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Which Welsh born writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950? | Bertrand Russell biography | birthday, trivia | Welsh Mathematician | Who2 Bertrand Russell Biography Philosopher While teaching mathematics at Cambridge University, Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead published Principia Mathematica (1910-13), an ambitious attempt to prove that mathematics was grounded in logic. Russell’s ideas led to the dominance of analytical logic on western philosophy in the 20th century. An active social reformer, he also wrote on politics, religion and education, and his vocal protests against World War I led to a brief jail sentence in 1918. Although he supported British aims in World War II, later in life Russell became an outspoken advocate of nuclear disarmament. With his graying hair, impish grin, and ubiquitous pipe, Russell also became a 20th-century image of unorthodox genius. Extra credit Russell won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950, “in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought”… Russell’s grandfather, Lord John Russell, was twice Prime Minister of England, from 1846-52 and from 1865-66; he was the first Earl Russell… Bertrand Russell became the third Earl Russell after his brother died in 1931… He was married four times and had a reputation as a ladies’ man. |
Which singer who sang '24 Hours From Tulsa' died April 2006 at the age of 65? | Gene Pitney, Who Sang of 60's Teenage Pathos, Dies at 65 - The New York Times The New York Times Arts |Gene Pitney, Who Sang of 60's Teenage Pathos, Dies at 65 Search Continue reading the main story Correction Appended Gene Pitney, the clean-cut crooner who became a teenage idol in the early 1960's with hits like "Town Without Pity," "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart" -- songs that showcased his keening tenor -- was found dead yesterday in a hotel in Cardiff, Wales, while on a tour of Britain. He was 65. He appeared to have died of natural causes, the police told The Associated Press. Mr. Pitney had performed in Cardiff the night before. With a style less baroque than Roy Orbison and more restrained than the Righteous Brothers, Mr. Pitney emerged at the peak of the Brill Building era, when teenage pathos reigned in lyrics and a hit song could be both silly and grandiose. He recorded with Phil Spector and performed songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and others, scoring 16 titles in the Top 20 between 1961 and 1968. Preppy and wholesome-looking, Mr. Pitney sang with perfect diction, making every cry-y-y perfectly clear. He was influenced by black R & B groups of the 1950's and specialized in ballads that boiled over in romantic melodrama. "Every Breath I Take," from 1961, combines doo-wop backing vocals with a gathering tempest of sentimentality, culminating in Mr. Pitney's ecstatic falsetto in the final chorus. Around him, strings swirl and drums thump in one of the earliest examples of Mr. Spector's muscular "wall of sound" recording technique. Advertisement Continue reading the main story In "I'm Gonna Be Strong," a Pitney archetype written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and released in 1964, Mr. Pitney begins in hushed tones by saying that he will remain calm and steady as his lover leaves him. But by the end, barely two minutes later, he has broken his promise and exploded into a soaring, tearful confession as he exclaims: "You'll never know, darling, after you kiss me goodbye/How I'll break down and cry." Born in Hartford, Mr. Pitney had his first success as a songwriter, writing for Steve Lawrence, Roy Orbison and Bobby Vee. Ricky Nelson recorded three of his songs, including the hit "Hello Mary Lou." Another Pitney song, "He's a Rebel," a girl-group classic recorded by Mr. Spector and credited to the Crystals (though the lead vocal was sung by Darlene Love), became a No. 1 hit in 1962. 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 His performing career began in earnest in January 1961, when the Musicor label released a demo recording of his song "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away," on which he sang all the vocals and played all the instrumental parts. Later that year he sang the title song to the film "Town Without Pity"; the song was nominated for an Academy Award. One of his signature numbers, "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance," written by Mr. Bacharach and Mr. David, was recorded for the John Ford film of the same title, but it was not used in the film. Mr. Pitney later said in an interview that he was in the studio about to record the song when " Bacharach informed us that the film just came out." Regardless, the song went to No. 4. In 1963, while on tour in Britain, Mr. Pitney met the young Rolling Stones and recorded their song "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday." When released early the next year, it became the first Jagger-Richards composition to reach the charts in the United States, at No. 49. Mr. Pitney remained a regular presence on the American charts through the mid-60's, with songs like "24 Hours From Tulsa," "True Love Never Runs Smooth" and "Half Heaven -- Half Heartache," and he recorded with the country star George Jones. But by the end of the decade his popularity had faded in the United States. He found success in Britain and Europe early on, and he continued to tour there throughout his career, recording in Italian a |
In the 1970's TV series 'The Partridge Family', which actress played the part of the children's mother? | The Partridge Family - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com The Partridge Family EDIT In 1970, the Partridge Family was among the top-selling recording acts, not to mention one of the top-rated TV shows of its time. Either way, it made David Cassidy a successful teen idol until the show's cancellation in 1974. The Partridge Family consisted of Shirley Partridge (keyboards, vocals) and her five kids: Keith (lead vocalist and guitar), Laurie (keyboards, vocals), Danny (bass guitar, vocals), Chris (drums), and Tracy (tambourine). Rounding out the cast was their manager, Reuben Kincaid. With the exception of Shirley Jones and David Cassidy, none of the actors on the show actually sang or played on the group's records. In fact this was done by professional studio musicians and singers, with the family lip-synching to the tracks on camera. In fact, David Cassidy was originally hired for his looks, but when the producers found out that he could sing they realized that they could use him in the real band. Many of the episode plots draw upon the comedic relationship between Reuben (Dave Madden) and Danny (Danny Bonaduce). These two were good friends both on and off the set. Other plot devices were Keith's good looks and popularity at school, Laurie's 70's style activism and some of the strange encounters that the family had when on the road in their bus. The Partridge Family was true wholesome family programming. At the time Shirley Partridge was one of the the first single mother's to be featured on a television show. Originally the scripts called for her to be divorced, but this was changed to describe her as a widow. Telecast: ABC September 25, 1970 - August 31, 1974 Broadcast History (all ET): Sept. 1970 - Jun. 1973, ABC Friday 8:30 - 9:00 P.M. Jun. 1973 - Aug. 1974, ABC Saturday 8:00 - 8:30 P.M. 96 Episodes In Color On Film.moreless |
Grenada, St. Vincent, St.Lucia, Martinique, and Dominica, are all part of which West Indian island group? | The Caribbean - Backpacking > Jamacia, Cuba, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada and Trinidad The Caribbean Trends since we started Caribbean Yeah Man. It is not cheap, it is not easy to island hop, few independently travel and small island nationals can be void of attractions. But we love it. Cuba and Jamaica are stand-out gems. Country Summaries North Africa Caribbean Islands - inc. Cuba & Jamaica . Wait. There is something different about this summary. With 13 independent island nations, god knows how many separate islands (over 7000!) and many more dependent [overseas territories] it just isn't practical to list country all countries with full summaries. So we have split this section by regions as much as we could since each region is pretty similar - the regions are explained to the right. There is one overview and summaries for the two biggest and most interesting countries ( Cuba and Jamaica ). There is also something different about the Caribbean too, in that travelling freely and independently (certainly on a budget) just isn't possible in the same way as in Asia, the Americas or Europe. As a region, despite the fact it is tough to get around, short on 'attractions' and expensive it is, in places, sensationally beautiful and impossible not to fall in love with. As always if you decide these are some of the countries you want to visit and need more planning information then you are strongly recommended to complement what you find here with a planning guide . Trust us it will make life much easier. If you are set on going and need a guidebook or reading material please see a list of recommended guides/books here (go on, have a look). All guides/books can be viewed in more detail and click-through purchased with Amazon in the UK, US or Canada. Plus shopping through the site is a big thank you (if you have been helped out), to see why click here . It is worth looking, if you have not already, at the example layout to see the guidelines each section of information is based on - or for other travel advice and site home head for www.travelindependent.info The Geography It is important to start with a little geography as 'the Caribbean' can be a pretty open term in which some include parts of Central and Latin America under. For the record we only cover Caribbean Islands here, which have four distinct regions: (working West to East and then South to North) - The Greater Antilles , that's Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola (Hispaniola being the island that is split between Haiti and Dominican Republic). After Puerto Rico (an American territory) as you hit the British and America Virgin Islands, you come to a large group of small islands known as the Leeward Islands (note, the Leeward Antilles are something else off Venezuela (the ABC islands not covered here). Here you'll find most of the small islands - a mecca for yachts - such as Saint Kitts and Nevis , Antigua and Montserrat. Then heading South towards South America you find the Windward Islands or Less Antilles - Dominica , Martinique Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada . The last in the chain, really part of South America, is Trinidad and Tobago. The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands are considered part of North America and because not so budget independent traveller friendly are more or less excluded from this page. The Leeward and windward are of course loose terms from an age long since passed and there are many examples of islands some consider in one or the other group. We just keep things simple here! Is it possible to travel independently (backpack) the Caribbean? The answer is both yes and no, depending on your expectations. Yes, in that as much as 'of course it is', you can travel virtually anywhere on the globe and there are some great destinations within the region. And no in that don't expect to hop from island to island freely and cheaply. In fact if |
What form did Zeus take when he seduced Io? | Zeus - The Father of Gods and Men Zeus Previous Page The Father of Gods and Men As the Father of gods and men, Zeus is a very difficult god to understand. Although Gaia [Mother Earth] is the actual progenitor of the Immortals, Zeus was proclaimed to be the Father of the gods after he led his brothers and sisters, along with other disenfranchised Immortals, against the Titans in a long and bitter war. Zeus became the literal Father of men when he created men and gave them homes on the face of the earth. As a punishment for the men he had created, Zeus created the first women. Life Before Zeus Zeus was born when the earth and the heavens were almost complete. The Immortals who preceded Zeus were in existence when the earth was still in chaos and there were no human inhabitants. The primal gods and goddesses formed the foundations for a habitable environment on the surface of the earth but their creation was populated only by what we would consider to be lower life forms and monsters. Gaia and Ouranos [Heavens] began the cycle of life that eventually gave rise to a race of formidable Immortals know as the Titans who in turn mated with one another to create Zeus and the other more benevolent gods and goddesses. Kronos and Rheia Zeus is a son of Titans. The Titans are twelve children born to of Ouranos and Gaia. They were the first Immortals to assume the guise of human beings but they were not humane or in any way human-like. Their reign as the dominate force on earth was one of impropriety and deplorable excesses. Ouranos saw the outrageous behavior of his children and gave them the name Titans, which means Strainers or Stretchers. Ouranos foresaw that they would eventually pay a heavy price for their indulgences because they strained and stretched the bounds of propriety and abused their seemingly limitless powers. Not all of their deeds are recorded but it is clear that the most outrageous of the Titan gods was the youngest, Kronos. Ouranos was the first child of Gaia and she assumed that he would be her companion and subordinate ... she was wrong. Ouranos became more and more demanding until Gaia finally had no choice but to enlist the assistance of her Titan children to subdue him. Kronos was the only one to step forward and confront Ouranos ... he attacked his father, mutilated his manhood and took away his authority. Eventually Kronos became as domineering as his father had been but his tyranny was not destined to last. Gaia and Ouranos told Kronos of a prophecy in which one of his sons would defeat him and become the new master of heaven and earth. Kronos did not understand that the prophecy that Gaia and Ouranos had given him was not something he could avoid ... it was his destiny and there was nothing he could do to change it. From his home on the peaks of Mount Olympos, Kronos inflicted his will on his brothers and sisters as well as the other children of Gaia and Ouranos ... he thought his sovereignty would be eternal. He married his sister Rheia and they began to have children. In a vain attempt to thwart his destiny, Kronos swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born. The Birth of Zeus After the birth and consumption of five children, Rheia began to plot against Kronos. When the sixth child was born, Rheia presented a stone to Kronos in place of the baby ... in his arrogance and haste, Kronos swallowed the stone without suspecting the ruse. Rheia presenting the stone to Kronos. Rheia named the infant Zeus and took him to the island of Crete where she gave him to the semi-divine Kouretes of Mount Ida so that he could be reared in secret. The Kouretes entrusted Zeus to the Nymphs of Mount Ida who placed him in a cave and saw to his nurture. Kronos had no idea that Zeus had escaped his notice because the Kouretes concealed Zeus's hiding place with carefully orchestrated and clamorous demonstrations to drown out any noise the infant made as he cried and made a ruckus. As the years went by, the swallowed children inside Kronos began to mature but could not escape from their father's entrails. Zeus also |
Which eminent mathematician is credited with inventing the Roulette wheel? | Roulette History Roulette History Roulette School The origin of the game roulette is shrouded in mystery as different nations and people are accredited with inventing it. No one really knows who invented it and the common belief is that modern game of roulette is probably a result of many incarnations of the game as it traveled around the world. The Chinese Connection Some game historians attribute the original roulette game to ancient China where a stone spinning wheel was used, but instead of having numbers it had animals drawn on it. In the middle of the spinning device there were the numbers 666. Surprisingly enough when adding the total numbers on the modern roulette wheel the outcome is also 666. It is rumored that Dominican monks changed the animal symbols into number symbols and took the game with them in their travels to Europe. The Roman Connection Expanding the Roman Empire was no small feat and many soldiers were killed or wounded in battle. The commanders had to keep the troops’ morale up and did so by allowing the soldiers to play gambling games. They would use a chariot wheel or spinning shields to play their gambling games in a manner similar to the way the Wheel of Fortune game works. The French Connection France is the country that the modern game of roulette is most associated with. The name roulette comes from the French words meaning “little wheel”. It is believed by some that the roulette was invented by French mathematician Blaise Pascal around 1655 as part of his attempts to create a perpetual motion device. Others attribute the game to bored Dominican monks who invented it for entertainment within the confines of the monastery. However the game only gained popularity after the French Revolution and since the late 18th century it is played in a way that is identical to the French roulette game played today. Many claim the modern game is a combination different games including the Italian Hoca and Biribi, the English Roly-Poly, Ace of Hearts, E.O. and Reiner. Even the French board game named “Roulette” is associated with the invention. International expansion By the end of the 18th century the game traveled to Russia and Turkey and in the early 19th century it reached England. Later in that century a zero was added to the numbers by two Frenchmen, Louis and Francois Blanc and increased the house advantage and they are also part of the “666” myth that surrounds the game. It is claimed they struck a deal with the Devil in return for being taught all the secrets of the game. Francois opened a casino in Monte Carlo after the French banned gambling and turned it into the most popular game in the casino. French refugees, escaping France since the beginning of the revolution, brought the game with them to Louisiana that at the time served as the gambling capital of the recently formed United States. The initial version they played was different than the one played today but had to be changed as its house edge was too high. The American operators did not give up their advantage easily and created a wheel with an added double zero. By today the American roulette with the double zero is popular in the US, South American and the Caribbean, while the European roulette continues to dominate in Europe. Related Articles |
Which English king used a 'White Hart' as his heraldic symbol? | Richard II: King of the White Hart | History Today Richard II: King of the White Hart Medieval England Richard II Religion When Richard II succeeded his grandfather, Edward III, he turned to alchemy to create a more pious ideal of kingship. Though his reign ended in failure, it left us one of medieval England’s most enduring and complex images. Jonathan Hughes explores its symbolism. Perhaps the most mysterious and haunting image in English art is a chained white hart decked in pearls and wearing a golden crown. It adorns the back of an altarpiece, known as the Wilton Diptych, originally erected in a small chapel in Westminster Abbey during the late 14th century. This creature can still be seen on signs at public houses throughout the country. Its meaning and origins can be found in the reign of an equally mysterious king whose beauty, capriciousness and obsession with purity left traces in the satirical portraits of the vernacular literature written during his reign (1377-99), including some of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, in the Cheshire poems, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, and in the 16th century in Shakespeare’s Richard II, which portrays a monarch familiar with alchemy. Want the full article and website archive access? Already a member? Log in now |
Which religion celebrates the festival of 'Vesak'? | BBC - Religions - Buddhism: Wesak Religions The Wesak festival is the most important festival in the Buddhist calendar. On this page Print this page Wesak This most important Buddhist festival is known as either Vesak, Wesak or Buddha Day, and is celebrated annually on the full moon of the ancient lunar month of Vesakha, which usually falls in May, or in early June. At Vesak Buddhists commemorate the birth of the Buddha-to-be, Siddhattha Gotama, his Enlightenment at the age of 35 when he became the Buddha and his final 'passing' into Nirvana at the age of 80, no more to be reborn. Buddhist scriptures relate that each of these three significant events occurred on a full moon of the Indian lunar month of Vesakha. Traditionally, his birth is supposed to have been in 623 BC but the Buddhist calendar is counted from his final passing, eighty years later. The older tradition of Vesak is to celebrate all three events but there are some more recent Buddhist schools and groups that celebrate just the birth and others only the Enlightenment. In Buddhism, death is not the end of life; it teaches rebirth and differentiates it from reincarnation because Buddhism does not recognise a self or soul that is continually reappearing in a new form. Death for the unenlightened, whose minds are still infected with desire, is followed by yet another life. But for the Enlightened who have extinguished all desire, including the desire to be born again, there is no more rebirth. So Buddhists don't usually refer to the Buddha's death but to his passing, into Nibbana or Nirvana. Only by passing into Nirvana can a person end the cycle of death and re-birth. 'The Buddha' is not a personal name but a title, and can be translated as 'the Enlightened One' or 'the One Who Knows'. He was not born the Buddha but became the Buddha through his realisation of full and perfect Enlightenment. This state is also known as Nirvana (Sanskrit)or Nibbana (Pali) and occurs when a person sees and understands the true nature of all things. As a result, all their greed, hatred and delusion is extinguished, which in turn means that there will be no more re-birth. The Buddha achieved the state of nirvana and this is celebrated on Vesak. There are some cultural and local differences in how the various Buddhist groups and nations celebrate Vesak, but broadly speaking devout Buddhists will try to attend their local temple for at least part of the day, while some remain there throughout the day and night of the full moon. The celebration will include the practices of Giving, Virtue and Cultivation and the doing of good and meritorious deeds. Giving usually involves bringing food to offer and share, as well as supplies for the temple and symbolic offerings for the shrine. Virtue is observed by reaffirming commitment to the moral precepts. Cultivation can include chanting, meditation and listening to sermons. |
Which pop star called one of her children 'Chastity'? | Cher Biography - Birthday, Age and Life Story Cher Biography Cher’s Birthday – May 20, 1946 Place of Birth – El Centro, California As I look upon Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere, I see a woman who has led a spectacular life and behind her celebrity status and flawless complexion lies a woman who has experienced a rather eventful past. Better known as Cher, her success in music, movies, television, and on stage has brought her nearly four decades of world recognition. In a career defined as much by dramatic missteps as spectacular recoveries, the chief constant is her seemingly limitless determination. Born in El Centro, California in 1946, Cher was a poor, fatherless child whose eight times-married Mother struggled by on occasional singing gigs and brief movie roles. To Cher this was life and she delighted in watching her mother on stage and living a peaceful life in her family apartment. At sixteen Cher’s dyslexia proved too gruelling and she left school and home to take acting lessons in Los Angeles. To Cher this was a new beginning and the start of a whole new life, she didn’t expect what was to come. At the age of seventeen, Cher will never forget the time she met a man named Sonny. They met at the renowned Aldo’s Coffee Shop, the place where celebrities used to hang out. At that stage Cher was a nobody, unemployed and desperate for work, on the other hand Sonny had established himself as a celebrity and had many previous appearances on Television. Cher soon became attached to Sonny and she moved in with him. The two lived platonically at first, sharing an apartment but sleeping in twin beds. While Sonny progressed as a star, Cher was kept house bound and it wasn’t until Cher’s mother discovered the arrangement and tried to separate them, that the pair rebelled and proclaimed their love. Cher claims in her current Biography “The First Time”, that Sonny Bono was the ultimate love of her life and that the two remained amicable in personal st ruggles and hardships. Cher said, “What you saw on TV with Sonny and Cher was a good representation of our personal life, always laughing and having fun”. Sonny and Cher hit gold with their single, “I’ve got you babe” and furthered their world-wide success with “The Beat Goes On” and “Baby Don’ t Go”. It was Sonny and Cher’s far-out look, with wide colourful pants, skimpy tops, shaggy hair and fur vests, which attracted fans. Cher was deemed as a fashion innovator, a role she has continued with, for better or worse, throughout her career. The happy family portrait presented to America and the world was soon breaking down for Cher. She tells how her daughter Chastity, born in 1969 was affected by intense spotlight and that family life was becoming hectic and unstable . On stage Cher was calm, but backstage was turbulent and Cher felt trapped. Cher states in her biography, “The only way I could continue life happily was to split with Sonny and bring our show to a premature end.” She continues, “This devastated our fans, as well as CBS executives, but it had to be done, I was simply, unhappy with my life.” In the end stardom pulled Cher’s marriage down and the media attention on Cher sky rocketed as she dated new men. Cher now knows that she has made many mistakes in her life. “I was stupid” she said in her biography, “Dumb and stupid!”. Cher had agreed to a second season of Sonny and Cher. Sonny Bono rang Cher constantly to set up a reunion and Cher agreed eventually. Although something was different this time, Cher was married and pregnant to, southern rock great Greg Allman. Intense curiosity sparked huge initial ratings for the new Sonny and Cher Comedy hour, but Cher knew that the show wouldn’t last as ratings dropped every week. Finally in August 1977, after two seasons the show got the ax for good. Cher was still unhappy with her life, she felt tired of what she was doing and wanted more out of life. Her marriage to Allman was a mess as his addictions to booze and heroin ruined their short marriage. By 1979, their marriage was over and Cher was an unemployed 33-year old single mothe |
What does the musical term 'Presto' mean? | presto - Wiktionary presto See also: prestó , prestò , and přesto Contents presto (not comparable ) (music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo . Used by magicians when performing a trick ; ta-da ; voilà . So I put my hand into the hat and presto! Out comes a rabbit! |
On which American warship did the Japanese sign the surrender treaty to end World War II? | World War II Timeline - Remembering Pearl Harbor @ nationalgeographic.com Soviet-Finland war ends in Finlands surrender. Germany invades Norway and Denmark and will soon conquer both countries. Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Germany conquers France. German troops occupy northern and western France. Pro-German French officials set up a capital in Vichy and run the rest of France under Germanys watchful eye. Italy, under fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, declares war on England and France. Using more than a thousand warships, yachts, fishing boats, and smaller craft at the battered port of Dunkirk, England evacuates more than 338,000 troops from conquered France. Battle of the Atlantic begins as German submarines, called U-boats, begin sinking ships carrying oil and other war supplies from America to England. The U-boats will sink three million tons of merchant cargo. Japanese troops begin to occupy the French colony of Indochina. The United States responds by cutting off oil exports to Japan. Hundreds of German warplanes begin bombing London every night for 57 nights in attacks that will continue until May 1941. More than 40,000 people will die in the Blitz as Londoners call the air raid campaign. Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a treaty (the Tripartite Pact) that makes the three countries allies against England and France. The treaty is also seen as a warning to the United States: Stop helping England and France. (The United States had traded 50 old destroyers to England in exchange for naval and air bases in the Western Hemisphere.) More than 400,000 Polish Jews are herded into a part of Warsaw known as the Warsaw Ghetto. This continues in Poland the Nazi campaign against the Jewsthe Holocaust, in which six million Jews will be killed, along with hundreds of thousands of other minorities. Italy invades Greece. German troops later come to the aid of Italian troops. Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto begins planning an air attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States begins Lend-Lease, allowing President Roosevelt to send ammunition and other war supplies to England. No longer a neutral nation, the United States now will give England all help short of war. Germany conquers Greece and Yugoslavia. More than three million German troops invade the Soviet Union. As German conquest of the Soviet Union continues, German troops besiege Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). During the siege, which will continue until January 1944, more than 500,000 people in Leningrad will die of starvation. Japanese Army and Navy officers say Japan should get ready for war against the United States. Gen. Hideki Tojo becomes prime minister in a military-controlled government. A German submarine torpedoes the U.S. Navy destroyer Reuben James in the North Atlantic. It is the first U.S. warship sunk in the European War. Only 45 of the ships 160 crew members survive. The United States tells Japan to get out of China and Indochina. Tojo decides that Japans only choice is to go to war. Japan sends diplomats to Washington to try to find ways to avoid war with the United States. Six Japanese aircraft carriers and other warships secretly leave northern Japan and head for Pearl Harbor. The United States cuts off all oil exports to Japan. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Almost at the same time, Japanese warplanes attack the Philippines and two U.S. islands: Wake and Guam, which are later occupied. Japanese troops invade Malaya and Thailand and seize Shanghai. Later in December Japanese troops invade Burma and Hong Kong. Three days after Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. Manila, Philippines, falls to Japanese troops. Japanese carrier planes bomb Darwin, Australia. In the Battle of the Java Sea, Japan defeats an Allied strike force, putting Japan in control of Java and the Netherlands Indies. First U.S. troops arrive in Australia. On the Bataan Peninsula of the Philippines, U.S. and Filipino troops, low on food and ammunition, surrender. Japanese troops force about 76,000 prison |
Of which African country is Dodoma the capital city? | Tanzania: 11 Trillion/ - Sabodo Boost for Dodoma - allAfrica.com Tanzania: 11 Trillion/ - Sabodo Boost for Dodoma Prominent businessman and philanthropist Mustafa Sabodo. By Alvar Mwakyusa Prominent businessman and philanthropist Mustafa Sabodo has pledged to inject a staggering 5 billion US dollars (about 10.9 trillion/-) in massive investments for the designated capital city of Dodoma. On the other hand, the senior citizen, has said he had halted financial support to opposition Chadema and NCCR-Mageuzi, "thanks to impressive performance by President John Magufuli during his eight months in office". "The long-term benefits of transferring the capital to Dodoma are immense and no one should put down such efforts," the senior citizen said yesterday at his home in an exclusive interview he granted to 'Daily News' and its Kiswahili sister paper "Habari Leo." He added; "By announcing that he will have all government offices shifted to Dodoma during his tenure in power, President John Magufuli has shown commitment to fulfill the idea initiated by the founding father of Tanzania the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere". The businessman explained that the funds in question will be used to set up industries to produce wines and cassava starch, setting up of schools and other facilities, stressing that the funds are available in his foreign sources. "I will as well persuade owners of the well-known Apollo Hospital in India to set up a modern facility in Dodoma to provide high quality medical services in the designated capital," he explained. The idea to shift the capital city from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma was initiated by Mwalimu Nyerere, who established the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in 1973 to spearhead the process. President Magufuli recently expressed his commitment to relocate to Dodoma before the end of his five-year term. The Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, also confirmed that he would move to the new capital by September, directing all ministers to do the same."Successive leaders after Nyerere tried to accomplish the scheme with little success until President Magufuli came. In my view, the envisaged relocation to the designated capital should be referred to as Magufuli or Dodoma Declaration," the businessman-cum-philanthropist remarked. Mr Sabodo said he will engage President Magufuli through the Chief Secretary, Ambassador John Kijazi, on implementation of the grand plan where he plans to appoint a person to oversee dishing of the billions for investments. "The commercial capital of Dar es Salaam is currently over populated; it is my dream to see Dodoma developed and spread to as far as Manyoni, Mpwapwa and Kondoa. However concrete actions must be made to have this dream realised," he observed. The senior citizen spoke highly of President Magufuli on curbing corruption and waste of public funds, stating that the pledge to move to Dodoma was a challenge that the president was obliged to accomplish. "I salute President Magufuli for his efforts and I will write an open letter to him -- to congratulate him. I have been a critic of corruption because it denies people equality in the society and this is the root cause of underdevelopment," he stated. Regarding financial support to opposition parties, Mr Sabodo said he provided the funds to support the parties to fight ills in the country at that time but now he sees no need since President Magufuli is on the right track. "I will not provide funds to the opposition parties anymore since Dr Magufuli is doing a good job for the country," he noted. Mr Sabodo said as well he was writing books on anti-corruption to be dedicated to the late leaders of liberation struggles in Africa namely Mwalimu Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah and Nelson Mandela of Ghana and South Africa, respectively. The books to be titled; "Corruption D.C, National and International Corruption," will be distributed to all member states of the African Union (AU). Mr Sabodo was born in Lindi, Tanzania, to parents of Indian descent. He is an economist, consultant in international debt-finance, philanthropist and a busine |
Which 1951 Gene Kelly musical film featured the song 'Love Is Here To Stay'? | American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Our Love Is Here To Stay You will receive an email shortly to confirm your email address. American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Our Love Is Here To Stay title details and video sharing options now playing American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Our Love Is Here To Stay On the banks of the (MGM soundstage) Seine, painter Jerry (Gene Kelly) and ingenue Lise (Leslie Caron) do their romantic number set to Gershwin's "Our Love Is Here To Stay," in An American In Paris, 1951. View the TCMDb entry for An American in Paris (1951) share video American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Our... On the banks of the (MGM soundstage) Seine, painter Jerry... American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie... American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Our Love Is Here To Stay On the banks of the (MGM soundstage) Seine, painter Jerry (Gene Kelly) and ingenue Lise (Leslie Caron) do their romantic number set to Gershwin's "Our Love Is Here To Stay," in An American In Paris, 1951.> American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip)... The opening sequence from Vincente Minnelli's An American in... American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie... American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, This Is Paris The opening sequence from Vincente Minnelli's An American in Paris, 1951, which offers a brief tour of Paris and introduces "Jerry," the Gene Kelly character.> American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) A... Variations on Gershwin's "Embraceable You" support Henri... American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie... American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) A Simple Girl Variations on Gershwin's "Embraceable You" support Henri (Georges Guetary) as he describes his girlfriend Lise (Leslie Caron) to Adam (Oscar Levant) in a fantasy musical sequence in An American In Paris 1951.> American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Third... Jerry (Gene Kelly), an ex-G-I and sidewalk artist, meets art... American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie... American in Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Third Year Girls Jerry (Gene Kelly), an ex-G-I and sidewalk artist, meets art patron Milo (Nina Foch) on the street in Vincente Minnelli's An American In Paris, 1951, Noel Neill the derided American student.> American in Paris, An - (Original Trailer) American in Paris, An Gene Kelly is a painter living abroad in... American in Paris, An - (Original Trailer) An American artist finds love in Paris in the Oscar®-winning musical romance, An American in Paris starring Gene Kelly.> American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip)... Probably the only time the ubiquitous wit and piano virtuoso... American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie... American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Adam's Fantasy Probably the only time the ubiquitous wit and piano virtuoso Oscar Levant (as "Adam") ever got five minutes alone on screen, in a fantasy of himself conducting and playing (his pal George) Gershwin's "Concerto in F," from An American In Paris, 1951.> American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I Got... Gene Kelly (as "Jerry") with his own choreography and the... American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie... American In Paris, An (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I Got Rhythm Gene Kelly (as "Jerry") with his own choreography and the neighborhood kids, does some language instruction with George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm," in An American In Paris, 1951.> Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- An American In Paris... Ben Mankiewicz introduces An American In Paris, 1951. Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- An American In... Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- An American In Paris (1951) Ben Mankiewicz introduces An American In Paris, 1951. > Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- An American In Paris... Ben Mankiewicz introduces An American In Paris, 1951. Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- An American In... Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- An American In Paris (1951) Ben Mankiewicz introduces An American In Paris, 1951. > |
In the USA, FD Roosevelt's 'New Deal' was based on the views of which economist? | New Deal on the Great Depression and the New Deal By F. William Engdahl It was fortunate for the historical legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, that the initial military success of the Third Reich in Europe in 1939-1940, and the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 took attention away from his record in dealing with America�s Great Depression. Had Roosevelt not ended his Presidency as a victorious war President, he would instead be remembered as the President whose policies all but ruined the inherent economic vitality of the American economy for decades after. A retrospective examination of the economic policies of Roosevelt's New Deal from March 1933 to onset of World War II in late 1941, reveals extraordinary failure and incompetence viewed from the perspective of whether they succeeded in restoring healthy real growth and robust employment to the economy. So blatant was the failure of these policies, over such a period of years, the question must be asked whether in fact a policy other than fostering normal recovery was priority. The economic developments in the American economy in the period from early 1933 until outbreak of war in December 1941, were profoundly important for the developments of the following decades. The analysis of that economic period is more complex because of the prevailing mythology, and de facto romanticism by many economic historians of what was accomplished by the Roosevelt New Deal. Most prominent historians of the New Deal were themselves adherents of the New Deal ideology such as Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. or Erik Goldman, John K. Galbraith and others. The postwar era led to apparently short memories among many, and the thorough discrediting of the Herbert Hoover Presidency by the New Deal Democrats had placed advocates of a more balanced understanding of the economics of the New Deal on the defensive, until at least the late 1980's. The other complication of the ascendant victory of the Roosevelt New Deal, as inchoate and pragmatic as it evolved, is the birth it gave to its polar opposite in the postwar period, the von Hayek extreme libertarianism current in economics, which regarded the State and all related government bureaucracy as inherently evil and inefficient, as a "road to serfdom." The danger thus, to reach a balanced critique of the Roosevelt economic period from 1933-1941, is that it might be misinterpreted to be another von Hayek-type attack on New Deal public policy. The Government has always, necessarily so, played a vital role in fostering or supporting American economic growth. That being said, we proceed to look at the economic developments of the early New Deal. Why was the US depression so deep and long? The signal question which must be answered in assessing events of the New Deal period is, why the US economic depression lasted far longer than that of any other major industrial country, and why it also was so much deeper a depression than in any other industrial land. There had been a qualitative expansion of general standards of living, wage levels, industrial productivity gain and technological advance in the American economy in the period 1919-1930. How could it be that such a solid technological base could not provide the foundation for a rapid and strong recovery after 1933? The relevant question is why eight years of peacetime Roosevelt Presidential leadership, with the President holding almost monarchical powers much of that time, in the face of an overwhelmed and disorganized Congressional leadership, why FDR and his New Deal policies failed to bring the Nation out of depression? Official US Commerce Department data underscore the point. In 1930 the estimated unemployment rate was 8.9%. This was before the 1931 Austria Creditanstalt collapse triggered the German crisis, and led to the Pound Sterling�s abandoning of the gold standard, all of which sent heavy new financial and banking shocks to New York institutions and led |
