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Which two countries jointly hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup?	SOCCER;South Korea And Japan Will Share World Cup - The New York Times The New York Times Sports \|SOCCER;South Korea And Japan Will Share World Cup Search Continue reading the main story The fierce competition between Japan and South Korea to host soccer's international championship ended with an uneasy solution yesterday, when the contentious nations were chosen as joint hosts of the 2002 World Cup. Officials of FIFA, soccer's Zurich-based international governing body, must now hammer out the logistical kinks involved in awarding a joint bid to two countries as rivalrous as these two have been. The world's largest single sporting event has never been held in Asia, and it has never had co-hosts. The decision came after Japan, which had been resisting the idea of sharing the event, sent a letter to FIFA saying it had changed its stance and was willing to join South Korea as co-host. "It was the appropriate political decision," Alan Rothenberg, president of the United States soccer federation, said in a conference call from Zurich, where FIFA's decision was announced. "If it works, it will be very important for the World Cup to be co-hosted by two countries without a great history of friendship. This proves that sport, and particularly soccer, can make a difference." Several important questions remain unanswered. Which country will host the championship match? Will both nations receive an automatic qualifying berth that traditionally goes to the host country? Will South Korea share its portion of the tournament with North Korea? Advertisement Continue reading the main story Response to yesterday's decision was mixed. Koreans, buoyed by streaks of fervent nationalism and three consecutive appearances in the World Cup, seemed generally excited about the chance to host at least a part of the monthlong international championship. "This is a victory for us and a loss for Japan," Kim Ga-young, an official with Korea's World Cup bidding committee, told the Reuters news agency in Seoul. "The Japanese were all along against the idea of co-hosting, but they accepted it at the last minute. We won." The two countries have been traditional enemies and distant friends since Japan's 35-year occupation of the Korean peninsula, which ended after World War II. "I am a rather conservative man, and it will take me a couple of days to decide whether I am happy with this decision or not," Chung Mong-joon, a South Korean vice president of FIFA, told reporters in Zurich. "I hope I am happy." Reaction was more subdued and disappointed in Japan, which had resisted the idea of serving as a co-host. Japan was the favored choice of FIFA's autocratic leader, Joao Havelange of Brazil, who lost a political fight against his European counterparts on the soccer body's executive committee. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy "This is the worst-case scenario," Kenji Mori, managing director of Japan's professional J League, told Reuters in Tokyo, while one of the league's coaches, Yasuhiko Okudera, said, "It's going to be terrible, but we have to think positive." Officially, government leaders in Japan and South Korea said they hope the joint bid will encourage friendly relations as well as exciting soccer. "I express deep respect for the FIFA executive committee members' decision to let the two countries co-host the event in order to promote harmony in the world soccer community and South Korea-Japan bilateral relations," Korean President Kim Young-sam said in a statement. Harmony, however, will have to await the answering of several logistical questions. Japan and Korea spent tens of millions of dollars in a bidding war to secure the 2002 World Cup. And until the sites of the important games, such as the opening and closing matches, are determined, the zealous bidding will continue. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Chung, the South Korean vice president of FIFA, suggested that Korea and Japan might meet in a playoff
Maslak is the commercial district of which European city?	Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey Map Lat Long Coordinates Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey Latitude and longitude coordinates are: 41.108891, 29.021111. Maslak is one of the numerous central districts of Istanbul, western Turkey. It is located on the right shore of the Bosphorus (so called European side) and is a developing business and commercial district of the capital city. It is very easy to reach it by metro or buses from other central parts of the city, and there are plenty of business kind of venues like conference halls, exhibitions, venues for fairs, financial and other institutions located in the area. Map of Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey Facebook Google+ Twitter Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey Lat Long Coordinates Info The latitude of Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey is 41.108891, and the longitude is 29.021111. Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey is located at Turkey country in the Districts place category with the gps coordinates of 41° 6' 32.0076'' N and 29° 1' 15.9996'' E. Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey elevation is 125 meters height, that is equal to 410 feet. Search for a Place Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey Geographic Information Country
The Sheffield Shield is competed for in which sport?	Sheffield Shield - A Cricket Article Sheffield Shield Comments The Sheffield Shield got recognized in 1892-93 and is considered as the foremost domestic cricket competition held in Australia. There are around six teams who play these series of 4-day matches annually with every other team. Points are awarded for each team after each win or lose and then top winners would play against each other in the fifth day final match. The final match is played at home ground which finishes at the end of the routine season competition. And, if the final is tied, then the top ranked team wins the Sheffield Shield. This four day version of domestic cricket match in Australia attracts crowds from around the world and involves states like New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and such states. History of the Shield To trace back to the history of the Shield, it can be rather interesting to know that it was in 1891-92, that the shield came into existence. The Earl of Sheffield had come to Australia and as the promoter of the English team led by W.G. Grace, scheduled the tour having almost three tests played successively in Melbourne, Sydney and in Adelaide. At the end of the outstanding tour, Lord Sheffield donated 150 pounds to the association of New South Wales Cricket team for the purpose of funding a trophy for the annual tournament held in Australia. There were in general three colonies, the New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria, which were already playing with each other for the matches. The summer of 1892-93 seasons saw the commencement of the new tournaments where the three teams competed with each other in each season for the Sheffield Shield, named after its benefactor. There was a competition held as to who would make a better shield and Philip Blashki, a Polish settler won this competition and designed the 43 x 30 inch of silver shield trophy. The competition consequently commenced fifteen years after the first test match of Australia. In 1999, the Australian Cricket Board, which is at present, known by the name, Cricket Australia, announced 4 year aid deal that included renaming of the Sheffield Shield to the Pura Milk Cup and then to Pura Cup for next season. The name, Pura is kept after a brand name, Pura of National Foods. With this aid, there was increase in the whole prize money to 220,000 dollars, with winners getting 75,000 dollars and the runners up getting 45,000 dollars at the most. Player of the year At the end of the each season, the player of the year award is declared and from 1976, it has been awarded to any best performance of the player/s of the season as per the panel of judge’s discussion. Mathew Elliott, South Australian and Victoria batsman had won the award most of the times and also have been awarded Player of the year on three separate occasions in 1994-95, in 1998-99 and in 2003-04 respectively. Pura Cup season winners of 2008-09 The first season of the Pura Cup was played between Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales in 1892-93. At this season, Victoria won the shield, and South Australia came second with New South Wales at the third place. The winner of the Pura Cup season of 2008 – 09 was Victoria, with Second and Third position runner ups being Queensland and South Australia. Tasmania, Western Australia and New South Wales came as fourth, fifth and sixth positions. Categories:
In mathematics, whose theorem states that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal in area to the sum of the squares on the other two sides?	Famous Theorems of Mathematics/Pythagoras theorem - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Famous Theorems of Mathematics/Pythagoras theorem From Wikibooks, open books for an open world Jump to: navigation , search The Pythagoras Theorem or the Pythagorean theorem, named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras states that: In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite to the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (the two sides that meet at a right angle). This is usually summarized as follows: The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides. If we let c be the length of the hypotenuse and a and b be the lengths of the other two sides, the theorem can be expressed as the equation: a {\displaystyle a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}\,} or, solved for c: . {\displaystyle c={\sqrt {a^{2}+b^{2}}}.\,} If c is already given, and the length of one of the legs must be found, the following equations can be used (The following equations are simply the converse of the original equation): c {\displaystyle c^{2}-a^{2}=b^{2}\,} or . {\displaystyle c^{2}-b^{2}=a^{2}.\,} This equation provides a simple relation among the three sides of a right triangle so that if the lengths of any two sides are known, the length of the third side can be found. A generalization of this theorem is the law of cosines, which allows the computation of the length of the third side of any triangle, given the lengths of two sides and the size of the angle between them. If the angle between the sides is a right angle it reduces to the Pythagorean theorem. Contents History[ edit ] The history of the theorem can be divided into four parts: knowledge of Pythagorean triples, knowledge of the relationship between the sides of a right triangle, knowledge of the relationship between adjacent angles, and proofs of the theorem. Megalithic monuments from circa 2500 BC in Egypt, and in Northern Europe, incorporate right triangles with integer sides. Bartel Leendert van der Waerden conjectures that these Pythagorean triples were discovered algebraically. Written between 2000 and 1786 BC, the Middle Kingdom Egyptian papyrus Berlin 6619 includes a problem whose solution is a Pythagorean triple. During the reign of Hammurabi the Great, the Mesopotamian tablet Plimpton 322, written between 1790 and 1750 BC, contains many entries closely related to Pythagorean triples. The Baudhayana Sulba Sutra, the dates of which are given variously as between the 8th century BC and the 2nd century BC, in India, contains a list of Pythagorean triples discovered algebraically, a statement of the Pythagorean theorem, and a geometrical proof of the Pythagorean theorem for an isosceles right triangle. The Apastamba Sulba Sutra (circa 600 BC) contains a numerical proof of the general Pythagorean theorem, using an area computation. Van der Waerden believes that "it was certainly based on earlier traditions". According to Albert Bŭrk, this is the original proof of the theorem; he further theorizes that Pythagoras visited Arakonam, India, and copied it. Pythagoras, whose dates are commonly given as 569–475 BC, used algebraic methods to construct Pythagorean triples, according to Proklos's commentary on Euclid. Proklos, however, wrote between 410 and 485 AD. According to Sir Thomas L. Heath, there is no attribution of the theorem to Pythagoras for five centuries after Pythagoras lived. However, when authors such as Plutarch and Cicero attributed the theorem to Pythagoras, they did so in a way which suggests that the attribution was widely known and undoubted. Around 400 BC, according to Proklos, Plato gave a method for finding Pythagorean triples that combined algebra and geometry. Circa 300 BC, in Euclid's Elements, the oldest extant axiomatic proof of the theorem is presented. Written sometime between 500 BC and 100 AD, the Chinese text Chou Pei Suan Ching (周髀算经), (The Arithmetical Classic of the Gnomon and the Circular Paths of Heaven) gives a statement of t
An apple seed contains which poisonous substance?	Are Apple Seeds Poisonous? Are Apple Seeds Poisonous? Are Apple Seeds Poisonous? Cyanide in Apple Seeds Apple seeds contain amygdalin, which decomposes into toxic benzaldehyde and prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide. However, humans are able to detoxify small amounts of these chemicals. Image Source/Getty Images Updated October 24, 2016. Question: Do Apple Seeds Contain Poison? Apples, along with cherries, peaches and almonds, are members of the rose family. The seeds of apples and these other fruits contain natural chemicals that are toxic to some animals. Are they poisonous to humans? Here's a look at the toxicity of apple seeds. Toxicity of Apple Seeds Apple seeds do contain a small amount of cyanide , which is a lethal poison, but you are protected from the toxin by the hard seed coating. If you eat whole apple seeds, they pass through your digestive system relatively untouched. If you chew the seeds thoroughly, you will be exposed to the chemicals inside the seeds, but the dose of toxins in an apple is small enough that your body can easily detoxify it. How Many Apple Seeds Does It Take to Kill You? Cyanide is deadly at a dose of about 1 milligram per kilogram of body weight. On average, an apple seed contains 0.49 mg of cyanogenic compounds. The number of seeds per apple varies, but an apple with 8 seeds therefore contains about 3.92 milligrams of cyanide. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge A person weighing 70 kilograms would needs to eat 143 seeds to reach the lethal dose, or about 18 whole apples. Reference: Juniper BE, Mabberley DJ (2006). The Story of the Apple. Timber Press. p. 20. ISBN 0881927848.
Kopi Luwak coffee beans, the most expensive in the world, come from the dung of which animal, after it has partially digested the berries which contain the beans?	The most expensive coffee in the world – All details about Kopi Luwak All About Kopi Luwak – The Most Expensive Coffee In The World! Kopi luwak is the world’s most expensive coffee. The main factor of it’s high price is the uncommon method of producing such a coffee. It has been produced from the coffee beans which have been digested by a certain Indonesian cat-like animal called then palm civet or also civet cat . This is the reason kopi luwak is also called cat poop coffee or civet cat coffee. The feces of this cat will be collected, finished and sold as kopi luwak. On this website you will find all relevant information about the production process, the cat, certified kopi luwak producers, the kopi luwak coffee itself and it’s unique properties and taste. The short supply, in comparison with the high demand, the different taste and the uncommon production methods define the value of kopi luwak – the most expensive coffee in the world . Here is a price comparison of a kopi luwak coffee with an average coffee brand: kopi luwak (coffee production per year) Why is Kopi Luwak so special and the most expensive coffee? The most important reason of the coffee’s speciality is the production process. Have a look at the pictures below to see how the most expensive coffee is produced: from beans fallen from a coffee tree to a cup of Kopi Luwak coffee. If you want more details about each step, just click on “more..” in each section. Hint: To enjoy Kopi Luwak, use regular sized coffee mugs . The coffee tree, Coffea, is a flowering evergreen plant native to tropical Africa and Asia. In the 17th century it was also imported to Latin-America. (more..) In fact, coffee beans are seeds and not beans. They contain caffeine as a plant defense against animals. However, this is no protection against the palm civet cat. (more..) During the digestion process the coffee cherries and the pulp are removed but the coffee beans are not digested. During this process some kind of unique fermentation occurs which is responsible for giving the civet coffee its special flavor. (more..) Palm civets, also known as civet cats, are small mammals which belong to the Viverridae family. Normally they prefer to eat just the ripest coffee cherries. In Indonesia these animals are known as luwaks. (more..) After about 24 hours the coffee beans are defecated by the civet cat. In Southeast Asia these feces are considered golden. They are collected from farmers and processed into coffee. (more..) In the next steps the coffee beans are washed, dried, pounded to remove the skin, sorted and finally roasted . (more..) Kopi Luwak coffee can be brewed like any other coffee. Avoid using sugar, milk or cream in your kopi luwak, because with these ingredients you will not be able to taste its unique flavor. (more..) enjoy the cup! Important: You should pay attention when buying Kopi Luwak coffee! The keyword in this sense is animal friendly and “ authentic “, which means it’s coffee cherries have been eaten, digested and excreted by wild living and non-caged civet cat, collected by farmers and sold to roasters to prepare for human consumption. The potential in selling of kopi Luwak is high, which allures alot business people trying to skim the market with wicked methods: 1.) “Fake” kopi luwak / Civet coffee A book about all the problems of fake kopi luwak Around 70% of kopi luwak coffee or civet coffee available at coffee stores and the Internet is NOT 100% pure kopi luwak and sometimes it does not contain anything of the genuine coffee. Mark Prince of the popular industry forum Coffee Geek has stated, “There is probably 5,000 percent more kopi luwak sold each year than there is actually produced; production of the legit stuff runs less than 5,000 pounds per year. Why? Because there’s lots of snake oil salesmen packaging up plain Jane inferior commodity grade Indonesian coffees under this banner and trying to get $300 per pound for it.” If you need a detail explanation of the fake potential of kopi luwak, we recommend reading “Don’t Buy kopi luwak Coffee Before You Read Th
Which English monarch was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485?	King Richard III: Battle of Bosworth descendants meet - BBC News BBC News King Richard III: Battle of Bosworth descendants meet 25 March 2015 Close share panel Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Richard, the last English king to die in battle, was killed at Bosworth Field in 1485 Descendants of some 20 families who fought at the Battle of Bosworth, that ended the reign of Richard III, have met for the first time. Researchers who identified the king using DNA from his distant family used the same techniques to find descendants of those who fought in the battle. They met family members directly related to the last Plantagenet king at a reception in Leicester. Some have flown from Australia, South Africa and Canada for the occasion. Richard, the last English king to die in battle, was killed at Bosworth Field in 1485 , at the end of the Wars of the Roses. The pro-vice chancellor at the University of Leicester, Prof Kevin Schürer, who conducted the research, said it was "challenging" but had "thrown up some interesting stories". Image copyright Rex Harris Image caption A stained glass window at Malvern Priory depicts Sir Reynold Bray, who is credited with finding Richard's golden crown on a hawthorn bush at Bosworth Among those identified by Prof Schürer are relatives whose ancestors include: Marmaduke Constable who survived at Bosworth and later fought in the Battle of Flodden, aged 71, but died after swallowing a frog while drinking a glass of water. Sir John Babington of Dethick, Derbyshire who had been Sheriff of Derby and Nottingham and is reported to have fought for King Richard's cause. Samuel Spriggs a Leicestershire man who accompanied Richard to battle and is reputed to have been made an esquire of his body. John Hardwick who knew the local terrain and advised Henry of Richmond on the best battle positions, thus being credited as "the architect of Richard's defeat". Sir Reynold Bray from Worcester who is credited with having found Richard's golden crown on a hawthorn bush on the Bosworth battlefield and handing it to Lord Stanley who placed it on Henry's head. Simon Digby from Leicester who was knighted and given the manor of Coleshill, Warwickshire for his part in the battle. Thomas Iden who fought for the Lancastrian cause and subsequently served as the Sheriff of Kent in 1500. Prof Schürer said: "The stories are a mixture of continuity and change, with a fair measure of fame and glory thrown in. "The inter-relation between some of the families from Bosworth is another interesting feature - in some regards it truly was a battle of cousins. "Bringing together these families for the first time in over 500 years will be a remarkable event." King Richard's reburial ceremony will be held at Leicester Cathedral on Thursday, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
Habib Bourguiba became the first President of which North African country in 1957?	Habib Bourguiba, Independence Champion and President of Tunisia, Dies at 96 - The New York Times The New York Times World \|Habib Bourguiba, Independence Champion and President of Tunisia, Dies at 96 Search Continue reading the main story Habib Bourguiba, who was president of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987 after leading the country to independence from France, died yesterday. He was 96 years old and lived in Monastir in eastern Tunisia. Mr. Bourguiba was a spectacularly durable Arab leader. He was also relatively moderate and pro-Western and did much to enhance women's rights in Tunisia. Often called the Supreme Combatant, he long dominated his North African nation as wholly as Nehru did India or Nasser did Egypt. In the early 1960's, after he consolidated power, he was asked about Tunisia's political system. ''The system? What system?'' he exclaimed cheerfully. ''I am the system.'' Mr. Bourguiba, who had been the only president of independent Tunisia, acquired the title president for life in 1975. But in November 1987, at age 84, he was deposed in a bloodless coup. He was ousted by his new prime minister, Zine el-Abidine ben Ali, who declared that the president was too senile and ill to govern Tunisia's seven million people. Mr. ben Ali put Mr. Bourguiba under guard for a time in a villa outside Tunis and assumed the presidency himself. Advertisement Continue reading the main story In the early years under Mr. Bourguiba, Tunisia evolved into one of the most politically tolerant Arab countries and was a showcase for development. Per-capita income and literacy soared. But in later years, appreciation of past accomplishments dimmed with disillusionment over high prices, low wages and high unemployment. At the same time, demands from opposing ends of the political spectrum shook confidence in his stewardship, which had often been marred by rigged elections. In his final years in power, Mr. Bourguiba took sweeping measures against Islamic militants, and he was deposed after he ordered retrials and death sentences for several of them. Mr. ben Ali and others feared that if the order were carried out it would bring on civil war. That crisis period was a far cry from Mr. Bourguiba's long heyday. For decade after decade, he was the fountainhead of Tunisian political life, first as the leader of the movement for independence and then, after independence came in 1956, as chief of state, modernizer, pioneer for women's rights and advocate of Arab moderation toward Israel. He was a flamboyant leader and a gifted orator, with his eyes flashing under his red fez, his jaw jutting, his arms flailing, his voice rising and falling, his passionate oratory building to make his points. But he was also a shrewd politician who often preferred to outmaneuver adversaries like French officials and Islamic conservatives rather than confront them. His tactics became known in the Paris press as Bourguibism, and they helped him retain his position as Tunisia's leader after the rulers of other Islamic nations -- the shah of Iran, the king of Libya, strongmen in Syria and Iraq -- were overthrown. Mr. Bourguiba's relatively restrained attitude did not come naturally in Tunisia, a nation the size of Louisiana on the Mediterranean coast between Algeria and Libya. Years of study in Paris had imbued him with a pattern of logical thinking, and as president he found it only logical to advocate restraint toward Israel, even after the Israeli victory in the 1967 war, when other Arab leaders were demanding revenge. In 1968, taking an approach somewhat resembling the one later adopted by Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, Mr. Bourguiba advocated a phased solution to the Middle East conflict. But his proposals were ignored in Arab capitals. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Some months before the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, he called for a ''just and lasting peace,'' citing Israel's right ''not to be exterminated and thrown into the sea.'' But in 1973 as in 1967, he sent a token military force to show his support for the Arab side. And when the guerrillas of t
Shantung is a type of which fabric?	Glossary of Fabric Terms - Fabric - Store A manufactured fiber, its major properties include a soft, wool-like hand, machine washable and dryable and excellent color retention. Alpaca A natural hair fiber obtained from the Alpaca sheep, a domesticated member of the llama family. Angora The hair of the Angora goat. Also known as Angora mohair. Angora may also apply to the fur of the Angora rabbit. Antique Satin A reversible satin-weave fabric with satin floats on the technical face and surface slubs on the technical back created by using slub-filling yarns. It is usually used with the technical back as the right side for drapery fabrics and often made of a blend of fibers. Batik A method of dyeing fabric where some areas are covered with wax or pastes made of glues or starches to make designs by keeping dyes from penetrating in pattern areas. Multicolored and blended effects are obtained by repeating the dyeing process several times, with the initial pattern of wax boiled off and another design applied before dyeing again in a new color. A lightweight, plain weave fabric, semi-sheer and usually made of cotton or cotton blends. Appropriate for heirloom sewing, baby clothes and lingerie. Bedford Cord A cord cotton-like fabric with raised ridges in the lengthwise direction. Since the fabric has a high strength and a high durability, it is often used for upholstery and work clothes. A fabric with a crosswise rib made from textile fibers (as rayon, nylon, cotton, or wool) often in combination. Boiled Wool Felted knitted wool, it offers the flexibility of a knit with great warmth. Create your own by washing double the needed amount of 100% wool jersey in hot water and drying in a hot dryer. Expect 50% shrinkage. Appropriate for jackets, vests and stuffed animals. Blackout A type of fabric that is commonly used for drapery, this fabric has the distinctive quality of blocking light, and comes in two forms: 2-pass and 3-pass. Two-pass has two “passes” of foam on a fabric, which means the black layer of foam will be visible. 3-pass has two layers of white and one layer of black foam. Three-pass can also be used as an upholstery fabric, as the black layer is not visible. Blackout fabrics can also be insulating and noise-dampening. Buckram A very stiff cotton fabric that is been soaked in a substance to fill in the gaps between the fibers. The fiber is usually cotton and is finished with starch and resin. Buckram fabric is most commonly used as the supporting material inside of baseball caps. It is also used in lady's hats, costumes, belts, and handbags. A loosely constructed, heavy weight, plain weave fabric. It has a rough hand. Appropriate for draperies and decorative items. Burn-out Velvet Created from two different fibers, the velvet is removed with chemicals in a pattern leaving the backing fabric intact. Appropriate for more unconstructed and loosely fit garments. Chenille The French word for caterpillar, this soft fabric is created by placing short pieces of yarns between core yarns and twisting the yarn together to make a fabric. This fabric is commonly used for baby items and in home décor fabrics. Chantilly lace This lace has a net background, and the pattern is created by embroidering with thread and ribbon to create floral designs. The pattern has areas of design that are very dense, and the pattern is often outlined with heavier cords or threads. Charm Quilt A quilt made of many, many small patches (traditionally 2" or so) where each piece is a different fabric. The pattern is usually a one-patch design and often involves swaps and trades with friends to gather many fabrics. Charmuese A luxurious, supple silky fabric with a shiny satin face and a dull back. Generally either silk, rayon ,or polyester. Suitable for blouses, fuller pants and lingerie. Cotton a white vegetable fiber grown in warmer climates in many parts of the world, has been used to produce many types of fabric for hundreds of years. Cotton fabric feels good against the skin regardless of the temperature or the humidity and is therefore in great demand by
Which Charles Dickens novel was set during the Gordon riots?	Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Charles Dickens and the Gordon Riots Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Charles Dickens and the Gordon Riots Charles Dickens' 200th birthday was celebrated yesterday, February 7. Among Dickens' many, many works is one rather unusual historical novel, Barnaby Rudge, concerning the Gordon Riots--those anti-Catholic disturbances that followed the first steps of emancipating Catholics in England. There are two interesting features of this novel: one that Dickens wasn't really that interested in history and the other that Dickens really had no sympathy for the Catholics attacked during the Gordon Riots! As to the first feature: Chesterton commented on Dickens writing two historical novels (A Tale of Two Cities and Barnaby Rudge) while not knowing anything or caring about history: But it is very typical of Dickens's living interest in his own time, that though he wrote two historical novels they were neither of them of very ancient history. They were both, indeed, of very recent history; only they were those parts of recent history which were specially picturesque. I do not think that this was due to any mere consciousness on his part that he knew no history. Undoubtedly he knew no history; and he may or may not have been conscious of the fact. But the consciousness did not prevent him from writing a History of England. Nor did it prevent him from interlarding all or any of his works with tales of the pictorial past, such as the tale of the broken swords in Master Humphrey's Clock, or the indefensibly delightful nightmare of the lady in the stage-coach, which helps to soften the amiable end of Pickwick. Neither, worst of all, did it prevent him from dogmatising anywhere and everywhere about the past, of which he knew nothing; it did not prevent him from telling the bells to tell Trotty Veck that the Middle Ages were a failure, nor from solemnly declaring that the best thing that the mediæval monks ever did was to create the mean and snobbish quietude of a modern cathedral city. No, it was not historical reverence that held him back from dealing with the remote past; but rather something much better -- a living interest in the living century in which he was born. He would have thought himself quite intellectually capable of writing a novel about the Council of Trent or the First Crusade. He would have thought himself quite equal to analysing the psychology of Abelard or giving a bright, satiric sketch of St. Augustine. It must frankly be confessed that it was not a sense of his own unworthiness that held him back; I fear it was rather a sense of St. Augustine's unworthiness. He could not see the point of any history before the first slow swell of the French Revolution. He could understand the revolutions of the eighteenth century; all the other revolutions of history (so many and so splendid) were unmeaning to him. But the revolutions of the eighteenth century he did understand; and to them therefore he went back, as all historical novelists go back, in search of the picturesque. And from this fact an important result follows, The result that follows is this: that his only two historical novels are both tales of revolutions -- of eighteenth-century revolutions. These two eighteenth-century revolutions may seem to differ, and perhaps do differ in everything except in being revolutions and of the eighteenth century. The French Revolution, which is the theme of A Tale of Two Cities, was a revolt in favour of all that is now called enlightenment and liberation. The great Gordon Riot, which is the theme of Barnaby Rudge, was a revolt in favour of something which would now be called mere ignorant and obscurantist Protestantism. Nevertheless both belonged more typically to the age out of which Dickens came -- the great sceptical and yet creative eighteenth century of Europe. Whether the mob rose on the right side or the wrong they both belonged to the time in which a mob could rise, in which a mob could conquer. No growth of intellectual science or of moral cowardice had made it impossible to
In the human body, what does dermal relate to?	Integumentary System Integumentary System Home > Integumentary System Integumentary System The integumentary system is an organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. The skin is only a few millimeters thick yet is by far the largest organ in the body. The average person’s skin weighs 10 pounds and has a surface area of almost 20 square feet. Skin forms the body’s outer covering and forms a barrier to protect the body from chemicals, disease, UV light, and physical damage. Hair and nails extend from the skin to reinforce the skin and protect it from environmental... Move up/down/left/right: Click compass arrows Rotate image: Click and drag in any direction, anywhere in the frame Identify objects: Click on them in the image 2D Interactive 3D Rotate & Zoom Change Anatomical System Female Full Integumentary System Description [Continued from above] . . . damage. The exocrine glands of the integumentary system produce sweat, oil, and wax to cool, protect, and moisturize the skin’s surface. Anatomy of the Integumentary System Epidermis The epidermis is the most superficial layer of the skin that covers almost the entire body surface. The epidermis rests upon and protects the deeper and thicker dermis layer of the skin. Structurally, the epidermis is only about a tenth of a millimeter thick but is made of 40 to 50 rows of stacked squamous epithelial cells. The epidermis is an avascular region of the body, meaning that it does not contain any blood or blood vessels. The cells of the epidermis receive all of their nutrients via diffusion of fluids from the dermis . The epidermis is made of several specialized types of cells. Almost 90% of the epidermis is made of cells known as keratinocytes. Keratinocytes develop from stem cells at the base of the epidermis and begin to produce and store the protein keratin. Keratin makes the keratinocytes very tough, scaly and water-resistant. At about 8% of epidermal cells, melanocytes form the second most numerous cell type in the epidermis. Melanocytes produce the pigment melanin to protect the skin from ultraviolet radiation and sunburn. Langerhans cells are the third most common cells in the epidermis and make up just over 1% of all epidermal cells. Langerhans cells’ role is to detect and fight pathogens that attempt to enter the body through the skin. Finally, Merkel cells make up less than 1% of all epidermal cells but have the important function of sensing touch. Merkel cells form a disk along the deepest edge of the epidermis where they connect to nerve endings in the dermis to sense light touch. The epidermis in most of the body is arranged into 4 distinct layers. In the palmar surface of the hands and plantar surface of the feet, the skin is thicker than in the rest of the body and there is a fifth layer of epidermis. The deepest region of the epidermis is the stratum basale, which contains the stem cells that reproduce to form all of the other cells of the epidermis. The cells of the stratum basale include cuboidal keratinocytes, melanocytes, and Merkel cells. Superficial to stratum basale is the stratum spinosum layer where Langerhans cells are found along with many rows of spiny keratinocytes. The spines found here are cellular projections called desmosomes that form between keratinocytes to hold them together and resist friction. Just superficial to the stratum spinosum is the stratum granulosum, where keratinocytes begin to produce waxy lamellar granules to waterproof the skin. The keratinocytes in the stratum granulosum are so far removed from the dermis that they begin to die from lack of nutrients. In the thick skin of the hands and feet, there is a layer of skin superficial to the stratum granulosum known as the stratum lucidum. The stratum lucidum is made of several rows of clear, dead keratinocytes that protect the underlying layers. The outermost layer of skin is the stratum corneum. The stratum corneum is made of many rows of flattened, dead keratinocytes that protect the underlying layers. Dead keratinocytes are constantly being shed from th
Billy (Blue) Cannon, Wind and Ira Bean are characters in which US tv series?	The High Chaparral TV HighChaparral Ira: Jerry Summers Don Sebastian Montoya: Frank Silvera One of the most successful westerns on television for four years was The High Chaparral. It was the name given to the ranch owned and operated by the Cannon family in the Arizona Territory during the 1870's. Stubborn, determined Big John Cannon (Leif Erickson) was the patriarch of the family, and his driving ambition to establish a cattle empire in the rugged, Apache-infested land was the thrust of the entire show. To help him, he had his younger brother Buck (Cameron Mitchell), who could outdrink, outshoot, outfight, and when motivated, outwork any man alive. Big John's son, Billy Blue (Mark Slade), was a young man in his early 20's, whose mother was killed in the very first episode. After his first wife's death, John married Victoria Montoya (Linda Cristal), daughter of Don Sebastian Montoya (Frank Silvera), and heiress, along with her brother Manolito (Henry Darrow), to the Don's extensive cattle holdings south of the border. Manolito comes to the Cannon ranch and becomes a permanent part of the household. In the very first episode, Buck and Blue ride into Tucson and hire the bunkhouse guys, led by Sam Butler (Don Collier), who is the ranch foreman and who becomes John Cannon's ï¿½left arm of the High Chaparral.ï¿½ The rest of the bunkhouse consisted of Samï¿½s brother Joe (Bob Hoy), Reno (Ted Markland), Ira Bean (Jerry Summers), and Pedro (Roberto Contreras). Vaquero (Rudolfo Acosta) is also acquired in the first episode as household help. There were cast changes, most notably in the fourth season with the disappearance of Blue Cannon (Mark Slade) and Don Sebastian Montoya (Frank Silvera) and the addition of Wind (Rudy Ramos) and Don Domingo Montoya (Gilbert Roland). Ira Bean disappeared at the end of the first season, and both Reno and Vaquero disappeared at the end of the second season. All the rest of the cast remained for all four seasons. This series was shot almost entirely on location in 100+ heat at Tucson, Arizona, which gave it a realistic atmosphere. The viewer could almost feel the heat and the dust after an hour with the Cannons. The scripts were way above average, and each episode had enough action to hold viewerï¿½s interest. Nearly all the action sequences were coordinated by famed stuntman Henry Wills, and nearly every episode showcased a guest star of some repute. It was consistently in the top 20 of the national ratings, despite being lambasted for its excessive violence. In Europe, it was the top-rated show being imported at that time. The series was also unique in another way. David Dortort, who was also the creative genius behind Bonanza, insisted on realism all the way. He built the house to specifications of 1870 Arizona using real adobe and materials native to the area. He hired real Mexicans to play Mexicans and real Apaches to play Apaches. One of the greatest coup in film history was the hiring of Nino Cochise, grandson of the fabled Cochise, to play the part of his famous grandfather. Of the cast, Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Frank Silvera, and Gilbert Roland were veteran American movie actors, Rudolfo Acosta was a veteran Mexican movie actor, and Linda Cristal was well-known in both American and Mexican films. Don Collier was a veteran movie actor who also had his own successful television western Outlaws, as well a numerous television appearances as guest star in some of the highest top-ranking shows. Mark Slade came from the television series The Wackiest Ship in the Army. Bob Hoy and Jerry Summers were both stuntmen turned actors, and they continued working both sides of the fence their entire film career. Henry Darrow was an unknown, but he shot to fame in this series. Ted Markland was a well-known stand-up comedian before turning actor, and Roberto Contreras was well-known in both films and television as a character actor. Rudy Ramos was relatively unknown, but he shot to fame on this show. The cast was outstanding and worked well together. Leif Erickson, Came
Ricki Lake played the character Tracy Turnblad in which 1988 film?	Hairspray (1988) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 21 titles created 06 Sep 2011 a list of 35 titles created 09 Jul 2012 a list of 45 titles created 19 May 2014 a list of 31 titles created 21 Jun 2015 a list of 44 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Hairspray " 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. Edit Storyline 'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <[email protected]> The world was in a mess... but their hair was perfect!! See more » Genres: 26 February 1988 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The principal's office that Tracy Turnblad was sent to was a real principal's office. See more » Goofs When the two kids in the red car pull to the curb, two boys in blue pants walk by twice. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits During the ending credits, there are footsteps moving to the beat of the song playing in the background. See more » Connections (Marietta, GA, USA) – See all my reviews After an abomination like 'Pink Flamingos' it was a surprise for me to learn that this guy had talent. Like Spike Lee or Oliver Stone, you've got to admit that John Waters, like him or not, is a born moviemaker. Also like those two (and ultimately all great directors) he knows how to speak with his own voice and translate his vision to the screen. His writing is most impressive here as he manages to point up the evils of racism and segregation while not abandoning his wacked-out comedic style. And his eye for period detail is uncanny (as long as the period wasn't too long ago!) 'Hairspray' is great entertainment, fun to watch and edifying, too. Who would have thought that? 22 of 36 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
Which date is Groundhog Day in the USA?	Groundhog Day in the United States Home Calendar Holidays the United States Groundhog Day Groundhog Day in the United States Groundhog Day falls on February 2 in the United States, coinciding with Candlemas . It is a part of popular culture among many Americans and it centers on the idea of the groundhog coming out of its home to “predict” the weather. The groundhog plays an important role on Groundhog Day. The groundhog plays an important role on Groundhog Day. ©iStockphoto.com/David P. Lewis What Do People Do? Groundhog Day is a popular observance in many parts of the United States. Although some states have in some cases adopted their own groundhogs, the official groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, lives at Gobbler’s Knob near Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The town has attracted thousands of visitors over the years to experience various Groundhog Day events and activities on February 2. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club plays an important role in organizing Groundhog Day in the town. Club members, news reporters, locals, and visitors meet at Gobbler’s Knob on February 2 each year to await Phil’s appearance and his weather prediction. Pennsylvania’s governor has been known to attend Groundhog Day ceremonies. Many weather researchers questioned the groundhog’s accuracy in predicting the weather, but some of the groundhog’s fans may not agree. Public Life Groundhog Day is an observance but it is not a public holiday in the United States. However, areas around parks and some streets may be busy or congested in towns, such as Punxsutawney, where Groundhog Day events are popular. Roots in Nature Thousands of years ago when animalism and nature worship were prevalent, people in the area of Europe now known as Germany believed that the badger had the power to predict the coming of spring. They watched the badger to know when to plant their crops. By the time the first German immigrants settled in Pennsylvania they probably understood that this was not true but the tradition continued. Unfortunately, there were not many badgers in Pennsylvania so the groundhog was substituted for the badger. Tradition has it that if the groundhog sees its shadow on February 2 it will be frightened by it and will then return to its burrow, indicating that there will be 6 more weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow, then spring is on the way. Punxsutawney Phil Punxsutawney held its first Groundhog Day in the United States in the 1800s. The first official trek to Gobbler's Knob was made on February 2, 1887. It is said that Punxsutawney Phil (the groundhog) was named after King Phillip. He was called Br'er Groundhog prior to being known as Phil. Canada also celebrates Groundhog Day. The movie “Groundhog Day” from 1993, starring comedian Bill Murray, made Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania famous worldwide. The film's plot added new meaning to the term “Groundhog Day” as something that repeats itself endlessly. Note: References to seasonal changes in this article relate to the Northern Hemisphere.
