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"If a dish is cooked or served ""a La Portuguese"", what is it with?" | Portuguese Chicken Recipe : Rachael Ray : Food Network Chicken Chili Recipes 4.5 35 Delicious! I didn't have chorizo (due to where I live I couldn't get any in a pinch, so I cooked up some bacon and used some of the grease along with olive oil and first sautéed the veggies (sans potatoes. Also, I did not have white wine so I used the water I poached the chicken in and added another cup of water along with a chicken bullion cube, then followed directions. Only regret is that I didn't double this, with a family of five I had no seconds let alone leftovers. Also, I used the cooked bacon in place of the sausage. Regina from Wisconsin 2012-06-01T21:38:08Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Great new idea for chicken leftovers and easy to thrown in the crockpot instead of stovetop. I tweeked it by rendering some bacon and using the drippings to slightly brown the potatoes before adding them and then I added the lardons to the pot. I also added fire-roasted tomatoes for a bit more depth of flavor. The chorizo I used was very vinagery so I'll need to use a different brand next time or add a bit more sugar to offset all that acid. Rebekah S. 2011-10-29T17:33:53Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Love it! The sausage, tomatoe and white wine makes this dish a winner. I ran out of carrots and I used mushroons - yummy! Melissa C. 2011-09-23T20:47:46Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I made this dish years ago from watching the episode and the instructions are different on this site. But overall it's a wonderful and flavorful dish and my family always enjoy it! Katt3121 2011-05-03T22:51:26Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Simple and easy to make, you can vary the amount of seasoning and flavor by the sausage/chorizo you use. I used mild as my four children won't eat spicey foods. They all gave this one a favorable review, and even happily ate the leftovers for lunch the next day gotschall.griffin 2010-12-18T14:39:56Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This is SO easy! It's incredibly quick to prepare. Even at high altitude (7,000 ft) it cooks up fast (about an hour). I use a real Mexican loose chorizo, cook it in a pan until half done then add cut up chicken thighs to cook with it the rest of the way. I eliminate the wine and use extra broth. If you want you can leave out the additional liquid and have more of a stew. Robyn W. 2010-06-07T19:38:56Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This is not terribly flavorful. Next time, I would try to modify it a bit. Perhaps add some garlic or peppers for heat? It's a healthy, easy one pot meal, though. There's not quite enough liquid to call it a realy soup, but too much for it not to be soup like. Lori C. 2008-01-06T14:44:42Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Although the individual elements of this dish were each good on their own, they just didn't come together quite right. The chorizo, chicken, broth, and vegetables in the finished product were all very good, but the combination didn't meld right into one cohesive dish. If you decide to make this dish, I would recommend cutting the various ingredients into smaller pieces than those recommended by the recipe. Cari M. 2007-11-25T20:23:36Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I think the recipe is wrongly named as this is soup with chicken in it. I added cornstarch to make it a bit more hearty. eunice g. 2007-05-01T18:08:44Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I have made this several times now. If Chorizo is not available or you don't want to use it, any kind of sausage works well. I have used low-fat turkey Kielbasa. The broth with the chicken stock, tomato sauce and especially the dry white wine is really the key. Great made with Trader Joe's inexpensive Charles Shaw Sauvignon Blanc. Pete W. 2006-11-08T23:21:58Z item not reviewed by moderator and published A definate keeper, my boyfriend stuffed himself!! I did add some cajun seasoning to spice it up and added a splash more wine after cooking. Also couldn't resist doing 1/2 russets an |
Who founded The Promenade Concerts in 1895? | Promenade Concerts | Article about Promenade Concerts by The Free Dictionary Promenade Concerts | Article about Promenade Concerts by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Promenade+Concerts Also found in: Dictionary , Wikipedia . promenade concert a concert at which some of the audience stand rather than sit Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Wood, Henry Joseph References in periodicals archive ? He learned the piano, attended Promenade concerts (where so many London kids got their first taste of orchestral music), apparently saw Loie Fuller in a London music hall, joined an amateur drama group, discovered Anna Pavlova, went to Diaghilev's Ballets Russes--yes, Balanchine's Apollo impressed him--took a few semiprofessional dance classes, and then, one auspicious day, turned up at the ballet historian and critic Cyril Beaumont's fabled bookshop in Charing Cross Road. The Last Night of the Proms He has performed at the renowned BBC Promenade Concerts more than any other clarinettist, including appearances at the Last Night on a number of occasions and he will visit this year's festival on the Monday evening, along with the other distinguished members of the London Winds ensemble, in an exhilarating programme of woodwind music. Festival goes from strength to strength One of the leading pianists of his generation and celebrating his 70th birthday this year, Lill is a firm favourite with audiences across the globe -and is a regular soloist at the BBC Proms, performing in more than 20 promenade concerts. |
Rg is the chemical symbol for which element, named after a Nobel Prize winner for Physics? | 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: |
Name the American Political Movement which began in 2009 after Barack Obama's inauguration, it called for a reduction in the National Debt, lower taxes and opposes healthcare? | Dismantling Obama’s Agenda: Bringing To Justice The Corrupted Politicians. | Political Vel Craft Political Vel Craft Veil Of Politics Dismantling Obama’s Agenda: Bringing To Justice The Corrupted Politicians. July 12, 2012 by Volubrjotr Comments Off on Dismantling Obama’s Agenda: Bringing To Justice The Corrupted Politicians. Dr. Krauthammer is on Fox News . He is an M.D. and a lawyer and is paralyzed from the neck down. A friend went to hear Charles Krauthammer . He listened with twenty others in a closed room. What he says here, is not second-hand news, but first-hand. The ramifications are staggering for us, our children and their children. Summary of Krauthammer’s comments: • Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual. He is not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn’t show his emotions. It’s very hard to know what’s behind the mask. The taking down of the Clinton dynasty by a political neophyte was an amazing accomplishment. The Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time. • Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton. He has a way of making you think he’s on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite. Pay no attention to what he says; rather, watch what he does. • Obama has a ruthless quest for power. He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything, including dismantling capitalism. He can’t be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, and wants to level the playing field with income redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He would like to model the United States to Great Britain or Canada . • His three main goals are to control energy, public education, and national healthcare by the federal government. He doesn’t care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for free college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it free and add 46 million people to a medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof. The only way to control costs is with massive rationing of services, like in Canada . • He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they are going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries This obviously can’t work in the long run. Obama is not a socialist; rather he’s a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard left. Again, watch what he does, not what he says. • Obama doesn’t really see himself as President of the United States , but more as a ruler over the world. He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate and coordinate various countries and their agendas. He sees moral equivalency in all cultures. His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation that has at times made errors. This is the first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies. • He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not come due until after he is reelected in 2012. He would like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Dr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist. • Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong. Republicans are pining for another Reagan, but there will never be another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney , Tim Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and info if she is to be a serious |
Algophobia is the fear of what? | What is agoraphobia? What causes agoraphobia? - Medical News Today What is agoraphobia? What causes agoraphobia? 4 83 The word agoraphobia means "a fear of wide, open spaces." The word originates from the ancient Greek word "agora," referring to a place of assembly or market place. Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder involving anxiety and intense fear of any situation where escape may be difficult, or where help may not be available. It often involves a fear of crowds, bridges or of being outside alone.1 About 1.8 million American adults aged over 18 (about 0.8% of adults) have agoraphobia without a history of panic disorder.2 This is about 0.8 % of people in this age group in a given year. The average age of onset is 20 years.3 Contents of this article: You will also see introductions at the end of some sections to any recent developments that have been covered by MNT's news stories. Also look out for links to information about related conditions. Fast facts on agoraphobia Here are some key points about agoraphobia. More detail and supporting information is in the main article. It is not known precisely what causes agoraphobia. Agoraphobia often develops after having one or more panic attacks . Agoraphobia can make it extremely difficult for a person to leave their house. Agoraphobia can lead to various fears, such as the fear of open spaces and the fear of places where escape is difficult, such as elevators. People with agoraphobia can experience feelings of helplessness and loss of control. People with agoraphobia may experience physical symptoms of a panic attack such as chest pains, dizziness and shortness of breath. Agoraphobia is usually diagnosed following an interview with a health care provider. Agoraphobia is often treated medically with antidepressants or anxiety-reducing medicine. Agoraphobia is also commonly treated with psychotherapy such as cognitive behavioral therapy . Most people with agoraphobia can get better through treatment. What is agoraphobia? An anxiety disorder is when a feeling of anxiety does not go away and tends to grow worse over time.4 One type of anxiety disorder is a panic disorder, where panic attacks and sudden feelings of terror can occur without warning.5 Agoraphobia can lead to a feeling of detachment from others, as well as fear of open spaces. Agoraphobia is one such panic disorder. Agoraphobia panic attacks are linked with a fear of places where it is hard to escape or where help may not be available. Places that can induce agoraphobia include those that can make a person feel embarrassed, helpless or trapped, such as crowded areas, bridges, public transport and remote areas. Most people develop agoraphobia after having had one or more panic attacks, causing them to fear further attacks and avoid the situation in which the attack occurred.6 People with agoraphobia may need help from a companion in order to go to public places, and may at times feel unable to leave home. What causes agoraphobia? The cause or causes of agoraphobia and other panic disorders remain unknown, but it is thought that areas of the brain that control the fear response may play a role, as could environmental factors. As there is evidence that anxiety disorders run within families, it also seems likely that genetic factors play a role in agoraphobia and other panic disorders.7 Agoraphobia also sometimes occurs after a person has had one or more panic attacks and begins to fear situations that could potentially lead to panic attacks in the future. Other panic disorders or phobias can play a developmental role.8 Recent developments on agoraphobia causes from MNT news Researchers from the University of Missouri and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln discovered that people with the genotype 5-HTTLPR - linked to higher social anxiety - were less likely to engage in prosocial behavior, compared with those missing this genotype. Signs and symptoms15910 Agoraphobia can manifest itself as a combination of fears, feelings and bodily symptoms. People with agoraphobia can become housebound for long periods of time. Com |
What is the brightest star in Ursa Minor? | Ursa Minor Constellation on Top Astronomer Ursa Minor Please hover over any star to get more information Ursa Minor, or the Little Dipper, is a small constellation in the northern hemisphere. In Latin, its name means "little bear." The constellation was originally listed by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Ursa Minor is usually depicted as a small bear with a long tail. It is said that the tail is so long because the bear is held by its end and spun around the pole. In Greek mythology, Ursa Minor is associated with Ida, one of the nymphs that nursed the god Zeus as an infant. In another myth, the seven stars of Ursa Minor are identified with the Hesperides, the seven daughters of Atlas who guarded Hera's temple and orchard in which apples that gave immortality grew. The stars of Ursa Minor were once considered to be part of the constellation Draco and formed an asterism called the Dragon's Wing. The Greeks also sometimes referred to Ursa Minor as the Phoenician. Phoenicians used Ursa Minor for navigation more than they did Ursa Major because, even though it was smaller and fainter, Ursa Minor was closer to the north pole and a better pointer to the north. The constellation Ursa Minor occupies an area of 256 square degrees and contains one star with known planets. It can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -10° and is best visible at 9 p.m. during the month of June. Ursa Minor is the location of the north celestial pole. The seven brightest stars in Ursa Minor form the shape of a dipper, similar to the asterism in the constellation Ursa Major . At the end of the handle is [8539] the North Star, Polaris. [8539] alpha Ursae Minoris, Polaris, is the brightest star in the constellation. Polaris, also known as the Pole Star or North Star, is a yellow supergiant with a magnitude of 2.02. Polaris is also notable for being a Cepheid variable, a pulsating variable star with precise periods of luminosity and pulsation, useful for measuring distances between celestial objects. The North Star is really a multiple star system approximately 430 light-years distant. The primary component is either a bright giant or a supergiant, while the two brighter companions are an F3V main sequence star and a dwarf. There are also two faint, distant companions. The North Star, Polaris, is a well known star in many cultures. It is one of the navigational stars, used for orientation at sea because of its brightness and location in the sky. The Bedouin call it "the billy goat" and use it as one of the main stars for wandering at night (the other being [1668] Canopus, alpha Carinae). [8540] beta Ursae Minoris, the second the brightest star in the constellation, is also known as Kochab ("heavenly body" or "star"). Kochab is an orange giant approximately 126 light-years distant from Earth. Its luminosity is 130 times that of the Sun and, with a magnitude of 2.07, it can be seen by the naked eye. Kochab and [8541] Pherkad, gamma Ursae Minoris, are often referred to as the "Guardians of the Pole." Between 1500 BC and 500 CE, the two stars served as twin north pole stars before Polaris took over. [8541] Pherkad ("calf"), gamma Ursae Minoris, is a hot class A giant classified as a Delta Scuti type variable. It lies about 480 light-years from Earth. Its luminosity is 1,100 times that of the Sun. Pherkad is the third brightest star in Ursa Minor. [8542] epsilon Ursae Minoris, or Urodelus ("the conspicuous tail"), is a triple star lying about 347 light-years away. The primary component is a yellow giant classified as an eclipsing spectroscopic binary and also as an RS Canum Venaticorum type variable. [8545] delta Ursae Minoris, or Yildun ("star") is a white dwarf approximately 183 light-years distant. [8544] zeta Ursae Minoris, or Akhfa al Farkadain ("the dimmer of the two calves") is a white main sequence dwarf lying approximately 380 light-years from Earth. Its luminosity is 200 times that of the Sun. The star is on its way to becoming a giant. [8548] eta Ursae Minoris, also known as Anwar al Farkadain ("the brighter of the two calves"), is |
Macadamia trees are indigenous to which country? | NUT TREES | Small Orchard Tree Pecan, almond, walnut, hazelnut, macadamia and lychee Home Nut Trees Nut trees are grown on millions of acres in over 145 countries creating a nut production industry that grows pecan, almond, walnut, hazelnut, macadamia and lychee nuts to name a few. Nut trees have been grown for thousands of years, providing delicious and nutritious fruits to cultures from around the world. Temperate nuts such as walnuts and hazelnuts are indigenous to Northern Europe and the Americas, Almonds were first grown in Spain, Lychees and Macadamias are indigenous to the Australian continent and Pecans were first grown by the Native peoples of Central America. Unfortuately, the boom years seem to be over as many nut farmers face losing their farms to drought, water shortages, a changing climate and the rapid expansion of corporate agriculture. Fortunately, new growing methods have been developed by Tree Plantation that increase production and save water. Now growers with a small orchard can grow more Walnut, Hazelnut, Almond, Macadamia, Pecan, Pistachio, Lychee, Cashew and Chestnut trees and compete with larger interests. CITRUS TREES - Planting 84 citrus trees produces approximately 100,000 oranges per acre using these alternative growing and pruning methods. Nut Production The secret to growing highly productive nut trees is to select the right type of nut tree for your climate and soil and then apply advanced pruning techniques to increase fruiting, save water, space and lower operating costs. Nut Tree Production Comparisons Per Acre Typically, an orchard comprises between 60 and 80 trees per acre. Average yield may be between 500 and 2,000 nuts per tree depending on nut types, climate, fertilization, soil type and available water resources. High-density plantings can double yields. A new high-density growing method developed by Tree Plantation can double that again. Tree Plantation HIGH YIELD Nut Tree Production Per Acre New high-density planting methods developed by Tree Plantation can double production compared to a conventional orchard growing the same number of trees. In addition, new irrigation technology lessens water usage without lowering production. Growing the same with less water is important to farmers losing their nut orchards because of state imposed water rationing. Fruit Tree Production Comparisons Per Acre Nut production also depends on several other factors including stem length, straightness and well-balanced branching. A straight nut tree stem produces more nuts; sometimes as many as three times the overall production of a twisted or crooked stem. To encourage the development of straight nut tree stems, a defined leader should be selected to be nut bearing. Defined leaders are stems that are not only straight but display fast, vigorous growth. They also should be the longest of all the stems growing from the main trunk and secondary branches. Properly pruned trees will grow many well-balanced branches that will become big producers year after year. It is important that secondary and tertiary nut yielding branching grow parallel and level to one another to promote balanced growth and maximize yield. Calculate the number of trees per acre and spacing between trees Types Of Nut Trees Types of nut trees that benefit from our plant propagation and water saving technologies include Walnut, Hazelnut, Almond, Macadamia, Pecan, Pistachio, Lychee, Cashew and Chestnut trees. Pecan Tree - types of nut trees The Pecan tree is a Texas trees. Texas dominates Pecan production in the United States. In Texas, about 80 Pecan trees are planted per acre. Given the right climate and sufficient water, an acre can produce between 60,000 and 80,000 Pecans per acre. Like most areas of the Southwest, Texas is suffering from years of drought, which has had an impact on overall Pecan production - down 50% from just 10 years ago. Tree Plantation has developed an intensive farming technique that grows more pecans using less water. Any type of Pecan tree is suitable for this system include Stuart pecans, Moreland pecan |
Which annual event was first held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano in 1956? | Eurovision 1956 Eurovision back in the archives? Archive by Gordon Roxburgh May 14, 2005 2:46 pm 6 views 0 After nearly 49 years, it is believed film prints from the very first Eurovision Song Contest from 1956 have been discovered by Swiss Television. Extracts were shown last night in an interview with Lys Assia, the winner of the 1956 contest, who had copies of the contest herself. On the Dutch show Networkt Lys Assia and the interviewer are watching moving pictures of the 1956 contest on her television. Eurovision Song Contest 1956 The first contest was held at the Teatro Kursaal, Lugano in Switzerland, on 24th May 1956 and was broadcast by RTSI . It was hosted for the only time to date by a solo male presenter, Lohengrin Filipello. Seven countries competed in that first contest, each submitting two songs each. Several countries had the same singer perform both their entries, as was the case for Switzerland, with Lys Assia, who won the contest with Refrain The voting was never made public, each country had two jurors who gave each song (including the songs of their own country) a mark between 1 and 10 points. The song with the most points was declared the winner. For some time sound recordings of the first contest had been available, but now just short of the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, it looks as if, finally, we will be able to see the event that started it all! Eurovision Song Contest 1964 This means that the 1964 contest staged in Copenhagen by DR, is the only contest believed not to exist in its entirety in any archive, although the winning performance of Gigliola Cinquetti has been retained. Esctoday.com will bring you more of this exciting news when we have more information. ESCToday is growing and always looks for new members to join our team! Feel free to drop us a line if you're interested! Use the Contact Us page or send us an email at [email protected] ! 0 by Sanjay (Sergio) Jiandani - November 1, 2016 12:27 am Newsletter Signup to our newsletter to receive the lastest news on your email Email address: Instagram We have the 6 candidates for #objetivoeurovision! #eurovisionsongcontest #eurovision #spain #españa @mirelaofficial @maikabarbero @vanesaklein @paularojo1990 @mariojefferson @rtve #kiev #kyiv #ukraine The beautiful and gorgeous @demy_official will represent #Greece in #Eurovision 2017 in #Kyiv! #eurovisionsongcontest #esc #hellas #ellada #demy #ukraine #kiev 4 months to go! The countdown begins! #Eurovision #esc #eurovisionsongcontest #Kyiv #ukraine Is @demy_official heading to #Kyiv for #Eurovision? #Greece #Hellas #eurovisionsongcontest #Kyiv #Ukraine #esc #ellada Follow Us About us ESCToday was founded in 1999 and since then it delivers Eurovision Song Contest news, polls, interviews, charts and exclusivities on a daily basis. |
What fruit has the Latin name Musa sapientum? | banana - Free definitions by Babylon banana n. tropical plant; crescent-shaped yellow fruit which grows on this plant BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone) individual opposing the development of new buildings or edifices or projects close to his neighbourhood Download this dictionary Banana The banana is an edible fruit , botanically a berry , produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa . In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains . The fruit is variable in size, color and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible parthenocarpic (seedless) bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana . The scientific names of most cultivated bananas are Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, and Musa × paradisiaca for the hybrid Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, depending on their genomic constitution. The old scientific name Musa sapientum is no longer used. Banana (disambiguation) Banana is the common name for flowering plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. |
"In which county are the towns of ""Rothbury"", ""Seahouses"" and ""Wooler""?" | Rothbury - Tourist Information on the towns and villages in Northumberland Rothbury Things to do and see ATTRACTIONS You are here: UK > North East England > Northumberland Towns and villages Wooler Rothbury Town Information Use the links on the left to find information and images for the towns and villages throughout Northumberland... Rothbury is a small market town which straddles the river Coquet, with its two sides linked by the ancient Coquet Bridge. Backed by the Simonside hills, the views from all sides of the town are spectacular, making it popular with artists, photographers and nature lovers alike. With so much tranquil countryside, it is also a haven for walkers and mountain bikers. Rothbury's location in the centre of Northumberland makes it an ideal base for exploring the rest of the county. Being just 30 minutes away from the picturesque Cheviots, Hadrian's wall, and the coast - itself a designated area of outstanding natural beauty with its golden sandy beaches and a number of castles. Rothbury as seen from Addycombe Hill |
"In Edwards Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat"", how much did they pay the pig for his ring?" | Poetry Daily Prose Feature - Kay Harel: A Natural History of "The Owl and the Pussycat" With a ring at the end of his nose. "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will." So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the Hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, the moon, They danced by the light of the moon. This poem is a meme. Maybe not as ubiquitous as "Kilroy was here" but neither is it as ephemeral as this morning's trending hash tag. Edward Lear's ditty has propagated more like the face painted by Edvard Munch in "The Scream," an image that began life as an artwork in nineteenth-century Norway and evolved in twentieth-century North America into an icky Halloween mask. Shock begot schlock. But the musicians, dancers, performance artists, illustrators, and others who have adapted "The Owl and the Pussycat" comprise a who's who of the highbrow, their every act of creative worship another mutation. And yes, the title has spread in the commercial realm, taken up by gourmet bakers, wedding photographers, luxe bath-product enterprises, a pet-therapy center and a body-piercing shop, a dance school and a vintage-clothing store, etc. There is the eponymous 1970 Hollywood romantic comedy, the poster for which was still being sold in 2015 by Wal-mart. When newlyweds Leticia Lacativa and David Fleischman hiked the 2,144 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 1991, they selected Owl and Pussycat as their "trail names," official pseudonyms for registering at trail shelters on cold nights. So when the Owl and the Pussycat went to sea, they began a journey of three centuries and counting, morphing and relaying messages and staying alive. Why? What is the secret of this poem's appeal? Whence its omnipresence? "The Owl and the Pussycat" is one of those "accurate songs" requested by a poet of incontrovertible gravitas, Wallace Stevens, in a masterpiece of his own, "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction." Edward Lear (1812-1888) was an accurate man. He not only wrote whimsy with perfect pitch, but earned income as a natural-history illustrator and landscape artist, his eye admired by Charles Darwin and John J. Audubon. In 1830, the London Zoo gave Lear a unique permit to enter cages, where he studied, drew, and communed with representatives of many species. The hand-colored lithographs of parrots he made during the early 1830s are breathtaking in detail and delicacy. In 2012, the British monthly The Scientist marked the bicentennial of Lear's birth, lauding "his stunningly accurate scientific illustrations." The magazine paid obeisance to "The Owl and the Pussycat," printing its first verse and an accompanying sketch Lear drew. The drawing is more cartoon than textbook. Nor do Owl and Pussycat behave realistically. The accuracy is in the precision with which Lear steers the story clear of every rocky romantic obstacle he crashed into. "The Owl and the Pussycat" is an idyll of alliance because the two avoid Lear's every quandary about intimacy, quandaries familiar to those of us who navigate humankind to find a beloved and constant companion, but too big for Edward Lear to circumvent. Owl and Pussycat float in an easy love Lear wished for, an easy love for all time. Millions have swooned as Owl and Pussycat danced by the light of the moon. The extreme romance might hint that Lear was too romantic to manage marriage. Edward Lear lived and died a bachelor, a frail and isolated expat, a romantically challenged misanthrope deeply attached to his cat. Lear never courted nor attained union with a human. In his voluminous diaries and letters, Lear was forever pining after lost male friends and elusive women. Lear's biographers have opined that he felt too poor to wed, too ugly, too peripatetic—he was a n |
What name is given to Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina? | Muhammad completes Hegira - Sep 24, 622 - HISTORY.com Muhammad completes Hegira Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 622, the prophet Muhammad completes his Hegira, or “flight,” from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution. In Medina, Muhammad set about building the followers of his religion–Islam–into an organized community and Arabian power. The Hegira would later mark the beginning (year 1) of the Muslim calendar. Muhammad, one of the most influential religious and political leaders in history, was born in Mecca around 570. His father died before he was born, and Muhammad was put under the care of his grandfather, head of the prestigious Hashim clan. His mother died when he was six, and his grandfather when he was eight, leaving him under the care of his uncle Abu Talib, the new head of the clan. When he was 25, Muhammad married a wealthy widow 15 years his senior. He lived the next 15 years as a merchant, and his wife gave birth to six children: two sons, who died in childhood, and four daughters. From time to time, Muhammad spent nights in a cave in Mount Hira north of Mecca, ruminating on the social ills of the city. Around 610, he had a vision in the cave in which he heard the voice of a majestic being, later identified as the angel Gabriel, say to him, “You are the Messenger of God.” Thus began a lifetime of religious revelations, which he and others collected as the Qur’an, or Koran. Muhammad regarded himself as the last prophet of the Judaic-Christian tradition, and he adopted aspects of these older religions’ theologies while introducing new doctrines. Muhammad’s monotheistic religion came to be called Islam, meaning “surrender [to God],” and its followers were Muslims, meaning “those who have surrendered.” His inspired teachings would bring unity to the Arabian peninsula, an event that had sweeping consequences for the rest of the world. By 615, Muhammad had gained about 100 converts in Mecca. He spoke out against rich merchants, who he criticized as immoral in their greed, and he denounced the worshipping of idols and multiple gods, saying, “There is no god but God.” City leaders became hostile to him, and in 619 his uncle Abu Talib died and was succeeded as head of the Hashim clan by another one of Muhammad’s uncles, Abu Lahib. Abu Lahib refused to protect Muhammad, and persecution of the prophet and his Muslims increased. In the summer of 621, an entourage of 12 men came to Mecca from Medina, an oasis community 200 miles to the north. They were ostensibly making a pilgrimage to Mecca’s pagan shrines, but they had actually come to meet with Muhammad and profess themselves as Muslims. In 622, a larger group of converts from Medina came to Mecca and took an oath to Muhammad to defend him as their own kin. Muhammad immediately encouraged his Meccan followers to make their way to Medina in small groups. When city authorities learned that the Muslims had begun an exodus, they plotted to have the prophet killed. Under this threat, Muhammad slipped away unnoticed with a chief disciple and made his way to Medina, using unfrequented paths. He completed the celebrated Hegira (Hijrah in uncorrupted Arabic) on September 24, 622. The history of Islam had begun. At Medina, Muhammad built a theocratic state and led raids on trading caravans from Mecca. Attempts by Meccan armies to defeat the Muslim forces failed, and several leading Meccans immigrated to Medina and became Muslims. Muhammad later become more conciliatory to Mecca, and in 629 he was allowed to lead a pilgrimage there in exchange for a peace treaty. Shortly after, he was attacked by allies of the Meccans, and Muhammad denounced the treaty. In January 630, he returned to his birthplace with 10,000 men, and the Meccans swore allegiance to its Muslim conquerors. He was now the strongest man in Arabia. During the next few years, most of the peninsula’s disparate Arab tribes came to him to ask for alliance and to convert to his religion. By his death, on June 8, 632, Muhammad was the effective ruler of most of Arabia, and his rapidly growing empire was poised for |
The Ashcliffe hospital for the criminally insane is the setting for which 2010 Martin Scorsese film? | Shutter Island (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 TV ON DISC ALL In 1954, a U.S. marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 46 titles created 07 Sep 2012 a list of 22 titles created 17 Oct 2013 a list of 27 titles created 22 Apr 2014 a list of 21 titles created 09 Jan 2015 a list of 27 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Shutter Island " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 8 wins & 59 nominations. See more awards » Videos Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort , from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. Director: Martin Scorsese A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. Director: Christopher Nolan With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Director: Quentin Tarantino Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. Director: David Fincher Two stage magicians engage in competitive one-upmanship in an attempt to create the ultimate stage illusion. Director: Christopher Nolan In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. Director: Martin Scorsese An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. Director: David Fincher The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. Director: Frank Darabont The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. Director: Christopher Nolan Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. Director: Robert Zemeckis Edit Storyline It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity. Written by alfi |
Which Australian golfer had his first major success when he won the US PGA title in 2015? | Top 10 Australian Golfers of All-Time Top 10 Australian Golfers of All-Time By Brent Kelley Updated March 27, 2016. Who are the best golfers to come from Down Under? Australia is a relatively small (in terms of population) country that has produced many good and great professional golfers. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Aussie golfers ever. Peter Thomson (left) receives the Claret Jug in 1965 after his fifth British Open victory. Hulton Archive/Getty Images 1. Peter Thomson In the eight years from 1951-58, Thomson won the British Open four times, was second twice and finished sixth the other time. For good measure, he added a fifth Open title in 1965, plus nine other Top 10 finishes in the tournament. Thomson rarely played in the United States (not unusual for international players of his era), including the majors, but did have a fourth-place at the Masters and a fifth at the U.S. Open . He also won once on the PGA Tour in 1956. As a senior golfer, he had one dominating Champions Tour year with nine victories in 1985 - one of the best seasons in that tour's history. Thomson won 26 times on the European circuit that preceded formation of the European Tour, and 34 times in Australia and New Zealand. More » continue reading below our video Profile of Jack Nicklaus 2. Greg Norman Norman is probably so well-known for his losses - a combination of some chokes (such as the 1996 Masters ) and some rotten luck (such as the 1987 Masters ) - that his successes are often overlooked. But as Tom Watson once said, "A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so." Norman put himself in position a lot, and sometimes he failed to get the job done. But 20 times, he won on the PGA Tour, and twice he won the British Open . He was the PGA Tour's leading money winner three times, its scoring leader three times, and its Player of the Year in 1995. He was considered the best golfer in the world for long stretches during his career. He had 30 Top 10 finishes in majors. Should he have won more? Yes. But he won a lot as it was, nearly 90 times around the world. More » In 2006, Adam Scott won the PGA Tour's Tour Championship. Hunter Martin / Getty Images 3. Adam Scott Scott had a pretty good career going - eight PGA Tour wins, including the 2004 Players Championship and a WGC win - but was stuck on those "best golfers without a major" lists. Then he won the 2013 Masters . Scott has eight other wins on the European Tour (outside of the Masters and now two WGC victories). And after he won in back-to-back weeks in 2016 at the Honda Classic and WGC Cadillac Championship, was up to 13 total wins on the USPGA Tour. Scott has also won in Asia, South Africa and Australia. His wins on the PGA Tour of Australasia include the 2009 Australian Open and the 2012 and 2013 Australian Masters. He's been a regular at the Presidents Cup throughout his career, been as high as second in the world rankings, and finished as high as third on the USPGA money list. David Graham at the Suntory World match Play Championships in 1979. Steve Powell / Getty Images 4. David Graham Graham had a reputation as a tough, big-tournament player. He finished in the Top 10 in majors 16 times, and that included two wins: the 1979 PGA Championship and the 1981 U.S. Open . At the PGA, Graham shot 65 in the final round to force a playoff, then beat Ben Crenshaw with a series of big putts. Graham won eight times on the USPGA, plus five times on the Champions Tour, and also had wins in Europe, Australia, South America, South Africa and Japan. 5. Steve Elkington Elkington probably didn't achieve as much as he should have on the PGA Tour, his career hampered several times by battles with injuries and illness. But he did win 10 times, including the 1991 Players Championship. And the big one: the 1995 PGA Championship , where Elkington beat Colin Montgomerie in a playoff. Elkington was in another playoff at a major, but lost the 2002 British Open to Ernie Els (Stuart Appleby and Thomas Levet were also in the playoff). He had six other Top 5 finishes in majors. |
