer from a local politician’s estate. Whatever the answer, by 1592 Shakespeare had begun working as an actor, penned several plays and spent enough time in London to write about its geography, culture and diverse personalities with great authority. Even his earliest works evince knowledge of European affairs and foreign countries, familiarity with the royal court and general |
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'Pilot', 'Melon' and 'Strapped-Toothed' are types of which sea creature? | Pilot Whale - Whale Facts and Information Pilot Whale Pilot Whale – genus Globicephala Description Pilot Whales are dark black in color most of the time. Some of them are a dark gray. There are two species of the Pilot whale, but it is often very hard to tell them apart. They generally both get lumped into this basic category. One has a short fin while the other features one that is long. These whales are very large, and only the killer whale is bigger than they are. Males are the largest with a length of up to 25 feet and they can weigh as much as three tons. The females only weigh about half of that and they can be up to 16 feet in length. Behavior You may not get to see the Pilot Whale as often as other species. This is because it tends to stick to the deeper waters. They have been praised for their extremely high level of intelligence. They are said to be very easy to train and they are also social creatures. They often form groups of more than 100 in them. They have been found from time to time in large groups on the beaches. It is believed this is due to an infestation of parasites that affects the brain’s ability to stay on course. Diet/Feeding The Pilot Whale has quite a selection when it comes to the foods they eat. Their diet includes squid, octopus, herring, and various small fish. They tend to prefer the squid though so that is the primary food source if it is readily available for them. They eat about 70 pounds of food daily which is very little compared to other types of whales their size. Observation of the Pilot Whales indicate that they work together in order to get the food that they want. Engaged in a type of high pitched whistle, they will create a circle that seems to mesmerize the prey and then they can consume it with ease. Distribution There is nowhere you won’t find the Pilot Whale. In fact, they are believed to be the most distributed whale in the world. They enjoy both the tropic and the temperate waters. Generally you will find those with the shorter fins in the warmer waters. The two types of physical characteristic Pilot Whales tend to stay separate from each other. Sometimes they do cross paths though during the migration process. Short Finned Pilot Whale Distribution Long Finned Pilot Whale Distribution Reproduction Females mature faster than the males at about 9 years of age. For the males it is around 15 years old. The process of mating takes place after aggressive acts from the males with each other. This includes shocks melon to melon in order to get the attention of the females around them. The calves emerge about 4.7 feet long and weighing just over 135 pounds. They will receive milk from their mothers for almost two years. Some Pilot Whales observed have been noted to nurse a calf for up to 10 years. This is quite puzzling to researchers. They believe it may have something to do with the older females. They may do this with their last offspring. Human Interaction The Japanese tend to savor the meat from the Pilot Whale so it often fall victim of their whaling efforts. Since Pilot Whales travel in large groups the easily fall victim to whaling. There are complex set ups that move an entire group of them towards the beach so that they can be killed. Conservation Pilot Whale is considered as “data deficient” species in the Red List of Threatened species. They seem to do extremely well in captivity which can be a huge benefit if some severe forms of conservation need to take place later on. Categories |
Which cartoon character first appeared on screen in 'The Wise Little Hen' in 1934 and later in the 'Oscar' winning cartoon 'Der Fuhrer's Face' in 1942? | The Animated Cartoon Factory - Biographies Death caused by circulatory failure due to complications from lung cancer Is rumored to be cryogenetically preserved Active anti-communist Father-in-law of Ron Miller (married to Disney's daughter Diane) As a teenager, Walt Disney was a member of the Order of DeMolay, a youth organization affiliated with Free Masons. Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA. Facing the Freedom Mausoleum, to your left hand side are two small private gardens. His is the one farthest back. Plaque is on the wall behind the trees (to your left standing at the gate). Holds the record of winning the most Academy Awards (32). Identified as the founder of the Tomorrowland Transit Authority in film clips shown in the queue area of Rocket Rods (formerly, the CircleVision 360 Theater) at Disneyland Became interested in personalizing animals' characters after carelessly killing a small owl as a young boy. He felt deeply remorseful and guilty and vowed never again to kill a living creature. Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2000. Worked as a paperboy as a youth. Briefly worked for Walter Lantz as an animator. In the animated short "Mickey's Rival", a character named Mortimer Mouse was modeled after him. Chose Anaheim, California for the location of Disneyland after demographics experts convinced him it would become a major population center within 10 years (They were right). His death was not publicly announced until after his funeral, which was attended only by close family members. Reportedly, his famous trademark signature was designed for him by one of his animators. Was a frequent target of satire by animator Jay Ward (I). Reports surfaced that shortly after his death, Disney Company executive board members were shown a short film that Disney had made before his death, where he addressed the board members by name, telling each of them what was expected of them. The film ended with Disney saying, "I'll be seeing you." Mickey Mouse's birthday is November 18, 1928, the date when "Steamboat Willie" was released. Donald Duck's birthday is June 9, 19?? The name "Donald Duck" is frequently written in on voting ballots in Scandanavian countries as a protest vote. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, an Army draft notice, addressed to "Mr. Donald Duck", was delivered to the Disney studios. Brother of Roy O. Disney. Was dyslexic After adapting Beethoven's 6th Symphony for the soundtrack of Fantasia, Walt Disney said: "My God, this Beethoven will go a long way!" Pictured on a 6¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 11 September 1968. In 1981, Walt Disney Productions (now The Walt Disney Company) purchased the rights to the Disney name from Retlaw Enterprises, the Disney family's company. Walt Disney's grandfather lived in Ontario, Canada. From there he moved to the United States. Personal quotes "I don't make pictures just to make money. I make money to make more pictures. "I'd rather entertain and hope that people learn, than teach and hope that people are entertained." "I'm not interested in pleasing the critics. I'll take my chances pleasing the audiences." "I hope we'll never lose sight of one thing that it was all started by a mouse." Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: The most successful and influential producer in the history of moviemaking, Walt Disney started as a cartoonist, became an animator, virtually reinvented the medium of animated cartoons, moved on to live-action fantasy, and then found other worlds to conquer. The company that bears his name still trades on the goodwill he developed during his lifetime. In his early teens he studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, which enabled him to find work as a commercial artist later on. In the early 1920s he and a young friend, Ub Iwerks, had their first brush with animation at the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where they worked on commercials for local merchants which appeared in the city's theaters. Disney decided to strike out on his own, with Iwerks at his side. Their "Ne |
On which Dutch river does Amsterdam stand? | What Does the XXX in the Amsterdam Mean? Updated July 29, 2016. What Does the Triple X (XXX) in Amsterdam Mean? Given one of the most common stereotypes about the city of Amsterdam , the triple X that can be spotted all over the city may come as little surprise - but does it really have to do with the city's reputation for sex tourism? Not at all; the triple X on the Amsterdam coat of arms turns out to be just a coincidence. The three X's are actually silver St. Andrew's Crosses, also known as saltires - the type of cross on which St. Andrew is said to have been crucified, and a common heraldic symbol worldwide. There are various theories as to what the X's stand for. One popular theory is that the X's stand for the three chief perils that the city of Amsterdam once faced: floods, fire, and the Black Death . Another theory holds that the crosses were taken from the shield of the family Persijn, and refer to three of the family's properties: Amsterdam, Ouder-Amstel, and Nieuwer-Amstel (present-day Amstelveen ). continue reading below our video America's Best Foodie Cities The black pale , a heraldic term for a vertical band, that runs down the shield would represent the Amstel River, on which the three were located. The X's are often found on their own - for example, on the traffic bollards found on countless city streets - but on the Amsterdam coat of arms, the crosses appear vertically on a red escutcheon or heraldic shield. Two lions, added in the 16th century, flank the shield. Atop the shield is the Imperial Crown of Austria; in the 15th century, Amsterdam was rewarded with permission to use the imperial crown of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in its coat of arms in return for the financial support it provided to Maximilian in wartime; this was considered a favorable endorsement of the city far and wide. When the personal crown of the Catholic emperor became the Imperial Crown of Austria (under Maximilian I's successor, Rudolf II), the city of Amsterdam updated its coat of arms to the new crown. The silver scroll below the escutcheon, the most recent addition, contains the motto of Amsterdam: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig, "Heroic, Steadfast, Compassionate". Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, grandmother of the current Queen Beatrix, introduced the scroll to commemorate the February strike of 1941 when the non-Jews of Amsterdam rose up in protest of Nazi persecution of the city's Jewish population. This was the first, and one of the only, such strikes in occupied Europe. The scroll was added in 1947 and has since been emblazoned on surfaces across the city. |
What was the title of singer/songwriter Don McLean's first UK number one? | Don McLean | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny Famed for -- and ultimately defined by -- his perennial "American Pie," singer/songwriter Don McLean was born October 2, 1945, in New Rochelle, New York. After getting his start in the folk clubs of New York City during the mid-'60s, McLean struggled for a number of years, building a small following through his work with Pete Seeger on the Clearwater, a sloop that sailed up and down the eastern seaboard to promote environmental causes. Still, McLean was primarily singing in elementary schools and the like when, in 1970, he wrote a musical tribute to painter Vincent Van Gogh; the project was roundly rejected by a number of labels, although MediaArts did offer him a contract to record a number of his other songs under the title Tapestry . The album fared poorly, but Perry Como earned a hit with a cover of the track "And I Love You So," prompting United Artists to pick up McLean 's contract. He returned in 1971 with American Pie ; the title track, an elegiac eight-and-a-half-minute folk-pop epic inspired by the tragic death of Buddy Holly , became a number one hit, and the LP soon reached the top of the charts as well. The follow-up, "Vincent," was also a smash, and McLean even became the subject of the Roberta Flack hit "Killing Me Softly with His Song"; however, to his credit -- and to his label's horror -- the singer refused to let the success of "American Pie" straitjacket his career. Subsequent records like 1972's self-titled effort and 1974's Playin' Favorites deliberately avoided any attempts to re-create the "American Pie" flavor; not surprisingly, his sales plummeted, and the latter release even failed to chart. After 1974's Homeless Brother and 1976's Solo , United Artists dropped McLean from his contract; he resurfaced on Arista the next year with Prime Time , but when it, too, fared poorly, he spent the next several years without a label. McLean enjoyed a renaissance of sorts with 1980's Chain Lightning ; his first Top 30 LP in close to a decade, it spawned a Top Ten smash with its cover of Roy Orbison 's classic "Crying," and his originals "Castles in the Air" and "Since I Don't Have You" both also reached the Top 40. However, 1981's Believers failed to sustain the comeback, and after 1983's Dominion , he was again left without benefit of label support. McLean spent the remainder of his career primarily on the road, grudgingly restoring "American Pie" to his set list and drawing inspiration from the country market; in addition to a number of live sets and re-recordings of old favorites, he also returned to the studio for projects like 1990's For the Memories (a collection of classic pop, country, and jazz covers) and 1995's River of Love (an LP of original material). |
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Which philosopher propounded the idea of 'Utilitarianism', later taken up by John Stuart Mill? | Mill, John Stuart: Ethics | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Z John Stuart Mill: Ethics The ethical theory of John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) is most extensively articulated in his classical text Utilitarianism (1861). Its goal is to justify the utilitarian principle as the foundation of morals. This principle says actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote overall human happiness. So, Mill focuses on consequences of actions and not on rights nor ethical sentiments. This article primarily examines the central ideas of his text Utilitarianism, but the article's last two sections are devoted to Mill's views on the freedom of the will and the justification of punishment, which are found in System of Logic (1843) and Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy (1865), respectively. Educated by his father James Mill who was a close friend to Jeremy Bentham , John Stuart Mill came in contact with utilitarian thought at a very early stage of his life. In his Autobiography he claims to have introduced the word “utilitarian” into the English language when he was sixteen. Mill remained a utilitarian throughout his life. Beginning in the 1830s he became increasingly critical of what he calls Bentham’s “theory of human nature”. The two articles “Remarks on Bentham’s Philosophy” (1833) and “Bentham” (1838) are his first important contributions to the development of utilitarian thought. Mill rejects Bentham’s view that humans are unrelentingly driven by narrow self-interest. He believed that a “desire of perfection” and sympathy for fellow human beings belong to human nature. One of the central tenets of Mill’s political outlook is that, not only the rules of society, but also people themselves are capable of improvement. Secondary Sources 1. Introductory Remarks Mill tells us in his Autobiography that the “little work with the name” Utilitarianism arose from unpublished material, the greater part of which he completed in the final years of his marriage to Harriet Taylor, that is, before 1858. For its publication he brought old manuscripts into form and added some new material. The work first appeared in 1861 as a series of three articles for Fraser’s Magazine, a journal that, though directed at an educated audience, was by no means a philosophical organ. Mill planned from the beginning a separate book publication, which came to light in 1863. Even if the circumstances of the genesis of this work gesture to an occasional piece with a popular goal, on closer examination Utilitarianism turns out to be a carefully conceived work, rich in thought. One must not forget that since his first reading of Bentham in the winter of 1821-22, the time to which Mill dates his conversion to utilitarianism, forty years had passed. Taken this way, Utilitarianism was anything but a philosophical accessory, and instead the programmatic text of a thinker who for decades had understood himself as a utilitarian and who was profoundly familiar with popular objections to the principle of utility in moral theory. Almost ten years earlier (1852) Mill had defended utilitarianism against the intuitionistic philosopher William Whewell (Whewell on Moral Philosophy). The priority of the text was to popularize the fundamental thoughts of utilitarianism within influential circles. This goal explains the composition of the work. After some general introductory comments, the text defends utilitarianism from common criticisms ("What Utilitarianism Is"). After this Mill turns to the question concerning moral motivation ("Of the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility").This is followed by the notorious proof of the principle of utility (“Of What Sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible”) and the long concluding chapter on the relation of utility and justice (“On the Connection Between Justice and Utility”). The last chapter is often neglected – and wrongly so, for it contains a central statement of Mill’s understanding of morals; it creates the foundation for the philosopher’s theory of moral right |
What is the official language of Guinea-Bissau? | Most spoken languages in Guinea-Bissau The most commonly spoken languages in Guinea-Bissau Portuguese is the official language of Guinea-Bissau Balcanta, Fulfulde, Crioulo, Mandyak, Mandinka are other languages spoken on a regular basis in Guinea-Bissau |
Which was the 'Spice Girls' first single as a quartet? | Spice Girls on Apple Music To preview a song, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to buy and download music. Biography Spice Girls were the first major British pop music phenomenon of the mid-'90s to not have a debt to independent pop/rock. Instead, the all-female quintet derived from the dance-pop tradition that made Take That the most popular British group of the early '90s, but there was one crucial difference. Spice Girls used dance-pop as a musical base, but they infused the music with a fiercely independent, feminist stance that was equal parts Madonna, post-riot grrrl alternative rock feminism, and a co-opting of the good-times-all-the-time stance of England's new lad culture. Their proud, all-girl image and catchy dance-pop appealed to younger listeners, while their colorful, sexy personalities and sense of humor appealed to older music fans, making Spice Girls a cross-generational success. The group also became chart-toppers throughout Europe in 1996, before concentrating in America in early 1997. Every member of Spice Girls was given a specific identity by the British press from the outset, and each label was as much an extension of their own personality as it was a marketing tool, since each name derived from their debut single and video, "Wannabe." Geri Estelle Halliwell was the "sexy Spice"; Melanie Janine Brown was the "scary Spice"; Victoria Adams was "the posh Spice"; Melanie Jayne Chisholm was "the sporty Spice"; Emma Lee Bunton was "the baby Spice." Each persona was exploited in the group's press articles and videos, which helped send "Wannabe" to the top of the charts upon its summer release in 1996. If all of the invented personalities made Spice Girls seem manufactured, that's because they were to a certain extent. Every member of the group was active in England's theatrical, film, and modeling circuit before the group's formation, and they all responded to an advertisement requesting five "lively girls" for a musical group in the summer of 1993. The manager who placed the ad chose all five members of Spice Girls, yet the women rejected his plans for their career and set out on their own two months after forming. For the next two years, the Girls fought to get a record contract, since most record labels insisted that the band pick one member as a clear leader, which is something the group refused. Eventually, Spice Girls signed a contract to Virgin Records. They were without a manager, though, which made recording a debut album nearly impossible. All five members moved into a house and went on the dole as they searched for a manager. By the end of 1995, the group had signed with Annie Lennox's manager Simon Fuller, and began writing songs with Elliot Kennedy. "Wannabe," Spice Girls' first single, was released in the summer of 1996 and became the first debut single by an all-female band to enter the British charts at number one. It remained there for seven weeks, and by the end of the year, "Wannabe" had hit number one in 21 other countries. Immediately following the success of "Wannabe," Spice Girls became media icons in Britain as stories of their encounters with other celebrities became fodder for numerous tabloids, as did nude photos of Halliwell that she posed for earlier in her career. All of this added to the group's momentum, and their second single, "Say You'll Be There," entered the charts at number one in the fall, selling 200,000 copies a week. Spice, their debut album, was released at the end of the year, accompanied by their first ballad, "2 Become 1." Both the album and single went directly to number one, staying there for several weeks; both records were at number one over the Christmas week, making Spice Girls one of three artists to achieve that feat. Having topped the charts in virtually every other country in the Western world, Spice Girls concentrated on America in early 1997, releasing "Wannabe" in January and Spice in February. They became massive stars in the U.S. as well, also scoring the hits "Say You'll Be There" and "2 Become 1"; Spiceworld, their second L |
Who was the Roman goddess of wisdom? | ATHENA (Athene) - Greek Goddess of Wisdom, War & Crafts (Roman Minerva) Athena, Athenian red-figure lekythos C5th B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston ATHENE (Athena) was the Olympian goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and various other crafts. She was depicted as a stately woman armed with a shield and spear, and wearing a long robe, crested helm, and the famed aigis--a snake-trimmed cape adorned with the monstrous visage of the Gorgon Medousa (Medusa). MYTHS The more famous myths featuring the goddess Athene include:-- Her birth from the head of Zeus, fully-grown and arrayed in arms. << More >> Her contest with Poseidon for dominion of Athens in which she produced the first olive tree and he the first horse. << More >> The War of the Giants in which she buried Enkelados (Enceladus) beneath Mount Etna and made her aigis from the skin of Pallas. << More >> The attempted violation of the goddess by Hephaistos (Hephaestus), who spilled his seed upon the earth and produced Erikhthonios (Erichthonius), who she then adopted as her own son. << More >> The assisting of Perseus in his quest to slay the Gorgon and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. << More >> The assisting of Herakles (Heracles) with his twelve labours. << More >> The weaving contest with Arakhne (Arachne) who was transformed by the goddess into a spider . << More >> The blinding of Teiresias (Tiresias) for seeing her naked while bathing. << More >> The Judgement of Paris in which she competed with Hera and Aphrodite for the prize of the golden apple. << More >> The Trojan War where she sided with the Greeks in battle, but attacked their ships with a storm when they failed to punish Oilean Aias (Ajax) for violating her Trojan shrine. << More >> Many other myths are detailed over the following pages. ATHENA PAGES ON THEOI.COM This site contains a total of 9 pages describing the goddess, including general descriptions, mythology, and cult. The content is outlined in the Index of Athena Pages (left column or below). FAMILY OF ATHENA [1.1] ZEUS & METIS (Hesiod Theogony 887, 924; Apollodorus 1.20) [1.2] Born from the head of ZEUS (Hesiod Theogony 887, 924; Apollodorus 1.20, others) OFFSPRING NONE (she was a virgin goddess) CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES I) THE HOMERIC HYMNS Homeric Hymn 11 to Athena (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th to 4th B.C.) : "Of Pallas Athena, guardian of the city, I begin to sing. Dread is she, and with Ares she loves the deeds of war, the sack of cities and the shouting and the battle. It is she who saves the people as they go to war and come back. Hail, goddess, and give us good fortune and happiness!" Homeric Hymn 39 to Athena : "I begin to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed. But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the aegis, shaking a sharp spear: great Olympos began to reel horribly at the might of the grey-eyed goddess, and earth round about cried fearfully, and the sea was moved and tossed with dark waves, while foam burst forth suddenly: the bright Son of Hyperion [Helios the Sun] stopped his swift-footed horses a long while, until the maiden Pallas Athena had stripped the heavenly armour from her immortal shoulders. And wise Zeus was glad. Hail to you, daughter of Zeus who holds the aigis!" II) THE ORPHIC HYMNS Orphic Hymn 32 to Athena (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) : "Only-begotten, noble race of Zeus, blessed and fierce, who joyest in caves to rove: O warlike Pallas, whose illustrious kind, ineffable, and effable we find : magnanimous and famed, the rocky height, and groves, and shady mountains thee delight: in arms rejoicing, who with furies dire and wild the souls of mortals dost inspire. Gymnastic virgin of terrific mind, dire Gorgon's bane, unmarrie |
What language is spoken in Surinam in South America? | Publishing the research of SIL in Suriname Suriname is situated on the northeast coast of South America, between Guyana and French Guiana, and is home to about 15 distinct languages. Since it was a colony of The Netherlands until 1975, the official language of Suriname is Dutch. Other languages spoken in Suriname include several Amerindian languages, several Creole languages, Suriname Javanese and Sarnami Hindustani. SIL researchers first came to Suriname in 1968 and worked for more than 30 years doing language and anthropological research, literacy, as well as producing dictionaries, reading books, grammar descriptions, and doing translation. Since 2001, SIL no longer has an official presence in the country. This site makes their research available to anyone who is interested in learning more about these languages. Materials on this site include interactive html dictionaries which allow you to search for words online, vernacular stories and a pdf bibliography (143Kb) of all of the works SIL published in Suriname. |
Who was the Conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1895 to 1902? | PRIME MINISTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN 1859-PRESENT Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebury Liberal Robert Arthur Talbot Gacoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury Conservative |
Which sea area lies between 'Plymouth' and 'Wight'? | List of British Sea Areas as listed in the weather report for shipping on BBC Radio4 Here's a nice but big (162K) map I scanned it from the Radio Times, they managed to forget Bailey so I had to edit it in, which is why the lines and font are a bit dodgy there. Here's one from the Met Office , a lot smaller but not as pretty, but it DOES have Trafalgar on it, and it makes the Lat and Longs more obvious. South East Iceland: 64N18W..65N14W..63N7W..62N11W (roughly) Faeroes: 63N7W..62N3W..59N7W..62N11W (roughly) Fair Isle: 62N3W..61N00..58N00..58N5W..59N7W (roughly) The above 3 form a diagonal band from the coast of Iceland down to the Greenwich Meridian at the Shetlands on the northern edge, and the Scottish coast on the southern edge. Fair Isle is 5 sided to get back into the normal squarish grid. Bailey: Between 10W and 15W from South East Iceland down to about 58N Rockall: Between 10W and 15W from Bailey (58N) down to 53N Shannon: Between 10W and 15W, from Rockall down to 50N, and including the bits off the Irish coast. Hebrides: The bit between Faeroes and Fair Isle, the Scottish coast, 10W, and 57N Malin: Below Hebrides, between Rockall and the coasts, down to the narrowest point between England and Ireland Irish Sea: The Irish Sea from Malin down to the narrowest point between Wales and Ireland Lundy: Bounded by the south Welsh and north Cornish coasts, out to about 6.5W Fastnet: Between Lundy and Shannon, with the south Irish coast above and 50N below Sole: 6.5W..15W and 50N..48.27N, below Shannon and Fastnet Finisterre, now renamed Fitzroy: Below Sole Biscay: From Finisterre to the French coast Plymouth: The mouth of the Channel to about 8W, Biscay below, Sole to the left Portland: Up the channel from Plymouth to about 2W Wight: From Portland to a line from about 50N2E(France) to 51N1E(England) Dover: From Wight to a line matching the latitude 51N, near enough Thames: Moving out towards the North Sea, as far as about 52.5N Humber: Up to 54N, but loses a degree of its eastern extent halfway up Tyne: A tiny bit about a degree wide along the coast from Humber up to about 56N Dogger: Tyne to the left, Humber below, 4E at the right, up to about 56N German Bight: From Humber and Dogger on the left to the continental coast Forties: Directly above Dogger, ie about 56N..58.5N and 1W..4E Forth: Between Forties and the Scottish coast, stopping at 57N Cromarty: Between Forties and the Scottish coast, from Forth up to 58.5N or so, where it meets Fair Isle Viking: Above Forties with Fair Isle to the west Fisher: East of Forties and north of German Bight, but only as far as about 57.5N North Utsire, South Utsire: The last bit between Viking and Forties and the Scandinavian coast I appear to have listed them in the reverse order to that used by the weather forecasters. Never mind! |
In cookery, what is 'Julienne'? | Julienne | Define Julienne at Dictionary.com julienne [joo-lee-en; French zhy-lyen] /ˌdʒu liˈɛn; French ʒüˈlyɛn/ Spell (of food, especially vegetables) cut into thin strips or small, matchlike pieces. noun a clear soup garnished, before serving, with julienne vegetables. verb (used with object), julienned, julienning. 3. to cut (something, especially a vegetable) into thin strips or small, matchlike pieces: I spent a half hour julienning the carrots. Origin of julienne 1835-45; < French, generic use of Julienne woman's name Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for julienne Expand The Chef's Secret Weapon Chad Ward November 2, 2009 Historical Examples julienne never got to the village school, because on the way thither glimmered a large pond bordered by clumps of bushes. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners Elizabeth O. Hiller Some of these preserved within their hearts a generous instinct of maternity, which julienne easily managed to waken. British Dictionary definitions for julienne Expand (of vegetables) cut into thin shreds noun a clear consommé to which a mixture of such vegetables has been added Word Origin French, from name Jules, Julien, or Julienne 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 julienne Expand n. kind of clear soup, 1841, from French, literally "(soup made) in the manner of Julien," the proper name, from an otherwise unknown cook. Related: Julienned. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper |
By what name is Hansen's Disease better known? | Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) | CDC Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) ShareCompartir Hansen's disease (also known as leprosy) is a long-lasting infection caused by bacteria. The disease was once feared as a highly contagious and devastating disease. Now, however, the disease is very rare and easily treated. Early diagnosis and treatment usually prevent disability related to the disease. |