Helminthology is the study of which creatures?	Helminthology \| Article about Helminthology by The Free Dictionary Helminthology \| Article about Helminthology by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Helminthology Related to Helminthology: parasitology , Helminths Helminthology the scientific study of parasitic worms and helminthiases—the diseases that they cause in man, animals, and plants. As part of the complex of parasitological sciences, helminthology is closely associated at the same time with many other biological sciences (chiefly zoology), medicine, veterinary science, and plant pathology. It deals with a variety of problems, theoretical as well as practical. The main theoretical problems include elucidation of the ways in which parasitism originates in helminths, study of the historical development of helminths, and investigation of the nature of the interrelations between helminths and the hosts that they parasitize. Practical problems include the detailed study of all the pathologomorphological and pathologo-physiological processes involved in the infestation of man and useful animals and plants with various helminths, in order to find the most effective methods of diagnosing, preventing, and treating helminthiases. The main branches of helminthology are general helminthology (study of the fauna, morphology, taxonomy, biological cycles, and physiology of helminths); medical helminthology (human helminthiases and methods of controlling them); veterinary helminthology (helminthiases of domestic and game animals and methods of controlling them); and agronomical helminthology or plant helminthology (study of the effect of helminths on plants and methods of controlling plant helminthiases). The earliest information on parasitic worms dates far back into antiquity, but helminthology as a science did not begin to develop until the second half of the 18th century. The pioneer in this field is generally thought to be the German scientist K. A. Rudolphi, who was the first to collect parasitic worms and write a major monograph about them. The works of other scientists appeared at about the same time. They were devoted to the morphology, species composition, and position of helminths in the zoological system. The subsequent period in the history of helminthology (second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries) was characterized by a steadily increasing number of works in the zoogeography and classification of different groups of parasitic worms and by broad experimental research aimed at uncovering the complex life cycles of helminths (for example, the works of the Danish zoologist J. Steenstrup, the German researchers G. Küchenmeister, R. Leuckart, and M. Braun, the French scientist A. Railliet, the Russian zoologist N. A. Kholodkovskii, and the Swiss helminthologist O. Forman). Present-day helminthologists make extensive use of methods based on advances in chemistry and physics. This has made it possible to gain more insight into the morphological and physiological changes that take place in helminths in the various stages of individual development (ontogeny), to study the mechanisms of their adaptation to changing environmental conditions, and to elucidate more fully the various aspects of the relationship between parasite and host. Research on these matters is responsible for the characteristics of modern helminthology. Research on helminthology is most vigorously pursued in the USSR, where the world’s largest school of helminthologists is found. It is concerned with the main branches of helminthology—general, medical, and veterinary—and it also deals with plant helminthology. The founder and director of the school of Soviet helminthologists was K. I. Skriabin, and E. N. Pavlovskii and V. A. Dogel’ made an important contribution to the development of helminthology in the USSR. B. E. Bykhovskii made a thorough study of flatworms. Highly qualified Soviet specialists are at work in general, medical, veterinary, and agronomical helminthology. The All-Union Society of Helminthologists, which is part of the Academy of Sciences of
Nairobi is the capital of which country?	Nairobi \| national capital, Kenya \| Britannica.com national capital, Kenya list of cities and towns in Kenya Nairobi, city, capital of Kenya . It is situated in the south-central part of the country, in the highlands at an elevation of about 5,500 feet (1,680 metres). The city lies 300 miles (480 km) northwest of Mombasa , Kenya’s major port on the Indian Ocean . Jacaranda trees blossom on parkland in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Adrian Arbib/Corbis The city originated in the late 1890s as a colonial railway settlement, taking its name from a water hole known to the Maasai people as Enkare Nairobi (“Cold Water”). When the railhead arrived there in 1899, the British colonial capital of Ukamba province was transferred from Machakos (now Masaku) to the site, and in 1905 Nairobi became the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate . From about 1900 onward, when a small Indian bazaar was established at Nairobi, the city was also a trading centre. As a governmental centre, Nairobi subsequently attracted a stream of migrants from rural Kenya that made it one of the largest cities in tropical Africa. It was declared a municipality in 1919 and was granted city status in 1954. When Kenya gained independence in 1963, Nairobi remained the capital. The new country’s constitution expanded the city’s municipal area; the enlarged municipality is an independent unit administered by the Nairobi City Council. Street scenes in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Nairobi is the principal industrial centre of the country. The railways are the largest single industrial employer. Light-manufacturing industries produce beverages, cigarettes, and processed food. Tourism is also important. The city is located near eastern Africa’s agricultural heartland, and a number of primary products are routed through Nairobi before being exported via Mombasa. Nairobi also plays an important role in the community of eastern African states; it is the headquarters of important regional railways, harbours, and airways corporations. Similar Topics Nyeri The city is well served by roads and railways. The main routes are southeast and south to Mombasa and Tanzania and northwest via the highlands to Lake Victoria and Uganda . Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, 9 miles (15 km) to the southwest, is one of the chief international airports in Africa. Among the city’s architectural landmarks are the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, the Parliament Building and city hall, the law courts , the Roman Catholic cathedral, and the Jamia Mosque. There is also a well-planned commercial centre. The shining domes of Jamia Mosque, Nairobi. © Corbis Nairobi is home to several educational institutions, including the University of Nairobi (founded in 1956 as the Royal Technical College of East Africa), Kenyatta University College (founded in 1972 as a constituent part of the University of Nairobi), Kenya Polytechnic University College (1961), and Kenya Institute of Administration (1961). Other institutions include the Kenya National Archives, the National Museum of Kenya (natural history), the McMillan Memorial Library, and the Kenya National Theatre. Nairobi National Park , a large reserve for numerous mammals, reptiles, and birds, is a popular tourist attraction. Pop. (1999) 2,143,254; (2009) 3,133,518. Herd of male impalas (Aepyceros melampus) in Nairobi National Park, Kenya James P. Rowan
What is the sediment at the bottom of a wine barrel called after fermentation?	Sediment – What Is That Dirt In My Wine? \| The Purple Café & Wine Bar Blog Sediment – What Is That Dirt In My Wine? Posted on December 4, 2009 by Purple Cafe In a nutshell…sediment is the term commonly used to describe the left over “lees” or “dregs” in a bottle of wine. It is composed of residual yeast, grape seeds, and other particles that settle to the bottom of a vat of wine after fermentation and aging. Filtering the wines will take out almost all sediment, though these days, winemakers are leaving the wine unfiltered, believing it will increase depth and flavor. The lees produced during wine production are packed full of antioxidants. The lees of red wines consist of tannins and plant pigments precipitated around crystals of potassium tartrate. To remove sediment before serving wine, simply decant the wine by pouring it slowly from the bottle into a decanter. Stop pouring when you start to see the wine sediment enter the neck of the bottle, and then allow the wine in the decanter to air out a little bit before pouring it into glasses. Bottom line; do not be afraid of those particles in the bottom of your glass. They are all natural and healthy (especially if you don’t mind chewing your wine a bit). And, if you find yourself with leftover wine with plenty of sediment, add it to your bath water as it is a natural skin softener.
Which singer plays Chicago police officer Sharon Pogue in the 2001 film ‘Angel Eyes’?	Angel Eyes (2001) - IMDb IMDb Doctor Strange Confirmed to Appear in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ 7 hours ago There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A mysterious man is drawn to a feisty female police officer and a unusual relationship ensues, as not everything is as it seems. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 28 titles created 08 Aug 2011 a list of 42 titles created 18 Jan 2012 a list of 21 titles created 19 Jan 2015 a list of 31 titles created 10 Feb 2015 a list of 38 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Angel Eyes " 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. 3 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards » Videos After running away fails, a terrified woman (Jennifer Lopez) empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband (Billy Campbell). Director: Michael Apted A journalist investigates a series of murders near American-owned factories on the border of Juarez and El Paso. Director: Gregory Nava A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress. Director: Wayne Wang The love life of Charlotte is reduced to an endless string of disastrous blind dates, until she meets the perfect man, Kevin. Unfortunately, his merciless mother will do anything to destroy their relationship. Director: Robert Luketic The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States. Director: Leon Ichaso Mary Fiore is San Francisco's most successful supplier of romance and glamor. She knows all the tricks. She knows all the rules. But then she breaks the most important rule of all: she falls in love with the groom. Director: Adam Shankman A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons. Director: Peter Chelsom A woman conceives twins through artificial insemination, only to meet the man of her dreams on the very same day. Director: Alan Poul The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts. Director: Gregory Nava Desperate to provide care for her daughter, down-on-her-luck Jean moves in with her father in-law from whom she is estranged. Through time, they learn to forgive each other and heal old wounds. Director: Lasse Hallström The violent story about how a criminal lesbian, a tough-guy hit-man with a heart of gold, and a mentally challenged man came to be best friends through a hostage. Director: Martin Brest An FBI agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim. Director: Tarsem Singh Edit Storyline While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police officer Sharon Pogue nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush. A mysterious stranger, Catch intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon's life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn't afraid to get involved? Maybe, but Sharon and Catch have met once before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past. Written by <[email protected]> The Deeper You Look. The More You Will Find. See more » Genres: Rated R for language, violence and a scene of sexuality \| See all certifications » Parents Guide: 18 May 2001 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Heart of Town See more » Filming Locations: $9,225,575 (USA) (18 May 2001) Gross: Ben Affleck and Aaron Eckhart were considered for the role of Catch. See more » Goofs When Jim C
Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was the first king of which Asian state?	King Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia Born in the city of Riyadh, King Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman Ibn Faisal Al Saud was brought up under the stringent care of his father. A group of contemporary scholars were assembled to teach him the fundamentals of Islam. He soon began to show an impressive array of qualities and talents, including shrewdness, courage, farsightedness and horsemanship. He was able to grasp both current and historical events. In 1891 and barely 12 years old, he traveled with his father, Imam Abdul Rahman Ibn Faisal Ibn Turki, to Kuwait. In ten years there, he acquired the necessary qualities of leadership and statesmanship. Consequently, hedecided to restore the rule of his forefathers, whatever the obstacles. A new epoch was launched when Abdul Aziz left Kuwait for Riyadh leading a small army of 60 men. This turned out to be "the small force that vanquished a big one, by God's Will." The conquest of Riyadh occurred on the 15th of January, 1902 (5th of Shawal, 1319 H). Yet this was only the beginning of the "Jihad" campaign of King Abdul Aziz. Saddened by disintegration and the state of anarchy, ignorance, poverty and disease in the Arabian peninsula, he resolved to unify the ranks of his nation under the banner "There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah." King Abdul Aziz Al Saud went on to unify the scattered parts and splintered tribes of the Arabian peninsula. He annexed Al Qasseem in 1904 (1322 H), Al Ahsa in 1913 (1331 H), Asir in 1916 (1334 H) and Hayel in 1921 (1340 H). He conquered Taif, and entered Makkah in 1924 (1343 H). When Jeddah was taken in 1925 (1344 H), the entire Hijaz Region submitted to his rule. Continuing his Jihad for 31 years, Abdul Aziz was gradually able to establish the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, declaring its founding on the 22nd of September 1932 (21st of Jumad Al Awal 1351 H). Soon after establishing security in the Kingdom and uniting the peninsula's scattered regions and feuding tribes, King Abdul Aziz began to organize the State. He developed the administrative and organizational systems needed to function properly. He delegated the State's responsibilities and set up an organized government in the Hijaz upon its annexation. In 1926 (1344 H), he established the post of General Prosecutor in Hijaz, which was assumed by his son, Prince Faisal. In 1926 (1345 H) he set up the Saudi Shoura Council, also under the chairmanship of Prince Faisal. On the 30th of September 1931 (19th of Shaaban 1350 H), a special system was instituted: the Council of Deputies came into being under the chairmanship of Prince Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz. During these early stages of rule, King Abdul Aziz also established several ministries as an advance administrative organization, departing from the traditional administrative system of the First and Second Saudi States. The modern state established diplomatic relations in accordance with officially recognized political representation, including the appointment of ambassadors. King Abdul Aziz Al Saud passed away in the city of Taif, in the Western Region, in 1953 (1372 H). His body was transferred to Riyadh, where he was buried with his Al Saud ancestors.
Which tennis player won the 2011 Women’s Wimbledon Championship?	Wimbledon 2011: Results and Reaction from the Tournament \| Bleacher Report Wimbledon 2011: Results and Reaction from the Tournament Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow Clive Brunskill/Getty Images 6 Comments The 2011 Wimbledon Championship is just around the corner. Actually, it is just around the weekend. The two week tournament is slated to start at 7 am EST on Monday, June 20th, and will conclude with the gentlemen's final on Sunday, July 3rd. Unless you are an amazingly hard-core tennis addict with ample amounts of free time, chances are you will miss some of the action. That is where we, and this slide show come in. We are going to be here with you every step of the way. This slideshow will be updated at the conclusion of each day's action, and will be designed to bring you up to date on any of the men's or women's action that you may have missed. We will start with the draw, and we aren't stopping until the tournament does. Wimbledon Has a New King in Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon 7/3 News Pool/Getty Images Novak Djokovic continued his remarkable 2011 season Sunday with a dominating win over defending Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. It was Djokovic's third grand slam title, and his first at Wimbledon. In fact, it was his first tournament championship on any grass court. I guess we can say he saved the best for first. This was also the first time he had ever beaten Rafael Nadal in a Grand Slam event. Just in case a Wimbledon victory wasn't enough for Djokovic he is also going to be the world's new No. 1 player on Monday. A well deserved ranking after an amazing year. Djokovic was beside himself after the victory. He collapsed on the court and started eating the grass. It was definitely a unique celebration that seemed to even catch Djokovic by surprise. Here is Djokovic after the match as quoted by ESPN: I felt like an animal. I wanted to see how it tastes. It tastes good. It came spontaneously, really. I didn't plan to do it. I didn't know what to do for my excitement and joy. Djokovic let everyone know that he is not going to be content with just winning Wimbledon. Djokovic: I want to win more Grand Slams. I will not definitely stop here, even though I have achieved (the) two biggest things [winning Wimbledon and becoming world No. 1] in my life in three days. After his performance at Wimbledon, I don't think anyone will be surprised if he goes onto win many Grand Slam tournaments. He just better hope they don't test for grass. Petra Kvitova Beats Maria Sharapova in Straight Sets to Win Wimbledon 7/2 News Julian Finney/Getty Images No. 8 Petra Kvitova was hardly the favorite in her final against No.5 Maria Sharapova . As we've seen before in sports, pre-match expectations mean absolutely nothing when the match starts. Kvitova downed Sharapova in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, to win her first grand slam. This match drew comparisons to Sharapova's 2004 Wimbledon win, where she defeated heavily favored Serena Williams in the final. Sharapova didn't play well in her final match, which was in stark contrast to her run to the finals, where she didn't drop a set. Kvitova had a similar run, at least until the quarterfinals. She didn't drop a set until the round of eight, when No. 32 Tsvetana Pironkova pushed her to a 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 win. No. 4 Victoria Azarenka pushed her to three sets in the 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 semifinal. In the final, Sharapova was broken five times by Kvitova. This was the first grand slam title for Kvitova, who made the quarterfinals in the Australian Open in 2011 and lost in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2010. Sharapova is still stuck on three grand slam titles, with her only Wimbledon coming in her 2004 win against WIlliams. Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic Advance to Men's Final and Friday's 7/1 News Clive Mason/Getty Images Rafael Nadal looked to be in trouble as he dropped his first set to Andy Murray 5-7, but he rallied to win three straight sets and the match 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal has now won 20 straight matches at the All England Club and will be the clear favorite w
Gallipoli is in which European country?	Battle of Gallipoli - World War I - HISTORY.com Battle of Gallipoli A+E Networks Introduction The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Campaign, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I. The campaign began with a failed naval attack by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Straits in February-March 1915 and continued with a major land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, involving British and French troops as well as divisions of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). Lack of sufficient intelligence and knowledge of the terrain, along with a fierce Turkish resistance, hampered the success of the invasion. By mid-October, Allied forces had suffered heavy casualties and had made little headway from their initial landing sites. Evacuation began in December 1915, and was completed early the following January. Google Launch of the Gallipoli Campaign With World War I stalled on the Western Front by 1915, the Allied Powers were debating going on the offensive in another region of the conflict, rather than continuing with attacks in Belgium and France. Early that year, Russia’s Grand Duke Nicholas appealed to Britain for aid in confronting a Turkish invasion in the Caucasus. (The Ottoman Empire had entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary, by November 1914.) In response, the Allies decided to launch a naval expedition to seize the Dardanelles Straits, a narrow passage connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Turkey. If successful, capture of the straits would allow the Allies to link up with the Russians in the Black Sea, where they could work together to knock Turkey out of the war. Did You Know? In May 1915, Britain's First Sea Lord Admiral John Fisher resigned dramatically over the mishandling of the Gallipoli invasion by First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. His political capital damaged by the debacle, the future prime minister later resigned his own position and accepted a commission to command an infantry battalion in France. Spearheaded by the first lord of the British Admiralty, Winston Churchill (over the strong opposition of the First Sea Lord Admiral John Fisher, head of the British Navy), the naval attack on the Dardanelles began with a long-range bombardment by British and French battleships on February 19, 1915. Turkish forces abandoned their outer forts but met the approaching Allied minesweepers with heavy fire, stalling the advance. Under tremendous pressure to renew the attack, Admiral Sackville Carden, the British naval commander in the region, suffered a nervous collapse and was replaced by Vice-Admiral Sir John de Robeck. On March 18, 18 Allied battleships entered the straits; Turkish fire, including undetected mines, sank three of the ships and severely damaged three others. Gallipoli Land Invasion Begins In the wake of the failed naval attack, preparations began for largescale troop landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula. British War Secretary Lord Kitchener appointed General Ian Hamilton as commander of British forces for the operation; under his command, troops from Australia, New Zealand and the French colonies assembled with British forces on the Greek island of Lemnos. Meanwhile, the Turks boosted their defenses under the command of the German general Liman von Sanders, who began positioning Ottoman troops along the shore where he expected the landings would take place. On April 25, 1915, the Allies launched their invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Despite suffering heavy casualties, they managed to establish two beachheads: at Helles on the peninsula’s southern tip, and at Gaba Tepe on the Aegean coast. (The latter site was later dubbed Anzac Cove, in honor of the Australian and New Zealand troops who fought so valiantly against determined Turkish defenders to establish the beachhead there.) After the initial landing, the Allies were able to make little progress from their in
Which English sailor made the first solo voyage around the world by the clipper route?	DAME NAOMI JAMES SINGLE HANDED SAILOR CLAIRE FRANCIS SIR ALEC ROSE JOSHUA SLOCUM SOLO WORLD NAVIGATION SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD Dame Naomi James is a yachtswoman and writer, born in New Zealand. After attending school in Rotorua, she worked as a hair stylist (1966ï¿½71) and language teacher (1972ï¿½4), before joining the crew of a charter yacht (1975ï¿½7). She became the first woman to sail solo around the world, and first woman solo around Cape Horn (Sep 1977ï¿½Jun 1978) on her yacht Express Crusader. In 1980 she entered the Observer Transatlantic Race on Kriter Lady, winning the Ladies' Prize and achieving the women's record for a single-handed Atlantic crossing. In 1990 she was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Among her books are Woman Alone (1978), At Sea on Land (1981), and Courage at Sea (1987). Dame Naomi James DBE, (b. 2 March 1949) was the first woman to sail single-handed (ie. solo) around the world via Cape Horn. She finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days, thus improving Sir Francis Chichester ï¿½s solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. The New Zealand -born James sailed around the world aboard the 53 ft yacht Express Crusader. During her voyage, she once nearly lost her mast, capsized and had no radio for several weeks. Although she finished her voyage without a companion, she did not start it alone. A kitten named Boris accompanied her but went overboard during the voyage. Naomi James was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1979 in recognition of her achievements. She gave up sailing in 1982 after winning the two thousand mile Round Britain Race with her husband Rob, because she suffered badly from sea sickness during that voyage (possibly augmented by morning sickness due to her pregnancy). The following year she lost her husband Robert, who fell overboard and drowned while sailing off Salcombe, Devon. Naomi James now lives in southern Ireland with her daughter, Lois, who was born after Dame Naomi's husband's death. BBC News Report 1978: Woman takes world sailing record Naomi James has broken the solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. Her 53 ft yacht Express Crusader crossed the finish line in Dartmouth at 0911 BST after almost nine months at sea. The 29-year-old also became the first woman to sail solo around the globe via Cape Horn - the classic "Clipper Route". A huge crowd of well-wishers and a Royal Marines band welcomed the New Zealand born Devonshire sailor home after her 27,000 mile (43,452 km) journey. Mrs James looked fit and relaxed as she stepped onto British soil for the first time in 272 days to be greeted by her husband, Rob. But she has had to endure weeks without a radio , the failure of her rigging during gales in the Southern Ocean and her boat capsizing. The record-breaking yachtswoman admitted she had thought about giving up her attempt when she lost her mast. In my mind was the thought: 'How can you go round the Horn with a ship that's not seaworthy?' - so I thought about turning back," she said. Mrs James said she was already planning to take part in a single-handed transatlantic race but was looking forward to a bath and a sleep first. "For the past 10 days since the Azores it's been murderous," she said. Round-the-world sailor Naomi James (nee Power) was around 10 years old when her family moved from Gisborne to a farm near Ngongotaha. She completed her education at Rotorua Girlsï¿½ High School, leaving for Europe in 1970. Newly married, and with only two years sailing experience behind her, Naomi reached Dartmouth, England, in June 1978 on her 53ft yacht 'Express Crusader' in a little under nine months to become the first woman to sail
Blenheim Palace is in which English county?	BLENHEIM PALACE - 1000434\| Historic England BLENHEIM PALACE List Entry Summary This garden or other land is registered under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 within the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by English Heritage for its special historic interest. Name: BLENHEIM PALACE The garden or other land may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. County: Oxfordshire National Park: Not applicable to this List entry. Grade: I Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry. Legacy System Information The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System: Parks and Gardens UID: 1402 Asset Groupings This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information. List entry Description Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Reasons for Designation Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. History Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Details A country mansion surrounded by an extensive and complex park and pleasure grounds, created from the medieval royal hunting park of Woodstock. Main phases early and mid C18 and early C20, with early C18 work by Henry Wise and John Vanbrugh, mid C18 work by Lancelot Brown and early C20 work by Achille Duchene. NOTE This entry is a summary. Because of the complexity of this site, the standard Register entry format would convey neither an adequate description nor a satisfactory account of the development of the landscape. The user is advised to consult the references given below for more detailed accounts. Many Listed Buildings exist within the site, not all of which have been here referred to. Descriptions of these are to be found in the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest produced by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT Henry I (1100-35) appears to have first enclosed the park at Woodstock at the beginning of the C12, it subsequently becoming an important royal hunting park. The park was focused on Woodstock Palace, a medieval hunting lodge of C12 origin, occupied by many monarchs and their spouses, who developed the buildings and surrounding gardens. John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, was rewarded by Queen Anne in 1705 for his services in defeating the French in Europe, by the grant of the Royal Manor of Woodstock, given with the understanding that she would build him, at her own expense, a house to be called Blenheim (named after the 1704 victory at the battle of Blindheim, close to the Danube). The former royal hunting park was probably then in poor condition, and the remains of Woodstock Palace were pulled down (despite a letter from Sir John Vanbrugh (1709) to the Duchess pleading for its retention, on grounds of historical association, as an eyecatcher) and its gardens removed. The new palace, built 1705-22, was designed, together with the monumental Grand Bridge over the little River Glyme, by Sir John Vanbrugh (assisted by Nicholas Hawksmoor), and was set within a great formal garden designed by Henry Wise (1653-1738), Queen Anne's Royal Gardener. Following the Duke's death in 1722, a formal canal scheme designed by Colonel Armstrong, his chief engineer, was implemented by the Duchess along the course of the River Glyme. In 1764 Lancelot Brown (1716-83) was called in, producing a plan to landscape the central core of the park which included flooding the river valley to produce a large lake, and landscaping the surrounds, with new belt plantings around the park boundary. In the early C19 the fifth Duke created a substantial rock garden and series of flower gardens (mostly gone) south of Brown's lake. In the late C19/early C20 the ninth Duke carried out much restoration and replanting within the park, and created formal gardens to the west and east of the house, designed 1908-30 by Achille Duchene. Restoration of park planting has continued d
In Greek mythology, Boreas, Eurus, Notus and Zephryus were all what?	Anemoi Anemoi See More Anemoi Pictures > The Anemoi were the four wind gods in Greek mythology, each of them corresponding to one of the four cardinal directions (North, South, West, East) from which they came. They were the children of Aeolus , the Keeper of the Winds, and Eos , the Titan goddess of the dawn. The four gods were Boreas (North Wind), Notus (South Wind), Zephyrus (West Wind) and Eurus (East Wind). Boreas was often described as a bearded old man with wings, who held a conch shell. He was closely associated with winter, as he was the bringer of cold and low temperatures. Notus was linked to the hot wind that would blow after midsummer, causing the crops to burn and bringing the bad weather of late summer. Eurus was considered to be an unlucky east wind, bringing rain and warm temperatures. Zephyrus was thought to live in a cave in the region of Thrace, and was considered the gentlest wind of the four, closely linked to spring. It was also believed that he was responsible for the blooming of the lands. Anemoi Is also called Venti.