On which Caribbean island are the counties of Surrey Middlesex and Cornwall? | Jamaica Travel Guide to Vacation in Jamaica by WCC on February 22, 2012 in North America The Caribbean island of Jamaica lies south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola. Jamaica consists of the three counties of Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey. These are in turn subdivided into 14 parishes. Montego Bay – Travel Guide. Clarendon, May Pen’s headquarters, Hanover, Lucea is the administrative seat, Kingston, also called KSAc – Kingston-Saint Andrew Corporation, Manchester, Mandeville’s headquarters, Portland, administrative headquarters is in Port Antonio, Saint Andrew, this is the southernmost part of the capital, Kingston, Saint Ann, administrative headquarters is in St. Ann’s Bay, Saint Catherine, Spanish Town is the administrative seat, Saint Elizabeth, the administrative seat is Black River, Saint James, Montego Bay is the administrative seat, Saint Mary, seat of government is Port Maria, Saint Thomas, the administrative seat is Morant Bay, Trelawny, head office is Falmoth, Westmoreland is Savanna-La headquarters-Mar. jamaica Some Jamaican tourists prefer vacation resorts. Quite a few of these departments have an all-inclusive program. This means that you pay only for the room as well as for food, drink and entertainment in advance. The tourist areas are next to Montego Bay, particularly Negril , but also in Ocho Rios , Runaway Bay and Port Antonio . In addition, the region sought to Treasure Beach with individual, small hotels and guesthouses to accommodate tourists. The island was developed by Columbus on his second voyage on 5th Discovered in May 1494 and named Santiago. On his fourth voyage in 1503, he suffered shipwreck on the coast and the Indians led by a lunar eclipse prediction to support him with food. 1509, the island was captured by the Spaniards in possession, and in 1560 was already exterminated the native population almost entirely. Jamaica was taken in 1655 and 1659 by the British formally ceded to them. 1962 was given the island its independence. Deteriorating economic conditions in the 1970s led to an increase in crime rate and a decline in tourist arrivals. After the dismissal of the Socialists in 1980, subsequent governments attempted to open up the country economically. In the nineties, especially corruption interfered with the democratic process in the country. dominican republic beaches Aufgund dependence on the former colonial power Britain and the still ongoing membership of the Commonwealth, the Head of State Queen Elizabeth II. The north east coast is steep, the southern coast of varied designs and surrounded by reefs. The interior is a picturesque hill country, which reaches into the densely forested Blue Mountains an altitude of 2,256 m. In between, there are also always open plains with agriculture. jamaica beaches The climate is characterized by uniformity. In Kingston the mean temperature of 26 ° C year with a difference of 3.1 degrees between the coldest and warmest month. In Newcastle, 1.211m above sea level. NN., The respective figures 19.4 ° and 3.9 ° C. Ice is formed only on the highest peaks, and only very rarely. The annual rainfall is 1,220 mm in Kingston, Newcastle 900 mm and is the most considerable in May and October. In Jamaica, from June to November hurricane season. It has to be reckoned with tropical storms, heavy rains and possibly also with landslides. Travelers should follow regional weather forecasts and follow the instructions of local security authorities. jamaica hotels Both at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, the daily number of international flights. The airport in the capital of Kingston is primarily used by business travelers. The airport on the north coast of Montego Bay is the hub for tourism. There are smaller airports in Westkingston, Negril, Ocho Rios and Port Antonio. These are used by smaller planes like the served by Air Jamaica and also serve as a landing place for small private aircraft or rental. The ports of Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, and very occasionally be visit |
Which rock star, who died in 1971 aged 36, survived the car crash in which Eddie Cochran died in 1962? | Celebrity Car Crashes: Famous people who died in automobile accidents Celebrity Automobile Accidents Famous people who have died in car crashes This page features celebrities (actors, sports heroes, musicians, etc. who died in automobile crashes or were involved in serious road traffic incidents. This page acts as a tribute to these people � all of whom died too young. Note: This is a work in progress. If you know of any other celebrities who have died in automobile crashes, send email with details to John Kremer . Thanks for your continued support. More car accident fatalities occur on July 4th than on any other day of the year. More than 40% of the average 161 fatalities that occur on July 4th involve alcohol. On average, 117 people die every day on US roads. �When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep�not screaming like all the passengers in his car.� � author unknown January 2, 2000: Jan Barbara Michelle Vusich (28), director of development at Sanford/Pillsbury Productions, died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on the Pacific Coast Highway in California. January 2, 2002: Buddy, the chocolate Labrador retriever owned by the Clintons, was run over by a car near the former president's home in Chappaqua, New York. The dog died. January 4, 1960: French existential novelist and dramatist Albert Camus (46) was killed in an automobile accident near Sens, France. January 7, 1982: Auto racer Bert Oosterhuis died in a race crash. January 7, 2000: Edward T. Hanley (67), former president of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, died in a head-on collision on a country highway near Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin. Before retiring amid a federal corruption board, Hanley had strong political connections with Illinois Democratic leaders. January 12, 2000: Professional basketball player Bobby Phills (30) of the Charlotte Hornets was killed in a three-car accident after leaving morning practice at the Charlotte Coliseum. Two others were injured in the accident. Witnesses reported that Phills was speeding in his Porsche and had been drag-racing with teammate David Wesley at the time of the accident. January 13, 1962: Comedian Ernie Kovacs (42) lost control of his Chevrolet Corvair station wagon while driving home from a party. He was killed when his car skidded into a telephone pole. January 13, 2000: A member of the Kenyon College national champion women's swimming team died when their van crashed on slick roads five miles east of Coshocton, Ohio. Ten other team members were injured in the crash. Their team had won 16 straight NCAA Division III national championships. January 14, 2002: Cele Goldsmith Lalli, an editor for Amazing Stories and Fantastic, was killed in a car accident near her home in Connecticut. As an editor, she discovered such fantasy and science fiction authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Thomas Disch, and Roger Zelazny. January 15, 1995: Vic Willis of the Willis Brothers country singing group died in a one-car accident near Hohenwald, Tennesee. January 15, 1996: Moshoeshoe II (57), king of Lesotho, was killed in a car accident. January 16, 1997: Bill Cosby's son, Ennis Cosby (27), was shot to death while changing a flat tire on a dark freeway exit ramp just outside Los Angeles, California. January 16, 2000: John Morris Rankin (40), a member of the Celtic group The Rankin Family, drowned when his Toyota 4-Runner truck hit a large pile of rock salt, swerved, and then plunged over a 25-meter cliff into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. His son and two teenage friends were able to climb to safety after the truck hit the water. As one of Rankin's friends said, �Why is it that all the good people died like that?� January 16, 2000: The driver of a truck loaded with evaporated milk was killed when his truck went wild and rammed into the state capitol building in Sacramento, California. January 17, 1970: Singer Billy Stewart (32) died in an auto accident. He was known for his song, �I Do Love You.� January 17, 1997: University of California Davis All-American track a |
When 'Magic Roundabout' was revived on Channel 4 in 1992, which actor provided the voices? | Big screen Magic Roundabout turns to Bill Nighy for Dylan role | UK news | The Guardian Big screen Magic Roundabout turns to Bill Nighy for Dylan role Thursday 12 February 2004 02.35 EST First published on Thursday 12 February 2004 02.35 EST Share on Messenger Close It is almost possible to hear the rustle of Rizlas. The actor who will play Dylan, the rabbit believed by generations of students to be perpetually stoned, in the Magic Roundabout film has just been announced. Bill Nighy will be the big-screen voice of the Magic Roundabout character who, more than any other, prompted endless late-night, student-flat conversations on marijuana references inherent in children's television of the 60s and 70s. Nighy, who recently starred in Love Actually and I Capture the Castle, will give life, though presumably not too much, to the laconic guitar-playing rabbit who spends much of his time asleep. The 54-year-old actor joins stars such as Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams and Joanna Lumley in the film, scheduled for release next spring. The Magic Roundabout was created for French television by Serge Danot in the mid-60s, but it was the supposedly drug-laden references in the script used on this side of the channel that propelled it to fame and affection. Voices for the original British version were provided by Eric Thompson, the late father of the Oscar-winning actor Emma Thompson. But the big-screen version is expected to be a far grander - and more populous - affair. Williams will play Dougal, the shaggy dog with a predilection for sugar lumps, which may or may not contain LSD. Minogue plays Florence, the girl with the blue ribbon who is never far from his side. Zebedee, the spring-propelled creature with the "time for bed" catchphrase, will be played by Richard O'Brien, the creator of the Rocky Horror Show. Jim Broadbent will perhaps find his Shakespearean experience superfluous for his role as Brian the snail. The "mad bovine fool" that is Ermintrude, the pink cow, will be played by Joanna Lumley. New characters will also be created. The new Magic Roundabout movie - the first, Dougal and the Blue Cat was released in 1972 - will be directed by Dave Borthwick of the Bristol-based animation studios bolexbrothers. The distributor, Pathé, hopes it will enjoy similar success to Chicken Run, which earned £30m at the UK box office, making it the highest grossing British animation of all time. The Magic Roundabout ran from 1965 to 1977 on BBC1 and was revived by Channel 4 in the 90s, when all the voices were provided by Nigel Planer. The myths and facts ... · Created by French animator Serge Danot and English colleague Ivor Wood, Le Manège Enchanté was first broadcast in France in 1964 · Magic Roundabout aired in the UK on October 18 1965. Showing daily before the 5.55pm news, it attracted 8 million viewers at its peak · Characters inspired urban myth that each was code for an illegal drug: Zebedee was linked with amphetamines, as was Brian the snail; Dylan seemed always stoned; Ermintrude munched on colourful flowers; while Dougal was linked to LSD, due to his diet of sugar and paranoia - the shaggy dog was modelled on comic Tony Hancock · Show ran on BBC for seven series until 1977. It has been translated into 28 languages. Dougal and the Blue Cat film was released in 1972, while undiscovered French episodes aired on Channel 4 from 1992 · The Magic Roundabout is the name of a nihilistic 60s European art movement and a multi-mini-roundabout traffic system in Swindon. Sally James Gregory |
Which is the most easterly state of the USA? | United States of America travel guide - Wikitravel dial 911 Map of the mainland US, insular areas and Minor Outlying Islands. The United States of America is a large country in North America , often referred to as the "USA", the "US", the "United States", "America", or simply "the States". Home to the world's third-largest population, with over 318 million people, it includes both densely populated cities with sprawling suburbs and vast, uninhabited natural areas. With its history of mass immigration dating from the 17th century, it is a "melting pot" of cultures from around the world and plays a dominant role in the world's cultural landscape. It's famous for its wide array of popular tourist destinations, ranging from the skyscrapers of Manhattan and Chicago , to the natural wonders of Yellowstone and Alaska , to the warm, sunny beaches of Florida , Hawaii and Southern California . "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." — Mark Twain The United States is not the America of television and the movies. It is large, complex, and diverse, with several distinct regional identities. Due to the vast distances involved, travelling between regions often means crossing through many different landscapes, climates, and even time zones. Such travel can often be time-consuming and expensive, but often very rewarding. Geography[ edit ] The contiguous United States (called conus by US military personnel) or the "Lower 48" (the 48 states other than Alaska and Hawaii) is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, with much of the population living on the two coasts. Its land borders are shared with Canada to the north, and Mexico to the south. The US also shares maritime borders with Russia , Cuba , and the Bahamas . If counting the Insular Areas and Minor Outlying Islands, the United Kingdom , Samoa , and Haiti would also share maritime borders. The country has three major mountain ranges. The Appalachians extend from Canada to the state of Alabama , a few hundred miles west of the Atlantic Ocean. They are the oldest of the three mountain ranges, are covered with a diversity of Subtropical and Temperate flora and fauna, a thick canopy of dense vegetation, and offer spectacular sightseeing and excellent camping spots. The loess lands of the southern Mid-West and the Limestone cliffs and mountains of the south add beauty to the region, with lush vegetation coating the surfaces of cliff faces that border rivers, and mist shrouding beautiful green mountains and gorges. The Rockies are, on average, the highest in North America, extending from Alaska to New Mexico , with many areas protected as national parks. They offer hiking, camping, skiing, and sightseeing opportunities, as well as desert and subtropical getaways in the southern lowlands of the region. The combined Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges are the youngest. The Sierras extend across the "backbone" of California , with sites such as Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park ; the Sierras transition at their northern end into the even younger volcanic Cascade range, with some of the highest points in the country. The Great Lakes define much of the border between the eastern United States and Canada. More inland seas than lakes, they were formed by the pressure of glaciers retreating north at the end of the last Ice Age. The five lakes span hundreds of miles, bordering the states of Minnesota , Wisconsin , Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania and New York , and their shores vary from pristine wilderness areas to industrial "rust belt" cities. They are the second-largest bodies of freshwater in the world, after the polar ice caps. The western portions of the USA are rugged and very arid landscapes, complete with wind-shaped desert sand dunes like White Sands New Mexico. Death Valley (282 feet below sea level) is the lowest spot on the USA mainland and one of the hottest areas on Earth. Natural areas include vast areas of desert untouched by humans. Camping and hiking through the majestic landscapes of the Southwe |
Which famous Jewish fortress was captured by the Romans 10th Legion in 73AD? | How Did the Romans Conquer Masada | Mount Masada Information and Tours Navigation Menu How Did the Romans Conquer Masada In 66AD the Great Jewish Revolution began; a group of Jewish zealots called Sicarii captured the isolated fortress on top of Masada and settled there. Following the Roman siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Second Temple more refugees arrived at Masada. Having captured Jerusalem the Romans turned their sights to the last Jewish outpost, Masada. Lucius Flavius Silva led the 10th Roman Legion with the aim of scaling Masada and capturing the mountain top fortress and the last remaining free Jews. First the leader would have surveyed the surroundings, chosen the weakest point at which to attack and then ordered the artisans and carpenters who traveled with the troops to construct their large weapons. The slaves would have been told to build a circumvallation wall of stones and rock. This was to make sure no enemies escaped and to give the Romans cover. The Romans set up eight camps at the foot of Masada for the 10,000-15,000 soldiers, slaves and auxiliary forces. The Romans began by trying to starve the Jews down off Masada, but when that didn’t work they turned to their arsenal of weapons. The Ballista was used like a large crossbow powered by twisted ropes which fired large stones approximately 300 meters. The Catapulta device had a wooden frame and a long arm which would fling stones or fire bolts at the enemy. The Grapple was a large metal hook used to pull down walls. The Onager was like a large sling shot. The Wild Ass flung stones from a basket; required 8 men to operate it and a solid earth or brick base to give the apparatus stability. Vitruvius, a Roman author of architecture and engineering, tells us that there were 10 Wild Ass weapons for each legion and that stones as heavy as 163kg were used at Masada. For three years the Jewish zealots on Masada’s plateau managed to hold off the Roman troops. The final and successful weapon which the Romans employed was the battering ram. The battering ram would have been made of a tree trunk, tipped with iron and hung on chains to be swung back and forth. In order to get the contraption close enough and high enough up to the casement walls they first had to build a ramp up to the wall on the western face of Masada. The ramp was made of earth and was constructed by Jewish slaves. The Romans rightly thought the zealots would not fire at their own people. In 73AD the Roman battering ram breached the casement walls which Herod had constructed around Masada. Once the Romans had eventually breached the walls they were faced with a new inner wall which the Jews had hastily constructed. The Romans set fire to the wooden baulks which supported the wall and luckily the wind was in their favor and the wall came down. The Romans entered the fortress, armed with their swords only to find that the 960 Jews had chosen to take their own lives rather than be captured. We have most of our information about what happened between the Romans and zealots from the writings of Roman-era historian Josephus Flavius and from archeological discoveries at Masada. Visitors to Masada can still see the Roman ramp on the western face. |
The rival houses of Lancaster and York were both | House of Lancaster House of Lancaster UK Portal Top Surnames This project identifies individuals belonging to the royal House of Lancaster. Overview The House of Lancaster was a branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. It was one of the opposing factions involved in the Wars of the Roses, an intermittent civil war which affected England and Wales during the 15th century. The family provided England with three kings: Henry IV of England, who ruled 1399–1413; Henry V of England, who ruled 1413–1422; and Henry VI of England and (II of) France, who ruled 1422–1461 and 1470–1471. Origins The House descended from Edward III's third surviving son, John of Gaunt. Gaunt did not receive a large inheritance, so he made his fortune through marriage to the heiress Blanche of Lancaster, who brought with her the considerable lands of the Earls of Leicester and Lancaster, making him the wealthiest landowner in England after the King. He was conferred the second creation of the title of "Duke of Lancaster" by his father Edward III in 1362, a year following the death of John of Gaunt's father-in-law Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. Gaunt enjoyed great political influence during his lifetime, but upon his death in 1399, his lands were confiscated by Richard II. Gaunt's exiled son and heir Henry of Bolingbroke returned home the same year with an army to reclaim the Lancaster estates, but ended riding a tide of popular opposition to Richard II that saw him take control of the Kingdom. Richard II was deposed and died in captivity, and Bolingbroke was declared King Henry IV of England. In doing so he bypassed the descendants of Edward III's second surviving son, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, who eventually became the rival House of York. Henry IV was succeeded by his son Henry V, and eventually by his grandson Henry VI in 1422. Claim to France Henry V restated Edward III's earlier claim to the throne of France and resumed the Hundred Years War. He defeated the French in several battles, most notably in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and later allied himself with Burgundy, a cadet line of the Royal House of Valois. In 1420, the Duke of Burgundy negotiated the Treaty of Troyes between Henry and Charles VI of France, under which Henry married Charles' daughter Catherine, assumed the regency of France and would succeed to the throne on Charles' death. The treaty also effectively disinherited Charles' son, the Dauphin Charles. However, Henry V predeceased Charles VI, on whose death the French crown passed to his grandson, Henry VI, the infant son of Henry V and Catherine of France, in whose name regents reigned in England and France. Henry's claim according to the Treaty of Troyes was only recognised in those parts of France controlled by the English and their allies, while the territory south of the river Loire recognised the Dauphin Charles as King Charles VII. Charles at first did little to extend his rule beyond this territory. The intervention of Joan of Arc, culminating in Charles' royal consecration at Reims in 1429, reinvigorated the Valois' will to assert their rule to the whole of France. The English regents in Paris reacted by having Henry VI formally crowned King of France in 1431. However, the Valois' renewed efforts, including their military reforms, together with the increasing weakness of the English monarchy, which was beset by internal strife among the nobles, resulted in the House of Lancaster losing all French possessions (except Calais) in 1453, effectively putting an end to the Lancastrian Kingdom of France. However, English monarchs retained their claim to France until 1801. War of the Roses Henry VI was a weak monarch who suffered from periods of mental illness. In 1461, he was usurped and imprisoned by his cousin Edward of York, who proclaimed himself Edward IV of England. Henry VI was able to fight back and re-established his rule in 1470, but little under six months later was forced from the throne once again by Edward IV. He died in captivity in 1471, 17 days after his son and heir, Edward of Westmi |
In 1960, Kwame Nkruma became the first President of which African country? | Commanding Heights : Kwame Nkrumah | on PBS Kwame Nkrumah (1889-1979) Kwame Nkurmah, the leader of the Gold Coast's movement toward independence from Britain during the 1940s and '50s, headed the new nation of Ghana following its independence in 1957 until 1966, when he was overthrown by a coup. Excerpt from Commanding Heights by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, 1998 ed., pp. 83-88. Profile In the period of [African colonial independence] the beacon country from Africa was Ghana, first to achieve independence in 1957. The new nation's most influential figure was its prime minister, later president, Kwame Nkrumah. When Nkrumah was born in 1910, Ghana was still the Gold Coast, a British colony known for its plantations and for being the world's largest producer of cocoa. Its frontiers were the result of bargains among the colonial powers -- Britain, France, and Germany -- that did not correspond to the historical boundaries of the kingdoms that preceded colonization, particularly the once-mighty Ashanti empire. Nkrumah, who came from a modest, traditional family, received his early education at the hands of Catholic missionaries. He went on to train as a teacher and for a few years taught elementary school in towns along the coast. He was popular and charismatic, and earned a decent living. But exposure to politics and to a few influential figures sparked in him a greater interest -- to go to America. He applied to universities in the United States, and with money raised from relatives, he set out on a steamer in 1935. He reached New York almost penniless, and took refuge with fellow West Africans in Harlem. He then presented himself at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and enrolled; a small scholarship and a campus job helped him make ends meet. In the United States, Nkrumah saw alternatives to the British tradition of government. He also became suffused with an acute consciousness of the politics of race relations. Unlike many new African leaders, who sought to emulate their European instructors, Nkrumah plunged into America's black communities. Founded before the Civil War, Lincoln University was America's oldest black college, and its special atmosphere inspired and comforted Nkrumah. In the summers, he worked at physically demanding jobs -- in shipyards and construction at sea. He studied theology as well as philosophy; he frequented the black churches in New York and Philadelphia and was sometimes asked to preach. He also forged ties with black American intellectuals, for whom Africa was becoming, in this time of political change, an area of extreme interest. Moving to London after World War II, Nkrumah helped organize Pan-African congresses, linking the emergent educated groups of the African colonies with activists, writers, artists, and well-wishers from the industrial countries. It was a time of great intellectual ferment, excitement, and optimism. India's achievement of independence in 1947 stirred dreams of freedom for the other colonies. "If we get self-government," Nkrumah proclaimed, "we'll transform the Gold Coast into a paradise in 10 years." Returning to the Gold Coast in 1949, Nkrumah found that India's independence had set in motion a process of gradual transfer of power in Britain's other colonies. The terms and timing were highly unsettled, and indeed would provoke conflict and violent clashes, but the basic principle of self-government was becoming the consensus. Nkrumah was dissatisfied with the existing nationalist grouping, finding it staid and conservative, overly tied to colonial business interests. With several associates he set up a new party, the Convention People's Party (CPP), in the process demonstrating his supreme organizational abilities. Within two years the CPP had won limited self-rule elections, and Nkrumah became "Leader of Government Business" -- a de facto prime minister, responsible for internal government and policy. He set his sights firmly on independence. No amount of autonomy or self-rule, he argued, could match the energy, commitment, and focus of a government and peop |
In 1966, Seretse Khama became the first President of which African country? | Sir Seretse Khama History Home Page | Site Index | "Nation without a past" quote A brief biography of Sir Seretse Khama, Botswana's first president: Seretse Khama (1921-80), founding President of Botswana, 1966-80. He inherited an impoverished and internationally obscure state from British rule, and left an increasingly democratic and prosperous country with a significant role in Southern Africa. Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe in the British protectorate of Bechuanaland. He was was the son of Sekgoma Khama, and the grandson of the internationally famous Kgosi Khama III (c.1835-1923), ruler of the Bangwato people of central Botswana. He was named Seretse-the clay that binds together-because of the recent reconciliation between his father and grandfather. Seretse's mother, Tebogo Kebailele, had been chosen by Khama to be the new wife of the ageing Sekgoma. When Sekgoma died in 1925, four-year old Seretse was proclaimed Kgosi. His uncle Tshekedi Khama became regent and later sole guardian for him. The lonely and often sickly child was sent to boarding schools in South Africa, but developed into a healthy and gregarious adolescent sportsman. He attended Fort Hare University College and graduated with a general BA degree in 1944. In August 1945 he was sent to England for a legal education. After a year at Balliol College, Oxford, he enrolled for barrister studies at the Inner Temple, London. In 1947 Seretse Khama met an English woman of his age, Ruth Williams, daughter of a retired army officer. They were married in September 1948. Uncle Tshekedi ordered Seretse home to berate him and demand a divorce. But, after a series of public meetings in Serowe, Seretse turned his people against Tshekedi, and was popularly recognised as Kgosi together with his wife. Tshekedi gave way and went into self-exile. The proclamation of a black chief with a white wife, in a territory strategically placed between South Africa and the Rhodesias, caused outcry among white settler politicians. South Africa had come under the control of white Afrikaner nationalists in 1948. The British were told that there was no chance of the pro-British opposition party winning the next all-white election in South Africa, if Seretse Khama was allowed to be chief of the Bangwato. The Labour government in Britain desperately needed South African gold and uranium. It agreed to bar Seretse Khama from chieftainship. The Commonwealth relations minister denied that the government was bowing to racism, and lied about this before the House of Commons. A judicial enquiry was set up to prove Seretse's personal unfitness to rule. However, Justice Harragin concluded that Seretse was eminently fit to rule. His report was therefore suppressed by the British government for thirty years. Seretse and his wife were exiled to England in 1951, and in 1952 the new Conservative government declared the exile permanent. The treatment of Seretse and Ruth Khama by British governments received international press coverage, and outrage was expressed by a wide range of people including human-rights activists, Scottish, West African, Indian and West Indian nationalists, British communists, and conservatives who supported the principle of aristocratic inheritance. Eventually, in 1956, a new Commonwealth relations minister realised that Britain must distance itself from institutionalized racism in South Africa, and decided to allow Seretse and Ruth home as commoners and private citizens. Back home, Seretse Khama was still respected as a man of principle and integrity, but was generally seen as being out-of-touch and a yesterday's man. He was a not too successful cattle rancher and dabbler in local politics, and declined in health until incipient diabetes was diagnosed in 1960. Then, however, much to everyone's surprise, in 1961 he was suddenly energized as a nationalist politician. The Bechuanaland Democratic Party (BDP), with Seretse Khama at its head, drew overwhelming support from rural progressives and conservatives alike. The liberal-democratic BDP swept aside its pan-Af |
Which band had hits in the 1990's with 'The Riverboat Song', 'You've Got It Bad' and 'The Day We Caught The Train'? | Ocean Colour Scene | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Falling between the energetic pop/rock of mod revival and the psychedelic experimentations of Traffic , Ocean Colour Scene came to be one of the leading bands of the traditionalist, post- Oasis British rock of the mid-'90s. Although they had formed in the late '80s and had several hits during the height of Madchester in the early '90s, the band didn't earn a large following until 1996, when their second album, Moseley Shoals , became a multi-platinum success story in the U.K. Their ascent was greatly aided by Paul Weller and Oasis ' Noel Gallagher , who both publicly praised Ocean Colour Scene for keeping the flame of real rock & roll burning during the '90s. And, according to one specific definition, they were right, since Ocean Colour Scene was nothing if not rock & roll traditionalists, drawing heavily from British Invasion pop, psychedelia, soul, R&B, and blues-rock to create a reverential homage to classic rock. Their devotion to trad rock may have earned them decidedly mixed reviews, but that was the very thing that earned them a sizable following. Ocean Colour Scene is comprised of Steve Cradock (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals), Simon Fowler (lead vocals, guitar), Damon Minchella (bass), and Oscar Harrison (drums). Prior to forming in 1990, the members of the band had played in a variety of other groups. During the late '80s, Cradock played in a mod revival band called the Boys. Though they released an independent EP called Happy Days and supported former Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott , the band never gained much of an audience. At the same time the Boys were active, Fowler and Minchella were in a Velvet Underground -influenced group called Fanatics , who released an EP, Suburban Love Songs, on the independent label Chapter 22 in the spring of 1989. Following the release of the single, the group's original drummer, Caroline Bullock, was replaced by Harrison , who had previously played with a reggae/soul band called Echo Base . Shortly after Harrison joined Fanatics , the group split up. Several months after their disbandment, Fowler , Minchella , and Harrison formed Ocean Colour Scene with Cradock , whom they met at a Stone Roses concert. Appropriately, Ocean Colour Scene was initially heavily influenced by the Stone Roses . After performing a few concerts, the group built a small fan base and signed with a local indie label, !Phfft. Shortly after signing with !Phfft, Ocean Colour Scene became hyped as "the next big thing" by the British music weekly press, as their live shows and debut single, "Sway," earned extremely positive reviews during the first half of 1990. In the spring of 1991, they headed into the studio to record the debut album with Jimmy Miller , who worked on the Rolling Stones ' classic albums of the late '60s and early '70s. Instead of concentrating on work, the band essentially drank away their hours in the studio, resulting in a batch of uneven recordings. Unsatisfied by the tapes, the band headed back into the studio with Hugo Nicolson , who had previously worked with Primal Scream . By the time they completed the record, !Phfft had been acquired by Fontana Records, who bought the indie with the intent of owning the rights to Ocean Colour Scene . Despite their enthusiasm for the band, the label's head of A&R, Dave Bates , rejected the group's first attempt at the album and asked them to re-enter the studio to re-record most of the album with another producer, Tim Palmer , who had previously worked with Tin Machine . Palmer also remixed the remaining cuts, resulting in a slick, over-produced debut album that was delivered belatedly in the spring of 1992. By that time, the music press had abandoned the Madchester scene that the Stone Roses spawned and, in turn, they rejected the return of Ocean Colour Scene . The public also refused to buy the record and it sank upon its release. The band made some headway on an American tour, but tensions with Fontana continu |
Who was the President of Germany who resigned in May 2010 after being accused of 'Gunboat Diplomacy' following comments in which he suggested that Germany's military missions abroad also served to secure trade? | Christian Wulff elected as Federal President in Germany | Mbconsulting's Blog Posted by: mbconsulting | July 1, 2010 Christian Wulff elected as Federal President in Germany After one month the Federal Convention, established for this goal, elected Christian Wulff as Federal President, as in German is called Reichspräsident, after three ballots, with 625 vote from a minimum 623 votes, in the final round, in front of his competitors: Joachim Gauck supported by SPD, Grüne, that gained 490 votes in the final ballot, Luc Jochimsen and Frank Rennickethat decided to withdrawn after two rounds. Please here the results as are mentioned by wikipedia: After the first two ballots, Christian Wulff led vote totals but could not win an absolute majority of 623 votes. Thus, the vote went to a decisive third round, where only a plurality of votes was required to win. The election is the third to require three ballots since the current system was introduced in 1949. Christian Wulff was supported by Ms. Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, and his appointed is coming after the resignation of Horst Köhler. The resignation of the previous president, Mr. Horst Köhler was largely comment on the mass-media. Everything started with criticism for his statements that Germany’s military missions abroad also served to secure trade, critics accused him of advocating the use of “gunboat diplomacy”, after his visit in Afghanistan. For a full background, I will also present some events that occurred in the same period of time.The resignation of a person like Köhler, with wide experience in international finance, came in a period of time when Germany’s Chancellor received intense criticism regarding the lack of financial support for Greece. More, when Greece was confronting with a severe crisis, with anarchic demonstrations on street, the current chancellor decided to participate at a military parade in Russia, at Moscow, instead being into contact with the other European governments and Prime- Ministers prepared to deal with Greek crisis. The rumors said a phone call coming from Mr. Obama supported a quick decision coming from Germany. It is also interested to remark that the minister of finance, in the same period, was hospitalized, after repeated health problems. Now coming back to the end of May, when Mr. Horst Köhler had fighted with accusations that in the interview he had overstepped his formal role by favoring an unconstitutional position. Indeed, he was called for more influence coming from the President and has suggested the President should be directly elected, as in Romania (as was under Germany’s Weimar Constitution). Without support and with no PR staff, as his staff resigned before that crisis, Köhler stepped down on 31 May 2010, issuing a statement saying “I declare my resignation from the Office of President, with immediate effect.” The difference between German President and Romanian President is how these persons react or no to the press criticism. The following days after his resignation, the ex German President he was criticized for not being able to handle criticism while being a rigorous critic himself. Some analyses considered that the resignation was a normal way of personal conduct others considered his unprecedent act of immediate resignation was also considered showing a lack of respect for his position. According to Wikipedia, Köhler was born in Skierbieszów (then named Heidenstein), in the General Government area of German-occupied Poland, as the seventh child of Elisabeth and Eduard Köhler, into a family of Bessarabian Germans from Rîşcani in Romanian Bessarabia (near Bălţi, present-day Moldova). Horst Köhler’s parents, ethnic Germans and Romanian citizens, had to leave their home in Bessarabia in 1940 during the Nazi-Soviet population transfers that followed the invasion of Poland and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which awarded Bessarabia to the Soviet Union. As part of the Generalplan Ost, they were resettled in 1942 at Skierbieszów, a village near Zamość, Poland (then part of the General Government). As the Wehrmach |