Who won the 'Oscar' for Best Actress in the 1950's film 'Born Yesterday'? | Best Actress Oscar Winners of the 1950s Best Actress Oscar Winners of the 1950s Best Actress Oscar Winners of the 1950s Newcomers, Powerhouse Divas and Stage Actresses By Laurie Boeder Updated March 02, 2016. Actresses new to the silver screen did well among the Best Actress Oscar winners of the 1950s, often beating out established actresses in great roles. As usual, the academy tended to favor women in big, juicy dramatic roles over those in comedies and romances, no matter their caliber or public appeal. In a decade filled with strong roles for women, some great actresses were never recognized. Born Yesterday. Columbia Pictures Buy from Amazon One of the hottest races in Oscar history brought newcomer Judy Holliday her first and only Academy award, playing the girlfriend of a corrupt pol in the charming Born Yesterday, a rare win for a comic role. Bette Davis might have won for her brilliant role in All About Eve , the year’s Best Picture, but votes were siphoned off by her costar Anne Baxter, also nominated. Gloria Swanson was equally deserving for her courageous out-of-retirement turn as a faded silent screen star in the noir masterpiece Sunset Boulevard . Eleanor Parker rounded out the nominations in the inferior Caged, and Oscar snubbed Katharine Hepburn in Adam’s Rib. Check Amazon rating » continue reading below our video Highest Paid Male Actors Ever A Streetcar Named Desire. Warner Brothers 2. 1951 Best Actress - Vivian Leigh in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Two powerhouse actresses in truly great films collided in 1951, with Vivian Leigh’s ruined southern belle in Streetcar winning out over Katharine Hepburn’s indomitable spinster in The African Queen . (I’d have given the award to Hepburn, but it was a tough call.) Trailing far behind the two battling divas in the nominations were Shelley Winters as a pregnant factory worker in the melodrama A Place in the Sun, Jane Wyman as a noble nanny in The Blue Veil, and Eleanor Parker as a wife hiding a secret in Detective Story. Come Back, Little Sheba. Paramount 3. 1952 Best Actress - Shirley Booth in ‘Come Back, Little Sheba’ Newcomer Shirley Booth won for the role she created on stage of a dowdy, frumpy housewife whose husband longs to be rid of her in William Inge's bleak play. Also nominated were Julie Harris, recreating her stage role as the young girl in The Member of the Wedding; Bette Davis, again playing a fading actress in The Star; Joan Crawford with her final nomination as a playwright in Sudden Fear; and Susan Hayward in the biopic of World War II entertainer Jane Froman, With a Song in My Heart. Oscar ignored a few serious divas in 1952: Maureen O’Hara’s feisty Irishwoman in The Quiet Man; Grace Kelly's Quaker wife in High Noon; and Marlene Dietrich in Rancho Notorious. Roman Holiday. Paramount 4. 1953 Best Actress - Audrey Hepburn in 'Roman Holiday' Lovely Audrey Hepburn took the honors as a rebellious princess escaping her duties and tooling around on a Vespa in the beloved romance Roman Holiday. She knocked out Deborah Kerr’s steamy performance in the Hawaiian surf in From Here to Eternity, the year’s Best Picture, and adorable French actress Leslie Caron in the bittersweet musical Lili. Also defeated were gorgeous Ava Gardner in the racy tale of a love triangle, Mogambo, and Maggie MacNamara in The Moon is Blue. Oscar failed to nominate costars Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell for their crowd-pleasing escapades in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The Country Girl. Paramount 5. 1954 Best Actress - Grace Kelly in 'The Country Girl' The luminous Kelly played against type as a the dowdy, bitter wife of an alcoholic singer, certainly not her best role. She bested Judy Garland’s heartbreaking comeback turn as the wife of a fading, alcoholic actor in a remake of a A Star is Born, as well as the first black woman to be nominated for Best Actress, Dorothy Dandridge as factory worker Carmen Jones. Also nominated were Jane Wyman, playing a blind woman in the soap opera Magnificent Obsession, and Audrey Hepburn, as the chauffeur’s daughter in Sabrina . Kelly should hav |
There are three colours on the flag of Madagascar, red, white and which other colour? | Madagascar Flag Country: Democratic Republic of Madagascar Proportions: 2:3 Madagascar Flag Description: The flag of Madagascar consists of two horizontal stripes and one vertical stripe, all of which are of equal size. There is a vertical white stripe on the left side of the Madagascar flag. The rest of the Madagascar flag consists of a red horizontal stripe over top of a green one. Madagascar Flag Meaning: One theory on the Madagascar flag's meaning states that the colors of the Madagascar flag represent Madagascar's history, yearning for independence, and traditional classes. Red and white were the colors of the Merina kingdom, which fell to France in 1896. The colors were used in the flag of Queen Ranavalona III, the last Merina monarch. They also represent the ethnic origins of the Malagasy people in Southeast Asia, and are shared by the flag of Indonesia. Green was the color of the Hova, a class of commoners who played a significant role in the independence movement. The modern day interpretation of the Madagascar flag colors believes that red standing for sovereignty, white represents purity and green means hope. Madagascar Flag History: The Madagascar flag was adopted on October 14, 1958. Madagascar gained independence from France on June 26, 1960. Interesting Madagascar Flag Facts: Although Madagascar officially changed its name under a new constitution in 1975, the Madagascar flag remained the same. Advertiser Links World FlagsAlphabetical list of all world flags. M |
'Pallid', 'Brown' and 'Bumblebee' are species of which mammal? | Bat Facts Bat Conservation International Many kids and teachers are already familiar with Stellaluna, the young fruit bat from the enchanting children's book by Janell Cannon, but teachers may also want to visit this great Teachers Page if they're doing bat units for Earth fairs or Halloween. Here is a Kids' Page and here is a link to the Save Lucy Club , where kids can help protect North American bats. A single little brown bat (myotis) can eat up to 1000 mosquitoes in a single hour, and is one of the world's longest-lived mammals for its size, with life spans of almost 40 years. Bats are more closely related to humans and other primates than they are to rodents. Several studies indicate that the Old World fruit bats and flying foxes may actually be descended from early primates such as lemurs. There are over 1200 known species of bats, just about 25% of all mammal species. Most of these bats are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Orphaned Fruit Bat Pup Bat World Sanctuary Most bat moms give birth to only a single pup each year, making them very vulnerable to extinction. Bats are the slowest reproducing mammals on earth for their size. Contrary to popular myths, most bats have very good eyesight, have excellent echolocation so they do not become entangled in human hair, and seldom transmit disease to other animals or humans. The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand which weighs about as much as a dime and is critically endangered due to habitat loss. Giant flying foxes (fruit bats) that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet. Bats are very clean animals, and groom themselves almost constantly (when not eating or sleeping) to keep their fur soft and clean, like tiny cats. The pallid bat of western North America is totally immune to the stings of the scorpions and centipedes upon which it feeds. Mexican Free-tailed Bat Bat World Sanctuary The 30 million Mexican free-tailed bats from Bracken Cave in Texas eat 250 TONS of insects every summer night. They sometimes fly up to two miles high to feed or to catch tailwinds that carry them over long distances, and can fly at speeds of more than 60 miles per hour. These Mexican free-tailed bat mothers can find and nurse their own young, even in huge colonies where many millions of pups cluster at up to 500 per square foot. The youngsters can be as curious and playful as many other animal babies. A single colony of 150 big brown bats can protect local farmers from up to 33 million or more rootworms each summer. A nursing little brown bat mother can eat more than her body weight nightly (up to 4,500 insects). Many important agricultural plants, like bananas, peaches, bread-fruit, mangoes, cashews, almonds, dates and figs rely on bats for pollination and seed dispersal. Tequila is produced from agave plants whose seed production drops to 1/3000th of normal without bat pollinators, such as the Mexican long-tongued bat . Hoary Bat Photo courtesy of Dick Wilkins Hoary bats are the most widely distributed bat in the Americas, ranging from northern Canada all the way down into South America, and there is even an endangered sub-species found out in the Hawaiian Islands. Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates. An anticoagulant derived from vampire bat saliva is now used to treat human heart patients and stroke victims. All mammals can contract rabies; however, even the less than half of 1% of bats that do, normally bite only in self-defense and pose little threat to people who do not handle them. Nearly 40% of American bat species are in severe decline or already listed as endangered or threatened. Losses are occurring at alarming rates worldwide. Providing bat houses can help build the populations of many valuable bat species that eat many crop-damaging insects, such as cucumber and June beetles, stink bugs, leafhoppers and corn worm moths. Bat houses furnish places for bats to roost, hibernate and raise young, in addition to the dwindling number of na |
Which philosopher and economist wrote 'The Wealth Of Nations'? | Smith, Adam | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Z Adam Smith (1723—1790) Adam Smith is often identified as the father of modern capitalism. While accurate to some extent, this description is both overly simplistic and dangerously misleading. On the one hand, it is true that very few individual books have had as much impact as his An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. His accounts of the division of labor and free trade, self-interest in exchange, the limits on government intervention, price, and the general structure of the market, all signify the moment when economics transitions to the "modern." On the other hand, The Wealth of Nations, as it is most often called, is not a book on economics. Its subject is " political economy ," a much more expansive mixture of philosophy, political science, history, economics, anthropology, and sociology. The role of the free market and the laissez-faire structures that support it are but two components of a larger theory of human interaction and social history. Smith was not an economist; he was a philosopher. His first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, sought to describe the natural principles that govern morality and the ways in which human beings come to know them. How these two books fit together is both one of the most controversial subjects in Smith scholarship and the key to understanding his arguments about the market and human activity in general. Historically, this process is made more difficult by the so-called "Adam Smith Problem," a position put forth by small numbers of committed scholars since the late nineteenth century that Smith's two books are incompatible. The argument suggests that Smith's work on ethics, which supposedly assumed altruistic human motivation, contradicts his political economy, which allegedly assumed egoism . However, most contemporary Smith scholars reject this claim as well as the description of Smith's account of human motivation it presupposes. Smith never uses the term "capitalism;" it does not enter into widespread use until the late nineteenth century. Instead, he uses "commercial society," a phrase that emphasizes his belief that the economic is only one component of the human condition. And while, for Smith, a nation's economic "stage" helps define its social and political structures, he is also clear that the moral character of a people is the ultimate measure of their humanity. To investigate Smith's work, therefore, is to ask many of the great questions that we all struggle with today, including those that emphasize the relationship of morality and economics. Smith asks why individuals should be moral. He offers models for how people should treat themselves and others. He argues that scientific method can lead to moral discovery, and he presents a blueprint for a just society that concerns itself with its least well-off members, not just those with economic success. Adam Smith's philosophy bears little resemblance to the libertarian caricature put forth by proponents of laissez faire markets who describe humans solely as homo economicus. For Smith, the market is a mechanism of morality and social support. Table of Contents 1. Life and Influences a. Early Life and Influences Adam Smith was born in June, 1723, in Kirkcaldy, a port town on the eastern shore of Scotland; the exact date is unknown. His father, the Comptroller and Collector of Customs, died while Smith's mother was pregnant but left the family with adequate resources for their financial well being. Young Adam was educated in a local parish (district) school. In 1737, at the age of thirteen he was sent to Glasgow College after which he attended Baliol College at Oxford University. His positive experiences at school in Kirkcaldy and at Glasgow, combined with his negative reaction to the professors at Oxford, would remain a strong influence on his philosophy. In particular, Smith held his teacher Francis Hutcheson in high esteem. One of the early leaders of the philosophical movement now called the Scottish Enl |
On which German river does Hamburg stand? | Hamburg Cruise Port: Things to Do Near Port of Hamburg - Cruise Critic Find Cruises to Hamburg Port of Hamburg: An Overview Hamburg, Germany's foremost port and one of its most handsome cities, may also be one of Europe's most underrated destinations. Many Americans -- and even Europeans -- have yet to discover its charms, including its beautiful situation on the banks of the River Elbe and around the Alster lake, the loveliness of its mostly traditional architecture, its premier museums, and its long history and association with the powerful Hanseatic League. The city is also more sophisticated and walkable than Germany's capital, Berlin, a huge plus for visitors. Founded back in 800 by Charlemagne, the city initially took off as a trading center, given its proximity to the rest of Northern Europe and its location on the Elbe River, which links the North Sea to inland Europe. While Hamburg was largely destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War, much of it was rebuilt in the traditional style, resulting in a powerful sense of continuity with the past. Few intrusive modern structures upset the skyline, so the churches and the lovely Rathaus (City Hall) dominate the cityscape. The notable exception is HafenCity, a separate district of brand-new housing, offices and cultural centers. Today, Hamburg is a thriving north German city of just fewer than two million people with the surrounding districts doubling the population. The city thrives on its port, shipyards and international trade, and it's also a media and civil aerospace center. Not surprisingly, water is a key element in Hamburg life. The Elbe passes through the city, splitting into waterways that meander, canal-like, between handsome, brick, Victorian-era former warehouses that now serve as offices, residences and museums. Hamburg's lakes -- the Binnenalster (Inner Alster) and much larger Aussenalster (Outer Alster) -- form centerpieces for the city center and its transition to the close-in residential suburbs. Parallel canals and narrow streets link the Alster and the Elbe's wide expanses. For the tourist, it's a delight to follow them. The city has oodles of individual sights relating to its maritime heritage: excellent museums, historic ships, architectural landmarks and a church tower viewpoint. Visitors can take simple pleasure in walking the grand Elbe River promenade, the canal paths in the Speicherstadt (Warehouse District) and the lakeside footpaths. Day cruises are a popular pastime, with numerous boat operators departing from the Landungsbrucken pier to cruise the Elbe River and from Jungfernsteig for Alster trips. Hamburg's visitors are mostly Germans and other Europeans, and most of the cruise calls are by ships carrying German-speaking passengers. However, some lines catering to North Americans are finding their way there. Cunard's Queen Mary 2 is the city's favorite caller, and one million people routinely turn out along the banks of the Elbe to see her arrive from the North Sea. Celebrity Cruises, Silversea, Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises, Hurtigrutren and Ponant Cruises have followed. View all cruises from Hamburg Hanging Around In HafenCity, at present, there is a cruise berth and little else nearby, but a terminal and adjacent hotel are due to be completed in the next couple of years. Access to downtown is by city bus or, for those who'd like a 20-minute stroll, by foot. But, a U-4 (underground) is under construction. A walk through the construction zone to the nearest attractions, such as the Hamburg International Maritime Museum and the Miniatur Wunderland model railway, takes about 15 minutes. From the Elbe River berth at Altona, where the bigger ships dock, there are plenty of cafes and shops within easy walking distance along the Elbmeile. Though the city ranges upward, just behind, your best bet if heading downtown is to take a taxi or the city bus that passes along Grosse Elbstrasse, parallel to the River Elbe. The nearest S-Bahn station is Reeperbahn, a 15-minute walk through a lively entertainment and arts district. Don't Miss Ha |
What in Norse mythology, is the name of the rainbow bridge that connects 'Asgard' to 'Midgard'? | Bifrost - Norse Mythology for Smart People Norse Mythology for Smart People Bifrost The Rainbow Bridge in Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold, directed by Otto Schenk (1990) Bifrost (pronounced roughly “BEEF-roast;” Old Norse Bifröst) is the rainbow bridge that connects Asgard , the world of the Aesir tribe of gods, with Midgard , the world of humanity. Bifrost is guarded by the ever-vigilant god Heimdall . During Ragnarok , the giants breach Heimdall’s defenses and cross the bridge to storm Asgard and slay the gods. The etymology of the word is uncertain. The original form of the name seems to be Bilröst,[1][2] which suggests a meaning along the lines of “the fleetingly glimpsed rainbow.”[3] If Bifröst is correct, however, the meaning would be something akin to “the shaking or trembling rainbow.” In either case, the word points to the ephemeral and fragile nature of the bridge. All rainbows, of course, are “fleeting.” In the pre-Christian Germanic worldview, the invisible, religious modality of existence doesn’t lie in a realm of absolute remove from the material world, as in monotheistic religions. Rather, it lies within or behind the everyday, material world. The mythological image of Bifrost expresses the existential meaning that the rainbow carries in this perspective, and, accordingly, Bifrost lies behind and within any and every visible rainbow, each of which is a transitory and quaking bridge between the sky and the earth, between Asgard and Midgard. Looking for more great information on Norse mythology and religion? While this site provides the ultimate online introduction to the topic, my book The Viking Spirit provides the ultimate introduction to Norse mythology and religion period. I’ve also written a popular list of The 10 Best Norse Mythology Books , which you’ll probably find helpful in your pursuit. References: |
How are the comedians Paul and Barry Elliot better known? | Barry Chuckle Tickets - Chuckle Brothers Comedian Biography - ATG Biography Barry Chuckle Overview Née Barry Elliot, Barry and brother Paul are better known as the Chuckle Brothers. British comedians who use slapstick and other visual gags, their catchphrases include "To me, to you" and "Oh dear, oh dear". They won the television talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1967 and then New Faces in 1974 but their careers really took off with their own BBC television show in 1985, Chucklehounds. This featured them dressed in giant dog costumes and was aimed at pre-school children. From there, they moved on to their most famous BBC show ChuckleVision in 1987, which was nominated for a Children’s BAFTA Award in the category Best Children's Television Series. ChuckleVision is now the UKs longest running current "sitcom", since Last of the Summer Wine was cancelled in 2010. The two Chuckle brothers appeared in, and won, the TV series Celebrity Coach Trip during November 2010 and as well as many other regular television appearances, they have performed in various stage shows, especially in pantomimes. In 2007 they toured panto Aladdin around the UK, Barry starring as Aladdin with Paul as his brother Wishie Washee, and the panto featuring a group of dancers known as The Chucklettes. They have had a whole host of UK Tours, including ‘Chuckle Trek – The Lost Generation’ in 2009 and ‘Barry Potter and his Full Blood Brother Paul in The Ghostly Shadows’ in 2010. In December 2011 they starred in panto ‘Cinderella’ in Hull. |
What was the nationality of Capablanca, the world chess champion 1921-27? | Capablanca | Define Capablanca at Dictionary.com Capablanca [kap-uh-blang-kuh; Spanish kah-pah-vlahng-kah] /ˌkæp əˈblæŋ kə; Spanish ˌkɑ pɑˈvlɑŋ kɑ/ Spell [haw-se rah-ool] /hɔˈsɛ rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1888–1942, Cuban chess master. Dictionary.com Unabridged British Dictionary definitions for Capablanca Expand noun 1. José Raúl (xoˈse raˈul), called Capa or the Chess Machine 1888–1942, Cuban chess player; world champion 1921–27. 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 |
On which holiday island is Kolossi Castle built by the Knights Templar in the 13th century? | Kolossi Castle el Kolossi Castle This 13th century medieval castle was built so well it survived an earthquake which in 1905 destroyed Limassol. The King of the Crusader State of Jerusalem Guy de Lusignan was a man who contributed a great deal to Cyprus as he was responsible for a good number of building projects. Kolossi castle was one of his projects, built at the beginning of the 13th century. Then it was the habit for the Lusignans to invite knights to come and protect the island and for this service they were well rewarded. In no time the Knights Templar ruled here and they were then granted Kolossi as their main military base in Cyprus. Standing within fertile farming land the knights cultivated sugar cane as well as vineyards, then the Commander or the La Grande Commandaria moved into the castle making it his main residence. This is where the name originates for our oldest made named wine in the world Commandaria, which comes from our unique local Cypriot grapes. This sweet dessert wine was probably also used to toast the bride Berengaria and King Richard the Lion heart during their marriage ceremony at Limassol castle. The castle is still today in a remarkably good condition having survived even the earthquake which in 1904 felt all over the city of Limassol. Share this |
Who was the female winner of the 2002 London Marathon? | 2002 race report 2002 race report The men’s race Khannouchi claims world record Moroccan-born USA citizen Khalid Khannouchi achieved his ambition of winning the London Marathon and in a fascinating race he shaded his own world record by 4 seconds. Meanwhile, Kenya’s Paul Tergat finally vanquished his nemesis Haile Gebrselassie and ran to within 6 seconds of the old world record, while Gebrselassie himself made an amazing debut of 2:06:35 (pushing deposed course record holder Antonio Pinto down to 4th on the all-time London lists). Such was the power of Khannouchi’s final surge, however, Gebrselassie finished nearly a minute down on the winner. Defending champion, Abdelkader El Mouaziz, had the galling experience of falling at 20km. Although he recovered enough to reduce his best time to 2:06:50 and finish in 4th place, this was obviously small compensation to the highly competitive Moroccan. Behind him, South Africa’s Ian Syster removed over 6 minutes from his previous best to post 2:07:06 and move into world class, 23 seconds in front of European champion Stefano Baldini who in turn set a personal best. The decisive moments of the race came as three leaders – Gebrselassie, Khannouchi and Tergat – wound up the pace on The Embankment with Big Ben in sight. The Ethiopian had been looking good at the front but when Khannouchi started a long surge for home he was quickly dropped. Although diligently drinking water throughout, the man who had set 15 world records ignored the sports drinks on offer and was now suffering the consequences with cramping in his legs. As in 2001, Paul Tergat chased the leader hard but was once again the bridesmaid. On this occasion he finished in a time that was out of the reach of all but one other man – unfortunately for Tergat that other man was also in the race. From a British point of view the best news was Mark Steinle’s continued improvement. He handled the hot pace and finished in 8th place, lowering his personal record by more than a minute to 2:09:16. On the British all-time lists, he had elevated himself from 19th to 8th. The women’s race Radcliffe races to record debut In ideal conditions for distance running, Paula Radcliffe erased every women’s marathon record on the books bar Catherine Ndereba’s world mark of 2:18:47, which was set in a mixed race in Chicago. The British runner comprehensively destroyed a talent-packed field after breaking away in the 9th mile, with injections of sub 5:10 miles in the 2nd half of the race. It soon became obvious that Radcliffe wanted to run quickly, and she was always at the front of a leading pack that trailed the two pacemakers by 10 seconds through the early miles. By 6 miles the pack had closed on the pacemakers but after 37 minutes of running Radcliffe started to move clear, running easily alongside pacemaker Iness Chenonge. At 10 miles – reached in 54:26 by Radcliffe – Kenya’s Susan Chepkemei and defending champion Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia attempted to build a response, but Radcliffe’s answer was an 11th mile in 5:17, the fastest so far. This was made to look pedestrian, however, during mile 15 which the Bedford runner covered in 5:08. For much of the second half of the race, Japan’s Reiko Tosa, 2nd in the 2001 World Championship marathon, took on the burden of leading the chasing group with the two Russians Svetlana Zakharova and Lyudmila Petrova content to sit behind with Chepkemei. The latter suffered a bout of sickness on the cobblestones of the Tower of London, and from there her chances of a podium place looked slim. All this time, Radcliffe’s long legs were devouring the miles, defying the logic that said you don’t run this fast in your debut marathon. With the result no longer in doubt, it was now a question of just how fast. When the 24th and 25th miles were ticked off in 5:09 and 5:06, the world record looked under serious threat. That this mixed-race record survived took nothing away from Radcliffe’s outstanding 2:18:56 effort - in a women-only race it was an intrinsically superior performance. The next four runners all posted person |
There are three colours on the flag of the Yemen, red, white and which other colour? | Colors of flags This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Colors of flags Flags of the World Colour Standards Pantone Matching System and flags The Flag Institute has used standard colours for some time, derived from the Pantone Matching System, but making allowance for the prevailing system of printing from four process colours. As has been pointed out, most Mac programmes cater for PMS colours, including the one we use for graphics, which is Adobe Illustrator. Our object is to restrain the growth of colours to unmanageable proportions, and so we have listed some standard flag colours, with a few allowable variations. These variations come into effect where a flag's specifications call for them, eg 'azul turquesi' in some Central American flags, 'Yale Blue' in the flag of Israel, and where official specifications list either Pantone matches, eg Finland, Estonia, Australia, or other colour identification matches than can be 'translated' into Pantone matches. The standard PMS colours are: 032, red; 286, blue; 354, green; 109, yellow; 165, orange; and 167, brown. Some frequent variations are: 185, red for 'Old Glory Red' also used in Australia; 280 blue, ditto; 355 green as in the flag of Saudi Arabia, etc. Gold is 116, as in the flag of Europe and of Germany, and silver is 420. So far we have kept to our resolution to use not more than 30 shades of colour. A printout of these is available on request. Our position is that flags normally employ the 'default' colours unless some good reason can be shown for departing from them. William Crampton, 14 October 1995 Pantone matches are widely used, but not all countries have officially specified matches. I know the Flag Institute keeps records of officially set Pantone matches and that they have set their own matches for those flags where no official specification is made. For example, the Flag Institute's Pantone matches for the UK flag is Red 032 and Blue 286. Jan Oskar Engene, 11 December 1996 The British Navy's "Flags of all nations" give us general Pantone colours: Azure blue 549C Heraldic blue 286C Grey 409C With the specification: "The Pantone colour reference is for printers' use only". But, is a good colour reference. Sebastia Herreros, 13 December 1996 Shade of Blue in some flags On 26 February 1996 Bill Grimes-Wyatt stated "there is no question that the flags of Israel and Greece are a light blue, not dark blue as your charts might suggest." Blues can be very confusing. In Flags Through the Ages and Across the World (W. Smith, 1975) [smi75b] you will find that Israel and Greece both use a fairly dark blue, though they are slightly different from each other. The Israeli blue is as dark as any of the Blue Ensigns shown in the book, and the Greek flag is of a very slightly lighter shade. They both stand in sharp contrast to the light blue of Argentina , Botswana , Fiji , etc. The Greek flag, like the Finnish flag, used to be what we would think of as "light blue" but both have changed to darker shades. I have a Greek flag made in Greece of paper and it is of the lighter blue shade. I purchased it over a dozen years ago, so I don't know what shade of blue the locals would recognize as proper, but according to regulations it is no longer "light blue." Nick Artimovich, 26 February 1996 The blue colour in Israel's flag is definitely dark. Some time ago I got a folder on national symbols from the Embassy of Israel in Washington. In the flag drawing the blue is dark, the text defines it as Yale Blue. Jan Oskar Engene, 27 January 1996 The flag of Israel was a dark blue (navy) until the late 50's or early 60's at which time it was changed to a lighter blue. This is from memory. Ronnie Kay, 27 February 1996 The odd thing is that at the time I called the Israeli mission to the U.N. to verify the color before producing the flag, and the impression I got was that they didn't care which color was used. R. Nathan Bliss, 27 February 1996 Actually, the color is officially declared to be "blue". However, it can be any kind of blue - light |
What is the state capital of Virginia? | Viriginia State Capitol – A website dedicated to the restoration and preservation of Virginia's State Capitol The Capitol Square Fair-023_1 We also thank all students, teachers, and visitors who came to enjoy the Virginia Capitol Square Fair. Please contact the Capitol Square Preservation Council Education Coordinator, Maggie Jackson, with any questions by phone at (804) 225-8051 or by email. Capitol Visitor Guide The Virginia State Capitol houses the oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere. The Capitol was conceived of by Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clérisseau in France, completed in 1788 and is 226 years old as of 2016, the current Capitol is the eighth built to serve as Virginia's state house. Capitol Square Many monuments are situated throughout the 12-acre grounds. Among those honored with memorial trees on the grounds are presidents Washington and Tyler, governors Colgate Darden, Charles Robb and Gerald Baliles, and Nobel peace laureate Martin Luther King, Jr. The newest memorial in Capitol Square honors Virginians who were active in the Civil Rights movement. Directions & Parking Information Located in Richmond Virginia, the Capitol is accessible via I-95 and I-64. Parking is available in pay lots and parking decks nearby, with limited street parking adjacent to the Capitol. Private vehicles with handicap tags are able to park and unload passengers on Bank Street near the new public entrance. Accessibility Visitor Hours The Capitol building is open to visitors from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. Self-Guided tours are available during operating hours each day our Capitol Visitors Brochure will help you get started. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day. Guided tours are available from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sundays, with the last tour commencing at 4:00 pm. Directions I-95 North If traveling north on I-95 take exit 74C (Broad Street). At the fork in the exit ramp bear right (follow “Broad St. East” sign) and enter onto 17th Street heading South. At light turn right onto Broad Street and drive uphill (west) to the light at 14th Street. Turn left at 14th Street and go downhill (south) to the light at Franklin/Bank Street. Turn right onto Bank Street and go straight ahead through one light and a short distance further to the Capitol entrance plaza, on the right side of Bank Street opposite 10th Street. I-95 South If traveling south on I-95 take exit 74B (Franklin Street). Be careful to slow down when taking this exit because it is a short downhill ramp ending at a traffic light. At the light turn right onto Franklin Street and proceed straight ahead through two lights. Franklin Street becomes Bank Street. The Capitol entrance plaza is on Bank Street (on the right side) opposite 10th Street. I-64 West If traveling west on I-64 get into the left lane while crossing a bridge into downtown Richmond and take the left ramp, exit 190, onto I-95 south. After a short distance take exit 74B (Franklin Street). Be careful to slow down when taking this exit because it is a short downhill ramp ending at a traffic light. At the light turn right onto Franklin Street and proceed straight ahead through two lights. Franklin Street becomes Bank Street. The Capitol entrance plaza is on Bank Street (on the right side) opposite 10th Street. I-64 East If traveling east on I-64 into downtown Richmond proceed straight ahead on 95 south (AVOID the right exit for I-64 East to Williamsburg) and take exit 74B (Franklin Street). Be careful to slow down when taking this exit because it is a short downhill ramp ending at a traffic light. At the light turn right onto Franklin Street and proceed straight ahead through two lights. Franklin Street becomes Bank Street. The Capitol entrance plaza is on Bank Street (on the right side) opposite 10th Street. Read More Capitol Tours Indoor guided tours last about one hour and include two newly restored rooms that were not previously on tour. In addition to the |