What was the codename for the planned uprising to follow the failed) assassination of Hitler in July 1944? | Assassination plot against Hitler fails - Jul 20, 1944 - HISTORY.com Assassination plot against Hitler fails Share this: Assassination plot against Hitler fails Author Assassination plot against Hitler fails URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1944, Hitler cheats death as a bomb planted in a briefcase goes off, but fails to kill him. High German officials had made up their minds that Hitler must die. He was leading Germany in a suicidal war on two fronts, and assassination was the only way to stop him. A coup d’etat would follow, and a new government in Berlin would save Germany from complete destruction at the hands of the Allies. That was the plan. This was the reality: Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, chief of the army reserve, had been given the task of planting a bomb during a conference that was to be held at Berchtesgaden, but was later moved to Hitler’s “Wolf’s Lair, a command post at Rastenburg, Prussia. Stauffenberg planted the explosive in a briefcase, which he placed under a table, then left quickly. Hitler was studying a map of the Eastern front as Colonel Heinz Brandt, trying to get a better look at the map, moved the briefcase out of place, farther away from where the Fuhrer was standing. At 12:42 p.m. the bomb went off. When the smoke cleared, Hitler was wounded, charred, and even suffered the temporary paralysis of one arm—but he was very much alive. (He was even well enough to keep an appointment with Benito Mussolini that very afternoon. He gave Il Duce a tour of the bomb site.) Four others present died from their wounds. As the bomb went off, Stauffenberg was making his way to Berlin to carry out Operation Valkyrie, the overthrow of the central government. In Berlin, he and co-conspirator General Olbricht arrested the commander of the reserve army, General Fromm, and began issuing orders for the commandeering of various government buildings. And then the news came through from Herman Goering—Hitler was alive. Fromm, released from custody under the assumption he would nevertheless join the effort to throw Hitler out of office, turned on the conspirators. Stauffenberg and Olbricht were shot that same day. Once Hitler figured out the extent of the conspiracy (it reached all the way to occupied French), he began the systematic liquidation of his enemies. More than 7,000 Germans would be arrested (including evangelical pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer), and up to 5,000 would wind up dead—either executed or as suicides. Hitler, Himmler, and Goering took an even firmer grip on Germany and its war machine. Hitler became convinced that fate had spared him—”I regard this as a confirmation of the task imposed upon me by Providence”—and that “nothing is going to happen to me… [T]he great cause which I serve will be brought through its present perils and…everything can be brought to a good end.” Related Videos |
"Actress Patricia Neal, who won a best actress Oscar for her role in ""Hud"" in 1963, was married to which famous writer?" | Patricia Neal - Biography - IMDb Patricia Neal Biography Showing all 69 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (52) | Personal Quotes (10) Overview (4) 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Mini Bio (1) Patricia Neal, the Oscar- and Tony Award-winning actress, was born Patricia Louise Neal in Packard, Kentucky. Her father managed a coal mine and her mother was the daughter of the town doctor. She grew up in Knoxville, where she attended high school. She was first bit by the acting bug at the age of 10, after attending an evening of monologues at a Methodist church. She subsequently wrote a letter to Santa Claus, telling him, "What I want for Christmas is to study dramatics". She won the Tennessee State Award for dramatic reading while she was in high school. She apprenticed at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia when she was 16-years-old, between her junior and senior years in high school. After studying drama for two years at Northwestern University, she headed to New York City and landed the job as an understudy in The Voice of the Turtle (1947). It was the producer of the play that had her change her name from Patsy to Patricia. After replacing Vivian Vance in the touring company of "Turtle", she won a role in a play that closed in Boston and then appeared in summer stock. She won the role of the teenage "Regina" in Lillian Hellman 's play, Another Part of the Forest (1948), for which she won a Tony Award in 1947. Subsequently, she signed a seven-year contract with Warner Bros. In the first part of her film career, her most impressive roles were in The Fountainhead (1949), opposite Gary Cooper , with whom she had three-year-long love affair, and in director Robert Wise 's sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), which she made at 20th Century-Fox. Warners hadn't been thrilled with her and let her go before her contract was up, so she signed with Fox. Her film career stagnating, she returned to Broadway and achieved the success that eluded her in films, appearing in the revival of Hellman's play, The Children's Hour (1961), in 1952. She met and married the writer, Roald Dahl , in 1953, and they would have five children in 30 years of marriage. In 1957, she had one of her finest roles in Elia Kazan 's parable about the threat of mass-media demagoguery and home-grown fascism in A Face in the Crowd (1957). Before she had appeared in the movie, Neal had taken over the role of "Maggie" in Tennessee Williams ' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), the Broadway smash that had been directed by Kazan. Returning to the stage, she appeared in the London production of Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) and co-starred with Anne Bancroft in the Broadway production of The Miracle Worker (1962). After appearing in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), she had what was arguably her finest role, as Alma the housekeeper, in Hud (1963) opposite Paul Newman . The film was a hit and Neal won the Best Actress Oscar. In 1965, she suffered a series of strokes that nearly killed her. She was filming John Ford 's film, 7 Women (1966), at the time, and had to be replaced by Anne Bancroft (who would later take a role she turned down, "Mrs. Robinson" in The Graduate (1967)). Neal was pregnant at the time. She underwent a seven-hour operation on her brain and survived, later delivering her fifth child. She underwent rehabilitation supervised by her husband. She had turned down The Graduate (1967) as she had not recovered fully from her stroke. When she returned to the screen, in 1968 in The Subject Was Roses (1968), she suffered from memory problems. According to her director, Ulu Grosbard , "The memory element was the uncertain one. But when we started to shoot, she hit her top level. She really rises to the challenge. She has great range, even more now than before". She received an Oscar nomination for her work. Subsequently, new acting roles equal to her talent were sparse. She did receive three Emmy nominations, the first for originating the role of "Olivia Walton" in the 1971 TV movie The Homecoming: A Christma |
Name the year - Adolf Hitler's beer hall putsch fails; President Warren Harding dies in office and Bolton beat West Ham in the first Wembley FA cup final? | PPT – Hitlers Rise to Power PowerPoint presentation | free to download - id: bbeb3-ZDc1Z PPT – Hitlers Rise to Power PowerPoint presentation | free to download - id: bbeb3-ZDc1Z The Adobe Flash plugin is needed to view this content Hitlers Rise to Power Description: ... take such measures as are necessary to restore public safety and order. ... Part of a photo-card collection used by the Nazis to indoctrinate German children. ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation Number of Views:31 Title: Hitlers Rise to Power 1 Created by The Birmingham Holocaust Education Committee February 2008 Myth or Fact Adolf Hitler was elected to power. Myth or Fact Hitlers rise to power was inevitable. The world is too dangerous to live in not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen. Albert Einstein Birth of the Nazi Party The Weimar Republic Beer Hall Putsch (November 8-9, 1923) Nazis Become a Legitimate Party Hitler Appointed Chancellor (January 30, 1933) Reichstag Fire (February 27, 1933) Emergency Decree (February 28, 1933) Enabling Act (March 23, 1933) Night of the Long Knives (June 30, 1934) Hitler Becomes Führer (August 2, 1934) 6 Birth of the Nazi Party In 1919 Hitler joined the fledgling German Workers Party. In 1920 he took control of the group and changed the name to the National Socialist German Workers Party, National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei, NSDAP, or Nazi for short. It was here that Hitler discovered two remarkable talents public speaking and inspiring personal loyalty. German propaganda postcard showing an early Hitler preaching to the fledgling Nazi Party. Assembly of the Nazi Party, 1922, Coburg, Germany 7 The world is too dangerous to live in not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen. Albert Einstein Birth of the Nazi Party The Weimar Republic Beer Hall Putsch (November 8-9, 1923) Nazis Become a Legitimate Party Hitler Appointed Chancellor (January 30, 1933) Reichstag Fire (February 27, 1933) Emergency Decree (February 28, 1933) Enabling Act (March 23, 1933) Night of the Long Knives (June 30, 1934) Hitler Becomes Führer (August 2, 1934) 8 Now we have a Republic, the problem is we have no Republicans. - Walter Rathenau, 1st Foreign Minister of Weimar Republic PRESIDENT Publicly elected to 7-year term. Head of armed forces. Power to dismiss the government and call for new elections. Could rule independently of Reichstag in case of national emergency. REICHSTAG Unlimited number of political parties. Elected to 4-year term by proportional representation. (e.g., 10 of the vote equals 10 of the seats) 421 members (1919) 647 members (1932) CHANCELLOR Appointed by President. Usually leader of largest party in Reichstag. CABINET The Weimar Constitution Article 48 The Reich President may, if the public safety and order in the German Reich are considerably disturbed or endangered, take such measures as are necessary to restore public safety and order. If necessary, he may intervene with the help of the armed forces. For this purpose he may suspend, either partially or wholly, the Fundamental Rights (personal freedom from arrest, sanctity of home, secrecy of telephone and postal communications, free speech and free press, freedom of assembly and association, and protection of private property)On demand of the Reichstag these measures shall be repealed. 11 1847 Aug. 2, 1934 Served German Army 1866-1918 April 9, 1865 Dec. 20, 1937 Served German Army 1883-1918 The Weimar Republic also faced attack from the wartime leaders of the German military, most notably Field Marshals Erich von Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg. Both vocalized their belief that the civilian government had taken power in the final days of the war and had betrayed the armed forces by surrendering. This train of thought appealed to many Germans who could not believe their great army was on the verge of collapse in November 1918. In fact, both of these military commanders had pressed for a quick end to the war because of sinking morale among their troops. Probl |
Rapa Nui National Park is a world heritage site belonging to which country? | Rapa Nui National Park - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports Connections Rapa Nui National Park and its stone sculptures are testimony to an isolated cultural evolution. Rapa Nui is the indigenous name of Easter Island. It's a volcanic island, with still two large craters: Rano Kau and Rano Raraku. The most characteristic cultural feature of Rapa Nui are the huge moai, found all over the island. These figures were created to represent the important ancestors of each clan. As time went by, their forms became more stylized and they increased in size. Rapa Nui is considered one of the most isolated inhabited places in the world. Almost 2000 km distant is Pitcairn, the closest inhabited island. Its 4100 km to Tahiti and 3700 km to the Chilean coast. Nevertheless, Rapa Nui belongs to Polynesia, a geographic area defined by an imaginery triangle whose verticles are New Zealand, Hawaii and Rapa Nui itself. All the islands have a common cultural tradition, whose roots extend back to the second millenium BC. Around 400 AD, Rapa Nui was colonized by Polynesians. They arrived in big canoes, and took with them many cultural elements that had developed on the other Polynesian islands. Map Visit March 2002 I spent 5 days on Easter Island - making a dream come true. Reading the books by Thor Heyerdahl as a child, I never imagined I would set foot on this remote island. But times have changed the last 15 years: travelling around the globe has become much easier and cheaper. As has to be expected, I didn't find a lost paradise here. It's quite an expensive destination, geared to the wealthy western traveller. But I had a fine time here. I walked, cycled and drove around the island. From ahu with or without moai to petroglyph to vulcano. Rapa Nui is an open air museum in the best sense of the word. The sight I probably liked best is Tongariki, the ahu with 15 moai in a row. Maybe that's because this was my reward after cycling 2,5 hours on Easter Island's roads that know no shade. Community Reviews Solivagant - May 2012 It is an unfortunate fact that long-anticipated visits to “iconic” WHS can often disappoint, but ours to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) most certainly did not! This, despite the fact that we had but a mere 7 hours ashore during a trans-Pacific cruise which took us on the “Heyerdal” sea route from the Peruvian coast taking 5 days on our cruise ship and then onward into “Polynesia proper”. However you get there, Easter Island is an expensive and logistically awkward destination – most visitors will either fly through Papeete or do Santiago return. It certainly justifies more than the short day we gave it, but we were able to take in the main sites with reasonable free time. It would of course have been nice to return at different times of day for optimal photographic conditions and to have explored the less famous locations. On arrival you have the choice of minibus tours, private taxi, rent-a-car, bicycle or walking. We took the former in the morning and then a taxi in the afternoon. As regards walking and bicycle – well, it may look a mere “speck” on the World map, but it is a bit bigger “on the ground”! The main “town” of Hanga Roa is actually a very spread out village now full of restaurants, guest houses and the accoutrements of a tourist centre – just walking around it from your guest house could take a while but there are nearby walkable sites which could be very pleasant to reach along cliff paths. The other main sites are across the island and you would need to be prepared for a reasonable all day cycle ride to reach them. So what did we see? a. Ahu Tahai. Walkable just north of Hanga Roa so no problem to take in. It actually covers 3 different Ahu and Tahai is in the middle with its “restored” coral eyes. b. Ahu Tongariku. 15 moai restored by anastylosis from both their late-moai cult destruction and by a major tsunami in 1960. Yes, it is almost entirely a reconstruction (it isn’t even known which moai were originally placed where), but its location in front of surf and cliffs is stunning, as is its s |
Arthur Sugarman founded which clothing company in 1963 initially becoming fashionable for the mods? | Ben Sherman 1963 -2012 RIP – Subcultz By Randi Gollin How does an iconic brand get its groove back? That was one of the key conundrums facing mover and shaker Pan Philippou when he took the reins as CEO of Ben Sherman in January 2010. A British company with staying power Ben Sherman was founded in 1963 by Arthur Benjamin Sugarman, a shirtmaker who seized the mod moment and ran with it, creating London-look button-downs that struck a chord with bands like The Who , The Rolling Stones and The Kinks, becoming a vibrant emblem of youth culture. “It was post-war — you think of the revolution, The Beatles, all that. And this brand comes around,” says Philippou during a recent interview at the company’s midtown Manhattan showroom. “He took the shirt to another level. The button-down collar, the button at the back, all the colors, the fabrications, and people were just used to wearing white shirts. Now they were wearing colored shirts. It was a bit of the anti of the shirt in many respects,” he says. (It might be said that Philippou, too, takes the radical approach, dressed in a black T-shirt and jeans rather a Ben Sherman button-down.) “I was born in the ’60s,” he continues. “I remember, if you had a Ben Sherman, in the ’70s, you were like the crème de la crème — if you had a Ben Sherman, certainly you’d get a bird.” Over the decades, Ben Sherman continued to outfit musicians like The Clash, The Jam, Blur, Oasis and Moby and it also captured the hip peacock’s fancy with its kaleidoscope of eye-catching hues and patterns. “There are stories around Ben Sherman, there’s sincerity, there’s heritage,” he explains. But as this pioneering label, which turns 50 years old in 2013, expanded its reach into women’s clothing and beyond, it also morphed into a business with an unwieldy number of categories and licensees and its vision got, well, a tad murky. The name, Philippou notes, seemed to carry more weight than the goods bearing its label. Plectrum Collection Approachable, funny and candid, with impressive business chops to boot, this Londoner knows a thing or two about redefining a brand and maximizing its potential. Prior to joining Ben Sherman, Philippou headed up the privately held World Design & Trade Co. for four years, where he restructured the prominent UK streetwear brands Firetrap, Full Circle and Sonnetti. His gig before that: leading the charge at Diesel, from 1995 to 2007, where he started as finance director and was swiftly promoted to CEO. “I was like a duck to water,” he says, recalling his transition from numbers man to the style side of the fence. “I just really enjoyed the whole fashion thing. I was probably living that life, at the weekend, parties, dressing up a bit, and it was just an extension of that, so it became a blur of happiness. I didn’t know anything about markets but it was really just the intuition, the feel of the market, the distribution, understanding the customer. I loved being a connoisseur, understanding what was cool and what wasn’t cool and that made it all sort of relevant to the brand.” Diesel, of course, went on to become “best in the class in the UK” and at the end of 2003, its owner, Renzo Rosso, dispatched Philippou, a born fashion-maven, to the States to reposition the brand. This look could be based on 1930's Bolshevik, or perhaps just the local jumble sale Philippou’s laser-beam focus has come to the fore once again in his current post. Once onboard, he and his team took stock of every detail, from the branding strategy and the very definition of the Ben Sherman customer to its own store concepts, which have been repositioned and will soon be launched in the UK. As the reshaping got underway, it became apparent that a return to the company’s core business was imperative if Ben Sherman was to move ahead. “We had to say first and foremost we’re a shirt company. And that got lost along the way; we developed into a lifestyle brand. So we spent a lot of time rekindling. We had some people who had come on board, help design the shirts further, looking at supply chain to see where |
In which country was the fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent born? | #BornThisDay: Fashion Designer, Yves Saint Laurent - The WOW Report The WOW Report WOW Report > Culture > #BornThisDay: Fashion Designer, Yves Saint Laurent #BornThisDay: Fashion Designer, Yves Saint Laurent Photograph by Jeanloup Sieff (1971) August 1, 1936– Yves Saint Laurent: “Fashions fade, style is eternal.” Yves Saint Lauren was born in Algeria and raised in France. He was bullied at school, but found solace at home with his drawing and painting and designing of dresses for his mother and sisters. When he was 17 years old and studying in Paris, Saint Lauren won first prize in a dress design competition sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat. When the great designer Christian Dior saw Saint Laurent’s designs, he was so impressed that he offered the younger man a job as an assistant and referred to Saint Laurent as the ‘Dauphin’. When Dior died in 1957, Saint Laurent took over the House Of Dior. His first collection for Dior in 1958 was greeted enthusiastically. His 1960 collection for Dior appropriated the new “Left Bank Style”, with black leather jackets, knitted turtlenecks, and crocodile jackets. The fashion world watched with fascination as street fashion was redesigned at the hands of a skilled couturier. In that same year, Saint Laurent was called up to fight in the Algerian War. When he was discharged several months later, he discovered that he had been replaced as head designer at Dior. He then just simply created his own company. Voilà! Under his own name, Saint Laurent produced his elegant wearable clothes that drew on a huge range of influences. He successfully tapped into the vogue for androgynous dressing that spread throughout Europe and the USA in the mid-1960s. With that first collection that Saint Laurent showed under his own name, when he was just 25 years old, he was already astonishingly famous, having been the boy wonder at the House Of Dior since he was 21 years old. He received glowing press from Paris to New York and dressed the female members of high society on both sides of the Atlantic. He also attracted a new, younger, hipper crowd to his first eponymous show: Françoise Sagan, who had just caused a sensation with her novel Bonjour Tristesse; the ballet dancer Zizi Jeanmaire; cosmetics queen Helena Rubinstein; and Victoire, the model of the moment. In the 1960s and 1970s, all the cool women wanted to wear Saint Laurent, including the actor Catherine Deneuve, who remained a lifelong friend of the designer after being costumed by him for the Luis Buñuel film Belle De Jour (1967) and being among his very first customers on the day Saint Laurent launched his prêt-à-porter line (she purchased a white pantsuit). Bianca Jagger wore a white Saint Laurent tuxedo with nothing underneath when she married Mick in 1971. In 1993, YSL Inc, which was, by then, also a major perfume house, was sold to a major international conglomerate and it has changed hands a number of times since, becoming part of Gucci in 1999, with American Tom Ford as designer and creative director. In 1958, Saint Laurent met Pierre Bergé, who was, at the time, the manager for and the lover of the Parisian painter Bernard Buffet. In a scene out of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, at a weekend party Buffet met his future wife, and Saint Laurent and Bergé roused a romance that lasted until 1976. After their breakup, Bergé continued to serve as Saint Laurent’s business manager and in a very modern arrangement, remained living in the couple’s home until 1986. For 40 years, Bergé managed the business while Saint Laurent focused entirely on the creative side. Bergé: “Fashion is a tennis match; between the fashion designer and women. If you don’t have those two people, you cannot create.” During the 1960s and 1970s, Saint Laurent could be spotted at clubs in Paris and NYC. He liked to drink and do cocaine. He also spent more time at his famous home in Marrakech, Morocco. In the late 1970s, he and Bergé had purchased a neo-gothic villa, Château Gabriel near Deauville, France. Saint Laurent was a great admirer of writer Marce |
We call the fruit an Avocado, what do the American's call it? | Learn All About Avocados, Whats Cooking America Types of Avocados The two most widely marketed avocado varieties are the rough-skinned, almost black Hass and the smooth, thin-skinned green Fuerte. The Hass has a smaller pit and a more buttery texture than the Fuerte. Purchasing and Using Avocados Avocados must be used when fully ripe. They do not ripen on the tree and are rarely found ripe in markets. Fresh avocados are almost always shipped in an unripe condition. To test for ripeness by cradling an avocado gently in your hand. Ripe fruit will yield will be firm, yet will yield to gentle pressure. If pressing leaves a dent, the avocado is very ripe and suitable for mashing. They are best served at room temperature. To avoid choosing an avocado that is brown inside, check the stem end of the fruit. Look beneath the edge of the brown button left from the stem. If it is bright green beneath, that avocado is a pretty green inside. If it is brown, do not buy it. Wash your avocados first. Even though you will not use the skin, when you cut through the skin with a knife germs and bacteria can transfer onto the knife which can go through to the meat of the fruit and contaminate it. When the avocado is cut, the flesh turns brown because of oxidation. You can counteract the brown by adding an acidic substance, such as lemon, lime juice, vinegar, or tomatoes. Refrigerating Avocados – Tips on ripening avocados: To ripen avocados slowly, put them in the fruit bin of your refrigerator. Avocados can be kept in your refrigerator for up to two weeks this way. They will ripening very slowly, so when you take them out of the refrigerator they will be ready to eat in a couple of days. Once avocados are at a desired stage of ripeness, they may be refrigerated for up to 2 to 3 days. Yes – You Can Freeze Avocados! Avocados are best frozen as puree. You can freeze mashed fresh, ripe avocados if you want to have an “emergency supply” of avocados on hand for guacamole. Now you can buy them in bulk and FREEZE them! So stock up on avocado when you see a sale at your grocery store. The texture of the avocado is the same as a fresh avocado once it thaws. Eating slices of once frozen avocado probably will not be your favorite way, but they work great for making guacamole, smoothies, salad dressings, and spreads. To freeze, mash the avocados with a fork or your blender. Add some lime or lemon juice and mix well (this will prevent the flesh of the avocado from turning brown. For every avocado you need about 1 tablespoon of lime or lemon juice. The best way to freeze the prepared mashed avocados is to use a freeze-weight zip lock bag. Fill the bag with the mashed avocado. Remove the air from the bag and then zip closed and freeze. You could also freeze the avocado puree in ice cube trays. Thaw the frozen avocados in the refrigerator or place the container in a bowl of cool water to accelerate thawing. Each avocado = 3/4 cup puree (12 tablespoons). NOTE: Frozen avocado puree must be used within 4 to 5 months of freezing. Did You Know? An avocado is a fruit and not a vegetable! It is actually a member of the berry family. In the past, the avocado had a well-entrenched reputation for inducing sexual prowess and wasn’t purchased or consumed by any person wishing to protect their image from slanderous assault. Growers had to sponsor a public relations campaign to dispel the ill-founded reputation before avocados became popular. Avocados got their name from the Spanish explorers. They couldn’t pronounce the Aztec word for the fruit, know as ahuacatl, “testicle,” because of its shape. The Spanish called the aguacate, leading to the guacamole we know today. Avocados must reach full maturity before they are picked, however, they do not soften on the tree. The tree can actually be used as a storage unit by keeping the fruit on the tree for many months after maturing. Avocados are not just for guacamole. Although the yummy dip is probably one of their most popular uses, and my guacamole recipes (featured below) are fantastic, there |
"In which layer of the atmosphere would you find ""The Ozone Layer?" | Ozone Increasing Greenhouse Effect What is ozone? Ozone is a molecule made up of three atoms of oxygen. It works a lot like sunscreen, blocking out harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. In recent years, the amount of ozone in the atmosphere has decreased. So will the Earth, and all of the life on it, get sunburned? That�s the concern, and it�s one of the reasons why ozone is being looked at a lot by scientists who study climate and changes in Earth systems. Is ozone good or bad? That�s a trick question, because the answer is: It depends. Most ozone is found below a 30 mile (48 km) height. However, depending upon WHERE the ozone is located, it can protect or harm life. Where is good and bad ozone located? Click the image below to open the Interactive Atmosphere to see where the different parts of the atmosphere are located. The atmosphere is really a thin layer of gases surrounding the Earth. How thin? Well, imagine a basketball with one layer of aluminum foil around it. The aluminum foil represents the average thickness of the atmosphere. That�s pretty thin! And considering without an atmosphere we�d all die, it�s kind of important to take care of the atmosphere. The different layers of the atmosphere The atmosphere is divided into regions defined primarily by temperature. The height and temperature of these layers can vary from season to season. From the Earth�s surface through the bottom layer of atmosphere, called the troposphere, temperature decreases with altitude. Weather occurs in this layer. It�s also the layer we live in. The next layer up is called the stratosphere. In the stratosphere, temperature increases with altitude. This is because of ozone. When the ozone in this layer absorbs UV light from the sun, it increases in temperature. In the mesosphere, ozone concentration decreases. This means there is less absorption of UV light in this layer of atmosphere. Do you think the temperature would increase or decrease In this layer of the atmosphere? In the upper atmosphere, called the thermosphere, temperatures are HOT. This is because incoming energy from the sun heats the molecules up. Are you wondering about the increase in temperature within the thermosphere? Well, this occurs because short-wave, high-energy solar radiation is absorbed by the (relatively few) molecules of oxygen and nitrogen. Since temperature is defined as speed of molecules, the temperature is very hot. However, since there are few molecules to transfer the heat, it would not feel hot to you because the "air" is so thin. So where is ozone "good", and where is it "bad" for life? High in the stratosphere, ozone acts as a protection from UV light. Without this protective shield, all animal life (not just humans) would be more susceptible to cancer, impaired immune systems, and eye problems like cataracts. If the ozone is close to the Earth and we breathe it in, ozone can damage our lungs. As well as harming animals, ozone also impairs the transpiration (breathing) process in plants. The amount of "good" and "bad" ozone in the atmosphere depends upon the balance between the processes that make ozone and those that destroy ozone. An upset in this balance could have serious consequences for all types of life on Earth. Ozone in the Troposphere Ozone in the troposphere is "bad" for breathing, for contributing to the smog and greenhouse gases created by human activities, and it can also act as a chemical oxidant by ripping off oxygen atoms from other compounds (including you, the plants around you, other |
"In which Cathedral is the tomb of the ""Black Prince""?" | Cromwell's legacy damages tomb of Black Prince - Telegraph Religion Cromwell's legacy damages tomb of Black Prince Damage caused by Oliver Cromwell's army 350 years ago is threatening to ruin the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral. The tomb of a medieval knight, the Black Prince, at Canterbury Cathedral Photo: IMAGES INTERNATIONAL By Harriet Alexander 12:57PM GMT 02 Nov 2009 Stained glass windows overlooking the tomb of Edward, Prince of Wales, were destroyed by Puritan iconoclasts in the 1640s, allowing damaging UV rays to enter the cathedral unfiltered. Since then, clear replacements have been installed and the deterioration of the paintwork on the 14th century canopy surrounding the prince's resting place has continued. The brilliant colours of the artworks that look down on the bronze figure of the prince are fading rapidly and the red pigment used by the original artists is turning black. In a bid to halt the centuries of damage, restoration experts have now installed a huge blind to shield the artworks from harmful rays and created a system for regulating the humidity. Leonie Seliger, the head of stained glass at the cathedral, said: "As far as we know this is the first time in the world that such preventative measures have been adopted. "The information from the sensors is relayed onto a computer within the cathedral precincts 24 hours a day, and then the results are sent off for analysis. "Just a few degrees of temperature change can drastically affect the humidity levels so we are constantly on watch so that light levels can be adjusted via the blinds and temperatures controlled." The tomb of the Black Prince is one of the most popular sites within the ancient cathedral - parts of which date back to the 11th century. Edward, Prince of Wales, was nicknamed the Black Prince after he was handed a black breastplate to celebrate his courage in battle. Aged just 16, Edward commanded a heavily-outnumbered English force against the French at the Battle of Crécy, and was known throughout his father's reign as a great military hero. The prince died in 1376, aged 45, before he could take the throne and his son Richard became king a year later. |
"""Galliwasp"" and ""Horned toad"" are types of which creature?" | Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma spp.) Other common names: horny toad Spanish name: camale�n Distinguishing Features Up to 10 species of horned lizards occur in the Sonoran Desert region, from the 2¾ inch (69 mm) long round-tailed horned lizard (P. modestum) to the 5 inch (127 mm) long Texas horned lizard (P. cornutum). With squat, flat, toad-like bodies (Phrynosoma means �toad-body�) and thorn-like projections at the rear of their heads, horned lizards are easily distinguished from other lizards. The projections differ in size and arrangement from one species to another. Along the sides of the body, fringe-like scales occur in one row, two parallel rows, or they may be absent. Males have enlarged post-anal scales, and during the breeding season, a swollen tail base. Range Regale horned lizard Horned lizards are found throughout the Sonoran Desert region from near sea level up to 11,300 feet (3440 m). Some species are widespread, such as the round-tailed and Texas horned lizards which occur in several U.S. and Mexican states, while the flat-tailed horned lizard (P. mcalli) is restricted to southwestern Arizona, extreme southeastern California, a small part of northeastern Baja California and the upper neck of northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Habitat Horned lizards are found in extremely diverse habitats. The flat-tailed horned lizard occurs in areas of fine sand, while the short-horned lizard (P. douglassii) is found in shortgrass prairie all the way up into spruce-fir forest. The most common species in the Arizona Upland subdivision is the regal horned lizard (P. solare), which frequents rocky or gravelly habitats of arid to semiarid plains, hills and lower mountain slopes. Life History The diet of some horned lizards consists of specific insects, while other species are more catholic in their tastes. Not only does P. solare prefer ants, it has a strong preference for harvester ants, which may make up to 90 percent of its diet. As diets go, ants are low return items because so much of their body consists of indigestible chitin. Thus, the regal horned lizard must eat a great number of ants to meet its nutritional needs. This diet requires space, which is why the stomach of the regal horned lizard may represent up to 13 percent of its body mass. Ant-eating horned lizards usually capture their prey with their sticky tongues rather than grabbing it with their jaws. In addition, they have modified skeletal morphologies, such as shorter teeth and reduced diameter of the bones of the lower mandible. Horned lizards are no exception to the general rule that lizards are not attracted to dead insects as food�the ants must be alive and moving for the lizard to show interest in them as prey. Harvester ants can bite and have a potent venom, but apparently this has little effect on the esophagus or stomach of the lizard. However, when faced with swarming ants the lizard will make a hasty retreat, for these little invertebrates can kill an adult horned lizard. Most species of horned lizards lay eggs between May and August, with clutches ranging from 3 to 45 depending on species. Even with such high numbers of eggs only around 2 from each clutch will reach sexual maturity. The short-horned lizard bears live young. This is considered an adaptation to living at higher elevations, where eggs may be at risk due to low temperatures, and egg development might be slowed considerably. |