What is the name of the Mexican forward that Manchester United have signed this summer from Chivas de Guadalajara for £6 million? | Manchester United to sign Chivas striker Javier Hernandez - ESPN FC ESPN FC Live football odds with bet365. Bet Now » Morocco less than a minute ago Michael Wade less than a minute ago ESPN staff Apr 8, 2010 United agree deal to sign Chivas striker Manchester United have announced a deal to sign striker Javier Hernandez from Mexican side Chivas for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £6 million. • Hernandez deal a milestone for Mexico Hernandez, 21, has agreed personal terms and passed a medical but is still awaiting a work permit. Should a permit be granted, he will join United in July after the Mexico international returns from the World Cup. As part of the deal, United will play a friendly at the Chivas Stadium ahead of the 2010-11 season. Sir Alex Ferguson told the club's official website: "I am delighted to reach agreement with Chivas to bring such an exciting young striker, who has been in such prolific form for both his club and his country. "He will be a great addition to our squad and we look forward to welcoming our first Mexican player in the summer. We are equally excited to play our first game in Mexico, opening the magnificent new Chivas Stadium in July." Chicharito, or "Little Pea", as he is known, has scored four goals in his first four games for Mexico. The deal will represent a first for United, who have never signed a Mexican player before or played in the country, which they will do in July as part of the deal. Hernandez has spent just two seasons in the first team at Chivas which represents a meteoric rise to prominence. "I feel like I am living a dream," he told MUTV. "All the impressions I have of the club are good and Sir Alex Ferguson is a great person, maybe the best coach in the world." Hernandez was at Old Trafford on Wednesday to watch the Champions League quarter-final with Bayern Munich. While he was disappointed at the outcome, he marvelled at the atmosphere, which he hopes to experience for himself next term. Before that, Hernandez must secure a place in Mexico's World Cup squad, which he is tipped to do. And that will confirm a quick return to England as Mexico will tackle Fabio Capello's men at Wembley on May 24. "I hope to be at the World Cup," he said. "I have to work hard to win a place in the national team, then I might get a chance to play against England." |
Which legendary American Football player, who played his entire 15-year career with the Los Angeles Rams and | Merlin Olsen (American Football Player) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Nfl Legend Dies Huffington Post Sports - Jun 04, 2013 '\n David \"Deacon\" Jones, the original sackmaster, has died. \n The Hall of Fame defensive end credited with terming the word sack for how he knocked down quarterbacks, was 74. The Washington Redskins said that Jones died of natural causes at his home in Southern California on Monday night. \n \"Deacon Jones was one of the greatest players in NFL history. Off the field, he was a true giant,\" said Redskins general manager Bruce Allen, whose father, George... 49ers Run Game An Innovative Relic San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 11, 2012 '\n 49ers run game an innovative relic \n\n\n Like a teenager examining a typewriter or an eight-track tape, Rams middle linebacker James Laurinaitis scratched his head this past week while studying video of the 49ers\' offense.\n\nIn today\'s I-formation era, the 49ers will split running backs Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter at equal depth in the backfield, the NFL equivalent of using a rotary phone.\n\nIn a league where pass-driven, spread offenses are presumed to be the futu... Blue Edges White, 58 57, In Usu Spring Game KSL - Apr 29, 2012 'Behind three touchdown passes, the Blue edged \nthe White, 58-57, in Utah State football\'s \nBlue-White Spring Game presented by Orbit \nIrrigation Products, Saturday afternoon at a \nsunny <mark>Merlin Olsen</mark> Field at Romney Stadium in \nfront of a spirited crowd.' Famous Forensic Sculptor Frank Bender Passes Away From Mesothelioma Seedol - Feb 01, 2012 ' \r\n \n \n \n Yet another notable public figure has passed away from mesothelioma. \n Seventy-year-old Frank Bender, a well-known forensic sculptor (or ârecomposer of the deadâ as he came to be known) passed away from mesothelioma in July after battling the deadly asbestos disease for nearly two years. \n \n \n  Bender became well known throughout the U.S. â and attained local fame in Philadelphia where he was born and raised â following his involvement in the case of John List, a N.J... Show Less In football, as a senior, he was a consensus All-American selection (making the vast majority of All-America teams) and was the winner of the Outland Trophy. After Olsen's junior year of 1960 he was also named All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and Newspaper Enterprise Association. He was also All-Conference in both 1960 and 1961. Olsen and Utah State were in the 1960 Sun Bowl, losing to New Mexico State, 20â13. … Read More Led by Olsen, the Aggie defense held the New Mexico State Aggies to just 44 rushing yards on 32 carries.<br /><br /> The Aggie defense Olsen anchored as a senior gave up an average of 50.8 rushing yards (which led the nation), 88.6 passing yards, and 139.4 total yards which all still stand as school records for defense. Read Less Show Less The 1961 Aggie defense gave up an average 7.8 points a game, which is second in team history behind Olsen's 1960 team, which allowed 6.5 points per game. … Read More Additionally, the Aggie defense held four opponents to less than 100 total yards. One, the University of Idaho, was held to a school-record 23 total yards, with the Aggies winning 69â0.<br /><br /> The Aggies, not known as a national power football program, finished 10th in both the AP and UPI post-season polls, the only time that has occurred in school history. The Aggies had a combined 18â3â1 record during Olsen's junior and senior seasons under coach John Ralston and were conference champions those two seasons as well. Read Less Olsen played in the East-West Shrine Game in 1961 and in 2003 was voted to the game's Hall of Fame. … Read More He also played in the Hula Bowl after his senior season and was voted MVP of the game. Read Less Show Less Olsen also was a three-time academic All-American at Utah State and graduated summa cum laude in 1962 with a degree in finance. … Read More Coming out of college, Olsen had offers from both the Los Angeles Rams of the N |
Which chemical element is named after the Danish physicist who developed the theory that electrons travel in discrete orbits around the atom's nucleus? | Niels Bohr Niels Bohr Considered one of the best physicists of the Twentieth Century. Niels (Henrik David) Bohr (October 7, 1885 � November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1922. He was also part of the team of physicists working on the Manhattan Project. Bohr married Margrethe N�rlund in 1912, and one of their sons Aage Niels Bohr grew up to be an important physicist, who like his father received the Nobel prize. Niels Bohr is the best physicists of the Twentieth Century. Bohr is frequently taught in online schools and colleges around the world. Niels Bohr is one of the most important scientists from Denmark; he is depicted on the front of the 500 Danish Kroner banknote and the Institute of Physics, founded by Bohr himself, at the University of Copenhagen is named after him. CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHYSICS Bohr's model, The theory that electrons travel in discrete orbits around the atom's nucleus, with the chemical properties of the element being largely determined by the number of electrons in each of the outer orbits, The idea that an electron could drop from a higher-energy orbit to a lower one, emitting a photon (light quantum) of discrete energy (this became the basis for quantum theory), Much work on the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics., The principle of complementarity: that items could be separately analyzed as having several contradictory properties., He received the Nobel Prize for Physics for this work in 1922. BIOGRAPHY Niels Henrik David Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1885. His father, Christian Bohr, a devout Lutheran, was professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen, while his mother, Ellen Adler Bohr, came from a wealthy Jewish family prominent in Danish banking and parliamentary circles. His brother was Harald Bohr, a mathematician and Olympic soccer player who played in the Danish national team. Niels Bohr was a passionate soccer player as well, and the two brothers played a number of matches for Akademisk Boldklub. Niels played in goal. Bohr was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge and then received his doctorate from Copenhagen University in 1911 under Christian Christiansen. He then studied under Ernest Rutherford in the University of Manchester in England. On the basis of Rutherford's theories, Bohr published his model of atomic structure in 1913, introducing the theory of electrons traveling in orbits around the atom's nucleus, the chemical properties of the element being largely determined by the number of electrons in the outer orbits. Bohr also introduced the idea that an electron could drop from a higher-energy orbit to a lower one, emitting a photon (light quantum) of discrete energy. This became a basis for quantum theory. In 1916, Niels Bohr became a professor at the University of Copenhagen, and director of the newly constructed "Institute of Theoretical Physics" in 1920. In 1922, Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them". Bohr's institute served as a focal point for theoretical physicists in the 1920s and '30s, and most of the world's best known theoretical physicists of that period spent some time there. Bohr also conceived the principle of complementarity: that items could be separately analyzed as having several contradictory properties. For example, physicists currently conclude that light is both a wave and a stream of particles � two apparently mutually exclusive properties � on the basis of this principle. Bohr also found philosophical applications for this daringly original principle. Albert Einstein much preferred the determinism of classical physics over the probabilistic new physics of Bohr (to which Max Planck and Einstein himself had contributed). He and Bohr had good-natured arguments over the truth of this principle throughout their lives (see Bohr Einstein debate). One of Bohr's |
Which chemical element is named after the German physicist who discovered X-Rays? | Chemical Element: roentgenium - Word Information Chemical Element: roentgenium (Named for German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen) Chemical-Element Information Atomic number: 111 Year discovered: 1994 Discovered by: S. Hofmann, V. Ninov, F. P. Hessberger, P. Armbruster, H. Folger, G. Münzenberg, H. J. Schott, A. G. Popeko, A. V. Yeremin, A. N. Andreyev, S. Saro, R. Janik, M. Lein, and others at GSI in Darmstadt, Germany. Röntgen, or Roentgen, was born on March 27, 1845, in Lennkep, Prussia (now Remscheid, Germany) and died on February 10, 1923 in Munich, Germany. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, as a German physicist, discovered X-rays on 8 November 1895, a new type of rays to which he gave this name in view of their uncertain nature. Their use has subsequently revolutionized medicine, found wide application in technology, and heralded the age of modern physics, which is based on atomic and nuclear properties. In 1901, six years after their discovery, the benefit of X-rays to mankind was so evident that Roentgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics. His discovery of "x-rays" significantly contributed to modern physics and revolutionized diagnostic medicine. Röntgen studied at the Polytechnic in ZŸrich and then was professor of physics at the universities of Strasbourg (1876-79), Giessen (1879-88), Würzburg (1888-1900), and Munich (1900-20). His research also included work on elasticity, capillary action of fluids, specific heats of gases, conduction of heat in crystals, absorption of heat by gases, and piezoelectricity. Röntgen determined that because the X-rays were not deflected by a magnet, they could not be a form of cathode rays. He speculated that instead the X-rays might be longitudinal electromagnetic waves. The possible medical use of X-rays was realized almost immediately. Unlike other discoveries where the practical applications follow only after decades, physicians were using X-rays within months to inspect internal damage without surgery. Today we know that X-rays are high energy, transverse electromagnetic waves similar to other forms of light. Electromagnetic radiation ranges from high energy, short wave-length gamma and X-rays, through ultraviolet light, visible light, and infrared, to low energy, and long wave-length radio waves. Despite the fact that Röntgen discovered nearly all the properties of X-rays within the first few weeks of investigation, the temporary name he used (X-rays) for the sake of brevity remains the name that is still generally used today (except in Germany where they usually refer to a "Röntgen" examination or report). Element 111 was synthesized exactly 100 years after Roentgen's discovery. To honor Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, the name, roentgenium, was proposed for the element with atomic number 111. The name roentgenium for the element of atomic number 111 (with symbol Rg) was officially approved as of November 1, 2004. Name in other languages: |
Which river has its source in Zambia and flows through Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe before emptying into the Indian Ocean in Mozambique? | Heavy Metals, Mining, General Industry in LusakaZambia | Kafue River Basin Heavy Industry, Fertilizers, General Industry, Mining The problem The Kafue River Basin in the Chingola District, Zambia has experienced heavy polluting over the past several decades. Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) is the primary source of this pollution, disposing of industrial waste products and various bio-chemical substances directly into the reservoirs. They are not the only polluters, however, as the region is home to roughly 40% of the nation’s socio-economic activity; a range of other industries are also at fault for the current state of the river basin: pulp-and-paper mills, fertilizer factories, granulation plants, abattoirs, textile manufacturers, and more. More than 93,000 tons of industrial waste are produced annually, most of which finds it way into the Kafue River. From there it flows into the Zambezi River – Africa’s fourth largest – that claims Zambia as its source and winds through Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique before eventually emptying out into the Indian Ocean. As a result of the pollution, the steadily increasing population in the Chingola District face severe water shortages. The full extent of the environmental impact has not yet been determined, but because of significant habitat destruction and land/soil degradation, the cost to local ecosystems is likely quite high. The color of the brilliantly blue Kafue River has slowly turned green. Indigenous fish have developed an unusual and unpleasant odor. Aquatic weeds dumped by some facilities into the river system, combined with nitrogen and phosphate waste from other facilities, together degrade biodiversity. Both aquatic life and human health are in danger. High incidences of environmentally mediated disease, such as gastro-enteritis, intestinal worms, and diarrhea diseases mostly in children have been reported from communities around the river and have been linked to drinking water from certain parts of the river. The raw sewer pollution of Kafue River could inadvertently lead to outbreaks of epidemics like cholera. Current Activity Our strategy involved a three-pronged approach: extensive surveys of current pollution levels, strategic monitoring of KCM and other industrial waste disposal, and the development of novel weed control technologies. The first stage involved surveying the most dramatically polluted sites along the Kafue River basin. Once the sites were identified, they were brought to the attention of stakeholder groups (including the local communities and polluting companies) and policy makers, methods were suggested to treat or reduce pollution levels and a dialogue was promoted between our team and interested parties at all levels of the existing socio-economic framework. Data dissemination was facilitated through workshops and community meetings. Essentially, the primary focus of this first stage was awareness and education. The second phase of our strategy focused on GPS monitoring systems. We demonstrated how GPS can be used as a cost-effective method of tracking pollution and polluters, that additionally could be made available to much of sub-Saharan Africa. We also promoted a physical inspection timeline where the resources necessary to acquire GPS systems were not available. Although law enforcement is poor and institutional systems are weak, the third stage of our approach called for management protocols that addressed weed control and other forms of pollution in the Kafue river basin. By involving the stakeholder groups, we sought to prioritize the long-term effects of environmentalists working to improve the river’s quality and develop a form of systematic follow-up. Outcome ARE is focusing its efforts on compelling the Kafue Sewage Treatment Plant, the Bata Tannery, Kafue Nitrogen Chemicals, and Lee Yeast to establish cleaner production and waste treatment methods that will minimize harmful discharge into the river. ARE is currently lobbying the Ministry of Local Government and Housing, the National Water and Sanitation |
In terms of population, which is the largest city in Devon? | Devon | county, England, United Kingdom | Britannica.com county, England, United Kingdom county Devon, administrative, geographic, and historic county of England . It forms part of the South West (or Cornish) Peninsula of Great Britain and is bounded to the west by Cornwall and to the east by Dorset and Somerset . The Bristol Channel lies to the north, and the English Channel abuts it to the south. The shoreline of Lyme Bay at Sidmouth, Devon, England, looking west toward Peak Hill. A.F. Kersting The administrative, geographic, and historic counties cover slightly different areas. The administrative county comprises the districts of East Devon , Mid Devon , North Devon , South Hams , Teignbridge , and Torridge ; the borough of West Devon ; and the city of Exeter , the county seat. The geographic county of Devon is the third largest of that type in England. It encompasses the administrative county and the unitary authorities of Plymouth and Torbay . The historic county comprises the entire geographic county, as well as a small area along the border of the district of West Dorset in the administrative county of Dorset and a larger area extending west from Werrington along the River Otter within the historic district of North Cornwall in the Cornwall unitary authority. Within Devon’s boundaries is a wide variety of scenery, including Dartmoor National Park and, in the north, part of Exmoor National Park . Dartmoor , with shallow marshy valleys, thin infertile soils, and a vegetation of coarse grasses, heather, and bracken, is a granite plateau rising to above 2,000 feet (600 metres), the crests capped by granite tors (isolated weathered rocks); the moor is used for rough grazing, reforestation, reservoirs, and military training and is a popular area for tourists. Exmoor , reaching elevations above 1,575 feet (480 metres), is another plateau where rough grazing and tourism are important, but it has more farmland than Dartmoor. Those two areas of moorland contain the main sources of rivers for the county. From Dartmoor the rivers flow in a radial pattern to the north and south coasts and to the River Tamar (the Cornish boundary); from Exmoor they flow seaward via the River Exe and northward to the Bristol Channel. Much of central and northwestern Devon is given over to grassland. The soils in South Hams, south of Dartmoor, often produce good farmland. The most fertile soil is in southeastern Devon. The county’s generally mild climate becomes more extreme with elevation and distance from the sea, and rainfall increases from about 30 inches (760 mm) on the south coast to more than 60 inches (1,500 mm) on Exmoor and 80 inches (2,000 mm) on Dartmoor. Tor at Sharpitor, near Lustleigh in Dartmoor, Devon, England. © Martin Fowler/Shutterstock.com Wiltshire Prehistoric remains abound; they include the limestone caves near Torquay (including Kent’s Cavern , one of the two oldest human dwellings in Britain), numerous high-altitude Bronze Age remains on Dartmoor, and later Iron Age hill forts and earthworks fringing the moor and guarding river routes. The largest, Hembury Fort, was probably the capital of the Dumnonii, a British tribe, until the foundation of Exeter as a Roman frontier station at the termination of Fosse Way . The Dumnonii survived the 7th-century Saxon conquests, but both Saxon and Briton became subjects of Wessex . Devon was recognized as a shire in the late 8th century and suffered subsequently from Danish raids (851–1003). The Saxons created four strongholds, called burhs, at Exeter, Barnstaple , Totnes , and Lydford. Exeter was taken by the Norman William I the Conqueror in 1068, and a castle was built there in 1348. The Normans also built castles at Totnes, Okehampton , and Plympton; those, like the burhs, acted as nuclei for the growth of towns. Cist near Yelverton, Devon, England. Herbythyme Tin mining on Dartmoor was important from the 12th to the 17th century, and the miners formed a separate community with its own courts. The ports of Exeter, Plymouth, Barnstaple, and Dartmouth thrived from medieval times on |
With 53 tries from 77 caps, who is the leading try scorer for the Welsh national Rugby Union team? | Top 10 Rugby Players Of All Time | Terrific Top 10 Counting down to the BEST Top 10 Rugby Players Of All Time by Kyle Rugby is one of the world’s most popular sports, despite only becoming professional in the 90’s. It has produced many great players throughout the years, and here are the ten I feel are the best. Several outstanding players had to be left out, because I just couldn’t find a place for them. Honorable Mentions: Bryan Habana, Joost van der Westhuizen, George Gregan, Francois Pienaar, Matt Giteau, Gareth Edwards, Gavin Hastings #10. Shane Williams Arguably Wales’ greatest ever player, Shane Williams has scored more tries, and had more appearances than any other Welsh player in history. His breakthrough was in the 2005 Six Nations, where Wales won every single match (a Grand Slam), largely thanks to his tries. He also led Wales to another Grand Slam in 2008. That year, he was awarded the IRB rugby player of the year award, the first Welshmen to win the honor. In his final match, a friendly against Australia in 2011, Shane Williams scored his 58th try with final touch of the ball. Williams was famous for his acceleration, and his small size, being nicknamed “Little Shane Williams.” #9. Naas Botha Despite playing during the time when South Africa was almost completely banned from international rugby for Apartheid, Naas Botha was still able to leave his mark on the game. He was an excellent kicker, who was famous for his ability to score drop-goals under pressure. In only 28 caps for South Africa, Botha was able to score 312 points, a South African record for decades. Towards the end of his career, Botha was able to see South Africa rejoin the international fold. If only his team hadn’t been banned, Botha may have been very near the top of this list. #8. Percy Montgomery The all-time record holder in both caps and points for South Africa, Percy Montgomery was one of the sport’s greatest kickers. He was the top points scorer in both the 2004 and 2005 Tri Nation tournaments. However, his finest moment came in the 2007 World Cup, when his accurate kicking led South Africa to the title of the most prestigious rugby tournament. Montgomery started off being extremely erratic, as he could play brilliantly one match and then be very poor the next. However, he was able to sort that out to become one of the sport’s greats. #7. Brian O’Driscoll O’Driscoll holds the record for the most tries for any centre, his position, in history. He is also the most capped Irish player, with 83 of his 120 Irish caps being as captain. In fact, he is the second most-capped player ever. O’Driscoll was named the player of the tournament at three separate Six Nations – 2006, 2007, and 2009. In the 2009 edition, he led Ireland to their first Grand Slam in 61 years, and scored a try in every match except one. He has played for Ireland in the last three World Cups, leading them to the quarterfinals in 2011. #6. Jonny Wilkinson Wilkinson began his rise in 2001, but really burst onto the scene in 2003. In one of the most famous World Cup moments, he scored a drop-goal in the last minute of extra time in the final to give England the win against Australia, their only World Cup title. He suffered a series of injuries in the next few years, and critics argued his best form was behind him. However, Wilkinson proved them wrong by leading England to the final of the 2007 World Cup, where they lost a close match to South Africa. He was rugby’s highest point scorer in history, until New Zealand’s Dan Carter surpassed him in mid-2011. #5. Richie McCaw McCaw was surprisingly chosen for New Zealand’s end-of-2001 tour, despite his inexperience. But in his debut match against Ireland, he was named man of the match after a brilliant performance. McCaw became a key part of the New Zealand side, and was named captain in 2006. He was criticized after New Zealand underperformed at the 2007 World Cup, falling in the quarterfinals. However, he silenced his critics in the 2011 World Cup, when he brilliantly led his team to |
In terms of population, which is the largest city in Lancashire? | Facts & Figures - Lancashire and Blackpool Facts & Figures Home Media Room Facts & Figures Facts & Figures As befitting a county with a long and fascinating history (and one that continues to thrive and surprise), Lancashire is a facts and figures seeker's paradise. Read on to discover more about the Red Rose county and why it's bursting with 'colour'. Geography and History Lancashire was established in 1183 It has a population of 1,460,893 (2011 Census) The county covers an area of 3,075 sq km - making it one of the largest shire counties It is also surprisingly rural with 80 per cent of the county officially classed as rural Dunsop Bridge in the Ribble Valley is the centre of the British Isles The highest point in the county is Gragareth at 627 metres high or 2057 feet, making it a mountain. It is near Whernside, one of Yorkshire's `Three Peaks` Preston is one of England's newest Cities and in 2012 it celebrated the Preston Guild, which only happens every 20 years and is England's oldest festival The Leeds Liverpool Canal - Britain's longest - flows through large parts of the county The mill towns of Blackburn and Burnley were the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century You can see Blackburn and Burnley from the famous Pendle Hill. The hill is only 165ft shy of also being called a mountain The largely `undiscovered` Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Beauty covers 802 square km - making it the same size as New York City And the Forest of Bowland is the first protected area in England to be awarded the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas, joining just 30 other protected areas across Europe Bashall Town, near Clitheroe, is England's smallest town Did you know? Blackpool Illuminations comprise an amazing one million lamps in various types and styles and cost £2.4 million to stage More multi-million pound lottery winners choose Blackpool as their favourite over any other British destination (source: Camelot) It takes 7 years to paint Blackpool Tower from top to bottom and the tower's lifts travel 3,500 miles every year In her official biography, by Sarah Bradford, the Queen expressed a desire to retire to the Ribble Valley And Morecambe's potted shrimps have a Royal seal of approval Miles Standish, the captain of America's first settlers, the Pilgrim Fathers, came from Chorley Lancaster born scientist Richard Owen created the word `dinosaur` The post office and craft shop in Chipping is the country's oldest continuously trading shop. A shop has been in existence here since the 1600s Garstang was the world's first Fairtrade town And in Garstang in October 2007, the world's biggest hotpot was created to help launch Taste Lancashire 08. It is in the Guinness World Records. Famous Lancastrians Among those born in Lancashire: Eric Morecambe (Entertainer) Nick Park (creator of Wallace and Gromit) Andrew Flintoff (Cricketer) Sir Tom Finney (Football Player) Richard Arkwright (Invented the Spinning Machine) James Hargreaves (Invented the Spinning Jenny) Alfred Wainwright (Walking Books Creator) Jane Horrocks (Actress) Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys) Jon Richardson (Comedian) Famous Lancashire Stonyhurst College and the surrounding Ribble Valley is said to be the inspiration for Tolkien's Middle-earth from `Lord of the Rings` - his son boarded at the college which he visited regularly Pendle Hill is where George Fox is believed to have had his vision in 1640 prior to founding the Quaker Movement The trial of the Pendle Witches in Lancaster in 1612 is the UK's most famous witchhunt and in 2012 Lancashire marked its 400th Centenary Squires Gate, now known as Blackpool International Airport, was the UK's first airport Blackpool's permanent electric street tramway was the world's first when it opened in 1885 Martin Mere, Lancashire's largest lake, is said to be the last known home of King Arthur's sword `Excalibur` Roger Bannister, the first person to break the four minute mile, lived at what is now Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford Sirloin beef is said to get its name after a visit by Jame |
With 41 tries from 109 caps, who is the leading try scorer for the Irish national Rugby Union team? | Saracens - Senior Squad Senior Squad Saracens - Senior Squad Chris Ashton Previous Clubs: Wigan Warriors; Northampton Saints Honours: England, England Saxons, England Rugby League Debut: vs London Irish (01.09.12) Total Appearances: 97 Player Sponsor: Smart IPX/Franke Coffee Bio: A prolific try scorer, Chris Ashton’s performances in a Saracens shirt since his arrival from rivals Northampton Saints in the summer of 2012 have underlined his reputation as one of European rugby’s deadliest finishers. Heading into the 2016/17 season, only Irish legend Brian O’Driscoll (33) and Toulouse stalwart Vincent Clare (36) are ahead of Ashton in the pantheon of European try scorers, with the Sarries wing racing to 31 tries in just 50 games. In Saracens journey to their first ever European final in the 2013/14 Heineken Cup Ashton scored a record 11 tries, scoring two tries in his side’s demolition of ASM Clermont Auvergne in April 2014 to eclipse the 17-year record of 10 tries in a season set by Brive wing Sebastien Carrat in 1996-97. A deadly poacher, Ashton has played a key role in Saracens Premiership wins in 2015 and 2016, and the club’s maiden Champions Cup title. A career that began in Rugby League with his hometown club Wigan Warriors, Ashton switched codes in 2007 to join the Saints where he broke the Championship try scoring record (39 tries in 25 games) in his first season in the 15-man game. He was voted Premiership Player of the Year in 2010, and has won 39 England caps, scoring 19 tries. Richard Barrington Player Sponsor: John Anderson Hire Bio: Richard Barrington arrived as a virtual unknown, leaving Championship basement dwellers Jersey in the summer of 2013 to link up with Saracens. In that time, Barrington has carved out a reputation as a fine scrummager, and dependable prop forward with a bourgeoning potential in the game. Having shared the loosehead duties with Mako Vunipola and Rhys Gill in previous seasons, Barrington will have more responsibility within the Double Champions’ squad with Gill’s move to Cardiff Blues over the summer. A former Gloucester Academy player, Barrington started his career with Channel Island outfit Jersey RFC. A series of fine performance for the Championship side saw him catch the eye of the Saracens coaching staff and he has already pulled on a Sarries shirt having been part of the club’s squad for the LV=Cup clash against Worcester Warriors in 2012. Since then, ‘Bazza’ as he is affectionately known within the Saracens camp, career has kicked on and has appeared in five finals for the Men in Black, collecting two Aviva Premiership medals and an LV=Cup and Champions Cup medal in the process. Brad Barritt Player Sponsor: FLEXISEQ Bio: Now in his ninth season in Saracens colours, centre Brad Barritt will captain Saracens as they defend both the Aviva Premiership and Champions Cup titles. Granite like toughness, miserly in defence and possessing great vision, Barritt is a key component of the Sarries ‘Wolf-pack’ defence that has dominated European and English rugby in recent seasons. He arrived at Saracens from The Sharks in 2008 on the back of a last-minute loss to The Bulls in the 2007 Super Rugby Grand Final. Since then he has been one of the mainstays of the Saracens squad and was also named the club’s Player of the Season in the 2009/10 campaign. He was also nominated for the Aviva Premiership Player of the Year Award in 2012. In an eight year period he has won 26 England caps, toured Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 2013, won three Premiership titles and led the club to their maiden European Champions Cup title. On the international stage, his performances for Saracens quickly caught the eye of the national selectors and he was part of the England Saxons touring squad in the summer of 2009 and he went on to produce two excellent displays for the Saxons in friendlies in early 2010. He was called up for England’s tour to Australia and New Zealand later that summer where he played the midweek match against New Zealand Moari before getting his full honours in 2012, and was a ke |
Which river has its source in Guinea and flows through Mali, Niger and Benin before emptying into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria? | The Niger River The Niger River Geography links The Niger is the world's 11th-longest river at 2,590 miles. It is the largest river in western Africa. The river begins in Guinea and runs east through Benin, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. The source is an almost 90-degree turn south, to the Gulf of Guinea. One of the main sources of income from the river is oil. The country of Niger is, in fact, a major oil producer. Irrigation canals spread out from the river, bringing precious water to a sometimes starving delta. Millet and sorghum are grown. Fish in the river also form sources of food for people who live nearby. Dams are also present on the Niger. One of the largest is the Kainji Dam, at New Bussa. This dam was built both to protect against flooding and for hydroelectric power. The unusual geography of the river has made for some exciting times for the middle of the flow. Called the Niger Bend, the middle of the river was a focal point for trade across the western Sahara and a major center of the ancient African kingdom of Mali. Since the early days of civilization in the region, the river has been a source of power also in the constant wars that have battered the region. Struggles continue today over where to build dams and tame rapids. Facts About the Niger River Length |
Which internet company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998? | Company – Google Google Inc. Larry and Sergey named the search engine they built “Google,” a play on the word “googol,” the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google Inc. was born in 1998, when Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check for $100,000 to that entity—which until then didn’t exist. Out of the office The first “Google doodle” in 1998 was intended to let visitors to the homepage know that Google’s minders were offline at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. There’s now a team of “doodlers” and we’ve posted more than 2,000 different doodles on homepages worldwide. Do-It-Yourself ads In 2000, we introduced AdWords, a self-service program for creating online ad campaigns. Today our advertising solutions, which include display, mobile and video ads as well as the simple text ads we introduced more than a decade ago, help thousands of businesses grow and be successful. |
'Night Train' was a 2010 UK number one album for which band? | BBC - Music - Review of Keane - Night Train Andy Fyfe 2010 “Everybody’s changing, and I don’t feel the same,” Keane told us back in 2004 . Damn right. From Night Train’s ominous opening soundscape House Lights, this stop-gap mini-album marks new territory for the East Sussex trio. They’ve a rapper in tow for two tracks and a Japanese baile funk MC poppet for another (a cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra ’s Ishin Denshin), while Your Love features keyboardist/songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley’s first lead vocal. At just 31 minutes Night Train is as brief as it is startling. Well, startling to a Keane fan, but then we were hardly going to be in Sun Ra territory here, were we? Maybe it’s in the nature of how these tracks were recorded – time snatched at studios around the world while on tour – but there’s less constancy to Night Train than previous albums, even though it takes a lead from the 80s pop of 2008’s Perfect Symmetry . Your Love’s eye-watering keyboards has the band camped in Wang Chung ’s foothills, the Bond theme-in-waiting Back in Time and closing My Shadow are as expansive as ever yet stripped of the cloying sentimentality that so often sees Keane made into critical whipping boys, and Looking Back is (ahem) “inspired” by the Rocky theme. Most startling, however, is the appearance of a rapper on Stop for a Minute and Looking Back. This being Keane it’s the right-on and conscious Canadian protest poet K’Naan rather than anyone actually, you know, dangerous; but to their credit it’s not Chaplin rapping, which could only have led to a Robbie Williams-style cringe-fest. Over three albums Keane have never quite shaken the impression that they could run out of steam at any moment, amplified by the fragile nature of the school friends’ relationship in light of singer Tom Chaplin’s well-documented substance abuse. As a transitional release, however, Night Train points to an even bigger and brighter future: it mostly sounds like a band happy to enjoy the freedom of chalking up 10 million album sales, and everyone else can take a running jump. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence. If you choose to use this review on your site please link back to this page. Tracks 3 Stop for a Minute 4 Clear Skies 5 Ishin Denshin (You’ve Got to Help Yourself) 6 Your Love 8 My Shadow Clips taken from original discs may contain strong language. |
Sharing it with the surname of a well known football pundit, what is the SI unit of absorbed dose? | Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 31 - StateUniversity.com Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 31 gout - Signs and symptoms, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Stages of gout, Treatment, Diet, Suggestions for pain relief, Additional observations A disorder arising from a raised concentration of uric acid in the blood, which is deposited in the joints and soft tissues leading to recurrent acute attacks of arthritis, classically affecting the big toe, and accumulations of uric acid in the fingers, ear lobes, and kidneys. The cause is unknown, but affected individuals are typically overweight males. Gout (also called metabolic arthrit… Gouverneur Morris - Political career, Personal life and legacy, Sources US statesman and diplomat, born in Morrisania (now part of New York City), New York, USA. Fundamentally conservative, he nevertheless served as a New York delegate to the Continental Congress (17779) and supported the move for independence. Failing to be re-elected, he moved to Philadelphia where he became assistant superintendent of finances under Robert Morris (no relation) and helped plan the… Gozo - Geography, Connection to the Maltese 'Mainland', History, Ecclesiastical history, Sources and external links 36°00N 14°13E; pop (2000e) 28 000 (with Comino); area 67 km²/26 sq mi. Island in the Maltese group, often called the Isle of Calypso; 6 km/4 mi NW of the main island of Malta; coastline, 43 km/27 mi; chief town, Victoria (Rabat); largely given over to agriculture; prehistoric temples, Ta' Pinu church a centre of pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary. Gozo is an island of the Maltese… grace - Religion, Title, Names, Music, Other In Christianity, the free and unmerited assistance or favour or energy or saving presence of God in his dealings with humankind through Jesus Christ. The term has been understood in various ways, eg as prevenient (leading to sanctification), or actual (prompting good actions). Sacraments are recognized as a means of grace, but the manner of their operation and the extent to which humans co-ope… Grace (Anna) Coolidge - Reference US first lady (19239), born in Burlington, Vermont, USA. She taught at a school for deaf children before she married Calvin Coolidge in 1903. Socially active and a lively personality, she was a great asset to her taciturn husband. She was a popular first lady but suffered personally from the tragedy of the death of her younger son from blood poisoning. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January… Grace (Patricia) Kelly - Early life, Career, Life as Princess, Filmography, Trivia Film actress and princess, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, she acted in television and on Broadway, and made her film debut in 1951. Her short but highly successful film career as a coolly elegant beauty included such classics as the Western High Noon (1952), Rear Window (1954), The Country Girl (1954, Oscar), To Catch a Thief (1955)… Grace Abbott Social worker and activist, born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. She studied at the universities of Nebraska and Chicago, and in 1908 went to live at Chicago's Hull House to head the Immigrants' Protective League. A writer of forceful articles exposing the exploitation of immigrants, she also campaigned for child labour laws, and as director of the federal Children's Bureau (from 1919) she adminis… Grace Darling - Further Reading Heroine, born in Bamburgh, Northumberland, NE England, UK. She lived with her father, William (17951860), the lighthouse keeper on one of the Farne Islands. On 7 September 1838, she braved raging seas in an open rowing boat to rescue the survivors of the Forfarshire steamboat, which was stranded on one of the other islands in the group. Grace Darling (November 24, 1815–October 20, 1842)… Grace Hartigan - Bibliography Painter, born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Based in New York City until 1960, she then settled in Baltimore, MD. She was an abstract painter who focused on the human figure, as in River Bathers (1953), and also depicted urban landscapes, as seen |