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Who wrote the 1973 Booker Prize winning novel 'The Siege of Krishnapur'? | The Siege of Krishnapur book review - 1973 Booker Prize Not so good: This was a book I was interested to discover what the British did in India. I was left feeling that the book was an overlong and overdetailed exposition of a situation that the inhabitants, mostly unremarkable, had brought on themselves. The people in question seemed to me on the whole to be second rate, enjoying a standard of living made possible for them by the almost slave labour of the local inhabitants. Amazon review VM Pountney 11th July 2009 About the author J G Farrell was born in Liverpool in January 1935. In 1956 he went to study at Brasenose College, Oxford; it was while there he contracted polio. He drew heavily on his experience for his second novel, The Lung (1965). His novel, Troubles (1970), the first in the Empire trilogy, won the Faber Memorial Prize in 1971. A film version of Troubles was made for British television in 1988. J G Farrell died in 1979. 1969 - Something To Answer For 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner It's a massive day in arts and journalism because the 100th annual Pulitzer Prize winners were just announced, and there's a big surprise. 2015's best artistic and nonfiction writing across 21 categories were recognized during a ceremony Monday afternoon at Columbia University in New York City. The first Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Hebert Bayward Swope, a reporter for The New York World, in 1916. (And if you're as big a fan of Newsies as I am, that paper should ring a bell, but try to think of it more positively.) The major prize for book nerds, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press), a legitimate surprise, if you've been paying attention to the book nerd and industry buzz. The feeling around the prize in the last few months would have you putting all your hard-earned cash down on A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara to take home the award, but that's why you should never gamble. Viet Thanh Nguyen is no less deserving, and moreover, it's his debut novel, which makes it such a wonderful win. Extract from New York Times to view full article... |
Who created the character 'Walter Mitty'? | Walter Mitty in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty NEXT Character Analysis In real life, Walter Mitty isn't anything special. He gets bossed around by his wife a lot. He can't do simple mechanical things. He's forgetful. He's not a great driver, and people always seem to be either yelling or laughing at him for one blunder or another. To compensate for his failings in the real world, Mitty creates an entire "secret life" for himself: a series of fantasies in which he is a powerful, decisive man admired by those around him – everything he is not in reality. Author James Thurber does a beautiful job of closely interweaving Mitty's fantasies with his real life. It's not simply a matter of jumping back and forth from reality to imagination; each fantasy is spurred by some specific sound or word or event in the real world. The "pocketa-pocketa" sound that Mitty hears in several fantasies is likely the sound of his running car driving along the road. When Mitty passes a hospital, this sparks his surgeon fantasy. When a newsboy shouts about the Waterbury Trial, Walter imagines himself in a courtroom. He is wearing a sling in this fantasy, just as he thinks of wearing a sling the next time he goes to a garage. The shout "You miserable cur!" is what reminds Mitty of the puppy biscuits he forgot (10). The Liberty magazine with pictures of air bombers sends him into a fantasy military dugout. These physical or tangible connections between fantasy and dream remind us to look for deeper, emotional connections between them. In Mitty's first fantasy, for example, he is piloting a "naval hydroplane" through a storm while those around him look on in awe and admiration. This is interrupted by Mrs. Mitty's plea for him to slow down. Here Mitty fantasizes about the control that he's missing in his marriage. Mitty is inept at mechanical tasks, so he dreams of being a surgeon – a dexterous genius. As he sits passively waiting for his wife in the hotel lobby, he dreams he is a man of action taking matters into his own hands. Now, there are two different ways you can look at Walter Mitty and these fantasies, and it depends on how you choose to interpret the entire story. The first, and probably more straightforward approach, is to see Mitty as a loveable guy who quite harmlessly uses fantasy to get through what seems to be a pretty boring day of errands with his wife. You could argue that Thurber, through his use of free indirect style (see "Narrator Point of View"), wants his readers to take Mitty's side. You could argue that this story is a testament to the human ability to enjoy and make good of even the dullest, most banal of events. The other way of seeing Walter Mitty (and, consequently, the story of "Walter Mitty" as a whole) involves identifying some darker themes in Thurber's work. This interpretation is probably sparked by the fact that Mitty's final fantasy is of a firing squad, which is a bit ominous. Is Mitty just endlessly persecuted by his more logically-minded foes in the real world? Are his fantasies defeated by reality? Or does he remain, as Thurber writes, Walter Mitty the Undefeated? |
Kevin Whately plays the title role in the television series 'Lewis', who plays his Sergeant? | Kevin Whately: I don't like detective dramas - Telegraph TV and Radio Kevin Whately: I don't like detective dramas Kevin Whately, who plays the title role in the hit ITV detective series Lewis, has admitted that he does not like crime dramas. Kevin Whately as DI Robert Lewis Photo: ITV Follow For most television viewers, Kevin Whately is synonymous with crime dramas, having played the dependable Oxford detective Lewis on our screens for more than 25 years. But the popular actor has admitted that he has never liked police shows and revealed that he would not even watch his own programme if he were not in it. The current series of Lewis on ITV1 will be the last after Whately voiced concerns that he was getting too old to play a police officer and expressed a yearning to swap the “factory” of television productions for the challenges of live theatre. Whately, 61, first appeared as Detective Sergeant Robbie Lewis in 1987 as the sidekick to John Thaw in Inspector Morse. That series ended after Thaw’s death in 2002, but ITV revived the characters in 2006 to create Lewis, which is now on its seventh series. Related Articles Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox on the new series of Lewis 23 Apr 2010 Yet despite devoting so much of his acting career to performing in crime mysteries, Newcastle-born Whately confesses he is not a fan of the genre. "I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them. I'd almost certainly not watch Lewis if I wasn't in it,” he told the Sunday Mirror. "I have no idea why it's still so popular. I think we are very lucky in a lot of ways. The city of Oxford is very attractive and the chemistry seems to work between the cast. It's one of those intangible things but I'm absolutely gobsmacked. It's ludicrous." He and fellow actor Laurence Fox, 34, who plays Lewis’s cerebral deputy Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, decided together that they wanted a break from the series. Whately said: "As an actor you do try and keep it fresh, but there are only so many variations and it can start to feel like a factory." The characters will not be killed off at the end of the present series of Lewis, and Whately has not ruled out appearing in one-off episodes in the future. He said: "I'd be quite happy to come back in two years, although I wouldn't if Laurence didn't." Whately was a folk singer before he made his name as an actor in the 1980s BBC comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He has also appeared in Coronation Street and Peak Practice, and has two grown-up children with his wife Madelaine Newton, the actress. Speaking last year, he said he was getting tired of all the compromises involved in making television programmes and wanted to do more stage acting. “I thrive on the insecurity and enjoy one-night stands, where every hall is a different place to play, a different size of venue, and you’re flexing acting muscles, which you don’t do in this kind of situation,” he said. “The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory. Everybody is trying to do their best work, but it’s always a compromise.” |
In which year was HRH Prince Charles invested as Prince of Wales? | Biography Biography The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince Harry Residences Biography The Prince of Wales, eldest son of The Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born at Buckingham Palace at 9.14pm on 14th November 1948. A proclamation was posted on the Palace railings just before midnight, announcing that Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth had been safely delivered of a son. It was announced later that the baby Prince weighed 7lb 6oz. On 15th December, Charles Philip Arthur George was christened in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher. The Prince's mother was proclaimed Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 25, when her father, King George VI, died aged 56 on 6th February 1952. On The Queen's accession to the throne, Prince Charles - as the Sovereign's eldest son - became heir apparent at the age of three. The Prince, as Heir to The Throne, took on the traditional titles of The Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III in 1337; and, in the Scottish peerage, of Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. The Prince was four at his mother's Coronation, in Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953. Many who watched the Coronation have vivid memories of him seated between his widowed grandmother, now to be known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and his aunt, Princess Margaret. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh decided that The Prince should go to school rather than have a tutor at the Palace. The Prince started at Hill House school in West London on 7th November 1956. After 10 months, the young Prince became a boarder at Cheam School, a preparatory school in Berkshire. In 1958 while The Prince was at Cheam, The Queen created him The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. The Prince was nine-years-old. In April 1962 The Prince began his first term at Gordonstoun, a school near Elgin in Eastern Scotland which The Duke of Edinburgh had attended. The Prince of Wales spent two terms in 1966 as an exchange student at Timbertop, a remote outpost of the Geelong Church of England Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia. When he returned to Gordonstoun for his final year, The Prince of Wales was appointed school guardian (head boy). The Prince, who had already passed six O Levels, also took A Levels and was awarded a grade B in history and a C in French, together with a distinction in an optional special history paper in July 1967. The Prince went to Cambridge University in 1967 to read archaeology and anthropology at Trinity College. He changed to history for the second part of his degree, and in 1970 was awarded a 2:2 degree. He was invested as Prince of Wales by The Queen on 1st July 1969 in a colourful ceremony at Caernarfon Castle. Before the investiture The Prince had spent a term at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth, learning to speak Welsh. On 11th February 1970, His Royal Highness took his seat in the House of Lords. On 8th March 1971 The Prince flew himself to Royal Air Force (RAF) Cranwell in Lincolnshire, to train as a jet pilot. At his own request, The Prince had received flying instruction from the RAF during his second year at Cambridge. In September 1971 after the passing out parade at Cranwell, The Prince embarked on a naval career, following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and both his great-grandfathers. The six-week course at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, was followed by service on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk and two frigates. The Prince qualified as a helicopter pilot in 1974 before joining 845 Naval Air Squadron, which operated from the Commando carrier HMS Hermes. On 9th February 1976, The Prince took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last nine months in the Navy. On 29th July 1981, The Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer in St Paul's Cathedral who became HRH The Princess of Wales . The Princess was born on 1st July 1961, at Park House on The Queen's estate |
Which Irish born writer wrote 'A Woman Of No Importance'? | Oscar Wilde - Biography - IMDb Oscar Wilde Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (9) | Personal Quotes (51) Overview (4) 30 November 1900 , Paris, France (acute meningitis, following an ear infection) Birth Name Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde Height 6' 3" (1.91 m) Mini Bio (1) A gifted poet, playwright and wit, Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in 19th-century England. He was illustrious for preaching the importance of style in life and art, and of attacking Victorian narrow-mindedness. Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin before leaving the country to study at Oxford University in England when he was in his early 20s. His prodigious literary talent was recognized when he received the Newdegate Prize for his outstanding poem "Ravenna". After leaving college his first volume of poetry, "Patience", was published in 1881, followed by a play, "The Duchess of Padua", two years later. It was around this time that Wilde sparked a sensation. On his arrival to America he stirred the nation with his flamboyant personality: wearing long silk stockings--an unusual mode of dress--long, flowing hair that gave the impression to many of an effeminate and a general air of wittiness, sophistication and eccentricity. He was an instant celebrity, but his works did not find recognition until the publication of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" in 1888. His other noted work was his only novel, was "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890), which caused controversy as the book evidently attacked the hypocrisy of England. It was later used as incriminating evidence at Wilde's trial, on the basis of its obvious homosexual content. Wilde was a married man with children, but his private life was as a homosexual. He had an affair with a young snobbish aristocrat named Lord Alfred Douglas. Douglas' father, the Marquess of Queensberry, did not approve of his son's relationship with the distinguished writer, and when he accused Wilde of sodomy, Wilde sued the Marquess in court. However, his case was dismissed when his homosexuality--which at the time was outlawed in England--was exposed. He was sentenced to two years hard labor in prison. On his release he was a penniless, dejected man and soon died in Paris. He was 46. Wilde is immortalized through his works, and the stories he wrote for children, such as "The Happy Prince" and "The Selfish Giant", are still vibrant in the imagination of the public, especially "The Picture of Dorian Gray", the story of a young handsome man who sells his soul to a picture to have eternal youth and beauty, only to face the hideousness of his own portrait as it ages, which entails his evil nature and degradation. The book has been interpreted on stage, films and television. In 1997 Stephen Fry played the lead in Wilde (1997) and Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas. ( 29 May 1884 - 7 April 1898) (her death) (2 children) Trivia (9) Oscar was the great-nephew of author Charles Maturin, an Irish clergyman and author whose gothic novel "Melmoth the Wanderer" inspired Oscar's pseudonym 'Sebastian Melmoth', which he lived under for three years from his release from prison to his death. Sons: Cyril, born in June 1885, who died in World War I, and Vyvyan, born in November 1886. Vyvyan became a writer using the surname Holland, and his own grandson, Merlin Holland , has written two books about his grandfather, "Wilde Album" and "After Oscar: The Color of his Legacy." Merlin's son Lucien is a classics major at Oxford, just like Oscar Wilde. Appears on the sleeve of The Beatles ' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. Separated from his wife not long after their second child was born. Was a homosexual. Tried and convicted, alongside Alfred Taylor, a procurer of young men, in 1895 for indecent acts, as homosexuality was then outlawed in the UK. All of his possessions and property were confiscated following the ruling, which resulted in prison for the playwright. Moved to Paris after he finished his sentence and lived as a pauper, writing his autob |
Who was the first 'Inquisitor-General' of Spain? | The Spanish Inquisition | escribir The Spanish Inquisition It was 1478, and the Catholic sovereigns Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were determined to have a united country. They did not believe this noble ambition could be achieved unless all their subjects accepted one religion, which they were determined to bring about through persuasion, if possible, and if not, by force. Spain was on the verge of becoming one of the wealthiest nations of the period. Arguably, a large part of this was due to the Jewish community. Despite their significant contributions to Spain’s wealth at that time, the Jewish community dealt with considerable pressure to profess belief in Christianity in order to free themselves from widespread persecution. Many did confess their conversion, with those who did so being referred to as conversos. Reports surfaced of heresy among the conversos, thus fueling unease among the Spanish Church hierarchy. They wrung their hands in worry over the sincerity of the swelling ranks of converts. Meanwhile, a contingent pf Jews and conversos set about celebrating the Jewish Passover, albeit secretly. Unfortunately, a cavalier suitor of a Jewish girl had come calling, happening upon the decidedly Jewish “mysterious celebration”. Word of this secret event spread quickly. The timing couldn’t have been worse in that particular religious climate; the Catholic Church was actively celebrating Holy Week. Reacting badly to the news, Pope Sixtus authorized the Spanish Crown to instigate an Inquisition to investigate this blaspheme. The Crown, rather than the Catholic Church, would appoint the bishops assigned to complete the Inquisition. Their assignment was to to ‘purify the nation of heretics’. One of the first (and more notorious) Inquisitors was Tomás de Torquemada, Inquisitor General of Castile and Aragón. Torquemada was charged with the centralization of the Spanish Inquisition, and soon proved himself to be pragmatic, committed and feared in his work as Inquisitor General. The Spanish Inquisition was particularly terrifying because of its inherent characteristics. Soon no Spaniard could feel safe; even St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Theresa of Ávila were investigated for heresy. The censorship policy went so far as to condemn books approved by the Holy See. The situation went from bad to worse. The Spanish Inquisition was much harsher, more highly organized, and far freer with the death penalty than the medieval Inquisition; its autos-da-fé became notorious. The accused never knew who their accusers were, and once arrested, accused heretic’s properties were seized. Properties appropriated were initially administered by the Crown, and later managed by the General Inquisitor. This particular scenario opened the door to accusations stemming from personal reasons or to gain wealth, property. It was soon clear the Inquisition was not limited to ‘purifying’ only those of the Jewish faith. Even if the accused was the model of a devout Christian, he/ she was tried severely on account of his familial roots, or ancestry. Those accused were forfeit a lawyer or counsel for their defense. Punishments and torture are forever linked to the Spanish Inquisition. The trials , deemed to be for spiritual matters, were administered by the Church. Be that as it may, punishment tended to be a very physical affair, so punishment and torture to acquire confessions of the accused were were handled by the (more secular) state. Neither the young nor the old were safe from the Inquisition with torture beset upon both young and old to extract confessions and the names of accomplices. The young and the old were thought to provide a more ‘pure’ confession. Showing characteristic benevolence reflective of the times, the church would recommend mercy on condition that if proven guilty, the accused may be punished by death. If the guilty evaded death by auto-de-fe, and instead were sentenced to merely perish in the prisons, neither they nor their families were past the worst of it. Their dead bodies, along with effigies of those that ha |
The 'Dulcimer' is a forerunner of which musical instrument? | Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Hammer Dulcimer: History and Playing Hammer Dulcimer: History and Playing History "...everyman that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship...." Daniel III:10 It is no wonder that King Nebuchadnezzar's decree was opposed, for the sound of the dulcimer makes one feel much more like dancing than "worshipping." In fact, the modest revival of dulcimer playing in America seems due in large measure to the delightful manner in which dance tunes can be played on it. The hammer dulcimer is capable of a range of tones from a sort of music-box sound to powerful and percussive piano-like effects which can stand out in any band. Although the plucked dulcimer (also called Appalachian or mountain dulcimer) shares the same name, the two instruments differ considerably in form, sound, evolution, and manner of playing. Both have strings stretched across a neckless soundbox, which identifies them in certain classification schemes as belonging to the zither form. The plucked dulcimer relies on the shortening (fretting or stopping) of strings to produce many pitches with one or few strings. Guitars, banjos, and fiddles work in this way. The alternative is to have one string or course of strings tuned to each desired pitch, as in the harps, piano, psaltery, and hammer dulcimer. The name dulcimer comes from the Latin and Greek works dulce and melos, which combine to mean "sweet tune." The meaning and the biblical connections no doubt made the word attractive to those who named the Appalachian dulcimer. All evidence seems to indicate that the Appalachian dulcimer dates back no more than 200 years and that Bibles refer to the hammered type. The true hammer dulcimer is a close relative to the psaltery, the chief difference being that the psaltery is usually plucked and the dulcimer is usually struck. Early varieties were rather simple, having relatively few strings which passed over bridges only at the sides. The versatility of the dulcimer was greatly increased by clever placement of additional bridges. Treble courses pass over the side bridges and also over a treble bridge usually placed between the side bridges so that the vibrating lengths of the strings are divided in the ratio 2:3. This results in two notes from each string in the ratio of a perfect fifth interval. Other ratios have occasionally been used. Many dulcimers have another bridge added near the right side to carry bass courses. The bass courses pass high over the bass bridge and low through holes or interruptions in the treble bridge. Likewise, the treble strings are raised at the treble bridge and pass low through the bass bridge. Thus, the treble strings may be struck near the treble bridge without danger of hitting bass strings, and bass courses can be played near the bass bridge without running afoul of treble strings. This arrangement triples the number of notes possible without any increase of size or consequent increase in distance from the player. Dulcimers of this sort began appearing in Europe during the 16th century and remained rather popular to the 18th. The ancient origins of the dulcimer are undoubtedly in the Near East, where instruments of this type have been made and played for perhaps 5000 years. Santir and psanterim were names early applied to such instruments and are probably derived from the Greek psalterion. Today the dulcimer is known as the santouri in Greece and as the santur in India. From the Near East the instrument traveled both east and west. Arabs took it to Spain where a dulcimer-like instrumen |
Singultus is the medical name for which minor complaint? | Hiccup | Definition of Hiccup by Merriam-Webster See words that rhyme with hiccup Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for hiccup Spanish Central: Translation of hiccup Nglish: Translation of hiccup for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of hiccup for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about hiccup Seen and Heard What made you want to look up hiccup? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). |
According to the Bible, who donated his own tomb for the burial of Jesus after the crucifixion? | 45. The Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ (John 19:38-20:9) | Bible.org 45. The Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ (John 19:38-20:9) Introduction When I was more deeply involved in prison ministry a few years ago, I had the opportunity to meet a number of prison chaplains. Among these was the chaplain for the death row unit in Huntsville, Texas. He told of some condemned men he had dealt with who had truly come to faith, and of others who were hardened to the gospel. As a death row chaplain, one of his responsibilities was to meet with each condemned man just before his execution. Whether or not they wished to speak with him about spiritual things, there were some other matters which had to be discussed. In particular, they had to discuss their burial arrangements. Unless other arrangements were made in advance by family or loved ones, the body of the executed criminal would be buried in what was, in effect, “boot hill”—a gravesite designated for executed criminals near the prison. As we come to John’s account of the burial of our Lord, I am reminded of the fact that in all likelihood, our Lord would have been buried in the “boot hill” of His day: Under Roman law, the bodies of executed criminals were normally handed over to their next of kin, but not so in the case of those crucified for sedition. They were left to the vultures, the culminating indignity and shame. The Jews never refused to bury any executed criminal, but instead of allowing the bodies of such sinners to be placed in family tombs, where they might desecrate those already buried, they provided a burial site for criminals just outside the city (cf. Jos., Ant. v. 44). 188 Most of the disciples were keeping their distance from Jesus at this point in time. 189 It does not even appear to be possible for any of Jesus’ disciples or family to secure His body and give it a proper burial. And to make the situation even more difficult, time to give Jesus a proper burial had virtually run out. By the time Jesus and the two men beside Him had died, it was getting late. The bodies must be quickly buried, before dark, when the Sabbath began (see Luke 23:54). Every indication was that the body of our Lord would be hastily buried in “boot hill.” Looking back on this great moment in history, we know something else, something which the disciples did not realize at the time: the Old Testament had prophesied that the Messiah would be buried in a rich man’s tomb: “He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth” (Isaiah 53:9, NIV). Somehow, the Messiah would be put to death as a criminal (Isaiah 53:3-4), with criminals (53:9), and yet He was also to be buried with the rich (53:9). How could all these things possibly take place at the same time? In spite of the difficulties, Jesus was crucified as a criminal, with criminals. And in our text, we shall see that after His death He was given a rich man’s burial. We might even say that Jesus was given a burial “fit for a king.” How did all of this come about? What caused this amazing turn of events? Our text, complimented by the parallel accounts of the Synoptic Gospels, gives us the answer. Before we concentrate on John’s account of the burial and resurrection of our Lord, allow me to call your attention to the contribution of the Synoptic Gospels. Matthew’s Gospel has some especially important information, which enhances our study in John. Matthew informs us of the request the Jewish religious leaders made of Pilate after the death and burial of Jesus. They remembered that Jesus claimed He would rise from the dead after three days: 39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights” (Matthew 12:39-40; see also Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:34; John 2:19). Even though the disci |
In which Austrian city was the composer Mozart born? | Wolfgang Mozart - Pianist, Composer - Biography.com Wolfgang Mozart A prolific artist, Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music. IN THESE GROUPS “Love, love, love—that is the soul of genius.” Wolfgang Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mini Biography (TV-14; 3:05) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned the piano at the age of three, and soon developed his skills in all musical forms. Widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of all time, he produced over 600 works. Synopsis Born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musician capable of playing multiple instruments who started playing in public at the age of 6. Over the years, Mozart aligned himself with a variety of European venues and patrons, composing hundreds of works that included sonatas, symphonies, masses, chamber music, concertos and operas, marked by vivid emotion and sophisticated textures. Early Life Central Europe in the mid-18th century was going through a period of transition. The remnants of the Holy Roman Empire had divided into small semi-self-governing principalities. The result was competing rivalries between these municipalities for identity and recognition. Political leadership of small city-states like Salzburg, Vienna, and Prague was in the hands of the aristocracy and their wealth would commission artists and musicians to amuse, inspire, and entertain. The music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods was transitioning toward more full-bodied compositions with complex instrumentation. The small city-state of Salzburg would be the birthplace of one of the most talented and prodigious musical composers of all time. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s was the sole-surviving son of Leopold and Maria Pertl Mozart. Leopold was a successful composer, violinist, and assistant concert master at the Salzburg court. Wolfgang’s mother, Anna Maria Pertl, was born to a middle class family of local community leaders. His only sister was Maria Anna (nicknamed “Nannerl”). With their father’s encouragement and guidance, they both were introduced to music at an early age. Leopold started Nannerl on keyboard when she was seven, as three-year old Wolfgang looked on. Mimicking her playing, Wolfgang quickly began to show a strong understanding of chords, tonality, and tempo. Soon, he too was being tutored by his father. Leopold was a devoted and task-oriented teacher to both his children. He made the lessons fun, but also insisted on a strong work ethic and perfection. Fortunately, both children excelled well in these areas. Recognizing their special talents, Leopold devoted much of his time to their education in music as well as other subjects. Wolfgang soon showed signs of excelling beyond his father’s teachings with an early composition at age five and demonstrating outstanding ability on harpsichord and the violin. He would soon go on to play the piano, organ and viola. In 1762, Wolfgang’s father took Nannerl, now age eleven, and Wolfgang, age six to the court of Bavaria in Munich in what was to become the first of several European "tours." The siblings traveled to the courts of Paris, London, The Hague, and Zurich performing as child prodigies. Wolfgang met a number of accomplished musicians and became familiar with their works. Particularity important was his meeting with Johann Christian Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach's youngest son) in London who had a strong influence on Wolfgang. The trips were long and often arduous, traveling in primitive conditions and waiting for invitations and reimbursements from the nobility. Frequently, Wolfgang and other members of his family fell seriously ill and had to limit their performance schedule. Budding Young Composer In December, 1769, Wolfgang, then age 13, and his father departed from Salzburg for Italy, leaving his mother and sister at home. It seems that by this time Nannerl’s professional music career was over. She was nearing marriageable age and according to the custom of the time, she was no longer pe |