What type of creature is a flying fox?	Flying Fox \| Heavenly Sword Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Flying Fox is a high-ranking member in King Bohan's army, signifying a prolonged relationship between the two. This is evident in Nariko's first battle with him, in which he sends multiple waves of soldiers to handle the heroine, to no avail. It is later revealed that it was Flying Fox who murdered Kai's mother, as well as possibly her entire clan, prior to the events of Heavenly Sword. This is shown by Kai's reaction of horror upon seeing Flying Fox after retrieving the Heavenly Sword for Nariko. Personality Edit Flying Fox is shown to have a chilling, almost psychopathic disregard for life. On multiple occasions througout the game, he is shown to have performed a heinous act of violence towards an innocent person: once in a flashback by Kai when he killed her mother, and another when he attempts to hang Kai during his and Nariko's second boss battle. Flying Fox appears to wield two identical curved swords, which appear to be the same as the ones on his back. He used said swords in multiple attacks, including to fly into the air in the first boss battle. He also possesses the ability to produce doppelgangers of himself, evident in the second boss battle . His motto is "Style!", proclaiming that Nariko does not have of enough it after their first encounter and promising to fight her again when she does. Death Edit After escaping Nariko in the first battle between the two, Flying Fox runs into the heroine again, this time in his home, a large birdcage at the end of a long road in the mountains. As Nariko nears the cage, Fox proceeds to loop a noose around Kai's neck and hang her, much to Nariko's horror. Nariko flies into a rage, beating Flying Fox back in three different intervals of fighting. It is after the third period that Kai awakens, having been knocked unconscious by the hanging. She proceeds to raise her crossbow, at which point the player has a limited amount of time to shoot Flying Fox. If the shot is successful, an arrow will pierce Fox's skull. As he falls to his death, his final words are, "Style. That had style..."
Enid Lyons was the first woman to be appointed to the federal cabinet in which country?	Biography - Dame Enid Muriel Lyons - Australian Dictionary of Biography Australian Dictionary of Biography Tip: searches only the name field Tip: Use double quotes to search for a phrase This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume 18, (MUP), 2012 Enid Lyons, c1950 National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an10739657 Dame Enid Muriel Lyons (1897-1981), politician, was, according to her birth certificate, born on 9 July 1897 at Duck River (Smithton), Tasmania, second of four children of William Burnell, sawyer, and his wife Eliza, née Taggett. Anne Henderson has raised the possibility that her real father may have been Aloysius Joyce, son of a wealthy landowner in the Burnie district. During her childhood William transferred from Lee’s Mill to Glance Creek Mill and the family moved to Stowport. Enid and her two sisters walked two miles (3.2 km) each day to the local school, where Enid revealed an early dramatic talent in the school concert. Her parents were a strangely assorted pair: her mother, of Cornish Wesleyan stock, was sober, industrious and teetotal, her father 'a scoffer and a blasphemer' with a strong taste for alcohol. He was something of a 'swashbuckler', Enid recalled, on whom 'the yoke of matrimony rode uneasily'. There were long separations as her father pursued work around the timber mills. Later they moved to Cooee and Eliza opened a store and a post office. Enid attended the Burnie State School. Ambitious for her children, Mrs Burnell had Enid taught elocution and encouraged her to perform whenever she had an audience. She urged her two elder daughters to continue their education at the Training College in Hobart and, visiting them there, took them to State parliament where the plump, fresh-faced, blue-eyed, 15-year-old Enid met Joseph Aloysius Lyons, Labor member for the State seat of Wilmot. In 1914 Joe Lyons became State treasurer and minister for education and Enid Burnell was posted to Burnie State School as a junior teacher. A decorous correspondence between the minister and the young teacher led to a proposal of marriage. Enid, an active member of the Methodist Church, acquiesced to Lyons’s request that she receive instruction in the Catholic faith from Fr T. J. O’Donnell, parish priest at Stanley, and she was received into the Catholic Church on 25 March 1915. They were married on 28 April at Wynyard; Joe was 35 and Enid 17 Although the mother of six children by 1922, Enid played a leading part in Tasmanian election campaigns, talking politics, especially to women, in terms of 'pots and pans and children’s shoes'. Joe Lyons became premier in 1923 and in the 1925 election Enid herself stood for the seat of Denison, losing by only sixty votes. She had conducted her campaign amid a whooping cough epidemic, which had attacked five of her children. Then her ten-month-old baby died of pneumonia. After Lyons moved to the House of Representatives in 1929, as member for the Federal seat of Wilmot, Enid remained closely involved in his political career, albeit often at a distance as his work took him to Canberra and Melbourne and occasionally to their much-loved Home Hill at Devonport, Tasmania. She strongly advocated his break with the Australian Labor Party in 1931 and his subsequent involvement with the embryonic United Australia Party. While there was an element of ambition in her eagerness to encourage the move, she also felt a genuine concern about what she saw as a lack of probity in Labor’s handling of the Depression-induced national financial crisis. Although pregnant, she joined the team that carried the UAP’s message around the nation, prompting a complaint from (Sir) Robert Menzies that she was stealing the limelight. At each city Enid addressed the main meeting as well as supplementary women’s meetings. 'Together on the platform, Joe and I worked like partners in a game of bridge', she later recalled. When (Sir) John Latham offered to step aside as leader of the Opposition in Lyons’s favour, it was Enid who urged Joe to accept, despite his reluct
The Pieniny National Park is in which European country?	Pieniny National Park - natural treasure of Slovakia and Poland - Travel and Visit testdata May 30, 2013 0 Comments Although Pieniny National Park may be the smallest of the national parks in Slovakia, this in no way diminishes its sheer beauty and idyllic yet rugged landscape. The second oldest national park in Slovakia, Pieniny closely borders Poland and also has the majestic Dunajec River passing through. Each year a number of people come to visit this park, renting a raft to travel down and admire its beauty. Photo by Hejma (+/- 4400 faves and 1,4 milion views) Dunajec river, Pieniny National Park, Slovakia Pieniny National Park was first established on January 16, 1957 and was 21 square kilometers in size. The forests in this park make up a total of nine square kilometers, and the rest is a combination of green meadows, fields, and pastures. This type of unique landscape is representative of the entire Zamagurie region. There are a number of rare plant species which can be found throughout the park, as well as over 700 different species of butterfly. There are nearly 100 species of mollusks and over 200 species of vertebrae. Photo by CS Travels Pieniny National Park, – view from Poland to Slovakia One of the most noteworthy attractions of this particular national park is Trzy Korony, which is the name given to the summit of the mountains in Pieniny, located on the Polish side of the park. Those who take a raft down the Dunajec River can see the peak of these breathtaking mountains, though there are many people who travel to this park in order to climb up them to the very top. These majestic mountains are built from limestone and truly complete the picturesque look which has attracted so many visitors from all over the world. Although Trzy Korony is not the tallest mountain in all of Pieniny, it is certainly an amazing sight to see in the area. There are numerous points of access for those who wish to visit this park, including Stara Lubovna, Spisska Stara Ves, and Cerveny Klastor. You can also visit another park that is nearby – High Tatras National Park.
Joseph Wiseman played which James Bond villain?	Joseph Wiseman obituary \| Film \| The Guardian Joseph Wiseman obituary Versatile character actor best remembered on screen as James Bond's adversary Dr No ‘I thought it might be just another grade-B Charlie Chan mystery,’ said Wiseman of his role in Dr No. Tuesday 20 October 2009 13.33 EDT First published on Tuesday 20 October 2009 13.33 EDT Share on Messenger Close Despite the fact that Joseph Wiseman, who has died aged 91, appeared in dozens of movies and countless TV series and had only 20 minutes of screen time in Dr No (1962), it is for his performance in that film, as the eponymous adversary to James Bond in the first movie of the series, based on the books by Ian Fleming, that he will best be remembered. Dressed in a white Nehru jacket with a pair of shiny black, prosthetic hands, the result of a "misfortune", Wiseman was cool and calculating as the half-German, half-Chinese arch enemy of 007, played by Sean Connery, and one of the most effective of Bond villains. Dr Julius No is a member of Spectre – the Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion. "The four great cornerstones of power headed by the greatest brains in the world," he explains. "Correction. Criminal brains," says Bond. "A successful criminal brain is always superior. It has to be," retorts Dr No. Wiseman was fortunate that Noël Coward, a friend and neighbour of Fleming's in Jamaica, where the film was set, turned the role down, saying, "Doctor No? No. No. No." Of his most famous role, Wiseman said: "I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. I had no idea it would achieve the success it did. I know nothing about mysteries. I don't take to them. As far as I was concerned, I thought it might be just another grade-B Charlie Chan mystery." Wiseman was born in Montreal, Canada, and his family subsequently moved to the US. He started his acting career on stage in his late teens, making his Broadway debut as part of the ensemble in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), with Raymond Massey in the title role. There followed parts in three plays by Maxwell Anderson: Journey to Jerusalem (1940), Candle in the Wind (1941) and Joan of Lorraine (1946), and he was the eunuch Mardian in Antony and Cleopatra (1947), directed by and starring Kathleen Cornell. But it was his role on stage in Sidney Kingsley's Detective Story (1949) that launched his film career, during which he typically played slightly crazy off-beat characters. Wiseman, in a loud striped suit, was both sleazy and comic as the lowlife burglar, becoming hysterical when interrogated by overzealous policeman Ralph Bellamy. He repeated the role in William Wyler's 1951 film version, starring Kirk Douglas, without toning down his manic stage performance. This coiled-up energy proved to be highly effective in Elia Kazan's Viva Zapata! (1952), in which he played the opportunistic journalist and agent provocateur who finally betrays Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando). He continued to steal scenes in two rather risible biblical epics, as an imposing priest in The Silver Chalice (1954), Paul Newman's debut picture, and as a wily beggar in The Prodigal (1955). Around the same time, Wiseman was able to reveal more of his talent on stage. He played Edmund to Louis Calhern's King Lear; the gangster Eddie Fuselli in a revival of Clifford Odets's Golden Boy (1952), and The Inquisitor in Jean Anouih's The Lark (1955), with Julie Harris as Joan of Arc. In 1960, returning to movies, Wiseman had a typically flashy role as a one-eyed, deranged itinerant evangelist armed with the "Sword of God" in John Huston's western The Unforgiven. Then, in 1962, came The Happy Thieves, in which, third-billed after Rita Hayworth and Rex Harrison, he seemed to have some fun as a master forger, and the infamous Dr No. It was six years before Wiseman made another movie. Making up for lost time, he appeared in seven films within a few years. Apart from playing ruthless Italian gangsters in Stiletto (1969) and The Valachi Papers (1972), Wiseman created a niche for himself portraying a variety of Jewish characters. In
In the children’s tv series, what is the name of Bob the Builder’s cat?	Bob the Builder - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com EDIT Bob The Builder follows the adventures of Bob and his lovable gang of friends and machines Scoop (a scooper), Muck (a dump truck), Lofty (a crane), Dizzy (a cement mixer), and Roley (a steam roller) as they work together to solve problems. Along with Bob's business partner Wendy, his cat Pilchard, and wacky scarecrow Spud, Bob and his crew live in a unique and imaginative world. Theme Song- Bob the Builder Can we fix it? Bob the Builder Yes, we can! Scoop, Muck and Dizzy and Roly too Lofty and Wendy join the crew Bob and the gang have so much fun Working together, they get the job done Bob the Builder Can we fix it? Bob the Builder Yes, we can! Bob the Builder Can we fix it? Bob the Builder Yes, we can! Time to get busy, such a lot to do Building and fixing till it's good as new Bob and the gang make a really good sound Working all day till the sun goes down Bob the Builder Can we fix it? Bob the Builder Yes, we can! Bob the Builder Can we fix it? Bob the Builder Yes, we can! Digging and mixing, having so much fun Working together, they get the job done Can we dig it? Yes! Can we build it? Yes! Can we fix it? Yes! Bob the Builder (Yeah!) Bob the Builder All together now! Bob the Builder Can we fix it? Bob the Builder (Bob... Fantastic) Yes, we can! Bob the Builder Can we fix it? Bob the Builder Bob the Builder Can we fix it? Bob the Builder Yes, we can! We'd better get some work done! For over a year of Hiatus Bob the Builder is back with all new episodes on PBS Kids. Also new characters will be introduced to the show!moreless Previously Aired Episode
Mr Barkis, Edward Murdstone and Tommy Traddles are all characters in which Charles Dickens novel?	Character List Character List Bookmark this page Manage My Reading List David Copperfield He is the central character in the novel and tells the story of his life from birth to adulthood. David is a sensitive youth who first suffers under the cruel Murdstones and then is sent away to work in a wine warehouse. David first marries Dora Spenlow, an empty-headed young girl; afterward, he realizes how incompatible they really are. When Dora dies, he marries Agnes Wickfield and by the novel's end, he has matured into a successful writer and adult. Clara Copperfield David's mother. She is an attractive, tender person, but impractical and emotional and easily taken in by Mr. Murdstone, who marries her because he is interested in her annuity. Clara Peggotty The Copperfields' housekeeper, who also acts as David's nurse. She is a woman of intense loyalty and is David's only companion after his mother's death. Peggotty marries Barkis, the cart-driver, and continues throughout the novel to be David's friend. Edward Murdstone David's stepfather. A dark, handsome man who cruelly beats David and slowly drives David's mother to an early death. Jane Murdstone Mr. Murdstone's sister. She runs the Copperfield household and incessantly harasses David. Mr. Barkis The driver of the horse-cart that travels between Yarmouth and David's home, He is a shy, quiet man who uses David as a messenger in his courtship of Peggotty. Mr. Chillip The doctor who delivers David. He is an exceedingly mildmannered, frightened little man who is especially afraid of David's aunt, Betsey Trotwood. Daniel Peggotty Clara Peggotty's brother and a Yarmouth fisherman. He is a warm-hearted man whose house is a refuge for anyone who needs help. Ham Peggotty Mr. Peggotty's orphaned nephew. Ham, like his uncle, is a considerate, kindly person. He is in love with Em'ly and waits patiently for her after she runs away. He finally dies in an attempt to save Steerforth, Em'ly's seducer. Little Em'ly Mr. Peggotty's orphaned niece. She is David's childhood sweetheart, but becomes engaged to Ham and later runs away with Steerforth. She is a quiet, compassionate young girl who wants to become a "lady," a desire that leads to unhappiness. Mrs. Gummidge The widow of Mr. Peggotty's partner. She constantly complains about her hardships, but when Em'ly runs away, she changes into a helpful, inspiring confidante of Mr. Peggotty. Charles Mell A schoolmaster at the Salem House boarding school. A gentle friend and teacher of David. Mr. Creakle The sadistic headmaster of the Salem House School. He is a fiery-faced man who enjoys flogging the boys with a cane. He later becomes a prison magistrate. Mr. Tungay The assistant and cruel companion of Mr. Creakle. He has a wooden leg and repeats everything that Creakle says. James Steerforth A spoiled young man whom David admires. He has a surface polish and the good manners that deceive people who do not know him. His true selfishness is shown when he deserts Em'ly, leaving her with his servant, Littimer. He is killed in a storm off Yarmouth along with Ham, who tries to save him. Tommy Traddles David's friend. Of all the boys at the Salem House School, Traddies receives the most punishment. He is a good-natured, loyal friend to both David and Mr. Micawber. Traddles is persistent, and this quality helps him rise from his humble background to become a judge. Wilkins Micawber A constantly impoverished, but always optimistic, gentleman who boards David during his stay in London. He is a broad comic character with a passion for writing flowery letters and uttering grandiloquent speeches. He finally accompanies Mr. Peggotty to Australia, where he becomes a successful magistrate. Emma Micawber Mr. Micawber's long-suffering wife. She stands by her husband through all his hardships, even joining him in debtors' prison. Betsey Trotwood David's great-aunt. She is unhappy that David was born a boy instead of a girl, but later she acts as his guardian and provider during his early years of schooling. Her formal, often brisk, nature is deceiving; she is ba
Vladimir Kramnik became World Champion in November 2000 in which game?	Kramnik - World Chess Champion 2000-2007 - Official website × Casual chat with Vladimir Kramnik after winning 2013 Chess World Cup Part I Published on 03/09/2013. World Cup Champion Vladimir Kramnik sat down for a casual chat after winning the title in Tromsø - Part 1 Close × Casual chat with Vladimir Kramnik after winning 2013 Chess World Cup Part II Published on 03/09/2013. World Cup Champion Vladimir Kramnik sat down for a casual chat after winning the title in Tromsø - Part 2 Close × Casual chat with Vladimir Kramnik after winning 2013 Chess World Cup Part IV Published on 03/09/2013. World Cup Champion Vladimir Kramnik sat down for a casual chat after winning the title in Tromsø - Part 4 Close × Vladimir Kramnik after Dortmund 2011 On Sunday, July 31st 2011, after his last-round game against Nakamura, we spoke to Russian top grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik. The 10-time winner of the Sparkassen Chess Tournament. Close × Vladimir Kramnik on his match against Levon Aronian and his Berlin Ending Published on 04/05/2012. Vladimir Kramnik talks about his defence, his favorite Berlin Ending, against Levon Aronian's choice of 1.e4, in their friendly in Zurich in the last week of April. Close × Interview with Vladimir Kramnik, winner of Univé Chess 2011 Published on 23/10/2011, after winning the Crown Group of the Univé Chess Tournament 2011. This event took place October 16-22, 2011 in Hoogeveen, The Netherlands. Close × Vladimir Kramnik on London 2012 Published on 13/12/2012. A brief interview with Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, who looks back at the London Chess Classic where he finished second behind Magnus Carlsen. Close Svidler-Kramnik - World Blitz Championship 2010, Moscow R-7 Kramnik plays Black against Svidler. No Petrov this time, let's play the Pirc! Close Kramnik-Grischuk - World Blitz Championship 2010, Moscow R-13 Kramnik sacrifices a piece against Grischuk. Too early maybe? Close Kramnik-Nakamura - World Blitz Championship 2010, Moscow R-21 Kramnik plays White against Nakamura. A promising position after the opening but, this is rapid! Close Carlsen vs Kramnik - World Blitz Championship 2010, Moscow R-22 Kramnik plays Black against Carlsen. Another Pirc Defence, a very exciting game! Close × Kasparov-Kramnik Match 15 - World Chess Championship Londres Revivez en direct la 15è partie Kasparov vs Kramnik à Londres en 2000 pour le titre mondial. Commentaires de Eloi Relange et Stéphane Laborde pour Diagonale TV.. Close × Zurich Chess Challenge: Levon Aronian vs Vladimir Kramnik Published on 29/04/2012. In the last week of April, 2012, the world's #2 and #3 chess players Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) faced each other in a 6-game, friendly match. The event was organized by the Zurich Chess Club, the oldest chess club in the world. Close × Istanbul Olympiad - the match USA-Russia Published on 07/09/2012. USA wins a dramatic match over Russia at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey. The video focuses on the game on board one: Hikaru Nakamura vs Vladimir Kramnik. Close
What was the first product sold by Heinz in 1869?	Heinz \| Heinz Story Heinz Story open menu Heinz Story The story of how Heinz came to be one of the world's best loved brands began over 140 years ago. Take a trip back with us, and find out how Henry J Heinz ensured his name would become associated with quality, variety and good taste by food lovers everywhere. 1869 In the beginning Two young American businessmen, Henry J Heinz and L Clarence Noble, launch Heinz & Noble. Their first product is Henry's 'pure and superior' grated horseradish, bottled in clear glass to show its purity. The horseradish is grown on a garden patch given to Henry by his parents. 1876 The world's first taste of ketchup Henry sets up business with two of his relations, launching F & J Heinz Company, with Henry as manager. In the US, they launch Heinz Tomato Ketchup followed by a launch in the UK in 1886. 1886 'I think Mr Heinz, we will take the lot' Henry sells his first products 'seven varieties of our finest and newest goods' to London's famous Fortnum & Mason food store. 1896 An historic train journey Riding the New York railway he saw a poster for a shoe company advertising its 21 styles of shoe. He is taken with the ad and totting up the number of products that his company produced, settles on 57 - although there were more, even then! On that journey Heinz 57 Varieties was born. 1910 Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup was imported into the UK. 1920s UK production starts Heinz is still exporting Baked Beans, Spaghetti and Tomato Ketchup to the UK from America and Canada. When production expands to the UK, 10,000 tonnes are produced here in the first year. 1930s You gotta talk the talk Heinz salesmen are expected to be at least 6ft tall, impeccably dressed and particularly eloquent at promoting Heinz products. Their equipment including chrome vacuum flasks, pickle forks and olive spears weighs about 30lbs! 1931 Hard times, good food Howard Heinz, Henry's son, fights the big Depression by adding ready-to-serve soups and baby food to the Heinz range. Feeding families looking for value, taste and quality, they become top sellers 1940s What, no ketchup? Because of the war, ingredients are in short supply. Heinz Tomato Ketchup does not appear on shelves in the UK from 1939 until 1948. What on earth did they do without it? Eat more Heinz Salad Cream, that's what. 1944 Beans for victory! Because of its major contribution to wartime food production, our Harlesden factory is bombed at least twice. Production carries on regardless as Heinz is so vital to maintaining food resources. 1951 A right Royal result The Royal Warrant is granted, and in 1954 granted again as Purveyors of Heinz Products to HM Queen Elizabeth II. 1955 Heinz goes on air for the first time 'Heinz 57' varieties are advertised on the new ITV channel. Colour posters were also produced. The jingle went: 'Heinz 57, Heinz 57. You've a family to feed. Heinz have everything you need. Ready when you are, yes indeed. That's Heinz 57! 1959 Wigan goes bean bonkers Heinz opens a Beans factory in Wigan on 21 May 1959. It uses 1,000 tonnes of dry beans every week. That's a lot of beans. 1961 The biggest promotion in the UK ever! Heinz give-away 57 Mini-Minors in a soup competition. From then on Heinz can't stop; we give away 57 caravans, 57 holidays and much, much more. 1967 The most famous slogan of them all is born Remember it? A million housewives everyday pick up a tin of beans and say: 'Beanz Meanz Heinz.' 1986 Heinz commemorates 100 years of providing British families with quality convenience foods. 1987 Ketchup gets the easy, squeezy treatment The plastic Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottle is launched. Now it is easier than ever to enjoy the world's favourite tomato ketchup with your favourite dishes. 1990s The bean goes east Heinz expands distribution to Russia and China. In total, we now export Heinz Beanz to 60 countries. 1998 Twelve of the best Heinz Beanz is selected as one of twelve brands that people think best represent the final ten years of the Millennium. 1999 We're now the world's fourth biggest food and drink brand behind Coke, McDona
Garter, Chevron, Pavilion and Windmill are all terms used in which handicraft?	Library of Knitting Stitches - Knitting Stitch Patterns Search This Site Knitting Stitch Patterns Knitting Stitch Patterns, or combinations of knitting stitches, are a wonderful way to expand your knitting skills. There are hundreds of ways to combine just knits and purls to form different designs. They have been in use since people first began to knit. All knitting uses stitch patterns...even stockinette is considered to be stitch pattern. So instead of knitting a sweater you can use a different stitch pattern instead, keeping in mind the stitch multiples needed for each pattern stitch. A multiple of 5 stitches means you should cast on any number of stitches that is divisible by 5. A multiple of 6 + 1 means you should cast on any number of stitches that is divisible by 6 plus 1 extra stitch. Reversible stitch patterns look identical on both sides or sometimes one side is the opposite of the other. Because there is no wrong side, they are useful for projects where the wrong and ride side will show such as scarves, afghans and dish cloths. See Knitting Abbreviations and the Glossary Of Knitting Terms for more help. Also see the database of information on Barbara Walker's stitch pattern books . Both a text file and a spreadsheet are available. They include the stitch name, the number of stitches and rows required for the pattern, and other information.
German army officer Erwin Rommel was known by what nickname?	Civil War Echoes: The Desert War I \| Emerging Civil War Emerging Civil War Posted on January 11, 2016 by Chris Kolakowski 75 years ago today, the German high command decided to send a contingent of German troops to North Africa to bolster Italian forces that had suffered a series of defeats at the hands of the British. This contingent fell under the command of General Erwin Rommel, and was known as the Afrika Korps; later reinforcements grew Rommel’s forces into Panzerarmee Afrika, which became one of the most famous formations of World War II. Rommel earned the nickname the “Desert Fox” in two years of back and forth battles across Libya and Egypt that are collectively known as the Desert War. The Desert War contains echoes of the Civil War. The Civil War echoes in the desert in two major ways. First, the German high command had studied the battles of the Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia in the 1930s, and passed along their lessons in mobile warfare among the senior officers. Rommel had read those studies, and put their lessons to use. His operations against more numerous British forces used flank attacks and mobility reminiscent of Stonewall Jackson’s Foot Cavalry and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. (While Rommel definitely studied the Civil War, there is a persistent myth that he also toured the Virginia battlefields in the 1930s. Instead, German officers from the attaché’s office in the Washington embassy visited the battlefields and then wrote up detailed reports and lessons for the General Staff and the German Army’s schools. Rommel taught in various Army schools from 1934 to 1938, and would have reviewed these studies at that time.) The second major Civil War echo is in the names of the British tanks that faced Rommel. Starting in November 1941, the United States provided increasing numbers of light and medium tanks to the British Eighth Army in North Africa. Officially these were known to the U.S. Army by their designations: M3 Light, M3 Medium, M4. The British assigned nicknames – significantly, reaching back to Civil War generals. The M3 Light became the Stuart (informally “Honey”), the M3 Medium was the Lee, while modified versions became Grant; and the M4 was the Sherman. These names stuck, and later in the war the U.S. Army officially adopted them. Stuarts first fought Rommel during the fall of 1941 in Operation Crusader with mixed results. The Grant/Lee appearance at Gazala in May and June of 1942 jarred the Germans because of their superiority in gunpower and range. Shermans were the main armored spearhead of Eighth Army at El Alamein and on the march to Tunisia. Top: British Shermans advance in the desert in late 1942. Bottom Left: Rommel (center) with staff, summer 1942. Bottom Right: A British Grant tank passes a knocked-out German Panzer I during the Battles for Gazala. Far Bottom: General Bernard Law Montgomery directs the battle of El Alamein from a Grant tank, October 1942. Montgomery’s command tank is today in the Imperial War Museum in London.
