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Which year saw the death of Josef Stalin and the first televised Academy Awards Ceremony? | Joseph Stalin dies - Mar 05, 1953 - HISTORY.com Joseph Stalin dies A+E Networks On this day, Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union since 1924, dies in Moscow. Like his right-wing counterpart, Hitler, who was born in Austria, Joseph Stalin was not a native of the country he ruled with an iron fist. Isoeb Dzhugashvili was born in 1889 in Georgia, then part of the old Russian empire. The son of a drunk who beat him mercilessly and a pious washerwoman mother, Stalin learned Russian, which he spoke with a heavy accent all his life, in an Orthodox Church-run school. While studying to be a priest at Tiflis Theological Seminary, he began secretly reading Karl Marx and other left-wing revolutionary thinkers. The “official” communist story is that he was expelled from the seminary for this intellectual rebellion; in reality, it may have been because of poor health. In 1900, Stalin became active in revolutionary political activism, taking part in labor demonstrations and strikes. Stalin joined the more militant wing of the Marxist Social Democratic movement, the Bolsheviks, and became a student of its leader, Vladimir Ilich Lenin. Stalin was arrested seven times between 1902 and 1913, and subjected to prison and exile. Stalin’s first big break came in 1912, when Lenin, in exile in Switzerland, named him to serve on the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party—now a separate entity from the Social Democrats. The following year, Stalin (finally dropping Dzugashvili and taking the new name Stalin, from the Russian word for “steel”) published a signal article on the role of Marxism in the destiny of Russia. In 1917, escaping from an exile in Siberia, he linked up with Lenin and his coup against the middle-class democratic government that had supplanted the czar’s rule. Stalin continued to move up the party ladder, from commissar for nationalities to secretary general of the Central Committee—a role that would provide the center of his dictatorial takeover and control of the party and the new USSR. In fact, upon Lenin’s death in 1924, Stalin began the consolidation of his power base, conducting show trials to purge enemies and rivals, even having Leon Trotsky assassinated during his exile in Mexico. Stalin also abandoned Lenin’s New Economic Policy, which would have meant some decentralization of industry. Stalin demanded—and got—absolute state control of the economy, as well as greater swaths of Soviet life, until his totalitarian grip on the new Russian empire was absolute. The outbreak of World War II saw Stalin attempt an alliance with Adolf Hitler for purely self-interested reasons, and despite the political fallout of a communist signing an alliance with a fascist, they signed a nonaggression pact that allowed each dictator free reign in their respective spheres of influence. Stalin then proceeded to annex parts of Poland, Romania, and Finland, and occupy Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In May 1941, he made himself chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars; he was now the official head of the government and no longer merely head of the party. One month later, Germany invaded the USSR, making significant early inroads. As German troops approached, Stalin remained in the capital, directing a scorched-earth defensive policy and exercising personal control over the strategies of the Red Army. As the war progressed, Stalin sat in on the major Allied conferences, including those in Tehran (1943) and Yalta (1945). His iron will and deft political skills enabled him to play the loyal ally while never abandoning his vision of an expanded postwar Soviet Empire. In fact, after Germany’s surrender in April 1945, Stalin oversaw the continued occupation and domination of much of Eastern Europe, despite “promises” of free elections in those countries. Stalin did not mellow with age; he prosecuted a reign of terror, purges, executions, exiles to the Gulag Archipelago (a system of forced-labor camps in the frozen north), and persecution in the postwar USSR, suppressing all dissent and anything that smacked of foreign, especially Wes |
Which 13th century philosopher and theologian was known as 'Doctor Angelicus'? | Thomas Aquinas, Theologian and Philosopher - Timeline Index Timeline Index Thomas Aquinas, Theologian and Philosopher Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of Thomism. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law and political theory. Thomas is held in the Catholic Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood. The works for which he is best-known are the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. One of the 33 Doctors of the Church, he is considered the Church's greatest theologian and philosopher. Pope Benedict XV declared: "The Church has declared Thomas' doctrines to be her own." More on this Website |
Which year saw Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space and the erection of the 'Berlin Wall'? | Nikita Khrushchev - Cold War - HISTORY.com Nikita Khrushchev A+E Networks Introduction Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964. Though he largely pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, he instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida. At home, he initiated a process of “de-Stalinization” that made Soviet society less repressive. Yet Khrushchev could be authoritarian in his own right, crushing a revolt in Hungary and approving the construction of the Berlin Wall. Known for his colorful speeches, he once took off and brandished his shoe at the United Nations. Google Nikita Khrushchev: The Early Years Khrushchev was born on April 15, 1894, in Kalinovka, a small Russian village near the Ukrainian border. At age 14 he moved with his family to the Ukrainian mining town of Yuzovka, where he apprenticed as a metalworker and performed other odd jobs. Despite his religious upbringing, Khrushchev joined the communist Bolsheviks in 1918, more than a year after they had seized power in the Russian Revolution . During the subsequent Russian Civil War, Khrushchev’s first wife, with whom he had two children, died of typhus. He later remarried and had four more children. Did You Know? During the “kitchen debate” of 1959, so named because it took place in a model kitchen set up for a trade exhibition in Moscow, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon, “Let’s compete. Who can produce the most goods for the people, that system is better and it will win.” In 1929 Khrushchev moved to Moscow, where he steadily rose through the Communist Party ranks. Eventually he entered the inner circle of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin , who by that time had consolidated control over the country and instituted a bloody purge of perceived enemies. Millions of people were killed or imprisoned in Gulag labor camps, and millions more died in famines brought on by the forced collectivization of agriculture. Khrushchev Takes Over for Stalin During World War II , Khrushchev mobilized troops to fight Nazi Germany in the Ukraine and at Stalingrad. After the war, he helped to rebuild the devastated countryside while simultaneously stifling Ukrainian nationalist dissent. By the time Stalin died in March 1953, Khrushchev had positioned himself as a possible successor. Six months later, he became head of the Communist Party and one of the most powerful people in the USSR. At first, Khrushchev and other high-ranking officials ruled through a form of collective leadership. But in 1955 he organized the ouster of Premier Georgi Malenkov and replaced him with an ally, Nikolai Bulganin. Khrushchev foiled a Malenkov-led coup attempt in June 1957 and took over the premiership the following March. Khrushchev Begins the De-Stalinization Process Once a loyal Stalinist, Khrushchev gave a long speech in February 1956 that criticized Stalin for arresting and deporting opponents, for elevating himself above the party and for incompetent wartime leadership, among other things. This withering, albeit incomplete, indictment of Stalin was supposed to remain secret. By that June, however, the U.S. State Department had published the complete text. Starting in 1957, Khrushchev made some minor attempts to rehabilitate Stalin’s image. But he switched course once again in 1961, when the city of Stalingrad was renamed and Stalin’s remains were removed from Lenin’s mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square . Emboldened by Khrushchev’s so-called “secret speech,” protestors took to the streets in the Soviet satellites of Poland and Hungary. The Polish revolt was resolved fairly peacefully, but the Hungarian revolt was violently suppressed with troops and tanks. In all, at least 2,500 Hungarians were killed in late 1956, and about 13,000 were wounded. Many more fled to the West, and others were arrested or deported. On the domestic front, Khrushchev worked—not always successfully—to increase agricultural production and raise living standards. |
In poetry, which word, deriving from the Greek for 'carrying back', is given to the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences or verses to emphasize an image or a concept? | Literary Devices - AP Literature with Burnside at Branham High School - StudyBlue ACCENT/BEAT: The rhythmically significant stress in the expression of words, giving some syllables more importance than others. The words in a line of poetry are usually arranged so the accents occur at regular intervals, with the meter defined by the placement of the accents within the foot. ALLEGORY story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. EXAMPLE: Animal Farm; Dante’s Inferno; Lord of the Flies ALLITERATION repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. EXAMPLE: “When the two youths turned with the flag they saw that much of the regiment had crumbled away, and the dejected remnant was coming slowly back.” – Stephen Crane (Note how regiment and remnant are being used; the regiment is gone, a remnant remains…) reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something (usually from literature, etc.). AMBIGUITY deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way-this is done on purpose by the author, when it is not done on purpose, it is vagueness, and detracts from the work. Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike ANAPHORA Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent. Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion. ANECDOTE Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual ANTAGONIST ANTICLIMAX: The intentional use of fancy language to describe the trivial or commonplace, or a sudden transition from a significant thought to a trivial one in order to achieve a humorous or satiric effect, as in Pope's The Rape of the Lock: “Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take -- and sometimes tea." An 5 anticlimax also occurs in a series in which the ideas or events ascend toward a climactic conclusion but terminate instead in a thought of lesser importance. ANTIHERO Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. may lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples. ANTITHESIS brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth. Also called maxim, epigram. APOSTROPHE calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea. If the character is asking a god or goddess for inspiration it is called an invocation. Josiah Holland ---“Loacöon! Thou great embodiment/ Of human life and human history!” APPOSITION Placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation, qualification, or modification of the first (often set off by a colon). Paine: “These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” ARCHETYPE: An archetype is an idealized model of a person, object, or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned, or emulated. (For example, Hercules is an archetype of strength and courage.) ASIDE: A comment made by a stage performer that is intended to be heard by the audience but supposedly not by other characters. ASSONANCE the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together. ASYNDETON Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally: instead of X, Y, a |
'The Weaver Of Raveloe' is the subtitle of which famous 19th century novel? | Silas Marner by Eliot, George Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Eliot, George Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Carter's binding "A", which is the preferred and much more elaborate. With Blackwood and Carlyle ads at the rear (which only appear in some copies). Octavo, original orange cloth. In near fine condition with minor wear. "The finest of [Eliot's] studies of humble rural life" (Stanford Companion, 211). "Overwhelming are the glorious qualities which make [Eliot] a supreme novelist in an age of great novelists: her penetrating sympathy, her deep knowledge of humanity, her descriptive power, her lambent humor, the reflection of her extraordinary mind" (Kunitz and Haycraft). Silas Marner ELIOT, George Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First Edition, In the Original Cloth Binding ELIOT, George. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [6], 364 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher's advertisements, [4,unnumbered ads for the third edition of "Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle"] pp. Original cinnamon diagonal ripple-grain cloth (Carter A, no priority established) with covers decoratively paneled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Original cream-colored endpapers. Booksellers ticket "Gilbert Brothers, Gracechurch St, London" on front paste-down. Neat ink presentation dated 1861 on front free-endpaper. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Rear inner hinge just starting, some light foxing. An excellent copy. Chemised in a quarter red morocco slip-case. The advertisements are in placing "b" (eight plus two leaves, at rear, with the advertisements for the third edition of Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle following the publisher's catalogue), and the "New Works" list is in the earlier form, with pp. [1] and [2] listing three and four titles respectively (p. [1]: John Petherick's Egypt, Soudan, and Central Africa, Sir Archibald Alison's Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart ("In the press"), and the Count de Montalbert's The Monks of the West; p. [2]: George Finlay's History of the Greek Revolution ("In the press"), Rev. J. Cave-Browne's The Punjab and Delhi in 1857, David Page's The Past and Present Life of the Globe ("In the press"), and Henry Stephens' The Book of Farm Buildings ("In the press"). Baker & Ross A6.1.a. Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 111-112. Parrish, p. 15. Sadleir 819. Wolff 2063. Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances. She also wished to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe Eliot, George Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. First edition. Roger Senhouse's copy. Senhous |
Which American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 1970's TV show 'Charlie's Angels', died in 2009? | Actress Farrah Fawcett Dead at 62 | Fox News Actress Farrah Fawcett Dead at 62 Published June 25, 2009 Farrah Fawcett , the multiple Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated American actress best known for her role as the vivacious Jill Munroe in the 1970s television series “Charlie’s Angels,” died in a Santa Monica hospital. She was 62. Her spokesman, Paul Bloch, confirmed that the iconic actress died Thursday morning at 9:28 a.m. PDT. Her long-time partner Ryan O'Neal told People magazine Thursday, "She's gone. She now belongs to the ages ... She's now with her mother and sister and her God. I loved her with all my heart. I will miss her so very, very much. She was in and out of consciousness. I talked to her all through the night. I told her how very much I loved her. She's in a better place now." Other "Charlie's Angels" stars paid tribute to her. "Farrah had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. And now she has peace as she rests with the real angels," Jaclyn Smith said. Said Cheryl Ladd: "She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arms." Her former producer Craig Nevius told FOXNews.com, "She will be remembered as the modern Mona Lisa and so much more. I will remember her as my friend." Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006 and, despite going into remission and enduring extensive chemotherapy and surgery both in the U.S. and Germany, it was revealed earlier this year that the cancer had spread to her liver. She stopped receiving treatment in May. Fawcett documented the trials and tribulations of her battle with cancer in the NBC documentary "Farrah’s Story." VIDEO: The life and death of an icon. FAST FACTS: Farrah Fawcett Biography Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1947 to a homemaker and an oil field contractor, Fawcett was encouraged to pursue a career in Hollywood while attending the University of Texas at Austin after her photo as one of the “Ten Most Beautiful Coeds” landed on the lap of a Los Angeles publicist. After scoring a string of commercials for consumer products and a few small television roles she finally hit the big-time with “Charlie’s Angels.” But Fawcett, eager to pursue greater acting challenges, left the show after just one season. PHOTOS: Click for pictures of Farrah Fawcett. FAST FACTS: Highlights of Farrah Fawcett's Career The blond beauty soon became the all-American face of her generation when she posed in a red one-piece bathing suit for a poster that became an item of pop culture history and has reportedly sold over 12 million copies. Blessed with a flawless figure and stunning smile, Farrah also had a full head of thick blond wavy hair that took on a star-status of its own; the “Farrah Do” became the most requested style by women across the world. RELATED: Click here to read about Farrah's influence on a generation. "In the beginning her hair certainly captured the world and just about every man. She took that position and reinforced it with talent and did some really chancy rolls and became a good actress, and I think a lot of people were surprised," actress Jacqueline Bissett told FOXNews.com. "But just seeing her moving around at parties and seeing her sitting on a barstool with a kind of pizzazz and just her charm and her light was what I’ll always remember. She always just had this fresh quality and a very clean quality." |
Although Maple bats are becoming increasingly popular, which wood is traditionally used to make Baseball bats? | How baseball bat is made - material, manufacture, making, history, used, product, Raw Materials Baseball Bat Background When the game of baseball was first played, sticks were used to hit the ball. By the time the game had been officially organized as a team sport, the players either whittled their own bats or bought them from a wood turner. League specifications set in 1863 were broad: any type of wood was permissible and the bats had to be round, not more than 2.5 inches (6.5 cm) in the thickest part. There were no length restrictions. Early bats ranged in weight from 48-50 ounces (1361-1417 g) with an average handle circumference of 4.5 inches (11.4 cm). The hefty weight meant home runs were rare. By the 1960s, however, players such as Hank Aaron were using shorter, lighter bats to smash balls into the centerfield seats. Aaron's bat measured 35 inches (89 cm) long and 33 ounces (979 g) in weight. Modern baseball rules limit bat lengths to 42 inches (107 cm) and the diameter to 2.75 inches (7 cm). There are no weight restrictions. The bats must be made of wood with no metal, cork, or other type of reinforcement inserted into the bat's center. Over the years, several major league players have tried to use a reinforced bat. A particularly colorful controversy surrounded a bat used by Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians. Belle's bat was confiscated during a game between the Indians and the Chicago White Sox in July of 1994. The bat was stored in the umpires' locker room at Comiskey Park until it could be tested the next day. How-ever, it disappeared overnight. It was returned anonymously the next day and found to have a corked center. In spite of protests, Belle received a temporary suspension. The mystery of the bat's disappearance and reappearance has yet to be revealed. Hillerich & Sons, a Kentucky wood-turning shop, was the first company to devote a full-time operation to the manufacturing of baseball bats. According to company lore, in 1884, John "Bud" Hillerich, the son of the company's founder, was attending a Louisville Eclipse baseball game when a player named Pete "Old Gladiator" Browning broke his bat. Bud invited Browning back to the shop where Bud custom-made a new bat from a piece of white ash. During the next day's game, Browning pounded three hits in three at-bats using the new bat. And the rest, as they say, is history. The ensuing requests for custom-made bats from other players helped Bud convince his father to add bat manufacturing to the family business. The company named its new product the "Louisville Slugg"er." (The company became Hillerich & Bradsby in 1911 when Frank Bradsby, a sporting goods magnate, joined the firm.) Baseball players are notoriously particular about their bats, and have been so through-out the sport's history. Frank Frisch, who played in 50 World Series games for the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, cured his bats during the off-season by hanging them like sausages in a barn. Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams bathed his bats in alcohol to keep them cool during his many hitting streaks. Williams was also known to visit lumberyards looking for pieces of wood with narrow growth rings. The legendary Babe Ruth preferred his bats to have pin knots in the barrels. Traditionally, forty- to fifty-year-old ash trees are used to make baseball bats because of their strength, flexibility, and light weight. Raw Materials Traditionally, ash trees from Pennsylvania and upstate New York are used to make baseball bats. The ash is valued for its strength, flexibility, and light weight. The best trees are those that grow in dense clusters where they are protected from the wind and forced to grow straight up towards the sunlight. Forty to fifty years of growth is required to bring |
What was the nickname of the American serial killer John Wayne Gacy who was executed in 1994 for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men? | LiveLeak.com - KILLER CLOWN (JOHN WAYNE GACY) KILLER CLOWN (JOHN WAYNE GACY) -- John Wayne GACY Jr. A.K.A.: "The Killer Clown" Classification: Serial killerCharacteristics: RapeNumber of victims: 33Date of murders: 1972 - 1978Date of arrest: December 21, 1978Date of birth: March 17, 1942Victims profile: Boys and young menMethod of murder: StrangulationLocation: Chicago, Illinois, USAStatus: Executed by lethal injection in Illinois on May 10, 1994 photo gallery 1 photo gallery 2 photo gallery 3 [ - |
'The Modern Prometheus' was the subtitle of which 19th century novel? | Frankenstein, the Modern Prometheus? Essay - 1367 Words Please sign up to read full document. Text Preview FRANKENSTEIN, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS? In order to illustrate the main theme of her novel "Frankenstein", Mary Shelly draws strongly on the myth of Prometheus, as the subtitle The Modern Prometheus indicates. Maurice Hindle, in his critical study of the novel, suggests, "the primary theme of Frankenstein is what happens to human sympathies and relationships when men seek obsessively to satisfy their Promethean longings to "conquer the unknown" - supposedly in the service of their fellow-humans". This assertion is discussed by first describing the Promethean connection. Thereafter, the two forms of the myth, Prometheus the fire-stealer and Prometheus the life-giver are reviewed in the context of Shelly's use of the myth in her novel and their relationship to the main theme. Finally, the character of Frankenstein as a modern Prometheus of the scientific age is discussed in the context of English Romantic literature. This "Promethean longing" mentioned by Hundle, is the connection between Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton. They both seek to gain knowledge of the unknown. Victor Frankenstein's obsession with occult scientific knowledge results in the destruction of his family and friends, whilst Walton, the narrator of the story, causes many deaths by his obsessive journey to the North Pole. Shelly's use of the Prometheus myth combines the two versions of the legend, Prometheus the "fire-stealer" and Prometheus the "life-giver". According to the Ancient Greeks, in the first version of the myth, the Titan, Prometheus, in rebellion against Zeus, took fire from the sun and gave it to humankind to warm them and enable them to make tools and weapons, thereby allowing them to rise above other animals. Zeus was incensed by Prometheus' disobedience, and as punishment, ordered Prometheus chained to a rock, where his liver was eaten by eagles each day and restored each night so that his torment could be prolonged for eternity. The second, Roman version of the myth, comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, which, according to Newey (1993), Mary Shelly read in 1815. In this version Prometheus was the Creator who made man from clay and breathed life into him. This relates directly to the quotation on the title page of Shelly's book. "Did I request thee Maker, from my clay to mould me man. Did I solicit thee from darkness to promote me? Although a quotation from Milton's "Paradise Lost" the plaintive cries of Frankenstein's neglected, in-human progeny can be heard in these words. In relation to the first version of the Promethean myth, there are several fire-like analogies in Shelly's novel. Frankenstein's Monster discovered that fire can be both a necessity for survival, when he was alone in the mountains, and a means of revenge and destruction, when he set fire to the De Laceys' hut. Shelley hints that her character Victor Frankenstein, uses "fire" in the form of electricity to animate his Monster, this can be seen in the passage where Victor relates to Walton part of his inspiration for the creation of life: "I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak . . . and so soon as the dazzling light vanished the oak had disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump. . . . I eagerly inquired of my father the nature and origin of thunder and lightning. He replied, "Electricity." (page 23). Similarly, when he is ready to impart life into his creation "I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless form". (page 34). In the early 19th Century, when Mary Shelley was writing Frankenstein, electricity was a new and wondrous science. Science and industry were making gigantic strides and Shelly mistrusted these advances seeing in them something inhuman and that there were areas of knowledge best left alone (Hindle, 1994). The characters of Walter and Frankenstein show the two paths that the pursuit of the unknown can take one leads to... Please sign |
In which river was the Russian monk Rasputin drowned? | Rasputin | HISTORY Rasputin Birthplace: Siberia, Russia Gregory Efimovich Rasputin came from solid peasant stock, but drunkenness, stealing and womanising were activities particularly enjoyed by the dissolute young man. Rasputin became fascinated by a renegade sect within the Russian Orthodox faith, who believed that the only way to reach God was through sinful actions. Soon, he adopted the robes of a monk, and travelled the country, sinning to his heart's content. In 1903, the infant heir to the Russian throne, Alexis, was diagnosed with haemophilia. Tsarina Alexandra became desperate to help him and lost faith in doctors. In St. Petersburg, Rasputin moved in the Russian capital's aristocratic circles, achieving recognition and a small following. Under the recommendation of the Grand Duchess, Rasputin was summoned to appear before Alexandra. Somehow, Rasputin managed to stop Alexis' bleeding, and gained Nicholas and Alexandra's undivided support. As the monk's fortunes rose in St. Petersburg, so did the number of his enemies. Rumours circulated about Alexandra's supposed sexual involvement with the monk. During his many drunken parties, Rasputin would boast of his exploits with the Tsarina and her daughters, even claiming that the Tsar was his to command. Alexandra grew increasingly dependent on Rasputin and, after 1911, several roles within high government were filled by his appointees, allowing him great influence over matters of state. This perceived weakness of the Tsar and Tsarina helped to destroy the general respect for them. In 1916, a group of aristocrats tried to murder Rasputin. He drank poisoned wine, and ate pastries containing cyanide, but he survived. He was then shot, stabbed repeatedly, and finally drowned in the icy Neva river. However, the regime’s image continued to be tainted by the scandal. Within three months of Rasputin's death, Tsar Nicholas lost his throne, and the imperial family were imprisoned. Revolution had come. |
Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million in July 1994? | Blackburn Rovers | What happened to the '95 side What happened to the '95 side What's being said in the forum now? Click to join the Vital Blackburn forum! With Blackburn battling bravely to avoid relegation this season, I think we need a distraction from the gloom-and-doom at the bottom of the table and remind ourselves of better times as a Rovers supporter. So, let's cast our minds back to 14 May 1995 when a 2-1 defeat at Liverpool was still enough to see Rovers win the Premier League. Here is a reminder of the starting XI on that fabulous Sunday and a look at what happened to them after. Goalkeeper - Tim Flowers Flowers was the most expensive goalkeeper in Britain when he joined Rovers from Southampton for �2.4 million in 1993. He made 177 league appearances for the club over six seasons at Ewood Park but when the club were relegated in 1999 he joined Leicester City. He earned a League Cup winner's medal in his first season and retired from playing at the end of Leicester's promotion winning campaign in 2003. Flowers has worked as a goalkeeping coach at Leicester City, Manchester City and Northampton Town and had as assistant manager at Coventry City, QPR and Hull City. He was appointed manager of Stafford Rangers in 2010 before being named caretaker manager at Northampton Town in 2011. Defender - Jeff Kenna Kenna did not arrive at Ewood Park until March 1995 and played a part in the club's run-in to the title. He spent almost seven years at Blackburn, making over 150 league appearances before joining Birmingham City on a free transfer in 2001. Spells at Derby County and Kidderminsiter Harriers followed, before he ended his playing career in Ireland at Galway United and St. Patrick's Athletic. He was appointed as manager to both Irish sides before resigning as boss of St. Pat's in September 2009. In August 2011, Kenna joined the coaching staff at the IMG Academy of Soccer in Florida. Defender - Colin Hendry Hendry was in his second spell at Rovers when they won the Premier League having made over 100 appearances before joining Manchester City in 1989. He rejoined Rovers in November 1991 for �700,000 and played a further 235 league matches. In 1998 and at the age of 33, he joined Rangers in a �4 million deal where he won the domestic treble in his first season. His spell at Ibrox was not a happy one and he went on to play for Coventry City, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End and Blackpool before retiring in 2003. He ventured into management at Blackpool, Boston United and Clyde before leaving the game to look after his wife in 2008. Hendry was formally declared bankrupt in June 2010. Defender - Graeme Le Saux Chelsea defender Le Saux transferred to Rovers in 1993 for �700,000 and was a virtual ever-present during his first two seasons with the club. He made almost 130 league appearances for Rovers but missed the second half of the 1995-96 season with an ankle injury which ruled him out of Euro 96. He will be best remembered for fighting with team mate David Batty during a Champions League clash against Spartak Moscow. In August 1997, Le Saux became English football's most expensive defender when he returned to Chelsea for �5 million. After 140 league appearances, winning the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup, was a make-weight in the deal which took Wayne Bridge from Southampton to the Blues in 2003. Since retiring from the game in 2005, Le Saux has worked as a pundit and appeared on other television shows, such as Dancing On Ice. Defender - Henning Berg Berg arrived at Rovers ahead of the first Premier League season in 1992 in a �400,000 move from Lillestrom and went on to play 159 league matches for the club. He joined Manchester United in 1997 for �5 million, on a par record-wise with team-mate Le Saux's switch to Chelsea and helped the Reds to two league titles and part of the famous treble of 1999 which also included the Champions League and FA Cup. He returned to Rovers on loan in 2000 before making the move permanent and then had a season at Rangers in 2003 before retiring. As a manager, he guided Norwegian club |
Which 13th century English philosopher and scientist was known as 'Doctor Mirabilis'? | "Doctor Mirabilis," 13th-century English philosopher considered by some to be the world's first scientist - crossword puzzle clues & answers - Dan Word «Let me solve it for you» "Doctor Mirabilis," 13th-century English philosopher considered by some to be the world's first scientist Today's crossword puzzle clue is a quick one: "Doctor Mirabilis," 13th-century English philosopher considered by some to be the world's first scientist. We will try to find the right answer to this particular crossword clue. Here are the possible solutions for ""Doctor Mirabilis," 13th-century English philosopher considered by some to be the world's first scientist" clue. It was last seen in The Washington Post quick crossword. We have 1 possible answer in our database. Possible answer: |
Who was the 7th century Anglo-Saxon bishop, who whilst living on the Farne Islands off Northumberland, instituted special laws to protect the Eider ducks nesting there? | Franks Casket - Appendices - People and Places Appendices - People and Places The automatic translation is necessarily imprecise. This translation does not replace the reading of German or English original texts. People and Places Aidan: *Ireland - d. Aug. 31, 651, Bamburgh, Northumberland. apostle, monastic founder of Lindisfarne (Holy Island),. Aidan was a monk at Iona, an island near Scotland, when King Oswald of Northumbria called for him to become the bishop of the newly converted Northumbrians, a diocese given up by Paulinus. Consecrated in 635, Aidan, the first Irish bishop of Northumbria, settled on Lindisfarne, where he established his church, monastery, and see near the royal stronghold of Bamburgh. Lindisfarne flourished as a leading ecclesiastical centre until the Viking invasions began in 793. From Lindisfarne, Aidan evangelized northern England. He founded churches, monasteries, and, on Lindisfarne, a school for the training of ministers, among whom were Chad (first bishop of Lichfield), his brother Cedd (who converted the East Saxons), and Eata, abbot of Melrose. The Anglo-Saxon historian and theologian Bede praised Aidan for his learning, charity, and simplicity of life. Aldfrith (died 14 December 704 or 705) sometimes Aldfrid, Aldfridus (Latin), or Flann Fína mac Ossu (Classical Irish) was king of Northumbria from 685 until his death. He is described by early writers such as Bede, Alcuin and Stephen of Ripon as a man of great learning, and some of his works, as well as letters written to him, survive. His reign was relatively peaceful, marred only by disputes with Bishop Wilfrid, a major figure in the early Northumbrian church. Aldfrith was born on an uncertain date to Oswiu of Northumbria and an Irish princess named Fín. Oswiu later became King of Northumbria; he died in 670 and was succeeded by his son Ecgfrith. Aldfrith was educated for a career in the church and became a scholar. However, in 685, when Ecgfrith was killed at the battle of Nechtansmere, Aldfrith was recalled to Northumbria, reportedly from the Hebridean island of Iona, and became king. In his early-eighth-century account of Aldfrith's reign, Bede states that he "ably restored the shattered fortunes of the kingdom, though within smaller boundaries".[2] His reign saw the creation of works of Hiberno-Saxon art such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Codex Amiatinus, and is often seen as the start of Northumbria's golden age. Adopted from Wikipedia Bamburgh is a large village on the coast of Northumberland, England. It is notable for two reasons: the imposing Bamburgh Castle, overlooking the beach, seat of the former Kings of Northumbria, and at present owned by the Armstrong family. Bamburgh Castle, then called Din Guardi, was the capital of the British kingdom of Bryneich between about 420AD and 547. In 547 the castle was taken by the invading Angles led by Ida son of Eoppa and was renamed Bebbanburgh by one of his successors. From then onwards the castle became the capital of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia until it merged with it's southern neighbour, Deira, in 634. After the two realms united as Northumbria the capital was moved to York. (Adopted from Wikipedia) Bede (Latin Beda), also known as Saint Bede or, more commonly (though misleadingly), the Venerable Bede (ca. 672 or 673 – May 27, 735), was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth, today part of Sunderland, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow. Bede became known as Venerable Bede soon after his death, but this was not linked to consideration for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. His scholarship and importance to Catholicism were recognised in 1899 when he was declared a Doctor of the Church as St Bede The Venerable. He is well known as an author and scholar, whose best-known work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The father of English history". Bede wrote on many other topics, from music and metrics to Scripture commentaries. He is |
Which two word term is used to describe the gravitational boundary enclosing a 'Black Hole', from which nothing can escape? | Event horizon - definition of event horizon by The Free Dictionary Event horizon - definition of event horizon by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/event+horizon Also found in: Acronyms , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . event horizon n. The region, usually described as spherical, marking the outer boundary of a black hole, inside which the gravitational force is strong enough to prevent all matter and radiation from escaping. event horizon n (Astronomy) astronomy the surface around a black hole enclosing the space from which electromagnetic radiation cannot escape due to gravitational attraction. For a non-rotating black hole, the radius is proportional to the mass of the black hole event′ hori`zon n. |