Who was the only Romanian chosen by Pele on the aforementioned 'FIFA 100' list? | Wonderful originally signed and frame photo of Romanian soccer legend Gheorghe Hagi + Certificate of Authencity - Catawiki The Maradona of the Carpathians Wonderful originally signed and frame photo of Romanian soccer legend Gheorghe Hagi + Certificate of Authencity Gheorghe Hagi (Săcele, 5 February 1965) is a former professional soccer player from Romania. During his career he aquired the nickname 'Maradona of the Carpathians' and in his own country, Hagi was chosen as the country's best soccer player six times. He also became notorious for the number of yellow cards he received, he always got these when he was criticizing the referees. His departure as international soccer player, considering his reputation with penalty cards, was characteristic: Hagi got a red card in the match of his Romania against Italy during the European quarter final match on Saturday 24th June 2000, which was lost by the Romanians. Hagi was also mentioned on the List of FIFA 100 best players set up by Pelé in March 2004. Many Romanians regard Hagi as the best Romanian soccer player ever. The Gheorghe Hagi Stadion in Constanța is named after him. Size of signed photos: 12 x 8 inch (approx. 20 x 30 cm). Photo comes with our certificate of authenticity (West Side Autographs). This certificate mentions our information that guarantees the authenticity of the certificate and of the signed photo. The certificate comes with the originally signed and framed photo. Member since: August 2, 2013 Please note: some elements on this page have been translated automatically. Would you like to see an automatic translation? Yes Helemaal goed...keurig verpakt en snelle levering....happy jandegroot1 January 19, 2017 Please note: some elements on this page have been translated automatically. Would you like to see an automatic translation? Yes top verkoper en snel in huis sjaak45elvis January 11, 2017 Please note: some elements on this page have been translated automatically. Would you like to see an automatic translation? Yes Perfekt ich bin sehr zufrieden danke!!!!! Grafjo January 9, 2017 Please note: some elements on this page have been translated automatically. Would you like to see an automatic translation? Yes Top Armin0- January 2, 2017 Please note: some elements on this page have been translated automatically. Would you like to see an automatic translation? Yes |
In the Book of Genesis, to which land to the east of Eden was Cain banished after killing his brother Abel? | Where Did Cain Get His Wife?: What About Inbreeding? Where Did Cain Get His Wife?: What About Inbreeding? Introduction Cain's Wife? After Cain was sent into exile east of Eden for killing Abel he found a wife and built a city. Even if Cain married one of his sisters, doesn't this produce theological and biological problems? Rich Deem The Bible indicates that Adam and Eve's first son, Cain, slew his younger brother Abel because of jealousy over the acceptance of his brother's offering over his own. Immediately after being banished to the east in the land of Nod, Cain found a wife and raised a family and founded a "city" called Enoch. If Cain was the firstborn of Adam and Abel the second, then how could Cain have found a wife and built a city? Creation of humanity The Bible describes the creation of humanity in Genesis, the first book. According to the chapter one account, God created male and female human beings in His image. 1 Chapter two of Genesis goes into more detail about the creation of mankind. According to the narrative, God created Adam, the first man, 2 then, some time later, created Eve. 3 Adam and Eve sinned and were banished from Eden. 4 They produced two sons, Cain and Abel. 5 Both Cain and Abel presented sacrifices to God, but Cain's was rejected, 6 because he expended a half-hearted effort. 7 So, Cain became angry and murdered his brother in a fit of jealousy. 8 Cain is exiled God confronted Cain about the murder of Abel and banished him to the east of Eden. The problem arises in the next verse, where suddenly Cain is married and builds a city: Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. (Genesis 4:16) Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. (Genesis 4:17) Mesopotamia The assumption seems to be that Cain and Abel were the first two children of Adam and Eve. Although Cain does seem to be the firstborn, the text is not clear that Abel was the second born, but only that he was the second son. 5 Later, the narrative indicates that Adam and Eve produced "other sons and daughters." 9 So, it is possible that Adam and Eve produced daughters between the births of Cain and Abel. It is also likely that others sons and daughters were produced after the birth of Abel. We don't know how old Cain and Abel were when Cain murdered his brother, but they seem to be at least young adults, since they are both engage in a trade for their living. 5 The second thing one notices is Cain's seeming paranoia about being found and revenge being taken against his for killing Abel. 10 The only way this makes sense is if the brothers and sisters of Abel were upset that Cain had killed their brother. Although the period of time between the birth of Cain and the death of Abel is not given in the Bible, it would seem that this period was probably over 100 years, since the birth of Adam's next son, Seth is said to have occurred when Adam was 130 years old. 11 Adam and Eve could have produced many daughters during that period of time. Cain builds a "city" So, the Genesis narrative suggests that Cain had other brothers and sisters when he was exiled by God. One of those sisters married Cain (or more likely had already been married to Cain when he killed his brother), became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch somewhere east of Eden. The next problem that arises is the claim that Cain "built a city." To us, in the 21st century, this evokes images of skyscrapers and high density housing. However, the original Hebrew word, translated "city," merely had the meaning of a place that was guarded by a watch or with a wall. 12 At its minimum, the Hebrew root referred to an encampment or post. So, it is entirely possible that Cain could have built such a "city." Theological problems Skeptics have pointed out that the only viable solution to the problem of Cain's wife (Ca |
Epistaxis is the medical name for which minor complaint? | Nosebleed : MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Nosebleed can be caused by: Irritation due to allergies, colds, sneezing or sinus problems Very cold or dry air Blowing the nose very hard, or picking the nose Injury to nose, including a broken nose , or an object stuck in the nose Deviated septum Chemical irritants Overuse of decongestant nasal sprays Repeated nosebleeds may be a symptom of another disease such as high blood pressure, a bleeding disorder, or a tumor of the nose or sinuses. Blood thinners, such as warfarin (Coumadin), clopidogrel (Plavix), or aspirin, may cause or worsen nosebleeds. Home Care To stop a nosebleed: Sit down and gently squeeze the soft portion of the nose between your thumb and finger (so that the nostrils are closed) for a full 10 minutes. Lean forward to avoid swallowing the blood and breathe through your mouth. Wait at least 10 minutes before checking if the bleeding has stopped. Be sure to allow enough time for the bleeding to stop. It may help to apply cold compresses or ice across the bridge of the nose. Do not pack the inside of the nose with gauze. Lying down with a nosebleed is not recommended. You should avoid sniffing or blowing your nose for several hours after a nosebleed. If bleeding persists, a nasal spray decongestant (Afrin, Neo-Synephrine) can sometimes be used to close off small vessels and control bleeding. Things you can do to prevent frequent nosebleeds include: Keep the home cool and use a vaporizer to add moisture to the inside air. Use nasal saline spray and water-soluble jelly (such as Ayr gel) to prevent nasal linings from drying out in the winter. When to Contact a Medical Professional Get emergency care if: Bleeding does not stop after 20 minutes. Nose bleeding occurs after a head injury. This may suggest a skull fracture, and x-rays should be taken. Your nose may be broken (for example, it looks crooked after a hit to the nose or other injury). Call your health care provider if: You or your child has frequent nosebleeds Nosebleeds are not associated with a cold or other minor irritation What to Expect at Your Office Visit The provider will perform a physical exam. In some cases, you may be watched for signs and symptoms of low blood pressure from losing blood, also called hypovolemic shock . You may have the following tests: Reducing a broken nose or removing a foreign body Reducing the amount of blood thinner medicine or stopping aspirin Treating problems that keeps your blood from clotting normally You may need to see an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist for further tests and treatment. Alternative Names Bleeding from the nose; Epistaxis Images Nosebleed References Pfaff JA, Moore GP. Otolaryngology. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2014:chap 72. Simmen D, Jones NS. Epistaxis. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund LJ, et al, eds. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 42. Read More |
Which small wildcat, found in South and Central America and Mexico, is also known as the 'Dwarf Leopard' as its fur is said to resemble that of the larger cat? | 1000+ images about wild kingdom - margay cat on Pinterest | Rainforest trees, Fur trade and Rainforests Forward The Margay, also known as the Long Tailed Spotted Cat, is similar in appearance to the Ocelot - its body however is smaller, growing up two 25-27 inches and in comparison with the Ocelot, the margay displays longer legs and tail. The margay hunts almost exclusively by night and its prey includes birds, small monkeys, tree frogs and insects which inhabit the forest canopy. See More |
Fought in the Pyrenees Mountains on the border between Spain and France, at which battle of 778 AD did the Basques defeat the forces of Roland, commander of the rear guard of Charlemagne's army? | FOR TEACHERS Major Battles The contest of Muslim and Christian Spain played out over nine centuries. While individuals and communities sought ways to thrive and cooperate in day-to-day life, larger forces were always at work. Conflict took the more mundane form of battles fought for material gain and prestige. And, as often as Muslim and Christian leaders fought against each other, they fought against rivals who were their co-religionists. For much of Medieval Spain's history, leaders also were more concerned with maintaining economic and military power -- just as other rulers worldwide -- than on the rhetoric of crusade and jihad. The following key battles involving Muslim and Christian forces in Al-Andalus reveal the complexity of military affairs. Each encounter represents a unique moment in the history of Al-Andalus, leading ultimately to its demise. Revolt of the Alpujarras Battle of Guadalete (July 19, 711) This battle took place close to the Guadalete River near the southern coast of the Iberian peninsula, between Muslim and Visigothic forces. An Arab and Amazigh (Berber) Muslim army of 7,000-10,000 soldiers crossed to Spain -- �the land of the Vandals� or Andalus as they called it -- from North Africa. The Amazighs (Berbers) possibly received the help of the governor of Ceuta, Count Julian. He confirmed that the peninsula offered numerous riches. The forces landed near a large mountain. It was later named Gibraltar (jabal Tariq, or Tariq�s mountain) in homage to the army commander, Tariq ibn Ziyad. According to one account, Tariq burned the ships used for the crossing and stirred his troops with the words: �O People! There is nowhere to run away! The sea is behind you, and the enemy is before you. I swear to God, you have only sincerity and patience.� Roderic was a Visigothic nobleman recently chosen as king. He had been fighting Basques in the north. Upon hearing of the new threat in the south, he rushed to meet the Muslims. His army is said to have been nearly 10 times larger than the Muslim forces. However, exhaustion from the long march and treachery on the part of other Visigothic rivals led to Roderic�s defeat. With the routing of the Visigothic army -- including many prominent nobles -- the Muslim forces continued northward unhindered. They established garrisons in major cities and conquered many regions. Within a few years, virtually the entire peninsula came under Muslim rule. The Visigothic kingdom came to an abrupt end. However, a local Asturian strong man named Pelayo fled to the extreme north beyond the reach of Muslim armies. (See below.) There, he founded the Kingdom of Asturias. In subsequent centuries, Asturias was regarded as the origin point for the Reconquista. Battle of Covadonga (summer of 722) Seven years after the Muslim conquest of Iberia, a local Asturian strong man named Pelayo fled to the extreme north of the peninsula. There, he established the Kingdom of Asturias. The Umayyad rulers based in C�rdoba were unable to extend their power into Frankish territory. So, they decided to consolidate their power in Iberia. Meanwhile, Muslim forces made periodic incursions into Asturias. In the late summer of 722, a Muslim army overran much of Pelayo's territory, forcing him to retreat deep into the mountains. Pelayo and 300 men retired into a narrow valley at Covadonga. There, they could defend against a broad frontal attack. Pelayo�s forces routed the Muslim army, inspiring local villagers to take up arms, as well. Despite further attempts, the Muslims were unable to conquer Pelayo's mountainous stronghold. Pelayo's victory at Covadonga is hailed by some as the first stage of the Reconquista. Battle of Tours/Poitiers (October 10, 732) This encounter took place near the border b |
In the TV show 'South Park', what is the name of the boys' handicapped classmate whose vocabulary is mostly limited to the enthusiastic shouting of his own name? | Timmy - South Park Characters - ShareTV Cartman: All right, you guys, this is it! When the attack begins, all warriors click on Defensive Stance. Everyone else, wait for Craig to cast his Intellect Buff. Token: [black human rogue] Okay. Craig: [Gnome mage] Got it. Cartman: The battle is sure to be long, so make sure you have all your special abilities macroed to your keyboards. Jimmy Volmer: [Night Elf hunter with a beard] All right, Eric. You can c-c-count on us. Timmy: [human priest] Tim-maahh! Cartman: This shall be a day for all to remember! Let us bravely charge the fields of Azeroth! From with... Butters: [arrives in the same dwarf form as Cartman's] Hey fellas! Butters: Boy, this is neato, huh? Cartman: Butters? What the hell are you doing? Butters: I got World of Warcraft, like you said. Cartman: [angry] You can't be the dwarf character, Butters, I'm the dwarf. Butters: Well, there's like only four races to choose from... Cartman: [shouts] So pick another one! I'm the dwarf, you stupid asshole! Log out, create a new character, and log back in! Butters: [walks off grumbling] I like Hello Kitty Island Adventure a lot more than this stuff. Stan: [warrior] Come on, let's do this! Clyde: [second Night Elf hunter] Yeah, my mom says I have to be in bed at 9:30. Cartman: [turns around and leads] Then let's move out! Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: [removing a condom from its wrapper] Why, it's just a little donut! [fumbles with it] Oh, it's all gooey! Eric Cartman: Just put it on, Butters! Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: H-How come I gotta go first? Eric Cartman: Butters, will you stop... filibustering! Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: Oh, a-all right, then. [turns around, drops pants, and starts fumbling with the condom] Aw, it's sticky. Kyle Broflovski: [reading from the condom box] It says you gotta check it for holes or tears. Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: I don't even understand how this thing...! Oh, wait, oh, I see. Stan Marsh: Don't look at Butters' shlong, gaymo! Eric Cartman: I wasn't looking at his shlong, I was seeing how to put the condom on! Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: But it won't stay on. I-I need a rubber band or something. Tweek: I-I've got rubber bands! [hands them to Butters] Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: [fumbles with the rubber bands] Ow! Eh, ow! Okay, eh... ow! There! Okay, I think it's on! Stan Marsh: How do you feel? Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: [pause] Pretty good! Eric Cartman: Do you feel protected? Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: Yeah, I don't think nothing is getting to my wiener through this thing. It's even got a little reservoir at the end so you can pee in it. Stan Marsh: All right, here everybody, Tweek, give everyone a rubber band. Hey, somebody's gotta help Timmy put his condom on. |
Which small wildcat, native to Central and South America, is sometimes known as the 'Tree Ocelot' because of its skill in climbing? | SMALL WILD CAT SPECIES SMALL WILD CAT SPECIES Most people are relatively familiar with the big cats of the world (lion, tiger, puma, leopard, snow leopard jaguar, cheetah, lynx), but there are a large number of small wild cats, closer in size to our domestic cats. CURRENT FELID CLASSIFICATION There are 2 main schools of taxonomy - lumpers and splitters. In simplest terms, lumpers like to lump species together into fewer genera based on shared traits. Splitters like to split genera into multiple sub-genera or species (and species into sub-species) based on small differences. Until recently, classification was based on analysis of physical features to determine which species belonged where; with the pitfall of convergent evolution muddling the results. Recent DNA studies are giving a more precise picture of relatedness of species. As a result there are often several alternative taxonomies at genus, species and sub-species level! The following table is therefore a compromise. GENUS African Golden Cat (Profelis/Catopuma aurata) The African Golden cat is about twice the size of a domestic cat. It inhabits the tropical rainforests of equatorial Africa and has also been found in dry tropical forests and savannah grasslands. The African Golden Cat is heavily built with stocky, long-legs, large paws and a long, black-tipped tail. Its rounded heads appears small in relation to its body size. There are two colour forms: the red form (golden to rusty brown) and the grey form plus melanistic (black) forms. They can also be spotted or non-spotted. Spotting, where present, ranges from faded tan to heavy black in colour; the pattern of spotting varies between the two subspecies of African Golden Cat.. They prey on small mammals, small antelope, birds and will also take small monkeys and domestic poultry and livestock.. Andean Mountain Cat (Oreailurus jacobita) About the size of a domestic cat, the Andean Mountain Cat inhabits the high South American Andes Mountain range in Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia. Very little is known about their habits. They are found in the cold, dry and windy treeless terrain at very high altitudes (10,000 ft [3000 m] above sea level). The Andean Mountain Cat is silvery grey with darker grey ticking on its back and pale underparts. It has fine, very long hair forming a thick, soft coat. Its thick tail is banded with dark brown and its body has spots that run in diagonal lines; these are black on the legs, brown on the body, and orange on the back. It is believed to hunt chinchillas and viscachas and possibly small birds and reptiles. Asian Golden Cat / Temminck's Golden Cat (Profelis/Catopuma temmincki) About twice the size of the domestic cat, Temminck's Golden Cat was once believed to be an ancestor (through hybridisation) of the Siamese cat. An agile climber, it inhabits tropical and sub-tropical forest and deciduous woodlands in southeast Asia. They are usually golden brown, greyish, or reddish brown with brown stripes on their cheeks and black markings on their foreheads; not all have spots. Melanistic (black) forms also occur; one was exhibited at Basle zoo in Switzerland. They are opportunistic feeders and eat muntjac, rats and snakes. Black Footed Cat (Felis nigripes) One of the smallest cats (5 lb / 2.3 kg) with males being one third larger than females. They are found in semi-desert and arid brushland in southern Africa. As their name suggests, they have black markings on their paws and the soles of their feet. Their fur is yellowish brown with black bars extending across their shoulders, legs, and on their short tail. They eat small rodents, small reptiles, birds, eggs, invertebrates (spiders, insects) and carrion, but these aggressive and tenacious cats will attempt much larger prey. Its habit of eating carrion makes them vulnerable to poison bait laid for jackals. Bobcat (Lynx rufus) An adaptable North American cat found in a variety of habitats and able to tolerate living near to humans. It is closely related to the Lynx, but only half the size and is considered more aggressive and har |
In the TV show 'South Park', the boys' classmate 'Leopold Stotch', often the butt of many jokes and pranks, is better known by what one word nickname? | Butters Stotch | South Park Archives | Fandom powered by Wikia Background Life and History Butters has made appearances since " Cartman Gets an Anal Probe ", though initially as a background character. He gets his first speaking role in the Season Two episode, " Roger Ebert Should Lay off the Fatty Foods ", and he receives another speaking role in the following episode. He later receives a speaking role in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut where he says "Ooh" while touching Cartman . Butters was initially referred to in scripts and storyboards as "Puff Puff" and "Swanson" - Stan refers to him by the latter name in the opening scene of the Season Two episode, " Conjoined Fetus Lady ". When Butters spoke in the early episodes, his voice was dramatically different from the stuttering Southern accent he has now. Butters was renamed and properly introduced in the Season Three episode " Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub ", alongside Dougie . He was then seen sporadically in seasons three through five, going from social pariah in " Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub " to mean-spirited bully in " Hooked on Monkey Fonics ". In the episode " Jared Has Aides " Butters was adopted by Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski , and Eric Cartman as their fourth friend when Kenny McCormick died "permanently" at the end of the fifth season . The writers had given Butters his own spotlight episode as the season five finale to prepare fans for Butters taking Kenny's place on the show. The episode, titled " Butters' Very Own Episode ", gave Butters a complicated back story where his father was outed as being a closet bisexual and his mother attempted to drown her son Butters in a fit of madness. They all made up at the end of the episode and nothing came of it. Butters found himself as the new fourth friend, being put down and treated like a total outcast by his new friends. Kyle, Stan, and Cartman all openly bullied Butters, telling him how he's not cool like Kenny. Cartman in particular took perverse pleasure in making Butters suffer, to the extent that, in " Jared Has Aides ", he pretended to be Butters on the phone and bad-mouthed his parents, just so he could watch them abusing him. Several instances show the boys having Butters dress up as Kenny or simply call him Kenny or Not-Kenny, possibly to cope with their loss. Butters would remain on as the fourth member of the gang for four more episodes; two of the episodes continued the plot of Butters being abused but downplayed it and in the case of " Freak Strike ", ending the episode just as Butters was about to be beaten (with Cartman being beaten up instead). Ultimately, in the sixth episode of season six, " Professor Chaos ", Butters is expelled from the group for being "too lame" and adopts his super-villain alter ego " Professor Chaos " as a means to get revenge against the group and society for rejecting him. Butters would run around for several episodes as Professor Chaos, only to have no one care much about his plots since many of them had, though Butters didn't realize it, already occurred on episodes of the animated series The Simpsons . Butters would eventually reveal his secret identity of Professor Chaos to Stan, although he mistook it for Butters coming out of the closet. Though not anymore a member of the main four's group, Butters was nevertheless kept as a prominent member of the boys' extended circle. Though he has returned, Kenny's role has declined to an extent due to lack of ideas for the character and Butters has taken on a more prominent role again. Despite their ill-treatment toward him, Butters stays loyal to his friends, perhaps in hopes that they'll accept him. In a way, this has worked as recently there seems to have been some shift in the balance of friendship. The most obvious case of this being in the episode " Tsst ", where Butters is calmly playing along with Stan, Kyle and Kenny, with Cartman being much more alienated than usual, as well as in " Casa Bonita ", where Kyle decides to take Butters with him on his birthday to Casa Bonita instead of Cartman, implying he likes Butters |
Kasimir Malevich is the best known painter from which Russian artistic school that was founded in 1915 and which focused on fundamental geometric forms? | Kazimir Malevich Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story Web Services & Hosting by The Computer Studio | Designed by DesArtLab Suprematism Suprematism Suprematism, the invention of Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was one of the earliest and most radical developments in abstract art. Inspired by a desire to experiment with the language of abstract form, and to isolate art's barest essentials, its artists produced austere abstractions that seemed almost mystical. It was an important influence on Constructivism. Cubism Cubism Cubism was developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque between 1907-1911, and it continued to be highly influential long after its decline. This classic phase has two stages: 'Analytic', in which forms seem to be 'analyzed' and fragmented; and 'Synthetic', in which pre-existing materials such as newspaper and wood veneer are collaged to the surface of the canvas. Futurism Futurism Futurism was the most influential Italian avant-garde movement of the twentieth century. Dedicated to the modern age, it celebrated speed, movement, machinery and violence. At first influenced by Neo-Impressionism, and later by Cubism, some of its members were also drawn to mass culture and nontraditional forms of art. Impressionism Impressionism A movement in painting that first surfaced in France in the 1860s, it sought new ways to describe effects of light and movement, often using rich colors. The Impressionists were drawn to modern life and often painted the city, but they also captured landscapes and scenes of middle-class leisure-taking in the suburbs. Post-Impressionism Post-Impressionism Post-Impressionism refers to a number of styles that emerged in reaction to Impressionism in the 1880s. The movement encompassed Symbolism and Neo-Impressionism before ceding to Fauvism around 1905. Its artists turned away from effects of light and atmosphere to explore new avenues such as color theory and personal feeling, often using colors and forms in intense and expressive ways. Symbolism Symbolism Symbolism is an artistic and literary movement that first emerged in France in the 1880s. In the visual arts it is often considered part of Post-Impressionism. It is characterized by an emphasis on the mystical, romantic and expressive, and often by the use of symbolic figures. Art Nouveau Art Nouveau Art Nouveau was a movement that swept through the decorative arts and architecture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Generating enthusiasts throughout Europe, it was aimed at modernizing design and escaping the eclectic historical styles that had previously been popular. It drew inspiration from both organic and geometric forms, evolving elegant designs that united flowing, natural forms with more angular contours. Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky A member of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter, and later a teacher at the Bauhaus, Kandinsky is best known for his pioneering breakthrough into expressive abstraction in 1913. His work prefigures that of the American Abstract Expressionists. David Burliuk David Burliuk David Burliuk was a Russian Futurist poet and painter. He was responsible for intensifying the debate on the primary function of fine art, believing deeply in the power of art as a reforming social force. Mikhail Larionov Mikhail Larionov Mikhail Larionov was a Russian avant-garde painter and the founder of Rayonism, the first movement that celebrated Russian abstract painting. Larionov was also a major promoter of Post-Impressionist and Neo-Primitive art during the early twentieth century, and helped widen the international appeal of artists like Matisse, Van Gogh, and Gauguin. Primitive Art Primitive Art Nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists in the West were greatly influenced by art they deemed 'primitive' or 'naïve', made by tribal or non-Western cultures. Such art, ranging from African and Native American to naive depictions of the French peasantry, was thought to be less civilized and thus closer to raw aesthetic and spiritual experience. Cubo-Futurism Cubo-Futurism |
In 1999, which became the newest of the territories of Canada when it was officially separated from the vast Northern Territories? | Canadian Visa Types and Applying to Live in The Northern Territories, Canada Living in The Northern Territories, Canada Nunavut - The capital city is Iqaluit. Nunavut is the newest of the Canadian provinces or territories as it officially separated from the Northwest Territories in April 1999 and became a federal territory in its own right. It consists of a major share of Northern Canada and most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Nunavut has the smallest population of any of the provinces or territories and that population is largely Inuit. Northwest Territories - The capital city is Yellowknife. Yellowknife is the diamond capital of North America. The population of the province numbers approximately 40,000 and more than half the population of the province is Aboriginal. The natural beauty of the province is largely unspoilt and there are a number of rare wildlife species in the province such as white wolves and herds of caribou, bison and moose. Yukon Territory - The capital city of the province is Whitehorse. The population is primarily English and First Nations which reflects the influx of miners during the gold rush in the 1890’s. The province has the record for the coldest recorded temperature in Canada, which is a reflection of its arctic and sub arctic climate. Find out about the other regions in Canada |
The 2001 film 'A Beautiful Mind', starring Russell Crowe, told the true story of which brilliant but disturbed mathematician? | A Beautiful Mind (2001) - 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 After John Nash , a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 30 titles created 16 Apr 2012 a list of 27 titles created 24 Sep 2013 a list of 36 titles created 24 Dec 2013 a list of 22 titles created 04 Mar 2014 a list of 21 titles created 08 May 2014 Title: A Beautiful Mind (2001) 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. Won 4 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 65 nominations. See more awards » Photos When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. Director: Ridley Scott Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. Director: Robert Zemeckis A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. Director: Clint Eastwood The true story of Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. Director: Steven Spielberg A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. Director: Sam Mendes Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. Director: Gus Van Sant In 1954, a U.S. marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Director: Martin Scorsese When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England. Director: Mel Gibson In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup , a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Director: Steve McQueen A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. Director: M. Night Shyamalan The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. Director: Frank Darabont An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show. Director: Peter Weir Edit Storyline From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his tragedy, and finally - late in life - received the Nobel Prize. Written by Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures See All (188) » Taglines: The Only Thing Greater Than the Power of the Mind is the Courage of the Heart See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, sexual content and a scene of violence | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 4 January 2002 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Una mente brillante See more » Filming Locations: $2,501,096 (USA) (21 December 2001) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia John Nash is the co-inventor (independently from the Danish mathematician Piet Hein) of the strategy game Hex. This was caused by his frustration after he was defeated at Go, and he wanted to create a "perfect" game. The scenes where he does that were shot but then deleted from the final cut, and can be found in the DVD extras or online. See more » Goofs The light switch on the wall in the Nash house |