The US tv show ‘All in the Family’ was based on which British tv sitcom?	All in the Family \| Archive of American Television All in the Family from the Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television For five years, All in the Family, which aired on CBS from 1971-1983 (in its last four seasons under the title Archie Bunker's Place ), was the top-rated show on American television, and the winner of four consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Comedy Series. All in the Family was not only one of the most successful sitcoms in history, it was also one of the most important and influential series ever to air, for it ushered in a new era in American television characterized by programs that did not shy away from addressing controversial or socially relevant subject matters. All in the Family's storylines centered on the domestic concerns of the Bunker household in Queens, New York. Family patriarch and breadwinner Archie Bunker ( Carroll O'Connor ) was a bigoted loading dock worker disturbed by the changes occurring in the American society he once knew. To Archie, gains by the "Spades," "Spics," or "Hebes" of America (as he referred to Blacks, Hispanics, and Jews, respectively), came at his expense and that of other lower middle class whites. Countering Archie's harsh demeanor was his sweet but flighty "dingbat" wife, Edith. Played by Jean Stapleton , Edith usually endured Archie's tirades in a manner meant to avoid confrontation. But that was hardly the case with Archie's live-in son-in-law Mike Stivic ( Rob Reiner ), a liberal college student who was married to the Bunkers' daughter, Gloria (Sally Struthers). The confrontations between Archie and Mike ("Meathead") served as the basis for much of All in the Family's comedy. As surely as Archie could be counted upon to be politically conservative and socially misguided, Mike was equally liberal and sensitive to the concerns of minorities and the oppressed, and, because both characters were extremely vocal in their viewpoints, heated conflict between the two was assured. Producers Norman Lear and Alan (Bud) Yorkin brought All in the Family into being by obtaining the U.S. rights to the hit British comedy series, Till Death Us Do Part, which aired on the BBC in the mid-1960s and featured the character of bigoted dock worker Alf Garnett. Lear developed two pilots based on the concept for ABC, with O'Connor (Mickey Rooney had been Lear's first choice to play Archie) and Stapleton in the lead roles. But when ABC turned down the series, then known as Those Were the Days, it appeared that it would never get off the ground. Luckily for Lear and Yorkin, CBS President Robert D. Wood was in the market for new shows that would appeal to the more affluent, urban audience the network's entrenched lineup of top-rated but aging series failed to attract. As a result, CBS jettisoned highly rated programs like The Red Skelton Show and Green Acres in an effort to improve the demographic profile of its audiences, and All in the Family seemed a perfect, though risky, vehicle to put in their place. CBS therefore made a 13-episode commitment to air the series beginning in January 1971, as a midseason replacement. The network had good reason to be wary of reaction to its new show. All in the Family seemed to revel in breaking prime time's previously unbreakable taboos. Archie's frequent diatribes laced with degrading racial and ethnic epithets, Mike and Gloria's obviously active sex
The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral is in which European city?	Cathedral Cathedral Ticket Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore, designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, is the third largest church in the world (after St. Peter's in Rome and St. Paul's in London) and was the largest church in Europe when it was completed in the 15th century. It is 153 metres long, 90 metres wide at the crossing, and 90 metres high from the floor to the bottom of the lantern. The third and last cathedral of Florence, it was dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore, the Virgin of the Flower, in 1412, a clear allusion to the lily, the symbol of the city of Florence. It was built over the second cathedral, which early Christian Florence had dedicated to St. Reparata. The numerous different styles that we encounter in the building bear witness to changing tastes over the long period of time that elapsed between its foundation and its completion. The first stone of the façade was laid on 8 September 1296 to a design by Arnolfo di Cambio. Arnolfo worked on the cathedral from 1296 to 1302, designing a basilica with classical volumes based on three broad aisles converging in a vast choir hosting the high altar, itself surrounded by tribunes subsequently crowned by a dome. Arnolfo's design was substantially different from the church's current structure, as we can see from the outside. If we look at the northern and southern sides of the building, we will note that the first four windows on each side are lower, narrower and closer together than those to the east of them, which are part of an extension built by Francesco Talenti who was master of the works in the mid-14th century. Arnolfo managed to complete two bays and half of the new façade. His sculptures were to be removed to the Opera's Historical Museum in 1586 because Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici had ordered the construction of a new façade. Work on the building site slowed down when Arnolfo died in around 1310, only resuming for good in 1331 when the magistrates of the Arte della Lana, or Guild of Wool Manufacturers and Merchants, took over responsibility for the building. Giotto was appointed master of the works in 1334, devoting most of his time to the erection of the bell tower but he died three years later. His post was filled by Andrea Pisano until 1348, the year of the Black Death which slashed the city's population from 90,000 to 45,000. Work continued, despite constant interruptions, until a competition was finally run in 1367. The competition was won by four architects and four painters, including Andrea di Bonaiuto, Benci and Andrea di Cione, Taddeo Gaddi and Neri di Fioravante. Francesco Talenti held the post of master of the works from 1349 to 1359, completing the bell tower and preparing a new design with the assistance of Giovanni di Lapo Ghini (from 1360 to 1369). The nave was fully vaulted by 1378 and the side aisles by 1380. The tribunes, and possibly also the drum for the dome, were built between 1380 and 1421. The marble cladding and the decoration of the side entrances continued apace in the meantime, leading to the erection of the Porta dei Canonici to the south and the Porta della Mandorla to the north, the latter being crowned by a relief of the Assumption of the Virgin (1414–21), a graceful work by Nanni di Banco. The other two doors are no less elegant: the door of the bell tower to the south, in the second bay, has relief work by the school of Andrea Pisano, while the Porta della Balla to the north was named after an old gate in the city walls leading out to the Borgo di Balla (now Via dei Servi) where the Arte della Lana had its drying sheds. The cathedral's dignified east end consists of three large tribunes lit by Gothic two-light windows. Four exedrae, or blind tribunes, adorn the base of the drum. 19th century intervention – consisting primarily of new choir lofts and the simplification of Bandinelli's choir, from which the entire columned superstructure and the statues on the altar were removed – completed the decoration of the cathedral. But the most important operation of all was the construction of a new façade by Emilio
In which year was the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race declared a draw because it was said that the judge was asleep under a bush as the crews passed the finish line?	The Boat Race - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on The Boat Race Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Encyclopedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race. Cambridge are on the left of the picture. The Boat Race, also known as the University Boat Race and The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club , rowed between competing eights each spring on the Thames in London. Members of both teams are traditionally known as blues and each boat as a " Blue Boat ", with Cambridge in light blue and Oxford dark blue. The first race was in 1829 and it has been held annually since 1856, with the exception of the two world wars . The 2009 boat race took place on 29 March at 15:40 BST, with Oxford (on the Middlesex station) winning. [1] The next race is scheduled to start on Saturday, 3 April 2010 at 4.30pm. [2] The event is a popular one, not only with the alumni of the universities, but also with rowers in general and the public. An estimated quarter of a million people watch the race live from the banks of the river, around seven to nine million people on TV in the UK, and an overseas audience estimated by the Boat Race Company at around 120 million, which would make this the most viewed single day sporting event in the world [3] however, other estimates [4] put the international audience below 20 million. Having sponsored the event since 2005, the business process outsourcing company Xchanging became title sponsor in November 2009, so the 156th Race next April will be known as The Xchanging Boat Race. [5] [6] Contents Advertisements Origin The tradition was started in 1829 by Charles Merivale , a student at St John's College, Cambridge , and his schoolfriend Charles Wordsworth who was at Oxford. Cambridge challenged Oxford to a race in Henley. The second race occurred in 1836, with the venue moved to be from Westminster to Putney. Over the next couple of years, there was disagreement over where the race should be held, with Oxford preferring Henley and Cambridge preferring London. Cambridge therefore raced Leander Club in 1837 and 1838. Following the formation of the Oxford University Boat Club, racing between the two universities resumed and the tradition continues to the present day, with the loser challenging the winner to a re-match annually. The race in 1877 was declared a dead heat. Legend in Oxford has it that the judge, "Honest John" Phelps, was asleep under a bush as the crews came by leading him to announce the result as a "dead heat to Oxford by four feet", but this is not borne out by contemporary reports. Oxford, partially disabled, were making effort after effort to hold their rapidly waning lead, while Cambridge, who, curiously enough, had settled together again, and were rowing almost as one man, were putting on a magnificent spurt at 40 strokes to the minute, with a view of catching their opponents before reaching the winning-post. Thus struggling over the remaining portion of the course, the two eights raced passed the flag alongside one another, and the gun fired amid a scene of excitement rarely equalled and never exceeded. Cheers for one crew were succeeded by counter-cheers for the other, and it was impossible to tell what the result was until the Press boat backed down to the Judge and inquired the issue. John Phelps, the waterman, who officiated, replied that the noses of the boats passed the post strictly level, and that the result was a dead heat. — The Times Cambridge produced one of the legends of the Boat Race and of rowing worldwide, Stanley Muttlebury , whose crew won the race in the first four of the five years he was a member, 1886-1890. He was viewed as "the finest oarsman to have ever sat in a boat". Contemporaries writing to The Times to add to his 193
What is the main ingredient of the soup shchi?	Shchi - Russian Cabbage Soup Recipe - Food.com Core and shred the green cabbage. Peel and chop the garlic. Peel and chop the potatoes into large chunks. Peel and chop the onions. Wash and chop the tomatoes. Peel and dice the radishes. Wash and slice the leek into thin circles. Peel and grate the carrot. Melt the butter in a large pot or pan. Add garlic, onion, radish, leek and carrot. Saute on high heat approximately 5-10 minutes until vegetables have softened. Add beef stock (vegetable stock or water) and bring to a boil. Add green cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, bay leaves, black peppercorns, and caraway seed. Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer for approximately one hour or until all vegetables are done, stirring occasionally. Remove and discard bay leaves. Finely chop dill and/or parsley. Ladle into bowls. Add a dollop of sour cream (or smetana) on top and sprinkle with chopped dill and/or parsley. Ideally, refrigerate after cooling and wait 1-2 days to serve as shchi is usually allowed to "cure" for a short time. In my opinion, it tastes great fresh or re-heated. Can also be served cold. Pumpernickel or rye bread and butter make a great side. Refrigerate any leftovers.
Effie Crockett was said to have composed which lullaby in 1886?	Effie Crockett - Panjury, A Social Review Site Effie Crockett Unrated Effie Crockett (1857 - January 7, 1940), also known as Effie I. Canning, also known as Effie C. Carlton, was an American actress. She is credited with having written and composed the lullaby "Rock-a-bye Baby"; by some accounts she created the song in 1872 while babysitting. Because of "Rock-a-bye Baby", she is credited in over 100 films, many made decades after her death. ROCK-A-BYE, BABY was composed by Effie Crockett Canning in 1886. Her waltz-lullaby has been sung by millions of mothers. Effie I Crockett, daughter of Edward and Jennie Crockett, was born 1856 in Rockland, Knox, Maine, and died 7 January 1940 in Waltham, Middlesex, MA. She married 1st 30 July 1881 in Boston, Suffolk, MA to John F. Canning, a Physician, son of John and Mary Canning, born Abt. 1843 in St. John, NB, Canada and died 22 June 1888 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. She married 2nd Abt. 1894 to Harry J. Carlton born Abt. July 1859 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, and died 21 January 1922 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. Effie I (Crockett) Canning Carlton and her second husband Harry J. Carlton are buried at Mt. Feake Cemetery, 205 Prospect St, Waltham, Massachusetts. You have scheduled to post after hours Cancel Edit Want more opinions on Effie Crockett? Request a verdict! Verdict Requested You can optionally ask questions in your request for the community to answer. This entry currently has: 0 request. You may also be interested in Connected Subjects Tweets by @Panjury_update Effie Crockett Effie Crockett (1857 - January 7, 1940), also known as Effie I. Canning, also known as Effie C. Carlton, was an American actress. She is credited with having written and composed the lullaby "Rock-a-bye Baby"; by some accounts she created the song in 1872 while babysitting. Because of "Rock-a-bye Baby", she is credited in over 100 films, many made decades after her death. ROCK-A-BYE, BABY was composed by Effie Crockett Canning in 1886. Her waltz-lullaby has been sung by millions of mothers. Effie I Crockett, daughter of Edward and Jennie Crockett, was born 1856 in Rockland, Knox, Maine, and died 7 January 1940 in Waltham, Middlesex, MA. She married 1st 30 July 1881 in Boston, Suffolk, MA to John F. Canning, a Physician, son of John and Mary Canning, born Abt. 1843 in St. John, NB, Canada and died 22 June 1888 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. She married 2nd Abt. 1894 to Harry J. Carlton born Abt. July 1859 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, and died 21 January 1922 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. Effie I (Crockett) Canning Carlton and her second husband Harry J. Carlton are buried at Mt. Feake Cemetery, 205 Prospect St, Waltham, Massachusetts. Book rating: 0 out of 100 with 0 ratings
What was former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s maiden name?	Margaret Thatcher Dead: Former UK Prime Minister Dies Of Stroke \| The Huffington Post Margaret Thatcher Dead: Former UK Prime Minister Dies Of Stroke 04/08/2013 07:54 am ET \| Updated Jun 08, 2013 12k AP/The Huffington Post The Associated Press reports that former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died of a stroke. The news was confirmed by her spokesman Lord Bell. "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning," Lord Tim Bell said , according to Reuters. More from the Associated Press: LONDON _ Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady who ruled for 11 remarkable years imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation _ breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war, and selling off state industries at a record pace. She left behind a leaner government and more prosperous nation by the time a mutiny ousted her from No. 10 Downing Street. Thatcher’s former spokesman, Tim Bell, said that the former prime minister had died Monday morning of a stroke. She was 87. For admirers, Thatcher was a savior who rescued Britain from ruin and laid the groundwork for an extraordinary economic renaissance. For critics, she was a heartless tyrant who ushered in an era of greed that kicked the weak out onto the streets and let the rich become filthy rich. "Let us not kid ourselves, she was a very divisive figure," said Bernard Ingham, Thatcher's press secretary for her entire term. "She was a real toughie. She was a patriot with a great love for this country, and she raised the standing of Britain abroad." Thatcher was the first _ and still only _ female prime minister in Britain's history. But she often found feminists tiresome and was not above using her handbag as a prop to underline her swagger and power. A grocer's daughter, she rose to the top of Britain's snobbish hierarchy the hard way, and envisioned a classless society that rewarded hard work and determination. She was a trailblazer who at first believed trailblazing impossible: Thatcher told the Liverpool Daily Post in 1974 that she did not think a woman would serve as party leader or prime minister during her lifetime. But once in power, she never showed an ounce of doubt. Thatcher could be intimidating to those working for her: British diplomats sighed with relief on her first official visit to Washington D.C. as prime minister to find that she was relaxed enough to enjoy a glass of whiskey and a half-glass of wine during an embassy lunch, according to official documents. Like her close friend and political ally Ronald Reagan, Thatcher seemed motivated by an unshakable belief that free markets would build a better country than reliance on a strong, central government. Another thing she shared with the American president: a tendency to reduce problems to their basics, choose a path, and follow it to the end, no matter what the opposition. She formed a deep attachment to the man she called "Ronnie" _ some spoke of it as a schoolgirl crush. Still, she would not back down when she disagreed with him on important matters, even though the United States was the richer and vastly stronger partner in the so-called "special relationship." Thatcher was at her brashest when Britain was challenged. When Argentina's military junta seized the remote Falklands Islands from Britain in 1982, she did not hesitate even though her senior military advisers said it might not be feasible to reclaim the islands. She simply would not allow Britain to be pushed around, particularly by military dictators, said Ingham, who recalls the Falklands War as the tensest period of Thatcher's three terms in power. When diplomacy failed, she dispatched a military task force that accomplished her goal, despite the naysayers. "That required enormous leadership," Ingham said. "This was a formidable undertaking, this was a risk with a capital R-I-S-K, and she demonstrated her leadership by saying she would give the military their marching order
‘Papaver’ is the Latin name for which flower?	PAPAVER Poppy, Annual Flower Information \| Backyard Gardener - Gardening Information PAPAVER Poppy, Annual Flower Information Let’s read about this Annual Flower Press the Flower Child and see all the photos for this plant. PAPAVER – Poppy (Papaver, the old Latin name) Why should we extol the Poppy? Why note It was the favorite of the old gardens; it is the same choice flower in the newest gardens today. Dancing upon long, wiry stems, the single blooms remind us of hoop-petticoats of silk. The doubles also delight us, as we watch them open day by day pouring forth a great mass of petalage as they break from their tight buds. The colors are exactly the tints most of us admire, and if there be any one of these colors we do not like, we can choose others, for most of our Poppies are sold under variety names. There are two distinct types of annual Poppies: the Shirley is a form of the Corn Poppy, lately known as the Flanders Field Poppy. The Ranunculus-flowered sorts are double varieties of the Shirley type. (Papaver rhoeas.) The stems are slender and hairy; the flowers are single or semi-double and appear to be made of crinkled silk of the sheerest texture; the pepper-box seed capsules are small but filled with seed. The stems of the Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum, are smooth, glaucous, and thicker than those of the Shirley; the plants are taller; the flowers are larger, single, or completely double, and sometimes the petals are much fringed; and the seed capsules are large. Peony-flowered, Carnation-flowered and Tulip-flowered are some of the names applied to the various varieties of the Opium Poppy. Where to Plant. Of course, Poppies are excellent in beds by themselves, or sown in the border, where some other flower has failed. Poppies are like good friends in the garden: they are not mere callers, nor guests who disappoint us. Some persons believe that Poppies are not good cut flowers. Even a poet has written, For pleasures are like Poppies spread; You pluck the flower, its bloom is shed. But the poet did not know that if he had plucked the Poppy in bud just before it had shed its green calyx, it would have lasted well in water. Poppies are exquisite cut flowers when cut properly. Opium is obtained from the juice of the Poppy which coagulates upon the stems when they are injured. Harvesting of opium takes place about the middle of March. At the turn of the 20th Century, fresh opium was sold to merchants at the rate of fourteen Egyptian ounces to the rottle (rottle equals twelve English ounces). The merchants shape it into round disks, each weighing from two to three grams. These disks are brushed with the white of an egg to present a better appearance. Dry, pure opium is black-red, resembling cooked coffee. On breaking it shows a soft, compact fracture. It is often adulterated with lentil flour or mixed with “mor higasi,” a gum from Hedjaz. Regarding Flanders’ Poppy, the following note appeared in Gardening Illustrated (Eng.) There can be little doubt that the variety is Papaver rhoeas, which, according to Loudon, was cultivated along with P. somniferum in Flanders and Germany for their seeds, which are bruised for an oil and in cookery as a substitute for that of Olives. The reason it was chosen for Remembrance Day was, possibly, from the fact that, as the two Scottish Moderators, Dr. Brown and Sir George Adam Smith, were riding together behind the lines, and as the sun sank westward in a glory of color, lighting up the stretches of Poppy flowers, Sir George, pointing to the Poppies, said to Dr. Brown, “Without shedding of blood is no remission.”-Heb. ix., 22. Even in wartime it made the Autumn glorious, and covered with its flame of color all the scars which war had made in the landscape and where so many brave young lives were laid away in the earth. It seemed, that Autumn day, as if their young life had burst its prison walls and poured in a flood of scarlet on the face of the land. Some readers may desire to know the history of Shirley Poppies, as it shows what may be done by patient work and application. Reveren
What was the first name of Russian monk Rasputin, who befriended Nicholas II and his family?	Gregory Rasputin Russian monk Site Map \| Slide Shows \| Guest Book \| Links \| About Us \| Download Wisdoms \| Support Us \| Gregory Efimovich - Rasputin Grigory Efimovich, later known as Rasputin (a name which translates as "The Debauchee"), was born into a peasant family on January 10, 1869 (old calendar) at Pokrovskoye, a village located in the province of Tobolsk, Siberia. Rasputin received no formal education and lived as a peasant. His marriage to Praskovia Federovna, celebrated in 1895, was followed by the birth of several children. In the early 1900s, Rasputin's commitment to his family waned in relation to the interest he now took in religion. He may even have adopted the views of the outlawed "Khylysy" sect which sought salvation through repentance and seems to have involved the commission of acts of sensual licence for which repentance was necessary. He acquired a local reputation as a starets, or holy man, and his subsequent wanderings took him far outside Russia - as far indeed as the Athos Peninsula on the coasts of Greece and even as far as Jerusalem. In 1905, during a visit to Saint Petersburg, then the site of the national capital, Rasputin met a theologian who was the head of a religious Academy and confessor to the Empress. He was presented at court through the patronage of high church officials and of a group of ladies who were influential at court. The Russian royal family had had a tradition of giving attention to holy men in order to seek their intervention in many ways including that of attempting to secure the birth of a male heir to the Russian throne. Czar Nicholas noted the occasion in his diary on November 14, 1905: "We have come to know a man of God, Gregory, from the province of Tobolsk." Some time thereafter Nicholas entrusted him with the office of imperial lampkeeper -- he was to tend the numerous lamps burning continuously before the highly valued palace icons at Tsarskoe Selo, a principal royal palace located close to Saint Petersburg. Rasputin made a deep impression on the Czarina (Empress) Alexandra Fyodorovna. He seemed, on several occasions, to be miraculously able to relieve the suffering of the dangerously, (life-threateningly so!!!), haemophiliac heir to the Russian throne, Alexis Nikolayevich, leading to his eventually becoming the most influential person in the imperial entourage. Rasputin's influence was increasingly felt in Russian society, in the appointment of Bishops, even in politics. After 1911 many high government offices were filled by his appointees, most of whom were incompetent. World War I irrupted in 1914 and, in this conflict, the armies of the Russian Empire were deployed in opposition to those of the German and Austrian "Central Powers." When Emperor Nicholas II went to the front to take personal command in the autumn of 1915 Rasputin became the decisive influence in the government, advising Alexandra on the conduct of internal affairs. The armies of Russia did not fare well in the wars, the despair of the people arising out of hunger and disease as well as an appalling casualty rate led to murmerings against the Czarina as a "German woman" and against Rasputin "The Dissolute" her sinister advisor who was held to have indulged in many scandalous relationships with the ladies of the court and even with the Czarina herself. Rumors circulated that Rasputin was actually conspiring with the Central Powers to bring about a Russian defeat - he had become an object of popular hatred. In mid December, 1916, a group of aristocrats of the highest social position, including a nephew and the favourite cousin of the Tsar, invited the "mad monk" Rasputin to a "supper" at the Yussupoff palace. These aristocrats did not really intend to entertain their guest but rather were planning to bring about his death. The Czarina and Czar were outraged at the murder of their favourite. The Czarina had his mortal remains interred in the grounds of Tsarskoe Selo - she prayed regularly in a special chapel she had built nearby. Rasputin'
Erythema affects which part of the human body?	Lyme disease \| DermNet New Zealand DermNet New Zealand Author: Vanessa Ngan, Staff Writer, 2003. Updated by Dr Daniela Vanousova, Dermatologist, Czech Republic, March 2015. What is Lyme disease? Lyme disease is an infection caused by borrelia, a type of bacteria called a spirochaete. Lyme disease can affect any part of the body, most commonly skin, central nervous system, joints, heart, rarely eyes and liver. Lyme disease is common in parts of the United States (particularly in Massachusetts) and in Europe, but is reported from many areas of the world. In New Zealand, cases have only been reported in people that have recently travelled from an endemic area. Lyme disease is also called Lyme borreliosis. What are the subtypes of Lyme disease? There are different types of borrelia in each continent resulting in different forms of Lyme disease in North America and Europe. In North America, the infection is due to the subspecies B burgdorferi sensu stricto and most often presents as: Erythema migrans Lyme arthritis In Europe, the infection is due to the subspecies B burgdorferi sensu stricto, B afzelii and B garinii, and most often presents as: Erythema migrans Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (due to B afzelii) Lyme neuroborreliosis How do you catch borrelia infection? Humans and animals are infected with the bacteria through hard-tick bites. The borrelia bacteria survive in the midgut of the ticks. The immature nymphs are most likely to transmit the infection. The ticks feed on infected animals and then on humans. Ticks occur in high grass, brush, woodland and leafy forest. The main hosts for the ticks and borrelia are small to medium-sized animals in Europe and deer in North America. In North America, the tick vectors are Ixodes scapularis, I pacificus, and 4 other tick species In Europe and Asia, the tick vectors are I ricinus, I hexagonus, and I persulcatus Who gets Lyme disease? Lyme disease can affect children and adults. Infection most often occurs in forestry workers and in those who have been enjoying recreational activities in areas where ticks reside. What happens after a tick bite? Ticks can attach and feed in any part of the human body. The bite is painless. Because they are very tiny (just 2 mm in size) nymph bites are often overlooked. Borrelia are transmitted from the midgut of the infected tick to the attached skin when attachment lasts for 36–48 hours. Several things can happen after being bitten by an infected tick. The body's defence mechanisms can overwhelm and eliminate the infecting bacteria. The bacteria can remain localised at the site of the bite and cause a localised skin infection. The bacteria may disseminate via the blood and lymphatic system to other organs and cause a multisystem inflammatory disease. Erythema chronicum migrans What are the signs and symptoms? The disease can basically be divided into 3 stages according to the extent of infection. Stage 3–33 days after tick bite Erythema migrans 'Flu-like illness with low-grade fever, chills, fatigue and joint pain Borelial lymphocytoma – red to blue patch on the earlobe, nipple or scrotum, (common in childrem) Early disseminated Lyme disease Days to weeks after tick bite Multiple eythema migrans, smaller than initial patch Early neuroborreliosis Facial or Bell palsy – one sided paralysis of the facial muscles (common in children) Aseptic meningitis – fever, severe headaches and neck stiffness Polyradiculitis – numbness and pain in arms or legs Other cranial nerve palsies, mild encephalitis, peripheral neuritis Arthritis – painful and swollen large joints (knee is the most affected join) Carditis – abnormal heart rate Progression is gradual over months to years Progression is gradual over months to years Late Lyme disease Chronic Lyme arthritis (chronic severe joint pain and swelling) in one or more large joints, mostly knee (more common in North America than in Europe) Chronic neurological disorders such: Disorientation, confusion, dizziness, lack of concentration, short-term memory loss Shooting pain, numbness extending to hands/arms and
What was the name of the restaurant opened by Lily Savage and Loyd Grossman in the UK tv soap ‘Brookside’?	Three disc set featuring The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show, The Live Show and Live & Outrageous. DVD only. Universal 824 606 0 11 27/11/06 Most Haunted Live Volume 4 Derek Acorah's last ever Most Haunted Live event played out in London's eerie East End, where the team followed in the footsteps of the world's most notorious serial killer - Jack the Ripper. With a special guest appearance by Paul, this was a Halloween never to forget. DVD only. 22/05/06 Comic Aid Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London�s Carling Apollo � which sold out in just three and a half minutes of tickets being put on sale � the DVD features the entire uncut show for all those unfortunate enough to have missed out on tickets. The 3 hour show sees Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Graham Norton, Julian Clary, and Lily Savage host a stellar comic line-up that includes; Lee Evans, Dawn French, Jimmy Carr, Ardal O�Hanlon, Johnny Vegas, Bill Bailey, Bo� Selecta! star The Bear, Jo Brand, Jon Culshaw, Omid Djalili, Otis Lee Crenshaw, Eddie Izzard, The League Of Gentlemen with Miranda Richardson, Alistair McGowan, Dylan Moran, Dave Spikey, Simon Pegg & Jessica Stevenson. Psychological illusionist Derren Brown and international percussion sensation Stomp also present their own unique blend of stage entertainment. Jack Dee said: "We are hoping to raise enough money to prevent Sting having to write a song about it....PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!" DVD only. 29/03/04 The New Statesman Series 4 Features all six episodes from the fourth series in 1992-1993. In 'Heil And Farewell', Paul Savage plays Marlene Dietrich. Also available on DVD 13/10/2004. CCD9895. 147 mins. 03/09/01 Lesley Garrett The Video Featuring special guests Michael Ball, Lily Savage, Gary Barlow, Darcey Bussell, Bryn Terfel and many more. "I have just finished filming a TV series for the BBC, with a host of guest stars from all areas of music. For this video I have picked some of my favourite songs and performances from the series. I hope you enjoy the wonderfully varied programme, which includes such diverse moments as performing Gershwin with the outstanding opera star Bryn Terfel, singing 'Three Little Maids' with the multi-talented Patricia Hodge and the hilarious Lily Savage, being accompanied on the piano by the wonderful Gary Barlow and joining the very brave Michael Ball in his first performance of an operatic duet. I do hope you enjoy this musical extravaganza." 60 mins. BMG Video 74321 62293 3 1998 The Live Show She's back - Lily Savage, the blonde bombsite, is live from the Edinburgh Festival Theatre in the Lily Savage Show. Filmed during her UK Autumn tour, The Lily Savage Show features the razor sharp wit and bottle-bleach glamour of Birkenhead's most famous star. The first live UK tour for four years, Lily Savage is still as outrageous as ever. Beware - this video is not for the faint hearted. 67 mins. An Audience With Elton John Join Elton John and his audience of international showbiz stars for an intimate evening of unforgettable entertainment. A specially extended , exclusive and unbroadcastable version of this unique show. Featuring over 90 minutes of music and entertainment this programme includes outrageous, and previously unseen antics, questions and answers. Celebrating 30 years as a top musical entertainer Elton John performs many of his greatest hits including, Don't Go Breaking My Heart with the Spice Girls, Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, I'm Still Standing and many more. Lily managed to interrupt the show by arriving late. 91 mins. Telstar Video Entertainment (LWT) TVE5033 17/11/97 The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show This is Lily at her most wild and flamboyant. After the incredible success of her BBC series 'The Lily Savage Show', Lily is back with a specially created video version of her programme, which contains material that is completely uncensored, outrageous, obscene and untransmittable on British television. If you thought the TV show was naughty, you won't believe this video. 60 mins. 12/97 An Evening With Lily Savage Enjoy the outrageous & flamboyant F
‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ is the work of which American dramatist?	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? : Edward Albee : 9780451218599 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Paperback US$9.84 US$14.00 You save US$4.16 Free delivery worldwide Add to basket Add to wishlist Description Twelve times a week, answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she d like to play Martha in Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In the same way, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee s masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening s end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play s razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away of social pretense, Newsweek rightly foresaw Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as a brilliantly original work of art an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire [that] will be igniting Broadway for some time to come. " show more Product details 134.62 x 200.66 x 12.7mm \| 226.8g Publication date New York, NY, United States Language Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights About Edward Albee Edward Albee, the American dramatist, was born in 1928. He has written and directed some of the best plays in contemporary American theatre and three of his plays: A Delicate Balance, Seascape and Three Tall Women have received Pulitzer Prizes. His most famous play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. His other plays include The Zoo Story, The Death of Bessie Smith, The Sandbox, The American Dream, Tiny Alice, All Over, Listening, The Lady from Dubuque, The Man Who Had Three Arms, Finding the Sun, Fragments, Marriage Play and The Lorca Play. show more Review quote Albee can be placed high among the important dramatists of the contemporary world theatre. New York Post An irreplaceable experience a crucial event in the birth of contemporary American theater! The Village Voice" show more Follow us
The Nou Camp Football Stadium is in which Spanish city?	Camp Nou FC Barcelona Stadium \| Spain Travel Guide WhyGo » Spain » Things to Do » Camp Nou FC Barcelona Stadium Camp Nou FC Barcelona Stadium by Nellie on January 25, 2011 by Nellie \| January 25th, 2011 Tweet Camp Nou FC Barcelona Stadium is one of the most visited sports stadiums in Spain and is home to the legendary FC Barcelona. Having set the scene for the biggest football battles in Spain’s sporting history, the stadium has hosted many major matches in the country, including two UEFA Champions League finals, the most recent being in 1999. It seats 99,354, making it the largest stadium in Europe. As a tourist attraction, the Barcelona football stadium is also one of the essential things to do in Barcelona , especially ifyou’re a huge football fan. European football is a staple of Spanish life and be it young, old, female or male, the entire city gets together to cheer their team on up football season. These days, football fever is flooding the streets of Spain ever since the national team emerged as the World Cup 2010 Champions . Within the stadium, you’ll find the FC Barcelona football club museum . This is the fourth most visited of the museums in Barcelona , thanks to the loyal following of FC Barcelona football team. With sporting artefacts from the club dating back 100 years, the museum not only gives a peek into modern day football world but also Spanish sporting history. To visit its museum, there are two types of admission fee. The first allows access to the museum and the pitch area of Camp Nou Barcelona Stadium. The second type of ticket includes guided tours of the changing rooms, press rooms, VIP lounge, and the pitch at ground level. You’ll also get a chance to sit on the players benches and see what it’s like to sit in the best seats of the stadium. How to Watch a Match at Camp Nou: It’s no surprise that tickets to watch a major football match in the stadium are extremely pricey. For match tickets visit FC Barcelona tickets page where you can reserve them securely online. On game days, huge crowds usually gather outside of the stadium where giant screens are erected for the public. How to Get There: The Camp Nou Stadium is accessible by metro. From Barcelona city centre, you can get on the underground at Plaza Catalunya or at Liceu heading in the direction of Zona Universitaria. Alight at the metro station, Maria Cristina. Photo Credit: Wikipedia
Equinophobia is the abnormal fear of which animals?	Definition of Equinophobia Definition of Equinophobia Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Slideshow Equinophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of equinophobia experience undue anxiety even when a horse is known to be gentle and well trained. They usually avoid horses entirely rather than risk being kicked, bitten or thrown. They may also fear other hoofed animals such as ponies, donkeys and mules. This type of phobia may be triggered by a fall from a horse (which is probably why it is said that, after a fall from a horse, one should get right back on). "Equinophobia" is a hybrid word (one that is composed of roots from different languages). It is derived from the Latin "equus" (horse) and Greek "phobos" (fear). "Equus" also gives us the English words "equoid" and "equine" (resembling a horse). Talipes equinovarus is the common form of clubfoot in which the heel is elevated (like a horse's) and turned inward. An alternate name for equinophobia is "hippophobia," derived from the Greek "hippos" (horse) and "phobos" fear. "Hippos" has given us the English word "hippodrome," the oval-shaped racecourses in ancient Greece and Rome where horse and chariot races took place. "Hippodrome" can also refer to any building or arena of the present or past designed for circuses, games and other entertainments. Last Editorial Review: 6/9/2016