From which wood are 'Ten-Pin Bowling' pins traditionally made? | Tenpin Bowling Australia: How Bowling Pins Are Made How Bowling Pins Are Made How Bowling Pins Are Made Pin specifications are set by the World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA). Regional and national associations such as the United States Bowling Congress and Tenpin Bowling Australia adopt the WTBA standard, so that specifications are standard world-wide. Pins are 4.75 inches (120.65 mm) at their widest point and 15 inches (380 mm) tall. They weigh 3 lb. 6 oz (1.53 kg), although as of 1998 pins weighing up to 3 lb 10 oz (1.64 kg) are approved. The weight of the pins was originally based on the principle of physics, with the idea that a pin should be at around 24-percent the weight of the heaviest bowling ball within regulation of 16 lb 0 oz (7.25 kg). Bowling pins are constructed by gluing blocks of rock maple wood into the approximate shape, and then turning on a lathe. After the lathe shapes the pin, it is coated with a plastic material, painted, and covered with a glossy finish. Because of the scarcity of suitable wood, bowling pins can be made from approved synthetics. Currently there are synthetic pins sanctioned for play in five-pin, duckpin, and candlepin. There is one synthetic tenpin model approved by the USBC. When hit by the ball, synthetic pins usually sound different to wood pins. © Tenpin Bowling Australia 2017. |
On which island did Gracie Fields die in 1979? | Gracie’s death and funeral | The Official Gracie Fields The Official Gracie Fields The website for 'The Dame Gracie Fields Appreciation Society' Search Gracie’s death and funeral Gracie’s final photo, taken by John Taylor two days before Gracie died. Shortly after breakfast on Thursday September 27th 1979, Gracie passed away. Gracie and Irena were alone in the Pink Apartment when it happened, and Boris was working on the central heating at their Anacapri home. The British press reported that he died holding her hand, but this was sadly not the case. Conflicting stories reported Gracie taking a sip of coffee, saying ‘I think I’ll go for a walk later’ and then falling asleep, and others of her collapsing and trying to be revived with oxygen. Boris called John Taylor in England, instructing him to call Lillian Aza and Gracie’s family. Lillian then relayed the message to the press. The day before her death, Gracie and Boris had gone to the Post Office to pick up her post, and send out some mail (one letter to John Taylor, which arrived two weeks after her death.) She read her mail and had her usual whiskey and water before going to bed at 10 o’clock, without anything to eat as she said she wasn’t hungry. Cyril Smith was speaking at a political party conference at the time, and stopped mid-speech with the news of Gracie’s death, which received audible shocks and gasps from the Liberal Democrat crowds. The flag on Rochdale Town Hall was instantly drawn to half mast. Tommy Fields and Edith Wakefield, along with Lillian Aza, left for Capri for the funeral, but Edith slipped in the bathroom of her hotel and had to be taken to hospital with a fractured wrist, and so missed the funeral. Gracie’s coffin was carried from the terrace of La Canzone where a small service was held, to a blue hearse outside the front gates by restaurant staff wearing white t-shirts. They paused one last time to give Gracie one last look at the view she loved so much. The hearse was followed by 200 mourners in Capri buses, which all gave their services for free. Notices around Capri asked for ‘No Flowers Please’, but on an island of flowers, this was impossible. Thousands of flowers and tributes arrived from around the world, including a wreath from Rochdale Football Club, Cyril Smith, John Taylor (who could not make the funeral due to being in hospital). Elton John sent flowers, and paid for a fresh bouquet to be placed on her grave every week for a year. Gracie’s mahogany coffin, lined with steel, was adorned in 27 red roses from Boris -one for every year of their marriage. A blessing service was given in the small chapel at the non-Catholic cemetery, preceded by the Rev. Edward Holland from Naples, and Fr. Romano Tancredi in a dual Catholic/Protestant blessing internment. Gracie’s white marble tomb was not ready, and so the Cerio family agreed for Gracie to be placed in their family tomb until hers was completed by an island stonemason. Cerio tomb Back home in England, Rochdale football club paused for two minutes silence and a round of applause in their football match against Port Vale. Whilst Rochdale expected Gracie to be buried there, Boris explained ‘Rochdale was the home of Gracie by the will of God. Capri is the home of Gracie by the will of Gracie. She is a Caprese.‘ “Thank you Lord for the life of Gracie. Thank you for her warmth and the joy she brought to the lives of so many.” On November 15th 1979 at noon, a service of memorial was held at St Martin in the Fields in London. Roy Hudd and Michael Parkinson lead the proceedings, with Elizabeth Harwood singing the Ave Maria. There was a press strike on this particular day, and so only one photo exists of Michael Parkinson at the service. London Service of Thanksgiving A similar service had been held at Rochdale Parish Church on 20 October 1979, which was attended by Larry Grayson, Violet Carson, various other celebrities. Violet Carson and the Mayor of Rochdale both gave the address. Rochdale Service of Thanksgiving |
By what name is the Italian painter Jacopo Robusti, born the son of a silk dyer in 1518, better known? | Tintoretto | Italian painter | Britannica.com Italian painter Alternative Titles: Jacopo Robusti, Jacopo Rubusti Tintoretto Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Tintoretto, byname of Jacopo Robusti (born c. 1518 ce, Venice [Italy]—died May 31, 1594, Venice), great Italian Mannerist painter of the Venetian school and one of the most important artists of the late Renaissance . His paintings include Vulcan Surprising Venus and Mars, the Mannerist Christ and the Adulteress, and his masterpiece of 1594, The Last Supper of San Giorgio Maggiore . Increasingly concerned with the drama of light and space, he achieved in his mature work (e.g., The Law and the Golden Calf, c. 1562) a luminous, visionary quality. Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Tintoretto, 1588; in the Louvre, … © SuperStock Background and early years Little is known of Tintoretto’s life. In a will of 1539 he called himself an independent professional man—not a surprising description in view of his imposing and forceful personality. No documents have survived regarding Jacopo’s artistic education. His biographers, among them Carlo Ridolfi, whose book was published in 1648, speak of an apprenticeship with Titian that was broken off because of the master’s resentment of the pupil’s proud nature and exceptional accomplishment. On the other hand, a contemporary pointed out that Tintoretto’s style was formed by studying formal elements of the Tuscan school, especially those of Michelangelo , and pictorial elements derived from Titian. Most probably, Jacopo’s precocious talent prompted his father to place him in the workshop of some undistinguished painter, but one with a solid artisan tradition so that his son might learn the foundations of his craft. Traces of an absolute style in his youthful works tend to corroborate this hypothesis . But he soon became aware of the variety of approaches tried by painters working between 1530 and 1540 in Venice and already reacting against the style of Giorgione , who was the first to merge forms and to subordinate local colour to its pervading tone. The emigration of Roman artists to Venice in 1527 after the sack of Rome by imperial troops, as well as subsequent contacts with painters from Tuscany and Bologna, induced the painters of the Venetian school to return to greater plasticism, without altering the fundamental chromatic nature of the Venetian tradition. The influence of Michelangelo, the visit of the art historian and biographer Giorgio Vasari to Venice in 1541, and the journeys of Venetian artists to central Italy renewed Venetian painting in depth, giving it means of expression adapted to different types of pictures. In the renewed idiom , form and colour were blended in a synthesis in which light dominated so as to express a richly fantastic and visionary spirit. Thus, the early works of Tintoretto were affected by all of these influences. Critics have identified a group of youthful works by Tintoretto, above all Sacre Conversazioni. One of these, painted in 1540, represents the Virgin with the Child on her knees, facing away from her, and six saints. While the style echoes various elements of the Venetian art of Tintoretto’s time, it also shows a definite Michelangelesque influence. Career Leap Second Tintoretto’s first phase includes a group of 14 octagonal ceiling paintings with mythological themes (originally painted for a Venetian palace), which exhibit singular refinement in perspective and narrative clarity. Among other influences, they recall the fashion of partitioned ceiling paintings imported to Venice by Vasari. This was also the period of Tintoretto’s closest collaboration with Andrea Meldolla; together they decorated the Palazzo Zen with frescoes. The fresco technique had an important part in the formation of Tintoretto’s idiom, for it suggested to him the quickness of execution that was to become fundamental to his manner of painting. Unfortunately only some 18th-century prints of his frescoes and a few fragments of the numerous frescoed facades that adorned Venice survive. Art & Architecture: Fact or Fiction? Tintor |
The giant bird Dinornis robustus, found in New Zealand, was unique in the bird kingdom in having no wings. It stood at up to 10 feet tall and was hunted to extinction around 1500 AD. By what name is this bird commonly known? | 1000+ images about Holocene extinction on Pinterest | Wolves, Australia and Seals Birds Got Too Fat to Fly After Dinosaurs Vanished? Moa - Google Search |
In horse racing, at which racecourse are all five of the Irish Classics held? | Curragh Betting Odds | Horse Racing | Oddschecker Racing Tips Curragh Betting Odds The word 'Curragh' means place of the running horse in Gaelic, and the plain in County Kildare is the home of Irish racing. The racecourse is used exclusively for flat racing, and host to all five Classics. Curragh Home to the five Irish classics, The Curragh is a right-handed horseshoe shaped course with a circuit of two miles with no sharp bends and a straight run in of three furlongs uphill. Races over five and six furlongs take place on an adjoining straight course, and mile races join onto this course after a two furlong chute. It is recognised as a very fair galloping track. Featured Events |
For what did the 'J' stand in the name of the 'Dallas' character 'JR Ewing'? | J.R. Ewing (Character) - Biography biography from "Dallas" (1978) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Warning! This character biography may contain plot spoilers. Visit our Character Biography Help to learn more. Character Biography History Discuss Born in 1939 in Dallas, Texas, John Ross Ewing Jr. is the namesake of his father and oldest of four children, Gary, Ray (half-brother with a different mother), and Bobby. His mother Ellie Ewing Farlow (nee: Southworth) was raised on their massive family ranch, Southfork, located in Braddock, north of Dallas. Jock, as his father was commonly known, vanished in a helicopter accident in 1981 and was declared dead within a year. The loss was very emotional for J.R. who idolized his father. J.R. married beauty queen Sue Ellen Shepard who had graduated from the University of Texas and had represented Texas at the Miss America pageant with the title Miss Texas in 1967. J.R. was a judge at the pageant and they were married three years later in February 1970. However their marriage was not smooth due to J.R.'s heavy womanizing and obsessive focus on his first love: the oil industry. Sue Ellen developed a drinking problem that also affected their marriage. The birth of their son, John Ross Ewing III, in 1979 did not help to bring them closer together either. Sue Ellen eventually divorced J.R. and gained custody of their son. However after a time J.R. won her back though he was driven mostly by desire to reconnect with his son as well as to gain control of the child's voting shares in the family business, Ewing Oil. J.R.'s philandering ways continued and Sue Ellen moved to a separate bedroom remaining his wife in name only, an arrangement that continued for several years until she eventually decided to divorce him once again in 1988. J.R.'s primary focus throughout remains the oil industry, taking specific pride in Ewing Oil. His obsession along with determination to always win drives him to engage in rather ruthless activities at times and thus develop some enemies, at times with severe consequences that include being shot more than once. For instance in 1987 his dealings with terrorist B.D. Calhoun resulted in his son being kidnapped, him being shot and Ewing Oil eventually being taken away. Much to his surprise, when James Richard Beaumont shows up looking for his father, J.R. learns the young man is his son born in 1967 from J.R.'s bygone affair, Vanessa Beaumont. In 1988 J.R. married Calpurnia "Cally" Harper whom he met on a hunting trip. In 1991 she gave birth to J.R.'s third son, Justin Randy Harper. However, that marriage was short-lived as they divorce in 1991. J.R. and Bobby both continued to live with their respective families in the expansive family home they were raised in with their mother and--after the death of their father--her second husband, Clayton Farlow. Page last updated by Evan-O-Rama , 1 year ago |
Who played the title character in the 2009 film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'? | Film review – X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | Cinema Autopsy Film review – X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) Comic book film adaptations recently have become very serious and respectable with The Dark Knight and Watchmen demonstrating that films based on comic books can possess a high degree of plausibility, complexity and human drama. So it is rather fun to get back to basics with the latest film from the X-Men franchise X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as it is good old-fashioned High Concept B-grade filmmaking. As the title of the film suggests, it is a prequel about the background of the popular Wolverine character (once again played very charismatically by Hugh Jackman), who has animal like instincts, the ability to heal almost instantly and deadly claw-like bones that protrude from between the knuckles of his hands. X-Men Origins: Wolverine reveals how Wolverine emotionally, mentally and physically becomes the character that he is when audiences first encountered him on the big screen in Bryan Singer’s 2000 film X-Men. X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens with a brilliant credit sequence depicting Wolverine and his brother Victor Creed (who later becomes known as Sabretooth) fighting together through the American Civil War, two World Wars and then the Vietnam War. The sequence is shot in murky sepia tones and establishes that both men are not only seemingly invincible but love fighting. Wonderfully played by Liev Schreiber, Creed soon emerges as the most brutal of the pair and the inevitable brotherly showdown occurs after they are recruited into a covert government agency consisting of other mutants. This brotherly archetypal feud of course only escalates once a woman becomes involved. There is always a woman. While the characterisation in X-Men Origins: Wolverine is suitably simple yet empathetic, even for the minor characters, the narrative structure is the biggest flaw in this film. The pacing is all wrong and it feels more like a series of television episodes strung together rather than one film. Every 20 minutes there seems to be a revelation, shocking occurrence and then ‘final’ showdown. This does detract from the overall film, which is otherwise highly entertaining, albeit instantly forgettable. Wolverine and Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) South African director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) handles the action in X-Men Origins: Wolverine extremely well. The first major action sequence feels like The Dirty Dozen with superpowers and there is lots of outlandish gunplay, swordplay, hand-to-hand combat and all manner of stunts, explosions and use of slow motion. Hood keeps the camera in on the actors tight, opting for more close-ups than you would usually expect during action scenes. As with all the X-Men films, the action is highly inventive even if it is all absurdly improbable. But, similar to Timur Bekmambetov’s Wanted, this film is a load of fun if you accept that it is operating in a dimension where the laws of physics are the same as they would be in a cartoon. It is not as good as the second X-Men film but it is on par with the first and an improvement over the third. © Thomas Caldwell, 2009 |
Which Italian painter was forced to flee Rome in 1606 after murdering a man in a fit of temper? | Caravaggio's Crazy Life: The Art of an Infamous Italian Scofflaw Home » All Articles » Art & culture » Caravaggio’s Crazy Life: The Art of an Infamous Italian Scofflaw Caravaggio’s Crazy Life: The Art of an Infamous Italian Scofflaw Caravaggio's "Sick Bacchus," in the Galleria Borghese Caravaggio’s “Boy with a Basket of Fruit,” one of his first paintings As well as a scofflaw and murderer, 17th-century Italian painter Caravaggio was one of the most thrilling, and ground-breaking, artists in Italy. And his paintings—which changed Italian art history forever—tell the fascinating stories, and hint at the personal torment, behind the artist. So here are a few of our favorite Caravaggio paintings in Italy. Because this Baroque bad-boy has such a fascinating life story, we’ve organized our list according to when he did them… and what his motivations might have been. Born in 1571, Caravaggio grew up in Caravaggio, Italy, just outside of Milan. That’s not a coincidence: His real name actually was Michelangelo Merisi, but partly to distinguish him from that other famed Michelangelo, the artist went by the name of his hometown. (That’s not unusual, by the way: Cortona-born artist Pietro da Cortona, for example, was really named Pietro Berrettini). From a young age, Caravaggio was a trouble-maker. So much so, in fact, that at 21 years old, he fled Milan—already having gotten into numerous brawls and even having wounded a police officer. He came to Rome, where he got a job painting in the workshop of Giuseppe Cesari (known as the Cavalier d’Arpino), mostly focusing on adding flowers and fruit to the paintings done by the pope’s favorite artist. Caravaggio’s “Sick Bacchus,” in the Galleria Borghese But Caravaggio did his own paintings, as well. And even though he was still young—only in his early 20s!—the ways in which Caravaggio would change art history already were clear. Just take his self-portrait as the “Sick Bacchus,” located in Rome’s Borghese Gallery, left. Painted a couple of years after Caravaggio came to Rome, it shows the skills he’d picked up in d’Arpino’s workshop, particularly with the attention to detail and near-photographic realism of the fruit and leaves. (Around the same time, he painted “Boy with a Basket of Fruit,” at top—also in Rome’s Borghese Gallery—which is even more stunning in its depiction of vegetation and fruit). But the “Sick Bacchus” shows something else, too: that life was already rough for Caravaggio. We know that, early in his Rome stay, Caravaggio fell extremely ill—some believe of malaria—and spent six months in the hospital. It’s thought that he completed this painting around that time period, which explains the figure’s greenish skin and sickly expression. More interestingly still, Bacchus is, of course, the god of wine and partying. But Bacchus is usually shown rosy-cheeked and reveling. Not here. In a way, this painting could be said to be a depiction of what all that revelry feels like the “morning after.” And that’s something Caravaggio knew a lot about—although his biggest problems with drinking and brawling were yet to come. The Fortune Teller, in Rome’s Musei Capitolini In 1594, Caravaggio left d’Arpino’s studio and struck out on his own. He met other artists in Rome that would prove incredibly influential to his career—and, less fortunately, to his personal life: One, the architect Onorio Longhi, helped Caravaggio get sucked into Rome’s underbelly of street brawls and fights. This is when Caravaggio painted “The Fortune Teller,” today in Rome’s Capitoline Museums, which, in typical Baroque style, has much more to it than meets the eye. At first glance, it simply looks like a girl telling a wealthy boy’s fortune. Look closer and you see that, while she’s “reading his palm,” she’s also… removing his ring. This theme of foppish youths falling victim to street-wise opportunists is one that Caravaggio would return to in other paintings, too. And it’s not surprising that the street-smart artist would find it a theme that he liked. At this point, in fact, Caravaggio was so poor he sold the pa |
What was the pseudonym used by the English essayist Charles Lamb when contributing to the 'London Magazine'? | Charles Lamb Essay - Lamb, Charles - eNotes.com Charles Lamb Essay - Lamb, Charles Charles Lamb 1775-1834 (Also wrote under the pseudonym Elia) English essayist, critic, poet, dramatist, and novelist. The following entry presents criticism on Lamb from 1984 through 1998. For additional information on Lamb's life and career, see NCLC, Volume 10. A well-known literary figure in nineteenth-century England, Lamb is chiefly remembered for his “Elia” essays, works celebrated for their witty and ironic treatment of everyday subjects. Through the persona of “Elia,” Lamb developed a highly personal narrative technique to achieve what many critics regard as the epitome of the familiar essay style. Extremely popular in Lamb's day, the “Elia” essays first appeared in the London Magazine between 1820 and 1825, but were later collected into two volumes. These nostalgic works have appealed to readers throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly because of their gradual revelation of Lamb's literary alter ego and his humorous idiosyncrasies. Lamb's other writings include criticism of William Shakespeare's dramas and the virtual rediscovery of a number of neglected Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights in the early nineteenth century. A dramatist and a skilled poet, Lamb was also a noted children's author, frequently in collaboration with his sister, Mary. Lamb's essays are thought to demonstrate a characteristically Romantic imagination akin to that of the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, Lamb's contemporaries and friends. Overall, Lamb is highly regarded as an essayist, an original and perceptive critic, and a noteworthy correspondent with the renowned literati of early nineteenth-century England. Biographical Information Lamb was born in London, the youngest of seven children, of whom only three survived into adulthood. His father was a law clerk who worked in the Inner Temple, one of the courts of London, and wrote poetry in his spare time. In 1782 Lamb was accepted as a student at Christ's Hospital, a school in London for the children of poor families. He excelled in his studies, especially in English literature, but the seven years away from home proved lonely. Later Lamb wrote that his solitude was relieved by his friendship with a fellow student, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who also encouraged Lamb's early poetic compositions. Since his family's poverty prevented him from furthering his education, Lamb took a job immediately upon graduation. Working first as a clerk, he became an accountant at the East India Company, a prestigious trade firm. At Coleridge's insistence, Lamb's first sonnets were included in the collection Poems on Various Subjects, published by Coleridge in 1796. That same year, Lamb's sister, who suffered from mental illness throughout her life, stabbed her mother to death in a “day of horrors” that completely transformed Lamb's life. His father and his elder brother wanted to commit Mary permanently to an asylum, but Lamb succeeded in obtaining her release and devoted himself to her care. From then on, Mary enjoyed long periods of sanity and productivity as a writer, but these were inevitably disrupted by breakdowns. In 1798 Lamb published Blank Verse with his friend Charles Lloyd. The volume contains Lamb's best known poem, “The Old Familiar Faces.” His first serious work in prose, A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret, also appeared in 1798. In the first two decades of the nineteenth century, Lamb produced two dramas, including the poorly received farce Mr. H———; or, Beware a Bad Name (1806), and a number of works intended for children and written with his sister. Meanwhile he began contributing literary articles to an assortment of newspapers and periodicals. Soon Lamb had established himself as a highly astute and eloquent critical voice with such essays as “On the Genius and Character of Hogarth” and “On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Considered with Reference to Their Fitness for Stage Presentation”—pieces later republished in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (1 |
Which German composer wrote the 'Rheinish Symphony'? | Schumann - Composers - Classic FM Classic FM Schumann Now Playing Robert Schumann (1810–1856) Biography Robert Schumann (1810–1856) was a German romantic composer and influential music critic. Although Schumann was no child prodigy, he went on to become one of the most important composers of the 19th century and is recognised as such 200 years after his birth. Life and Music Schumann's early musical progress was unremarkable. He was 10 before he began piano lessons and, despite his increasing enthusiasm for composition and a passion for Romantic literature, he toed the family line by enrolling as a law student at Leipzig University. After an ailment in his right hand proved incurable, Schumann was forced to concentrate solely on composition. Schumann co-founded one of the most influential musical publications, the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. He wrote many of the articles himself, using the pseudonyms Florestan and Eusebius. Schumann married Clara Wieck despite her father's blistering opposition. Between March and July, Schumann composed five of the most treasured of all song cycles - the two Liederkreis collections (Opp. 23 and 39), Dichterliebe, Myrthen and Frauenliebe und-Lieben - as part of a remarkable outpouring of more than 140 songs. Schumann then turned his attention to multi-instrumental composition, producing the Piano Concerto, Piano Quintet and Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 4. Following the Cello Concerto and Rhenish Symphony (both 1850), there was a marked decline in Schumann's creative powers and his ability to keep a hold on reality. He met the young Brahms and predicted a successful future for him, but time was slipping away. Following a paralytic attack, which left his speech impaired, his hallucinatory periods increased in intensity and he attempted to drown himself in the Rhine. He spent the last two years of his life in an asylum where his condition gradually worsened. He finally succumbed on 29 July 1856. Did you know? When Schumann developed an ailment in his right hand that proved incurable, the story was that he devised a finger-strengthening contraption which collapsed, leaving him crippled. It's more likely that he was receiving mercury treatment for syphilis! |
In Greek mythology, who was the master craftsman who built the 'Labyrinth' for King Minos? | Labyrinth - Ancient History Encyclopedia Labyrinth by Joshua J. Mark published on 02 September 2009 The word ' labyrinth ’ comes from the Greek 'labyrinthos’ and describes any maze-like structure. Etymologically the word is linked to the Minoan 'labrys' for 'double axe', the symbol of the Minoan mother goddess of Crete . The most famous labyrinth is found in Greek mythology : Designed by Daedalus for King Minos of Knossos to contain the ferocious Minotaur (a half-man and half-bull monster). Daedelaus' labyrinth was so complex that he, himself, could barely navigate it and, having successfully done so, Minos imprisoned him and his son, Icarus, in a high tower to prevent him from ever revealing the secret of the maze. In one of the most famous Greek myths, Daedelus and Icarus escape using the feathers of birds bound together by wax to form wings and fly from the tower. Icarus flew too close to the sun, melting the wax of his wings and falling into the sea, was drowned. Another Greek myth relates that the Minotaur was killed by Prince Theseus of Athens with the help of Minos' daughter Ariadne and the labyrinth is supposed to have fallen out of use afterwards. The archaeologist Arthur Evans uncovered the labyrinth at Knossos,Crete in his excavations early in the 20th century and the myth of the Minotaur in the labyrinth was explained by the Minoan sport of bull jumping (shown in frescoes on the walls) in which, by grabbing the bull's horns and leaping back over the animal, man and bull appeared to be one creature. Remove Ads Advertisement The other famed labyrinth of antiquity was the Egyptian temple precinct of a pyramid complex of many courts, built at Hawara by Amenemhet III of the 12th Dynasty (c.1860-1815 BCE). There were twelve separate courts of considerable size all facing one another throughout this labyrinth and all connected by corridors and colonnades and shafts. Criss-crossing alleys and false doors sealed by stone plugs all protected the central burial chamber of the pyramid of the king. This chamber is said to have been cut from a single block of granite and to have weighed 110 tons. The labyrinth at Hawara was described by the historian Herodotus , who claimed it rivaled any of the ancient wonders of the world of the time: The upper chambers I saw with my own eyes, and found them to excel all other human productions; for the passages through the houses, and the varied windings of the paths across the courts excited in me infinite admiration as I passed from the courts into chambers, and from the chambers into colonnades, and from the colonnades into fresh houses, and again from these into courts unseen before.” The historian Strabo described it as “a great palace composed of many palaces. The great labyrinth of Egypt fell into decay at some unknown point and was dismantled and the parts used in other building projects. So great was the site as a source of building materials that a small town grew up around the ruins. Nothing remains of this great architectural wonder today save the ravaged pyramid of Amenemhet III at Hawara by the oasis of Faiyum. About the Author |
Which BAFTA award winning British drama series follows the work of a group of MI5 intelligence officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as 'The Grid'? | Spooks (MI5): Season 9 - YouTube Spooks (MI5): Season 9 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 20, 2011 Spooks (MI5) is a BAFTA award-winning British television drama series produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 intelligence officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid. In the United States and France, the show is broadcast under the title MI-5. In Canada, the programme originally aired as MI5 but now airs on BBC Canada as Spooks. Leading Role: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Nicola Walker, Rory MacGregor, Miranda Raison, David Oyelowo, Keeley Hawes Director: David Wolstencroft |
Which group had a UK number one hit in July 2009 with 'Beat Again'? | UK MUSIC CHARTS, No.1 Singles 1: Al Martino - Here In My Heart - 14/11/1952. 1953 2: Jo Stafford : You Belong To Me - 16/1/1953 3: Kay Starr : Comes A-Long A-Love - 23/1/1953. 4: Eddie Fisher: Outside Of Heaven - 30/1/1953. Feb 5: Perry Como: Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 6/2/1953 March 6: Guy Mitchell: She Wears Red Feathers - 13/3/1953 April 7: Stargazers: Broken Wings - 10/4/1953 8: Lita Roza: (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window - 17/4/1953 9: Frankie Laine: I Believe - 24/4/1953 June 10: Eddie Fisher: I'm Walking Behind You - 26/6/1953 Aug 11: Mantovani Song: from 'The Moulin Rouge' - 14/8/1953 Sept 12: Guy Mitchell: Look At That Girl - 11/9/1953 Oct 13: Frankie Laine: Hey Joe - 23/10/1953 Nov 14: David Whitfield: Answer Me - 6/11/1953 15: Frankie Laine: Answer Me - 13/11/1953 1954 16: Eddie Calvert: Oh Mein Papa 8/1/1954 March 17: Stargazers: I See The Moon 12/3/1954. April 18: Doris Day: Secret Love 16/4/1954 19: Johnnie Ray: Such A Night 30/4/1954 July 20: David Whitfield: Cara Mia 2/7/1954 Sept 21: Kitty Kallen: Little Things Mean A Lot 10/9/1954 22: Frank Sinatra: Three Coins In The Fountain 17/9/1954 Oct 23: Don Cornell: Hold My Hand 8/10/1954 Nov 24: Vera Lynn: My Son My Son 5/11/1954 25: Rosemary Clooney: This Ole House 26/11/1954 Dec 26: Winifred Atwell: Let's Have Another Party 3/12/1954 1955 27: Dickie Valentine: Finger Of Suspicion 7/1/1955. 28: Rosemary Clooney: Mambo Italiano 14/1/1955 Feb 29: Ruby Murray: Softly, Softly 18/2/1955 March 30: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Give Me Your Word, 11/3/1955 April 31: Perez Prez Prado & His Orchestra: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 29/4/1955 May 32: Tony Bennett: Stranger In Paradise 13/5/1955 33: Eddie Calvert: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 27/5/1955 June 34: Jimmy Young: Unchained Melody 24/6/1955 July 35: Alma Cogan: Dreamboat 15/7/1955 36: Slim Whitman: Rose Marie 29/7/1955 Oct 37: Jimmy Young: The Man From Laramie 14/10/1955 Nov 38: Johnston Brothers: Hernando's Hideaway 11/11/1955 39: Bill Haley & His Comets: Rock Around The Clock 25/11/1955 Dec 40: Dickie Valentine: Christmas Alphabet 16/12/1955 1956 41: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons 20/1/1956. Feb 42: Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This 17/2/1956 March 43: Dream Weavers: It's Almost Tomorrow 16/3/1956 44: Kay Starr: Rock And Roll Waltz 30/3/1956 April 45: Winifred Atwell: Poor People Of Paris 13/4/1956 May 46: Ronnie Hilton: No Other Love 4/5/1956 June 47: Pat Boone: I'll Be Home 15/6/1956 July 48: Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love 20/7/1956 Aug 49: Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 10/8/1956 Sept 50: Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms 21/9/1956 Oct 51: Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love 19/10/1956 Nov 52: Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain 16/11/1956 1957 53: Guy Mitchell.. Singing The Blues 4/1/1957 54: Tommy Steele.. Singing The Blues 11/1/1957 55: Frankie Vaughan.. The Garden Of Eden 25/1/1957 Feb 56: Tab Hunter.. Young Love 22/2/1957 April 57: Lonnie Donegan.. Cumberland Gap 12/4/1957 May 58: Guy Mitchell.. Rock-A-Billy 17/5/1957 59: Andy Williams.. Butterfly 24/5/1957 June 60: Johnnie Ray.. Yes Tonight Josephine 7/6/1957 61. Lonnie Donegan.. Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin' Man 28/6/1957 July 62. Elvis Presley.. All Shook Up 12/7/1957 Aug 63. Paul Anka.. Diana 30/8/1957 Nov 64. The Crickets.. That'll Be The Day 1/11/1957 65. Harry Belafonte.. Mary's Boy Child 22/11/1957 1958 66. Jerry Lee Lewis.. Great Balls Of Fire 10/1/1958 67. Elvis Presley.. Jailhouse Rock 24/1/1958 Feb 68. Michael Holliday.. The Story Of My Life 14/2/1958 69. Perry Como.. Magic Moments 28/2/1958 April 70. Marvin Rainwater.. Whole Lotta Woman 25/4/1958 May 71. Connie Francis.. Who's Sorry Now 16/5/1958 June 72. Vic Damone.. On The Street Where You Live 27/6/1958 July 73. Everly Brothers.. All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 4/7/1958 Aug 74. Kalin Twins.. When 22/8/1958 Sept 75. Connie Francis.. Carolina Moon / Stupid Cupid 26/9/1958 Nov 76. Tommy Edwards.. All In The Game 7/11/1958 77. Lord Rockingham's XI.. Hoots Mon 28/11/195 |
According to the Bible, from which wood was 'Noah's Ark' made? | Noah's Ark Noah's Ark The reason for Noah's Ark - God regretted he had made the human family - Genesis 6:5-8, 11-13 (King James Version) 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 11. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Noah's Ark was built according to God's boat building plan - Genesis 6:14-17 (King James Version) 14. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. Both humans and animals, including birds, were to be kept alive in Noah's Ark. Noah's family was the only righteous family God could find - Genesis 6:18-7:1 (King James Version) 18. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. God gave detailed instructions on the number of animals that were to enter Noah's Ark - Genesis 7:1 (King James Version) 1. And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Seven of each clean animals went into Noah's Ark, and two of each unclean animal. They went in orderly, two by two - Genesis 7:2-3; 7-89; 13-17 (King James Version) 2. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 7. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, God also said the animals were to go into Noah's Ark orderly - Genesis 7:9; 13-17 (King James Version) 9. There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 13. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14. They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth aft |