The fashion designer Philip Treacy is best known for designing which item of clothing? | Philip Treacy Biography | Philip Treacy Designer | The g Hotel in Galway Philip Treacy Biography Design Director of The g Hotel 1966: Born in Ahascragh, a tiny village in County Galway in the West of Ireland. Philip lived with his parents, seven brothers and a sister across the road from the village church. “As a small child, I loved to watch the weddings there. They were the equivalent of fashion shows to me. The dresses that people wore, I couldn’t believe them, they were incredible. It seemed so glamorous to see these creatures appear in these extraordinary clothes, as we didn’t have much glamour where I come from.” 1972: “I started sewing when I was about five. I remember being with the teacher in school. The boys did woodwork or something, the girls were sewing and I thought: ‘Why can’t I do that?’ I asked the teacher and she said: ‘Okay.’ She was incredibly strict and, looking back, she could have just whacked me around the head. I started making dresses and hats for my sister’s dolls. My mother had chickens, geese, pheasants and ducks, so all the ingredients of the hat were in my house. My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I’d use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens. There was like five minutes to get it out. If my mother found me I would be in a lot of trouble. I used to make clothes for my sister’s dolls. I couldn’t care less for the dolls but I could make the clothes really easily. I was making bust points before I knew what bust points were. I remember being in a neighbour’s house and he said to my father: ‘Don’t you think it’s weird that this boy is making dresses for dolls?’ And my father said: ‘Whatever makes him happy.’ You have got to see where I come from to understand how profound that was.” 1985: Moved to Dublin to study fashion at the National College of Art & Design, where he made hats “as a hobby” to go with outfits he designed on the course. “Nobody really had much time for the hat because it was a fashion school, but there did come a point when I was more interested in making the hats than the outfits.” When the students had to arrange work experience, Philip chose to spend six weeks with Stephen Jones, the London hat designer. 1987: Video of Philip as a student from Ireland’s National Broadcasterhttp://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1862-before-fame/471750-early-designs-from-student-philip-treacy/ 1988: Won a place on the MA fashion design course at the Royal College of Art in London. “When I was interviewed I didn’t know whether to play down the hats or play up the hats, but they were thinking of setting up a hat course so I became their guinea pig. After one day there I said to my tutor Sheilagh Brown: “What should I do? Should I make hats or clothes?’ She said: ‘make hats.’ It was very practical, not a great revelation.” 1989: Philip took one of his hats to Michael Roberts, fashion director of Tatler magazine, and his style editor, Isabella Blow. “Our conversation that day was like twenty seconds and I thought nothing of it. A few weeks afterwards, the secretary at the college said: ‘Some Lady has been phoning up. She wants to know what your schedule‘s like for the next six months.’ I didn’t know what she was talking about, but it turned out to be Issie. Issie was getting married and had decided I was going to make a hat for her.” Having chosen a medieval theme for her wedding dress, Issie asked Philip to make an appropriate head dress. “I wanted to base the hat on a 1930’s play called The Miracle which Lady Diana Cooper was in. I suggested to Issy that maybe this would be good for the wedding. I couldn’t believe that I’d hit upon a person who didn’t expect tulle and veiling and pearls for her wedding hat.” 1990: Graduated from the Royal College with first class honours and set up a workshop in the basement of Issy and Detmar Blow’s house on Elizabeth Street Belgravia. “Issy was living upstairs with her resident hat maker in the basement working away all night lon |
'Sunny Side Up' was a 2010 UK number one album for which singer? | Paolo Nutini’s Sunny Side Up reaches huge sales milestone 29 October 2014 Paolo Nutini’s Sunny Side Up reaches huge sales milestone Singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini achieves a rare sales milestone in the UK with his second studio album. Twitter Paolo Nutini’s Sunny Side Up album has reached a rare sales milestone in the UK. The record, which hit Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart in June 2009, has now passed the landmark of 1.8 million copies sold in the UK. The feat means the LP now earns a prized 6x Platinum certification by the BPI – the trade body that represents the recorded music business and which also administers the UK’s iconic Platinum, Gold & Silver Certified Awards Scheme. The BPI’s Gennaro Castaldo said: “Sunny Side Up not only cemented Paolo’s reputation as a leading British talent of his generation, it also helped to propel him to international stardom. “Now well on its way to becoming a modern classic, with 6x Platinum status and nearly 2m sales in the UK alone, Sunny Side Up is one of those career-defining recordings that remains in permanent demand as new fans discover Paolo’s outstanding qualities as a singer-songwriter.” Since the album’s release just over five years ago, only eight artist albums that have come out since then have sold more copies in the UK than Sunny Side Up, including Adele’s 21, Michael Bublé’s Crazy Love, Take That’s Progress and Emeli Sandé’s Our Version of Events. |
Which internet company was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001? | History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Internet conquers the world, Wikipedia Wikipedia of Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger The old dream for a world encyclopedia of Paul Otlet and Herbert Wells from 1930s became possible in 1990s, after the rapid progress of Internet and World Wide Web. First known proposal for online Internet encyclopedia was made by the Internet enthusiast Rick Gates in October, 1993. Gates proposed in a message titled The Internet Encyclopedia, published in the Usenet newsgroup alt.internet.services, to collaboratively create an encyclopedia on the Internet, which would allow anyone to contribute by writing articles and submitting them to the central catalog of all encyclopedia pages. Later the term Interpedia was coined for this encyclopaedia, but the project never left the planning stages and finally died. Several years later, in 1999, the famous open-source activist Richard Stallman popularized his concept of an open source web-based online encyclopedia, but his idea also remained unrealized. The first working online encyclopedia became Wikipedia, launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. The founders used the concept and technology of a wiki devised in 1994 by the computer programmer Ward Cunningham. A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser, using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. A special wiki software has been created, which is often used to create collaborative websites. Jimmy Donal Wales was on born August 7, 1966, in Huntsville, Alabama. He received his bachelor's degree in finance from Auburn University and entered the Ph.D. finance program at the University of Alabama before leaving with a master's degree to enter the Ph.D. finance program at Indiana University. He taught at both universities during his postgraduate studies, but did not write the doctoral dissertation required for a Ph.D., something which he has ascribed to boredom. In 1994, rather than writing his doctoral dissertation, Wales took a job in a Chicago futures and options trading firm. By speculating on interest rate and foreign-currency fluctuations, he had soon earned enough to support himself and his wife for the rest of their lives. Wales was addicted to the Internet from an early stage and used to write computer code as a pastime. Inspired by the remarkable initial public offering of Netscape in 1995, he decided to become an internet entrepreneur, and in 1996 founded the web portal Bomis with two partners. The website featured user-generated webrings and for a time sold erotic photographs. It was something like a "guy-oriented search engine" with a market similar to that of a male magazine, and was positioned as the Playboy of the Internet. Bomis did not become successful, but in 2000 hosted and provided the initial funding for the Nupedia project. Wales began thinking about an open-content online encyclopedia built by volunteers in the fall of 1999, and in January 2000, he hired Sanger to oversee its development. The project, called Nupedia, officially went online in March, 2000. Nupedia was designed as a free content encyclopedia, whose articles were written by experts and intended to generate revenue from online ads. It was initially not based on the wiki concept, it was instead characterized by an extensive peer-review process, designed to make its articles of a quality comparable to that of professional encyclopedias. In 2001 Sanger brought the wiki concept to Wales and suggested it be applied to Nupedia and then, after some initial skepticism, Wales agreed to try it. Nupedia's however ceased operating in 2003, producing only 24 articles that completed its complex review process. In January 2001, Wales decided to switch to the GNU Free Documentation License at the urgings of Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation, and started the Wikipedia project, reserving Wikipedia.com and Wikipedia.org domain names. Initially Wikipedia (the word was devised by Sanger) was created as a side-project an |
Which ancient dog breed was originally bred in Siberia to assist in the herding of reindeer? | What Is the Oldest Breed of Dog? | 14 Ancient Dog Breeds | Pawsitively Pets Photo via Thomas Mueller Chinese Shar-Pei The Chinese Shar-Pei is known for his super wrinkly skin. The Shar-Pei was used on Chinese farms and performed a multitude of tasks. Guarding, catching rodents, herding, and tracking were all some of the skills that these dogs used back in ancient times. Apparently, the Chinese believed that these dogs would protect them from evil spirits. Today, they are characterized by being intelligent but often stubborn. The Chinese Shar-Pei was believed to protect from evil spirits. Photo via gomagoti Akita I've met a few Akitas in the past and I just have to say that they are huge! The breed originated from Japan which I didn't know until I started to research them. These dogs would track down animals like wild boar, deer, and even bears! They were also used as guard dogs in ancient times. The Akita was used to hunt bears. Photo via Alden Chadwick Afghan Hound The Afghan Hound originated in Afghanistan and the surrounding areas. They are sight hounds and keen hunters. They typically hunted rabbits and gazelles during ancient times. Afghan Hounds are now known for their long silky coats. Afghan hounds hunt by sight. Photo via Rafa Mora Arevalo Alaskan Malamute Alaskan Malamutes were bred for endurance. They were designed to be able to carry large and heavy things for long distances. They have lots of stamina. They are the largest and oldest of the Arcitic sled dogs. They are named after a native Innuit tribe - Mahlemuts. You'll notice that some of their cousins are also included on this list of ancient dog breeds. Alaskan Malamutes are larger than their cousins - the Siberian Husky. Photo via Randi Hausken Chow Chow The Chow Chow is a breed of dog that comes from China. In ancient times, Chow Chows were used for a number of tasks including hunting, herding, pulling, and protection. They made excellent guard dogs during ancient times. Chow Chows are known for their black pigmented tongues. Photo via Kevin Richardson Lhasa Apso I wonder is this breed was one of the first dogs considered by people as a "pet". The Lhasa Apso comes from the Himalayan Mountains where it's very cold. I guess that's why they have such nice long coats. They were used as guard dogs for Buddhist monasteries and in the homes of important Tibetan nobles. The Lhasa Apso guarded Tibetan nobles. Photo via tanakawho Pekingese These dogs may also have been considered more as pets than workers it seems. The Pekingese have a pretty interesting story behind them. Apparently, Pekingese was only allowed to be owned by royalty. If anyone tried to steal one of these royal dogs, the penalty was death! Only royalty were allowed to own Pekingese dogs. Photo via SD Dirk Samoyed The Samoyed was used for lots of different jobs during ancient times. The breed comes from Siberia where it was very cold. Hence the thick coat. The Samoyed breed was used as a reindeer herder, a hunter, sled puller, and a guard dog. They were highly valued dogs. The Samoyed was a versatile breed. Photo via The Kennel Club Shih Tzu The word Shih-Tzu means lion in Chinese. This breed was another treasured companion by the Chinese. They didn't really have any working duties. Today, they are considered one of the most popular pets in America! The Shih Tzu is one of the most popular breeds of dog in America. Photo via audrey_sel Siberian Husky The Siberian Husky is thought to have originated on the Siberian peninsula where it's very cold. They have very thick double coats. In ancient times, they were used as sled dogs. Siberian Huskies were used as sled dogs. Photo via Ritmo Tibetan Terrier These dogs are characterized by having fur that falls over their eyes. Well, there's actually a good reason for that! The hair that covers their eyes is a means of protection from the cold climate and elements of Tibet - the country that they originated in. Tibetan Terriers are not considered true terriers. They were considered the "Holy Dogs of Tibet" because they were raised by lamas in monasterie |
Umberto Boccioni and Carlo Carra are associated with which artistic movement founded by Filippo Marinetti in the early 20th century? | Umberto Boccioni Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story Web Services & Hosting by The Computer Studio | Designed by DesArtLab Futurism Futurism Futurism was the most influential Italian avant-garde movement of the twentieth century. Dedicated to the modern age, it celebrated speed, movement, machinery and violence. At first influenced by Neo-Impressionism, and later by Cubism, some of its members were also drawn to mass culture and nontraditional forms of art. Cubism Cubism Cubism was developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque between 1907-1911, and it continued to be highly influential long after its decline. This classic phase has two stages: 'Analytic', in which forms seem to be 'analyzed' and fragmented; and 'Synthetic', in which pre-existing materials such as newspaper and wood veneer are collaged to the surface of the canvas. Neo-impressionism Neo-impressionism Neo-Impressionism was an art movement founded by Georges Seurat in the 1880s. It brought a new and quasi-scientific approach to the Impressionists' interests in light and color, along with new approaches to the application of paint, sometimes in dots and dashes. Its followers were drawn to modern urban scenes as well as landscapes and seascapes. Symbolism Symbolism Symbolism is an artistic and literary movement that first emerged in France in the 1880s. In the visual arts it is often considered part of Post-Impressionism. It is characterized by an emphasis on the mystical, romantic and expressive, and often by the use of symbolic figures. Gino Severini Gino Severini Gino Severini was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. He was associated with neo-classicism and the pictorial return to order in the decade after the First World War. During his career he worked in a variety of media, including mosaic and fresco. Giacomo Balla Giacomo Balla Giacomo Balla was an Italian artist. Influenced by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Balla adopted the Futurist style, creating a pictorial depiction of light, movement and speed. He was signatory to the Futurist Manifesto in 1910. He also taught Umberto Boccioni. Divisionism Divisionism Divisionism was the characteristic style in Neo-Impressionist painting defined by the separation of colors into individual dots or patches which interacted optically. Georges Seurat founded the style and believed it achieved the maximum luminosity scientifically possible. Impressionism Impressionism A movement in painting that first surfaced in France in the 1860s, it sought new ways to describe effects of light and movement, often using rich colors. The Impressionists were drawn to modern life and often painted the city, but they also captured landscapes and scenes of middle-class leisure-taking in the suburbs. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was an Italian poet and editor, the founder of the Futurist movement and a fascist ideologue. He was the author of the Futurist Manifesto, which he wrote in 1908. In early 1918 he founded the Futurist Political Party. Georges Braque Georges Braque Georges Braque was a modern French painter who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed analytic Cubism and Cubist collage in the early twentieth century. Constantin Brancusi Constantin Brancusi Constantin Brancusi, a Romanian artist working in Paris, was one of the founders of modern sculpture. His abstracted animals, portrait busts, and totem-like figures revolutionized the traditional relationship between the sculpture and its base. Alexander Archipenko Alexander Archipenko Alexander Archipenko was a Ukrainian avant-garde sculptor and graphic artist, commonly considered among the early-twentieth century's leading practitioners of abstract and Cubist art. Throughout his years living and exhibiting in Moscow, Paris and Nice, Archipenko showed work alongside the likes of Malevich, Lissitzky, Derain, Braque and Picasso. His sculpture is also considered an important precursor to the Russian-led Cubo-Futurist movement. Raymond Duchamp-Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon Duchamp-Villon and |
Which actor portrays 'Freddie Krueger' in the 2010 remake of 'Nightmare On Elm Street'? | A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - 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 Nightmare on Elm Street ( 2010 ) R | From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC The spectre of a dead child rapist haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams. Director: a list of 27 titles created 06 Sep 2012 a list of 47 titles created 28 Jun 2013 a list of 45 titles created 07 Feb 2015 a list of 38 titles created 20 May 2015 a list of 22 titles created 5 months ago Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) 5.2/10 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. 2 wins & 11 nominations. See more awards » Videos A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions. Director: Marcus Nispel Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenage population. Except this time, they're out to get each other, too. Director: Ronny Yu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep. Director: Wes Craven Survivors of undead serial killer Freddy Krueger - who stalks his victims in their dreams - learn to take control of their own dreams in order to fight back. Director: Chuck Russell A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to continue his murder spree in the real world. Director: Jack Sholder Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may know the way to defeat him for good. Director: Renny Harlin Freddy Krueger returns once again to haunt both the dreams of Springwood's last surviving teenager and a woman with a deep connection to him. Director: Rachel Talalay The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world. Director: Stephen Hopkins A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world? Director: Wes Craven 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger. Director: Rob Zombie After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers. Director: Marcus Nispel Jason Voorhees returns with a new look, a new machete, and his same murderous attitude as he is awakened on a spaceship in the 25th century. Director: James Isaac Edit Storyline Death stalks the dreams of several young adults to claim its revenge on the killing of Freddy Kruger. Chased and chastised by this finger-bladed demon, it is the awakening of old memories and the denials of a past of retribution that spurns this hellish vision of a dreamlike state and turns death into a nightmare reality. Written by Cinema_Fan Welcome to Your New Nightmare. See more » Genres: Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, disturbing images, terror and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 30 April 2010 (USA) See more » Also Known As: A Nightmare on Elm Street 9 See more » Filming Locations: $32,902,299 (USA) (30 April 2010) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Kyle Gallner suffered a cut to his abdomen when the glove Jackie E |
Which ancient dog breed was originally bred in Tibet to act as sentinels in Buddhist monasteries? | Lhasa Apso small dog breed | Breeds of small dogs : best small dog breeds Breeds of small dogs : best small dog breeds List of small size dogs breeds: Information on small dogs breeds, we help you to find the right dog breed that make wonderful pets. Pages Lhasa Apso small dog breed The Lhasa Apso (lha-sah ap-so) is a non-sporting dog breed originating in Tibet. It was bred as an interior sentinel in the Buddhist monasteries, who alerted the monks to any intruders who entered. Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet and apso is a word in the Tibetan language meaning "bearded," so Lhasa Apso simply means "long-haired Tibetan dog." These can vary according to regions and types. Male Lhasa Apsos should ideally be 10.75 inches at the withers and weigh about 14-18 pounds, 6–8 kg. The females are slightly smaller, and weigh between 12-14 pounds, 5–7 kg. The breed standard requires dark brown eyes and a black nose, although liver coloured lhasas have a brown nose. The texture of the coat is heavy, straight, hard, neither woolly nor silky, and very dense. Colors include white, golden, rust and parti-colored with various shadings. Lhasas can be with or without dark tips at the end of ears and beard. The tail should be carried well over the dog's back. The breed standard currently used by the American Kennel Club was approved on July 11, 1978. Lhasas can change color as they get older, starting with a dark brown coat which gradually turns lighter. A movement called the Tibetan Line Breeding Programme exists, to breed preseve the original Tibetan Lhasa Apso. This movement is based on the premise that after 60 years of Western breeding, the breed is losing key characteristics of their original Lhasa ancestors still living in Tibet and Bhutan. Temperament Having been bred as an indoor monastery sentinel dog by Tibetan Buddhist monks, Lhasa Apsos are alert with a keen sense of hearing with a rich, sonorous bark that belies their size. The ideal Lhasa temperament is to be wary of strangers while being loyal to those closest to them. They rank 68th in Stanley Coren's The Intelligence of Dogs, being of fair working/obedience intelligence.[citation needed] Lhasa Apsos are independent as well as companion dogs who want to please their owners. Unique personality characteristics of Lhasa Apsos have gained them a reputation as being a very emotive breed that in some cases prove themselves to be completely fearless. They enjoy climbing hills and furniture, as well as burrowing into caves. Lhasa Apsos often show happiness by rubbing their head on their owners, rolling around, or sitting on their owner's feet. A Lhasa Apso responds to exercise and discipline with a calm assertive energy. These dogs require socialization with dogs and other people early as puppies and throughout their lives. They require patience but in return can be quite comical, entertaining and caring companions. They aim to please their owners and enjoy training. Owners must be able to be pack leaders or this breed can suffer from separation anxiety - the leader may leave but the followers are fine with being left for a reasonable amount of time. While their personality belies their size, they need a home that is mindful that there is a small quiet dog in the house to prevent injury. They enjoy vantage points in the house where they can view all that is going on. The Lhasa Apso is a loyal dog, who while not be a traditional lapdog, is a steadfast sweet, happy, active, assertive, adventurous little companion dog whose only desire is to be with and protect their owners. If properly trained early as soon as they are a puppy, the Lhasa Apso will come to appreciate bathing, hair combing and clipping, but they generally do not enjoy bathing or swimming as this is not part of their breed traits. The Lhasa Apso is a long-lived breed, with some living in good health into their early 20s. There are few health problems specific to the breed. Their vision may deteriorate with age but they are not sight-oriented dogs and they endure blindness with few noticeable changes in behavior. They |
Lawrence Atkinson and David Bomberg are associated with which artistic movement founded by Wyndam Lewis in the early 20th century? | Modern Art Movements Jackson Pollock This USPS stamp illustrates Pollock's drip technique. Abstract expressionism was an American post- World War II art movement . It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and also the one that put New York City at the center of the art world, a role formerly filled by Paris . The term was first applied to American art in 1946 by the critic Robert Coates . Technically, its most important predecessor is often said to be surrealism , with its emphasis on spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation. Jackson Pollock 's dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the floor is a technique that has its roots in the work of Max Ernst . The movement gets its name because it is seen as combining the emotional intensity and self-expression of the German Expressionists with the anti-figurative aesthetic of the European abstract schools such as Futurism , the Bauhaus and Synthetic Cubism . Additionally, it has an image of being rebellious, anarchic, highly idiosyncratic and, some feel, rather nihilistic. In practice, the term is applied to any number of artists working in New York who had quite different styles, and even applied to work which is not especially abstract nor expressionist. Pollock's energetic " action paintings ", with their "busy" feel, are very different both technically and aesthetically to the rather violent and grotesque Women series of Willem de Kooning (which is not particularly abstract) and to the serenely shimmering blocks of colour in Mark Rothko 's work (which does not seem particularly expressionist), yet all three are classified as abstract expressionists. That said, abstract expressionist paintings do tend to share certain definite characteristics, such as a fondness for large canvases, an emphasis on the canvas's inherent flatness, and an "all-over" approach, in which all areas of the canvas are treated with equal importance (as opposed to the center being of more interest than the edges, for example). As the first truly original school of painting in America, abstract expressionism demonstrated the vitality and creativity of the country in the post-war years, as well as its need (or ability) to develop an aesthetic sense that was not constrained by the European standards of beauty. Articles on two leading abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock (http://www.terraingallery.org/Jackson-Pollock-Ambition-DK.html) and Philip Guston (http://www.aestheticrealism.org/Philip_Guston/Philip_Guston.html), by American artist Dorothy Koppelman, relating their art to their lives from the Aesthetic Realism point of view, can be seen on the Terrain Gallery (http://www.terraingallery.org/Art-Talks-Archive.html) Web site. Canadian artist, Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002), helped introduce abstract impressionism to Paris in the 1950s. By the 1960s , the movement had lost most of its impact, and was no longer so influential. Movements which were direct responses to, and rebellions against, abstract expressionism had begun, such as pop art and minimalism . However, many painters who had produced abstract expressionist work continued to work in that style for many years afterwards extending and expanding its visual and philosophical implications . Abstract expressionism's main representatives were: William McGregor Paxton Art Deco Art Deco was a movement in decorative arts that also affected architecture , deriving its name from the World's fair held in Paris in 1925 , formally titled the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes , which showcased French luxury goods and reassured the world that Paris remained the international center of style. Art Deco did not originate with the Exposition; it was a major style in Europe from the early 1920s, though it did not catch on in the U.S. until about 1928, when it quickly modulated into the Moderne during the 1930s , the decade with which the concept of Art Deco is most strongly associated today. The term Art Deco was coined during the Exposition of 1925 but did not receive wider usage unti |
Which actor plays 'Mr. Han' - the new name for 'Mr. Miyagi' - in the 2010 remake of 'The Karate Kid'? | The Karate Kid (2010) - 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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master. Director: a list of 46 titles created 26 Dec 2010 a list of 21 titles created 29 Jan 2011 a list of 23 titles created 07 Sep 2011 a list of 22 titles created 11 Sep 2012 a list of 47 titles created 17 Apr 2014 Title: The Karate Kid (2010) 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. 5 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards » Videos A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager. Director: John G. Avildsen Daniel accompanies his mentor to Okinawa who is off to see his dying father and confront his old rival, while Daniel inadvertently makes an enemy of his own. Director: John G. Avildsen Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. Director: Brian Levant A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries. Director: Jon Turteltaub Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business. Director: John G. Avildsen A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc. Director: Shawn Levy Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Director: Jon Turteltaub Agent J needs help so he is sent to find Agent K and restore his memory. Director: Barry Sonnenfeld To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor beside his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, embarks on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days. Director: Frank Coraci In the near future, robot boxing is a top sport. A struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. Director: Shawn Levy Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake. Director: Shawn Levy Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two come back together. On the way he discovers France, bicycling, and true love, among other things. Director: Steve Bendelack Edit Storyline After his mother (Henson) accepts a job in China, teenager dre park (smith) is forced to move to the new country. He meets some friends, but loses all of them except for mei ying (Han), his new girlfriend, after getting attacked by a bully (wang). After almost being killed, he is rescued by therapist mr. Han (chan), who does much more than therapy. When dre has to fight his bully, Cheng, Han teaches him Kung fu, and now dre has to take bad matters into his own hands A Challenge He Never Imagined. A Teacher He Never Expected. Genres: Rated PG for bullying, martial arts action violence and some mild language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 11 June 2010 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Kung Fu Kid See more » Filming Locations: $55,665,805 (USA) (11 June 2010) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia At the very beginning of the movie, one of the markings on Dre's wall says 7/8/07-9th birthday. This is the actual 9th birthday of Jaden Smith , who plays Dre. See more » Goofs When Dre's jacket is on the ground before Mr. Han tells him to pick it up, the jacket is seen in many different places before the final shot. See more » Quotes Stills from the production of the film are shown alongside the c |
Which South African golfer won the 2010 Open Championship last month? | BBC Sport - Golf - 2010 Open: Oosthuizen cruises to victory at St Andrews 2010 Open: Oosthuizen cruises to victory at St Andrews FINAL ROUND LEADERBOARD (GB & Ire unless stated): -16 L Oosthuizen (SA) -9 L Westwood -8 R McIlroy, H Stenson (Swe), P Casey -7 R Goosen (SA) -6 R Rock, S O'Hair (USA), N Watney (USA), M Kaymer (Ger) The Open 2010: Day four highlights (UK only) By Rob Hodgetts BBC Sport at St Andrews South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen turned the Open Championship into a procession as he romped to a seven-stroke victory over Lee Westwood at St Andrews. The 27-year-old clinched his maiden major title with a composed display of front-running after taking the lead on Friday. Oosthuizen began the final day four strokes clear of Paul Casey and carded a 71 to finish 16 under around the Old Course. Westwood picked up two shots in a round of 70 to edge into second on nine under, with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (68), Sweden's Henrik Stenson (71) and England's Casey (75) in a tie for third on eight under. World number one Tiger Woods, who was aiming to win a third successive St Andrews Open, was unable to make up any ground and ended well adrift on three under after a level-par 72 that included double bogeys on the fourth and seventh. Oosthuizen had missed the cut in his previous three Open appearances, but he rarely looked troubled as he cruised to an unexpected victory. Open triumph yet to sink in for Oosthuizen "It's unbelievable," he told BBC Sport. "After the 12th it became a bit difficult to keep such a big lead and to remain calm and focused but I kept cool and calm the whole way. "I'm glad I had eight shots on 18! I think I cramped up a bit with the putter on 18 as well. "It was a battle for me to keep calm round this course. That was the biggest goal for me, to keep calm. It's probably going to hit me tomorrow or the week after what I did." Playing in the last group with Casey, Oosthuizen parred the first seven holes as the Englishman dropped a shot at the second before getting it back at the sixth. When the South African from Mossel Bay dragged his tee shot left on the short eighth and made a bogey, the gap was down to three. 606: DEBATE A great performance from Louis, he performed all week Baggios_Ponytail But Oosthuizen hit back immediately with an eagle at the driveable par-four ninth and with Casey only managing to make a birdie, the lead was back up to four. Oosthuizen forged to 17 under at the 12th as Casey made a triple bogey via the gorse bushes to slide to nine under and from then on the result was virtually a formality. Oosthuizen, ranked 54th in the world at the start of the week, won his first European Tour title at the Andalucia Open in March and had missed the cut in seven of his eight previous major appearances - including the 2009 Masters and US Open this year. He becomes the second South African to win the Open at St Andrews after Bobby Locke in 1957. He also joins Locke, Gary Player, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Trevor Immelman on the list of South African major winners. Consistency not enough for Westwood Westwood, the world number three, kept plugging away to make it a fourth top-three finish in the last five majors and improve on his third place at Turnberry in 2009. Sir Nick Faldo remains the last Englishman to win the Open - at Muirfield in 1992 - and the last to win any major - at the Masters in 1996. "I keep putting myself into contention in these majors and keep finishing in the top three. It's not to be sniffed at," said Westwood. "Hopefully one of these chances will turn into a trophy." The 21-year-old McIlroy, who led after round one with a stunning 63 before carding 80 in the fierce wind of day two, surged back up the field to demonstrate that St Andrews is a course he could win on in the future. The world number nine from Holywood matched his third place in last year's US PGA, and despite missing the cut at both the Masters and the US Open earlier this year, he has now had three top-10s in his seven major appearances as a professional. McIlroy rues poor second round "I couldn't h |
Which American Nobel Laureate wrote 'The Grapes Of Wrath' and 'East Of Eden'? | John Steinbeck - Biographical John Steinbeck The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 John Steinbeck Questions and Answers on John Steinbeck John Steinbeck (1902-1968), born in Salinas, California, came from a family of moderate means. He worked his way through college at Stanford University but never graduated. In 1925 he went to New York, where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance writer, but he failed and returned to California. After publishing some novels and short stories, Steinbeck first became widely known with Tortilla Flat (1935), a series of humorous stories about Monterey paisanos. Steinbeck's novels can all be classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labour, but there is also a streak of worship of the soil in his books, which does not always agree with his matter-of-fact sociological approach. After the rough and earthy humour of Tortilla Flat, he moved on to more serious fiction, often aggressive in its social criticism, to In Dubious Battle (1936), which deals with the strikes of the migratory fruit pickers on California plantations. This was followed by Of Mice and Men (1937), the story of the imbecile giant Lennie, and a series of admirable short stories collected in the volume The Long Valley (1938). In 1939 he published what is considered his best work, The Grapes of Wrath, the story of Oklahoma tenant farmers who, unable to earn a living from the land, moved to California where they became migratory workers. Among his later works should be mentioned East of Eden (1952), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), and Travels with Charley (1962), a travelogue in which Steinbeck wrote about his impressions during a three-month tour in a truck that led him through forty American states. He died in New York City in 1968. From Nobel Lectures , Literature 1901-1967, Editor Horst Frenz, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1969 This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel . It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures . To cite this document, always state the source as shown above. |
The Dove, Derwent, Erewash and Soar are all tributaries of which river, the third longest in the UK? | River Trent Facts for Kids | KidzSearch.com 1,018.35 m³ / s (35,963 cu ft / s ) 1230hrs on 8 November 2000 - highest discharge since 1 September 1958 The drainage basin of the River Trent --> The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England . It is the third longest river in the United Kingdom . It starts in Staffordshire . It flows through the centre of England until it joins the River Ouse to form the River Humber (estuary) which empties into the North Sea . The name "Trent" comes from a Celtic word possibly meaning "strongly flooding". More specifically, the name may be a contraction of two Celtic words, tros ("over") and hynt ("way"). [1] It is unusual amongst English rivers in that it flows north (for the second half of its route), and is also unusual in exhibiting a tidal bore , the "Aegir". The area drained by the river includes most of the northern Midlands. Contents |
How is 'Hanna Glawari' known in the title of an enormously popular Franz Lehar operetta of 1905? | Project MUSE - Arabella, Operetta, and the Triumph of Gemütlichkeit Arabella, Operetta, and the Triumph of Gemütlichkeit Micaela Baranello (bio) On July 26, 1928, Hugo von Hofmannsthal wrote to Richard Strauss regarding their work-in-progress, Arabella: As I try to think and feel with the public, with our contemporaries—for whom we are, after all, creating these things—I have a very good inkling . . . of what they would long for, of what would pluck from their joy-craving minds a storm of delight, far beyond the joy brought to them by Rosenkavalier. Not that I mean to say you should write like Lehár! You answered that once and for all years ago when you said to your wife in a Berlin restaurant, “I cannot write like him, for in a few bars of mine there is more music than in a whole Lehár operetta. . . .” Operetta might be made to yield up to this type of work its magic ring which conquers so completely the souls of an audience! 1 It has long been recognized that in Arabella Hofmannsthal and Strauss were trying to recapture some of that old Rosenkavalier magic, both to replicate the earlier work’s popularity and to revisit Hofmannsthal’s beloved myth of imperial Vienna. To that end, the librettist proposed to the composer that the opera would require simple music, music that would put voices and (his) words first—hardly the first time Hofmannsthal had made this plea to Strauss. Yet I would like to focus on another part of the appeal, one that has been comparatively ignored: the seeming non sequitur invocation of operetta composer Franz Lehár. When Hofmannsthal reached for a mode of theater that would give its audiences pleasure and achieve widespread popularity, he thought of operetta. He was aware of Strauss’s hostility to this idea and yet was unmistakably jealous of the rival composer’s “magic ring,” which captures an audience’s “souls” in a way that Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s recent collaborations (namely, Die Frau ohne Schatten and Die ägyptische Helena) had failed to do. Nor was Hofmannsthal’s reference incidental. The resulting work reveals a pervasive influence of operetta: in its setting, its dramaturgical structure, and its characterization. To an audience conversant in the operetta repertoire and conventions, Arabella is something very familiar. Yet while operetta had much to offer Hofmannsthal, Strauss wanted nothing to do with it. Perhaps Strauss saw in the wealthy and established Lehár—purveyor of kitsch—something too reminiscent of [End Page 199] the reception of his own recent career. Nonetheless, Strauss’s effusive score bears, for all his hostility, some similarities to the late works of Lehár. Strauss’s disdain is also widespread among scholars: operetta’s low cultural prestige has hampered its recognition as a stylistic signifier. A comparison to sentimental, middlebrow operetta is most often wielded as a negative value judgment and effectively an embargo against further investigation. As Marc Brooks recently wrote, “the scholarly consensus about Arabella is that it is a well-crafted and enjoyable rehash of Der Rosenkavalier (1911) and that little more needs to be said about it.” 2 A note of a resemblance to operetta, then, amounts to a proclamation that there is nothing more to know; indeed, Arabella has similarly been characterized as superficial and thus unworthy of consideration. The opera has been deemed saccharine, manipulative, and contrived: in short, a “sentimental period piece.” 3 As critic John Allison wrote in Opera, “Richard Strauss’s most romantic opera is far from his best-loved. You don’t need to read far to find Arabella receiving bad press.” 4 Seemingly a traditional, sentimental Viennese romantic comedy, the opera is considered to be beneath Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s level; in the words of Olin Downes following the American premiere, it is a “fishy tale of von Hofmannsthal’s [sic] singular contriving . . . filled out [by Strauss] with platitudes and conventions.” 5 Even according to self-proclaimed Straussian William Mann, it is “novelettish and pretty-pretty.” 6 Straussians have oft |