In June 2011, Ayman al-Zawahiri was appointed as the new leader of which organisation? | Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed as al-Qaeda leader - BBC News Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed as al-Qaeda leader 16 June 2011 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption Zawahiri warned a week ago that Bin Laden would continue to "terrify" the US from beyond the grave The long-serving second-in-command of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been appointed its head following the death of Osama Bin Laden, the militant organisation said in a statement. Bin Laden was killed by US forces in Pakistan in early May. Al-Qaeda warned it would continue to fight a holy war against the US and Israel under Zawahiri's direction. A US official dismissed Zawahiri's appointment, saying he had "nowhere near" Bin Laden's credentials. The statement announcing his appointment was posted on a militant website and attributed to al-Qaeda's General Command. "Sheikh Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri, may God guide him, assumed responsibility as the group's amir [leader]", it said. It vowed that under Zawahiri, it would pursue jihad or holy war against the US and Israel "until all invading armies leave the land of Islam". 'Jihadist renaissance' Analysts say Egyptian-born Zawahiri, 59, is intelligent but lacks the charisma of his predecessor. He is claimed by some experts to have been the "operational brains" behind the 9/11 attacks on the US. For years Bin Laden's deputy, with a $25m (£15m) bounty on his head, he had been widely anticipated to replace Bin Laden at the helm. Analysis By Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri was always going to be the default choice to succeed Osama Bin Laden. A highly intelligent Egyptian extremist, he was the man who got Bin Laden to "think global" in the 1990s, broadening his message from just complaining about US troops on Saudi soil to a whole range of Muslim grievances from Kashmir to Palestine. But experts say al-Zawahiri lacks the personal charisma of his predecessor. There are also doubts as to whether, as an Egyptian, he will command full authority over al-Qaeda's operatives from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. Zawahiri, whose 60th birthday is believed to be this Sunday, warned just over a week ago that Bin Laden would continue to "terrify" the US from beyond the grave. In a video message posted on the internet on 8 June, Zawahiri said al-Qaeda would continue to fight. "The sheikh has departed, may God have mercy on him, to his God as a martyr and we must continue on his path of jihad to expel the invaders from the land of Muslims and to purify it from injustice," Zawahiri said. "Today, and thanks be to God, America is not facing an individual or a group, but a rebelling nation, which has awoken from its sleep in a jihadist renaissance." But Zawahiri's appointment was given a scornful response by an unnamed senior US official, who said he had not "demonstrated strong leadership or organisational skills" in the past. "His ascension to the top leadership spot will likely generate criticism if not alienation and dissention with al-Qaeda," the official said. He said Zawahiri would find it difficult to lead while focusing on his own survival. "The bottom line is that Zawahri has nowhere near the credentials that [Osama Bin Laden] had," said the Obama administration official. Divisions? The BBC's Middle East correspondent, Jon Leyne, says priorities for al-Qaeda's new leader may include attempting to to mount a big attack to show the organisation is still in business. In addition, he says, Zawahiri will want to turn the wave of unrest in the Middle East to al-Qaeda's advantage - perhaps building more of a power base in Yemen and working to intensify the instability there. Ayman al-Zawahiri Born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1951 Trained as an eye surgeon Helped found the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group Known as Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man and the chief ideologue of al-Qaeda "Operational brains" behind the 9/11 attacks $25m (£15m) bounty on his head Ayman al-Zawahiri in his own words In his message last week, Zawahiri applauded the Arab uprisings against "corrupt and tyrant leaders" and urged thos |
Geoffrey Rush won an Academy Award for his portrayal of which Australian pianist in the 1996 film 'Shine'? | Geoffrey Rush | Australian actor | Britannica.com Australian actor Alternative Title: Geoffrey Roy Rush Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush, in full Geoffrey Roy Rush (born July 6, 1951, Toowoomba , Queensland, Australia ), Australian film and theatre actor who deployed his craggy features and sly wit to memorable effect, particularly as villainous or unbalanced characters. Geoffrey Rush, 2010. Krista Kennell—Sipa Press/AP Rush was raised in a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In 1968 he joined a theatre troupe attached to the University of Queensland in Brisbane and enrolled at the university the next year. He was recruited by the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) in 1971 and debuted in their production of Wrong Side of the Moon. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1972, and, after a stint with QTC, enrolled in a directing course in London and a mime school in Paris. Upon returning to Australia in 1977, Rush resumed his relationship with QTC. Rush made his film debut as a detective in the crime thriller Hoodwink in 1981, but he remained primarily a theatre actor for the next decade. He appeared in productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1982, 1983), Twelfth Night (1984), and King Lear (1988) for Lighthouse (now called the State Theatre Company of South Australia) in Adelaide. In 1988 he toured Victoria state as Jack Worthing in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest; he reprised the role for a national tour and a further production (1990–91, 1992). Rush was also acclaimed for his performances in Diary of a Madman (1989), an adaptation of a Nikolay Gogol short story staged by the Belvoir Street Theatre, and Oleanna (1993), for the Sydney Theatre Company. Rush came to the attention of an international audience when he portrayed savant pianist David Helfgott in the film Shine (1996), a role for which he won an Academy Award for best actor. Rush then turned in nuanced interpretations of Inspector Javert in Les Misérables (1998) and spy master Sir Francis Walsingham in Elizabeth (1998); he reprised the latter role in the 2007 sequel. As theatre manager Philip Henslowe in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and as a supervillain in the spoof Mystery Men (1999), Rush demonstrated his comedic skills, which were on more subtle display in his impish rendering of the Marquis de Sade in Quills (2000). Rush garnered further attention for his over-the-top portrayal of the pirate captain Hector Barbossa in the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean series: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Dead Man’s Chest (2006), At World’s End (2007), and On Stranger Tides (2011). Rush also continued to appear onstage, and in 2009 he made his Broadway debut in Exit the King as the dying monarch Berenger I, for which he won the Tony Award for best actor. The following year he received additional acclaim for his performance as a speech therapist assisting King George VI of England in the film drama The King’s Speech ; Rush earned an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. He was also lauded for his comparatively muted performance in the World War II drama The Book Thief (2013), in which he played a German man who, with his wife, shelters an abandoned girl and a Jewish refugee. Johnny Depp (right) with Geoffrey Rush and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the … Market Wire/AP Images (From left to right) Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, and Geoffrey Rush in The … © 2010 The Weinstein Company; all rights reserved Britannica Stories |
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Winning the US Open in 2006, who was the last Australian to win a Golf 'major'? | Australian Major Winners - Golf Australia Australian Major Winners A 'major' is one of the four most prestigious professional golf events played annually. Men Eleven Australian male golfers have won a major, they are: 5 - Peter Thomson - 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 The Open Championship 2 - Greg Norman - 1986, 1993 The Open Championship 2 - David Graham - 1979 PGA Championship, 1981 US Open Championship 1 - Jim Ferrier - 1947 PGA Championship 1 - Kel Nagle - 1960 The Open Championship 1 - Wayne Grady - 1990 PGA Championship 1 - Ian Baker-Finch - 1991 The Open Championship 1 - Steve Elkington - 1995 PGA Championship 1 - Geoff Ogilvy - 2006 US Open 1 - Adam Scott - 2013 The Masters 1 - Jason Day - 2015 PGA Championship Women |
Who was the founder of the People's Temple church, 914 of whose members committed suicide in the jungle of Guyana in 1978? | Jim Jones' People's Temple Sponsored link. Background of the Peoples Temple: This was a Christian destructive, doomsday cult founded and led by James Warren Jones (1931-1978). Jim Jones held degrees from Indiana University and Butler University. He was not a Fundamentalist pastor as many reports in the media and the anti-cult movement claim. He belonged to a mainline Christian denomination, having been ordained in the Christian Church/Disciples of Christ. (At the time of his ordination, the DoC allowed a local congregation to select and ordain a minister on their own. However, ordinations conducted without denominational endorsement were not considered valid within the rest of the church.) The Peoples Temple was initially structured as an inter-racial mission for the sick, homeless and jobless. He assembled a large following of over 900 members in Indianapolis IN during the 1950's. "He preached a 'social gospel' of human freedom, equality, and love, which required helping the least and the lowliest of society's members. Later on, however, this gospel became explicitly socialistic, or communistic in Jones' own view, and the hypocrisy of white Christianity was ridiculed while 'apostolic socialism' was preached." 1 It was an interracial congregation -- almost unheard of in Indiana at the time. When a government investigation began into his cures for cancer, heart disease and arthritis, he decided to move the group to Ukiah in Northern California. He preached the imminent end of the world in a nuclear war; Esquire magazine listed Ukiah as one of nine in the U.S. that cold survive a nuclear attack. They later moved to San Francisco and Los Angeles. After an expose during the mid 1970's in the magazine New West raised suspicions of illegal activities within the Temple, he moved some of the Temple membership to Jonestown, Guyana. The Temple had leased almost 4,000 acres of dense jungle from the government. They established an agricultural cooperative there, called the "Peoples Temple Agricultural Project." They raised animals for food, and assorted tropical fruits and vegetables for consumption and sale. Jones developed a belief called Translation in which he and his followers would all die together, and would move to another planet for a life of bliss. Mass suicides were practiced in which his followers pretended to drink poison and fell to the ground. During the late 1970's, Jones had been abusing prescription drugs and appears to have become increasingly paranoid. Rumors of human rights abuses circulated. As in most high-intensity religious groups, there was a considerable flow of people joining and leaving the group. Tim Stoen, the Temple attorney and right-hand man to Jones left to form a group called Concerned Relatives. They claimed that Jonestown was being run like a concentration camp, and that people were being held there against their will. These concerns motivated Leo Ryan, a Congressman, to visit Jonestown in 1978-NOV for a personal inspection. At first, the visit went well. Later, on NOV-18, about 16 Temple members decided that they wanted to leave Jonestown with the visitors. This came as quite a blow to both Jones and the rest of the project. While Ryan and the others were waiting at Port Kiatuma airfield, the local airstrip, some heavily armed members of the Temple's security guards arrived and started shooting. Congressman Ryan and four others were killed; three were members of the press; the other was a person from Jonestown who wanted to leave. 11 were wounded. Fearing retribution, the project members discuss their options. They reach a consensus to commit group suicide. Most appear to have committed suicide by drinking a grape drink laced with cyanide and a number of sedatives, including liquid Valium, Penegram and chloral hydrate. Some sources say it was Kool-Aid; others say FlaVor-Aid�. Other victims appear to have been murdered by poison injection. The Guyanese coroner said that hundreds of bodies showed needle marks, indicating foul play. S |
Published in 1895, which was Thomas Hardy's first novel? | 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', Thomas Hardy - Quotes Classic Literature Expert By Esther Lombardi Tess of the d'Urberville is a tragedy. The novel details the loss of innocence and the ultimate destruction of a young girl. The novel was one of the last novels by Thomas Hardy, who is also famous for Jude the Obscure. Here are a few quotes from Tess of the d'Urberville. "I don't know; but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted." - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 4 "I won't sell his old body. When we d'Urbervilles was knights in the land, we didn't sell our chargers for cat's meat. Let 'em keep their shillings! He've served me well in his lifetime, and I won't part from him now." - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 4 "Thus, the thing began. Had she perceived this meeting's import she might have asked why she was doomed to be seen and coveted that day by the wrong man, and not by some other man, the right and desired one in all respects..." - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 5 continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance "Out of the frying pan into the fire!" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 10 "But some might say, where was Tess's guardian Angel ? Where was the providence of her simple faith? Perhaps... he was talking, or he was pursuing, or he was in a journey, or he was sleeping and not to be awaked... As Tess's own people down in those retreats are never tired of saying among each other in their fatalistic way: 'It was to be.'" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 11 "My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am!" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 19 "I can't bear to let anybody have him but me! Yet it is wrong Tess him, and may kill him when he knows!" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 28 "Yes; at that dance on the green; but you would not dance with me. O, I hope that is no ill-omen for us now!" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 30 "you always courting me, and always thinking as much of me as you have done through the past summertime!" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 32 "You are very good. But it strikes me that there is a want of harmony between your present mood of self-sacrifice and your past mood of self-preservation." - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 35 "I agree to the conditions, Angel; because you know best what my punishment ought to be; only - only - don't make it more than I can bear!" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 37 "She would have laid down her life for 'ee. I could do no more." - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 40 "You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted!" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 45 "How can I pray for you, when I am forbidden to believe that the great Power who moves the world would alter his plans on my account?" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 46 "'You have been the cause of my backsliding,' he continued, stretching his arm towards her waist; 'you should be willing to share it, and leave that mule you call husband forever.'" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 47 "Remember, my lady, I was your master once! I will be your master again. If you are any man's wife you are mine!" - Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urberville, Chapter 47 "O why have you treated me so monstrously, Angel ! I do not deserve it. I have thought it all over carefully, and I can never, never forgive you! You know that I did not intend to wrong you - why have you so wronged me? You are cruel, cruel indeed! I will try to forget you. It is all injustice I have recei |
Published in 1939, what was the title of James Joyce's final novel? | James Joyce (Author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) Fiction , Poetry Influences edit data James Joyce, Irish novelist, noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Joyce's technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions. James Joyce was born in Dublin, on February 2, 1882, as the son of John Stanislaus Joyce, an impoverished gentleman, who had failed in a distillery business and tried all kinds of professions, including politics and tax collecting. Joyce's mother, Mary Jane Murray, was ten years younger than her husband. She was an accomplished pianist, whose lif James Joyce, Irish novelist, noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Joyce's technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions. James Joyce was born in Dublin, on February 2, 1882, as the son of John Stanislaus Joyce, an impoverished gentleman, who had failed in a distillery business and tried all kinds of professions, including politics and tax collecting. Joyce's mother, Mary Jane Murray, was ten years younger than her husband. She was an accomplished pianist, whose life was dominated by the Roman Catholic Church. In spite of their poverty, the family struggled to maintain a solid middle-class facade. From the age of six Joyce, was educated by Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College, at Clane, and then at Belvedere College in Dublin (1893-97). In 1898 he entered the University College, Dublin. Joyce's first publication was an essay on Ibsen's play When We Dead Awaken. It appeared in the Fortnightly Review in 1900. At this time he also began writing lyric poems. After graduation in 1902 the twenty-year-old Joyce went to Paris, where he worked as a journalist, teacher and in other occupations under difficult financial conditions. He spent a year in France, returning when a telegram arrived saying his mother was dying. Not long after her death, Joyce was traveling again. He left Dublin in 1904 with Nora Barnacle, a chambermaid who he married in 1931. Joyce published Dubliners in 1914, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in 1916, a play Exiles in 1918 and Ulysses in 1922. In 1907 Joyce had published a collection of poems, Chamber Music. At the outset of the First World War, Joyce moved with his family to Zürich. In Zürich Joyce started to develop the early chapters of Ulysses, which was first published in France because of censorship troubles in the Great Britain and the United States, where the book became legally available only in 1933. In March 1923 Joyce started in Paris his second major work, Finnegans Wake, suffering at the same time chronic eye troubles caused by glaucoma. The first segment of the novel appeared in Ford Madox Ford's transatlantic review in April 1924, as part of what Joyce called Work in Progress. The final version was published in 1939. Some critics considered the work a masterpiece, though many readers found it incomprehensible. After the fall of France in WWII, Joyce returned to Zürich, where he died on January 13, 1941, still disappointed with the reception of Finnegans Wake. ...more |
In Greek mythology, who did Zeus turn into a heifer in fear of the jealous wrath of Hera, his queen? | Hera | Greek Mythology Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Mythology Early Life Hera was the youngest daughter of Kronos and Rhea . Since her father, Kronos, had made it a practice of eating his children once they were born, Hera was swallowed by him only moments after her birth. Years later, Rhea and Hera's youngest brother, Zeus, managed to trick Kronos into consuming a special drink of mustard, salt, and nectar that he (Kronos) believed would make him unstoppable. Instead, he vomited up all five of the children whom he had swallowed. Since they were immortal, they could not be digested even after his consumption of them, and therefore had grown to their maturity in his stomach. For ten years, Hera and her siblings fought against Kronos and his Titans for revenge as well as for the right to rule the world, and eventually Zeus managed to chop Kronos into pieces with his own sickle, and threw him into Tartarus . Homecoming Due to her being one of the most beautiful Goddesses ever seen, Zeus came to fall in love with her and asked her to be his Queen, but she rejected him, for she knew of his numerous love affairs and had no desire to become one of his conquests. Slyly, Zeus generated a thunderstorm and transformed himself into a disheveled cuckoo. Pretending to be in severe distress from the storm, it flew to Hera, who felt sorry for it and held it close to her to keep it warm. Zeus then resumed his true form and forced himself upon her, though some accounts state that he finally managed to seduce her by being in such close proximity to her. She agreed to marry him. Hera presides over the right ordering of marriage. The legitimate offspring of her union with Zeus are: Ares (the God of War), Hebe (the Goddess of Youth), Eris (the Goddess of Discord), Eileithyia (the Goddess of Childbirth), Enyo (the Goddess of Battle), and perhaps Hephaistos (the God of Fire and Blacksmiths). Hephaestus After Hera gave birth to Hephaestus, he was so ugly and lame that she threw him off of Olympus. He landed on an island and his legs were permanently damaged. He now has an awkward walk and his home is on the island that he landed on. It is said she gave birth to Hephaistos without Zeus, because she was jealous of his love toward Athena. When Hephaistos was born she saw his ugliness and cast him from Olympus. Hephaistos gained revenge against Hera for rejecting him by making her a magical throne which bound her and would not allow her to leave. At the bidding of Zeus, the other gods begged Hephaistos to let her go, but he repeatedly refused. Later Dionysos came to him and got him drunk and convinced him to release Hera from the thrown. After Hephaistos released Hera, Zeus gave him Aphrodite as his wife. Later When Zeus and Io were having an affair, he tried to hide it from Hera by creating thick clouds over them, so that Hera couldn't see down to him. However, Hera knew that Zeus must be under the clouds, so she went down to earth and went under the clouds. Zeus, worrying about Hera's wrath, turned his lover, Io, into a stunning white heifer . Hera was not fooled. She knew this was one of Zeus' tricks but she pretended that she didn't know. She asked Zeus if she could keep the cow and Zeus, not wanting her to find out, allowed Hera to take the cow to their palace in Olympus. Hera tied Io to a tree and set Argos to watch over her. Argos was a faithful companion of Hera who was the best guard that there ever was. This was because his body was completely covered in one hundred blue eyes. Also, Argos never closed more than half of his eyes at once, so he never missed anything. When Zeus could no longer stand Io 's distress, he sent Hermes , the sneakiest of gods, to set Io free. Hermes disguised himself as a shepherd and went to Argos, playing music on a pipe. Argos enjoyed the music and the company of another person as he was very bored watching a cow all day. After Hermes finished his tune he began to tell a very dull story. Eventually, fifty of Argos' eyes fell asleep and then one-by-one, his other fifty began to fall asleep as well. When all h |
Winning the US Open in 2005, who was the last New Zealander to win a Golf 'major'? | Michael Campbell discusses his 2005 US Open win and his future | Golf News | Sky Sports Michael Campbell discusses his 2005 US Open win and his future By Ali Stafford Last Updated: 07/12/15 3:38pm Michael Campbell reacts after winning the US Open at Pinehurst in 2005 The majority of professionals will go through their careers without tasting major success, but Michael Campbell joined an elite club when he claimed an unlikely victory at the 2005 US Open. Campbell became only the second New Zealander in history to win a major title, and the first since Bob Charles more than 40 years earlier, by famously holding off the-then world No 1 Tiger Woods at Pinehurst. A three-foot putt at the last had completed a dramatic turnaround for Campbell, who had gone in to the final round four shots adrift of good friend Retief Goosen but finished two strokes clear of the chasing pack. Woods had stalked him over the back nine with three birdies in a six-hole stretch, but a missed birdie chance at the 16th and a three-putt bogey at the next left Tiger with too much to do as Campbell held on for victory. Campbell may have only been able to add one more professional title before injury and a loss of form saw him spiral down the world rankings, but the 46-year-old still has lasting memories from that Sunday in North Carolina. Campbell held off the challenge of Woods during the final round at Pinehurst "It comes and goes in waves," Campbell told Sky Sports. "I don't think about it for three or four months and then someone brings it up on Twitter or Facebook or a friend of mine will mention it. I've got the trophy in my house so I get flashbacks. "It was great to win my first major but what I enjoyed as a player was that I had the best player in the world trying to hunt me down at the same time. "He'd [Woods] just won at Augusta a couple of months before, he was the best player in the world by far and it was me being the underdog. "I found that an opportunity for me to prove to people that New Zealander's can play golf as well as rugby! It was obviously an incredible achievement but I felt it was my time to shine and my time to win. Campbell is lining up a future place on the Champions Tour "What I achieved as a player on the golf course surprised me a little bit. Obviously all young kids have tour dreams or want to win a major, which I've done and had some great fun along the way." New life Having followed seven winless years by missing cuts in all-but five of his 18 worldwide starts in 2013, the eight-time European Tour winner featured in just two events over the next two seasons before officially announcing his retirement last May. The decision to call time on his career came as little surprise, with Campbell already heavily involved in coaching at that point and also embarking on a career in TV punditry. Campbell has regularly featured as part of Fox Sports Asia's commentary team, while the New Zealander proved popular when making his debut in the Sky Sports studio during coverage of the Hero World Challenge. Campbell struggled to find form during the latter stages of his playing career "I've started a new chapter in my life. I stayed playing nearly three years ago so I wanted to keep in touch and keep connected to golf somehow," Campbell added. "I've got my own golf academy in Marbella which has been fun, and the commentary work is fun as well. "It was hard for me at first because I went from playing professional for 23 years or so, to being on the other side of the camera, talking about my friends. "I actually enjoy it now and I feel like I bring something to the table, because I've played in 50-something majors and over 400 tournaments around the world so know what it's like to be in that circus. "The academy is my way of giving back to the sport that has given me so much. We have a very exciting junior programmes and elite programmes, with aspiring kids who want to turn pro one day. "That's always been my adrenaline rush, to give back to the game and I spend as much time as I can down there because now I'm not playing I've got more time |
Which Soviet athlete has held the men's hammer throw world record since 1986? | Men's Hammer Throw – Preview| News | iaaf.org Krisztian Pars of Hungary reacts in the Men's Hammer Final (Getty Images) © Copyright 05 AUG 2013 Preview Moscow, Russia Men's Hammer Throw – Preview Email In 1980, the Soviet Union's Sergey Litvinov took the silver medal in the Hammer Throw at the Olympic Games in Moscow behind the great Yuriy Sedykh. Now, 33 years later, can his son and namesake, also called Sergey Litivinov, succeed where the father failed? Figures and form suggest he has a good chance, but, like his father, he faces a mighty battle. Fortunately, Litvinov snr ultimately did not need the 1980 Olympic gold medal to establish his place in the throwers’ pantheon. He went on to win at the first two World Championships, at Helsinki 1983 and then in Rome four years later, and, after the Soviet bloc boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Games, he won the 1988 Olympic crown in Seoul. His great teammate and rival, Sedykh, still holds the World record with the mighty 86.34m heave he produced at the 1986 European Championships and it is reasonably safe to say the World record will survive beyond Moscow 2013. However, Litvinov is a credible contender to do what his father could not – win a gold medal in a global championship title in the Russian capital’s historic Luzhniki Stadium. He has a personal best of 80.98m and threw 80.89m at the Kuts Memorial meeting in Moscow on 15 July to lie second in the world on the 2013 list. The biggest obstacle in Litvinov’s path is, obviously, Hungary’s London 2012 Olympic Games champion Krisztian Pars, who is undefeated in 12 competitions this year. The 31-year-old, a World youth champion way back in 1999, made a steady transition to senior ranks before really coming into his own in the last few years. Fifth on his Olympic debut in Athens 2004, Pars has successively finished seventh in Helsinki 2005, fifth in Osaka 2007, fourth at the Olympic Games in Beijing and then Berlin 2009; and then third at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and second in Daegu two years ago, before crowning his rise with the gold medal in London last year ahead of Slovenia’s defending champion Primoz Kozmus and Japan’s 2004 Olympic Games winner and 2011 World champion Koji Murofushi. Kozmus and Murofushi remain somewhat sparing in their number of competitions this summer, but still lurk around the sharp end of the world lists with 78.83m and 76.42m, respectively. Sydney 2000 Olympic champion Szymon Ziolkowski has been more active in competition, though his best this year is 78.79m but on their records, all three must be respected. Tajikistan’s Dilshod Nazarov and Czech Republic’s Lukas Melich are the only other two men to have breached the 80m mark this year. Nazarov briefly held the world lead with his 80.71m in Germany back in May, but the 31-year-old’s record in major championships – 11th in Beijing and Berlin, 10th in Daegu and London – suggests he is more likely to be a finalist again than a medallist. Melich threw a personal best of 80.28m in Poland in June. The 32-year-old has been up around the 80 metres mark for the past two years and finished sixth in London, so he must be rated as a medal chance in Moscow. Of the younger throwers, Poland’s Pawel Fajdek has twice thrown 79.99m this year, including when winning at the Universiade in Kazan last month ahead of Slovakia’s Marcel Lomnicky, who reached 78.73m for the silver medal. Fajdek was also the only man to beat Pars last year although he had a disaster at the Olympics with three no-throws in qualifying. Russia’s other two representatives, Aleksey Zagorniy and Aleksey Korolyev, have solid if not spectacular credentials. The event has a very even field this year, apart from the super-consistant Pars. Less than two metres covers the world top 10. As ever, it will not be what men throw at their best which decides the outcome, but what they can produce under the highest competition pressure, as Pars showed when he won his Olympic gold last summer. Click here for OFFICIAL ENTRIES in the Moscow 2013 Athletes’ section. Len Johnson for the IAAF |