Which BAFTA nominated British detective drama series is set in Hastings during World War Two? | www.XpatDvd.com British TV Drama Grantchester SERIES 1: It is 1953 and Sidney Chambers [James Norton] is vicar of the seemingly quiet village of Grantchester. Or at least, it has been quiet, right up until murder came to town. Pushed into a dangerous world of lies, betrayal and murder, Sidney quickly finds that his natural instincts and curiosity help him excel in his new position as 'Detective'. Joining Sidney in his journey through a dark and dangerous new world, is the affable Detective Inspector Geordie Keating [Robson Green], the naive, well-meaning curate Leonard Finch [Al Weaver], his austere and constantly disapproving housekeeper Mrs Maguire [Tessa Peake-Jones]; and the witty, high-society Amanda [Morven Christie]. SERIES 2: Still unresolved from last season is Sidney's love life. Handsome, worldly-wise, and virtuous, he should be an ideal catch. And at least one very promising female companion turns up in the new series. But will Sidney scare her away with his unconventional taste for jazz, blood-splattered crime scenes, and a married woman? The new season's cases include a shocking charge of sexual assault that turns into a homicide investigation implicating a pillar of the community; an apparent suicide from the college spire that takes on Cold War overtones: a confession to murder in which the alleged victim is still very much alive; a haunted stable with links to the Holocaust and more. Peaky Blinders Peaky Blinders is an epic gangster drama set in the lawless streets of post-war Birmingham on the cusp of the 1920s. Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Inception) stars as Thomas Shelby, the controller one of the city's most feared and successful criminal organisations, the Peaky Blinders, known for their practice of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps. But Shelby's ambitions go beyond running the streets. Crime pays, but business pays better. Featuring a specular cast that includes Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Helen McCrory (Skyfall, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Paul Anderson (Legend), Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle), Charlotte Riley (Edge of Tomorrow), Noah Taylor (Game of Thrones) and Tom Hardy (The Revenant, Mad Max). Britain's best drama, The Independent, Unmissable, The Daily Mail Hinterland A crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where troubled DCI Tom Mathias solves murders while searching for redemption. For catch-up, here is how Season One kicked off: having just left the Met in London, DCI Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington: Poldark, Stella) is now in Aberystwyth where he is called to the scene of a brutal attack at an isolated chalet in the sand dunes. The victims body is found near the site of the old childrens home that she ran for many years Season Two kicks off with a feature length episode: DCI Mathias future hangs in the balance, he is forced to return to the front line after an arson attack in a feuding community of failing farms and he has to juggle the current investigation while rehabilitating his reputation. Other storylines include the murder of a local dignitary and barrister, a bus driver is shot dead on an isolated mountainside, a body is found in a lake and a burnt body is found on the dunes. The Tunnel The Tunnel (French: Tunnel) is a British-French crime drama television series, adapted from the 2011 Danish/Swedish crime series The Bridge (Broen/Bron). The Tunnel began broadcast on 16 October 2013 on Sky Atlantic in the UK, and on 11 November 2013 on Canal+ in France. The series stars Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy as British and French police detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann, respectively. Scott & Bailey This moving and exciting drama series follows the lives of Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey Detective Constables in a Manchester Major Incident Team led by the formidable DCI Gill Murray. Though dedicated to cracking their challenging cases, Scott and Bailey also have home lives away from the force, fraught with personal dramas, decisions and life-changing consequences. Series 1 As they take on testing and horrific cases including the murder of |
At which racecourse is the Scottish Grand National run each April? | Scottish Grand National - Latest Odds, Runners & Tips The Scottish National The Coral Scottish Grand National will be run in April 2016 at Ayr Racecourse. 31 ran in the 2015 renewal with only eleven managing to complete the course. Of those, Wayward Prince was the winner for trainer Hilary Parrott, with Robert Dunne on board. Goonyella came in second and Benbens finished in third place. For full odds for all the horses entered in the 2015 Scottish Grand National, please check above once bookmakers offer ante-post bets before the final line-up has been declared. The race was originally run at a course near Houston, Renfrewshire in 1858 and known as the “West of Scotland Grand National”. The race at that time consisted of 32 jumps which were mainly stone walls. In 1867 the race moved to Bogside Racecourse, near Irvine. The inaugural winner at Bogside, The Elk, was owned by the Duke of Hamilton. During the early part of its history the race’s distance was about three miles. It was later extended to 3⅞ miles, and became known by its present title in 1880, when it was won by Peacock. Bogside Racecourse closed in 1965, and the Scottish Grand National was transferred to Ayr the following year. At this point the race was increased to its present length. Several winners of the Scottish Grand National have also won its English counterpart at Aintree. The first to complete the double was Music Hall, the winner of the 1922 Grand National. The feat has been achieved more recently by Little Polveir and Earth Summit, but the only horse to win both races in the same year was Red Rum in 1974. Scottish National Stats To the winner the spoils 27 Fences 27 fences till the finish Around 30 Horses Runners in this years race 4 Miles From start to finish Ayr Racecourse Ayr Racecourse is the home of the Scottish Grand National. Ayr is recognised as the premier Racecourse in Scotland, with the Scottish Grand National being the highlight of National Hunt racing calendar north of the border. The course was opened in 1907 and stages both National Hunt and flat racing. However, racing in the Ayr region can be traced back to the 1500’s. The National Hunt course was only added to Ayr in the 1950s which enable year round racing. The first Scottish Grand National was run on the course in 1966. Previously the Scottish Grand National was run on the Bogside Racecourse at Irvine. The closure of the Irvine course in 1965 gave Ayr the chance to stage Scotland’s premier National Hunt race, which it has done every year since then. Direction One and a half mile circuit including 210 yard run in Undulation It runs downhill to the home turn and thereafter there is a gentle rise to the finish Obstacles 9 chase fences in one circuit The Scottish Grand National is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase for horses aged 5 and above. The course distance is 4 miles and 110 yards. The total number of fences to be jumped by the runners is 27. The fences are generally considered to be less formidable than those at Aintree. The race also has considerable less runners than the Aintree Grand National, usually around 25. In many ways the Scottish Grand National is more similar to the Irish Grand National than it’s English counterpart. Tickets for the Scottish Grand National can be bought online from the official Ayr Racecours website . Prices start at around £20 for adults and children under 16 go free (with paying adult). Ayr Racecourse also offer discounts for senior citizens and group bookings – see website for details. Finding Ayr You might like to read more about… Start Time |
Which group had a UK number one hit in August 2009 with 'I Gotta Feeling'? | Today's Music from ww_adh: UK Singles Chart, August 8, 2009 Today's Music from ww_adh Popular music commentary, reviews, and charts relevant to music fans in the United States and the United Kingdom. Monday, August 03, 2009 UK Singles Chart, August 8, 2009 1. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas Black Eyed Peas climb 2 spots, claiming their third #1 hit. The band spent 2 weeks at #1 a few months ago with their last single, "Boom Boom Pow," and, in 2003, 6 weeks at #1 with "Where Is the Love," still the group's biggest UK hit. "I Gotta Feeling" is currently #1 in the United States and is the sixth single this year to top the charts in both countries, along with Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" and "Poker Face," Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck without You," Flo Rida's "Right Round," and the 'Peas "Boom Boom Pow." 4. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) - Pitbull In its 5th week on the chart, Pitbull climbs 3 spots to #4, where it is likely to peak, given that the physical release was last week. In the U.S., this single peaked at #2 in June. 6. Sweet Dreams - Beyonce Beyonce looks to have another major hit on her hands, as "Sweet Dreams" climbs 3 more spots to #6. The single's CD release is still a week away and already it's eclipsed the #7 peak of recent single "Single Ladies." Her other recent singles--"If I Were a Boy" and "Halo"--peaked at #1 and #4 respectively. 10. Poppiholla - Chicane The physical release of this single did nothing to improve its chart position, as "Poppiholla" holds at #10 this week. It debuted at #7 two weeks ago. 14. I Made It Through the Rain - John Barrowman John Barrowman has been around for awhile, but this week finally scores his first top 40 hit with his remake of "I Made It Through the Rain." I rather liked his last single, "What About Us," which failed to chart. To what do we owe this apparent surge in popularity? Wikipedia credits Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, who has apparently been championing it. 16. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence + The Machine Florence is showing remarkable longevity with "Rabbit Heart," which peaked no higher than #12 six weeks ago, yet has remained within the top 20 ever since. The album continues to do well too, having planted itself firmly at #2 for the last 4 weeks behind Michael Jackson's "The Essential Michael Jackson." It also snagged a Mercury Prize nomination, which I'm sure has helped the popularity of both the album and this single. 20. Never Forget You - Noisettes Another single showing surprising longevity. "Never Forget You" climbs 1 notch to #20, becoming Noisettes' second top 20 hit. Despite still being a considerably smaller hit than their last release, #2 single "Don't Upset the Rhythm," "Never Forget You" is actually charting higher than its predecessor did in its 8th week (the single had fallen to #23 by that time). 29. Fire Burning - Sean Kingston 30. Fire - Kasabian It's feeling rather hot at this point in the chart. 33. Remedy - Little Boots Little boots scores her second top 40 hit, debuting at #33 with "Remedy." I was disappointed with the #13 peak of her last single, "New in Town," and I'm really hoping "Remedy" can go top 10. The single is out August 17. 40. Jump - Flo Rida Featuring Nelly Furtado Finally, Flo Rida enters the top 40 at #40 with "Jump," his 6th top hit. This single did not fare very well in the U.S., despite featuring Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, who here scores her 13th UK top 40 hit. She hit #2 earlier this year with James Morrison on "Broken Wings." Posted by Cook In / Dine Out at |
According to the Bible, from which wood was the 'Ark Of The Covenant' built? | What was the Ark of the Covenant, and was it real? | Bible.org Home What was the Ark of the Covenant, and was it real? The Ark of the Covenant was definitely real and was a part of the tabernacle, being placed in the Holy of Holies behind the curtain. I will include articles below from three Bible Dictionaries that will give you some information. It will be basically the same information, but each might add something more to help you. Your best source for concise information is in Bible Encyclopedias and Dictionaries. Some people believe the Ark is existence today, though hidden. From the New Bible Dictionary: ARK OF THE COVENANT. Called also ‘ark of the Lord’, ‘ark of God’, ‘ark of the covenant of the Lord’ (Dt. 10:8) and ‘ark of the testimony’ (edut = covenant-terms: *Witness). The ark was a rectangular box ('aron) made of acacia wood, and measured 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 cubits (i.e. c. 4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 feet or c. 1.22 m x 76 cm x 76 cm). The whole was covered with gold and was carried on poles inserted in rings at the four lower corners. The lid, or ‘mercy-seat’, was a gold plate surrounded by two antithetically placed cherubs with outspread wings. The ark served (i) as receptacle for the two tablets of the Decalogue (Ex. 25:16, 21; 40:20; Dt. 10:1-5) and also for the pot of manna and Aaron’s rod (Heb. 9:4-5); (ii) as the meeting-place in the inner sanctuary where the Lord revealed his will to his servants (Moses: Ex. 25:22; 30:36; Aaron: Lv. 16:2; Joshua: Jos. 7:6). Thus it served as the symbol of the divine presence guiding his people. The ark was made at Sinai by Bezalel to the pattern given to Moses (Ex. 25:8ff.). It was used as a depository for the written law (Dt. 31:9; Jos. 24:26) and played a significant part at the crossing of Jordan (Jos. 3-4), the fall of Jericho (Jos. 6) and the ceremony of remembering the covenant at Mt Ebal (Jos. 8:30ff.). From Gilgal the ark was moved to Bethel (Jdg. 2:1; 20:27), but was taken to Shiloh in the time of the Judges (1 Sa. 1:3; 3:3), remaining there till captured by the Philistines on the battlefield at Ebenezer (1 Sa. 4). Because its presence caused 7 months of plagues, the Philistines returned it to Kiriath-jearim, where it remained for 20 years (1 Sa. 5:1-7:2), except possibly for a temporary move to Saul’s camp near Beth-aven (1 Sa. 14:18—where, however, lxx indicates that the original reading was probably ‘ephod’). David installed the ark in a tent at Jerusalem (2 Sa. 6), and would not remove it during Absalom’s rebellion (2 Sa. 15:24-29). It was placed in the Temple with great ceremony in the reign of Solomon (1 Ki. 8:1ff.), and re-sited in the sanctuary during Josiah’s reforms (2 Ch. 35:3) when Jeremiah anticipated an age without its presence (3:16). It was presumably lost during the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 bc. There was no ark in the second Temple (Josephus, BJ 5. 219). Gold-overlaid wooden receptacles or portable shrines are known from the ancient Near East in pre-Mosaic times. The ark is unique, however, as the repository of the covenant-tablets, i.e. documents bearing the ‘covenant-stipulations’ (edut). [The New Bible Dictionary, (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.) 1962.] From The Wycliffe Bible Dictionary: ARK OF THE COVENANT. This was a chest made of acacia wood, about four feet long, two and a half feet wide, and two and a half feet high. It was overlaid with gold inside and out (Ex 25:11) and a ring of gold at each corner or foot through which poles were passed to carry it. The lid of the ark, the kapporeth or “mercy seat” (Ex 25:17), was made of pure gold. At each end of the mercy seat was a cherubim made of hammered gold. The ark (áaron) is referred to some 200 times in the OT under 22 different designations. It is called the ark (Ex 25:14), the ark of Jehovah (I Sam 4:6, ASV), the ark of God (Elohim, (I Sam 4:18), the ark of the covenant (Josh 3:6), the ark of the testimony (Ex 25:22). This various terminology for the ark may reflect a difference in date and authorship of the various sources, but this is |
Who played the title character in the 2009 film 'Bruno'? | Brüno (2009) - 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 Flamboyant and gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Visit IMDb Picks Related News a list of 30 titles created 04 Aug 2011 a list of 47 titles created 05 Dec 2011 a list of 24 titles created 13 Mar 2012 a list of 38 titles created 06 Sep 2014 a list of 26 titles created 26 Jun 2015 Search for " Brüno " 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. 2 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards » Videos Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson . Director: Larry Charles The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. Director: Larry Charles Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the... See full summary » Director: Mark Mylod A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother. Director: Louis Leterrier An ignorant, wannabe-Jamaican British b-boy; an anti-Semitic, misogynistic but friendly Kazakhstani television reporter; and a homosexual Austrian fashonista--all played by Sacha Baron ... See full summary » Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Buzz Aldrin, Arthur Danto Edit Storyline Brüno is a gay Austrian fashion guru. He has his own fashion based television show, Funkyzeit, the most popular German-language show of its kind outside of Germany. After he disgraces himself in front of his Funkyzeit fan base, he is ruined in German speaking Europe. He decides that in his quest for worldwide fame, he will move to Los Angeles and reinvent himself. Accompanying him to the US is Lutz, his former assistant's assistant. Lutz is the only person left in his circle that still believes in Brüno's greatness. Brüno goes through one reinvention of himself after another, ultimately straying to areas far removed from his own self. Perhaps when Brüno finds an activity that he truly does love, he will also find that über-fame he so desperately desires. Written by Huggo Rated R for pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 10 July 2009 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt See more » Filming Locations: £5,000,229 (UK) (10 July 2009) Gross: Elton John : As himself in "The Dove of Peace" sequence. See more » Goofs The movie's premise is that this is all real footage made by Brüno's news crew. Who, then, is filming the scenes where Brüno is alone and homeless on the streets? See more » Quotes Brüno : Ich was going to become famous by solving a world problem! But which one? Clooney's got Darfur, Sting's got the Amazon, and Bono's got AIDS! Luckily, there was still one shithole left to fix: the Middle Earth. See more » Crazy Credits The U in the Universal logo is spelled with an umlaut (Ü) like the movie's title. See more » Connections For those asking how the shock effect of 'Borat' could be topped... 10 July 2009 | by nosiesnetnieuws (Maastricht, Netherlands) – See all my reviews Brüno is a gay Austrian fashion reporter impersonated by the man that notoriously starred as Borat in... Borat. (For those that have seen Borat: you probably know what to expect. If you did not like Borat for the painfully explicit content, stay away from Brüno. If you almost died of laughter during a c |
'Aston', 'Mick' and 'Davies' are the three central characters in which play by Harold Pinter? | The Caretaker Characters - eNotes.com The Caretaker Characters link Link Mick Mick, a man in his late twenties, Aston’s brother. He is the first character seen onstage in the play, although he does not speak or interact with the other characters until the end of act 1. From the outside, he tries to control the other two. When he does speak, he tends to utter either single lines or long incoherent ramblings about unseen friends and relatives, sprinkled with dozens of London place names, financial terms, and interior decorator’s phrases. He owns the derelict building in which Aston has his flat, and he has dreams of converting it into a high-class penthouse, dreams that he has no apparent means to fulfill. He has tried and failed to reconnect with Aston by giving him a home, and he hopes now that he can get to Aston through Davies. Instead, he becomes jealous of Aston’s relationship with Davies and turns his anger on them both. Aston Aston, a man in his late thirties. He lives alone in a run-down flat piled high with old paint buckets, boxes of screws and nails, a shopping cart, and even a detached kitchen sink. A former factory worker, he has been unemployed ever since undergoing electric shock treatments years ago. The treatments left him brain-damaged, and he endures terrible headaches. He rescues Davies from a fight and brings him to his own flat, where he offers him a bed, a bit of tobacco for his pipe, an old pair of shoes, and, eventually, a job as caretaker of the building.... (The entire section is 575 words.) Get Free Access Start your free trial with eNotes for complete access to this resource and thousands more. 30,000+ Study Guides Save time with thousands of teacher-approved book and topic summaries. Get Homework Help Ask real teachers questions on any subject or search 300,000+ answers. On the Go Access |
In which city in Arizona did 'The Gunfight At The OK Corral' take place in 1881? | The Earps shoot it out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona - Oct 26, 1881 - HISTORY.com The Earps shoot it out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Share this: The Earps shoot it out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Author The Earps shoot it out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona URL Publisher A+E Networks After years of feuding and mounting tensions, on this day in 1881, the “law and order” Earps and the “cowboy” Clanton-McLaurys engage in their world-famous shoot-out near the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, leaving three men dead and three more wounded. Both sides in the conflict were ostensibly looking for revenge for what they perceived as malicious attacks and insults, but on a larger level the conflict revolved around which side would control the fate of Tombstone and Cochise County. That hot Arizona day, the Earp brothers—Wyatt; Virgil, the town marshal; and Morgan—along with their friend Doc Holliday, spotted a group of cattle rustlers—Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne, at the other end of Fremont Street, standing in a vacant lot behind the OK Corral. Standing nearby was Cochise County Sheriff John Behan, who rushed up the street to tell the Earps that the Clantons and McLaurys were mostly unarmed and just wanted to leave town peacefully. But the Earps ignored the sheriff and moved ahead to confront their enemies. “You sons of bitches,” Wyatt Earp reportedly said, “you re looking for a fight and now you can have it.” The question of which side actually drew their guns first is still debated today, but it s believed that Virgil Earp pulled out his revolver and shot Billy Clanton in the chest at point-blank range, while Doc Holliday killed Tom McLaury with a blast from his double-barreled shotgun. Wyatt Earp shot Frank McLaury in the stomach, and the wounded man staggered out into the street but managed to pull his gun and return fire. Meanwhile, Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne ran for their lives. The wounded Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton both managed to get off several shots before collapsing, and Virgil, Morgan, and Doc were all hit. But when the 30-second gunfight was over, there was no doubt which side had triumphed: the Earps were bloodied but alive, while Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury were dead or dying. Sheriff Behan, who witnessed the entire shoot-out, charged the Earps and Holliday with murder. However, a month later the Tombstone justice of the peace found the men not guilty, ruling “the defendants were fully justified in committing these homicides.” Related Videos |
What was the name of the British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing over 1100 people? | German submarine sinks Lusitania - May 07, 1915 - HISTORY.com German submarine sinks Lusitania Publisher A+E Networks The earlier German attacks on merchant ships off the south coast of Ireland prompted the British Admiralty to warn the Lusitania to avoid the area or take simple evasive action, such as zigzagging to confuse U-boats plotting the vessel’s course. The captain of the Lusitania ignored these recommendations, and at 2:12 p.m. on May 7, in the waters of the Celtic Sea, the 32,000-ton ship was hit by an exploding torpedo on its starboard side. The torpedo blast was followed by a larger explosion, probably of the ship’s boilers. The Lusitania sank within 20 minutes. Germany justified the attack by stating, correctly, that the Lusitania was an enemy ship, and that it was carrying munitions. It was primarily a passenger ship, however, and among the 1,201 drowned in the attack were many women and children, including 128 Americans. Colonel Edward House, close associate of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, was in London for a diplomatic visit when he learned of the Lusitania‘s demise. America has come to the parting of the ways, he wrote in a telegram to Wilson, when she must determine whether she stands for civilized or uncivilized warfare. We can no longer remain neutral spectators. Wilson subsequently sent a strongly worded note to the German government—the first of three similar communications—demanding that it cease submarine warfare against unarmed merchant ships. Wilson’s actions On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Faced with the overpowering size and strength of the British Royal Navy at the outset of World War I, Germany realized its most effective weapon at sea was its deadly accurate U-boat submarine. Consequently, in February 1915, the German navy adopted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, declaring the area around the British Isles a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, would be subject to attack. Though the United States was officially neutral at this point in the war, Britain was one of the nation’s closest trading partners, and tensions arose immediately over Germany’s new policy. In early May 1915, several New York newspapers published a warning by the German embassy in Washington that Americans traveling on British or Allied ships in war zones did so at their own risk. On the same page, an advertisement announced the imminent sailing of the British cruise liner Lusitania from New York back to Liverpool. prompted his secretary of state, the pacifist William Jennings Bryan, to resign. His successor, Robert Lansing, took quite a different view of the situation: the sinking of the Lusitania had convinced him that the United States could not maintain its neutrality forever, and would eventually be forced to enter the war against Germany. On the German side, fear of further antagonizing Wilson and his government led Kaiser Wilhelm and Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg to issue an apology to the U.S. and enforce a curb on the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. By early 1917, however, under pressure from military leaders who advocated an aggressive naval policy as an integral component of German strategy in World War I, the government reversed its policy, and on February 1, 1917, Germany resumed its policy of unrestricted U-boat warfare. Two days later, Wilson announced that the U.S. was breaking diplomatic relations with Germany; the same day, the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat. The United States formally entered World War I on April 6, 1917. Related Videos |
Complete the title of this famous novel by George & Weedon Grossmith: 'Diary Of A ....'? | The Diary of a Nobody: Amazon.co.uk: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith: 9781169241909: Books The Diary of a Nobody 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: Kessinger Publishing (10 Sept. 2010) Language: English Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 0.8 x 25.4 cm Average Customer Review: Product Description Review Sensational... It's a rare ability to render an audience helpless with laughter and crying with emotion at the same moment. Hugh Osborne's new adaptation of the Victorian comic classic The Diary of a Nobody has this ability in spades. --whatsonstage.com Perkily inventive, highly pleasing, gloriously funny... while it shows clear signs of indebtedness to the skittish, playful aesthetic of that estimable long-runner The 39 Steps, Osborne's adaptation still possesses heaps of its own irreverent originality. --Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition. About the Author George and Weedon Grossmith were brothers, best remembered for their 1892 comic novel, The Diary of a Nobody, which they co-authored, with illustrations by Weedon. George Grossmith was also famous as a music hall performer (he created a series of memorable characters in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan), and as a writer and composer. Hugh Osborne is a former university lecturer, now an actor and writer. He has appeared in numerous tours and West End shows, and his adaptation of Diary of a Nobody was a hit when it premiered at Royal & Derngate, Northampton, in 2011. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item? By Stracs VINE VOICE on 8 Dec. 2011 Format: Paperback Verified Purchase I had heard lots of good things about the Diary of a Nobody, but was not really sure I would enjoy this type of work so put off reading it. However, finally I got round to it and found a pleasant, amusing read which, whilst it didn't become one of my all time favourites, I am nevertheless glad I read. This edition contains not only the diary itself, but lots of the original illustrations created by Weedon Grossmith, which are delightful and really help to bring the characters and story to life, as well as giving you an idea of how literature was often presented in the 19th century. Charles Pooter is a clerical worker who has worked at the same job in the same company for years. He has been overlooked for promotion throughout that time. He decides to keep a diary of his middle-class, run of the mill life. In that diary we meet his long-suffering wife Carrie, his son Willie who renames himself Lupin as he feels his real name is too common, some of his less than respectful colleagues and a number of his friends - most notably Gowing and Cummins. He makes lots puns/jokes which he thinks are hysterical but are actually awful, and his complete obliviousness to this is actually very amusing. He has social aspirations which he can never quite realise. He is bothered by tradesmen who don't seem to take his social status seriously, and ensuing conflicts are very funny. The diary is really an early example of the type of observational humour which many of our stand-up comics use today. The diary remains remarkably modern/funny even now, more than 100 years after it was first released. Many of the problems Pooter encounters are so familiar even now. Read more › 50 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, |
In 2007, Forrest Whittaker won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film? | Forest Whitaker gives an Oscar-winning performance ‘The Last King of Scotland’ is flawed, but ... Forest Whitaker gives an Oscar-winning performance By David Hoskins Published Mar 1, 2007 2:12 AM Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker won the best actor Oscar at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Feb. 25 for his portrayal of Idi Amin in the film, “The Last King of Scotland.” “The Last King of Scotland” purports to depict Uganda’s former leader by offering a condensed-time snapshot of Amin’s leadership through the eyes of his fictional personal Scottish physician, Nicholas Garrigan, played by James McAvoy. The movie claims in its opening credits that it is inspired by real people and events. It is actually based on a novel by Giles Foden. At best Garrigan offers a synthesis of how those close to Amin could have viewed the former leader. Whitaker’s convincing performance takes viewers for an emotional ride as they watch a life-loving leader with an easy smile impose a dictatorship allegedly responsible for the torture, murder and disappearance of up to 300,000 Ugandans. Some critics questioned Whitaker for the extent to which he “humanized” Amin. What these critics fail to recognize is that many people, including Ugandans, identify with Amin because of his individual role in the struggle against colonialism’s legacy. The film’s major shortcoming is that it seeks to reduce Amin to a one-dimensional character that is portrayed as being foolhardy as well as brutal. Such an analysis takes Amin and the struggles of the Ugandan people in the 1970s out of the context of the country’s emergence from British colonialism in 1962. The real-life Idi Amin swept to power in Uganda in 1971 on the heels of a military coup that displaced President Milton Obote. Amin’s ascension to power was initially endorsed by the British and Israelis. Imperialist and Zionist leaders hoped that Amin would reverse the gains of the 1966 national-democratic revolution which abolished the institution of monarchy and eliminated the caste system prevalent in two of the kingdoms that made up Uganda. When Amin refused to restore the kingdoms to their former power and befriended national liberation groups, such as the Palestinian Liberation Organization, he fell out of favor with the foreign powers who hoped to use him for rule by proxy. The capitalist press, which cared very little for the Ugandan people to begin with, moved to discredit Amin by demonizing him as a wicked despot. The racist propaganda went so far as to imply that Amin consumed the bodies of political opponents in acts of ritualistic cannibalism. The premise of “The Last King of Scotland” that Amin imposed an authoritarian and genocidal dictatorship stems from the accusations made during the campaign to punish him for his justified contempt for the former British oppressors. Director Kevin MacDonald claims he intended the film to send a message about British colonialism and the consequences of international interference in Uganda. MacDonald claims that “Amin was a Frankenstein’s monster created by the British.” This statement still fails to recognize that Amin was impacted, like hundreds of millions of Africans, by the dehumanizing experience of growing up as a colonial subject. Amin’s opportunity for a better life rested on his decision to join the colonial army and submit himself to regular humiliation and abuse at the hands of British officers. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that once he became president, Amin decided to return the favor when he required that the British officials bow down to him whenever they visited Uganda. Despite MacDonald’s intentions, the film fails to address the complexity of Idi Amin’s rise to power as an African Muslim leader in an era tainted by colonialism and instead paints Africa as a continent filled with so-called bloodthirsty would-be dictators. This long-time stereotypical depiction of Africa is as racist as Hollywood’s criteria for which performances are worthy of Oscar-level recognition for Black and other actors of color. Forest Whitaker is an accompli |
Which two colours are found on the flag of Greenland? | Greenland Flag Greenland Flag Featuring Danish colors, red and white, the flag of Greenland was officially adopted on June 21, 1985. Flag of Greenland Disclaimer Close Disclaimer : All efforts have been made to make this image accurate. However Compare Infobase Limited, its directors and employees do not own any responsibility for the correctness or authenticity of the same. Flags of Neighboring Countries Canada Flag Flags of Neighboring Countries Designed by a local artist of Greenland, Thue Christiansen, the national flag of Greenland features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red. Towards the hoist side of the center is a large disk. The top half of the disc is red and the bottom half white. The white in the flag represents the heavy snowfall experienced by the island and the red color symbolizes the sun shining over the land. In the local language, Greenlandic, the flag is referred to as Erfalasorput, meaning "our flag". The Greenland flag is also known as Aappalaartoq - "the red". The term Aappalaartoq is also used to refer to the flag of Denmark. Unlike the flags of the other Nordic countries, the flag of Greenland does not feature a Nordic Cross. The idea of the national flag first came up in 1973 when some proposed a green, white, and blue flag. The next year in 1974 a newspaper published eleven other designs out of which ten featured a Nordic Cross. No flag was chosen at the time and the plan of selecting an official flag took a backseat. In 1978, when Greenland was granted home rule by Denmark, a design contest was held across the country. Of the many entries received, a red and white flag with the circle was chosen as the official flag of the country. Official Name: Greenland Adopted on: June 21, 1985 Location: Located between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans Capital City:Nuuk Major Cities: Cape Farewell, Qeqqata, Sermersooq Area: 836,109 square miles |
Complete the title of this famous play by Luigi Pirandello: 'Six Characters In Search Of An ....'? | Six Characters in Search of an Author, L. Pirandello, 1921 Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) A COMEDY IN THE MAKING By Luigi Pirandello CHARACTERS of the Comedy in the Making THE FATHER (The last two do not speak) THE SON SCENE-SHIFTERS Daytime. The Stage of a Theatre N. B. The Comedy is without acts or scenes. The performance is interrupted once, without the curtain being lowered, when the manager and the chief characters withdraw to arrange the scenario. A second interruption of the action takes place when, by mistake, the stage hands let the curtain down. [Lo straniero, conversazione alla finestra, 1930, F. Casorati] ACT I The spectators will find the curtain raised and the stage as it usually is during the day time. It will be half dark, and empty, so that from the beginning the public may have the impression of an impromptu performance. Prompter's box and a small table and chair for the manager. Two other small tables and several chairs scattered about as during rehearsals. The ACTORS and ACTRESSES of the company enter from the back of the stage: first one, then another, then two together; nine or ten in all. They are about to rehearse a Pirandello play: Mixing it Up. [Il giuoco delle parti.] Some of the company move off towards their dressing rooms. The PROMPTER who has the "book" under his arm, is waiting for the manager in order to begin the rehearsal. The ACTORS and ACTRESSES, some standing, some sitting, chat and smoke. One perhaps reads a paper; another cons his part. Finally, the MANAGER enters and goes to the table prepared for him. His SECRETARY brings him his mail, through which he glances. The PROMPTER takes his seat, turns on a light, and opens the "book." The Manager [throwing a letter down on the table]. I can't see [To PROPERTY MAN.] Let's have a little light, please! Property Man. Yes sir, yes, at once. [A light comes down on to the stage.] The Manager [clapping his hands]. Come along! Come along! Second act of "Mixing It Up." [Sits down.] [The ACTORS and ACTRESSES go from the front of the stage to the wings, all except the three who are to begin the rehearsal.] The Prompter [reading the "book"]. "Leo Gala's house. A curious room serving as dining-room and study." The Manager [to PROPERTY MAN]. Fix up the old red room. Property Man [noting it down]. Red set. All right! The Prompter [continuing to read from the "book"]. "Table already laid and writing desk with books and papers. Book-shelves. Exit rear to Leo's bedroom. Exit left to kitchen. Principal exit to right." The Manager [energetically]. Well, you understand: The principal exit over there; here, the kitchen. [Turning to actor who is to play the part of SOCRATES.] You make your entrances and exits here. [To PROPERTY MAN.] The baize doors at the rear, and curtains. Property Man [noting it down]. Right! Prompter [reading as before]. "When the curtain rises, Leo Gala, dressed in cook's cap and apron is busy beating an egg in a cup. Philip, also dresesd as a cook, is beating another egg. Guido Venanzi is seated and listening." Leading Man [To MANAGER]. Excuse me, but must I absolutely wear a cook's cap? The Manager [annoyed]. I imagine so. It says so there anyway. [Pointing to the "book."] Leading Man. But it's ridiculous! The Manager [jumping up in a rage]. Ridiculous? Ridiculous? Is it my fault if France won't send us any snore good comedies, and we are reduced to putting on Pirandello's works, where nobody understands anything, and where the author plays the fool with us all? [The ACTORS grin. The MANAGER goes to LEADING MAN and shouts.] Yes sir, you put on the cook's cap and beat eggs. Do you suppose that with all this egg-beating business you are on an ordinary stage? Get that out of your head. You represent the shell of the eggs you are beating! [Laughter and comments among the ACTORS.] Silence! and listen to my explanations, please! [To LEADING MAN.] "The empty form of reason without the fullness of instinct, which is blind." -- You stand for reason, your wife is instinct. It's a mixing up of the pa |