Who wrote the ‘Canterbury Tales’ in the 14th Century?	The Canterbury Tales - The British Library Description English 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1345-1400) was enormously popular in medieval England, with over 80 copies in existence from the 1500s. Its popularity may be due to the fact that the tales were written in Middle English, a language that developed after the Norman invasion, after which those in power would have spoken French. Chaucer was born in London, around 1345, into a well-connected family of wine-merchants. As a young teenager he was taken into an aristocratic household. Still in his teens, he fought in Edward III's army in France. During an attack on Rheims, Chaucer was taken prisoner, but released after a ransom was paid, in part by the king himself. By 1367, he had entered royal service under the patronage of the king's son, the powerful John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. When the duke's wife died two years later, Chaucer composed the Book of the Duchess in her memory - his first known poem. For the rest of his life, Chaucer's fortunes were tied to the political intrigues of court life. While John of Gaunt's influence was in the ascendant he did well, obtaining generous pensions and lucrative administrative appointments, such as Comptroller of the Custom and Subsidy of Wools, Hides and Woodfells. Diplomatic duties took him to France and Italy, where he became familiar with the works of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio - authors who would inspire his own poetry. When Edward III died in 1377, he was succeeded by his young grandson, Richard II. As the new king's uncle, John of Gaunt's authority grew stronger - much to the advantage of Chaucer, who reached the top of his public career when he became one of the two knights for the county of Kent in 1386. But a turbulent power struggle between John of Gaunt and Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester would soon lead to a decline in Chaucer's circumstances. His last years were spent using his court connections to secure protection from his creditors as he waited for royal pensions to be paid. Chaucer died in 1400. What is 'The Canterbury Tales' about? Chaucer's long poem follows the journey of a group of pilgrims, 31 including Chaucer himself, from the Tabard Inn in Southwark to St Thomas à Becket's shrine at Canterbury Cathedral. The host at the inn suggests each pilgrim tell two tales on the way out and two on the way home to help while away their time on the road. The best storyteller is to be rewarded with a free supper on their return. This literary device gives Chaucer the opportunity to paint a series of vivid word portraits of a cross-section of his society, from a knight and prioress, to a carpenter and cook; a much-married wife of Bath, to a bawdy miller - an occupation regarded in Chaucer's day as shifty and dishonest. Chaucer mixes satire and realism in lively characterisations of his pilgrims. The tone of their tales ranges from pious to comic, with humour veering between erudite wit and good honest vulgarity. Taken together, the tales offer a fascinating insight into English life during the late 14th century. Chaucer's original plan was for over 100 stories, but only 24 were completed, some of which had already been written for earlier works. Their order varies in different surviving copies, the Hengwrt manuscript being valued most for its accuracy. Why was Chaucer important? Chaucer is credited with having set the style for Middle English literature. Earlier Anglo-Saxon poetry, such as 'Beowulf', had been succeeded by a taste for French literature, in large part the result of England being ruled by Norman French kings after the Conquest of 1066. Even by Chaucer's day, the royal court was still bilingual. His first works are either translations of French originals or much influenced by them. Later, Chaucer's writing picked up an Italian flavour through his diplomatic visits there. Finally, he blended French, Italian and classical influences into a truly English style in two great works: 'Troilus and Criseyed' and the 'Canterbury Tales'. Continuous publication of the 'Canterbury Tales
In which James Bond film did Rowan Atkinson make his film debut?	Never Say Never Again (1983) - 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 Never Say Never Again ( 1983 ) PG \| A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated. Director: Irvin Kershner Writers: Kevin McClory (based on an original story by), Jack Whittingham (based on an original story by) \| 2 more credits » Stars: a list of 25 titles created 09 Apr 2012 a list of 28 titles created 26 Jun 2013 a list of 25 titles created 09 Dec 2014 a list of 25 titles created 10 Dec 2014 a list of 24 titles created 5 months ago Title: Never Say Never Again (1983) 6.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards » Videos A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Director: John Glen An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. Director: John Glen James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov. Director: John Glen James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. Director: Terence Young Edit Storyline SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base situated in the UK and steal two Tomahawk cruise missiles. When NATO is held to ransom, the British reactive their "00" agents and send James Bond to recapture the warheads and kill Blofeld. Written by Dave Jenkins <[email protected]> Plot Summary \| Plot Synopsis Plot Keywords: SEAN CONNERY is JAMES BOND in... See more » Genres: 7 October 1983 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)\| Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints) (in selected theatres) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Prior to the 2013 settlement between the McClory Estate and MGM & EON Productions, according to the 20-26 October 1997 edition of show-business trade paper 'Variety', characters and situations the late Kevin McClory claimed he exclusively owned included S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and the organisation's octopus logo; Ernst Stavro Blofe
What type of creature is a bitterling?	bitterling \| fish \| Britannica.com Bitterling rasbora Bitterling, (Rhodeus), any of several small, carplike fish of the family Cyprinidae noted for their unusual manner of breeding. Native to clear, stony streams of central and southern Europe, the bitterling is a silvery fish of little economic value, about 5 to 7.5 centimetres (2 to 3 inches) long. It spawns between April and June. At this time, the male develops an orange belly and reddish fins, while the female develops a long, tubular ovipositor, which inserts into the incurrent respiratory siphon of a freshwater clam or mussel and by which she deposits her eggs in the gill chamber of the mollusk. There, they are fertilized by sperm ejected by the nearby male and drawn by the mollusk into the gill chamber along with water for respiration. Male bitterling (Rhodeus). © hadot/Fotolia The eggs develop in the gill chamber of the mollusk, and the young bitterlings leave their host about a month later. The breeding periods of fish and mollusk coincide, and the mollusk in return throws off its larvae onto the bitterling, where they undergo part of their development encysted (buried) in the skin of the fish. Learn More in these related articles: in ostariophysan: Breeding ...leaves (or, in captivity, of aquarium covers), to which she clings, joined by the male, during egg deposition. The parents then splash water on the fertilized eggs during development. The female bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) deposits its eggs in the gill cavity of freshwater mussels by means of an elongated ovipositor, which she inserts into the mussel’s incurrent siphon. Catfishes... 1 Reference found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference breeding in fishes (in ostariophysan: Breeding ) External Links Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: May 27, 1999 URL: https://www.britannica.com/animal/bitterling Access Date: January 16, 2017 Share
Which British musician hosts their Annual Hootenanny on television on New Year’s Eve?	Jools Holland \| Official Web Site January 12th: Jools at EBBA 2017 The winners of the 2017 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), the European music awards for emerging artists, were honoured last night at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in the Dutch city of Groningen, in a ceremony hosted by Jools Holland. Dua Lipa, a singer-songwriter from London, came out as the big winner of the evening, taking away the Public Choice Award by an overwhelming number of online voters. Above: Public Choice Award winner Dua Lipa. Photo: Ben Houdijk. The EBBA show also featured outstanding performances by all 2017 winners: Alan Walker; Jaakko Eino Kalevi; Namika; Hinds; Filous; Jain; Dua Lipa; Natalie La Rose; and Walking on Cars. Also, an EBBA was awarded to Era Istrefi. In the upcoming year the EBBA TV show will be broadcasted by several European public channels. Parts of the show can be watched through the YouTube channel of EBBA here . The EBBA are funded under the European Union's (EU) Creative Europe programme. View more photos from last night's event here . December 31st: Join Jools tonight Airing at 11.20pm on BBC Two, Jools' Annual Hootenanny will feature Chaka Khan, Christine and the Queens, Roy Wood, Rag'n'Bone Man, Gregory Porter, ABC, Seasick Steve, Dr. John Cooper Clarke & Hugh Cornwell, Caravan Palace, along with Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey from UB40, Imelda May, Ruby Turner, and the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards. December 23rd: Silent Night Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. December 22nd: The Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Deptford, London Jools visited on Tuesday 13th December and, in the video above, talks about and illustrates four pieces from his new album Piano and what inspired them: Christabel, Grand Hotel, Last Date, and Romantic Ruin. They are being interpreted by contemporary dancers from the Laban Building: David Kam, Verena Schneider, Luke Birch, Samuel Baskett, Georgia Brown, Sean Murray, Viva Foster, Osian Meilir, and Sylvia Ferreira. December 19th: Breakfast with BBC One Jools will be visiting the BBC Breakfast studios tomorrow morning to talk about his album and love of the piano. Tune in from 8.30am. December 16th: Jools Holland at Loose Ends Jools will be chatting to Clive Anderson about his relationship with the piano and performing a selection of pieces from his new album, Piano , on BBC Radio Four from 6.15pm on Saturday 17th December. December 13th: Jools on TV this morning Jools at the piano with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. Photo: Ken McKay-ITV-rex-shutterstock. Jools was interviewed on ITV's Good Morning Britain, where he also played a track from his new album Piano . December 2nd: Jools on Jazz FM tomorrow Tune into Jazz FM between 10.00am and 2.00pm tomorrow to hear an interview with Jools, two live tracks, and two tracks from the new album. December 2nd: Jools' New Album Released Today Jools' brand-new 2016 release is an album centred around his 50-year relationship with the Piano, exploring different piano styles and performed on a variety of pianos. The all-instrumental album has been released through East West Records. This record features eight of Jools' original compositions as well as 10 carefully selected pieces interpreting the work of the pianists and composers that he loves. It opens with Jools' own May, a unique field recording of his piano in conversation with songbirds, influenced by French composer Olivier Messiaen, followed by Grand Hotel, co-written with Sting a while ago and here completely reinvented with a mix of contemporary dance rhythms and stride piano. Next is a collaboration with iconic musician and producer Brian Eno, who sings backing vocals and experiments with soundscapes on Track 3, Last Date. The album also sees Jools performing alongside his acclaimed Rhythm & Blues Orchestra on three of the tracks: Strange Cargo; Ro
‘The Thought Police’ feature in which 1949 novel?	Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikiquote Nineteen Eighty-Four Jump to: navigation , search To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone — to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink — greetings! BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel by the English writer George Orwell , published in 1949. The story, which focuses on the life of Winston Smith, was Orwell's vision of a totalitarian state which has absolute control over every action and thought of its people through propaganda, secrecy, constant surveillance, and harsh punishment. In some editions it is retitled 1984. See also: Part One[ edit ] The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. The instrument (the telescreen it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic affairs. The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary. A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic. And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp. Then the face of Big Brother faded away again and instead the three slogans of the Party stood out in bold capitals: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Whether he went on with the diary, or whether he did not go on with it, made no difference. The Thought Police would get him just the same. He had committed— would still have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper— the essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime , they called it. Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you. It was always at night—the arrests invariably happened at night. The sudden jerk out of sleep, the rough hand shaking your shoulder, the lights glaring in your eyes, the ring of hard faces round the bed. In the vast majority of cases there was no trial, no report of the arrest. People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word. Chapter 2[ edit ] Thoughtcrime does not entail death, thoughtcrime IS death It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak — 'child hero' was the phrase generally used — had overheard some compromising remark and denounced its parents to the Thought Police. On coins, on stamps, on the covers of books, on banners, on posters, and on the wrappings of a cigarette Packet — everywhere. Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed — no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic cent
How many medals did Germany win in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games?	2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games \| Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games Host City: Salt Lake City, United States (February 9, 2002 to February 24, 2002) Opening Ceremony: February 8, 2002 (opened by President George W. Bush) Lighter of the Olympic Flame: 1980 USA Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team Taker of the Olympic Oath: Jim Shea, Jr. (athlete) Closing Ceremony: February 24, 2002 Events: 78 in 15 sports Participants: 2,399 (1,513 men and 886 women) from 77 countries Youngest Participant: Ana Jelušić (15 years, 55 days) Oldest Participant: Anne Abernathy (48 years, 307 days) Most Medals (Athlete): Germany (36 medals) Overview The roller coaster saga of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games began when Salt Lake City was selected as the host city at the 1995 IOC Session. Salt Lake City had bid for 1998 but lost out to Nagano, and its 2002 bid was so strong that the IOC needed only one round of voting to award the Utah city the bid, almost by acclamation. It was the first high for the city with Mormon ties, but the bottom of the coaster loomed ahead. » Click to show/hide rest of overview Over the next few years Salt Lake City Organizing Committee did its work with few problems. The stock market was booming and sponsorship money flowed into the Committee. But on 24 November 1998, Salt Lake City television station KTVX reported that the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee (SLOC) had been paying for Sonia Essomba, daughter of an IOC Member, to attend American University in Washington. Things were no longer well with the 19th Olympic Winter Games. That report led to the Olympic Scandal of 1999, which led to many reforms within the IOC and among its members. But Salt Lake City was implicated as being responsible, as their Bid Committee was shown to have showered IOC Members with their largesse, much of it, if not in contravention of IOC rules, at least pushing the envelope of those rules. The Bid Committee members noted that they were playing the same Games as other bid cities – that they had done nothing that the other candidates had not done. But the damage was real. Bid Committee kingpins Tom Welch and Dave Johnson had moved into leadership positions within the Organizing Committee but were forced to withdraw, and eventually the Federal Department of Justice brought indictments against both men. The indictments were later thrown out by a judge, but an appeal is ongoing. The man who replaced Welch as President and CEO of the Organizing Committee was Frank Joklik, but when it was revealed that he had had close affiliations with the Bid Committee, he was tainted by association, and resigned of his own accord. The Olympic Winter Games were only two years away and without leadership. Worse still was that several sponsors were making noises about withdrawing financial support, threatening a fiscal disaster. And as the stock market in 1999-2000 began to fall from its raging bull status, new money to support the Salt Lake Olympics was not easily found. The Salt Lake City Organizing Committee reached out to Mitt Romney as their new chief. Romney was the son of George Romney, a former US Presidential candidate, and he was a financial wizard, having made a fortune as the leader of Bain Capital, a venture capital firm. He quickly righted the ship and all seemed well again on the banks of the Great Salt Lake. Then on 11 September 2001, a scant five months before the Opening Ceremony, Arab terrorists savagely and cowardly attacked American soil, hijacking four airplanes and crashing two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and another into the Pentagon. A fourth plane was also being aimed at Washington, but the American passengers, aware of the circumstances of that Tuesday morning, courageously assaulted the terrorist pilots and the plane crashed into a deserted Pennsylvania meadow, killing all aboard, but likely saving many lives. The United States responded by announcing a war on terrorism and within weeks was waging war on Arab terrorists and the Al-Qaeda organization in Afgha
Who wrote the children’s story ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’?	The Emperor's New Clothes: Tales of type 1620 The Emperor's New Clothes The Emperor's New Clothes Denmark Many years ago there lived an emperor who loved beautiful new clothes so much that he spent all his money on being finely dressed. His only interest was in going to the theater or in riding about in his carriage where he could show off his new clothes. He had a different costume for every hour of the day. Indeed, where it was said of other kings that they were at court, it could only be said of him that he was in his dressing room! One day two swindlers came to the emperor's city. They said that they were weavers, claiming that they knew how to make the finest cloth imaginable. Not only were the colors and the patterns extraordinarily beautiful, but in addition, this material had the amazing property that it was to be invisible to anyone who was incompetent or stupid. "It would be wonderful to have clothes made from that cloth," thought the emperor. "Then I would know which of my men are unfit for their positions, and I'd also be able to tell clever people from stupid ones." So he immediately gave the two swindlers a great sum of money to weave their cloth for him. They set up their looms and pretended to go to work, although there was nothing at all on the looms. They asked for the finest silk and the purest gold, all of which they hid away, continuing to work on the empty looms, often late into the night. "I would really like to know how they are coming with the cloth!" thought the emperor, but he was a bit uneasy when he recalled that anyone who was unfit for his position or stupid would not be able to see the material. Of course, he himself had nothing to fear, but still he decided to send someone else to see how the work was progressing. "I'll send my honest old minister to the weavers," thought the emperor. He's the best one to see how the material is coming. He is very sensible, and no one is more worthy of his position than he. So the good old minister went into the hall where the two swindlers sat working at their empty looms. "Goodness!" thought the old minister, opening his eyes wide. "I cannot see a thing!" But he did not say so. The two swindlers invited him to step closer, asking him if it wasn't a beautiful design and if the colors weren't magnificent. They pointed to the empty loom, and the poor old minister opened his eyes wider and wider. He still could see nothing, for nothing was there. "Gracious" he thought. "Is it possible that I am stupid? I have never thought so. Am I unfit for my position? No one must know this. No, it will never do for me to say that I was unable to see the material." "You aren't saying anything!" said one of the weavers. "Oh, it is magnificent! The very best!" said the old minister, peering through his glasses. "This pattern and these colors! Yes, I'll tell the emperor that I am very satisfied with it!" "That makes us happy!" said the two weavers, and they called the colors and the unusual pattern by name. The old minister listened closely so that he would be able say the same things when he reported back to the emperor, and that is exactly what he did. The swindlers now asked for more money, more silk, and more gold, all of which they hid away. Then they continued to weave away as before on the empty looms. The emperor sent other officials as well to observe the weavers' progress. They too were startled when they saw nothing, and they too reported back to him how wonderful the material was, advising him to have it made into clothes that he could wear in a grand procession. The entire city was alive in praise of the cloth. "Magnifique! Nysseligt! Excellent!" they said, in all languages. The emperor awarded the swindlers with medals of honor, bestowing on each of them the title Lord Weaver. The swindlers stayed up the entire night before the procession was to take place, burning more than sixteen candles. Everyone could see that they were in a great rush to finish the emperor's new clothes. They pretended to take the material from the looms. They cut in the air with large sc
In which castle was English monarch Henry VII born?	King Henry Tudor, King of England (1457 - 1509) - Genealogy King Henry Tudor, King of England Also Known As: "Harri Tudur", "King of England", "Harry (King Henry VII of England)" Birthdate: in Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England Cause of death: Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, England Immediate Family: Half brother of Isabella Stanley and Ann Barton Occupation: Feb 6 1457 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: May 1 1509 - Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England Wife: Queen of England Elizabeth Tudor (born Plantagenet) Children: Feb 6 1457 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: May 1 1509 - Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England Wife: Queen of England Elizabeth Tudor (born Plantagenet) Children: Feb 6 1457 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: May 1 1509 - Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England Wife: Queen of England Elizabeth Tudor (born Plantagenet) Children: Jan 28 1457 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: Apr 22 1509 - Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England Parents: Edmund Tudor, Lady Margaret Tudor Wife: Elizabeth of England Children: Henry of England, VIII, Margaret Tudor, Katherine Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, Edmund Somerset Tudor, Arthur Tudor, Roland Tudor, Mary Rose Tudor Feb 7 1547 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: Between Jan 11 1509 and Jan 10 1510 - England Wife: Feb 7 1547 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: Between Jan 11 1509 and Jan 10 1510 - England Wife: Jan 29 1456 - Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: May 1 1509 - Richmond, Surrey, England Wife: Feb 7 1547 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: Between Jan 11 1509 and Jan 10 1510 Wife: Elisabeth of York Children: Between Jan 10 1457 and Jan 9 1458 Death: Between Jan 11 1509 and Jan 10 1510 Wife: Elizabeth Tudor (born of York) Children: Feb 6 1457 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: May 2 1509 - Richmond, Surrey, England Wife: Feb 6 1457 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: May 1 1509 - Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England Wife: Feb 6 1457 - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death: May 1 1509 - Richmond, Surrey, England Wife: mother About Henry VII of England "Henry VII (Welsh: Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry won the throne when his forces defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle. Henry cemented his claim by marrying Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and niece of Richard III. Henry was successful in restoring the power and stability of the English monarchy after the political upheavals of the civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses. He founded the Tudor dynasty and, after a reign of nearly 24 years, was peacefully succeeded by his son, Henry VIII. Although Henry can be credited with the restoration of political stability in England, and a number of commendable administrative, economic and diplomatic initiatives, the latter part of his reign was characterised by a financial rapacity which stretched the bounds of legality. The capriciousness and lack of due process which indebted many in England were soon ended upon Henry VII's death after a commission revealed widespread abuses. According to the contemporary historian Polydore Vergil, simple "greed" in large part underscored the means by which royal control was over-asserted in Henry's final years." ==================================================================== Wikipedia links: ==================================================================== Citations / Sources: [S1] S&N Genealogy Supplies, S&N Peerage CD., CD-ROM (Chilmark, Salisbury, U.K.: S&N Genealogy Supplies, no date (c. 1999)). Hereinafter cited as S&N Peerage CD. [S4] C.F.J. Hankinson, editor, DeBretts Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 147th year (London, U.K.: Odhams Press, 1949), page 20 . Hereinafter cited as DeB
What was the middle name of US Vice President Spiro Agnew?	Spiro Agnew \| vice president of United States \| Britannica.com vice president of United States Written By: Alternative Titles: Spiro T. Agnew, Spiro Theodore Agnew Spiro Agnew Vice president of United States Also known as Gerald Ford Spiro Agnew, in full Spiro Theodore Agnew, also called Spiro T. Agnew (born November 9, 1918, Baltimore , Maryland , U.S.—died September 17, 1996, Berlin, Maryland), 39th vice president of the United States (1969–73) in the Republican administration of President Richard M. Nixon . He was the second person to resign the nation’s second highest office ( John C. Calhoun was the first in 1832) and the first to resign under duress. Spiro T. Agnew. © Bettmann/Corbis Agnew was the son of Theodore Agnew, a Greek-immigrant restaurateur who had shortened his name from Anagnostopoulos, and Margaret Akers, from Virginia . He studied law at the University of Baltimore and began a law practice in a Baltimore suburb in 1947. He was elected Baltimore county executive in 1962 and then governor of Maryland in 1967. During his tenure as governor he established an image as a moderate, securing a graduated income tax, strong antipollution laws, the first open-housing law south of the Mason and Dixon Line , and repeal of the state’s 306-year-old anti- miscegenation law. Although he was little known to the American public at the time of his nomination for the vice presidency in 1968, Agnew won national recognition for speeches in which he denounced Vietnam War protesters and other opponents of the Nixon administration with colourful epithets such as “nattering nabobs of negativism” and “hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.” Agnew was despised by most Democrats and sometimes drew censure even from Republicans, as he did for accusing Vice President Hubert Humphrey , the Democratic Party candidate for president in 1968, of being “soft on communism.” Agnew’s downfall began in the summer of 1973, when he was investigated in connection with accusations of extortion , bribery , and income-tax violations relating chiefly to his tenure as governor of Maryland. Faced with federal indictments, Agnew fought the charges, arguing that the allegations were false, that a sitting vice president could not be indicted, and that the only way he could be removed from office was by impeachment . After the solicitor general released a brief asserting that sitting vice presidents could be indicted, Agnew launched an attack on the administration and vowed not to resign. With Nixon in danger of impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal , the administration sought to remove Agnew from the presidential line of succession, and secret plea bargaining took place between Agnew’s lawyers and a federal judge. Agnew resigned the vice presidency on October 10, 1973, and appeared in United States District Court in Baltimore on the same day to plead nolo contendere to a single federal count of failing to report on his income-tax return $29,500 in income that he had received in 1967, while governor of Maryland. Acknowledging that the plea amounted to a felony conviction , Agnew declared that he had resigned in the national interest. He was fined $10,000 and sentenced to three years of unsupervised probation. Britannica Stories
‘Songs of Love’ by The Divine Comedy is the theme tune to which UK tv comedy series?	The Divine Comedy - Songs Of Love ( Pete Ruffell cover ) - YouTube The Divine Comedy - Songs Of Love ( Pete Ruffell cover ) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Nov 13, 2014 'Songs Of Love' written by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy. Used as the theme tune to the TV comedy series ' Father Ted.' From the album ' Casanova.' Category
Split Mountain is in which US state?	Split Mountain : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost Images Overview Split Mtn is technically one of the easier of the California 14ers, but still a serious effort requiring some 7,500ft of gain from the nearest trailhead. It lies along the Sierra Crest, at the southeast end of one of the highest portions of the High Sierra encompassing the Palisade range, home to 6 other 14ers. Split Mtn can be easily recognized from US395 by the East Couloir that splits the twin summits. The north summit is the high point. It is also easily identified from the Big Pine area and highway 168 leading to Glacier Lodge. The easiest route is via the class 2 North Slope and Red Lake on the east side. There are many other routes to the summit of varying technical difficulties. There are snow/ice routes on the east side in the East Couloir and St. Jean Couloir . There are also extended arete routes that rival Temple Crag for the longest such climbs in the Sierra. The west side is a jumble of spires, aretes and gullies that make routes difficult to describe and impossible to follow. Secor claims Split is the easiest 14er after Whitney, but that claim is hard to justify unless only considering Sierra peaks (White Mtn in the Inyos, 14 mi roundtrip on a dirt road is the easiest 14er) and further considering only technical difficulty (Mt. Muir, just off the Mt. Whitney Trail is far easier, but has a class 3 rating for the portion just below the summit). And Mt. Langley via Old Army Pass (or New Army Pass) and the SW Slope is also much easier than an ascent of Split Mtn. Getting There This is the hard part. Of all the California 14ers, Split Mtn has the most difficult access, which may or may not require 4WD with good clearance, depending on road conditions and how much you care about the underside of your vehicle. There are two ways to reach the Red Lake Trailhead, the first being that most often used: From Big Pine on US395, head west on Glacier Lodge Rd, which heads to the Big Pine Creek Trailheads. Steve Eckert provides comprehensive directions from here at: climber.org . A second approach, purported to be shorter and easier (but I haven't actually tried), is via the Tinemaha Campground several miles south of Big Pine. Oct, 2002: I have seen at least two posts from folks attempting this route this summer, both giving it up as a waste of time and going the first route. Jul, 2003: ScottyS adds the following upon successfully negotiating the Tinemaha route in 2002: Last year I successfully navigated the Tinemaha Campground route in a Subaru Legacy at night. I didn't even attempt the McMurray route. Beta --- Basically, continue past the gravel plant (after Tinemaha) taking the north fork in the road along the edge of the hill. The road bends north around the hill and ends up in a gravel pit. After the curve and before the pit look for a light track turning left (west) through the sand to a fenceline about 100yds off the gravel road. Follow the track for about 1/2 mile along the fenceline (heading directly towards the mountains) until reaching the road from McMurray Meadows. Turn left (south) and proceed to the trailhead. It takes very little time to reach the fenceline road from HWY 395, and the only slow part is driving that 1/2 mile of exposed course alluvium. See the attached additional information for more comments and details. Red Tape Everything you need to know about permits and regulations can be found on the Eastern Sierra - Logisitcal Center page. When To Climb Climbing season is generally June-Oct, though ambitious climbers can undertake an ascent anytime of year. Camping On the east side, most parties choose to camp in the vicinity of Red Lake, at the base of Split Mountain's east face. This is a great location that makes for an easy hike to the summit the following day, and the sunrises on Split Mtn can be grand. Be sure to follow rules for camping away from lakes and streams in the Wilderness, and follow proper disposal procedures for human and food waste. Bears are definitely in this area, so be sure to follow good food sto
Which Mediterranean island do Kevin and Perry holiday on in the 2000 film ‘Kevin and Perry Go Large’?	Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Kevin & Perry Go Large ( 2000 ) R \| Kevin and Perry are two 15-year-old boys whose desperation to lose their virginity is so great that it inspires a sort of awe. In the rare moments when they're not thinking about girls, ... See full summary » Director: Harry Enfield (screenplay), Dave Cummings (screenplay) (as David Cummings) Stars: a list of 21 titles created 17 May 2012 a list of 21 titles created 27 Nov 2012 a list of 39 titles created 30 Jun 2014 a list of 34 titles created 18 Jan 2015 a list of 34 titles created 08 May 2015 Title: Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) 5.4/10 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. BBC sketch show that while continuing to show the misadventures of a series of popular characters now also introduces a slew of new oddballs and misfits for us to enjoy including Tory Boy and The Lovely Wobbly Randy Old Ladies. Stars: Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Paul Whitehouse Some shite where Kevin can't be arsed cleaning the car Director: Clive Tulloh Popular BBC sketch show that introduces a whole host of memorable characters such as Tim-Nice-But-Dim, Wayne and Waynetta Slob, The Old Gits and teenagers Kevin and Perry. The show spawned a slew of spin-off series and films. Stars: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Kathy Burke Sketches on the themes of class and gender, with the occasional spoof thrown in. Stars: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Sophie Winkleman A sitcom about two dreamy roommates in London. Gay unemployed actor Tom Farrell, whose career is going nowhere, and Linda La Hughes, who is about as attractive as a centenary nun, yet has ... See full summary » Stars: Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus, Beth Goddard Edit Storyline Kevin and Perry are two 15-year-old boys whose desperation to lose their virginity is so great that it inspires a sort of awe. In the rare moments when they're not thinking about girls, Kevin dreams of being a singer, and Perry has ambitions toward becoming a dance music DJ. When Kevin and Perry manage to stop a bank robbery, they're given a sizable cash reward, and they decide to go on a holiday in Ibiza, which is supposedly populated with thousands of beautiful women willing to sleep with anyone. However, after the boys pack plenty of sunscreen and condoms, Kevin's parents announce that they're tagging along. Undeterred, Kevin and Perry make the trip and meet superstar DJ Eyeball Paul , who may or may not listen to their demo tape. The boys also encounter Gemma and Candice, two scruffy teenage girls who are nearly as eager as Kevin and Perry to get horizontal. Written by Anonymous Did You Know? Trivia When Kevin and Perry hit the town and see German men marching. The lead German is played by Director Ed Bye. See more » Goofs Eye-ball Paul's villa is on the Port Deportivo Marina. Every time Perry and/or Kevin is seen outside the villa, they subsequently walk along the jetty towards the water. These jettys don't actually go anywhere, so unless they travel by boat, they'd just have to turn around and come back again. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits At the start of the credits there are a mixture of alternative shots of scenes from the film, deleted scenes from the film and out-takes from the film. This is then followed by a continuous scene of inside Cream: Amnesia of people dancing as the credits start to roll up, this carries on until the music credits come up, at which point the background fades to black, but the music and credits continue until the end. See more » Connections
What is the medical term for abnormally low blood pressure?	What Is Hypotension? - NHLBI, NIH Share this page from the NHLBI on Blogger. Share this page from the NHLBI on Buzz. Share this page from the NHLBI on Delicious. Share this page from the NHLBI on Digg. Share this page from the NHLBI on Facebook. Add this link to the NHLBI to my browser. Email this page with Gmail. Bookmark this page with Google. Share this page from the NHLBI on LinkedIn. Share this page from the NHLBI on Messenger. Share this page from the NHLBI on MySpace. Share this page from the NHLBI on Reddit. Share this page from the NHLBI on Stumble. Share this page from the NHLBI on Tumblr. Share this page from the NHLBI on Twitter. What Is Hypotension? Hypotension (HI-po-TEN-shun) is abnormally low blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out blood. Blood pressure is measured as systolic (sis-TOL-ik) and diastolic (di-a-STOL-ik) pressures. "Systolic" refers to blood pressure when the heart beats while pumping blood. "Diastolic" refers to blood pressure when the heart is at rest between beats. You most often will see blood pressure numbers written with the systolic number above or before the diastolic number, such as 120/80 mmHg. (The mmHg is millimeters of mercury—the units used to measure blood pressure.) Normal blood pressure in adults is lower than 120/80 mmHg. Hypotension is blood pressure that's lower than 90/60 mmHg. Overview Blood pressure doesn't stay the same all the time. It lowers as you sleep and rises when you wake up. Blood pressure also rises when you're excited, nervous, or active. Your body is very sensitive to changes in blood pressure. For example, if you stand up quickly, your blood pressure may drop for a short time. Your body adjusts your blood pressure to make sure enough blood and oxygen are flowing to your brain, kidneys, and other vital organs. Most forms of hypotension happen because your body can't bring blood pressure back to normal or can't do it fast enough. Some people have low blood pressure all the time. They have no signs or symptoms, and their low blood pressure is normal for them. In other people, certain conditions or factors cause abnormally low blood pressure. As a result, less blood and oxygen flow to the body's organs. For the most part, hypotension is a medical concern only if it causes signs or symptoms or is linked to a serious condition, such as heart disease. Signs and symptoms of hypotension may include dizziness, fainting, cold and sweaty skin, fatigue (tiredness), blurred vision, or nausea (feeling sick to your stomach). In extreme cases, hypotension can lead to shock . Outlook In a healthy person, low blood pressure without signs or symptoms usually isn't a problem and needs no treatment. If it causes signs or symptoms, your doctor will try to find and treat the condition that's causing it. Hypotension can be dangerous. It can make you fall because of dizziness or fainting. Shock, a severe form of hypotension, is a condition that's often fatal if not treated right away. With prompt and proper treatment, shock can be successfully treated. Rate This Content:
Cassandra, Grizabella and Skimbleshanks are all characters in which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?	Skimbleshanks \| 'Cats' Musical Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia — Three Words Skimbleshanks is one of the adults of the tribe, always protecting the kittens whenever danger is near. Despite this, he is a jolly and cheerful cat, often seen dancing and being silly with the younger toms. He is a very animated character and can be remembered by his signature gigantic smile and bright personality. In the 1998 film, he is often seen holding hands with Jennyanydots . He also spends a good deal of time with Jemima . He is also close with Old Deuteronomy , as Old Deuteronomy is seen dancing to his number (though this could simply be Old Deuteronomy showing a more jovial side). In most productions, he is portrayed as older, being about Jennyanydot's age, but in some productions, he's portrayed as a younger adult cat. Skimbleshanks is the cat aboard the British West Coast Main Line train; the Night Mail. He takes great pride in his work keeping the watch, mousing and helping out aboard the train. He takes great pride in his work and considers himself very important, as the train would not operate without him. Skimbleshanks appears in the ensemble throughout the show, before he dons his uniform waistcoat for his number, Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat . Role — Casting Calls Skimbleshanks is one of the more prominent characters in the show; he has a variety of lines in the group songs, but also has a song of his own ("Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat"). He is also the third one (in the movie) to finally touch and smile at Grizabella and accept her back into the tribe and showed that he was sorry for rejecting and turning his back on her. He also finally trusts her and no longer considers her a threat to the tribe and waves goodbye to her when she enters the heaviside layer to be reborn. Appearance Edit Skimbleshanks is a ginger tabby cat, with a "long brown tail" and "glass green eyes". His unitard is usually a shade of cream, with ginger and brown markings. Usually his costume does not include black or solid lines, instead being painted or sponged to create texture. He has a neatly groomed wig with distinctive tabby stripes, often including long "Mutton-Chop" sideburns. For his solo number, Skimbleshanks adds a waistcoat, with a shirt collar and pocket watch. He also changes his soft brown armwarmers for grey cable knit warmers with elbow patches. This additional costume tells us about his important job on the railway - the smart shirt collar and waistcoat, and particularly the pocket watch, tell us he has authority to make sure the train leaves on time. However the grey armwarmers with the practical elbow patches say he works manually, to the point his clothes need reinforcement. Finally he wears an over-size bell, which marks him as a cat who is cared for by the humans that he considers he works with.