Which American Nobel Laureate wrote 'The Sound And The Fury' and 'As I Lay Dying'? | 1000+ images about William Faulkner on Pinterest | Literature, Novels and Paris The Sound and the Fury / William Faulkner. A masterpiece of American Southern literature -- a complicated and haunting novel about the four siblings in the Compson family. http://libcat.bentley.edu/record=b1359621~S0 See More |
The Lugg, Marteg, Monnow and Trothy are all tributaries of which river, the fifth longest in the UK? | River Wye is a beautiful river with great fishing River Wye. River Wye The River Wye or [afon gwn for our Welsh members,] is the fifth longest river in the in UK, stretching some 215 kilometres 134 miles from source to sea. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales. The Wye Valley is an Area of outstanding natural beauty . The Wye use to be considered one of the best Salmon rivers outside of Scotland, some of its tributaries include the river’s Lugg, Elan,Dulas, Irfon. Marteg, Monnow, Trothy Ithon and Llynfi all of these rivers are worth a closer look at in the future by River Angler. Wye The source of the River Wye is in the Welsh mountains at Plynlimon. [Hence it being in the Wales section] It flows through or past several towns and villages including Hay on wye through to Hereford, Ross on Wye, Symonds Yat, [a beautiful area for fishing] Monmouth, and along to the River Severn near Chepstow. The River Wye Has a run of salmon but in recent years these have been in decline so the Wye and Usk Foundation was set up to redress this issue and help to restore the spring salmon runs up the river , More recently with the surge in specialist fishing the river is noted for its Barbel fishing and we will take a closer look at the Game and Coarse fishing clubs along this truly beautiful river. Monmouth and district Angling Society have water on the wye and offer yearbooks and day tickets http://riverangler.co.uk/monmouth They have fishing both banks from Monmouth bridge 1220 yards downstream to the mouth of the river Trothy also river Trothy fishing with fly and worm for the Trout. Ross on Wye Angling Club has around 5 mile of fishing on the Wye for Salmon and coarse fish and offers yearly membership |
Which British golfer finished runner-up to Oosthuizen at this year's Open Championship? | British Open 2015: Ranking the Top 25 Golfers Ahead of the Open Championship | Bleacher Report British Open 2015: Ranking the Top 25 Golfers Ahead of the Open Championship By Ben Alberstadt , Featured Columnist Jul 12, 2015 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow LM Otero/Associated Press 7 Comments Whether you call it the British Open or The Open Championship, the season's third major is here. The world's best golfers are taking ocean liners across the sea to arrive at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. Wait, that was 75 years ago. They're all taking planes, many of them private, from all over the world. And a few gentlemen have a shorter commute: from within the United Kingdom. Regardless, the objective is the same: raise the Claret Jug at the Home of Golf . We considered three things in putting together a power ranking of the best players teeing it up at the Old Course: Average odds from 15 major sportsbooks (via Oddschecker) A player's Sagarin ranking (a measure of quality of play over the past year) A player's Official World Golf Ranking (a measure of quality of play over the past two years) These items were weighted with "average odds" getting the highest weight and evaluated alongside recent play and past British Open performance. With Rory McIlroy unfortunately out with an injured ankle, here are the top 25 golfers expected to take part in the British Open. Andrew Redington/Getty Images Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR): 34 Best of 2015: Lee Westwood has just one top-10 finish on the PGA Tour this season: a tie for ninth at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play. He's made nine of 11 cuts, however, and totaled seven top-25 finishes. Why He's Here: Unimpressive play recently and lackluster work on and around the greens at Chambers Bay drop the British Open veteran a few spots from where he might be otherwise. It's his vast experience on links-style courses that books his passage into this ranking. British Open History: Westwood has competed in the British Open 20 times. He's made 14 cuts. Most notably, he finished second at St. Andrews is 2010 and tied for third at Muirfield in 2013. Westy has totaled six top-25 finishes. Jessica Hill/Associated Press OWGR: 42 Best of 2015: His last time out, Francesco Molinari finished sixth at the French Open. On the PGA Tour, he's made 10 of 13 cuts. The Italian's best finish: a tie for third at the Memorial. Why He's Here: Molinari's comparatively better recent form earns him the edge over Westwood. While the tournament is not being played at the same venue this year as last, a top-20 finish in his most recent Open and a top 10 in his last start are encouraging signs. Plus, Molinari is a green-in-regulation machine, hitting 72.5 percent in regulation this year. British Open History: Molinari has made four of seven Open cuts. He tied for ninth at Muirfield in 2013 and tied for 15th at Royal Liverpool last year. LM Otero/Associated Press OWGR: 28 Best of 2015: Ian Poulter has missed just one cut in 13 starts on tour this season. His best finish came in March at the Honda Classic, where he finished tied for third. Poults has totaled four top-10 finishes and tied for 54th at the U.S. Open in his most recent start. Why He's Here: Poulter locks up the No. 22 spot on the strength of consistent play this season and a spate of decent showings at the season's third major. Poulter has the putter working this season ( 19th on tour, strokes gained: putting) too, which will serve him well at St. Andrews. British Open History: Englishman Ian Poulter has recorded 10 cuts made in 14 stats. He finished second in 2008 and tied for third in 2013. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images OWGR: 46 Best of 2015: In five starts on the European Tour this season, Shane Lowry hasn't missed a cut. Stateside, he's made seven of 10 cuts, including a ninth-place finish at the U.S. Open. Why He's Here: A better showing at last year's Open gets Lowry the look before Poulter as does his quality effort at Chambers Bay. While he's not brilliant statistically, you have to expect the Irishman to be comfortable on a lin |
Which city, known for its manufacture of swords and knives, is the capital of the Spanish region of Castile-La- Mancha? | CASTILLA - LA MANCHA by All About Spain Capital: Toledo Provinces: Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo Castilla-La Mancha, located at the very center of the Iberian peninsula, is dominated by an extense tableland, although there are mountainous landscapes too. Of major interest to the visitor are of course the monumental cities and towns of great historical importance, like Toledo, the enchanting Cuenca and Albacete, but one should take as well several interesting alternative routes into consideration, among them: Ruta de los Pueblos Negros ("Route of the Black Villages"), having their name from the use of slate in their traditional architecture, the "Route of the Saffron Fields", "Route of the Castles", and the "Route of Don Quijote", named after Cervante's legendary "Man from La Mancha". Still today you will see many of those characteristical windmills Don Quijote was fighting with in all the land. Traditional gastronomy is simple but tasteful, with stews, game, sausages and the famous Manchego cheese. The region's excellent wines are a perfect match. Artisany is varied, from ceramics and embroiderings to the famous Swords of Toledo and Knives of Albacete. The Cities: Cuenca This enchanting medieval city, declared Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO, is surrounded by landscapes of incredible beauty. Among the town's most remarkable sights are the famous "Hanging Houses", the Gothic cathedral and the Museum of Abstract Art. In its surroundings there are several fantastic natural preserves, among them Ciudad Encantada, the "enchanted city", where erosion has created most bizarre forms. Guadalajara Major attractions are the Mudejar style church Santa Maria la Mayor, the 15th century palace Duque del Infantado, the Moorish town-walls and bridge over Henares river, from 10th century. In the province of Guadalajara the medieval town Siguenza , with its great fortress and cathedral, is worth a visit. This city is marked by the history of Don Quijote who is said to have fought against the windmills at the nearby Campo de Criptana. The nearby Lagunas de Ruidera, consisting of 17 lagoons, offer splendid landscapes. |
Which Belorusian-born artist designed the scenery and costumes for Stravinsky's 'The Firebird'? | Noel Taylor, Costume Designer, Dies at 97 - The New York Times The New York Times Art & Design |Noel Taylor, Creator of Costumes for Stage, Dies at 97 Search Continue reading the main story Almost two-thirds of a century before he died, on Nov. 4, Noel Taylor, then a young artist, faced a tough audition: Marc Chagall would judge his work. The occasion was a landmark 1945 production of Stravinsky’s “Firebird” at the Metropolitan Opera House, for which Chagall created the look, from scenery to props to costumes. Chagall, declining to pick up his own brushes and palette, was looking for someone else to paint his vision. Mr. Taylor’s audition was to transform a Chagall sketch into a four- by six-foot painting. He returned in 45 minutes with a filled canvas. “Fire everybody in that room!” Chagall exclaimed, by Mr. Taylor’s account. “This boy’s going to paint the whole ballet.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story The work for Chagall boosted his career. He had already acted with the Lunts as a teenager, produced a play on Broadway, studied painting in Europe (after dropping out of school at 16) and begun to work in costume design. But now he was pursued by theater royalty, including Eva Le Gallienne, the actress, producer and director. Impressed with his artistry, she asked him to design costumes for her blockbuster 1947 production of “Alice in Wonderland.” Photo Credit Wally Fong/ Associated Press Mr. Taylor made 140 costumes in two weeks, with no assistants. The effect, The New York Times said, was “a living panorama” of the drawings of John Tenniel that had become almost as famous as the Lewis Carroll classics they illustrated. He would go on to create costumes for more than 100 stage shows, including more than 70 on Broadway. His work in movies and television was even more extensive. Gloria Swanson, Kirk Douglas, Bette Davis, Rosalind Russell and Elizabeth Taylor all wore his designs. Rachel Stanley, interim executive director of the Costume Designers Guild, has a rendering of one of Mr. Taylor’s designs for Katharine Hepburn on her wall. “He was an extraordinarily talented designer,” she said. Mr. Taylor was 97 when he died in Los Angeles. His death was confirmed by Marshall C. Taylor Jr., his nephew and his only survivor. For years it was one play after another for Mr. Taylor. His grim costumes for prisoners of war in “Stalag 17” (1951-52) seemed pitch perfect to the critics. Then came “Dial M for Murder” (1952-53) and “The Teahouse of the August Moon” (1953-56), for which he dipped cloth in bathtubs filled with various dyes to achieve what he considered Asian color combinations. He also created costumes for the original Broadway productions of “No Time for Sergeants,” “The Night of the Iguana,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “What Makes Sammy Run?” Advertisement Continue reading the main story He designed for movies but achieved more success in television, where his costumes for the 1953 production of “Hamlet” for “Hallmark Hall of Fame” helped bring theatrical standards to the small screen. He designed for the Hallmark series for 17 years. Photo From left, John Beal, Eli Wallach and Mariko Niki in “The Teahouse of the August Moon” with costumes by Noel Taylor. Credit Eileen Darby Mr. Taylor was nominated for four Emmys and won one, for PBS’s “Actor: The Paul Muni Story” in 1978. The designers guild gave him a lifetime achievement award in 2004 for his contributions to television. Julie Harris asked Mr. Taylor to accompany her to receive her own lifetime achievement award at the Kennedy Center in 2005. She wore a Taylor dress, just as she did in more than a dozen plays. Ms. Hepburn, notoriously persnickety about what she wore, called Mr. Taylor the best designer she had ever worked with. Harold Alexander Taylor Jr. was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on Jan. 17, 1913. His father was a stockbroker, his mother a painter. Harold later made a nickname, Noel, his legal name. The family moved to Paris for two years when he was 7. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Pl |
Elected in 2006, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is the female President of which country? | Africa's first female president - World news - Africa | NBC News Advertise Two U.S. Navy warships were visible offshore for the first time since the war ended in 2003, a rare show of support also meant to protect two high-profile American guests, first lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Security was tight, with armed U.N. peacekeepers surveying the scene with binoculars from atop surrounding buildings. The U.N. redeployed 500 peacekeepers previously stationed outside the capital to strategic points in Monrovia and the international airport. Taylor legacy Sirleaf will serve a six-year term as head of Africa's oldest republic, founded by freed American slaves in 1847. The country has known little but war, however, since a rebel group led by Charles Taylor plunged the country into chaos, invading from neighboring Ivory Coast in 1989. Taylor became president in 1997 but stepped down and was exiled to Nigeria as part of the 2003 peace deal brokered as rebels pressed on the capital. He is now wanted on war crimes charges by a U.N.-backed war crimes court in Sierra Leone for his role in backing a brutal rebel group during that country's 1991-2002 civil war. On a flight to Monrovia early Monday, Rice told reporters Taylor "is through raping and pillaging this country, and the Liberian people are trying to look forward." Nigeria has refused to hand Taylor over to the court and Sirleaf has said only that she would consult with regional leaders regarding Taylor's future. Rice said she's confident Sirleaf will work to hand Taylor over to the Sierra Leone court. Rich in diamonds, iron ore and timber, Liberia was relatively prosperous and peaceful until a 1980 coup saw illiterate Master Sgt. Samuel Doe seize power and order Cabinet ministers tied to poles in their underwear and executed. Harvard-educated Sirleaf was finance minister at the time, but was spared, she told The Associated Press in a recent interview, "by the grace of God." Twice imprisoned in the 1980s by Doe's junta, Sirleaf fled into exile. When Taylor launched a rebel invasion in 1989, Sirleaf briefly supported him — a move that still draws criticism today. The war saw children as young as 10 take up arms. Fighting uprooted half the country's three million people and killed 200,000. Challenges ahead for ‘Iron Lady’ A truce paved the way for presidential elections in 1997 that Sirleaf lost to Taylor. The brazen bid earned her the nickname "Iron Lady." After another rebel war forced Taylor from power in 2003, Sirleaf ran for president again, this time winning a heated November run-off buoyed by a resume that included senior jobs at Citibank, the U.N. and the World Bank. Her soccer star rival, George Weah, was backed by ex-rebel leaders and many ex-combatants. Sirleaf inherits a nation in tatters. The capital has no running water or electricity, and unemployment is an astounding 80 percent. Reflecting how slowly economic wheels are turning, the annual budget is a mere $80 million. Annual donor aid is three-and-a-half times that. Sirleaf says her top priorities include stamping out corruption, getting electricity in the capital and assuring a future for 100,000 ex-combatants who laid down arms last year, many of whom are prowling the streets, unemployed. © 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
Which Latvian-born artist painted 'The Seagram Murals'? | How Rothko's Seagram murals found their way to London | Global | The Guardian Share on Messenger Close Mark Rothko was found on the morning of February 25 1970, lying dead in a wine-dark sea of his own blood. He had cut very deep into his arms at the elbow, and the pool emanating from him on the floor of his studio measured 8ft x 6ft. That is, it was on the scale of his paintings. It was, to borrow the art critical language of the time, a colour field. New York had a charge sheet a mile long by that time when it came to killing artists, especially painters of Rothko's generation - the abstract expressionists, the epic and baffling, rhetorical and silent, introspective and dazzling movement whose intensity and originality made Manhattan the capital of modernism in the middle of the 20th century. Suicide had already taken Arshile Gorky in 1948. Jackson Pollock was killed in a possibly suicidal drunken car crash in 1956. Another dubiously accidental car crash saw to the sculptor David Smith in 1965. Rothko looked like one of the survivors, and was even insidiously caricatured as a careerist, a bit of a fraud, who had turned the rigour and extremism of abstract expressionist painting into something luscious, colourful, decorative and profitable - until that morning in 1970. Rothko's death changed everything. It transformed the meaning of his work, gave every encounter with his painting a terrible gravity. It fooled the cursory eye, putting Rothko's motivation so apparently on the surface, so visibly in the public domain, that it made it hard ever to think about him again with any subtlety. His death also ensured that a puzzle at the heart of his painting would never be solved. For Rothko's contract with society was not torn up that day in 1970, but a decade earlier, in 1959. That was when Rothko suddenly and unexpectedly repudiated his agreement to provide 600 square feet of paintings for the most exclusive room in the new Four Seasons restaurant at the Seagram Building in New York - the most prestigious public commission that had ever been awarded to an abstract expressionist painter, a tremendously lucrative and enviable chance to take his work to new heights of ambition. Jackson Pollock had attained the freedom and grace of his dripped and flung paintings for just a few years, when he was newly married and off the bottle, until one day he started drinking again and was set on a spiral of destruction. Rothko's crisis over the Seagram murals was comparable. It was his finest moment, and yet also the end of his uneasy truce with success, happiness and America. Afterwards, his life and art unravelled - the life disastrously, the art with a terrible beauty, becoming ever more open in its dealings with death. The enigma of Rothko's Four Seasons murals is especially urgent for us, the British art public, because we have accidentally ended up as Rothko's heirs. There are not many bona fide masterpieces of modern painting in Britain. Especially, we don't have many great paintings by the abstract expressionists - with a glorious exception. In the late 1960s, Rothko gave nine of the paintings that he had intended for the Four Seasons to the Tate, as a gift - "a princely gesture", as Norman Reid, then director of the Tate, told him. It took a lot of negotiation, Rothko insisting on a permanent, exclusive room for his paintings and resisting any attempt to mix these bleak murals with more accessible examples of his work. The Rothko murals at Tate Modern are lovely in their oppression, erotic in their cruelty. These are paintings that seem to exist on the skin inside an eyelid. They are what you imagine might be the last lights, the final flickers of colour that register in a mind closing down. Or at the end of the world. "Apocalyptic wallpaper" was a phrase thrown at Rothko's kind of painting as an insult. It is simply a description; the apocalypse is readable in these paintings like a pattern in wallpaper - abstract, pleasurable horror. And yet, sitting in the low-lit, grey-walled room where - controversially - the Tate Modern crowds |
Elected in 2007, Cristina Kirchner is the female President of which country? | Argentina's first lady makes history with presidential win | World news | The Guardian Share on Messenger Close Argentina has its first elected woman president: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will take over from her husband after winning yesterday's election. With results announced at more than 96% of polling stations, the first lady - wife of President Néstor Kirchner - had about 45% of the vote, compared with 23% for her chief rival, Elisa Carrió, and 17% for the former economy minister Roberto Lavagna. Mrs Kirchner now has an unassailable lead and is due to be officially confirmed as Argentina's first elected female head of state. "We have won amply," she said. "But this, far from putting us in a position of privilege, puts us instead in a position of greater responsibilities and obligations." She also claimed some credit for the economic progress made during her husband's presidency after the economic crisis of 2001, when the economy grew by 50% and unemployment halved. "We have repositioned the country, fought poverty and unemployment, all these tragedies that have hit Argentines." Ms Carrió has already conceded defeat. In a broadcast speech she said: "We congratulate and recognise her victory." However, her spokesman said seven parties had made an official complaint alleging missing or stolen ballots. One representative of the ruling party was arrested on suspicion of trying to vote twice. Mrs Kirchner, a former lawyer, is expected to maintain leftwing populist economic policies, such as price controls, and to inject glamour and energy into Argentine diplomacy. Her husband, dour and proudly provincial, loathed foreign trips, but was feted at home for overseeing the economic recovery. One challenge will be to maintain good relations with President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, who has poured billions of dollars into Argentina's economy, while improving ties with Washington. Mr Cháavez telephoned Mrs Kirchner last night to congratulate her. "This is a triumph of the women of Latin America, because women are going to save the world," he said, according to Venezuela's state-run Bolivarian News Agency. Kirchner supporters did not wait for the official results. The campaign headquarters on the 17th floor of the Intercontinental hotel in Buenos Aires soon turned into a party. Drummers bussed in from Bajo Flores, a poor district of the city, gathered on the street outside for what promised to be a night-long fiesta. Yesterday's victory sealed a remarkable pact between the first couple. Mr Kirchner would almost certainly have won a second term after delivering rapid growth and populist policies, which most Argentines want to continue. Instead, he stepped down in favour of his wife and mobilised the Peronist machine - and state resources - behind her candidacy. There is speculation that he may run again after her term, perpetuating a Kirchner dynasty. "The president chose her because she's the best candidate," said Felipe Martinez, 39, one of the revellers outside the Kirchner headquarters. "Today we've seen that the people have put their confidence in her. We expect her to continue in the same path." Mr Martinez was dressed as a penguin in honour of the first couple's Patagonian power base. Mr Kirchner's nickname is the Penguin. The couple's success has been dubbed March of the Penguins. The first lady, who is a 54-year-old mother of two and veteran politician in her own right, has been compared with Eva Perón and Hillary Clinton. Unlike the US Democrats' frontrunner, however, she has not had to campaign hard, debate with rivals or spell out policies on inflation, crime and a looming energy crisis - serious problems that could quickly sour her presidency. With her victory seemingly inevitable in a crowded field of 13 rivals, Mrs Kirchner's campaign had the aura of a coronation. She shunned debates with rivals, largely ignored the media and held few rallies. "We don't know what plans she has. She hasn't said anything," Mr Lavagna said earlier. The country's 27.1 million registered voters were obliged to vote, ensuring a good tur |
Which city, known for its bull run, is the capital of the Spanish region of Navarre? | Pamplona Spain Travel Guide and Tourist Information | Spanish Fiestas Tweet The city of Pamplona in northern Spain is the capital of the autonomous region of Navarra. It is a historic destination best known for its bullrunning festival which takes place every July. It is also the first Spanish city on the French Way of the Camino de Santiago pilgrim’s route which runs from St Jean Pied de Port in France via Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. The city became famous for many people thanks to the writings of Ernest Hemingway whose 1926 novel ‘The Sun Also Rises’ described his time at the the San Fermin fiestas. PAMPLONA TRAVEL GUIDE – CONTENTS: You can search for a full selection of Pamplona Hotels at Booking.com . Budget Hostels: There’s an impressive range of accommodation in and around the Casco Antiguo including a number of budget options. below are listed a few recommendations but do bear in mind that advance bookings are essential if you plan on visiting during the fiestas: Hostel Hemingway (C/ de Amaya, 26): This friendly hostel is located in the heart of Pamplona. It has a selection of small dormitories, a shared kitchen and public areas. Aloha Hostel (C/ de Sangüesa, 2-1º): This centrally located property has a selection of dormitory rooms and a shared outdoor area which is popular with guests. Hostel Casa Ibarrola (C/ Carmen, 31): This is a popular option amongst budget travellers where you sleep in Japanese-style bunks. Clean and comfortable. For a full range of budget accommodation including hostels with private rooms take a look at Pamplona Hostels at Booking.com . Apartments: If you’re interested in renting a self-catering apartment for your stay then take a look at the Airbnb.com website where individual owners rent out rooms or their full property. There are over 400 places currently on offer in Pamplona with prices rocketing during the San Fermín fiestas. Camping: Open all year round, the excellent Camping Ezcaba is just 7km from the city. The place is pretty hectic during the fiestas when pre-booking is essential but for much of the rest of the time it’s a relaxing place from which to discover the region. Main Tourist Attractions Whilst the city of Pamplona is synonymous worldwide with its bull-running festival there are plenty more reasons to pay it a visit. Here are some of the main sights: Casco Viejo: The Old Town of Pamplona was once protected on all sides by the ancient city walls. Today it is the historic centre where you will spend most of your time as it is home to the majority of Pamplona’s main tourist attractions including the Cathedral (Catedral de Santa María la Real), Castle Square (Plaza del Castillo), the Town Hall (Casa Consistorial) and Calle Estafeta which is the main street which the bulls run along during the San Fermin fiestas. In addition the Old Town is packed with traditional bars and restaurants. Bandstand in Plaza del Castillo – Photo Credit: CC Mario Sánchez Prada Pamplona Cathedral : The city’s most important religious building is its 14th century Gothic Cathedral which took 130 years to build. It is officially known as La Catedral de Santa María la Real de Pamplona. As well as serving as a functioning Cathedral it houses a vast collection of art and historical artefacts. It is also home to the mausoleum of King Charles III (Carlos III) who as King of Navarre married Eleanor of Castile in 1375 to end conflict with Castile. He is also important in the city’s history for unifying its boroughs in 1423 after centuries of strife between them. The crypt beneath the Cathedral holds the remains of all the Kings of Navarre since 1134 but isn’t open to visitors. The Cathedral’s Museum of Religious Art (Museo Catedralicio Diocesano de Pamplona) at the entrance to the Cathedral is one of the city’s most important museums and is well worth a visit. Plaza del Castillo: Over the centuries this historic square has served as the city’s civic centre, hosting all kinds of celebrations, markets and even bullfights. Today it continues this role as the beating hear |
In which city do the baseball team known as the 'Astros' play their home games? | Houston Astros on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games Houston Astros Shooting Stars The Coca-Cola Shooting Stars The Coca Cola Shooting Stars have quickly become Houston fan favorites during Astros home games at Minute Maid Park. Since the squad's debut in 2014, the Shooting Stars have brought energy and excitement to Astros games. Whether tossing souvenirs to fans, dancing on the Houston Chronicle Altuve writes letter to his future self Caption Close Jose Altuve wrote a letter to his future self as part of a New Balance ad campaign. Altuve, who signed with New Balance last year, joined the company's athletes across all sports in a campaign that highlights how the goals and values of athletes drive their decisions and guide their Mercury News Cooperstown class to be announced by Baseball Hall of Fame When the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2017 is announced Wednesday, the glory is most likely to be bestowed on Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell, according to publicly revealed ballots tracked by Ryan Thibodaux, whose findings can be found at www.bbhoftracker.com. The public votes represent nearly 47 percent |
Which Italian city was rules by the Visconti family between 1277 and 1477? | Italian City-States of Venice, Milan, Florence and Genoa (13th - 15th c.) - Medieval Times Home > Medieval Europe (13th to 15th c.) > Italian City-States of Venice, Milan, Florence and Genoa (13th – 15th c.) 27 Jul Italian City-States of Venice, Milan, Florence and Genoa (13th – 15th c.) Northern Italy at the beginning of the 13th century was dominated by the city-states of Venice, Milan, Florence and Genoa which competed with each other for supremacy. The history of north Italian city-states in the 13th century was also marked by the political division into two opposing fractions: Guelphs and Ghibellines who supported, respectively, the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire. The Visconti family established itself as a ruling dynasty in Milan by the end of the 13th century. The Visconti rule in Milan started with the archbishop Ottone Visconti who defeated the rival Della Torre family and was recognized as Signore, the lord of the city in 1277. History of Milan under the Visconti family (from 1277 to 1477) was characterized by territorial expansion which reached its zenith with the conquest of Verona and Padua in 1387/1388 by Signore Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1385-1402). Gian Galeazzo established his influence over Tuscany and received the title Duke of Milan from Wenceslaus, King of the Romans in 1395. Filippo Maria Visconti (1412-1447) who succeeded his brother Gian Maria Visconti after his assassination in 1412 continued his predecessor’s policy and started a war against Venice and Florence. Francesco Sforza Filippo Maria Visconti died without a male heir in 1447 and was succeeded by Francesco I Sforza (1450-1466), husband of Gian Maria’s daughter and heiress Bianca Maria. Francesco Sforza established friendly relations with other northern Italian cities and ended the war with Venice. He signed the Peace of Lodi which confirmed him as Duke of Milan and restored Venice’s territories in Northern Italy including Brescia and Bergamo. The Peace of Lodi also created a balance of power among Venice, Milan, Naples, Florence and the Papal States until 1494 when France under Charles VIII interfered in Italian affairs and provoked the Italian Wars (1494-1559). Venice reached its zenith after the Fourth Crusade and extended its domain to Istria, coast of Dalmatia, southern Adriatic, Ionian islands and Aegean islands including Crete. Venice became the leading European sea power by the end of the 14th century and captured most part of the Duchy of Milan after the death of the last male in line of the House of Visconti in 1447. Next to Venice and Milan, the city-states of Genoa, Pisa, Lucca, Siena and Florence played an important role at the beginning of the 13th century as well. Pisa was about to became one of the most powerful Mediterranean trade powers when it captured Corsica and Sardinia from the Saracens in the first half of the 11th century. However, it became inferior to other northern Italian city-states after the defeat against Genoese fleet in the Battle of Meloria in 1284. Genoa gained Corsica and superiority in the western Mediterranean trade but the Genoese were decisively defeated by Venice in 1381. History of Florence in the 13th century was marked by internal strife between the Guelphs and Ghibellines who fought for control over the city. Guelphs defeated the Ghibellines by the end of 13th century but they split into two warring fractions: the Whites and the Blacks that were led, respectively, by Vieri de’ Cerchi and Corso Donati. The war between the Whites and the Blacks resulted in the defeat and expulsion of the Whites Guelphs (including Dante Alighieri). However, the political disturbances did not hinder the rise of Florence as one of the most powerful cities in Medieval Europe. Lorenzo de Medici Florence reached its height under the Medici family which assumed power in 1434 when Cosmo de’ Medici or Cosimo the Elder (1434-1464) overthrown the Albizzi family (1382-1434) and became the gran maestro, an unofficial head of Florence. Cosimo was after his death succeeded by his son Piero (1464-1469) who was succeeded by Lore |
In which Irish mountain range does the River Liffey rise? | Rivers of Ireland | Look Around Ireland Rivers of Ireland Rivers of Ireland The rivers of Ireland are one of the most intriguing elements of the landscape. In proportion to the size of the island of Ireland, there exists a huge amount of rivers and river kilometres. The River Shannon is the longest in the British Isles. Apart from the 10 longest rivers listed below, there are shorter but significant rivers of great importance to the towns and cities they pass through or where they enter the sea. Some of these would include the River Lagan, which exits through Belfast, the River Foyle, which forms a very wide expanse of water as it exits through Derry City. The Avonmore and Avonbeg Rivers form the famous Meeting of the Waters joining as the River Avoca and then enter the Irish Sea at the busy port of Arklow in County Wicklow . 10 Longest Rivers of Ireland River Shannon 386km The Avoca The River Avoca is somewhat unusual as it begins as two separate rivers, the Avonmore (in Irish, Abhainn Mhór, meaning “large river”) and the Avonbeg (Abhainn Bheag, meaning “small river”). These two rivers converge to form the Avoca. This happens at the “ Meeting of the Waters ”, a place of incredible scenic beauty.The river itself is located in the county of Wicklow and enters the sea at Arklow. It flows through the Irish village also named Avoca which is the setting for the BBC series “Ballykissangel”. Despite its amazing natural beauty, major concerns have arisen in recent years concerning pollution of the river. The Bandon The Bandon is a river located in Co. Cork . It rises in the Shehy Mountains in the west of the county and flows eastward through Dunmanway, Balineen, Enniskeane, Bandon and Inishannon to Kinsale Harbour. The river is a good fishing area and has an estimated catch of 1300 salmon and a similar catch of sea-trout per year. The Bann The Bann is the longest river in Northern Ireland , stretching a total of 129 kilometres from the Mourne Mountains in County Down to the northern coast of Ireland, entering the Atlantic Ocean at Portstewart. The Bann is unusual as it flows into the very large Lough Neagh at Bannfoot, Co. Armagh before continuing its journey northward. The has led to the River Bann being divided into two rivers; the Upper Bann which lies to the south of Lough Neagh and the Lower Bann which lies to the north. Numerous activities take place along the Bann, including cruises, canoeing, rowing, waterskiing, angling and several others. The Barrow The Barrow is one of the “Three Sisters” rivers which are comprised of the Nore, the Suir and the Barrow. All three rise in the same mountainous area of Tipperary and flow in a southerly direction. It is 192 kilometres in length (the second longest in Ireland) and enters the Atlantic Ocean at Waterford. It also links with the Grand Canal at Athy, which connects Dublin with the Shannon in the west. The Barrow also passes through the town of New Ross in Co. Wexford where the replica famine ship “ The Dunbrody ” can be seen. The Boyne The River Boyne, one of the more well-known Irish rivers, has its source near Edenderry, Co. Offaly . It is approximately 112 kilometres in length and enters the Irish Sea at Drogheda. The River Boyne is a highly popular fishing area, particularly for trout and salmon fishing, and also boasts many beautiful scenic views along its course. However, the Boyne is most renowned for its prominence in Irish history and folklore. The Battle of the Boyne took place in 1690 near Drogheda along the banks of the river and would be considered one of the most famous battles in Irish history. Steeped in Celtic mythology, the River Boyne is also believed to be the location of “ The Salmon of Knowledge ”, an ancient Irish legend. The Corrib The River Corrib is located in Co. Galway and is one of Ireland’s shortest rivers, a mere 6 kilometres in length. Despite this, it is quite well-known as it flows through the heart of Galway City after travelling the short distance from Lough Corrib where it rises. The Corrib is also one of |
Which chemist discovered oxygen in 1774, calling it 'dephlogisticated air'? | The Discovery of Oxygen The Discovery of Oxygen Zuse Konrad Who Discovered Oxygen? Everyone needs oxygen to survive � man and animals alike. Furthermore, oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe and makes up nearly 21% of the earth's atmosphere. Oxygen accounts for nearly half of the mass of the earth's crust, two thirds of the mass of the human body and nine tenths of the mass of water. In this page we will try to outline the path to the discovery of this important substance. Oxygen was discovered for the first time by a Swedish Chemist, Carl Wilhelm Scheele , in 1772. Joseph Priestly , an English chemist, independently, discovered oxygen in 1774 and published his findings the same year, three years before Scheele published. Antoine Lavoisier , a French chemist, also discovered oxygen in 1775, was the first to recognize it as an element, and coined its name "oxygen" - which comes from a Greek word that means �acid-former�. There is a historic dispute about who discovered oxygen. Most credit Priestly alone or Both Priestly and Scheele. To learn more about this dispute go to the link section, at the bottom of this page. Famous Experiments Oxygen from Minerals In 1772, Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered that red-hot manganese oxide produces a gas. He called the gas "fire air" because of the brilliant sparks it produced when it came in contact with hot charcoal dust. He repeated this experiment by heating potassium nitrate, mercury oxide, and many other materials and produced the same gas. He collected the gas in pure form using a small bag. He explained the properties of �fire air� using the phlogiston theory, which was soon discredited by Lavoisier. He carefully recorded his experiments in his notes, but waited several years before publishing them. In 1774, Priestley repeated Scheele�s experiments using a 12-inch-wide glass "burning lens", he focused sunlight on a lump of reddish mercuric oxide in an inverted glass container. The gas emitted, he found, was "five or six times as good as common air." (1) In succeeding tests, it caused a flame to burn intensely and kept a mouse alive about four times as long as a similar quantity of air. Priestley, a big supporter of the phlogiston theory, called his discovery "dephlogisticated air" on the theory that it supported combustion so well because it had no phlogiston in it, and hence could absorb the maximum amount during burning. Repeat Scheele�s and Priestley experiments: Warning: Heating up materials and breathing vapors could be very dangerous. As a rule: this experiment should be performed under the supervision of teachers or adults familiar with safety procedures. Consult your teacher or other knowledgeable adults and experts about how to obtain the mentioned materials and how to use them properly and safely in this experiment. Do not do this experiment alone! Consult the link section and further resources provided. Ensure that you understand the basic principals. Surf the web and consult your local library, your teacher and other knowledgeable adults and experts. Oxygen from Plants In August of 1771, Joseph Priestley , put a sprig of mint into a transparent closed space with a candle that burned out the air until it soon went out. After 27 days, he relit the extinguished candle again and it burned perfectly well in the air that previously would not support it. And how did Priestley light the candle if it was placed in a closed space? He focused sun light beams with a mirror onto the candle wick (Priestley had no bright source of light, and had to rely on the sun). Today, of course, we can use more sophisticated methods to light the candle like focusing light from a flood light through converging lens, or by an electrical spark. So priestly proved that plants somehow change the composition of the air. In another celebrated Experiment from 1772, Priestley kept a mouse in a jar of air until it collapsed. He found that a mouse kept with a plant would survive. However, we do not recommend to repeat this experiment and hurt innocent animals. These kinds of observati |
