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Which is the oldest of the motoring Grand Prix races	Wheels On Film: Grand Prix - Telegraph Wheels on film Wheels On Film: Grand Prix The greatest motorsport movie ever made, which may limit its appeal somewhat. By Nick Cowen and Hari Patience 6:30PM GMT 13 Mar 2009 Comments Genre: Professional racing/Drama/Petrol-head hardcore The cast: James Garner is maverick American driver Pete Aron, Yves Montand is French world champion driver Jean-Pierre Sarti, Antonio Sabato is promising Italian rookie, Nino Barlini and Brian Bedford is Scott Stoddard, the Scottish driver with something to prove. The cars: According to both IMDb and Wikipedia, the cars that were used in the film were Formula 3 cars made up to look like they were Formula One. However, footage of real Formula One cars, shot during the Grand Prix races in1966, was used in the film as well. The plot: American driver Pete Aron is a veteran trying to make a comeback. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sarti is world champion who wants to end his career on a high note. Nino Barlini is a talented newcomer out to make a name for himself. Scott Stoddard is trying to step out of the shadow of his more successful older brother. As the Formula One season progresses, these four drivers pursue their own agendas, always with their eye on world champion bragging rights. In the background, the women in their lives begin to question whether it's worth being with men who are either risking their lives when behind the wheel of their cars or obsessing over their machines when they're out of them. In a nutshell: The fact that Grand Prix was only made available on DVD as recently as 2006 is something of a travesty. It's true the film may have a certain niche appeal, and it doesn't exactly have the most original plot in the world, but John Frankenheimer's film about the Formula One circus deserves its DVD release for one very simple reason; it's easily the greatest film ever made about motorsport. Related Articles The best motor racing movie of all time 21 Oct 2006 This, of course guarantees that it probably won't appeal to everyone. Grand Prix is pure petrol-head entertainment and the only concessions it makes to the unconverted are in the largely uninteresting soap opera that frames the incredible race set pieces. The film sets out its stall right from the opening credits; initially the screen looks like a black hole which is soundtracked by the cacophonous roar of a multitude of engines. As the screen fills with shuddering exhaust pipes, bustling pit crews and crowds of racing fans, the camera switches from close-ups to long-shots, splits into multi-frames, sweeps along the starting line and then back again. As the viewer's senses are assaulted with shots capturing the manic energy of pre-race activity, it becomes clear that the next two hours are going to be entertainment gold for petrol-heads and racing fans. The races themselves are packed with excitement and tension and are among the best ever captured on film. They also easily hold there own when compared to other cinematic examples from any era. This is all the more impressive when you consider how far film technology and technique have come since 1966, when Grand Prix was first released. Given the technical constraints of the age, Frankenheimer pulled off magnificent in-car footage, which he skilfully wove together with shots from the real 1966 Formula One season. The end result is an almost poetic mix of tracking shots, close-ups, aerial views and split-screen cuts which, through some incredible editing, actually look like genuine race footage. This was all helped by the fact that Frankenheimer has always put a premium on realism (at least for the films reviewed by this column) and he went to great lengths to achieve this end in Grand Prix. He cast actors who looked like professional drivers of the day. He gave real drivers cameos and walk-on roles. He ensured the car liveries matched those of the teams competing on the Formula One circuit. He even went as far as getting the odd bit of authentic gear from the Formula One stars to act as props in the movie; one example of this is the helmet t
What is the shortest winning margin in rowing	Questions & Helpful Notes There are many rowing terms. Most are easily understood but a few are confusing. Some proper terms are being used less regularly and inaccurate terms and expressions are finding their way into conventional use. The following descriptions, explanations and definitions should be helpful. ___________________________________________________ 1. The term crew is used in American schools and colleges to designate the sport of rowing, such as Yale Crew or St. Andrew's Crew. When outside of the academic sphere, the sport is known as rowing, as in the United States Rowing Association or Philadelphia Girl's Rowing Club. The British and European universities and schools have rowing clubs and not crew clubs or varsity crew. 2. When you use the term crew you shouldn't use the term team. Traditionally, crew means a team of rowers. To say crew team is redundant. You may say rowing team. 3. Rowing can be a general term to mean rowing a boat with one oar per person or two oars per person. To be more specific, when a person is rowing with one oar then he/she is rowing using a sweep oar, and when rowing with two oars, he/she is sculling with a pair of sculls. Pulling is rowing on open-water (ocean, open bays, etc). 4. It is perfectly correct to call a rowing or sculling boat a boat. Another term that is used is racing shell or just shell. Either term is commonly used when referring to a boat that is used for racing. 5. Nearly all the terms used in rowing are understandable except for one. When a crew is to stop rowing, the cox'n, coach or someone will call way-enough or way'nuff. This is a 19th Century American naval term that has carried on through to today. It should not be confused with weigh as in weigh anchor (unless your racing shell has an anchor). Outside of North America, way'nuff is not used (no one in England will have the faintest idea what you're talking about). 6. A crab is an event when a rower or sculler is unable to extract the oar blade from the water at the finish of the drive (pulling phase of the stroke) and a sloppy stroke occurs. This can happen when a rower loses grip of the handle, makes an error in judging when to extract or release the blade from the water, or if the boat tips to the side and there's nowhere for the rower to lower his/her hands to extract the blade. The result is usually a falter and some timing problems for a few strokes. However, an over-the-head crab is more serious. Its when the oar handle forces the rower onto his or her back and the handle goes over his/her head. This usually causes a great deal of disruption in the boat and in most cases the crew must stop rowing, recover the oar, and then proceed. Still worse, but very rare, thus there is no term for it, is an ejection. This may happen when racing and the boat is moving very fast. The rower catches a crab and the oar handle gets caught in the stomach causing the rower to be catapulted out of the boat. The crew must stop to collect the swimmer and then proceed. 7. The boat orientation terms are simple: the boat usually travels forward and the forward end of the boat is called the bow. The trailing end of the boat is called the stern. When facing forward in the boat (like the coxswain but not the rowers) then the left side is port and the right side is the starboard. A rower just beginning to row may get switched from side to side, but at some time may row and develop his/her skills on one side. The side chosen has nothing to do with a person being right-handed or left-handed. It's chosen to make a near equal number of port and starboard rowers and to balance the potential skill levels. A crew/coach wants to have an equal quality of rowers on each side. Bow Starboard Stern 8. The positions in the boat are numbered according to the seating. The seat closest to the bow is #1, next #2, and so on. The rowing seat closest to the stern is #8 in an eight or #4 in a four and is also called the stroke seat. The person rowing in this seat is the stroke-oar or stroke
What relation if any are Les and Rio Ferdinand	Rio Ferdinand reveals Les Ferdinand has set QPR a points target to avoid Premier League relegation \| Daily Mail Online comments Rio Ferdinand has revealed how his second cousin Les Ferdinand brought the Queens Park Rangers squad together and demanded they give everything to keep the club in the Premier League. The former England striker was appointed QPR's director of football on Wednesday following the resignation of manager Harry Redknapp and wasted little time setting out his targets. The defender, 36, who is hoping to force his way back into the team, said Ferdinand made it 'crystal clear' the club needs to remain in the top flight. Les Ferdinand was appointed director of football at Queens Park Rangers following Harry Redknapp's exit Rio Ferdinand (left), seen here with coach Chris Ramsey, revealed that a points target has been set Redknapp resigned earlier this week, citing the need for urgent surgery on his knees QPR are currently second bottom in the Premier League table, a point adrift of safety Rangers are currently second bottom in the table, a point adrift of safety, and welcome Southampton to Loftus Road on Saturday afternoon. Writing in The Sun , Ferdinand said: 'Our new director of football got the players together at training yesterday [Thursday] and didn't pull any punches. 'We all know we haven't been good enough this season and every individual realises that he hasn't performed to his capabilities. 'We have to raise the level and knuckle down. Les has set us a points target which he believes will be enough and that's what we have to aim for.' Les Ferdinand with chairman Tony Fernandes - who is on the look out for a new manager at QPR Tim Sherwood (right), pictured here with Les Ferdinand, has emerged as the front-runner for the vacant job Ferdinand has found starting opportunities hard to come by of late but is hoping to regain his place Ferdinand admitted the departure of Redknapp this week took him by surprise The former Manchester United centre-half said he is hoping his second cousin will restore him to the starting line-up having not featured since the 3-0 defeat by Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round on January 4. He added: 'One of the reasons clubs get a boost when the manager changes is that players like myself, who have been out of the side, sense the chance to get back in.' Ferdinand added he had no idea Redknapp was struggling so much with his knees, to the extent that he needs surgery on both in the coming months. Redknapp's unexpected departure means Les Ferdinand and coach Chris Ramsey have been placed in temporary charge while chairman Tony Fernandes begins the search for a new manager.
What letters preceded the name on the Royal Yacht Britannia	Royal Mail marks anniversary of Royal Yacht Britannia with commemorative sheet of stamps Royal Mail marks anniversary of Royal Yacht Britannia with commemorative sheet of stamps Royal Mail marks anniversary of Royal Yacht Britannia with commemorative sheet of stamps A new commemorative sheet of Royal Mail stamps marks 60th Anniversary of HMY Britannia 10 definitive sized Union Flag stamps celebrate the Royal Yacht’s launch by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953 each with labels featuring iconic images of the yacht The Royal Yacht carried The Queen and other dignitaries over 1,087,623 nautical miles between 1954 and 1997 Now permanently moored in Edinburgh, the ship attracts approximately 300,000 visitors every year The commemorative sheet will be available from www.royalmail.com/britannia , in main Post Offices and by phone on 08457 641 641 Royal Mail is releasing a special commemorative sheet of stamps to mark the 60th Anniversary of the launch of HMY Britannia. The sheet of stamps will be issued on 16 April 2013, 60 years to the day since Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II launched the Royal Yacht from its Clydebank shipyard. It will feature ten 1st Class stamps featuring the Union Flag alongside striking images of the yacht from throughout its history. The images include the launch of the yacht itself, the Royal Apartments inside Britannia, The Queen’s 1977 visit to Fiji, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh in the Engine Room to celebrate the one-millionth mile travelled by the vessel and Britannia’s final overseas royal engagement in Hong Kong in 1997 alongside other iconic shots. Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former Royal Yacht of Queen Elizabeth II and was the second Royal Yacht to bear the name. The ship was built by John Brown & Co. Ltd in Clydebank and the design was overseen by The Queen and Prince Philip. The ship was designed with three masts, a 133-foot (41 m) foremast, a 139-foot (42 m) mainmast, and a 119-foot (36 m) mizzenmast. The top 20 feet (6.1 m) of the foremast and mainmast were hinged, to allow the ship to pass under bridges. It also had the capability to be converted into a hospital ship in time of war, although this function was never used. Commissioned for first duty at sea on 11 January 1954 and decommissioned on 11 December 1997, the Royal Yacht conveyed The Queen, members of the Royal Family, and various dignitaries on 223 visits to Commonwealth countries. In this time, HMY Britannia steamed 1,087,623 nautical miles (2,014,278 km). In 1997 the Royal Yacht carried the last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten and The Prince of Wales away after its handover to China. HMY Britannia is now a permanently moored visitor attraction in Edinburgh, and attracts approximately 300,000 visitors every year. The HMY Britannia Commemorative Sheet comes in a fully illustrated presentation folder that tells the story of the yacht. Andrew Hammond, Royal Mail Stamps spokesperson, said: “HMY Britannia has played a hugely important part in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and it’s only fitting that its anniversary should be marked with a set of Royal Mail commemorative stamps that will travel the world in the same way that the yacht did for so many years.” For further information contact: 1. Among HMY Britannia’s 11 Commanding Officers are nine Admirals 2. In 1986 HMY Britannia rescued more than 1,000 refugees fleeing the war in Yemen 3. In no place does HMY Britannia have her name displayed on the vessel itself 4. HMY Britannia had a secondary role where she could be converted into a hospital ship in times of war 5. The yacht is listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Core Collection 6. HMY Britannia is one of the UK’s top evening events venues 7. HMY Britannia had two geared steam turbines, developing a total of 12,000 shaft horse power 8. In her day, HMY Britannia could travel at a speed of 22.5 knots maximum 21 knots continuous 9. HMY Britannia was designed by Sir Victor Shepheard, Director of Naval Construction for the Royal Navy; and John Brown & Co. Ltd 10. On successful completion, s
The alleged remains of which ship were found on the Turkish Iranian border in 1994	Ararat or Judi? \| Search for Noah's Ark Search for Noah's Ark Ararat or Judi? Mount Ararat or Mount Judi? Where did Noah’s Ark land? The Bible says: “the mountains of Ararat” …. The Qur’an says: “the heights”. Which one? Are they the same place or are they different? Is the Ark at both of these locations? I have received several letters from concerned Christians and Muslims. I tried to look at this objectively and found some interesting things. Mount Ararat seems to be the easier mountain to find, possibly from the large amount of information about Mount Ararat and all the “famous” searches at that location. Mount Judi seemed to be a little harder to find. However, through the help of personal and Web friends, I believe I have found some information which is accurate and revealing! Mount Ararat Mount Ararat Known in Turkey as “Agri Dagh”, Mount Ararat represents the Bible’s location for Noah’s Ark. To be specific and clear, the bible says the following: Genesis 8:4 “Then the ark rested … on the mountains of Ararat.” (NKJV) Note that the bible does not specifically say, Mount Ararat. However, this being the highest place in the mountains of Ararat lends itself to become the biblical location and thus the area of intense Ark searches by many Christians. Mount Judi Known in Turkey as “Cudi Dagh”, Mount Judi represents the Qur’an’s location for Noah’s Ark. First and foremost, be careful when discussing the location of Mount Judi! There is truly a lot of confusion over its location. What I mean is this: 1) The actual Mount Judi is 200 miles south of Mount Ararat in southern Turkey. 2) Mount Judi has been mistaken for Mount Ararat and vice versa. Actual Mount Judi Arabic The following is taken from the article by Bill Crouse in Archaeology and Biblical Research,Noah’s Ark: Its Final Berth Vol. 5, No. 3. Summer, 1992. Map Cudi Dagh is located approximately 200 miles south of Mt. Ararat in southern Turkey almost within eyesight of the Syrian and Iraqi borders.11 The Tigris River flows at its base. The exact co-ordinates are 37 degrees, 21 minutes N., and 42 degrees, 17 minutes E. In literature it has also been called “Mt Judi”, “Mt. Cardu”, “Mt. Quardu”, “the Gordyene mountains”, “Gordian mountains”, “The Karduchian mountains”, “the mountains of the Kurds”, and to the Assyrians: “Mt. Nipur “(see photo #1) . It is also important to note that at times this mountain has even been called “Mt. Ararat”. At about 7000 feet altitude it is not a terribly high mountain, though it is snow-capped most of the year. The current edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ISLAM lists it as “over 13,000 feet and largely unexplored.” We are unsure of the exact altitude, but it seems strange that it would not be noted on our modern aerial navigation map if it were 13,000 feet! Most modern maps do not show the location of Cudi Dagh. It is, however, located about 25 miles from the Tigris River (see map), just east of the present Turkish city of Gizre and still within the bounds of the Biblical region of Ararat (Urartu).12 Cudi Dagh overlooks the all-important Mesopotamian plain and is notable for its many archaeological ruins in and around the mountain. There are also many references to it in ancient history.13 Sennacherib (700 B.C.), the Assyrian king, carved rock reliefs of himself on the side of the mountain (see photo #2).14 The Nestorians (a sect of Christianity) built several monasteries around the mountain including one on the summit called “The Cloister of the Ark”. It was destroyed by lightning in 766 A.D.15 The Muslims later built a mosque on the site. In 1910, Gertrude Bell explored the area and found a stone structure still at the summit with the shape of a ship (see photo #3) called by the locals “Sefinet Nebi Nuh” “The Ship of Noah”. Bell also reports that annually on September 14, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Sabians and Yezidis gather on the mountain to commemorate Noah’s sacrifice.16 As late as 1949 two Turkish journalists claimed to have seen the Ark on this mountain, a ship 500 feet in length!17 Questionable Mount Judi For clarity I add this se
What was the main cargo carried by the clipper Cutty Sark	Cutty Sark Tea Clipper Model, Clipper Ship Model, Model Ship, Wood Model The Cutty Sark Ship Model No Sails This Tall Ship Model Measures 34.5" (long) 24.5" (high) x 12" (wide) app. The Cutty Sark Tall Ship Model is shipped fully assembled, ready to be displayed. This is one of the finest models available anywhere. Great Gift Item! The Cutty Sark Tall Ship Model sits perfectly on the included base, which is made of a high-quality, conditioned wood, and has a brass name plate. The Cutty Sark Tall Ship Model is built from scratch by experienced master artisans and is not from any sort of kit. To create the subtle details and definitions of the deck and hull, the plank on frame method of construction is used, which requires hundreds of hours of pain-staking, detail work. The highest quality, rare woods (including Ebony, Rosewood, Blackwood, Mahogany, Jack wood, and Sycamore) used to construct our models are subjected to specific seasoning procedures to ensure that the model will withstand severe climate and never warp or split. Ornaments and decorations on this Cutty Sark model (which may include cannons, portholes, anchors, muskets, and other details) are sculpted of brass, chrome, and other metals. Extensive research is required to build each Cutty Sark Tall Ship Model to scale, using various pictures, original plans, drawings, and digital imaging. Each Cutty Sark model ship is examined during various processes of manufacturing and shipment to ensure the highest quality and accuracy possible for your investment. Historic Past The Cutty Sark was launched on November 22, 1869, in Dumbarton on the Scottish Clyde. She was built to carry tea in the China Run. Due to a new hull shape that was stronger, could take more sail and be driven harder than any other, the Cutty Sark was the fastest ship taking the Cape of Good Hope Route. Her name comes from Robert Burns' poem, Tam O' Shanter. Tam meets a group of witches, most of whom are ugly, but for Nannie, who is young and beautiful and is described as wearing only a "cutty sark" (a short chemise or shirt). Although her early years under her first master, Captain George Moodie, saw some sterling performances, fate was to thwart her owner's hopes of glory in the tea trade: in the very same year of her launching, the Suez Canal was opened, allowing steamers to reach the Far East via the Mediterranean, a shorter and quicker route not accessible to sailing ships, whose freights eventually fell so much that the tea trade was no longer profitable. So Cutty Sark's involvement in the China run was short lived, her last cargo of tea being carried in 1877. For the next several years, the Cutty Sark was forced to seek cargoes where she could get them, and it was not until 1885 that she began the second (and more illustrious) stage of her career. The ship's heyday was in the Australian wool trade, which was overseen by Captain Richard Woodget, from 1885 to 1895. After 1895 she served under the Portugese flag for twenty five years. Crafted to race across the globe to sack immense profits before other European traders, the Cutty Sark was built for speed. In the memorable race between the Cutty Sark and Thermopylae in 1872, the Cutty Sark lost her rudder after passing through the Sunda Straight and arrived in London a week after their competitor. What makes the Cutty Sark the hero of this race was that she continued the race with a makeshift rudder instead of putting into port for repairs, and in spite of that only lost by a week. Inevitably, the clipper ships lost out to the more powerful steam boats, which were more reliable, and thus returned goods more consistently. The Cutty Sark won the reputation as the fastest ship in her size when she ran 360 nautical miles in 24 hours during a run for the Australian Wool trade. The Cutty Sark is the world’s sole surviving extreme slipper, with the majority of her hull fabric surviving from her original construction in the 1860s. The Cutty Sark is preserved as a museum ship in Greenwich, which is in south-east London. She now belongs to the Tames Nautic
What is the name given to the 29th of February	February 29 - Famous Birthdays - On This Day On This Day Famous Birthdays on February 29 Full Calendar 1468 Paul III, last Renaissance Pope (1534-49) 1692 Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine) 1692 John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763) 1696 Esprit Antoine Blanchard, French composer, born in Pernes (d. 1770) 1724 Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d. 1822) 1728 Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner) Person of Interest 1736 Ann Lee , American founder of the Shakers, born in Manchester, England (d. 1784) Founder of the Shakers 1784 Franz KL von Klenze, German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg) 1792 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) 1792 Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist (discovered human ovum) 1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology 1812 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer 1812 Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880, also on 29 February) 1820 Adolf Schimon, composer 1828 Antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela Person of Interest 1840 John Philip Holland , Liscannor Ireland, father of the modern submarine Engineer 1852 Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian judge (d. 1936) 1860 Herman Hollerith, inventor (1st electric tabulating machine) 1884 Alfred Sendrey, composer 1892 Augusta Savage (Fells), Green Cove Springs Florida, African-American sculptor and equal rights advocate 1896 Omer C F L Tulippe, Belgian geographer 1896 Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India (1977-79) 1896 Stanley Swash, CEO (Woolworths) 1896 William W Wellman, director (Star is Born), born in Brookline, Massachusetts 1896 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer 1904 Alan Richardson, composer 1904 Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show) 1904 John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer (NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36) 1904 Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausen 1904 Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986) 1908 Alf Gover, cricketer (bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach) 1908 Balthus, painter (Valerie) 1920 Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Invaders From Mars, Young Lions) 1920 James Mitchell, actor (Palmer-All My Children), born in Sacramento, California 1920 Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72) 1920 Michèle Morgan, French actress (Passage to Marseille), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine (d. 2016) 1920 Ivan Petrov, Russian operatic bass (d. 2003) 1924 David Beattie, British governor-general of NZ 1924 Otto Hutter, physiologist 1924 Al Rosen, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) and baseball executive, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 2015) 1928 Alan Loveday, New Zealand and British violinist, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 2016) 1928 Joss Ackland, actor (Queenie, To Kill a Priest), born in London, England 1928 McHenry Boatwright, signer 1928 Terry Lewis, Australian police commissioner 1928 Tempest Storm, American burlesque performer 1932 Gavin Stevens, cricket (Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour) 1932 Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist 1932 Gene Golub, American mathematician (d. 2007) 1932 Masten Gregory, American F1 Driver (d. 1985) 1932 Reri Grist, African-American coloratura soprano 1936 Alex Rocco, American actor (The Godfather, The Famous Teddy Z), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2015) 1936 Alwin Schockemohle, Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1976) Person of Interest 1936 Jack R Lousma, Col USMC/astronaut (Skylab 3, STS-3), born in Grand Rapids Michigan 1940 Gretchen Christopher, British(?) pop singer 1940 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople 1944 David Briggs, record producer 1944 Phyllis Frelich, Devil's Lake ND, actor (Love is Never Silent) 1944 Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian illustrator 1944 Ene Ergma, Estonian politician 1944 Dennis Farina, actor (Get Shorty, Law & Order, Crime Story), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2013) 1948 Nikolai Pimenov, U
What is the Taj Mahal made from	The Taj Mahal - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google Taj Mahal: Shah Jahan’s Romantic Gesture Shah Jahan was a member of the Mughal dynasty that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid 18th-century. After the death of his father, King Jahangir, in 1627, Shah Jahan emerged the victor of a bitter power struggle with his brothers, and crowned himself emperor at Agra in 1628. At his side was Arjumand Banu Begum, better known as Mumtaz Mahal (“Chosen One of the Palace”), whom he married in 1612 and cherished as the favorite of his three queens. Did You Know? According to one gruesome (and most likely sensational) story, Shah Jahan had his minions cut off the hands of the Taj Mahal's architect and his workers after the structure was completed, ensuring they would never build another of its kind. In 1631, Mumtaz Mahal died after giving birth to the couple’s 14th child. The grieving Shah Jahan, known for commissioning a number of impressive structures throughout his reign, ordered the building of a magnificent mausoleum across the Yamuna River from his own royal palace at Agra. Construction began around 1632 and would continue for the next two decades. The chief architect was probably Ustad Ahmad Lahouri, an Indian of Persian descent who would later be credited with designing the Red Fort at Delhi. In all, more than 20,000 workers from India, Persia, Europe and the Ottoman Empire, along with some 1,000 elephants, were brought in to build the mausoleum complex. Design and Construction of the Taj Mahal Named the Taj Mahal in honor of Mumtaz Mahal, the mausoleum was constructed of white marble inlaid with semi-precious stones (including jade, crystal, lapis lazuli, amethyst and turquoise) forming intricate designs in a technique known as pietra dura. Its central dome reached a height of 240 feet (73 meters) and was surrounded by four smaller domes; four slender towers, or minarets, stood at the corners. In accordance with Islamic tradition, verses from the Quran were inscribed in calligraphy on the arched entrances to the mausoleum, in addition to numerous other sections of the complex. Inside the mausoleum, an octagonal marble chamber adorned with carvings and semi-precious stones housed the cenotaph, or false tomb, of Mumtaz Mahal. The real sarcophagus containing her actual remains lay below, at garden level. The rest of the Taj Mahal complex included a main gateway of red sandstone and a square garden divided into quarters by long pools of water, as well as a red sandstone mosque and an identical building called a jawab (or “mirror”) directly across from the mosque. Traditional Mughal building practice would allow no future alterations to be made to the complex. As the story goes, Shah Jahan intended to build a second grand mausoleum across the Yamuna River from the Taj Mahal, where his own remains would be buried when he died; the two structures were to have been connected by a bridge. In fact, Aurangzeb (Shah Jahan’s third son with Mumtaz Mahal) deposed his ailing father in 1658 and took power himself. Shah Jahan lived out the last years of his life under house arrest in a tower of the Red Fort at Agra, with a view of the majestic resting place he had constructed for his wife; when he died in 1666, he was buried next to her. The Taj Mahal Over the Years Under Aurangzeb’s long rule (1658-1707), the Mughal empire reached the height of its strength. However, his militant Muslim policies, including the destruction of many Hindu temples and shrines, undermined the enduring strength of the empire and led to its demise by the mid-18th century. Even as Mughal power crumbled, the Taj Mahal suffered from neglect and disrepair in the two centuries after Shah Jahan’s death. Near the turn of the 19th century, Lord Curzon, then British viceroy of India, ordered a major restoration of the mausoleum complex as part of a colonial effort to preserve India’s artistic and cultural heritage. Today, some 3 million people a year (or around 45,000 a day during peak tourist season) visit the Taj Mahal. Air pollution from nearby fac
What toy was voted toy of the century in January 2000	Best Toy of the Century Award - The Top 100 Toys of the 21st Century - World's Greatest Toys Wooden Toy of the Century Award On Sunday 30th January 2000, to celebrate the end of the Millenium, the British Association of Toy Retailers (BATR) conducted a poll of the public to help determine what toy would be crowned as the century's favourite. Hundreds of toys were nominated, although Barbie, Action Man and even the humble teddy bear were all pipped at the post by LEGO which was crowned the winner of the Toy of the Century Award. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the awards was that not a single computer game or electronic gadget featured among the shortlist. This decision was backed up in 2010 when Channel 4 conducted its 100 Greatest Toys poll. Jonathan Ross counted down the top 100 in a 3-hour marathon show on 19th December. The top spot was awarded to LEGO with Monopoly getting the runners up prize. Bizarrely, Dungeons and Dragons won third place which probably says more about the people that voted than what the general public really thought was the greatest toy of all time. TOP TOYS OF THE CENTURY WERE: Toy of the Century: LEGO Ranging from the preschool favourite, Duplo, to more sophisticated microchip bricks for robots controlled via the Internet, LEGO was seen as having made a major contribution to children's play over the last 100 years and was the proud winner to be crowned the "Toy of the Century". Game of the Century: Monopoly Monopoly was devised in 1933 by Charles Darrow and was at first rejected by Parker Bros as being too complicated. The game arrived the UK in 1936, made under licence by Waddingtons and the rest is history! Monopoly is now the best-selling commercial board game - and estimates suggest that over 750 million people have played the game. Craze of the Century: Yo Yo The earliest known yo-yo dates to 500 BC but was rediscovered in 1929 by Frank Duncan when he saw Filipino waiters demonstrating their traditional toy. Silent film star, Mary Pickford and actor/singer, Bing Crosby were used to promote Duncan's product and the craze very quickly spread all over the world. In 1999, UK toy retailers sold ï¿½30m of yo-yos.