In 2008, Daniel Day-Lewis won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film? | Oscars 2008: Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor - Telegraph Oscars 2008: Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor Day Lewis accepted his award from Dame Helen Mirren By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles 6:37AM GMT 25 Feb 2008 American stars were shut out of the acting honours at the 80th annual Academy Awards as Daniel Day Lewis, Tilda Swinton, Spanish actor Javier Bardem and, in one of the night's few upsets, French actress Marion Cotillard scooped showbusiness's top acting prizes. Watch Oscars speeches: Daniel Day-Lewis | Marion Cotillard | Coen Brothers Overall, however, the night's big winner was Joel and Ethan Coen's violent thriller, No Country For Old Men, which clinched four of the most coveted awards including best director, best adapted screenplay and top honour, best picture. The Oscar triumph completed a virtual clean sweep of awards season honours for the brooding drama about the bloody aftermath of a botched drug deal. It beat There Will Be Blood, British World War II drama Atonement, legal thriller Michael Clayton and the comedy Juno to the best picture award. Atonement, which received seven nominations, left with just one Oscar, for best original score. Related Articles 16 February 2008[Arts]: Costumes star in The Other Boleyn Girl 25 Feb 2008 As expected, Day Lewis won best actor for his portrayal of an monomaniacal early 20th century oilman in There Will Be Blood, while Tilda Swinton, in another acting surprise, picked up best supporting actress, pipping Australian actress Cate Blanchett, who had been favourite to win for her portrayal of Bob Dylan in biopic I'm Not There. French star Marion Cotillard, 32, also beat the favourite, veteran British actress Julie Christie, to the coveted best actress award for her magnetic depiction of tragic French singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. Stunned and open-mouthed, the Paris-born actress fought back tears as she became the first French woman to take home the best actress Oscar since Simone Signoret's win in 1960. "I'm speechless now. I ... I ... thank you life, thank you love and it is true, there is some angels in this city. Thank you so, so much." A second Oscar for Christie (who previously won in 1966) for her role as an Alzheimer's sufferer in Away From Her had been considered a given until Cotillard's Golden Globe and Bafta triumphs. The French actress's Oscar makes her only the second woman to win the award for a non-English speaking performance, following Italian legend Sophia Loren in 1962. Cotillard also beat fellow nominees Ellen Page, Laura Linney and Cate Blanchett. Oscars 2008: News, video, pictures and anecdotes from LA Swinton, who beat fellow nominee Irish schoolgirl Saoirse Ronan, shortlisted for Atonement, won for her role as an icy lawyer in Michael Clayton. Backstage, the willowy, 47-year-old redhead said she was "so stoked, as they say, I think it's fantastic. ... I'm amazed I'm still standing." She also acknowledged the number of wins by non-American actors, including the as-expected best supporting actor Oscar for Spain's Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men, who thanked his family in Spanish. It was the first time since 1964 that the top four acting awards have gone to non-Americans. "Dude, Hollywood is built on Europeans," Swinton said. "Don't tell everybody, but we're everywhere." Accepting his award from Dame Helen Mirren, last year's best actress winner for her role in The Queen, Day Lewis knelt as she made as if to knight him with the statue. "That is the closest I will ever get to a knighthood, so thank you," said the 50-year-old star, who previously won a best actor Oscar in 1990 for My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown. He thanked the Academy for "whacking me with the handsomest bludgeon in town" before hailing the film's director, Paul Thomas Anderson, and thanking his wife, Rebecca Miller. Despite the film's art-house nature, Day-Lewis' performance has found its way into popular culture, in part due to a line from the film's violent climax - "I drink your milkshake!" - which has become somewhat of a catch phrase, inspiring paro |
What was the name of the British battleship that was sunk by the German ship Bismark at the Battle of the Denmark Strait? | The Battle of the Denmark Strait THE BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAIT By Jos� M. Rico The Battle of the Denmark Strait, also known as the Iceland Battle, was a brief naval engagement of little more than a quarter of an hour. It was a clash of titans in which the largest warships in the world were put to the test, and it will be remembered as a battle that ended in the sinking of a mythic ship. In the early morning of 24 May, the weather improved and the visibility increased. The German battle group maintained a course of 220� and a speed of 28 knots, when at 0525, the Prinz Eugen's hydrophones detected propeller noises of two ships on her port side. At 0537 the Germans sighted what they first thought to be a light cruiser at about 19 miles (35,190 meters / 38,480 yards) on port side. At 0543, another unidentified unit was sighted to port, and thereafter the alarm was given aboard the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen. Aboard the Bismarck the identification of the enemy ships was uncertain, and they were now both mistakenly thought to be heavy cruisers. Correct identification at this time was vital in order to choose the right type of shells. Prinz Eugen's First Artillery Officer (I.A.O.), Lieutenant-Commander Paulus Jasper, also believed the approaching ships to be cruisers and ordered to load 20.3cm high explosive shells.1 At this point, the British warships (in reality the battlecruiser Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales) were approaching the German battle group on a course of 280� at 28 knots. Vice-Admiral Holland, aboard the Hood, familiar with the vulnerability of his battlecruiser in long range combat, was probably trying to get closer quickly before opening fire. Admiral L�tjens did not have any other choice but to accept the combat. Balance of Forces 29-30 knots 28-29 knots Due to the similar silhouettes of the German ships, at 0549 Holland ordered his ships to both engage the leading German ship (the Prinz Eugen) believing she was the Bismarck. After this, the British ships made a 20� turn to starboard on a new course of 300�. At 0552, just before opening fire, Holland correctly identified the Bismarck at last, and ordered his force to shift target to the right-hand ship, but for some reason Hood kept tracking the leading ship. Aboard the Prince of Wales, however, they correctly targeted the Bismarck which followed in Prinz Eugen's wake a mile or so behind. Suddenly, at 0552�, and from a distance of about 12.5 miles (23,150 meters / 25,330 yards), the Hood opened fire, followed by the Prince of Wales half a minute later at 0553. Both ships opened fire with their forward turrets (4 x 38 cm + 6 x 35.6 cm), since their after turrets could not be brought to bear due to the ships' unfavourable angle of approach. Admiral L�tjens immediately signalled to Group North: "Am in a fight with two heavy units". The first salvo from Prince of Wales landed over and astern of Bismarck. Afterwards, Prince of Wales started suffering the first of many mechanical problems, as "A" turret's no. 1 gun broke down temporarily and could not fire anymore. Her second, third and fourth salvoes fell over Bismarck. Hood's first two salvoes fell short from Prinz Eugen throwing some splinters and much water on board. Two 38.1 cm shells from the Hood land close to the Prinz Eugen during the initial phase of battle of the Denmark Strait. Photo: PK-Lagemann. Jot Dora! The Bismarck Opens Fire. The British shells were already landing close, but the German guns still remained silent. Aboard the Bismarck, the First Artillery Officer (I.A.O.), Lieutenant-Commander Adalbert Schneider , in the foretop command post, requested several times permission to open fire without reply from the bridge. Finally at 0555, while Holland's force was turning 20� to port (a manoeuvre that now permitted Bismarck to identify correctly the Hood and a battleship of the King George V Class), the Bismarck opened fire, followed by the Prinz Eugen immediately afterwards.2 The distance at this time was around 11 miles (20,300 meters / 22,200 yards). Both German |
Which British scholar and idealist is best remembered for his works 'The Rights Of Man' and 'The Age Of Reason'? | Thomas Paine | Article about Thomas Paine by The Free Dictionary Thomas Paine | Article about Thomas Paine by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Thomas+Paine Related to Thomas Paine: Declaration of Independence , Thomas Jefferson Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809, Anglo-American political theorist and writer, b. Thetford, Norfolk, England. The son of a working-class Quaker, he became an excise officer and was dismissed from the service after leading (1772) agitation for higher salaries. Paine emigrated to America in 1774, bearing letters of introduction from Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer, b. Boston. The only American of the colonial period to earn a European reputation as a natural philosopher, he is best remembered in the United States as a patriot and diplomat. ..... Click the link for more information. , who was then in England. He soon became involved in the clashes between England and the American colonies and published the stirring and enormously successful pamphlet Common Sense (Jan., 1776), in which he argued that the colonies had outgrown any need for English domination and should be given independence. In Dec., 1776, Paine wrote the first of a series of 16 pamphlets called The American Crisis (1776–83). These essays were widely distributed and did much to encourage the patriot cause throughout the American Revolution American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence. ..... Click the link for more information. . He also wrote essays for the Pennsylvania Journal and edited the Pennsylvania Magazine. After the war he returned to his farm in New Rochelle, N.Y. In 1787 Paine went to England and while there wrote The Rights of Man (2 parts, 1791 and 1792), defending the French Revolution French Revolution, political upheaval of world importance in France that began in 1789. Origins of the Revolution Historians disagree in evaluating the factors that brought about the Revolution. ..... Click the link for more information. in reply to Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund, 1729–97, British political writer and statesman, b. Dublin, Ireland. Early Writings After graduating (1748) from Trinity College, Dublin, he began the study of law in London but abandoned it to devote himself to writing. ..... Click the link for more information. 's Reflections on the Revolution in France. Its basic premises were that there are natural rights common to all men, that only democratic institutions are able to guarantee these rights, and that only a kind of welfare state can secure economic equity. Paine's attack on English institutions led to his prosecution for treason and subsequent flight to Paris (1792). There, as a member of the National Convention, he took a significant part in French affairs. During the Reign of Terror Reign of Terror, 1793–94, period of the French Revolution characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to rule the ..... Click the link for more information. he was imprisoned by the Jacobins from Dec., 1793 to Nov., 1794 and narrowly escaped the guillotine. During this time he wrote his famous deistic and antibiblical work The Age of Reason (2 parts, 1794 and 1795), which alienated many. His diatribe against George Washington, Letter to Washington (1796), added more fuel to the persisting resentment against him. At the invitation of the new president, Thomas Jefferson, Paine returned to the United States in 1802. However, he was practically ostracized by his erstwhile compatriots; he died unrepentant and in poverty seven years later. An idealist, a radical, and a master rhetorician, Paine wrote and lived with a keen sense of urgency and excitement and a constant yearning for liberty. Bibliography See his writ |
Deriving from the Greek for 'crescent', what name is given to the convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension? | Experimental Investigation of Rotating Menisci | SpringerLink , Volume 25, Issue 6 , pp 359–373 Experimental Investigation of Rotating Menisci Authors Reichel, Y. & Dreyer, M.E. Microgravity Sci. Technol. (2014) 25: 359. doi:10.1007/s12217-014-9369-x 52 Downloads Abstract In upper stages of spacecrafts, Propellant Management Devices (PMD’s) can be used to position liquid propellant over the outlet in the absence of gravity. Centrifugal forces due to spin of the upper stage can drive the liquid away from the desired location resulting in malfunction of the stage. In this study, a simplified model consisting of two parallel, segmented and unsegmented disks and a central tube assembled at the center of the upper disk is analyzed experimentally during rotation in microgravity. For each drop tower experiment, the angular speed caused by a centrifugal stage in the drop capsule is kept constant. Steady-states for the menisci between the disks are observed for moderate rotation. For larger angular speeds, a stable shape of the free surfaces fail to sustain and the liquid is driven away. Additionally, tests were performed without rotation to quantify two effects: the removal of a metallic cylinder around the model to establish the liquid column and the determination of the the settling time from terrestrial to microgravity conditions. Keywords RotationMicrogravityFree surfaceMeniscusStabilityDrop towerLiquid column References Behruzi, P., Netter, G.: PMD Design for Upper Stages. In: 4th International Conference on Launcher Technology (Space Launcher Liquid Propulsion). CNES, Liege, Belgium, 1 10 (2002) Behruzi, P., Michaelis, M., Netter, G.: Development of a propellant management device (PMD) for restartable future cryogenic upper stages. AIAA-2006-5053 1, 10 (2006) Google Scholar Berg, C.P.: Tropfendeformation in monoaxialer und ebener Dehnströmung. PhD Thesis, University of Bremen, Vol. 61. Shaker, Germany (2002) Google Scholar Dreyer, M., Gerstmann, J., Rosendahl, U., Stange, M., Woelk, G., Rath, H.J.: Capillary effects under low gravity, part I: surface settling, capillary rise and critical velocities. Space Forum 3 (87), 136 (1998) Google Scholar Hung, R.J., Tsao, Y.D., Hong, B.B., Leslie, F.W.: Time-dependent dynamical behavior of surface tension on rotating fluids under microgravity environment. ASR 8 (205), 213 (1989) Google Scholar Jaekle, D.E.: Propellant management device conceptual design and analysis: vanes. AIAA-91-2172 1, 13 (1991) Google Scholar Jaekle, D.E.: Propellant management device conceptual design and analysis: sponges. AIAA-93-1970 1, 13 (1993) Google Scholar Jaekle, D.E.: Propellant management device conceptual design and analysis: traps and troughs. AIAA-95-2531 1, 13 (1995) Google Scholar Landau, L.D., Lifschitz, E.M.: Lehrbuch der theoretischen Physik, Hydrodynamik. 6, 301 316. Akademie Verlag, Berlin (1991) Google Scholar Langbein, D.: Oscillations of finite liquid columns. MST 2 (73), 84 (1992) Google Scholar Langbein, D.: Capillary Surfaces - Shape - Stability - Dynamics, in Particular Under Weightlessness. 21 40. Springer, Berlin (2002) Google Scholar Martínez, I.: Stability of long liquid columns in spacelab-D1. ESA SP 256 (235), 240 (1987) Google Scholar Meseguer, J., Sanz, A., Lopez, J.: Liquid bridge breakages aboard spacelab-D1. J. Crystal Growth 78 (325), 334 (1986) Google Scholar Meseguer, J., Slobozhanin, L.A., Perales, J.M.: A review on the stability of liquid bridges. ASR 16 (5), 14 (1995) Google Scholar Sanz, A., Perales, J.M., Rivas, D.: Rotational Instability of a Long Liquid Column. In: Final Reports of Sounding Rocket Experiments, in Fluid Science and Materials Sciences, ESA SP-1132, 2, 8 21 (1992) Seebold, J.G.: Configuration and Stability of a Rotating Axisymmetric Meniscus at Low g. Master’s Thesis. Stanford University, California (1965) Google Scholar Weislogel, M.M., Ross, H.D.: Surface reorientation and settling in cylinders upon step reduction in gravity. MST 3 (24), 32 (1990) Google Scholar Winch, D.M.: An Investigation of the Liquid Level at the Wall of a Spinning T |
Who is the MP for South Cambridgeshire and current Secretary of State for Health? | South Cambs MP Andrew Lansley named Secretary of Health in Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government - Hunts life - Hunts Post South Cambs MP Andrew Lansley named Secretary of Health in Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government 13:43 12 May 2010 MP for South Cambridgeshire, Andrew Lansley has been appointment the Secretary of State for Health of a new Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government. In a statement released on Wednesday (May 12), Mr Lansley said: It is an immense privilege to be appoi Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you must be logged in. MP for South Cambridgeshire, Andrew Lansley has been appointment the Secretary of State for Health of a new Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government. In a statement released on Wednesday (May 12), Mr Lansley said: "It is an immense privilege to be appointed Secretary of State for Public Health in the new government. "Just as Britain needs strong and stable government, so we intend to bring to the NHS the consistent, stable reform, which enables Healthcare professionals to deliver improving quality of care to patients." Mr Lansley said the main objective is consistent improvement to ensure the delivery of a health service that is amongst the best in the world. He said: "To achieve this, in the current financial crisis, will require leadership and highly effective management. The NHS will be backed with increased real resources but with this, comes a real responsibility. So we will need progressively to be more efficient, to cut the costs of what we do now, to innovate and re-design, in order to enable us to meet increased demands and to improve quality and outcomes. "There is much to do. If I have learnt one thing over six-and-a-half years as Shadow Health Secretary, it is that in the NHS we have an immense number of talented, committed and capable people, who want to be trusted to get on with the job. It will be my task to enable them to do this; with our shared ambition to achieve the best healthcare service anywhere in the world." Mr Lansley retained his South Cambridgeshire seat in the election with 27,995 votes compared to his closet competitor, Liberal Democrat candidate Sebastian Kindersley with 20,157 votes. |
Deriving from the Latin for 'thunderbolt', what name is given to the natural hollow glass tubes formed in sand or soil by lightening strikes? | Crystal Meanings & Healing Properties | Feel Crystals Aegirine Meanings Key words: Clearing, protection, energy, confidence Chakras: All Elements: Earth and Fire Zodiac Sign: Taurus Number: 5 Aegirine Crystal Healing Properties: Aegirine is a powerful stone for protection and purification, aiding in the release of negative attachments and creating an auric shield. It is thought to offer protection from electromagnetic fields and can be useful to those who are breaking negative addictive patterns of behavior by helping them to “see the light”. Aegirine History and Uses: Aegirine is named after the Norse god of the sea Aegir, it is also called Acmite from the greek word akum meaning point or edge. It was first found in Norway in 1835. It is a protective stone which boosts the energy of other healing crystals and is most useful in overcoming self consciousness. Aegirine Geological Description: Aegirine is a sodium iron silicate mineral with a hardness of 6. It is found in columnar and prismatic crystal forms sometimes with striations and terminations. It varies in colour from dark green to brownish and black and is found in Norway, Greenland, Russia, Canada, South Africa and the U.S.A. Affirmation: I clear my energies of all disharmony and negative influences and move strongly into my wholeness. Agate Agate Meanings Key words: Healing Chakra: Crown Element: Earth Zodiac Sign: Gemini Birthstone: May, June, September Wedding Anniversary: 14th year Number: 7 Agate Crystal Healing Properties: Agate is a powerful healing stone that can help tone and strengthen the link between mind and body. It is a grounding stone but can also build up energy. Agate can impart a sense of strength and courage and enhance the ability to discern the truth and accept circumstances. It balances and stabilises the body and can enhance the effects of other stones. Agate History and Uses: Agates come in a variety of forms and are named after the Achates river, now called the Dirillo river, in Sicily where they were first found in the 3rd or 4th century BC. This stone has had a long association with humans, neolithic people made some of their artifacts from Agate. It is a stone which brings strength and stability to the wearer. Agate Geological Description: Agate is a form of banded Chalcedony, a mineral of the quartz group. It has a trigonal crystal structure and a hardness of 7. It is found in Brazil, South Africa, Botswana, Morocco, Czech Republic and the USA. Affirmation: I accept life challenges with courage and determination. Amazonite Amazonite Meanings Key words: Truth, communication, harmony Chakras: Heart, throat Element: Water Zodiac Signs: Virgo, Aquarius Number: 5 Amazonite Crystal Healing Properties: Amazonite's energy is that of personal truth, allowing us to express our heart's truth through communication. It opens and clears the throat chakra helping those who tend to repress expressing of their own thoughts and feelings due to fear of confrontation or conflict. This stone also assists us in identifying how our words have created our current reality, and how to change our vocabulary or communication style to reflect a higher, more aligned reality. Amazonite can help those who are unclear about what they have to offer the world by gently pointing them toward their gifts and unique knowledge. Amazonite History and Uses: Amazonite has been used as jewellery by Mesopotamian cultures and in India, Egypt, Sudan, Central and South America since ancient times. It varies in shades of green from bright verdigris to pale turquoise, its name is derived from the Amazon River in Brazil. It has been traditionally used to build harmonious relationships because it effectively helps to curb the tendency to express oneself using sarcastic and critical words. Amazonite Geological Description: Amazonite is an alkali feldspar mineral, a potassium, aluminium silicate with a hardness of 6 to 6.5. It is found in Russia, Brazil, Madagascar and the USA Affirmation: I speak and live my highest truth and I call forth its manifestation in the world. Amber Amber Me |
Playing for Blackburn Rovers, who is the only Congolese currently registered as a Premier League footballer? | Premier League Facepack v2 by Newnitnun - PES Patch Premier League Facepack v2 by Newnitnun 0 El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Blackburn Rovers, having previously played for Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers and Lens. Diouf is a playmaker whose favoured position is as right winger, but can also play on the left wing or as a deep lying forward. Steed Malbranque (born 6 January 1980 in Mouscron) is a Belgian-born French footballer, currently playing for Sunderland. David James Nugent (born 2 May 1985 in Huyton, Merseyside) is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Premier League club Portsmouth. Tugay Kerimoğlu (born 24 August 1970 in Trabzon) is a Turkish footballer who has been playing for Blackburn Rovers since 2001. His main role is central midfielder, he also is competent on attacking midfielder and anchor positions. Former Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi rates him as one of the finest ball-playing midfielders in Europe. Paul Josef Herbert Scharner (born March 11, 1980 in Scheibbs) is an Austrian footballer. He was originally used as a midfielder, earning caps for the Austrian national team, but since late 2005 he has been utilised as a central defender for his club team Wigan Athletic. David James Wheater (born 14 February 1987) is an English footballer, who plays for Middlesbrough. He is a central defender with a penchant for scoring from set-pieces. He has developed a reputation for being a “no nonsense” defender and has often been compared to the likes of Gary Pallister and Terry Butcher. Titus Malachi Bramble (born July 21, 1981 in Ipswich, Suffolk) is an English football player, currently playing as a centre back for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League. He has an older brother, Tesfaye, who plays for Leiston as well as an older sister, Ribena Bramble, who is a hockey player in Zimbabwe. Veijeany Christopher Samba (born 28 March 1984 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne) is a French-Congolese football player. Samba only made 20 appearances during his time in Germany and desired a move elsewhere. Struggling to break into the Hertha Berlin first team he was invited by Mark Hughes to undertake a five-day trial at Blackburn Rovers. Stephen David Warnock (born 12 December 1981) is an English footballer who plays as a left back for Blackburn Rovers. He has also been capped by England. More Tags : pes 1980, el hadji diouf pes, pes 2014 diouf, PES 2013 david nugent facepack, pes 2013 david nugent face, nugent facepack, hagi pes 2013, face pes el hadji diouf, face nugent pes 2011 Related Posts : |
Who is the MP for Surrey Heath and current Secretary of State for Education? | The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP - GOV.UK GOV.UK The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Contents Announcements Biography The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from May 2015 until 14 July 2016. From July 2014 to May 2015, he served as Government Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and as Secretary of State for Education from May 2010 until July 2014. He was elected Conservative MP for Surrey Heath in 2005. Previous roles in government |
Who was the 19th century English essayist who wrote 'The Spirit Of The Age' and 'On The Pleasure Of Hating'? | Charles Lamb Essay - Lamb, Charles - eNotes.com Charles Lamb Essay - Lamb, Charles Charles Lamb 1775-1834 (Also wrote under the pseudonym Elia) English essayist, critic, poet, dramatist, and novelist. The following entry presents criticism on Lamb from 1984 through 1998. For additional information on Lamb's life and career, see NCLC, Volume 10. A well-known literary figure in nineteenth-century England, Lamb is chiefly remembered for his “Elia” essays, works celebrated for their witty and ironic treatment of everyday subjects. Through the persona of “Elia,” Lamb developed a highly personal narrative technique to achieve what many critics regard as the epitome of the familiar essay style. Extremely popular in Lamb's day, the “Elia” essays first appeared in the London Magazine between 1820 and 1825, but were later collected into two volumes. These nostalgic works have appealed to readers throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly because of their gradual revelation of Lamb's literary alter ego and his humorous idiosyncrasies. Lamb's other writings include criticism of William Shakespeare's dramas and the virtual rediscovery of a number of neglected Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights in the early nineteenth century. A dramatist and a skilled poet, Lamb was also a noted children's author, frequently in collaboration with his sister, Mary. Lamb's essays are thought to demonstrate a characteristically Romantic imagination akin to that of the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, Lamb's contemporaries and friends. Overall, Lamb is highly regarded as an essayist, an original and perceptive critic, and a noteworthy correspondent with the renowned literati of early nineteenth-century England. Biographical Information Lamb was born in London, the youngest of seven children, of whom only three survived into adulthood. His father was a law clerk who worked in the Inner Temple, one of the courts of London, and wrote poetry in his spare time. In 1782 Lamb was accepted as a student at Christ's Hospital, a school in London for the children of poor families. He excelled in his studies, especially in English literature, but the seven years away from home proved lonely. Later Lamb wrote that his solitude was relieved by his friendship with a fellow student, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who also encouraged Lamb's early poetic compositions. Since his family's poverty prevented him from furthering his education, Lamb took a job immediately upon graduation. Working first as a clerk, he became an accountant at the East India Company, a prestigious trade firm. At Coleridge's insistence, Lamb's first sonnets were included in the collection Poems on Various Subjects, published by Coleridge in 1796. That same year, Lamb's sister, who suffered from mental illness throughout her life, stabbed her mother to death in a “day of horrors” that completely transformed Lamb's life. His father and his elder brother wanted to commit Mary permanently to an asylum, but Lamb succeeded in obtaining her release and devoted himself to her care. From then on, Mary enjoyed long periods of sanity and productivity as a writer, but these were inevitably disrupted by breakdowns. In 1798 Lamb published Blank Verse with his friend Charles Lloyd. The volume contains Lamb's best known poem, “The Old Familiar Faces.” His first serious work in prose, A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret, also appeared in 1798. In the first two decades of the nineteenth century, Lamb produced two dramas, including the poorly received farce Mr. H———; or, Beware a Bad Name (1806), and a number of works intended for children and written with his sister. Meanwhile he began contributing literary articles to an assortment of newspapers and periodicals. Soon Lamb had established himself as a highly astute and eloquent critical voice with such essays as “On the Genius and Character of Hogarth” and “On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Considered with Reference to Their Fitness for Stage Presentation”—pieces later republished in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (1 |
Which singer has had a 2010 UK number one album with 'Recovery'? | Eminem Album - Recovery (2010) Eminem Recovery Recovery is the seventh studio album by Eminem, released June 18, 2010, on Polydor Records and Interscope Records. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 and was handled by several record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, and Dr. Dre. On April 13, 2010, Eminem tweeted "There is no Relapse 2" to his followers. When he tweeted this, people started to believe that he was not releasing an album at all, but it meant simply that the album would be changed to Recovery. He confirmed this by tweeting "Recovery" with a link to his website. Eminem said "I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title." On April 27, Eminem released a freestyle titled "Despicable" over "Over" by Drake and "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley" by Lloyd Banks featuring Juelz Santana as promo for the first single, "Not Afraid", which debuted on Shade 45 on April 29. In a recent interview Eminem said "I must have gone through 200-300 beats, for the album and chose 100 of them and recorded it." The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 741,000 copies in its first week. It became Eminem's sixth consecutive number-one album in the United States and has produced two singles that achieved chart success, including international hits "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie". Upon its release, Recovery received generally positive reviews from most music critics and especially fans. Label: Interscope/Shady/Aftermath |
Which internationally recognised non-SI unit of pressure is equal to 101,325 Pascals? | Bar (unit) : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Bar (unit) Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Pressure Did you know ... Encyclopedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the unit of pressure. For the informal unit of signal strength, see Mobile phone signal . The bar (symbol bar) is a unit of pressure equal to 100 kilo pascals , and roughly equal to the atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea level. Other units derived from the bar are the decibar (symbol dbar), centibar (symbol cbar), and millibar (symbol mbar or mb). They are not SI units, nor are they cgs units, but they are accepted for use with the SI by NIST . [1] The bar is widely used in descriptions of pressure because it is only about 1% smaller than "standard" atmospheric pressure , and is legally recognized in countries of the European Union . [2] Except for the power of ten, the definition of bar fits in the sequence of SI pressure units ( Pa , kPa, MPa), namely, 1 bar ≡ 100,000 Pa = 100 kPa = 0.1 MPa. This is in contrast to the well-known unit of pressure, atmosphere , which now is defined to be 1.01325 bar exactly. As a rule of thumb, a bar is almost equal to an atmosphere. The bar and the millibar were introduced by the British meteorologist William Napier Shaw in 1909. William Napier Shaw was the director of the Meteorological Office in London from 1907 to 1920. [3] Contents Definition The bar, decibar, centibar, and millibar are defined as: 1 bar = 100 kPa (kilopascals) = 1,000,000 dynes per square centimeter ( baryes ) = 0.987 atm ( atmospheres ) = 14.5038 psi 1 dbar = 0.1 bar = 10 kPa = 100,000 dyn/cm2 1 cbar = 0.01 bar = 1 kPa 1 mbar = 0.001 bar = 0.1 kPa = 1 hPa (hectopascal) = 1,000 dyn/cm2 Example conversion: 1 atm pressure = 1.01325 bar = 1.01325 x 105 Pa = 1.01325 x 105 N/m2 Origin The word bar has its origin in the Greek word βάρος (baros), meaning weight . Its official symbol is "bar"; the earlier "b" is now deprecated, but still often seen especially in "mb" rather than the proper "mbar" for millibars. The bar and millibar were introduced by Sir Napier Shaw in 1909 and internationally adopted in 1929. Usage Atmospheric air pressure is often given in millibars where "standard" sea level pressure is defined as 1013.25 mbar ( hPa ), equal to 1.01325 bar. Despite millibars not being an SI unit, meteorologists and weather reporters worldwide have long measured air pressure in millibars. After the advent of SI units, some meteorologists began using hectopascals (symbol hPa) which are numerically equivalent to millibars. For example, the weather office of Environment Canada uses kilopascals and hectopascals on their weather maps. [4] [5] In contrast, Americans are familiar with the use of the millibar in US reports of hurricanes and other cyclonic storms. Atmospheric air pressure is often expressed in millibars and sea level atmospheric air pressure is defined as 1013.25 mbar which is equivalent to 1 atm. In water, there is an approximate numerical equivalence between the change in pressure in decibars and the change in depth from the sea surface in metres . Specifically, an increase of 1 decibar occurs for every 1.019716 metre increase in depth close to the surface. As a result, decibars are commonly used in oceanography . Many engineers worldwide use the bar as a unit of pressure because, in much of their work, using pascals would involve using very large numbers. In the automotive field, turbocharger boost is often described in the United Kingdom in terms of the bar. Unicode has a character for "mb": (㏔), but it exists only for compatibility with legacy Asian encodings. There is also a character "bar": ㍴. Absolute pressure and gauge pressure Bourdon tube pressure gauges, vehicle tire gauges, and many other types of pressure gauges are zero referenced to atmospheric pressure, which means that they measure the pressure |
Which Icelandic explorer discovered Newfoundland in modern-day Canada early in the 11th century? | Leif Eriksson - Exploration - HISTORY.com Leif Eriksson A+E Networks Introduction Leif Eriksson was the son of Erik the Red, founder of the first European settlement on what is now called Greenland. Around A.D. 1000, Eriksson sailed to Norway, where King Olaf I converted him to Christianity. According to one school of thought, Eriksson sailed off course on his way back to Greenland and landed on the North American continent, where he explored a region he called Vinland. He may also have sought out Vinland based on stories of an earlier voyage by an Icelandic trader. After spending the winter in Vinland, Leif sailed back to Greenland, and never returned to North American shores. He is generally believed to be the first European to reach the North American continent, nearly four centuries years before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. Google Leif Eriksson’s Early Life and Conversion to Christianity Leif Eriksson (spelling variations include Eiriksson, Erikson or Ericson), known as “Leif the Lucky,” was the second of three sons of the famed Norse explorer Erik the Red, who established a settlement in Greenland after being expelled from Iceland around A.D. 980. The date of Leif Eriksson’s birth is uncertain, but he is believed to have grown up in Greenland. According to the 13th-century Icelandic Eiriks saga (or “Saga of Erik the Red”), Eriksson sailed from Greenland to Norway around 1000. On the way, he was believed to have stopped in the Hebrides, where he had a son, Thorgils, with Thorgunna, daughter of a local chief. In Norway, King Olaf I Tryggvason converted Eriksson to Christianity, and a year later sent him back to Greenland with a commission to spread the faith among the settlers there. Did You Know? After Leif Eriksson returned to Greenland, his brother Thorvald led another Viking expedition to Vinland, but all future efforts to settle in the region failed due to bitter clashes between the Norsemen and the local Native American population. Thorvald himself died in a skirmish somewhere north of the Viking base. Eriksson’s Voyage to Vinland Historical accounts differ on the subsequent events. According to the Eiriks saga, Eriksson sailed off course on his return to Greenland and landed on the North American continent. He called the region where he landed Vinland after the wild grapes that grew in abundance there and the general fertility of the land. Another Icelandic saga, the Groenlendinga saga (or “Saga of the Greenlanders”), which scholars consider more reliable that the Eiriks saga, holds that Leif Eriksson heard about Vinland from the Icelandic trader Bjarni Herjulfsson, who had sighted the North American continent from his ship 14 years before Leif’s voyage but not set foot on land. In addition to uncertainty about the context of Eriksson’s arrival in North America, the exact location of his landing is also in doubt. The Groenlendinga saga claims he made three landfalls at Helluland (possibly Labrador), Markland (possibly Newfoundland) and Vinland. The location of Vinland has been debated over the centuries, and has been identified as a variety of spots along the northern Atlantic coast. In the early 1960s, excavations at L’Anse aux Meadows, on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland, turned up evidence of what is generally believed to be the base camp of the 11th-century Viking exploration, though others believe that the region is too far north to correspond to the Vinland described in the Icelandic sagas. Eriksson’s Later Life in Greenland and Legacy After his time in Vinland, Eriksson returned to Greenland, and he would never return to North American shores. Though his father proved unreceptive to the Christian faith, Leif was able to convert his mother, Thjodhild, who had Greenland’s first Christian church built at Brattahild. When Erik the Red died, Leif Eriksson took over as chief of the Greenland settlement. His son Thorgils was sent by his mother (whom Leif never married) to live in Greenland, but was apparently unpopular. Another (presumably legitimate) son, Thorkel Leifsson, became chief by 1025, af |