In the game ‘Mortal Kombat’, what phrase is heard when Scorpion uses his spear?	Scorpion \| Mortal Kombat Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia —Scorpion's Mortal Kombat (2011) Battle Cry Hanzo Hasashi, now known as Scorpion (全蠍人, "Full Scorpion Man") [1] , is a resurrected ninja in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. He is one of the very few original characters debuting in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game. He holds the distinction, along with Raiden and Sub-Zero (in one form or another ), of appearing in every generation of Mortal Kombat games as a playable character. Contents [ show ] About Scorpion It is known that his father, a former member of the Shirai Ryu , forbade his son from joining the clan, as he did not wish for his son to live the life of an assassin. However, Hanzo joined in spite of his father's wishes in order to provide his wife and son with a comfortable life. Now Scorpion is a hell-spawned spectre, inexorably seeking vengeance against those responsible for the destruction of his clan and the death of his own family. Despite his malevolent appearance, he is not inherently evil. He joins the forces of evil when promised a means of resurrecting his clan on Earth , or the chance to inflict his wrath against those who butchered them. Scorpion has also (indirectly) assisted the game's protagonists to fulfill these motives. Scorpion is perceived by fans as the title's foremost anti-hero. He undertakes actions that benefit the forces of good, albeit in his own gruesome and vigilante manner. His attitude, appearance and self-reliance have all contributed to his popularity. Compared to the purely virtuous "good guys", and the diabolically evil "bad guys", Scorpion's moral neutrality is unique. Although he is featured alongside the forces of evil in the opening scene of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, he remains neutral because of his fierce hatred of Quan Chi . Scorpion appears human when masked, though this is merely an illusion. Only his skull remains when in his true form, sometimes ablaze. However, he can fully regain his human appearance if he conquers his own demons. Scorpion's most popular and recognized skill is his famous spear attack, which is used to draw an opponent toward him. This attack will also stun the opponent for a short amount of time. Scorpion will shout, "Get over here!" or "Come here!", while executing this technique. Although Scorpion is often strict and wrathful, at times he shows a caring side and is very honorable. In the original timeline, when he discovers the Sub-Zero in the second tournament isn't Bi-Han and in fact his more merciful brother, Scorpion vows to protect Kuai Liang instead for killing his kin. In the second timeline, Scorpion truly intended to spare the first Sub-Zero in exchange for the resurrection of his clan, but Quan Chi prevented this. Most notably, in the Mortal Kombat X Comic , it's shown he took in victims and survivors of the Netherrealm War into his iteration of the Shirai Ryu to now protect Earthrealm while also raising Takeda Takahashi . During this time, he treated Takeda like his own son, such as when he comforts Takeda after Fox 's death. Appearance Scorpion appeared as a yellow palette swap of Sub-Zero . He kept this appearance from the first MK to MK4 after which he bore two swords on his back and his kunai attached to a rope tied to his belt. He has white eyes with his mask on. Without his mask, his head is a (sometimes flaming) skull. In MK4, he is further distinguished by his skeletal motif, mostly in the mask, with bone-like structures lacing his uniform. As of MKX, he has regained his humanity and human identity, depicted with a goatee and mustache and can switch between his human and familiar spectre-like appearance at will. Scorpion unmasked is known as Inferno Scorpion. This design reappears in the Challenge Tower , fighting Kano in the Netherrealm. His costumes incorporate his namesake more and more with each game, especially his latest redesign. The hilts of his swords now resemble the stingers of scorpions, while his shoulder pads and mouthpiece are also molded after scorpions. Scorpion's yellow costume is said to have m
In video gaming, what is the name of the princess whom Mario repeatedly stops Bowser from kidnapping?	Silvergate Prep Jeopardy Template 100 Princess Peach In video gaming, what is the name of the princess whom Mario repeatedly stops Bowser from kidnapping? 100 What does Woody from Toy Story have in his boot? 100 We just set a goal, talkin' matchin' Lambos 100 what is the hottest planet 100 Who was the second president of the United States? 200 What Nintendo system was released after the N64 and before the Wii 200 What animals portray surfer dudes in Finding Nemo? 200 Chains Nick jonas I gave all my heart but she won't heal my soul She tasted a break and I can't get more 200 All land-dwelling living things depend upon what source of energy 200 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 300 What color is the ring of death on an Xbox that signifies a hardware failure? 300 Which Princess is in the Disney classic Aladdin? 300 Drake best i ever had Cause she hold me down every time I hit her up When I get right I promise that we gone live it up 300 The only planet that has a day longer than its year is ... 300 What did "prohibition" outlaw in the early 1900s? 400 In Mortal Kombat, what phrase is heard when scorpion uses his spear. 400 Which film does Eddie Murphy do the voice-over for a red Chinese dragon? 400 Beyonce irreplaceable Because you was untrue Rollin' her around in the car that I bought you Baby drop them keys Hurry up before your taxi leaves 400 Who was the first American to Orbit the Earth 400 Who allied with America during the Revolutionary war 500 The legend of Zelda Which 1986 Nintendo game is set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, and centres on a boy named Link? 500 Name the rock on which Simba will stand as King in Lion King 500 I want it that way Backstreet Boys Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why
What is the name of the gang member that video game ‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ revolves around?	GTA: San Andreas - FREE Download - Home GTA: San Andreas - FREE Download GTA: San Andreas Five years ago, Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas, a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it’s the early 90’s. Carl’s got to go home. His mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets. FREE DOWNLOAD - GTA San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North in the United Kingdom and published by Rockstar Games. Expanding the size of the in-game map from previous GTA titles, GTA: San Andreas is set in the semi-fictional state of San Andreas (based on California and Nevada) and its three metropolitan cities: Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), San Fierro (based on San Francisco), and Las Venturas (based on Las Vegas). Set in 1992, the game revolves around the gang member Carl "CJ" Johnson returning home to Los Santos after learning of his mother's murder. CJ finds his old friends and family in disarray, and over the course of the game, he tries to re-establish his old gang, the Grove Street Families, clashes with corrupt cops, and gradually unravels the truth behind his mother's murder. Download Client
How many square blocks is each game piece composed of in the game of ‘Tetris’?	NetLogo Models Library: Tetris NetLogo Models Library: (back to the library) Tetris If you download the NetLogo application , this model is included. (You can also run this model in your browser , but we don't recommend it; details here .) WHAT IS IT? This is the classic puzzle game, Tetris. The game involves falling pieces composed of four blocks in different configurations. The object of the game is to complete horizontal rows of blocks in the well. Any time a row is completed it disappears and the blocks above it fall down. The more rows you clear with the placement of a single piece, the more points you receive. If you clear enough rows, you move on to the next level. The higher the level, the more points you receive for everything, but the pieces fall faster as well, increasing the challenge. HOW TO USE IT Monitors: -- SCORE shows your current score. -- LINES shows the number of lines you have cleared. -- LEVEL shows your current level. Sliders: -- STARTING-LEVEL selects the beginning level for the game. Choosing a higher level to begin allows you to get more points faster and increase the initial falling speed. Your level will not increase until your number of lines is 10(level+1). (i.e. starting-level=3, level will stay 3 until 40 lines are cleared.) -- DEBRIS-LEVEL sets how many lines of random blocks will be created at the bottom of the well at the beginning of the game. Buttons: -- NEW sets up a new game with the initial settings. -- PLAY begins the game. Controls: -- ROTLEFT rotates the current piece 90 degrees to the left. -- ROTRIGHT rotates the current piece 90 degrees the right. -- LEFT moves the current piece one space left. -- DROP causes the current piece to drop to the bottom of the well immediately. -- RIGHT moves the current piece one space right. -- DOWN moves the current piece one space down. Options (Switches) -- SHOW-NEXT-PIECE? toggles the option which causes the piece which will appear in the well after you place the current one to be shown in a small box to the right of the well. THINGS TO NOTICE There are seven types of pieces. These are all the shapes that can be made by four blocks stuck together. [][] Square-Block - good filler in flat areas, [][] hard to place in jagged areas [][][] L-Block - fits well into deep holes [] [][] S-Block - good filler in jagged areas, [][] hard to place in flat areas [][][] T-Block - good average piece, can fit [] almost anywhere well [][] Reverse S-Block (Or Z-Block) - good [][] filler in jagged areas, hard to place in flat areas [][][] Reverse L-Block - fits well into [] deep holes [][][][] I-Bar - Only piece that allows you to clear 4 lines at once (aka a Tetris) Scoring System: Note: Points are scored using level + 1 so that points are still scored at level 0. -- 1 Line = 50(level + 1) points -- 2 Lines = 150(level + 1) points -- 3 Lines = 350(level + 1) points -- 4 Lines = 1000(level + 1) points (aka a Tetris) -- Clear the board = 2000(level + 1) -- Every piece = 10*(level + 1) points THINGS TO TRY Add options for changing the width and depth of the well. Add the option of including pieces composed of more than four blocks, or fewer. NETLOGO FEATURES This model makes use of turtle breeds. HOW TO CITE If you mention this model or the NetLogo software in a publication, we ask that you include the citations below. For the model itself: Wilensky, U. (2001). NetLogo Tetris model. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Tetris. Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Please cite the NetLogo software as: Wilensky, U. (1999). NetLogo. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/. Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2001 Uri Wilensky. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license
What is the name of the fictional English archaeologist in the game ‘Tomb Raider’?	Tomb Raider 2013: Wolf Attack Scene - YouTube Tomb Raider 2013: Wolf Attack Scene Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 31, 2016 Lara Croft is a British fictional character and the main protagonist of the Square Enix (previously Eidos Interactive) video game franchise Tomb Raider. She is presented as a beautiful, intelligent, and athletic English archaeologist-adventurer who ventures into ancient, hazardous tombs and ruins around the world. Created by a team at UK developer Core Design that included Toby Gard, the character first appeared in the 1996 video game Tomb Raider. She has also appeared in video game sequels, printed adaptations, a series of animated short films, feature films (portrayed by Angelina Jolie), and merchandise related to the series. Official promotion of the character includes a brand of apparel and accessories, action figures, and model portrayals. Croft has also been licensed for third-party promotion, including television and print advertisements, music-related appearances, and as a spokesmodel. As of June 2016, Lara Croft has been featured on over 1,100 magazine covers surpassing any supermodel. Game
In the game ‘Doom’, which planet is the space marine posted to after assaulting his commanding officer?	Doom Online DOS Game Game Objective The player takes the role of an unnamed space marine who has been posted to Mars after assaulting his commanding officer, who ordered his unit to fire upon civilians. Responding to a frantic distress call from a nearby science research facility, your unit is sent to investigate, where the player character is left to guard the hangar with only a pistol. The rest of your unit is killed by invading demons from hell and soon you are the last man standing. You must fight through the onslaught of demonic enemies in order to keep them from attacking Earth.
In the computer game ‘The Sims’, how many Simoleons does each family start the game with?	Simoleon \| The Sims Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Horse[ TS3:P ] + §1,000 In The Sims Medieval , Hero Sims will start with either §12,000 or §1,000, depending on whether or not their house is furnished or unfurnished. In The Sims 4 , a household starts with §20,000, plus §2,000 for each Sim beyond the first. Making money See also: Game guide:Earning simoleons Sims need a minimum amount of money in order to buy food and pay their bills . Leaving bills unpaid for too long results in either a visit from the repo-man [ TS ][ TS2 ][ TS3 ] or in electricity and water systems being shut.[ TS4 ] (In the handheld versions of The Sims Bustin' Out and The Urbz: Sims in the City, Sims/Urbz who skip their bills are arrested instead.) Working for money Edit There are several ways for Sims to receive a steady income. The usual way is to work in a career or profession[ TS3:A ] that gives the Sim a regular salary or stipend. Owning a business [ TS2:OFB ] is another way to make money, though income from a business is not as steady as the income from a regular job, as the Sim does not get paid a salary. Some Sims can make money through creative endeavors, such as painting or writing . In The Sims 2: University and The Sims 3 [3] Sims can collect tips while playing an instrument. There are a number of crafts Sims can partake in, where the objects they create can be sold. Investments [ TS3 ] are another way Sims can earn money. A Sim can buy a partnership in one of the rabbit holes in a neighborhood and collect weekly earnings. As of Ambitions , Investments are not limited to rabbit holes, and Sims can buy into almost every community lot, being challenged to upgrade it in order to make even more money. Sims can make money by completing opportunities [ TS3 ] and choosing wisely when given a career chance card [ TS2 ]. Inheriting money Main article: Inheritance In The Sims 2 , family members and best friends can inherit money on the death of a Sim. How much a Sim will inherit depends on three things; the deceased Sim's aspiration level at death, the type of relationship the Sim had with the deceased, and the Sim's lifetime relationship with the deceased. Found money Edit Sometimes money is just lying on the ground. Random phone calls may be able to net Sims a few extra Simoleons.[ TS ] Collecting objects that are littered around the neighborhood could net a Sim some money. One Sim's trash is another Sim's Simoleons! Sims can rummage through garbage and occasionally find something worthy.[ TS3 ] Money grows on trees. The money tree grows Simoleons. With some care Sims can "rake" in the cash. Money falls from the sky when Sims wish for wealth from the Genie [ TS2:FT ][ TS3:ST ] or the Wishing Well .[ TS2:S ] Illegal gains Edit Some Sims are born to steal. Kleptomaniacs can steal objects that they can then use, sell or give back to the original owner.[ TS3 ] Fraudulent Sims can try their hand at counterfeiting. Genuine Buck's Famous Counterfeiting Machine is an aspiration reward that allows a Sim to print bills.[ TS2:U ] Some players also like to take the easy route. A player can move their Sim(s) into another occupied house and then move the existing members out enabling the player's Sim(s) to steal their house and money without the need of cheats. Money cheats The Sims 4 : money (amount) money (amount) only affects the household that is currently being played. For this cheat to work, testingcheats needs to be on. Trivia Edit The name originates from the word simolean /samolean, first used as far back as 1895. The symbol can often be typed by holding in the Alt key and typing 21 on the numeric keypad. This requires that NumLock be turned on, and the symbol that appears may depend on which font is in use. If NumLock is off, typing 21 on the numeric keypad while holding in both Shift and Alt may work. On keyboards with an AltGr key, it can be typed by using AltGr + Shift + S, and on some European keyboards a simple Shift + ½ will do, while on other European keyboards it is the opposite (making it so pressing the key gives § and pressing the key+
Who plays Mario Mario in the 1993 film ‘Super Mario Bros’?	Super Mario Bros. (film) - Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. (film) “This Ain't No Game.” —Film Tagline Super Mario Bros. is an American science fiction live-action movie adaptation of and is loosely based on the Super Mario series of video games, released in theaters on May 28, 1993 [1] . While the film draws inspiration from the series, it spins elements from the games into a more realistic and darker fashion. The movie was originally written as a fantasy-style film, but gradually evolved to the point where it became a sci-fi/action film. It was written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runte, and Ed Solomon, and directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton. [2] Produced on an estimated budget of $42 million for its high-profile cast and special effects, Super Mario Bros. was the first Hollywood film based upon a video game property. [3] It is rated PG for sci-fi action and mild violence. The movie involves Brooklyn plumbers and brothers Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi Mario (John Leguizamo), who are struggling to get by due to their lack of money. They meet a girl, Daisy (Samantha Mathis), who is working on an excavation site while also trying to stop Scapelli from taking over the site for construction purposes. During this time, Luigi falls in love with Daisy, though she is soon after kidnapped by two men, Iggy (Fisher Stevens) and Spike (Richard Edson), who take her to a parallel dimension created by the meteorite impact 65 million years ago, where the dinosaurs were teleported to as soon as it struck. Here, they, like the other mammals in our dimension, evolved into vicious humans, led by President Koopa (Dennis Hopper). The brothers now have to go to the other dimension in order to save Daisy and stop Koopa from uniting the two dimensions once more and ruling both. In a 1990 issue of TV Guide magazine listing some upcoming animated movies, this movie was among those listed (suggesting it was originally meant to be animated) and scheduled for release in summer of 1991. [4] Super Mario Bros. was released on VHS later in 1993, and was later re-released on DVD in 2003. On August 15, 2010, the DVD version was re-released in memory of Dennis Hopper, who had died two months earlier. [5] United Kingdom film distributer Second Sight Films later re-released the movie on both DVD and Blu-ray formats, originally stated to be released on August 11, 2014 [6] before being delayed to November 3 due to needing to work on new extras [7] . A SteelBook special edition of the Blu-ray release with even more special features is set to be released on February 13, 2017, exclusively through UK retailer Zavvi [8] . Contents Introduction[ edit ] The animated intro. In an animated segment, a prologue to the film is given, taking place in Brooklyn, sixty-five million years before the present (1993, at time of film's release). The dinosaurs are shown to be content, intelligent creatures that rule over the earth while mammals scurry about unnoticed. However, when a meteorite crashes into Earth, the impact carries a force so powerful it both killed off many dinosaurs while creating a parallel dimension. In this dimension the evolution of dinosaurs continues parallel to our world's mammals, resulting in human beings, some with reptilian traits and temperaments. The narration then offers the question, "What if they found a way back?" The film then cuts to live-action, twenty years before present day (1973 using 1993 as the present), with a young woman hurriedly running down a Brooklyn street to a cathedral, carrying a bundle covered in a red blanket. There, she places her bundle down, revealing a metallic oval case. After locking a blue crystalline-shard into an opening on the case, she lovingly strokes it before pounding on the door repeatedly, then flees, running through the streets of Brooklyn once more. A nun eventually opens the cathedral front door and, noticing the metallic case at their doorstep, takes it inside. Meanwhile, the young lady continues to run down the Brooklyn streets, narrowly dodging honking drivers before reachi
Which Playstation 2 game, released in 2003, was banned by several countries and implicated by the media in a murder, due to its graphic violence?	Manhunt — Evolve Forums Description Manhunt is a stealth-based psychological horror video game developed by Rockstar Games. It was released to the public on November 18, 2003 for the PlayStation 2 console, and on April 20, 2004 for Xbox and PC. Although it was generally well received by critics, Manhunt created a controversy due to the graphic violence the player is encouraged to engage in. This resulted in the game being banned in several countries and implicated by media in a murder, although this implication was later rejected by the police. Top Players
Launched in North America in 1998 Playstation game’s opening song is a Chemical Brothers remix of the Manic Street Preachers song ‘Everything Must Go’?	Learn and talk about Gran Turismo (video game), 1997 video games, Gran Turismo (series), Interactive Achievement Award winners, PlayStation (console)-only games Single player , multiplayer Gran Turismo (グランツーリスモ, Guran Tsūrisumo ? , abbreviated GT, commonly abbreviated GT1) is a racing game designed by Kazunori Yamauchi . Gran Turismo was developed by Polys Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997 for the PlayStation video game console . The game's development group was established as Polyphony Digital in 1998. After five years of development time, it was well-received publicly and critically, shipping a total of 10.85 million copies worldwide as of March 2013 [6] (making it the best-selling PlayStation game ), and scoring an average of 95% in GameRankings ' aggregate, [7] making it the highest rated racing video game of all-time. [8] The game has started a series , and to date has spawned over 10 spin-offs and sequels. Contents Gameplay[ edit ] Gameplay screenshot featuring a Mitsubishi FTO GPX on Trial Mountain Circuit Gran Turismo is a racing game . The player must maneuver a car to compete against artificially intelligent drivers on various race tracks . The game uses two different modes: Arcade Mode and Simulation Mode (Gran Turismo Mode in PAL and Japanese versions). In the arcade mode, the player can freely choose the courses and vehicles they wish to use. Winning races unlocks additional cars and courses. However, simulation mode requires the player to earn different levels of driver's licenses in order to qualify for events, and earn credits (money), trophies and prize cars by winning race championships . Winning one particular championship also unlocks a video and a few additional demonstration tracks. Credits can be used to purchase additional vehicles, and for parts and tuning. Gran Turismo features 140 cars and 11 race tracks (as well as their reversed versions). Two Honda NSX cars from 1992 were included in the Japanese version, but were removed from the North American and European versions. They can be found in the North American version's code (and are unlockable via a GameShark cheat device). In addition to the hidden del Sols, there is also a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette and a 1998 Mazda Roadster exclusive to the Arcade mode. The Corvette and Roadster can also be accessed via GameShark. Development[ edit ] The game required five years to complete. [9] During an interview with Kazunori Yamauchi, it was revealed that development of Gran Turismo started in the second half of 1992. Yamauchi added that at different times there were only seven to fifteen people assisting him. [10] When asked how difficult it was to create Gran Turismo, Yamauchi remarked: "It took five years. In those five years, we could not see the end. I would wake up at work, go to sleep at work. It was getting cold, so I knew it must be winter. I estimate I was home only four days a year." [9] Sound design was one aspect that Yamauchi believed was compromised due to a lack of time. Although Kazunori considered the game's artificial intelligence to be superior to its competitors, he remained unsatisfied with its development. [11] When Gran Turismo was released in Japan, Polyphony Digital was still a development group within Sony Computer Entertainment. The studio was established in April 1998, before the Western release of the game. [12] Yamauchi estimated that Gran Turismo utilised around 75% of the PlayStation's maximum performance. [13] Main article: Music of the Gran Turismo series The opening song for the North American and PAL versions is a Chemical Brothers remix of the Manic Street Preachers song " Everything Must Go ". The opening song for the Japanese version is "Moon Over the Castle", composed by Masahiro Andoh . The game itself had a selection of licensed songs, including "Lose Control" by Ash ; "Chicken on a Bone" (reworked instrumental), "Shade" (instrumental), " Tangerine " (instrumental), and "Sweet 16" by Feeder (PAL version); "As Heaven is Wide" by Garbage ; and "Oxyacetalene", "Skeletal", "Autonomy",
In video games, what colour is Pac-Man?	Pac-Man (Video Game) - TV Tropes "Computer games don't affect kids. If Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music ." —Marcus Brigstocke A well-known game developed by Namco (now Namco Bandai ) from The Golden Age of Video Games , and one of the most popular games ever, Pac-Man was the first really successful Maze Game , and one of the first games to be popular with both sexes. It sparked a pop-culture phenomenon, and helped drive the early-1980s video game craze. Ironically, its poorly implemented Atari 2600 port helped turn Pac-Man Fever into Pac-Man Cancer . It also was the first video game to get an Animated Adaptation , with a reluctant Marty Ingels in the lead role. The game depicts an abstract round yellow character vaguely reminiscent of a head with a mouth opening and closing to gobble up nearby objects . The player must steer the character around a maze and "eat" all of the dots and four special power pellets (originally "energizers"). Four ghosts (originally "monsters" ) pursue the character, and their touch is fatal unless Pac-Man recently ate a power pellet. The original game famously had no random number generator: The ghosts moved through the maze in a completely predictable pattern. It is said that the ghosts were given different colors to enable the programmers to give each a different "personality" or movement pattern. Top players could develop and memorize specific patterns to clear levels without losing lives. However, the ghosts prove an equal challenge if run on a random AI. A sequel, Ms. Pac-Man, was even more popular than the original, and featured more complex mazes and randomized play. It started life as a bootleg hack of the original Pac-Man called Crazy Otto, which featured the player character as a Pac-Man head with legs. GCC, who created that hack, thought this game could be successful and brought the game to Bally/Midway , Namco's American distributor. Midway was impressed; together with the hackers, they edited the sprites back into Pac-Manï¿½style sprites, and with Namco's blessing, they released it as a Pac-Man sequel in America. Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man were known for having lots of bootleg versions, many with altered mazes and graphics. They also had unofficial "speed-up kits" that, added to a legitimate machine, made the game faster and presumably harder. The franchise continued through an endless array of sequels, including two Pinball machines ( Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball and Baby Pac-Man ) and lots of console adaptations. One of the most notable of these is Pac-Man Championship Edition, released for the Xbox Live Arcade and iPhone ï¿½ notable because it is the only sequel to have been designed by Pac-Man's original creator, Tōru Iwatani. It is also a much faster, more intense game than the original Pac-Man, and was heralded as being "actually a video game now" by several gaming sites. There's also a special version of the game, Pac-Man VS. for the Nintendo GameCube , designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and bundled with the Game Boy Advance link cable (as well as several other Namco games, and it was even given away for free at stores!). One of the few multiplayer entries in the series, the game allows up to three players to take control of the ghosts on the TV screen, while a fourth player controls Pac-Man himself on a linked Game Boy Advance , passing systems and controllers among one another between rounds. It also features Mario as an announcer, for some reason, and makes a great party game. Another notable sequel is Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures , for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System . This game was an adventure game, except instead of controlling Pac-Man, you were an off-screen helper who suggested things to Pac (who had a mind of his own and was prone to moods which affected how he would respond), either by directing him to look in a general direction or by shooting things with a slingshot. You could also give him power pellets, of which you had only three but could find more around
‘Black Ops’ is the subtitle of which game?	Call of Duty Black Ops - Test Subtitles In English. - YouTube Call of Duty Black Ops - Test Subtitles In English. 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 23, 2011 I'm gonna try to put the subtitles once the video has been uploaded. It seems my subtitles work. :-) Game
Pikachu is one of the species of creatures in which series of games?	Pikachu \| Anime and Manga Characters Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors) . Pikachu (ピカチュウ Pikachū?) is one of the species of Pokémon creatures from the Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. As do all Pokémon, Pikachu fight other Pokémon in battles central to the anime, manga, and games of the series. Pikachu is among the most recognizable Pokémon, largely because a Pikachu is a central character in the Pokémon anime series. Pikachu is widely considered the most popular Pokémon, is regarded as the official mascot of the Pokémon franchise, and has become an icon of Japanese culture in recent years. Within the world of the Pokémon franchise, Pikachu are often found in houses, forests, plains, and occasionally near mountains, islands, and electrical sources (such as power plants), on most continents throughout the fictional world. As an Electric-type Pokémon, Pikachu can store electricity in its cheeks and release it in lightning-based attacks. Pikachu is the evolved form of Pichu, which evolves at full happiness, and evolves into a Raichu with a "Thunderstone".