What is the Scottish equivalent to a Lord Mayor	Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts Lord Mayors What is a Lord Mayor? A Lord Mayor is the chief citizen of a UK City and is an honour bestowed on the city by the monarch. In Scotland they are called Lord Provosts. Does every British City have a Lord Mayor? NO. The honour is not automatic and every city has to apply for it. There are 31 Lord Mayors (called Lord Provosts in Scotland) but 69 cities in the UK.12 Cities applied for the honour to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and the winner was Armagh in Northern Ireland. Is there another honour after City Status & Lord Mayor? YES. The use of the style "The Right Honourable" for the Lord Mayor (or Lord Provost in Scotland). Lord Mayors are addressed by the style of "The Right Worshipful" but the Lord Mayors of 6 cities are entitled to the honourific style of "The Right Honourable". It is merely a courtesy title and the method of granting the title is by a simple notification of the Sovereign's pleasure, without Warrants or Letters Patent. The right to the style of Right Honourable is confined to mainly capital cities or former capital cities. They are London (Ancient Prescriptive Usage), Edinburgh (Ancient Prescriptive Usage), Cardiff (1956), Belfast (1923), York (Ancient Prescriptive Usage) and Glasgow (1912). York was the seat of the Council of the North until 1640 and was a sub-capital of Northern England. Glasgow was granted the privilege in 1912 on the recommendation of the then Scottish Office. Lord Mayor Tables
In Australia what is a garbo	Garbo salary? - Jobs Garbo salary? posted 2014-Nov-30, 1:40 pm AEST posted 2014-Nov-30, 1:40 pm AEST User #15953 1011 posts posted 2010-Jan-27, 1:49 pm AEST ref: whrl.pl/Rb9xo2 posted 2010-Jan-27, 1:49 pm AEST O.P. So as a joke during my high school days I used to always tell my career ed. teacher that my dream aspirations were to be a garbo thinking it was kind of amusing as it's a pretty garbage job ;) That time has since long past and I am deep into a successful IT career these days but have always wondered what do garbo's actually earn? a few times i've heard rumors of a decent salary due to health risk loadings etc.. and the more I think about the job the more it doesn't sound so bad. Pros: 1) Start early and finish early – given not all may see this as a pro. 2) Not too much bs/stress to deal with – apart from the odd resident that complains to the council about their garbage service I don't think you'd hear too many complaints, especially from the garbage. 3) Your serving your community. 4) Steady job – garbage is something that isn't decreasing. 5) Possible not to bad salary? 6) You can pretend to be "Men at work" Cons: 1) Smell like shit – at least until you get a chance to shower after work but maybe they have showers at the HQ you can use? 2) Doesn't sound too appealing on face value to others – ie your meeting your gf's parents...yea I am a garbo. No disrespect to garbo's it just has that stigma about it. 3) Possibly not a lot of career growth – this could be a pro to someone if you want something that is simple day in day out for a long period of time, maybe you could move up to garbage supervisor or similar.. 4) Not the sort of job you are going to want staff discount from. I'm sure there are loads of other points to the job, I am hoping someone with first hand garbo experience can chime in and tell us about it all. User #1917 6588 posts Cons: 1) Smell like shit Not sure about the rest of Australia, but the rubbish trucks in my area have arms/claws on the side which pick the bin up and dump it into the back of the truck. there is 1 driver per vehicle who drive and operate the truck. They only get out of the truck in circumstances where there is an issue – eg: the bin is too far away for the claw to reach. sometimes they just leave the bin :) So, for the most part, the 'garbos' in my area are nothing more than truck drivers who get to use a cool claw. Pro: using the claw to squash annoying kids. User #15953 1011 posts posted 2010-Jan-27, 2:14 pm AEST O.P. Blaman writes... but the rubbish trucks in my area have arms/claws on the side which pick the bin up and dump it into the back of the truck. Ah yes I have seen said claw before myself, however in my area (inner sydney suburb) it is impossible to use the claw without intervention due to the amount of on-street parking so they have the guys running along side the truck picking up bins and tubs, I think they might only throw the recycle tubs manually into the back, the wheelies i'm guessing they would wheel into place for the claw as it would be too heavy too launch a full one into the back by your self. So I guess the driver himself probably wouldn't smell too bad especially as the fumes tend to woft to the rear of the truck(especially in motion) so he would be in a good spot, as for the guys who have to hang off the back...you would want a strong stomach. User #320304 16551 posts posted 2010-Jan-27, 2:14 pm AEST ref: whrl.pl/Rb9xy8 posted 2010-Jan-27, 2:14 pm AEST I like that scene in Scrubs where JD fixes up one of his patients and he doesn't say thank you, and JD gets pissed and follows him home, demanding a thank you. The man says "you were just doing your job. I'm a garbo, how many people do you think thank me?" ... and of course that leads JD to stay outside his house, just ready to thank his garbo! Maybe overdoing it but perhaps someone will see this ep and the garbo will get a nice thank you from someone some day! User #15953 1011 posts Moya Penya writes... In the good ol days people used to leave a 6-pack of beer or equivalent out at xma
What is the commonest surname in France	Behind the Name: Most Common Surnames in France 2005 Most Common Surnames in France 2005 Create a Name Cloud Martin:235846 Bernard:105132 Dubois:95998 Thomas:95387 Robert:91393 Richard:90689 Petit:88318 Durand:84252 Leroy:78868 Moreau:78177 Simon:76655 Laurent:75307 Lefebvre:74564 Michel:74318 Garcia:68720 David:61762 Bertrand:59817 Roux:59440 Vincent:57351 Fournier:57047 Morel:56760 Girard:55642 Andre:55228 Lefevre:53670 Mercier:53622 Dupont:53405 Lambert:51543 Bonnet:50999 Francois:50612 Martinez:49762 Legrand:49455 Garnier:48973 Faure:48699 Rousseau:48698 Blanc:48108 Guerin:47981 Muller:46841 Henry:46229 Roussel:45771 Nicolas:45351 Perrin:44900 Morin:44585 Mathieu:43850 Clement:43725 Gauthier:42516 Dumont:42396 Lopez:42214 Fontaine:41763 Chevalier:41021 Robin:41002 Masson:40750 Sanchez:40680 Gerard:40467 Nguyen:40100 Boyer:39907 Denis:39671 Lemaire:39538 Duval:39267 Joly:38731 Gautier:38162 Roger:38118 Roche:37560 Roy:36435 Noel:36295 Meyer:36108 Lucas:36000 Meunier:35741 Jean:35632 Perez:35270 Marchand:35001 Dufour:34590 Blanchard:34292 Marie:34233 Barbier:34223 Brun:34023 Dumas:33890 Brunet:33513 Schmitt:33432 Leroux:32944 Colin:32550 Fernandez:32418 Pierre:32323 Renard:31646 Arnaud:31613 Rolland:31546 Caron:31100 Aubert:30996 Giraud:30696 Leclerc:30605 Vidal:30219 Bourgeois:30165 Renaud:30144 Lemoine:30057 Picard:30056 Gaillard:29883 Philippe:29483 Leclercq:29477 Lacroix:29376 Fabre:29332 Dupuis:29073 Share
Who was the well known father of the author Lady Antonia Frazer	Antonia Fraser Memoir of Growing review Peter Stanford 17 July 2015 • 1:44pm The children of famous parents often struggle to escape their shadow, especially when, professionally, they follow in their footsteps. The historian Antonia Fraser had a well-known father in the Labour Cabinet minister and penal reformer Lord Longford, but she potentially owed more in career terms to her equally celebrated mother, Elizabeth Longford, the award-winning biographer of Wellington and Queen Victoria. Yet, as this warm, witty memoir of her childhood and early adult life reveals with great charm, Fraser has always been very much her own person. It started early. Just short of 16, in July 1948, she returned home from her Roman Catholic boarding school with an overfull school trunk. “Won’t you need your eiderdown and your sheets at school next term?” Elizabeth Longford asked her daughter. “No, because I’ve left,” came the reply. Many parents might have been tempted to say something along the lines of “over my dead body”, especially if they were paying the school fees, but to her credit Lady Longford simply wondered aloud, “so what will you do?” “I’ll think of something,” her eldest child (of eight) reassured her with the boundless self-belief of a not-quite-16-year-old. “I felt full of confidence,” she writes in My History, “that a glorious future awaited me: I would be a secretary, earn some money and go to parties in the evening.” It did, but not quite in the form she imagined it, at least not in the medium- to long-term. Her adult life kicked off with the hoped-for parties and good-looking young men, at the same time as what she calls “cuckooing”: preferring the home of one of her former school friends to that of her own parents. “I don’t think this is altogether a bad thing,” she reflects at a distance of more than 60 years and with six children of her own. “It is, after all, only a rite of passage on the way to independent grown-up life, as the teenager discovers other preoccupations from those of her upbringing.” Scattered throughout this memoir are plenty of similar tips for parents of teenagers, all delivered with that clear-eyed common sense and psychological insight that has made Fraser such a peerless historical biographer – of Mary, Queen of Scots; Cromwell; Charles II; the Gunpowder Plotters; and Marie Antoinette, among others. There are, though, plenty of other goodies to enjoy. Fraser is, for instance, unafraid to laugh at herself. A hard-working schoolgirl, she was determined to win the history prize with her essay on Empress Maria Theresa, and succeeded. “I thought I was going to faint with joy,” she remembers of the moment the head teacher announced her victory at assembly. “Then she adds: 'I also have to tell you that no one else went in for the history prize.’ ” Inevitably, there is a lot about her family. Fraser describes how her mother – the daughter of a Harley Street doctor, part of the Chamberlain clan, and the aunt of Harriet Harman – was always very firm about the fact that she and her siblings were middle class, and that “this was the most striking, splendid, admirable thing to be”. Yet on her father’s side, she came from a family of Anglo-Irish aristocrats, a class characterised by her mother as extravagant, feckless, unpunctual and impractical. And such eccentric relatives make for colourful tales, which Fraser plunders to good effect. There is her uncle, her father’s older brother Edward, from whom he was to inherit the title of Earl of Longford in 1961, thereby furnishing Fraser, then aged 30, with the courtesy title of Lady. Edward Longford was reputedly the fattest man in Ireland. “The footman once put down the mountainous plate intended for the lord in front of me by mistake,” Fraser recalls of one of her youthful visits to the family seat, Pakenham Hall, in Co Westmeath. “As I sat, somewhat stunned, I saw Uncle Edward banging on his empty mat in furious agitation like a huge child in a high chair deprived of his lawful bottle.” And then there is her great uncle Eddie, the flamboyant poet, novelis
Who wrote the TV series The Singing Detective	The Singing Detective (TV Mini-Series 1986) - IMDb The Singing Detective Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations. Stars: Check out India Spotlight Related News a list of 21 titles created 26 Jun 2012 a list of 39 titles created 29 Oct 2012 a list of 34 titles created 12 May 2013 a list of 30 titles created 23 Nov 2015 a list of 25 titles created 7 months ago Title: The Singing Detective (1986) 8.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 6 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards » Photos Pennies from Heaven (TV Mini-Series 1978) Drama \| Musical Arthur, a sheet music salesman, has an ear for the hit tunes, but nobody will trust it. And his imagination often bursts into full song, building musical numbers around the greatest ... See full summary » Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots. Director: Keith Gordon Five unemployed men would do anything just to have a job in Thatchers era Britain. Stars: Michael Angelis, Bernard Hill, Alan Igbon The mysterious murder of an environmental activist leads her straight-laced father, an Inspector of the local police force, through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of the British ... See full summary » Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay Brimstone and Treacle (TV Movie 1987) Drama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X The Bates sadly care for their severely disabled daughter Pattie. Martin arrives at their door claiming to be her college friend. He charms them into accepting him as a lodger and carer for Pattie. But Martin is not all he seems. Director: Barry Davis During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete... See full summary » Stars: Giles Thomas, Ewan McGregor, Louise Germaine WWII drama follows a group of British, Dutch, and Australian women; from the bombing of Singapore to their years spent in prison camps and eventually to the end of the war where the survivors try to readjust to civilian life. Stars: Ann Bell, Stephanie Cole, Claire Oberman In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons. Stars: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate Talking Heads (TV Mini-Series 1987) Drama Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, ... See full summary » Stars: Alan Bennett, Stephanie Cole, Thora Hird A nine part series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker - from the optimistic times of 1964 to the uncertainties of 1995. Taking nine pivotal ... See full summary » Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong, Gina McKee Blackeyes is an attempt to explore "what does go on between men and women in their heads, to show the possibilities of the ways that they see each other." Complex and multi-layered, the ... See full summary » Stars: Michael Gough, Carol Royle, Nigel Planer Edit Storyline Reworking material from his first novel, "Hide and Seek" (1973), and folding this into a prismatic blend of autobiographical details, popular music and 1940s film noir, Dennis Potter delivered a drama now regarded as a 20th-century masterwork. Detective novelist Philip Marlow (Michael Gambon) suffers from the crippling disease of psoriatic arthritis. Confined to a hospital bed, Marlow mentally rewrites his early Chandleresque thriller, "The Singing Detective," with himself in the title role, drifting into a surreal 1945 fantasy of spies and criminals, along with vivid memories of a childhood in the Forest of Dean. As past events and 1940s song
Who hosts TV's Water Colour Challenge	Watercolour Challenge - All 4 Watercolour Challenge Episodes About the programme A 49-part series hosted by actress Hannah Gordon, the challenge is to find Britain's best amateur painter and along the way to explore the landscapes of Britain
What type of bird would be found in a squab pie	Raising Squab and Raising Guinea Fowl - Sustainable Farming - MOTHER EARTH NEWS Video Raising Squab and Raising Guinea Fowl In this excerpt from "Practical Animal Husbandry," Jack Widmer explains practices and procedures for raising squab and raising guinea fowl. By Jack Widmer A pair of squab at 24 days of age MOTHER EARTH NEWS STAFF The following is an excerpt from "Practical Animal Husbandry" by Jack Widmer, published in 1949 by Charles Scribner's Sons and reprinted with their permission. Squab Production The production of squab is practically no trick at all. Pigeons are not subject to the diseases that make turkey raising somewhat hazardous, they do not require the mixing of feeds, and once mated they will be productive for at least five years. The adult members of the loft feed their own young and take excellent care of them, thus eliminating the need for incubators or brooders. They produce squab that are ready for the table at one month of age, and will do this at a very reasonable figure. They cause little worry to the producer and are very clean when provided with bathing water daily and are amusing birds to have on the farm. Pigeons require very little space . . . a 12' X 12' shed together with a 12' X 12' flyway will house 30 pairs and each couple will produce from 12 to 16 squabs annually and will do this on less than 90 pounds of feed per twosome. Then too, pigeons will produce the year around thus making it unnecessary to kill, dress, and store a number of birds at one time as is the case with chicken friers, turkeys, ducks, and geese. Yet squab are very adaptable to deepfreeze storage and will keep almost indefinitely at zero degrees Fahrenheit. Suitable Breeds for Squab Production There are a vast number of breeds of pigeons, many of which are suitable for the production of squabs. Of them all the King breed together with the Carneau are the most popular and are the most extensively used by commercial producers. The King is a prolific, full-breasted bird, does very well in confined quarters, and produces the largest of squabs ranging in weight from 16 to 24 ounces at 25 to 30 days of age. The Carneau, a French breed, is also very prolific . . . however, their squabs are usually smaller than the King. The remaining breeds that have been used as meat pigeons are the French Mondain, Homer, and Swiss Mondain. Choice of breed will therefore depend on the personal taste of the squab raiser and on the breeds that are available in any given community. Though pairs of pigeons may be shipped long distances, the beginner might find it advisable to purchase breeding stock close to home so as to overcome some of the handicaps of selection. Breeding Stock Throughout this work we have continually stressed the the importance of dealing with reputable breeders when purchasing foundation stock, and although this is of importance in the purchase of other members of the barnyard kingdom, it is absolutely imperative in the selection of pigeons. If this is not done, success of squab raising is very doubtful for it is most difficult to determine either the age or sex of pigeons and the uninitiated can very easily wind up with a number of old birch and most of them males. Therefore, pigeons must never be purchased except from breeders who are willing to guarantee both the sex and age of the birds. It is best to purchase young pigeons that are about to mate for the first time. These birds should be in the neighborhood of eight months of age and if young birds are procured, they will have a useful breeding life of from five to six years. Mating Squab Mating of pigeons may sometimes be a problem and there are two general methods: [l] Natural mating. [2] Forced mating. In the first method, all the pigeons, are placed in a common pigeon roost and are permitted to do their own selecting. As they pair off they should be separated from the rest until all the matings have been accomplished, after which time they can be again permitted to be together. In the second method, a known male and a known female are confined to a small pen and w
What is the bony neck end of mutton commonly called	Cuts of Lamb guide from Morley Butchers - MORLEY BUTCHERS Cuts of Lamb guide from Morley Butchers Cuts of Lamb guide from Morley Butchers Home /Cuts of Lamb guide from Morley Butchers Cuts of Lamb guide from Morley Butchers Morley Butchers 2016-10-18T10:03:37+00:00 Cuts of Lamb Guide and cooking tips from Morley Butchers Click image to view larger version Use this guide to the different cuts and joints of lamb to get the best match for the recipe you want to cook or how much you want to spend. Different parts of the animal are better suited for different recipes and cooking methods. The most tender cuts will be good for frying and grilling others will be at their best when slow cooked by braising or in a stew. Choosing the right cut Be aware that many of the cheaper cuts deliver the best flavours. Longer cooking breaks down the denser fibres creating tender meat in a thicker delicious sauce or gravy. During the animals life different parts of the body will develop in different ways depending on the amount of work they do.This means that individual cuts will have differing proportions of muscle, fat and connective tissues. For example those that have worked the hardest such as (the neck which is constantly moving about as the animal grazes) will build up more fibre and sinew. Other factors to consider are the provenance of the animal. We select meat from suppliers that have taken care to raise animals that will cook well with great flavour. We use a specialist Lamb supplier in London’s Smithfield Market because lamb quality from different farms and producers varies throughout the year depending on regional conditions that effect the grass on which the animals feed. If you want to know more about the provenance of our meat please ask us – we are your local experts. Find out more about the Lamb from Morley Butchers here >> Cuts of Lamb Guide: descriptions and recommended cooking methods Neck of Lamb When cut into thick slices this bony part of the neck ( know sometimes as Scrag End) it is very tasty and good for slow cooking. Also from this section are Neck Fillets – the same muscles but taken off the bone. Stew or braise until tender. Both these cuts are often underrated and as a result inexpensive. Shoulder of Lamb Lamb shoulder is usually sold whole or halved on the bone. This part of the animal has worked hard so is better for slow roasting to break down any fibres to be really tender, Shoulder is also sold boned and rolled for roasting or diced for casseroles, curries or stewing. Minced lamb is also taken from this section of the animal. Best End Of Lamb Neck (Best End), Rack of Lamb This section produces some of the most tender cuts of Lamb. Best End is the first eight ribs which are known as “The Rack”. The Rack can be cut in several ways. If the ends of the bones are exposed after the fat has been trimmed away it is termed “French Trimmed”. Two racks roasted together with the bones intertwined are known as a “Guard of Honour”. A rack of Lamb can also be trimmed and tied into a circle to form a “Crown of Lamb” – a most impressive roast to serve at your table. Lamb Cutlets Cutting between the rib bones produces Lamb Cutlets. Meat from this same section taken off the bone makes a “Valentine Steak”. Both of these are good for pan frying or grilling. Lamb Loin This portion provides Loin Chops for grilling or frying, similarly a Barnsley Chop – which is double the size being both sides of the animal. Off the bone this section provides Noisettes or in one piece a Cannon. These are all very tender and will cook quickly. The whole loin, both sides of the Lamb roasted as a piece, is a very splendid joint known as a Saddle of Lamb this is a large joint for 8 or 10 people. Lamb Chump At the lower back of the animal where the loin meets the leg is known as the Chump. From here you can get Chump Chops and Chump Steaks. As a whole piece off the bone this is called a Chump Joint. All these are good for grilling and BBQ but can also be delicious if baked slowly in the oven. Leg of Lamb Whole, half or boned Leg of Lamb will make
Which test cricket pitch did the George Davis supporters dig up in 1975	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 19 \| 1975: Davis campaigners stop Test match About This Site \| Text Only 1975: Davis campaigners stop Test match Campaigners calling for the release of robber George Davis from prison have vandalised the pitch at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds. They dug holes in the pitch and poured oil over one end of the wicket. The walls surrounding the ground were also daubed with the now- familiar slogans demanding the release of Davis, the east London minicab driver jailed for his part in an armed robbery. The damaged pitch was discovered early on Tuesday by the head groundsman, George Cawthray. Mr Cawthray said: "When I first saw the damage it did not sink in. I was amazed. I thought I should be able to repair the holes but it was the oil that did the damage." The campaigners' actions led to the final match between England and Australia on Tuesday being abandoned. It was declared a draw robbing England of the chance to win back the Ashes and the trophy. 'Mistaken identity' Detectives are searching for several men believed to have travelled from London to Leeds on Monday. Four police officers from Leeds have travelled to London to assist the Metropolitan police in their investigations Davis, 34, who was sentenced to a 20-year term last year, is serving his sentence at Albany Prison on the Isle of Wight. His supporters say he was the victim of mistaken identity and did not take part in a payroll robbery in Ilford, Essex, when a police officer was shot and injured. Since Davis' imprisonment they have organised marches, petitions and fund-raising events to increase public awareness of his case. In May two campaigners - Davis' brothers-in-law Jim and Colin Dean - carried out a seven-hour roof-top protest at St Paul's cathedral in London.
What is the home ground of Sheffield United	Bramall Lane \| Sheffield United FC \| Football Ground Guide Football Ground Guide Address: Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4SU Telephone: 0114 253 7200 Pitch Size: 112 x 72 yards Club Nickname: The Blades Home Kit: Red and White Stripes Away Kit: Black and Orange External View Redbrik Estate Agency and South Stands Looking Towards The Kop Stand John Street Stand WHAT IS BRAMALL LANE LIKE? Bramall Lane has to me been one of the most underrated grounds in the country. The construction of three large modern looking stands, plus the filling in of the corners (albeit one corner is filled with administrative offices), makes it a great ground and one that has character. Both sides of the ground are large single tiered stands. Whilst the GAC (South) Stand is a fairly plain looking stand, the Visit Malta Stand which sits opposite, is probably the smartest looking stand at Bramall Lane. This stand which was opened in 1996, has had the corners to either side of it filled in, by offices on one side and a family seated area on the other, called the Fortina Spa Corner, in a corporate sponsorship deal. At the back of the stand are a row of executive boxes and on its roof is a small gable, reminiscent of when many older grounds featured them. At one end is the Kop Stand, which is slightly disappointing as it has two large supporting pillars. Opposite is the Jessica Ennis (Bramall Lane) Stand, which during the Summer of 2006 was extended around one corner of the stadium to meet the GAC (South) Stand. Also the roof was replaced with a new cantilever structure, allowing the supporting pillars of the old roof to be removed, giving fans more cover and an unimpeded view of the playing action. This stand is two tiered and also has an electric scoreboard, perched between the two. The stadium is balanced, with all four stands being of the same height. Outside the stadium behind the GAC stand is a statue of former Club Chairman Derek Dooley and another of former playing legend Joe Shaw. Dave Croft adds; 'a lot of Blades fans sentimentally call the ground "Beautiful down town Bramall Lane", as a match day announcer uses this description to welcome the away fans'. FUTURE STADIUM DEVELOPMENTS The Club have announced their intention to further develop the Kop End of the ground. It has been proposed that the stand be extended backwards, adding around another 3,000 seats to the overall capacity of Bramall Lane. The stand would be cantilevered (so no supporting pillars) with a video screen built into the front of the roof (reminiscent of White Hart Lane). The development would also see some executive boxes added to the back of the Evolution corner, whilst in the corner between the Kop and the South Stand, a business centre would be built. It is unlikely though that these developments will be forthcoming unless the Club can return to the Premier League. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR AWAY SUPPORTERS? Away fans are housed in the lower tier of the Redbrik Estate Agency (aka the Bramall Lane) Stand at one end of the ground, where around 3,000 supporters can be accommodated. For cup games if the demand requires it, then the upper tier can be made available too. Bramall Lane is a great place to watch football as the stands are located close to the pitch, the views are generally good, as well as the atmosphere too. Chris Bax adds; 'Any tickets still available for the away end can be purchased from two dedicated away ticket windows just up from the turnstile entrances'. On the concourses there are television screens showing the game going on inside as well as a betting outlet. Food is available in the form of Pukka Pies (Meat & Potato, Chicken Curry, or Cheese & Onion, all £3.30), Sausage Rolls (£2.70), Cheeseburgers (£3.30) and Hot Dogs (£3.30). Prepare to be searched on entry into the ground by the stewards. The Club have automatic turnstiles, meaning that you have to insert your ticket into a bar code reader to gain admittance. Russ Moore a visiting Coventry City fan informs me; 'Please note that unless you have a flag that has got a fire certificate, it won't be allowed i
How many times was John Francome champion National Hunt jockey	John Francome: Me and my money \| This is Money John Francome: Me and my money comments The Cheltenham Festival, taking place this week, is the most celebrated event in jump racing. John Francome, MBE, was National Hunt champion jockey seven times, winning the Gold Cup at Cheltenham in 1978 on Midnight Court. Now he's part of the Channel 4 commentary team. John, 55, has also written 22 thrillers. He was divorced in 1990, he has no children and lives in Berkshire. He spoke to Liz Phillips. Entrepreneur: John Francome. HOW MUCH WAS IN YOUR FIRST WAGE PACKET? I earned £5 a week plus a £1 clothes allowance as an apprentice jockey for Fred Winter when I was 16. I used to do other odd jobs, like making the beds for 10p and baby-sitting to earn some more. I also worked in a car body repair shop for a bit. HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR YOUR FIRST HOME? I bought a two-bedroom cottage outside Lambourn, Berkshire, for £8,000 in 1973. It was a timber frame house clad in corrugated iron, which wasn't good when a rat got stuck between the two layers and died. The place was so small that you could run the bath and cook your bacon without moving. I sold it three years later and built a house next door with a racing yard, stables and an indoor school. YOUR BEST FINANCIAL MOVE? I bought a fish and chip shop in my home town of Swindon 30 years ago with another jockey, Bill Shoemark, and we later bought a second one. I sold them two years ago. If I was 16 again I'd buy more of them. You can make £4,000 a week profit with a good one and double your money easily. I made more from the fish and chip shop than being a jockey. AND YOUR WORST? I bought a lime green Ford Cortina for a couple of hundred quid which I hired out when I was a lad. It was always breaking down. I spent every weekend working underneath it. HOW MUCH DID YOU EARN AS A JOCKEY? I earned £15 a ride when I started. Now jockeys get £130 a ride. Out of that you have to pay for your travel, valet fees and tax. In a really good year, jockeys can make £100,000. If I cleared £50,000 I was doing well. Footballers can earn £150,000 a week and they're not in danger of falling off a horse. I make more money now than when I was a jockey. Buying land and building houses are my most profitable enterprises. ARE YOU AN ENTREPRENEUR? I've always been a bit of a wheeler dealer. I've built ten houses in all. I've still got eight, including the house I live in now near Lambourn. It's a five bedroom traditional house, with red brick walls and a clay tile roof. I bought the land 20 years ago. I'm more interested in building than riding. Messageboards: Join the news debate! Here are some of the most popular debates on recent finance and business news: >> Browse our other messageboards HOW MANY CREDIT CARDS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR WALLET? One. Most of my expenses seem to be car-related. I prefer to use cash. It drives me mad when you're standing behind someone in the queue at Waitrose and they whip out a card to buy a banana and an apple. HOW MUCH CASH DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR WALLET? About £200. I don't know where it goes. My mum used to say: 'Money talks but it only ever says goodbye to me.' ARE YOU A GAMBLER? If I'm going racing, I'll take £100 to bet. I've backed a few 50-1 winners. I usually put on £20, so I've won £1,000 a few times. I'm not a big punter. I follow it because it's my job. I've got an opinion on most races. If I didn't want to do anything else, I could make money gambling but I've got too many other things going on. HOW ARE YOU SAVING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT? I've run my own pension fund since I was 23 and have done better running it than many professionals. I like buying land and sporting pictures and shares. No one looks after your own interests as well as yourself. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TIP YOU'VE EVER GIVEN? I tip in proportion to the job. If a painter's done a really good job I might tip him £200. I've also told plenty of people to back horses that haven't won or given them a 50-1 winner.
What is the longest race in men's athletics	What is the longest athletic race in the Olympic Games? \| Reference.com What is the longest athletic race in the Olympic Games? A: Quick Answer The men's 50-kilometer, or 31-mile, racewalk is the longest athletic race in the Olympic Games. Although racewalking debuted at the 1908 Olympics, the 50-km race was not introduced until the 1932 Olympic Games. Today, 20-km men's and women's events are also offered. Full Answer Unlike running, rules state that the back toe may not leave the ground until the heel of the front foot has touched; it must appear that one foot is in contact with the ground at all times. The athlete's supporting leg must also straighten at the point of ground contact, and the knee must not bend until the body passes directly over it.
The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of which battle in English history	The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion of England Death of King Harold - or is it? One of the great historical records of the Middle Ages in Britain lies, not in a library, and not even in Britain, but in a specially-built tourist centre in Bayeux, France. The Centre Guillaume le Conquerant (for the linguistically challenged that translates as "The William the Conqueror Centre") houses the Bayeux Tapestry, one of best sources of information on early Norman dress, armour, castle-building, boat-building, hunting, and other facets of daily life. The Bayeux Tapestry, despite its name, is not actually a tapestry at all! It is embroidery, using coloured wool, on 8 long strips of bleached linen which have been stitched together to form a continuous panel about 20 inches high and 230 feet long. We don't know the exact length of the original tapestry, because the final strip is tattered, although its present length fits pretty closely around the nave of Bayeux Cathedral, suggesting that it was custom-built for that church. Who made it? The Bayeux Tapestry tells the tale of William the Conqueror's invasion of England through pictorial panels. We do not know for certain who commissioned the tapestry, though the likeliest candidate is William's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux from 1050-1097, or one of Odo's followers. Although the story is told from a Norman point of view, the style of the needlework indicates that the tapestry was actually made in England. For many years a pleasant tale told of William's wife, Queen Matilda, and her ladies making the tapestry as a gift for her victorious husband, though this now seems little more than pleasant romantic fiction. The Story So what does the tapestry show? It begins with Edward the Confessor sitting in regal splendour with Earl Harold Godwinson. Harold then sets sail for Normandy, where he lands, perhaps by accident, in the domains of Count Guy of Ponthieu. Count Guy takes Harold to Duke William and the Duke brings Harold with him on campaign against the Bretons. Harold fights bravely and receives armour from William. At Bayeux Harold makes an oath (of uncertain nature) to William and is freed to return to England. In England, Edward dies after some unspecified deathbed words to his advisors, and Harold is crowned king. When William hears the news he prepares an invasion fleet. The fleet lands near Hastings in Sussex, and meets Harold's troops in a fierce battle. After heavy losses Harold is killed and the Saxons flee. The tapestry ends there, though we may surmise that a final panel showing William on the throne may have existed, corresponding to the original panel of Edward. Much of the story shows events in Normandy. We can only guess that the tapestry was meant to show Edward sending Harold (the obvious Saxon choice as his successor) to William to cede the crown to the duke. Harold is shown as William's vassal (receiving arms from William) and the oath he swore is presumed to be an act of forswearing his right to the crown in William's favour. The deathbed scene may represent Edward telling his advisors that William was his choice as successor. Harold's very legitimate claims to the throne are ignored in this heavily slanted Norman account. History, as we are constantly reminded, is written by the victors. The tapestry was not executed in continuous sequence. The first two strips were clearly made separately; the margins are spaced differently, and do not match. There are also differences in the way Normans and Saxons are portrayed between panels. Harold's Death? One of the most famous scenes in the Bayeux Tapestry purports to show the death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings. One of the Saxons appears to receive an arrow in or about the right eye. For centuries this was interpreted as meaning that Harold died from an arrow in the eye. Many historians now believe that the man depicted is one of Harold's knights, not Harold himself. Contemporary Norman accounts say only that Harold fell in battle, so we do not actually know if the "arrow in the eye" story is true. The tapes
Who was the founder of the S.A.S.	Special Air Service - SAS - History Special Air Service (SAS) - History (1941 to 1979) The following is a chronological history of the SAS: SAS History 1941 to 1979 1941 - The SAS is Born The Special Air Service was created by David Stirling in 1941. Conceived as a desert raiding force, the Regiment inserted behind German lines in Northern Africa, carrying out sabotage missions and wreaking havoc along Rommel's supply lines. (a detailed history of SAS operations in World War 2 is to follow...) 1946 The SAS was officially disbanded on November 30th. 1947 May 1st - the SAS is revived in the form of 21st Battalion, Army Air Corps SAS, a Territorial Army Unit. 1950 21 SAS deploy to the Korean War. 1950 - 1955 Malaya 21 SAS deploy to Malaya, renamed as the 'Malayan Scouts', in response to the 'Malayan Emergency' insurrection. Much of the Regiment's expertise in jungle warfare are learnt in this period. 1952 The SAS is reorganised into: 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (formed from the Malyan Scouts). 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles) 1958 - 1959 Oman The SAS are deployed to the Gulf state of Oman, battling forces apposed to the Sultan. 1959 The 23rd Special Air Service Regiment, a territorial army unit, is created. 1963 - 1966 - Counter Insurgency The SAS support guerillas during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak 1964 - 1967 - Aden The SAS deploy for counter-insurgency operations in the British protectorate. 1970 - 1977 - Dhofor, Oman Once again, the SAS are sent to Oman to fight against another insurrection. 1972 - Counter Terrorism Following the disastrous intervention by German police at the Munich hostage crisis, the SAS create the Counter-Revolutionary War wing . The CRW wing begins developing techniques for both counter-terrorism and body-guarding operations. 1972 - The QE2 When a bomb-threat is issued against the british luxury liner, the QE2, a team comprising of SAS/SBS & Army bomb disposal experts parachute into the sea, board the liner and perform a search. No bomb is found. 1975 - Stansted hijacking In the SAS's first real test of the techniques developed by the CRW wing, the SAS storm a hijacked airliner at Stansted airport. Using non-lethal force, they arrest the lone hijacker. 1975 - The Balcombe Street Siege - An IRA operation ends with a family being held hostage in a London flat. As the SAS prepare to intervene, news of their arrival is leaked to the media. Upon hearing this news, the IRA men promptly surrender to police. 1976 - The SAS deploy to Northern Ireland In response to the worsening crisis in Northern Ireland, the SAS, who had been over the water in small numbers since 1973, mostly in advisory roles, are now deployed directly in strength. Read more on the SAS in Northern Ireland 1977 - Lufthansa Hijacking When a German Airliner is hijacked by terrorists, GSG-9, the German counter-terrorist unit, receives assistance from the SAS. 2 troopers accompany the GSG-9 assault team as they pursue the hijacked airliner to Mogadishu, Somalia. As the GSG-9 team stormed the cabin, the 2 SAS men threw stun grenades to distract the hijackers. sas history sub menu:
What rank in the British Amy was the equivalent to a Standartenfuhrer in the S.S.	SS-Rank Table showing equivalents in the other armies of WWII Private Note 1) The term, "Reichsfï¿½hrer-SS" was applied to the head of the combined Waffen and Allgemeine-SS. The various Reichsfï¿½hrer-SS were: Julius Schreck 1925-26, Joseph Berchtold 1926-27, Erhard Heiden 1927-29, Heinrich Himmler 1929-45 and lastly Karl Hanke 1945. There was no direct equivalent to this position in any of the other combatant nations of the Second World War. Note 2) The above table shows what I believe to be the equivalent ranks in the different forces during the years 1939-45. It is not always easy to provide a direct equivalent between nations, or indeed between the SS and the rest of the Wehrmacht. The starting point rank, SS-Schï¿½tze, was the designation for the Infantry and depending on the actual unit, it could be different, for example, Kanonier for the Artillery. The SS-Ranks with, Junker in the title usually refers to non-commissioned Officers who were acting as Officer Cadets pending a definite promotion. During this time they could command troops in the field. A full and exhaustive Rank table would be quite complicated and involve many footnotes and additional explanation; the above is of necessity somewhat simplified. Note 3) It is sometimes difficult to render words and phrases from one language into another. An example is, Sturmbannfï¿½hrer. In modern German, Sturm means, Storm, or, Assault in the military sense. The word, Bann means a (magic) Spell and Fï¿½hrer, means a Leader or Guide. Clearly Sturmbannfï¿½hrer cannot be rendered as, Storm Spell (magic) Leader, so some further clarification is needed. German in the Middle Ages used the word Bann both on its own and in conjunction with others, to form words to denote authority and power. Examples are words such as, Banner, meaning a Banner or Flag and Heerbann meaning, Army Command (the power of a King to raise and command an Army). Modern English uses Bann, as in The Banns of Marriage, meaning the command from the minister in the church to the listening congregation to, "raise any cause or just impediment" to the forthcoming match. In Germany during the 1920's, the Sturm Abteilung, or SA (Storm Detachment) came into being as the street muscle of the Nazi Party. The SA formed themselves into, Companie, three to a Sturm and three, Stï¿½rme, into a Sturmbann. Thus a Sturmbannfï¿½hrer was a, Storm Command Leader, using Command in its noun sense, in the same way that a Colonel could refer to his Regiment as being his Command. Using the normal military grading structure equates a Sturmbann to a Battalion and thus a Sturmbannfï¿½hrer to a Major. Note 4) The term, Wehrmacht literally means, Armed Forces and covered all branches of the German Armed Forces such as: Heer, (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force). The Waffen-SS were a part of the Heer (Army) section of the Wehrmacht. It is important to realise that the Waffen-SS were not a separate branch of the Wehrmacht that operated independently of the rest; they were an integral part of the whole. It is true that some sections of the Allgemeine-SS were only loosely under Heer (Army) control, for example the Ahnenerbe, which dealt with racial research, were neither fighting soldiers nor connected with the intelligence services of the Third Reich. Note 5) Unterfï¿½hrer was not an official rank of the SS, but was used to refer to all non-commissioned officer ranks. This term has been used in some of the Dortmund statements made, by various witnesses, for example that by Hauptsturmfï¿½hrer Kahn . The translations given above are my own and I must bear any criticism for their interpretation.