Which singer has had a 2010 UK number one album with 'Aphrodite'? | Kylie Minogue's Aphrodite is her fifth UK number one album | Metro News Joanne McCabe for Metro.co.uk Monday 12 Jul 2010 8:39 am Kylie Minogue has topped the UK album chart with Aphrodite, 22 years to the week since her debut – Kylie! The Album – was released and reached the same position. Kylie Minogue shimmers during her G-A-Y performance on the day Aphrodite reached number one in the UK album chart (Pic: Getty) Aphrodite, the pint-sized popstrel’s eleventh studio album, pushed rapper Eminem and his album Recovery into the number two spot. The first single from the 12-track album, All The Lovers , is sitting at number nine in the singles chart. Kylie has revealed that the single was one of the last tracks to be written for the album, but she knew it had to be the first single since it ‘sums up the euphoria of the album perfectly’. ‘I’ve been completely overwhelmed by the reaction to Aphrodite and to hear that the album has gone to number one is the most amazing news. I am ecstatic,’ she said of her latest chart-topper. Kylie: The evolution of a style chameleon ‘My hopes for this album were that people would be moved, that the songs could bring about emotion. ‘The euphoric heart of this album has taken flight and the response has been nothing short of incredible.’ The 42-year-old, who performed songs from Aphrodite during an early-morning gig at London’s G-A-Y nightclub on Sunday, also thanked ‘the many talented and dedicated people with whom I work and the fans who have been so supportive all these years’. During her G-A-Y performance, Kylie changed from a showgirl-style gold get-up to this black sequinned number (Pic: Getty) Madonna collaborator Stuart Price, Scissor Sisters star Jake Shears , Calvin Harris and Tim Rice-Oxley from the band Keane are among those who worked with Kylie on Aphrodite. The album is the singer’s fifth number one in the UK, following Enjoy Yourself in 1989, her greatest hits package in 1992 and Fever in 2001. Kylie is believed to have watched Spain’s World Cup victory in London, after which she tweeted her delight at the team’s 1-0 triumph over Holland. Her current boyfriend, Andres Velencoso, hails from the winning nation. Kylie Minogue gets in the World Cup spirit via Twitter on Sunday Meanwhile, in the UK singles chart, boyband JLS hit the top spot for the third time with new single The Club Is Alive, pushing Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg to number two with California Gurls. UK top 10 albums1.Aphrodite – Kylie Minogue 2.Recovery – Eminem 3.The Defamation of Strickland Banks – Plan B 4.Night Work – Scissor Sisters 5.The Element Of Freedom – Alicia Keys 6.Euphoria – Enrique Iglesias 8.Time Flies… Singles 1994-2009 – Oasis 9.Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons 10.Won’t Go Quietly – Example UK top 5 singles 1.This Club Is Alive – JLS 2.California Gurls – Katy Perry 3.Airplanes – Bob feat Hayley Williams 4.Love The Way You Lie – Eminem feat Rihanna 5.We No Speak Americano – Yolanda Be Cool vs D Cup 6.Enrique Iglesias – I Like It (feat. Pitbull) 7.My First Kiss – 3OH3 (feat. Ke$ha) 8.Alejandro – Lady GaGa 9.All The Lovers – Kylie Minogue 10.Kickstarts – Example |
Which astronomic unit of measurement is equal to 3.26 light years? | What is a light-year and how is it used?? What is a light-year and how is it used? Answer: A light-year is a unit of distance. It is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light moves at a velocity of about 300,000 kilometers (km) each second. So in one year, it can travel about 10 trillion km. More p recisely, one light-year is equal to 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers. Why would you want such a big unit of distance? Well, on Earth, a kilometer may be just fine. It is a few hundred kilometers from New York City to Washington, DC; it is a few thousand kilometers from California to Maine. In the universe, the kilometer is just too small to be useful. For example, the distance to the next nearest big galaxy, the Andromeda Galaxy, is 21 quintillion km. That's 21,000,000,000,000,000,000 km. This is a number so large that it becomes hard to write and hard to interpret. So astronomers use other units of distance. In our solar system, we tend to describe distances in terms of the Astronomical Unit (AU). The AU is defined as the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. It is approximately 150 million km (93 million miles). Mercury can be said to be about 1/3 of an AU from the Sun and Pluto averages about 40 AU from the Sun. The AU, however, is not big enough of a unit when we start talking about distances to objects outside our solar system. For distances to other parts of the Milky Way Galaxy (or even further), astronomers use units of the light-year or the parsec . The light-year we have already defined. The parsec is equal to 3.3 light-years. Using the light-year, we can say that : The Crab supernova remnant is about 4,000 light-years away. The Milky Way Galaxy is about 150,000 light-years across. The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.3 million light-years away. |
Which is the only American state beginning with the letter 'L'? | The Only State... Quiz Extra Trivia ...whose current State Capitol building predates the revolution? The Maryland State House, built in 1772, has a unique wooden dome which was constructed without nails. ...to produce two US Presidents whose sons also became Presidents? Coincidentally, both sons shared their Father's names--John Quincy Adams and George Walker Bush. ...to host a Confederate President's inauguration? Jefferson Davis took his oath of office at the Alabama State Capitol building in 1861. ...whose official state seal is not circular? Connecticut's seal, depicting three grapevines and the state motto, is oval-shaped. ...to have two Federal Reserve Banks? The Federal bank in Kansas City covers the Great Plains region, while the bank in St. Louis covers part of the Central US. ...in which the Northern half is in a different time zone than the Southern half? Northern Idaho is on Pacific Time, while Southern Idaho is on Mountain Time. ...to have multiple native sons immortalized atop Mount Rushmore? George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were both born in Virginia, as were six other Presidents. ...that has 'parishes' instead of counties? Louisiana's unique use of the word 'parish' is a holdover from its days as a French Colony. ...with a community-owned major league professional sports team? The NFL's Green Bay Packers are owned by a large group of stockholders mostly residing in Wisconsin. ...whose median age is under 30 years old? The Mormon Church's encouragement of large families may explain why Utah's median age is only 28.8 years. ...to lie entirely above 1,000 meters elevation? Colorado's lowest point, at the border with Kansas, is higher than Pennsylvania's tallest summit. ...where prostitution is legal? However, not all counties have legalized it--including the counties Las Vegas and Reno are in. ...with a state capital of over a million people? The next biggest state capital, Indianapolis, has half a million fewer citizens. ...to be named after an American? Perhaps only George Washington had the gravitas to merit such an honor; a state of Franklin was attempted but failed to be approved. ...whose three largest cities begin with the same letter? The largest city in Ohio is Columbus, followed by Cleveland and then Cincinnati. ...to host three modern Olympic Games? Besides the two Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. ...never to cast an electoral vote for Ronald Reagan? Minnesota was the only state to spurn the GOP in 1984, remaining loyal to Minnesotan Walter Mondale. ...whose name has no letters in common with that of its capital? This may not be the most interesting 'Only' stat about South Dakota, but it's the only one I could find... ...to border the Canadian province of New Brunswick? Maine has one border with New Hampshire, but is otherwise surrounded by Canadian provinces. ...with a modern city founded by European colonists prior to 1600? St. Augustine, founded in 1565, was originally the capital of Spanish Florida. ...to have a Unicameral Legislature? Nebraska's legislature, nicknamed 'The Unicameral' by residents, is also uniquely unaffiliated with any political party. ...whose legal right to statehood was brought before the Supreme Court? Virginia v. West Virginia, in which Virgina strove to regain counties that had seceded during the Civil War, was decided in favor of the Defendant. ...to have territory in the Eastern Hemisphere? This means that Alaska is technically the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost State. ...to have a state-owned bank? The Bank of North Dakota was founded in 1919, and receives funds from state agencies. ...whose official State Motto is in Spanish? Montana's state motto is 'Oro y Plata,' or 'Gold and Silver,' in tribute to the state's mining industry. Exceptional Quality ...to border more than two Great Lakes? In fact, Michigan borders four Great Lakes--all except for Lake Ontario. ...with an automobile on its commemorative State Quarter? The auto, an 'Indycar,' is a reference to the famed Indianapolis Motor Spe |
Which actor and comedian plays the role of 'Pete Brockman' in the TV series 'Outnumbered'? | Outnumbered characters - British Comedy Guide Pete AKA: Pete Brockman. Played by: Hugh Dennis Pete tries his hardest to organise his family but often finds himself over-run by his children. He's a bit confused and life seems to have taken Pete, rather than it being him who dictates the direction in which his life goes. Pete taught history in an inner-city school, where a typical school holiday sees five arrested, two become pregnant and one pupil shot. After resigning in protest, he's now a supply teacher. Pete is clearly frustrated by the lack of interest pupils show in learning about history, but is becoming more resigned to it just being a job. Pete's natural wit and his inability to keep jokes to himself has got him in trouble on more than one occasion. Following an ill-judged quip involving obesity and Ramadan, Pete found his job in jeopardy. Sue AKA: Sue Brockman. Played by: Claire Skinner Hard-working and beleaguered mum Sue does her best to cope with the three young kids but almost always finds the odds are stacked against her. When not trying to organise her three offspring, Sue (in the earlier series) can be found trying to deal with her very demanding boss. It seems that Veronica always phones or emails at the least suitable time but, for some reason, even when it is supposed to be her 'day off', Sue is too polite to tell her to go away... well, until near the end of series one, as which point she snaps. Sue clearly has issues with her sister Angela. Whenever given a chance, she will find a reason to have a snide dig at her hippy sister - much to the annoyance of Pete who has clearly heard it all a hundred times before. Jake AKA: Jake Brockman. Played by: Tyger Drew-Honey Jake is wise beyond his years - he seems to know about everything. The trouble with having so much knowledge is that Jake frequently manages to bring a halt to a conversation by recalling a scare-mongering story from the newspaper. Whether it be contracting bird flu, or the odds of a particle physics laboratory creating a black hole which will destroy the world, Jake manages to bring the mood down. Jake is almost always seen plugged into a laptop or iPod - the gadgets acting as a good distraction from his bickering family. In the latest series Jake has become a fully-formed moody teenager - fed up with his parents, the restrictions they place on his social life, and their interest in what he's getting up to. Ben AKA: Ben Brockman. Played by: Daniel Roche Ben has developed an extraordinary talent for lying - a character trait that his parents are clearly worried about. They actually have good reason to be concerned about his fibbing as it is causing them a few headaches. For example, at a school football match the other parents started asking Pete about his friendship with Gordon Brown, his SAS training, and complementing him on how he is so bravely fighting cancer... none of which is true! Ben is a very stubborn child - he often refuses to do what his parents tell him - this seems to be a tactic that works quite well, as Pete and Sue either give up on whatever it was they were trying to get him to do, or bribe him to comply. Karen AKA: Karen Brockman. Played by: Ramona Marquez Karen is Pete and Sue's regal daughter. She has a talent for interrogation, often asks adults the most bizarre off-the-wall questions which completely throw them off balance ("Are shadows made of atoms?"). Some of Karen's innocent questions are actually rather probing and, if answered correctly, would be rather embarrassing for the adults involved. Karen is of an age where she has an interest in everything... including nits. At one point she wanted to keep one as a pet! Karen doesn't yet subscribe to the 'being polite' social skills that adults must endure - and thus she doesn't hide the fact she doesn't really like Auntie Angela, much to the embarrassment of her parents. Auntie Angela AKA: Angela Morrison. Played by: Samantha Bond Sue's sister Angela is very 'new age' - she is into spiritual guides, dream catchers, feng shui etc. Having spent a long time in Ameri |
What name is given to the Scottish woollen cap, worn by Highlanders, with straight sides and a crease down the crown? | glengarry cap - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus glengarry cap Definition: a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress Class: After Glengarry, a valley of central Scotland. (Source: American Heritage Dictionary) [more] Definition references | glengarry bonnet [synonym] a brimless Scottish woollen cap with a crease down the crown, often with ribbons dangling at the back (18 of 289 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation) [plural] | glengarry bonnet a Scottish cap for men, creased lengthwise across the top and often having short ribbons at the back (18 of 32 words, pronunciation) a woolen cap of Scottish origin (6 of 29 words, pronunciation) Wikipedia: Glengarry bonnet is a traditional Scots cap made of thick-milled woollen material, decorated with a toorie on top, frequently a rosette cockade on the left side, and with ribbons hanging down behind. It's normally worn as part of Scottish military or civilian ... | Glengarry cap [synonym] a brimless cap, longer than wider and creased lengthwise across the top, often with ribbons trailing behind, and frequently worn with the Scottish kilt. (24 of 33 words, 1 usage example) A woolen cap that is creased lengthwise and often has short ribbons at the back. (15 of 28 words, pronunciation) glengarry | glengarries [plural] a brimless boat-shaped hat with a cleft down the centre, typically having two ribbons hanging at the back, worn as part of Highland dress (24 of 59 words, pronunciation) glengarry | glengarries [plural] a Scottish cap with straight sides, a crease along the top, and sometimes short ribbon streamers at the back, worn by Highlanders as part of military ... (26 of 34 words, pronunciation) [plural] | Dutch cap | go cap in hand to someone | if the cap fits wear it a soft hat with a stiff part called a peak that comes out over your eyes ; ... | a lid or part that fits over the top of something | a limit on the ... (33 of 326 words, 10 definitions, 12 usage examples, pronunciation) [3rd-person singular present] | be capped with/by | to cap it all to set a limit on the amount of money that someone can spend or charge | [British] to give a player a place in a country's team for an international ... (29 of 280 words, 7 definitions, 11 usage examples, pronunciation) cap [entry 1] a soft flat hat which has a curved part sticking out at the front, often worn as part of a uniform | a thin hat that stops your hair getting wet when ... (31 of 85 words, 3 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation) a small usually protective lid or cover | an artificial protective covering on a tooth (14 of 33 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation) | Dutch cap [British] a circular rubber device which a woman puts inside her vagina before having sex, to prevent herself from becoming pregnant (20 of 29 words, pronunciation) cap [entry 4] a very small amount of explosive powder in a paper container, used especially in toy guns to produce a loud noise (21 of 29 words, pronunciation) cap [entry 5] a limit on the amount of money that can be charged or spent in connection with a particular activity (19 of 36 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation) |
Which famous Greek wine is flavoured with pine resin? | A Guide to Greek Wine Greek Food A Guide to Greek Wine There is more to Greek wine than Retsina and Domestica. The Greeks have been making wine longer than anyone and until recently they have been keeping it for themselves. The economic crisis has changed this and suddenly Greek wines are earning the international respect they deserve. I am a wine drinker. My favorite earthly activity is eating in a taverna with my friends and drinking wine, especially Greek wine, whether it is from the bottle, barrel or the box. Some of my favorite tavernas have their own wine, straight out of the barrels, which are usually stacked against the wall. We order it by the kilo and we can go through several kilos in an evening. Glasses are continually being refilled by each other without anything being said. It's like a reflex or second nature to fill your neighbors glass when you see it is empty. And when the carafe is empty someone at the table just lifts it in the air and catches the eye of a waiter, the busboy or even the owner of the restaurant and in thirty seconds it is full again. Retsina used to be my preferred wine and once in awhile if you are lucky, that is what is available in those barrels. But many tavernas these days have turned away from retsina and are making excellent wines, often as good or better than any well known commercial bottled brands, (though you can find yourself in a taverna where the barrel wine is awful). Most restaurants are proud of their wine though not all the restaurants make their own. Some buy it from distillers by the barrel or by large jug, and in some touristy restaurants homemade wine, or hima, as it is called, is not even available and you have to take your chances with the wine list. Lately many restaurants have been buying bulk wine in boxes and filling the carafes from them. But before you get upset I want to reassure you that many of these boxed wines are pretty good and in some cases it is the same bulk wine the restaurants have always had, but now it comes in boxes. But walking into a restaurant and seeing barrels stacked is often a sign that they make their own wine and you should try that first before you try any bottled wine they may have. My rule is to always ask for local wine (doh-pio) and then ask for hee-ma or wine in a carafe (kara-faki) and hope for the best. It is rare that I will get a house wine so bad that I send it back and order a bottle from the wine list, but it does happen. I always ask if it's good (ee-neh kalo?) and they always say absolutely (veh-vay-os). But what else are they gonna say? It's terrible? There are also many farmers on the islands who are bottling their own wine and you can often find them in tavernas and in the various traditional shops, supermarkets and even in the bakery. About Retsina There have been many explanations as to why retsina tastes the way it does. The explanation is because they put pine resin in it to make it taste like that and the reason is because they like the taste. Some people have come up with theories on how this all began. According to Vassilis Kourtakis, who makes the most popular of the bottled retsina, the ancient Greeks knew that the air was the enemy of wine and used pine resin to seal the tops of the amphora and even added it to the wine itself. When we were teenagers we were told that during the Second World War, the Greeks put resin in the good wines so the Germans who occupied the country would not like it. That was nonsense. Then as we became more wise we came up with the theory that since there were mostly pine trees in Greece they stored the wine in pine barrels and so it tasted like pine resin and rather than figure out how to get rid of the taste they decided it was easier just to learn to like it. That is a little more reasonable an explanation but probably not accurate. Yiannis Yannarakis (photo), my brilliant computer nerd friend, finally gave me a believable explanation for why the Greeks drink retsina and why they became ashamed of it. Yiannis said that the resin was put into the wine as a pr |
'Operation Avalanche' was the codename given to the Allied invasion of which country during World War II? | Invasion of Italy (Salerno) in World War II Colonel General Heinrich von Vietinghoff 100,000 men Background: With the conclusion of the campaign in North Africa in the late spring of 1943, Allied planners began looking north across the Mediterranean. Though American leaders such as General George C. Marshall favored moving forward with an invasion of France, his British counterparts desired a strike against southern Europe. As it became increasingly clear that resources were not available for a cross-Channel operation in 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt agreed to the invasion of Sicily . Landing in July, American and British forces came ashore near Gela and south of Syracuse. Pushing inland, the troops of Lieutenant General George S. Patton 's Seventh Army and General Sir Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army pushed back the Axis defenders. These efforts resulted in a successful campaign which led to the overthrow of Italian leader Benito Mussolini . With operations in Sicily coming to close, the Allied leadership renewed discussions regarding an invasion of Italy. Though the Americans remained reluctant, Roosevelt understood the need to continue engaging the enemy to relieve Axis pressure on the Soviet Union until landings in northwest Europe could move forward. Also, as the Italians had approached the Allies with peace overtures, it was hoped that much of the country could be occupied before German troops arrived in large numbers. In assessing options for invading Italy, the Americans initially hoped to come ashore in the northern part of the country, but the range of Allied fighters limited potential landing areas to the Volturno river basin and the beaches around Salerno. Though further south, Salerno was chosen due to its calmer surf conditions, proximity to to Allied airbases, and existing road network beyond the beaches. Allied Plans: Planning for the invasion fell to Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean, General Dwight D. Eisenhower , and the commander of the 15th Army Group, General Sir Harold Alexander. Working on a compressed schedule, their staffs devised two operations, Baytown and Avalanche, which called for landings in Calabria and Salerno respectively. Assigned to Montgomery's Eighth Army, Baytown was scheduled for September 3. It was hoped that these landings would draw German forces south allowing them to be trapped in southern Italy by the later Avalanche landings on September 9 and also had the benefit of the landing craft being able to depart directly from Sicily. Not believing that the Germans would give battle in Calabria, Montgomery came to oppose Operation Baytown as he felt that it placed his men too far from the main landings at Salerno. As events unfolded, Montgomery was proved correct and his men were forced to march 300 miles against minimal resistance to the reach the fighting. Execution of Operation Avalanche fell to Lieutenant General Mark Clark's US Fifth Army which was comprised of Major General Ernest Dawley's US VI Corps and Lieutenant General Richard McCreery's British X Corps. Tasked with seizing Naples and driving across to the east coast to cut off enemy forces to the south, Operation Avalanche called for landing on a broad, 35-mile front to the south of Salerno. Responsibility for the initial landings fell to the British 46th and 56th Divisions in the north and the US 36th Infantry Division in the south. The British and American positions were separated by the Sele River. Supporting the invasion's left flank was a force of US Army Rangers and British Commandoes which were given the objective of securing the mountain passes on the Sorrento Peninsula and blocking German reinforcements from Naples. Prior to the invasion, extensive thought was given to a variety of supporting airborne operations utilizing the US 82nd Airborne Division. These included employing glider troops to secure the passes on the Sorrento Peninsula as well as a full-division effort to capture the crossings over the Volturno River. Each of these operations were deemed either unnecessary or unsupportable |
Which distinct, topaz-coloured wine is mentioned in the National Anthem of Hungary? | Tokaji Aszú | Tokaji Company | ZoomInfo.com Tokaji Company + Get 10 Free Contacts a Month Please agree to the terms and conditions I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I understand that I will receive a subscription to ZoomInfo Grow at no charge in exchange for downloading and installing the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor utility which, among other features, involves sharing my business contacts as well as headers and signature blocks from emails that I receive. Web References (13 Total References) Tokaji.com - Tokaji Essencia Tokaji Aszú 6 puttonyos 2003 ... town Cracow, an important early market for Tokaji. In general, the vineyards of Abaújszántó, which is situated at the edge of the ... Tamás grapes, the 1993 Aszú enjoyed the dubious distinction of being one of the top 100 wines in the ... Domain they became heavily involved in smuggling Tokaji into ... Tokaji Aszú 6 puttonyos 1991 OurCellar | Wine www.ourcellar.com.au [cached] Some of the most famous dessert wines, such as France's Château d'Yquem of Sauternes and Tokaji Aszú of Tokaj-Hegyalja in Hungary, are made from mouldy grapes, but not just any mould - 'Botrytis cinerea' sucks water out of the grape whilst imparting new flavours of honey and apricot to the future wine. Visiting Budapest for the first time - The Hungarian Girl : The Hungarian Girl thehungariangirl.com [cached] Have a glass of Tokaji Aszu Hungary is famous for its excellent wines. There are 22 distinct wine regions across the country which produce the full spectrum of wine styles. Tokaji Aszu, which comes from the Tokaj region, is Hungary most famous wine and is even mentioned in the Hungarian national anthem. Tokaji - Tokaji Essencia - The Wine of Kings, the King of Wine. www.tokaji.com [cached] Aszú is made only in good vintages, when it is worth picking and selecting Aszú grapes, which is done by hand. During one ... Tokaji Aszú. ... Tokaji Aszú was frequently mentioned in writings from the mid 16th century onwards, indicating that making wine from botrytis-affected grapes soon became common practice. Distributed by enterprising Polish and Jewish traders, Tokaji Aszú soon gained an excellent reputation at several European royal courts. The indigenous Hungarian grape varieties Furmint and Hárslevelü (and, to a small extent, Muscat Lunel) are used to produce the famed wines of Tokaji. ... Tokaji Aszú is best consumed at a temperature of 11 to 14 °C. ... In Russia, the Imperial Court imported large quantities of the very finest Tokaji and the wine became closely associated with the Romanov dynasty. ... Since the collapse of the communist regime in 1990, Tokaji has experienced a remarkable renaissance. ... Rákóczi II, (1676 -1735) recognised the unique quality of Aszú wine and used the proceeds from Tokaji wine sales to finance his battle against Habsburg and Austrian domination of Hungary. In 1703, in the hope of cultivating an alliance with France, Rákóczi gave King Louis XIV some Tokaji wine from his Tokaj estates as a gift. This was served at the French Royal court at Versailles, where it became known as Tokay. Delighted with the precious beverage, Louis XV of France offered a glass of Tokaji to Madame de Pompadour, referring to it as "Vinum Regum, Rex Vinorum" ("Wine of Kings, King of Wines"). This famous line is used to this day in the marketing of Tokaji wines. ... The composer Joseph Haydn's favorite wine was Tokaji. ... to outdo one another when they entertained guests with Tokaji. Napoleon III, the last Emperor of France, ordered 30-40 barrels of Tokaji at the French Royal Court every year. Gustav III, King of Sweden, loved Tokaji. ... Tokaji Aszú can lay claim to be the first of the world's great sweet wines (at least since the honey- ... Tokaji - especially the rare free-run juice called Essencia - was the most highly regarded and sought Tokaji Aszú - The King of Wines | The Hungarian Girl tags: hungarian food, Hungarian wine, Tokaji, Tokaji Aszú, Wine ... Tokaji Aszú is a sweet, topaz-colored wine from Hungary. The wine derives its name from the Tokaj-Hegyalja district |
Which actor and comedian plays the role of 'Gavin Shipman' in the TV series 'Gavin & Stacey'? | Gavin & Stacey: Ten things you didn't know about the popular comedy | Daily Mail Online Gavin & Stacey: Ten things you didn't know about the popular comedy comments The third - and final - series of Gavin & Stacey is about to return, with the nation eager to learn the fates of the Essex boy and his Welsh bride, and their tubby best friends Smithy and Nessa. The show's first series in 2007 attracted barely half a million viewers, the second averaged 1.7 million, and last year's Christmas special was watched by almost seven million people. Well-loved characters: Gavin and Stacey follows the ups and downs of a group of people living on Barry Island, Wales Firm friends: Matthew Horne and Joanna Page in Gavin and Stacey 1 Fans of the show include Tom Jones and Tory leader David Cameron. Cameron confessed to using the show's catchphrases, such as Nessa's 'What's Occurring?' and 'Tidy'. He said, 'I've been to Barry (where the show is set) three times and want to go back. From now on, whenever we have an election success in Wales, I'm going to congratulate my Welsh MPs on a 'tidy' result.' 2 James Corden met Ruth Jones - Nessa and his co-writer on Gavin & Stacey - when they both starred in Fat Friends, an ITV drama about the members of a slimming group. James told her about a wedding he had just been to where the bride was Welsh and the groom English. He says, 'The wedding was on Barry Island, and Ruth's from Cardiff and knows the area quite well. I told her I didn't think anybody had shown a wedding on TV like the one I had been to.' 3 Corden based his own character, Smithy, on a friend of his cousin. Others are based on people the co-writers met in the hotel bar during the filming of Fat Friends. Jones says, 'We used to sit in the bar and look around. There was always a function going on, and we'd pick out characters that might be at Gavin and Stacey's wedding and improvise what they might say. We had an idea that there would be this best friend who, at every wedding she goes to, ends up getting really drunk and singing Wild Thing.' 4 The writers hoped to make Gavin & Stacey a one-off TV film. Jones says, 'When the BBC got our proposal they said, "We don't have a slot for a one-hour special. Why don't you chart their relationship and go back to when they met and culminate the end of the series in their wedding?"' The re-written proposal for the first series was so good that when the BBC commissioning editor was reading it on the train, she completely missed her stop. 5 When Mathew Horne was chosen to play Essex-boy Gavin, Corden sent him a text saying, 'So chuffed you're doing it', and Horne rang back instantly. Their first phone call lasted 80 minutes, and they have been best friends ever since. Horne says about Corden, 'He's a brilliant mate. We were both in Teachers, but not at the same time. He jokes that the series he was in was Bafta-nominated, and the series I was in killed the show - it was axed following the episodes I appeared in.' RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 6 The leading characters are named after serial killers. Gavin's surname is Shipman, after the GP who murdered hundreds of his patients, while Stacey's name is West, after Fred and Rose. Another character, who has appeared in five episodes as a friend of the Shipman family, is Pete Sutcliffe - named after the Yorkshire Ripper. 7 Rob Brydon, who plays Stacey's Uncle Bryn, is well known for livening up the set with hilarious impressions. Joanna Page, who plays Stacey, says, 'While we were filming series two, he would do impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. It was like having my own personal comedian on set.' 8 Corden is a dangerous man to invite on stage. Presenting a theatre award to Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe last year, he grabbed the stunned actor and subjected him to a long, intense kiss. On another occasion, while accepting an award on behalf of Keira Knightley, he joked she was absent because they had been 's****ing for three days'. 9 The larger-than-life character of Nessa has a cult following. A fansite on Faceboo |
The name of which famous French newspaper translates into English as 'the world'? | French Newspapers in English French Newspapers in English By Rachel Hanson M.A. French If you can't read Le Monde just yet, there are plenty of French newspapers in English that can keep you up to date on all the latest news in France. While you may purchase all kinds of French newspapers in an effort to improve your French, if most of the paper goes unread because you can't quite read it yet, you may be better off sticking to English language papers until your French rivals that of the natives'. Reading Materials Whether you are looking at France from the outside, or you've moved to France and need to be kept current with all the news and events in your adopted country, French newspapers and magazines can help you to do this. However, not everyone who is interested in France and the French can read French well enough to read the biggest (most academic or serious) newspapers published in France and other French-speaking countries. While some of the biggest newspapers offer translations on their websites, few newspapers and magazines offer full translations of their newspaper stories. For this reason, French newspapers in English exist to keep English speakers, and other non-French speakers who do speak English, informed about the world and what's happening. French Newspapers in English While several websites offer French news in English, you may be looking for a 'real' newspaper or magazine-one that you can take with you to work in the morning or read in the park or while your child plays at the playground. While there aren't as many print sources as online ones, print sources do still exist and are going strong. The Connexion One of the most widely distributed English language newspapers in France is The Connexion . This newspaper is one of the most widely read English publications in France; it is published only once a month, so each edition is jam-packed with information and interesting stories. Whether you need to get up to date on current events, or you are looking for help finding an apartment or job, this paper may just be the resource you've been looking for. This paper can be published at a newsstand, or you can subscribe to it at a reduced price. Alternatively, stay on top of things by reading the articles you're interested in right on their website for no fee. France Today While France Today is technically a magazine and not a newspaper, the amount and relevance of the information included in this publication is significant. For anyone looking to understand any one of the finer points of French culture, this is the publication for you, and can be accessed in print or online. The Riviera Times If you're in the southern part of France, you may be interested in this regional newspaper: The Riviera Times . Featuring news and special topics for the entire Riviera region, this English-language newspaper is popular in the region. For those outside the region, the newspaper can also be accessed and read online. The Central Brittany Journal Regional newspapers can be a great option for people with a particular region in mind concerning France. Whether you live in Brittany or are just interested in the region, this (print and online) newspaper will allow you to stay in touch with the region. The Central Brittany Journal claims that its main purpose is to welcome newcomers to the region; of course, some readers of the paper have been living in Brittany and/or in France, for decades. Even if you don't speak French fluently yet, there are plenty of publications where you can read about the latest sports results and see what the weather has in store for you. What's more, these printed papers are just a start…these and many more resources are available online. Was this page useful? |