The 'running of the bulls' is part of the San Fermin Festival held in which Spanish city? | Running of the Bulls | San Fermin | Festival San Fermin Pamplona Spain Running of the Bulls | San Fermin | San Fermin Pamplona Spain The fiestas of San Fermin are celebrated in Irunea/Pamplona, in the region of Navarra, every year from the 6th to the 14th of July. They have become internationally known because of the running of the bulls, where the bulls are lead through the streets of the old quarter as far as the bull ring by runners. The fiestas are celebrated in honor of San Fermin, patron saint of Navarra, although the religious aspect would seem to have taken on a secondary role over the last number of years. Nowadays, the fiestas are seen as a mass gathering of people from all the corners of the world and where the partying, the fun and the joy of it all are the most outstanding ingredients. The Encierro ... The Running of the Bulls The Encierro is the event at the heart of the Sanfermines and makes the fiesta a spectacle that would be unimaginable in any other place in the world. It was born from need: getting the bulls from outside the city into the bullring. The encierro takes place from July 7th to 14th and starts at the corral in Calle Santo Domingo when the clock on the church of San Cernin strikes eight o"clock in the morning. After the launching of two rockets, the bulls charge behind the runners for 825 metres, the distance between the corral and the bullring. The run usually lasts between three and four minutes although it has sometimes taken over ten minutes, especially if one of the bulls has been isolated from his companions. Chants to San Fermin The bull run has a particularly emotional prelude. It is when the runners, just a few metres up the slope from the corral where the bulls are waiting, raise their rolled newspapers and chant to an image of San Fermin placed in a small recess in the wall in the Cuesta de Santo Domingo. Against the strongest of silences, the following words can be heard: "A San Fermin pedimos, por ser nuestro patron, nos guie en el encierro dandonos su bendicion." (We ask San Fermin, being our patron saint, to guide us in the bull run and give us his blessing). When they finish they shout "Viva San Fermin!, Gora San Fermin." This chant is sung three times before 8am first, then when there are five minutes to go before 8am, then three minutes and one minute before the gate of the corral is opened. Rockets in the bullring The third rocket, fired from the bullring, signals that all the bulls have entered the bullring. A fourth and final rocket indicates that all the bulls are safely in the corral located inside the bullring, and that the bull run has ended. A fence of 3,000 parts For security reasons, a double fence marks out the route of the bull run through the streets. It is made of over 3,000 wooden parts (planks, posts, gates, etc.). Part of the fence stays put throughout the fiesta but other sections are assembled and disassembled every day by a special brigade of workers. The role of the pastores A large number of pastores (bull "shepherds") cover the entire bull run. They place themselves behind the bulls, with their only protection being a long stick. Their main role is to stop the odd idiot from inciting the bulls from behind, to avoid the bulls turning round and running backwards, and to help any bulls that have stopped or have been separated from their companions to continue running towards the bullring. The dobladores Other key people in the bull run are the dobladores, people with good bullfighting knowledge (sometimes ex-bullfighters) who take up position in the bullring with capes to help the runners "fan out" (in other words, run to the sides after they enter the bullring) and "drag" the bulls towards the corral as quickly as possible. The two groups of mansos (bullocks) The six fighting bulls that will take part in the evening bullfight start the run accompanied by an initial group of mansos, which act as "guides" to help the bulls cover the route. Two minutes after leaving the corral in Santo Domingo, a second group of bullocks (the so-called "sweep-up" group), |
To which 'Hogwarts' school house does 'Harry Potter' belong? | Hogwarts Houses | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia — Albus Dumbledore [src] It seems that the Sorting Hat tended to place students based on qualities they valued rather than qualities they exhibited. This was never more apparent than with Peter Pettigrew , who was sorted into Gryffindor but ultimately turned out to be quite cowardly, self-serving and corruptible. He was probably placed there because at the time, he admired strong, brave individuals like James Potter and Sirius Black . It is also evident in Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle , who despite being stupid and rather lazy, were placed in Slytherin , the house of the clever and ambitious. They flocked around Draco Malfoy , who they admired and who exhibited the traits of Slytherin. The Sorting Hat could detect nascent qualities in a student and place them in the House that would challenge them and put their character to the test. Case in point, Neville Longbottom was sorted into Gryffindor because the Hat sensed that he was capable of demonstrating bravery and leadership during his time at Hogwarts. However, these qualities did not fully surface until Neville learned to believe in himself. The Hat also appeared to take the students' wishes into account, considering how one's personal choices are very much of a reflection of the qualities that they valued in themselves. Just because someone was placed in a certain House did not mean that they could not display characteristics of other Houses. Harry Potter , for instance, embodied many of the traits that were appreciated by Salazar Slytherin . He was clever, resourceful and cunning, yet the Sorting Hat made him a Gryffindor because the very fact that he asked not to be in Slytherin showed that he did not belong there. A true Slytherin would not have had any doubts about whether or not it was the right House for them. One of the biggest examples of this was Severus Snape . At one point, Albus Dumbledore observed that his loyal, courageous nature was much more befitted to Gryffindor . However, as a child, Snape's sadism, disdain for Muggles, and sheer cunning and ambition made him an obvious Slytherin when he first came to Hogwarts. House dynamics The four houses are rather separate entities. Each has its own common room and dormitory, its own table in the Great Hall , and students mostly share lessons with classmates of their same house. There is no rule against students from different houses mingling, but in practise a good majority of social interactions occur within the same house. Each house had one teacher who acted as its Head of House. Each house also had a house ghost. The function they serve (if any) is unknown, although they might be like house mascots. Each Head of House and house ghost was previously a pupil within that house. A great deal of rivalry exists between the houses, not always friendly. This rivalry was demonstrated in the Quidditch matches and the annual school competition for the House Cup, which was determined by the number of points earned or lost by each member of the rival houses. These points were awarded or taken based on students' conduct throughout the school year. All members of the faculty and the Head Boy and Girl have the authority to grant and deduct points as they see fit in each instance. [1] Some, like Severus Snape , the former Potions master , tended to favour their own house, but that does not seem to be against the rules. He was despised by many students, other than those in Slytherin, where he was very popular. It was not known how much favouritism the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw Heads showed, although it can be deduced that it was minimal or non-existent, as both Professor Filius Flitwick (of Ravenclaw) and Professor Pomona Sprout (Hufflepuff) were kind, lighthearted people, who obviously wanted to win the House and Quidditch Cups but were not as vindictive as Snape in going about it. It is known that Professor Minerva McGonagall , the stern head of Gryffindor, did not show much favouritism towards her house. In fact, she deducted 50 points apiece and awarded de |
What was the name of the US Space Shuttle that exploded upon take-off in 1986, killing all seven crew members? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 28 | 1986: Seven dead in space shuttle disaster 1986: Seven dead in space shuttle disaster The American space shuttle, Challenger, has exploded killing all seven astronauts on board. The five men and two women - including the first teacher in space - were just over a minute into their flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida when the Challenger blew up. The astronauts' families, at the airbase, and millions of Americans witnessed the world's worst space disaster live on TV. The danger from falling debris prevented rescue boats reaching the scene for more than an hour. In 25 years of space exploration seven people have died - today that total has been doubled. President Ronald Reagan has described the tragedy as "a national loss". The Challenger's flight, the 25th by a shuttle, had already been delayed because of bad weather. High winds, then icicles caused the launch to be postponed from 22 January. But Nasa officials insist safety remains their top priority and there was no pressure to launch the shuttle today. The shuttle crew was led by Commander Dick Scobee, 46. Christa McAuliffe, 37, married with two children, was to be the first school teacher in space - picked from among 10,000 entries for a competition. Speaking before the launch, she said: "One of the things I hope to bring back into the classroom is to make that connection with the students that they too are part of history, the space programme belongs to them and to try to bring them up with the space age." President Reagan has put off his state of the union address. He was meeting senior aides in the Oval Office when he learned of the disaster. We will never forget them US President Ronald Reagan He has called for an immediate inquiry into the disaster but he said the space programme would go on - in honour to the dead astronauts. Vice-President George Bush has been sent to Cape Canaveral to visit the victims' families. This evening, the president went on national television to pay tribute to the courage and bravery of the seven astronauts. He said: "We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God." |
What was the name of the US Space Shuttle that disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere in 2003, killing all 7 crew members? | Columbia Disaster: What Happened, What NASA Learned Columbia Disaster: What Happened, What NASA Learned By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor | February 1, 2013 10:00am ET MORE On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board. NASA suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the disaster. An investigation board determined that a large piece of foam fell from the shuttle's external tank and fatally breached the spacecraft wing. This problem with foam had been known for years, and NASA came under intense scrutiny in Congress and in the media for allowing the situation to continue. A close-up view of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it orbits Earth in National Geographic Channel's "Seconds from Disaster: Columbia's Last Flight." Credit: National Geographic Channel. A fatal strike Columbia , on mission STS-107, left Earth for the last time on Jan. 16, 2003. At the time, the shuttle program was focused on building the International Space Station . However, STS-107 stood apart as it emphasized pure research. The seven-member crew — Rick Husband, commander; Michael Anderson, payload commander; David Brown, mission specialist; Kalpana Chawla , mission specialist; Laurel Clark, mission specialist; William McCool, pilot; Ilan Ramon, payload specialist from the Israeli Space Agency — spent 24 hours a day doing science experiments in two shifts. They performed around 80 experiments in life sciences, material sciences, fluid physics and other matters. This image of the STS-107 shuttle Columbia crew in orbit was recovered from wreckage inside an undeveloped film canister. The shirt colors indicate their mission shifts. From left (bottom row): Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; Rick Husband, commander; Laurel Clark, mission specialist; and Ilan Ramon, payload specialist. From left (top row) are astronauts David Brown, mission specialist; William McCool, pilot; and Michael Anderson, payload commander. Ramon represents the Israeli Space Agency. Credit: NASA/JSC During the crew's 16 days in space, NASA was investigating a foam strike during launch. About 82 seconds after Columbia left the ground, a piece of foam fell from a "bipod ramp" that was part of a structure that attached the external tank to the shuttle. Video from the launch appeared to show the foam striking Columbia's left wing. Several people within NASA pushed to get pictures of the breached wing in orbit. The Department of Defense was reportedly prepared to use its orbital spy cameras to get a closer look. However, NASA officials in charge declined the offer, according to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) and "Comm Check," a book about the disaster. This image is a view of the underside of Columbia during its entry from mission STS-107 on Feb. 1, 2003, as it passed by the Starfire Optical Range, Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The image was taken at approximately 7:57 a.m. CST. This image was received by NASA as part of the Columbia accident investigation and is being analyzed. Credit: NASA On Feb. 1, 2003, the shuttle made its usual landing approach to the Kennedy Space Center. Just before 9 a.m. EST, however, abnormal readings showed up at Mission Control. They lost temperature readings from sensors located on the left wing. Then, tire pressure readings from the left side also vanished. The Capcom, or spacecraft communicator, called up to Columbia to discuss the tire pressure readings. At 8:59:32 a.m., Husband called back from Columbia: "Roger," followed by a word that was cut off in mid-sentence. At that point, Columbia was near Dallas, travelling 18 times the speed of sound and still 200,700 feet (61,170 meters) above the ground. Mission Control made several attempts to get in touch with the astronauts, with no success. It was later found that a hole on the left wing allowed atmospheric gases to bleed into the shuttle as it went through its fiery re-entry, leading to the loss of the sensors and ev |
Which batsman got the first ever Test century for England, when he scored 152 in a Test versus Australia at The Oval in 1876? | On this day in Ashes history | ESPN Cricinfo Robin Hobbs revelled in his role as batsman, hitting a quickfire century against Australia © Getty Images 1975 Robin Hobbs whistles a century against the Australians in 44 minutes for Essex at Chelmsford. Jim Higgs and Ashley Mallett, the spinners, suffer most as Hobbs clouts 12 fours and seven sixes - his second fifty lasted 12 minutes and 15 balls. He was out for 100; Australia won by 98. August 25 1989 "England enjoyed one of their rare, sustained periods of dominance and captured the last seven Australia wickets for 143," Wisden reported on the second day of the final Test at The Oval. Derek Pringle claimed 4 for 70, but the flexing didn't last and Australia, helped by rain as they held on for a draw, took the series 4-0. 1948 Don Bradman's last innings at Lord's. He throws his wicket away after passing 150 and declares at 610 for 5 against the Gentlemen. August 24 2001 Steve Waugh tortures England by getting 157 not out on one leg in his final away Ashes Test . Twelve not out entering day two, he battles England and a hole in his calf muscle suffered at Trent Bridge two Tests earlier. He adds to his list when injuring his right buttock on 28. Limping to his century, he dives into the dust and doesn't bother getting up to raise his bat. August 23 1938 A relief for Australia as Wally Hammond finally declares at 903 for 7 at The Oval. After watching Len Hutton capture a then-world-record 364 off 847 balls, Hammond waits for Joe Hardstaff jnr to reach 169 before calling the batsmen in. Australia, without Don Bradman and Jack Fingleton because of injury, are wiped off for 201 and 123 and the series is drawn 1-1. August 22 1921 Arthur Mailey begins his second-innings ten-wicket haul by taking the first six against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham . He added the final four the next morning to ensure a snappy title - Ten for 66 and All That - for his autobiography. Australia won by an innings. 1930 Percy Hornibrook collects 7 for 92 as Australia win by an innings and 39 runs to regain the Ashes under Bill Woodfull, who gets a satisfying present for his birthday. The same thing happens exactly four years later when Australia are successful by 562 runs at The Oval to seal that series 2-1. August 21 1997 Glenn McGrath storms 7 for 76 to continue his hold over the English batsmen - especially Mike Atherton, who he gets for a seventh time in the series. Facing a spinning wicket at The Oval , Steve Waugh is worried. "It's just a shame we haven't got Neil Harvey in the side, as he no doubt would have made light work of the situation," he writes in his tour diary. Australia lose after five-wicket hauls to Phil Tufnell and Andy Caddick, but they had already sealed the series. August 20 Don Bradman announced his arrival in England in style © Getty Images 1930 Don Bradman signs off on his first England series with 232 to take his gluttony to 974 runs in five Tests . It's his third knock of more than 200, and Australia go on to win by an innings and 39 runs to snatch back the urn with a 2-1 result. 2001 Mark Butcher's 173 is the innings of the series and it saves England from a cleansweep at Headingley. Adam Gilchrist sets England a tasty 314 and Butcher makes sure they arrive comfortably with six wickets in hand . August 19 1985 David Gower makes the highest score by an England captain since Wally Hammond piled on 240 in 1938. Gower's 215 at Edgbaston also comes in a run glut as England total 595, and he shares a stand of 331 with Tim Robinson in 343 minutes. England take a 2-1 lead with the innings victory. 1975 George Davis supporters make sure there is no play possible after vandalising the pitch for the final day at Headingley. Australia wanted 225 with seven wickets left, but the match is drawn. August 18 1934 Bill Ponsford settles his Test account with 266 and a 451-run partnership with Don Bradman, who finishes on 244, as they crush England by 562 runs in the fifth Test at The Oval. England wanted a draw to keep the urn, but Ponsford is 205 not out at the end of the first day, and Austr |
In which German town has a month-long festival celebrating the music of Richard Wagner been held every summer since 1876? | Festivals and Events in Germany in July Attention Fashionistas: International designers present their latest collections in the German capital during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (known in German as Berliner Modewoche). Find out what’s "in" at runway shows, trade fairs, exhibitions, and parties. Where: Berlin When: June 28th - July 1st, 2016 More » continue reading below our video Best Road Trip Apps 2. Cologne Gay Pride Cologne is home to one of the oldest and most vital gay communities in Germany, and its annual celebration, the Cologne Gay Pride, is one of the largest gay and lesbian events in the country. Highlight of the festivities is the colorful gay pride parade with more than 120 floats parading through the historic center of Cologne. Parties, panel discussions, and a street festival complete the weekend. Where: Center of Cologne When: July 1st - 3rd, 2016 More » Wilfried Hösl https://www.staatsoper.de/en/opera-festival/munich-opera-festival.html Celebrated every summer since 1876, the Munich Opera Festival at the Nationaltheater offers an excellent program of opera and ballet performances throughout June and July. Highlights include the free open-air concerts “Opera For All” (July 8 and 9) When: June 19th - July 31st, 2016 Enjoy classic music al fresco at Gendarmenmarkt, one of the most beautiful historic squares in Berlin. The concerts feature operetta, opera, and classical and contemporary music. Where: Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin 6. Richard Wagner Festival With this annual musical festival, the Bavarian town of Bayreuth pays tribute to the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner. The world's largest Wagner Festival has been sold out since 1876, and Wagner fans get their tickets years in advance to enjoy some of the composer's best operas, from The Ring Cycle, to Parsifal. They are performed in a specially designed opera house, the Festspielhaus, which was built under Wagner's supervision. When: July 25th – August 28th, 2016 Where: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth More » Since the 14th century, Hamburg celebrates the DOM, one of the largest open-air fun fairs in the North of Germany. Bring the whole family for ferries wheels, roller coaster, concerts, and fireworks. Where: Heiligengeistfeld, in the city center of Hamburg When: July 29th - August 28th, 2016 More » Miguel Villagran/Getty Images 8. Berlin Gay Pride Every summer, Berliners raise their rainbow flags to celebrate Christopher Street Day with a spectacular Gay Pride Parade . The festivities take place in the historically gay district of Schoeneberg (though the scene is hardly restricted to an area nowadays) and around the Victory Column in the Tiergarten park . Booming sound systems announce the arrival of massive lorries that act as a party on wheels. Revelers join in by following the trucks with the best music. Look out for these 12 Things to see at Berlin's pride parade . And it wouldn't be Berlin without countless debates and demonstrations that precede Sunday's parade. When: July 23, 2016 |
Which ancient Greek mathematician, known as 'The Father Of Geometry', wrote the hugely influential book 'Elements' that dominated European mathematics until the 19th century? | crème de la crème (Page 8) / Dark Discussions at Cafe Infinity / Math Is Fun Forum Posts: 21,812 Re: crème de la crème 147. Dwight Filley Davis (July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to 1925 and Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929. Dwight Filley Davis was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 5, 1879. He reached the All-Comers final for the Men's Singles title at the US Championships in 1898 and 1899. He then teamed up with Holcombe Ward and won the Men's Doubles title at the championships for three years in a row from 1899 to 1901. Davis and Ward were also Men's Doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1901. Davis also won the American intercollegiate singles championship of 1899 as a student at Harvard College. In 1900 Davis developed the structure for, and donated a silver bowl to go to the winner of, a new international tennis competition designed by him and three others known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which was later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor. He was a member of the US team that won the first two competitions in 1900 and 1902, and was also the captain of the 1900 team. He participated in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second round of the singles tournament. In the doubles tournament he and his partner Ralph McKittrick lost in the quarter-finals. Davis was educated at Washington University Law School, though he was never a practicing attorney. He was, however, politically active in his home town of St. Louis and served as the city's public parks commissioner from 1911 to 1915. During his tenure, he expanded athletic facilities and created the first municipal tennis courts in the United States. He served President Calvin Coolidge as Assistant Secretary of War (1923–25) and as Secretary of War (1925–29). He then served as Governor General of the Philippines (1929–32) under Herbert Hoover. His first wife, Helen Brooks, whom he married in 1905, died in 1932. He married Pauline Sabin in 1936. He wintered in Florida from 1933 until his death, living at Meridian Plantation, near Tallahassee. Davis died in Washington, D.C. on November 28, 1945. It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi. Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking. Offline Re: crème de la crème 148. Lars Magnus Ericsson Lars Magnus Ericsson (5 May 1846 – 17 December 1926) was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson (incorporated as Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson). Lars Magnus was born in Värmskog, Värmland, and grew up in the small village of Vegerbol located between Karlstad and Arvika. At the age of 12, Ericsson's father died forcing him to seek work as a miner. He worked until he had money enough to leave the village and move to Stockholm in 1867. He then worked for six years for an instrument maker named Öllers & Co. who mainly created telegraph equipment. Because of his skills, he was given two state scholarships to study instrument making abroad between 1872 and 1875. One of the companies he worked at was Siemens & Halske. Upon his return to Sweden in 1876, he founded a small mechanical workshop together with his friend Carl Johan Andersson who had also worked at Öllers & Co.. This workshop was actually a former kitchen of some 13 square meters situated at Drottninggatan 15 in the most central part of Stockholm. Here, he started a telephone company by analyzing Bell company and Siemens telephones and creating his own copies in their image. It was not until they started cooperating with Henrik Tore Cedergren in 1883 that the company would start to grow into the Ericsson corporation. In the year 1900 Lars Magnus retired from Ericsson at the age of 54. He kept his shares in the company until 1905 and then sold them all. He is said to have been a demanding person, and dislik |
Which is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees? | The Pyrenees Mountains Subscribe To This Site's Feed The Pyrenees Mountains The Pyrenees is a chain of mountains that forms a natural barrier between France and Spain. They extend from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of about 270 miles. They cover an area of over 20,000 square miles. Their average height is only 3,500 ft (1067 m.), but many peaks in the central ranges rise to over 10,000 feet above sea level. The highest point is Pico de Aneto at 11,168 ft (3,404 m.). Glacier fields are found on the northern slopes of the mountains. Minerals found in these mountains include iron, lead, silver and cobalt. Beautiful forests of fir, pine and oak cover the slopes of the mountains. On the south slope of the Eastern Pyrenees is tiny Andorra, one of the smallest countries in the world. Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital city in Europe, being at an elevation of 3,356 ft (1023 m.). I used to have a Great Pyrenees, which is a famous breed of large white dog that comes from these mountains. |
Which French village is known for its exceptionally dense collection of megalithic standing stones that were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany? | Carnac stones, Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe - YouTube Carnac stones, Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 17, 2012 The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre/proto-Celtic people of Brittany, and are the largest such collection in the world. Most of the stones are within the Breton village of Carnac, but some to the east are within La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected at some stage during the Neolithic period, probably around 3300 BC, but some may date to as old as 4500 BC. Although the stones date from 4500 BC, modern myths were formed which resulted from 1st century AD Roman and later Christian occupations, such as Saint Cornelius a Christian myth associated with the stones held that they were pagan soldiers in pursuit of Pope Cornelius when he turned them to stone. Brittany has its own local versions of the Arthurian cycle. Local tradition claims that the reason they stand in such perfectly straight lines is that they are a Roman legion turned to stone by Merlin. In recent centuries, many of the sites have been neglected, with reports of dolmens being used as sheep shelters, chicken sheds or even ovens. Even more commonly, stones have been removed to make way for roads, or as building materials. The continuing management of the sites remains a controversial topic. Eleven converging rows of menhirs stretching for 1,165 by 100 metres (3,822 by 328 feet). There is what Alexander Thom considered to be the remains of stone circles at either end. According to the tourist office there is a "cromlech containing 71 stone blocks" at the western end and a very ruined cromlech at the eastern end. The largest stones, around 4 metres (13 feet) high, are at the wider, western end; the stones then become as small as 0.6 metres (2 feet 0 inches) high along the length of the alignment before growing in height again toward the extreme eastern end. The tumulus of Saint-Michel was constructed between 5000 BC and 3400 BC. At its base it is 125 by 60 m (410 by 197 ft), and is 12 m (39 ft) high. It required 35,000 cubic metres (46,000 cu yd) of stone and earth. Its function was the same as that of the pyramids of Egypt: a tomb for the members of the ruling class. It contained various funerary objects, such as 15 stone chests, pottery, jewellery, most of which are currently held by the Museum of Prehistory of Carnac. It was excavated in 1862 by René Galles with a series of vertical pits, digging down 8 m (26 ft). Le Rouzic also excavated it between 1900 and 1907 discovering the tomb and the stone chests. A chapel was built on top in 1663 but was rebuilt in 1813, before being destroyed in 1923. The current building is an identical reconstruction of the 1663 chapel, built in 1926. Also known as Er Mané, it is a chamber tomb 85 m (279 ft) long, 35 m (115 ft) wide, and 5 m (16 ft) high. It has a dolmen at the west end, and two tombs at the east end. A small menhir, approximately 3 m (10 ft) high, is nearby. In 1887, H. de Cleuziou argued for a connection between the rows of stones and the directions of sunsets at the solstices. Among more recent studies, Alexander Thom worked with his son Archie from 1970 to 1974 to carry out a detailed survey of the Carnac alignments, and produced a series of papers on the astronomical alignments of the stones as well as statistical analysis supporting his concept of the megalithic yard. Thom's megalithic yard has been challenged. There are also general theories on the use of the stones as astronomical observatories, as has been claimed for Stonehenge. According to one such theory, t |
Based on an idea by Steven Spielberg and created by Diablo Cody, which American TV comedy-drama series, first broadcast in 2009, stars Toni Collete as a suburban housewife and mother coping with dissociative identity disorder? | BMA Magazine Canberra Streetpress The Last Blackbox Ever Date Published: Tuesday, 3 December 13 | Author: Tracy Heffernan | | 3 years, 1 month ago The year is drawing to a close and so too is Blackbox. This, the 301st edition of this columnist’s rants and viewing tips, will be the last. Back in February 2001 when Blackbox first appeared in the pages of BMA, the digital revolution was close to a decade away, Canberra had five free-to-air stations and people only connected Foxtel for the sport. Broadband was in its infancy and download so slow it took half a day to procure an episode of The Simpsons. Bit torrent sites were the domain of serious IT nerds and it was record companies, not film studios, worried about illegal downloads. The first iPod was still eight months away and your TV really was a black (or silver) cathode ray-powered box. (The Black Box in the column’s name, by the way, was also a reference to the intel from a plane’s flight recorder.) Fast forward almost 13 years and the television landscape has changed dramatically. TV isn’t about channels anymore – it’s about platforms. And instead of time-shifting, we talk about television on demand. And that’s the point. BMA is a printed magazine with quite long deadlines. At a time when bloggers are putting up reviews within an hour of airtimes, most of you have downloaded the show at least a week before BMA is published, which makes a fortnightly TV column a bit redundant. But rather than dying the slow, drawn out death that was predicted 15 years ago, television, or at least the content, has thrived. It’s not uncommon to hear people say, “I don’t watch TV.” But they do. They just watch it in a different way. You can call it episodic drama but it’s TV content designed to be viewed as episodes. It was a phenomenon that took shape in the early ‘90s – mixing the mini-series format and discreet weekly episodes to produce series with longer story arcs entwining across multiple episodes. By 2001, pioneers of this genre, such as the X-Files and Buffy were nearing their natural end. Agents of S.H.I.E.LD. creator Joss Wheedon’s cult hit Firefly, which starred a pre-Castle Nathan Fillion and sealed the sci-fi fate of Summer Glau, was still a year off. The golden age of writing and production typified by the HBO catalogue had barely begun. The first of these, The West Wing and The Wire, were so poorly treated by commercial networks that the ABC reran them from start to finish years later. There was also some great British and local fare in shows such as Teachers and Rake. The late ‘90s also introduced us to the scourge of free-to-air-TV: reality programming. 2001 was the year Survivor filmed in Australia and an Oscar was first awarded in this category. Australian Idol was yet to appear on the scene. It would be years before teen drama would take on the glitz of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars or re-imagine the vampire-fuelled success of Buffy. In 2001, teens were obsessing over the intellectual discourse of a group of teens from the mid-west in Dawson’s Creek. Talk, panel, and game shows also made a resurgence, albeit in a hipper format, usually with a comedian at the helm. There was Wil Anderson’s The Glasshouse which looked at events of the week, the Tony Squires-hosted sport panel The Fat, and Andrew Denton’s long-running Enough Rope. Rockwiz brought music trivia to the box in May 2005 and Spicks and Specks followed soon after. It was also the decade television made the laconic underground publishers of The Chaser the most recognisable faces in the nation. It was also the decade where animation hit the big time. The Simpsons and South Park were already hits in 2001 as was Blackbox’s favourite, Daria. The sublime humour of Archer wouldn’t hit the Box for another ten years. I’ve missed a lot – a plethora of ob docos, lifestyle shows, unsurpassed comedy, and some of the best documentaries ever made. But I’m almost out of time, and note this last column also marks the closure of a lengthy chapter in my life. For the past 17 years, almost every issue of BMA has |
Located near the Austrian border, what is the name of Germany's highest mountain? | Zugspitze – Germany’s highest peak Zugspitze – Germany’s highest peak Top of Germany! So that is what it feels like to have Germany at your feet: At precisely 2,962 metres above sea level, the Zugspitze is the highest mountain in the country and home to three glaciers and Germany’s highest ski resort. The 20 kilometres of pistes enjoy a deep covering of natural snow for skiing and boarding for six months of the year. The Zugspitze is also an attractive destination for non-skiers: Right at the top, an impressive 360° panorama opens up to reveal extensive views over 400 mountain peaks in four countries. The Zugspitze-Exhibition enhances visitors’ awareness of the historical developments of Germany’s most famous mountain. Two toboggan runs, Germany’s highest church, an igloo village and excellent mountain restaurants are reason enough for smiling faces. Only while sunbathing on the inviting deckchairs may you find that your eyelids droop for a well-earned snooze. Whether winter sports enthusiasts, nature lovers, romantics or sun worshippers: The mountain railways of Bayerische Zugspitzbahn make it possible for everyone to discover the snow covered Zugspitze from their own personal perspective. Zugspitze Round Trip Enjoy the complete mountain experience in comfort: Take the cog wheel train from Zugspitze station Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the idyllic Lake Eibsee. The ascent with the Eibsee cable car offers spectacular views down to the lake, before new horizons open up with a powerful panorama at the Zugspitze Peak. The Zugspitze Glacier at 2,600 metres is then accessed using the glacier lifts, before the rack and pinion railway comfortably transports you through the Zugspitze Tunnel and back to your original starting point. A well rounded trip! Zugspitzbahn: 8.15 am - 4.30 pm Gletscherbahn: 8.00 am - 4.25 pm Eibsee-Seilbahn: 8.00 am - 4:45 pm Hausbergbahn: 8.30 am - 4.15 pm Alpspitzbahn: 8.30 am - 4.30 pm Kreuzeckbahn 8.30 am - 4.15 pm Wankbahn: 8.30 am - 4.30 pm |
Considered one of the best examples of Roman ruins in North Africa and particularly noted for its Triumphal Arch, which archaeological site in Morocco is situated near to Meknes? | North African History "New" DEEP Search All of Realhistory using Keyword or Phrase Ancient Man and His First Civilizations North African History (Excluding Egypt) In many cases, the demographic history of North Africa closely parallels that of the United States: In that Europeans, and in this case Turks also: first colonize, and then the descendants of the colonizers fight a war of liberation from their original homelands, for sole claim to the conquered territories. And as in the Americas, the native populations were massacred, marginalized, impoverished, and relegated to the hinterlands. The difference being that Americans don't claim to be the native and original people. Thus one of the oddities of modern times is found in North Africa: where the Mulattoes, Quadroons, and Octoroons of the White invaders, and even the White invaders themselves: proclaim themselves BERBERS and the INDEGENOUS inhabitants of North AFRICA!!! To make the ridiculous even more ridiculous; many of these people also practice racial prejudice against Africans IN Africa! In North Africa, many of these people declare themselves Berber under the banner of "Amazigh" possibly meaning "free people" or "free and noble men" (the word has probably an ancient parallel in the Roman name for some of the Berbers, "Mazices"). The Amazigh This has apparently so distressed one actual Berber group - the Touareg: that they are now disavowing their Berber heritage, and are instead proclaiming themselves to be ARABS!! Touareg reject allegations of the Congress Amazigh World (Computer translation of the letter) Link to letter From: Mr. Mansour Mohamed Ali Ag Hudyata his capacity as Chairman of the Assembly of Mali called "Youth Society North of the Republic of Mali", rejects the allegations of the World Amazigh Congress, that the Tuareg people are Amazigh. The Assembly of the Republic of Mali Youth North strongly rejects such nonsense and false stories claimed by Congress Amazigh World through the media that the Tuareg of Mali and Niger, are Amazigh, and stresses that this claim is false is not based on a scientific basis. And that Mr. Belkacem Lyons specializes in chemistry who viewed this trend shameless does not have any historical background to prove this myth, but proven by all history books, trusted that the Tuareg are of Arab descent, and crafts Targi has to do with Arabic calligraphy, this is the asset Targip known since a long time immemorial, and we believe such stories would fall within the Tuareg of the elements of client-related third-party suspicious. And thus confirm and strongly that we will not allow the Congress of the World Amazigh has nothing to do with us as an intervention in our affairs and talk about our origins, this we, children of the Tuareg in Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu, we are proud Bootanna (Mali and Niger) to which we belong, and our religion, Islam, and declare that our is to achieve security and stability, peace and development in the Sahara for the happiness of our peoples and coexistence with the sons of the tribes of the Sahara, and that this is the position of all the Tuareg, who are struggling to achieve, and to work strenuously for it in every time and place. Mansour Mohamed Ali Ag Hudyata President of the General Assembly (There is no telling what will happen when the Touareg find out that the very SAME type of invader descends people, are in the north and Arabia, also proclaiming themselves to be ARABS). Before going on, let us first investigate another term for Berbers - MOORS! "Moor" is problematic because of its shifting significance. Isidore of Seville, who died well before Islam came to Iberia, follows Roman usage in referring to northwest Africa as Mauritania (from which maurus/moro is derived) on account, he says, of its inhabitants' blackness. Similarly, the Visigothic chronicler John of Biclaro refers to the inhabitants of pre-Islamic North Africa as Moors (Wolf 1990: 64). The so-called Mozarabic Chronicle of 754, written by a Christian living in al-Andalus under Muslim rule, and the earl |