Who was the Australian who had three number one hits between Dec 88 and June 89	Top 100 Songs of 1988 Top 100 Songs of 1988 "Need You Tonight," INXS; "Welcome To The Jungle," Guns' N' Roses; "Foolish Beat," Debbie Gibson 1. "Need You Tonight," INXS 2. "Look Away," Chicago 3. "Roll With It," Steve Winwood 4. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," Poison 5. "Got My Mind Set On You," George Harrison 6. "So Emotional," Whitney Houston 7. "Seasons Change," Expose 8. "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley," Will to Power 9. "Could've Been," Tiffany 10. "Never Gonna Give You Up," Rick Astley 11. "Sweet Child Of Mine," Guns 'n' Roses 12. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car," Billy Ocean 13. "The Flame," Cheap Trick 14."Giving You The Best That I Got," Anita Baker 15. "Waiting For A Star To Fall," Boy Meets Girl 16. "Hands To Heaven," Breathe 17. "How Can I Fall?" Breathe 18. "Anything For You," Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 19. "Wishing Well," Terence Trent D'Arby 20. "Hungry Eyes," Eric Carmen 21. "Wild, Wild West," Escape Club 22. "Hold On To The Nights," Richard Marx 23. "Man In The Mirror," Michael Jackson 24. "Love Bites," Def Leppard 25. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go," Whitney Houston 26. "One More Try," George Michael 27. "Groovy Kind Of Love," Phil Collins 28. "Father Figure," George Michael 29. "Bad Medicine," Bon Jovi 30. "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin 31. "Devil Inside," INXS 32. "Pour Some Sugar On Me," Def Leppard 33. "Simply Irresistible," Robert Palmer 34. "Hazy Shade Of Winter," Bangles 35. "I'll Always Love You," Taylor Dayne 36. "Endless Summer Nights," Richard Marx 37. "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)," Samantha Fox 38. "Angel," Aerosmith 39. "The Way You Make Me Feel," Michael Jackson 40. "Foolish Beat," Debbie Gibson 41. "Tell It To My Heart," Taylor Dayne 42. "Red Red Wine," UB40 43. "Together Forever," Rick Astley 44. "Kokomo," Beach Boys 46. "Shattered Dreams," Johnny Hates Jazz 47. "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That," Elton John 48. "Make Me Lose Control," Eric Carmen 49. "She's Like The Wind," Patrick Swayze & Wendy Fraser 50. "Make It Real," The Jets "Bad Medicine," Bon Jovi; "Love Bites," Def Leppard; "Could've Been," Tiffany 51. "The Loco-Motion," Kylie Minogue 52. "I Don't Want Your Love," Duran Duran 53. "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)," Information Society 54. "Girlfriend," Pebbles 55. "If It Isn't Love," New Edition 56. "I Want To Be Your Man," Roger 57. "Dirty Diana," Michael Jackson 58. "Walk On Water," Eddie Money 59. "Candle In The Wind," Elton John 60. "Don't Be Cruel," Bobby Brown 61. "Out Of The Blue," Debbie Gibson 62. "Desire," U2 63. "I Get Weak," Belinda Carlisle 64. "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love," Chicago 65. "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" Pet Shop Boys w/ Dusty Springfield 66. "Sign Your Name," Terence Trent D'Arby 67. "Perfect World," Huey Lewis and the News 68. "Mercedes Boy," Pebbles 69. "1-2-3," Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 70. "New Sensation," INXS 71. "Welcome To The Jungle," Guns 'n' Roses 72. "Everything Your Heart Desires," Hall & Oates 73. "Don't Be Cruel," Cheap Trick 74. "One Good Woman," Peter Cetera 75. "Pink Cadillac," Natalie Cole 76. "Always On My Mind," Pet Shop Boys 77. "Rocket 2 U," The Jets 78. "Fast Car," Tracy Chapman 79. "I Want Her," Keith Sweat 80. "Say You Will," Foreigner 81. "Electric Blue," Icehouse 82. "Nite And Day," Al B. Sure! 83. "When It's Love," Van Halen 84. "The Promise," When In Rome 85. "I Still Believe," Brenda K. Starr 86. "The Valley Road," Bruce Hornsby and the Range 87. "I Don't Want To Live Without You," Foreigner 88. "One Moment In Time," Whitney Houston 89. "Valerie," Steve Winwood 90. "Cherry Bomb," John Cougar Mellencamp 91. "I Hate Myself For Loving You," Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 92. "Just Like Paradise," David Lee Roth 93. "Prove Your Love," Taylor Dayne 94. "Piano In The Dark," Brenda Russell 95. "Never Tear Us Apart," INXS 96. "Nothin' But A Good Time," Poison 97. "Circle In The Sand," Belinda Carlisle 98. "Don't Shed A Tear," Paul Carrack 99. "Wait," White Lion 100. "Nobody's Fool," Kenny Loggins 1988's Number Ones (Includes the date the song reached the top of Billboard's
What was the last number one by The Jam	The Jam Discography at Discogs The Jam Profile: Formed in Woking, England in 1976, The Jam consisted of three Members - Paul Weller (Lead Guitar, Vocals,) Rick Buckler (Drums & Percussion) and Bruce Foxton (Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals). Foxton, joined in 1977, leaving local Rock band 'Zita'. As time went on and the style of the Jam’s music progressed into the 1980s, additional musicians were recruited for brass sections, percussion and backing vocals; in the case of the latter, a young female vocalist from Telford called Tracie Young (who subsequently had her own top 10 UK hit in 1983 as a solo artist with the pop song "The House That Jack Built") also appeared on the group's last three singles and was an original member of Weller’s next group; The Style Council . By his own admission (in The Jam’s official 1983 Biography 'A Beat Concerto', written by Paolo Hewitt) Weller was influenced into forming The Jam after going to a concert of London Punk band The Clash . The name of the group came from Weller’s sister who suggested the title at breakfast one day. The first Album ‘In The City’ (1977) reflected the period of New Wave Punk that was happening in London at that time. Other songs on the album, which reflected Weller’s Punk influences, are the frantic 'Slow Down' and the equally fast paced 'Batman Theme'. Possibly the key to the groups overwhelming success was not only Weller's outstanding ability as a songwriter and musician but also his ability to move with the times. Punk faded away in 1979 and whilst the group’s second album 'This Is The Modern World' contained elements of the Post-Punk songwriting that appeared on the previous Album, a new audience began to associate themselves with the group; the early 80s Mod Revival or 'Jam Boys' as they became known. Famously, the first draft of the 'Modern World' album was scrapped and re-written in a trying period for the band however successful albums such as 'Setting Sons', 'All Mod Cons', 'Sound Affects' and 'The Gift' all followed and in turn became synonymous with the 80s mod scene, influencing other bands in the process. Weller himself came from a musical background which consisted of Northern Soul, Motown and 60s Pop bands such as The Who and The Kinks and this was reflected within the music on all of those albums. The release of 'The Gift' coincided with the band’s most successful period and contained two number one singles. By the turn of the 1980s, The Jam was the biggest UK Singles band. All in all they scored five number one singles, the first one being 'Going Underground' which alongside 'Town Called Malice' is arguably their most famous release. When the band split it was one of a small number of their singles re-released early in 1983 that saw chart entries in the UK Top 40 with three re-releases all at once. These were 'Beat Surrender', 'Going Underground' and 'All Around The World'. Along with The Beatles , The Jam remain the only other band in the UK to have simultaneously played both sides of a 'AA' release live on the BBC music show 'Top Of The Pops', this occurring with the 1981 No. 1 single 'Town Called Malice/Precious'. In 1982 and to the dismay of millions of their fans, Paul Weller made the shock announcement that the band was to split up. The next and final single released in December 1982 'Beat Surrender' went straight in at No. 1 and remains a lasting legacy from one of the most successful British bands ever. Sites:
Who had a No 1 in 1997 with Don't Speak	No Doubt - IMDb IMDb a list of 14 people created 02 Jul 2011 a list of 43 people created 10 Dec 2013 a list of 41 people created 20 Feb 2014 a list of 34 people created 07 Feb 2015 a list of 24 people created 7 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of No Doubt's work have you seen? User Polls 1 win & 4 nominations. See more awards » Known For 2014-2016 Coronation Street (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) - Episode #1.8859 (2016) ... (performer: "It's My Life") - Episode #1.8388 (2014) ... (performer: "Don't Speak" - uncredited) 2014 Guapas (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) - La hacker (2014) ... (performer: "It's My Life" - uncredited) - La huída (2014) ... (performer: "Don't Speak" - uncredited) 2013-2014 My Mad Fat Diary (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) - Inappropriate Adult (2014) ... (performer: "Just a Girl" - uncredited) 2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #21.23 (2012) ... (performer: "Looking Hot" - uncredited) 2012 This Morning (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode dated 10 October 2012 (2012) ... (performer: "Settle Down") 2010-2011 20 to 1 (TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes) - Greatest Sports Movies of All Time (2010) ... (performer: "Just A Girl" - uncredited) 2010/II Dance Paradise (Video Game) (performer: "Hey Baby") 2010 Dance Central (Video Game) (performer: "Hella Good") 2009 Guitar Hero 5 (Video Game) (performer: "Ex-Girlfriend") 2009 Gossip Girl (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Valley Girls (2009) ... (performer: "Stand and Deliver" - uncredited)
Which former member of the Royal Family was nicknamed Fog	Royal Participation at the Olympics Home > Events > Olympics > Summer > Competitors > Royals Royal Participants at the Olympics The early Olympic competitions were limited to amateurs, like many sports in those days. Participation in sport was mostly by upper class citizens as only they would have the available leisure time and funds required. A group which undoubtedly could afford the time and expense to play sports is the royalty, a section of the population not usually associated with involvement in international sporting competitions. There is a surprisingly high number of royal participants from past Olympic Games. Below is a listing of royal family members that have been to the Olympics as participants, many of them medalists. Not to forget the Ancient Olympics - Emperor Nero participated in the games of 67 AD - and of course he won every event he entered. While searching for Olympic Royalty, I discovered there are many more Olympic Royals than are usually listed, some from quite obscure royal families and others who became royals after their Olympic success when marrying into Royalty. Here are those that I have found. Summer Olympics Royalty Count Hermann Alexandre de Pourtalès — from an old Huguenot family of Switzerland, he won a gold and a silver in the 1-2 ton sailing class at the 1900 Olympic Games. He was the first member of royalty to become an Olympic champion. His wife, Countess Hélène de Pourtalès was also a sailor on the same yacht, and became the first woman to compete at the Olympics and the first female Olympic medalist. Count Alexander Mercati — from Greece, he competed in the golf at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia — a German prince who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, winning bronze in the Team jumping equestrian event. His parents were Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia and Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia — he was the son of his Princess Alexandra of Greece, grandson of Tsar Alexander II and a cousin to Tsar Nicholas II. He competed against Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia in the individual and team jumping equestrian event in 1912. Prince Ernst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst — An Austrian fencer who competed in the individual sabre event in 1912. His parents were Prince Egon zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Princess Leopoldine von Lobkowicz Olav V of Norway — He won a gold medal in sailing (6m class) at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam when he was crown prince. He became the king of Norway in 1957, and remained so until his death in 1991. His parents were Prince Carl of Denmark (King Haakon VII of Norway) and Princess Maud of Wales, daughter of King Edward VII of the UK. Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh of Thailand — Prince Bira, as he was called, was a member of the Thai Royal Family. He was more famous as a race car driver, though he competed in sailing at the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1972 Olympics. His best performance was 12th in the star class in 1956. Constantine II of Greece — In 1960 at the Rome Olympics, competing as Crown Prince Constantine he won a gold medal in the Dragon class sailing event. He became King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973. Queen Sofia of Spain — She is the brother of Royal Olympian Constantine II of Greece, and married to another Olympian King Juan Carlos I. Prior to her marriage into the Spanish royal family, she took part as a reserve for her native Greece in the 1960 Olympics in sailing. Harald V of Norway — Harald represented Norway in Olympic yachting events like his father before him. He competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics. The Crown Prince also carried the Norwegian flag at the opening parade of the 1964 Games. Harald is now the King of Norway, succeeded to the throne after the death of his father Olaf V in 1991. Juan Carlos I — In 1972, Juan Carlos competed in the Dragon class sailing event at the Olympic Games, finishing 15th. He became the King of Spain in 197
If cats are feline which creatures are leporine	The Unsociable Cat - Are Cats Really Unsociable? THE UNSOCIABLE CAT - ARE CATS REALLY UNSOCIABLE? Copyright 1994, 2001, Sarah Hartwell Are cats really as unsociable as we think? Studies over the last thirty years suggest that cats develop complex and fluid matriarchal hierarchies and that they have preferred buddies For years, 'experts' have told cat owners that domestic cats are solitary creatures who dislike the company of other cats. No doubt cat owners have viewed the communal sleep heap on the armchair with puzzlement, wondering whether it is the cats or the experts who have their facts wrong. Mostly it seems that the 'experts' are judging feline sociability by comparing them to dogs. The separate article Are Dogs More Faithful Than Cats compares some aspects of feline and canine behaviour. Despite increasing evidence to the contrary, many members of the scientific community still stereotype cats as non-social purely on the grounds that they do not form dog-like packs. As a result, cats are frequently labelled "standoffish", "solitary", "asocial" or "unsociable" suggesting that they just don't like company. This supposed aloofness appeals to some people, but not to others - leading people to be classed as either "cat people" or "dog people". In return, dogs are often viewed as mindlessly obedient and subservient to their pack leader - to the point of being loyalty to a cruel owner (see Are Dogs More Faithful Than Cats for a disturbing example of this). Feline "aloofness" can create or contribute to anti-cat feeling. This misunderstanding of feline behaviour and persists into modern western society - a recent film called "Cats & Dogs" does cats a great injustice by depicting them as devious and villainous. THE THREE SOCIAL FELIDS - LIONS, CHEETAHS AND DOMESTIC CATS Scientist long considered the lion to be the only truly social cat. This is because lions form easily recognised prides which superficially resemble the familiar pack behaviour of dogs. Lion prides are harems of related females and their cubs, ruled over by a single male or two or more brothers. The resident males fight intruding males to keep their territory and harems and may be deposed. Male offspring are driven away when they reach maturity. The females generally remain in the territory. Intruding females risk being killed by a territory's resident females. Communal cub-rearing increases the cubs' chances of survival while communal hunting allows the lionesses to bring down prey larger than themselves. More recently the cheetah has been recognised as being a social creature. Cheetah brothers form alliances with each other and may take solitary females hostage until she is receptive to being mated. All of the brothers will mate with her over a period of days. Male cheetah siblings have been seen to rest and to hunt together. Until recently this was viewed as juvenile behaviour persisting into adulthood and was thought to be a behavioural aberration. However, cheetah alliances have been seen often enough that this is known to be a normal behaviour. Only in the last few decades have domestic cats been recognised as social animals (at least by scientists). Previously they were seen as little more than multicoloured, tame versions of their solitary African wildcat ancestors. While the ancestors of our domestic cats may have been solitary hunters in the forests of Europe and Africa, domestic cats frequently live in harmonious groups; playing, sleeping and even hunting together. Many form close attachments to other cats and even to other domestic animals. WHAT IS A SOCIAL SPECIES? A social species is defined as one which forms "stable relationships". This sort of relationship is frequently seen in feral colonies and in households. Some argue that cats in these situations are displaying unnatural social behaviour due to their enforced proximity to each other, e.g. feral cats attracted to a food supply. Others argue that neutering turns an solitary creature into a sociable creature. However, clear social behaviour is observed including communal rearing of kitte
Which car manufacturer made the Samara	List of Russian cars List of Russian cars List of all Russian Car Brands It has only been in the last 30 years, that Russians could easily acquire vehicles. Now Russians have a few Russian made cars to choose from. Avtovaz, is one of the biggest manufacturers of Russian automobiles. They are the most popular cars on the roads. Manufacturing started back in 1966 with the Lada model. The first plant, which made these cars is named Volzhsky. It is located in the Samara Region. This company is praised for making the most driven vehicle of the Soviets. Lada has not only been a popular Russian car, but is also a great export car. This car has been popular in several countries including: Finland, Singapore, Ecuador, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, New Zealand, Portugal, Turkey, Egypt, United Kingdom and Ireland. Known as the working class vehicle, these cars are affordable for the average worker. Gaz Group is by far the largest auto manufacture in the Soviet Union. It is made up of 'Gaz automobile works, Pavlovski Avtobus, LDV Holding, ltd, Golitsynski automobile works, Yaroslavl Motor Workshop, Ulyanovsk Motor Workshop and several other enterprises.' Well known cars from this line include the Volga, GAZ M 20 Pobeda and Chaika. KAMAZ is a rather new company, opening in 1990. KAMAZ not only creates vehicles but also construction equipment used in the area. Actually, during the past 29 years, they have created 1,7 million heavy-duty construction trucks. They are a major supplier for defense vehicles used by the Russian Military. The Automobile Moscow Society, or Automobile plant ZIL has changed its name several times since its opening in 1916. 'Today ZIL manufactures 3 to 8 ton capacity trucks along with vans, limousines and buses.' Thing have certainly changed over the years in the Soviet Union. More and more cars are hitting the streets as more people can afford then. Good quality cars like Lada have made the Russian car market quite successful. Perhaps, this is why so many countries are looking to Russia for their Lada cars to export to their homelands. Brand
What is the more common name of the tympanic membrane	What is the more common name for the tympanic membrane ? - Euask.com What is the more common name for the tympanic membrane ? 5 Created by expert102, 459 days ago, 352 views What is the more common name for the tympanic membrane ? √ Best Answer
Which part of Britain was named Vectis by the Romans	The Romans In Britain The Romans in Britain Home \| Page Index \| Section Index \| Search 1. The Romans and their Empire Rome, Roma to the Romans and still Roma today, is now the capital of Italy. In many parts of modern Rome you can see the remains of another great, but ancient city, which was founded over 2500 years ago! The Arch of Constantine in Rome. Alan Bowman Rome grew from a little village on the banks of the River Tiber into a city at the centre of a great empire. The Romans first conquered Italy and all the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. They then conquered most of western Europe, including Britain, which they called Britannia. Map of the Roman empire in the reign of the Emperor Trajan (98-117) showing the principal provinces and some major cities. Roman Britain The Roman empire was home to people of many different cultures and races, but they mostly spoke Latin - or Greek in the eastern part. All the peoples of the empire adopted Roman forms of government, Roman art and architecture styles, Roman engineering techniques and Roman methods of town planning. Roman bridge over the River Guadiana at Merida (Emerita Augusta), Spain. Photo Patrick Ottaway The Romans left a lasting impact on Britain. For example, there are important towns, like London, Lincoln and York, which were founded by the Romans. Many of our main roads still run along lines chosen by the Romans over 1500 years ago! The surviving (southern) arch of the north gate of Roman Lincoln, now known as the Newport Arch. Photo Patrick Ottaway The Romans still have an enormous influence on British and European life today in such areas as architecture, language and literature. Tivoli Corner, part of the Bank of England, built in about 1800 to a design by Sir John Soane based on Emperor Hadrian's villa near Rome. Photo Patrick Ottaway Did you know? The ancient Romans believed that Rome had been founded in 753BC by a man called Romulus. As a child he and his twin brother Remus had been cared for by a wolf. This is why you can see the wolf and twins on Roman coins, mosaics, sculpture and many other objects. Mosaic showing the twins Romulus (who founded Rome) and Remus and the wolf who suckled them, found in the Roman town at Aldborough (North Yorkshire). Leeds Museums The Roman Emperor [ Section Index \| Top ] The most powerful Roman was the emperor. He ruled the empire and the Romans treated him as though he was half man and half god. Bronze head from a statue of the Emperor Claudius, found in the River Alde in Suffolk. Licensed by the Trustees of the British Museum, The British Museum Although the Roman emperors were powerful men, they had to be cunning, cruel, ruthless and suspicious of everyone, even their wives and families, if they wanted to stay alive. The Emperor Domitian shown on this coin was murdered in the year 96 by men helped by his wife! Silver coin (denarius) of the Emperor Domitian (81-96). Reverse shows the goddess Minerva. Photo: Simon I Hill, York Archaeological Trust The emperor was supposed to govern Rome and her empire with the advice of the Senate, a council of the heads of leading families. In reality the emperor could do as he liked as long as he controlled the Roman army. Roman legionaries shown on a stone monument from the fort at Croy Hill (Strathclyde) on the Antonine Wall, Scotland. National Museums of Scotland An emperor inherited several ancient titles which gave him his power. He was usually one of the two consuls elected every year to lead the Senate. He took the title 'Tribune of the People' which meant that he was supposed to look after the poorer people in the Roman population. The emperor was also the chief priest of Rome. Gold coin of the Emperor Nero (54-68), pierced for use as a pendant, from Exeter. Exeter City Museums and Art Gallery Many of the emperor's titles appear in a shortened form on Roman coins. This is a silver coin the Emperor Domitian minted in the years 91-2. Look for the following letters: IMPXXI: declared emperor - in Latin imperator - for the twenty first time COSXV: declared cons
A 'triskelion', is a symbol consisting of three bent human legs is featured on the flag of which British crown dependency	The Postal History of ICAO de Havillandï¿½D.H.84 Dragon Mk 2 registered G‑ACXI in United Kingdom and operated by Railway Air Services in the mid 1930s. This stamp shows an early view of Ronaldsway Airport, which originally consisted of a 75-acre field.ï¿½ï¿½ de Havillandï¿½D.H.86A Dragon Express of Blackpool and West Coast Air Services Ltd, over Calf of Man, registered G‑ADVJ in United Kingdom. Douglasï¿½DC‑3 of British European Airways (BEA) over Ronaldsway Airport, registered G‑AGZB in United Kingdom. British European Airways held the mail-carrying contract from 1949 to 1963; the DC-3 was one of the earlier planes used. Vickersï¿½Viscount 806 of British European Airways (BEA) over Douglas, registered G-APIM in United Kingdom. Fromï¿½ 1960, British European Airways used this airplane on the Isle of Man route. Britten-Normanï¿½BN-2A-27 Islander of Telair Manchester LTD over Ronaldsway Airport, registered G‑AXXH in United Kingdom. In 1984, mail was conveyed on Norman Islander aircraft operated by Telair. Presentation folder of this issue. de Havilland D.H.84 Dragon Mk 2 registered G-ACXI operated by Railway Air Services and Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander registered G-AXXH of Telair Manchester LTD. de Havilland D.H.84 Dragon Mk 2 registered G-ACXI operated by Railway Air Services. de Havilland D.H.86A Dragon Express registered G-ADVJ Ronaldsway of Blackpool and West Coast Air Services Ltd and Douglas DC-3 registered G-AGZB of British European Airways. Vickers Viscount 701C G-ANHD of British European Airways and Britten-Norman Islander G-AXXH of Telair Manchester LTD; control tower at Ronaldsway Airport. First Day Cover - de Havilland D.H.84 Dragon Mk 2 registered G-ACXI operated by Railway Air Services. Cancel at Douglas, the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man. First Day Cover - Cancel at Jurby Ramsey. First Day Cover - Gutters Pairs; Cancels at Ramsey, the second largest town on the island after Douglas. First Day Cover by Cotswold Covers - B.P.C.P.A. ï¿½ Raised printing. Cotswold Covers has been in existence since Christmas 1970 and is easily recognisable by the gold frame in the form of a capital C to the left of the envelope. The envelopes of excellent quality are engraved and die-stamped. The Cotswolds is an area in south central England containing the Cotswold Hills. First Day Cover by Cotswold Covers - B.P.C.P.A. - Gutter pairs ï¿½ Raised printing. Firstï¿½ Dayï¿½ Coverï¿½ byï¿½ Mercuryï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½ Coloredï¿½ Raisedï¿½ printingï¿½ -ï¿½ deï¿½ Havillandï¿½ D.H.84ï¿½ Dragonï¿½ Mkï¿½ 2 registered G-ACXI operated by Railway Air Services: Two errors: 1) The aircraft was operated by Railway Air Services and not United Air Services Ltd., as indicated on the nose of the aircraft; 2) The aircraft registration is indicated as ACXI-G; the letter ï¿½Gï¿½ indicating the country of registration (i.e. Great Britain in this case) should be in front of the mark. Cachetmaker Mercury used a rather similar design for the Jersey issue of 24 July 1984. More information on this cover can be obtained by clicking on the following link: Jersey ï¿½ Reverse Registration Number . Benham Silk First Day Covers; the cachets reproduce the original hand-painted artwork by A.D. Theobald (mounted on 6ï¿½x4.5ï¿½ boards), which was used to illustrate the stamps. The triskelion from the national flag adorns the four corners of the cachet. BENHAM (A. BUCKINGHAM) LTD. is the largest G.B. first day cover dealer in the U.K. The Benham Silk cover with the 11-p stamp commemorated the actual date of the 50th anniversary of the railway Air Services to the Isle of Man, i.e. 20 August 1934, at Ronaldsway airport located in the south of the island near Castletown. Airmail blue label. First Day Covers with Colorano Silk Cachet. The aircraft shown on the stamps are reproduced on the cachet. Some covers bear the cancel related to the 70th anniversary of the first British win of the Schneider Trophyï¿½ in 1914, with
From 1814 to 1830, the French flag was what single colour	flag of France \| Britannica.com Flag of France Alternative Titles: French Tricolor, French Tricolour, le drapeau tricolore vertically striped blue-white-red national flag . Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. Related Topics Major Rulers of France Under the ancien régime , France had a great number of flags, and many of its military and naval flags were elaborate and subject to artistic variations. The royal coat of arms , a blue shield with three golden fleurs-de-lis , was the basis for the state flag. After the Bourbons came to power, that shield was generally displayed against a background of the Bourbon dynastic colour, white. Historical fleurs-de-lis flag of France. In the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789 the emphasis was refocused to simple flag designs that expressed the radical changes being introduced into France’s social, political, and economic life. Blue and red, the traditional colours of Paris , were popular among revolutionaries in that city, and the Bourbon royal white was often added. The revolutionaries were also influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands , which had appeared in the mid-17th century. In 1790 three equal vertical stripes, arranged red-white-blue within a frame of the same colours, were added to the white flag of the navy. Four years later the Tricolor, with stripes now ordered blue-white-red, was made the official national flag for use by the common people, the army, and the navy. This flag was seen to embody all the principles of the Revolution—liberty, equality, fraternity, democracy , secularism , and modernization. Many other countries—especially in Europe but also among the former French colonial possessions in western Africa —adopted tricoloured flags in imitation of the French, replacing its colours with their own. In that way the French Tricolor became one of the most-influential national flags in history, standing in symbolic opposition to the autocratic and clericalist royal standards of the past as well as to the totalitarian banners of modern communism and fascism. Similar Topics flag of Nepal After the military victories of Napoleon I under the Tricolor, the Bourbon Restoration in 1814/15 led to the replacement of all symbols. The white flag was again supreme, but the revolution of 1830, which put Louis-Philippe on the throne, restored the Tricolor. In 1848 many sought to impose a communist red banner on France, and for two weeks the Tricolor itself was altered, its stripes reordered to blue-red-white. Since March 5, 1848, however, the Tricolor has been the sole national flag of France and of all territories under its control. Like many early national flags, the Tricolor has no specific symbolism attached to the individual colours and shapes in its design.
On the flag of which European country are two cows shown	Flag Andorra, flags Andorra black and white Andorra flag like in a colouring book Meaning and origin of the Andorra-Flag: The flag of Andorra was hoisted up for the first time in the today's pattern ? three vertical stripes in blue, yellow and red, in the yellow stripe the coat of arms ? in the year 1866. Ostensibly it was designed by emperor Napoleon III. The flag joins the colors blue and red, two colors of the French tricolor, and the colors yellow and red, the Spanish colors. The styling of this flag should better express the French influence of the country. Anyhow substitutes this tricolor the Andorra's flag from 1806, which showed the traditional colors of the country, yellow and red, in vertical arrangement. This are the colors of the earls of Foix and even of the bishop of Urgel. The coat of arms of Andorra is quartered, and shows in the individual fields a miter (=> Urgel), three red poles (=> Foix), four red poles (=> Roussillon) and two cows (=> Béarn). In the country are to see various variants of the flag, even partly with and partly without coat of arms. From this coat of arms are known two variants ? once with crown, once without crown, however instead the crown with a abundant adornment around the blazon ? which both could be to see on flags. The reasons for that could be the following: 1.) In the year 1993 was adopted a new constitution, in which Andorra garanties full sovereignty. Before Andorra was a kind of French-Spanish feud state. Maybe that the crown was deleted from the coat of arms in this context, because hers character as feudalistic symbol. 2.) There are traditional differences between the Spanish and the French speaking population in Andorra, which use partially their own heraldry. Text mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Flaggenlexikon.de
Which group took Nellie The Elephant to the top 10 in 1984	Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant (We're Mad, Sunderland, UK, 1984) - YouTube Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant (We're Mad, Sunderland, UK, 1984) 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 Jun 14, 2007 Subscribe to Cherry Red Records: http://bit.ly/CRSubscribe The Toy Dolls' chart-busting version of the popular childrens' song. All together now: oooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOO! This video is a celebration of the north of England's most famous punk rock outfit. We're Mad captures the band at their best. Not so much a set of songs as a series of short stories. Packed full of witty lyrics and mad machine-gun guitar licks Join our Mailing List - http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopconten...