Which element is added to iron to make steel? | Stainless Steel - General Information - Alloying Elements in Stainless Steel Stainless Steel - General Information - Alloying Elements in Stainless Steel Alloying Elements in Stainless Steel Stainless Steels comprise a number of alloying elements according to the specific grade and composition. Listed below are the alloying additions with the reason for their presence, whilst attched is a summary table. Carbon (C): Iron is alloyed with carbon lo make steel and has the effect of increasing the hardness and strength of iron. Pure iron cannot be hardened or strengthened by heat treatment but the addition of carbon enables a wide range of hardness and strength. In Austenitic and Ferritic stainless steels a high carbon content is undesirable, especially for welding due to the threat of carbide precipitation. Manganese (Mn): Manganese is added to steel to improve hot working properties and increase strength, toughness and hardenability. Manganese, like nickel, is an Austenite forming element and has been used as a substitute for nickel in the AISI200 Series of Austenitic Stainless Steels, e.g. AISI 202 as a substitute for AISI 304. Chromium (Cr): Chromium is added to steel to increase resistance to oxidation. This resistance increases as more chromium is added. 'Stainless Steels have a minimum of 10.5% Chromium (traditionally 11 or 12%). This gives a very marked degree of general corrosion resistance when compared to steels with a lower percentage of Chromium. The corrosion resistance is due to the formation of a self-repairing passive layer of Chromium Oxide on the surface of the stainless steel. Nickel (Ni): Nickel is added in large amounts, over about 8%, to high Chromium stainless steels to form the most important class of corrosion and heat resisting steels. These are the Austenitic stainless steels, typified by 18-8 (304/1.4301), where the tendency of Nickel to form Austenite is responsible for a great toughness (impact strength) and high strength at both high and low temperatures. Nickel also greatly improves resistance to oxidation and corrosion. Molybdenum (Mo): Molybdenum, when added to chromium-nickel austenitic steels, improves resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion especially in chlorides and sulphur containing environments. Nitrogen (N): Nitrogen has the effect of increasing the Austenite stability of stainless steels and is, as in the case of Nickel, an Austenite forming element. Yield strength is greatly improved when nitrogen is added to stainless steels as is resistance to pitting corrrosion. Copper (Cu): Copper is normally present in stainless steel as a residual element. However, it is added to a few alloys to produce precipitation hardening properties or to enhance corrosion resistance particularly in sea water environments and sulphuric acid. Titanium (Ti): Ttitanium is added for carbide stabilization especially when the material is to be welded. It combines with carbon to form titanium carbides, which are quite stable and hard lo dissolve in steel, which tends to minimise the occurrence of inter-granular corrosion. Adding approximately 0.25 / 0.60% titanium causes the carbon to combine with titanium in preference to chromium, preventing a tie-up of corrosion-resisting chromium as inter-granular carbides and the accompanying loss of corrosion resistance at the grain boundaries. However, the use of titanium has gradually decreased over recent years due to the ability of steelmakers to deliver stainless steels with very low carbon contents that are readily weldable without stabilisation. Phosphorus (P): Phosphorus is usually added with sulphur, to improve machinability. The Phosphorus present in Austenitic stainless steels increases strength. However, it has a detrimental effect on corrosion resistance and increases the tendency of the material to crack during welding. Sulphur (S): When added in small amounts Sulphur improves machinability. However, like Phosphorous it has a detrimental effect on corrosion resistance and weldability. Selenium (Se): Selenium was previously used a |
Which metal is mixed with steel to make stainless steel? | The Elements of Steel . Streamliners: America's Lost Trains . WGBH American Experience | PBS Iron is the main ingredient in various forms of iron and steel, but the various types of metals contain other elements as well. Sometimes these elements are unwanted; other times they're intentionally added. The Elements Used in Steel Carbon (C): Carbon, a nonmetallic element, forms a number of organic and inorganic compounds and can be found in coal, petroleum and limestone. It is the principle strengthening element in carbon steels and low-alloy steels. Atomic number 6, atomic weight 12.01115. Manganese (Mn): Manganese is a brittle, metallic element that exists in the ore of pyrolusite. When making steel, it reacts with sulfur and helps to increase the metal's resistance to heat. Atomic number 25, atomic weight 54.9380. Phosphorus (P): Phosphorus is a poisonous, nonmetallic element that helps protect metal surfaces from corrosion. Atomic number 15, atomic weight 30.9738. Sulfur (S): Sulfur is a nonmetallic element found mainly in volcanic and sedimentary deposits. Sulfur, in the form of iron sulfide, can cause steel to be too porous and prone to cracking. Atomic number 16, atomic weight 32.064. Silicon (Si): Silicon is the second most abundant element in the earth's crust and can be found in rocks, sand and clay. It acts as a deoxidizer in steel production. Atomic number 14, atomic weight 28.086. Nickel (Ni): Nickel is a hard, metallic element that found in igneous rocks. Without nickel, stainless steel would be less resistant to heat and corrosion. Atomic number 28, atomic weight 58.71. Chromium (Cr): Chromium, a metallic element, is found in the earth's crust. It is used in the production of stainless steel to make the steel resistant to oxidation and corrosion. Atomic number 24, atomic weight 51.996. The Elements of Steel Composition (percent by mass) Cast Iron |
Which horse won the 1967 Grand National at odds of 100/1 after a melee at the 23rd. fence caused most of the field to pull up? | How the slowest horse won — and caused the biggest upset in Grand National history How the slowest horse won — and caused the biggest upset in Grand National history Laid-back, relaxed Foinavon was given 100-1 odds of winning the 1967 race. Then disaster struck Email On a grey October morning, along a Berkshire lane leading up to the Ridgeway amid fields stuffed with pheasant, 30 of us joined a mini-pilgrimage. The former champion jockeys Graham Thorner and Stan Mellor had made it along with Marcus Armytage, who won the Grand National on Mr Frisk. There, too, were a cluster of racing historians including Chris Pitt and John Pinfold. More importantly, the former trainer John Kempton and the former jockey John Buckingham were present with the author David Owen for the unveiling of a plaque to a horse whose name will never be forgotten in jump racing: Foinavon was the 100–1 winner of the 1967 Grand National after he and jockey Buckingham alone avoided the 23rd fence pile-up that devastated the field. Until then commentators only ever referred to the 23rd as ‘the fence after Becher’s’. Since then it has been ‘the Foinavon fence’. It was in the Grey Ladies livery yard near Compton, in those days known as Chatham Stables, that Foinavon shared a box with a goat called Susie (who accompanied him to Aintree) and where his body lies buried. For all of us the ceremony triggered memories of that 1967 National. John Kempton, Foinavon’s young trainer who later quit racing to run diving boats, did not go with Foinavon to Aintree that day. He preferred to ride the stable’s best hope, the hurdler Three Dons, in a race at Worcester. At least he won. Head lad Colin Hemsley also chose Worcester. So did box driver Geoff Stocker. In 1967, he told us, he had tossed with colleague Tony Hutt over who should drive to Aintree. Stocker won — and chose Worcester. Stable lad Clifford Booth led up the National winner and suffered a real hard-luck story. After letting go horse and jockey for the start, he joined the Tote queue to back Foinavon — and was still queuing when the tapes went up. ‘I’m here to represent the jockeys who got out of the way,’ said Stan Mellor. His mount, The Fossa, put on the brakes amid the mêlée and ejected him on to the top of the fence. He recalls now, ‘I was the only one who didn’t find his horse afterwards.’ He thought he saw The Fossa’s distinctive blue saddlecloth and ran to the Canal Turn to catch him and remount, only to discover it was the wrong animal. His recollection prompted Graham Thorner’s memory of a day of many fallers in a Wincanton novice chase. Swiftly up again on his feet, he grabbed the horse waiting nearby and rode him into third place — only to discover that it was not the mount he had started with but another jockey’s horse. Stan’s theory was that the carnage at the 23rd happened because it was the fence after Becher’s where the landing ground drops away. ‘It’s like going downstairs and finding a step isn’t there.’ The loose horses, he reckons, had been scared by that and tried to run out before the next. But there was no exit chute and they came back at a trot sideways across the approaching field to create pandemonium for the 28 remaining riders. The full story of Foinavon’s Grand National and of the people who owned, trained and worked around him has now been skilfully woven together by David Owen, the master of ceremonies at the unveiling, in Foinavon: The story of the Grand National’s Biggest Upset (Wisden, £18.99). The day we met up, Foinavon’s cool jockey on the big day, John Buckingham, now retired from the weighing-room after several decades as a jockey’s valet, insisted that even without the mêlée Foinavon would have been in with a chance: ‘We were always going well.’ Perhaps Foinavon did win because he was the slowest horse in the race, but going for the gaps then hanging on in isolation over the last six fences required skill from the jockey and courage from the horse. David Owen’s researches reveal, too, why Foinavon was more likely than some other horses to cope in such a situation. He wa |
Which city is the administrative centre of the French region of Alsace? | Regions of France | Alsace Region of France Alsace Description and Information Diverse Landscapes Alsace is situated in the far north-east corner of France and is one of the country's smallest régions. This beautiful and enchanting area nestles between the Vosges mountains to the west and the river Rhine, which forms a long natural border with Germany, to the east. The picturesque countryside is a mix of dense forests, rich farmland, pretty vineyards, fortified towns and quaint villages of half-timbered houses with geranium-filled window-boxes. Many of these villages can be found on the Route de Vin which undulates for 112km along the foothills of the Vosges mountains. Summer is a good time to visit for those who enjoy Alsation wines such as Riesling and Muscat, as a wine festival is held every weekend in a different town. Another scenicarea, with its gentle rounded mountains and glacial lakes, is the 3000km2 national park, the Massif de Vosges. The lush Vallée de Munster, home of the town Munster and its eponymous cheese, is a walker's paradise. A Big Historical Heritage Alsace has often been positively described as the gateway between Latin and Germanic cultures, but its border proximity has more often than not been a millstone around the necks of the natives. In the past century, Alsations saw their région annexed twice by the Germans, first from 1870 to 1918 and then again from 1940 to 1944. Even though much of the architecture, cuisine, dress and dialect is Germanic in style and the stereotype of the people matches that often held of the Germans (that is, well-organised, hard-working and tax-paying) nationalism here is rife. The people see themselves as French, but first and foremost as Alsations. As a result of this pride, the use of their régional language has remained strong. It is spoken by four out of ten inhabitants and, although passing on less from parent to child, it has reoccurred on shop signs and menus. Known as Elässisch, this High German dialect, is spoken all over the région and by all ages, but is not taught in schools and rarely written. Alsace Property Market Property prices are higher than average in this région and fewer derelict properties are to be found as, unlike in many régions, there has never been a mass exodus from cities and farms. The styles of the houses are stone and half timbered, many painted. Steep-pitched roofs and dormer windows are characteristic of the région. Towns such as Sauverne and Wissembourg are built in the local red sandstone. Come and Live in Alsace Outsiders are attracted to the région for its education, cultural and economic opportunities. It's a good place to move if you're looking to stay permanently and find work. It has a relatively young population, with low unemployment. Many types of industry are represented and Strasbourg is a very important European administrative centre. Many people in this city also work in the banking sector. The région is a good place to base a business because it has excellent road connections and high speed TGV links to Paris (500km), and links to Frankfurt in Germany and Basel and Zurich in Switzerland. Agriculturally, other than the vineyards, the important crops are maize, cauliflowers, mirabelles, and quetsches (an Alsatian plum often made into brandy and delicious served warm in a coffee mug). Beer is also very important to the région's economy, and the famous bottled beer Kronenbourg is produced here. Alsace Population Pop.density (people per km2): 209 Information about the Alsace region of France |
The group of French composers known as 'Les Six' were, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Germaine Tailleferre and which other? | Les Six | French composers | Britannica.com French composers France Les Six, ( French: “The Six”) group of early 20th-century French composers whose music represents a strong reaction against the heavy German Romanticism of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss , as well as against the chromaticism and lush orchestration of Claude Debussy . Les Six were Darius Milhaud , Francis Poulenc , Arthur Honegger , Georges Auric , Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre. The French critic Henri Collet originated the label Les Six in his article “The Russian Five, the French Six, and M. Erik Satie” (Comoedia, January 1920). Collet wished to draw a parallel between the well-known, highly nationalistic, late 19th-century Russian composers called The Five (Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky , Aleksandr Borodin , Mily Balakirev , and César Cui) and Les Six, who drew much of their inspiration from the music of Erik Satie and the poetry of Jean Cocteau . The artificiality of Collet’s assemblage has often been remarked on by critics, and certainly each of the six composers developed along lines best suited to his or her own tastes and abilities. Yet it is impossible to ignore such distinctive elements as dry sonorities, sophisticated moods, and references to everyday life and vernacular entertainments that characterize each of these composers. Les Six performed together in a number of concerts, and they collaborated on the play-ballet Les Mariés de la tour Eiffel (first performed 1921; “The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower,” text and choreography by Cocteau). Learn More in these related articles: |
In the Christian calendar, what name is given to the Sunday immediately prior to Palm Sunday? | The Days of Holy Week The Days of Holy Week Dennis Bratcher Holy Saturday Holy Week is the last week of Lent , the week immediately preceding Easter or Resurrection Sunday. It is observed in many Christian churches as a time to commemorate and enact the suffering (Passion) and death of Jesus through various observances and services of worship. While some church traditions focus specifically on the events of the last week of Jesus’ life, many of the liturgies symbolize larger themes that marked Jesus’ entire ministry. Observances during this week range from daily liturgical services in churches to informal meetings in homes to participate in a Christian version of the Passover Seder . In Catholic tradition, the conclusion to the week is called the Easter Triduum (a triduum is a space of three days usually accompanying a church festival or holy days that are devoted to special prayer and observance). Some liturgical traditions, such as Lutherans, simply refer to "The Three Days." The Easter Triduum begins Thursday evening of Holy Week with Eucharist and concludes with evening prayers Easter Sunday. Increasingly, evangelical churches that have tended to look with suspicion on traditional "High-Church" observances of Holy Week are now realizing the value of Holy Week services, especially on Good Friday (see Low Church and High Church ). This has a solid theological basis both in Scripture and in the traditions of the Faith. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was executed by the Nazis, wrote of the Cost of Discipleship and warned of "cheap grace" that did not take seriously either the gravity of sin or the radical call to servanthood: "When Jesus bids a man come, he bids him come and die." It is this dimension that is well served by Holy Week observances, as they call us to move behind the joyful celebrations of Palm Sunday and Easter, and focus on the suffering, humiliation, and death that is part of Holy Week. It is important to place the hope of the Resurrection, the promise of newness and life, against the background of death and endings. It is only in walking through the shadows and darkness of Holy Week and Good Friday, only in realizing the horror and magnitude of sin and its consequences in the world incarnated in the dying Jesus on the cross, only in contemplating the ending and despair that the disciples felt on Holy Saturday, that we can truly understand the light and hope of Sunday morning! In observing this truth, that new beginnings come from endings, many people are able to draw a parable of their own lives and faith journey from the observances of Holy Week. In providing people with the opportunity to experience this truth in liturgy and symbol, the services become a powerful proclamation of the transformative power of the Gospel, and God at work in the lives of people. The entire week between Palm Sunday and Holy Saturday is included in Holy Week, and some church traditions have daily services during the week. However, usually only Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday are times of special observance in most churches. Palm Sunday (or Passion Sunday) Holy Week begins with the sixth Sunday in Lent. This Sunday observes the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem that was marked by the crowds who were in Jerusalem for Passover waving palm branches and proclaiming him as the messianic king. The Gospels tell us that Jesus rode into the city on a donkey, enacting the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9, and in so doing emphasized the humility that was to characterize the Kingdom he proclaimed. The irony of his acceptance as the new Davidic King (Mark 11:10) by the crowds who would only five days later cry for his execution should be a sobering reminder of the human tendency to want God on our own terms. Traditionally, worshippers enact the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem by the waving of |
The group of Russian composers known as 'The Five' or 'The Mighty Handful' were Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky, Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui and which other? | The Five | Russian composers | Britannica.com Russian composers Alternative Titles: Moguchaya Kuchka, The Mighty Five, The Russian Five Similar Topics Les Six The Five, also called The Russian Five or The Mighty Five, Russian Moguchaya Kuchka (“The Mighty Little Heap”), group of five Russian composers— César Cui , Aleksandr Borodin , Mily Balakirev , Modest Mussorgsky , and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov —who in the 1860s banded together in an attempt to create a truly national school of Russian music, free of the stifling influence of Italian opera, German lieder, and other western European forms. The original name of the group, Moguchaya Kuchka, was coined in a newspaper article in 1867. Centred in St. Petersburg , the members of The Five are often considered to have been a rival faction to the more cosmopolitan , Moscow-centred composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , although Tchaikovsky often used actual folk songs in his music and Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov emphasized traditional European training in their work. Precursors of The Five were Mikhail Glinka and Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky . They were succeeded by a less energetic generation including Anatoly Lyadov , Sergey Taneyev , and Aleksandr Glazunov . Learn More in these related articles: Russia country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Once the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.; commonly known as the Soviet Union), Russia became an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. César Cui Jan. 6 [Jan. 18, New Style], 1835 Vilna [now Vilnius], Lithuania, Russian Empire March 24, 1918 Petrograd [St. Petersburg], Russia Russian composer of operas, songs, and piano music. He was a music critic and military engineer who, with Aleksandr Borodin, Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, and... 1 Reference found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: May 10, 2002 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Five Access Date: January 19, 2017 Share |
Which Christian feast is celebrated on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday? | Trinity Sunday - Religious Holidays Religious Holidays Trinity Sunday: Christians celebrate Father, Son, Holy Spirit after Penetecost Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons SUNDAY, MAY 22: It’s been one week since Pentecost, and for Western Christians, this marks Trinity Sunday. A celebration of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit—Trinity Sunday is celebrated across Western liturgical churches. Though the early Church observed no specific day for the Holy Trinity, Thomas Becket (1118-70 CE) helped spread the observance of such a day across Western Christendom when he said that the day of his consecration would be held as a new festival for the Holy Trinity. Still, a day set aside solely for the Holy Trinity continued to vary by Sunday in several regions until Pope John XXII accepted the festival into the official calendar of the Western Church, in 1334 CE. Note: The Thursday following Trinity Sunday is observed as the Feast of Corpus Christi. In some countries, this feast may be moved to the following Sunday. According to Christian tradition: Following the Ascension of Jesus and Pentecost, Christians regard that the Holy Trinity has been fully revealed. Last week, signs of the Holy Spirit were evident in red banners, roses and doves; this week, vestments are white and a new season begins. The shamrock and viola tricolor pansy symbolize the Trinity, and in some churches, the Athanasian Creed is recited or read. ACTIVITIES & MORE Families, youth groups and others can teach St. Augustine’s simplified explanation of the Trinity to children today. Children can also go outdoors to search for shamrocks and pansies, or prepare a dinner with cloverleaf rolls and a three-in-one fruit salad. The table may be decorated with a “Trinity” candle, and a vase of collected tri-petal wildflowers. |
Which Asian capital city is situated at the confluence of the rivers Klang and Gombak? | DAILY PHOTO: Confluence of Gombak and Klang « Stories & Movement Goodreads Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur. The Gombak and Klang rivers join together right in the middle of Malaysia’s capital city. The Jamek Mosque is located just North of where they meet. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc. |
Which city is the administrative centre of the French region of Lorraine? | LORRAINE : map, cities and data of the region Lorraine - France Hotel Mercure Nancy Centre Gare is located opposite the train station in central Nancy. It offers rooms with air conditioning and an LCD TV. Hotel Mercure Nancy Centre Gare's restaurant ... Price : from 90.00 € to 149.00 € Contact : 11 Rue Raymond Poincaré 54000 Nancy Hotel Meuse Hôtel Bertrand We look forward to welcoming guests to our attractive hotel, set in the heart of Lorraine. With a relaxed and inviting atmosphere, the Hôtel Bertrand is a comfortable holiday retreat of... Prices : from 57.50 € to 118.50 € Contact : 19 Rue Etoile 55000 Bar-le-Duc Hotel Meuse Le Relais De Marbot Set in a charming 19th-century house, this hotel offers a spacious apartment overlooking a flower-filled garden. It is located in the heart of Meuse, a 10-minute walk from Bar-le-Duc town... Rate : from 52.00 € to 80.00 € Contact : 69 Rue De Saint-Mihiel 55000 Bar-le-Duc Hotel Moselle Studio Myrthello Located in Metz, Studio Myrthello is 150 metres from Centre Pompidou-Metz and 650 metres from the train station. This self-catering studio offers free Wi-Fi access, a modern-style décor ... Price : from 0.00 € to 0.00 € Address : 16, avenue Mitterrand 57000 Metz Hotel Moselle Appartement Le Nid Du Graoully Set in Metz, this 2-bedroom apartment is 400 metres from Centre Pompidou-Metz. The apartment is 3.8 km from Parc des Expositions de Metz. The kitchen has a dishwasher, an oven and a micr... Prices : from 89.00 € to 149.00 € Contact : 14 rue de Vic 57070 Metz Hotel Vosges Hôtel le Carabas Hôtel le Carabas is situated 1 km from the centre of Epinal and 500 metres from the channel. It features an English-style pub and offers free Wi-Fi. The en suite rooms have a shower, ha... Rate : from 0.00 € to 0.00 € Contact : 7 rue Président Paul Doumer 88000 Épinal Hotel Vosges ibis Epinal Centre Set on the banks of the River Moselle, this ibis hotel is located in the town centre of Epinal. It offers a bar and restaurant and provides private on-site parking. Guest rooms are air-c... Price : from 56.10 € to 89.00 € Contact : 21 Quai Maréchal de Contades 88000 Épinal Map of Lorraine |
Released in 2009, 'Dawn Of The Dinosaurs' was the title of the third instalment of which film series? | Movies Released July 3rd, 2009 Movies Released July 3rd, 2009 112 mins PG In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, much-loved characters from the worldwide blockbusters Ice Age and Ice Age: The Meltdown are back, on an incredible adventure... for the ages. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while, maybe, finding true love); Manny (Ray Romano) and Ellie (Queen Latifah) await the birth of their mini-mammoth, Sid (John Leguizamo) the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs; and Diego (Denis Leary) the saber-toothed tiger wonders if he's growing too "soft" hanging with his pals. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna run amuck – and meet a relentless, one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck. 143 mins R68% In the action-thriller "Public Enemies," acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. 98 mins PG-1319% A comedy for the romantically challenged, "Valentine's Day" revolves around a romantic, carefree florist who charms a commitment-phobic restaurant owner into trying her theory of "relationship-less" dating. 95 mins PG-13 "Evangelion 1.0" is the first installment in a film series known as the Rebuild of Evangelion that reinterprets the story first told in the critically acclaimed anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. 86 mins Unrated Americas foremost humorist and commentator, Garrison Keillor, takes his skits and jokes, music and monologues across the country in his traveling radio show, spinning his stories into American gold. This free form, intimate look at the private man in the public spotlight goes behind the scenes of Americas most popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, and inside the imagination of the man who created it. June 30th, 2009 89 mins HEADER portrays the grueling psychological journey taken by ATF Agent Stewart Cummings. On the surface, Stewart struggles to solve a string of bizarre murders, but in secret, his life falls into a world of corruption that's impossible to escape. Deceit, rape, and murder spiral out of control triggering a hellish conclusion that defies description. July 3rd, 2009 142 mins If women are from Venus and men are from Mars, then Viraj Shergill (Akshay Kumar) and Simrita Rai (Kareena Kapoor) are certainly fighting it out on planet earth. Aside from a mutual hatred for each other, the only thing these polar opposites share is the viewpoint that marriage is a total waste of time. Viraj is a top stuntman in Hollywood, living the high life of glamour, guest lists and gorgeous girls. Simrita is a part time model and an aspiring surgeon who is constantly focused on her career. Braun and Brain clash when their respective best friends elope to get married and the unlikely pair are thrown together in the most absurd situations, with hilarious results. Their disdain for each other only continues to grow until one quirky twist of fate binds them together in a manner they could never have imagined in their wildest fantasies. Set against the glitz, the glamour and the sexiness of LA, ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ is a romantic comedy, sprinkled with action and topped with sing-along musical numbers to inspire any audience to its feet. If there was ever a successful marriage between East and West, rom-com and action, Hollywood and Bollywood… audiences will witness that "Kambakkht Ishq" is certainly it. |
What name is given to the cooler areas of the Sun's surface that are visible as dark patches? | The Source of the Sun’s Dark Spots | Science | Smithsonian The Source of the Sun’s Dark Spots A new study provides insight into how convection creates sunspots smithsonian.com June 3, 2011 A sunspot is bigger than the Earth, as demonstrated in this colorized image. (Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, V.M.J. Henriques (sunspot). NASA Apollo 17 (Earth)) From here on Earth, a spot on the Sun is barely a speck on that bright yellow ball in the sky. But sunspots are huge, bigger than our planetary home, and they have a complex structure that can’t be seen without some kind of help. Close up, you’ll see that a sunspot has a central dark area—called the umbra, which appears dark because it’s cooler than the rest of the Sun’s surface—with some lighter spots, and that center is surrounded by a lighter filamentary area, called the penumbra, that flows outward. Scientists used the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (which, despite its name, is on the Canary Island of La Palma, off the coast of Africa) to observe a sunspot near the middle of the Sun on May 23, 2010, and look at how gas flowed in and out; they then used those observations to create computer simulations of sunspots. Their results appear this week in Science . The study supports the idea that sunspots occur as hot gases rise to the surface of the Sun and spread out, cool and then flow back into the star. This convective flow creates the pimple-like pattern of a sunspot, according to the study. And the filaments of the penumbra are actually columns of gases. We care about what’s happening with the Sun because our nearest star can sometimes turn on us, blasting powerful solar storms toward Earth that “could zap satellites, disable communication networks and GPS systems and fry power grids at a cost of $1 trillion or more,” Rob Irion noted in his April story for Smithsonian, “ Something New Under the Sun .” Scientists are using a suite of satellites aimed at the star as well as telescopes here on Earth to learn more about the Sun. And it’s increasingly important work: as solar and space physicist Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado noted in Irion’s story, “The Sun is a highly variable star…. We live in its outer atmosphere, and the cyber-electric cocoon that surrounds Earth is subject to its whims. We’d better come to terms with that.” Like this article? |
The Order of the Chrysanthemum is the highest order of which country? | Order of the Chrysanthemum | Japanese order | Britannica.com Order of the Chrysanthemum Alternative Title: Dai-Kun-i Kikka-shō Kubikazari Similar Topics Royal Victorian Order Order of the Chrysanthemum, Japanese Dai-kun-i Kikka-shō Kubikazari, Japan’s highest and most exclusive order, established in 1877 by the Meiji emperor, awarded mainly to members of Japan’s royal family and to foreign royalty or heads of state. The order has only one class and is exclusively for men. The badge consists of a white enameled star with 32 rays edged in gold with a central cabochon garnet surrounded by a gold band. Four small silver chrysanthemums placed between green leaves encircle the garnet. The medal is suspended from a large, gold-rimmed likeness of a chrysanthemum. Learn More in these related articles: Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Article Title: Order of the Chrysanthemum Website Name: Encyclopædia Britannica Date Published: July 20, 1998 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Order-of-the-Chrysanthemum Access Date: January 18, 2017 Share |
What was the name of the IRA hunger striker who died in 1981 after refusing to eat for 66 days? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 5 | 1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison 1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison Hunger striker Bobby Sands has died in prison 66 days after first refusing to eat. The 27-year-old republican spent the last days of his life on a water bed to protect his fragile bones. He had been in a coma for 48 hours before being pronounced dead by medical staff at the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. I regret this needless and pointless death Humphrey Atkins Secretary for State for Northern Ireland Sands' parents, brother and sister were at his bedside when he died. This was the second time Sands had been on hunger strike, the first was in 1980 when a number of prisoners in the Maze prison were demanding political status for republican prisoners. Mr Humphrey Atkins, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland issued a statement shortly after the death. He said: "I regret this needless and pointless death. "Too many have died by violence in Northern Ireland. In this case it was self-inflicted. "We should not forget the many others who have died. "It is my profound hope and prayer that the people of Northern Ireland will recognise the futility of violence and turn their faces away from it." Three other republican prisoners at the Maze prison remain on hunger strike. There is grave concern for 25-year-old convicted murderer Francis Hughes, who began his strike 15 days after Sands. Bobby Sands, who had served five years of a 14-year sentence for possessing a gun, began his hunger strike on 1 March. He had softened his stance since the first strike and this time was making five main demands: that republican prisoners be allowed to wear their own clothes, that they be given free association time, visits and mail, that they should not to have to carry out penal work and should be given back lost remission. The Provisional IRA is now expected to launch a campaign of violence and destruction in response to Sands' death. |
Released in 2008, 'Escape 2 Africa' was the title of the second instalment in which film series? | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 113 out of 155 people found the following review useful: You Got To Move It, Move It! from United States 25 October 2008 Rarely have I seen animated family sequel movie that's as good or better than its predecessor but speaking as a movie freak who didn't like the first installment, I gotta say I'm very much entertained by MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 Africa and it way funnier than the original movie. Dreamworks has a habit of doing this
what it lacks in its story and overall animation (Pixar still rules in those departments!) it makes up for it in its sense of humor. This is the movie that every age can enjoy and it has only a very, very few silly, lame moments but for the most part, you just got to move it, move it! The whole team is back, it doesn't take long for you to remember what each character is all about, there's no need for re-introduction but there is a bunch of new characters thrown in to the den without having to take us in unnecessary complication of having to understand what they are. The concept is simple and the jokes are funny. Here you see all the characters stranded in Africa and meet a their own kind. It's the freedom they've always wanted but don't really want at the same time. They have trouble fitting in and getting in touch with their heritage, all the while friendship and feelings are being put to the test resulting in an exciting adventure at the end that brings them closer together again. Kids will love it, Parents will be glad about it, and the rest of us will find it to be very amusing. MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 Africa will feel like too short of a movie, but that's also something that I can appreciate because I don't think it has any intention of trying to be all Oscar worthy, it's nothing more than telling a light, enjoyable story with good moral value lesson and that's about it. If the running time were any longer, it would lose some of its target audience. Hands down, without dragging this review any more than it has to, the best part of this movie once again, are the penguins! Those dudes are hardcore gangsters and freakin' hilarious! They should have their own spin-off, stand-alone movie, just about them scheming something deviant and mission impossible-esquire. I could watch them work together and hear their smartass, cocky remarks/attitude about a thousand more times and they'll still crack me up. If you find no reason to watch this movie, then at least watch it to check out those awesome penguins. Was the above review useful to you? 70 out of 115 people found the following review useful: Better than the original from United States 7 November 2008 I thought that the first Madagascar had promising characters and a decent premise, but it was very poorly put together. My son, who was 8 or 9 at the time loved the movie, however. We saw the sequel this morning and we both agreed - it was much better than the original. And, since part II begins with a brief summary of part I, there is no need to see the first one to understand what's happening in the new movie. All the main characters are back and there are many new ones as well. Going in, the big question on my mind was "do the penguins play a bigger role in the sequel?"... answer is "Yes, but not much bigger". All in all an enjoyable movie that outshines it's predecessor! Was the above review useful to you? 75 out of 125 people found the following review useful: Madagascar 2: Return of the Penguins from los angeles 30 October 2008 As with the comment ahead of mine: it's all about the penguins. They should have their own movie. We were chanting: more penguins, more penguins. At the screening we just saw, people who loved the first Madagascar movie waited excitedly for the magic to begin... I LOVED the first one. Interesting note: I liked the first one better, but my BF thinks this one has a better and deeper plot and pointed out in particular that while in the first one Gloria (the hippo) was the butt of many fat jokes, in this one she is celebrated just for being beautiful. The whole movie |