"In which South American country did the ""Dina"" secret police operate in the 1970's?" | A look at the Operation Condor conspiracy in South America | Fox News A look at the Operation Condor conspiracy in South America Published May 27, 2016 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Email Print FILE - In this Sept. 1988 file photo, Chile's dictator Augusto Pinochet is flanked by subordinates at a ceremony in Santiago, Chile. With a world divided by the Cold War, South America’s dictatorships in 1975 agreed to start exchanging information on political dissidents, trade unionists, students and any individual suspected of being leftist. The goal was to hunt down and eliminate the enemies of the dictatorships across the continent and beyond. According to declassified documents, various agencies of the U.S. government were aware of the plan. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin, File) (The Associated Press) FILE - In this March 24, 1976 file photo, Argentina's dictator Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, center, is sworn-in as president at the Government House in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With a world divided by the Cold War, South America's dictatorships in 1975 agreed to start exchanging information on political dissidents, trade unionists, students and any individual suspected of being leftist. The goal was to hunt down and eliminate the enemies of the dictatorships across the continent and beyond. According to declassified documents, various agencies of the U.S. government were aware of the plan. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File) (The Associated Press) FILE - In this July 9, 1982 file photo, Argentina's last dictator, General Reynaldo Bignone, arrives for a religious ceremony at the Cathedral in Buenos Aires. A court in Argentina has sentenced the former junta leader to 20 years in prison for Operation Condor crimes. The secret conspiracy was launched by six South American dictators in the 1970s in a combined effort to track down their enemies and eliminate them. The federal court ruled Friday, May 27, 2016. Bignone is already serving life sentences for multiple human rights violations during the 1976-1983 dictatorship. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File) (The Associated Press) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina's last dictator and 14 other former military officials were sentenced Friday to prison for human rights crimes committed during the Operation Condor conspiracy. Here is a look at the clandestine program's main features: WHAT WAS OPERATION CONDOR? It was a coordinated effort by the military dictatorships in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Brazil to hunt down and eliminate opponents and leftists across the continent and beyond. It operated from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. HOW DID IT WORK? Operation Condor officially began in 1975, when South America's dictatorships agreed to start exchanging information on political dissidents, trade unionists, students and anyone suspected of being leftist, especially those who had sought refuge in other countries. According to declassified documents, various U.S. government agencies were aware of the plan. The covert operation involved the deployment of special transnational teams to kidnap subversive "targets," who were then interrogated and tortured in seven clandestine prisons located on military or police bases in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. The dissidents were sometimes returned to their country of origin and disappeared. Condor's agents also assassinated political leaders seen as influencing public opinion against the military regimes. Some of their targets were in the United States and Europe. The September 1976 assassination of Orlando Letelier, the ex-foreign minister of Chile's socialist President Salvador Allende, was the best-known case. Letelier, and his U.S. aide Ronni Moffitt, were killed by a bomb placed in his car in Washington D.C. Investigators found that the Chilean dictatorship's spy agency, known as DINA, and an anti-Castro group, many of whose members had been trained by the CIA, were behind the assassination. WHO WERE CONDOR'S MASTERMINDS? Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, Paraguay's Alfredo Stroessner, Bolivia's Hugo Banzer, Argentin |
Of which organisation was John Longworth Director General when he was suspended for suggesting Britain would be better off outside the EU (he later resigned in March 2016)? | EU referendum: John Longworth resigns as commerce boss over Brexit debate | Politics | The Guardian EU referendum and Brexit EU referendum: John Longworth resigns as commerce boss over Brexit debate Chief of British Chambers of Commerce leaves position, citing need to ‘express my own views freely’ on the EU referendum debate British Chambers of Commerce director general John Longworth. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Monday 7 March 2016 04.46 EST First published on Sunday 6 March 2016 17.13 EST Share on Messenger Close The leader of one of the UK’s biggest business groups has resigned from his job after being suspended for expressing his support for a British exit from the European Union . Brexit would damage EU and UK 'politically and economically' Read more John Longworth quit as the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) on Sunday, following the controversy over his suggestion that the UK could have a “brighter” future outside the EU. Longworth told reporters at the BCC’s conference last week that Britain would be left “sitting on the margins” of an “unreformed EU” if voters chose to remain in the EU at the 23 June referendum. Longworth told the Guardian by text message on Sunday night that he is planning to expand upon his views in the run-up to the referendum in June. However, he pointedly did not respond to questions asking whether either he or the BCC had been put under pressure by Downing Street or members of the remain campaign to either suspend him or remove him from office. In a text message to the Guardian, he said: “FYI [For Your Information] I have resigned from the BCC as I would like to be free to [be] able to express my own views freely on the EU referendum debate. “My decision to resign is entirely my own and one of conviction in order that I can devote my time to being able to speak freely on [t]he issue of the EU referendum. “My resignation was entirely my choice and voluntary on my part.” The BCC’s president, Nora Senior, insisted that “no politician or interest group” had any influence on the initial decision of the BCC’s board to suspend Longworth and that there were “no external factors” in his subsequent decision to quit. Downing Street has strenuously denied claims from Brexit campaigners that it put pressure on the BCC to act following Longworth’s comments at the group’s annual conference on Thursday. Ukip’s MP, Douglas Carswell, responded to the announcement by tweeting: “Well done Downing Street. You got your man.” He added: “This is what Project Fear looks like. Nasty people in Number 10.” Senior said the BCC’s “neutrality in the referendum debate reflects the real divisions that exist in business communities across the UK”. She added: “John Longworth and the BCC board recognise that John’s personal view on the referendum is likely to create confusion regarding the BCC’s neutral stance going forward. “In light of this, John has taken the decision to step down as director general and his resignation has been accepted by the board with effect from 6 March 2016. “No politician or interest group had any influence on the BCC board decision to suspend Mr Longworth . His subsequent resignation was agreed mutually between Mr Longworth and the BCC board and there were no external factors involved. “All representatives of the BCC have the right to personal and political views on the key issues of the day. However, they are not expected to articulate these views while acting in their professional capacity, as their views could be misconstrued as representing the position of the organisation as a whole.” London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, who backs Brexit, had expressed his support for Longworth. Johnson claimed the business leader had been “crushed by the agents of project fear”. On BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show, Johnson criticised the “negative” approach of the remain camp. “This is like the jailer has accidentally left the door of the jail open and people can see the sunlit land beyond. And everybody is suddenly wrangling about the terrors of the world outside. Actually it would be wonde |
"The ""Elephanta"" is a strong southerly wind off the coast of which country?" | Wind Names Evert Wesker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ) Brisa, Briza 1. A northeast wind which blows on the coast of South America or an east wind which blows on Puerto Rico during the trade wind season. 2. The northeast monsoon in the Philippines. Brisote The northeast trade wind when it is blowing stronger than usual on Cuba. Brubu A name for a squall in the East Indies. Bull's Eye Squall A squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off the coast of South Africa. It is named for the peculiar appearance of the small isolated cloud marking the top of the invisible vortex of the storm. Cape Doctor The strong southeast wind which blows on the South African coast. Also called the DOCTOR. Caver, Kaver A gentle breeze in the Hebrides. Chinook A type of foehn wind. Refers to the warm downslope wind in the Rocky Mountains that may occur after an intense cold spell when the temperature could rise by 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of minutes. Also known as the Snow Eater. (Weather Channel Glossary) Chubasco A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the west coast of Central America. Churada A severe rain squall in the Mariana Islands during the northeast monsoon. They occur from November to April or May, especially from January through March. Cierzo See MISTRAL. Contrastes Winds a short distance apart blowing from opposite quadrants, frequent in the spring and fall in the western Mediterranean. Cordonazo The "Lash of St. Francis." Name applied locally to southerly hurricane winds along the west coast of Mexico. It is associated with tropical cyclones in the southeastern North Pacific Ocean. These storms may occur from May to November, but ordinarily affect the coastal areas most severely near or after the Feast of St. Francis, October 4. Coromell A night land breeze prevailing from November to May at La Paz, near the southern extremity of the Gulf of California. Cyclone A severe tropical storm (i.e., winds >64 knots) in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. See also Hurricane and Typhoon. The term is also applied to closed circulations in the mid latitudes and also popularly to small scale circulations such as tornadoes. Diablo Northern California version of Santa Ana winds. These winds occur below canyons in the East Bay hills (Diablo range) and in extreme cases can exceed 60 mph. They develop due to high pressure over Nevada and lower pressure along the central California coast. (NWS San Francisco Glossary) Doctor 1. A cooling sea breeze in the Tropics. 2. See HARMATTAN. 3. The strong SE wind which blows on the south African coast. Usually called CAPE DOCTOR. Elephanta A strong southerly or southeasterly wind which blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks the end of the southwest monsoon. Etesian A refreshing northerly summer wind of the Mediterranean, especially over the Aegean Sea. Euros The Greek name for the rainy, stormy southeast wind. (Glossary of Meteorology) Foehn A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, whose temperature is increased as the wind descends down the slope. It is created when air flows downhill from a high elevation, raising the temperature by adiabatic compression. Examples include the Chinook wind and the Santa Ana wind. Classified as a katabatic wind. (Weather Channel Glossary) Fremantle Doctor A cooling seabreeze in Western Australia,often made note of during hot summer-time cricket matches. (Ian Staples, Australia) Gregale A strong northeast wind of the central Mediterranean. Haboob A strong wind and sandstorm (or duststorm) in the northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartum, where the average number is about 24 per year. The name come from the Arabic word, "habb", meaning wind. (Bill Mork, California State Climatologist) Harmattan The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Saha |
What is produced in a Solera? | The Solera system | SherryNotes Published on August 28th, 2013 | by Ruben 10 The Solera system Sherry has a unique and rather complex system of maturation using a large number of casks and fractional blending. This system is called solera and it is used in the production of all types of sherry, dry or sweet. It is also commonly used for Spanish brandy , sherry vinegar , Madeira wines and occasionally other drinks like whisky or beer. While the base idea is always fractional blending, we’ll now focus on how it is applied in sherry. Soleras and criaderas Barrels in a solera are arranged in different groups or tiers, called criaderas or nurseries. Each scale contains wine of the same age. The oldest scale, confusingly called solera as well, holds the wine ready to be bottled. When a fraction of the wine is extracted from the solera (this process is called the saca), it will be replaced with the same amount of wine from the first criadera, i.e. the one that is slightly younger and typically less complex. This, in turn, will be filled up with wine from the second criadera and so on. The last criadera, which holds the youngest wine, is topped up with a new wine named sobretabla. Taking away part of the wine and replacing it with the contents of other scales, is called rociar or to wash down. Solera system A saca (taking out part of the old wine) and rocío (replenishing the casks) will usually take place several times a year, but the actual number may vary and specific figures are rarely disclosed. In Jerez, a Fino solera will be resfreshed two to four times a year. In Sanlúcar de Barrameda, due to the higher activity of the flor, a Manzanilla solera can easily have six to ten sacas a year. By law there is a maximum of 35% that can be taken out, but normally between 10 and 15% of the 500-550 litre capacity of the butts will be taken out and refreshed. A bit less in Manzanilla soleras. Note that it is not common for wine to be drawn off from all the casks of a solera at the same time – this is usually spread out over time. Origins of the solera system The solera system is believed to have originated in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in the second half of the 18th century. Prior to this, all sherries were bottled as añadas or vintages, a concept that was still widely in use until the 20th century. Some of the oldest soleras still in use are now at Osborne (Capuchino laid down in 1790 and Sibarita in 1792), El Maestro Sierra (1830), Valdespino (1842) and Gonzalez Byass (1847). Organisation of a solera Although a solera is usually represented as layers of casks stacked upon each other, with the solera level at the bottom of the pile (hence the name, suelo = floor), this is only the case for smaller soleras, or in bodegas where tours are being held. Usually barrels are stacked in blocks of casks rather than actual rows. We are talking about potentially hundreds of casks here, so sometimes a whole room is filled with just one criadera. Some of the largest soleras are even distributed over different buildings. Apart from the size of some soleras, there are two technical reasons behind this distribution: firstly, stability can be problematic when more than three or four casks are placed on top of each other, and secondly, it is better to place Fino and Manzanilla casks near the floor, where it is cooler, and oxidative types of sherry towards the top. The number of tiers between the solera and the last criadera, varies largely and depends on the style of the wine and the preferences of the bodega. In general, Manzanilla and Fino soleras will have more criaderas than those of Oloroso and other oxidatively aged sherry, and in general older wines will have less criaderas. A typical Fino solera will range between three and seven criaderas. A Manzanilla solera will have at least nine criaderas, up to twenty. Age of a solera It is impossible to give the exact age of a wine that has been aged in a solera, as it is a blend of many vintages. It is only possible to give an approximate, average age of the wine. This is determined by the number of criade |
"""The flight of the Bumblebee"" comes from which Opera?" | Classics For Kids 3/18/1844 - 6/21/1908 Born in Russia Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was born in the Russian town of Tikhvin. During his childhood, Nikolai enjoyed listening to Russian folk songs, church music, and opera. When he was older, Nikolai followed his brother to the naval college in St. Petersburg. While he was there, he also studied music. Rimsky-Korsakov composed his first symphony while on a navy ship. After he left the navy, Rimsky-Korsakov was asked to teach at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, which is now called named for him. Rimsky-Korsakov was also one of a group of five famous Russian composers known as "The Mighty Handful" (as in five fingers). Rimsky-Korsakov wrote operas, choral music, chamber music, and works for piano. One of his most famous pieces is the Flight of the Bumblebee, from the opera Tsar Saltan. In the opera, this music is played when a prince disguises himself as bee. |
Who took over from Ian Duncan Smith as Minister for Work and Pensions? | Iain Duncan Smith resignation: Stephen Crabb appointed Work and Pensions Secretary by David Cameron - Telegraph Conservative Iain Duncan Smith resignation: Stephen Crabb appointed Work and Pensions Secretary by David Cameron Iain Duncan Smith has been replaced by the Welsh secretary Stephen Crabb after resigning from Government in protest at George Osborne's proposed cuts to benefits for the disabled • IDS says cuts in George Osborne's Budget "not defensible" • David Cameron "puzzled and disappointed" at resignation Summary How the day played out It has been a fraught 24 hours for David Cameron as he moved to shore up his Cabinet team after Iain Duncan Smith quit as Work and Pensions Secretary, launching an all-out attack on the "indefensible" Budget. Stephen Crabb was appointed to take over from Mr Duncan Smith, while Alun Cairns was promoted to the role of Welsh Secretary. In what was a brutal parting shot, Mr Duncan Smith said that cuts to disabled benefits in George Osborne's Budget were politically driven and the Chancellor had undermined the principle of "all in this together". Mr Duncan Smith has been at loggerheads with Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne over whether Britain should stay in the EU, joining a handful of other Cabinet ministers – including Michael Gove - in calling for Brexit. His resignation letter to the Prime Minister indicated that the row over cuts to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) had been the last straw. His announcement came hours after the Treasury signalled a humiliating climbdown over the plans to change PIP assessment criteria, which were expected to slash around £1.3 billion a year off the cost. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Duncan Smith had "done the right thing" by resigning, but added: "I wonder where his conscience has been hiding for the past six years." Mr Corbyn welcomed the news Mr Duncan Smith had quit as former Work and Pensions Secretary and called on Stephen Crabb to reinstate Personal Independence Payments for the disabled. The ramifications of Mr Duncan Smith’s resignation will be felt for some time to come. 14:42 New welfare minister raised by single mum who fled his violent father Stephen Crabb was just eight when his mother Jacqui fled her violent husband, bringing her children up alone in a council flat. It's a backstory that makes him perfectly suited to be the new Work and Pensions Secretary, writes Robert Mendick . His mother Jacqui brought him and his two brothers up single-handedly in a council flat. When Crabb was just eight-years-old, Jacqui scooped up her three boys and fled from her violent husband in wales to make a home for themselves 400 miles away in Greenock, outside of Glasgow. “One of my earliest memories is of getting between my mother and father as he came at her with a knife – terrifying,” recalled Crabb, in an interview in 2014. “There were other incidents when the police came around. My mother was basically living inside a prison suffering massive physical and emotional abuse. She literally scooped us up in her arms, we got on a train and went to Scotland.” At school, he was bullied for being and unable to even afford a uniform and would play truant so he could work on a farm to buy trainers. 14.20 IDS to speak on Andrew Marr show Will Iain Duncan Smith plunge the knife in further? He's appearing on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday morning, so watch this space . . . #Marr main guest has changed. Look forward to seeing Sir John Major in a future week. Iain Duncan Smith joins us tomorrow at 9 on BBC1. 13.03 Having detonated his handgrenade IDS has retreated indoors Responding to questions from reporters Iain Duncan Smith's wife Betsy said he would not be making any further statement when she answered the door at his father-in-law's house, in Buckinghamshire, on Saturday. Mrs Duncan Smith said: "He will not be making any further statement today, and will not be coming out for photographs," she said. She refused to confirm if Mr Duncan Smith would be giving any interviews to the media on Sunday. 12.54 Where was Duncan Smith's conscience befor |
Which film company's logo is a lady with a torch? | The Stories Behind Hollywood Studio Logos - Neatorama Neatorama • 4 You see these opening logos every time you go to the movies, but have you ever wondered who is the boy on the moon in the DreamWorks logo? Or which mountain inspired the Paramount logo? Or who was the Columbia Torch Lady? Let's find out: 1. DreamWorks SKG: Boy on the Moon In 1994, director Steven Spielberg, Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, and record producer David Geffen (yes, they make the initial SKG on the bottom of the logo) got together to found a new studio called DreamWorks. Spielberg wanted the logo for DreamWorks to be reminiscent of Hollywood's golden age. The logo was to be a computer generated image of a man on the moon, fishing, but Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Muren of Industrial Light and Magic, who has worked on many of Spielberg's films, suggested that a hand-painted logo might look better. Muren asked his friend, artist Robert Hunt to paint it. Hunt also sent along an alternative version of the logo, which included a young boy on a crescent moon, fishing. Spielberg liked this version better, and the rest is history. Oh, and that boy? It was Hunt's son, William. The DreamWorks logo that you see in the movies was made at ILM from paintings by Robert Hunt, in collaboration with Kaleidoscope Films (designers of the original storyboards), Dave Carson (director), and Clint Goldman (producer) at ILM. Photo courtesy of Robert Hunt - Thanks for the neat story, Robert! 2. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): Leo The Lion In 1924, studio publicist Howard Dietz designed the "Leo The Lion" logo for Samuel Goldwyn's Goldwyn Picture Corporation. He based it on the athletic team of his alma mater Columbia University, the Lions. When Goldwyn Pictures merged with Metro Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures, the newly formed MGM retained the logo. Since then, there have been five lions playing the role of "Leo The Lion". The first was Slats, who graced the openings of MGM's silent films from 1924 to 1928. The next lion, Jackie, was the first MGM lion whose roar was heard by the audience. Though the movies were silent, Jackie's famous growl-roar-growl sequence was played over the phonograph as the logo appeared on screen. He was also the first lion to appear in Technicolor in 1932. The third lion and probably most famous was Tanner (though at the time Jackie was still used concurrently for MGM's black and white films). After a brief use of an unnamed (and very mane-y) fourth lion, MGM settled on Leo, which the studio has used since 1957. The company motto "Ars Gratia Artis" means "Art for Art's Sake." Sources: MGM Media Center | Wikipedia entry on " Leo The Lion " 3. 20th Century Fox: The Searchlight Logo In 1935, Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film Company (back then mainly a theater-chain company) merged to create Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (they later dropped the hyphen). The original Twentieth Century Pictures logo was created in 1933 by famed landscape artist Emil Kosa, Jr. After the merger, Kosa simply replaced "Pictures, Inc." with "Fox" to make the current logo. Besides this logo, Kosa was also famous for his matte painting of the Statue of Liberty ruin at the end of the Planet of the Apes (1968) movie, and others. Perhaps just as famous as the logo is the "20th Century Fanfare", composed by Alfred Newman, then musical director for United Artists. 4. Paramount: The Majestic Mountain Paramount Pictures Corporation was founded in 1912 as Famous Players Film Company by Adolph Zukor, and the theater moguls the Frohman brothers, Daniel and Charles. The Paramount "Majestic Mountain" logo was first drawn as a doodle by W.W. Hodkinson during a meeting wi |
Newport on the Isle of Wight stands on which river? | Newport, Isle of Wight Newport Newport, Isle of Wight Newport, a market-town, a parish, and a municipal borough in the Isle of Wight. The town stands on the river Medina, at the terminus of the Cowes and Newport line, at the end of the Medina navigation, in the NE vicinity of Carisbrooke, 1 mile N of the centre of the island, 88 miles from London and 5 S of Cowes. Newport is the centre of several lines of railway, and is often chosen as the headquarters of tourists wishing to visit all the most attractive parts of the island. It was founded in the early part of the reign of Henry I. by Richard de Redvers, Earl of Devon and lord of the island; was designed to be the port of Carisbrooke, and therefore was called Newport; was chartered in the time of Henry II. by the third Richard de Redvers, who called it the New Borough of Medina; rose in importance as Carisbrooke declined; was burnt by the French in 1377; took part with the Parliament in the Civil Wars of Charles I.; was the scene of high political negotiations during the time of Charles I.'s imprisonment in Carisbrooke Castle; became for sixty-one days, at the grammar school, the place of Charles' mimic court, whence he was suddenly seized for abrupt removal to Hurst Castle; and, at the restoration of Charles II., was one of the first places in the kingdom to recognise the new order of political events. Thomas James, who wrote learnedly against Roman Catholicity and died in 1622; Richard James, who published an account of his travels in Russia, assisted Selden in his work on the Arundel Marbles, rendered service in the formation of the Cottonian Library, and died in 1638; and Sir Thomas Fleming, lord chief justice of England, who acquired bad notoriety by his judgment in the "great case of impositions," were natives. The town stands on a gentle slope of the Medina's valley; is nearly encompassed, at a pleasant distance, with low rounded hills ; enjoys well-wooded and very pleasing environs; looks well as seen from numerous vantage-grounds on the surrounding hills; consists chiefly of five streets running E and W, and of three running N and S, all wide and well paved; and presents a neat, clean, and cheerful aspect. The town-hall was built in 1816, after designs by Nash, at a cost of £10,000; has on one side an Ionic portico, on another an Ionic colonnade; is disposed, throughout the basement, in a market-house; has in the upper part a handsome room, with a portrait of Sir Leonard W. Holmes; and occupies the site of a plain old gabled building, in which conferences were held between Charles I. and the Parliamentary Commissioners. The Isle of Wight County Club, in St James' Square, was built in 1810, after designs by Nash, at a cost of £3000 ; has a plain yet pleasing front of Swanage stone; and contains a good library and reading-rooms, a billiard-room, and other apartments. The Museum, in Lugley Street, contains a well-arranged series of fossils gathered from the various strata of the island, and a collection of the island's antiquities of Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and later dates. Carisbrooke Castle, the Isle of Wight House of Industry, Parkhurst Prison, and the Albany Barracks, though not in the town, are so near as to be associated with it in the minds of tourists; and the last contribute so largely to the throngs in its streets as to give it almost the appearance of a garrison town. Osborne House, the marine residence of H.M. the Queen, is also in the neighbourhood. The church of St Thomas a Becket was built in 1854-56, after designs by Daukes, at a cost of £12,000; is in the Early Decorated English style; consists of clere-storied nave, gabled aisles and chancel, N and S chapels, and N and S porches, with lofty W tower; and contains a quaintly carved pulpit of 1636, a very beautiful monument by Marochetti to the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Charles I., erected by Queen Victoria, a handsome marble monument to Sir Edward Horsey, captain of the island in the time of Elizabeth, and a splendid medallion tablet by Marochetti to the late Prince Consort. The living is a vic |
Which country is the most recent to join the United Nations - in July 2011? | Member States | United Nations United Nations On 19 September 1991, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic informed the United Nations that it had changed its name to Belarus. UN Statistics on Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Republic of Croatia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/238 of 22 May 1992. The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/237 of 22 May 1992. The Republic of Slovenia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/236 of 22 May 1992. By resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993, the General Assembly decided to admit as a Member of the United Nations the State being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" pending settlement of the difference that had arisen over its name. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/55/12 of 1 November 2000. On 4 February 2003, following the adoption and promulgation of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the official name of " Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" was changed to Serbia and Montenegro. In a letter dated 3 June 2006, the President of the Republic of Serbia informed the Secretary-General that the membership of Serbia and Montenegro was being continued by the Republic of Serbia, following Montenegro's declaration of independence. Montenegro held a 21 May 2006 referendum and declared itself independent from Serbia on 3 June. On 28 June 2006 it was accepted as a United Nations Member State by General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/264 . The Republic of Cabo Verde changed its official name from The Republic of Cape Verde on 24 October 2013 in a request submitted to the Secretary-General by the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. UN Statistics on Croatia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/237 of 22 May 1992. The Republic of Croatia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/238 of 22 May 1992. The Republic of Slovenia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/236 of 22 May 1992. By resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993, the General Assembly decided to admit as a Member of the United Nations the State being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" pending settlement of the difference that had arisen over its name. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/55/12 of 1 November 2000. On 4 February 2003, following the adoption and promulgation of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the official name of " Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" was changed to Serbia and Montenegro. In a letter dated 3 June |
The hovercraft service across the Solent is between Southsea and which Isle of Wight town? | Hovertravel | Fastest Portsmouth to Isle of Wight Ferry Service Ferries to the Isle of Wight Your Fastest Ferry Link from Portsmouth (Southsea) - Isle of Wight (Ryde) Hovertravel provides the fastest Isle of Wight ferry service across the Solent and is the world's longest running and only commercial hovercraft operator in Europe. Our passenger ferry service takes you directly to the shore at Southsea or Ryde in just 10 minutes. Easy onward travel connections are available with our Hoverbus to Portsmouth, bus and train connections at Ryde plus large car parks at both terminals. Hovertravel - The 10 minute ferry link to the Isle Of Wight. More about the Hovertravel Isle of Wight Ferry service Quick Links |
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion are three members of which band formed in 1996? | Coldplay Snapchat - Celebrity Snapchat Names Celebrity Snapchat Names Join SnapSext and find dirty snapchat girls! [Total: 50 Average: 2.3/5] Coldplay is a British alternative rock band, formed in London in 1996. The members are vocalist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman. In the beginning, Coldplay was compared with other artists and bands, including Radiohead, U2, and Travis. The band broke through with the single Yellow, followed by their debut album, Parachutes. A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), the second album, marked their final breakthrough. The album also won multiple awards. In 2005 came the album X & Y, which debuted at number one in sixteen countries. The fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, was produced by Brian Eno and received several Grammys. Their fifth album Mylo Xyloto is also again produced by Eno. Coldplay hits include Speed of Sound, Clocks, Yellow, Viva La Vida, The Scientist, Fix You, Paradise and Magic. In 1996, Chris Martin met Jonny Buckland during the introduction of the university University College London. Together they tried to set up a band, they met in college Will Champion and Guy Berryman. When the members were about to take their first big performance, they switched to the name Starfish. At the time, Martin had a friend, Tim Crompton, now frontman of the British band The Highwire whose band Coldplay was about to quit. The band had the name Coldplay from a collection of poems and Martin decided to use that name. In 1998, hence the band’s name was actually Coldplay. Shortly after their meeting at the London university the students were friends and shared their passion for music. The band that emerged had the following members: Chris Martin (songwriter, vocals, piano, guitar), Jonny Buckland (songwriter, lead guitar), Guy Berryman (bass) and Will Champion. Coldplay Snapchat username Coldplay Snapchat is coldplay This Snapchat Celebrity is verified Is this information not correct? Please let us know by leaving a comment below. Thank you. |
How many faces does a tetrahedron have? | Vertices, Edges and Faces Vertices, Edges and Faces A vertex is a corner. An edge is a line segment that joins two vertices. A face is an individual surface. Let us look more closely at each of those: Vertices A vertex (plural: vertices) is a point where two or more lines meet. It is a Corner. This tetrahedron has 4 vertices. And this pentagon has 5 vertices: |
How many rugby union teams took part in the 2015 Rugby World Cup? | Rugby World Cup 2015: team-by-team verdicts for the tournament which kicks off in September at Twickenham - Telegraph Watch: the World Cup lowdown in 100 seconds Rugby World Cup 2015: team-by-team verdicts for the tournament which kicks off in September at Twickenham With 100 days to go until the Rugby World Cup kicks off, what are the prospects for the 20 competing teams? Who is in line to win the Rugby World Cup? (It's New Zealand, obviously) Photo: GETTY IMAGES England Stuart Lancaster has dumped bad boys Dylan Hartley and Manu Tuilagi – and could overlook alleged drink-driver Danny Cipriani on the eve of the tournament – but the truth is he has enough strength in depth to make up for those loses. Tom Youngs is a more confident lineout thrower with No2 on his back, and there is a raft of midfield options; look at the immergence of Jonathan Joseph in the Six Nations. That Pool A shoves together three of the top-six ranked teams, according to World Rugby, is unfortunate. But England (fourth) are the best rated, compared to Wales (fifth) and Australia (sixth), and of course home advantage will give them a lift; it is interesting to note that of the seven previous editions the Rugby World Cup hosts have reached the final on five occasions. That their group is bookended by games against Fiji and Uruguay – when Lancaster’s side will know exactly how many points they need to notch up against the semi-pro South Americans – is favourable. And having beaten Wales in Cardiff earlier in the year it could become a shootout with Australia (who they defeated 26-17 in November) for them. Win that, and the pool, and they should gain an easier ride to the final (with a last-eight clash with possibly Scotland and then Ireland in the semi-final). With George Ford pulling the strings, England have sharpened their attacking potency, and on top of an impressive pack and the home-crowd roar they should make it to the last two. Verdict: Runners up Wales The loss of Jonathan Davies is a blow, but added to that question marks hover over George North, the youngest try scorer in Rugby World Cup history (he was 19 years and 166-days old when crossed against Namibia in 2011), given that he has not played for Northampton since the Six Nations when concussed. Then there is a reliance of the fitness of captain Sam Warburton, who struggles to play too many games in such quick succession, by dint of his commitment to the cause. Kicker Leigh Halfpenny's fitness will also be central to Welsh hopes of progressing from Pool A, the group of death. Yes, Warren Gatland's side will be one of the most experienced, and they are playing a couple of games in Cardiff (however, not the ones against England and Australia), but they have a poor record against the Wallabies – they have won just once in their last 15 meetings – and were defeated at the Millennium Stadium in the spring by England. Group stage Australia An improving tight five means that the pack can no longer simply be given the Andrew Sheridan treatment, and are certainly regaining that hard edge with Michael Cheika at the helm. They arguably have the most exciting backs too, with Israel Folau potentially lethal on the counter attack, although they do have a tendency to implode a bit too often for comfort. And their record of six Test wins out of 14 in 2014 suggests that the Wallabies might not reach the heights of past Rugby World Cups. Further, the prospect of foreign-based players like Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell coming back in to the fold, with the rules having been relaxed, smells of desperation and will surely be destabilising for incumbents. Finish behind England in Pool A and they are likely to be lining up against South Africa – a side they have lost to in four of their last five meetings – in a last-eight clash. Quarter-finals Fiji Since their famous 2007 win over Wales, one of the finest rugby matches of all time, Fiji have sadly declined. The win over Italy in June was promising, and in the 6'5", 19st 10lb goal-kicking wing Nemani Nadolo they have one of the most exciting players in Supe |