For which folk group was Maddy Prior the long time lead singer	Maddy Prior (Folk Singer) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Maddy Prior Female Born Aug 14, 1947 Madeleine E. "Maddy" Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. related links Kendrick Louis And Cory Hill On Track For Kng Recall Hanson Sports Media Google News - Aug 27, 2011 '... Kirsty Holmes (Kawana), Devon Halligan (Manly), Nikki Chapman (Mooloolaba), Tatum Lawler (Maroubra), Aimee Berridge (Mooloolaba), Sheree Merryful (North Burleigh), <mark>Maddy Prior</mark> (Warilla Barrack Point), Hannah Minogue (Bulli), Tahnee Fleming (Wanda),' Carrivick Sisters Are Pick Of The Crop Telegraph.Co.Uk Google News - Aug 25, 2011 'A range of folk greats such as Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, <mark>Maddy Prior</mark> and Nancy Kerr lend their talents to the project. It's a warm and vibrant British folk album with beautiful tracks such as the Cheshire Waltz' Michael Chapman At The Frazer Theatre In Knaresborough Harrogate News Google News - Aug 22, 2011 'With a discography stretching back over 40 years and over 30 ( it could be nearer 40 ) albums his recordings have featured Mick Ronson, Rick Kemp, Nigel Pegrum and <mark>Maddy Prior</mark> of Steeleye Span, BJ Cole, Keef Hartley, Bridget St John, Prelude and Rod' New Canaan Students Give Voices To 9/11 Stories The Daily Fairfield Google News - Aug 16, 2011 'Kelly Saiz, left, and <mark>Maddy Prior</mark> speak during the Voices of Sept. 11 Living Memorial event at the New Canaan Library. Kelly Saiz, left, and <mark>Maddy Prior</mark> narrated a slideshow of recollections of 9/11 and responses from all over' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Maddy Prior. CHILDHOOD 1947 Birth Born on August 14, 1947. TEENAGE 1966 18 Years Old After a brief stint with Mac MacLeod in 'Mac & Maddy' (another act formed at The Cock pub), by 1966 she began performing with Tim Hart, another St Albans resident, and together they recorded two albums before becoming founding members of Steeleye Span in 1969. … Read More They were the backbone of the group until the early 1980s when ill-health forced Hart into semi-retirement. Apart from the tambourine, spoons and ukulele, Prior doesn't play an instrument, but she always gives a sprightly performance of her individual dances. Read Less TWENTIES 1974 26 Years Old In 1974 Ralph McTell wrote "Maddy Dances" in her honour, included on his album Easy. … Read More Prior married bassist Rick Kemp, though they have since divorced. The singer Rose Kemp is their daughter.<br /><br /> Prior has recorded session work, albums of her own songs and eclectic styles from medieval (with The Carnival Band), through electric folk â Steeleye Span and Maddy Prior appeared on television with a regular programme Electric Folk â prog-rock and traditional songs, including session work on Mike Oldfield's Incantations. Read Less FORTIES 1997 49 Years Old She left Steeleye Span in 1997 but returned in 2002. … Read More The 1999 album The Journey was recorded in 1995, when Maddy was still in the band but not released until four years later. She was also one half of the duo Silly Sisters, which helped to boost June Tabor's career.<br /><br /> Since 2003, Prior has run and hosted an Arts Centre called Stones Barn in Cumbria. Working with fellow singers and performers like Abbie Lathe and daughter Rose Kemp, Prior has offered residential courses focusing on singing, meditation, cookery and performance. Other events, hosted by other teachers, include classical Indian dances, painting and drumming. Prior campaigns on behalf of the charity Cancer Research UK. Read Less FIFTIES Show Less Maddy Prior took to the road with The Carnival Band in May 2007 for their "Music for Tavern and Chapel" tour. … Read More They celebrated the 300th anniversary of one of the key influences on their work, Charles Wesley. Read Less She made a guest appearance with The Levellers at the Solfest Festival in Cumbria in August 2007. … Read More On recent albums Troy Donockley has been a co-producer.<br /><br /> In December 2007 the album Rin
Who did Paper Lace team up with in 1978 to make We've Got The Whole World In Our Hands	Nottingham Forest (Paper Lace - We've got the whole world in our hands) - YouTube Nottingham Forest (Paper Lace - We've got the whole world in our hands) 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 Jan 29, 2012 The incredible team of Brian Clough before amazing the footballers around the world. The first and only in History team, who climb from 2ND to 1ST category, get the championship and after that get the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE two times 1979 and 1980. This is the song that created bY PAPER LACE when the team get the CHAMPIONSHIP in England. RESPECT!!!
Who replaced Ted Dexter as chairman of the England Board of Cricket Selectors	Test Cricket Selectors and Coaches - England ENGLAND Test Cricket Selectors and Coaches - England ENGLAND’s TEST SELECTION PANELS Other Test selection panels Australia Bangladesh India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe Harris alone chose the team for the Test Match at The Oval 1882 Frederick Burbidge, Lord Harris, I.D.Walker and V.E.Walker The Surrey ground authorities appointed a selection panel to choose the tea. Burbidge was a former Surrey captain. 1884 The ground authorities at Lord’s or Old Trafford or The Oval appointed selectors to pick the team for each Test 1886 1896 1896 was the last season in which the England team was chosen by the ground authorities where Test played. 1899 Lord Hawke (chairman), W G Grace, H W Bainbridge. The new Board of Control appointed the first official selection panel 1902 Lord Hawke (chairman), HW Bainbridge and G MacGregor The three selectors co-opted A C MacLaren and C B Fry to their panel. The President of M.C.C., Allan Steel, was also present at all selection meetings in 1902. 1905 Lord Hawke (chairman), JA Dixon and PF Warner The panel co-opted A C MacLaren and the captain FS Jackson 1907 Lord Hawke (chairman), H K Foster, C H B Marsham Appointed 15 April 1907. The panel were empowered to co-opt any two amateurs who had already been selected for the team. The panel asked RE Foster to captain England and to join their meetings. 1909 Lord Hawke (chairman), H D G Leveson-Gower, C B Fry C B Fry (chairman), H K Foster, John Shuter C B Fry was also appointed England captain 1920 There were no Test matches in 1925 and no panel appointed 1926 P F Warner (chair), P I Perrin, A E R Gilligan. Wilfred Rhodes and Jack Hobbs were co-opted onto the panel. 1927 H D G Leveson-Gower (chair), J W H T Douglas, A W Carr 1928 H D G Leveson-Gower (chair), J W H T Douglas, A E R Gilligan Pelham Warner was invited to be a selector but declined because of the rule forbidding selectors to report on matches. As captain, APF Chapman joined the selection meetings. 1929 H D G Leveson-Gower (chair), N E Haig, J C White G R Jackson (Derbyshire) would take the place of any selector not available 1930 H D G Leveson-Gower (chair), F T Mann, J C White 1931 P F Warner (chair), T A Higson, P I Perrin - The panel was appointed for two years Douglas Jardine was named as the new captain before the first Test side was chosen and he joined the selection panel. 1932 P F Warner (chair), T A Higson, P I Perrin. Lord Hawke (chair), T A Higson, P I Perrin. Sir Stanley Jackson in reserve as chairman, if Hawke unavailable 1934 Sir Stanley Jackson (chair),, P I Perrin, T A Higson. P F Warner (chair), T A Higson, P I Perrin. Skipper RES Wyatt joined the committee 1936 P F Warner (chair), T A Higson, P I Perrin. 1937 P F Warner (chair), T A Higson, P I Perrin. The selectors were again unchanged, except that RWV Robins rather than GO Allen was captain. ERT Holmes was co-opted onto the committee later in the season. 1938 Sir Pelham Warner (chair), P I Perrin, A B Sellers, M J L Turnbull A J Holmes (chair), P I Perrin, A B Sellers, M J L Turnbull Appointed 28 March 1939 Sir Stanley Jackson (chair), A J Holmes, R W V Robins A J Holmes (chair),J C Clay, R W V Robins. Norman Yardley was made captain for all five Tests and joined the selection panel. 1948 A J Holmes (chair), J C Clay, R W V Robins. The Board of Control empowered committees from now on to call in, if they wished, the captain of the previous winter's M.C.C. touring team overseas. Norman Yardley was again co-opted onto the panel as skipper 1949 A J Holmes (chair), T N Pearce, A B Sellers, R E S Wyatt The number of selectors on the panel was raised from three to four, in order to enable them to watch as many players as possible. Also, the panel could temporarily include any other person it wished. 1950 R E S Wyatt (chair), L E G Ames, T N Pearce, A B Sellers A.J.Holmes r
In what year did Britain join The Common Market	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 1 \| 1973: Britain joins the EEC 1973: Britain joins the EEC The United Kingdom has become a fully-fledged member of the European Economic Community. Ireland and Denmark also joined Britain in becoming the newest members of the community, bringing the total number of member states to nine. At midnight last night a Union Jack flag was raised at the EEC's headquarters in Brussels to mark the occasion. Celebrations were held in the city and one of Britain's new European Commissioners, George Thomson, joined revellers in a torch lit procession. Prime Minister Edward Heath is optimistic that Britain's membership of the community will bring prosperity to the country. He said: "It is going to be a gradual development and obviously things are not going to happen overnight. "But from the point of view of our everyday lives we will find there is a great cross-fertilisation of knowledge and information, not only in business but in every other sphere. "And this will enable us to be more efficient and more competitive in gaining more markets not only in Europe but in the rest of the world." More than 1,000 Britons will relocate to Brussels over the coming months to take up their places as civil servants of the community. Britain will be given four votes within the council, which proposes policies on issues ranging from the environment to public health. Membership applications by the UK to join the EEC were refused in 1963 and 1967 because the French President of the time Charles de Gaulle doubted the UK's political will. It is understood, however, his real fear was that English would suddenly become the common language of the community.
Which European country has the oldest Parliament	Which country can claim to be the World's oldest democracy? \| Notes and Queries \| guardian.co.uk Which country can claim to be the World's oldest democracy? Russell Campbell, Dunedin, New Zealand Lots of them can. And do. Greece has a pretty good claim having invented the concept in the first place. However, long spells as an Ottoman colony or under military junta might put it out of the running if you're looking for longest continuously democratic country. Britain has a decent claim but it depends what you mean by democracy. As Rowan Atkinson put it in Blackadder: "take Manchester for instance. Population: 60,000. Electoral roll: 3". America frequently claims to be but this is because they define democracy so narrowly and in their own image such that on their criteria they're the worlds only democracy and on any other criteria they still aren't and never have been. Seth, Edinburgh, Scotland Perhaps Iceland can - their parliament, the Althing, is the oldest one still in use. It was formed in 930 by Vikings. Johan van Slooten, Urk, Netherlands The Native American people of the Six Nations, also known by the French term Iroquois and who know themselves as the Hau De-no Sau-nee (People of the Long Houses) claim to be the oldest living participatory democracy. Their homeland, country, nation or however you'd like to classify it as, was in the region now known as New York State, between the Adirondack Mountains and Niagara Falls. The other tribes included in the Six Nations also included the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, joined in the 18th Century by the Tuscaroras, who did not have a vote. Archeological evidence indicates the Iroquois had lived on their lands for a very long time, with the earliest longhouses dated to at least 1100 A.D. Although there is no precise date for the establishment of the league, The Six Nations claim to have enjoyed a system of consensus government for over 800 years, well established long before the arrival of the Europeans. Founded to maintain peace and resolve disputes between its members, the Six Nations primary law was the Kainerekowa, the 'Great Law of Peace' which stated, simply, that Iroquois should not kill each other. They had a written constitution, laws dealing with ownership and trade routes and a funeral rite that allowed shared mourning at the passing of leaders from other tribes. From 1660, the nations combined to form a united front in negotiations with the European settlers. With the focus on maintaining peace with their neighbours, the Iroquois tribes were free to develop their predominantly agragian society. Their leaders were chosen, by their women, for their knowledge of the earth and their skills at providing for their villages. John Maguire, Dublin, Ireland A great many can claim it. It rather depends what you mean by democracy. The Isle of Man has the oldest Parliament, but it has not always been elected by universal suffrage. Did the UK have to await the extension of the franchise to 18 year olds? Or was it 1929, when women got the vote on the same terms as men - at least for Parliament, only householders voted in local authority elections at the time? Switzerland has an ancient confederation, but governments never get voted out of power, due to the permanent coaltion. The same four parties have been in power since 1959, two of them for over a century. Switzerland, like California, makes great use of direct democracy, at both confederal and cantonal level. But in some cantons women didn't get the vote until the 1970s. Australia and New Zealand were both early to give women the vote, but neither elects their Head of State. Quentin Langley, Woking UK If we mean by that, 'Which country has ensured that all adult citizens regardless of sex, race, or ethnicity, may choose reprentatives to exercise the powers of government longest?', then the answer is New Zealand. Universal adult suffrage was first established there in 1893. Fragano Ledgister, Atlanta, USA Seth, I'm surprised at you. Britain does not have a claim to being the world's oldest democracy, as i
In which county is the Prime Minister's stately home Chequers	Great British Houses: Chequers - The Country Home of Britain's Prime Minister - Anglotopia.net Issue #4 Now Shipping! We received Issue #4 from the printer last week and have begun the process of shipping out. There’s almost 900 to send, so it will take a about 7-10 days to ship them all out. It will be with you soon! Related Issue #4 is Almost Done! We’re almost done with Issue #4 which is taking a bit longer than we planned to get ready. It’s with our copy editor now and we’ll be sending it to the printer this week. We expect to begin shipping out in 2-3 weeks. Related The London Annual Has Gone to Press! We have approved the final proofs for the London Annual and it’s going to press. We expect them in the office in a couple weeks at which point we’ll mail them out to all that pre-ordered. It has sold very well for us and we ordered extras but as with all our other magazine, quantities […] Now Taking Pre-Orders for the London Annual and Issue #4 We’re now taking pre-orders for a special one off magazine called the London Annual which will be a great guide to London in 2017 (this is not included in the subscription). We’re also now open to pre-orders for the fourth issue of the Anglotopia Magazine. Place your orders here now. Related Third Issue Update: All Subscriptions Have Been Mailed We have finished mailing out all subscriptions and single issue orders of the third issue of the Anglotopia Magazine. Took a bit longer than we thought but they’re all on the way. We have a limited number left in stock of the third issue – so if you haven’t already – pick it up soon! […] Digital Subscribers – Your Issue is Ready to Download! We have sent out the emails to digital subscribers letting them know they can now download the Issue #3 of the Anglotopia Magazine. You will received an email from us, be sure to check your SPAM folder if you haven’t received it today. Email us right away and we’ll send you a different link to […] Issue #3 Has Been Printed and We’ll Begin Shipping Them We have just picked up Issue #3 of the Anglotopia Magazine from the printer. It looks beautiful! We’ll begin shipping them out tomorrow. It’s going to take us about a week to get them all out. We have about 600 subscribers and pre-orders to get through. Last time we used a third party shipping company […] Pre-order Issue #3 Now To make sure that you can get a copy of the next issue of the Anglotopia magazine, we recommend pre-ordering. We’re only getting 900 copies and 600 or so have already been reserved. We will likely sell out again. Click here to preorder. Related By Jonathan 3 Comments Chequers Court is the official country retreat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Currently enjoyed by David Cameron, Chequers is a 16th century gothic mansion elegantly restored to its former glory by Reginald Bloomfield in the early 20th century. Once the jail of a banished royal, Chequers rich history dates back to Elizabethan times but its treasures are unfortunately not open to the public. Key Facts about the House Chequers is located near Ellesborough in Buckinghamshire, England. Chequers was built in the 16th century by William Hawtrey. There has been a house on the site of Chequers since the 12th century. Chequers has been the private country retreat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 1921. History of the House Chequers Court is known for its important role in British political life. Located just 41 miles from Downing Street this 16th century country house and estate was given to the nation of Great Britain in 1917 by Sir Arthur Lee and has been the official country seat and private retreat of the Prime Minister since 1921. Chequer’s origins are somewhat ambiguous. It is known that the house as it stands today was built, or at least extensively remodelled, by William Hawtrey in 1565. Hawtrey’s name appears in the reception room of the house and his initials and the date of 1565 are carved into the brickwork in various places on the house’s exterior. What sort of building stood on the site of Chequers before Hawtrey’s remodelling is
Who was president of Uganda from 1971 until 1979	Idi Amin - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com A+E Networks Introduction In 1971, General Idi Amin overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, launching a ruthless eight-year regime in which an estimated 300,000 civilians were massacred. His expulsion of all Indian and Pakistani citizens in 1972—along with increasing military expenditures—brought about the country’s economic decline, the impact of which lasted decades. In 1979 his reign of terror came to an end as Ugandan exiles and Tanzanians took control of the capital of Kampala, forcing Amin to flee. Never brought to justice for his heinous crimes, Amin lived out the remainder of his life in Saudi Arabia. ‹ › Google Idi Amin: Early Life and Military Career Idi Amin Dada was born c. 1925 in Koboko, in northwestern Uganda, to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother, who separated shortly afterwards. In 1946, after receiving only a rudimentary education, Amin joined the King’s African Rifles (KAR), a regiment of the British colonial army, and quickly rose through the ranks. He was deployed to Somalia in 1949 to fight the Shifta rebels and later fought with the British during the suppression of the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya (1952-56). In 1959 he attained the rank of effendi—the highest position for a black African soldier within the KAR—and, by 1966, he had been appointed commander of the armed forces. Did You Know? During his time in the army, Amin became the light heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda, a title he held for nine years between 1951 and 1960. Amin Commandeers Control of Uganda’s Government After more than 70 years under British rule, Uganda gained its independence on October 9, 1962, and Milton Obote became the nation’s first prime minister. By 1964, Obote had forged an alliance with Amin, who helped expand the size and power of the Ugandan Army. In February 1966, following accusations that the pair was responsible for smuggling gold and ivory from Congo that were subsequently traded for arms, Obote suspended the constitution and proclaimed himself executive president. Shortly thereafter, Obote sent Amin to dethrone King Mutesa II, also known as “King Freddie,” who ruled the powerful kingdom of Buganda in south-central Uganda. A few years and two failed—but unidentified—assassination attempts later, Obote began to question Amin’s loyalty and ordered his arrest while en route to Singapore for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference. During his absence, Amin took the offensive and staged a coup on January 25, 1971, seizing control of the government and forcing Obote into exile. Amin’s Regime of Terror Once in power, Amin began mass executions upon the Acholi and Lango, Christian tribes that had been loyal to Obote and therefore perceived as a threat. He also began terrorizing the general public through the various internal security forces he organized, such as the State Research Bureau (SRB) and Public Safety Unity (PSU), whose main purpose was to eliminate those who opposed his regime. In 1972, Amin expelled Uganda’s Asian population, which numbered between 50,000 and 70,000, resulting in a collapse of the economy as manufacturing, agriculture and commerce came to a screeching halt without the appropriate resources to support them. When the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked an Air France flight from Israel to Paris on June 27, 1976, Idi Amin welcomed the terrorists and supplied them with troops and weapons, but was humiliated when Israeli commandos subsequently rescued the hostages in a surprise raid on the Entebbe airport. In the aftermath, Amin ordered the execution of several airport personnel, hundreds of Kenyans whom were believed to have conspired with Israel and an elderly British hostage who had previously been escorted to a nearby hospital. Throughout his oppressive rule, Amin was estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of roughly 300,000 civilians. Amin Loses Control and Enters Exile Over time, the number of Amin’s intimate allies dwindled and formerly loyal troops beg
In the Muppetts what is Miss Piggy’s surname	Miss Piggy \| Muppet Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia designer/builder First Mate Piggy of the USS Swinetrek. Miss Piggy is one of the central characters on The Muppet Show . She is a force of nature who developed from a one-joke running gag into a complex, three-dimensional character. Miss Piggy is a prima-donna pig who is absolutely convinced that she's destined for stardom, and nothing is going to stand in her way. Her public face is the soul of feminine charm, but she can instantly fly into a rage whenever she thinks she's insulted or thwarted. Kermit the Frog has learned this all too well; when she isn't smothering him in kisses, she's sending him flying through the air with a karate-chop. Contents [ show ] Piggy's Biography From modest beginnings (which she is quick to gloss over), Miss Piggy first broke into show business by winning the Miss Bogen County beauty contest, a victory which also marked her first meeting with the frog of her life, Kermit (whom she often calls "Kermie"). The rest, as they say, is history (and a lot of juicy gossip, too). In 1976, Miss Piggy started out in the chorus of The Muppet Show. Thanks to her charisma and a correspondence course in karate, [1] Piggy made her presence known and soon became the lead chanteuse and femme fatale on the show. Quickly, her career expanded to include television specials, home videos, records and books. Her "how to" volume of advice on absolutely everything, Miss Piggy's Guide to Life , became a national bestseller, and her fabulous face has been featured on the cover of countless magazines too numerous to mention. Miss Piggy starred in two regular Muppet Show sketches -- " Veterinarian's Hospital ", as the ravishing Nurse Piggy, and " Pigs in Space ", as the enchanting First Mate Piggy. She also has a dog named Foo-Foo . Miss Piggy has starred in all eight theatrically-released Muppet feature films, and both made-for-TV movies. She starred in two television specials, The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show and Miss Piggy's Hollywood . She also starred in her own workout album . Miss Piggy's Talents Miss Piggy considers herself a dramatic actress and a great singer, but she has other talents, too (besides karate). In the Kaye Ballard episode of The Muppet Show, it has been proven that Miss Piggy can play a few instruments such as the trumpet and kazoo. Miss Piggy proves to be great at bending metal bars (for example, in The Great Muppet Caper , she bent back the jail bars, and in The Muppets Take Manhattan, she was able to bend a metal bar). As shown in The Great Muppet Caper, Miss Piggy also has the ability to model, tap dance, swim, drive a truck, and ride a motorcycle. Pointed out by Rowlf in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years and Kermit in A Muppet Family Christmas , no one can make an entrance like Piggy. Kermit and Piggy Eventually in the films, Kermit started returning her affections and (unwittingly) married her in The Muppets Take Manhattan —although subsequent events suggest that it was only their characters in the movie that married and that their relationship is really the same as ever. Before The Muppets Take Manhattan, in episode 310 of The Muppet Show, Miss Piggy unsuccessfully attempted to get Kermit to marry her. She wrote a "comedy sketch" involving a wedding between her and Kermit, got Scooter to trick Kermit into signing a marriage license, and hired a real minister for the sketch. However, during the skit, before Kermit was to say "I do," he introduced Lew Zealand instead. In episode 502 , after planting one too many rumors about her and Kermit's relationship to the gossip papers, Kermit fired Miss Piggy, having guest star Loretta Swit replace her in "Pigs in Space" and "Veterinarian's Hospital". The rest of the cast were sad, until they realized that this meant they'd be rid of Foo-Foo. Eventually, Loretta Swit got them to sing a song, and all was apparently forgiven after that. A month before the debut of their 2015 ABC series, The Muppets , Miss Piggy and Kermit formally announced that they were breaking up. Piggy said in a statement that “D
Which planet did Mork come from	Mork and Mindy \| Mork and Mindy Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The series was a spinoff of the sitcom Happy Days . The character of Mork ( Robin Williams ) first appeared in the Season 5 episode, "My Favorite Orkan," where he threatened to take Richie Cunningham back to Ork as an example of a human , but his plan is foiled by Fonzie. The character proved to be popular enough with the audience to rate a starring role in a series, though in the series Mork would reside in Boulder Colorado , and in the (then) current day of 1978 as opposed to Happy Days' 1950s Milwaukee Wisconsin . Mork's egg-shaped spacecraft lands on Earth, with his mission to observe human activity, assigned by Orson, his mostly-unseen and long-suffering superior (voiced by Ralph James), who has sent Mork to Earth to get Mork off Ork. To fit in, Mork dresses in a suit - but with the tie, shirt, and coat all on backwards. He befriends Mindy ( Pam Dawber ) after witnessing her and her boyfriend getting into an argument and him driving off in her vehicle, leaving her stranded. Mork offers assistance, and Mindy, not seeing his back or the on-backwards suit, assumes he's a priest judging simply by looking at him from the front, mistaking his wardrobe gaffe for a priest's collar. Mindy is taken in by Mork's willingness to listen (unknown to her, he's simply observing her behavior as part of his mission), and the two become friends. The two walk back to her apartment, when Mindy sees his backwards suit and Mork's rather unconventional behavior for a priest. She asks him who he really is, and the innocent Mork, having not learned how to lie, tells her the truth. After discovering Mork is an alien, Mindy promises to keep his true identity a secret and allows him to move into her attic . Complicating factors include Mindy's father, Fred ( Conrad Janis ), who expresses outrage that his daughter is living with a man. Fred's mother-in-law, Cora (Elizabeth Kerr), presents a much less conservative view, and approves of Mork and the living arrangement. Mindy and Cora also worked at Fred's record store with Cora giving music lessons to a black pre-teenager, Eugene (Jeffrey Jacquet) when both are introduced—Cora's role in the series was limited to comic counter-points never carrying much plot development. Eugene, played an occasional plot role as a Mork confidant who gave views or advice which then created the conflict-resolution of the episode. Storylines usually centered on Mork's attempts to understand human behavior and American culture as Mindy helps him to adjust to life on Earth. At the end of each episode, Mork must report back to Orson on what he has learned about Earth . These end-of-show summaries allow Mork to comment humorously on social norms. Mork's greeting was " Nanu nanu " (pronounced "nah-noo nah-noo", sometimes spelt Nanoo Nanoo) along with a hand gesture similar to Mr. Spock 's Vulcan salute from Star Trek combined with a handshake. It became a popular catchphrase at the time, as did "Shazbot" (SHOZZ-bot), an Orkan curse word that Mork used. Mork also said "kay-o" in place of okay. This series was Robin Williams' first major acting break. It became famous for Williams' use of his manic improvisational comedic talent. Williams would make up so many jokes during filming that the scripts eventually had specific gaps where Williams was allowed to perform freely. In many scenes, Pam Dawber had to bite her lip to avoid laughing and ruining the filming. The series was hugely popular in its first season. The Nielsen ratings were very high, ranking at #3 behind Laverne & Shirley (#1) and Three's Company (#2). The show even garnered higher ratings than the show that spawned it, Happy Days (#4). [1] [2] However, the network management sought to "improve" the show in several ways. This was done in conjunction with what is known in the industry as counterprogramming, a technique in which a successful show is moved opposite a ratings hit on another network. The show was moved from Thursdays, where it out rated CBS ' The Waltons, to Sundays, replacing Battlesta
In the TV series Dear John what was John’s job	Watch Dear John Season 2 Episode 18: John's New Job \| TVGuide.com Premiered: October 6, 1988 Rating: TV-G Premise: A recently divorced New York teacher joins a lonely-hearts club after his wife leaves him for his best friend. At the `One-to-One Club,' a support group for singles, John Lacey consoles and consorts with his lovelorn compatriots. The sitcom was based on a…
What disability did the washer up in Robins Nest have	"Robin's Nest" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 8:34 AM, PST NEWS trailers and videos full cast and crew trivia official sites memorable quotes Overview 12 out of 13 people found the following review useful: Great Follow on For All Fans from Hastings, England 28 March 2005 Robin's Nest is another Great Follow on From Man About the House! After losing his home and on-and-off Love Interest Chrissy, Robin has been got a new girlfriend Vicky. Now he and her plan to act on his dream and open a Bistro. With Vicky's Father as their 'Snoring' partner and a One armed Dish-washer they make a go at it! Robin's Nest is a highly enjoyable Series with only a couple of problems, These are just that fact that neither Mildred and George Roper or Chrissy and Jo appear. It is a big shame that it is the only one of the 3 (Man about the House, George and Mildred, Robin's nest) which DID NOT have a movie. A Must watch for Fans of Classic UK TV and have a good sense of Humour! Was the above review useful to you? 8 out of 11 people found the following review useful: Funnier than most from Australia 7 December 1998 Fairly funny spin-off for Richard O'Sullivan from 'Man about the House'. This series, produced for Thames TV between 1977 and 1981, sees Richard playing Robin again, this time married and setting up his own restaurant. Their one-armed dishwasher Albert also provides plenty of laughs. Comedy relief is also provided by Robin's parents-in-law, who look with much nostalgia upon their divorce day. Not a remarkably outstanding comedy series, but a lot funnier than others. Was the above review useful to you? 0 out of 1 people found the following review useful: A Cuckoo In The Nest from Wallyford, East Lothian, Scotland 7 July 2015 * This review may contain spoilers * 'Robin's Nest' was the second spin off from the hugely popular 'Man About The House'. It went a step further than the earlier show by having the randy cook Robin Tripp ( once again played by Richard O'Sullivan ) living in sin with his attractive girlfriend Vicky Nicholls, who works as an airline stewardess. The show kicks off with Robin buying the abandoned Chinese takeaway shop underneath his flat and renovating it into a bistro. The rest of the series focuses on Robin's attempts to make the bistro run smoothly. 'Robin's Nest' had a good start but when Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke relinquished their roles as the main writers after the first couple of series, the show rapidly declined in quality. Robin eventually married Vicky and went on to father twins. I couldn't take to Robin as a father. The original Robin was daring, cheeky and fancied himself as a ladies man and to have him settle down and changing nappies turned him into a bore. Strangely, Robin's time living with Jo and Chrissy is never mentioned. Nor where they, or even The Ropers, invited to his wedding. Most odd indeed. Many will remember Tessa Wyatt ( who played Vicky ) for her well publicised marital breakdown to radio DJ Tony Blackburn. Tony Britton bored me rigid as Vicky's snobbish father James Nicholls. David Kelly appeared in later episodes as Robin's one-armed dishwasher Albert Riddle and predictably became the show's main source of humour. 'Robin's Nest' is probably best remembered now for attracting the wrath of Mary Whitehouse but overall has more or less faded into oblivion. While far from great, it was vastly superior to O'Sullivan's later sitcom 'Trouble In Mind' which in effect killed his sitcom career. Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 6 people found the following review useful: Mary Whitehouse Was Not A Fan 17 July 2006 * This review may contain spoilers * Remembered as a bland '70's I.T.V. sitcom, 'Robin's Nest' outraged Mrs.Mary Whitehouse when it first appeared! Unlike the set-up of 'Man About The House', Robin was clearly sleeping with the girl - airline stewardess Vicky - he lived with. It was only as the series progressed - Robin married Vicky, and fathered twins - that it degenerated into cosy tweeness. The first two series were by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian
In the Disney film what was Cinderella’s lost slipper made from	Glass Slipper \| Disney Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Cinderella The glass slippers are the dainty footwear conjured up for Cinderella by her Fairy Godmother (as well as an additional accessory to her well-suited ballgown) so she can attend the ball at the King's castle , despite not having anything suitable to wear. The slippers remain on her feet as she dances with Prince Charming . As she flees the castle when the clock strikes midnight, she loses the one of them on the steps as she leaves. When the spell lifts, the slipper remains intact, as does the one that is still on Cinderella's foot. The Grand Duke picks it up and searches through the kingdom to find the young maiden whose foot fits it, for the one who does will become the Prince 's bride. After searching the whole kingdom, the Grand Duke comes to Cinderella's home . Anastasia and Drizella both try to force their feet into it, with Anastasia even putting on an act that she remembered dancing with the Prince, but fail in doing so. Cinderella comes down from her room and asks if she can try it on. Lady Tremaine insists Cinderella is only the maid, but the Duke ignores her. As the Duke's Herald delivers it to her, Lady Tremaine uses her cane to trip him, causing the slipper to fly out of the Herald's hands and shatter into pieces upon hitting the floor. Cinderella surprises everyone by revealing that she has the other one. When it fits her foot, she is taken to the castle to be married to the Prince. The slippers are seen one last time on her feet during the wedding. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time In this film, Lady Tremaine takes the Fairy Godmother's wand and turns back time so the Prince will marry Anastasia. When the Grand Duke comes to their home, she makes the slipper a bigger size so it can fit Anastasia's foot. As they leave to go to the palace, Cinderella comes downstairs with the other one. Lady Tremaine breaks it and threatens her. Anastasia wears the other one throughout the rest of the film. At the end of the film, it and everything else returns to normal. House of Mouse The glass slippers are Cinderella's signature clothing in the series, along with her ballgown. In the pilot episode , after Donald Duck took over as the host of House of Mouse , Cinderella and the other guests fled away from the bad show. In that process she left behind one of them. In the second episode , when the Big Bad Wolf blows his trumpet on stage during the Big Bad Wolf Daddy musical number, various fragile objects break, from the chambers of the Enchanted Rose to the glass slippers. In the episode " Where's Minnie? ", they are listed as one of the " Scuttle 's Lost & Found" objects. In the episode " Ask Von Drake ", the Grand Duke tried to fit them on Anastasia's foot, until Ludwig von Drake advises him to try them on Cinderella. The glass slippers appear in the spin-off musical. In this version, the Tremaine's Wicked God Father turns back time, and they are given the chance to break both of them. They do so that the prince can never identify Cinderella. Gallery The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Glass Slipper . Trivia In reality, glass footwear would be quite uncomfortable to wear, much less to walk or run in. However, Cinderella does this quite comfortably, likely because of them being imbued with magic. Coincidentally, in the 2015 film, the Fairy Godmother comments on how really comfortable they are. Cinderella leaving behind one of the slippers on the castle stairs while running away from the ball is the second of three times she has dropped her footwear in the original film. In reality, there would be a constant sound coming from any form of glass footwear as it is pressed against a solid surface, such as a ballroom floor or pavement. In Cinderella's case, this sound is non-existent. However, in Cinderella III, when it is made by Lady Tremaine to fit Anastasia 's foot through the use of magic, a noticeable clanking noise is heard when she walks and when she dances with the prince. This may be because it was not meant for her, but for Cinde
What is cartography the study of	What is Cartography? - Canadian Cartographic Association What is Cartography? Canadian Cartographic Association Careers in Cartography What is Cartography? The International Cartographic Association defines cartography as the discipline dealing with the conception, production, dissemination and study of maps. Cartography is also about representation – the map. This means that cartography is the whole process of mapping. Cartography is a complex, an ever-changing field, but at the center of it is the map-making process. Viewed in the broadest sense, this process includes everything from the gathering, evaluation and processing of source data, through the intellectual and graphical design of the map, to the drawing and reproduction of the final document. As such, it is a unique mixture of science, art and technology and calls for a variety of in-depth knowledge and skills on the part of the cartographer. Sometimes one person directs this entire sequence of cartographic activities, but this occurs only in relatively simple cases. In the creation of a map, it is much more common for the various tasks to be split up and accomplished by several individuals. Cartography is much more than just map-making, however. It is also an academic discipline in its own right. It has its own professional associations (regional, national and international), journals, conferences, educational programs and its own identity. As a discipline, it embraces not only cartographers who make maps, but also cartographers who teach about maps and cartographers who do research on maps. Once seen as the products of a relatively straightforward practical exercise, maps are now viewed as complex intellectual images offering a rich potential for scientific investigation. Whether the thrust of the research is cognitive, mathematical, historical, perceptual or technological, cartographers are exploiting this potential to the fullest. Cartography today has two essential characteristics. First of all, it is important. Maps perform a fundamental and indispensable role as one of the underpinnings of civilization. Few activities relating to the earth’s surface, whether land use planning, property ownership, weather forecasting, road construction, locational analysis, emergency response, forest management, mineral prospecting, navigation–the list is endless–would be practicable without maps. And never has this role been more vital than it is today. Humanity faces severe problems, many of them environmental in nature, and effective mapping is crucial if solutions are to be found. In conjunction with the great data gathering capabilities and analytical power of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS), cartography, in many instances, provides the key to finding solutions. A second, overriding characteristic of cartography today is its dynamic nature. The cartographic discipline is in the throes of a revolution, brought about in large measure by advances in technology and, in particular, by the impact of the computer. Map-making has always been affected by technological change, but the recent transformation of cartography has been unprecedented in scope compared with previous evolutionary changes. While former pen and ink techniques for map-making are still found in isolated use, today’s cartographer is more likely to be found seated at a terminal using the very latest in computer hardware and graphic software. In most cases, without any loss in image quality, maps are generated faster with less cost than before, not to mention with even more enjoyment for the map-maker! In essence, the computer equips the cartographer with unparalleled control over the mapping process. Follow:
What would an American call the silencer on his car	Silencers: The NRA’s latest big lie - Salon.com Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 12:00 PM UTC Silencers: The NRA’s latest big lie Silencers could give the next Adam Lanza even more time to kill -- but to the NRA, they protect kids' hearing (Credit: Kuzma via Shutterstock ) A gruesome holiday season exercise: Think of some firearms and accessories that might have added to the body counts of Aurora and Newtown. More starkly, imagine the means by which coming Auroras and Newtowns will be made more deadly. The exercise starts with a militarized baseline, as both shooters unloaded designed-for-damage rounds from high-capacity magazines loaded into assault rifles. Improving their killing efficiency would require one of two things: the ability to shoot more bullets faster, or more time. A fully automatic machine gun would provide the first. More minutes to hunt, meanwhile, might be gained by employing a noise suppressor, those metallic tubes better known as silencers. By muffling the noise generated with every shot by sonic booms and gas release, a silencer would provide a new degree of intimacy for public mass murder, delaying by crucial seconds or minutes the moment when someone calls the police after overhearing strange bangs coming from Theater 4 or Classroom D. The same qualities that make silencers the accessory of choice for targeted assassination offer advantages to the armed psychopath set on indiscriminate mass murder. It should surprise no one that the NRA has recently thrown its weight behind an industry campaign to deregulate and promote the use of silencers. Under the trade banner of the American Silencer Association , manufacturers have come together with the support of the NRA to rebrand the silencer as a safety device belonging in every all-American gun closet. To nurture this potentially large and untapped market, the ASA last April sponsored the first annual all-silencer gun shoot and trade show in Dallas. America’s silencer makers are each doing their part. SWR Suppressors is asking survivalists to send a picture of their “bugout bag” for a chance to win an assault rifle silencer. The firm Silencero — “We Dig Suppressors and What They Do” — has put together a helpful “ Silencers Are Legal ” website and produced a series of would-be viral videos featuring this asshole . This Silencer Awareness Campaign is today’s gun lobby in a bottle. The coordinated effort brings together the whole family: manufacturers, dealers, the gun press, rightwing lawmakers at every level of government, and the NRA. Each are doing their part to chip away at federal gun regulation in the name of profits and ideology. Together, they plan to strip the longstanding regulatory regime around silencers, and reintroduce them to the gun-buying public as wholesome, children-friendly accessories, as harmless as car mufflers. In case you’re wondering, the answer is yes, the gun lobby’s grand strategy rests grotesquely on fake concern for child hearing health. Among the opening shots in the campaign was a feature in the February 2011 issue of Gun World, “Silence is Golden,” penned by the veteran gun writer Jim Dickson. “One only has to look at children in the rest of the world learning to shoot with silencers, protecting their tender young ears, to see what an innocent safety device we are talking about here,” writes Dickson. “To use an overworked propaganda phrase, legalize silencers ‘for the sake of the children.’” [Emphasis mine.] Proponents of healthy hearing will be heartened to know the NRA shares Gun World’s concern for America’s tender young ears. The organization officially entered the silencer-awareness fray in November of 2011, around the time the Utah-based American Silencer Association was founded. It’s opening statement took the form of an article posted to its lobbying division website: “Suppressors: Good for our hearing… And for the shooting sports.” With this piece, the NRA finally acknowledged the relationship between health care costs and guns. “Billions of dollars are spent every year in our healthcare system for hearing loss conditions,
Which berries are used to flavour gin	Home Distillation of Alcohol (Homemade Alcohol to Drink) sweet orange peel, and licorice powder (root) Commercially they are sometimes made by charging a pot still with a whisky base at 63%. The botanicals are packed in clean cotton bags, and immersed in the liquid. The still is rapidly bought up to temperature, then the heat input reduced. A small fraction is first collected at 83C, then the gin portion, which forms the central fraction, is collected from 83C up to 86-89C. The rest is then collected as tails. In determining the cut to tails, a smelling test of the distillate is the deciding arbiter, while the overhead vapour temperature serves only as a guide. Wal writes ... re .. the Carterhead Still used to produce Bombay Sapphire Gin. I thought the botanicals were in the actual still, which is a type of reflux column, but this is not so. The botanicals are held in a separate 'basket' which resembles a moonshine 'doubler' Diagram from 'Classic Spirits of the World', Gordon Brown, 1995. John V has built a small basket that sits in the top of his distillation column to hold the berries and herbs ... herewith my simple attempt at a 'gin head'. My desire has been to produce gin in the classic manner, i.e. by letting the alcohol vapour pass through/over a package of herbs & spices suspended in the column. I was not interested in essences or such. Happily, it works. Three aspects made it possible. 1) My reflux column is of the 2" diam. variety. Thus there is ample space for a packet of herbs & spices. 2) the column is packed with large s.s.scrubbers. By removing the top one, I can simply set my herb packet in its place. 3) The head of the column is not soldered onto the column, and is easily removed, exposing the top of the column. The packet itself is made out of a square of plastic (?) window screen (8"x8"). I first tested its resistance to ethanol, by boiling it in ethanol. Whatever it is made of, it is indestructable. I simply rolled it into a tube about 1 1/2"diam, and folded over and stapled the bottom end. Also a couple of staples along the seam and at the top. Spices and herbs are measured out, and poured into the packet. Drop the whole works into the top of the reflux column, and replace the column head. The pouch is located just below the T formed by the column and the short horizontal lyne arm. In the pictures below, the botanicals probably sit at the level of the white Teflon tape. Gin botanicals for 20L turbo-sugar wash/ Reflux column juniper berry - flat Tbsp lime - 1" rind cassia / cinnamon stick - 3/4" fragment Method: I put the whole amount into the small pouch, which seems to be enough for one distillation run of approx. 20L of Turbo-sugarwash. This seems a very small amount, but it gives me enough taste. Be cautious with adding anymore - the juniper berries can be VERY dominant. Also, keep the cassia/cinnamon to a min. It can really give a burning sensation. What I have here is about right for me. The lemon and lime rinds are actually v. thin peels, not including the white fibrous stuff on their underside. Anis and fennel are approximately the same in taste. I did not crush any of these - simply put them into the pouch whole. When wiith Turbo-sugar wash, I put the botanicals into the column with the first (and only) distillation. As the ethanol is coming off at 94-96%abv I see no reason to run it through separately to get the botanicals in. You can either do it this method yourself, or it is easier just to make a simple gin essence, and add this to some 40% neutral alcohol. I use a small essence still to make gin essence in. It is a 1L glass coffee pot, with a large cork in the top, through which a condensor sits. Total cost < NZ$20. I gently crush up approx 50g of juniper berries, and a couple of coriander and fennel seeds, and soak these in alcohol of 75-95% strength, for a week or so. Sometimes add a wee strip of orange peel too. I put this into the potstill, and add a little water too. I distill off the essence, up to about 90C, or when the flavours stop. This essenc
Which member of the great train robbers was shot dead on the Costa del Sol in 1990	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 12 \| 1964: Great Train Robber escapes from jail About This Site \| Text Only 1964: Great Train Robber escapes from jail A massive manhunt is underway across Britain after one of the so-called Great Train Robbers escaped from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham. Charlie Wilson, 32, was apparently freed by a gang of three men who broke into the jail in the early hours of the morning. They are believed to have stolen a ladder from a nearby builders' yard to break into the grounds of a mental hospital next to the prison, and then used a rope ladder to scale the 20ft (6.1 metre) high prison wall. This is so abnormal that you just cannot cater for it. F. Castell, Prison Officers' Association They coshed one of the two patrolling warders on duty and tied him up before opening Wilson's cell door and freeing him. It is still not known how they got hold of the keys to Wilson's cell. Winson Green is a maximum security prison, and only one member of staff holds the keys to open cells at night. At a news conference, the secretary of the Prison Officers' Association, F. Castell, said security arrangements at the prison should be enough to meet all normal requirements. "But," he said, "today's happenings are abnormal. It seems likely that somehow or other a master key has been obtained which allowed these people to effect a simple entry to the prison after scaling the wall. "This is so abnormal that you just cannot cater for it." The Home Secretary, Henry Brooke, was on an official trip to the Channel Islands, but returned to London immediately. He said he was "seriously concerned" by the escape, and ordered an inquiry to begin straight away. Wilson is described as one of the masterminds behind the robbery last year. In the biggest heist of its kind, over �2.5m was stolen from a Royal Mail train. Most of the money has never been recovered, and Wilson is believed to be the robber who knows where the missing money stolen in the raid is hidden. He is reported to have told the police who arrested him two weeks after the robbery: "I don't see how you can make it stick without the poppy [money], and you won't find that." He served just four months of his 30-year jail sentence before his escape.
In Arthurian legend what was the name of Sir Lancelot's castle	Sir Lancelot (Sir Launcelot) - Knight Facts & Information Sir Lancelot (Sir Launcelot) Sir Lancelot The Great Knight Both the English and French cycles of Arthurian Legend are dominated by three inter-related themes: • The fellowship of the knights of the Round Table • The quests for the Holy Grail (the Sangreal) • The Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot love-triangle Throughout, Lancelot is arguably as important a figure as Arthur himself. In French versions of the legend more attention is focused on Sir Lancelot than on King Arthur, and the French – compared to their English counterparts – appeared to be interested in the balance between the spiritual dimension and the earthly. The character of Lancelot fitted the bill more readily than did the King, but ultimately, for all his ‘noble chevalry’, Lancelot remains a figure of tragic failure. In summary: Sir Lancelot is regarded as the first and greatest of King Arthur’s legendary knights. Son of King Ban of Benoic (anglicized as Benwick) and Queen Elaine, he is known as Lancelot of the Lake (or Lancelot du Lac) because he was raised by Vivien, the Lady of the Lake. His knightly adventures include the rescue of Queen Guinevere from the evil Méléagant, a failed quest for the Holy Grail, and a further rescue of Guinevere after she is condemned to be burned at the stake for adultery (with him). Lancelot is also loved by Elaine of Astolat (the daughter of King Pelles) who dies of grief because her love is unrequited. Another Elaine (Elaine of Corbenic) tricks him – apparently he thought she was Guinevere – into sleeping with her (and begetting Galahad). His long relationship with the real Guinevere ultimately brings about the destruction of King Arthur’s realm. Le Chevalier de la Charrette Sir Lancelot first appears in Arthurian legend in ‘Le Chevalier de la Charrette’, one of a set of five Arthurian romances written by the French poet Chrétien de Troyes (completed by Godefroy de Lagny) as a large collection of verses, c.1180 to 1240. Lancelot is characterised alongside other knights, notably Gawain, Kay, and Méléagant (or Meliagaunce) – a consistent rival and parallel anti-hero against Lancelot – and is already heavily involved in his legendary romance with Guinevere, King Arthur’s queen. The dual role of (i) superb knight-at-arms and (ii) enduring, courtly lover defines Lancelot’s legendary gallantry. The incongruous notion of the super-hero resorting to a ‘charrette’ (cart) arises when Guinevere was abducted by Méléagant (the son of King Bagdemagus). Lancelot – hesitatingly at first, to Guinevere’s later disgust – pursued him in a cart driven by a dwarf. The episode culminates in Lancelot’s ‘crossing of the Sword Bridge’: a bridge consisting from end to end of a sharply honed blade. Ultimately it is Lancelot’s character – the epitome of constancy and obedience to love – which is the key to his defeat of Méléagant and the self-love, treachery, and cruelty which he personified. During the ensuing combat between Lancelot and Méléagant (which Lancelot came close to losing because he could not stop gazing upon her – he collected himself just in time) King Bagdemagus successfully pleaded with Guinevere to stop the fight so his son’s life could be spared. Lancelot was forced to defend her honour a second time, when Méléagant later accused her of an affair with Kay, and once again Bagdemagus successfully pleaded for his son. Lancelot finally slew Méléagant in combat at King Arthur’s court, and his literary reputation as chivalric hero and arch-exemplar of ‘saver-of-damsels-from-distress’ was sealed. The origin of the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere Chrétien de Troyes composed ‘Le Chevalier de la Charrette’ at the request of the Countess Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine, then later the wife of Henry II of England. It was apparently written to foster the notion of the ‘Courts of Love’ as the principal settings for (adulterous) social relations rather than the spontaneous passion typified by the story of Tristan and Iseult. Like other courtly l
What has been Chas and Dave’s biggest hit to date	Chas and Dave to split after 37 years together \| Daily Mail Online They pioneered the 'rockney' genre with their pub singalong tunes, music-hall humour and boogie-woogie piano. But Chas and Dave have revealed they will be rabitting on stage together no more. The pair, Charles Hodges and David Peacock, are going their separate ways after a career spanning almost 40 years. [caption] The band's agent, Barry Collings, said Dave, 64, had been very badly affected by the loss of his wife after 36 years of 'blissful marriage'. 'Understandably Dave has taken his loss very badly and he hasn't the heart to continue gigging and with regret he has decided to retire from the music business,' he said. Mr Collings even speculated whether the cause of her death had anything to do with the fact she followed him to concerts in smoke-filled venues all around the country. He said: 'I've never spoken to Dave about it, but in the early days she used to go to all the gigs so, over the years, I think there was an effect.' Non-smoker Roy Castle famously developed cancer from playing the trumpet in smoky jazz clubs. [caption] Chas and Dave had been playing together since 1972 and were responsible for classic tunes The Sideboard Song, Ain't No Pleasing You, Snooker Loopy and Rabbit. Dave has pulled out of several gigs since the death of Sue, leaving lead singer and pianist Chas Hodges to tour on his own. Today, Chas vowed to continue playing their hits under the new name of Chas And His Band. The 65-year-old said: 'Obviously it's sad. It's the end of an era but the start of another one - the show goes on. 'I still see Dave every week and he's coping but I don't think he wanted to do the gigging any more. 'He has horses and he loves driving them round his grounds and painting gypsy wagons which he's very good at so I don't think he'll miss the gigging. 'Chas and Dave is a legendary name but I shall be taking over the gigs. I'll be doing the old songs as well as new ones and talking about Dave during the show.' The pair had undergone a renaissance in recent years with bands such as The Libertines citing them as an influence. Indeed, Chas and Dave supported the band during their London shows in 2003 and 2004 with Pete Doherty and Carl Barat joining them on stage for a few songs. [caption] The band also played to a packed out tent at the Glastonbury festival in 2005. Darren Juniper, the son of a school friend of Chas who introduced him to Dave years ago, is now standing in on bass - although they have resisted the temptation to call themselves Chas and Daz. The line up, completed by longtime drummer Mick Burt, will be continuing to fulfil all outstanding Chas and Dave engagements. Scroll down to see Chas & Dave performing 'Rabbit' Chas & Dave's debut album 'One Fing 'n' Anuvver' was released in 1975 earning critical acclaim from the likes of Radio One legend John Peel. Featuring songs such as 'Ponders End Allotments Club' it had a strong North London angle and was acclaimed as the first example of cockney rock 'n' roll. Their proudly cockney vocals led them to title their 1978 EMI album 'Rockney'. Critics described the musical style of 'rockney', as 'pub singalong, music-hall humour, boogie-woogie piano and pre-Beatles rock 'n' roll'. Gertcha was the first of their eight Top 40 hits in 1979 while Ain't No Pleasing You reached number two in the singles chart in 1982. Famously, the pair collaborated with Tottenham Hotspur FC on their legendary FA Cup Final songs in 1981, 1982 and 1987. Their anthem 'Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley)/Glory Glory, Tottenham Hotspur' rose to number five in the charts in May 1981. Chas and Dave are revered at Spurs and when Oasis singer Liam Gallagher was spotted at White Hart Lane for his club Manchester City's defeat last season, playful fans chanted: 'You're just a sh** Chas & Dave.' [caption] The band also contributed theme tunes for TV shows such as 'Crackerjack' and 'In Sickness & In Health'. Contrary to urban myth, they did not do the Only Fools and Horses theme, turning the opportunity down because
What song was a top 10 for Michael Jackson in 1972 and for Marti Webb in 1985	The Jackson Five - Ben HD - YouTube The Jackson Five - Ben HD 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 Sep 3, 2013 "Ben" is a song written by Don Black and composed by Walter Scharf for the 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat film Willard). It was performed in the film by Lee Montgomery and by Michael Jackson over the closing credits. Jackson's single, recorded for the Motown label in 1972, spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop chart.[2] It also reached number-one on the Australian pop chart, spending eight weeks at the top spot.[2] The song also later reached a peak of number seven on the British pop chart.[2] "Ben" won a Golden Globe for Best Song. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1973, losing to "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure; Jackson performed the song in front of a live audience at the ceremony.[3] The song was Jackson's first U.S. #1 solo hit. Originally written for Donny Osmond, "Ben" was offered to Jackson as Osmond was on tour at the time and unavailable for recording.[4] In addition to its one week at #1 in the U.S., the song also later reached a peak of number seven on the British pop chart.[2] "Ben" won a Golden Globe for Best Song. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1973; Jackson performed the song in front of a live audience at the ceremony.[3] Although Jackson had already become the youngest artist to ever record a number-one ("I Want You Back" with The Jackson 5, in 1970), "Ben" made him the third-youngest solo artist, at fourteen, to score a number-one hit single. Only Stevie Wonder, who was thirteen when "Fingertips, Pt. 2" went to number one, and Osmond, who was months shy of his fourteenth birthday when "Go Away Little Girl" hit number one in 1971 were younger. The song is one of Jackson's most re-released, having appeared on The Jackson 5 Anthology, The Best of Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Anthology, Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection, The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection, Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection, The Definitive Collection, Number Ones, King of Pop and Icon. A live recorded version was released on the 1981 album The Jacksons Live! and remixed versions have appeared on The Remix Suite, The Stripped Mixes and some versions of Immortal. After Jackson's death, singer Akon released a remix of the song with his own background vocals and Jackson's original voice. In 1985, the song became a top ten hit again in the UK when covered by Marti Webb as a tribute to Ben Hardwick, a young liver transplant patient. This version reached number five in the UK charts and was one of the singer's biggest hits. The co-writer of the song Don Black was at that time Webb's manager. In 1997, the Irish boy band Boyzone did a cover version for their album A Different Beat. The song is played in the key of F Major at a tempo of 88bpm. The vocal range is B3-D5.[5] Michael Jackson performed the song on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour and American Bandstand in the early 1970s, and again in 1976 on The Jacksons in tribute to Gentle Ben the bear. Wikipedia
How many reeds are there in an oboe	Oboe \| Uncyclopedia \| Fandom powered by Wikia edit Uses An oboe can be used to summon undead beings with its horrible sound. The oboe, being made of grenadilla or similar rosewoods, can also be used as a hollow shortsword for cutting down thy enemies. For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article about Oboe . The use of the oboe as a torture device dates back to the Egyptian times, when the law "if a man shalt put an eye out of another man, he shall have to listen to an oboe". Since then, oboes have stepped their rankings up, and their cult of assassins is working on a way to mutate the trombone with oboe genes to create the ultimate torture weapon. edit History During the mid-1700's, oboe players were some of the most famous and stylish personalities in Europe . They often partied until the wee hours with rich and powerful composers like Joseph Haydn, Antonio Salieri, Adolf Hitler, and of course, Wolfgang Mozart . Large groups of idolizing fans and screaming teenage girls frequently followed popular oboists from concert to concert. Many experts believe that these fans were drawn to the oboists' colorful personalities, as well as the phallic symbol obviously represented by the oboe's shape. Because of the wild popularity of oboe concertos, several oboists in the the mid-1780's gave free public concerts in large, rocky fields outside Paris . Many historical musicologists believe that the modern term " rock music " is derived from these gatherings. While these concerts were extremely popular among the French peasantry, they greatly angered Louis XVI , an intense but jealous oboe fan. Convinced that only he had the right to hear the sound of the oboe, he declared free oboe concerts to be illegal on June 18, 1789, and actually imprisoned a famous oboe player, Maximilien Robespierre , in the Bastille prison for giving a free concert. Marie Antoinette then famously said "Let them hear the oboe" but was promptly executed by Louis XVI. In response, the French public went crazy and stormed the Bastille on July 14, 1789, which is now known as "Bastille Day." The mob freed Robespierre, who promptly smoked some reed and gave a free oboe concert, to the delight of the French peasants. Of course, this heralded the beginning of the French Revolution and gave birth to its slogan, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et les hautes bois!" (Liberty, equality, fraternity, and oboes!) Later on, famed oboist Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks to victory, declaring that all oboes were now the property of the state . George Washington disagreed, and led a counter-revolution. edit Modern Oboes Today, the demanding, high pitched life of an oboe player is not for everyone. Potential oboe players should think long and hard about playing this instrument, especially girls , even though it is now quite socially acceptable for women to play the oboe (as long as it is not their primary source of income and they should have unbelievably curly and/or ginger hair). Not everyone wants to put up with the extra mail, telephone calls, and daily interruptions from fanatical oboe cult members. Plus the oboe is known to have 5-6 fingerings for the same note, which new players are terrified of learning. Skilled players can make used of additional spatial dimensions to reach those hard-to-reach keys, sometimes multiple keys at once. One thing about oboe players rarely mentioned, however, is that they are all quite strange. Many never move out of home and hide in their parents basements because of the cost of reeds. They tend to be anal about everything and anything, and at the same time just be spaced out 100% of the time. Though most oboists will blame their reeds for any personality quirks (or anything at all, really ), this may have more to do with the lifestyle mentioned above and possible drug use (they smoke a lot of reed). edit Other Oboe Varieties edit English Horn Also known as the "cor anglais," the English horn is neither English, nor a horn. It can be played using the nose as well as the mouth and is scientifically prove
What is a perfect score in gymnastics	Gymnastics scoring: The definition of perfection - The Washington Post The definition of Perfection Not only is 10 no longer perfect, it's actually a lousy score these days. The definition of Perfection = Total Olympic gymnasts are now looking for high-15s and 16s, and perhaps (gasp!) an elusive 17 or higher. Getting the D score Every skill has a set point value — .01 (easiest) to .07 (hardest). Judges add up points for a routine's eight toughest skills (10 for men) plus “connection” points for stringing top skills together. Getting the E score Each judge starts at 10 and subtracts points for errors. (A tiny goof is -0.1; a fall is -1 point.) The highest and lowest scores are thrown out; the average of the other four is the E score. Tiebreakers In all-around, each athlete's lowest apparatus score is dropped. The gymnast who has the highest remaining total wins. In apparatus, the athlete with the highest execution score wins. U.S. team member Jordyn Wieber. Floor exercise Men's and women's Men's routines consist mostly of tumbling elements — the higher the better — plus balance and strength moves. The women's routine combines graceful dance with raw power. Both men and women must use the entire floor. Case study: Shawn Johnson's routine at the 2008 Visa Championships. To get an idea of what judges look for, we asked Amanda Borden, gold medalist on the 1996 U.S. women's team, to take a look at a routine by Beijing silver medalist Shawn Johnson.