Jumpman’s goal is to save the Lady from the giant ape in which 1981 arcade game?	Donkey Kong Classic Game - Fun With Logic Fun With Logic Kids Games ‎ > ‎ Donkey Kong Classic Game Donkey Kong (Donkī Kongu) is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. In the game, Jumpman must rescue a damsel in distress, Lady, from a giant ape named Donkey Kong. The hero and ape later became two of Nintendo's most popular characters. Donkey Kong Classic Game Gameplay Donkey Kong is one of the earliest examples of the platform game genre; it is sometimes said to be the first platform game, although it was preceded by Space Panic. In contrast to Space Panic, however, Donkey Kong was the first platform game to feature jumping, introducing the need to jump between gaps and over obstacles or approaching enemies, setting the template for the platform genre. Competitive video gamers and referees stress the game's high level of difficulty compared to other classic arcade games. Winning the game requires patience and the ability to accurately time Jumpman's ascent. In addition to presenting the goal of saving the Lady, the game also gives the player a score. Points are awarded for finishing screens; leaping over obstacles; destroying objects with a hammer power-up; collecting items such as hats, parasols, and purses (apparently belonging to the Lady/Pauline); and completing other tasks. Play Donkey Kong the classic game for free here. Please wait for the game to load. Donkey Kong Game Controls:
The Covenant are fictional military alien races in which game series?	Covenant \| Xbox Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Game development Like most of the other characters and species in the Halo universe, the Covenant were slowly developed during the initial concept phase and refined as Halo: Combat Evolved progressed. During the course of development of Halo, the designers decided upon three "schools" of architecture, for each of the races represented — the humans, Covenant, and Forerunners . For the Covenant, the team decided on "sleek and shiny", with reflective surfaces, organic shapes, and use of purples. [1] According to art director Marcus Lehto, the principle designs for the race came from environmental artist Paul Russell. [1] Like the character designs, Covenant technology, architecture, and design continually changed throughout development, occasionally for practical reasons as well as aesthetics. [2] According to Eric Arroyo, the Covenant cruiser Truth and Reconciliation, which plays a major role in Halo: Combat Evolved, was to be boarded by the player by a long ramp. However due to technical considerations of having a fully textured ship so close to the player, the designers came up with a "gravity lift", which allowed the ship to be farther away (thus not requiring as much processing power for detail) as well as adding a "visually interesting" component of Covenant technology. [3] The art team also spent a large amount of time on Covenant weaponry, in order to make them suitably alien yet still recognizable to players. [4] At the same time, the designers wanted all aspects of Covenant technology, especially the vehicles, to act plausibly. [5] Bungie ended up looking at films and other media for inspiration on almost every aspect of the race. [6] Species To design the various species of the Covenant, Bungie 's artists looked at live animals and films for inspiration; [7] as a result, the species within the Covenant bear simian , reptilian , avian , and ursine characteristics. [7] The strongest and toughest foes of the game, Elites (called Sangheili in the fictitious Covenant language) stand at nearly 8'6(2.6 m) and feature recharging personal shields. The Elites initially had simple mouths, who developed into pairs of split mandibles substituting for the lower jaws. Bungie concept artist Shi Kai Wang noted that project lead Jason Jones had, at one point, been insistent on giving the Elites a tail. [8] While Wang thought it made the aliens look too animalistic, the idea was eventually dropped due to practical considerations, including where the tail would go when the Elites were driving vehicles. [9] "At one point, we considered just having the Elites tuck their tails forward, between their legs," Wang noted, "But [we] abandoned that... for obvious reasons." [9] According to Paul Russel, when Bungie was bought by Microsoft and Halo was turned into an Xbox launch title, Microsoft took issue with the design of the Elites, as they felt that the Elites had a resemblance to cats that might alienate Japanese consumers. [10] Among the other races developed were Grunts or Unggoy, who are viewed in game's fiction as cannon fodder. Depicted as squat and cowardly fighters, Grunts panic and run if players kill their leaders. [11] Jackals or Kig-Yar carry energy shields or ranged weaponry. Armor color denotes the rank of each caste. In some cases, such as with the Jackals, the overall design was honed once the enemy's role was clearly defined. [12] In addition to basic troops, there are Hunters or Mgalekgolo, who according to Bungie's mythology are actually collectives of alien worms singularly known as Lekgolo encased in tough armor. [13] Initial concepts were less humanoid-looking and softer than the final shape, with angular shields and razor-sharp spines. [14] These alien worms also control the Covenant Scarab-tanks as one being. Floating, serene aliens known as Engineers or Huragok were pulled from Combat Evolved, but made later appearances in the Halo novels. They also appeared in Halo Wars and Halo 3: ODST. Slow-moving, unarmored, and unarmed, they serve no actual combat role,
Who played the title role in the 1971 film ‘Klute’?	Klute (1971) Klute (1971) It's on TV where I am. One of those films that's supposed to be so tremendous that I can never sit through. My God...it drags. Why didn't anyone respond to my Klute thread? by Anonymous We're afraid this will attract the "Pretty Woman Was an Insult to Hookers" troll. by Anonymous reply 2 08/05/2014 Took me decades to finally watch it, but I liked it. I tend to like slower-paced movies - Pakula seems to work that way. by Anonymous Very stylish movie, shot by the recently deceased Gordon Willis (The Godfather, Manhattan). The single movie that proves Jane Fonda could really act. by Anonymous reply 4 08/05/2014 I found it a bit slow too and why was it named after a supporting character? It should have been called "Bree". by Anonymous I was offered it, but turned it down. I liked Up the Sandbox more. by Anonymous reply 6 08/05/2014 I tried to watch it twice, but I never made it past the first half hour. by Anonymous 08/05/2014 [quote]The single movie that proves Jane Fonda could really act. Actually, she's just as good in the film she made the year before, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" She would have won the Oscar for that but she was up that year against Maggie Smith in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." by Anonymous reply 8 08/05/2014 I love this movie. Fonda looked so beautiful and chic. The small human and humorous touches added so much to the movie. Reading Linda Goodman's Sun Signs before bed for instance. That made me smile. I thought Sutherland was sexy as hell and he and Fonda had tremendous chemistry. She more than deserved the Oscar for Best Actress. by Anonymous 08/05/2014 Oh god. Lots of philistines with zero taste on DL today. "Klute" is a classic featuring one of the best female performances of the decade (or any decade, really). Bree's scenes with her therapist rival anything you'll find in a female-centered film today. The film is also a time capsule of a gritty, dangerous NYC that is no longer giving it rare historical/ethnographic value as well. And R8 is absolutely right about Fonda's performance in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" two years earlier. She absolutely should've won that year of Smith's admittedly great in "Brodie." by Anonymous reply 10 08/05/2014 [quote]The film is also a time capsule of a gritty, dangerous NYC that is no longer giving it rare historical/ethnographic value as well. Oh, God...there are tons of them...most of them more interesting than this snorefest. by Anonymous 08/05/2014 [quote]Bree's scenes with her therapist rival anything you'll find in a female-centered film today. Those scenes were largely improvised or the dialogue was written by Fonda, which makes it even more impressive. Fonda was at her best here. Absolutely amazing. by Anonymous reply 12 08/05/2014 In this movie Fonda has the grooviest early Seventies pad in all of cinema. It is beyond fabulous. by Anonymous reply 13 08/05/2014 It's a great piece of 70's American filmmaking. I loved the tough, noirish cynicism. Roy Schneider's in it, and Candy Darling. by Anonymous reply 14 08/05/2014 List them then, R11. And not just a rote list of every film made in the entire decade of the 1970s. This specific year 1970-71 New York City. Also, one featuring a cameo by Candy Darling. We'll wait. Wow, you sure showed HER, Miss Bossypants at r15! by Anonymous reply 16 08/05/2014 R15, pull your Halliwell's out of your prolapsed rectum and fuck off whilst you're doing it, you ridiculous twat. by Anonymous reply 17 08/05/2014 I'd rather be bossy than lacking in any kind of cinematic discernment whatsoever, pointless person contributing nothing at R16. by Anonymous reply 18 08/05/2014 [quote]And not just a rote list of every film made in the entire decade of the 1970s. This specific year 1970-71 New York City. OK:- Andy Warhol's Trash (1970) Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Hercules in New York (1970) Hi, Mom! (1970) I Never Sang for My Father (19700 The Boys in the Band (1970) The Landlord (1970) The Out-of-Towners (1970) Where's Poppa? (1970) Bananas (1971) Believe in Me (1971) Born to Win (1971) Carnal Kn
The Pitt Rivers Museum is in which English city?	· Yesterday at 6:29am · Journeys! Become an explorer for the night; trace the journeys of various anthropologists connected to the Pitt Rivers Museum, have a look at their personal belongings, discover what objects were valuable to them. Students from the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University Anthropology Society ‘takeover' the museum with an event inspired by the Pitt Rivers Museum's collections, taking place on the 3 of February 2017. There'll be a specially developed audiovisual trai...l uncovering alternative stories, particularly in relation to the hidden histories of the inspirational women connected to the Museum. Enjoy world music, talks on women at the Pitt Rivers Museum, a pop-up exhibition, and cash bar. #JourneysPRM Join the student's Facebook event and share photos of objects you would take on your journey...get ready to see your objects pop up at the event! · January 6 at 2:18am · We are really excited to be working with Tales of our City , a new community project setting out to create a conversation through time about queer life in Oxford. It is a particularly exciting time for Tales of our City as 2017 marks 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. This land mark has led them to ask: what can we learn from the past that will shed more light about our community and our lives today? The first Pitt Rivers Museum and Tales of our Cit...y collaboration will be at Out In Oxford: Party at the Pitt on 11th Feb ( http://bit.ly/2hZExrj ). Tales of the City will takeover the museum's library for the night, bringing along their archive of local queer ephemera from the 1970's, 80's and 90s. Come find out what Oxford's gay women got up to on Tuesdays in 1983 and why something called Project October caused so much excitement in 1991... Free tickets for Party at the Pitt will be available from the 11th January.
What is a person who makes barrels or casks called?	Barrel making Search billions of records on Ancestry.com Cooper or Barrel maker On early census records an occupation listed was "Cooper." I thought it might be fun to let you see what your ancestor did for a living if he was thus employed. Having read many pages on the subject, I set forth, here a synopis of the vocation, trusting that you will folow links for more reading. If anyone would like to add to this, please feel free to write the Baker Block Museum. You will find many of the tools for this trade at the museum. Enjoy! Cooper - n. - a person whose work is making or repairing barrels and casks (Webster" New World Dictionary). Cooperage, from same source indicates it is the workshop of or work done by a Cooper. For a first-rate look at the process go to: http://www.beekmanwine.com/prevtopah.htm In the 1800s in Europe as well as in our fledgling country a man skilled at making barrels was an important person. Many goods were shipped and stored in barrels (also called casks, tuns, kegs or hogsheads depending on the area of the world and the size of the container). We often think in terms of wine or whiskey when we think of the things likely to be contained in a barrel. But, all sorts of foods were stored in barrels. Sauerkraut was fermented and stored in them. Fish, meats and some vegetables were dried and salted then stored and transported in them. Most any item that could be stored for a length of time would be stored in a barrel to keep out vermin. Fragile items such as eggs would be packed in them among layers of straw to keep them cooler as well as to keep them from breaking. Barrels were great -- they could be rolled down ship gangplanks; have wheels and handles attached to them so a man could cart them about; be strapped onto a pack animal; be strapped together to float behind a raft down a river. One could bury them in a stream or cool earth as refrigerating units. They have been cut in half to feed or water stock, make a cradle for a child, or act as a large mixing bowl for any number of reasons. They were made of any tree that could be worked. Oak was the preferred wood for wine and whiskey casks as the grain is fine and the containers could more easily be made waterproof. Modified, they become butter churns, buckets and wash tubs. One of the biggest uses for barrels in Northwest Florida in the nineteenth century was in the Turpentine Industry. Differing sized barrels were necessary for the storage and shipping of the products (called Naval Stores), pitch, tar, turpentine and such. Most of the larger camps had their own Cooper, often trained by his father or grandfather. Many were Scots while some were blacks who had been taught by the barrel maker on the plantation where they lived. These men were skilled technicians, fashioning barrels from raw wood through many processes. Often they had to fell a tree, cut it into boards, fashion the correctly sized and shaped staves for a particular type of barrel and dry the wood before they could even start building a barrel. A keen eye was needed to assure there were no knots or weak grain in the wood used. Each stave must be strong and well made. Selecting the right tree for the job was quite a knack and took a lot of experience. Staves had to be planned for smoothness on the outside and slightly cupped inside. The Bevel on their edges must be precise or they would neither fit together nor hold water. Also the tapering of each stave is critical to its fit. Hoops were made by the local blacksmith. (Earlier barrels were made with wooden hoops.) Staves were soaked so they could be curved properly. Some barrels were burned inside while others might be sealed with glue or pitch. Any that were to be used for food storage, needed to be relatively airtight (tight cooperage) so sealing material would not contaminate foodstuffs. "Slack cooperage" refers to containers that were not tight but would be fine for flour, grains and other non-liquids. There is a very interesting book called "The 'Possum Hunter and the Tar Heels" -- historical novel of post Civil War days. The auth
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond and Lady Margaret Beaufort were the parents of which Engllish monarch?	Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430 - 1456) - Genealogy Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond Also Known As: Royal Manor of Hadham, Hertfordshire, England Death: Saint David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales Immediate Family: 1430 - Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire or Hadham, Bedfordshire, England Death: Nov 1 1456 - Carmarthen Castle, South Wales Parents: Sir Owen Tudor, Catherine England Wife: Henry of England Siblings: Jasper Tudor, Tacinda Tudor, Mary Tudor, David Tudor, Owen Tudor, Edward Tudor, Margaret Catherine Tudor, Thomas Tudor July 13 1430 - Much Hadham Palace In Hertfordshire Or, Bedfordshire, England Death: Between Jan 10 1430 and Jan 9 1431 - Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England Death: Nov 12 1456 - Carmarten Castle, Wales, England Mother: Henry VII King of England Tudor, Henry VII Tudor Brother: brother About Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond "Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430 – 1 or 3 November 1456), also known as Edmund of Hadham (Welsh: Edmwnd Tudur), was the father of King Henry VII of England and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd, North Wales." ==================================================================== ==================================================================== Citations / Sources: [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 148. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 148, says 1 November. [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 220. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 45. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S338] Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2004), Richardson, Douglas, edited by Kamball G. Everingham, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), FHL book 942 D5rd., p. xxix. [S452] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 1 p. 28; vol. 2 p. 45 fn. (c), 73, 206; vol. 4 p. 207. [S2436] #4569 Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500 (1983), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (18 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983), FHL book 942.9 D2bw., vol. 8 p. 1284; vol. 9 p. 1567. [S712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. I, 26, 106, 158, 223. [S1800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 2 p. 135; vol. 4 p. 283. [S2434] #2105 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches Between the Years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn (1846), Dwnn, Lewys; transcribed and edited with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, (2 volumes. Llandovery: William Rees, 1846), FHL book 942.9 D23d; FHL microfilm 176,668., vol. 2 p. 88, 88 fn. 1, 108. [S2411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alc
How many planets are in our solar system have rings?	How many planets in the Solar System have rings? \| Cool Cosmos How many planets in the Solar System have rings? Four the planets in the Solar System have rings. They are the four giant gas planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Saturn, which has by far the largest ring system, was known to have rings for a long time. It was not until the 1970s that rings were discovered around the other gas planets. The rings around Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are much smaller, darker, and fainter than the rings of Saturn. Rings around gas giants are thought to be transient over the the lifetime of the planetary system. That is, if we had lived at a very different time, perhaps we would not see big rings around Saturn, but another one of the gas giants. Continue the conversation on
Red Max, Professor Pat Pending and Blubber Bear are characters in which children’s tv series?	Wacky Races \| Wacky Races Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The series ran on CBS from September 14 , 1968 to January 4 , 1969. Seventeen episodes were produced, with each episode featuring two different races, for a total of 34 races in all. Attempting to foil the racers' efforts were the show's resident villains Dick Dastardly and his canine sidekick, Muttley. Dastardly would usually gain a large lead, then execute all sorts of elaborate schemes to trap, divert, blow up or stop the other racers, only to see them backfire spectacularly. The intended object lesson may have been that Dastardly might have easily won several races had he only kept his mind on the race and off dirty tricks. The Mean Machine was arguably the fastest car in the series, as evidenced by Dastardly's repeatedly zooming to a stunning lead from far behind. Like Wile E. Coyote , Dastardly never saw victory, although on one occasion he did cross the finish line first only to be disqualified when the judges reviewed the video replay, revealing that Dastardly had cheated (by extending the tip of his car). Many of Dastardly's plots look similar to those used in Road Runner cartoons, perhaps because Mike Maltese was a scriptwriter on both series. Wacky Races was inspired by the 1965 film The Great Race , and the main characters in the cartoon were based on those in the film. Penelope Pitstop (who would later have a spinoff series) took on the appearance of Maggie DuBois, played by Natalie Wood, including her pink outfit and her car's parasol. Dastardly has much in common with Jack Lemmon's portrayal of Professor Fate. Fate and his sidekick, Max Meen ( Peter Falk ), indulge in similar acts of sabotage and Max has Muttley's knack for making mistakes. Although Fate's car does not look much like the Mean Machine, it does bear the familiar spike on the front and is equipped with smoke screen, cannon, and other assorted gadgets. One of the musical themes, used in the show, was used as the opening and closing segments of the spin off show "Perils of Penelope Pitstop." One of the original plans for the series was that the races themselves would be part of a live-action quiz show with Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley Productions, the team behind the television series Hollywood Squares. Heatter-Quigley's plan was that contestants would actually bet on which Wacky Racer would cross the finish line first. Although the game show concept was eventually scrubbed, the series still retained a Hanna-Barbera Heatter-Quigley dual production credit. In 1988, a made-for-TV movie, Around The World With The Wacky Racers, was planned as part of Hanna-Barbera's Superstars 10 series of TV movies, but it never got past the concept stage. Drivers, characters and cars The eleven racers and their numbers are: Dick Dastardly and Muttley in the Mean Machine 00 (The double 'O'/ The Double Zero) Edit The villains of the series, in a purple, rocket-powered car with an abundance of concealed weapons and ability to fly. Dick Dastardly would concoct a plan or set a trap once he got into the lead of the race to make sure no other car would catch up to him; however, every plan backfired. Ironically, many tricks Dastardly uses are not unlike the ones the other racers use, though only his are referred to as "cheating." Most of his traps always fail, with Dastardly being the one who gets hurt in the end and Muttley, his canine sidekick, snickering at his misfortune, often earning him a bonk on the head from Dastardly, who could seemingly stretch his arms considerable distances for that sole purpose. Dastardly dresses in purple, and wears a red-and-purple striped puffy hat. He also has a long, black moustach and appears as the archetypal turn-of-the-century villain . The Slag Brothers in the Bouldermobile. Edit Rock Slag and Gravel Slag are Cavemen driving a wheeled boulder. The Slag Brothers sometimes reconstructed their car from scratch just by using their clubs on any large boulder that was available. Like the Grusome Twosome, the Slag Brothers can summon up appropriate creatures - such as Ptera
Edouard Daladier became Prime Minister of which country in 1933?	Edouard Daladier Edouard Daladier ▼ Primary Sources ▼ Edouard Daladier Edouard Daladier was born in Carpentras, France, on 18th June, 1884. Daladier studied at Lyons under Edouard Herriot and as a member of the Radical Party , he was elected as mayor of Carpentras in 1911. In 1911 Daladier entered the Chamber of Deputies. Nicknamed the "Bull of Vaucluse", he eventually replaced Herriot as leader of the party. In June, 1924, Daladier was appointed as minister of the colonies. Over the next nine years he held several posts including minister of war. Daladier became prime minister in January, 1933, but his government only survived for seven months. A second government, in 1934, only lasted for a few weeks. Concerned by the emergence of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany , a group of left-wing politicians, led by Leon Blum , Maurice Thorez , Edouard Herriot , Daniel Mayer formed the Popular Front in 1934. Parties involved in the agreement included the Communist Party , the Socialist Party and Daladier's Radical Party . The parties involved in the Popular Front did well in the 1936 parliamentary elections and won a total of 376 seats. Leon Blum , leader of the Socialist Party , now become prime minister of France and Daladier became Minister of War. Once in power the Popular Front government introduced the 40 hour week and other social reforms. It also nationalized the Bank of France and the armaments industry. At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War Daladier supported Blum's attempt to provide military aid to the Popular Front government in Spain . However, after coming under pressure from Stanley Baldwin and Anthony Eden in Britain , and more right-wing members of the government, he changed his mind and began advocating a policy of neutrality. In April, 1938, Daladier once again became prime minister. He was a supporter of appeasement and on 29th September, 1938, he joined with Adolf Hitler , Neville Chamberlain and Benito Mussolini in signing the Munich Agreement which transferred to Germany the Sudetenland , a fortified frontier region that contained a large German-speaking population.
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Which year does Michael J Fox travel back to in the 1985 film ‘Back to the Future’?	Back to the Future (1985) - 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 Back to the Future ( 1985 ) PG \| From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV ON DISC ALL Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 27 titles created 06 Oct 2013 a list of 41 titles created 26 Dec 2013 a list of 22 titles created 02 Sep 2014 a list of 25 titles created 30 Oct 2014 a list of 22 titles created 2 months ago Title: Back to the Future (1985) 8.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 26 nominations. See more awards » Videos After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip. Director: Robert Zemeckis Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty McFly travels back in time to save his friend. Director: Robert Zemeckis A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from a more advanced cyborg. Director: James Cameron Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. Director: Steven Spielberg During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Director: Steven Spielberg When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis. Director: Steven Spielberg A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X A seemingly indestructible humanoid cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs. Director: James Cameron After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke. Director: Irvin Kershner Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. Director: Robert Zemeckis Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader. Director: George Lucas 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 Edit Storyline Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean "time machine" invented by a slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love - so he can get back to the future. Written by Robert Lynch <[email protected]>
Geel is Dutch for which colour?	Colours in Dutch wit - white - zilver (heraldic name - silver) wit wegtrekken = to become pale (of fear) spierwit ('as white as a muscle') = very white. rood - red - keel (heraldic name) vuurrood ('firy red') = very red (used e.g. when somebody is blushing heavily). geel - yellow - goud (heraldic name - gold) groen en geel van nijd / jaloezie ('green and yellow with anger / envy') groentje ('greenie') = rookie, freshman. blauw - blue - azuur, lazuur (heraldic name) bont en blauw ('many-coloured and blue') = black and blue, e.g. 'Ik ben bont en blauw geslagen' = I have been beaten up really bad. blauwe maandag ('blue Monday'), used in e.g.: 'Ik heb daar wel eens een blauwe maandag gewerkt' = I have had a job there for a very short time. Het staat blauw (van de rook) ('The place is blue (with smoke)'), used when e.g. a room is filled up with (cigarette) smoke. groen - green - sinopel (heraldic name) groen en geel van nijd / jaloezie ('green and yellow with anger / envy') bruin - brown rose / roze - pink een roze bril ophebben ('to wear pink glasses') = to be in love; to see things from a romantic perspective (through rose-tinted spectacles) oranje - orange appeltjes van oranje ('little apples of orange') = oranges, normally called sinaasappels (< 'China's apples') or appelsienen in the south of the Dutch-speaking area. Amongst others, the term is used in an old Sinterklaas song, and there may be an connection with the Dutch royal family, the 'Oranjes'. grijs - grey paars / purper (archaic) / violet - purple - purper (heraldic name) pimpelpaars ('as purple as a pimple') = very purple. lila - lilac
Ascham, Clout and Limbs are all terms used in which sport?	ARCHERY TERMS GLOSSARY - Legend Archery ARCHERY TERMS GLOSSARY Actionwood: A preferable choice of material used for primary arm which is made using ‘rock maple’. Aluminium: A popular choice of metal that is used in the making of modern time arrows. Aim: A focused attempt for directing the arrow towards its goal. Anchor: A stable spot of the bowstring arm (on jaw/cheek) during the aim. Also known as ‘anchor point’. AMO Length: The systematic length for gauging the bowstrings. Here, AMO stands for ‘Archery Manufacturers and Merchants Organization’ Archer: Archer is an individual who is well versed in shooting by using a bow and arrow. Archer’s Paradox: The reaction that is being produced by the bending of an arrow as it departs from the bow. Archery: The method of shooting the arrows by making use of a bow. Arm guard: A strap on the bow arm that is used for protection against the impact of the bowstring during release. Arrow: The projectile shot using a bow. Most typically, it would be a linear, slender rod. Arrowhead: This is generally a distinctive piece that is sealed to an arrow shaft. This is the hitting end of an arrow. Arrow Nock: A notch at the edge of an arrow for accepting the bowstring. Arrow Plate: A piece of shell that is placed on the lateral side of the bow and above the handle where the arrow crosses when it is expelled from the bow. The function of the arrow plate is to get the arrow chaffing during the release. Arrow Rest: A tool on the arrow shelf that is used for holding the arrow until the release. Arrow Shaft: A rod from which the arrow is made. This is the arrow before it is cut, feathered and pointed. Arrow Shelf: This is where the arrow sits and is above the bow’s handle/grip. Arrowsmith: This term is widely used for denoting the person who makes an arrow although originally, this was used to denote the person who makes arrowheads. Ascham: A wooden cabinet in which the bows and/or arrows are stored. Back: The surface of the bow that is facing away from the person who draws the bow. Backing: A piece of material that is placed at the bow’s back for strengthening the limbs. Backset: A bow design in which the limbs face away from the archer (backward in reflex position). This would preload the limbs upon bracing. Ballista: A larger cross-bow of the middle ages that had the capacity to fire larger rocks. Banana Fletch: A feathering design which has the highest part of the arc at the center. Both the ends will be tapered equally. Barb: A protuberance on an arrow which makes it difficult to pull back. Barebow: The process of shooting without any bow sight or release aids. Barrelled Arrow: An arrow design in which it is heavier at the center and tapered towards both the ends. Belly: The side of the bowstring which would face the shooter at the time when bow is drawn. Billet: A short piece attached at the handle for making selfbows. Billets will be split side by side in the same log for getting identical limb performance attributes. Blunt: An arrow without a sharpened head. This is usually designed for use in small games. Bob-tailed Arrow: An arrow design in which it is bulkier at the pile margin while it is tapered towards the notch. Bodkin: An arrow design of the middle ages in which the arrowhead is conical-shaped with 3 to 4 sides. Used for penetrating chain mail armor. Bolt: An arrow that is released using a crossbow. Bow: A vehicle which is used to propel the arrow. Most typically, it will be longer. There will be a string for connecting the ends. Bowhunter: An individual who is hunting by making use of a bow and an arrow. Bowyer: A person one who involved in crafting, building and making bows. Bow Sling: A strap attached to the bow/shooter’s hand for preventing the bow from dropping onto the ground while shooting. Bow Sight: A machine that is adhered to the bow which will be used by the shooter for aiming at the target. Bow String: A multi-stranded cord that is coiled to the notches of the bow. Used for drawing the bow. Brace Height: The distance between the cord and intense part of the bow’s handle.
Which British author and campaigner for women’s rights, born in 1880, was a pioneer of birth control?	BBC - History - Historic Figures: Marie Stopes (1880 - 1958) Historic Figures z Marie Stopes, 1918 © Stopes was a campaigner for women's rights and a pioneer in the field of family planning. Marie Stopes was born on 15 October 1880 in Edinburgh to an archaeologist father and scholarly mother who was also a suffragist. Her studies as a paleobotanist took her to universities in London and Munich, then to Manchester where she became the first female member of the science faculty at the university. In 1911, she married Reginald Ruggles Gates. The relationship quickly broke down, and Marie realised that her husband was impotent and the marriage was unconsummated. It was annulled in 1914. Stopes' reading on the subject prompted her first book 'Married Love', which was published in 1918. The book was condemned by churches, the medical establishment and the press but was very popular, selling 2,000 copies within a fortnight. Thousands of women wrote to ask her advice. Marie Stopes became famous overnight, and used the publicity to advance her cause. A second book, 'Wise Parenthood', followed. In the same year, Stopes married Humphrey Verdon Roe who was very supportive of her views. They had a son in 1924. In 1921, Stopes opened a family planning clinic in Holloway, north London, the first in the country. It offered a free service to married women and also gathered data about contraception. In 1925, the clinic moved to central London and others opened across the country. By 1930, other family planning organisations had been set up and they joined forces with Stopes to form the National Birth Control Council (later the Family Planning Association). The Catholic church was Stopes's fiercest critic. In 1923, Stopes sued Catholic doctor Halliday Sutherland for libel. She lost, won at appeal and then lost again in the House of Lords, but the case generated huge publicity for Stopes's views. Stopes continued to campaign for women to have better access to birth control, but spent most of the last two decades of her life writing poetry. She died on 2 October 1958.