In Arthurian legend, what name is given to the sunken land believed to lie off the Isles of Scilly? | Lyonesse - encyclopedia article - Citizendium This editable Main Article is under development and not meant to be cited; by editing it you can help to improve it towards a future approved , citable version. These unapproved articles are subject to a disclaimer . [ edit intro ] This article is about the mythical sunken land. For other uses of the term Lyonesse, please see Lyonesse (disambiguation) . Lyonesse, Lyoness, or Lyonnesse is the lost sunken land believed in legend to lie off the Isles of Scilly , to the south-west of Cornwall . It is sometimes associated with Avalon . The Trevelyan family of Cornwall takes its coat of arms from a local legend; 'when Lyonesse sank beneath the waves only a man named Trevelyan escaped by riding a white horse.' To this day the family's shield bears a white horse rising from the waves. Lyonesse in Arthurian legend According to Arthurian legend , Lyonesse is the birthplace of Tristan , son of King Meliodas (or Rivalen ). One of the signs of King Arthur 's return will be that Lyonesse will rise from the depths again. Alfred, Lord Tennyson 's Arthurian epic , Idylls of the King, describes Lyonesse as the site of the final battle between Arthur and Mordred . A real-life counterpart to Lyonesse is alleged to be the fishing port of Dunwich . There is evidence that in Roman times the Isles of Scilly comprised one large island, known as Siluram Insulam (or Sylina Insula). According to legend, Lyonesse stretched from Scilly to Land's End at the westernmost tip of Cornwall, and once had some 140 churches. Its capital was the City of Lions (sometimes given as Carlyon ), located on what is now the treacherous Seven Stones reef. The names of the kings of Lyonesse are derived from Welsh and Arthurian myth. Following the Battle of Camlann in 537, Arthur's men fled west across Lyonesse, pursued by Mordred and his men. Arthur's men survived by reaching what are now the Isles of Scilly, but Mordred's men perished in the inundation. Lyonesse in Celtic mythology Lyonesse was central to both Cornish and Breton mythology. In Christian times it became to be viewed as a sort of Cornish Sodom and Gomorrah , an example of divine wrath provoked by unvirtuous living, although the parallels were limited in that Lyonesse remained in Cornish thought very much a mystical and mythical land, comparable to the role of Tir na nÓg in Irish mythology . There is a Breton parallel in the tale of the Cité d' Ys , similarly drowned as a result of its debauchery with a single virtuous survivor escaping on a horse, in this case King Gradlon . It is often suggested that the tale of Lyonesse represents an extraordinary survival of folk memory of the flooding of the Isles of Scilly and Mount's Bay near Penzance. For example, the Cornish name of St Michael's Mount is Carrack Looz en Cooz - literally, 'the grey rock in the wood'. Cornish people around Penzance still believe strongly in a sunken forest in Mount's Bay, and visitors to the area can be shown 'evidence' of the forest (usually petrified drift wood) by locals. The importance of the maintenance of this memory can be seen in that it came to be associated with legendary Celtic hero Arthur. Lyonesse in modern fiction It has been appropriated outside Cornwall as the setting for modern fantasy stories, notably Jack Vance 's Lyonesse trilogy . In Stephen R. Lawhead 's Pendragon Cycle , Lyonesse is where refugees from Atlantis (the ' Fair Folk ') settle, the word Lyonesse being derived from the Celtic corruption of the word Atlantis. J. R. R. Tolkien drew some of his inspiration for the lost kingdom of Númenor from the legends of Lyonesse; one of the kingdom's many names in his mythos is 'Westernesse'. In Joseph Bédier 's Tristan et iseult, Tristan was born in Lyonesse to their king and the princess of Cornwall . |
Which 2001 'Westlife' song is the only UK number one single to begin with the letter 'Q'? | UK MUSIC CHARTS, No.1 Singles 1: Al Martino - Here In My Heart - 14/11/1952. 1953 2: Jo Stafford : You Belong To Me - 16/1/1953 3: Kay Starr : Comes A-Long A-Love - 23/1/1953. 4: Eddie Fisher: Outside Of Heaven - 30/1/1953. Feb 5: Perry Como: Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 6/2/1953 March 6: Guy Mitchell: She Wears Red Feathers - 13/3/1953 April 7: Stargazers: Broken Wings - 10/4/1953 8: Lita Roza: (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window - 17/4/1953 9: Frankie Laine: I Believe - 24/4/1953 June 10: Eddie Fisher: I'm Walking Behind You - 26/6/1953 Aug 11: Mantovani Song: from 'The Moulin Rouge' - 14/8/1953 Sept 12: Guy Mitchell: Look At That Girl - 11/9/1953 Oct 13: Frankie Laine: Hey Joe - 23/10/1953 Nov 14: David Whitfield: Answer Me - 6/11/1953 15: Frankie Laine: Answer Me - 13/11/1953 1954 16: Eddie Calvert: Oh Mein Papa 8/1/1954 March 17: Stargazers: I See The Moon 12/3/1954. April 18: Doris Day: Secret Love 16/4/1954 19: Johnnie Ray: Such A Night 30/4/1954 July 20: David Whitfield: Cara Mia 2/7/1954 Sept 21: Kitty Kallen: Little Things Mean A Lot 10/9/1954 22: Frank Sinatra: Three Coins In The Fountain 17/9/1954 Oct 23: Don Cornell: Hold My Hand 8/10/1954 Nov 24: Vera Lynn: My Son My Son 5/11/1954 25: Rosemary Clooney: This Ole House 26/11/1954 Dec 26: Winifred Atwell: Let's Have Another Party 3/12/1954 1955 27: Dickie Valentine: Finger Of Suspicion 7/1/1955. 28: Rosemary Clooney: Mambo Italiano 14/1/1955 Feb 29: Ruby Murray: Softly, Softly 18/2/1955 March 30: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Give Me Your Word, 11/3/1955 April 31: Perez Prez Prado & His Orchestra: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 29/4/1955 May 32: Tony Bennett: Stranger In Paradise 13/5/1955 33: Eddie Calvert: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 27/5/1955 June 34: Jimmy Young: Unchained Melody 24/6/1955 July 35: Alma Cogan: Dreamboat 15/7/1955 36: Slim Whitman: Rose Marie 29/7/1955 Oct 37: Jimmy Young: The Man From Laramie 14/10/1955 Nov 38: Johnston Brothers: Hernando's Hideaway 11/11/1955 39: Bill Haley & His Comets: Rock Around The Clock 25/11/1955 Dec 40: Dickie Valentine: Christmas Alphabet 16/12/1955 1956 41: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons 20/1/1956. Feb 42: Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This 17/2/1956 March 43: Dream Weavers: It's Almost Tomorrow 16/3/1956 44: Kay Starr: Rock And Roll Waltz 30/3/1956 April 45: Winifred Atwell: Poor People Of Paris 13/4/1956 May 46: Ronnie Hilton: No Other Love 4/5/1956 June 47: Pat Boone: I'll Be Home 15/6/1956 July 48: Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love 20/7/1956 Aug 49: Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 10/8/1956 Sept 50: Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms 21/9/1956 Oct 51: Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love 19/10/1956 Nov 52: Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain 16/11/1956 1957 53: Guy Mitchell.. Singing The Blues 4/1/1957 54: Tommy Steele.. Singing The Blues 11/1/1957 55: Frankie Vaughan.. The Garden Of Eden 25/1/1957 Feb 56: Tab Hunter.. Young Love 22/2/1957 April 57: Lonnie Donegan.. Cumberland Gap 12/4/1957 May 58: Guy Mitchell.. Rock-A-Billy 17/5/1957 59: Andy Williams.. Butterfly 24/5/1957 June 60: Johnnie Ray.. Yes Tonight Josephine 7/6/1957 61. Lonnie Donegan.. Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin' Man 28/6/1957 July 62. Elvis Presley.. All Shook Up 12/7/1957 Aug 63. Paul Anka.. Diana 30/8/1957 Nov 64. The Crickets.. That'll Be The Day 1/11/1957 65. Harry Belafonte.. Mary's Boy Child 22/11/1957 1958 66. Jerry Lee Lewis.. Great Balls Of Fire 10/1/1958 67. Elvis Presley.. Jailhouse Rock 24/1/1958 Feb 68. Michael Holliday.. The Story Of My Life 14/2/1958 69. Perry Como.. Magic Moments 28/2/1958 April 70. Marvin Rainwater.. Whole Lotta Woman 25/4/1958 May 71. Connie Francis.. Who's Sorry Now 16/5/1958 June 72. Vic Damone.. On The Street Where You Live 27/6/1958 July 73. Everly Brothers.. All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 4/7/1958 Aug 74. Kalin Twins.. When 22/8/1958 Sept 75. Connie Francis.. Carolina Moon / Stupid Cupid 26/9/1958 Nov 76. Tommy Edwards.. All In The Game 7/11/1958 77. Lord Rockingham's XI.. Hoots Mon 28/11/195 |
Which 1980 Olivia Newton-John and ELO song is the only UK number one single to begin with the letter 'X'? | Olivia Project - Xanadu (Millennium Mix) **HQ Audio** - YouTube Olivia Project - Xanadu (Millennium Mix) **HQ Audio** Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Dec 8, 2015 The original single reached number 1 in several countries, and was the band's only UK number 1 single, when it peaked there for two weeks in July 1980. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. One oddity, this was the first song beginning with the letter 'X' to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and it remained the only one until 2000's "X" by Xzibit. Category |
What was the name of the British nurse who was shot by a German firing squad during World War I after being court-martialled for helping Allied troops escape from a military hospital in Belgium? | WWI Nurse Edith Cavell Executed, 100 Years Ago - History in the Headlines WWI Nurse Edith Cavell Executed, 100 Years Ago October 6, 2015 By Evan Andrews Color portrait of Cavell. (Credit: Wellcome Library) Share this: WWI Nurse Edith Cavell Executed, 100 Years Ago Author WWI Nurse Edith Cavell Executed, 100 Years Ago URL Google At dawn on October 12, 1915, World War I nurse Edith Cavell was shot by a German firing squad on the outskirts of Brussels, Belgium. The 49-year-old Englishwoman had been condemned to death for helping run an underground network that spirited some 200 Allied soldiers out of German-occupied territory. Her execution caused an outrage both in Britain and abroad, and became a recurring motif in Allied propaganda for the rest of the war. Get the story of one of the most celebrated female heroes of World War I. When World War I erupted in August 1914, Edith Cavell was in her seventh year as the head matron of the Berkendael Medical Institute, a nurse training school in Brussels, Belgium. The grey-haired nurse was visiting family in England on the eve of Germany’s invasion of Belgium, but she immediately packed her bags and rushed back to her students. “At a time like this I am more needed than ever,” she told her worried mother. Cavell’s school was converted into a Red Cross hospital, and as the wounded began pouring in from the front, she treated all soldiers regardless of nationality. “Each man is a father, husband or son,” she reminded her nurses. “The profession of nursing knows no frontiers.” A pre-war photo of Edith Cavell. (Credit: Imperial War Museum) Brussels fell to the Germans in late August, but the stern-faced Cavell ignored a call to return to England and remained at her post. That same month, the 150,000-strong British Expeditionary Force retreated from Belgium following the Battle of Mons, leaving scores of wounded Englishmen stranded behind enemy lines. Many were reduced to hiding out in the countryside to avoid being captured or shot as spies. Some even donned disguises or pretended to be deaf-mutes to cover up their nationality. Cavell knew the penalties for helping Allied troops could be severe—the Germans had papered Brussels with warning posters—but when a pair of refugee British soldiers showed up at Berkendael in November 1914, her conscience wouldn’t allow her to turn them away. She took the two men in, nursed them back to health and sheltered them in her hospital until a guide was found to lead them out of occupied territory. The act of defiance marked the beginning of Cavell’s transformation from strait-laced nurse to resistance member. When word of her actions reached Prince Reginald de Croy, himself a resistance member and cousin of the Belgian king, she was enlisted into a clandestine group of Allied patriots. Her hospital soon became a vital way station on an underground network used to shepherd British, French and Belgian soldiers to the neutral Netherlands. Cavell carried out her role in secret, determined not to incriminate her fellow nurses. As the months passed, the stoic matron became adept in the cloak and dagger tactics needed to avoid detection by the German secret police. Most of the men she sheltered were signed in as fake patients and provided with phony identity cards. If the Germans arrived to conduct inspections of her hospital, she would usher the soldiers out the back door or cover them up in sickbeds. During one surprise search, Cavell hid a British private in a barrel and covered him with apples. When the time came to hand her refugees over to their border guides, she would personally lead them to the drop-off point by pretending to take her dog on a walk through the city—all the while watching for spies in the reflections of shop windows. Her soldiers would trail behind at a safe distance, often disguised as beggars or even monks. An Anti-German propaganda poster that references Cavell. Despite Cavell’s precautions, her British nationality made her an obvious target for the Germans. By the summer of 1915, she began to notice suspicious men conducting su |
By what traditional name was the Chinese city of Guangzhou known in Britain? | Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China in Asia Guangzhou , or Canton square. Guangzhou is a city in southern China with 3,152,825 residents in the geographical urban area and 7.95 million inhabitants in administrative urban area (as at the end of 2009). It is the capital of the province Guǎngdōng (also called “Canton Province” known), and an important industrial and commercial site. Guangzhou is also known as the “factory of the world.” guangzhou In China, the city is also Sui or Yangcheng (City of goats) called. The landmark of the city is a statue of five goats. Its proximity to Hong Kong has – as in the entire Pearl River Delta – had a positive impact on economic development. In Guangzhou, held twice a year – in spring and autumn – China’s largest import and export fair held. In October 2010, here was the tallest TV tower in the world (600 meters) opens. Guangzhou is located on the Pearl River . The geographical location in Guangzhou due there a subtropical and humid monsoon climate with an annual average temperature of 22 ° C . Most of the precipitation (annual average: 1,982 mm) falls during the rainy season from April to August. In China, it says: “The Cantonese eat everything that swims, flies or has four legs, except submarines, aircraft, and tables.” . The Cantonese cuisine is very diverse with some very tasty, for Europeans, partly to get used to courts, among other things, be eaten cats, dogs and snakes, but these are on the menu of most Cantonese found either not or only rarely. Cantonese food is generally not sharp. Typical dishes are traditional Cantonese soup , porridge and Dim Sum .The Chinese food in Europe and North America is most strongly influenced Cantonese (mainly by immigrants from Hong Kong), but mostly in a modified form. guangzhou tower |
How was the American outlaw and gunfighter Harry Longabaugh better known? | Sundance Kid - Thief - Biography.com Sundance Kid Sundance Kid was an American criminal best known for his train robberies and bank heists with the Wild Bunch gang in the late 1890s and early 1900s. IN THESE GROUPS Name Changers Synopsis American criminal Sundance Kid, originally named Harry Longabaugh, was born in 1867 in Mont Clare, Pennsylvania. At age 15, he headed west and received his nickname when was arrested for stealing a horse in Sundance, Wyoming. After a couple of years in jail, Sundance Kid resumed a career in crime, robbing trains and banks. Named the Wild Bunch, he and his conspirators went on the longest crime spree in the history of the American West. Sundance Kid eventually fled to South America where he continued his life of crime. Historians disagree on his death with some citing a shootout in Bolivia on November 3, 1908 while others suggest he returned to the U.S. under the name William Long and lived there until 1936. Early Years Harry Alonzo Longabaugh was born in 1867 in Mont Clare, Pennsylvania. He was considered the fastest gunslinger in the Wild Bunch, a well-known gang of robbers and cattle rustlers that roamed the American West during the 1880s and 1890s. Longabaugh was just 15 when he left home for good. He took his nickname from the Wyoming town of Sundance, where he was arrested for the only time in his life after stealing a horse. For the crime, Sundance served nearly two years in jail. Upon his release in 1889, he attempted to create an honest life for himself as a cowboy. The Wild Bunch By the early 1890s, Sundance was back to being an outlaw. Authorities fingered him for a train robbery in 1892, and five years later for a bank heist that he pulled off with a group that came to be known as the Wild Bunch. The gang largely consisted of Robert Parker (aka Butch Cassidy), Harry Tracy (“Elzy Lay”), Ben Kilpatrick (the “Tall Texan”) and Harvey Logan (“Kid Curry”). Together, the group embarked on the longest stretch of successful train and bank robberies in the history of the American West. Among the men, Sundance was considered to be the fastest gunslinger, though historical evidence indicates he never killed anyone during the Wild Bunch’s run. The gang’s robberies were scattered around parts of South Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada and Wyoming. Between robberies, the men hid out at Hole-in-the-Wall Pass, located in Johnson County, Wyoming, where several outlaw gangs had their hideouts. With each new robbery, the Wild Bunch became better known and well liked by an American public eager to read about their exploits. Their robberies also became bigger. One of the largest was a $70,000 haul from a train just outside Folsom, New Mexico. Unable to stop the Wild Bunch, the Union Pacific Railroad hired the famed Pinkerton National Detective Agency to find and arrest Sundance and the rest of the gang. Perhaps sensing their run was over, Sundance and Cassidy pushed into South America, first to Argentina, where they tried to make it as honest farmers. With the pair was Etta Place, a former prostitute who’d become Sundance’s lover. Final Years An honest life, however, was not a good fit for either Sundance or Cassidy. Before long the two were back to being outlaws, robbing banks and trains just as they’d done in the States. As the story goes, Cassidy and Sundance lost their lives in a shootout with soldiers in southern Bolivia on November 3, 1908, but the truth of their end has never been fully settled. Debate lingers over where and when Sundance actually died. One account, which bears some historical evidence, suggests he returned to the United States under a new name, William Long, and settled into a new life as a Utah rancher. According to the story, he married a widow with six children in 1894 and lived to be an old man, eventually dying in 1936. Whatever the true story might be, Sundance is one of the real legends of the American West. In 1969, his life and relationship with Butch Cassidy was turned into an Oscar-winning movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman (Cassidy) and Rob |
Which girls' name gave 'Kool & The Gang' a top ten hit in 1983? | History | Kool and the Gang Contact Kool & The Gang has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and influenced the music of three generations. Thanks to songs like Celebration, Cherish, Jungle Boogie, Summer Madness and Open Sesame, they’ve earned two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, 25 Top Ten R&B hits, nine Top Ten Pop hits, and 31 gold and platinum albums. Kool & The Gang has performed continuously for the past 45 years, longer than any R&B group in history. Their bulletproof funk and tough, jazzy arrangements have also made them the most sampled band of all time. In 1964 Khalis Bayyan (AKA Ronald Bell) and his brother, Robert “Kool” Bell, joined Jersey City neighborhood friends Robert “Spike” Mickens, Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, Ricky Westfield, George Brown, and Charles Smith to create a unique musical blend of jazz, soul and funk. At first calling themselves the Jazziacs, they went through various names – The New Dimensions, The Soul Town Band, Kool & The Flames – before settling on their moniker. Over the next several years, they solidified their musical chemistry on the rough-and-tumble East Coast music scene, supporting acts like Bill Cosby, Ritchie Havens and Richard Pryor. Their self-titled 1969 debut album introduced their signature instrumental sound and fierce horn arrangements, and spawned their first Billboard R&B charted single, Kool and the Gang. In 1969 Kool & The Gang released their self-titled debut album. It was the introduction to a theme, music is the message, that Kool & The Gang stands by today. The instrumental album was an expression of their deep love of music. It was also an introduction to their signature sound and the fierce horn arrangements created by Khalis, Dee Tee, and Spike. Their debut album spawned their first Billboard R&B charted single Kool and the Gang and later Let The Music Take Your Mind. In 1970, their audacious sophomore set Live At The Sex Machine peaked at #6 on Billboard’s R&B chart and yielded three hit singles: Funky Man, Who’s Gonna Take The Weight and I Want To Take You Higher. Next came The Best Of Kool & The Gang Featuring The Penguin, Kool & The Gang Live at PJ’s, Music Is The Message, and Good Times, all of which helped solidify a sound that wowed not only fans but such contemporaries as James Brown and Nina Simone. The band’s stellar reputation grew with each album, but 1973’s gold disc Wild & Peaceful took Kool & The Gang to another level (#6 R&B, #33 Pop), spurred by the immortal party anthems Funky Stuff, Hollywood Swinging and the platinum smash Jungle Boogie. Hits like Higher Plane (#1 R&B), the classic Summer Madness (featured on the Grammy-winning movie soundtrack Rocky) and LPs Spirit of the Boogie, Love & Understanding and Open Sesame followed. The latter’s title track was featured on the top-selling movie soundtrack of all time, Saturday Night Fever, earning the group their second Grammy. In 1979, Kool & The Gang unveiled a smooth new sound with Ladies Night. Produced by the legendary Pop/Jazz musician Eumir Deodato, it became their first platinum album. The #1 R&B title track also reached #8 at Pop. It was followed by Too Hot (#3 R&B, #5 Pop). The ’80s would see them dominate the mainstream, starting with the double platinum-selling album Celebrate (driven by the international monster hit Celebration, which spent six weeks atop the R&B chart and became a #1 Pop single). Celebration, which played as the American hostages returned from Iran, remains de rigueur at joyous occasions worldwide. The smashes Get Down On It, Take My Heart, Let’s Go Dancing, Joanna, Tonight, Misled, the #1 R&B, #2 Pop giant Cherish and the #1 R&B anthem Fresh (these last three from the multi-platinum LP Emergency) solidified the group’s international superstardom. Kool & the Gang landed global commercial endorsements, supported countless charitable causes and were the only American group to participate in Band Aid’s 1984 Do They Know It’s Christmas project for famine victims in Africa. With the explosion of hip-hop in the ’90s, Kool & the Gang’s incredible catalog of gro |
Which famous nude painting in the National Gallery was attacked with an axe, by a militant suffragette in 1914? | A Deranged Suffragette Attacks and Damages the Rokeby Venus by Valasquez SUFFRAGIST PRISONER IN COURT. EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. The famous Rokeby Valasquez, commonly known as the “Venus with the Mirror,” which was presented to the National Gallery in 1906, was mutilated yesterday morning by the prominent militant woman suffragist Mary Richardson. She attacked the picture with a small chopper with a long narrow blade, similar to the instruments used by butchers, and in a few seconds inflicted upon it severe if not irreparable damage. In consequence of the outrage the National Gallery will remain closed to the public until further notice. To judge from the damaged frame, the first blow was struck at the point marked by the star in the reproduction of the picture which will be found on the preceding page. From that point to the bottom of the frame the plate glass, about one-third of an inch thick, is cracked in all directions upwards and sideways. Downwards nothing remains of the glass except splintered fragments filling the base of the frame and spreading out in front. Altogether the canvas has been slashed in six or seven places, the cuts extending from the top to the bottom of the picture. What is described by one who afterwards saw the damaged masterpiece as probably the most serious blow has caused a cruel wound in the neck. For three or four inches, he says, it runs almost vertically, and spreads out an inch wide. Another severe cut has been aggravated apparently by the chopper’s having been twisted a little as it withdrawn for the next blow. Further, there is a broad laceration starting near the left shoulder and roughly forming, with two other cuts, a letter “N.” Two of the limbs of that letter are six or eight inches long, and the third is a gash extending right beyond the body and some inches through the drapery below it. The other cuts are cleanly made in the region of the waist. The weapon with which the damage was done luckily had a keen edge, and so did less mischief than an old and blunt weapon would have done. THE ATTACK ON THE PICTURE. Miss Richardson, who was released under the “Cat and Mouse Act” in October last and has not since been rearrested, visited the National Gallery about 11 o’clock yesterday morning. She is a small woman, and was attired in a tight-fitting grey coat and skirt. She stood in front of the Rokeby Venus for some moments, apparently in contemplation of it. There was nothing in her appearance or demeanour to arouse the suspicions of the uniformed attendant and a police constable who were on duty in the room and were standing within seven or eight yards of her. The first thought of the attendant, when he heard the smashing of glass, was that the skylight had been broken; but a moment later he saw the woman hacking furiously at the picture with a chopper which, it is assumed, she had concealed under her jacket. He ran towards her, but he was retarded somewhat by the polished and slippery floor. The constable reached the woman first and seizing her by the right arm prevented her from doing further mischief. She allowed herself to be led quietly away to the inspectors’ office. Addressing a few visitors to the Gallery who had meanwhile collected, she said, “Yes, I am a suffragette. You can get another picture, but you cannot get a life, as they are killing Mrs. Pankhurst.” CLOSING OF THE GALLERY. Immediately after the outrage the National Gallery was closed to the public and Sir Charles Holroyd, the Director, called a meeting of the Trustees to consider what steps should be taken to afford greater protection to the collection. Among those who attended were Lord Lansdowne, Lord Curzon, Lord Ribblesdale, and Mr Alfred Rothschild. The meeting began at 3 o’clock and lasted until nearly 5 o’clock. It is understood that the meeting was adjourned without any decision having been arrived at. The only official announcement made at the close of that meeting was that the National Gallery would remain closed until further notice. We understand, however, that the need for more adequate protection of the tr |
Which all-girl group had a hit in 1996 with 'Say You'll Be There'? | Spice Girls' Top 8 Biggest Billboard Hits: 'Wannabe,' 'Say You'll Be There' & More | Billboard Spice Girls' Top 8 Biggest Billboard Hits Tim Roney/Getty Images Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Victoria Adams, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm of the Spice Girls, circa 1996. Girl Group Week continues with the biggest Hot 100 hits from planet Spiceworld. Girl Group Week! GIRL GROUP WEEK HOMEPAGE When the Spice Girls arrived on the pop scene nearly two decades ago and proceeded to unequivocally own it, the five-piece seemed to exist from another time and place entirely, and with instantly established identities drawing curious fans into the fold. The same can still be said of the Spice Girls, who existed in a well-remembered vacuum of pop music that produced less than 10 Hot 100 hits, but boy, did the ones that did make it out burn brightly. With Girl Group Week rolling on at Billboard.com, it's time to honor Ginger, Sporty, Posh, Scary and Baby with the Spice Girls' eight biggest Billboard hits! Note: This ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart through the tally dated March 7, 2015. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from each era, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years. 8. "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" Hot 100 Chart Peak: No. 90 Peak Date: Nov. 24, 2007 Released as the only single from the Girls' compilation album Greatest Hits, "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" was also the group's only song to chart on the Hot 100 past its late-90's heyday. Although the Spice Girls may have had an abrupt ending, this swaying ballad reconfirms that the ladies' friendship did not. 7. "Goodbye" Hot 100 Chart Peak: No. 11 Peak Date: Dec. 26, 1998 A full two years before the Spice Girls' third and final studio album, Forever, was released in late 2000, the Geri Halliwell-less album was previewed by "Goodbye," which would be the group's last Top 20 hit. The pangs of sorrow resulting in the realization that the Spice Girls' pop reign had effectively ended makes "Goodbye" a bittersweet hit. 6. "Stop" Hot 100 Chart Peak: No. 16 Peak Date: July 4, 1998 Toning down the attitude of "Spice Up Your Life" and swiveling toward Motown, "Stop" was the final hit from the group's Spiceworld album, and holds up relatively well 17 years later. At the 1998 BRIT Awards, the Girls even dressed up as their girl group heroes of the 1960s and busted out the "Stop! In The Name of Love" hand-sign choreography. 5. "Too Much" Hot 100 Chart Peak: No. 9 Peak Date: Feb. 21, 1998 More pop fans may remember how to sing along to "Spice Up Your Life," but the ballad "Too Much" was actually the only song from Spiceworld to crash the Top 10 of the Hot 100 chart. Not everybody loved "Too Much," however -- the single, which appeared in the Spice World film, was nominated for Worst Original Song at the 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards, alongside Aerosmith's Armageddon anthem "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing." 4. "Spice Up Your Life" Hot 100 Chart Peak: No. 18 Peak Date: Nov. 29, 1997 At the time of "Spice Up Your Life's" release, the Spice Girls were world-conquerors, making it the perfect occasion to command "every boy and every girl" to spice up their lives. The Latin-tinged dance track served as the ideal lead single to the ambitious sophomore album Spiceworld, powering the group out of their impossibly successful 1997 and into 1998. 3. "2 Become 1" Hot 100 Chart Peak: No. 4 Peak Date: Sept. 6, 1997 Following their breakout success thanks to two uptempo smashes, the Spice Girls slowed things down on "2 Become 1," perhaps the most perfect high school slow-dance song ever created. The manta "I need some love like I've never needed love before" led to another Top 5 hit for the Girls, who were readying a new album, Spiceworld, for a release less than two months after "2 Become 1" peaked on the charts. 2. "Say You'll Be There" |
Which car company produces a model called the 'Charade'? | Daihatsu Parts & Spare Parts Online | AutoPartsWarehouse Tweet Daihatsu: The World's Trusted Engine and Car Manufacturer Known for its small cars and off-road vehicles, Daihatsu is considered as one of the oldest car manufacturers in Japan today. During its early years, Daihatsu was known as Hatsudoki Seizo Co. Ltd.?an internal combustion engine manufacturing company that was focused mainly on producing industrial engines. With the emergence of automobiles, Hatsudoki created two prototype trucks that performed really well and because of this, the brand decided to pursue making cars. In 1930, the brand launched its first production vehicle that was known as the Model HA. This three-wheeler ride is the first domestically produced car in Japan, making it an important milestone in the history of Japanese automobiles. It was not until 1951 that the company's name was changed to Daihatsu, which means "Osaka Great Manufacturer". The following decade, Daihatsu entered into an agreement with multinational Japanese automaker Toyota. And after several years, the brand finally found its way to American shores when two models were launched in the US?Charade and Rocky. During the 80s, Daihatsu found great success in terms of sales, but before the year 1999 ended, it officially became a part of the Toyota family. Hijet Daihatsu's Hijet is the brand's famous line of micro vans and pickup trucks. Starting its production in 1960, this line is considered as the rival of Honda's Acty, Subaru's Sambar, Mitsubishi's Minicab, and Suzuki's Carry. The first Hijet was equipped with a 360 cc two-stroke engine and overtime, this evolved into better versions as the brand adapted the latest technological advancements from the automotive industry. The fifth generation Hijet was the first to receive a ton of attention from the export market. This vehicle was characterized by a matured body style appearance that came along with a 182 cm wheelbase. It also came in several versions starting the Jumbo?an extended cab high-roof truck that had a very balanced look. After that came the Climber?a four-wheel-drive high-profile tire version. And last but definitely not least was the Daihatsu Atrai?a passenger van that was offered with a turbo engine version. Diesel Motor Manufacturing Because Daihatsu was initially a producer of engines, it decided to come up with a spin off engine manufacturing arm in 1966. This brand-new company was known as the Daihatsu Diesel Motor Manufacturing Company. This brand provides the market with heavy-duty marine engines and diesel generators. After acquiring an ISO9001 accreditation in 1994, the company remains to be one of the most trusted engine manufacturers in the world today. Daihatsu Top Sellers Daihatsu Highlights Daihatsu's Resource-Saving Compact Cars Greenhouse gases, shortage of the earth's resources, and environmental issues?these are just some the alarming things that have pushed Daihatsu to pursue efforts in going green. So aside from the brand's small cars and off-road vehicles, Daihatsu is now well-known for its line of hybrid cars. This all started with the company's development of its own electric vehicles, which included the so-called pavilion cars. This particular prototype was introduced to the market during the 1970 Osaka World Expo. In addition, Daihatsu has also been creating golf carts and vehicles intended for institutional use like the DBC-1. The 1973 oil crisis fueled this initiative even more and during the Tokyo Motor Show that same year, Daihatsu came up with two vehicles?a 550 W electric trike called the TR-503E and an electric car called the BCX-III. Throughout the 70s, Daihatsu created and showcased more electric vehicle prototypes. And in line with this, the brand created several electric versions of some of its popular models like the Fellow Max and Max Cuore. Compact cars Typically, the main concept of hybrid cars is to produce automobiles that use up less gasoline as compared to other conventional cars. This is made possible by having two or more power sources in one car. Since fuel-efficient |
Which spirit gives 'Sauce a la Normandie' its name? | A la Normande: A Gastronomic Paradise Recipe below June 6th, 1944, eternally known as D-Day. The largest single-day amphibious invasion in history. Over 130,000 allied troops landed at five beachheads, nicknamed Omaha, Juno, Sword, Utah, and Gold along a strip of the coast of Normandy. Ten thousand men were killed, wounded or captured in their gallant effort to liberate France, initiate a new world order, and depose the most evil maniac of all time. The most intense fighting was at Omaha Beach, monikered “Bloody Omaha,” with approximately 5,000 American casualties alone. One cannot think of Normandy without respectfully remembering the lives that were lost that day, and the freedom they eventually won for this world. Normandy is a coastal region of north-west France, just south of the English channel and comprising over 30,000 square kilometers. Normandy used to be heavily forested. Much of the woodland was cleared to pave the way for agriculture. Now just under 13% of current day Normandy is forest. It is punctuated by granite and limestone cliffs and the Seine River which meanders its way to the English Channel. Its population numbers about 3.5 million. The tidal island of Mont Saint-Michel with its toweringly beautiful and world famous Benedictine Abbey is located just within the boundaries of Normandy and is one of its most famous landmarks. Normandy is a gastronomic paradise. A marriage made in heaven of the rich bounties of the land and the sea. Normandy’s cuisine is probably the most archetypal of the stereotypical conception of French food as being rich and fattening. First and foremost is dairy. Normandy’s cows produce unctuous cream and butter, the former of which is one of the characteristic features of its cuisine. And of course, where there’s cows and milk, there’s cheese. The world renowned Camembert originated in Normandy. Supposedly christened by Napoleon, Camembert is a rich, soft, cow’s milk cheese. Other noteworthy cheeses include Livarot, a soft and highly pungent cheese, and Pont l'Évêque, a creamy ripened cheese with a sweet/tart flavor. Apples are another major component in the gastronomy of Normandy. It is said that Normandy contains 9 million apple trees. Apples give rise to Calvados, considered to be the best apple brandy on the planet. Calvados is drunk as an aperitif, an intermezzo, or after a meal. It is also incorporated into all kinds of Norman recipes and sauces. Apples and cream are the two most defining elements of Norman cuisine and one or both can always be expected in any dish entitled “à la Normande.” Continuing with Normandy’s terrestrial splendors, pork, chicken, duck, lamb and especially tripe are regular players. The towns of Rouen and Caen are considered the culinary capitals of Normandy and bare the name of some of its classic dishes. Canard à la Rouennaise (eponymously named after the town of Rouen where Joan of Arc met her demise), is a roasted duck whose carcass is crushed in a special press to extract the juices. It is then decadently blended with cream and cognac to render a sauce. Tripes à la mode de Caen is an intricate and protracted dish whereby the tripe is cooked with oxen feet, fat, root vegetables, herbs, spices, apple cider and Calvados. Carbonade is a rich beef stew cooked with beer. Finally, andouille is a celebrated sausage of Normandy. Spicy and smoked, it is made from pork tripe and intestines. Turning to the ocean, seafood is an inextricable and significant feature of Norman cuisine. Its extensive coastline supports a bustling fishery trade. Oysters, mussels, clams, shrimp, scallops, lobster, whelks and winkles, (sea snails), langoustines, sole, turbot, John Dory (also known as St. Peter’s fish), monkfish, and many other aquatic edibles adorn the seafood loving palates of Normandy. Sole à la Normande is yet another classic dish of the region. Sole is cooked with shrimp and mussels and then cream, and cider, (sometimes white wine), are incorporated into the sauce. As for pastry and baking, N |