What are the holes, at the Augusta golf course, White Dogwood, Golden Bell and Azalea called collectivelyr	Augusta National: The Miracle Putt of 1994 - Read About Golf Augusta National: The Miracle Putt of 1994 Pinterest Augusta National: The Miracle of the 1994 Masters Attending the Masters at Augusta National once is a dream. Going a second time with one’s son may rival Ascension, at least for me. And, if there’s a golf course in Heaven, it probably looks like Augusta National. Amen Corner Son Ryan and I made the trip to Augusta National on spring break from Lexington, VA to Augusta, GA. Out of proper respect, our first stop was to “Amen Corner.” Holes 11, 12, and 13 were collectively named AMEN CORNER in 1958 by Herbert Warren Wind , the legendary sports writer. The nickname came from a song that Wind heard in 1935 while a student at Yale called ‘Shoutin in that Amen Corner’. Wind must have been inspired on a morning similar to ours. The holes were stunning, rivaling other Mackenzie masterpieces, like The Old Course at St.Andrews and Cypress Point Club. Grant Spaeth , a former USGA president, had suggested our visit to this location when no other spectators were present. As usual, “Biggie”, as he is known to friends, was right. The Beauty of Augusta National “You’ll feel its beauty,” Grant said. Flowery descriptions can’t adequately describe the setting. Neither can the names of the holes—White Dogwood, Golden Bell, and Azalea. They give only a clue. We were surrounded by color, and the scents of blooming springtime. Somehow, we sensed that we weren’t alone on this special walk. We felt the presence of legendary course designer, Dr. Alister Mackenzie ; its visionary, Bobby Jones , and by even our Creator. It was, indeed, a near religious experience at Augusta National. Our personal “Amen” and “Aha” came on hole #13. We were definitely not alone. We encountered the maintenance staff. And not just a few. We began counting. There were 102, busily preparing hole #13 for the drama that would certainly unfold later at the Masters. They mowed. They raked. They cut the hole. They meticulously painted its rim. They primped every blade of grass. Mr. Jones would have been proud. Augusta National never looked better. Later, millions of viewers around the world would ask, “Why can’t our course look like Augusta National?” If only they saw what we witnessed…. The Eisenhower Tree at Augusta National On #17, we crossed the fairway near the famous EisenhowerTree , known as the most famous tree in American golf. There, I pointed to the turf grass in the cross walk. Officials had lined the crossing with white paint, indicating an “abnormal ground condition”. Players would be granted relief without penalty under Rule 25-1b of the Rules of Golf. “I’ll bet that 3 million people have walked over this grass,” I estimated. Official attendance is never announced. My quick calculation was based upon 75,000 fans making repeated treks during the week. My guess was probably conservative. Our observation about the playing conditions was accurate. Even the cross walks were perfectly manicured. “Even I could hit off this,” Ryan said, understating his ability. 100,000 golfers at Rancho Park in LA would agree without a dissenting vote. The Magical Roar of the Crowd at Augusta National #15 Master’s Patrons have their favorites for sure. Arnie and Jack, and now Tiger, each has their distinctive, identifiable and well known cheers from admirers. Arnie’s birdie’s had a different sound than Jack’s. Tiger’s eagles probably almost equaled the King’s or the Bear’s. But, that afternoon in the ‘94 Masters at Augusta National, we heard the roar of the crowd that rivaled any in history. With thousands now surrounding the finishing holes, we heard THE roar from the 15th green. It came when Jose Maria Olazabal sank a putt that seemed the distance from Fuenterrabia, Spain, his home, to Butler Cabin . Of course, we didn’t have Shot Link to prove it. “Ryan, you may have just heard the greatest putt ever made,” I said. The miracle stroke distanced “Chema”, as he is called, from Tom Lehman , who was called runner-up in yet another Major. Patron Badges at
Michael Owen became the youngest player to score for England in a full international but against which team	WORLD CUP '98: Owen Lets His Boots Do The Talking; At 18, Natural Born Striker Is English Lad Among Men - The New York Times The New York Times Sports \|WORLD CUP '98: Owen Lets His Boots Do The Talking; At 18, Natural Born Striker Is English Lad Among Men Search Continue reading the main story There is the same pace, the same explosive acceleration, the same killer instinct in front of the goal. No wonder, then, that Michael Owen of England is already being compared to Ronaldo. The comparisons are premature, of course. Ronaldo, the 21-year-old Brazilian striker, is considered to be the best player in the world; Owen is a novice at the top international level. His coach, Glenn Hoddle, still calls him ''the young lad.'' But, at the ripe age of 18, Owen has emerged during the World Cup in France as perhaps the most exciting new talent in the game. Skill such as Owen's -- the ability to go straight at a defender and beat him, leaving him groping at shadows -- has never been at such a premium. Defenses are so tight, the pressing in midfield so intense, that often the only way to find space is to get past someone. The United States had no one who could do that. But Owen -- head down, ball seemingly tied to his foot -- can beat the best defender. Like Ronaldo at the last World Cup in the United States, Owen started the tournament as a substitute. But unlike Ronaldo, who was 17 in 1994 and did not play, Owen has claimed a place in the starting lineup for England's clash with Argentina today in St.-Etienne, France, a match that will test any player's temperament. Continue reading the main story He did so in only 17 minutes against Romania a week ago. Coming on as a substitute, Owen took six minutes to score, sweeping in a cross from his fellow striker Alan Shearer. The goal was taken with such cat-like speed that the Romanian defenders were left gaping. A few minutes later, he hit the post with a right-footed drive from the edge of the penalty box. England still lost by 2-1 to Romania, but even Hoddle could no longer deny that Owen's time had come. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Until then, the England coach had been insisting that Owen, for all his talent, was too young. ''He still faces the hurdle of proving he can take on the best defenses in the world,'' Hoddle would say. He has stopped saying that. ''Frankly,'' said Shearer, England's captain, ''Owen brings a pace that nobody else, myself included, can bring.'' Owen, who still lives with his mom and dad and four brothers and sisters in the modest family home near the northwestern English town of Chester, has already made a habit of breaking records. Last February, at 18 years 59 days, he became the youngest player to appear for England, making his debut in a friendly against Chile. Three months later, at 18 years 164 days, he became the youngest player to score for England, beating Tommy Lawton's 60-year-old record with a goal against Morocco. He is now the third-youngest player ever to participate in the World Cup finals, behind Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland and a ''minor'' talent from Brazil named Pele, who was 17 when he played in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. Owen is not the talkative kind, preferring, in the phrase of the former Scottish striker Kenny Dalglish, to let his boots do the talking. Hoddle has generally kept his prodigy under tight wraps in France. But Owen is known for an unusual level-headedness and a single-minded dedication to achieving his modest ambition: becoming the world's best player. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy From the age of 15, he has talked with a deadpan assurance of how we will one day be the world's best. Extraordinarily assured for his age, he seems, for now, to be on course toward his objective. ''You don't look at players' strengths,'' he observed during his one appearance before the news media at the World Cup. ''You look at their weaknesses and try to see where you can hurt them mos
Who did Tyson beat to become the youngest WBC champion in 1986	Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champ in history - Nov 22, 1986 - HISTORY.com Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champ in history Share this: Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champ in history Author Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champ in history URL Publisher A+E Networks On November 22, 1986, 20-year-old Mike Tyson knocks out 33-year-old Trevor Berbick in just five minutes and 35 seconds to become the youngest titleholder ever. “I’m the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history,” Tyson told his manager after the fight, “and I’m going to be the oldest.” Tyson’s bravado wasn’t misplaced: When he walked into the ring to face Berbick, he had won all 27 of the matches he’d fought, knocking out 26 of his opponents. He threw unbelievably hard punches–“pineapples,” trainer Angelo Dundee called them. Ref Mills Lane agreed: “Everything he’s got has ‘good night’ written all over it,” he said. Berbick refused to be intimidated by the younger man’s furious arm and decided–unwisely, it turned out–to stand up to Tyson instead of boxing him. He didn’t bob or weave or even throw punches. He just stood there, wanting to show the world that he could take whatever Tyson was dishing out. “I was trying to prove to myself that I could take his best shot,” Berbick said, but “he punches pretty hard.” Tyson had a plan, too: “I wanted to throw every punch with bad intentions,” he said after the fight. “I was throwing–what can I say–hydrogen bombs.” During the first round, Berbick had fought in such slow motion that he looked like he was underwater; early in the second, Tyson walloped him to the mat with a powerful left hook. The older man bounced up, but Tyson thumped him again. Berbick froze; then his legs buckled and he fell. The ref began to count while the champ struggled to get up. He lifted himself off the mat twice, and twice his legs wobbled so much that he fell again. He finally made it up, but Lane stopped the fight anyway. “Berbick was up,” he said later, “but to allow somebody to get hit in that condition, that’s criminal.” Tyson kept his title for nine more bouts, until Buster Douglas beat him in 1990. After that, his life unraveled. He was sent to prison for three years for rape. Then, five fights into his comeback in 1995, he bit off a part of Evander Holyfield’s ear and was disqualified. He retired for good in 2005. Berbick didn’t fare much better: He, too, spent time in prison for rape, and was found dead (of “chop wounds” to his head, according to the coroner’s report) in a church courtyard in Jamaica in 2006. Related Videos
At which English cricket ground could you watch from the Warwick Road end	Top 10 cricket stadiums in the world Tweet A game of cricket cannot be played without a proper stadium. There are no international matches held on ‘maidans’ or playgrounds afterall. There are several factors that determine how excellent a stadium actually is. Whether in terms of lighting, crowd capacity, pitches, facilities, aerial view and so on. But there have been just a few which can be termed ‘excellent’ because any stadium can have a pitch or products such as a carpet to cover the pitch or a roller to remove the grass from it as well decent seating. Some of them though go much beyond the basics and have made a name for themselves in cricketing history. Here are those who have been able to do so. 1) Lord’s Cricket Ground, London (England) Lord’s Cricket Ground Located in the area of St. John’s Wood in North London, the Lord’s Cricket Ground is definitely one of the finest cricket stadiums in the world. Also known as the ‘Home of Cricket’, Lord’s was once the centre of the cricketing globe, since most of the administrative decisions courtesy the ICC having its headquarters here until 2005, were taken on the premises of this very ground. For a spectator, there is some aura in the ground the moment you enter it. It is definitely a must see venue atleast once in your lifetime. Since you do not get to see a museum, a gigantic media centre, two restaurants or a Long Room which is the link to the ground from the dressing room, in any other cricket ground. Besides on the ground, there are 30,000 seats in total and has a peculiar slope which makes a long boundary and causes appreciable deviation in bounce of the ball on the pitch, making it easier to move the ball in to right-handed batsmen when bowling from the Pavilion End, and easier to move it away when bowling from the Nursery End. Lord’s Cricket Ground Pavillion The founder of this ground was Thomas Lord, and was established in 1814. The first ever international fixture here was an Ashes Test in 1884 between England and Australia. Ever since it has hosted some thrilling matches with respect to both Tests and ODIs, with one of them ofcourse being the NatWest Series final in 2002 when India chased down 326 in 50 overs, famously beating England and Sourav Ganguly, who has fond memories of this ground for enlightening his career, was the captain of India in the game and famously removed his India jersey as a sign of celebration. Other important games it hosted were the World Cup finals of 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 when the tournament was held in England. For any cricketer, it is a dream come true for represent his country on this ground and especially to have his name on the honours board. Lord’s was the first ground in cricket to recognize the excellent performances of players, irrespective of the fact that they play for England or the opposition team, by putting their name on the board across both the dressing rooms. It has witnessed some of the finest debut matches for cricketers such as Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Andrew Strauss with Ganguly and Strauss scoring Test centuries in their very first innings of Test cricket while Dravid missed out on 95. Graham Gooch of England is the highest run scorer in Tests at this venue with 2015 runs, scoring as many as 6 hundreds. While Ian Botham has picked 59 wickets at Lord’s. The overseas players who have made the maximum impact have been Glenn McGrath, the legendary Australian fast bowler who has picked 26 wickets at Lord’s while Sir Don Bradman has the highest ever individual score on this ground, which is a surprisingly low 254 which led Australia to declare at 729/6, the highest team total as well ever scored at Lord’s. At the moment, Lord’s is the home of the Marylebone Cricket Club, which is actually the custodian of the game since the ICC acts according to their rules. And the home of Middlesex, one of the counties which participates in English domestic competitions. It is in the plans of hosting the archery competition of the London Olympics in the summer of this year. Its proud curator is Mick Hunt. 2) Melbourne C
With which animal is the scientist Pavlov associated	Pavlov's Dog Pavlov's Dog Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) Who was Ivan Pavlov? The Russian scientist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born in 1849 in Ryazan, where his father worked as a village priest. In 1870 Ivan Pavlov abandoned the religious career for which he had been preparing, and instead went into science. There he had a great impact on the field of physiology by studying the mechanisms underlying the digestive system in mammals. For his original work in this field of research, Pavlov was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904. By then he had turned to studying the laws on the formation of conditioned reflexes, a topic on which he worked until his death in 1936. His discoveries in this field paved the way for an objective science of behavior. Pavlov's drooling dogs While Ivan Pavlov worked to unveil the secrets of the digestive system, he also studied what signals triggered related phenomena, such as the secretion of saliva. When a dog encounters food, saliva starts to pour from the salivary glands located in the back of its oral cavity. This saliva is needed in order to make the food easier to swallow. The fluid also contains enzymes that break down certain compounds in the food. In humans, for example, saliva contains the enzyme amylase, an effective processor of starch. Pavlov became interested in studying reflexes when he saw that the dogs drooled without the proper stimulus. Although no food was in sight, their saliva still dribbled. It turned out that the dogs were reacting to lab coats. Every time the dogs were served food, the person who served the food was wearing a lab coat. Therefore, the dogs reacted as if food was on its way whenever they saw a lab coat. In a series of experiments, Pavlov then tried to figure out how these phenomena were linked. For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed. If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food. After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling. Different kinds of reflexes Reflexes make us react in a certain way. When a light beam hits our eyes, our pupils shrink in response to the light stimulus. And when the doctor taps you below the knee cap, your leg swings out. These reflexes are called unconditioned, or built-in. The body responds in the same fashion every time the stimuli (the light or the tap) is applied. In the same way, dogs drool when they encounter food. Pavlov's discovery was that environmental events that previously had no relation to a given reflex (such as a bell sound) could, through experience, trigger a reflex (salivation). This kind of learnt response is called conditioned reflex, and the process whereby dogs or humans learn to connect a stimulus to a reflex is called conditioning. Animals generally learn to associate stimuli that are relevant to their survival. Food aversion is an example of a natural conditioned reflex. If an animal eats something with a distinctive vanilla taste and then eats a tasteless poison that leads to nausea, the animal will not be particularly eager to eat vanilla-flavoured food the next time. Linking nausea to taste is an evolutionarily successful strategy, since animals that failed to learn their lesson did not last very long. Why were Pavlov's findings given so much acknowledgment? Pavlov's description on how animals (and humans) can be trained to respond in a certain way to a particular stimulus drew tremendous interest from the time he first presented his
Which French soldier’s name became the word for a strict disciplinarian	Martinet \| Define Martinet at Dictionary.com martinet [mahr-tn-et, mahr-tn-et] /ˌmɑr tnˈɛt, ˈmɑr tnˌɛt/ Spell a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one. 2. someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules. Origin of martinet 1670-80; after General Jean Martinet (died 1672), French inventor of a system of drill Related forms Examples from the Web for martinet Expand Contemporary Examples Schiano, the former coach at Rutgers, brought a reputation with him as a harsh disciplinarian and a martinet. He was a good deal of a martinet, but he was justice incarnate. Recollections David Christie Murray The cat was a martinet in her way, and she demanded all the privileges of her sex. The Dominant Strain Anna Chapin Ray They always say he's more of a martinet at home than ever he was in the Army. Hurricane Island H. B. Marriott Watson British Dictionary definitions for martinet Expand a person who maintains strict discipline, esp in a military force Derived Forms C17: from French, from the name of General Martinet, drillmaster under Louis XIV Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for martinet Expand n. 1670s, "system of strict discipline," from the name of Jean Martinet (killed at siege of Duisburg, 1672), lieutenant colonel in the Régiment du Roi, who in 1668 was appointed inspector general of the infantry. "It was his responsibility to introduce and enforce the drill and strict discipline of the French regiment of Guards across the whole infantry." [Olaf van Minwegen, "The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions 1588-1688," 2006] The meaning "an officer who is a stickler for strict discipline" is first attested 1779 in English. The surname is a diminutive of Latin Martinus (see Martin ). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Often seen at Xmas but what is viscum album	Mistletoe - Viscum album - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life Learn more about this article Taxonomy Mistletoe is an evergreen and somewhat woody plant, sometimes referred to as a shrublet.It grows up to 1m high, with numerous, regularly forked branches.The stem grows without branching for the first 3 or 4 years. The shoot then branches once per year, so the approximate age of a mistletoe can be calculated by counting the number of forks in the stem and adding 3.The leaves are borne in pairs, each leaf 5–7cm long, widest above the middle, narrowly oval and slightly curved in outline. They are matt yellowish-green in colour and have a distinctive leathery texture.The flowers are fly pollinated and are very small and inconspicuous,appearing from February to April in clusters of 3 to 5. Male and female flowers are borne on different plants. Both sexes have 4 small, yellowish green petals - the sepals of female flowers are extremely small and are completely absent in male flowers.The waxy berries are 1cm in diameter, white and sticky and are only produced by female plants. They ripen in November and December. Birds eat the berries and disperse the seeds, but the berries are poisonous to humans.As a species, Viscum album is often subdivided into 4 groups variously ranked as either subspecies, varieties or genetic races. These have different host trees, 2 of them on species of spruce, 1 on species of pine and the most widespread on deciduous tree species. Evolution The parasitic habit has evolved separately in several plant families: Mistletoes which are hemi-parasites - plants which take some of their nutrients from the host but are capable of manufacturing at least some of their own food. All mistletoes are shrubs or shrublets, parasitic on trees. Members of the closely-related family Loranthaceae are also hemi-parasites - they may be shrublets, shrubs, lianes or trees, and grow on a wide variety of hosts. Nuytsia floribunda, (the Christmas tree of Australia) is a tree growing up to 12m high and is parasitic on the roots of many plants, including grasses. Trusted Partner Web Site: Natural History Museum Present in 59 collections
What is Mrs. short for	What are ‘Mrs’ and ‘Ms’ short for? \| OxfordWords blog Home > What are ‘Mrs’ and ‘Ms’ short for? What are ‘Mrs’ and ‘Ms’ short for? The abbreviations Mr and Mrs are in common use, and are straightforward to pronounce when we see them written down: an approximation would be ‘mister’ and ‘missus’. But what are they abbreviations of? We seldom, if ever, write them out in full – and most of us probably never stop to think what the full versions of these words are. It may come as a surprise that ‘Mr’ and ‘Mrs’ aren’t actually short for mister and missus – they were originally abbreviations of master and mistress . ‘Mistress’ used to be the title prefixed to the name of a married woman, a usage dating back to the 15th century, as these early examples in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) show: 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 36, I … be qwethe to my maistresse Clopton a spoon of berell. 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 443 Iff it come to Mestresse Elysabeȝ Hyggens … sche schall comveye it to me. The use of ‘Mistress’ to denote a married woman is now the least common meaning of the word: it only survives as a dialect form in some parts of the world. The meaning of Mrs So, the abbreviation for ‘Mrs’ survived, but not the practice of pronouncing it as ‘mistress’: today, the only standard, accepted pronunciation is ‘missus’. But how and when did this happen? According to the OED, around the 18th century, ‘missus’ first became an informal contracted pronunciation of Mrs., and ultimately, the only allowable pronunciation. When this stage was reached, Mrs (pronounced ‘missus’) became a distinct word from ‘mistress’. The evidence of when these changes happened is lacking, but J. Walker, in his Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of 1791, notes that mistress as a title of civility is pronounced missis, and that “to pronounce the word as it is written would, in these cases, appear quaint and pedantick”…’ So, we’re not sure when Mrs and Mistress became two separate words, pronounced differently – but we know that this has been the case for at least 200 years. Mrs or missus? Some might think that the word missus is the full version of ‘Mrs’, written down. But this is a different word altogether – you would never use ‘missus’ for ‘Mrs’ in writing. Imagine: ‘Dear Missus Cooper, we are writing to advise you that you are on the incorrect tax code’ – it looks quite wrong. Oxford’s language research shows that ‘missus’ is mostly used informally to indicate a man’s wife, with either ‘my’ or ‘the’ in front of it. The OED records this informal usage from the 19th century, and illustrates this with quotes drawn as widely as from Dickens and the Daily Mirror: 1833 Dickens Letter. ?10 Dec. (1965) I. 34 Hint this delicately to your Missus. 1934 T. S. Eliot Rock ii. 65 Lor-love-a-duck, it’s the missus! 1975 Daily Mirror 29 Apr. 25 If you fancy taking the missus for a day out, you take her virtually free. The Oxford English Corpus – our bank of real 21st century written English – also illustrates the informal contexts in which the word is used today, where ‘the missus’ isn’t necessarily the speaker’s wife: I took the missus to recharge the batteries a bit this past weekend and it did us wonders. I get off at ten, and while that may be too late for me and the missus to go out for dinner, it’s not too late for a romantic dinner at home. The Misses Smiths at home Having established that ‘Mistress’ used to mean a married woman, it may surprise and confuse us to learn that ‘Miss’ – an abbreviation still used to denote an unmarried woman – was also originally short for ‘Mistress’. How ‘mistress’ came to be used for two mutually exclusive groups of people is perhaps the subject of another blog post. According to the OED, in 19th century use: ‘when Miss was prefixed to the surname alone, e.g. Miss Smith, it normally indicated the eldest (unmarried) daughter of the family; in referring to the others the forename was employed, e.g. Miss Ethel (Smith). In practice, for reasons of convenience the forenames were often inser
Who was the first monarch to take up residence in Buckingham Palace	Changing the Guard \| Royal Palaces / Buckingham Palace Contact Changing the Guard \| Royal Palaces / Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace, the London residence of Her Majesty The Queen, is one of the few working royal palaces, remaining in the world today. The administrative headquarters of the Monarch Buckingham Palace is also used as a venue for Royal ceremonies, State Visits and Investitures. The State Rooms at Buckingham Palace, which are used regularly, for official and State entertaining, by The Queen and members of the Royal Family, are mainly in the west wing facing the gardens. The State Rooms are open to the public for 8 weeks during August and September. Visitors to Buckingham Palace will see priceless works of art and exquisite furniture which are part of the Royal Collection. Facts and Figures About Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace has been the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to take up residence in Buckingham Palace. The familiar and much photographed view of the Palace is the East Wing. The State Rooms are behind in the West Wing. The Palace, measuring 108 metres across the front is a 120 metres deep, including the quadrangle, has a total floor area exceeding 77,000 square metres. Inside Buckingham Palace there are 775 rooms including 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. The largest room in the Palace is the Ballroom, where Investitures and State banquets take place today. It is 36.6m long, 18m wide and 13.5m high. It was opened in 1856 with a ball to celebrate the end of the Crimean War. The Palace's garden, which covers 40 acres, is used for summer garden parties and has been the setting for charity events, it has a helicopter landing area, a lake, and a tennis court. More than 50,000 people visit the Palace each year as The Queen's guests at banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions and garden parties. Over 800 members of staff work at Buckingham Palace. Marble Arch, originally at the entrance to Buckingham Palace, had to be moved to its present site, near Speaker's Corner, when Queen Victoria added the East Wing. in the 1840s. The forecourt, where Changing the Guard takes place, was created in 1911, was part of a scheme to commemorate Queen Victoria. The gates and railings were also added in 1911. In addition to being the London home of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh Buckingham Palace is also home to The Duke of York, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal and Princess Alexandra who have private offices and apartments located within Buckingham Palace. History of Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace was built in 1702 by the Duke of Buckingham as his London home. The house was then later sold to George III in 1761 by the Duke's son. In 1774 it was renamed "Queen's House" as Queen Charlotte resided there. The Palace has of course seen many renovations and alterations, the first of which was in 1820 when John Nash was commissioned by George IV. Nash, one of the foremost architects of the day added a new suite of rooms facing west into the garden, this doubled the size of the building. Queen Victoria, who was the first monarch to take up residence in Buckingham Palace, in 1837, made extensive changes including the East front which contains the well-known balcony on which the royal family traditionally congregates to greet crowds outside. The Portland stone facade, that overlooks the Mall today, was added during the reign of King George V with works being completed in 1914. Visiting The Royal Mews At Buckingham Palace The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace is one of the finest working stables in existence and home to the royal collection of historic coaches and carriages. The most dazzling of all the coaches on display is the Gold State Coach, last used during The Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002. Opening Time
Who was the father of Henry 1	King Henry I \| Britroyals Born: September, 1068 at Selby, Yorkshire Parents: William I and Matilda of Flanders Relation to Elizabeth II: 24th great-grandfather House of: Normandy Ascended to the throne: August 3, 1100 aged 31 years Crowned: August 6, 1100 at Westminster Abbey Married: (1) Edith (Matilda), Daughter of Malcolm III (2) Adelicia, Daughter of Geoffrey VII, count of Louvain Children: Daughter Matilda, son William, and reputedly around 20 illegitimate children Died: December 2, 1135 at St Denis le Fermont, Normandy, aged 67 years, 2 months, and 29 days Buried at: Reading Reigned for: 35 years, 3 months, and 28 days Succeeded by: his nephew Stephen King of England from 1100. Youngest son of William the Conqueror, he succeeded his brother William II. He won the support of the Saxons by granting them a charter and marrying a Saxon princess, Edith, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland. She was known as Matilda after her marriage, a name more acceptable to the Norman Barons than her Saxon name Edith. Henry's daughter was also called Matilda. He was an able administrator, and established a professional bureaucracy and a system of travelling judges. He was called Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests. In 1101 his elder brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, attempted to seize the crown by invading England. However, after the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognise his brother Henry as King and returned to Normandy. They fought again in 1106 at Battle of Tinchebrai at which Robert was captured and Henry became Duke of Normandy as well as King of England. Henry's only legitimate son and heir, William, was drowned in 1120 in wreck of the White Ship and Henry tried to settle the succession on his daughter Matilda and her son Henry (later Henry II). However, Matilda widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, was unpopular when she re-married into the House of Anjou rival of the House of Normandy. The throne was taken by Henry's nephew Stephen, who, towards the end of his reign, agreed to adopt Matilda's son as his heir. Henry died in Normandy in 1135 of food poisoning according to legend from eating a 'surfeit of Lampreys' (an eel type fish). His body was taken to Rouen and then back to England where he was buried in Reading Abbey. The Abbey was subsequently destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries 1536 to 1541. Plans to try and locate his bones have been announced by the same team who found Richard III's remains in Leicester. Quotes: He was a good man, and there was great awe of him. In his day no man dared harm another' - The Peterborough Chronicle on Henry 1's character, 12th Century 'He preferred to contend by council rather than by the sword' - William of Malmesbury on Henry 1 c.1125 Timeline for King Henry I Year
Who is the Earl of Merioneth	Earl Of Merioneth - Festipedia Earl Of Merioneth Jump to: navigation , search The Ffestiniog Railway has had two locomotives with this name. The 1886 double engine originally named Livingston Thompson , subsequently named Taliesin , was renamed Earl of Merioneth in 1961. It reverted to its original name after 1979, when it was saved for static display at the NRM. Further details may be found on the Livingston Thompson page and the Taliesin pages. The new double engine built in 1979. Details can be found here . Earl of Merioneth (one of the titles held by HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh) was the name given in 1961 to the Double Fairlie locomotive formerly known as Taliesin , a name it had acquired in 1932, having previously been Livingston Thompson , the last Double Fairlie locomotive built by the old Festiniog Railway Company , in 1886. Around 1960/1961, it was indicated that the Duke of Edinburgh would be happy to have his name on a FR locomotive. Francis Wayne , the then FR Co. Company secretary, had been at school with the Duke's secretary. It was announced that Taliesin will be renamed Earl of Merioneth / Iarll Meirionnydd by Mr Oswald Thomas at Minffordd on AGM day 22nd April 1961, after the arrival of the special from London. There was some grumbling amongst the society membership at the time, as Taliesin is a famous figure in Welsh legend Earl of Merioneth 1 at Dduallt , shortly after re-opening from Tan y Bwlch 1968
Which of Queen Victoria's children was the mother of The Kaiser	Queen Victoria: The real story of her 'domestic bliss' - BBC News BBC News Queen Victoria: The real story of her 'domestic bliss' 1 January 2013 Read more about sharing. Close share panel To the outside world Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their family seemed the embodiment of domestic bliss, but the reality was very different, writes historian Jane Ridley. The marriage between the two first cousins - the young Queen and the clever, handsome German prince - was a love match. Over 17 years, nine children were born: four boys and five girls. Paintings and photographs projected an image of a virtuous, devoted young couple surrounded by obedient, fair-haired children. Though sexually infatuated, the young couple were locked into a power struggle. Albert took over more and more of Victoria's work as queen as her pregnancies forced her to step aside. Victoria was conflicted: she admired her "angel" for his talents and ability but she deeply resented being robbed of her powers as queen. There were terrible rows and Albert was terrified by Victoria's temper tantrums. Always at the back of his mind was the fear she might have inherited the madness of George III . While she stormed around the palace, he was reduced to putting notes under her door. Though she was a prolific mother, Victoria loathed being pregnant. Repeated pregnancies she considered "more like a rabbit or a guinea pig than anything else and not very nice". Find out more Queen Victoria's Children is broadcast on BBC Two on Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2, and Thursday 3 January at 21:00 GMT Breastfeeding she especially disliked, finding it a disgusting practice. And she was not a doting mother - she thought it her duty to be "severe". She didn't do affection. Relations with her eldest son Bertie, later Edward VII, were especially fraught. From the start he was a disappointment for Victoria. Like all the royal princes, he was educated at home with a tutor. Bertie did badly at lessons and his parents considered him a halfwit. Victoria remarked: "Handsome I cannot think him, with that painfully small and narrow head, those immense features and total want of chin." When Bertie was 19, he spent time training with the army in Ireland and a prostitute named Nellie Clifden was smuggled into his bed. When the story reached Albert, he was devastated and wrote Bertie a long, emotional letter lamenting his "fall". He visited his son at Cambridge and the two went for a long walk together in the rain. Albert returned to Windsor a sick man and three weeks later he was dead. Albert probably died of typhoid. Another theory is that he suffered from Crohn's disease , but for years afterwards Victoria blamed Bertie for his death. She could not bear to have him near her. "I never can or shall look at him without a shudder," she wrote. Head of a vast empire Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819 Her reign saw huge industrial expansion and the growth of a worldwide empire In 1877 she became empress of India. Her empire included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and large parts of Africa Life during Queen Victoria's reign For the next 40 years - the rest of her life - Victoria wore black mourning and only appeared in public rarely and reluctantly. To her people, the tiny "widow of Windsor" seemed a pathetic, grief-stricken figure. The truth was very different. Though Victoria was invisible, her need to control her children was almost pathological. She set up a network of spies and informers who reported back to her on her children's doings. When Bertie married the Danish princess Alexandra, Victoria instructed the doctor to report back on every detail of her health, including her menstrual cycle. Court balls were scheduled so that they did not coincide with Alexandra's periods. Victoria's eldest daughter Vicky married Fritz, the heir to the throne of Prussia, when she was 17. She was the mother of Kaiser William II. Even in faraway Germany, Vicky could not escape her mother's interfering. Victoria wrote almost daily and her micromanaging made her daughter ill with worry. When Vicky announced she w
Which baby was born into the Royal Family in 1988	Royal Family tree - BBC News BBC News Read more about sharing. Close share panel Four generations of royals are celebrating the Queen's 90th birthday. Find out more about the Royal Family below. INTERACTIVE Royal family: Line of succession × × Born: 1948 The Prince of Wales is the Queen’s eldest son and first in line to the throne. On 29 July 1981 he married Lady Diana Spencer, who became the Princess of Wales. The couple had two sons, William and Harry. They later separated and their marriage was dissolved in 1996. On 31 August 1997 the Princess was killed in a car crash in Paris. Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles on 9 April 2005. Duke of Cambridge × Born: 1982 Prince William is the eldest son of the Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. The Duke was 15 years old when his mother was killed in a Paris car crash. He went on to study at St Andrews University, where he met his future wife, Kate Middleton. The couple were married in 2011. On his 21st birthday he was appointed a Counsellor of State – standing in for the Queen on official occasions. He and his wife had their first child, George, in July 2013. Prince George of Cambridge × Born: 2013 Prince George of Cambridge, was born at 16:24BST on Monday 22 July, 2013, at St Mary's hospital in west London. Prince William was present for the birth of his son, who weighed 8lb 6oz. Prince George is third in line to the throne, after his father and grandfather. His full name, George Alexander Louis, was announced two days after his birth. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge × Born: 2015 The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to their second child, a baby girl, at 08:34 BST (07:34 GMT) on 2 May 2015 at St Mary's Hospital in London. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth of the 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg) baby. The duke and duchess named her Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. She is fourth in line to the throne and is known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. Prince Harry × Born: 1984 Prince Harry trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and went on to become a Lieutenant in the British Army, serving as a helicopter pilot. He has been a Counsellor of State since his 21st birthday, standing in for The Queen on official duties. Prince Andrew, Duke of York × Born: 1960 Prince Andrew was the third child of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh – but the first to be born to a reigning monarch for 103 years. He was created the Duke of York on his marriage to Sarah Ferguson, who became Duchess of York. They had two daughters - Beatrice was born in 1988 and Eugenie in 1990. In March 1992 it was announced that the duke and duchess were to separate and they divorced in 1996. Princess Beatrice × Born: 1988 Princess Beatrice is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York. Her full title is Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York. She has no official surname, but uses the name York. If she marries, she will retain her royal title, but will have the option of taking her husband’s surname. Princess Eugenie × Born: 1990 Princess Eugenie is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York. Her full title is Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York. Like her sister Princess Beatrice, she has no official surname, but uses the name York. If she marries, she will retain her royal title, but will have the option of taking her husband’s surname. Earl of Wessex × Born: 1964 Prince Edward was given the title Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn on his marriage to Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999. The couple have two children, Lady Louise, born in 2003 and James, Viscount Severn, born in 2007. James, Viscount Severn × Born: 2007 Viscount Severn is the younger child of the Earl and Countess of Wessex. The couple decided to give their children the courtesy titles as sons or daughters of an Earl, rather than the style prince or princess. It is thought this decision was made to avoid some of the burdens of royal titles. Lady Louise × Born: 2003 Lady Louise Windsor is the elder child of the Earl and Countess of Wessex. The couple decided to give their chil
Who plays Inspector Reg Wexford on TV	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com The Ruth Rendell Mysteries EDIT Welcome to The Ruth Rendell Mysteries guide at TV.com. The guide takes in over thirty hours of crime drama productions, based on the novels and short stories of Ruth Rendell. In most of these, veteran actor George Baker plays Chief Inspector Reg Wexford of Kingsmarkham (a fictional town in the real English county of Hampshire), with Christopher Ravenscroft as his partner-in-detection, Inspector Mike Burden. Wexford's wife Dora is played by Louie Ramsay. She had known George Baker for many years, but they became close while working on the series and married in real life. The Inspector Wexford stories were filmed on location in and around Romsey, Hampshire, and most were broadcast under The Ruth Rendell Mysteries banner. In 1992, having exhausted the supply of Wexford stories, Meridian started adapting other Rendell mysteries, thus belatedly justifying the use of the confusing umbrella title for the show. The final episode was broadcast under the Inspector Wexford banner, and this is the title used for DVD releases and repeat broadcasts of the Wexford stories on the ITV network.moreless
What is the name of the troublesome housing estate in The Bill	Jasmine Allen Housing Estate \| The Bill Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Jasmine Allen Housing Estate The Jasmine Allen Estate is a council estate in the Canley district. It appears to be a hotbed of gang crime, with a major problem with drugs, petty violence, theft and guns. Major Storylines Edit In the events surrounding the first Sun Hill fire , the Jasmine Allen was primarily a Asian neighbourhood, and a Neo-Nazi march was planned during this. The plan caused racial tension on throughout the Asian community, but the banning of the march, and a major Neo-Nazi being assaulted by an Asian DS from Sun Hill , caused tension in the Neo-Nazi part of the community. During the Witness storyline, a major investigation was launched and centered around the events on the Jasmine Allen Estate, where a local girl, Carly Samuels, was shot and killed.