Incheon International Airport serves which Asian city?	Seoul Incheon Airport (ICN) Services Seoul Airport - Incheon (ICN) Use this website to quickly find the most important information about the main airport in South Korea, called Incheon International Airport or Seoul-Incheon International Airport: Departures, Arrivals, Parking, Car Rentals, Hotels near the airport and other information about Seoul airport. Plan your travel to ICN Airport with the information provided in this site. Seoul Airport, known officially as Incheon International Airport (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) is located 30 miles west of Seoul, the largest city and the capital of South Korea. The airport serves as the main hub for Asiana Airlines, Jeju Air, Korean Air and Polar Air Cargo. The Seoul airport operates as a hub for cargo traffic and international civilian air transportation in East Asia. The Seoul airport is the eighth busiest airport in terms of international passengers (2015) with more than 49M passengers per year Seoul Airport (IATA: ICN) is located 30 miles (48 km) west of Seoul he airport operates as a hub for cargo traffic and international civilian air transportation in East Asia Is the largest airport in South Korea and one of the busiest and largest airports in the world Seoul has many cultural and historical landmarks as the Emperor Palace, the main royal palace built in 1395 of the Joseon dynasty Most of the flights operated at Incheon Airport (ICN) are domestic and shuttle flights that alternate the airports in Taiwan, China and Japan. Seoul airport is connected to the mainland through the 130 Expressway. In 2015 the airport handled more than 49 million passengers. It is ranked as the world’s and Asia’s 8th busiest airport in terms of International Passengers. It is rated as the 4th busiest airport by cargo traffic. Terminal information Seoul Airport has a Main Terminal for passengers and in 2017 it is going to open a new one. The Main Airport is going to be named as Terminal 1 and the new terminal, Terminal 2. In addition, there’s a Passenger Concourse connected to the Main Terminal by two parallel 870-metre (2,850 ft) underground passageways equipped with IATs (Intra Airport Transit). The Main Passenger Terminal is the largest airport terminal in area in South Korea with 44 boarding ports, 120 arrival passport inspection counters, 50 customs inspection ports, over 250 check-in desks and 120 departure passport inspection counters, and more. The Passenger Concourse has 30 boarding gates (101-132) and 6 lounges available for passengers of different airlines. Seoul Airport has also a Cargo Terminal Complex with 6 cargo terminals. Since 2015 it has an automatic check-in counter lane and it can be used for passengers travelling via Asiana Airlines, Korean Air and China Southern Airlines. Car Rental
The Pontipines and the Tombliboos appear in which UK children’s tv programme?	Meet the Characters \| In The Night Garden The Tittifers Igglepiggle Igglepiggle is physical and energetic - a well-loved teddy always jumping and bouncing around. He's curious and adventurous, but also vulnerable and modest. Despite his energy he is often in need of reassurance and comfort, which he gets from his best friend Upsy Daisy and his red blanket. Upsy Daisy Upsy Daisy is a happy and optimistic dolly. She loves nothing more than to dance through the garden and often convinces other character to join in. One of her favourite things is her bed, which has a mind of its own and can often be seen chasing her around the garden. Makka Pakka Makka Pakka lives in a little cave at the edge of the garden and likes nothing more than collecting and washing little stones - he'll often wash the faces of the other characters too. He travels around the garden pushing his Og-Pog vehicle, which carries his soap and sponge, his uff-uff dryer and his special trumpet. The Tombliboos There are three Tombliboos - Unn who is red and green, Ooo who is brown and pink and Eee who is pink and yellow. They live together in an extraordinary bush, where they enjoy stacking and sorting their special blocks, banging their drums and making tunes on their piano. The Pontipines and The Wottingers The Pontipines are a large family of 10 that live in a semi-detached house at the foot of a tree. There are 8 children, 4 of which are girls and four of which are boys and they are always dressed in red. Their next-door neighbours are the Wottingers, who also have 8 children and they are always dressed in blue. The Haahoos The Haahoos are five enormous pillowy creatures who roam about the garden at a leisurely pace that is entirey their own. They are sedate and gentle, but are so big they often stop the Ninky Nonk in its tracks - no small feat! The Ninky Nonk and The Pinky Ponk The Ninky Nonk and the Pinky Ponk are the only forms of transport for the characters in the garden, but they couldn't be more different! The Ninky Nonk is a funny kind of train which careers through hedges and clambers up and down trees all over the garden. The Pinky Ponk is a kind of airship which glides gracefully in the air, providing wonderful aerial views of the garden for all those on board. The Tittifers The Tittifers are brightly coloured birds that sing as individuals throughout the programme, and then together form a beautiful harmony as a signal for bedtime. For News & Competitions :
Who was Britain’s first divorced Prime Minister?	BBC - History - British History in depth: Prime Ministers and Politics Timeline On This Day Prime Ministers and Politics Timeline Do you know which prime minister brought 'fallen women' to 10 Downing Street? Or which one fought a duel? Or who was known as 'the Goat'? Take a political journey through nearly 300 years of high ideals and low cunning, from Gordon Brown to the first man to hold prime ministerial powers, Robert Walpole. Margaret Thatcher Conservative, 1979 - 1990 Britain's first female prime minister came to power with the country descending into industrial and economic chaos. A relatively inexperienced politician, she nonetheless adopted a personal style of indomitable self-confidence and brooked no weakness in herself or her colleagues. Derisively dubbed the 'Iron Lady' by the Soviet press, she wore the moniker with pride. Her government's free-market policies included trade liberalisation, deregulation, sweeping privatisation, breaking the power of the unions, focus on the individual and the creation of an 'enterprise culture'. 'Thatcherism' has had a profound and lasting economic and social impact on Britain, and still sharply divides opinion to this day. The first PM to serve three consecutive terms (including two 'landslide' victories) she was eventually toppled by her own party following the disastrous imposition of a 'poll tax'. Nonetheless, she is generally considered to be one of the best peace time prime ministers of the 20th Century. James Callaghan Labour, 1976 - 1979 Callaghan inherited the office of prime minister following the surprise resignation of Harold Wilson. With only a tiny parliamentary majority to support him, he faced an increasingly one-sided confrontation with organised labour in the form of rampant strike action. Things came to a head in the so-called 'Winter of Discontent', a phrase from Shakespeare borrowed by Callaghan himself to describe the events leading up to February 1979. Britain was 'strikebound', with public servants staging mass walk outs, leaving food and fuel supplies undelivered, rubbish uncollected and - most notoriously - bodies unburied. Things became so bad in Hull it was dubbed 'the second Stalingrad'. The tabloid press has since been accused of overstating the severity of the situation (and wrongly quoting him as saying 'Crisis? What Crisis?') but it was enough at the time to sound the death knell for Callaghan's government later in the same year. Harold Wilson Labour, 1974 - 1976 In March 1974, Wilson became prime minister for the third time at the head of a minority government, following the first hung parliament (one where no party holds a majority) for 45 years. Often described as a wily fixer and negotiator, it took all of his skills to hold on to power in the face of economic and industrial turmoil. His party was also sharply divided, with many Labour members of parliament (MPs) bitter about Wilson's manoeuvring against his colleagues. He called another general election in October 1974, thereby ending the shortest parliament since 1681, and was returned to office with a majority of just three seats. He presided over a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Economic Community (EEC), and a collapse in the value of the pound which prompted a humiliating 'rescue operation' by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Exhausted, Wilson resigned saying 'politicians should not go on and on'. Edward Heath Conservative, 1970 - 1974 Heath succeeded in taking Britain into the European Economic Community (EEC), the precursor to the European Union, despite two previous failed attempts by Britain to gain entry, in 1961 and 1967. But his government was dogged by torrid industrial relations and recurrent economic crises. Things came to a head in January 1974, when industry was put on a 'three-day week' to conserve fuel. Fuel was in dangerously short supply following a combination of domestic industrial action (coal miners on 'work-to-rule') and a quadrupling of prices by Middle Eastern oil exporting nations in the wake of Israel's victory in the Yom Kipp
What is the name of the sea which lies between the Philippines and Borneo?	The Seas of Asia : UnderwaterAsia.info The Line & The Triangle Lembeh Strait is considered to be an engine room of evolution. To the south of the Philippines, separated from the Sulu Sea by an ocean ridge, is the Celebes Sea. Part of the Coral Triangle, the Celebes Sea reaches the coast of northern Sulawesi, an incredibly rich & diverse part of Asia that is home to Bunaken National Park and the legendary Lembeh Strait- considered by many to be the earth’s engine room of marine evolution. The Celebes Sea is part of an ancient ocean basin and plummets to depths of over 6km. To the east, the Celebes Sea opens out in the the Pacific Ocean, while to the south, it meets the Makassar Strait. This region sprung to prominence among scientists in the 19th century, when the Wallacea Line theory was proposed. This line passes from the Celebes Sea, through the straits of Makassar & Lomok then out into the Indian Ocean. It marks the boundary between two distinct groups of wildlife. To the south & east, animals are of Australian origin, while to the west, wildlife is distinctly Asian. In days of lower sea levels, many of south east Asia’s islands were linked by land, but this deep stretch of water that marks the line of Wallacea prevented further expansion, explaining the distinct wildlife groups on adjacent islands. Crossing to the southern hemisphere and heading east to Papua New Guinea, we find the Bismark & Soloman Seas. The marine life here bears greater similarities to that of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea off Australia’s north-eastern coast. The area marks the south-eastern tip of the Coral Triangle and, until fairly recently, was thought to possess the greatest diversity of coral & fish species on earth. That accolade is currently held by the tiny Halmahera Sea off the north eastern tip of Western Papua. Sitting almost exactly on the equator, this sea is home to 600 different species of coral and around 1300 fish species. It is possible to dive at Raja Ampat & Fak-Fak, in the Halmahera Sea, by Liveaboard from slightly less remote parts of Indonesia. To the south of here, the shallow Arafura Sea stretches across to the northern coast of Australia and, in the west, meets the Timor Sea. The Timor Sea, like the Arafura, is primarily a shallow sea, with the exception of a deep trough to the north. It empties out into the southern Indian Ocean to the west. To the north of this area, we re-enter the Coral Triangle through the strait of Alor and find the seas Banda & Molucca - home to the Moluccas, a group of islands famed in days gone by as the Spice Islands. The Banda Islands and Ambon are two of the excellent dive spots in the area, along with Alor to the south. Wakatobi, off the south-eastern arm of Sulawesi, lies between the Banda Sea the Flores Sea. Wakatobi is one of the few areas that has all 3 types of reef system - fringing reef, barrier reef and atolls. The Flores Sea is another incredibly productive sea, with spectacular marine life off the southern arms of Sulwesi and all around Flores, Komodo & Sumbawa to the south. The straits between the Nusa Tengarra island chain of Indonesia, including Flores, Sumbawa & Lombok, have some of the strongest currents on earth due to the Indonesia Throughflow. The Indonesian throughflow is a massive transference of water from the Pacific to the Indian Oceans, which has to squeeze through the small channels between the islands. These ripping currents make for tricky diving conditions, but incredibly healthy marine eco-systems as they flood the area with the nutrients required to support a huge array of life. Bali, to the west, is where the Flores Sea meets the Java Sea and marks the south-western tip of the Coral Triangle. The relatively shallow Java Sea separates Java, Indonesia’s most populous island from Borneo, the world’s largest island to the north. To the west, it meets Sumatra, separating it from the Andaman Sea and the Indian Ocean, where our journey began. The Triangle of Life Discovery The underwater world of South-East Asia has long been famed for its wealth &
Singer Sertab Erener won the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest for which country?	Turkey's Sertab Erener Wins 2003 Eurovision Song Contest - 2003-05-25 Turkey's Sertab Erener Wins 2003 Eurovision Song Contest - 2003-05-25 October 29, 2009 7:03 PM Share Email to a Friend Print Turkey for the first time has been proclaimed the winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, following a fiercely fought battle with Russia and Belgium. At the opposite end of the ratings came the United Kingdom, the only contestant to score zero points in the event. This year's competition was in Latvia. "Ladies and gentleman, the winner of tonight's show [is] Turkey, and there is celebration in the sky." And indeed, when the winner was announced, fireworks illuminated the skies over Riga, capital of Latvia. But not everyone was overjoyed by the outcome. As he watched the spectacle, British radio commentator Ken Bruce noted that the United Kingdom had its worst performance in Eurovision history. "The ashes that are falling from the sky are landing in my mouth. United Kingdom with no points at the end of a Eurovision Song Contest. I never thought I would hear myself saying that," he said. Britain's previous worst Eurovision placing was in 2000, when Nicki French took 16th place with a song prophetically titled Don't Play That Song Again. Some commentators saw a connection between the U.K. failure and European anger over British support for the American-led war in Iraq. Others said it was simply that the Liverpool performers Chris Cromby, 21, and Gemma Abbey, 20, did not have what it takes. But victory was sweet for the scantily-clad Sertab Erener of Turkey, whose winning song was Every Way That I Can. Ms. Erener was overcome by emotion by her unexpected victory, a huge boost for Turkey and her own popularity and profits. She has already sold an estimated four million albums. The audience packed into Riga's Skonto Hall was less enthusiastic about the two young girls making up Russia's entry, even though they had been tipped as favorites to win. Backed by loud instruments and electronic backing, teenagers Lena Katina and Julia Volkova, known together as Tatu, managed to be only slightly louder than the boos mixed with cheers from the audience. Their song was Don't Believe, Don't Fear, Don't Ask, and it came out slightly out of tune with the music. The teenagers from Moscow were, prematurely, wearing tee-shirts bearing the number one. The girls had earlier angered organizers by arriving late for rehearsals and then threatening to perform in the nude. But organizers said no to toplessness. The Eurovision Song Contest, with 26 European countries taking part, is a family event watched by an estimated 160 million television viewers worldwide. Organizers say they want to keep it that way. Despite their hostile reception inside the theatre, Russia's Tatu group got good support from outside, via telephone votes from television viewers. In fact, host country Latvia gave maximum points to Russia. This was a remarkable outcome in a nation which proudly declared its independence from the Russian-run Soviet Union just more than a decade ago. As it turned out, Russia managed to get into third place slightly behind Belgium, whose song, made up of unintelligible words, won it second place. Turkish singer Erener and her band admitted they were surprised by their country's victory. Turkey has never been able to come higher than third place in Eurovision contests. "You see what is happening here? But can you imagine what is happening in your country at the moment?" the Latvian television presenter wondered. "They are getting crazy I think. Thank you Turkey, thanks a lot," she said. Latvia became host of the 48th Eurovision Song Contest when 22-year-old law student Marija Naumova won last year's event in Tallinn, Estonia. The contest in Riga's Skonto Hall, with a capacity of 6,000, was described as the biggest indoor concert in Latvia's history.
In the Bible, what are the names of the two cities destroyed by God for their sins?	Sodom And Gomorrah ï¿½ Destroyed by God because of Homosexuality and Fornication! Sayville, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada: Modern Sodom & Gomorrah We also read in 2nd Peter 2:6,7... "And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked." The "filthy conversation" of the wicked, literally means, the "filthy manner of life" of the wicked. The Greek noun for "conversation" is "anastrophe," which means, "behavior." Hence, Sodom and Gomorrah were saturated with sexual deviance, filthy behavior, and every form of godlessness known to mankind. This today could be likened to Sayville, New York--a town so gay that it is commonly referred to as "Gayville," or of "Sin City" Las Vegas in Nevada. As Sayville is the world's gayest suburb, gay prostitution has historically been common. It is most rampant in the village on summer weekends when rich homosexuals come out to Sayville to visit Fire Island. Young male college students supplement their incomes by performing trick with these rich men in exchange for cash. Weekend sightings of the cast of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is common in Sayville. Actor Harvey Fierstein (Pictured with with Rod Stewart) is often seen in Sayville on his way to Cherry Grove. Because he is gay, he is extremely popular in Sayville and wherever he goes he draws huge crowds in the village. He is the star of the hit Broadway Musical where he plays a girl's mother. According to Ruth E. Harlow in her article Let's Leave No Child Behind (7/06/2001) in the Lambda Legal , she says that Sayville had the "first full-fledged prom for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender high school students in suburbia ï¿½ specifically, Sayville, New York." According to the gay organization, LIGALY, Sayville hosted ï¿½Americaï¿½s first-ever full-fledged suburban gay prom.ï¿½ Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth (LIGALY) will host its second annual gay prom. The event, entitled ï¿½The LIGALY Prom - Pride Gala 2002,ï¿½ will be held on June 7, 2002 at the Island Hills Golf and Country Club in Sayville, NY," which was publicized in their May 28, 2002 press release. Sayville has truly earned the title of "Gayville," a modern-day Sodom awaiting God's judgment. Las Vegas mocks God by calling their town "Sin City," which is found on their official Chamber of Commerce website at http://www.sincitychamberofcommerce.com . Their official slogan is "...where business is pleasure." The clear implication is sexual pleasure. The Godless website goes on to say in the section, "Sin City For Gays"... "Gay Las Vegas. The Sin City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to support the Gay and Lesbian Community. We believe everyone enjoys the freedom to live the lifestyle they choose." In lieu of such wickedness, do you think God is going to bless America? The Las Vegas--Sin City Chamber of Commerce website, mocks God, even promoting legalized prostitution at the "Chicken Ranch" and the "Wild Kat Ranch" outside of Las Vegas. The Sin City Chamber of Commerce website is decorated with serpents, serpents seducing women, and a red apple with a bite taken out of it. Thus, mocking the Biblical account of Eve being seduced by Satan; and her sinning, by eating of the forbidden fruit. The website promotes several strip joints, escort services, and links to pornography. This is Las Vegas' OFFICIAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE! Do you think God is pleased by such wickedness? I recall speaking with a Lutheran pastor from Bensenville, Illinois a couple years back. He told me that he had organized a bus trip to Las Vegas with his church members and friends. This "pastor" collected the money, made all the arrangements, drove the bus, and took his congregation to SIN CITY! Talk about apostasy!!! I would NEVER bring anyone to such a Godless place as SIN CITY Las Vegas! Ho
What is the name of the sharp-toothed wheel inserted into the end of a spur?	rowel - definition and meaning rowel from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition n. A sharp-toothed wheel inserted into the end of the shank of a spur. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License n. The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur. v. To use a rowel on something, especially to drain fluid. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English n. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points. n. A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits. n. A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery. transitive v. To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse). from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia To use the rowel on; put spurs to. In farriery, to apply a rowel to. To furnish with a rowel, as a spur. n. . A small wheel, ring, or circle. n. The wheel of a horseman's spur, armed with pointed rays. n. A roller on the mouthpiece of an old form of bit for horses. n. In farriery, a seton inserted in the flesh of an animal. n. The spiked wheel of some forms of soil-pulverizers and wheel-harrows. from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. n. a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur Etymologies from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition Middle English, from Old French roelle, diminutive of roue, wheel, from Latin rota. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License Old French roel, from late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota ‘wheel’. Examples They are of blue steel inlaid with strips of silver, and the rowel is a sort of cogged wheel, from an inch and a half to three inches in diameter.
What is name of cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants pet snail?	Gary from SpongeBob SquarePants\| Cartoon \| Nick.com SpongeBob SquarePants Gary SpongeBob’s pet snail may seem a bit simple, but Gary is actually quite intelligent. Even though he can only meow, he dreams of mahogany bookshelves and fine arts. Ok, so he can’t catch a frisbee or fetch slippers… but he can teleport and levitate! Gary's the best pet snail around. Meow! Likes: SpongeBob, sleeping, poetry.
British athlete Jonathan Edwards competed in which event?	British Athletics Official Website \| Jonathan Edwards Coach(s): Carl Johnson, Norman Anderson and Peter Stanley. Â Â Decision Time Jonathan Edwards took triple jumping to another level in the summer of 1995, where he established a world record which could last more than one generation. When he leapt 18.29m, he became the first athlete to clear 60ft for this event and since then only other athlete, American Kenny Harrison, has cleared the 18m-barrier - and he did that to beat Edwards to Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996. Edwards achieved his success in a career where this vicarâs son, as a committed Christian,Â at first heÂ chose not to compete on Sundays, passing the chance of taking part in the World Championships in 1991. But by Stuttgart in 1993, he had changed his mind, which proved a fortunate decision because the qualifying round of the triple jump at the World Championships was on a Sunday. He progressed safely to the final, where he took the bronze medal and it proved the foundation to greatness.Â Â Itâs Longâ¦Itâs Very Long Edwards had first jumped 16m in 1986 and progressed rapidly to become the best triple jumper in Britain by 1989, when he burst into world class and was third at the World Cup with 17.28m. In 1990 his form was affected by an injured right ankle, but he won the Commonwealth silver medal, a feat he repeated in 1994. He won the World Cup in 1992, but the sensational part of his amazing 1995 was the fact it was so unexpected. Â The previous summer he had finished sixth at the European Championships in Helsinki before winning silver at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, solid-enough performances but nothing to say that 12 months later he would become untouchable. Edwards had fabulous speed on the runway. It is believed he was even quicker than Linford Christie, Britainâs 1992 Olympic 100m champion, over 20m - and combining that with his slick hop, skipping and jumping, it became an unbeatable package. He had started the outdoor season with a British record 17.58m, having achieved a wind-assisted best of 17.70m in 1993. But it was at the European Cup in Lille, ironically on a Sunday, that Britain realised it had a phenomenon on its hands. His series was 17.90m(w), an amazing 18.43m(w,+2.4), 17.72m with a legal wind to add 14 cm to his British record, and 18.39m(w,+3.7). The previous longest ever jump was 18.20 m (w,+5.2) by American Willie Banks at Indianapolis in 1988 who also held the world record of 17.97m. Â His best of 18.43m (w) was comprised ofÂ a 6.50m hop, a 5.60m step and a 6.33m jump and the world record was not too far away. It came at Salamanca, Spain, when he jumped 17.98m, before the World Championships in Gothenburg became his finest hour. Edwards was at his peak. His speed was remarkable on that afternoon in Sweden and his first jump blew away the rest of the competition. He jumped 18.16m, smashing his world record, and then in the second round, he went even further, clearing 18.29m. He had recorded the first legal 18m and 60ft jumps with legal wind and ended the year unbeaten in 14 competitions. He was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the LâEquipe International Champion of ChampionsÂ and he wasÂ the IAAF Male Athlete of 1995. But often he recalled how his âfameâ hit him most when he was shopping at the Metro Centre near his home in Gateshead, when suddenly he was mobbed by people who just wanted to congratulate him.Â Â Olympics Here We Come One of the difficulties Edwards faced was the level of expectation and while he entered the Olympic Games in Atlanta as favourite, it was not to be. It was there that his run of 22 successive wins was ended by Harrison, whose 18.09m beat Edwards into silver by 21 centimetres. He remained optimistic that he would be still be around at this level for Sydney four years later, but before that he had to battle through some of the most traumatic times of his career. In 1997, the defence of his world title in Athens saw him finish second before he had keyhole surgery on his left ankle at the end of the 1998 season, forcing
Pico da Neblina is the highest mountain in which South American country?	South America Highpoints : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost South America Highpoints Object Title: South America Highpoints Created/Edited: Feb 3, 2012 / Apr 5, 2013 Object ID: 774753 Page Score: 86.85% - 23 Votes Loading... Tweet Well...here we have some great mountains of South America. This continent has a lot to show you and believe me, you can be amazed by its fantastic landescapes and high mountains. Some mountains are not listed here because there is no page on SummitPost for them yet, but as soon as someone does it, I'll update the page so we can enjoy a complete page with a complete list. Summits Table ARGENTINA 01 - Cerro Aconcágua - 6.962 m. (22.841 ft) Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Western hemisphere, located in western Argentina, near the Chile border. There are about 3,500 climbers trying the summit each year (info from 2002). The 'Normal Route' is non-technical - a walk-up, following the Northwest Ridge. It is the altitude that poses the most problem. That and the sense that this is an easy climb. Every year people die because they underestimate the task at hand...Keep reading about it on the mountain page on SP . One of the most popular climbs in the owrld. WORK IN PROGRESS CHILE 02 - Ojos Del Salado volcano - 6.893 m. (22.615 ft) The highest volcano on earth is also the highest point in Chile and second in South America. As the volcanic activity is quite recent, it´s classified as a neovolcano and there are still minor activity on the peak. Larger amounts of sulfuric gases and vapor were seen as late as 1994, but normally a faint smell och sulfur is the only sign of volcanic activity on the peak. Ojos del Salado is a border mountain and can be climbed from both Argetina and Chile. If you don´t like red tape, a hefty peak fee and bureaucracy, Argentina is the place to go for. If you rather pay a bit, prefer to travel high on the mountain in a jeep...Keep reading about it on the mountain page on SP . Not very popular yet, and that is a good thing. PERU 03 - Huascaran Sur - 6.746 m. (22.132 ft) Together with Chopicalqui, the twin summits of Huascarán form the Huascarán massif. Huascarán Sur is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Blanca as well as in the whole of Peru, and consequently quite popular. The south summit is 91 meters higher than its (much less frequented) northern twin. The saddle between them, Garganta, lies at 6010m...Keep reading about it on the mountain page on SP . Dangerous mountain, often climbed. BOLIVIA 04 - Sajama volcano - 6.542 m. (21.463 ft) Sajama is Bolivia's highest mountain (by about 100m) - an extinct volcano situated in the eponymous Sajama National Park, on Bolivia's South-Western border with Chile. The volcano has been (fortunately!) extinct for the past 10,000 years. The summit is covered by a permanent ice cap hiding all trace of any volcanic crater...Keep reading about it on the mountain page on SP . Very, very cold mountain. Reports of 40°C below zero at worst case scenario. ECUADOR 05 - Chimborazo volcano - 6.310 m. (20.702 ft) Longtime considered as the highest mountain on the planet, Chimborazo was dethroned by the Himalayan and Peruvian peaks. Nevertheless, considering the geometry of the Earth, this summit is known as the farthest point from its center (see section below for full explanation). This huge mountain is the highest point in Ecuador. It has five summits, the highest culminating at 6,310 meters (20,702 ft.). There are many routes up its slopes. The normal route runs up the Southwest flank and is a variation of the original Whymper route...Keep reading about it on the mountain page on SP . Also often climbed, very popular mountain in South America and "most wanted" in Ecuador along with Cotopaxi volcano. COLOMBIA The highest Peak in Colombia is in debate. Cristobal Colon Peak, forbidden to climb as a sacred mountain. Or maybe Simón Bolivar Peak, also forbidden to climb for the very same reason. 06 - Cristobal Colon has 5.775 meters high (18.497 ft), and it doesn't have a mountain page here on SP. 06 - Simón Bolivar has 5.
Who did actress Marilyn Monroe marry in January 1954?	Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio - Jan 14, 1954 - HISTORY.com Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio Share this: Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio Author Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio URL Publisher A+E Networks It was the ultimate All-American romance: the tall, handsome hero of the country’s national pastime captures the heart of the beautiful, glamorous Hollywood star. But the brief, volatile marriage of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio–the couple wed on this day in 1954–barely got past the honeymoon before cracks began to show in its brilliant veneer. In 1952, the New York Yankees slugger DiMaggio asked an acquaintance to arrange a dinner date with Monroe, a buxom blonde model-turned-actress whose star was on the rise after supporting roles in films such as Monkey Business (1952) and a leading role in the B-movie thriller Don’t Bother to Knock (1952). The press immediately picked up on the relationship and began to cover it exhaustively, though Monroe and DiMaggio preferred to keep a low profile, spending evenings at home or in a back corner of DiMaggio’s restaurant. On January 14, 1954, they were married at San Francisco City Hall, where they were mobbed by reporters and fans. Monroe had apparently mentioned the wedding plans to someone at her film studio, who leaked it to the press. While Monroe and DiMaggio were on their honeymoon in Japan, Monroe was asked to travel to Korea and perform for the American soldiers stationed there. She complied, leaving her unhappy new husband in Japan. After they returned to the United States, tension continued to build, particularly around DiMaggio’s discomfort with his wife’s sexy image. One memorable blow-up occurred in September 1954, on the New York City set of the director Billy Wilder’s The Seven Year Itch. As Monroe filmed the now-famous scene in which she stands over a subway grate with the air blowing up her skirt, a crowd of onlookers and press gathered; Wilder himself had reportedly arranged the media attention. As her skirt blew up again and again, the crowd cheered uproariously, and DiMaggio, who was on set, became irate. DiMaggio and Monroe were divorced in October 1954, just 274 days after they were married. In her filing, Monroe accused her husband of “mental cruelty.” She married the playwright Arthur Miller in 1956, but their marriage also ended in divorce in January 1961, leaving Monroe in a state of emotional fragility. In February 1961, she was admitted to a psychiatric clinic; it was DiMaggio who secured her release, and took her to the Yankees’ Florida spring training camp for rest and relaxation. Though rumors swirled about their remarriage, they maintained their “good friends” status. When the 36-year-old Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962, DiMaggio arranged the funeral. For the next two decades, until his own death in 1999, he sent roses several times a week to her grave in Los Angeles. Related Videos
Who composed ‘Water Music’ in 1717?	Handel -〈Water Music〉1717 / Alla Hornpipe - Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (Ton Koopman) - YouTube Handel -〈Water Music〉1717 / Alla Hornpipe - Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (Ton Koopman) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 17, 2010 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685~1759) 《Wassermusik》orchestersuiten, HWV 348-350 (1717) Suite Nr.2 D-dur, HWV 349 - 2. Alla Hornpipe - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman (conductor) In 1725 Handel's publisher Walsh included the Water Music overture (in Ｆmajor) in his Third Collection of Handel's overtures - the first appearance of any of the music in print - and arrangements of several movements were included in a collection of Handel's minuets published by Walsh in 1729. In 1734 Walsh issued a set of orchestral parts for what he called the Celebrated Water Musick, but in fact the publication contained only about half the movements. A complete version of the suite in the form of a transcription for solo harpsichord was issued by Walsh in 1743. Arnolds edition of 1788 was the first to present all the numbers in full score. This erratic publication history, coupled with the unfortunate loss of the original autographs, leaves several aspects of the Water Music open to question. Contemporary manuscript copies suggest solutions to some problems, but their evidence is sometimes contradictory. Any further discussion must begin with an attempt to clarify how the Water Music came to be composed. Though the Daily Courant and Bonet both say that Handel wrote the music specifically for the water party of 1717 it seems probable that some parts of it had been composed earlier for other purposes. It is difficult to believe, for example, that the overture, with its delicate writing for two solo violins, could have been conceived with outdoor performance in mind. The Water Music may have started life as two independent orchestral suites or concertos scored for woodwind and strings only. In 1717 Handel could simply have combined these and added the movements with horns and trumpets, which are obviously suited to outdoor performance. The music itself provides a brilliant conspectus of the full range of Handel's style in the period of his first opera for England. As occasional music combining quality with immediate appeal it was not rivalled until Handel provided his Music for the Royal Fireworks of 1749. It seems that Handel, always ready to exploit a new orchestral effect, introduced French horns into an English orchestra for the first time in the Water Music, immediately perceiving how to make the best use both of the bright Ｆhorns - on their own, in conjunction with the oboes - and of the lower pitched D horns - reinforcing the trumpets or antiphonally echoing them. The very English Country Dance, with the main tune presented in the middle of the harmony, is a charming tribute to the country in which he chose to settle, and like all the tunes in the suite cannot now be heard without happily evoking Hanoverian England in its most genial aspects. - Written by Anthony Hicks -

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