Which of the Teletubbies is missing - Tinky-Winky, Laa-Laa, Po and ? | Teletubbies: Action Story - YouTube Teletubbies: Action Story 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 27, 2014 Category |
Which novel is set in the seventh century AF (After Ford) - 632 years after the birth of the inventor of the model T? | Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – Book Review Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – Book Review September 24, 2014 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – Book Review Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – Book Review Chief Bottler, Director of hatcheries and Conditioning, Director of Predestination, Deputy Assistant Fertilizer-General, Professor of Feelies in the College of Emotional Engineering, Dean of the Westminster Community Singery, Supervisor of Bokanovskification, State Conditioning Centre – I invite you into the world of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World . In this brave new world, babies are essentially manufactured on an assembly line, and while they sleep at nights, they are preprogrammed so that they will grow into people who always accept the status quo, never thinking for themselves, nor questioning things. If someone has a stressful day, to cope, they take a soma pill to dull their senses. Those in charge approve of using Pavlov conditioning on 8-month old babies to prevent them from liking books and flowers. And children are brought up in state conditioning centres. Is this a world that you would like to inhabit? What makes a writer think of ideas such as the ones in Brave New World? To understand a work of literature, it helps to understand the context behind the art. What experience caused the author to write the book? In this instance, Aldous Huxley visited the United States in 1926, and he was disturbed by the rise of capitalism and Henry Ford’s introduction of the assembly line, which was now common in factories. Huxley believed that the conditions under which factory workers were working was dehumanizing. His visit to the US was after World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution, but before Stalinism and Nazism took hold. Brave New World is satirical, set in London in the seventh century AF (After Ford), 632 years after the birth of American Industrialist Henry Ford ( Profile of Henry Ford ), who invented the Model T car. Brave New World reminded me of George Orwell’s 1984, I felt a sense of hopelessness after finishing the book, and it is a scary place to be as governments increasingly try to control people. Dystopia or Utopia does not work and we have to find a common ground. “‘But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.’” “‘In fact,’ said Mustapha Mond, ‘you’re claiming the right to be unhappy.’” “‘All right then,’ said the Savage defiantly, ‘I’m claiming the right to be unhappy.’” “‘Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen tomorrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind.’” This is one of the profound and engaging dialogues in Brave New World, and I cannot help but wonder what you would be prepared to give up for the right of freedom. In the story, the World State’s Motto is Community, Identity and Stability and there are five classes of people, the intellectual classes, the Alphas and Betas, and the lesser classes – Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. In manufacturing babies they practice ethnic cleansing because social class is predetermined. The elderly are not appreciated for their wisdom because they are considered not to be beautiful. People are in a state of perpetual happiness, where their senses are dulled because of drugs, they play sports, and there is no commitment where sex is concerned because in the community it is recreational. The community is one where monogamy does not exist, and it is frowned upon. And everyone looks svelte – no bad hair day for you! Bernard Marx is considered an outsider because he is very different from others in the State, and he feels displaced. He takes a trip outside the State with Lenina Crowne and meets John, who was raised as a “savage”. John’s mother, Linda, who once lived in the World State, had John the normal way – though procreation – and not via Eugenics, which is the |
In which year was Mary, Queen of Scots executed and Sir Francis Drake 'Singed the King of Spain's Beard'? | Elizabeth I: Facts, Timeline and Profile 1580 Sir Francis Drake becomes the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe 1583 Throckmorton Plot 1587 Execution of Mary Queen of Scots 1588 Spanish Armada 1598 Death of Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley 1603 Death of Elizabeth I, 24th March William Shakespeare On 23rd April 2016 William Shakespeare died 400 years ago. Find out here how his life and works were heavily influenced by Queen Elizabeth I the Elizabethan era. Early Life Elizabeth was born on the 7 September 1533. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Henry had been disappointed when Elizabeth was born as she was not the son he desperately wanted. Elizabeth spent her early years at Hatfield House with her own household. Lady Margaret Bryan was appointed as her first governess. Anne Boleyn took a great interest in her upbringing. In 1536 at the age of two years and eight months, her mother Anne Boleyn was executed. Anne had been accused of adultery, witchcraft and treason. Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. After this Elizabeth seems to have been forgotten, as Lady Bryan had to write to Thomas Cromwell asking him to be good to Elizabeth and ask for clothes for her to wear. Elizabeth did not see much of her father Henry until he married his sixth wife Catherine Parr. Elizabeth was fond of Catherine and went to live with her after the death of Henry. Elizabeth left their household after inappropriate behaviour between her and Catherine’s new husband Thomas Seymour. Elizabeth was very well-educated and spoke several languages including Latin, French and Spanish. Elizabeth was raised in the Protestant faith. Elizabeth got on well with her brother Edward but had a more troubled relationship with her Catholic sister Mary, particularly after she became Queen. Mary I Mary I became Queen of England in 1553. Edward VI had named Lady Jane Grey as his successor. Elizabeth supported Mary in her claim to the throne. Upon her succession Mary ordered that the country become a Catholic nation once more. Discontent at Mary’s religious reforms and her intention to marry the Catholic Prince Phillip of Spain led to Wyatt’s Rebellion in 1554. In an effort to protect her throne, Lady Jane Grey was executed. Elizabeth was questioned on her role in the plot and sent for a short time to the Tower of London. From there she was sent to Woodstock and placed under house arrest. Elizabeth was later recalled to Court and returned to live at Hatfield House. In November 1558 Queen Mary died and named Elizabeth as her successor. Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley (Lord Burghley) William Cecil had previously served Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and had had a brief spell in the Tower of London when Seymour fell from grace as Lord Protector during the reign of Edward VI. Cecil served as Secretary of State under the new Lord Protector John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. He was also in charge of the estates of Princess Elizabeth. Cecil signed the ‘Devise’ naming Lady Jane Grey as Edward’s successor. He remained in contact with the household of Princess Elizabeth during the reign of Mary I. William Cecil was appointed by Elizabeth as Secretary of State upon her accession to the throne in 1558. Cecil was made Baron Burghley in 1571 and he was appointed Lord Treasurer in 1572. Cecil was also elected Chancellor of Cambridge University. For the majority of Elizabeth’s reign William Cecil was one of her chief ministers. Elizabeth relied on his counsel and considered him to be one of her most able and trusted advisors. He always gave well thought out advice, often listing all the pros and cons of a particular course of action. William Cecil was extremely influential in England’s domestic and foreign affairs and was at the centre of Elizabeth’s government. He was an able politician and had stood as an MP before being elevated to the Lords. He was diligent, knowledgeable and a talented administrator. Foreign policy centred on protecting England from the potential threat of invasion particularly by Spain and France. William Cec |
What is the first word of the song Memory from the musical Cats? | Memory Lyrics - Cats musical Memory lyrics You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand And you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin Midnight Not a sound from the pavement Has the moon lost her memory? She is smiling alone In the lamplight, the withered leaves collect at my feet And the wind begins to moan Memory All alone in the moonlight I can smile at the old days I was beautiful then I remember the time I knew what happiness was Let the memory live again Every streetlamp Seems to beat a fatalistic warning Someone mutters And soon it will be morning Daylight I must wait for the sunrise I must think of a new life And I musn't give in When the dawn comes Tonight will be a memory too And a new day will begin Burnt out ends of smoky days The stale cold smell of morning The streetlamp dies, another night is over Another day is dawning It's so easy to leave me All alone with the memory Of my days in the sun If you touch me You'll understand what happiness is Look A new day has begun Last Update: January, 21st 2015 |
Who took over as Prime Minister of Australia in September last year? | Media | Prime Minister of Australia Prime Minister of Australia The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Search form Today I am announcing changes to the Ministry that I will be recommending to His Excellency the Governor General. 17 January 2017 Doorstop with Luke Howarth MP, Member for Petrie What a great community spirit there is here in Redcliffe. Luke, it is a great credit to you for organizing the federal funding and seeing the way in which the community pulls together with the combination of financial contributions from different levels of government and from businesses and community members. 16 January 2017 |
What word can be a hairstyle, a wing of the New Zealand parliament buildings, and a nickname of the state of Utah? | What does beehive mean? Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Beehive(noun) a hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Beehive A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young. Natural beehives are naturally occurring structures occupied by honeybee colonies, such as hollowed-out trees, while domesticated honeybees live in man-made beehives, often in an apiary. These man-made structures are typically referred to as "beehives". Several species of Apis live in hives, but only the western honey bee and the eastern honey bee are domesticated by humans. A natural beehive is comparable to a bird's nest built with a purpose to protect the dweller. The beehive's internal structure is a densely-packed group of hexagonal cells made of beeswax, called a honeycomb. The bees use the cells to store food and to house the "brood". Artificial beehives serve several purposes: production of honey, pollination of nearby crops, housing supply bees for apitherapy treatment, as safe havens for bees in an attempt to mitigate the effects of colony collapse disorder, and to keep bees as pets. Artificial hives are commonly transported so that bees can pollinate crops in other areas. A number of patents have been issued for beehive designs. Numerology The numerical value of beehive in Chaldean Numerology is: 2 Pythagorean Numerology |
In which recent film does Leonardo DiCaprio play Hugh Glass and Tom Hardy play John Fitzgerald? | The Revenant (2015) - 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 $14.99 (HD) on Amazon Video ON TV A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Director: a list of 27 titles created 24 Nov 2014 a list of 45 titles created 30 Dec 2014 a list of 47 titles created 30 Dec 2015 a list of 37 titles created 11 months ago a list of 41 titles created 7 months ago Search for " The Revenant " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 3 Oscars. Another 75 wins & 168 nominations. See more awards » Videos An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Director: Ridley Scott In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. Director: Quentin Tarantino A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in postapocalyptic Australia in search for her home-land with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper, and a drifter named Max. Director: George Miller Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort , from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. Director: Martin Scorsese With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Director: Quentin Tarantino A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. Director: Christopher Nolan A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I. Director: Alex Garland Four denizens in the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight. Director: Adam McKay A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. Director: Christopher Nolan The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. Director: Tom McCarthy During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Director: Steven Spielberg Illustrated upon the progress of his latest Broadway play, a former popular actor's struggle to cope with his current life as a wasted actor is shown. Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Edit Storyline While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back home while avoiding natives on their own hunt. Grief-stricken and fueled by vengeance, Glass treks through the wintry terrain to track down John Fitzgerald, the former confidant who betrayed and abandoned him. Written by Jwelch5742 (n. One who has returned, as if from the dead.) See more » Genres: Adventure | Drama | Thriller | Western Motion Picture Rating ( MPAA ) Rated R for strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language and brief nudity | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 8 January 2016 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $474,560 ( |
"Who wrote the fantasy book ""Puck of Pook's"" Hill published in 1906?" | Puck of Pook's Hill : Rudyard Kipling : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive Topics librivox , audiobook , puck , children , short stories , LibriVox recording of Puck of Pook's Hill, by Rudyard Kipling. Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010). Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out of history by Puck. (Summary from Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Reviewer: Scott S. Lawton - favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - March 1, 2012 Subject: interesting set of short stories Very nicely read by icyjumbo (1964-2010); see his Librivox page for more: https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=1938 An enjoyable set of mini adventures that also convey some history. Personally I would skip the poems that introduce each chapter, but that probably says more about me than about the book... Also: much to my disappointment, Kipling's "sequel" (Rewards and Fairies) didn't measure up at all. Reviewer: katknit - favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - August 11, 2009 Subject: Fanciful yet factual With all the renewed interest in fantasy over the past decade, the 102 year old historical fantasy, Puck of Pook's Hill, deserves consideration. Two early 20th century children, living in Pevensey, England, have a chance encounter with the legendary Puck, who undertakes to bring them a series of first hand accounts of the history of their region. Puck introduces them to eye witnesses to such events as the Norman Conquest, the waning of the Roman occupation, and the dissolution of the monasteries. As the historic individuals relate their tales, they are suitable impressed with the children's abilities to resolve some of the mysteries that were not understood in their times. The selections of Kipling's poetry that accompany each chapter are related thematically, and pleasingly rhythmic. Recommended for grade level 4 and up through adults. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS |
Which England cricketer scored 258 against South Africa in the second test in January? | Ben Stokes blasts brilliant 258 as England make South Africa suffer | Sport | The Guardian Ben Stokes blasts brilliant 258 as England make South Africa suffer Second Test, day two: England 629-6dec; South Africa 141-2 Stokes (258) and Bairstow (150*) compile record-breaking stand Ben Stokes struck 11 fours and an England record 11 sixes in his 258 against South Africa at Newlands in the second Test. Sunday 3 January 2016 11.32 EST Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 07.27 EDT Share on Messenger Close Sometimes it pays just to fasten the seat belt, sit back and enjoy the ride. And what a ride it has been. Going in to bat on a hat-trick on Saturday, Ben Stokes produced an innings that will for ever sit in the memory of those fortunate enough to have been at Newlands, and many who were not, so that by the time he was run out in slightly comical fashion an hour after lunch on Sunday, after AB de Villiers had dropped a vertical mishit at mid-on, he had made 258, the highest score by an England batsman against South Africa. Yet that in itself comes nowhere near telling a story of a remarkable innings that went from strength to strength, the stroke play becoming increasingly outrageous and carefree until the bowling looked utterly bereft under the onslaught. It was quite possibly the most brutally destructive innings that any England batsman has ever played, the records tumbling by the minute, it seemed. For almost five hours of his innings, during which he and his partner constructed a partnership of 399, the highest for the sixth wicket in Test history, Stokes had a companion even more flame-haired than himself. On any other day, Jonny Bairstow’s maiden Test century would be the story of the day, a beautiful innings so wrapped in emotion that there were tears of joy and sadness mixed when he lambasted the square cut that took him to three figures and looked to the azure sky above from where his father, David, might have been watching, ruddy-faced, chest-puffed, chuffed for his lad. South Africa v England: second Test, day two – as it happened Read more Peter Roebuck once said that he felt his role as a Somerset batsman was to stay in long enough to prevent Viv Richards and Ian Botham batting together lest it degenerate into a hitting contest and it was to Bairstow’s immense credit now that until the very end, when a declaration was imminent and the bowling was on its knees, he resisted the temptation to try to cling on to the coattails of Stokes and match him, rather allowing himself to be towed along nicely in the slipstream, under the radar almost. It was, though, an immense innings from him, the first Test century by an England keeper since Matt Prior’s rearguard at Auckland three years ago , and one that will have established his right to the No7 in the England order. With the confidence of knowing that, there will surely come advancement in his keeping for this is a considerable cricketer who has worked hard and patiently to earn his stripes. With Stokes gone, Alastair Cook allowed him the luxury of reaching 150 before the declaration and a sprint from the field. Stokes and Bairstow had already dug England out of a hole on the previous evening, with 150 runs coming in the final session. How, then, would they consolidate this on the second day. Fresh guard, assess the conditions, start over? Stokes answered this by hitting five boundaries in the first two overs of a day that was to produce an additional 312 for England at a rate of eight runs per over, a speed that no side has ever managed in a day’s play of more than 200 runs. It took Stokes only a dozen deliveries to go from his overnight 74 to his third Test hundred, the first by an England batsman at Newlands since MJK Smith in 1965. Now his innings became an exhibition of butchery, the ball carved, cut, thrashed, driven, and having the daylights belted out of it. It took him 35 balls to go from 100 to 150, the fastest for England, and a further 28 to reach 200, 163 balls in all, which left him shy of Nathan Astle’s fastest ever double hundred, from 153 balls, scored |
What is the two-word title of the 2002 Paul Greengrass directed film set in Derry in 1972 | Bloody Sunday (2002) - 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 dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 35 titles created 20 Feb 2012 a list of 22 titles created 12 May 2012 a list of 36 titles created 21 Oct 2013 a list of 45 titles created 15 Apr 2015 a list of 34 titles created 5 months ago Search for " Bloody Sunday " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 19 wins & 21 nominations. See more awards » Photos A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot. Director: Paul Greengrass A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron ... See full summary » Director: Paul Greengrass Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces. Director: Ken Loach Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War. Director: Neil Jordan True story of a British soldier (David Thewlis), who is left behind in the Falklands after the war with Argentina. He travels on a journey from the Falkland Islands, to his army barracks in... See full summary » Director: Paul Greengrass Edit Storyline Documentary-style drama showing the events that led up to the tragic incident on January 30, 1972 in the Northern Ireland town of Derry when a protest march led by civil rights activist Ivan Cooper was fired upon by British troops, killing 13 protesters and wounding 14 more. Written by Anonymous Rated R for violence and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 19 April 2002 (Portugal) See more » Also Known As: $29,419 (USA) (4 October 2002) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia To make this movie as authentic as possible, no lights were used in the movie and the camera work was entirely hand-held See more » Goofs The clothing on some of the crowd at the start of the civil rights march clearly revealed clothes such as tracksuit bottoms,a rain jacket with a sports logo across the front and a sweatshirt on a young boy at the side of the road which had the letters U.S.A on that were not manufactured at that time. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits Near the end of the end credits, the names of the dead and wounded of Bloody Sunday are listed. See more » Connections Published by Universal Music Publishing International BV Except: Blue Mountain Music LTD (UK), Mother Music (Ireland) Courtesy of Universal Island Records LTD (Countryside, IL, USA) – See all my reviews I have seen "Bloody Sunday" twice now - once on the big screen and once on DVD - and read Don Mullen's book, "Eyewitness Bloody Sunday." This movie is a very realistic depiction of the defining moment of the "troubles" in Northern Ireland. The hand-held cameras and grainy film style make it feel more like a documentary than a movie, which of course is the intent. As another reviewer has mentioned, the acting is very natural throughout. It does take some time to get started, but once the the shooting starts it hits the viewer like a sledgehammer. Very powerful. The film jumps so frequently from scene to scene that at times it is distracting, though I was much less annoyed by this the second time around. And, having seen it once with and once without subtitles, I must say that although the subtitles (optional on the DVD |
Which book of the Old Testament consists of speeches by Moses to the Israelites shortly before they enter the Promised Land? | Hebrew Bible Final Study Guide - Test Outline Deuteronomy- The book consists Hebrew Bible Final Study Guide Hebrew Bible Final Study Guide - Test Outline Deuteronomy-... SCHOOL View Full Document Test Outline Deuteronomy- The book consists of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land. The first sermon recapitulates the forty years of wilderness wanderings which have led to this moment, and ends with an exhortation to observe the law (or teachings); the second reminds the Israelites of the need for exclusive allegiance to one God and observance of the laws he has given them, on which their possession of the land depends; and the third offers the comfort that even should Israel prove unfaithful and so lose the land, with repentance all can be restored. The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its 24 chapters tell of the entry of the Israelites into Canaan, their conquest and division of the land under the leadership of Joshua, and of serving God in the land. [1] Joshua forms part of the biblical account of the emergence of Israel which begins with the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, continues with the book of Joshua, and culminates in the Judges with the conquest and settlement of the land. [2] The book is in two roughly equal parts. The first part depicts the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan, as well as the destruction of their enemies. The second part details the division of the conquered land among the twelve tribes. The two parts are framed by set-piece speeches by God and Joshua commanding the conquest and at the end warning of the need for faithful observance of the Law ( torah ) revealed to Moses. The first Book of Samuel begins with a description of the prophet Samuel's birth and of how God called to him as a boy. The story of the Ark of the Covenantthat follows tells of Israel's oppression by the Philistines, which brings about Samuel's anointing of Saul as Israel's first king. But Saul proves unworthy and God's choice turns to David, who defeats Israel's enemies and brings the Ark to Jerusalem. God then promises David and his successors an eternal dynasty. The two Books of Kings present the biblical view of history of ancient Israel and Judah from the death of David to the release of his successor Jehoiachin from imprisonment in Babylon, a period of some 400 years (c.960–560 BCE). [2] It concludes a series of books running from Joshua through Judges and Samuel, which make up the section of the Hebrew Bible called the Former Prophets; this series is also often referred to as the Deuteronomistic history, a body of writing which scholars believe was written to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the Jewish kingdom by Babylon in 586 BCE and a foundation for a return from exile The history told in Chronicles begins with Adam, and the story is then carried forward, almost entirely by genealogical lists, down to the founding of the Israelite monarchy (1 Chronicles 1–9). The bulk of remainder of 1 Chronicles, after a brief account of Saul, is concerned with the reign This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Omobolaji Teriba Hebrew Bible 9/19/13 Discussion Questions 1. Since God (the Lord) is Discussion Q's Gen 4-11 |
Which letter comes between delta and zeta in the Greek alphabet? | Greek Alphabet | billmounce.com Greek Alphabet Free stuff The Greek alphabet has twenty-four letters. (There were several more, but they dropped out of use before the classical period. In some cases their influence can still be felt, especially in verbs.) At first it is only important to learn the English name, small letters, and pronunciation. The transliterations will help. (A transliteration is the equivalent of a letter in another language. For example, the Greek "beta" [β] is transliterated with the English "b." This does not mean that a similar combination of letters in one language has the same meaning as the same combination in another. κατ does not mean "cat." But the Greek "β" and the English "b" have the same sounds and often similar functions, and therefore it is said that the English "b" is the transliteration of the Greek "beta." In our texts today, capitals are used only for proper names, the first word in a quotation, and the first word in the paragraph. [Originally the Bible was written in all capital letters with no punctuation, accent marks, or spaces between the words. For example, John 1:1 began, ΕΝΑΡΧΗΗΝΟΛΟΓΟΣ. Capital letters, or "majuscules," were used until the later centuries A.D. when cursive script was adopted. Cursive script is like our handwriting where the letters are joined together. In Greek texts today, John 1:1 begins, ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος] There is some disagreement as to the correct pronunciation of a few of the letters; these are given at the bottom of the chart. We have chosen the standard pronunciations that will help you learn the language the easiest. Notice the many similarities among the Greek and English letters, not only in shape and sound but also in their respective order in the alphabet. The Greek alphabet can be broken down into sections. It will parallel the English for a while, differ, and then begin to parallel again. Try to find these natural divisions. You can download an alphabet worksheet to help you learn, name u as the German u with umlaut Phi o as in tone Notes Zeta. Some pronounce the zeta as the "dz" combination. This helps to differentiate it from the sigma. Wenham (19) says that it is pronounced "dz" unless it is the first letter in the word, in which case it is pronounced "z." Iota. The iota can be either long ("intr_i_gue") or short ("_i_ntrigue"). Listen to how your teacher pronounces the words and you will pick up the differences. Upsilon. Other suggestions are the u in "universe" and the oo in "book." Chi. Loch, pronounced with a decided Scottish accent. Writing the Letters 1. Notice how α β δ ε ι κ ο ς τ and υ look like their English counterparts. 2. In Greek there are five letters that are transliterated by two letters. θ is th; ξ is xs; φ is ph; χ is ch; ψ is ps. These are called double consonants. 3. It is important that you do not confuse the η (eta) with the English "n," the ν (nu) with the "v," the ρ (rho) with the "p," the χ (chi) with the "x," or the ω (omega) with the "w." 4. There are two sigmas in Greek. ς occurs only at the end of the word and σ occurs elsewhere:ἀπόστολος. 5. The vowels in Greek are α, ε, η, ι, ο, υ, ω. Pronouncing the Letters 1. You will learn the alphabet best by pronouncing the letters out loud as you write them, over and over. 2. The name of a consonant is formed with the help of a vowel, but the sound of the consonant does not include that vowel. For example, m is the letter "mu," but when mu appears in the word, there is no "u" sound. 3. The following letters sound just like their English counterparts: α β γ δ ε ι κ λ μ ν ο π ρ σ ς τ. 4. Gamma (γ) usually has a hard "g" sound, as in "get." However, when it is immediately followed by γ, κ, χ, or ξ, it is pronounced as a "n." For example, the word ἄγγελος is pronounced "angelos," from which we get our word "angel." The gamma pronounced like a "n" is called a gamma nasal. [Most are formed from the γγ combination.] 5. Alpha and iota can be either long or short. Iota may have changed its sound (cf. "intr_i_gue", "_i_ntrigue"); alpha may not have. [There is much discussion on |
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for the invention of holography? | The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 Dennis Gabor The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 Dennis Gabor Prize share: 1/1 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 was awarded to Dennis Gabor "for his invention and development of the holographic method". Photos: Copyright © The Nobel Foundation Share this: To cite this page MLA style: "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1971". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2017. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1971/index.html> |
In which city was the Independent Labour Party founded in 1893? | Independent Labour Party Independent Labour Party ▼ Primary Sources ▼ Independent Labour Party In the 1880s working-class political representatives stood in parliamentary elections as Liberal-Labour candidates. After the 1885 General Election there were eleven of these Liberal-Labour MPs. Some socialists like Keir Hardie , the Liberal-Labour MP for West Ham, began to argue that the working class needed their own independent political party. This feeling was strong in Manchester and in 1892 Robert Blatchford , the editor of the socialist newspaper, the Clarion joined with Tom Garrs , and Richard Pankhurst to form the Manchester Independent Labour Party. The activities of the Manchester group inspired Liberal-Labour MPs to consider establishing a new national working class party. Under the leadership of Keir Hardie , the Independent Labour Party was formed in 1893. It was decided that the main objective of the party would be "to secure the collective ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange". Leading figures in this new organisation included Hardie, Robert Smillie , George Bernard Shaw , Tom Mann , George Barnes , John Glasier , H. H. Champion , Ben Tillett , Philip Snowden , Edward Carpenter and Ramsay Macdonald . In 1895 the Independent Labour Party had 35,000 members. However, in the 1895 General Electio n the ILP put up 28 candidates but won only 44,325 votes. All the candidates were defeated but the ILP began to have success in local elections. Over 600 won seats on borough councils and in 1898 the ILP joined with the the Social Democratic Federation to make West Ham the first local authority to have a Labour majority. The example of West Ham convinced Keir Hardie that to obtain national electoral success, it would be necessary to join with other left-wing groups. On 27th February 1900, representatives of all the socialist groups in Britain (the Independent Labour Party, the Social Democratic Federation and the Fabian Society , joined trade union leaders to form the Labour Representation Committee . (1) Philip Snowden , An Autobiography (1934) By the end of 1892 it was felt that the various Labour Unions should be merged into a National Party. So steps were taken to call a Conference, which met at Bradford in January 1893. To this Conference delegates from the local unions, the Fabian Society (which at the time was doing considerable propaganda work among the Radical Clubs), and the Social Democratic Federation, were invited. There were 115 delegates present at this conference, and among them was Mr. George Bernard Shaw, representing the Fabian Society. He played a conspicuous part in the Conference. Mr. Keir Hardie, fresh from his success at West Ham, was elected Chairman of the Conference. (2) In January 1893, Katharine Glasier described the formation of the Independent Labour Party in her diary. On January 13th, 1893, the Independent Labour Party sprang into being, and, as a child of the spirit of Liberty, claims every song that she has sung - in whatever land - as a glorious heritage. Life, lover, liberty, and labour make liquid music. The Labour Party is in league with life, and works for liberty that man may live. The Socialist creed of the 'One body' is a declaration that liberty grows with love, and that therefore life is love's child. (3) Henry Snell , Men Movements and Myself (1936) The Independent Labour Party was avowedly and uncompromisingly Socialist, and those of us who were its advocates attacked capitalism in every speech that we made. The Sunday meetings of the I.L.P. held in a thousand halls, suggested religious revival meetings rather than political demonstrations. The fervour of the great audiences that assembled in centres like Glasgow, Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield, Birmingham, and Bristol, was quite without precedent in British political history. Men who had grown old in years had their youthful enthusiasms renewed under the glow and warmth of a new spiritual fellowship. They were born again; they joyfully walked many miles to listen to a favourite speaker; they sang Labo |
"The 1998 Terrence Malick directed film ""The Thin Red Line"" is set during which war?" | The Thin Red Line (1998) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Thin Red Line ( 1998 ) R | Terrence Malick 's adaptation of James Jones ' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 22 titles created 01 Mar 2011 a list of 25 titles created 21 Jun 2012 a list of 35 titles created 12 Jun 2013 a list of 36 titles created 21 Oct 2013 a list of 35 titles created 5 months ago Title: The Thin Red Line (1998) 7.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 41 nominations. See more awards » Videos The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings. Director: Terrence Malick The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas. Director: Terrence Malick An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. Director: Terrence Malick A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune. Director: Terrence Malick The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it. Director: Clint Eastwood A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad. Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII. Director: Clint Eastwood After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood. Director: Terrence Malick 160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. Director: Ridley Scott The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it. Director: Randall Wallace Three trappers protect a British Colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War. Director: Michael Mann A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Director: Oliver Stone Edit Storyline U.S. Army Private Witt (AWOL) is found and imprisoned on a troop carrier by his company First Sergeant, Welsh.The men of C Company,1st Battalion,27th Infantry Regiment,25th Infantry Division have been brought to Guadalcanal as reinforcements in the campaign to secure Henderson Field and seize the island from the Japanese. They arrive near Hill 210, a key Japanese position. Their task is to capture the hill at all cost. What happens next is a story developing about redemption and the meaningless of war. Regardless the outcome. Written by Frank Liesenborgs Every man fights his own war. Genres: Rated R for realistic war violence and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 15 January 1999 (USA) See more » Also Known As: La delgada línea roja See more » Filming Locations: $223,548 (USA) (25 December 1998) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Terrence Malick and John Toll shot for 100 days in Australia using Panavision cameras and lenses, 24 days in the Solomon Islands and three days in the United States. They scouted the historic battlefields on Guadalcanal and shot footage, but health concerns over malaria limited filming to daylight hours only. Logistics were also difficult to shoot t |