In which city was Van de Valk set	Van der Valk (TV Series 1972–1992) - 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 Gritty British-made police drama series set in the beautiful location of Amsterdam. Cynical Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings and political corruption. Creator: a list of 100 titles created 18 Mar 2013 a list of 47 titles created 21 Oct 2013 a list of 30 titles created 11 months ago a list of 1204 titles created 10 months ago a list of 130 titles created 5 months ago Title: Van der Valk (1972–1992) 7.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Storyline Gritty British-made police drama series set in the beautiful location of Amsterdam. Cynical Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings and political corruption. 13 September 1972 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Fahndung: Van der Valk ermittelt See more » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia Geoffrey Bayldon and David McKail are among the very few actors to have acted in both the 70s series and the 90s series. See more » Crazy Credits The credits for Season 1 listed the actors and characters entirely in lower-case letters. See more » Connections (Melbourne , Australia) – See all my reviews TV drama based around the daily "Goings On" at an Amsterdam police station . The show's musical theme was called "Eye Level" . Written by Dutch composer Jack Trombey and performed by England's Simon Park Orchestra, the track went on to become a major Top 40 hit in the early 1970s and eventually sold in excess of a million copies world wide. 13 of 18 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
Where are the Descartes Highlands	Apollo 16 (AS-511) \| National Air and Space Museum Apollo 16 (AS-511) Landing in the Descartes Highlands Apollo 16 was the fifth mission to land men on the moon and return them to Earth. It was also the second flight of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Apollo 16 landed in a highlands area, a region not yet explored on the Moon. Astronauts collected samples, took photographs and conducted experiments that included the first use of an ultraviolet camera/spectrograph on the Moon. Summary of Events The successful Apollo 16 manned lunar landing mission was the second in a series of three science-oriented J series missions planned for the Apollo program. The major objective of the mission was to investigate the lunar surface in the Descartes highlands area because it was considered to be representative of much of the Moon's surface, and an area of this type had not been previously visited. Apollo 16 launchThe Apollo 16 space vehicle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center (Launch Complex 39A) at 12:55:00 p.m. EST on April 16, 1972. The crew members for this mission were John W. Young, Commander, Thomas K. Mattingly II, Command Module Pilot, and Charles M. Duke, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot. The lunar module (LM) landed approximately 276 meters northwest of the planned landing site at about 104.5 hours ground elapsed time (GET). About 100 seconds of hover time remained at touchdown. Lunar Roving VehicleThe first extravehicular activity (EVA) was initiated at 119 GET. Television coverage of surface activity was delayed until the lunar roving vehicle (LRV) systems were activated because the steerable antenna on the LM could not be used. A major part of the first EVA was devoted to establishing the nuclear powered, automatic scientific station called Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP). The duration of the first EVA was approximately 7 hours 11 minutes and a distance of 4.2 kilometers was traveled. The second and third EVA's were devoted primarily to geological exploration and sample gathering in selected areas in the vicinity of the landing site. On the second EVA, the astronauts traveled south-southeast to a sampling area near Cinco Crater on Stone Mountain. The crew also made stops near Stubby and Wreck Craters, The duration of the second EVA was approximately 7 hours 23 minutes and a distance of 11.1 kilometers traveled. Surface, astronaut & flagThe third and final EVA was to North Ray Crater and "House Rock", on the rim of North Ray Crater. The LRV traverse was 11.4 kilometers and lasted approximately 5 hours 40 minutes. Total lunar surface activities lasted 20 hours 14 minutes and 95 kilograms of samples were collected. These rocks represented samples of the ancient lunar highlands. The total distance traveled in the LRV was 26.7 kilometers and the crew remained on the lunar surface 71 hours. Apollo 16 approaches splashdownEntry and landing were normal. The command module was viewed on television while on the drogue parachutes and continuous coverage was provided through crew recovery. Total time for the Apollo 16 mission was 265 hours, 51 minutes and 5 seconds. From NASA MSC-07230, Apollo 16 Mission Report.
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Thereze Bazar and David van Day were better known as which duo	'I hope that awful vain man swallows a worm and chokes on it': I'm A Celebrity star David Van Day's Dollar bandmate lets rip \| Daily Mail Online 'I hope that awful vain man swallows a worm and chokes on it': I'm A Celebrity star David Van Day's Dollar bandmate lets rip By LUCIE MORRIS 'He is an awful vain man': Thereza Bar, pictured at her home in Sydney last week, says she's furious with her Dollar bandmate David Van Day Thereza Bazar is pacing her Sydney sitting room fuming, her slender arms gesticulating wildly. Her matching Maltese dogs, Pom Pom and Romeo, slink out of the room, safely out of earshot. The 51-year-old singer is getting on to the subject of David Van Day, her former lover and stage partner, and there is clearly a lot more to come. Van Day, of course, is making a name for himself on I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, getting on the wrong side of his fellow contestants by throwing tantrums about the sleeping arrangements and apparently expecting hero worship for enduring a slurry of maggots. ‘He’s a bit Marmitey,’ presenter Declan Donnelly declared last week. ‘People either love him or hate him.’ There is little doubt which side Thereza’s on right now. ‘I really hope he swallows a worm in there and chokes on it,’ she says. It comes as a shock, given that Thereza has been performing with Van Day on and off for nearly 30 years as the other half of bubble-gum singing duo Dollar. Her house is even filled with pictures from their glory years. There are few people who can claim to have seen more of him than Thereza – but it is clear that what she has seen lately is more than enough. In recent days she has looked on as Van Day has preened himself in the ‘jungle’, a stage set created in a patch of damp rain-forest a few hundred miles north of Sydney. But while his fellow contestants have been marvelling at Van Day’s impenetrable self-obsession, Thereza has registered no surprise at all, just exasperation. As far as she is concerned, the 52-year-old with the chiselled but implausibly tight features is ‘at it again’. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share ‘He will tread on his fellow contestants to try and win, just like he has used me for so many years,’ she says. ‘For once I’m going to speak my mind about that awful, vain man that I’ve had to put up with – and mother – for all these years. The silence needs to be broken.’ 'I hope he swallows a worm in there:' Van Day is making a name for himself on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! It might seem strange that, after all this time, she should suddenly be so overwhelmed by fury. She has never given a newspaper interview about Van Day before and even now the pretext for her anger seems rather slender: it emerges that Van Day omitted to inform her he was taking part in I’m A Celebrity, even though it takes place on her home turf. The first she knew about his participation was when a friend told her by text message. Cue more wild gesticulations. ‘How can he come to my country, my patch and not even tell me?’ she says. ‘I don’t care if the producers told him to keep it a secret; we are supposed to be working partners and great friends. I am totally incensed.’ Dollar in their Eighties heyday: Thereza Bazar and David Van Day In other respects, life seems pretty good for slender Thereza, who divides her time between teaching children to sing and looking after her two sons at an ocean-side home in Vaucluse, one of the city’s most beautiful suburbs. Recently divorced from her barrister husband, she says she is rather enjoying the single life. To unwind, she takes long walks on Bondi Beach. Or she can sit on the balcony of her £1million property, relax, drink white wine and do a little whale watching. Yet Van Day’s antics have plainly got under her skin. It turns out, in fact, that David Van Day has been getting under her skin for much of the past 30 years and, now that he is back in the public eye, her anger is beyond containment. ‘I have been so good to that man. Now, as usual, his ego and thirst for celebrity have gone above everything,’ she says. ‘I did so
Who had a U.K. No 1 in the 70's with She	UK Number One Songs of the 70s UK Number One Songs of the 70s Updated on November 15, 2015 Source The 1970s Number One Songs on Video 1970s popular music in the UK proved that variety is the spice of life, and the Number One hit songs of the decade reflect this phenomenon. From 1970 onwards, the music scene in Britain changed dramatically and a myriad of musical styles reinforced the varying tastes of the average record buyer. Some of the most popular styles that took the British charts by storm were Glam Rock at the beginning of the decade, progressing to Disco and Punk Rock towards the end. In between saw novelty records, the progression of the rock single and the continuing evolution of teen pop, represented by the likes of David Cassidy, Donny Osmond and the Bay City Rollers. Most of these styles and artists were very popular for a time, and their records sold by the shed load. To see the musical changes across the decade is a fascinating exercise, and so this page brings together all the Number One hits from the UK in a video package, together with some short comments regarding each one. The source for this compilation is the Record Retailer/Music Week chart, which was broadcast by the BBC each Sunday evening. Source Matthews' Southern Comfort UK Number One Hits of 1970 31st Jan (5 weeks) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes): Only ever UK Number One for this studio act. Lead singer Tony Burrows also sang on hits for many other groups. 7th Mar (3 weeks) Lee Marvin - Wandrin' Star: Only UK Number One for this actor with a song from the film Paint Your Wagon. 28th Mar (3 weeks) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water: Surprisingly, the duo's only ever UK Number One. Only Art Garfunkel sings on this classic, but Paul Simon went on to greater solo success, even though he never had a UK Number One again, while Garfunkel did. 18th Apr (2 weeks) Dana - All Kinds Of Everything: First Eurovision Song Contest winner for Ireland. Her chart career was short-lived and this was her only UK Number One. 2nd May (2 weeks) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky: Only ever UK Number One for Greenbaum with a self-penned song. Doctor & The Medics took the track to Number One again in 1986. 16th May (3 weeks) England World Cup Squad - Back Home: Mexico World Cup Football sing-along by the 1970 England team. 6th Jun (1 week) Christie - Yellow River: Only ever UK Number One for Jeff Christie with a song he wrote for the Tremeloes. They turned it down, so he recorded it himself. 13th Jun (7 weeks) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime: First UK Number One for this group led by Ray Dorset. 1st Aug (6 weeks) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You: Elvis revived his career in Las Vegas and this was a live recording from his show. At this point, he was only one behind the Beatles as this was his 16th UK Number One. 12th Sep (1 week) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown: First UK Number One for Motown singer Smokey Robinson who would have to wait another 11 years before hitting the top spot again. 19th Sep (6 weeks) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold: Only ever UK Number One for this American actress. 31st Oct (3 weeks) Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock: Written by Canadian folk legend Joni Mitchell, MSC's only UK Number One was about the famous rock festival of 1969. 21st Nov (1 week) Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile: Posthumous Number One for the American guitar legend who died in London a couple of months earlier. 28th Nov (6 weeks) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin': Only ever UK Number One for Dave Edmunds who had further hit single success later in the Seventies. Source Slade UK Number One Hits of 1971 January 5 ( 3 weeks) Clive Dunn - Grandad: Only UK Number One for this Dad's Army star who gained sales on the back of seasonal sentimentality. January 26 (5 weeks) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord: First UK Number One for the ex-Beatle. Following the song's release, musical similarities between it and The Chiffons' hit He's So Fine led to a lengthy legal battle over the rights to the composition. March 2 (2 weeks) Mungo Jerr
Which Iron Maiden song reached number 3 in 1988	IRON MAIDEN LYRICS - "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" (1988) album IRON MAIDEN LYRICS Seven holy paths to hell And your trip begins Seven are your burning fires, Seven your desires... I am he the bornless one The fallen angel watching you Babylon, the scarlet whore Don't you dare to save your son Kill him now and save the young ones Be the mother of a birth strangled babe Be the devils own, Lucifer's my name Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream Open the seventh seal Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child Moonchild - take my hand tonight I count the heads of those unborn The accursed ones I'll find them all If you die by your own hand As a suicide you shall be damned And if you try to save your soul I will torment you - you shall not grow old With every second and passing breath You'll be so alone your soul will bleed to death The twins they are exhausted, seven is the night Gemini is rising as the red lips kiss to bite Seven angels seven demons battle for his soul When Gabriel lies sleeping, this child was born to die One more dies one more lives One baby cries One mother grieves For all the sins you will commit You'll beg forgiveness and none I'll give A web of fear shall be your coat To clothe you in the night A lucky escape for you youngman But I see you damned in endless night. Infinite dreams I can't deny them Infinity is hard to comprehend I couldn't hear those screams Even in my wildest dreams Suffocation waking in a sweat Scared to fall asleep again In case the dream begins again Someone chasing I cannot move Standing rigid a nightmare's statue What a dream when will it end And will it transcend? Restless sleep the minds in turmoil One nightmare ends another fertile It's getting to me so scared to sleep But scared to wake now, in too deep. Even though it's reached new heights I'd rather like the restless nights It makes me wonder it makes me think There's more to this I'm on the brink It's not the fear of what's beyond It's just that I might not respond I have an interest almost craving But would I like to get too far in? Can't all be coincidence Too many things are evident You tell me you're an unbeliever Spiritualists? Well me I'm neither Wouldn't you like to know The truth? Oh what's out there to have the proof And find out just which side You're on Where would you end in Heaven or In Hell? Help me. Help me to find my true Self without seeing the future Save me, save me from torturing Myself even within my dreams There's got to be just more to it than this Or tell me why do we exist I'd like to think that when I die I'd get a chance another time And to return and live again Reincarnate, play the game Can I play with madness? Give me the sense to wonder To wonder if I'm free Give me a sense of wonder To know I can be me Give me the strength to hold my head up Spit back in their face Don't need no key to unlock this door Gonna break down the walls Break out of this bad place [Chorus] Can I play with madness? The prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness? There's no vision there at all Can I play with madness? The prophet looked at me and laughed at me (ha ha) He said: Can I play with madness? He said you're blind, too blind to see Said you're too blind to see I screamed aloud to the old man I said don't lie, don't say you don't know I say you'll pay for this mischief In this world or the next Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance And the hell fires raged in his eyes He said you wanna know the truth son? Lord, I'll tell you the truth Your soul's gonna burn in a lake of fire [Chorus] Listen to me, said the prophet [Chorus] Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with The slaughter of innocence And I will pray for her. I will call her name out loud. I would bleed for her. If I could only see her now. Living on a razor's edge. Balancing on a ledge. Living on a razor's edge on... Balancing on a ledge on... Balancing on a ledge on... Living on a razor's edge. Balancing on a ledge you know ... you know !! The evil that men do l
Who plays the part of Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine	As Last of the Summer Wine finally ends...How Compo, Cleggie and Co. drove Nora Batty \| Daily Mail Online comments The camera was ready, but whether the same could be said of the three nervous actors perched in a perilously wobbly canoe on Yorkshire's fast- flowing and very cold River Wharfe was rather less certain. Shooting on the penultimate episode of the second series of Last Of The Summer Wine, however, could not wait. 'Action!' called director Bernard Thompson. And so off went the canoe, carrying its anxious crew towards the famous bridge at Bolton Abbey. Last of the great battle-axes: Kathy Staff with troublesome trio Peter Sallis, Bill Owen and Brian Wilde In the bow was Bill Owen, who as a young actor had once been under contract at Rank film studios and who was hoping that the role of 'Compo' Simmonite would give him a final tilt at fame. In the stern was Michael Bates, a former Gurkha officer who played the part of Cyril Blamire for the first two series. And in the middle was a shaking Peter Sallis, probably wishing he'd never accepted the part of Norman Clegg. Sallis, you see, couldn't swim. The canoe shot under the bridge, as planned. Then it started to wobble. And shudder. And then it went over. The non-swimming Sallis would later recall that he managed to escape the river only because he was able to put a foot on a hard object under the water and lever himself out on to the bank. RELATED ARTICLES Share That hard object turned out to be Owen's head. 'To have us row a canoe and shoot the bridge and come out the other side into this choppy water, there's no wonder the bloody thing turned over and no wonder I nearly drowned,' said Sallis. The problem for Sallis, and indeed for many future members of the Summer Wine cast, was that the show's audience thought it was precisely this sort of knockabout comedy that was funny; very funny, in fact. It may have been only a couple of years since the pilot episode had been successfully aired at the beginning of 1973, but Roy Clarke's creation was already changing. There was less talking, more of the glorious Yorkshire scenery and, as the second series took shape, far more of the absurd stunts that kept the show on air for a record-breaking 37 years. The prolific Clarke, who would go on to write Open All Hours for Ronnie Barker, loved writing sharp dialogue. But he adored creating physical comedy, too. His comic hero was Buster Keaton - and it showed. Over 295 episodes, just about anything on wheels or capable of being put on wheels - beds, sofas, baths, even rocket-powered rollerskates - careered down one of those vertiginously steep Yorkshire hills, almost always with Compo on board. Three men in a boat: Actors Bill Owen, Peter Sallis and Michael Bates. Sallis, who couldn't swim, dreaded the programme's water-based scenes Sallis, the only one of the three to make it from pilot to final episode, would later recall how he would scan new scripts for the dread words: 'All we see of our three is a row of bubbles on the surface of the water.' Later, as the three main male leads grew older, it increasingly fell to stunt men and younger members of the cast to continue the physical comedy tradition, as Jean Fergusson - who played the man-hunting Marina for 25 years - remembers. She recalls one scene that required Marina and her lover Howard Sibshaw, played by Robert Fyfe, to fall out of a boat into some filthy canal water. And like Sallis many years earlier, Fyfe couldn't swim. 'Robert put his hand on top of my head,' said Fergusson. 'I went under this foul, foul water - there's still a pair of earrings somewhere in the Marsden canal.' Getting cold or soaked and often both was part and parcel of being a Summer Wine regular. 'I was introduced to thermal knickers up there,' recalls Juliette Kaplan, who played Howard's bossy wife, Pearl Sibshaw. 'I have never known the wind get so bad.' Stunts, however, were only part of the reason Last Of The Summer Wine attracted up to 18 million viewers. Some said the show harked back nostalgically to a better, simpler time, but those involved i
What was the policeman nicknamed in Sykes	Sykes (TV Series 1972–1979) - 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 Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques play twins. They live together and lead a slightly surreal life, annoying their snobby next-door neighbour Mr Brown and getting into frequent trouble with the ... See full summary » Stars: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 20 titles created 13 Oct 2012 a list of 283 titles created 30 Jan 2013 a list of 34 titles created 26 Jul 2013 a list of 66 titles created 9 months ago a list of 100 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Sykes " 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. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Weekly situation comedy about a hapless but caring teacher and his class of unruly kids. The teacher sees much good and potential in his pupils much to the dismay of his fellow teachers who... See full summary » Stars: Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett, Joan Sanderson Comedy about two rival antique dealers. Stars: Donald Sinden, Windsor Davies, Derek Deadman Comedy series about Nick and Angie, a young married couple, Angie's snobbish mother Daphne, and Nick's cockney father Sam. Much of the humour arises from the fact that the mismatched Daphne... See full summary » Stars: Angela Thorne, Michael Elphick, Lysette Anthony This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the ... See full summary » Director: Dick Clement A rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff. Stars: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli The perils of "escaping the rat race" and dropping out of society - to start a farm in Surbiton (and to drive Margo nuts). Stars: Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith Two years after the original "Danger Man" series concluded, it was revamped and retconned. The series returned in a longer format. (1 hour/episode instead of 30 minutes). John Drake was now... See full summary » Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Earl Cameron Bless This House centres on life in Birch Avenue, Putney, where travelling stationery salesman Sid Abbott (Sidney James) and his wife Jean (Diana Coupland) live with their teenagers: Mike (... See full summary » Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson Mr Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke with an extraordinary life. By day, a very bored and uninspired TV repairman but by night, an accidental time traveler. Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Christopher Ettridge Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is sad when her husband dies but is shocked when she realises that she has to leave Grantleigh Manor where her family has lived forever. The new owner is Richard De ... See full summary » Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne Long running BBC comedy show consisting of sketches and humourous musical routines involving the large Ronnie Barker and the small Ronnie Corbett. Most sketches involved both men, but ... See full summary » Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers Gordon Brittas is the manager of the Whitbury-Newtown Leisure Centre. Despite his ambition and good intentions, everything seems to go wrong when he's around, despite the best efforts of ... See full summary » Stars: Chris Barrie, Harriet Thorpe, Mich
Who was the Defence Ministry’s spokesman during the Falklands War	Ian McDonald: face of the Falklands - Channel 4 News Ian McDonald: face of the Falklands By Brendan Cole Updated on 01 February 2007 The Ministry of Defence spokesman Ian McDonald made some of the key announcements about the Falklands War to the world's media. The spokesman for the Ministry of Defence Ian McDonald became a memorable figure during the Falklands conflict. Did you see it happen? Do you have a story to tell from the Falklands conflict? Perhaps you or a close relative were in the forces, or maybe you were at the Portsmouth quayside as the ships set sail for the south Atlantic. Do you have pictures from the time? Whatever your memories we want to hear from you. Email [email protected] , leave a 'Reader comment' at the bottom of this article, or use our postal address . In a conflict whose media coverage was tightly controlled, his press conferences at the MOD headquarters in London had the nation on the edge of its seat for news of the campaign. He became known for his steady and deliberate delivery of news with his remarkable speaking voice, and was known familiarly by the press as the warm-up man for the "Lutine" bell. However for many, the problem was that as a civil servant, he saw his first duty as to Ministers, so the job of that part of the public relations staff was purely to serve Ministers and their policy. 'When there was no longer any hope of saving the ship, the ship's company abandoned ship.' Ian McDonald announces the attack on the HMS Sheffield Eventually he had to be rescued by bringing military men in to be the spokesmen and give explanations. That happened after the first battle of Goose Green, and then right on to the end. When announcing the attack on the HMS Sheffield, he said: "In the course of its duties within the Total Exclusion Zone around the Falkland Islands, HMS Sheffield, a type 42 destroyer, was attacked and hit late this afternoon by an Argentine missile. "The ship caught fire, which spread out of control. When there was no longer any hope of saving the ship, the ship's company abandoned ship. All who abandoned her were picked up." Video archive: Ian McDonald Watch Ian McDonald's press conference where he announced the attack on the HMS Sheffield and the sinking of the Belgrano.
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth	John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor \| December 8, 2015 04:45pm ET MORE Editor's note: John Glenn, a legendary NASA astronaut and American hero, died on Dec. 8, 2016 at age 95. Read our full obituary here . More coverage: America's First Spaceship: Project Mercury (Infographic) The first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn made history again when, at the age of 77, he became the oldest person to travel in space. But before he was nationally recognized as a hero, he had put his life on the line for his country many times. Born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio, John Herschel Glenn Jr., was the son of John and Teresa Sproat Glenn. While playing in the high school band, he met Anna Margaret Castor, and later married her. After graduation, he attended Muskingum College, where he attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Glenn entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program. He ultimately flew 59 combat missions in the Pacific during World War II. Astronaut John Glenn photographed in space by an automatic sequence motion picture camera during his historic orbital flight on "Friendship 7" on Feb. 20, 1962. Credit: NASA After the war ended, Glenn served as an instructor for advanced flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas. He went on to fly 90 missions in Korea, downing three MiGs during the his last nine days of combat. From there, Glenn attended Test Pilot School at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, then went on to serve as project officer on a number of aircraft. He attended classes at the University of Maryland for two and a half years while assigned to the Fighter Design Branch of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, the precursor to the Bureau of Naval Weapons. In July 1957, Glenn set a transcontinental speed record, flying from Los Angeles to New York in 3 hours 23 minutes. His was the first cross-country flight to average supersonic speed. Glenn was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross six times, as well as a number of other honors for his military service. He and his wife have two children. Beyond the sky In April 1959, Glenn was selected as a Project Mercury astronaut. He became part of the Mercury Seven group, the first astronauts selected by NASA. Glenn served as backup astronaut to the first two Americans in space, Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom. [ Project Mercury: Photos of NASA's 1st Manned Spaceflights ] At the time, the United States was in the midst of a race with the Soviet Union to reach the stars. Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man launched into space on April 12, 1961, beating Alan Shepard by less than a month. Gagarin's craft took him in a full orbit around Earth, making him the first person to circle the planet, as well. [ Infographic: 1st American in Orbit: How NASA & John Glenn Made History ] On Feb. 20, 1962, the United States showed that it had the same mettle as its competition. Previous flights into space by Shepard and Grissom had not traveled all the way around the planet. When Glenn blasted into space aboard Mercury's Friendship 7 capsule, he orbited Earth three times over the course of almost five hours, traveling faster than 17,000 mph. [ VIDEO: This is Friendship 7: America's 50th On-Orbit Anniversary ] But his journey was not without hazards . After the first orbit, a mechanical problem with the automatic control system required Glenn take manual control of the craft. Sensors also indicated that the heat shield, which would protect the astronaut from the lethal temperatures created upon re-entry to the atmosphere, was loose. To help protect him on his return to Earth, Glenn kept the retrorocket pack, which was designed to be jettisoned, in place. Follow-up examination of the control system revealed that the indicator had been incorrect. The shield was fine, but the experience was surely harrowing. [ PHOTOS: John Glenn, First American in Orbit ] An active retirement Glenn retired
What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet	Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Greek+alphabet Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language alpha - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet beta - the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet gamma - the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet delta - the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet epsilon - the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet zeta - the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet theta - the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet iota - the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet kappa - the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet lambda - the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet mu - the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet nu - the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet xi - the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet omicron - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet pi - the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet rho - the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet sigma - the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet tau - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet upsilon - the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet khi , chi - the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet psi - the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet omega - the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet Translations
In which country is the city of Bulawayo	Written by Bronwyn Paxton Bulawayo The second biggest Zimbabwean city after the capital of Harare, Bulawayo holds an approximate urban population of around 730,000 (according to 2007 surveys). The city is situated in Matabeleland, 439 kilometres south west of Harare. Bulawayo is now treated as a separate provincial region from Matabeleland, making it a stand-alone province. Bulawayo is also referred to as the ‘City of Kings’, ‘Skies’, ‘Bluez’, ‘Bulliesberg’ or ‘KoNtuthu ziyathunqa’ which is a SiNdebele term meaning ‘place of smoky fires’. Most of the population of Bulawayo is of the Ndebele ethnic and language group. The city has long been and still is known as the industrial and business centre of Zimbabwe, and contains the National Railways of Zimbabwe due to its prime position near both Botswana and South Africa. It is the closest city to Hwange National Park, Matopo National Park and the mighty Victoria Falls. ‘Bulawayo’ is derived from the SiNdebele word ‘KoBulawayo’ which means ‘a place where he is being killed’. It was aptly named due to the fact that King Mzilikazi once used this area to kill off his enemies. However, despite the origin of its name, the city has a very relaxed and sophisticated atmosphere to it, boasting boulevards lined with trees and a feeling of refinement. Recently, Bulawayo has undergone a harsh drop in living standards due to the extreme economic crisis that has been affecting the country. Presently, the city is home to the biggest opposition of Robert Mugabe. Its primary issues to face include poor investment and widespread unemployment. Because of the lack of expansion in facilities and supplies, water shortages have become more frequent since 1992. Bulawayo is located on a plain that signifies the Highveld of Zimbabwe, and is situated near to the watershed between the Zambezi and Limpopo drainage basins. The land slowly slopes downward to the north and northwest, while the southern side boasts more hills. The city’s land becomes more broken heading southward to the Matobo Hills. Because of its high altitude, Bulawayo has a subtropical climate in spite of being located within the tropics. The city receives a yearly rainfall of about 590mm, which supports a natural stretch of vast woodland, covered in Combretum and Terminalia trees. However, being situated close to the Kalahari Desert, Bulawayo is prone to droughts and rainfall tends to differ harshly each year. When visiting Bulawayo, be sure to check out Matobo National Park – a region of big rocks and wooded valleys beginning around 35 kilometres south of the city. The Museum of Natural History is also most definitely worth a visit, especially seeing as it is the biggest museum in the entire southern hemisphere, with more than 75,000 exhibits and displays. The Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage is located just 23 kilometres from Bulawayo. It was founded by well-known Viv Wilson and started as a sanctuary for abandoned, wounded or orphaned wild animals but has developed in size into a regional Centre for the Conservation and Research of Endangered Species. The creatures now found here include rhino, cheetah, wild dog, brown hyena and duiker. Bulawayo is set in a prime location, and makes for a wonderful stopover during any visit to Zimbabwe. Image courtesy of www.bulawayomemories.com
To which island did the singer Gracie Fields retire	Capri Island - La Canzone del Mare La Canzone del Mare Contacts Gracie Fields La Canzone del Mare was realised on the site of an ancient fort embedded in the rock, once home to Gracie Fields: the singer who decided to pass the later years of her life on the island of Capri. La Canzone del Mare was designed so as to provide a secluded and luxurious retreat where to entertain an elite group of friends. Among Fields most famous songs, there is the ballad The Isle of Capri, written by Jimmy Kennedy and arranged by Will Grosz, which tells of a summer love, illuminated by the moon of Capri. History The name of La Canzone del Mare takes its inspiration from the song of the Sirens and the episode in the Odysseus which recounts how Ulysses, sailing in the vicinity of an island which many identify as being that of Capri, requested that his crew tied him to the ships mast so as to be able to listen to the enticing song of the Sirens, song used by the mythical creatures to lure sailors ashore, and thus to their death. La Canzone del Mare occupies an important place in the history of Capri, having been a major protagonist in the 1950s and 1960s: by many considered to be the islands golden years. A great number of those celebrities who habitually took up residence on the island each summer passed their days sunbathing on the poolside of La Canzone del Mare. A place where many a love story began (few of which were to survive beyond the summer), and numerous important business deals were made, La canzone del Mare was also to function as showcase for fashion items which have since been worn for more than half a century: such as the "Capri pants" and the bikini. Today as in the past, those in search of that rare combination of glamour, privacy, and relaxation, continue to choose La Canzone del Mare.