What was the name of Nelson's flagship at the Battle of the Nile in 1798? | The Battle of the Nile The Battle of the Nile Admiral Nelson's stunning victory over the French Fleet in 1798. Battle: The Nile or Aboukir Bay. War: Napoleonic Wars. Place: East of Alexandria off the coast of Egypt in the Mediterranean. Combatants: A British Fleet against a French Fleet. Admirals: Rear Admiral of the Blue Sir Horatio Nelson against Admiral Brueys d’Aigalliers. Winner: Nelson and the British Fleet won a resounding victory, arguably one of the decisive battles of naval warfare. The French Flagship L'Orient explodes at 10 o'clock at night at the height of the battle, effectively ending any chance of the French winning. The Fleets: The British Fleet: His Majesty’s Ships Vanguard (Nelson’s Flagship: Captain Berry, 74 guns), Majestic (Captain Westcott: 74 guns), Bellerophon (Captain Darby: 74 guns), Defence (Captain Peyton: 74 guns), Orion (Captain Saumarez: 74 guns), Minotaur (Captain Louis: 74 guns), Theseus (Captain Miller: 74 guns), Goliath (Captain Foley: 74 guns), Audacious (Captain Gould: 74 guns), Zealous (Captain Hood: 74 guns), Leander (Captain Thompson: 50 guns), Swiftsure (Captain Hallowell: 74 guns), Alexander (Captain Ball: 74 guns), Culloden (Captain Troubridge: 74 guns) and Mutine (Captain Hardy: 74 guns). The French Fleet: L'Orient (Flagship: Commodore Casabianca: 120 guns), Guerrier (Captain Trullet: 74 guns), Conquerant (Captain D’Albarde: 74 guns), Spartiate (Captain Eimeriau: 74 guns), Aquilon (Captain Thevenard: 74 guns), Peuple Souverain (Captain Raccord: 74 guns), Franklin (Flagship of Admiral Hayla; Captain Gillet: 80 guns), Tonnant (Captain Thouars: 80 guns), Heureux (Captain Etienne: 74 guns), Mercure (Captain Cambon: 74 guns), Guillaume Tell (Admiral Villeneuve’s Flagship 80 guns), Genereux (Captain Lenoille: 74 guns), Timoleon (Captain Trullet [jeune]: 74 guns): Frigates: Serieuse (Captain Martin: 36 guns), L’Artemise (Captain Estandlet: 36 guns), Diane (Admiral de Crepe: Captain Soleil: 36 guns) and Justice (Captain Villeneuve: 40 guns). The beginning of the battle The French Fleet of 13 ships of the line and 4 frigates carried 1,196 guns. The British Fleet of 13 ships of the line and one 50 gun ship carried 1,012 guns. The Battle of the Nile at the moment the French Flagship L'Orient exploded French Ships: F1: Guerrier, F2 Conquerant, F3 Spartiate, F4 Aquilon, F5 Peuple Souverain, F6 Benjamin Franklin, F7 L'Orient, F8 Tonnant, F9 Heureux, F10 Mercure, F11 Guillaume Tell, F12 Genereux, F13 Timoleon, F14 Serieuse, F15 Artemise, F16 Diane, F17 Justice. British Ships: B1 Majestic, B2 Bellerophon, B3 Alexander, B4 Swiftsure, B5 Leander, B6 Defence, B7 Minotaur, B8 Orion, B9 Theseus, B10 Vanguard, B11 Goliath, B12 Audacious, B13 Zealous, B14 Culloden, B15 Mutine Ships and Armaments: Sailing warships of the 18th and 19th Century carried their main armaments in broadside batteries along the sides. Ships were classified according to the number of guns carried or the number of decks carrying batteries. The size of gun on the line of battle ships was up to 24 pounder, firing heavy iron balls or chain and link shot designed to wreck rigging. Nile was a close fleet action. Ships sailed up to the enemy and in many instances anchored, delivering broadsides at a range of a few yards. Ships manoeuvred to deliver broadsides in the most destructive manner; the greatest effect being achieved by firing into an enemy’s stern or bow quarter, so that the shot traveled the length of the ship wreaking havoc and destruction. During the battle Leander and Alexander positioned themselves to “rake” the French Flagship L'Orient from its bow and stern quarters. The first broadside, loaded before action began, was always the most effective. To achieve maximum effect the British ships held their fire until alongside the French ships, advancing in a |
What was the pen-name used by the British short-story writer H.H. Munro? | Saki (Author of The Complete Saki) edit data Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was born in Akyab, Burma (now known as Sittwe, Myanmar), was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "The Open Window" may be his most famous, with a closing line ("Romance at short notice was her speciality") that has entered the lexicon. In addition to his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was the custom of the time, and then collected into several volumes) he also wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was born in Akyab, Burma (now known as Sittwe, Myanmar), was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "The Open Window" may be his most famous, with a closing line ("Romance at short notice was her speciality") that has entered the lexicon. In addition to his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was the custom of the time, and then collected into several volumes) he also wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire, the only book published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic The Westminster Alice (a Parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland), and When William Came, subtitled A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, an early alternate history. He was influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Kipling, and himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward, and P. G. Wodehouse ...more |
Which British author died in 1975 just weeks after being knighted at the age of 93? | P.G. Wodehouse - Biography - IMDb P.G. Wodehouse Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (5) | Personal Quotes (13) Overview (4) Plum Mini Bio (1) Master of comedy novelist Pelham (Plum) Grenville Wodehouse was born on October 15, 1881, in Guilford, Surrey, England. He died in hospital in Southampton, New York, on Valentine's day (February 14) 1975, from a heart attack after a long illness at age 93. In that time he managed to write close to 200 novels, short stories, plays, song lyrics and so on. At the time of his birth, Plum's mother was visiting her sister in England, but after only a few weeks she and young Plum returned to Hong Kong, where his father was a magistrate. At an early age he was sent to school in Britain--Dulwich College in London. At age 14, he moved with his parents in to what they would call "the old house." After completing school, he spent two years as a banker at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, but he soon switched jobs to the old Globe newspaper as a sports reporter and columnist on "By the way..." About that time he started to write his own little stories. At first he wrote school novels about life in the famous universities in England (for example, "The White Feather") and mainly for a boys magazine called "The Captain", but soon he developed a talent for comic dialogue and started to put his talents to that instead. Success was just around the corner, and by 1910 he had established himself in such a way that he could spend time between residences in the US and France. It was also at about this time he acquired his obsession with golf, a sport around which many of his short stories circle--even though his handicap never came down below 18. In a few years he was reaching millions of readers in dozens of countries. Plum met Ethel, an American widow who became the woman of his life, in 1913 and they married in 1914. World War II caught Plum in his newly-purchased home in Le Touquet in France, having tea with his wife and some friends. He was captured by German forces and put in a prison camp. He was treated well and got the means to keep writing his books. Joseph Goebbels , it was revealed later, understood what a big fish they had caught and lured Plum into giving some brief, humorous appearances on German radio. Being the political fool he was, Plum fell into the trap. The broadcasts, which were supposed to be heard in the US only, were redirected to Britain, in a cunning scheme to annoy British authorities. As word of the broadcasts spread, back in Britain Plum's readers and publisher went berserk. They wanted him charged with treason. However, it was obvious he had been tricked and as the war ended, he returned to America, where he became a citizen in 1955. Hollywood claimed Wodehouse, but it soon became apparent that all they wanted was his name on the posters and ads. Still, his popularity increased to such a degree that in 1975, a few weeks before his death, he was forgiven his wartime mistakes by the British establishment and was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen. At the time of his knighthood he was in poor health and couldn't attend the ceremony. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother , a devout Wodehouse fan, offered to go to the US to personally present the knighthood. In his final years, Plum was in and out of the hospital with pneumonia, heart problems and lung failures. Seeking comfort, as always, in his typewriter, Sir Plum kept writing until the end. His last work is the unfinished "Sunset at Blandings", of which nine chapters were written before he died in 1975. Lady Ethel lived until 1984. They had no mutual children, only from Ethel's daughter from her previous marriage, Leonora, who Plum adopted and who died during surgery in 1942, devastating Plum to his core. |
'They Might Be Giants' ' song 'Boss Of Me' was the theme tune to which American sitcom that ran from 2000 to 2006? | TV Themes the Last 4 Decades TV Themes the Last 4 Decades To find out how TV theme songs have changed over the decades and what went into writing these unforgettable tunes, we talked to some of the people who made them. The '70s Classic TV theme: Happy Days Written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel Goodbye grey sky, hello blue. There's nothing can hold me when I hold you. Back when we had to leave the couch to change the channel, the opening sequence of a show was its audition for the next 30 minutes of our attention. Should we spend some time with Richie and The Fonz, or flip over to the Tony Orlando & Dawn Rainbow Hour? The song could make all the difference, and doing it right was an art form. Happy Days ran from 1974-1984, but for the first 2 seasons, the era-appropriate " Rock Around The Clock " was the opening theme, while "Happy Days," which Charles Fox wrote with lyricist Norman Gimbel, played as the closing theme. In season 3, "Happy Days" took over as the open. Charles Fox, who wrote the music for at least 100 classic and not-so-classic (The Joe Namath Hour) TV shows, studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, who also taught composition to Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Philip Glass. He told us: You always want to capture what you think is the essence of the show and you want to make something that's bright and interesting and attractive. So if someone's in the other room doing something and hears the theme, they say, "Oh, I know that show, I like that show," and they come running in. And the other thing is you want to make it so that you can have elements from the theme that you can score within the body of the show, and then hopefully someday it could go on and be a hit record, also, and sound fresh all the time. Think back to Happy Days: When you hear the theme and get the thumbs up from Fonzie, it feels so good, it can't be wrong. It was so good that the theme was made into a full-length song, charting at #5 in the US and even cracking the UK Top 40. Did You Know? Quincy Jones, who also studied with Nadia Boulanger, wrote the theme song to Sanford and Son , which is called "The Streetbeater." And did we mention the closing theme? In what would be seen as a trivial waste of show content these days, each episode ended with a reprise of the theme song while credits displayed over still shots of the jukebox. This was common practice back then. Gimbel and Fox also wrote the theme to the Happy Days spin-off Laverne & Shirley , called "Making Our Dreams Come True." They wrote the song as "Hoping Our Dreams Will Come True," but changed it when the producers told them that these independent women don't "Hope," they go out and make things happen. Additional credits for the songwriters include " Killing Me Softly With His Song " and " I Got A Name ." Other famous theme songs from the '70s: " Suicide Is Painless " from M*A*S*H - The complete song, with lyrics, appears in the 1970 movie that gave rise to the show. " Movin' On Up " from The Jeffersons - This was sung by Ja'net DuBois, who played Willona Woods on Good Times. " Welcome Back " from Welcome Back, Kotter - John Sebastian's song about returning to where you came from caught on and became a #1 hit. The '80s Written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name. Leonardo DiCaprio went rogue in his 2010 Rolling Stone interview and delivered this brilliant non-sequitur in a piece designed to promote his movie Inception: "What is the Ninth Symphony of '80s sitcom theme songs? There's 'Movin' On Up,' and there's 'Welcome Back.' But they don't have the weight that Cheers does, the emotional depth, the undercurrent of sadness, life, happiness, all rolled into one area where a man can have a beer." The song is called "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" and it was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo, who got the attention of the Cheers producers for their work scoring a musical called Preppies. Gary came up with the idea when he got in the mindset of a late-night bar patron, and in the process created one of the g |
What was the name of the language spoken by the Aztecs? | Aztec Language Aztec Language Languages similar to the Aztec language have existed in Central Mexico for perhaps 1400 years. As early as 600AD, languages known as Nahuan were spoken by peoples in the area. It is believed that these language speakers came from the north in waves, settling in central Mexico. Speakers of languages such as Nahuatl began to gain power, and by 1000AD (CE) it is likely that Nahuatl speakers were the dominant power. One of the last Nahuatl speaking groups to come to the area was the Mexica, who would become a powerful force in the founding of the Aztec empire. As the empire grew, so did the influence of Nahuatl (also called Classical Nahuatl, Mexicano or Aztec). Naturally, those who wanted to get along with the powers-that-were needed to speak it. It was a language of trade, and a language of prestige. It was used in literature extensively. What was the Aztec language like? You can learn more about the letters of the Aztec language here . The Nahuatl language is an agglutinant language, which means that words and phrases are put together by combining prefixes, suffixes, and root words, in order to form an idea. For example, in Tetelcingo Nahuatl (a modern dialect), there is an 18-syllable word that means "you honourable people might have come along banging your noses so as to make them bleed, but in fact you didn't". That's right, you can just keep stringing those ideas together! Actually, many forms of Nahuatl are still spoken today. It's likely that there were various dialects during the time of the Aztecs, just as there are today. Some dialects are so different that speakers can't understand one another! Listen to the Nahuatl! You can hear what Nahuatl sounds like today. Here are some MP3s of a form of Nahuatl still spoken in the northern part of the State of Puebla in Mexico. Listen to Norte de Puebla Nahuatl . More on Nahuatl Classical Nahuatl belongs to the Uto-Aztecan family of languages. These are found throughout the Western United States and Mexico today. Read more about the Aztec language (with a map) here . You can find extensive information about the whole Nahuatl family of languages here . You can even start to learn Nahuatl here ! For more, check out the references below. |
What was the name of the language spoken by the Inca? | Inca Language More Articles Inca Language In several Spanish documents from after the Conquest, there are references to a 'secret language' spoken by the Inca nobility that most people could not understand. It suits the Quechua Academy in Cuzco to claim that this was some more original or perfect form of the language, they claim that they alone speak the perfect, pure Quechua and are therefore in a unique position to decree standards for the language. In truth, however, there is no single Quechua language--instead there is what linguists called a dialect chain across most of Western South America, in which speakers of one Quechua language can understand the languages spoken by their immediate neighbors, but not a language further from them. Quechua is divided into a number of dialects. The major division is into 'Central' and 'Peripheral' Quechua. These are not normally mutually intelligible. Mutual intelligibility is tricky, however (see the linguistics FAQ on'languages vs. dialects'). Speakers of the modern Quechua dialects don't interrelate much (if they do much travelling, they know Spanish), and so don't have the habit of deciphering other dialects. Quechua has been heavily influenced by Spanish, of course. Some 30% of the lexicon, even in monolingual speakers, comes from Spanish. Inorder to learn Quechua, it requires some vast changes of mind-set as learners try to master bipersonal conjugation, conjugation dependent on mental state and veracity of knowledge, spatial and temporal relationships, and numerous cultural factors. Quechua has a three-vowel system: a, i, u. The vowels, like computer geeks, spread out to fit the space available-- an i, for instance, may be heard as [i], [I], or [e]. Bilingual Quechua speakers may approximate the five-vowel Spanish system (but they often get it wrong, producing a distinctive Quechua accent called motosidad). The Incan language was based on nature. All of the elements of which they depended, and even some they didn't were give a divine character. They believed that all deities were created by an ever-lasting, invisible, and all-powerful god named Wiraqocha, or Sun god. The King Incan was seen as Sapan Intiq Churin, or the Only Son of the Sun. Quechua was very distinctive language. Inca were very accurate in their language. The only imperfection that the Inca language had was that it did not have a written language. This would have really affected many of the Inca citizens. Quechua was under a certain procedure of only oral communication. The oral communication was mainly to maintain their culture. Inca traditions survive stubbornly in Peru today. In remote villages older people speak only Quechua, the Inca language. They also keep Inca customs in food, music, and religion that have all but died out in urban areas. |
Which lake, located about halfway between Venice and Milan is the largest lake in Italy? | Lake Garda: History - TripAdvisor Want the lowest hotel prices? You're in the right place. We check 200+ sites for you. Lake Garda: History Review a place you’ve visited JOIN Free Newsletter Interested in Lake Garda? We'll send you updates with the latest deals, reviews and articles for Lake Garda each week. Lake Garda Traveler Article: Read more about Lake Garda Topics include Dining Scene, Italy: For Foreign Visitors & more! Comments (0) This alpine region of Northern Italy has a long history dating back to ancient time, when it was home to various Celtic tribes. The largest lake in Italy, Lake Garda is located about halfway between Milan to the West and Venice to the East. One of the earliest settlements along the lake was the fortified town of Sirmione. Situated in the Italian Alps this region was along the Northern frontier of the Roman Empire, during which time this largest body of water was called Lake Benacus. The region, due to its strategic importance, later served as a focal point in Central Europe. With numerous mountain passes, the area of Lake Garda was fiercely contested for centuries. The Romans fought the Alamanni tribes on the shores of the lake in 268 AD, and nearly 16 centuries later the climatic Battle of Solferino was fought in this region. Even before the unification of Italy in 1861 the area was popular for more than conquest, and it attracted tourists, including aristocrats and artists from all around Europe, with notable personalities such as Goethe and Kafka remarking on the region’s beauty. Today the small towns, villas and castles that surround the lake continue to attract visitors to Northern Italy from around the globe. Share your knowledge |
'Phantom Planet's' song 'California' was the theme tune to which American teen-drama series that ran from 2003 to 2007? | Most Popular TV Shows - TV.com Follow ABC Grey's Anatomy is a medical drama about a group of surgeons working at Seattle Grace Hospital. The show centers around Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and her life as a resident at the hospital. In addition to her relationship with her neurosurgeon husband, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), and best friend Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), it also explores her relationships with her peers and the other doctors around her. Each episode dives into different medical cases and personal dramas of the doctors at Seattle Grace, with Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) at the helm of the surgical department as the new Chief of Surgery.moreless Follow Lifetime (ended 2013) Army Wives tells the story of four women and one man who are brought together by their common bond – they all have military spouses. The series is based on the book Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives by Tanya Biank. Army Wives is produced by ABC Television Studio and The Mark Gordon Company. Pamela Moran used to be a member of the Boston police department. She is now a homemaker allowing her husband to be the breadwinner of the family. She is, as we learn, earning some money as a surrogate mother. Denise Sherwood tries to maintain the image of perfect military wife and mother, even if it means hiding the occasional bruise. Claudia Joy Holden is the one the others look to for leadership and guidance. She is fully supportive of her husband's career and hoping a secret from her past doesn't come to light. Roxy LeBlanc is newlywed to PFC Trevor LeBlanc after only knowing him four days. She is new to military life and uncertain if she will be able to fit in. Roland Burton is a psychiatrist who is the "army wife" of Joan Burton. Joan has been serving in Afghanistan for two years and now they need to reconnect as a family.moreless Follow The CW (Returning January 25, 2017) Arrow is a modern retelling of the DC Comic character Green Arrow. Multi-millionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing, and presumed dead after a shipwreck at sea. He is found five years later, having survived on a desert island off his wits and by mastering the bow and arrow. When he returns to Starling City however, he discovers that it is rife with corruption and crime. Oliver decides to put his skills to use by taking on the persona of Arrow and becoming the vigilante that Starling City needs. The show stars Stephen Amell in the title role. Green Arrow has been portrayed two times by a real life actor, and voiced in twelve separate cartoon/animations starting in 1973.moreless Follow The CW (Returning January 13, 2017) The Vampire Diaries is based on a novel series penned by L.J. Smith where you are given the insight into the diary of 17-year old Elena Gilbert ( Nina Dobrev ). Elena and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy ( Steven R. McQueen ), who live with their Aunt Jenna ( Sara Canning ). Elena seeks comfort from her familiar social circle – best friend Bonnie ( Katerina Graham ), frenemy Caroline Forbes ( Candice Accola ), and former boyfriend Matt Donovan( Zach Roerig , Friday Night Lights ). At Mystic Falls High, Elena and her friends become fixated by a mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore ( Paul Wesley , Fallen). Stefan and Damon ( Ian Somerhalder , Lost ) are vampire brothers – one good, one evil – at war for Elena's soul. The Vampire Diaries is from Alloy Entertainment and Bonanza Productions Inc in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios.moreless Follow NBC "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories." This hard-hitting and emotional companion series from NBC's Law & Order franchise chronicles the life and crimes of the elite Special Victims Unit of the New York Police Department. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf. SVU celebrated its 200th episode in A |
Which famous fashion designer was murdered by Andrew Cunanan in Florida in 1997? | Versace murdered in Cunanan killing spree - Jul 15, 1997 - HISTORY.com Versace murdered in Cunanan killing spree Share this: Versace murdered in Cunanan killing spree Author Versace murdered in Cunanan killing spree URL Publisher A+E Networks Spree killer Andrew Cunanan murders world-renowned Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace on the steps outside his Miami mansion. Versace was shot twice in the head, and Cunanan fled. Andrew Cunanan had no criminal record before the spring of 1997, when he began a killing spree in Minneapolis. On April 27, 1997, after traveling from San Diego, Cunanan bludgeoned Jeffrey Trail to death. Trail was an acquaintance of David Madson, an ex-lover of Cunanan’s whom Cunanan in turn murdered on May 3. Cunanan shot Madson in the head, dumped his body near a lake outside Minneapolis, and took his red Jeep Cherokee. Two days later, in Chicago, he gained access to the estate of wealthy developer Lee Miglin, beat him to death, and stole his Lexus. On May 9, Cunanan abandoned Miglin’s automobile in Pennsville, New Jersey, and shot cemetery caretaker William Reese to death for his red pickup truck. With a massive FBI manhunt for Cunanan already underway, he drove down to Miami Beach and on July 11 was recognized by a fast-food employee who had seen his picture on the television show America’s Most Wanted. However, the police arrived too late, and four days later Cunanan shot Versace to death outside his South Beach mansion. Although Cunanan and Versace were both openly gay and ran in similar circles, the police failed to find evidence that they had ever met. Versace’s killing set off a nationwide manhunt for Cunanan, who was famous for his chameleon-like ability to appear differently in every picture taken of him. However, on July 23, the search ended just 40 blocks away from Versace’s home on a two-level houseboat that Cunanan had broken into. There, police found him dead from a self-inflicted bullet wound from the same gun that took the lives of two of his victims. He left no suicide note. Related Videos |
What was the name of the Scottish mathematician who invented Logarithms? | John Napier | Scottish mathematician | Britannica.com Scottish mathematician John Napier, Napier also spelled Neper (born 1550, Merchiston Castle, near Edinburgh , Scot.—died April 4, 1617, Merchiston Castle), Scottish mathematician and theological writer who originated the concept of logarithms as a mathematical device to aid in calculations. John Napier, detail of an oil painting, 1616; in the collection of the University of Edinburgh Courtesy of the University of Edinburgh; photograph, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Early life At the age of 13, Napier entered the University of St. Andrews , but his stay appears to have been short, and he left without taking a degree. Little is known of Napier’s early life, but it is thought that he traveled abroad, as was then the custom of the sons of the Scottish landed gentry. He was certainly back home in 1571, and he stayed either at Merchiston or at Gartness for the rest of his life. He married the following year. A few years after his wife’s death in 1579, he married again. Theology and inventions Napier’s life was spent amid bitter religious dissensions. A passionate and uncompromising Protestant, in his dealings with the Church of Rome he sought no quarter and gave none. It was well known that James VI of Scotland hoped to succeed Elizabeth I to the English throne, and it was suspected that he had sought the help of the Catholic Philip II of Spain to achieve this end. Panic stricken at the peril that seemed to be impending, the general assembly of the Scottish Church, a body with which Napier was closely associated, begged James to deal effectively with the Roman Catholics, and on three occasions Napier was a member of a committee appointed to make representations to the King concerning the welfare of the church and to urge him to see that “justice be done against the enemies of God’s Church.” In January 1594, Napier addressed to the King a letter that forms the dedication of his Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of Saint John, a work that, while it professed to be of a strictly scholarly character, was calculated to influence contemporary events. In it he declared: Let it be your Majesty’s continuall study to reforme the universall enormities of your country, and first to begin at your Majesty’s owne house, familie and court, and purge the same of all suspicion of Papists and Atheists and Newtrals, whereof this Revelation forthtelleth that the number shall greatly increase in these latter daies. Britannica Stories Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent The work occupies a prominent place in Scottish ecclesiastical history. Following the publication of this work, Napier seems to have occupied himself with the invention of secret instruments of war, for in a manuscript collection now at Lambeth Palace , London, there is a document bearing his signature, enumerating various inventions “designed by the Grace of God, and the worke of expert craftsmen” for the defense of his country. These inventions included two kinds of burning mirrors, a piece of artillery, and a metal chariot from which shot could be discharged through small holes. Contribution to mathematics Napier devoted most of his leisure to the study of mathematics , particularly to devising methods of facilitating computation, and it is with the greatest of these, logarithms, that his name is associated. He began working on logarithms probably as early as 1594, gradually elaborating his computational system whereby roots, products, and quotients could be quickly determined from tables showing powers of a fixed number used as a base. His contributions to this powerful mathematical invention are contained in two treatises: Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio (Description of the Marvelous Canon of Logarithms), which was published in 1614, and Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Constructio (Construction of the Marvelous Canon of Logarithms), which was published two years after his death. In the former, he outlined the steps that had led to his invention. Numbers and Mathematics Logarithms were meant to simplify calc |
Which fashion designer opened a shop called 'Bazaar' on King's Road in London in 1957? | Mary Quant, the Miniskirt and the Chelsea Palace on the King’s Road « Another Nickel In The Machine Bazaar in 1955 Bazaar and the Markham Arms (now a Santander bank) today The King’s Road in 1958. The Bluebird Garage can be seen down the road at numbers 330-350. The garage was opened in 1923 and was the largest in Europe with room for 300 cars in the main garage. The King’s Road today-ish. The garage is now a restaurant of course. The shop, which they called Bazaar, opened in November 1955 and was an almost immediate success with the stock flying out of the door. Although initially this was partly to do with naively selling their clothes and accessories too cheaply thus not only losing money on everything they sold but also upsetting the local shops and their wholesalers by undercutting the fixed retail prices. It wasn’t long, however, that the trio of entrepreneurs realised that by luck they were on to a huge thing: We were in at the beginning of a tremendous renaissance in fashion. It was not happening because of us. It was simply that, as things turned out, we were a part of it. Mary Quant and Alexander Plunket Green Mary Quant and APG worked incredibly hard. They had also opened a restaurant in the basement of Markham House which soon became the place to come to in Chelsea. But if they worked hard they also played hard – incredibly they were still both only twentyone. According to Quant the couple always found time to visit the music hall shows at the Chelsea Palace theatre down the road from Bazaar. At the time the shows were often slightly risqué in nature. “We went once a week” said Mary. “the Chelsea Palace chorus girls wore very naughty fur bikini knickers.” It must have been a very funny show… Paul Raymond’s ‘Burlesque’ was performed at the Chelsea Palace in 1955 Burlesque by Paul Raymond – how kind of Jeye’s Fluid to sponsor the show (see the bottom of the bill) Chelsea Palace of Varieties The Chelsea Palace of Varieties had opened for business in 1903 at 232-42 King’s Road on the corner of Sydney Street opposite the Town Hall. It seated 2524 people. Marie Lloyd appeared there in 1909 and performed an act so vulgar that a complaint was made to the London County Council. By 1923 it started to be used as a cinema as well as showing straight plays and ballets. In 1925 it was taken over by Variety Theatres Consolidated and from then until its closure in March 1957 it presented live theatre, often of a risque nature. One of the shows put on in 1955 called ‘Burlesque’ was produced by Paul Raymond at the beginning of his career. During the latter part of 1956 the Chelsea Palace ran a Radio Luxembourg talent competition and it was won for four weeks in a row by the Fantasie coffee shop regulars – the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group. McDevitt described his flat in Chelsea at the time: The flat I the King’s Road was an ideal pad in an ideal position. It provided a haven for many an itinerant jazzer, visiting American folkies and unsuspecting embryo groupies. During the Chelsea Palace talent contests McDevitt met a twenty year old Glaswegian singer called Anne Wilson whose stage name was Nancy Whiskey. Within six months Nancy Whiskey and McDevitt’s skiffle group had recorded a single called Freight Train. Amazingly, to most people concerned, it actually ended up in the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. They even appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in the US along side the Everly Brothers six years before the Beatles’ famous appearance. The particularly British institution of skiffle only lasted two or three years perhaps but its influence was long-lasting. It was a do-it-yourself reaction to the bland mediocrity that many young people felt about the popular music of the time. This was echoed twenty years later in the mid-seventies with punk which had a lot of similarities with skiffle. The Kings Road played its part in that too. With his new success Chas McDevitt opened his own coffee bar in Berwick Street in Soho which he called, of course, the Freight Train coffee bar. The swinging sixties were a bit of a myth this is |