Which letter comes between rho and tau in the Greek alphabet? | Greek Letters: Delta, Alpha, Omega, Gamma, Pi, Theta, Nu, Epsilon, Phi, Tau ... - LLC Books - Google Books 0 Reviews https://books.google.com/books/about/Greek_Letters.html?id=Xai1SQAACAAJ Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Delta, Alpha, Omega, Gamma, Pi, Theta, Nu, Epsilon, Phi, Tau, Beta, Lambda, Chi, Zeta, Mu, Xi, Digamma, Koppa, Sampi, Omicron, Iota, Upsilon, Greek alphabet, Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering, San, Sigma, Rho, Iota subscript, Stigma, Kappa, Sho, English pronunciation of Greek letters, Movable nu, Iota adscript. Excerpt: Sampi (modern: ancient shapes: , ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. It was used in addition to the classical 24 letters of the alphabet to denote some type of a sibilant sound, probably or, in some eastern Ionic dialects of ancient Greek in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. It remained in use as a numeral symbol for 900 in the alphabetic ("Milesian") system of Greek numerals. Its modern shape, which resembles a inclining to the right with a longish curved cross-stroke, developed during its use as a numeral in minuscule handwriting of the Byzantine era. Its current name, sampi, originally probably meant "san pi," i.e. "like a pi," and is also of medieval origin. The letter's original name in antiquity is not known. It has been proposed that sampi was a reincarnation of the archaic letter san, which was originally shaped like an M and denoted the sound in some other dialects. Besides san, names that have been proposed for sampi include parakyisma and angma, while other historically attested terms for it are enacosis, sincope, and o charaktir. As an alphabetic letter denoting a sibilant sound, sampi (shaped ) was mostly used between the middle of the 6th and the middle of the 5th centuries BC. although some attestations have been dated as early as the 7th century BC. It has been attested in the cities of Miletus, Ephesos, Halikarnassos, Erythrae, Teos (all situated in the region of Ionia in Asia Minor), in the island of Samos, in the Ionian colony of Massilia, and ... |
"What is the collective name for the stories by Kipling that includes ""How the Camel Got His Hump"" and ""How the Leopard Got His Spots""?" | Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’ Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’ Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’ British Library Add. MS 59840, f.35 Copyright © The British Library Board A high-quality version of this image can be purchased from British Library Images Online . For more information email [email protected] Rudyard Kipling told his children gloriously fanciful tales of how things in the world came to be as they are. He wrote them down for publication as the Just So Stories in 1902, just three years after the tragic death of the daughter for whom they had first been invented. During the 20th century, generations of children were tucked into bed with readings of highly imaginative and wildly improbably explanations such as how the elephant got his trunk. Who was Rudyard Kipling? Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 in Bombay, during the ‘British Raj’, the era when the subcontinent of India was part of the British Empire. His father was an artist, who also taught at the city’s School of Art. When he was only five, Kipling and his sister, Alice, were taken back to England and left with foster parents in Southsea, where he attended a small private school. The colourful sights and sounds – and freedoms- of India were sorely missed. Kipling hated his foster home, which he later referred to as the “House of Desolation”. At 12 he was sent to boarding school in Devon. The headmaster there was a friend of the family and encouraged Kipling’s interest in writing. Four years later he was back in India and working in Lahore as a journalist on two newspapers. In his spare time he penned poems and short stories. These were first printed in the newspapers, and then published as books. Through his travels all over in India, he absorbed knowledge of Hindu customs and ways of thinking, though his experience of British colonial life remained central to his disposition. By the time Kipling returned to England in 1889, he was already a successful author, specialising in stories of heroism and masculine fellowship. Three years later he married the sister of an American friend and moved to Vermont, where his two daughters were born. There he wrote his first books for children: the two Jungle Books. After a few happy years in America, a legal dispute with his wife’s brother led Kipling to bring his family back to England. Tragedy struck early in 1899 when his beloved first daughter, Josephine died of fever. At the same time Kipling moved to a secluded 17th-century house called Batemans in the Sussex village of Burwash, where he lived until his death in 1936. What are the ‘Just So Stories’? Kipling entertained his own children and those of his friends by inventing ingenious explanations of such questions as ‘How the Camel Got His Hump’ and ‘How the Leopard Got his Spots’. In 1902, he wrote them down for publication as the Just So Stories. They are written in an amusing grand style, peppered with long, and delightfully unlikely, invented words - a comical exaggeration perhaps of the formal ways of speaking Kipling heard in India. Each story includes a short poem, and the first edition features Kipling’s own illustrations. Throughout the book he addresses the reader as “Best Beloved”, reinforcing the intimacy of story-telling and recalling the first ‘best beloved: his lost daughter, Josephine. Though his writing for adults fell from favour, Kipling’s children’s book were popular for much of the 20th century and the Just So Stories became a favourite across the English-speaking world. Why was Kipling important? Kipling’s reputation was at its height during the first decade of the 20th century. He was offered the honour of a knighthood in 1899 and again in 1903. Both times he refused. But he did accept the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. The citation listed the qualities that gave his work such popularity in his own day. It praised his ‘virile humour’ in books and poems that “brought India nearer to home than the opening of the Suez Canal”. Kipling, it said, did more than any other “to draw tighter the bonds of union between England an |
Cobalt is a shade of what colour? | Cobalt Color Definition in Desktop Publishing Cobalt is a silvery, bluish-gray metal ore. But when cobalt salts and aluminum oxide are mixed you get a beautiful shade of blue. The color cobalt or cobalt blue is a medium blue , lighter than navy but bluer than the lighter sky blue colors (a strong azure ). In pottery, porcelain, tiles, and glass-making the cobalt color comes from the addition of cobalt salts. With the addition of varying amounts of other metals or minerals cobalt can be more magenta or more purple. Cobalt | Hex #0047AB | RGB 0,71,171 | CMYK 100,58,0,33 Cobalt (Web color) | Hex #3D59AB | RGB 61,89,171 Cobalt | Hex #6666FF | RGB 102,102,255 Cobalt is a cool color . Cobalt blue color is soothing, peaceful, and can also suggest richness. Like azure, nature, stability, calmness are some of its qualities. While we generally think of cobalt as blue, there are other cobalt color pigments (found in oil and watercolor paints, for example) which incorporate more greens or reds, such as: continue reading below our video How to Backup Everything Cobalt Violet (RGB: 145,33,158 cobalt violet deep) Cobalt Green (RGB: 61,145,64) |
Which bank, the fourth largest investment bank in the USA, filed for bankruptcy on September 15th 2008? | The Year In Bankruptcy: 2008 - Part 2 - Insolvency/Bankruptcy - United States This article is part of a series: Click The Year In Bankruptcy: 2008 - Part 1 for the previous article. Top 10 Bankruptcies of 2008 Nothing lasts forever, even in bankruptcy. The seemingly assured tenure of former telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. atop the list of the largest bankruptcy cases ever filed in the U.S. lasted just over six years. The new titan among bankruptcy mega-filings was crowned on September 15, 2008, when 158-year-old international financial services conglomerate Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for chapter 11 protection in New York. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers is (by far) the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history, with Lehman holding nearly $700 billion in assets—nearly seven times the assets held by WorldCom when it filed for bankruptcy protection in 2002. Lehman's bankruptcy also represented the largest failure of an investment bank since the collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1990. Lehman was founded in 1850 and was headquartered in New York, New York, with regional headquarters in London and Tokyo. At the time of the bankruptcy filings, Lehman had more than 25,000 employees worldwide and was the fourth-largest investment bank in the U.S. Lehman confronted unprecedented losses in 2008 due to the subprime-mortgage crisis that began in mid-2007, principally because it held approximately $4.3 billion in subprime and other lower-rated mortgage-backed securities. After discussions with several potential purchasers (including Bank of America and Barclays PLC) proved to be unsuccessful during the late summer of 2008, Timothy F. Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, called a meeting on September 12, 2008, to discuss Lehman's future, including the possibility of an emergency liquidation of the company's assets. By the end of that day, any interest by potential suitors for all or part of Lehman's assets appeared to evaporate, and the federal government refused to offer any assistance in the form of a bailout or loan guaranties, which it had provided in the spring of 2008 to facilitate the acquisition by JPMorgan Chase & Co. of 85-year-old Wall Street icon Bear Stearns Cos., Inc., once the fifth-largest securities firm in the U.S., using up to $30 billion in Federal Reserve emergency financing. On the day that Lehman filed for bankruptcy, sometimes referred to as "Ugly Monday," the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down just over 500 points, resulting in the SEC's prohibition of naked short selling and a three-week temporary ban on all short selling of financial stocks. At the time, the decline represented the largest drop by points in a single day since the days following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (it was subsequently eclipsed just two weeks later on "Dark Monday," September 29, when the Dow experienced its largest daily point drop ever (more than 770 points), after Congress failed (albeit temporarily) to approve a $700 billion bailout). Contemporaneous with Lehman's decision to seek bankruptcy protection, another pillar of Wall Street—94-year-old brokerage giant Merrill Lynch & Company Inc. (the largest brokerage firm in the U.S.)—announced that it had agreed to be purchased by Bank of America for just over $50 billion in stock, rather than hazard the risk of being pulled under by the maelstrom of failure that had already swallowed Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Bankruptcy judge James M. Peck approved an emergency sale of Lehman's investment banking and brokerage operations, including Lehman's 32-story, Midtown Manhattan office tower, to Barclays Capital, Inc., for $1.35 billion in the early hours of September 20, 2008. In connection with the sale, Lehman's brokerage subsidiary, Lehman Brothers Inc., which was not a chapter 11 debtor because it is a registered broker-dealer, agreed to the commencement of a liquidation proceeding against it under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970. Judge Peck later approved the sale of Lehman's Asia-Pacific, European, |
Bill Shankly played for Carlisle United from 1932 to 1933. Which club did he play for from 1933 to 1949? | Tournament: Liverpool Fans Presents. Bill Shankly tournament - Chess.com Chess.com Liverpool Fans Presents. Bill Shankly Tournament TD: Start Time: May 23, 2016 72% Complete Liverpool FANS Chess group are happy to present the Liverpool Legend Manager BILL SHANKLY TOURNAMENT! If you are a Liverpool Fan please join our Liverpool fan group. 29 September 1981 (aged 68) Place of death * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) William "Bill" Shankly OBE (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish footballer and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool . Shankly came from a small Scottish mining community as one of five brothers who played football professionally. He played as a ball-winning right-half and was capped twelve times for Scotland , including seven wartime internationals. He spent one season at Carlisle United before spending the rest of his career at Preston North End , with whom he won the FA Cup in 1938 . His playing career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War . He became a manager after he retired from playing in 1949, returning to Carlisle United. He later managed Grimsby Town , Workington [1] [2] and Huddersfield Town before moving to become Liverpool manager in December 1959. Shankly took charge of Liverpool when they were in the Second Division and rebuilt the team into a major force in English and European football. He led Liverpool to the Second Division Championship to gain promotion to the top-flight First Division in 1962, before going on to win three First Division Championships, two FA Cups, four Charity Shields and one UEFA Cup . Shankly announced his surprise retirement from football a few weeks after Liverpool won the 1974 FA Cup Final , having managed the club for fifteen years, and was succeeded by his long-time assistant Bob Paisley . He led the Liverpool team out for the last time at Wembley for the 1974 FA Charity Shield . [3] He died seven years later at the age of 68. Early life[ edit ] Bill Shankly was born in a small Ayrshire coal mining village, called Glenbuck , whose population in 1913, the year of Shankly's birth, was around 700. People born there would often move to find work in larger coal mines. [4] As a result, Glenbuck became largely derelict and by the time Shankly's ghost writer John Roberts visited it in 1976, there were only twelve houses left, including a cottage owned by Shankly's sister, Elizabeth, whom Roberts described as "the last of the children of Glenbuck". [4] Shankly's parents, John and Barbara, lived in one of the Auchenstilloch Cottages with their ten children; five boys and five girls. [5] Shankly was the ninth child and the youngest boy. [5] Although he was known as Bill throughout his football career, his name in the family was Willie, pronounced "Wullie". [6] His father was a postman who became a tailor of handmade suits but, despite the football pedigree in his family, he did not play himself. [7] All five Shankly brothers played professional football and Shankly claimed that "once, when we were all at our peaks, we could have beaten any five brothers in the world". [4] His brothers were Alec, known as "Sandy" by the family, who played for Ayr United and Clyde ; [8] Jimmy (1902–72), who played for various clubs including Sheffield United and Southend United ; [9] John (1903–60), who played for Portsmouth and Luton Town ; [10] and Bob (1910–82), who played for Alloa Athletic and Falkirk . [11] Bob became a successful manager, guiding Dundee to victory in the Scottish championship in 1962 and the semi-finals of the European Cup the following year. [11] Their maternal uncles, Robert and William Blyth were also professional players and both became club directors at Portsmouth and Carlisle United respectively. [5] Shankly wrote in his autobiography that times were hard during his upbringing and that hunger was a prevailing condition, especially during the winter mo |
Robin's Nest, owned by Robin Masters, is a beach front estate in which US crime drama of the 1980s? | Magnum P.I. beach front estate in Hawaii goes on the market for $15m | Daily Mail Online Magnum P.I. made him a star, and now the Hawaiian property where Tom Selleck's character lived from 1980 to 1988, is for sale. According to TMZ , the oceanfront estate is located on Oahu and sits on three acres. The property is nearly 9,000 square feet and features five bedrooms and five baths. For sale: The Magnum P.I. Hawaiian estate goes on the market for $15 million There is also a boat house, tennis courts, and a separate bath house. The home was the setting for Robin's Nest, an exclusive private club. Tom Selleck's character, private investigator Thomas Magnum, lived in the guest house for nine seasons of the show. Total privacy: With five bedrooms and five bathrooms, the estate also features a private lagoon Beachfront stunner! There is also a boat house, tennis courts, and a separate bath house The estate's caretaker, Jonathan Higgins, lived in the main house along with his two trained 'lads', or Doberman Pincshers, Zeus and Apollo. The price also gets the buyer access to a lagoon on the property. In the series, the estate was primarily used for exterior scenes set at Robin's Nest. Virtually all of the indoor scenes set at Robin's Nest were filmed at the Hawaii Film Studio. On set: Tom Selleck is seen here with John Hillerman, who played Higgins on Magnum PI from 1980-1988 |
Who commanded the English fleet against the Spanish Armada? | The Spanish Armada Museums The Spanish Armada The spectacular but unsuccessful attempt by King Philip II of Spain to invade Elizabethan England in 1588. The Armada is for the English the classic foreign threat to their country and a powerful icon of national identity. The English Fleet gives battle to the Spanish Armada: A Spanish galeas occupies the foreground, an English “race” galleon to her left and right. English ships carry the red cross of St George on a white background: Spanish Armada June to September 1588: click here to buy this picture The previous battle in the British Battles series is the Battle of Flodden The next battle in the British Battles series is the Battle of Edgehill Battle: The Spanish Armada. Date: June to September 1588. Area of the Armada campaign: The English Channel, the North Sea and the seas around the North and West of Scotland, the Orkneys and the West of Ireland. Combatants in the Armada campaign: The Armada (Spanish for “Fleet”), manned by Spaniards, Portuguese, Italians, Germans, Dutch, Flemings, Irish and English against the English Fleet assisted by the Dutch Fleet. Commanders in the Armada campaign: Spanish commanders were the Duke of Medina Sidonia and the Duke of Parma against the English commanders Lord Howard of Effingham, High Admiral of England, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Martin Frobisher, Sir Francis Drake, Lord Henry Seymour and Sir William Winter. The Armada June to September 1588: Lord Howard in the Ark attacks San Martin, flagship of the Duke of Medina Sidonia. Both ships carry the red cross on the white background, the crusader symbol and the symbol of St George: click here to buy this picture Size of the navies in the Armada campaign: The Spanish Armada sailed with around 160 ships. The English mobilised up to 200 ships in the Channel. Unknown numbers of Dutch vessels harassed and attacked the Armada and hemmed the Duke of Parma’s forces into their harbour of Dunkirk. Ships, organization, tactics and equipment: The descent of the Spanish Armada on England in 1588 ocurred at a time of profound change in sea warfare. The Spanish represented the old tradition while the English fought with a new design of warship and new tactics. In medieval warfare at sea soldiers added castles to the merchant trading vessel at the front and the rear (fore castle and after castle) and at the top of the mast and fought their fleets as if on land, discharging arrows and handguns, boarding the enemy ships and conducting hand to hand fighting. The ships incorporated by the Spanish in the Armada represented this tradition. The main Spanish vessels were galleons, sailing ships that rode high out of the water with towering fore and after castles from which handheld firearms were discharged; while the crews grappled the enemy ships so that soldiers could board and capture them. Their height and broad beam made these ships awkward to sail. English captains, particularly John Hawkins and Francis Drake, inspired a new form of ship for the Queen’s Navy, the “race ship”, of which around 25 were built. Lower in the water, with a long prow and much reduced fore and after castles, these sleek ships carried more sophisticated forms of rigging, enabling them to sail closer to the wind, making them faster and more manoeuvrable than the Spanish ships. England had no standing army, so her naval vessels were crewed by sailors alone. English fighting ships relied increasingly on gunnery rather than boarding to defeat an enemy. The route of the Spanish Armada in 1588, up the Channel into the North Sea, North About into the Atlantic and down the west coast of Ireland. The map shows the known wrecks of Armada ships. Of the 120 ships in the Armada half were lost many just disappearing. The map shows the sites of the engagements between the Armada and the English Fleet at Eddystone, Portland, Isle of Wight, Calais and Gravelines. Of the Armada’s complement of 30,000 soldiers and sailors 20,000 were lost: map by John Fawkes Initially the English attempted to disable the Armada ships with long range gunfire. This form o |
The Hassan II Mosque, opened in 1993, with the world's tallest minaret, is in which country? | Hassan-ii | The world's most beautiful mosques - Travel The world's most beautiful mosques Previous slide Next slide 8 of 26 View All Skip Ad Hassan II mosque, Morocco The Grande Mosquée Hassan II proudly supports the world's tallest minaret, at 210 metres. The world's third largest mosque, it is the only such building in Morocco that non-Muslims can enter. It stands proud on the seafront in Casablanca, and the seabed is visible through the glass floor in the hall. |
Who played Old Deuteronomy and Bustopher Jones in the original London production of Cats in 1981? | The Original London Cast The original London cast This the Cats cast which made the debut in London, May 11th, 1981. Main characters: Old Deuteronomy/Bustopher Jones - Brian Blessed Quaxo/Mistoffelees - Wayne Sleep Rum Tum Tugger - Paul Nicholas Skimbleshanks - Kenn Wells Seeta Indrani playing the role of Cassandra. This picture was taken from Catsmusical.com . Thanks to Carbucketty for allowing its use. |
Which singer and actress is known as The Divine Miss M? | Who Is The Divine Miss M - Bette Midler Net Worth Who Is The Divine Miss M Read more... Bette Midler Bette Midler Net Worth is $175 Million. Bette Midler has an estimated net worth of $175 million. Bette Midler, also known as The Divine Miss M, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 1, 1945. She was named for the actress Bette Davis, though she pr. Bette Midler (born December ... Bette Midler Net Worth is $175 Million. Bette Midler Net Worth is $175 Million. Bette Midler has an estimated net worth of $175 million. Bette Midler, also known as The Divine Miss M, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 1, 1945. She was named for the actress Bette Davis, though she pr Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys. During her more than forty-year career, Midler has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award. She has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Her voice type is categorized as deep mezzo soprano. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her parents moved from Paterson, New Jersey to Honolulu before she was born, and hers was one of the few Jewish families in a mostly Asian neighborhood. Her mother, Ruth , was a seamstress and housewife, and her father, Fred Midler, worked at a Navy base in Hawaii as a painter. She was named after actress Bette Davis, though Davis pronounced her fir... |
Which Hanoverian King was married to Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen? | BBC - History - William IV z William IV © William IV was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1830. He was known both as the 'Sailor King' and as 'Silly Billy'. His reign saw the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. William was born at Buckingham Palace in London on 21 August 1765. He was the third son of George III and Queen Charlotte and as such was not expected to succeed to the throne. At the age of 13 he began a career in the Royal Navy. He enjoyed his time at sea, seeing service in America and the West Indies and becoming admiral of the fleet in 1811. In 1789, he was created Duke of Clarence. From the early 1790s until 1811, William lived with his mistress, the actress Dorothy Jordan. They had 10 children who took the surname Fitzclarence. In 1811, William's oldest brother George became prince regent (later George IV) when their father was declared insane. The death of the prince regent's only daughter in 1818 resulted in a scramble among George's brothers to marry and produce heirs. The same year, William married Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. With the death of George III's second son, William became heir and then, with the death of George IV, king in June 1830. He was initially very popular. His insistence on a simple coronation contrasted with the extravagance of his brother's reign. William's reign was dominated by the Reform crisis. It began almost immediately when the Duke of Wellington's Tory government, which William supported, lost the general election in August 1830. The Whigs, led by Lord Grey, came to power intent on pushing through electoral reform against strong opposition in the Commons and the Lords. Another general election in 1831 gave the Whigs a majority in the Commons but the Lords continued to reject the Reform Bill. There was a political crisis during the winter of 1831-1832, with riots in some parts of the country. The king eventually agreed to create enough new Whig peers to get the bill through the House of Lords, but the Lords, who had opposed it, backed down and it was passed. The 1832 Reform Act abolished some of the worst abuses of the electoral system and extended the franchise to the middle classes. William died on 20 June 1837, without surviving children. His niece Victoria succeeded him. |
What is the name of the international airport with IATA code DSA built on the site of the former RAF Finningley? | Hotels near Doncaster Airport - Cheap B&B Robin Hood Free Parking Cheap Hotels or B&B Rooms near Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield Accommodation near to DSA airport with free parking and shuttle service. Search for the best deals (also last minute offers) for hotels, b&b's and apartments! Robin Hood Airport, between Doncaster and Sheffield, was built on the site of the former RAF Finningley base. Originally used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, it has been a centre of aviation ever since. After it was decommissioned from military use in 1995 it reopened in its present, commercial form, ten years later. Robin Hood now sees flights to many destinations across the world. If you are lucky you might be able to pick up a last minute holiday either flying into or from the airport. It is also the home base of the last remaining Avro Vulcan aircraft in flight. The airport's facilities are good with ample parking and a shuttle service to nearby towns and hotels. Book a hotel near DSA airport online and save money ! We can offer you a wide selection of cheap hotels and affordable b&b's or guest houses conveniently set within easy reach of the airport terminal. Local attractions include the Doncaster Sports Arena, the race course and the Lakeside Retail Park. Cheap Deals for Accommodation Find your cheap hotel or b&b rooms close to Doncaster Airport With (Free) Shuttle Transfers - Transportation Not many hotels close to Doncaster airport offer transfers to and from the airfield. One of hotels with shuttle is the Angel Inn Hotel. This property is located in Bawtry, just 10 minutes drive away from the terminal building. With Free Car Parking DN9 3RH area You will find many hotels, motels, and b&b's or guest houses that offer free public car parking near by Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport DSA. A popular accommodation with free car parking is 3 star Express by Holiday Inn Doncaster. This modern 3-star hotel is situated beside the M18 motorway and the A1(M), and near by the airport. From this hotel Doncaster Railway Station is about 2.5 miles (4 km) away and provides excellent transport links to the airport and all around the surrounding area. Free car parking and family rooms, which sleep up to 2 adults and 2 children (under the age of 18) are available. Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield in South Yorkshire UK Name : Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield The Robin Hood airport area offer great access to the region’s roads, making it an excellent base from which to explore the vibrant Yorkshire town of Doncaster, as well as Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester . The shops and nightlife of Doncaster’s town centre are only a short drive away. Whether you are travelling on business or for leisure, Robin Hood Airport hotels convenient location and great transport links make it an excellent choice. The best properties with free shuttle bus, free parking, with family rooms, with facilities for disabled guests, etc.. Accommodation within close proximity to the airport include the Ramada Encore, Best Western and The Crown Hotel. Location : the terminal is situated at the village of Finningley, about 3,5 miles or 6 km southeast of Doncaster city centre. Sheffield city center is located 18 miles west of airport. Another major airport in the area is Humberside Airport (HUY) in Kingston Upon Hull . This airport is 37 miles from Doncaster UK. Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) has international and domestic flights, situated 47 miles away. East Midlands Airport (EMA) is approx. 58 miles away and Manchester Airport (MAN) is located around 59 miles away. Both airports provide international and domestic flights. Address : First Ave, Doncaster DN9 3RH, England, United Kingdom (UK) IATA Code : DSA Main Airlines : served by Thomson Airways, Wizz Air, Thomas Cook Airlines, Ryanair, Flybe, BH Air. The airport is also home to the Doncaster Sheffield Flying School. Terminals : one passenger terminal. Serves : the areas of Doncaster, Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley (South Yorkshire), Retford, Worksop (Bassetlaw |
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 for discovery of the exclusion principle? | The Nobel Prize in Physics 1945 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1945 Wolfgang Pauli The Nobel Prize in Physics 1945 Wolfgang Pauli Prize share: 1/1 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1945 was awarded to Wolfgang Pauli "for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli Principle". Photos: Copyright © The Nobel Foundation Share this: To cite this page MLA style: "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1945". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 15 Jan 2017. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1945/> |
Which party did George Galloway represent as MP for Bradford West from 2012 to 2015? | George Galloway loses Bradford West seat to Labour's Naz Shah | Politics | The Guardian George Galloway George Galloway loses Bradford West seat to Labour's Naz Shah Respect party leader beaten comfortably by rival after campaign characterised by personal attacks, threats of legal action and claims of breaches in electoral law George Galloway, right, arrives for the count in Bradford. His Labour rival, mental health campaigner Naz Shah, won Bradford West with a majority of 11,420. Photograph: Paul Thompson/LNP Friday 8 May 2015 04.11 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 19 July 2016 09.42 EDT Close This article is 1 year old George Galloway has lost his Bradford West seat after running an ill-tempered and divisive campaign that backfired spectacularly. His Labour rival, mental health campaigner Naz Shah , won with a majority of 11,420 after a bruising battle between the two parties laced with personal attacks. The 60-year-old Respect party leader had won the seat in 2012 in a landslide he dubbed the Bradford spring. The fight for Bradford West was particularly nasty this time around, with both Respect and Labour calling the police to complain of the other breaking electoral law. Galloway accused Shah of lying about how old she was when she claimed to have been “emotionally blackmailed” into marrying a cousin in Pakistan. At dramatic hustings he even produced what he claimed was her nikah (Islamic wedding certificate), sourced from Pakistan, which he said proved she was 16 and not 15 at the time of the ceremony. Shah insisted she had told the truth when she said the marriage took place when she was 15 and vowed to sue Galloway after the election. In addition the Respect leader called on the director of public prosecutions to charge Shah with perjury over evidence she gave in the trial of her mother, who was found guilty of murder after poisoning an abusive partner with arsenic. The Respect campaign against Shah also concentrated on her links to the Birmingham Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, who acted as her mentor, and his association with the pro-Israel thinktank the Henry Jackson Society. Mahmood is unpopular among many Muslims for his public belief in the so-called Trojan horse plot – allegations that Islamist extremists had plotted to take over state schools in Birmingham and run them on strict Islamic lines. During Galloway’s campaign he repeatedly insinuated that Shah was pro-Israel, despite her insistence that she had attended marches for Gaza and Palestine. At one point he tweeted a picture of Jews waving Israeli flags with the caption: “Thank you for electing Naz Shah”, juxtaposed with flag-waving Palestinians and the caption: “Thank you for electing George Galloway.” |
A bust of which architect and gardener by William Woodington is in Crystal Palace Park in London? | An autumnal walk around Crystal Palace park, London Borough of Bromley, south London, England, updated January 2008 - photo feature An autumnal walk around Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs, sphinxes and stations. (Photos November 2007, words Feb 2008, © urban75) Fresh from our trudge around Sydenham , we braved the fading light and f-f-freezing temperatures to take a stroll around Crystal Palace park. Crystal Palace transmitter, built in the mid-1950s on the site of the old Aquarium. At 222 m (728 ft) high, the tower was the tallest structure in London until the skyscraper at One Canada Square tower at Canary Wharf was built in 1991. The remains of one of Brunel's pumping stations, used to supply the fountains in the old Crystal Palace. Inside the Crystal Palace Museum. Stairs, sphinxes and transmitter. Crystal Palace colonnade. With funds raised by public subscription, this bust of the master architect Sir Joseph Paxton was unveiled at a Fete in June 1873, marking the 20th year of the Palace. Now stuck forlornly by a car park on a cheap-looking brick plinth, the Grade II listed bust originally stood on a huge brick affair looking towards the Palace building over a large pool. The back of Joe's 'ead revealing the name of the sculptor, William Woodington. Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, opened in 1964. Curious white pyramid things. Football ground with the 15,000 capacity athletics stadium in the background. We stopped off for a tea in the no-frills cafe in the park. With the light fading fast and the park about to close, we took a walk by the lake where you can find 'life-sized' models of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures. In 1852, the sculptor Waterhouse Hawkins was hired by the Crystal Palace company to create 33 life-size concrete models of extinct dinosaurs, a job that took some three years. Collaborating with the English biologist and palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen and other leading scientists, Hawkins was given some idea of the size and look of the models, with one of the Iguanodons (above) being so large that a 20-strong dinner party was held inside on December 1853. The lack of light added an air of mystery and realism to some of the concrete models. A look across the lake. An Ichthyosaur seen next to a Plesiosaur. Modern deer sculpture. You can still feel some of the grandeur of the impressive Crystal Palace (Low Level) station, which was opened on 10 June 1854 by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway to take the crowds to the Palace. Sporting French and Brighton Pavilion influences, a 720ft (216m) colonnade used to provide sheltered access to the Palace. The cavernous station serves lines to London Victoria, West Croydon, London Bridge , Beckenham Junction and Smitham. The station stands by the junction of two lines, with the these platforms serving the Sydenham route, with more modest platforms on the southern spur to Beckenham Junction. In 1911, the line was electrified between Balham and Crystal Palace on 12 May 1911, and the timetabled journey time of fifteen minutes to Victoria has never been equalled. |