Which American comedy-drama detective television series broadcast between 2002 and 2009 starred Tony Shalhoub as the title character, a private detective | Best of American Crime: Amateur and Private Detectives - Armchair General and HistoryNet >> The Best Forums in History Best of American Crime: Amateur and Private Detectives User Name You are currently viewing our forums as a GUEST. This allows you to read, but not participate in our discussions. This also prevents you from downloading attachments and seeing some of our specialized sub-forums. Registration is free and painless and requires absolutely no personal information other than a valid email address. You can register for our history forums here . [this reminder disappears once you are registered] Film, DVD, and TV Discuss the latest movies at the theatre and on DVD, as well as what is on TV. ACG film reviews will also be found here. View Poll Results: Best of American Crime: Amateur and Private Detectives Rockford Files Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll Page 1 of 4 Location: The city on the river Posts: 16,516 Best of American Crime: Amateur and Private Detectives Once more, thanks to Crackshot for letting me replace his Best of American Crime thread with a more detailed three part poll: private detectives, Cops, and Criminals As before, impossible to list all the American private and amateur detective shows, so have reduced to the list to the most well-known and those with healthiest TV runs. Stacey Keach's Mike Hammer, for instance, wasn't all that bad, but managed to be cancelled three times. Feel free to write in your own suggestions. Quote: Rockford Files The Rockford Files was an American television drama series which aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980. It has remained in regular syndication to the present day. The show starred James Garner as Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford and featured Noah Beery, Jr. as his father, a retired truck driver. Premise: The TV character Maverick as a modern detective. Rockford had served time in California's San Quentin prison in the 1960s due to a wrongful conviction. After five years, he received a pardon. His infrequent jobs as a private investigator barely allow him to maintain his dilapidated mobile home(which doubles as his office) in a parking lot on the beaches of Malibu, California. Tags: Fear of guns, lives in mobile home, car chases Quote: Magnum PI Magnum, P.I. was an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 and consistently ranked in the top twenty U.S. television programs during the first five years that the series was originally broadcast. Premise: Private Investigator Thomas Sullivan Magnum resides in the guest house of a posh, 200-acre beachfront estate, known as Robin's Nest, in Hawaii, at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters, the celebrated-but-never-seen author of several dozen lurid novels. Tags: Mustache, Dobermans, Red Ferrari Quote: Banacek Banacek was an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. Premise: Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a suave, Polish-American freelance investigator based in Boston, who solved seemingly impossible thefts. He then collected from the insurance companies 10% of the insured value of the recovered property. Tags: Suave, sophisticated, Polish proverbs Quote: Barnaby Jones (a Quin Martin production!) Barnaby Jones was a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether which ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980. Premise: After Barnaby Jones (Buddy Ebsen) had worked as a private eye for many years, he decided to retire and left the business to his son Hal. When Hal was murdered while working on a case, Barnaby came out of retirement to find the killer. His widowed daughter-in-law, Betty Jones (Lee Meriwether) joined forces with him to solve the case. Tags: Wholesome, drinks milk, fatherly Quote: Cannon Cannon was a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to Ma |
Who was the 18th century Swiss mathematician and physicist, who published more papers than any other mathematician in history and pioneered the theory of trigometric and logarithmic functions? | All Elementary Mathematics - Online Mathematical School - Great Mathematicians - Euler EULER Leonhard Euler (1707 пїЅ 1783) was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion of a mathematical function. He is also renowned for his work in mechanics, fluid dynamics, optics, and astronomy. Euler spent most of his adult life in St. Petersburg, Russia, and in Berlin, Prussia. He is considered to be the preeminent mathematician of the 18th century, and one of the greatest of all time. He is also one of the most prolific mathematicians ever; his collected works fill 60пїЅ80 quarto volumes. A statement attributed to Pierre-Simon Laplace expresses Euler's influence on mathematics: "Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all". Euler was born on April 15, 1707, in Basel to Paul Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church. His mother was Marguerite Brucker, a pastor's daughter. He had two younger sisters named Anna Maria and Maria Magdalena. Soon after the birth of Leonhard, the Eulers moved from Basel to the town of Riehen, where Euler spent most of his childhood. Paul Euler was a friend of the Bernoulli familyпїЅJohann Bernoulli, who was then regarded as Europe's foremost mathematician, would eventually be the most important influence on young Leonhard. Euler's early formal education started in Basel, where he was sent to live with his maternal grandmother. At the age of thirteen he enrolled at the University of Basel, and in 1723, received his Master of Philosophy with a dissertation that compared the philosophies of Descartes and Newton. At this time, he was receiving Saturday afternoon lessons from Johann Bernoulli, who quickly discovered his new pupil's incredible talent for mathematics. Euler was at this point studying theology, Greek, and Hebrew at his father's urging, in order to become a pastor, but Bernoulli convinced Paul Euler that Leonhard was destined to become a great mathematician. In 1726, Euler completed a dissertation on the propagation of sound with the title De Sono. At that time, he was pursuing an (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to obtain a position at the University of Basel. In 1727, he entered the Paris Academy Prize Problem competition, where the problem that year was to find the best way to place the masts on a ship. He won second place, losing only to Pierre BouguerпїЅa man now known as "the father of naval architecture". Euler subsequently won this coveted annual prize twelve times in his career. Around this time Johann Bernoulli's two sons, Daniel and Nicolas, were working at the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg. On July 10, 1726, Nicolas died of appendicitis after spending a year in Russia, and when Daniel assumed his brother's position in the mathematics/physics division, he recommended that the post in physiology that he had vacated be filled by his friend Euler. In November 1726 Euler eagerly accepted the offer, but delayed making the trip to St Petersburg while he unsuccessfully applied for a physics professorship at the University of Basel. Euler arrived in the Russian capital on 17 May 1727. He was promoted from his junior post in the medical department of the academy to a position in the mathematics department. He lodged with Daniel Bernoulli with whom he often worked in close collaboration. Euler mastered Russian and settled into life in St. Petersburg. He also took on an additional job as a medic in the Russian Navy. The Academy at St. Petersburg, established by Peter the Great, was intended to improve education in Russia and to close the scientific gap with Western Europe. As a result, it was made especially attractive to foreign scholars like Euler. The academy possessed ample financial resources and a comprehensive library drawn from the private libraries of Peter himself and of the nobility. Very few stu |
Who was the legendary herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War who was said to be able to shout as loudly as fifty normal men? | Greek & Roman Mythology - Tools SACRA The Latin term for all transactions relating to the worship of the gods, especially sacrifice and prayer. They are either sacra privata or publica. The former were undertaken on behalf of the individual by himself, on behalf of the family by the pater familias, or on behalf of the gens by the whole body of the gentiles. The centre of the domestic service of the gods is formed by the worship of the Penates and Lares. In particular cases recourse was also had to certain specified deities. Besides this, private sacra were attached to particular families; these passed to the heir with the succession and became a burden on him. Hence an inheritance without sacra (hereditas sine sacris) proverbially signified an unimpaired piece of good fortune [Plautus, Capt. 775, Trin. 483]. As the family had sacra, so also had the gens (q.v.), which had arisen out of the family by expansion. These were performed by a sacrificial priest (flamen) appointed from among the gentiles, the celebration taking place in his own house or in a special sacellum in the presence of the assembled gentiles. The sacra publica were undertaken pro populo collectively, (1) by the curioe, pagi, or vici, into which the community was divided, whence such sacrifices were called sacra popularia; or (2) by the individual gentes and societies (See SODALITAS ), to which the superintendence of a particular cult had been committed by the State; or (3) by the magistrates and priests of the Roman State. The sacra of the gentes were with few exceptions performed in public, though the multitude present remained silent spectators; only in a few cases they took part in the procession to the place of worship or in the sacrificial feast. SACRAMENTUM The Roman term for the military oath of allegiance, originally the preliminary engagement entered upon with the general by newly enlisted troops [Cic., Off. i 11 § 36; Livy, xxii 38 § 2]. The oath was taken first by the legates and tribunes. These officers then administered it to the soldiers in the following manner: one soldier in each legion recited the formula of the oath, and the rest were called up by name, and, coming forward one by one, swore to the same oath with the words idem in me, i.e. "The same (holds good) for me." The oath remained in force only till the next campaign, and whenever there was a new general a new oath was taken. After the introduction of the twenty years' service by Marius (about 100 B.C.) the men raised for service took the oath, not one by one, but all together and for the whole tiine of service, in the name of the State, afterwards in that of the emperor. Sacramentum in the oldest and most general form of civil lawsuit, named after it legis actio per sacramentum, is a deposit made beforehand by the parties in the suit. It was originally five sheep or five oxen, according to the value of the object in dispute, afterwards a surn of money at the rate of ten asses for each sheep and one hundred for each ox. The deposit was given back to the successful party, while that of the loser was originally applied to religious purposes; afterwards it went to the aerarium, or public treasury. SACRIFICES among the ancients, formed the chief part of every religious act. According to the kind of sacrifice offered, they were divided into (a) bloodless offerings and (b) blood offerings. (a) The former consisted in firstfruits, viands, and cakes of various shape and make, which were some of them burned and some of them laid on the altars and sacrificial tables (See figs. 1 and 2) and removed after a time, libations of wine, milk, water with honey or milk, and frankincense, for which in early times native products (wood and the berries of cedars, junipers, and bay trees, etc.) were used. Asiatic spices, such as incense and myrrh, scarcely came into use before the seventh century in Greece or until towards the end of the Republic at Rome. (b) For blood-offerings cattle, goats, sheep, and swine were used by preference. Other animals were only employed in special cults. Thus horses were |
The American Football team are the 'Cardinals', the Baseball team are the 'Diamondbacks', and the Basketball team are the 'Suns'. Which city? | Phoenix Fan Gear Deals | Phoenix Fan Gear Deals Phoenix Fan Gear Deals Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). In 2006, the club began playing all home games at the newly constructed University of Phoenix Stadium in the northwestern suburb of Glendale, although the team's training facility is in Tempe, an eastern suburb. The team has used cardinal red jerseys since 1898. For most of their history, the Cardinals have used the same basic uniform design of white helmets, white pants with red stripes on the sides, and either red or white jerseys. Due to Phoenix's high temperature and strong sunshine in early September, most of the team's home openers in Arizona were held, at earliest, in week three. Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. Since the team's inception in 1998, they have played at Chase Field. Also known as the D-Backs, Arizona has one World Series title, in 2001, becoming the fastest expansion team in the majors to win a championship, doing it in only the fourth season since their expansion in 1998. The Diamondbacks' original colors were purple, black, turquoise and copper. The franchise unveiled new uniforms and colors of Sedona Red, Sonoran Sand and black on November 8, 2006. Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the only team in their division not to be based in California. Since 1992 their home arena has been the US Airways Center, which was formerly known as America West Arena, in downtown Phoenix. The Arena is often referred to as the "Purple Palace" due to its purple seats, which also is one of the Suns colors. The Suns began play as an expansion team in 1968. The franchise owns the NBA's fourth-best all-time winning percentage, winning 55 percent of its games, as of the end of the 2012–2013 season. In forty-five years of play, they have made the playoffs 29 times, posted nineteen seasons of 50 or more wins, made nine trips to the Western Conference Finals, and advanced to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993. The Suns Gorilla is one of the more famous mascots in the NBA. Arizona Coyotes The Arizona Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team that is based in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since December 2003, the Coyotes have played their home games at Jobing.com Arena. Howler is the coyote-suited mascot of the Arizona Coyotes. The primary colors are Sedona red and white, with desert sand and black remaining as logo trim colors. Arizona Wildcats The athletic teams at the University of Arizona are known as the Arizona Wildcats. The University of Arizona participates in the NCAA's Division I-A in the Pacific-12 Conference Arizona participates in the conference's South Division. The school colors are cardinal red and navy blue, and the official fight song is "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!", though "Bear Down, Arizona!" is more commonly used and "Bear Down" is the university's motto. Their top rival is the Arizona State University Sun Devils. Other rivals include UCLA, New Mexico, and Texas Tech. Arizona State Sun Devils The Arizona State Sun Devils are the athletic teams representing Arizona State University. ASU has nine men's and eleven women's varsity teams competing in the NCAA Pacific-12 Conference. Athletes at ASU are known as "Sun Devils." The mascot was adopted in 1946. The Sun Devil mascot, Sparky, was designed by former Disney illustrator Bert Anthony. ASU's chief rival is the University of Arizona Wildcats. ASU has one of the most successful baseball programs in the country. The Sun Devils ha |
The most famous works of which 18th century English painter include 'An Experiment On A Bird' and 'The Orrery'? | Joseph Wright Gallery – Derby Museums Joseph Wright Gallery Derby Museums is home to the world’s largest collection of works by Joseph Wright of Derby. Born in Derby in 1734, Wright is an internationally renowned artist, whose paintings and works on paper adorn the walls of major galleries the world over. Famed as a “painter of light” and for his association with key members of the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment, he is now considered to be one of Britain’s most interesting and wide-ranging painters. The Joseph Wright Gallery is a permanent space dedicated to showcasing the full range of his spectacular paintings alongside small, temporary displays of drawings and prints from the museums’ collection. What can I see? The Joseph Wright Gallery is the place to see Wright’s masterpieces, A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on an Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in the Place of the Sun, and An Alchymist. His much-loved paintings The Widow of an Indian Chief and Landscape with a Rainbow can also be enjoyed, alongside many others. A small number of works loaned from private collections enrich the permanent display from time to time. What can I do? In the Joseph Wright Gallery you can see twenty-seven paintings by Joseph Wright and read in-depth information about each work. Our knowledgeable gallery assistants are on hand to help you answer any questions you might have. We also run a lively programme of talks and tours on Wright, and families can pick up a Joseph Wright Kit to learn more about the artist and his paintings. What can I learn? In the Joseph Wright Gallery you can learn more about Wright, his life, and world. Discover what it is about Wright’s work that continues to draw people to Derby from all over the world. Visit our online SHOP |
The American Football team are the 'Redskins', the Baseball team are the 'Nationals', and the Basketball team are the 'Wizards'. Which city? | Washington Fan Gear Deals | Washington Fan Gear Deals Washington Fan Gear Deals Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in Washington, D.C. The team belongs to East Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team's home stadium is FedExField in Landover, Maryland. Its headquarters and training facility are at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Virginia and the newly built Redskins Complex in Richmond, Virginia respectively. The Redskins have played more than 1,000 games since 1932. The Redskins have won five NFL Championships (two pre-merger, and three Super Bowls). The franchise has captured 13 NFL divisional titles and six NFL conference championships. The Redskins were the first team in the NFL with an official marching band and also the first team to have a fight song, "Hail to the Redskins". Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the East Division of the National League of Major League Baseball (MLB). The team's home ballpark is Nationals Park, located on South Capitol Street in Southeast D.C., near the Anacostia River. The Nationals' name derives from the former Washington baseball team that had the same name (used interchangeably with Senators). Their nickname is "the Nats" - a shortened version that was also used by the old D.C. teams. The Nationals have a friendly rivalry with the nearby Baltimore Orioles nicknamed the Beltway Series. The teams have played a series home and away every season since 2005. Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team that plays in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since their founding in 1974, the "Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals, and captured seven division titles. In 1997, the team moved their home hockey rink from the suburban Capital Centre to the new Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Former AOL executive Ted Leonsis has owned the team since 1999, and has revitalized the franchise by drafting star players such as Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green, and hiring Hall of Fame head coach (and former Washington Capital player) Adam Oates. The 2009-10 Capitals won the franchise's first-ever Presidents' Trophy, for being the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball franchise based in Washington, D.C. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. The team plays their home games at the Verizon Center, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In 1995, owner Abe Pollin announced he was changing the team's name because Bullets had acquired violent overtones that had made him increasingly uncomfortable over the years, particularly given the high homicide and crime rate in the early 1990s in Washington, D.C. Navy Midshipmen The United States Naval Academy's called the Navy Midshipmen or "Mids". They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A, as a non-football member of the Patriot League. The most important sporting event at the academy is the annual Army-Navy Game. The 2011 season marked Navy's tenth consecutive victory over Army. The three major service academies (Navy, Air Force, and Army) compete for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year (or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie). Varsity-letter winners wear a specially-issued blue cardigan with a large gold "N" patch affixed. If they belong to a team that beats Army in any sport designated "Star" competition, they are also awarded a gold star ("N-Star") to affix near the "N" for each such victory. Georgetown Hoyas The Georgetown Hoyas are the athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown Un |
Which London area is mentioned in the opening line of the lyrics to 'The Kinks' hit 'Lola'? | The Kinks - Lola Lyrics | SongMeanings SongMeanings Lola is found on the album The Best & Kollektable . Found on more albums: Fab Forty: The Singles Collection 1964-1970 All the Hits and More Greatest Hits [UK] One for the Road [Abridged CD] Come Dancing Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 [Bonus Tracks] Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 [Bonus Tracks] The Singles Collection To the Bone [US 2-CD] You Really Got Me: The Very Best of the Kinks Story of the Kinks: 24 Greatest Hits Norman: A Soap Opera One for the Road [20 Track] Everybody's in Show-Biz Everybody's in Show-Biz [Original Master Recording] You Really Got Me: The Best of the Kinks The RCA Years 25 Years: The Ultimate Collection Hit Singles Collection Percy/The Album That Never Was Complete Collection The Singles Collection [Japan Bonus Track] Everybody's in Show-Biz [Japan Bonus Tracks] Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 The Pye Album Collection Lola: Best of the Kinks Ultimate Collection [Sanctuary] Kinks Kollekted: Complete History 1964-1983 The Kinks Remastered I met her in a club down in North Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola C-O-L-A cola She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola" L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why she walk like a woman and talk like a man Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Well, we drank champagne and danced all night Under electric candlelight She picked me up and sat me on her knee And said, "Little boy won't you come home with me?" Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy But when I looked in her eyes Well, I almost fell for my Lola Lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Lola lo lo lo lo Lola lo lo lo lo Lola I pushed her away, I walked to the door I fell to the floor, I got down on my knees I looked at her, and she at me Well that's the way that I want it to stay And I always want it to be that way for my Lola Lo lo lo lo Lola Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls It's a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world Except for Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Well I left home just a week before And I've never ever kissed a woman before But Lola smiled and took me by the hand And said, "Little boy, gonna make you a man" Well I'm not the world's most masculine man But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man And so is Lola Lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola... |
Which city on the south coast of the Gulf of Sidra, halfway between Tripoli and Benghazi, was the birthplace, in 1942, of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi? | Learn and talk about Sirte, Former national capitals, Gulf of Sidra, Muammar Gaddafi, Populated coastal places in Libya ( help · info ) ; from Ancient Greek : Σύρτις ), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya . It is on the south coast of the Gulf of Sidra (ancient Syrtis Major , from which Sirte's name is derived). Sirte lies halfway between Tripoli and Benghazi . The settlement was established in the early 20th century by the Italians , at the site of a 19th-century fortress built by the Ottomans . It grew into a city after World War II . As the birthplace of Muammar Gaddafi , Sirte was favoured by the Gaddafi government .[ citation needed ] The city was the final major stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists in the Libyan Civil War and Gaddafi was killed there by rebel forces on 20 October 2011. During the battle , Sirte was left almost completely in ruins, with many buildings totally destroyed or damaged. [2] Six months after the civil war, almost 60,000 inhabitants, more than 70 percent of pre-war population, had returned. [3] Contents Early history[ edit ] Sirte is built near the site of the ancient Phoenician city of Macomedes-Euphranta, [4] which was an important link on the road along the Mediterranean Sea littoral. It is the last confirmed place where the Punic language was spoken, in the 5th century CE. The region had no recognized administrative centre and was infested for centuries by bandits. In Classical times, the coast was "proverbially dangerous to shipping", [5] called "inhospita Syrtis" in Virgil 's Aeneid . [6] John Milton 's Paradise Lost Book 2 lines 939-940 speaks of "a boggy Syrtis, neither sea/Nor good dry land". Note: this section is incomplete. Modern history[ edit ] In 1842 the Ottomans built a fortress at Marsat al Zaafran (" saffron harbour") which became known as Qasr al Zaafran ("saffron castle "), and later as Qasr Sert. The fortress was built under sultan Abdülmecid I as part of the restoration of Ottoman control over Tripolitania after the fall of the Karamanli dynasty . It was around this fortification, which was taken over and repaired by the Italians in 1912, that the settlement of Sirte grew up. [7] Sirte served as an administrative centre under Italian rule. [8] During the North African Campaign of the Second World War there were no noteworthy events in this location, which was characterised at the time as "a shabby little Arab village of mud huts, clustered on the banks of a foul-smelling stream." [9] The village grew into a prominent town after the Second World War for two reasons – the discovery and exploitation of oil nearby and the birth of Muammar Gaddafi in 1942 in a tent at Qasr Abu Hadi , some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Sirte. He was sent to the primary school at Sirte at the age of ten. [10] Gaddafi era[ edit ] After seizing power in 1969 , Gaddafi transformed Sirte into a showcase of his self-proclaimed revolution, carrying out an extensive programme of public works to expand the former village into a small city. After 1988, most government departments and the Libyan parliament were relocated from Tripoli to Sirte, although Tripoli remained formally the capital of the country. [11] Al-Tahadi University was established in 1991. In 1999, Gaddafi proposed the idea of creating a " United States of Africa " with Sirte as its administrative centre. Ambitious plans to build a new international airport and seaport were announced in 2007. [12] In 1999, the Sirte Declaration was signed in the city by the Organisation of African Unity in a conference that was hosted by Gaddafi. In 2007 he also hosted talks in Sirte to broker a peace agreement between the government of Sudan and warring factions in Darfur . [13] In 2008, China Railway Construction Corporation won a $2.6 billion bid in Libya to build a west-to-east coastal railway 352 km (219 mi) from Khoms to Sirte and a south-to-west railway 800 km (500 mi) long for iron ore transport from the southern city Sabha to Misrata . [14] Libyan civil war[ edit ] Further information: 2011 Libyan civil war , Libyan rebel adv |
Saddam Hussein was born, in 1937, in the village of Al Awja, on the outskirts of which large Iraqi town northwest of Baghdad on the River Tigris? | Saddam Hussein facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Saddam Hussein BIBLIOGRAPHY Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937, in the northern town of Tikrit, Iraq , to a landless family. His mother was widowed and lost Hussein’s older brother while she was pregnant with Saddam. After his mother remarried, the family moved to the tiny village of Uja, a few miles south of Tikrit, where they led an impoverished life. His mother had three more children with her new husband, and Hussein’s stepfather preferred them over him. Being fatherless, Hussein was exposed to abuse on the part of the village’s children. His parents did not want to send him to school, but when he turned ten he insisted on moving to Tikrit to stay with his maternal uncle, Khayr Allah Tilfah, and attended primary school there. In 1955 he moved with his uncle’s family to Baghdad to attend high school, but before graduating he became involved in political activities, having joined the revolutionary underground Baath Party in 1957. Later, as an exile in Cairo , he completed his secondary education and took some classes in law. As vice president of Iraq, he took private lessons in law, but he never completed his formal education. On July 14, 1958, General Abdul-Karim Qassem (1914–1963) toppled the monarchy in Baghdad and established a semibenevolent dictatorship. Within weeks it became clear that Qassem’s approach to Arab unity was opposed to that of the Baath Arab Socialist Party, Hussein’s chosen venue for political action. With the support of Iraqi communists, Qassem objected to unification with Gamal Abdel Nasser’s (1918–1970) Egypt , and he placed a heavy emphasis on Iraqi identity and Iraqi interests, rather than on pan-Arab ideology and practice. In October 1959 Hussein participated in a failed assassination attempt on Qassem’s life. Hussein and his collaborators managed to wound the Iraqi dictator, but Hussein himself was wounded in his thigh and one of his team was killed, apparently from bullets shot by their own colleagues. Hussein managed to escape to Syria , an odyssey that became the object of a heroic myth weaved by his media after he became president. In Damascus he met the founder and chief ideologue of the Baath Party, the Syrian Christian intellectual Michel Aflaq (1910–1989). Aflaq was impressed by Hussein’s audacity and strength of character, and thereafter Hussein’s position in the party was assured. Hussein soon left Damascus for Cairo, where he lived a modest life sponsored by Nasser. BAATH PARTY COMES TO POWER On February 8, 1963, the Baath Party, in collaboration with a few army officers, staged a coup d’état and killed Qassem. Hussein immediately left Cairo and arrived in Baghdad, where he became a midlevel internal security official. This was also when he married his maternal cousin, Sajidah Khayr Allah Tilfah. Qassem’s downfall was apparently not the exclusive result of his mistake of denying the Communists weapons, nor of the Baath Party’s talent for staging coups. According to reliable sources, the coup was supported, if not actually engineered, by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ). Starting in 1959, the CIA identified Qassem as a sworn enemy of the United States and a staunch ally of the Soviet Union . Over this issue there were deep disagreements between the CIA and the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. The Israeli analysts were convinced that Qassem was not a Communist, nor a Soviet satellite, and they had sufficient evidence that he was not an enemy of Israel. In fact, his rivalry with Nasser served Israel’s purpose of separating Iraq from Egypt. In 1963 the CIA, if it was indeed involved, had the upper hand. The Baath regime under General Abdul Salam Arif (1920–1966) as a titular figurehead launched a bloody campaign against Iraqi Communists who, despite deep reservations, had supported Qassem. Within six months the regime managed to slaughter around ten thousand men, real or perceived Communists. This, however, was no victory for the United States, because the Baath regime was still s |
In a mobile phone, for what do the letters SIM, as in SIM card, stand? | What Does SIM Stand for on a Cell Phone? What Does SIM Stand for on a Cell Phone? What Does SIM Stand for on a Cell Phone? September 15, 2016 By: Chris Blank Most mobile phones used in Europe, as well as many in the United States, run on the system called Groupe Speciale Mobile, or Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). These phones require a SIM card in order to operate. This is in contrast to the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, which is common to mobile phones in the United States and do not use SIM cards. Definition of SIM Cards SIM is an acronym that stands for Subscriber Identity Module. SIM cards contain the subscriber information of the individual mobile phone user and identify the user to the network. SIM cards may also contain applications and personal data, such as stored telephone numbers. They are usually about the size of a thumbnail and are inserted into the mobile phone. SIM Cards on Unlocked Mobile Phones An unlocked phone is not operational without a SIM card. However, any GSM-compatible SIM card may be used with an unlocked phone. Personal data such as telephone numbers may be stored on the SIM card or on the phone itself. The operational data for the phone is stored on the SIM card. SIM Cards on Locked Mobile Phones A locked mobile phone will often be supplied to the customer with the SIM card already installed and programmed. While the SIM card can be physically removed from a locked mobile phone, the phone will not operate without it. It is not possible to substitute another SIM card into a locked phone unless it is unlocked by the carrier or by unlocking software. SIM Cards Versus Re-Usable Identification Module (R-UIM) Cards CDMA mobile phones do not use SIM cards. However, Re-Usable Identification Module (R-UIM) cards have been used in China since 2002. This technology works on a similar principle as SIM cards. As of 2009, development is underway to make R-UIM cards available in the United States, to make interchangeability for CDMA mobile phones possible. Considerations for Travel People who travel to many different destinations may have several SIM cards, which allow them to use a single unlocked mobile phone with their stored phone numbers and to obtain a local telephone number wherever they are. Multiple-band GSM-network mobile phones can often be used overseas, whether locked or unlocked, although international roaming charges for locked mobile phones can be prohibitively high. Network bands for GSM phones are 850 and 1900, widely used in North and South America, and 900 and 1800, widely used in Europe. Tri-band mobile phones usually carry the 850, 1800 and 1900 bands, while quad-band mobile phones carry all four bands. |
Which singer is mentioned in the opening line of the lyrics to 'Dexy's Midnight Runners' hit 'Come On Eileen'? | Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners Songfacts Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners Songfacts Songfacts Written by Dexys lead singer Kevin Rowland, trombone player Jim Paterson and guitarist Al Archer, this song was an enormous hit, going to #1 in America, the UK and Australia. While the song will fit nicely in an '80s music time capsule, it sounded nothing like the other hits of the era. There are no synthesizers on the song, but there is banjo, accordion, fiddle and saxophone. In our interview with Kevin Rowland , he explained how the song came together: "We wanted a good rhythm and we found one. Lots of records we liked had that rhythm: 'Concrete and Clay,' ' It's Not Unusual ' by Tom Jones. Lots of records we liked had that 'Bomp ba bomp, bomp ba bomp.' We felt it was a good rhythm. We came up with the chord sequence ourselves and just started singing melodies over it. I remember thinking, 'We're really onto something here.' I came up with that, 'Too ra loo ra,' and I remember thinking, 'Wow, this is sounding really good.' You get a feeling when you're writing a song. Something happens. And in the end it kind of finished itself." This song is based on a true story. Eileen was a girl that Kevin Rowland grew up with. Their relationship became romantic when the pair were 13, and according to Rowland, it turned sexual a year or two later. Rowland was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy in church. Sex was a taboo subject, and considered "dirty" - something that fascinated him. When he wrote this song, Rowland was expressing the feelings of that adolescent enjoying his first sexual relationship and dreaming of being free from the strictures of a buttoned-down society: You in that dress Verge on dirty The song describes the thin line between love and lust. Dexys Midnight Runners had no American distribution for their first album, which did very well in the UK and contained a #1 hit called " Geno ." "Come On Eileen" was their first single issued in US, and was the only American hit for the band - "The Celtic Soul Brothers" was served up as a follow-up single, but petered out at #86. Much of the US success for "Eileen" can be attributed to its video, which got constant airplay on MTV and remains one of the most memorable and beloved clips of the era. Most videos at the time were slick productions featuring impossibly pretty people in unexpected locations, but Dexys' video was delightfully different, with the overall-clad band acting out the love story on a gritty street. Kevin Rowland doing an earnest jig became a defining image of the early MTV era. When we asked him about shooting it, he told us: "It was one day. We started at 6 in the morning, we finished very late at night. It just kind of worked." When this hit #1 in the US, it knocked Michael Jackson's " Billie Jean " off the top spot. Dexys Midnight Runners released their first album, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, in 1980. It contained the #1 UK hit " Geno " and earned the band lots of acclaim in their home country of England. For their second album Too-Rye-Ay, the group added fiddles and switched to more of an Irish folk sound. Kevin Rowland changed out every member except for Jim Paterson and also updated their image, going from a stylish, rustic Italian look to a ragged, unkempt appearance. This hillbilly theme was a great complement to their new sound and made for a striking visual. Rowland sold the look by appearing in patched-up denim offstage and insisting that it was not an act. When Smash Hits writer Dave Rimmer broached the subject in 1982, Rowland snapped: "I take deadly serious what I do. It's very important to me to be an individual. I don't care if people laugh. That's what Dexys Midnight Runners is all about: showing your feelings and not giving a damn what other people think." The song leaves an impression with a group vocal breakdown at the end which is followed by an uptempo fiddle part. This fast section was modeled on the Hebrew wedding song " Hava Nagila ." This was the biggest-selling single of 1982 in the United Kingdom. In |
The highest-grossing film of the year, so far, what is the title of the latest instalment in the 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' film franchise? | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) - News NEWS 11 December 2013 2:33 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news » When Jerry Bruckheimer becomes the 27th recipient of the American Cinematheque Award on Dec. 12, he follows such filmmakers as Steven Spielberg , Martin Scorsese , and Al Pacino. But, fittingly, Bruckheimer is the first producer so honored. For while the self-effacing and low-key vet is not one of those producers given to shamelessly tooting his own horn or screaming to underscore his power, for over three decades now he’s racked up hit after hit — earning more than $125 billion worldwide — to emerge as one of the most successful producers Hollywood has ever seen. And he’s just signed a three-year, first-look agreement for theatrical films with Paramount Pictures . And thanks to such movie and TV franchises as the “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “ National Treasure ,” “ Beverly Hills Cop ,” “ The Amazing Race ” and “CSI,” Bruckheimer has also achieved what few other producers ever have — a brand-name awareness with the general public. While highbrow critics » - Iain Blair 7 December 2013 7:42 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news » 2015 is shaping up as the Year of the Hollywood Franchise, but 2016 isn’t looking shabby either. A handful of genre tentpoles – like the Warcraft and Angry Birds game movies and The Mummy film reboot – have already been set for release that year, in addition to heavyweight sequels like Independence Day 2, Finding Dory and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (all of which had previously been eyed for a 2015 launch). Paramount hopes to have Star Trek 3 - the third entry in the rebooted Star Trek movie continuity - ready for takeoff by 2016, seeing how that year marks the 50th anniversary of the late Gene Roddenberry ’s original ... Click to continue reading ‘ Star Trek 3 ′ Gets Three Writers; Aiming for 2016 Release Date The post ‘ Star Trek 3 ′ Gets Three Writers; Aiming for 2016 Release Date appeared first on Screen Rant. » 6 December 2013 1:16 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news » Celebrity break-ups are something of a guilty pleasure to look in on, and one of this years’s biggest separations was that of long-term couple Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Studios. In the wake of The Lone Ranger bombing spectacularly at the box office, it was announced that Bruckheimer and Disney would be going their separate ways after 20 years in business. Bruckheimer’s Disney legacy includes the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, which has been extremely lucrative for the company so far in a trend that seems set to continue when Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is released in 2016. Bruckheimer has no doubt been ... Click to continue reading Bruckheimer Makes Paramount Deal; ‘ Beverly Hills Cop ’ & ‘ Top Gun ’ Sequels Planned The post Bruckheimer Makes Paramount Deal; ‘ Beverly Hills Cop ’ & ‘ Top Gun ’ Sequels Planned appeared first on Screen Rant. » 6 December 2013 8:30 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news » Following his breakup with Disney, uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer has a new dance partner: Paramount Pictures . TheWrap reports that Bruckheimer has officially signed a three-year deal with Paramount Pictures . The producer's relationship with Disney -- which yielded " Pearl Harbor ," " The Rock ," and the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise -- ended in September. "I will have the freedom and opportunity to make various kinds of pictures, which I didn't have at Disney," he told TheWrap of his decision. Bruckheimer made " Top Gun " and " Beverly Hills Cop " with Paramount, so it's no surprise that those two properties are high on his "to do" list. "We would very much like to continue with [a ' Top Gun ' sequel]," Bruckheimer said. Late director Tony Scott had "a great beat on how to redo it, and we would like to follow that along." However, Deadline reports that a reboot of "Cop" will likely come first, under director Brett Ratner , » - Kelly Woo News |