Bryan Adams' massive hit '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' was written for the soundtrack of which film? | Bryan Adams - IMDb IMDb Soundtrack | Music Department | Actor Canadian Bryan Adams rose to popularity in 1983 with the release of his third album, "Cuts Like a Knife". The album made him popular throughout the United States. However, it was his fourth album "Reckless", which is referred to as one of the best albums of the 1980s that made him an international superstar and gave him his first Grammy nomination... See full bio » Born: a list of 41 people created 09 Jul 2011 a list of 27 people created 16 May 2013 a list of 25 people created 08 Aug 2014 a list of 35 images created 27 Feb 2015 a list of 23 people created 31 Mar 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Bryan Adams's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 15 nominations. See more awards » Known For Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2015 - 2016) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) - Week Three: Movie Week (2016) ... (writer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - uncredited) - Week Five Results (2015) ... (performer: "Brand New Day") / (writer: "Brand New Day") The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 2015 - 2016) (performer - 2 episodes, 2015 - 2016) - Aziz Ansari/Carla Gugino/Jeff Dye (2016) ... (performer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - uncredited) / (writer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - uncredited) - Clive Owen/Gabrielle Union/Neon Indian (2015) ... (writer: "Cuts Like a Knife" - uncredited) - Gwyneth Paltrow/Josh Gad/Panda Bear (2015) ... (performer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - uncredited) / (writer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - uncredited) 2016 Tvoje tvár má známý hlas (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.7 (2016) ... (writer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You") 2016 Mother's Day (performer: "YOU BELONG TO ME") / (writer: "YOU BELONG TO ME") Ochéntame... otra vez (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016) - ¡Más música, por favor! (2016) ... (performer: "Heat of the Night") / (writer: "Heat of the Night") 2015 Die Helene Fischer Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.5 (2015) ... (performer: "When You're Gone", "We Did It All") 2015 La Marató 2015 (TV Movie) (writer: "Tots per un (All For Love)") 2015 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #12.55 (2015) ... (performer: "You Belong to Me") Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015) - Jon Hamm/Jalen Rose/Bryan Adams/Jon Theodore (2015) ... (performer: "You Belong to Me") / (writer: "You Belong to Me") 2015 Red Oaks (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Swingers (2015) ... (writer: "Back To Paradise" - uncredited) 2015 20 Moments That Rocked Pop (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - uncredited) / (writer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - uncredited) 2010-2015 Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes) - 2015 Premiere (2015) ... (writer: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" - uncredited) - Episode #10.1 (2010) ... (writer: "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" - uncredited) 2015 Scream Queens (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Pilot (2015) ... (performer: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?' - uncredited) 2015 Magic Mike XXL (writer: "Heaven") Todd's Pop Song Reviews (TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes, 2015) (writer - 2 episodes, 2015) - "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran (2015) ... (performer: "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)") / (writer: "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)") - The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 1991 (2015) ... (performer: "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)") / (writer: "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)") Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014) - La duda existencial de Segundo (2014) ... (performer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You") / (writer: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You") Mike & Mike (TV Series) (performer |
Which of the Japanese islands has the highest population? | Overview of the Four Islands of Japan • Honshu Honshu is the largest island of Japan and it is where the majority of the country's cities are located ( maps ). The Tokyo Osaka-Kyoto area is the core Honshu and Japan and 25% of the island's population lives in the Tokyo region. Honshu has a total area of 88,017 square miles (227,962 sq km) and it is the world's seventh largest island. The island is 810 miles (1,300 km) long and it has a varied topography that includes many different mountain ranges, some of which are volcanic. The highest of these is the volcanic Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m). Like many areas of Japan, earthquakes are also common on Honshu. Honshu is divided into five regions and 34 prefectures . The regions are Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai and Chugoku. More » continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know • Hokkaido Hokkaido is the second largest island of Japan with a total area of 32,221 square miles (83,453 sq km). The population of Hokkaido is 5,507,456 (October 2010 estimate) and the main city on the island is Sapporo, which is also the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture. Hokkaido is located to the north of Honshu and the two islands are separated by the Tsugaru Strait ( map ). The topography of Hokkaido consists of a mountainous volcanic plateau in its center that is surrounded by coastal plains. There are a number of active volcanoes on Hokkaido, the tallest of which is Asahidake at 7,510 feet (2,290 m). Since Hokkaido is located in northern Japan, it is known for its cold climate. Summers on the island are cool, while winters are snowy and icy. More » • Kyushu Kyushu is the third largest island of Japan and it is located to the south of Honshu ( map ). It has a total area of 13,761 square miles (35,640 sq km) and a 2006 population of 13,231,995 people. The largest city on Kyushu is Fukuoka and it is divided into seven prefectures. Kyushu's topography consists mainly of mountains and the most active volcano in Japan, Mt. Aso, is located on the island. In addition to Mt. Aso, there are also hot springs on Kyushu and the highest point on the island, Kuju-san at 5,866 feet (1,788 m) is also a volcano. Since it is in southern Japan, Kyushu has a subtropical climate and its inhabitants produce a variety of agricultural products. These include rice, tea, tobacco, sweet potatoes and soy. More » • Shikoku Shikoku is the smallest of Japan's main islands with a total area of 7,260 square miles (18,800 sq km). This area is made up of main island as well as the small islets surrounding it. It is located to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu and has a population of 4,414,955 (2005 estimate) ( map ). The largest city of Shikoku is Matsuyama and the island is divided into four prefectures. Shikoku has a varied topography that consists of a mountainous south, while there are small lowland plains on the Pacific coast near Kochi. The highest point on Shikoku is Mount Ishizuchi at 6,503 feet (1,982 m). Like Kyushu, Shikoku has a subtropical climate and agriculture is practiced in its fertile coastal plains, while fruit is grown in the north. More » |
In 1919, the Curzon Line was proposed as a boundary between the Soviet Union and which country? | Curzon Line | international boundary, Europe | Britannica.com international boundary, Europe Oder–Neisse Line Curzon Line, demarcation line between Poland and Soviet Russia that was proposed during the Russo-Polish War of 1919–20 as a possible armistice line and became (with a few alterations) the Soviet-Polish border after World War II . After World War I the Allied Supreme Council, which was determining the frontiers of the recently reestablished Polish state, created a temporary boundary marking the minimum eastern frontier of Poland and authorized a Polish administration to be formed on the lands west of it (Dec. 8, 1919). That line extended southward from Grodno , passed through Brest-Litovsk, and then followed the Bug River to its junction with the former frontier between the Austrian Empire and Russia. Whether eastern Galicia , with Lvov, should be Polish or Ukrainian was not decided. When a subsequent Polish drive eastward into the Ukraine collapsed, the Polish prime minister, Władysław Grabski , appealed to the Allies for assistance (July 1920). On July 10, 1920, the Allies proposed an armistice plan to Grabski, designating the line of Dec. 8, 1919, with a southwestward continuation to the Carpathian Mountains , keeping Przemyśl for Poland but ceding eastern Galicia; the following day the British foreign secretary, Lord Curzon, whose name was subsequently attached to the entire line, made a similar suggestion to the Soviet government. Neither the Poles nor the Soviets, however, accepted the Allied plan. The final peace treaty (concluded in March 1921), reflecting the ultimate Polish victory in the Russo-Polish War, provided Poland with almost 52,000 square miles (135,000 square kilometres) of land east of the Curzon Line. Although the Curzon Line, which had never been proposed as a permanent boundary, lost significance after the Russo-Polish War, the Soviet Union later revived it, claiming all the territory east of the line and occupying that area (in accordance with the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact of 1939) at the outbreak of World War II. Later, after Germany had invaded the Soviet Union, the Red Army pushed back the German troops and occupied all of the former state of Poland by the end of 1944; the United States and Great Britain then agreed to Soviet demands (Yalta Conference; Feb. 6, 1945) and recognized the Curzon Line as the Soviet-Polish border. On Aug. 16, 1945, a Soviet-Polish treaty officially designated a line almost equivalent to the Curzon Line as their mutual border; in 1951 some minor frontier adjustments were made. Learn More in these related articles: |
A dish described as 'a la Dubarry' features which vegetable? | Cooking Terms - Glossary - Lifestyle FOOD Lifestyle FOOD Means ‘in the style of’ in French. Abats French for offal. Absorption Method A way of cooking rice by adding the exact amount of water and cooking with the lid on until all the water is absorbed and steam holes appear in the surface of the rice. Aceto Italian for vinegar. Acidulate, To To add acid (such as lemon juice or vinegar) to cooking or soaking water to stop fruit or vegetables from oxidizing and discolouring. Acqua Italian for water. Additive Something added to food to improve its keeping qualities, flavour, colour and texture. In the European Union, all additives are listed by E numbers or names on packaging unless they are natural and not required to be listed by law. Adjust, To To taste before serving and then re–season if necessary. Aerate To incorporate air into a mixture by sieving dry mixtures or whisking liquid mixtures (such as egg white or cream). Affumicato Italian for garlic. Air Dry, To To dry food, usually ham or fish, by hanging it in a flow of fresh air. Al Dente Italian term meaning ‘to the tooth’—cooked but still retaining some bite—applied mainly to pasta. Al’, All’, Alla Means ‘in the style of’ in Italian. Albedo American term for the white pith of citrus fruit. Albumen Technical term for egg white. All–purpose Flour American term for plain white flour that can be used for all types of baking. Allumettes French for matchsticks, usually applied to the size of chopped potatoes and vegetables. Altitude Effects The effects on cooking at a high altitude, which drops the boiling point of water by 1°C for each 275 m. At very high altitudes, a pressure cooker is needed to cook successfully. Amatriciana, All’ With bacon, onions and tomatoes. Ammonia A pungent gas. Overripe cheese and fish that are starting to go off smell of this. Amuse Gueule Meaning ‘mouth pleaser’ in French, this small appetizer is served before a meal. Anticaking Agent Something added to powdered food to stop it clumping together, usually a compound of magnesium, aluminium or sodium. Shown as an E number on packaging (E530–E578). Antioxidant A preservation agent, such as vitamins C or E, that slows the reaction rate of food to oxygen. Shown as an E number on packaging (E300–E321). Apéritif Drink taken before a meal to ‘open’ the appetite, such as champagne or sherry. Appellation D’origine French designation for a wine or foodstuff that guarantees its method of production and ingredients. Appetizer Small items of food served before or at the start of a meal or with drinks. Aromatics Ingredients, such as spices and herbs, that add aroma to food. Arrosto Spanish and Portuguese for rice. Artificial Sweeteners Any sweetening product that does not contain sugars. Asciutto Italian term that refers to pasta, gnocchi or rice drained of its cooking liquid. Assiette French for plate, usually taken to mean a plated assortment of cheeses, meats or desserts. Astringent An acidic or tannic solution (such as lemon juice or wine), which makes the skin of the mouth tighten up. Au Means ‘in the style of’, ‘in’ or ‘with’ in French. Au Lait Means ‘with milk’ in French. Back Fat Hard pork fat from the back of a pig. Bake To cook in an oven in dry heat, usually until browned on the outside. Bake Blind To bake a pastry case while it is unfilled to set the pastry. It is usually lined with baking paper or foil and filled with baking beads to stop the sides collapsing or the base from bubbling up. Ballotine A stuffed roll of boned meat or poultry or a boned chicken tied into a round shape. Bard, To To tie fat or fatty meat, such as bacon, over a lean joint or bird to stop it drying out as it cooks. The fat is removed before eating. Baron Of Beef A very large joint consisting of two sirloins of beef connected by the backbone. Barquette Boat–shaped tartlet tin. Baste, To To spoon melted fat or liquid over food as it cooks to stop it drying out and to add flavour. Bat Out, To To flatten or pound meat until it is thinner. Baton A stick of vegetable about 6 x 2 x 2 cm. Batter A mixture of flour, milk and eg |
First performed in 1896, which was the last opera written by Gilbert & Sullivan? | Ages Ago - "Times" Review 1881 Thespis; or, The Gods Grown Old: Gaiety Theatre, 26 December 1871, 63 performances. Trial By Jury: Royalty Theatre, 25 March 1875, 131 performances. The Sorcerer: Opera Comique, 17 November 1877, 175 performances. H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor: Opera Comique, 25 May 1878, 571 performances. The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty: Royal Bijou Theatre, Paignton, 31 December 1879; Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, 31 December 1879; Opera Comique, 3 April 1880, 363 performances. Patience; or Bunthorne's Bride: Opera Comique, 23 April 1881, Transferred to Savoy Theatre 10 October 1881, 578 performances. Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri: Savoy Theatre, 25 November 1882, 398 performances. Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant: Savoy Theatre, 5 January 1884, 246 performances. The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu: Savoy Theatre, 14 March 1885, 672 performances. Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse: Savoy Theatre, 22 January 1887, 288 performances. The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid: Savoy Theatre, 3 October 1888, 423 performances. The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria: Savoy Theatre, 7 December 1889, 554 performances. Utopia, Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress: Savoy Theatre, 7 October 1893, 245 performances. The Grand Duke; or, The Statutory Duel: SavoyTheatre, 7 March 1896, 123 performances. |
In the human body, what is the more common name for the 'Zygomatic Bone'? | What is the common name for the zygomatic bone? | Reference.com What is the common name for the zygomatic bone? A: Quick Answer The zygomatic bone is also known as the cheekbone or malar bone. One of these roughly diamond-shaped bones is found below and to the side of each eye socket. A zygomatic bone lies underneath the major portion of each cheek. Full Answer The zygomatic bone gets its name from the Greek word "zygon," which refers to a yoke used to hitch two oxen to a plow or wagon. It is possible for a cheekbone to be broken as the result of a fall, accident, sports injury or punch to the face. Symptoms include a flatness in the cheek's appearance, vision problems, pain when moving the jaw and blood in the eye nearest the break. A cheekbone injury should be seen by a doctor. |
In which children's TV programme would you have found the characters 'Brain', 'Spook' and 'Choo-Choo'? | Classic Children's TV Stamps | Character Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Classic Children's TV Stamps Share Set of Classic Children's TV Stamp Cards Featuring much-loved Characters from over 60 years of Children's Television. The Stamp Cards feature all classic Children's TV stamps and are reproduced at postcard size from the original artwork. They make a splendid and original gift for anyone who has watched any episode over the last 60 years. Contents Edit The Stamp Cards feature classic children's tv stamps and are reproduced at postcard size from the original artwork. They make a splendid and original gift for anyone who has watched any episode over the last 60 years. Muffin the Mule (1946) Muffin the Mule was one of Britain's very first tv stars. He was a performing marionette, "discovered" by Annette Mills and Ann Hogarth in 1946. Andy Pandy (1950) Co-starring with Teddy and Looby Loo, Andy Pandy wanted to encourage young viewers to sing and dance along. Sooty (1952) Sooty, the little yellow bear with a penchant for magic tricks has been waving his magic wand and causing merry mischief on our tv screens and in theatres since 1952. Ivor the Engine (1959) Ivor the Engine; a small steam train working on a remote line in the "top left-hand corner of Wales". Dougal - The Magic Roundabout (1965) Dougal (a Skye Terrier) was a very Grumpy dog who starred in The Magic Roundabout. Captain Troy Tempest - Stingray (1963) Captain Troy Tempest and George Lee Sheridan, aka "Phones", are the pilots of Stingray, a superior submarine ship employed by The World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP). The Clangers (1969) The Clangers were small creatures living in peace and harmony on – and inside – a small, hollow planet, far, far away, nourished by Blue String Pudding, and Green Soup harvested from the planet's volcanic soup wells by the Soup Dragon. Windy Miller - Camberwick Green (1966) Windy Miller and his famous windmill. His bus featured the quote "Windy always saves with a Megarider". Mr Benn (1971) Living at 52 Festive Road, Mr Benn visits a Fancy Dress Shop and goes on different adventures via a "Magic Door". Great Uncle Bulgaria - The Wombles (1973) The Oldest and Wisest Womble, this leader is very stern but kind and loves reading The Times Newspaper. Bagpuss (1974) The pink and white striped, "saggy old cloth cat" who comes to life in Emily's lost and found shop. Roobarb (1974) Roobarb is always involved in some kind of misadventure which he approaches with unbounded enthusiasm. Chorlton - Chorlton and the Wheelies (1976) Chorlton the Happiness Dragon, who appears in Wheelie World in the very beginning, hatching out of an egg. Paddington Bear (1975) A present to his wife on Christmas Eve 1956, the story of Paddington Bear was created just 10 days later. Hector - Hector's House (1967) Hector is a pompous, bowdlerising dog. He lives in a country house with his charming feline friend ZsaZsa, and the duo get up to much merriment and fun in and around their walled garden with their mutual friend and neighbour Kiki the frog. DangerMouse (1981) DangerMouse is the strongest, the quickest, the greatest super agent in the world. He's a super-cool, eyepatch wearing hero who operates out of a London post box with his hamster sidekick Penfold. Postman Pat (1981) Pat Clifton, a country postman, and his "black and white cat" Jess delivering the post in the valley of Greendale. SuperTed (1982) With just one mutter of his Magic Word, Ordinary Ted could transform into SuperTed, a flying hero with jets in his boots and lots of super abilities and agility. Thomas the Tank Engine (1984) Thomas is a Tank Engine who live in the Island of Sodor, has a branch line of his own with his Coaches, Annie and Clarabel. Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad - The Wind in the Willows (1984) Mole, Ratty, Badger and the indefatigable Toad, step out of the pages of Kenneth Grahame's classic volume and lead us into a sepia-tinged series of stories set around the riverbank. Princess - The Raggy Dolls (1986) Created out of 'odds and ends' due to lack of material from manufacturer |
Which rap star and record producer discovered and signed 'Eminem' in 1998? | Top 30 Rappers of all Time - Rate Your Music Top 30 Rappers of all Time Page 30 - 6 5 - 1 >> 30 30. WC William L. Calhoun, Jr. (born in 1970), better known by his stage name WC (pronounced "Dub-C"), is an American West Coast rapper. He was born in Texas, but moved to Los Angeles at an early age. Known for his long braided goatee, sharp lyricism, and crip walking, WC has been a staple in West Coast gangsta rap since the early 1990s. William L. Calhoun, Jr. (born in 1970), better known by his stage name WC (pronounced "Dub-C"), is an American West Coast rapper. He was born in Texas, but moved to Los Angeles at an early age. Known for his long braided goatee, sharp lyricism, and crip walking, WC has been a staple in West Coast gangsta rap since the early 1990s. 29 29. T.I. Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., (born September 25, 1980),[1][2] better known by his stage name T.I., and also by his alter ego T.I.P., is an American rapper, songwriter, and producer, actor, philanthropist and co-CEO of Grand Hustle Records. The self proclaimed "King Of The South". Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., (born September 25, 1980),[1][2] better known by his stage name T.I., and also by his alter ego T.I.P., is an American rapper, songwriter, and producer, actor, philanthropist and co-CEO of Grand Hustle Records. The self proclaimed "King Of The South". 28 28. 50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling over twenty-one million copies combined. Born in South Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s' crack epidemic. After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot nine times in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre—who produced his first major commercial successes—he became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo. 50 Cent has engaged in feuds with other rappers including Ja Rule, The Game, and Fat Joe. He has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2005 and the Iraq War film Home of the Brave in 2006. Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling over twenty-one million copies combined. Born in South Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s' crack epidemic. After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot nine times in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre—who produced his first major commercial successes—he became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo. 50 Cent has engaged in feuds with other rappers including Ja Rule, The Game, and Fat Joe. He has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2005 and the Iraq War film Home of the Brave in 2006. 27 27. Dr. Dre André Romelle "Dr. Dre" Young (born February 18, 1965) is an American record producer, rapper, and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to those record labels. As a producer he is credited as a key figure in the populari |
Which of Shakespeare's plays was based loosely on the life of Cunobelinus, a pre-Roman king of England? | PCS Blog - The Real Cymbeline? - Portland Center Stage Portland Center Stage Gerding Theater at the Armory 128 NW Eleventh Avenue The Real Cymbeline? Posted by Kinsley Suer | 11 February 2012 Cymbeline, King of Britain , one of William Shakespeare’s later plays (and from which Chris Coleman adapted his Shakespeare's Amazing Cymbeline , currently running in our Ellyn Bye Studio), was probably written around 1610 and then published in 1623 in the First Folio , the first collected edition of 36 of his plays . But did you know that there was a real Cymbeline? Although his life bears almost no resemblance to that of the “Cymbeline” in Shakespeare’s play, the pre-Roman Celtic king Cunobeline , who ruled in what is today southeastern England from about A.D. 9 until his death sometime before A.D. 43 , was the original inspiration for the title character in Cymbeline. Although his existence and rule over ancient Britain has been verified by archaeological evidence (specifically his many inscribed coins) and the works of Roman historians (with awesome names like Suetonius and Dio Cassius ), there is quite a bit of debate when it comes to the actual spelling of this king’s name. Popular variations include Cunobelinus, Cunobelin, Kynobellinus and Κυνοβελλίνος, in Greek . Contrary to what you’ll see in Cymbeline, Cunobeline appears to have maintained good and peaceful relations with the Roman Empire . He used the title Rex, which is Latin for "king,” as well as classical motifs on his inscribed coins, and under his rule there was an increase in trade with the Roman Empire – which was basically all of continental Europe. Luxury goods imported into Britain included Italian wine and drinking vessels, olive oil and fish sauces (yummy), glassware, jewelry and tableware. Britain’s exports included grain, gold, silver, iron, hides, slaves and hunting dogs. Map of the Roman Empire Circa A.D. 14 In another significant deviation from Cymbeline, Cunobeline had three sons (instead of two) known to history: Adminius , Togodumnus and Caratacus – and it doesn’t appear that any of them were kidnapped as toddlers. In conclusion, while they may have shared a similar name, it appears that there was virtually nothing in common between the title character of Cymbeline and the historical Cunobeline. So how did the ancient Celtic king get on Shakespeare’s radar some 1600 years later? As it turns out, Cunobeline was first written about by the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth. Born circa 1100, Monmouth was one of the major figures in the development of British historiography . While his chronicle History of the Kings of Britain was widely popular in its day, you’ll probably recognize him as one of the most significant authors in the development of the enduring legend of King Arthur . In addition to creating the main framework for the figure of Arthur as a semi-historical British king, Monmouth was also the first to introduce the character Merlin. But back to Cymbeline – or, as he appears in Monmouth’s version, Kymbelinus (gold star to the person who can keep all of these variations straight). According to Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, Kymbelinus was a great king and warrior – a leader who was both on friendly terms with Rome and yet capable of resisting Roman aggression when needed. All tributes to Rome were paid out of respect, not out of requirement . In addition, in Monmouth’s version Kymbelinus has two sons, Guiderius and Arviragus – character names that were directly taken by Shakespare and inserted into his play. However, while Shakespeare’s version of the character Cymbeline as well as the plot were loosely based on Monmouth’s “historical” retelling, Shakespeare freely adapted the legend and added many of his own original subplots. Hundreds of years later, in 1577, the English chronicler Raphael Holinshed published Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland . While the plot of Cymbeline was loosely based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's tale, the historical background came more directly from Holinshed's Chr |
Who played the title character in the American t.v. series 'Columbo'? | Columbo (TV Series 1971–2003) - 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 Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes. Creators: A connoisseur running a California winery murders his younger half-brother to prevent him from selling the family business. Lt. Columbo is on the case. 8.2 A mystery writer suspects her niece's husband of murdering her, and she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe. 8.2 A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return. 8.1 a list of 44 titles created 23 Jul 2012 a list of 45 titles created 10 Apr 2013 a list of 44 titles created 22 Jun 2014 a list of 32 titles created 19 May 2015 a list of 28 titles created 4 months ago Search for " Columbo " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 20 wins & 46 nominations. See more awards » Photos Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters. Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak Prescription: Murder (TV Movie 1968) Crime | Drama | Mystery A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant. Director: Richard Irving The cases of an easy going ex-convict turned private investigator. Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos The adventures of a Hawaii based private investigator. Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley Edit Storyline When you first saw him, Lt. Columbo, looked like a bum that just came off the street. He had a bumbling demeanor, was overly polite and seemed to chomp on the same short cigar on a daily basis. However, beneath all that comical exterior was probably the most dogged investigator on the Los Angeles Police Department. Columbo was often called on to investigate high profile murders that involved the rich and famous. The culprits were often amused by him and just as they thought they were going to get away with murder, Columbo would find a way trap them or find enough evidence to make them confess. Written by Brian Washington <[email protected]> 1 March 1971 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Mono (45 episodes)| Stereo (24 episodes) Color: Theme song for the series is "This Old Man". See more » Goofs In this 1968 two hour Pilot, (about 1hr-34min in), Columbo is waiting for the suspect's lover to approach him at the movie studio. The long shot, from behind and above Columbo, shows him standing next to the ice cream truck, and placing his briefcase on the ground, to the left and front of him. A tight-shot from Columbo's front, now shows the briefcase tight and to his left leg, while Columbo rips the wrapper from his Popsicle, and he THROWS the wrapper to the ground behind him. The next shot is again the long shot from behind and above Columbo. His briefcase is now, again, to his left and in front of him, and there is no sign of the Popsicle wrapper which he just threw on the ground behind him. See more » Quotes Best 'Tec Of The 1970's 22 January 2013 | by Erik-Bloodaxe (York.England) – See all my reviews Growing up in the early 1970's there were a few TV shows which I would call "iconic"; "Kung Fu" was one, and the UK series "Thriller" was another. But if we had pizza in those days the one series which would make you want to open a beer and heat up a pizza was "Columbo". We all know the story; you see the murder and Columbo gradually pieces together the clues, often by thinking "what would I do in that situation?". In one episode the murderer gives a kid some mone |