.uk is the network identifier for the United Kingdom, which country uses the identifier .ch? | ISO country codes - A global success (2011-04-11) - ISO ISO country codes - A global success ISO country codes - A global success by François Demay on 11 April 2011 The ISO country codes included in ISO 3166, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions, is among the most well-known and used of all ISO standards. The standard establishes coded representations of names of countries, dependencies, and other areas of particular geopolitical interest and their subdivisions. Over the years, ISO 3166 has become the most popular and widely implemented standards-based solutions for coding the names of countries. Key to global trade ISO 3166 is used in a broad variety of fields of activity – by institutions as well as by private individuals. It consists of three interdependent parts and forms the basis of a coherent system for all types of exchanges (economic, financial, legal, cultural, scientific, etc.) both within and between countries, in combination with the International Standards on : Names of languages – ISO 639, Codes for the representation of names of languages Writing systems – ISO 15924:2004, Information and documentation – Codes for the representation of names of scripts Currencies – ISO 4217:2008, Codes for the representation of currencies and funds. It is one of the building blocks underpinning globalization and, in particular, communication and exchanges on the Web. An essential presence Wikipedia, the most well-known and highly visited online encyclopaedia gives a good estimate of the international penetration of ISO 3166. In Wikipedia, the general presentation of ISO 3166 is available in 36 languages, while Part 1 (ISO 3166-1) relating to country codes is described in 92 languages, Part 2 (ISO 3166-2) relating to country subdivision codes is described in 47 languages, and Part 3 (ISO 3166-3) providing the codes for formerly used names of countries is available in 15 languages. In addition, all articles on countries or country subdivisions (at least in the English version) display the ISO 3166-1 or ISO 3166-2 codes, in the general information box. A search on the Web also gives an idea of the number of pages mentioning or introducing this three-part standard. For example, a search on Google (as of 14 March 2011) provided 819 000 results for ISO 3166, 886 000 for ISO 3166-1, 3 720 000 for ISO 3166-2 and 35 000 for ISO 3166-3. By way of comparison, there are 852 000 results on ISO 639, 67 000 on ISO 15924 and 237 000 on ISO 4217. Scale of the applications of ISO 3166 The acceptance which an International Standard has gained within its potential user community can be seen from the number or scale of its applications. The most well-known applications of ISO 3166 are : The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) which uses the alpha-2 code (alphabetic 2-character code) to identify the Internet ccTLDs (country code top-level domains) designating all of the domain names assigned to the different countries such as, for instance, “.fr” for France, “.eg” for Egypt or“.jp” for Japan The code elements from ISO 4217, which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code; e.g., USD for US dollar, where US comes from ISO 3166-1. Passport numbers which use the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes as well as a number of alpha-3 codes which are reserved for identifying the country or the authority issuing a machine-readable passport (see Box below). Searching the Internet is a good strategy to find many other examples. The following examples encompass a highly diversified range of fields or subject areas from economics to art and culture, through transport and safety, health or international and national organizations. They provide a broader view of the full spectrum of implementations of ISO 3166. Yet, they account for only a small share of the results obtained, and they all relate to a lesser or a greater extent to geolocation features. Travel documents Among the many applications of ISO standard for country codes ISO 3166, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions, is that of travel |
If you are attending a local derby match between 'Flamengo' and 'Fluminence', in which city would you be? | Clasico Watch: Flamengo And Fluminense Prepare To Lock Horns In Rio De Janeiro's Fierce Derby Clash - Goal.com Clasico Watch: Flamengo And Fluminense Prepare To Lock Horns In Rio De Janeiro's Fierce Derby Clash Featured 0 Sep 16, 2010 21:34:00 Daniel Edwards casts an eye over one of Brazil's fiercest rivalries, as hype for the 'Fla-Flu' grudge match gathers pace in Rio... As a sport which developed in the vast Metropolises of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazilian football derbies are a lot more common than in many countries across the world. Rio for example can boast four teams in Serie A, while Sao Paulo has no fewer three - plus Santos and Guarani just outside the city in the wider state. Some derbies are bigger than others though, and in Rio, however much the fans of Vasco da Gama and Botafogo would contest the point, there is one derby that historically, economically and in terms of sheer mind-blowing numbers blows the others out of the water - the 'Fla-Flu' encounter at the Maracana between Flamengo and Fluminense. A Record-Breaking History Nothing about this derby suggests that it will be just another game in the Brazilian calendar, as two of the biggest teams in the country face-off to continue a rivalry that has been going since the first clash in 1912. Flamengo have been named as the club with the most fans in the world; O Globo calculated that the club had 33 million followers in Brazil alone, putting them comfortably above second placed Chivas. Fluminense cannot quite match this figure; but with an estimated following of around 5 million mostly concentrated on a local rather than national level, they are more than a match for their Rio rivals. Such fanatical support and the use of the gigantic Maracana stadium prompted legendary journalist Mario Filho to dub the match 'The Crowd's Clasico'. And in the golden age of Brazilian football in the 1960s and 70s, the Fla-Flu clash certainly lived up to its billing. In a record unlikely to ever be matched in our era of safety regulations and all-seater stadia, the 1963 Carioca Championship final attracted an incredible 194,603 spectators to watch a 0-0 draw. Attendances over 100,000 were commonplace for the two teams meetings right up until 2006, when a remodelled Maracana saw it's mammoth capacity reduced to just over 80,000. This Sunday's game will be played in the Estadio Joao Havelange, as the old Cathedral of Brazilian football is renovated in preparation for the World Cup in four years time. A Rivalry That Is Impossible To Separate Unlike many rivalries across the world, both Flamengo and Fluminense have had a remarkably similar level of success across the years. In the state-level 'Fla' just hold the advantage, winning 30 titles to the 'Flu's 30. Flamengo also hold the advantage in terms of national achievement with a more convincing six to one advantage; and their 1981 Copa Libertadores triumph surprisingly remains the only Copa to reside in either giant's trophy cabinet - a fact which 'Rubro-Negro' supporters do not hesitate in pointing out to their rivals. This year however appears to show Fluminense firmly in the ascendancy. The 'Tricolor' are sitting pretty at the top of the table, while Flamengo languish in 14th closer to relegation worries than title dreams. Fluminense also gained bragging rights from the teams' last match, which finished 2-1 in the Maracana just before the break for the World Cup. Favourite Sons Zico, Flamengo (1971-83, 1985-89) A club legend, who never played for nor managed another Brazilian club. Zico played for Flamengo in a 12-year golden period for the 'Rubro-Negro', which saw them pick up six state and four national titles; as well as their first and only Copa Libertadores. The Brazilian star is now back at the club as their director of football, where he is said not to draw a salary from the Flamengo coffers but instead directly from sponsors in an attempt to keep the wage bill down. Tele Santana, Fluminense (1951-60, manager from 1969-70) The player with the third-highest amount of appearances ever in the Tricolor shirt, playi |
If you are attending a local derby match between 'Penerol' and 'Nacional' in which city would you be? | South America's Biggest Football Rivalries | Sportslens All the major football rivalries from South America: Argentina River Plate vs Boca Juniors The Superclasico is arguably the world’s biggest derby game. Pitting the most popular ( It’s commonly accepted that close to 70% of football fans in Argentina support either River or Boca) and successful clubs in Argentina against each other. There have been 320 Superclasicos. Boca Juniors currently hold a slight advantage, 116 wins to River’s 104 wins. The most noteworthy aspect of the Superclasico is the unbridled passion of the fans. Fireworks, flags, rolls of coloured paper and lively songs back and forth between supporters, bring the stands alive! The Observer in England listed attending the Superclasico as the top sporting event you must attend before you die. Featured Derby: The old rivalry, Montevideo, Uruguay Penarol vs Nacional The Montevideo derby is the oldest derby outside of the UK. Whilst the first game between these Uruguanian powerhouses was played on July 15th 1900, Penarol was playing as the football section of the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club. It wasn’t until 1913, when the football section broke away from the Cricket club, that Penarol existed as we know today. Since that time Penarol and Nacional have faced each other on 432 occasions with 154 victories to Penarol and 137 to Nacional. Other South American Derbies: Barcelona SC vs Emelec (Ecuador) LDU Quito vs Aucas (Ecuador) Universidad de Chile vs Colo Colo (Chile) Universidad Catolica vs Universidad de Chile (Chile) Alianza Lima vs Universitario (Peru) Olimpia vs Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) Caracas FC vs Deportivo Tachira (Venezuela) Caracas FC vs UA Maracaibo (Venezuela) America de Cali vs Deportivo Cali (Columbia) Atletico Nacional vs Independiente Medellin (Columbia) Santa Fe vs Millonarios (Columbia) Bolivar vs The Strongest (Bolivia) Back to the main Football Rivalries page. We encourage anyone who has personally experienced any of the above derby fixtures to write a feature article on their experiences and get it published on Soccerlens . |
Which shipping area lies between Wight and Plymouth? | List of British Sea Areas as listed in the weather report for shipping on BBC Radio4 Here's a nice but big (162K) map I scanned it from the Radio Times, they managed to forget Bailey so I had to edit it in, which is why the lines and font are a bit dodgy there. Here's one from the Met Office , a lot smaller but not as pretty, but it DOES have Trafalgar on it, and it makes the Lat and Longs more obvious. South East Iceland: 64N18W..65N14W..63N7W..62N11W (roughly) Faeroes: 63N7W..62N3W..59N7W..62N11W (roughly) Fair Isle: 62N3W..61N00..58N00..58N5W..59N7W (roughly) The above 3 form a diagonal band from the coast of Iceland down to the Greenwich Meridian at the Shetlands on the northern edge, and the Scottish coast on the southern edge. Fair Isle is 5 sided to get back into the normal squarish grid. Bailey: Between 10W and 15W from South East Iceland down to about 58N Rockall: Between 10W and 15W from Bailey (58N) down to 53N Shannon: Between 10W and 15W, from Rockall down to 50N, and including the bits off the Irish coast. Hebrides: The bit between Faeroes and Fair Isle, the Scottish coast, 10W, and 57N Malin: Below Hebrides, between Rockall and the coasts, down to the narrowest point between England and Ireland Irish Sea: The Irish Sea from Malin down to the narrowest point between Wales and Ireland Lundy: Bounded by the south Welsh and north Cornish coasts, out to about 6.5W Fastnet: Between Lundy and Shannon, with the south Irish coast above and 50N below Sole: 6.5W..15W and 50N..48.27N, below Shannon and Fastnet Finisterre, now renamed Fitzroy: Below Sole Biscay: From Finisterre to the French coast Plymouth: The mouth of the Channel to about 8W, Biscay below, Sole to the left Portland: Up the channel from Plymouth to about 2W Wight: From Portland to a line from about 50N2E(France) to 51N1E(England) Dover: From Wight to a line matching the latitude 51N, near enough Thames: Moving out towards the North Sea, as far as about 52.5N Humber: Up to 54N, but loses a degree of its eastern extent halfway up Tyne: A tiny bit about a degree wide along the coast from Humber up to about 56N Dogger: Tyne to the left, Humber below, 4E at the right, up to about 56N German Bight: From Humber and Dogger on the left to the continental coast Forties: Directly above Dogger, ie about 56N..58.5N and 1W..4E Forth: Between Forties and the Scottish coast, stopping at 57N Cromarty: Between Forties and the Scottish coast, from Forth up to 58.5N or so, where it meets Fair Isle Viking: Above Forties with Fair Isle to the west Fisher: East of Forties and north of German Bight, but only as far as about 57.5N North Utsire, South Utsire: The last bit between Viking and Forties and the Scandinavian coast I appear to have listed them in the reverse order to that used by the weather forecasters. Never mind! |
Which European country was ruled by the 'House of Vasa' from 1523-1818? | List of Rulers of Europe | Lists of Rulers | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art List of Rulers of Europe See works of art 52.189.11 1983.183.5 The list that follows is meant as a complement to the Timeline of Art History, not as a comprehensive historical reference. It presents a simplified picture of dynastic succession in a small number of large European principalities. The names of numerous princes who ruled smaller states are not to be found here, nor are the names of many pretenders, regents, and fully legitimate monarchs whose reigns were short or ambitions otherwise stifled. The abridged list includes above all those kings and queens whose rule affected the arts of Europe in important ways and whose names are most commonly raised in art historical discussion. Central Europe Holy Roman Empire (see below for a list of emperors) 962–1806 Zygmunt III Wasa (Sigismund III Vasa) 1587–1632 Vladislav IV Wasa (Wladyslaw IV Vasa) 1632–1648 Jan II Kasimierz Wasa (John II Casimir Vasa) 1648–1668 Jan III Sobieski (John III Sobieski) 1674–1696 Augustus II, the Strong ( 1982.60.318 ) 1697–1704, 1709–1733 divided under Habsburg, Prussian, and Russian rule 1795–1867 Friedrich Wilhelm I (Frederick William I) 1713–1740 Friedrich II, der Grosse (Frederick II, the Great) 1740–1786 Friedrich Wilhelm II (Frederick William II) 1786–1797 Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex (centered in southern England) 519–871 Aethelred 866–871 The kings of Wessex, supreme throughout England, become the first royal house of England: see England. Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent (centered in southeastern England) 455–827 Baldred 823–825 The kings of Wessex, who have controlled Kent periodically during the eight and ninth centuries, secure it for good as of 827. Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria (centered in northern England, bordering Scotland) 592–841 Eanred 809–841 The kings of Wessex control Northumbria after 827, following a period of disorder and decline after Eadberht's demise. Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia (centered in central and western England, bordering Wales) 626–919 Mercia is annexed by the kings of Wessex. England Harold I, called Harold Harefoot 1035–1040 William II, called William Rufus 1087–1100 Mary I, called Mary Tudor or Bloody Mary 1553–1558 William III and Mary II 1689–1694 William IV, the Sailor-King or Silly Billy 1830–1837 Charles (Charlemagne) 768–814 The Kingdom of the Franks ends when Charlemagne raises it to imperial stature in 800—thereafter, see the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire. Duchy of Aquitaine (centered in western France) 898–1204 William IV, Fierabras (the Strong-Armed) 963–993 The duchy is united with England upon Eleanor's marriage to Henry II of England. Duchy of Brittany (centered in western France) 937–1514 Alan IV, Fergant (the Iron-Gloved) 1084–1112 Arthur I (husband of Alix, daughter of Geoffrey II) 1187–1221 The duchy is united with France upon Anne's marriage to Louis XII of France. Duchy of Burgundy (centered in eastern France) 1162–1477 The dynasty ends with a female heir, and the duchy reverts to the French crown. County of Provence (centered in southeastern France) 1112–1481 Provence becomes French territory according to the terms of Charles III's will. County of Toulouse (centered in southwestern France) 844–1271 Bernard II, Hairfoot, of Auvergne 872–885 Raymond V, of St. Gilles 1093–1105 Alfonso of Poitiers 1249–1271 The county is united with France upon the death of Joan, daughter of Raymond VIII and wife of Alfonso of Poitiers, son of Louis VIII of France. France Robert II, le Pieux (the Pious) 996–1031 Louis VI, le Gros (the Fat) 1108–1137 Louis VII, le Jeune (the Young) 1137–1180 Louis IX (St. Louis) ( 37.173.3 ) 1226–1270 Philippe III, le Hardi (Philip III, the Bold) 1270–1285 Philippe IV, le Bel (Philip IV, the Fair) 1285–1314 Louis X, le Hutin (the Stubborn) 1314–1316 Philippe V, le Long (Philip V, the Tall) 1316–1322 Charles IV, le Bel (the Fair) 1322–1328 Philippe VI (Philip VI) ( 17.190.387,388,392 ) 1328–1350 Jean II, le Bon (John II, the |
Which measurement is a tenth of a nautical mile? | Nautical Measurement Math > Measurement Nautical Measurement Below is the unit of length for sea or nautical miles, as well as information about fathoms, cable length, and knots. A fathom is 6 feet, the length of rope a man can extend from open arm to open arm. The rope was lowered into the sea to measure depth. A cable length is the length of a ship's cable, about 600 feet. A nautical mile is 10 cable lengths, or 6,076 feet. 1 nautical mile = 1.1508 miles A knot is the measure of speed on water. One knot is 1 nautical mile per hour. |
Which actor was nominated for a Best Actor 'Oscar' for the film 'The People Vs Larry Flynt'? | Premature Oscar Predictions: The 2017 Best Actor Academy Award Contenders | IndieWire Premature Oscar Predictions: The 2017 Best Actor Academy Award Contenders Premature Oscar Predictions: The 2017 Best Actor Academy Award Contenders Talk By now, you’ve had enough of Oscar season. Besieged by For Your Consideration ads and awards pundits who throw objectivity to the wind, you can only hear about Leonardo DiCaprio eating bison liver so many times before you either rip your hair out or say "screw it" and give in and buy a bison liver burger for lunch and then rent the “The Revenant” on Blu-Ray. The last thing you want to hear is anything about the Academy Awards, #OscarsSoWhite, or who wore the worst dress on the red carpet. Well, we’ve got you covered. Actually, not really. We realize it’s "Too soon!" but it’s become an admittedly-ridiculous tradition around The Playlist to reveal our ludicrously early premature Oscar predictions . Think of it as a foolish self-immolation and purging of all things Oscar into the toilet so we don’t have to ever speak of the Academy Awards again (well, until when we have to again). READ MORE: 2016 Oscars: The Best And Worst Of The 2016 Academy Awards So duh, it’s way too early, but the spirit of our premature predictions are mostly in fun —if you can describe awards punditry in that fashion. Earlier this week, we predicted 2017 Oscar wins for Best Picture , Best Director and Best Actress , and now, we’re finishing up with Best Actor. 2016 saw a rather less competitive Best Male Acting category than usual, with a slight lack of serious contenders beyond the actual nominees. And it didn’t help that DiCaprio had virtually sewn up his win as soon as anyone saw “The Revenant.” Things are much less certain at this early stage, obviously: will 2017 be the year that #OscarsSoWhite becomes unnecessary and allows a non-white winner for the first time in a decade? Take a look at our ten possibilities below, and let us know who you think might be in contention in the comments. Casey Affleck – “Manchester By The Sea” Andrew Dominik’s “The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford” feels so much like the kind of movie that should be overlooked by the Oscars that it’s easy to forget that Casey Affleck received his sole Oscar nod to date for the film, albeit in Best Supporting Actor for what was clearly a lead role. Multiple fine performances since have seen the picky actor fail to repeat that feat with the Academy, but he might have his best chance yet this year with Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester By The Sea.” Playing a troubled man who returns to his hometown after his brother’s death, the film seems in many respects to be a follow-up to Lonergan’s “You Can Count On Me,” and with rave reviews and promises of an Oscar push from Amazon, it’s not difficult to imagine Affleck getting an invite to the Dolby Theater. Christian Bale or Oscar Isaac – “The Promise” Right now, “The Promise,” from “Hotel Rwanda” director Terry George, is a little under the radar, but we don’t expect that to last. Firstly, it’s a lavish period love triangle set against the Armenian genocide in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a subject matter rarely examined on film but is long overdue for the big-budget treatment. Secondly, it has a heavyweight cast, particularly when it comes to its two male leads Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac, and we think either one could end up registering with the Academy. It’ll depend on which actor ends up campaigning for lead (assuming it’s picked up in time for an awards season release), but both are deserving: Bale earned his third nomination last year for “The Big Short” (having won for “The Fighter,” his first nod), while Isaac has never been recognized but is much more familiar to voters now after “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and likely stands his best chance yet. Either could follow in the footsteps of George’s “Hotel Rwanda” star Don Cheadle for a nod. Michael Keaton – “The Founder” Earlier this week, we included “The Founder,” John Lee Hancock’s biopic of Ray Kroc, the man who |
What name is given to a volcanic opening that gives out gas and steam? | Volcanic Gases Volcanic Gases and temperature of the magma and the gas content determines if an eruption will be effusive or explosive. On a global scale, volcanic gases produced our atmosphere and our oceans. Without the atmosphere and oceans, life would not have evolved on Earth. Gases emitted by volcanoes continue to influence the atmosphere but not to the extent of man-made sources. Gases also pose a hazard at many volcanoes. At other volcanoes, the gradual release of gas acts as an irritant and may pose a long-term health hazard. Right: gas sampling at vents on the floor of Halemaumau Crater, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Photo by Steve Mattox. Average Compositions and Trace Gases Most Common Gases Water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and sulfur dioxide (SO2) are the most common volcanic gases. Other Gases In lesser amounts, volcanoes release carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbonyl sulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS2), hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen (H2), methane (CH4), hydrogen flouride (HF), boron, hydrogen bromine (HBr), mercury (Hg) vapor, organic compounds, even gold. From Cadle (1980). Mercury is released by most volcanoes and has been measured at Kilauea, Mauna Loa, Hekla, Erebus, at Mount St. Helens (Siegel and Siegel, 1987). Kilauea produces about 270 tons of mercury each year and has been identified as the source for mercury on Oahu, 320 km away. Condensates, sublimates, and incrustations were studied at Merapi volcano by Symonds and others (1987). The following elements were found: Se, Re, Bi, and Cd at concentrations 100,000 that in the ; Au, Br, In, Pb, and W at concentrations 100,000 to 10,000 that in the magma; Mo, Cl, Cs, S, Sn, and Ag at concentrations 10,000 to 1,000 that in the magma; As, Zn, F, and Rb at concentrations 1,000 to 100 that in the magma; Cu, K, Na, Sb, Ni, Ga, V, Fe, Mn, and Li at concentrations 100 to 1 that in the magma. Gold has condensed from volcanic gases. Meeker and others (1991) reported gold at Mount Erebus, Antarctica. They found gold in the plume near the , in the air up to 1000 km from the volcano and in near surface samples. Most of these gases originate in the mantle and are transported to the crust and surface by complex interactions with magma and rocks encountered along the way. In general, the gases are dissolved in the magma. At shallow depths, as pressure on the magma decreases, the gases leave the magma (exsolve). The gases can interact with surrounding rocks or continue to the surface. Inset Image: Sulfur deposits near the summit of Griggs volcano, Alaska. Photo by Jay Robinson. Gas Compositions and Tectonic Setting Symonds, Rose, Bluth, and Gerlach (1994) published a list of compositions of high-temperature volcanic-gas samples. They also have a comprehensive list of published sources for high-quality volcanic-gas data . Convergent-plate volcanoes: Etna, Mount St. Helens, Merapi Divergent-plate volcanoes: Erta Ale, Surtsey Hot-spot volcano: Kilauea Equilibrium compositions, temperatures, and log fO2 values of high-temperature and low-pressure (1 bar) volcanic gases. Concentrations are in mole %; log fO2 given in log bars. There are three primary ways that gas geochemists collect data: Estimates from Rocks, Minerals, and Inclusions Scientists can determine the amount and types of gas in a rock, in the minerals within a rock, or in the gas inclusions in minerals or glass (Ihinger and others, 1994). The methods fall into four classes: bulk extraction, energetic particle bombardment, vibrational spectroscopic techniques, and phase equilibrium studies. These method are used in experimental studies and for rocks from all tectonic settings, historic eruptions, and large pre-historic eruptions. Some methods have been found to underestimate the observed amount of gas released during some historic eruption. Thus, the methods may give an estimate of the minimum amount of gas released. For example, Gerlach and McGee (1994) used melt inclusion data to estimate 0.08 Mt of SO2 emitted by |
After which battle of June 1800 in northern Italy was Napoleon's future secured? | Napoleonic Wars | European history | Britannica.com European history THIS IS A DIRECTORY PAGE. Britannica does not currently have an article on this topic. Europe in 1812. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Europe after the Congress of Vienna (1815). Inset shows the greatest extent of the Napoleonic empire (1812). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Learn about this topic in these articles: in French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars a series of wars between 1792 and 1815 that ranged France against shifting alliances of other European powers and that produced a brief French hegemony over most of Europe. The revolutionary wars, which may for convenience be held to have been concluded by 1801, were originally undertaken to defend and then to spread the effects of the French Revolution. With Napoleon’s rise to absolute power,... in Battle of Austerlitz (Dec. 2, 1805), the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. His 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000 Russians and Austrians nominally under General M.I. Kutuzov, forcing Austria to make peace with France (Treaty of Pressburg) and keeping Prussia temporarily out of the anti-French alliance. in Battle of Borodino (Sept. 7 [Aug. 26, Old Style], 1812), bloody battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Moscow, near the river Moskva. It was fought between Napoleon’s 130,000 troops, with more than 500 guns, and 120,000 Russians with more than 600 guns. Napoleon’s success allowed him to occupy Moscow. The Russians were commanded by General M.I.... in Battle of Copenhagen (April 2, 1801) British naval victory over Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars. The armed-neutrality treaty of 1794 between Denmark and Sweden, to which Russia and Prussia adhered in 1800, was considered a hostile act by England. In 1801 a detachment of the British navy was sent to Copenhagen. After a fierce battle in the harbour, Adm. Horatio Nelson, ignoring orders to withdraw from the fleet... in Battle of Eylau (Feb. 7–8, 1807), one of the engagements in the Napoleonic War of the Third Coalition. The first major deadlock suffered by Napoleon, the battle was fought around the East Prussian town of Eylau (modern Bagrationovsk, Russia), 23 miles (37 km) south of Königsberg (Kaliningrad). The 76,000 Russians and Prussians under Leonty Leontyevich Bennigsen confronted 74,000 men under Napoleon... in Battle of Friedland (June 14, 1807), victory for Napoleon that compensated for a setback the preceding February at Eylau and led to the Treaty of Tilsit between Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia. It was fought at Friedland (modern Pravdinsk, Russia), 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) in East Prussia. in Battle of Jena (Oct. 14, 1806), military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought between 122,000 French troops and 114,000 Prussians and Saxons, at Jena and Auerstädt, in Saxony (modern Germany). In the battle, Napoleon smashed the outdated Prussian army inherited from Frederick II the Great, which resulted in the reduction of Prussia to half its former size at the Treaty of Tilsit in July 1807. in Battle of Leipzig ...resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland. The battle was fought at Leipzig, in Saxony, between approximately 185,000 French and other troops under Napoleon, and approximately 320,000 allied troops, including Austrian, Prussian, Russian, and Swedish forces, commanded respectively by Prince Karl Philipp Schwarzenberg, General Gebhard Leberecht... in Siege of Mantua (June 4, 1796–Feb. 2, 1797), the crucial episode in Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign; his successful siege of Mantua excluded the Austrians from northern Italy. The city was easy to besiege: the only access to it was via five causeways over the Mincio River. The two Austrian commanders, Count Dagobert Siegmund Graf von Wurmser and Baron Josef Alvintzy, in four successive tries,... in Battle of Marengo (June 14, 1800), narrow victory for Napoleon Bonaparte in t |
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"""As I walked through the wilderness of the world"" are the opening words of which classic literary work?" | Project MUSE - Backpacking with the Saints: The Risk Taking Character of Wilderness Reading The Risk Taking Character of Wilderness Reading Belden C. Lane (bio) Abstract The lives of the saints are full of stories about the life-changing experience of reading classic texts in provocative, wilderness places. The author of this essay points to his own practice of taking classics of Christian spirituality on wilderness backpacking trips as a metaphor of the risks involved in spiritual reading generally. Drawing on Augustine’s understanding of the dynamic relationship between the reading of a text and the place in which one reads it, he examines the reading process in light of the “two-books” tradition (reading scripture and nature together), offering three vignettes from his own experience of wilderness reading. For years I have been making solo backpacking trips into the wilderness of the Missouri Ozarks. Leaving on a Friday afternoon, I'll invariably stuff a copy of one of the spiritual classics into my well-worn Kelty pack. I hike at times with John Ruysbroeck or Hildegard of Bingen, now and then with Rumi or Lao-tzu. Old mountains seem to invite the company of old teachers. Some of the oldest rock on the continent lies in the St. Francois Mountains of southeast Missouri. The creek beds are lined with Precambrian granite and pink rhyolite, rocks over a billion and a half years old. For some reason the texts of these wizened old travelers always speak with more authority in the Ozark back country than in the safety of my office back home. It may have something to do with the community of those who attend my reading there—the white-tailed deer in the brush, red-tailed hawks overhead, even the rock itself. In the Ozark wilderness, reading becomes a far more participative, and hazardous, activity than I'm accustomed to realizing. The unpredictable land becomes an accompanying text, read alongside the bound volume I carry with me. Much has been written on reading as a spiritual practice and, to a lesser extent, on the experience of reading in a wilderness setting. 1 My concern in this essay is to use wilderness reading as a way of talking about the risk and relinquishment to which we expose ourselves in reading classic texts anywhere. Spiritual reading is always a dangerous exercise, threatening to overthrow our previous ways of looking at the world. Sometimes the place of the reading adds even more to the vulnerability we encounter through the text itself. Claus Westermann read the psalms in a Russian prison camp, discovering patterns that changed his life as well as his approach to biblical scholarship. Eldridge Cleaver's reading of Thomas Merton in Folsom Prison, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's reading of Dostoyevsky in a Soviet cancer ward, even Karl Marx's reading of the history of capitalism in the British Museum and Virginia Woolf's reading of women's fiction in a domestic setting ("a room of one's own") all indicate the potentially revolutionary associations people make between explosive texts and the places where they read them. 2 My own practice of reading in a wilderness setting has not infrequently resulted in provocative, even life-changing experiences. My intention is to [End Page 23] Lane | Backpacking with the Saints Spiritus 8 (2008): 23–43 © 2008 by The Johns Hopkins University Press reflect on this experience in light of the long history of wilderness reading in the lives of the saints and the importance of the two-books tradition in the history of Christian interpretation. Since John Chrysostom and Augustine, special significance has been attached to reading the book of scripture alongside the book of nature, as if creation itself (and the place of one's reading) should have a definitive influence on what one reads. I define "wilderness reading," then, as a spiritual practice, generally undertaken in solitude, in a place that puts the reader on edge, cut off from the safe assurances of the familiar. It might even happen close to home, but "home" will inevitably be redefined in the process of the reading experie |
Which game has the nickname 'Nero's Game' and is probably the oldest dice game still played? | History of Dice History of Dice | Filed Under: History 1 Comment Comparing the vast, electrified skyline of a modern city with the stark simplicity suggested by an ancient ruin, it’s easy to see that man has changed his environment a great deal over the past millennia. But has man’s nature changed along with his environment? Not really. Take the institution of dice gambling, for instance. We know that prehistoric man used dice much like ours, played dice games similar to our own, and to seal the argument, cheated his opponents with loaded dice. The card catalogue of any large library will illustrate the age-old controversy over dice gambling. Almost as soon as man had developed the printing press, he began to publish treatises for or against the innocuous little cubes, mostly against. The flavor of those early works, is suggested by one 16th century treatise published in England and entitled “A Manifest Detection of the Most Vyle and Detestable Use of Dice Play.” A bit heavy handed, perhaps, but you get the idea. Dice are the oldest gaming implements known to man. Before dice became gaming pieces, numbered cubes were used as magical devices for divining the future. The next time you’re searching for a word to stump a self proclaimed vocabulary know it all, try “astragalomancy”, that’s the practice of divination by means of dice. Primitive man probably used cubical knucklebones or the ankle bones of sheep for his gaming pieces. The Arabic word for knucklebone, is in fact, the same for dice. Even today, experienced elbow shakers often call dice “bones” or “devil’s bones”. Archaeologists have shown that dice predate the written word, and can be found in almost every culture in the world, including the American Indian, Eskimo, and African. Excavations in Egypt have turned up stone dice dating from 2,000 BC that look remarkably similar to the modern thing. For his dice ancient man used, among other things, plum and peach pits, stones, seeds, bones, horn, pottery, pebbles, shells, and beaver teeth. The Greeks and Romans were heavy gamers, favoring dice of bone or ivory and occasionally of semi-precious stone. Even Plato was not one to take the art lightly, writing that “nobody can become a skilled dice player if he has not devoted himself to it from his childhood, but only plays for pleasure.” The Bible mentions that Roman soldiers cast lots for Christ’s robe after crucifixion. The Emperor Claudius went so far as to publish a book on dice games. And Julius Caesar, at the Rubicon, uttered the famous words, “Jacta alea est” – “the die is cast”. To mark the spots or “pips” of his dice, early man either bored holes in the cubes or carved circular marks on the faces. He was also quite adept at loading dice. The earliest records of man mention both dice and crooked dice. Dice especially made for cheating have been found in the tombs of Egypt, of Asia, and of the Americas. Modern man has improved both the manufacture of dice and the methods of loading them. Today’s galloping ivories are usually made of cellulose or plastic. There are basically 2 varieties, “casino” dice and “drugstore” dice. Casino dice are handmade, sawed from plastic rods, and perfectly cubical to within one five-thousandth of an inch. Casino dice three-quarters of an inch on a side are most often used for casino games of craps. The drugstore die is smaller, machine made, and seldom as perfectly cubical as the casino die. “Peewee” dice are only a quarter-inch wide on a side. At various times, dice have been fashioned in the shape of a pyramid, pentagon, and octagon. In the manufacture of casino dice, each spot is drilled precisely 17 thousandth of an inch into the face, them filled with paint weighing exactly the same as the plastic removed for the hole. Thus, the die remains balanced on all sides. So much for honest dice. Though the ages, man has devised a number of ways to improve his odds at “indoor golf”. The most familiar way is “loading” the dice, a weight of some kind is placed inside the die against one face, thereby assuring that the opposite face will com |
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