Two countries joined the United Nations in September 1947 - Yemen and which other, one month after its creation? | United Nations - Question.com United Nations Related Category: United Nations (UN), international organization established immediately after World War II. It replaced the League of Nations . In 1945, when the UN was founded, there were 51 members; 192 nations are now members of the organization (see table entitled United Nations Members ). Organization and Principles The Charter of the United Nations comprises a preamble and 19 chapters divided into 111 articles. The charter sets forth the purposes of the UN as: the maintenance of international peace and security; the development of friendly relations among states; and the achievement of cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems. It expresses a strong hope for the equality of all people and the expansion of basic freedoms. The principal organs of the UN, as specified in the charter, are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council , the Trusteeship Council (see trusteeship, territorial ), the International Court of Justice , and the Secretariat. Other bodies that function as specialized agencies of the UN but are not specifically provided for in the charter are the Food and Agriculture Organization , the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the associated International Finance Corporation and International Development Association, the International Civil Aviation Organization , the International Labor Organization , the International Maritime Organization, the International Monetary Fund , the International Telecommunication Union , the United Nations Children's Fund , the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization , the Universal Postal Union , the World Health Organization , the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the World Meteorological Organization . Temporary agencies have included the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration , the International Refugee Organization (whose responsibilities were later assumed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ), and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East , which is still in existence. The official languages of the UN are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. The working languages of the General Assembly are English, French, and Spanish (in the Security Council only English and French are working languages). The Secretariat and the Secretary-General All UN administrative functions are handled by the Secretariat, with the secretary-general at its head. The charter does not prescribe a term for the secretary-general, but a five-year term has become standard. Trygve Lie , the first secretary-general, was succeeded by Dag Hammarskjöld (195361), who served until his death. U Thant , acting secretary-general, was elected secretary-general (1962), was reelected in 1966, and served through 1971. Succeeding secretaries-general were: Kurt Waldheim (197281); Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (198291), Boutros Boutros-Ghali (199296), Kofi Annan (19972006), and Ban Ki-Moon (2007). (See also the table entitled United Nations Secretaries-General .) The secretary-general transcends a merely administrative role by his authority to bring situations to the attention of various UN organs, by his position as an impartial party in effecting conciliation, and especially by his power to perform such … functions as are entrusted to him by other UN organs. Also strengthening the office of secretary-general is the large Secretariat staff, which is recruited on a wide geographic basis and is required to work exclusively in the interests of the organization. The General Assembly The only UN body provided by the charter in which all member states are represented is the General Assembly. The General Assembly was designed to be a deliberative body dealing chiefly with general questions of a political, social, or economic character. It meets in a regular annual session beginning the third Tuesday in September; special sessions a |
Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr are three members of which band formed in 1976? | U2 - Biography - IMDb Biography Jump to: Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (9) Mini Bio (1) U2 has been perhaps the biggest music act in the world since the late 1980s to the current day. They take prominent stands on human rights issues, expressed through their lyrics and other public statements and actions. The band's lead singer, Bono , has become quite prominent in charity movements and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The band consists of Bono , lead singer and songwriter; The Edge , lead guitar, keyboards, vocals; Adam Clayton , bass guitar; Larry Mullen Jr. , drums. Their manager is Paul McGuinness (1978-2013). The band formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1976. The three members who strongly identified themselves as Christians (all except Clayton) decided to pursue and promote the band's career in a manner that would be consistent with their religious beliefs, which are heavy on social action. Theology professor Eugene Peterson says the band has "little patience with media-driven aspects of the Christian religion and a church and culture that shows little concern for justice and poverty and sickness". The band's popular 1983 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" commemorated the slaughter of innocent civilians during the Irish troubles. It called for a renunciation of violence, a sentiment that resonated greatly with the people of Ireland. Throughout the 1980s, the band used this song to campaign against the Irish Republican Army's (IRA) efforts to raise money to fuel continued armed conflict. The IRA sent a threat to U2 that if they continued their campaign, they would be kidnapped. The band continued anyway. The band's 1984 album "Unforgettable Fire" was named after paintings made by the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs. The album's songs "Pride" and "MLK" were both tributes to the modern-day leader they most admire, Martin Luther King . Another song, "Bad", was about heroin addiction, which was a serious problem in their hometown of Dublin at that time. U2 were major participants in the historic and seminal "Live Aid" concert of 1985, which raised funds for relief from a severe drought in Ethiopia. The band was seen by many of the 1.5 billion people who viewed the concert on live television, and Bono's unscripted leap into the crowd captured the imagination of all. The more than 75 performing groups raised some $250 million for the charity. In the months following the concert, U2's record sales skyrocketed and have never come back down. In 1986, the band headlined a promotional tour to support Amnesty International, and the effort reportedly tripled the organization's membership. In the 1990s, the band's music and concerts mocked the excesses of commercialism. Some critics failed to understand that Bono's exaggerated on-stage personas during the "Zoo TV" tour were parodies, and thus concluded that the band had given in to what they in fact were criticizing. In the early 2000s, U2 shifted from stadium extravaganzas to performing in smaller arenas where they were closer to their audiences. In 2004, the band teamed up with iPod for an innovative promotional campaign. U2 continues their work for charity and social action. They promoted the Northern Ireland Peace Accords, raised money for the survivors of the Omagh bombing, played in devastated Sarajevo following the war there, helped bolster the shaky economy of New York City by playing there following the September 11 terrorist attacks, participated in the Live 8 series of concerts to relieve Third World debt, and continue to promote the Make Poverty History campaign. Bono has become prominent in efforts to end poverty and seek relief from AIDS and promote trade for Africa. He has become quite celebrated for these efforts apart from his music and he often finds himself publicly hobnobbing with presidents and finance ministers to promote these charitable ends. U2 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. By that year, they had won 22 Grammy awards, a historic record surpassed only by Stevie Wonder . - IMDb Mini Biography By: Roger Burns <roge |
The adjective navicular means shaped like which object? | Navicular | Define Navicular at Dictionary.com navicular [nuh-vik-yuh-ler] /nəˈvɪk yə lər/ Anatomy Spell 2. Also, naviculare [nuh-vik-yuh-lair-ee, -lahr-ee] /nəˌvɪk yəˈlɛər i, -ˈlɑr i/ (Show IPA). the bone at the radial end of the proximal row of the bones of the carpus. 3. the bone in front of the talus on the inner side of the foot. Origin of navicular Late Latin 1535-1545 1535-45; < Late Latin nāviculāris of, relating to shipping, equivalent to Latin nāvicul(a) a small ship (nāvi(s) ship + -cula -cule 1; ) + -āris -ar 1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for navicular Expand Historical Examples The Vertebrate Skeleton Sidney H. Reynolds Obscure lameness; foot suspected of navicular disease; very lame. The Vertebrate Skeleton Sidney H. Reynolds Its posterior part shows a transversely elongated facet for articulation with the navicular bone. British Dictionary definitions for navicular Expand a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot Word Origin C16: from Late Latin nāviculāris, from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis ship Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for navicular Expand adj. "boat-shaped," 1540s, from Late Latin navicularis "pertaining to a boat," from navicula, diminutive of navis "ship" (see naval ). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper |
Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl in February. This was the first time that the tradition of naming each game using Roman numerals was not used. So this game was Super Bowl what number? | Super Bowl 50 | Know Your Meme Know Your Meme Uvuvwevwevwe Also Trending: Updated Mar 25, 2016 at 01:05PM EDT by Brad . Added Feb 03, 2016 at 10:44AM EST by Ari Spool . Like us on Facebook! PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry. This submission is currently being researched & evaluated! You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation. Status San Francisco, Califormia Tags Facebook Twitter Wikipedia Overview Super Bowl 50 was the 50th National Football League (NFL) championship game between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers at Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco, California on February 7th, 2016. The game ended in the Broncos’ victory against the Panthers by 24-10, which marked the team’s third Super Bowl championship title in the NFL history. Background Season Championship Winners The Carolina Panthers won their NFC Championship 49-15 over the Arizona Cardinals, finishing the season with a 15-1 record and bringing the team to their second Super Bowl appearance since the founding of the franchise in 1995. Their star quarterback, Cam Newton, ran two touchdowns in that game, and celebrated each by doing the popular touchdown dance, The Dab . The Denver Broncos, who are helmed by Peyton Manning, the second-oldest quarterback to ever play and a five-time MVP, had a winning 12-4 season, beating the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship 20-18. They are one of only four teams to make it to the Super Bowl eight times. [4] According to the experts’ prediction, the game will reach more than 115 million households when it airs on CBS at 3:30 pm (PST), which would surpass the record-setting viewership of the previous year’s Super Bowl XLIX ] The Name In June 2014, the NFL announced that the upcoming 50th Super Bowl would be officially branded as Super Bowl 50 in Arabic numerals, departing from the long-running tradition of naming each Super Bowl game using the Roman numeral system, in order to avoid any confusion over what would have been known as Super Bowl L. The league would return to the roman numeral system for Super Bowl 51. [2] Halftime Show Announcement On December 3rd, 2015, the NFL announced that the British rock band Coldplay would be headlining the halftime show, while joined by American celebrity singers Bruno Mars and Beyoncé ] In addition, on February 2nd, the NFL announced that Lady Gaga would sing the National Anthem, and that Academy Award-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin would perform in sign language. [3] Notable Developments Pregame Highlights Super Bowl 50 Statue Defacement As part of the promotional campaign surrounding the Super Bowl, the NFL placed statues of the number 50 around the city of San Francisco. These states were quickly defaced by residents, who created rude anagrams from the words Super Bowl and knocked the statues over. [5] After the repeated vandalism, the NFL removed some of the statues. [6] A photograph of a vandalized statue Puppy Bowl For the 12th consecutive year, Animal Planet planned to host the Puppy Bowl, a mock football game staged with puppies for players, as a pre-game companion to the Super Bowl. [8] The Puppy Bowl would also feature a Kitty halftime show and Chicken cheerleaders. For the first time ever, the Puppy Bowl was available as a virtual reality experience through 360° puppy practice scrimmages, available to watch before the competition’s broadcast via the Discovery VR app and YouTube 360°. [9] On February 3rd, 2016, as a promotional event, the taxi service Uber was delivering dogs from humane societies to visit people Chicago, New York, and Washington DC, with the opportunity for people to adopt the puppies they met. In order to meet the puppies, Uber users could find the car via it’s puppy-shaped icon. [10] Highlights Chris Martin at Halftime Show At approximately 8 p.m. (EST), the halftime show kicked off with Coldplay playing their hit songs, including “Viva la Vida,” “Paradise,” and “Adventure of a Lifetime,” before they were |
The children Bella, Fizz, Jake and Milo are characters in which children's TV series? | The Tweenies - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com EDIT Welcome to the The Tweenies Guide at TV Tome! Produced by the BBC, Tweenies is a British sensation starring full-body puppets, the "preschoolers," Bella, Milo, Fizz and Jake, their dog, Doodles, and the "grownups" Judy and Max. The gang and viewers at home learn to express themselves through language; encounter concepts from nature like weather, time, and magnets; enjoy creative activity in music and the visual arts; and explore issues in social interaction. Viewer interactivity is encouraged with action songs, stimulating kid's imaginations with each new Tweenie activity. Characters Bella: The oldest and tallest of the Tweenies. She is 4 and a half years old. Bella is quite the bossy and smart. She is Best friends with Fizz. Basically the only one to get along with better than the rest. Milo: A crazy 4 year old. He's funny and has a big imagination! He is best friends with Jake. Usually he says he's my mate! And his most common word is "anything a roony!" But sometimes he may get in a fight with Bella or hurt Fizz's feelings (like in episode "Fizz's dinosaur"). Fizz: She is 3 and a half. You could describer her as "pretty and lovely." Fizz is basically the most mature out of them all. She's the nicest you will actually see in the Tweenies. She is like those really naturific girls. Who cares about animals and trees. She gets along with Bella and is also like a study buddy with Jake. Fizz also gets along with Milo, but usually ends up getting her feelings hurt by him. She has a crush on Milo. Jake: A quite dumb 3 year old who feels like he can't do anything right. He is most likely to say I'm only little! He likes Milo more than the rest. Although he likes Fizz also Because she's the one always helping him and teaching him something new. He also gets along with Bella alot who usually corrects his pronounciation. Fizz is only a few months or year older than him. Max & Judy They are the people who take care of The Tweenies while there at the playhouse. Doodles is Max's dog. He is 6 years old. Lyrics Come and Play! Hey Hey! What do you say! It's time to come and play with The Tweenies! Hey, hey are you ready to play! So don't you wanna play with "The Tweenies." You can sing with us, play games with us. You can rub about and jump and shout! You can dance with us. Take a chance with us. Its okay what do you say? Every day! Come and play! Welcome to our Play group. Lets have fun together. Come on get to know us better I'm Bella! I'm Milo! I'm Fizz... And I'm Jake! I'm Doodles! And that's Max and Judy!(Backround everyday!) Hey, hey. What do you say? So dont you wanna play? Its time to come and play! So dont you wanna play with the Tweenies! Yeah! Notes: In America, they used different voices too match the American accent. America changes some lyrics to the songs and added more stuff and makes Milo shout in some songs like in the backround. And currently The character Sid was currently dropped during the first season and never appeared again and was never an official cast member once again. Britian Information First aired: 2000 Network: BBC Run time: 1 Hour FAQ Q. I'm confused. Is Bella 5 and Fizz is 4 and Milo is 3 and Jake is 2? Or are the real ages: Bella 4, Milo,4, Fizz 3 and Jake 2? A. According to the official site, It says, Bella is nearly 5, Milo is 4, Fizz is 3 and Jake is almost 3 as well. So which makes them 4 and 3 in a half. Q. Where did The Tweenies first aired? A. Britian. Q. Who are the people behind The Tweenies? Have any links, pictures and details on them? Or animation stuff? A. Sorry but I don't know pictures. Try checking Google. Show Times USA:Daily on Noggin at 6:00 A.M.moreless |
"""For he tonight shall lie with Mistress Ford"" is a line from which Shakespeare play?" | The Merry Wives of Windsor - Act 5, Scene 5 The Merry Wives of Windsor Please see the bottom of this page for related resources. [Enter FALSTAFF disguised as Herne] FALSTAFF The Windsor bell hath struck twelve; the minute draws on. Now, the hot-blooded gods assist me! Remember, Jove, thou wast a bull for thy Europa; love set on thy horns. O powerful love! that, in some respects, makes a beast a man, in some other, a man 5 a beast. You were also, Jupiter, a swan for the love of Leda. O omnipotent Love! how near the god drew to the complexion of a goose! A fault done first in the form of a beast. O Jove, a beastly fault! And then another fault in the semblance of a fowl; think 10 on 't, Jove; a foul fault! When gods have hot backs, what shall poor men do? For me, I am here a Windsor stag; and the fattest, I think, i' the forest. Send me a cool rut-time, Jove, or who can blame me to piss my tallow? Who comes here? my 15 [Enter MISTRESS FORD and MISTRESS PAGE] MISTRESS FORD Sir John! art thou there, my deer? my male deer? FALSTAFF My doe with the black scut! Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of Green Sleeves, hail kissing-comfits and snow eringoes; let 20 there come a tempest of provocation, I will shelter me here. MISTRESS FORD Mistress Page is come with me, sweetheart. FALSTAFF Divide me like a bribe buck, each a haunch: I will keep my sides to myself, my shoulders for the fellow of this walk, and my horns I bequeath your husbands. 25 Am I a woodman, ha? Speak I like Herne the hunter? Why, now is Cupid a child of conscience; he makes restitution. As I am a true spirit, welcome! [Noise within] I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire; he would never else cross me thus. 35 [ Enter SIR HUGH EVANS, disguised as before; PISTOL, as Hobgoblin; MISTRESS QUICKLY, ANNE PAGE, and others, as Fairies, with tapers ] MISTRESS QUICKLY Fairies, black, grey, green, and white, You moonshine revellers and shades of night, You orphan heirs of fixed destiny, Attend your office and your quality. Crier Hobgoblin, make the fairy oyes. 40 Elves, list your names; silence, you airy toys. Cricket, to Windsor chimneys shalt thou leap: Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept, There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry: Our radiant queen hates sluts and sluttery. 45 They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die: I'll wink and couch: no man their works must eye. [Lies down upon his face] SIR HUGH EVANS Where's Bede? Go you, and where you find a maid That, ere she sleep, has thrice her prayers said, Raise up the organs of her fantasy; 50 Sleep she as sound as careless infancy: But those as sleep and think not on their sins, Pinch them, arms, legs, backs, shoulders, sides and shins. MISTRESS QUICKLY Search Windsor Castle, elves, within and out: 55 Strew good luck, ouphes, on every sacred room: That it may stand till the perpetual doom, In state as wholesome as in state 'tis fit, Worthy the owner, and the owner it. The several chairs of order look you scour 60 With juice of balm and every precious flower: Each fair instalment, coat, and several crest, With loyal blazon, evermore be blest! And nightly, meadow-fairies, look you sing, Like to the Garter's compass, in a ring: 65 The expressure that it bears, green let it be, More fertile-fresh than all the field to see; And 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' write In emerald tufts, flowers purple, blue and white; Let sapphire, pearl and rich embroidery, 70 Buckled below fair knighthood's bending knee: Fairies use flowers for their charactery. Away; disperse: but till 'tis one o'clock, Our dance of custom round about the oak Of Herne the hunter, let us not forget. 75 Pray you, lock hand in hand; yourselves in order set And twenty glow-worms shall our lanterns be, To guide our measure round about the tree. But, stay; I smell a man of middle-earth. FALSTAFF Heavens defend me from that Welsh fairy, lest he 80 transform me to a piece of cheese! PISTOL Vile worm, |
Who assassinated Martin Luther King Junior? | Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Archive Photos/Getty Images Updated January 15, 2016. At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. King was immediately taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. Violence and controversy followed. In outrage of the murder, many blacks took to the streets across the United States in a massive wave of riots. The FBI investigated the crime, but many believed them partially or fully responsible for the assassination. An escaped convict by the name of James Earl Ray was arrested, but many people, including some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s own family, believe he was innocent. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance What happened that evening? Martin Luther King Jr: A Dedicated Leader When Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as the leader of the a Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, he began a long tenure as the spokesperson for nonviolent protest in the Civil Rights Movement . As a Baptist minister, he was a moral leader to the community. Plus, he was charismatic and had a powerful way of speaking. He was also a man of vision and determination. He never stopped dreaming of what could be. Yet he was a man, not a God. He was most often overworked and overtired. And he had a fondness for the private company of women. And though he was the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner , he did not have complete control over the Civil Rights Movement. By 1968, violence had edged its way into the movement. Black Panther Party members carried loaded weapons; riots had erupted across the country; and numerous civil rights organizations had taken up the mantra "Black Power!" Yet Martin Luther King held strong to his beliefs, even as he saw the Civil Rights Movement being torn in two. Violence is what brought King back to Memphis in April 1968. Striking Sanitation Workers in Memphis On February 12, thirteen hundred African-American sanitation workers in Memphis went on strike. Though there had been a long history of grievances, the strike was begun as a response to a January 31 incident in which 22 black sanitation workers were sent home without pay during bad weather while all the white workers remained on the job. When the City of Memphis refused to negotiate with the 1,300 striking workers, King and other civil rights leaders were asked to visit Memphis in support. On Monday, March 18, King managed to fit in a quick stop in Memphis, where he spoke to over 15,000 who had gathered at Mason Temple. Ten days later, King arrived in Memphis to lead a march in support of the striking workers. Unfortunately, as King led the crowd, a few of the protesters got rowdy and smashed the windows of a storefront. The violence spread and soon countless others had taken up sticks and were breaking windows and looting stores. Police moved in to disperse the crowd. Some of the marchers threw stones at the police. The police responded with tear gas and nightsticks. At least one of the marchers was shot and killed. King was extremely distressed at the violence that had erupted in his own march and became determined not to let violence prevail. He scheduled another march in Memphis for April 8. On April 3, King arrived in Memphis a little later than planned because there had been a bomb threat for his flight before takeoff. That evening, King delivered his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech to a relatively small crowd that had braved the bad weather to hear King speak. King's thoughts were obviously on his mortality, for he discussed the plane threat as well as the time he had been stabbed. He concluded the speech with Well, I don't know what will happen now; we've got some dif |
Who wrote How to Cheat at Cooking published in 1971? | Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking: Amazon.co.uk: Delia Smith: 8601300063072: Books Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking One of these items is dispatched sooner than the other. Show details Buy the selected items together This item:Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking by Delia Smith Hardcover £16.59 Only 8 left in stock (more on the way). Sent from and sold by Amazon. FREE Delivery in the UK. Details Sent from and sold by Amazon. FREE Delivery in the UK. Details Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Apple To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. or Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Product details Publisher: Ebury Press; 1st Edition edition (15 Feb. 2008) Language: English Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 1.9 x 27.9 cm Average Customer Review: Product Description Review "I really see Delia as a sunbeam of rational thoughts, striking through the clouds of food fashion...If any of these ingredients gives you a shudder, just ask yourself, who's more likely to be right: you or Delia? No, you lummox, it's not you." (Zoe Williams The Guardian) "Delia's first new book in four years is set to become one of the biggest selling publications of all time...At 66, Delia is the mistress of mumsiness. I salute the queen of ease and an unashamed advocate of instant mashed potato." (Amanda Platell Daily Mail) "Like any priestess worth her salt, she has absolved us of our guilt by occasionally employing time-saving devices, from ready-made sauces to pre-grated cheese...Yet when the timer has pinged and the cake has risen, Delia is The One" (The Independent) "With Delia's How To Cheat at Cooking, Middle Britain's culinary saint has turned into a mischevious little devil...Oh, saint Delia. You have sinned and how we love you." (Richard and Judy Daily Express) "I love Delia. I love the way she has introduced the pleasure of cooking into so many people's lives....The way I look at it is this. There is a whole world of cooking that lies between soaking your own beans and the microwave-head's instant chilli con carne. Somewhere along that line most of us will probably say 'No, I'm not going to do that - I don't have the time' or 'No, I'm not skipping that bit, it would be cheating the very people I am cooking for'. Somewhere along that line lies Delia's How To Cheat. No, I won't be buying her suggestion of ready-sliced and cooked onions...But I know that there are many people who will find that those canned onions in olive oil and a packet of frozen pastry will mean the difference between making their kids a lovingly home-made pie and giving them a defrosted one from Iceland." (Nigel Slater Observer Food Monthly) Book Description |
Who was twice married to actress Natalie Wood? | Actress Natalie Wood drowns - Nov 29, 1981 - HISTORY.com Actress Natalie Wood drowns Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1981, the actress Natalie Wood, who starred in such movies as Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story, drowns in a boating accident near California’s Catalina Island. She was 43 years old. Born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko on July 20, 1938, in San Francisco, California, Wood began her acting career as a child. She gained acclaim for her role as Susan Walker, the little girl who doubts the existence of Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). As a teenager, Wood went on to play James Dean’s girlfriend in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. She also earned Best Actress Academy Award nominations for her performances in Splendor in the Grass (1961) with Warren Beatty and Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) with Steve McQueen. Wood’s film credits also include West Side Story (1961), winner of 10 Oscars, in which she played the lead role of Maria; Gypsy (1962), which was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name and co-starred Rosalind Russell and Karl Malden; The Great Race (1965), with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis; Inside Daisy Clover (1966), with Christopher Plummer and Robert Redford; and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) with Robert Culp, Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon. Wood was twice married to the actor Robert Wagner (Hart to Hart, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery), from 1957 to 1962 and from 1974 to the time of her death. On the night of November 29, 1981, the dark-haired beauty was with her husband on their yacht “The Splendor,” which was moored off Santa Catalina, near Los Angeles. Also on the yacht was the actor Christopher Walken, who at the time was making the movie Brainstorm with Wood. Neither Wagner nor Walken saw what happened to Wood that night, but it was believed she somehow slipped overboard while untying a dinghy attached to the boat. Her body was found in the early hours of the following morning. Brainstorm, Wood’s final film, was released in theaters in 1983. Related Videos |
Which African country has the Kwanza as its currency? | Angola Currency Falls to Record Low as Central Bank Devalues - Bloomberg Bloomberg the Company & Its Products Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login Bloomberg Terminal Demo Request Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Customer Support Advertising Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Customer Support Angola Currency Falls to Record Low as Central Bank Devalues Paul Wallace Angola’s central bank devalued its currency as the drop in oil prices cut the main source of government revenue and export earnings. The rate for the kwanza was weakened to 116.8745 per dollar on Friday, compared with 110.518 on Thursday, according to prices on Luanda-based Banco Nacional de Angola’s website. The currency dropped to 118.13 on the interbank market before paring losses to trade 6.2 percent weaker at 117.71 as of 2:33 p.m. in the capital, still a record low on a closing basis. “It is rare to have such a drastic move in the kwanza,” Charlie Hampshire, the London-based head of trading at INTL FCStone Inc., which specializes in frontier market currencies, said by e-mail. “A move of this nature has not occurred since 2009.” The most important business stories of the day. Get Bloomberg's daily newsletter. The latest political news, analysis, charts, and dispatches from Washington. You will now receive the Politics newsletter Markets The most important market news of the day. So you can sleep an extra five minutes. You will now receive the Markets newsletter Technology Insights into what you'll be paying for, downloading and plugging in tomorrow and 10 years from now. You will now receive the Technology newsletter Pursuits What to eat, drink, wear and drive – in real life and your dreams. You will now receive the Pursuits newsletter Game Plan The school, work and life hacks you need to get ahead. You will now receive the Game Plan newsletter Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil producer, is struggling to cope with crude prices that have slid more than 40 percent over the past year. The government in February cut its 2015 budget by 26 percent to 5.4 trillion kwanza ($46 billion), while predicting the fiscal gap will reach 7 percent of gross domestic product. The southwest African country plans to borrow $25 billion this year to plug the shortfall, according to a Finance Ministry proposal obtained by Bloomberg News . Further Weakness “They’ve allowed for continual depreciation in recent months, but this move is stronger,” Samir Gadio, the head of African strategy for Standard Chartered Plc in London, said by phone. “There’s a massive black market premium and the exchange rate was not in line with fundamentals. It’s still misaligned. The balance of probabilities is” for further weakness, he said. Finance Minister Armando Manuel said by phone he was on a trip to the Middle East and referred requests for comment to the central bank. Amelia Borja, a spokeswoman for the BNA, as it is known, didn’t answer three phone calls or immediately reply to text and e-mail messages. Yields on $1 billion of securities due August 2019 and guaranteed by the Angolan government rose 34 basis points to 6.59 percent on Thursday, the highest since April 1, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Angola’s foreign reserves fell by 13 percent to $26.2 billion between May and the end of March, according to central bank data. The kwanza has weakened 17 percent against the dollar since the end of June. That’s the fourth most among 24 African currencies tracked by Bloomberg and compares with 18 percent for Nigeria’s naira. Angola’s gross domestic product of about $124 billion is the third biggest in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and South Africa, according to the World Bank. “The devaluation supports our view that headline GDP g |
The Laphroaig & Bowmore whisky distilleries are found on which Scottish island? | 4 Day Islay Whisky Tour – Scottish Routes 3 nights B&B accommodation at The Bowmore House Day 1 After departing Edinburgh or Glasgow, your first stop is Deanston Distillery, where you can sample handmade treats in their coffee shop. You will then take a tour of the distillery. Heading north into the Highlands the landscape becomes more mountainous and your guide will tell the history and culture of this stunning part of Scotland. Passing Loch Awe and into Argyllshire, with some great photo stops along the way, you will arrive in the Victorian town of Oban in time for lunch and some exploring. This is the seafood capital of Scotland so make sure you make the most of it. Your tour takes you to the ancient neolithic landscapes of Kilmartin Glen. There are hundreds of ancient monuments and historic sites in this region, some of which you will explore. It is then a short drive down the Kintyre Peninsula to Kennacraig where you will board the evening ferry to Islay. The ferry crossing is around 2 hours and allows for some beautiful views of the islands of Gigha, Jura and Islay as well as the area surrounding West Loch Tarbert. There is time to relax in the bar with an Islay whisky; grab some dinner from the restaurant and just soak up the sea air before you arrive. On arrival into Port Ellen or Port Askaig it is a short drive to Bowmore to check in to The Bowmore House for your 3 night stay. Days 2 & 3 With 2 full days to explore, there are plenty of options for sightseeing and your guide will share some of their favourite places with you. These can include empty beaches, whitewashed villages, ancient sites, the Kildalton Cross, medieval strongholds, fresh seafood, local wildlife and traditional cultures. With only around 3000 people and 8 world class distilleries, the chances of finding a ‘wee dram’ on Islay are pretty good. The distillery and whisky experiences will give you an insight into Islay’s most famous export. Your day includes a warehouse experience at Lagavulin, lunch and a tour at Ardbeg and a look at the Laphroaig maltings. Your second day brings a private tour of Bruichladdich, a chance to gaze over the Sound of Jura from the Bunnahabhain and a behind the scenes peek at the independant Kilchoman. Each night on Islay there are plenty of options for eating, drinking and relaxing. Your tour guide will let you know all the best places to get the most out of your time in Bowmore. There is an eating option for all budgets and tastes and with so much local produce on offer you will be spoilt for choice. The whisky bars aren’t too bad either. Slainte Mhath, as they say in Gaelic. Day 4 After a final hearty breakfast, you catch the morning ferry back to Kennacraig. Arriving on the mainland, you head to the loch-side town of Inveraray. This is the seat of the clan Campbell, home to the Loch Fyne Whisky shop and your stop for lunch. After lunch (and some last minute whisky shopping) your journey now hugs the shores of Loch Fyne and Loch Long before climbing up to the Rest and be Thankful pass for sweeping views. Then it is to the shores of Loch Lomond. With time to stop for some lovely views and stretch of the legs, this is the last stop on your tour before crossing the River Clyde and into Scotland’s largest city of Glasgow. Some of our guests may be leaving the tour here so we may make a short stop in central Glasgow (George Square) before returning to Edinburgh. * Accommodation is on a B&B basis in the Bowmore House. The price is based on 2/3 sharing a twin / double / triple room. There is an additional supplement of £85 for single occupancy. Please note that if the Bowmore House is not available we will source alternative local accommodation of the same standard. ** Due to various reasons (weather, closures and special events) it may not always be possible to visit all distilleries mentioned. Please be aware that, if this is the case, we will ensure that suitable alternatives are found. Additional Information |
At which Yorkshire football club was Bill Shankly manager between 1956 and 1959, before he left to begin his legendary tenure at Liverpool? | The Football League THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (The Football League championship trophy) Formation of the Football League A director of Aston Villa, William McGregor, was the first to set out to bring some order to a chaotic world where clubs arranged their own fixtures, along with various cup competitions. (William McGregor) On 2 March 1888, he wrote to the committee of his own club, Aston Villa, as well as to those of Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, Stoke and West Bromwich Albion; suggesting the creation of a league competition that would provide a number of guaranteed fixtures for its member clubs each season. His idea may have been based upon a description of a proposal for an early American college football league, publicised in the English media in 1887 which stated: "measures would be taken to form a new football league ... [consisting of] a schedule containing two championship games between every two colleges composing the league". The first meeting was held at Anderton's Hotel in London on 23 March 1888 on the eve of the FA Cup Final. The Football League was formally created and named in Manchester at a further meeting on 17 April at the Royal Hotel. The name "Association Football Union" was proposed by McGregor but this was felt too close to "Rugby Football Union". Instead, "The Football League" was proposed by Major William Sudell, representing Preston, and quickly agreed upon. Although the Royal Hotel is long gone, the site is marked with a commemorative red plaque on The Royal Buildings in Market Street. The first season of the Football League began a few months later on 8 September with 12 member clubs from the Midlands and North of England: Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke (renamed Stoke City in 1926),West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. These were comparatively primitive times, when players did not wear shirt numbers and stayed on the pitch at half-time; goalkeepers sported the same tops as outfield players; and two umpires officiated the game, referring only occasionally to a touchline referee. The introduction of the penalty kick was three years away, as were goal-nets to prevent the frequent disputes over whether the ball had passed between the posts. The first season’s fixtures had been drawn up as late as 23rd July 1888. Another fact that will raise eyebrows today is that the League programme had been running for 11 weeks before the system of two points for a win and one for a draw was agreed upon (some of the 12 founding clubs had argued that points should be awarded only for a victory). First things first Years of debate over who scored the first ever goal in league football anywhere in the world when research at the British Library showed that Bolton Wanderers forward Kenny Davenport’s strike at approximately 3.47pm on Saturday 8th September, 1888 was the first ever goal in The Football League. The match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa played the same day kicked off at 3.30pm rather than 3.00pm as previously thought by the game’s historians. Consequently, the own goal scored in that match by Aston Villa full-back Gershom Cox after 30 minutes would not have been the first ever goal. (The old Pikes Lane stadium, where the first League goal was scored) Kenny Davenport 1862-1908 Kenny Davenport was born in Bolton and played for Bolton Wanderers for nine seasons after joining the club from local rivals Gilnow Rangers in 1883. Two years later he became Bolton’s first ever England international when he played in a 1-1 draw against Wales at Blackburn. As an ever-present in the first League season he also scored 11 goals. Normally an inside-left, Davenport made 56 League and twenty-one FA Cup appearances for Wanderers, scoring 36 goals. He left the club to play for Southport in 1892, just two years after he made his second appearance for his country, when he scored twice in a 9-1 victory against Ireland in Belfast in 1890. Davenpor |