From which country did the USA purchase the Philippines in 1898? | Introduction - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Hispanic Division, Library of Congress) Photographic History of the Spanish American War , p. 36. On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands. Background Beginning in 1492, Spain was the first European nation to sail westward across the Atlantic Ocean, explore, and colonize the Amerindian nations of the Western Hemisphere. At its greatest extent, the empire that resulted from this exploration extended from Virginia on the eastern coast of the United States south to Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America excluding Brazil and westward to California and Alaska. Across the Pacific, it included the Philippines and other island groups. By 1825 much of this empire had fallen into other hands and in that year, Spain acknowledged the independence of its possessions in the present-day United States (then under Mexican control) and south to the tip of South America. The only remnants that remained in the empire in the Western Hemisphere were Cuba and Puerto Rico and across the Pacific in Philippines Islands, and the Carolina, Marshall, and Mariana Islands (including Guam) in Micronesia. Cuba Following the liberation from Spain of mainland Latin America, Cuba was the first to initiate its own struggle for independence. During the years from 1868-1878, Cubans personified by guerrilla fighters known as mambises fought for autonomy from Spain. That war concluded with a treaty that was never enforced. In the 1890's Cubans began to agitate once again for their freedom from Spain. The moral leader of this struggle was José Martí , known as "El Apóstol," who established the Cuban Revolutionary Party on January 5, 1892 in the United States. Following the grito de Baire, the call to arms on February 24, 1895, Martí returned to Cuba and participated in the first weeks of armed struggle when he was killed on May 19, 1895. The Philippines Islands The Philippines too was beginning to grow restive with Spanish rule. José Rizal , a member of a wealthy mestizo family, resented that his upper mobility was limited by Spanish insistence on promoting only "pure-blooded" Spaniards. He began his political career at the University of Madrid in 1882 where he became the leader of Filipino students there. For the next ten years he traveled in Europe and wrote several novels considered seditious by Filipino and Church authorities. He returned to Manila in 1892 and founded the Liga Filipina, a political group dedicated to peaceful change. He was rapidly exiled to Mindanao. During his absence, Andrés Bonifacio founded Katipunan , dedicated to the violent overthrow of Spanish rule. On August 26, 1896, after learning that the Katipunan had been betrayed, Bonifacio issued the Grito de Balintawak , a call for Filipinos to revolt. Bonifacio was succeeded as head of the Philippine revolution by Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy , who had his predecessor arrested and executed on May 10, 1897. Aguinaldo negotiated a deal with the Spaniards who exiled him to Hong Kong with 400,000 pesos that he subsequently used to buy weapons to resume the fight. Puerto Rico During the 1880s and 1890s, Puerto Ricans developed many different political parties, some of which sought independence for the island while others, headquartered like their Cuban counterparts in New York, preferred to ally with the United States. Spain proclaimed the autonomy of Puerto Rico on November 25, 1897, although the news did not reach the island until January 1898 and a new government established on February 12, 1898. United States U.S. interest in purchasing Cuba had begun long before 1898. Following the Ten Years War, American sugar interests bought up large tracts of land in Cuba. Alterations in the U.S. sugar tariff favoring home-g |
Which Venetian artist painted 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Assumption of the Virgin'? | Titian Biography of Titian Titian Biography Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (1488/1490 - 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian, was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno (in Veneto, Republic of Venice). During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, taken from the place of his birth. Recognized by his contemporaries as "The Sun Amidst Small Stars" (recalling the famous final line of Dante's Paradiso), Titian was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of color, would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of the Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western art. During the course of his long life, Titian's artistic manner changed drastically but he retained a lifelong interest in color. Although his mature works may not contain the vivid, luminous tints of his early pieces, their loose brushwork and subtlety of tone are without precedent in the history of Western painting. Titian was a leading artist of the Italian Renaissance who painted works for Pope Paul III, King Philip II of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Synopsis Born sometime between 1488 and 1490, Titian became an artist's apprentice in Venice as a teenager. He worked with Sebastiano Zuccato, Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione before branching out on his own. Titian became one of Venice's leading artists around 1518 with the completion of "Assumption of the Virgin." He was soon creating for works for leading members of royalty, including King Philip II of Spain and Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. Pope Paul III also hired Titian to paint portraits of himself and his grandsons. Titian died on August 27, 1576. Early Life Born Tiziano Vecellio in what is now Pieve di Cadore, Italy, sometime between 1488 and 1490, Titian is considered one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. The oldest of four children born to Gregorio and Lucia Vecellio, Titian spent his early years in the town of Pieve di Cadore, near the Dolomite mountains. In his teens, Titian became an apprentice to the Venetian artist Sebastiano Zuccato. He soon went work with such leading artists as Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione. Giorgione proved to be especially influential to the young painter. Major Works In 1516, Titian began work on his first major commission for a church called Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice. He painted Assumption of the Virgin (1516-1518) for the church's high altar, a masterwork that helped establish Titian as one of the leading painters in the area. He was known for his deft use of color and for his appealing renderings of the human form. A short time after completing the legendary altarpiece, Titian created The Worship of Venus (1516). This mythology-inspired work was just one of several commissioned by Alfonso I d'Este, duke of Ferrara. Titian managed to cultivate a broad range of royal patrons during his career, including King Philip II of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Titian's Venetian home was a mecca for many of the community's artistic types. He had an especially close friendship with writer Pietro Aretino. Aretino is said to have helped Titian get some of his commissions. Sculptor and architect Jacopo Sansovino was another frequent visitor. Over the years, Titian created portraits of leading figures of the day. He painted two works featuring Pope Paul III between 1545 and '46, and spent six months living at the Vatican while making these paintings. In 1548, he traveled to the court of Charles V, where he painted his portrait as well. In his later career, Titian focused more on religious and mythological works. For Spain's Philip II, he painted Venus and Adonis , a piece inspired by Ovid's "Metamorphoses" that shows the goddess Venus trying in vain to hold on to her beloved Adonis. Ti |
Almost always consisting of roast meat or dried seafood, served on baguette-like New Orleans French bread, what name is given to a traditional submarine sandwich from Louisiana? | Chipotle Garlic Shrimp Po' Boy | The Peach Kitchen Top Food Blogger Philippines - Stories of Home. Food. Love. And Life. 04.09.2015 Chipotle Garlic Shrimp Po’ Boy Chipotle Garlic Shrimp Po’ Boy, a healthier version of the po’ boy with “the peach kitchen” twist! Always Sleepy. Doesn’t get enough sleep at night. Always Tired. Always Hungry. Never ending cravings. Crybaby. Welcome to my 28th week! My bump has become so big and I wish I could just fast forward myself to when I already gave birth. I am waiting for my radiance and my overflowing peace…. Nope it’s not coming. I feel crazy and happy and depressed and tired all at the same time. And I almost always don’t want to move. Add the fact that I’ve grown some bumps in some of the places where I didn’t have any and my nose looks like a large native tomato. Oh, the joys of pregnancy.. LOL! Kidding aside, I’m beginning to feel how hard it is when you’re about to approach your full term. Again, how I wish I could fast forward myself into the near future when I’ve already given birth. peanutbutter♥ has changed schedule once again from 10pm- 7am , his new schedule is now 2am-11am. I find myself re-adjusting to the new schedule. You know what, it’s gonna change again after two weeks and I will have to re-adjust. I think I might just go bonkers with all these changes! My OB advised me to avoid sweets as much as possible and not to eat too much. That is something that’s hard for me to do because it’s during this time where my cravings starts to kick in. I”m trying to eat healthier, though. Having less rice than what I wanted and opting for healthier options. I’ve been wanting to make Shrimp Po’ Boy since the Holy Week but I couldn’t get my hands on a french baguette. I was finally able to buy one last Sunday and you know what, it’s really the bread that makes it what it is! It’s all you would ever want in a sandwich — spicy, earthy, crunchy, chewy, juicy, and with all the flavors off the sea. A po’ boy (also po-boy, po boy, or poor boy) is a traditional submarine sandwich from Louisiana. It almost always consists of meat, usually roast beef, or fried seafood, or sometimes chicken or ham. The meat is served on baguette-like New Orleans French bread, known for its crisp crust and fluffy center. What I love about this is that instead of covering the shrimp with cornmeal and frying it, I seared it in extra virgin olive oil for a few minutes making it healthier. The shrimp was loaded with all the tasty herbs and spices I could find in my cupboard: thyme, smoked paprika, oregano, garlic powder, salt and cayenne pepper. I will have to thank Gourmate for the Chipotle Garlic hot sauce that just made this po’ boy much more amazing! Now, I wonder how was I able to live without this sandwich for so long? 4.9 from 16 reviews |
In dentistry, what name is given to a gap between the two front teeth? | Disastema | Fix Gaps in Teeth | Close Teeth Gaps Diastema (Gap Between Teeth) What Is It? A diastema is a space or gap between two teeth. It appears most often between the two upper front teeth. However, gaps can occur between any two teeth. A mismatch between the size of the jaw bones and the size of the teeth can cause either extra space between teeth or crowding of teeth. If the teeth are too small for the jaw bone, spaces between the teeth will occur. If the teeth are too big for the jaw, teeth will be crowded. Spaces develop for a few other reasons as well. Sometimes some teeth are missing or undersized. This happens most often with the upper lateral incisors (the teeth next to the two upper front teeth). That can cause the upper central incisors to develop a space. A diastema also can be caused by an oversized labial frenum. The labial frenum is the piece of tissue that normally extends from the inside of your upper lip to the gum just above your two upper front teeth. In some situations, the labial frenum continues to grow and passes between the two front teeth. If this happens, it blocks the natural closing of the space between these teeth. Habits can also lead to gaps between the teeth. Thumb sucking tends to pull the front teeth forward, creating gaps. Spaces can develop from an incorrect swallowing reflex. For most people, the tongue presses against the roof of the mouth (palate) during swallowing. Some people develop a different reflex known as a tongue thrust. When they swallow, the tongue presses against the front teeth. Over time the pressure will push the front teeth forward. This can cause spaces to develop. Periodontal (gum) disease results in the loss of the bone that supports the teeth. In people who have lost a lot of bone, the teeth can become loose. This movement can result in gaps between the front teeth. Children may have temporary gaps as their baby teeth fall out. Most of these spaces close as the permanent teeth reach their final positions. Symptoms A diastema that occurs because of a mismatch between the teeth and the jaw does not have symptoms. However, spaces caused by a tongue thrust habit or periodontal disease will tend to expand or grow with time. The teeth may become loose, and discomfort or pain may occur, particularly during biting or chewing. Diagnosis You may notice a space when brushing or flossing. Your dentist can see spaces during an examination. Expected Duration If the gap was caused by a mismatch between the permanent teeth and the jaw size, the spaces can be expected to remain throughout life. Gaps caused by a tongue thrust habit or periodontal disease can get larger with time. Prevention Not all spaces can be prevented. For example, if the reason for a space is a missing tooth or a mismatch between the teeth and the jaw size, the spaces cannot be prevented without treatment. Maintaining your gum health is essential to good oral health. Regular flossing and brushing will help to prevent periodontal disease and its related bone loss. People with a tongue thrust habit can re-learn to swallow by pushing their tongue up against their palate. Breaking this habit can prevent widening of the spaces between teeth. Treatment Sometimes, a diastema is part of a set of problems that require orthodontic treatment. In other cases, a diastema is the only problem. However, some people may seek treatment for reasons of appearance. Some people get braces, which move the teeth together. Often, no matter where the diastema is, you must wear a full set of braces — on both your upper and lower teeth. That's because moving any teeth affects your entire mouth. If your lateral incisors are too small, your dentist may suggest widening them using crowns, veneers or bonding. If you have a space because you are missing teeth, you might need more extensive dental repair. This might include dental implants, a bridge or a partial denture. If a large labial frenum is causing the gap, the frenum can be reduced through surgery called a frenectomy. If a frenectomy is done in a younger child, the space may clo |
Deriving ultimately from the Geek for 'knowledge, or study, of custom', what name is given to the study of animal behaviour? | Psychology Essays - Language Psychological Research Psychology Essays - Language Psychological Research Published: Last Edited: 9th March, 2016 This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers. Language Psychological Research What does it mean to say that language can be viewed both as an object and as the medium of psychological research? Of all the things that people can do, none seems more complex than understanding and speaking a language. Thousands of words and countless subtle grammatical rules for modifying and combining words must be learned. Yet nearly all people master their native language by the time they are 3 or 4 years old. This has led psychologist to investigate how language has evolved, whether it is a function of the brain that can be studied just like any other quality of the mind such as memory or intelligence. After all, linguistic knowledge is a component of the speaker’s long-term memory (Bock, 1995). Noam Chomsky, one of the great leaders in thinking about language, proposed that language evolved as an extra brain module, a new specialisation. This presumed module has been forcefully described by Chomsky (1965) as a language acquisition device, a built-in mechanism for acquiring language. The main evidence for this view is the amazing ease with which most children develop language (Kalat, 2004). Much of what we have learnt about language and the brain comes from studying people with brain damage. Disturbance in language function is quite common in adults following damage to certain areas of the left hemisphere. Studies of these people offer fascinating clues about how the brain operates and raise equally fascinating unanswered questions (Kalat, 2004). Chomsky argued that language could be understood in terms of computational principles. This approach to language coincided with the emergence of artificial intelligence and the rise of the digital computer as the dominant metaphor for the mind (Corballis & Lea, 1999, p. 45). Viewed within this context, the study of language is concerned with trying to understand the program which runs the system; how and when the processing system retrieves different kinds of linguistic knowledge, how the system uses the knowledge once it has been retrieved, how and when the system retrieves and uses non-linguistic knowledge, and how the system is organised within and constrained by human cognitive capabilities (Bock, 1995). Linguists working in this tradition are ultimately pursuing the cognitive or thought processes of the human mind as they are present in language (Finch, 2003). Those that study language as an object tend to be interested in the form of the language, that is, how people say things. What people say is irrelevant. According to Bradley (2005), the mind referring to a single thing is completely incorrect. He questions how the vision of language as an object of impartial scientific investigation has been able to dominate the vision of language as a medium of social action. This essay will demonstrate how the two perspectives complement each other. Freud, Saussure and Durkheim all asked: what makes individual experience possible? What enables us to perceive not just physical objects but objects with a meaning? The answers they gave rejected historical and causal explanations in favour of the study of interpersonal systems of norms which, assimilated by individuals as the culture within which they live, create the possibility of a wide variety of meaningful activities (Bradley, 2005, p. 56). It wasn’t until the linguistic turn in the 1950s that philosophers and social scientists began to see language as the distinguishing feature of humanness. It was Chomsky who first argued that language is philosophically fundamental to psychology in that it is the distinguishing feature of human beings when compared to animals (Corballis & Lea, 1999). The linguistic turn is what is said to usher in the “language as communicative medium” view. This view recognises that language is more than just i |
Which High King of Ireland conquered Munster, Leinster and Connacht in 976 AD? | Ireland's History in Maps (1000 AD) Old Irish Kingdoms and Clans -- Old Irish Surnames -- Before there were Counties In Southwest Ireland the Eoghnacht were pushed aside as kings of Munster in the mid-tenth century by the D�l gCais of North Munster. This was aided by the attacks of the Ui Neill on the Eoghanact and by the dynastic wars which were soon to keep the Southern and Northern Ui Neill busy. On his death notice in 951 Cennetig, king of the D�l gCais, is called king of North Munster. His son Brian Boruma, or Brian Boru (ancestor of the O'Briens, et al), who succeeded in 976, was to make himself an overking of most of Ireland and a rival of the powerful Ui Neill dynasties. Domnall ua Neill, king of the Northern Ui Neill, was overking of the Ui Neill dynasties from 956-980, and held the title of 'Ard Ri' (high-king of Ireland). He reigned at the time when Brian Boru began his rise to power in Ireland. About 978 Brian had a major success against the Ostmen (Vikings) of Limerick and their Eoghanacht allies. It was the Limerick king, Imar, and his sons, who had a couple of years before, assassinated Brian's brother. Through aggressive raids over the next three years Brian had the province of Munster in his hands. Brian came into conflict with the Ui Neill when he took his armies East and tried to conquer Ossory (Osraighe) about the year 980. This was at the time that Domnall ua Neill was succeeded by Mael Sechnaill II (of the southern Ui Neill) as 'Ard Ri'. However, by 984, Brian was in control of the south of Ireland. Allied with the Ostmen of Waterford, Brian later pushed his armies into the provinces of Connacht, Leinster and Meath (Midhe), gradually extending his power base further. Mael Sechnaill's attempts to contain Brian were not successful, and in 997/998 Brian and Mael Sechnaill met at Clonfert and divided Ireland between them. Late in 999 Brian brought the Ostmen king of Dublin, Sitric Silkenbeard, into submission. By 1002 Mael Sechnaill recognized Brian as high king of Ireland by right of conquest. By 1011 Brian dominated most of Ireland. He had shattered the Ui Neill monopoly and had made the kingship of Ireland a prize to be fought for. About 1012, relations between Brian and Leinster became strained and he was killed at the battle of Clontarf on Good Friday in the year 1014. Although he won the battle, Brian was stopped short just when he seemed about to make the kingship of Ireland a reality, and the possession of his dynasty (Dalcassian). The death of Brian and the subsequent weakness of his Dalcassian successors allowed Mael Sechnaill II to be titled 'high-king' of Ireland until his death in 1022. The Annals appear to go slient on the term 'Ard Ri' for the next 66 years, likely because it was contested among provincial kings. Among the contenders during this time was, Donchadh, son of Brian B�ruma (Dal gCais of Munster); Diarmait, son of Donchadh M�el na mB� (Ui Cheinnselaig of Leinster); and Toirrdelbach, grandson of Brian B�ruma. The high kingship never again saw the same power that Brian Boru held. Beginning in 1087 the last six 'Ard Ri' of Ireland appear to have alternated between provincial candidates, with periods where there are no clear high king; these included kings from Aileach (Cenel Eoghain), next from Munster (Dal gCais), then Connacht (Ui Briuin), then T�r Conaill (Cenel Eoghain), and ending with Ruaidr� O'Connor of Connacht (Ui Briuin) in 1186. Further External Reference: |
Which country started the Second Balkan War in 1913 by invading Greece and Serbia? | World War I Centennial: The Second Balkan War Begins | Mental Floss World War I Centennial: The Second Balkan War Begins Getty Images Like us on Facebook The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. With the centennial of the outbreak of hostilities coming up in 2014, Erik Sass will be looking back at the lead-up to the war, when seemingly minor moments of friction accumulated until the situation was ready to explode. He'll be covering those events 100 years after they occurred. This is the 75th installment in the series. June 29, 1913: Second Balkan War Begins The Second Balkan War, June-August 1913, is synonymous with total military debacle. Feeling shortchanged by the Balkan League’s division of former Ottoman territory in Macedonia following the First Balkan War , Bulgaria lashed out against its former allies, Serbia and Greece, with exhausted troops and a ludicrously optimistic strategy – and swiftly reaped the whirlwind, as Turkey and Romania piled on from the rear. In fact, the Second Balkan War marks one of the few occasions in modern history when a country has been literally attacked from all sides… or rather, counter-attacked: incredible though it seems in retrospect, Bulgaria’s impulsive Tsar Ferdinand actually started this disastrous war. Tsar Ferdinand had right on his side, but that was about it: the 1912 treaty between Bulgaria and Serbia had granted most of Ottoman Macedonia to Bulgaria, while Serbia was supposed to gain access to the sea by conquering Ottoman Albania. But when Austria-Hungary and Europe’s other Great Powers deprived Serbia of its gains by creating the new, independent state of Albania , the Serbians were left looking elsewhere for compensation, which could only mean Macedonia. Meanwhile, during the First Balkan War the Bulgarians had concentrated their forces in the east in a failed effort to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople – so there were no Bulgarian “boots on the ground” to enforce Bulgaria’s claims in the west. Indeed, the balance of power in the Balkans was now slanted sharply against Bulgaria. After sustaining heavy losses in the First Balkan War, Bulgaria could deploy around 360,000 troops (many of them new and untrained) against its former allies, while Serbia could field 300,000 troops, along with 13,000 troops from its sidekick Montenegro, and Greece could field 121,000. Thus the Bulgarians were outnumbered 434,000 to 360,000 – and that’s not counting Romania, with 418,000 troops, and the Ottoman Empire, with 250,000, both of which had scores to settle with Bulgaria. Nonetheless on June 29, 1913, Tsar Ferdinand, confident in the martial spirit of his tired soldiers, ordered Bulgarian armies to attack the Serbians and Greeks across the eastern and southern borders of the disputed area in Macedonia. Failure was immediate and complete, as Bulgarian forces were roundly defeated by the Serbians at Bregalnica (Breg-AL-neet-sa) and the Greeks at Kilkis. Bregalnica The main attack was launched without warning on the night of June 29-30 by the Bulgarian 4th Army against the Serbian 1st and 3rd Armies south of the town of Štip. The Bulgarians managed to advance as far the town of Udovo, about 25 miles west of the current border between Bulgaria and the Macedonian Republic, when internal conflicts in the Bulgarian command derailed the campaign. Amazingly, Tsar Ferdinand had started the Second Balkan War without consulting or informing Bulgaria’s civilian government; in fact the Bulgarian prime minister, Stoyan Danev, was just about to leave for St. Petersburg to participate in Russia’s planned mediation of the dispute with Serbia when the war broke out. On July 1, Danev, understandably annoyed at being excluded from key affairs of state, frantically ordered the Bulgarian chief of staff, Mikhail Savov, to halt the attack. Savov obeyed and was duly rewarded by being fired by Tsar Ferdinand for disobedience on July 3 (on July 3 parl |
In mathematics, which letter of the alphabet is given to the imaginary number equal to the square root of -1? | The Great Keinplatz Experiment / Arthur Conan Doyle The Lift The Brown Hand Every one knows that Sir Dominick Holden, the famous Indian surgeon, made me his heir, and that his death changed me in an hour from a hard-working and impecunious medical man to a well-to-do landed proprietor. Many know also that there were at least five people between the inheritance and me, and that Sir Dominick’s selection appeared to be altogether arbitrary and whimsical. I can assure them, however, that they are quite mistaken, and that, although I only knew Sir Dominick in the closing years of his life, there were none the less very real reasons why he should show his goodwill towards me. As a matter of fact, though I say it myself, no man ever did more for another than I did for my Indian uncle. I cannot expect the story to be believed, but it is so singular that I should feel that it was a breach of duty if I did not put it upon record—so here it is, and your belief or incredulity is your own affair. Sir Dominick Holden, C.B., K.C.S.I., and I don’t know what besides, was the most distinguished Indian surgeon of his day. In the Army originally, he afterwards settled down into civil practice in Bombay, and visited as a consultant every part of India. His name is best remembered in connection with the Oriental Hospital, which he founded and supported. The time came, however, when his iron constitution began to show signs of the long strain to which he had subjected it, and his brother practitioners (who were not, perhaps, entirely disinterested upon the point) were unanimous in recommending him to return to England. He held on so long as he could, but at last he developed nervous symptoms of a very pronounced character, and so came back, a broken man, to his native county of Wiltshire. He bought a considerable estate with an ancient manor-house upon the edge of Salisbury Plain, and devoted his old age to the study of Comparative Pathology, which had been his learned hobby all his life, and in which he was a foremost authority. We of the family were, as may be imagined, much excited by the news of the return of this rich and childless uncle to England. On his part, although by no means exuberant in his hospitality, he showed some sense of his duty to his relations, and each of us in turn had an invitation to visit him. From the accounts of my cousins it appeared to be a melancholy business, and it was with mixed feelings that I at last received my own summons to appear at Rodenhurst. My wife was so carefully excluded in the invitation that my first impulse was to refuse it, but the interests of the children had to be considered, and so, with her consent, I set out one October afternoon upon my visit to Wiltshire, with little thought of what that visit was to entail. My uncle’s estate was situated where the arable land of the plains begins to swell upwards into the rounded chalk hills which are characteristic of the county. As I drove from Dinton Station in the waning light of that autumn day, I was impressed by the weird nature of the scenery. The few scattered cottages of the peasants were so dwarfed by the huge evidences of prehistoric life, that the present appeared to be a dream and the past to be the obtrusive and masterful reality. The road wound through the valleys, formed by a succession of grassy hills, and the summit of each was cut and carved into the most elaborate fortifications, some circular, and some square, but all on a scale which has defied the winds and the rains of many centuries. Some call them Roman and some British, but their true origin and the reasons for this particular tract of country being so interlaced with entrenchments have never been finally made clear. Here and there on the long, smooth, olive-coloured slopes there rose small rounded barrows or tumuli. Beneath them lie the cremated ashes of the race which cut so deeply into the hills, but their graves tell us nothing save that a jar full of dust represents the man who once laboured under the sun. It was through this weird country that I approached my uncle’ |
What is the name of the actor and singer who voiced the character 'Chef' in the animated series 'South Park' from 1997 to 2006? | South Park | American animated television series | Britannica.com American animated television series South Park, American adult-oriented animated comedy series that has aired on the cable network Comedy Central since 1997. The controversial series won Emmy Awards for outstanding animated program in 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009. Animated characters from South Park (front, from left to right): Stan, … PRNewsFoto/Comedy Central/Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products/AP Images South Park is set in a fictional Colorado town of the same name and focuses largely on the antics of four grade-school boys: Eric Cartman, Stanley Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenneth (Kenny) McCormick, although numerous episodes have dealt with the town’s other denizens , most of whom are recurring characters. The series was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone , who, in addition to writing, directing, and editing each episode, provide the voices of the four boys as well as of nearly every other male character in the series (though, notably, the late soul singer Isaac Hayes voiced Chef from the late 1990s until 2006). South Park is decidedly low-budget in appearance, with the characters and landscapes rendered in the style of crude cut-out animation (although, in reality, high-end video processing is used to achieve this effect). It is almost always winter in South Park, with snow covering the ground. The town is inhabited by a population of odd and improbable characters, including Jesus , who hosts a local public-access talk show. Nearly every social institution, from law enforcement to education, is portrayed as inept. The show revels in controversy and taboo subjects and often parodies celebrities and public figures. Much of its humour relies on pop-culture references, slapstick, shock value, and scatological jokes, as exemplified by the episode in which the boys befriend a singing, dancing piece of fecal matter named Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo. In 1999 the show engendered a feature-length musical cartoon, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Learn More in these related articles: |
Which musical instrument takes its name from the German for 'play of bells'? | glockenspiel - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com Random Word glockenspiel A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument comprised of metal bars that are struck with a hammer. The glockenspiel is common in German music. If you listen to German music and hear a lively instrument that sounds like bells, you've probably heard a glockenspiel. This delightful percussion instrument produces its bell-like sound from metal bars struck with a small hammer. The spiel part is from German for play. The glocken part is German for bells. The glockenspiel has been around since the 1800's and is still used today, especially in Germany. A glockenspiel is similar to a xylophone. |
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