In May 1521, Pope Leo X presided over which assembly at which Martin Luther was summoned to renounce the views expressed in his 95 theses? | Martin Luther English Bible History Martin Luther Martin Luther had a small head-start on Tyndale, as Luther declared his intolerance for the Roman Church’s corruption on Halloween in 1517, by nailing his 95 Theses of Contention to the Wittenberg Church door. Luther, who would be exiled in the months following the Diet of Worms Council in 1521 that was designed to martyr him, would translate the New Testament into German for the first time from the 1516 Greek-Latin New Testament of Erasmus, and publish it in September of 1522. Luther also published a German Pentateuch in 1523 , and another edition of the German New Testament in 1529 . In the 1530’s he would go on to publish the entire Bible in German. Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546) was a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines of Protestant and other Christian traditions. Martin Luther was born to Hans and Margaretha Luder on 10 November 1483 in Eisleben, Germany and was baptised the next day on the feast of St. Martin of Tours, after whom he was named. Luther’s call to the Church to return to the teachings of the Bible resulted in the formation of new traditions within Christianity and the Counter-Reformation in the Roman Catholic Church, culminating at the Council of Trent. His translation of the Bible also helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation. Luther's hymns sparked the development of congregational singing in Christianity. His marriage, on June 13, 1525, to Katharina von Bora, a former nun, began the tradition of clerical marriage within several Christian traditions. Martin Luther's early life Martin Luther’s father owned a copper mine in nearby Mansfeld. Having risen from the peasantry, his father was determined to see his son ascend to civil service and bring further honor to the family. To that end, Hans sent young Martin to schools in Mansfeld, Magdeburg and Eisenach. At the age of seventeen in 1501 he entered the University of Erfurt. The young student received his Bachelor's degree after just one year in 1502! Three years later, in 1505, he received a Master's degree. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrolled in the law school of that university. All that changed during a thunderstorm in the summer of 1505. A lightening bolt struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help, St. Anne! I'll become a monk!" Spared of his life, but regretting his words, Luther kept his bargain, dropped out of law school and entered the monastery there. Luther's struggle to find peace with God Young Brother Martin fully dedicated himself to monastic life, the effort to do good works to please God and to serve others through prayer for their souls. Yet peace with God escaped him. He devoted himself to fasts, flagellations, long hours in prayer and pilgrimages, and constant confession. The more he tried to do for God, it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulness. Johann von Staupitz, Luther's superior, concluded the young man needed more work to distract him from pondering himself. He ordered the monk to pursue an academic career. In 1507 Luther was ordained to the priesthood. In 1508 he began teaching theology at the University of Wittenberg. Luther earned his Bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies on 9 March 1508 and a Bachelor's degree in the Sentences by Peter Lombard, (the main textbook of theology in the Middle Ages) in 1509. On 19 October 1512, the University of Wittenberg conferred upon Martin Luther the degree of Doctor of Theology. Martin Luther’s Evangelical Discovery The demands of study for academic degrees and preparation for deliveri |
The third highest-grossing film of the year, so far, what is the title of the latest instalment in the 'Transformers' film franchise? | Highest Grossing Movies Of 2014 Highest Grossing Movies Of 2014 27 December 2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014 has been another terrific year with a whole host of movies performing incredibly well at the box office. It has been bumper year when it comes to the blockbuster with a range of sequels hitting the big screen as well as couple of brand new films that have thrilled audiences. Now that the year is almost at a close - I cannot believe that we are already saying goodbye to 2014 and looking ahead to 2015 - we take a look at those movies that grossed the most when it came to the box office. 1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $1,087,404,499 There is one only movie that has grossed over the magical $1 billion this year, and that is Transformers: Age of Extinction as the popular franchise was given a big of a facelift and taken in a new direction with a completely new cast. Michael Bay, who brought us the first three hugely successful films in the franchise, remained in the director's chair for Age of Extinction, despite it looking at one point that he wasn't going to return for the fourth film. Mark Wahlberg took over the central role in the film, as we were introduced to the character of Cade Yeager for the first time. He was joined on the cast list by Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Miles, and Li Bingbing, while Peter Cullen returned to voice the character of Optimus Prime. Once again, the movie was met poorly by the critics, but that didn't stop an army of Transformers fans from flocking to cinemas to check out the latest instalment. The $1,087 billion success makes it the second highest grossing film in the Transformers franchise - behind Dark of the Moon - and the second film in the franchise to gross over $1 billion. A fifth movie is set to be released in 2016, while Paramount has launched their campaign to get age of Extinction nominated for the Best Picture and Best Director Oscar. While it may not end up in the running in those two categories, it could well find itself in some of the technical and special effects categories. 2. Guardians of the Galaxy - $771,826,145 No movie year is complete without a Marvel film hitting the big screen and in 2014, we were treated to two. Guardians of the Galaxy was the second of those two films and was the launch of a brand new Marvel franchise. Guardians of the Galaxy was the final film before Phase two is brought to a close by Avengers: Age of Ultron next year, and was one of the most anticipated blockbusters of the summer. The movie marked the most adventurous project for Marvel to date and saw James Gunn in the director's chair. Gunn has been behind Slither and Super so far in his directing career, but Guardians of the Galaxy marked the biggest film of his career - however, you would not know that when you see the movie as it is a triumph. He infused great action with the humour that has become Marvel's trademark and the space special effects were just incredible. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, and Vin Diesel took on the central roles of Peter Quill, Gamora, Rocket, Drax, and Groot. Lee Pace, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio Del Toro were also on board. The movie was both a critical and commercial success as it grossed over $771 million at the global box office. So far, it is the second highest grossing movie of 2014, and the third highest grossing Marvel movie of all time behind Avengers Assemble and Iron Man 3. A Guardians of the Galaxy sequel is already scheduled for 2017 and James Gunn has revealed that work on the screenplay has been completed. However, details of the plot and cast are you to be unveiled. 3. Maleficent - $757,752,378 There was a little apprehension at the beginning of the year as to just how well Maleficent was going to fair at the box office… it seems no one should have worried as it is the highest grossing female led film of the year and the second highest grossing none-sequel of 2014. Maleficent is a live action re-telling of one of Disney's m |
Which 'Lady Gaga' hit was the UK's best selling single of 2009? | Lady Gaga's Official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK revealed 02 September 2016 Lady Gaga's Official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK revealed With Gaga's new single Perfect Illusion imminent, we look back at her top sellers so far. Google + Ever since her first hit in 2009, there's never been a dull moment with Lady Gaga around – every song and every image change is something of an event. Now, as Lady Gaga releases her long-awaited single Perfect Illusion, we look back at the smashes that came before it and reveal her top selling singles. Let's kick off with the Top 5 before we reveal the full 20: 5: Born This Way Don’t call it a comeback, but it kinda was. As Gaga prepared to release her second full album of new material in 2011, the world waited with bated breath. Could she live up to the hype of her early hits? After two massive tours – The Fame Ball and The Monster Ball – would Gaga still have the energy to pull off another dazzling album campaign? In short: yes. The track sold 144,000 copies in its first two weeks on sale, and reached Number 3. Its total sales now stand at 712,600. 4: Telephone If you’re going to do a collaboration, this is probably the best way to do it. In 2010, Gaga teamed up with Queen B for a raucous girls’ night out in a ‘clerb’, sipping some ‘berb’ and definitely not answering their phones, thank you very much. The epic video was a sequel to Paparazzi, with Gaga being banged up for putting something nasty in her boyfriend’s tea. Luckily, Beyoncé was on hand to spring her out of jail, and the two went on a further rampage, causing no end of headaches for the environmental health department of their local council. It got to Number 1, selling 720,500 copies to date, and it's proven a hard act to follow: neither Gaga or Beyoncé have had a Number 1 single since. MORE: Take a look at all Beyoncé's hit UK singles and albums 3: Just Dance Here’s where it all began. Who knew as this debut single raced to Number 1 we were witnessing the start of something really big? Before the meat dress, arriving at awards ceremonies in an egg, and starring in horror shows, there was Just Dance – a slice of perfect pop and the ideal way to introduce the world to a true pop phenomenon, becoming the third biggest seller of 2009. Find out which two songs beat it to the top here . It's tantalisingly close to being a member of the million-sellers' club, with 957,400 sales under its (no doubt very high fashion) belt – will we see it tip over the big one soon? If it does, it'll be Gaga's third, because look who's up next… MORE: All Lady Gaga's UK hit singles and albums in her Official UK Chart archive 2: Bad Romance Lady Gaga’s first release from The Fame Monster was something of a slow-burner, but once it got going, it certainly made up for lost time. Bad Romance took seven weeks to reach the top of the Official Singles Chart, only to be knocked off by Rage Against The Machine. It returned two weeks later, not quite ready to give up on all the glory just yet. From the cover art to the video and the defiant chant of 'Gaga ooh la la', everything about Bad Romance made a good case for iconic status. Bad Romance was Gaga's third Number 1 of 2009 and her first of 2010 – its sales tally stands at 1.034 million, passing the seven-figure milestone in September 2013. 1: Poker Face Ma-ma-ma-maaaaah. There can only be one winner, and it’s Gaga’s second single and Number 1 Poker Face that takes the crown as her best-selling song on the Official Singles Chart. It’s classic Gaga territory: hairpieces as far as the eye can see and the flamboyant popstar outwitting the guys in a hedonistic party setting. Chants, a catchy chorus, a talky middle-eight – it’s Gaga 101 and worthy of its million-selling status. Poker Face was the best-selling single of 2009, and passed the million sales mark in September 2010. It's currently lording it at the top of Lady Gaga's countdown with 1.17 million sales. Other notable entries The Edge of Glory just misses out on a Top 5 placing – it's one of Gaga’s more upbeat numbers but was actually written in the af |
The architect Louis Kahn designed which Asian capital's Government Assembly complex in 1962? | Louis I Kahn National Assembly building Dhaka 1962 83 Center of - AH - 205 View Full Document 23. Louis I. Kahn, National Assembly building, Dhaka 1962-83. Center of government for East Pakistan, completed as East Pakistan became Bangladesh Mosque, president’s residence, assembly halls 24. Louis I. Kahn, National Assembly building, Dhaka 1962-83, two views of the prayer hall. Architecture could influence ideas of Western democracy in newly formed country 25. Louis I. Kahn, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 1962-74. Large university campus Design based on geometric view of architecture This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document Uses local materials and those which are easier to use: reinforced concrete 26. Jeet Lal Mahotra, High School, Chandigarh 1959-60. Geometric repetition Use of brick Predates Kahn in SE Asia 27. Balkrishna V. Doshi, Architect’s Studio (Sangath), Ahmedabad 1979-81. Vaults covered in ceramic to protect from sun, openings, 28. Balkrishna V. Doshi, Architect’s Studio (Sangath), Ahmedabad 1979-81, interior view. Part of building is below ground to keep temperature down 29. Balkrishna V. Doshi, Husain-Doshi Gufa, Ahmedabad 1992-95. Construction is below ground Each hall covered by thin reinforce concrete dome Pillars to hold up, covered by ceramic tiles to reflect sunlight and control temperature 30. Stupa, Sanchi (near Bopal, Madhya Pradesh) 5th century BC-1st century AD. 31. Charles Correa, Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, Ahmedabad 1958-63. Gandhi Memorial Large pavilion built of reinforced concrete and bricks Very large horizontal space open on all sides 32. Charles Correa, Kovalam Beach Hotel, Kovalam 1969-74. This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Technological Advancements of the 60s BU |
Edith of East Anglia was the wife of which pre-Norman English king, born in c. 993 AD? | Ealdgyth (986 - 1016) - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Ealdgyth, queen Consort of England public profile Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos "Modern:Edith", "Edith of East Anglia", "Ealdgyth Verch Agitha Wessex", "Queen of England" Birthdate: Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon England Death: in Tower Hill, London, England Place of Burial: Queen consort of England, Queen of England Managed by: Circa 986 - Malmsbury, Wiltshire, England Death: Nov 30 1016 - London, Middlesex, England Husband: Between Jan 6 986 and Jan 5 987 - Wessex,England Death: Between Jan 7 1016 and Jan 6 1017 - London,Middlesex,England Husband: King of England Edmund II Ætheling "Ironside" Son: About Ealdgyth, queen Consort of England Ealdgyth, Algitha, unknown parents. NOT MORCAR'S DAUGHTER!!! Married: 1. Sigeferth (no children) Morcars' brother 2. Edmund II Ironside a) Edward the Exile/Atheling b) Edmund a) SIGEFERTH (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[715]. Ætheling Æthelstan, under his will dated [1014], made a bequest to "Sigeferth, an estate at Hockliffe"[716]. With his brother, he was one of the leading thegns of the northern Danelaw. He was murdered on the orders of Eadric "Streona/the Acquisitor" Ealdorman of Mercia[717]. m as her first husband, ÆLDGYTH, daughter of ---. After her husband was killed, she was arrested, but abducted against the wishes of King Æthelred II by his son Edmund, later Edmund "Ironsides" King of England, whom she married as her second husband. Simeon of Durham records that Edmund married "Algitha widow of Sigeferth" in 1015[718]. b) MORCAR (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). King Æthelred II granted land in Derbyshire to "Morcar minister" under a charter dated 1009[719]. With his brother, a leading thegn of the northern Danelaw. Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[720]. m EALDGYTH, daughter of ÆLFTHRYTH & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. Morcar & his wife had one child: i) ÆLFGIFU. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m as his first wife, ÆLFGAR Earl of Mercia, son of LEOFRIC Earl of Mercia & his wife Godgifu --- (-1062). ------------------------------ ARNGRIM. m ---. The name of Arngrim's wife is not known. Arngrim & his wife had two children: a) SIGEFERTH (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[715]. Ætheling Æthelstan, under his will dated [1014], made a bequest to "Sigeferth, an estate at Hockliffe"[716]. With his brother, he was one of the leading thegns of the northern Danelaw. He was murdered on the orders of Eadric "Streona/the Acquisitor" Ealdorman of Mercia[717]. m as her first husband, ÆLDGYTH, daughter of ---. After her husband was killed, she was arrested, but abducted against the wishes of King Æthelred II by his son Edmund, later Edmund "Ironsides" King of England, whom she married as her second husband. Simeon of Durham records that Edmund married "Algitha widow of Sigeferth" in 1015[718]. b) MORCAR (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). King Æthelred II granted land in Derbyshire to "Morcar minister" under a charter dated 1009[719]. With his brother, a leading thegn of the northern Danelaw. Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[720]. m EALDGYTH, daughter of ÆLFTHRYTH & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. Mo |
Which 'Eminem and Rhianna' hit was the UK's best selling single of 2010? | Eminem And Rihanna Have The Year’s Best-Selling Single In The UK | Idolator Eminem And Rihanna Have The Year’s Best-Selling Single In The UK Robbie Daw @chartrigger | December 22, 2010 - 8:38 am Share < br />this article: NME has posted the UK’s 40 best-selling singles of 2010, and while we’re not surprised that Eminem and Rihanna’s global mega-hit “Love The Way You Lie” topped the list, what is interesting is the overall lack of UK artists in the Top 10. Sure, there’s the Helping Haiti “Everybody Hurts” charity record, which featured basically a who’s who of current British pop stars. But #1 through #6 is populated by us Yanks (with, of course, the exception of fashionable Barbadian Rihanna, who “features” on #1). Catch the upper portion of the UK’s biggest singles of the year after the jump. Regarding the top single across the pond, NME notes, “Surprisingly, it never reached Number One of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at Number Two. It did, however, top the UK R&B Chart.” |
Edith of Wessex was the wife of which pre-Norman English king, born c. 1003 AD? | Ælfgifu (1002 - 1042) - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Ælfgifu Also Known As: "Ael-Gifu (Ael-Wife = Ael's Given)", "Ælfgifu", "Elgiva", "Edith /Elgiva/", "Elfgifu //", "Elgiva (Algifu) of /England/", "Ælfgifu "Elgiva", "Aelfgifu", "Edith"" Birthdate: Mercia, The Land of the Tomsaetians, England Death: Apr 16 997 - Wessex, Devon, England Death: Apr 16 997 - Wessex, Devon, England Death: Apr 16 997 - Wessex, Anglo Saxon Kingdom, England Death: Aethelred Ethelred Mucel Unready Wessex, Alfgifu Aelflaed Gunnarsson England Denormandie Husband: Apr 16 997 - Wessex, Anglo Saxon Kingdom, England Death: Uchtred "the Bold" 3rd Earl Of Northumbria Daughter: Apr 16 997 - Wessex, Anglo Saxon Kingdom, England Death: Uchtred "the Bold" 3rd Earl Of Northumbria Daughter: Uchtred "the Bold" De Northumbria Husband: 1098 - Northumberland, England Parents: Ethelred Ii The Unready King Of England Kent Wessex, Alfgifu Aelflaed Of York Gunnarsson King Of England Kent Wessex (born Queen Of England) Siblings: 1098 - Somme, Picardie, France Parents: ..."the Redeless" "the Redless" King Of England, Alfgifu "the Redless" King Of England (født Aelflaed Of England) Brother: Edmund "the Magnificent King Of England, Aelfgifu Shaftesbury Siblings: ...ngland, Edith England, Eadmund England, Edred Von England, Goda England, Edred England, Wulfhild Von England, Edgiva Von England, Adgina ... Ælfgifu, or Elgiva, was the third wife of Uchtred of Northumbria daughter of Æthelred II Unræd, King of England & his first wife Ælflæd Two children, both daughters, both born 1016 or earlier: 1. Ealdgyth (Ælfgifa) who married Maldred MacCrínán 2. (nameless) mother of Siward and Ealdred http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20&%20Danish%20Kings.htm#AelfgifuMUhtredNorthumbria m thirdly ([1009/16]) ÆLFGIFU, daughter of ÆTHELRED II King of England & his first wife Ælflæd ---. Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records the third marriage of "Cospatric's son…Ucthred" (although from the context "Cospatric" appears to be an error for "Waltheof") and "king Ethelred…his…daughter Elfgiva"[333]. She is named as daughter of King Æthelred by Roger of Hoveden, when he records her marriage[334]. Her marriage date is estimated on the assumption that it is unlikely that she would have been married before her older sister Eadgyth. Earl Uhtred & his third wife had [two children]: 4. EALDGYTH [Ælfgifu] (1016 or before-). Simeon of Durham names "Algiva daughter of earl Uchtred [and] of Algiva daughter of king Agelred" when recording that her father arranged her marriage to "Maldred the son of Crinan"[367], although her father was long since dead when she married. She is named as daughter of Uhtred and Elgiva by Roger of Hoveden, who also names her husband and his father[368]. m ([before 1040]) MALDRED Lord of Allerdale, Regent of Strathclyde, son of CRINAN "the Thane" Mormaer of Atholl [Scotland] & his wife Bethoc of Scotland Lady of Atholl (-[killed in battle 1045]). 5. [daughter (1016 or before-). Her parentage has not been confirmed by primary sources. However, her husband is named as the father of Siward and Ealdred by Orderic Vitalis[369], the brothers being described as "pronepotes" of King Edward "the Confessor". Assuming this relationship is correctly translated as great-nephew, their father would have been either the king's nephew or married to the king's niece. If Æthelgar had been the king's blood relation, it is likely that he would have been referred to in other contemporary sources which appears not to have been the case. It is therefore more probable that it was Æthelgar's wife who was related to the king, a relationship through Ælfgifu daughter of King Æthelred II being the most likely possibility given the lack of information on descendants of any of the other daughters of King Æthelred.] m ÆTHELGAR (-before 1066). It is assumed that he had recently predeceased his sons in early 1067 when t |
Sharing its name with an ex-Soviet state, which cruise ship sank in the Baltic Sea in September 1994 claiming 852 lives? | Baltic Weekly Crier - News Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. News highlights from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Updated every Monday. News Highlights from December 11-December 18, 2000 A British composer is writing a musical score celebrating a Latvian-based telescope built and then abandoned by the Soviet army, the BBC's in-house newspaper Playback recently reported. The composer, Michael Omer, was inspired by a BBC report about the telescope; the report included recordings of the noises that the giant 32-meter wide dish makes as it's scanning the skies for radio waves. The composition for orchestra, entitled Little Star Began to Sing, will premiere in London at the Guildhall School of Music in the Barbican on February 3. There will also be performances in April at the Barbican and in St. John's Smith Square. The building-sized telescope, which scientists dubbed Little Star, was used by the Soviet military to spy on NATO communications during the Cold War. Latvians only discovered it existed in 1994, the year the Russian army pulled out of Latvia. Withdrawing troops poured acid on the telescope's motors and destroyed much of the surrounding infrastructure. Local Latvian scientists, however, struggled to restored the radio telescopethe largest in northern Europeand now use it to monitor the stars for possible signs of intelligent life outside the Solar System. When it receives radio waves from outer space, transformers begin to vibrate on the telescope's antennas, creating a series of buzzes, bleeps and clanging sounds. The transformers are also called selsyans. "Little Star began To Sing is a musical evocation of the selsyans' chorus and the whole ensemble of the forest," explained BBC reporter William Horsley. "And the climax corresponds exactly with the pitch and quality of the notes which I heard ringing out through the Latvian forest." Estonia's parliament on December 13 approved a plan to set up one of the world's largest gene banks to store the genetic information of 1 million people, which proponents say could help scientists develop powerful new drugs. Legislators in the 101-seat Riigikogu parliament adopted the gene bank legislation by a 42-to-three vote; one deputy abstained and the others either weren't present or didn't vote. "This is the fundamental law we need to go forward," said Estonian geneticist Andres Metspalu, the principal author of the gene bank plan. He said the project would be launched next year and take five years to fully complete. The multi-million-dollar project, strongly backed by the government, seeks to digitally store the genetic codes of at least two-thirds of the 1.4 million population, making the data available to doctors and researchers. Iceland, with 270,000 people, is the only country currently with a gene program on a similar scale. But it doesn't store gene codes, instead using vast archives of family health records to help identify disease-causing genes. Such large-scale studies are key to finding links between genes and common diseases, like cancer. Knowing the genetic factors involved would open the way for the creation of revolutionary gene-specific drugs, Metspalu said. Estonians could start giving blood samples and providing medical histories to their doctors by the middle of next year. Participation is voluntary, unlike in Iceland where everyone's automatically included unless they opt out. Only a few Estonian scientists and politicians have openly criticized the plan, arguing that unscrupulous employers could manage to gain access to the data, denying jobs to those with gene markers for debilitating illnesses. Backers insist privacy provisions will prevent abuses. Records will be encrypted so even researchers won't be able to match specific names with fi |
What is the name of the Spanish goalkeeper signed by Manchester United from Atletico Madrid this summer? | Manchester United: David De Gea Has 'Days' to Decide Future Manchester United: David De Gea Has 'Days' to Decide Future On 6/14/16 at 5:26 AM Close Sports Manchester United David De Gea Real Madrid David De Gea has until Wednesday to make up his mind on his Manchester United future, according to a new report. One World Sports claims the Spanish goalkeeper, who transferred from Atletico Madrid to United in 2011, is again on the radar of Atletico’s great rival Real Madrid , which almost signed him last summer but for a delay in paperwork at the last minute. De Gea has a clause written into his contract that would allow him to move to Real by June 15, provided the Spanish club pays €60 million (£47.8 million). |
What was the name of NASA's last Space Shuttle that landed at the Kennedy Space Centre last week? | Complete Coverage: Final Flight Of Nasa's Space... Atlantis' Crew Leaves the Shuttle July 21, 2011 07:14am ET After gliding to a smooth landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT, the shuttle astronauts worked through a checklist with Mission Control to safe the vehicle on the ground. Atlantis' four astronauts, commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley, and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, have all exited the vehicle now as ground teams continue their work at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. The astronauts are now being greeted by NASA officials, including administrator Charles Bolden, shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach and Lori Garver, the agency's deputy administrator. The four crewmembers will have the opportunity to walk around their vehicle and soak in the moment with other members of the shuttle program. --Denise Chow TOUCHDOWN! Atlantis Lands for the Final Time July 21, 2011 05:57am ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Atlantis glided down to Earth and slowed to a stop here on the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The orbiter arrived less than an hour before dawn, heralding the end of the 30-year space shuttle program. Four astronauts returned to Earth aboard the spaceship, which flew the 135th shuttle mission, called STS-135. --Clara Moskowitz Shuttle Atlantis in Home Stretch July 21, 2011 05:36am ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Atlantis is just 25 minutes away from touching down here at the Kennedy Space Center in the last shuttle landing ever. The orbiter is plunging its way through Earth's atmosphere, and is approaching the point of maximum heat on re-entry. Atlantis is currently approaching the coast of Central America. --Clara Moskowitz Atlantis Begins Descent Back to Earth July 21, 2011 04:53am ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Atlantis has performed a de-orbit burn to come out of Earth orbit and begin the descent back to the ground, where it will touch down here at Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle is a little more than an hour away from its final landing, slated for 5:56 a.m. EDT (0956 GMT). --Clara Moskowitz Atlantis "Go" for De-Orbit Burn July 21, 2011 04:18am ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mission Control gave the space shuttle Atlantis a "go" to conduct a de-orbit burn of its engines at 4:49 a.m. ET (0849 GMT) to begin the descent down to Earth. --Clara Moskowitz Weather 'Go' For Final Shuttle Landing July 21, 2011 04:00am ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The weather here at Kennedy Space Center is "go" for landing today, capcom Charlie Hobaugh told Atlantis' commander Chris Ferguson. The shuttle is about an hour away from making a "de-orbit burn" of its engines to initiate re-entry. --Clara Moskowitz Astronauts Awake for Landing Day July 20, 2011 09:39pm ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The four astronauts aboard shuttle Atlantis' final mission awoke to begin their landing day today at 9:29 p.m. EDT (0129 GMT Thursday). The wakeup song today was Kate Smith's rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." "What a classic patriotic song," Ferguson said. "So appropriate for what will likely be the shuttle's final day in orbit. Thank you to America for supporting this program, and we'll see you in a few short hours hopefully." The shuttle is slated to land Tuesday (July 21) at 5:56 a.m. EDT (0956 GMT). --Clara Moskowitz Shuttle Crew Goes to Sleep for Last Night in Space July 20, 2011 01:48pm ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- The space shuttle Atlantis astronauts have gone to bed for their last sleep in orbit before landing tomorrow at Kennedy Space Center here. Commander Chris Ferguson took time out to mention a significant anniversary. "Forty-two years ago today Neil Armstrong walked on the moon." Ferguson said. "I consider myself fortunate that I was there to actually remember the event. I think there was probably a lot of folks in that room who didn’t have that privilege or honor." The spaceflyers are scheduled to land Thursday (July 21) at 5:56 a.m. EDT (0956 GMT). --Clara Moskowitz Atlantis Deploys Final Satellite in Space Shutt |
Despite not being the capital, which is the largest city by population in Kansas? | Kansas travel guide - Wikitravel Time Zone UTC -7/-6, UTC -6/-5 Kansas [1] is a state in the Great Plains region of the United States of America . It is generally considered the center of the country, at least in geographical terms, though one of its nicknames is "the Heart of America." Thanks to the Wizard of Oz, many non-Kansans (and some Kansans as well) think of it as a place from which to escape; however, there are a lot of great places to visit, particularly if you are interested in the history of the American West. With a little exploration, almost every little town has something of interest. Other destinations[ edit ] Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail - Between May 1804 and September 1806, 32 men, one woman, and a baby traveled from the plains of the Midwest to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. They called themselves the Corps of Discovery Fort Scott National Historic site, ground zero for the Bleeding Kansas term, where the state's slave policy of yesteryear can be thoroughly studied Understand[ edit ] Although Native Americans have lived in Kansas for thousands of years and the first Europeans visited in the 1600s, most Kansas communities date from the early to mid-1880s. The real development of Kansas didn’t take place until the 1850s when pro-slavery settlers from Missouri and antislavery settlers from New England flooded into the area. This period of "Bleeding Kansas" included a great deal of violence and some people consider this area to have been the cradle of the Civil War. In communities like Lawrence, Kansas many organizations and businesses still proudly display the "free state" name. Talk[ edit ] Most residents of Kansas speak a neutral American Standard English. However, in the southeastern region there is a noticeable southern influence -- both in accent and word choice. This dates back to Civil War era, many pro-slavery citizens moved into this part of the state to land grab and sway elections. Many of the communities in the area still have connections to southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas communities. The farther west you go you may run into pockets of communities with German, Russian, or even Swedish accents. This due to the large number of immigrants that settled in Kansas during the late 1800's Get in[ edit ] If you are driving to Kansas from the east or west, it would be best to take Interstate 70. I-35 travels from the south center of the state and passes northeast meeting I-70 in Kansas City. I-135 travels from Wichita to Salina, connecting the other two major interstate highways. Wichita has the only major airport in the state, with service to about a dozen cities. Several other smaller cities have very limited commercial service. Many people flying into the state (especially the eastern part) would come through Kansas City (Missouri) . The only regular train service is Amtrak's Southwest Chief, which travels east-west across the state, passing through Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Newton, Hutchinson, Dodge City, and Garden City. This train continues to and from Chicago daily from/to the east and Los Angeles from/to the west. There is also daily connecting daily service to and from St. Louis at Kansas City. Greyhound Lines and Jefferson Lines provide daily regular service to and from many destinations in Kansas. Get around[ edit ] The only way to travel in Kansas is to drive. Part of the experience of being in the state is to spend time on the road, which is as interesting an experience as you make it. Take the time to plan a route off of the main highways and see the country. Otherwise, if you require public transportation, Kansas may not be a place for you. Even the larger cities, like Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City, offer very limited public transportation. Eat[ edit ][ add listing ] Kansas' best known regional food is Kansas City-style BBQ, associated with the metropolitan Kansas City area including Wyandotte County and Johnson County, as well as portions of Missouri. It is a slow "pit" style barbecue; sauce is usually an important component to the finished meal. |
What is the name of the Brazilian goalkeeper signed by Liverpool from Roma this summer? | Liverpool keeper Alexander Doni joins Botafogo on free transfer - BBC Sport BBC Sport Liverpool keeper Alexander Doni joins Botafogo on free transfer 31 Jan 2013 Read more about sharing. Liverpool goalkeeper Alexander Doni is returning to his native Brazil to join Botafogo on a free transfer - but it is not the famous Rio club of that name. Instead, the 33-year-old, who signed for the Reds for about £1.3m in 2011 from AS Roma, is joining Botafogo of Ribeirao Preto, currently bidding to reach the national fourth division. Doni, signed by Kenny Dalglish, made only four appearances for the Reds. The keeper has won 10 Brazil caps and was in the 2010 World Cup squad. Share this page |
What is the name of the man who committed the horrific murders seen in Norway last week? | Inside the warped mind of Anders Breivik News Inside the warped mind of Anders Breivik Utøya, an island in the Tyrifjorden lake in Norway, where Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 people in July 2011 Credit: IBL/REX 22 July 2016 • 10:52pm This article was first published on July 18, 2015 and is republished here on the fifth anniversary of Norway's worst peacetime atrocity: Four years after Anders Behring Breivik slaughtered 77 people in Norway's worst peacetime atrocity, the author Karl Ove Knausgaard looks for answers Norway is a small country. It is also relatively homogeneous and egalitarian. This means that the distance from top to bottom is short, and that great disasters affect the entire populace. For example, every Norwegian knows someone who knows someone who died when the Alexander Kielland drilling rig capsized in 1980 – I recall that my brother had a schoolmate whose father died in the disaster – or when, a decade later, a ferry, the Scandinavian Star, burned and 158 of the passengers died. There is also something deeply sincere, almost innocent, about Norwegian culture. Practically every time something about Norway or one of its people appears in the foreign press, the Norwegian media mention this with pride. And every May 17, National Constitution Day, people don their nicest clothes, whether these be bunads, suits or dresses, retrieve their flags and ribbons with Norwegian colours, and spill on to the streets to watch children sing songs about Norway, while everyone shouts hurrah and waves flags in a show of patriotism that encompasses every layer of society and plays out in every part of the country. The celebration takes place without irony and is essentially unpolitical – both the left and the right are united in this sea of flags and children. This says something about the country’s egotism, but also about its harmlessness. It was out of this world that the 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik stepped when, on the afternoon of July 22 2011, he set out from his mother’s flat in Oslo’s West End, changed into a police uniform, parked a van containing a bomb, which he had spent the spring and summer making, outside Regjeringskvartalet – the heart of Norway’s government – lit the fuse, and left the scene. While the catastrophic images of the attack, which killed eight people, were being broadcast across the world, Breivik headed to Utøya. #That was where the Workers’ Youth League had its annual summer camp. There Breivik shot and killed 69 people, in a massacre that lasted for more than an hour, right until the police arrived, when he immediately surrendered. A speaker's podium on Utøya Credit: FREDRIK NAUMANN/Panos Pictures He wanted to save Norway. Just a few hours before detonating the bomb, Breivik emailed a 1,500-page manifesto to 1,000 recipients, in which he said that we were at war with Muslims and multiculturalism and that the slaughter of the campers was meant to be a wake-up call. He also uploaded to YouTube a 12-minute video that revealed, with propagandistic simplicity, what was about to happen in Europe: the Muslim invasion. The shock in Norway was total. After the Second World War, the most serious political assault in the country had been the so-called Hadeland Murders, in 1981. Two young men, members of a small neo-Nazi underground movement, Norges Germanske Armé, were killed. Breivik’s crime was radically different. The television broadcasts of the scene were chaotic; the journalists and anchormen were just as affected by the events as the people they were interviewing; one read in their eyes and their body language incredulity, shock, confusion. The usual detachment with which news is delivered had collapsed. Indeed, at that moment it seemed as if the world stood open. At trial, Breivik listened to the survivor's accounts without expression Credit: Getty Like many Norwegians, I cried when I learnt what had happened, and in the days following. The assault penetrated every defence, for the deaths we were used to seeing in the media had always happened in other places, in fore |
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