The name of which popular game comes from the Swahili word for build? | Interview with Leslie Scott, the Creator of the Game Jenga | The Fresh Peel by Brand Marketing Strategist, Chris Wilson Interview with Leslie Scott, the Creator of the Game Jenga Posted by Chris Wilson | 10 comments A few months back I was approached by Leslie Scott’s publicist about setting up an interview with Leslie regarding her book About Jenga . At the time I had no idea who Leslie Scott was or why I would be interested in a book about that I assumed to be a history book for a board game. But, luckily for Leslie, her publicist had clearly done her homework and was on target with her pitch. I kept reading and found out that Leslie was the creator of the popular household game, Jenga, and her book is packed full of stories and lessons learned on her lifelong journey with the game. Leslie’s extraordinary experiences fit nicely with unique approach to content I try to provide here at The Fresh Peel. Jenga is a game that has always intrigued me because of it’s simple complexity. It’s such a simple game to understand, but a complex game and somewhat stressful game to master. And Leslie’s story has taken many twists and turns, with many great lessons learned along the way. (Disclaimer: I received a free copy of About Jenga from the publisher.) In this interview, I quiz Leslie on a variety of topics that she touches in the book, everything from her experience working at Intel to her intuitive understanding of the need to maintain the Jenga brand. —- Also, Leslie’s publicist sent me a signed holiday edition of Jenga that is signed by Leslie herself. I’ll be randomly giving this away to anyone that comments at the the end of this post. You have until Friday, November 20th to leave your comment for a chance to win! —– Q: Where did the idea for the game Jenga come from? Leslie: Jenga was based on a game that my family devised in the mid-1970s using my then five-year-old brother’s wooden building blocks. We played this game within the family, and with friends, for several years before I decided to modify it, name it, manufacture it and take it to market in 1982. Q: What triggered Jenga’s rise to its iconic status in the world of household games? Leslie: This is a difficult question to answer in just one sentence as it begs further questions, such as what makes a good game in the first place, and even why do we play games at all? But in brief, I think Jenga satisfies all the basic requirements we have of a game. It demands skill, involves interaction with other players, provides suspense, and takes place within a finite period of time. Q: In the book you stated that you were, “convinced that once buyers saw it, they would tumble over each other in their eagerness to put Jenga on the shelves in their shops.” That wasn’t exactly how things played out. What additional steps would you have taken in the beginning if you knew what you know now? Leslie: I started a company with the sole purpose of taking Jenga to market. This meant that when I launched Jenga at the ’83 London Toy Fair, neither my company (Leslie Scott Associates) nor the product I was trying to sell had any name recognition in the business whatsoever. With hindsight I now know that it is exceedingly difficult for an unknown business to break into any market with an entirely novel product. At the time, I had naively assumed that the toy and gift business thrived on novelty. If I had been aware that this was not the case, I may have tried to license the game to an established company, one that had traction in the toy trade. But would they have been interested in this unknown game? Probably not. Q: I was surprised to read that you worked for Intel for quite a long stint early on in your career. This was before Intel was the chip inside the world’s computers. How did this experience prepare you to become the creator of Jenga? Leslie: Whether this was deliberate policy or not, in the early days, Intel fostered a culture of entrepreneurship within the company. By this I mean, employees were encouraged to take risks, and make their jobs their own. I discovered that I thrived |
In Greek Mythology who was the ferryman who carried the dead to the underworld across the River Styx? | Charon, the Ferryman of Hades Charon, the Ferryman of Hades In Greek mythology, Charon (or Kharon) was the ferryman who carried the souls of the dead into the underworld, across the Acheron river. In Roman mythology, he carried them across the river Styx. He was the son of goddess Nyx and of the primordial deity Erebus. He was represented as an old and ugly man, with a dirty beard and a crooked nose. In Roman poetry, he looked even worse - Virgil portrays him as a filthy man, with an unkempt beard and eyes burning like fire, dressed in a dirty tunic and having a greasy girdle. Also, in these more recent representations, he is ill-tempered and scolds the shadows of the dead all the time. Charon the ferryman was usually represented in art in his boat, with one hand on the steering pole or on an oar and the other hand resting on the boat or inviting the shadows to come. The souls of the deceased were guided by Hermes , who was also a psychopomp ("guide of the souls"). For his services, he was paid the so-called "Charon's obolus" - that's why dead people were buried with a coin in their mouth or on it (an obolus or a danake). Several ancient towns were exempt from this "tax", either because they had been kind to a god, or because they were considered "shortcuts" to the underworld, so there was no need to pay for such a short trip (ancient sarcasm, if I may say so!). The people who didn't receive a proper burial and thus had no obolus were left to wander on the shores of the river Acheron for one hundred years. That's why for the ancient Greeks it was so important to give a respectable burial to the deceased. For instance, Antigone risked her life by burying her brother, Polynices, because he was considered a traitor and the king of Thebes forbid everyone to bury him. Plato tells us that the souls of the deceased were judged and then, according to their sins, they were taken by Charon to different areas where they were purified from their sins or where they received punishment. Charon also had to ferry some living people, even if he didn't really want to. Among them were the hero Heracles, who easily convinced Charon by using his club, and Orpheus, who probably convinced him with his song, when he got into the underworld. After returning to the world of the living and looking back, he lost Eurydice for the second time. Orpheus could see her taken by Charon to the other shore; as much as he wanted to return to Hades, Charon refused to ferry him again. Psyche went to the underworld sent on an errand by Venus; she took with her two coins, so as to pay Charon her way back, too. In Roman literature, in Virgil's Aeneid, the hero Aeneas descends into the afterworld, accompanied by the Sybil, who shows Charon a golden bough, in order to convince him to let the hero across the river. (I liked it how, when a human boards the boat, as he is very heavy, the water gets in between the boards). Last, but not least, Charon also appears in Dante's Inferno (from the Divine Comedy), as a demon with fire eyes, who beats with his oar the souls who don't get on his boat fast enough. Here are some pictures of Charon: |
In tennis, who was the first woman to win all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in the same year? | Tennis’ Elusive Grand Slam - History in the Headlines Tennis’ Elusive Grand Slam July 2, 2015 By Sarah Pruitt Share this: Google The record-setting heat wave in London this week isn’t the only sizzling story at the All-England Club this year. All eyes are on Serena Williams, the top-ranked female tennis player in the world, as she goes for her sixth straight Wimbledon title, her third straight major title of the year—and the 21st major championship of her career. If Williams wins Wimbledon, she will also be three-quarters of the way to one of the most elusive tennis achievements: winning all four of the major tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open) in one calendar year, an achievement only five singles tennis players in history can claim. Take a look back at the men and women who have made Grand Slam history. Don Budge – 1938 Growing up in Oakland, California, the young Budge loved football and soccer before focusing on tennis. He played for the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1935-38, winning 25 of 29 matches, and in 1937 led the team to its first title since 1926. After Fred Perry, the reigning king of amateur tennis, turned pro in 1937, Budge began his domination of the all-important Grand Slam tournaments, which at the time were open only to amateur players. (Journalists began using the card-playing term “Grand Slam” to describe winning all four major tennis titles in one year in the early 1930s.) Taller (at 6’ 2”) and stronger than many of his opponents, Budge was the “big man” of tennis at the time, and became the first player to use his backhand as an offensive weapon. In 1937, he won Wimbledon and the U.S. championships; he repeated the same feat in 1938, adding the Australian and French titles to clinch the first-ever Grand Slam. After a total of 14 Grand Slam titles (six in singles, four in doubles and four in mixed doubles), Budge turned pro in 1938. He amassed a winning record before enlisting in the Army Air Force in 1942, when an injury to his right shoulder during training hurt his future play. Maureen Connolly – 1953 A native of San Diego, Connolly began playing tennis at the age of 10, and by 15 had won more than 50 tournaments. In 1951, she won her first U.S. Open championship, at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, just before her 17th birthday. The press dubbed Connolly “Little Mo,” a reference to the World War II battleship USS Missouri, which was known as “Big Mo.” After winning Wimbledon and a second U.S. title in 1952, she hired Australian Davis Cup captain Harry Hopman as a coach, and benefited from his emphasis on physical fitness. In 1953, Connolly made her only trip to the Australian Open, which at the time (when amateur players didn’t earn any money) attracted fewer players; she defeated Julie Sampson Haywood, a fellow Californian, in the final, then went on to beat Doris Hart of Missouri in the finals of the French, Wimbledon and U.S. championships, becoming the first woman to win a Grand Slam. In 1954, the 19-year-old Connolly was riding her horse back in San Diego when they crashed into a cement-mixing truck, crushing her right leg. From 1951 until her accident, Connolly had played in nine Grand Slam singles tournaments and won all nine, with a 50-0 record. Though she hoped to resume her tennis career after her recovery, the injury was more serious than originally thought and she announced her retirement in 1955. After marrying Norman Brinker, she had two children and worked as a tennis instructor; she died of cancer in 1969, at the age of 34. Rod Laver – 1962 and 1969 Laver, the son of two lawn tennis players, grew up playing in the Australian outback before attracting the attention of Harry Hopman, captain of Australia’s Davis Cup team. He scored his first Grand Slam tournament wins in doubles (Australia) and mixed doubles (Wimbledon) in 1959, and triumphed in singles for the first time in Australia the following year. In addition to winning his first Grand Slam in 1962, he racked up a string of additional titles, including the German and Italian champ |
The Raspberry, Blueberry and Dewberry all belong to which family of plants? | Gooseberry & Currant and Barberry Grape Family (Vitaceae) Grapes are one of the oldest cultivated plants. They are classified as true berries because the fruit wall or pericarp is fleshy all the way through. The cultivation of grapes dates back more than 5,000 years in Egypt, and they were highly developed by the Greeks and Romans. Today there are nearly 200 cultivated varieties. Modern cultivars have all been derived from two main species, the European (Mediterranean) Vitis vinifera (a tight-skin grape with wine-like flavor) and the North American V. labrusca (a slip-skin grape with Concord-type flavor). In the European tight-skins, which are used for wines, the skin does not separate readily from the pulp. North American slip-skin grapes are generally more hardy than the European. The fruit is round with a more watery flesh and a thin skin that slips off very easily. The North American V. labrusca is also called the fox grape and is the source of the famous cultivar discovered in Concord, Massachusetts. Concord grapes are the most important American grape for juices, jellies and preserves. They are also used for certain wines. Some of the best wines and popular eating grapes, such as 'Thompson Seedless' and 'Red Seedless' are cultivars of V. vinifera. Sterile, triploid cultivars have been developed that do not produce seeds because of synaptic failure during Meiosis I resulting in non-viable gametes. Several varieties of grapes are dried and used for raisins. The best raisin grapes are selected for flavor, reduced stickiness and soft texture. In the United States, most raisins are produced in California's Central Valley. Concord grapes are used for jellies, jams and juices. Jellies are made from fruit juice, pectin and sugar. Jams contain the actual crushed fruit. The fermentation of grapes is brought about through the action of wild yeasts which are present on the skins of the fruit (whitish powder). The maximum alcoholic content of natural wines is about 12 to 16% (24 to 32 proof). Higher alcoholic content will kill the yeast cells. Brandy is made from distilled wines and has a much higher alcoholic content (up to 140 proof). Red wines are made from grapes with colored skins (with anthocyanin), while white wines are made from white grapes (or red grapes with skins removed). In dry wines the sugar is almost completely fermented. In sweet wines fermentation is stopped before all the sugar is converted. Viticulture (the cultivation of grapes) and enology (the study of wine making) are enormous topics beyond the scope of this section of WAYNE'S WORD. They are discussed in more detail in the required textbook for Plants and People ( Botany 115 ). Two popular varieties of seedless grapes in California: 'Thompson Seedless' (left) and delicious 'Red Flame' (right). Grapes are considered a true berry because the entire pericarp (fruit wall) is fleshy. Grape Vineyard in California's Wine Country of Napa Valley A native California wild grape (Vitis girdiana) that grows in canyon bottoms and along streams in southern California. This species often forms massive vines that drape over large trees such as coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia). It intergrades with the very similar V. californica of central and northern California. Unlike the tight-skin V. vinifera of Europe, this is a slip-skin grape in which the skin readily slips off of the juicy, seed-bearing pulp (see arrow). For years it has been known that people in France who consume red wines on a regular basis have a reduced risk of coronary heart disease compared with the United States. This data is paradoxical considering that the French also consume a lot of fatty foods, such as pastries. A phenolic compound in the grape skins called resveratrol was discovered that seems to inhibit the plaque build-up or clogging of arteries (atherosclerosis) by increasing the level of high density lipoproteins (HDLs) in the blood. Beneficial HDLs carry cholesterol away from the arteries so that it doesn't form plaque deposits in the arterial walls. Resver |
Coimbra is the oldest university in which European country? | Coimbra University | Universidade de Coimbra | Coimbra Portugal’s Oldest and Largest University: Coimbra University, Coimbra.. There’s a buzz about Coimbra University today. We arrive on its orientation day and there’s a sense of excitement as new students come to check out their new campus, attend inductions and to get some tips from senior students. Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra University) is Portugal’s oldest and largest university with a student population of 20,000. It is also a very cosmopolitan university with one of the largest community of international students. The students are all very formally dressed in black suits and tie on orientation day and the odd person or two that we see in jeans and tracks shoes are the tourists. On a very hot afternoon, the first thing we notice is the long black capes that students wear – even in the sweltering summer heat. And, if you’ve been to Porto and the House of Sandeman, you’ll recognize that this black cape is the inspiration behind the very successful House of Sandeman trademark . Sewn inside the cape, you’ll see badges of universities that the student has attended. The European Union (EU) subsidizes students to study for six months in different EU universities. This is a fantastic practice as it broadens the students’ perspective of other European countries and gives students cross-cultural experiences which may help in their working lives down the track. Coimbra University itself takes in a lot of EU students and at any time up to 5% of the student population may be EU intakes. Coimbra University Black Cape You get a sense that the students at Coimbra are very proud of their University. They are also very obliging when asked to pose for photographs. We’ve come here today specially to see its magnificent Biblioteca Joanina , which is the subject of another post. History of Coimbra University The Universidade de Coimbra, founded by King Dinis on 1st of March 1290 in Lisbon, is one of the world’s oldest universities and the pride of Coimbra. The University shifted locations between Lisbon and Coimbra until 1537, when with a new curriculum and teaching staff, the University was finally settled here in the Alcaçova Palace, by order of King João III. Another major educational reform took place under the auspices of the Marquis of Pombal between 1772 and 1777. Prior to the time of the Marquis, all rectors of the University were monks and most of the studies were in the areas of theology, medicine and law. The Marquis expelled the Jesuits and appointed a layman to head the University and the curriculum was broadened. Mathematics and Philisophy were added to the Arts, Civil law, Canon Law, Medicine and Theology Faculties that were already in existence. Architecturally, the campus which sits at the top of Alcaçova hill, underwent its most important transformations in the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s, with the building of the present installations of the Faculty of Letters, the General Library and the University Archive, and the Faculties of Medicine and of Sciences and Technology. The University currently consists of eight faculties – Letters, Law, Medicine, Sciences and Technology, Pharmacy, Economics, Psychology & Education and Sports Sciences & Physical Education. |
Luguvalium was the Roman name for which North Western English city? | Pastscape - Detailed Result: LUGUVALIUM ROMAN FORT LUGUVALIUM ROMAN FORT DESCRIPTION + / - The site of the Roman fort at Carlisle. Dendrochronology indicates the south defences were constructed in the autumn/winter of AD 72-3. It covered approximately 3.2 hectares, considerably larger than previously thought, and contained many timber buildings. Dendrochronological dating indicates reconstruction of the fort within its defensive perimeter occurred within the autumn/winter of AD 83-4. The fort was demolished in circa AD 103-5, and then rebuilt in timber. The fort was not abandoned following the construction of Hadrian's Wall, but at some point during Hadrian's reign a marked change in occupation occurred, with widespread internal re-planning. This is in all likelihood due to the construction of the fort at Stanwix less than 1km to the north, and the fort at Carlisle subsequently became less of a major military base. The fort was demolished around the middle of the second century, perhaps as a consequence of the Antonine reoccupation of southern Scotland. Widespread silting in the second half the second century is suggestive of abandonment of the fort. A building was erected in the south-east quadrant sometime after AD 165, and was associated with a road. Timber buildings were also present. At some time in the early third century the fort was rebuilt in stone in a conventional form. Few structural changes were made before the fourth century when some remodelling occurred. Occupation continued well into the fifth century. The levelled remains of the fort were covered by 'dark earth', although many walls were probably upstanding for many centuries, and were probably only robbed to ground level in the medieval period. MORE INFORMATION & SOURCES + / - (Centred NY 397561 - sited from plan, Authority 2). The first clear evidence for Roman military occupation of Carlisle came in 1892, when parts of a turf and timber platform, thought to represent an Agricolan fort, were discovered under Tullie House (4). The platform is the base of a building 40 feet wide from north to south, and the known length, not the full length, 220 feet east to west. (See illustration card) (1). The exact position and limits of the fort are uncertain, but it seems probable from its scale and nature that it was a large fort, restricted by natural limitations up to circa 8 acres, and therefore possibly legionary. The platform has been generally accepted as the base of the northern rampart of a fort, but excavations to the north of this site in Annetwell Street in 1978 located a double portal entrance flanked by projecting towers, recessed into a turf and timber rampart discovered in 1973. (See illustration card). This gateway is now thought to be the southern gateway of the timber fort which extended over the area now occupied by the castle (see NY 35 NE 1.1), and not the Cathedral (see NY 35 NE 45) as previously thought (3). The fort is of 2 phases. Evidence of the earliest occupation was found during excavations in 1954-6, when 2 pre-Hadrianic levels were discovered. The lowest level is Flavian, and is thought to represent the Agricolan bridgehead fort stage built as the western terminus of the Stonegate (RR 85), and as protection for crossing the River Eden. The second phase is attributed to a Trajanic reconstruction after demolition circa AD 100 (5). As a result of excavations at Tullie House in 1954 and 1955 it is now known that the early military site was re-planned for civilian use. The 1st century fort was evacuated by the army early in the 2nd century, possibly on the establishment of the wall fort at Stanvix. (6) (1-8) Finds from the fort site in Annetwell Street include wooden remains of ink writing tablets, a fragment of an unstratified red sandstone altar, measuring 0.40m by 0.36m, a fragment of a red sandstone sculptured relief, measuring 0.12m by 0.15m by 0.09m and two carved heads, interpreted as Genii, depicting figures wearing mural crowns. (See illustration card). (9-11) Illustration. (13) Additional information from recent ex |
Which actor portrayed the fictional detective Columbo on screen? | Peter Falk, ‘Columbo’ Actor, Dies at 83 - The New York Times The New York Times Television |Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor in Television’s ‘Columbo,’ Dies at 83 Search Photo Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo. Credit Sleuth Peter Falk , who marshaled actorly tics, prop room appurtenances and his own physical idiosyncrasies to personify Columbo, one of the most famous and beloved fictional detectives in television history, died on Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 83. His death was announced in a statement from Larry Larson, a longtime friend and the lawyer for Mr. Falk’s wife, Shera. He had been treated for Alzheimer’s disease in recent years. Mr. Falk had a wide-ranging career in comedy and drama, in the movies and onstage, before and during the three and a half decades in which he portrayed the unkempt but canny lead on “ Columbo .” He was nominated for two Oscars; appeared in original stage productions of works by Paddy Chayefsky, Neil Simon and Arthur Miller; worked with the directors Frank Capra, John Cassavetes, Blake Edwards and Mike Nichols; and co-starred with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Bette Davis and Jason Robards. But Mr. Falk’s prime-time popularity, like that of his contemporary Telly Savalas, of “Kojak” fame, was founded on a single role. Continue reading the main story A lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department, Columbo was a comic variation on the traditional fictional detective. With the keen mind of Sherlock Holmes and Philip Marlowe, he was cast in the mold of neither — not a gentleman scholar, not a tough guy. He was instead a mass of quirks and peculiarities, a seemingly distracted figure in a rumpled raincoat, perpetually patting his pockets for a light for his signature stogie. Advertisement Continue reading the main story He drove a battered Peugeot, was unfailingly polite, was sometimes accompanied by a basset hound named Dog, and was constantly referring to the wisdom of his wife (who was never seen on screen) and a variety of relatives and acquaintances who were identified in Homeric-epithet-like shorthand — an uncle who played the bagpipes with the Shriners, say, or a nephew majoring in dermatology at U.C.L.A. — and who were called to mind by the circumstances of the crime at hand. It was a low-rent affect that was especially irksome to the high-society murderers he outwitted in episode after episode. In the detective-story niche where Columbo lived, whodunit was hardly the point; the murder was committed and the murderer revealed in the show’s opening minutes. How it was done was paramount. Typically, Columbo would string his suspects along, flattering them, apologizing profusely for continuing to trouble them with questions, appearing to have bought their alibis and, just before making an exit, nailing them with a final, damning query that he unfailingly introduced with the innocent-sounding phrase, “Just one more thing ....” It was the signal to viewers that the jig was up. It was also the title of Mr. Falk’s anecdotal memoir, published in 2006, in which he summarized the appeal of the show. “What are you hanging around for?” he wrote, referring to the viewer. “Just one thing. You want to know how he gets caught.” Mr. Falk had a glass eye, resulting from an operation to remove a cancerous tumor when he was 3. The prosthesis gave all his characters a peculiar, almost quizzical squint. And he had a mild speech impediment that gave his L’s a breathy quality, a sound that emanated from the back of his throat and that seemed especially emphatic whenever, in character, he introduced himself as Lieutenant Columbo. Such a deep well of eccentricity made Columbo amusing as well as incisive, not to mention a progenitor of later characters like Tony Shalhoub’s Monk, and it made him a representative Everyman too. Off and on from 1968 to 2003, Mr. Falk played the character numerous times, often in the format of a 90-minute or 2-hour television movie. Each time Columbo, the ordinary man as hero, brought low a greedy and murderous privileged denizen of Beverly Hills, M |
On this day in 1865, which murderous actor was shot dead by Boston Corbett, a Union soldier in Port Royal, Virginia U.S.A.? | The American Scholar: The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln - Ernest B. Furgurson The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln The hatter Boston Corbett was celebrated as a hero for killing John Wilkes Booth. Fame and fortune did not follow, but madness did. By Ernest B. Furgurson March 1, 2009 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb; and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men; and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. —Matthew 19:12 One morning in September 1878, a tired traveler, five feet four inches tall, with a wispy beard, arrived at the office of the daily Pittsburgh Leader. His vest and coat were a faded purple, and his previously black pants were gray with age and wear. As he stepped inside, he lifted a once fashionable silk hat to disclose brown hair parted down the middle like a woman’s. Despite the mileage that showed in his face and clothes, he was well kept, and spoke with clarity. He handed the editor a note from an agent at the Pittsburgh rail depot, which said: “This will introduce to you Mr. Boston Corbett, of Camden, N.J., the avenger of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Corbett is rather bashful, but at my solicitation he concluded to call on the Leader editor as an old soldier.” The newspaperman realized that this was no joke. He remembered the photographs of this man, spread across the North after he shot the assassin John Wilkes Booth 13 years earlier, in April 1865. He invited him to sit and talk. Corbett told him that he was homeless, almost penniless, and headed to Kansas to stake a claim. The railroad agent had suggested that he come to the newspaper to tell his story, on the chance that someone would help him on his way. Asked what had happened since he entered history by shooting Booth that early morning in Virginia, Corbett said that despite his fame, he had nothing. The photographer Mathew Brady had taken his portrait, and published it by the thousands, but all the hero got in return was a few copies. He had worked at his trade of hat finisher in New York, then lived in Camden while employed in Philadelphia. He showed the editor his credentials as a guard at the great Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Now his luck had run out. He lost his job in Philadelphia and could not find work, so decided to head for wide-open Kansas, determined to get there if he had to walk. So far he had paid $4.21 for rail fare, but had come on foot much of the way to Pittsburgh. That morning he had sought out the local manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, without success. He was going back that afternoon. The editor of the Leader did not say how long they talked, or record how much Corbett told him about his earlier life. But Corbett was always willing to tell how he got his name: Born in London in 1832, he came to America with his family when he was seven. They settled in Troy, New York, where he learned the hat trade, soon becoming a journeyman and taking his skills to other cities around the East. The beaver hats then so much in style were made of animal furs matted and repeatedly washed in a solution containing mercury nitrate, a process called carroting because it turned the fur a distinct shade of orange. Hat finishers like Corbett labored in close quarters, inhaling vapors laden with mercury. A year after he married, his young wife died with their stillborn daughter. He was despondent, and began wandering, working by day and drinking by night. Adrift in Boston, he underwent a born-again experience inspired by a Salvation Army evangelist. He felt a calling. It shook his life so profoundly that he decided to change his name to honor the place where he first saw the light, as Christ had changed the names of Saul and Simon when he called them. Since then Corbett’s first name had been not Thomas, but Boston. There was much more to his story: In Boston, he let his hair grow long in imitation of Jesus, became a street-corner preacher, and harangued his fellow workers |
For which formula one team was Michael Schumacher driving when he first won the drivers’ championship? | Michael Schumacher - 1994, 1995, 2000-2004 Michael Schumacher Share Since the Formula One World Drivers' Championship began in 1950 the title has been won by 32 different drivers, 15 of whom won more than one championship. Of the multiple champions the most prolific was Juan Manuel Fangio, whose record of five titles stood for five decades until it was eclipsed by the most successful driver in the sport's history. Seven times a champion, Michael Schumacher also holds nearly every scoring record in the book by a considerable margin. Though his ethics were sometimes questioned, as was his decision to make a comeback after retiring, his sheer dominance when in his prime is beyond doubt... Next Previous Enlarge 1 / 7 Spa, August 1991: Michael Schumacher made his Formula One debut with Jordan at the Belgian Grand Prix. He qualified a sensational seventh, but then went out on lap one with clutch failure. © Sutton © No reproduction without permission. Adelaide, November 1991: After one race with Jordan Michael Schumacher switched to Benetton. He scored points with them on his first appearance. At the Australian Grand Prix he retired after colliding with his team mate. © Schlegelmilch © No reproduction without permission. Montreal, June 1994: After winning the opening four rounds of the season, Michael Schumacher then took his fifth victory in six races at the Canadian Grand Prix at the wheel of the Benetton B194. © Sutton © No reproduction without permission. Adelaide, November 1994: Michael Schumacher before he controversially collided with championship rival Damon Hill at the season ending Australian Grand Prix. Both drivers retired, handing Schumacher his first world title. © Sutton © No reproduction without permission. Monza, September 1995: Michael Schumacher is restrained by a marshal as he remonstrates with Damon Hill after the Englishman took them both out of the Italian Grand Prix. Hill subsequently received a suspended one-race ban. © Sutton © No reproduction without permission. Adelaide, November 1995: Michael Schumacher crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix on lap 26. It was of little consequence as he had wrapped up his second world championship two races earlier. © Sutton © No reproduction without permission. Monte Carlo, May 1996: Michael Schumacher moved to Ferrari as reigning champion. After starting on pole he would retire from the Monaco Grand Prix. However, his first victory for the team came at the next round in Spain. © Sutton © No reproduction without permission. Info Close The most extraordinary driver's origins were most ordinary. He was born on 3 January, 1969, near Cologne, Germany, six years before his brother Ralf, who would also become a Formula One driver of note. Their father, a bricklayer, ran the local kart track, at Kerpen, where Mrs Schumacher operated the canteen. As a four-year old Michael enjoyed playing on a pedal kart, though when his father fitted it with a small motorcycle engine the future superstar promptly crashed into a lamppost. But Michael quickly mastered his machine and won his first kart championship at six, following which his far from affluent parents arranged sponsorship from wealthy enthusiasts that enabled Michael to make rapid progress. By 1987 he was German and European kart champion and had left school to work as an apprentice car mechanic, a job that was soon replaced by full-time employment as a race driver. In 1990 he won the German F3 championship and was hired by Mercedes to drive sportscars. The next year he made a stunning Formula One debut, qualifying an astonishing seventh in a Jordan for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, whereupon he was immediately snapped up by Benetton, with whom in 1992 he won his first F1 race, again at Spa, among the most demanding circuits of them all. Over the next four seasons with Benetton he won a further 18 races and two world championships. His first, in 1994, was somewhat tainted in that Benetton was suspected of technical irregularities and in their championship showdown race in Adelaide Schumacher collided (deliberatel |
In which ocean are the Seychelles located? | Seychelles Map / Geography of Seychelles / Map of Seychelles - Worldatlas.com The Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands located in the Indian Ocean , northeast of Madagascar . Pre- European colonization the islands were known by Arab navigators on trading voyages, but were never inhabited. Eventually Seychelles was settled by France in the 18th century, but it wasn't long before the British fought for control. A lengthy struggle between France and Great Britain for the islands ended in 1814, when they were ceded to the latter. Although the new governor to the islands was British , he governed according to French rules, and allowed previous French customs to remain intact. Slavery was completely abolished in 1835, and the island nation subsequently began to decline as exportation decreased. The anti-slavery stance was taken very seriously by the British government, and conditions started improving when it was realized that coconuts could be grown with less labour. In the late 19th century, Seychelles became a place to exile troublesome political prisoners, most notably from Zanzibar, Egypt , Cyprus and Palestine . Independence for the islands came in 1976, after the Seychelles People's United Party was formed and led by France-Albert Rene, campaigning for socialism and freedom from Britain . Socialism was brought to a close with a new constitution and free elections in 1993. President France-Albert Rene, who had served since 1977, was re-elected in 2001, but stepped down in 2004. Vice President James Michel took over the presidency and in July 2006 was elected to a new five-year term. Upon independence in 1976, economic growth has steadily increased, led by the tourism sector and tuna fishing. In the past few years, the government has also created incentives for foreign investments. Per capita, Seychelles is the most indebted country in the world and currently had a population of 90,024. See Also |
Nutria is the name given to the fur of which semi aquatic rodent? | Biology - Nutria.com The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with the responsibility of managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. Biology Species: coypus The nutria, Myocastor coypus, is a large semi-aquatic rodent. The generic name is derived from two Greek words (mys, for mouse, and kastor, for beaver) that translate as mouse beaver. The specific name coypus is the Latinized form of coypu, a name in the language of the Araucanian Indians of south-central Chile and adjacent parts of Argentina for an aquatic mammal that was possibly this species. In most of the world the animal is called coypu, but in North America the animal is called nutria. In the rest of the world, nutria is the name of the fur of the animal. Nutria are smaller than a beaver but larger than a muskrat; unlike beavers or muskrats, however, it has a round, slightly haired tail. The forelegs are small compared with its body size. The forepaws, have five toes; four are clawed and the fifth is reduced in size. The digits are used to groom and to excavate roots, rhizomes, and burrows, and are used in feeding. The hindfoot consists of four webbed, strongly clawed toes and one unwebbed toe. The hind legs are large compared with the forelegs; consequently, when moving on land, the nutria's chest drags on the ground and its back appears hunched. Although appearing awkward, the nutria is capable of fast overland travel for considerable distances. The ears are small and the eyes are set high on the head. The nose and mouth are valvular (i.e., can be closed to prevent entry of water), and nutria are capable of swimming long distances underwater. When pursed while underwater, nutria can see and will take evasive action to avoid capture. Males are slightly larger then females. Nutria weigh an average of 12.0 pounds (5.4 kg). Females have four pairs of mammary glands that are located on the side of the body, rather than on the belly. Presumably, this positioning of the mammary glands allow the young to nurse with their nose above the water's surface while the mother is floating. Nutria breed year round and are extremely prolific. Males reach sexual maturity between 4 and 9 months, whereas, females reach sexual maturity between 3 and 9 months. Sexual maturity may vary with habitat quality. With a gestation period of only 130 days, in one year, an adult nutria can produce two litters and be pregnant for a third. The number of young in a litter ranges from 1-13 with an average of 4.5 young. Females can breed within a day of having a litter. Litter size can vary with age of female, habitat quality and time of year. The young nutria at birth are fully furred and the eyes are open. Newborn nutria feed on vegetation within hours and will nurse for 7-8 weeks. Nutria are well adapted for movement on land, however, are more at home in the water. In the coastal marshes they are often seen moving about leisurely in the daytime, but their period of greatest feeding activity is just prior to sunrise and after sunset. Nutria are strict vegetarians, consuming their food both on land and water, where they shove aquatic plants to their mouths with their forepaws. These animals consume approximately 25 percent of their weight daily. Nutria predominately feed on the base of plant stems and dig for roots and rhizomes in the winter. They often construct circular platforms of compacted, coarse emergent vegetation, which they use for feeding, birthing, resting and grooming. Nutria may also construct burrows in levees, dikes and embankments. (Images below: Lowery 1974; Kinler, Linscombe, Ramsey 1987; Genesis Laboratories, Inc., 2002) Right-click on a photo to save to your computer. |
Which South American country is nicknamed The Land of Grace? | Venezuela Facts on Largest Cities, Populations, Symbols - Worldatlas.com Ethnicity: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people GDP total: $402.1 billion (2012) GDP per capita: $13,200 (2012) Language: Spanish (official), indeginous dialects Largest Cities: (by population) Maracaibo, Caracas, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Ciudad Guyana, Petara, Maracay, Ciudad Bolivar Name: Upon seeing Venezuela, Christopher Columbus remarked that is must be paradise. He nicknamed the region Land of Grace. On a later expedition, Amerigo Vespucci said that the land reminded him of his home city Venice, Italy. He named the region "Venezuela" meaning "little Venice" in Italian. Some scholars believe that the original name may have come from an indigenous people who called themselves the "Veneciuela". National Day: July 5 Religion: Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% |
In which year was the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 launched? | Sputnik NASA Main Page Multimedia Interactive Feature on 50th Anniversary of the Space Age Sputnik and The Dawn of the Space Age History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. The story begins in 1952, when the International Council of Scientific Unions decided to establish July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958, as the International Geophysical Year (IGY) because the scientists knew that the cycles of solar activity would be at a high point then. In October 1954, the council adopted a resolution calling for artificial satellites to be launched during the IGY to map the Earth's surface. In July 1955, the White House announced plans to launch an Earth-orbiting satellite for the IGY and solicited proposals from various Government research agencies to undertake development. In September 1955, the Naval Research Laboratory's Vanguard proposal was chosen to represent the U.S. during the IGY. The Sputnik launch changed everything. As a technical achievement, Sputnik caught the world's attention and the American public off-guard. Its size was more impressive than Vanguard's intended 3.5-pound payload. In addition, the public feared that the Soviets' ability to launch satellites also translated into the capability to launch ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons from Europe to the U.S. Then the Soviets struck again; on November 3, Sputnik II was launched, carrying a much heavier payload, including a dog named Laika. Immediately after the Sputnik I launch in October, the U.S. Defense Department responded to the political furor by approving funding for another U.S. satellite project. As a simultaneous alternative to Vanguard, Wernher von Braun and his Army Redstone Arsenal team began work on the Explorer project. On January 31, 1958, the tide changed, when the United States successfully launched Explorer I. This satellite carried a small scientific payload that eventually discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth, named after principal investigator James Van Allen. The Explorer program continued as a successful ongoing series of lightweight, scientifically useful spacecraft. The Sputnik launch also led directly to the creation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In July 1958, Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act (commonly called the "Space Act") , which created NASA as of October 1, 1958 from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and other government agencies. Updated October 10, 2007 |
What word is given to the figure of speech in which an unpleasant or offensive term is described by another milder term? | FIGURE OF SPEECH Flashcards - Cram.com HYPERBOLE Definition: Hyperbole, derived from Greek word meaning “OVER-CASTING” is a figure of speech, which involves an EXAGGERATION OF IDEAS FOR THE SAKE OF EMPHASIS. It is a device that we employ in our day-to-day speech. For instance, when you meet a friend after a long time, you say, “Ages have passed since I first saw you”. You may not have met him for three or four hours or a day, but the use of the word “ages” exaggerates this statement to add emphasis to your wait. Therefore, a hyperbole is an UNREAL EXAGGERATION to emphasize the real situation. HYPERBOLE My grandmother is as old as a hill. Your suitcase weighs a ton! She is as heavy as an elephant! I am dying of shame. I am trying to solve a million issues these days. It is important not to confuse hyperbole with simile and metaphor. It does make a comparison but unlike simile and metaphor, hyperbole has a humorous effect created by an overstatement HYPERBOLE Examples of Hyperbole from Literature In American folk lore, Paul Bunyan’s stories are full of hyperboles. In one instance, he exaggerates winter by saying: “Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before.” Freezing of the spoken words at night in winter and then warming up of the words in the warmth of the sun during the day is an example of hyperbole that has been effectively used by Paul Bunyan in this short excerpt. HYPERBOLE Examples of Hyperbole from Literature From William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, Act II, Scene II. “Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No. This my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.” Macbeth, the tragic hero, feels the unbearable prick of his conscience after killing the king. He regrets his sin and believes that even the oceans of the greatest magnitude cannot wash blood of the king off his hands. We can notice the use of hyperbole in the given lines as how effective it is. HYPERBOLE Examples of Hyperbole from Literature From W.H Auden’s poem “As I Walked One Evening”, I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street, I’ll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry The use of hyperbole can be noticed in the above lines. The meeting of China and Africa, the jumping of the river over the mountain, singing if salmon in the street, and the ocean being folded and hung up to be dried are exaggerations not possible in real life. HYPERBOLE Examples of Hyperbole from Literature From “The Adventures of Pinocchio” written by C. Colloid, “He cried all night, and dawn found him still there, though his tears had dried and only hard, dry sobs shook his wooden frame. But these were so loud that they could be heard by the faraway hills…” The crying of Pinocchio all night until his tears became dry is an example of Hyperbole. HYPERBOLE Examples of Hyperbole from Literature From Joseph Conrad’s novel “The Heart of Darkness”, “I had to wait in the station for ten days-an eternity.” The wait of ten days seemed as if it lasted forever and never ended. HYPERBOLE In our daily conversation, we use hyperbole to emphasize for an AMUSING EFFECT. However, in literature it has very serious implications. By using hyperbole, a writer or a poet makes COMMON HUMAN FEELINGS remarkable and intense to such an extent that they do not remain ordinary. IN LITERATURE, usage of hyperbole DEVELOPS CONTRASTS. When one thing is described with an over-statement and the other thing is presented normally, a STRIKING CONTRAST is developed. This technique is employed to catch reader’s attention. LITOTES Definition: Litotes, derived from a Greek word meaning “SIMPLE”, is a figure of speech which EMPLOYS AN UNDERSTATEMENT BY USING DOUBLE NEGATIVES or, in other words, POSITIVE STATEME |
Which New Zealand Rugby player also has a professional boxing record of 7 wins 0 losses and 3 knockouts as a heavyweight professional boxer? | sonny bill williams : definition of sonny bill williams and synonyms of sonny bill williams (English) (30) correct as of 30 July 2012. Sonny William 'Sonny Bill' Williams (born 3 August 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player, heavyweight boxer and former rugby league player. He is only the second person to represent New Zealand in rugby union after first playing for the country in rugby league. In rugby union he usually plays as a centre . He is particularly known in rugby league and rugby union for his ability to offload the ball in the tackle and, in rugby league, for his shoulder charges . [5] [6] [7] He started his professional rugby league career with the Canterbury Bulldogs in the Australian NRL . In 2008 he controversially left the Bulldogs mid-season to play rugby union with French club Toulon . In 2010 Williams signed with the New Zealand Rugby Union in an ultimately successful bid to play for the All Blacks at the 2011 Rugby World Cup . He played for Canterbury in the 2010 ITM Cup before being selected for the All Blacks' end of year tour in 2010, making his debut against England at Twickenham . He played for the Crusaders in the 2011 season of Super Rugby and plays for the Chiefs in the 2012 Super Rugby season . He was a member of the All Blacks squad that won the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Since 2009 he has boxed five times, winning all five of his heavyweight bouts. He is the current New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) Heavyweight Champion. Contents 10 External links Early life Williams was born on 3 August 1985, in Auckland , New Zealand , the son of John and Lee. [8] He is of Samoan descent on his father's side. [9] He grew up in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert and attended Owairaka Primary School, [10] Wesley Intermediate and Mount Albert Grammar School . Though his father was an accomplished rugby league player, Williams has said it was his mother who introduced him to the game. [8] Career Rugby league Williams was a Marist Saints junior [11] when he was spotted playing in Auckland by Bulldogs talent scout John Ackland . In 2002 he was offered a contract and moved to Sydney (as the youngest player to ever sign with the Bulldogs) [12] to play in the Bulldogs junior grades. [13] He advanced up the ranks quickly, becoming a starting player in the forward pack for the Bulldogs Jersey Flegg Cup side in his first year. The following year Williams cemented a starting spot in the Premier League side. In 2004 , when only 18 years old, he made his National Rugby League debut against the Parramatta Eels at Telstra Stadium . In 2004, he was selected by New Zealand after only a handful of NRL matches and on 23 April made his debut for the Kiwis as their youngest-ever Test player in the 2004 ANZAC Test against Australia . [12] Williams played 15 NRL premiership matches during the season, firmly establishing himself in the Bulldogs squad. He also experienced Premiership success in his rookie year and became the youngest person to play for the Bulldogs in a Grand Final [12] when playing off the bench in the Bulldogs' 16–13 victory over the Sydney Roosters in the 2004 NRL grand final . Williams capped off a successful debut season by receiving the International Newcomer of the Year Award and being named in Rugby League World magazine's 2004 World XIII. [14] Williams' contract was due to expire in 2005 and he reportedly received several lucrative offers to attempt to lure him away from the Bulldogs, with the largest rumoured to be about $3 million from Super League club St Helens in the UK. [15] Williams decided to stay with the Bulldogs and signed on for a further two years. St Helens chairman Eamonn McManus later said the club had not made an offer to him. [16] Williams playing for the Canterbury Bulldogs. Williams had a shortened 2005 season after sustaining a severe knee injury plus several other minor injuries. Williams only played five games through the year and he subsequently missed several internationals for New Zealand. Williams publicly expressed his frustration, stating "You've got to |
If a dress is a size 8 in the USA what size is it in the UK? | UK Dress Size Measurements for Sizes 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, & 18 44.1 Understanding UK Dress Sizes UK dress sizes can be downright confusing, the system is not standardised at all, which creates some issues. It's important to understand how UK dress sizing works and how it can affect self image. UK dress sizes are also used in Australia and New Zealand (although many New Zealand stores now give sizes as S, M, L with cm measurements available). Currently Recognised Sizes Most UK dress sizing systems start at about a size 8 and can run to a size 32. Depending on the manufacturer, a UK size 8 dress can correspond with a US size 4 or 6 . However, it is almost certain that the UK size 12 will be smaller than the American size 12, a UK size 14 dress will be smaller than an American size 14 dress and so on for each size number. Therefore, because there are no standard currently in place, you never really know exactly what the match is. If you try on the size that you expect to purchase and it's too small, that doesn't necessarily mean you've gained weight; you might just be dealing with the frustrating size discrepancy which occurs between manufacturers. UK Issues With Brand Variation The biggest frustration that UK shoppers have is the variation between sizes. Different clothing designers and manufacturers are using different measurement sets to designate a particular size. In many instances, it seems that money can buy thin. Simply put, more expensive clothing fudges the most on what size the shopper wears. A more expensive line of clothing is more likely to use a smaller size to identify a dress with larger measurements. The variation is actually quite large. For example, a dress that is labeled a size 14 can have a bust measurement anywhere from 93 to about 101.5 centimetres. The same dresses have a hip measurement ranging between 100 and 108 centimetres. The dress makers at Marks & Spencer was the most accurate, using the smallest measurements for a size 14, while Jaeger dresses were fudged the most using the largest measurements for size 14 in a recent survey. See our Brand Size Guides page for more information. Attempts At Standardisation - BS3666 BS3666 was produced in 1982, by the British Standards Institute , in an attempt to standardise British sizes for women's clothes from the smallest size 8 to the largest size 32, however without any legal requirements for retailers to use the standard, it had little effect. It has since been superseded by EN13402 which uses body dimensions in order to size clothes and was created in order to provide a common set of European clothing sizes . The standard was also quite lax giving ranges for bust measurements and hip measurements for each of the sizes as below: Size See also US Sizes or European Sizes Pressure on UK Women to be a Smaller Size There is a lot of cultural pressure for UK women to "be a smaller size". What many women may not realise, however, is that this is an illusion. The National Sizing Survey indicates that the shape of UK women's bodies have significantly shifted in the last 50 years, but our mental pictures often remain the same. The good news for UK shoppers is that the European Union is promoting a new sizing system, with actual measurements listed on the labels instead of the often-confusing UK dress sizes. This might be one step in helping women get comfortable in their own skins and throw away the often-meaningless UK dress size system. |
Which was the first musical to be penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice? | ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT — Utah Shakespeare Festival ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT By Lynnette Horner Like many musical partnerships, the collaboration of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice brought together the essential elements of musical creation: a passion for their art, astronomical talent, and enough diversity to keep things interesting. Andrew Lloyd Webber attacked his career with a single-minded vision that produced dramatic spectacles such as Cats (1981), Starlight Express (1984), and Phantom of the Opera (1986). Tim Rice, as a modern Renaissance man, has shown an amazing ability to diversify his interests. In addition to collaborating with Lloyd Webber on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), and Evita (1976), he has been a successful non-fiction writer, publisher, cricket player, pop song writer, radio show host, and collaborator with other music heavyweights such as Alan Menken, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, and Elton John, The Lion King. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s biography reads like the reincarnation of historic music geniuses. He was born into a musical family on March 22, 1948, and was raised in South Kensington, England. His father was a professor at the Royal College of Music and taught music theory and composition. His mother, also employed at the Royal College, taught piano and was a singer and violinist. At the age of three, Lloyd Webber was playing the violin; at six, he was composing music, and at nine, he was published in the magazine Music Teacher. At the age of seventeen, Lloyd Webber received the following letter from the then twenty one-year-old law student, Tim Rice: “Dearest Andrew, I’ve been told you’re looking for a “with it” writer of lyrics for your songs, and as I’ve been writing pop songs for a while and particularly enjoy writing the lyrics I wonder if you consider it worth your while meeting me. Tim Rice.” He obviously did consider it “worth his while” and thus began the collaboration of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Tim Rice was born November 10, 1944, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. He briefly studied law, then ended up working for EMI Records while Lloyd Webber was studying serious music. After their meeting in 1965, they began working on their first musical, The Likes of Us, which was never performed. After this time Rice wanted to compose pop songs, but Lloyd Webber, true to his vision, wanted to work on another musical. It was during this impasse that they were contacted by Alan Doggett, the head of music at Colt Court, a small preparatory school in West London. He commissioned them to write an end-of-term religious concert. During the next two months a twenty-minute “pop-cantata” version of Joseph and his colored coat was born. (Today Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a two hour stage spectacular.) The play made its debut on March 1, 1968, and its immediate popularity demanded repeat performances in May and November of the same year. With each performance, “Joseph” got bigger and better. An early review notes that Tim Rice sang the part of Pharaoh in several of the early performances. The success of “Joseph” led to a record deal with Decca for an album that was cut in January of 1969. Perhaps Lloyd Webber and Rice felt they had really hit on something with their Bible theme and once again raided the Good Book to write Jesus Christ Superstar which premiered in 1969. In 1975 they began another venture based on the classic tales of P. G. Wodehouse and began writing the musical Jeeves. However, Rice soon lost interest and dropped out of the project. It wasn’t long, however, before they got back together to collaborate on Evita, which premiered successfully in 1976. These two enormous talents parted ways at this time to “recharge their batteries,” as Rice said, away from each other. However, unlike many other musical collaborations, both men went on to phenomenal succ |
Dilma Rousseff has been under a political cloud recently after allegations of finance tampering have led to a clamour for her impeachment, at the time of writing (20/4) of which country is she president? | 21 July, 2014 by DhakaTribune - issuu issuu Shraban 6, 1421 Ramadan 22, 1435 Regd. No. DA 6238 Vol 2, No 111 MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014 | www.dhakatribune.com | SECOND EDITION 8 | BODIES PUT ON TRAIN FOR REBEL CITY 7 | THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON 20 pages | Price: Tk12 11 | GERMANY’S WIN AND THE ROBUST ECONOMY THEORY B1 | THREAT OF POLITICAL MOVEMENT MAKES BB CONSERVATIVE Ramadan extortion bonanza on footpaths Hawkers have to pay a total of Tk670 crore to get space and permission for business Zamila Khan and n Tazlina Mohammad Jamil Khan With the capital’s makeshift footpath-stalls seeing an extra rush of customers ahead of Eid, a large number of unscrupulous people and law enforcers are set to bag at least Tk670 crore by “selling” pavement space and extorting hawkers during the month of Ramadan. In what becomes the biggest haul of the year for them, the gangs earn up to 4.4 times more compared to what they bag during a regular month. Law enforcers also allegedly join the profitmaking frenzy during Eid by extorting the hawkers every day While the city’s rich and the elite head to luxurious shopping malls to buy high-end products, most of the lower-middle income Dhaka residents have to rely on the makeshift shops where they can buy clothing and gift items at an affordable price. As more and more people crowd the pavements ahead of Eid, getting a spot to set up shop on the footpath becomes difficult for the hawkers. To profit from the situation, around 60 groups – some of them with alleged links to the ruling party – are active in the city extorting at least Tk9 crore daily from hawkers. Although the police are supposed to prevent such illegal practices, there are widespread allegations that the law enforcers also join the profit-making fren- zy during Eid by extorting the hawkers every day. According to MA Kashem, president of Bangladesh Hawkers Association, the capital has around 2.5 lakh permanent footpath hawkers; while around 50,000 additional traders have arrived in Dhaka to do business ahead of Eid this year. Sources said each hawker has to pay at least Tk300 every day during Ramadan; on the other hand, the seasonal hawkers have to pay Tk30,000 to “buy” their pavement space and the permanent ones pay Tk10,000 to renew their “permission” to sell on the footpaths. Ahead of Eid, the gangs allegedly collect around Tk400 crore by “selling” pavement spaces, while a further Tk270 crore is also extorted by both goons and corrupt law enforcers during Ramadan from over three lakh hawkers active in the city. During the rest of the year, however, the hawkers have to pay around Tk150 crore a month in total for continuing their business on footpaths, sources said, adding that floating hawkers number around 10,000 at other times. Abul Azad, 35, a farmer from Noakhali, has been coming to Dhaka for the past three years ahead of Eid to sell jewellery. Sitting on his footpath-stall near New Market area, he told the Dhaka Tribune that he “bought” the makeshift stall for one month for Tk25,000. “The footpaths in the capital’s new market area is under control of Ali Hossain group. If anyone wants to start business on the footpath, the group sells spots according to the size,” he said. Ali Hossain, the joint convener of the New Market thana unit of Jubo League, however, denied the allegation, claiming that police middlemen were in- BRTC monitors city ticket counters to check anomaly n Abu Hayat Mahmud and Ashif Islam Shaon PAVEMENT SPACE EXTORTION BY GOONS AND LAW ENFORCERS PAVEMENT TOLL BUSINESS: FACTS REST OF THE YEAR Seasonal Hawkers Permanent Hawkers Daily Toll Monthly Collection 10,000 2.5 lakh Tk100 Tk150 crore PAVEMENT SPACES AND THEIR PRICE SIZE TYPE Boro Bhiti Chhoto Bhiti 5’x3’ 2’x3’ EXTORTION SYNDICATES AND THEIR AREAS New Market RAMADAN 50,000 2.5 lakh Tk300 Tk670 crore Joint Convener of the New Market thana unit of Jubo League Mirpur Mazar Road Publication Secretary of Dhaka Metropolitan (North) Jubo League Gausia PRICE FOR ‘FIXED’ STALLS Tk2-2.5 lakh Tk1-1.5 lakh SPACE RENTAL AND PERMISSION RENEWAL TO SELL ON PAVEMENTS Permission ren |
What is the scientific name for the study of fish? | Goldfish (Carassius auratus) - FactSheet Carassius auratus Common name: Goldfish Taxonomy: available through www.itis.gov Identification: Carassius auratus has an elongated, stocky body. Not all individuals have the well-known bright gold color. Wild populations vary in color from gold to olive green or even creamy white. It possesses a long dorsal fin with 15 to 21 rays and a hard serrate spine at the origin of the dorsal and anal fins. The lateral line is complete, with 25–31 scales in a lateral series. It can be distinguished from other Asian cyprinids by the presence of a stiff, serrate spine at the origin of the dorsal and anal fins. Asian cyprinids have a stiff, non-serrate spine at this position (Robison and Buchanan, 1988; Page and Burr, 1991). The anal fin of the male is concave, whereas on the female it is convex. It does not reach the large size attained by carp. The usual life span is 6 to 7 years, with a maximum of 30 years recorded (Robison and Buchanan, 1988). Distinguishing characteristics were provided in Wheeler (1978), Raicu et al. (1981), Trautman (1981) and Page and Burr (1991). Identification keys that include this species and photographs or illustrations are provided in most state and regional fish books (e.g., Hubbs and Lagler 1958; Becker 1983; Etnier and Starnes 1993). There has been considerable confusion concerning the taxonomic status of this species. Many authors have recognized two subspecies in its native range: C. a. auratus (the goldfish, Chinese goldfish, or Asian goldfish) from Asia, and C. a. gibelio (the Prussian carp, gibele carp, or European goldfish) from eastern Europe (Raicu et al. 1981). Others have concluded that the goldfish is a subspecies of the crucian carp Carassius carassius (i.e., C. c. auratus). More recently, it has been reported that C. auratus is a tetraploid derivative of C. carassius (references in Jenkins and Burkhead 1994). There are many mutant goldfish varieties and these exhibit a broad range of body forms and colors. Howells (1992b) reported that some exotic fish experts believe that "goldfish" typically observed in U.S. waters is actually a crucian carp x goldfish hybrid. In addition, goldfish commonly hybridizes with common carp Cyprinus carpio, giving rise to individuals that are intermediate in morphology between the two parent species. Goldfish has been widely and repeatedly stocked in the United States from many points of origin, including both Asia and Europe. As such, U.S. populations represent a complex of morphologically and taxonomically diverse forms. Size: It typically grows to 120 to 220 mm SL, with a maximum of 410 mm SL (Page and Burr, 1991). Native Range: Eastern Asia, including China and perhaps adjacent regions (Japan, Republic of Korea); also possibly parts of Europe if C. auratus gibelio is a valid subspecies and not just a feral introduction (Raicu et al. 1981). Alaska Interactive maps: Point Distribution Maps Nonindigenous Occurrences : This species has been recorded from virtually every state. Documented cases were available for Alabama (Smith-Vaniz 1968; Boschung 1992; Mettee et al. 1996); Arizona (Miller and Lowe 1967; Minckley 1973; Tilmant 1999); Arkansas (Buchanan 1973); California (Moyle et al. 1974; Moyle 1976; Smith 1982; Swift et al. 1993; Dill and Cordone 1997; Tilmant 1999; Sommer et al. 2001; Matern et al. 2002); Colorado (Ellis 1974; Wiltzius 1981; Woodling 1985; Rasmussen 1998); Connecticut (Webster 1941; Whitworth et al. 1968; Schmidt 1986; Whitworth 1996); Delaware (Lee et al. 1976; Raasch and Altemus 1991); District of Columbia (Jenkins and Burkhead 1994; Tilmant 1999); Florida (Courtenay et al. 1974; Shafland 1976; Hill and Cichra 2005); Georgia (Ramsey 1965; Dahlberg and Scott 1971a, 1971b; Walters 1997); Hawaii (Cobb 1902; Jordan and Evermann 1902, 1905; Brock 1960; Maciolek 1984; Devick 1991; Mundy 2005); Idaho (Linder 1963; Simpson and Wallace 1978; Idaho Fish and Game 1990); Illinois (O'Donnell 1935; Smith 1979; Burr and Page 1986; Burr et al. 1996; Laird and Page 1996; Schmidt 1997; Illinois Natural History Sur |
Meteorologically speaking, what is a haboob? | News - Dust up between Texans and Weather Service over haboob - The Weather Network You may be suprised with what is called a haboob. Dust up between Texans and Weather Service over haboob Don't miss Search by city or zip code Caroline Floyd Meteorologist Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 12:16 - What's in a name? Well, a lot to be angry about, apparently, for some Texans. The National Weather Service in Lubbock , Texas, found this out the hard way on Sunday as they warned of an approaching haboob - a type of intense dust storm - and were blasted by residents protesting the use of the term, which has Arabic roots. The Washington Post quoted several posts from the Lubbock office's Facebook page - seemingly since deleted - that captured the "outrage" of confused Texans: Haboob!?! I’m a Texan. Not a foreigner from Iraq or Afghanistan. They might have haboobs but around here in the Panhandle of TEXAS, we have Dust Storms. So would you mind stating it that way. I’ll find another weather service - John Fullbright In Texas, nimrod, this is called a sandstorm. We’ve had them for years! If you would like to move to the Middle East you can call this a haboob. While you reside here, call it a sandstorm. We Texans will appreciate you. - Brenda Daffern This isn't even the first time West Texas has risen up against the haboob; in 2014 a meteorologist for Lubbock channel KCBD experienced a similar outcry when he posted a warning on the channel's Facebook page. But is it true, as Facebook user Katie Smith suggests, that the term has only been in use "the last 8 years"? Well, in a word, no. Haboob approaching Spearman, Texas, in April 1935. They're not wrong about the origins, at least. As with a plethora of meteorological terms, haboob has roots in a language other than English. In this case, it stems from the Arabic word habb, which means wind. The word haboob is believed to have been coined in the 1920s in Sudan, where the northern and central portions of the country average about 24 such storms per year. An article published in a 1972 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society made the definitive argument for the North American haboob in a survey of a 1971 storm in Phoenix, Arizona. If all haboobs are duststorms, are all duststorms haboobs? While the distinction may not matter to some, meteorologically-speaking there is a difference. The driving force behind a haboob is typically an atmospheric gravity or density wave, which gives the cloud its signature wall-of-dust shape. The cold burst of air that makes up a thunderstorm outflow is a frequent culprit, but haboobs can also form along other atmospheric boundaries like fronts and drylines. The dust wall can be 3280 feet high or higher, and 62 miles wide, travelling up to 62 mph. The phenomena can last for several hours, and dump significant quantities of dust and dirt over an area, though once the leading edge of the haboob passes over a location, visibility quickly improves. At 6:15pm, an outflow boundary is racing south while storms continue north of the boundary. #txwx pic.twitter.com/EFjynO1x6c — NWS Lubbock (@NWSLubbock) May 29, 2016 A traditional 'duststorm' tends to refer to an episode of reduced visibility over an extensive area as dust and dirt are whipped up by strong winds. Poor visibility and strong winds persist throughout the duration of the storm. It stands to reason that meteorology is chock-full of terms that originate in different parts of the world; weather is happening everywhere, after all. Spanish gives us hurricane, tornado, and derecho, along with El Niño and La Niña. A Chinook wind - named after the Chinookan peoples of the U.S. Pacific Northwest - is the North American name for a foehn wind; that one's German. Cloud names are a who's who of Latin words; when your cumulonimbus has mammatus, it's time to watch out. |
The French white wine Sancerre is made from which grape? | Sancerre | French Wine appellation Sitemap The Sancerre wine appellation lies in the beautiful Loire Valley in France just two hours south of Paris on the so-called �Left Bank� of the Loire. (The French ascribe left and right characteristics to rivers when you face the direction of the river flowing to the sea.) The appellation is to the east of the sprawling city of Bourges and overlooks the Loire River as it finishes its northward exploration and suddenly turns west to head towards the Atlantic near the city of Nantes. The appellation is centered on the picturesque hill-top village of the same name that has been an important regional centre since Roman times. It is a magical town � we always get a buzz as we approach the area and see the Sancerre village thrusting up from the surrounding river plains. It is rightly famous for the thrilling Sauvignon Blanc wines that are produced here. It is here that the grape reaches its ultimate expression. However it is not only the famous white wines that are produced here. Sancerre is also home to some remarkable red wines crafted from the Pinot Noir grape and some beautiful, savoury ros� wines. The Sancerre appellation is unusual in France in that only two grape varieties are permitted for three wine types. Most appellation have many more permitted types (for example Chateauneuf-du-Pape with officially thirteen � which is really fifteen when you count the white Grenache and white Picpoul which are permitted but not counted � and nearby Burgundy allowing over a dozen different grape varieties ranging from Sauvignon Gris and Blanc to Gamay, Pinot Noir and Melon de Bourgogne as well as the rare Le C�sar). The appellation was originally established on 14th November 1936 for white wine only. Later, in 1959, the appellation was broadened to include red wines and ros� wines. Wine production is centered on the village of Sancerre but some of the nearby hameaus such as Chavignol and the commune of Crezancy are the powerhouses of production. In fact, the communes of Bannay, Bu�, Cr�zancy-en-Sancerre, Menetou-R�tel, M�n�tr�ol-sous-Sancerre, Montigny, Saint-Satur, Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois, Sancerre, Sury-en-Vaux, Thauvenay, Veaugues, Verdigny and Vinon are all permitted to produce Sancerre appellation wines. And a note to new world producers of Sauvignon Blanc wines, irrigation is not permitted in the Sancerre appellation! One of the secrets of the success of the Sauvignon Blanc grape here is the soil which is derived from the Kimmeridgian limestone that it shares with northern Burgundy (Chablis) and southern Champagne (Aube). Andrew Jefford in his seminal work The New France divides the soils into three types: �The first is locally known as terres blanches (white earth), a marl which contains exactly the same comma-shaped fossils as is found in Chablis and the Aube, Exogyra virgula. The second type, locally called caillottes (little stones), is a rubbly limestone formed by the weathering of other, harder Kimmeridgian strata. There are also sizable deposits of flint, called silex in French. � In his book called Terroir which analyses the environmental factors that contribute to the tastes and aromas of wine, James E Wilson talks about the scarp that dominates the western side of the Sancerre appellation in an arc from Chavignol around to Crezancy where some of the best examples of Sancerre wines are to be found. He even discusses how more robust and long-lasting wines are created by blending wines from grapes grown in a caillotte terroir with those from the terres blanches. There are many great producers in Sancerre and below we feature some of them who are producing wines of special interest. Domaine Daniel Chotard Domaine Daniel Chotard is run by the genial Daniel whose family has been involved in wine production for many generations. He is obsessed with jazz and every year there is a concert in his cellar. His vineyards are on the gentle slopes surrounding Reigny near the village of Cr�zancy en Sancerre. The 2008 Sancerre is a beautiful example |
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