What was the popular name for the French penal settlement off the coast of French Guiana	Devil's Islands French Guiana Photos - Worldatlas.com Devil's Islands French Guiana Photos Devil's Islands, French Guiana The Devil's Islands archipelago consists of three small islands, located just a few miles off the coast of French Guiana. The group includes Ile du Diable (Devil's Island), Ile Ste-Joseph and Ile Royale. Their original name was the Triangle Islands, but after decades of proving hazardous to shipping, their name was appropriately changed to the Devil's Islands, and how prophetic that name would later become. Known throughout the modern world by the brutal history of the 19th century French penal settlement that was located here, it was Ile du Diable (or Devil's Island itself) that perpetuated that story across the planet, especially with the release of a novel and movie called Papillon. Although a fictional tale, it contained accounts of the difficult daily life gathered from actual surviving prisoners. The island's most famous prisoner, Captain Dreyfuss, a French army officer falsely accused of espionage, spent over 5 years on Devil's Island itself. He was finally pardoned and awarded the French Legion of Merit. Regardless, his years of imprisonment and the fate of thousands of others have made the Devil's Islands an unfortunate part of French history. This is a look at the infamous Devil's Island from high atop Ile Royale. Access to the island is not granted to tourists, and trying to get there is considered impossible as the current between the two island is very swift, and the channel is (supposedly) filled with sharks. A larger look at the entire island Even though Devil's Island (Ile du Diable) is famous around the world, the main prison within the Devil's Islands group was built at the highest point on Ile Royale and it housed 99% of all inmates. This is one of the rustic entrance doors to the complex. It was here that prisoners from France (like the one shown above) were held. Conditions were brutal and harsh, and of the 80,000 criminals sent here, only 30,000 lived to tell about it. This is one of the haunting cell windows in the prison complex, behind which conditions were reportedly deplorable. Solitary confinement was often used, and men would spend 6 months to 5 years in a dark, closet size cell. Most prisoners, and many of the prison guards, contracted Malaria and other aliments. This is all that remains of the large prison hospital. Death was an everyday occurrence within the prison and this ugly (rather scary) building was used as the island mortuary. This cemetery on Ile Royale contained graves of non-prisoners, mostly children and those of early settlers. Prisoners that died were often (unceremoniously) throw into the sea. Finally, after all of the doom and gloom, a cute and happy prisoner. She willingly broke out of jail and joined me on the ship. All three of the islands in the Devil's Islands archipeligo, Ile du Diable (Devil's Island), Ile Ste-Joseph and Ile Royale are ringed by swaying coconut palms. This manmade, grass-covered path leads to the upper reaches of Ile Royale. According to the local guide, all paths and trails were built by prisoners. The interior of Ile Royal was literally infected by coconut palms. We walked around the entire shoreline of Ile Royale, and its beach areas were literally covered by thousands and thousands of coconuts. Colorful flowers provided the few-and-far-between bright spots on Ile Royale. Another bright spot in this rather dreary place were the colorful, independent roosters that roamed the island at will, just like in Key West, Florid In the local gift shop, postcards were popular purchases for ship passengers. This one illustrated the unfortunate souls that were imprisoned here.
What is the main handicraft made on the Venetian island of Burano	Burano Italy, a Venice's island - Official Site, Guide and Tours BURANO SOCIAL Burano Italy, a Venice's Island Welcome to isoladiburano.it the Official Website of Burano in Italy, the coloured island of lace. Home of big artists like Baldassare Galuppi, Remigio Barbaro and Pino Donaggio, as well as inspirer of the Arte Buranella. Many international magazines include Burano among the top 10 most colorful cities in the world, although it would be more appropriate to bring it within the first 10 most colorful places in the world or between the 10 most colorful locations in the world. Tour of Burano. From left: Burano's colors reflected on the green water of the canals, coloured houses of Burano, a half red and half green house in Burano. The Colours of Burano All visitors of Burano remain intrigued by the many colours and the coloured houses that are reflected into the green waters of channels, by the leaning bell tower , by the tranquility and the calmness with which the elderly ladies embroider original Burano lace by their tombolo (or lace pillow), while they are laughing and chatting in squares among them. It seems to be in paradise. Children who dart freely with their bicycles, balconies with multicolored flowers, fishermen who put up fresh fish from their traditional boats. From left: the leaning tower of Burano, the square of Burano and the leaning tower behind the church. Just gone ashore from actv ferry ( purchasing Burano's water bus tickets ), you will be in a green lawn where a Remigio Barbaro's solemn sculpture is placed. Pursuing the shores you will arrive to center of the Island: Galuppi Square; here neighbourly ladies invite the most curious visitors to come into their shops to admire the lace working . Although in lacemaking in Burano is the main craftsmanship attraction, enchanting is also the " lume glass working ": a technique born in the nearby island of Murano, but also widespread in the other islands of the Venetian Lagoon. Burano is not an exception to this and it is quite easy to come across some little shops where you can admire this type of Murano glass processing. Real glass factories in miniature, such as the shop located in Fondamenta Giudecca 132, inside a typical and small green house. If you search for a place to eat like a local, Burano is very famous for its fish dishes, the most famous of which is the "risotto de gò": the broth in which the rice is cooked and creamed is extracted from the "gò" a fish typical of the Venice lagoon, known in English under the name of "goby". The dishes of the Burano's cuisine are served in restaurants, who despite being known from the point of view of the quality of the service, in the kitchen maintain the genuineness of a typical old "trattoria buranella" (a Burano's tavern) and where you can still eat delicious fresh fish. If your time is short, there are anyway several pizzerias or you can opt for a delicious icecream in a bar or a typical Burano's cookie (the most famous are the "Bussolà" and the "Esse") in a pastry store , enjoying it until the end of Piazza Galuppi where San Martino Bishop's Church is located: inside, in addition to a lot of important works, there is a famous opera of Gian Battista Tiepolo. Sideways is located the Santa Barbara's Chapel. Always in the same square there is the "Museo del Merletto" (Lace Museum), the Town Hall, a well made of Istria's stone and the Baldassare Galuppi's sculpture made by Remigio Barbaro, the well-known sculptor from Burano. Sideways the church, some stands offer local souvernirs for a cheap price. Moreover every Wednesday morning not far from the church the street market takes place and two minutes far from the center you can take a look at the fish market, where to see the typical venetian lagoon sea-food. Among Burano's tiny streets there are a lot of "capitelli" (capitals) placed in the calli entrances and, searching for them, surely you will bump into the most famous and coloured house in the island: "la Casa di Bepi Suà" (the house of Joseph Sweaty), painted with the use of many colors, divided
Which southpaw did George Foreman beat to win the World Title at 45 years of age	George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ - Nov 05, 1994 - HISTORY.com This Day in History: 11/05/1994 - Foreman is Oldest Champ On this day in 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to "all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail." Born in 1949 in Marshal, Texas, Foreman had a troubled childhood and dropped out of high school. Eventually, he joined President Lyndon Johnson's Jobs Corps work program and discovered a talent for boxing. "Big George," as he was nicknamed, took home a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, after winning his first 37 professional matches, 34 by knockout, Foreman KO'd "Smokin'" Joe Frazier after two rounds and was crowned heavyweight champ. At 1974's "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasha, Zaire, the younger, stronger Foreman suffered a surprising loss to underdog Muhammad Ali and was forced to relinquish his championship title. Three years later, Big George morphed from pugilist into preacher, when he had a religious experience in his dressing room after losing a fight. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister in Houston and founded a youth center. A decade later, the millions he'd made as a boxer gone, Foreman returned to the ring at age 38 and staged a successful comeback. When he won his second heavyweight title in his 1994 fight against Moorer, becoming the WBA and IBF champ, Foreman was wearing the same red trunks he'd had on the night he lost to Ali. Foreman didn't hang onto the heavyweight mantle for long. In March 1995, he was stripped of his WBA title after refusing to fight No. 1 contender Tony Tucker, and he gave up his IBF title in June 1995 rather than fight a rematch with Axel Schulz, whom he'd narrowly beat in a controversial judges' decision in April of that same year. Lead Story George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ Share this: George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ Author George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to “all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail.” Born in 1949 in Marshal, Texas, Foreman had a troubled childhood and dropped out of high school. Eventually, he joined President Lyndon Johnson’s Jobs Corps work program and discovered a talent for boxing. “Big George,” as he was nicknamed, took home a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, after winning his first 37 professional matches, 34 by knockout, Foreman KO’d “Smokin'” Joe Frazier after two rounds and was crowned heavyweight champ. At 1974’s “Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasha, Zaire, the younger, stronger Foreman suffered a surprising loss to underdog Muhammad Ali and was forced to relinquish his championship title. Three years later, Big George morphed from pugilist into preacher, when he had a religious experience in his dressing room after losing a fight. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister in Houston and founded a youth center. A decade later, the millions he’d made as a boxer gone, Foreman returned to the ring at age 38 and staged a successful comeback. When he won his second heavyweight title in his 1994 fight against Moorer, becoming the WBA and IBF champ, Foreman was wearing the same red trunks he’d had on the night he lost to Ali. Foreman didn’t hang onto the heavyweight mantle for long. In March 1995, he was stripped of his WBA title after refusing to fight No. 1
In which 1999 Grand Prix did Michael Schumacher break his leg	Michael Schumacher crashed and broke his leg at The 1999 British Grand Prix. - YouTube Michael Schumacher crashed and broke his leg at The 1999 British Grand Prix. Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jun 19, 2011 His only injury in his career. All rights belong to Formula One Management (FOM) Category
Who was England’s football coach for one game between Hoddle leaving and Keegan taking over	England's Managers - Index England's Managers P 4 W 2 D 2 L 0 F 7: A 2 The Coaches/Managers BME Players Not until 1946 did the England national team have a manager or coach. From 1870, when England played their first match, a friendly not recognised as official, until the Second World War, the team was selected by International Select Committee functionaries, at first the F.A. Secretary and later the F.A.'s International Committee. Although most of the national teams of Continental Europe and South America had coaches from their beginnings, England's footballing establishment viewed coaching with suspicion in general and as unnecessary at this level in particular. The selected players simply showed up, took the pitch and played their own game. Match preparation, if there was time for it, was limited to training runs, conditioning exercises and perhaps a kickabout or two. The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), a scholarly enterprise based in Wiesbaden, Germany, claims in its book on England's matches before the Second World War that Herbert Chapman was the team "trainer"--a term it uses in the Continental European sense of manager or coach--for the 1-1 draw with Italy in Rome on 13 May 1933 and that Thomas Whittaker was the "trainer" for six matches, the 5-2 win against Scotland at Wembley Stadium on 5 April 1930, the 2-1 loss to Austria in Vienna on 6 May 1936, the 3-2 loss to Belgium in Brussels on 9 May 1936, and the last three pre-war matches in 1939, the 2-2 draw with Italy in Milan on 13 May, the 2-1 loss to Yugoslavia in Belgrade on 18 May, and the 2-0 victory over Romania in Bucharest on 24 May. IFFHS, England (1872 - 1940), Eire (1924 - 1940), England/Amateurs (1906 - 1940): Full Internationals, pp. 116, 126, 134-35, 147-49 (IFFHS, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2000). Chapman, the famed Huddersfield Town and Arsenal manager of the 1920's and 1930's, did indeed play an advisory role in England's two-match Continental European tour of 1933, which also included the 4-0 win against Switzerland in Berne on 20 May as well as the draw with Italy a week earlier, but he never received an official appointment with the England team and acted in an entirely informal capacity. Another historian has the proper perspective: "in 1933, despite objections from selectors, he acted as unofficial manager to the England team in Italy and Switzerland with considerable success. His tactical pre-match team talks helped effect a 4-0 victory over a strong Swiss team, and a 1-1 draw against Italy, in Rome." Tony Say, "Herbert Chapman: Football Revolutionary?", The Sports Historian, vol 16, pp. 81-98 (May, 1996). Whittaker, too, accompanied the England team on occasion. But at the time he was the physical trainer for Arsenal, under Chapman at first and, following Chapman's death in early 1934, George Allison. It was almost certainly that role he filled with England; he certainly never received an appointment making him coach or manager of the England team. Whittaker did not become a manager himself until 1947, when he succeeded Allison at Arsenal. The IFFHS itself seems uncertain about Whittaker's role. While its book names him as trainer in the summaries of six matches taking place in 1930, 1936 and 1939, it inconsistently has him as trainer for only the three 1939 matches in the tabular record that follows the match summaries. The role Chapman or Whittaker filled with the England team was purely on an ad hoc basis. The F.A. did not give either of them official appointments putting them in charge of the team, and neither ever had anything resembling the authority of a manager or coach over the England team. For these reasons, it would be inaccurate to include them in the list of England managers/coaches. When international play resumed in 1946 following World War II's seven-year disruption, Walter Winterbottom was named England's first coach and manager. For the first few months of his tenure, he had responsibility for the national team as national director of coaching, but in May, 1947, imme
What is added to Windsor red cheese to give it it’s distinctive colour	Types of Cheese - Cheese Style Guide \| Cheese of the Month Club Cheese Style Guide Abertam This traditional Czech Republic, farmhouse cheese is made in Karlovy Vary, the famous spa town previously known as Carslbad. Crowned heads and great 19th century artists, among them Brahms, Chopin, and Alexander Pushkin, came to this town and no doubt enjoyed this wonderful cheese... just as you can today. The natural pastures of this mountainous part of Bohemia provide the sheep with a rich diet that contributes to the robust and rather strong flavor of this pressed cheese. Abertam which is ripened in only two months, is a hard cheese with the shape of an irregular ball, and its natural rind is thin, and yellow to orange. Appenzeller Appenzeller Appenzeler cheese is made in the mountain canton of Appenzeller between Lake Constance and the principality of Liechtenstein. In earlier times each valley of the Alps had its own specialty cheese that was used to pay taxes. And Apenzeller was one of these distinctive cheeses... it has been documented for over 7 centuries! The Appenzeller identity was given the AOC designation in 1981, and is protected by a special authority in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Aragon Aragon Aragon is sometimes made by combining ewe's and goat's milk. The milk is curdling with rennet or thistle-flower extract for less than an hour, then the curd is cut into small bits, drained, molded and pressed by hand. Aragon ripens for only a week in a controlled humid environment. Ardalena Ardalena This unusual buffalo milk cheese comes from Transylvania in central Romania. If you visit there, you will probably encounter herds of domesticated water-buffaloes. Exit your car and you will be welcomed by these eager heifers, boasting long manes down their necks and backs, enormous inviting eyes, and surprisingly soft, delicate noses which they love to have rubbed! The challenge for their owners is supplying the buffaloes with water. As their name implies, water-buffaloes crave the wet stuff, and in hot weather they need it to keep cool, as they have very few sweat glands. Asiago Asiago Asiago is made in the Italian province of Vicenza. It has butter coloring with tiny "eyes," and complex flavors, ranging from mild (clear/white coating) to aged (black coating). Favorite pairings include pasta, fresh figs, pears, salami, and crusty breads. Serve it with red wines, cranberry juice, and sparkling red grape juice. Asiago d'Allevo is hard and sharp and primarily used for grating. Asiago Grasso Monte, a medium, tangy cheese, is my favorite. The mild and delicate version, Asiago Pressato is sometimes mistaken for American Cheddar. Find more wine and cheese pairings here. Beaufort d'Alpage Beaufort d'Alpage Named after a small rural town in the French Alps, this giant cheese (a whole wheel weighs over 80 pounds) is creamier and richer than other Alpine cheeses like Emmental, Gruyere and Comté. The term D'Alpage indicates that this Beaufort is made from milk taken from a special breed of mountain cows (Tarines) that graze naturally, as opposed to those that are fed indoors from a trough. Aging of up to 8 months takes place in the off-season in rural Alpine cellars that are naturally cool all year long. Beauvoorde This cheese was created in the early 1990's by Arthur Djes, innkeeper of Beauvoorde Village in Belgium. Beauvoorde is a semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk. It has a hexagonal shape with gray, natural rind, a mild flavor and a spicy aroma. Belstone Belstone A creamy farmhouse Devon cheese made from unpasteurised milk & with vegetarian rennet. Very similar to Curworthy (see also Devon Oke). The whole cheese weighs about 2Kg. Berkshire Blue Berkshire Blue Berkshire Blue is made from whole unpasteurized Jersey cow’s milk. This artisan cheese is made in small batches, starting with only 60 gallons of milk. Its production is completely by hand, and by only one person. It is hand-stirred, hand-ladled and manually turned, resulting in an exceptionally creamy, smooth blue. Bethmale Bethmale Bethmale is the most famous of the goat's milk c
Which popular rum based liqueur is flavoured with coffee	Types of Liqueur – Classy Boozer December 17, 2014 CB Liqueur 1 The term ‘liqueur’ refers to all alcoholic beverages which contain added sugar and flavors. Liqueurs usually have an alcoholic content ranging from 15% to 55% and they may be flavored with fruits, nuts, herbs and even flowers. Liqueurs are generally served after a meal and the most common accompaniment is coffee. Mentioned below are some of the most popular types of liqueur. Coffee Liqueurs Kahlua – This liqueur originates from Mexico. It is a rum based liqueur flavored with coffee and it has a very sweet taste. It also contains undertones of vanilla. Sheridan’s – This is a unique brand of liqueur produced in Dublin, Ireland. The glass bottle contains two separate sections – one section is filled with black coffee liqueur while the other contains white chocolate liqueur. Allen’s Coffee Brandy – This liqueur is manufactured by M.S Walker and it is hugely popular in Maine, New England. Kamora – This liqueur is manufactured in Mexico and it is less sweet and cheaper than Kahlua. Tia Maria – This is a coffee based liqueur made in Jamaica. The key ingredients are Jamaican coffee beans, vanilla, sugar and cane spirit. Chocolate Liqueurs There are three types of Chocolate liqueurs – chocolate, chocolate cream and crème de cacao. Liqueur Fogg – This chocolate flavored liqueur is manufactured in Brazil in Rio Grande do Sul. It was first produced in 1930 and its recipe has remained unchanged since then. Godiva Liqueur – Godiva is a world famous chocolate making company. Godiva liqueur is manufactured exclusively using Godiva chocolate. Sabra Liqueur – Manufactured in Israel, this liqueur has an alcoholic content of 30%. The main flavors are orange and chocolate. Djangoa – This one of a kind liqueur is produced using dark chocolate and aniseed. It is produced and bottled by Period Ricardo. Mozart Black – This liqueur is produced in Austria and it has a bittersweet taste with notes of vanilla. Other types of liqueurs manufactured by Mozart are Mozart Gold Chocolate liqueur and Mozart Black Chocolate liqueur. Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur – The key ingredients of this liqueur are cream, Dutch chocolate and vodka. Crème de Cacao – This liqueur originates from France and contrary to popular perception, it does not contain any cream. The word crème refers to its thick, syrupy consistency. Berry Liqueurs Crème de Cassis – This liqueur is made using blackcurrants and dark red liqueur. Lakka Liqueur – This type of liqueur is produced in Finland. It derives its name from the Finnish word lakka which means cloudberry. Razzmattaz – Manufactured by Deykuper Royal distillers, Razzmattaz is manufactured using raspberries and is often used in mixing cocktails. Murtado – This liqueur is made from strawberry myrtle which is indigenous to Chile. Sloe Gin – The main ingredients of this red colored liqueur are gin and blackthorn drupes. It has an alcoholic content ranging from 15 to 30 %. Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur – The principal ingredients of this liqueur are black raspberries, honey, cognac, vanilla and citrus peel. Cream Liqueurs Bailey’s Irish Cream – This is one of the most well known types of liqueur. As the name suggests, Bailey’s Irish cream is made using two principle ingredients – Irish Whisky and cream. Ponche Cream – This rum based liqueur is manufactured in Trinidad and in Venezuela. The basic ingredients are rum, cream, milk, eggs and sugar. Advocaat – This is a yellow colored liqueur of Dutch origin. It is quite creamy in texture and contains egg yolks, brandy, sugar and a few spices. Heather cream – This liqueur was first manufactured in 1980 by Inver House Distillers. The two main ingredients are cream and Scottish Single Malt whisky. Vana Tallin – This rum based liqueur is manufactured in Estonia by Liviko. It is dark brown in color and has undertones of vanilla, cinnamon and citrus. Fruit Liqueurs Cherry Brandy – This liqueur is often used in the preparation of deserts. Denmark is famous for producing some of the best cherry liqueurs. Peach Schnapps – Th
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What is measured by the Stanford Binet test	Stanford binet Stanford binet Stanford binet test Stanford Binet The Stanford-Binet (SB) - the best and most popular intelligence test is a Cognitive ability assessment used to measure intelligence (IQ). The Stanford-Binet measures five factors of cognitive ability: Fluid Reasoning, Knowledge, Quantitative Reasoning, Visual-Spatial Processing, and Working Memory. Each of these factors is tested in two separate domains, verbal and nonverbal. 1. This test includes 60 questions and it is scored automatically after 40 minutes. 2. Please DO NOT share or publish answers at any time with any other person. 3. If you find two logical answers to one question you should choose the simplest answer. 4. Wrong answers do not influence your result – so guess rather than omit a question! 5. Good luck!
What is the name of the pub in Ballykissangel	Ballykissangel (an Episode Guide) an Episode Guide Sat, 14 May 2005 02:00 aired from: Feb 1996 to: Apr 2001 57 eps, 1 special Stephen Tompkinson as Father Peter Clifford [ series 1 - 4 ] Dervla Kirwan as Assumpta Fitzgerald [ series 1 - 4 ] Tony Doyle as Brian Quigley [ series 1 - 5 ] Niall Toibin as Father Frank MacAnally Tina Kellegher as Niamh Quigley [ series 1 - 5 ] Peter Caffrey as Padraig O'Kelly [ series 2 - 4 ] John Cleere as Kevin O'Kelly [ series 2 - 4 ] Deirdre Donnelly as Siobhan Mehigan Col Farrell as Danny Byrne [ series 4 - 5 ] Peter Hanly as Ambrose Egan [ series 1 - 5 ] Bosco Hogan as Dr Michael Ryan Stephen Kennedy as Jimmy Joe Galvin [ series 1 ] Joe Savino as Liam Coghlan Birdie Sweeney as Eamonn Byrne [ series 2 - 4 ] Gary Whelan as Brendan Kearney Victoria Smurfit as Orla O'Connell [ series 4 - 5 ] Lorcan Cranitch as Sean Dillon [ series 4 - 5 ] Don Wycherley as Father Aidan O'Connell [ series 4 - 5 ] Kate McEnery as Emma Dillon [ series 4 - 5 ] Owen Teale as Conor Devlin [ series 5 ] Catherine Cusack as Frankie Sullivan [ series 5+ ] Marion Dwyer as Oonagh Dooley [ series 5+ ] Owen Roe as Paul Dooley [ series 5+ ] Ciaran Owens as Dermot Dooley [ series 5+ ] Katie Cullen as Graine Dooley [ series 5+ ] Robert Taylor as Father Vincent Sheahan [ series 6 ] Susannah Doyle as Avril Burke [ series 6 ] Mick Lally as Louis Dwyer [ series 6 ] Paul Ronan as Edso Dowling [ series 6 ] recurring characters: Allan Barry as Superintendent Foley [ series 2 - 5 ] Dorren Keogh as Imelda Egan [ series 2 - 5 ] James Ellis as Uncle Minto [ series 3 - 5 ] "Trying to Connect You" gs: John Olahan [ Gerard Lenihan ] Father Peter Clifford's journey from England ends in his new parish, the small Irish town of Ballykissangel. It's a change from his previous job in the centre of Manchester, but this rural Irish community is hardly the sleepy village he expected. The local bar owner, Assumpta Fitzgerald, seems to have a serious attitude towards the clergy, and is very surprised to discover that the man she offers a lift to is the new parish curate. Niamh wants to know what her boyfriend, the local Garda, will be like to live with when they get married. She is determined to have the two of them live together beforehand, but he does not want to commit a "mortal sin". Both seek advice from the new priest. As Father Clifford arrives, a new modern confessional is being delivered. Niamh's father, Brian Quigley, who seems to think that a fax-equipped confessional will be a great addition to the church, has donated it. b: 11 Feb 96 pc: _________ w: Keiran Prendiville d: Richard Standeven "The Things We Do for Love" gs: Lena Headey [ Jenny Clark ], Anthony Brophy [ Edso ], Andrea Irvine [ Frances ] As Peter Clifford settles into his new parish, Brian Quigley's holiday home development seems stalled by a young couple living in a caravan near to the site. Peter gets involved when he hears that Brian is responsible for their baby's illness. He appears to have ordered "organic fertiliser" to be dumped beside their caravan. But Peter has his own problems. His past catches up with him in the shape of Jennie, a former parishioner who thinks he once had feelings for her. She follows him from Manchester and arrives in BallyK as he is trying to establish himself in the parish. The young couple in the caravan need to move, and in an effort to get some money together for them, the BallyK vet, Siobhan, suggests that they bet against their own side in the next Gaelic football match . . . a match in which Peter is the reserve goalkeeper. b: 18 Feb 96 pc: _________ w: Kieran Prendiville d: Richard Standeven "Live in My Heart and Pay No Rent" gs: Oliver Maguire [ KcKenna ], Joe Gallagher [ Walter Dargan ], Ruth McCabe [ Rosarie ] Niamh's wedding plans are disrupted when a stone statue falls off the church and through her fiancee's car. As he had only just got out of the car he takes it as a sign that he should become a priest. Peter tries to talk him out of it, but Ambr
In the Robin Hood T.V. series starring Richard Green what was the name of the inn that was used	mudcat.org: Folklore: Robin Hood TV Show From: Nerd Date: 10 Aug 04 - 04:12 PM I haven't seen it mentioned much that the old 1950s Robin Hood TV Show with Richard Greene, one of the first UK exports to US primetime TV, is now becoming available on DVD. So far there are two DVDs, each with four half-hour episodes, available. Some great actors in these first episodes, including Leo McKern and Donald Pleasance. One of the nice things about this show is that they used real ballad tunes as background music. I was watching the episode where Robin meets little john, and I heard some familiar music in the background. It took me a few minutes to realize it was the tune John Strachan sang for Robin Hood and Little John! From: GUEST,lanfranc sans cookie Date: 11 Aug 04 - 06:39 AM On the wall of my den/office/shambles there are a number of framed originals of 50s and 60s sheet music, including "Robin Hood" by Carl Sigman and "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" by Tom Blackburn and George Bruns. Both are priced at 1/6 (less than 9p!) and date from 1955/56. Having dismantled the frame, I can now post the entire lyric, as follows (before reading or attempting to sing along, please remember this is a 1950s lyric from a TV show and doesn't withstand much critical examination, especially the last verse!): ROBIN HOOD by Carl Sigman Chorus: \|C\|-\|C G7\|C\|G7\|-\|Dm7\|G7\|C\|Em\|F\|Am\|G7\|-\|Dm7\|G7\|C\|-\|-\|-\| Verses: \|-C\|C\|-\|-\|-\|-\|-\|G7 Bflat7\|Dm G7\|C\|-F\|-\|F#dim\|C\|Dm7 G7\|C\| Chorus: Robin Hood,Robin Hood,riding through the glen Robin Hood,Robin Hood,with his band of men Feared by the bad, loved by the good Robin Hood,Robin Hood,Robin Hood. He called the greatest archers to a tavern on the green They vowed to help the people of the king They handled all the trouble on the English country scene And still found plenty of time to sing Chorus He came to Sherwood Forest with a feather in his cap A fighter never looking for a fight His bow was always ready and he kept his arrows sharp He used them fighting for what was right Chorus With Alan Dale and Little John they had a roguish look They did the deeds that others didn't dare Recaptured all the money that the evil sheriff took And rescued many a lady fair. Chorus To cheating and corruption he would never, never yield And danger was his breakfast every day The cobbler in the hamlet and the farmer in the field Were always helping him get away Chorus He rode up to the palace and was cheered by everyone His Lady Marian threw him a rose The King of England knighted him the Earl of Huntingdon And that is the way the legend goes. Chorus From: Acme Date: 11 Aug 04 - 11:40 AM There was always something hopping down at the Blue Boar Inn. It was a rather sacrosanct place in the program, wasn't it? Always a back door to slip in and out that the Sheriff's men didn't seem to be aware of? It has been so long: as with others, I watched them all and watched when the repeats were repeated, but I can't remember the details of a single episode now. As I read one of the nostalgia sites, though, I remembered my thought as a child that someone was going to catch onto that Blue Boar one of those days. The Korngold music for the movie Robin Hood is still heard regularly on classical music stations and in summer concert in the park sorts of series, where nostalgia happily meets a starry night and a blanket on the lawn. SRS From: Nerd Date: 11 Aug 04 - 11:47 AM These episodes have no theme music whatsoever. Each episode begins with just a single "ballad" verse about what is going to happen in the episode. The tune is a version of "Early One Morning." So there are a few possibilities: Theme music was on UK TV but not US, or vice versa. Or the theme music was added later in the series. Or the theme music was for some reason taken off the DVDs. I suspect the theme music was added for the US showings of the program, then possibly retained for subsequent showings in Britain. The theme song was by the same guy who had done "Davy Crockett," so it is unlikely to have been in the show as orignally produced in Britain. Maid Marian in her first
Who had a U.K. No 1 in the 90's with Would I Lie to You	One-hit wonders from the 90s: From Chumbawamba and Natalie Imbruglia to Kris Kross, 19 songs that will make you feel nostalgic \| Metro News Ann Lee for Metro.co.uk Thursday 28 May 2015 1:50 pm Spaceman… (Picture: Redferns) Nirvana, Blur, Radiohead, Pulp, R.E.M., Take That, Spice Girls, New Kids On The Block… the Nineties were a rich time for all kinds of music, producing bands that are still around today. But for every U2, there was a Babylon Zoo, a flash-in-the-pan artist who would produce a monster hit that would terrorise the Top 40 for weeks on end and then promptly disappear never to be heard of again. Here are 19 of the best one-hit wonders that you still can’t get out of your head. 1. Chumbawamba – Tubthumping (1997) They were an anarchist punk group who famously poured a jug of water over former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the Brit Awards. Tubthumping peaked at number 2 and is still bothering the nation’s dodgiest indie discos even today. 2. Lisa Loeb – Stay (I Missed You) (1995) The singer/songwriter got her big break when neighbour and friend Ethan Hawke passed on a tape (yes, they had tapes back then) of the track to Reality Bites director Ben Stiller. It ended up on the soundtrack and made Loeb, who now writes children’s books, the first person to ever get to number 1 in the US without having a record deal. 3. Babylon Zoo – Spaceman (1996) Spaceman appeared on a Levi’s jeans TV advert and became the fastest-selling single in the UK since The Beatles’ Can’t Buy Me Love. But the band’s sudden fame wasn’t sustainable mainly because the rest of their music was crap. Singer Jas Mann went on to become a film producer via a disastrous appearance on Brass Eye. 4. Semisonic – Closing Time (1998) Thought this was a song about being kicked out of a bar? Wrong! It’s actually a song about fatherhood written by frontman Dan Wilson disguised as a song about being kicked out of a bar so his bandmates wouldn’t get sick of playing tracks about his kids. 5. Lou Bega – Mambo No 5 (1999) Bega gave Mambo No 5, an instrumental song composed back in 1949, a new lease of life by adding lyrics and a string of girls’ names. It stayed at number one for an astonishing 20 weeks in France and has since been covered by the likes of Bob the Builder. 6. Ini Kamoze – Hotstepper (1995) Only Ini Kamoze could pull off a string vest, bandana and CAT boots but then again he was the ‘lyrical gangster’. Hotstepper appeared on the soundtrack for the black comedy Prêt-à-Porter and remains his only US number one hit to date. 7. House Of Pain – Jump Around (1992) Jump Around became one of the definitive party anthems of the decade when it was released in 1992. Since they split, the Los Angeles hip-hop trio have forged successful careers; Danny Boy founded an art company, DJ Lethal joined Limp Bizkit and Everlast became a multi-platinum solo star. 8. Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe (1995) A contender for most annoying song ever, Swedish pop group Rednex struck chart gold by giving this traditional American folk song a Eurodance spin because, obviously, what any track needs is some extra cheesy dance beats. 9. Los del Rio – Macarena (1994) Macarena by Spanish pop duo Los del Rio was such a hit that it even inspired its own naff dance movement as party goers clamoured to recreate the steps on the dance floor. 10. Meredith Brooks – B*h (1997) Brooks’ sweary power rock tune became an anthem for empowered ladies around the world. ‘I’m a b*h, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a mother, I’m a sinner, I’m a saint, I do not feel ashamed,’ she sung. Hell yes. 11. 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up? (1993) What’s Up? was a huge hit in 1993 but the band disbanded soon after when lead singer Linda Perry went solo. She’s since become a successful songwriter for the likes of Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, James Blunt and Courtney Love, and is currently dating Roseanne star Sara Gilbert. 12. Natalie Imbruglia – Torn (1997) Former Neighbours actress Natalie Imbruglia’s attempt to emulate Kylie Minogue’s successful transition from soap to pop led to Torn in 1997 but not much
What was the sequel to a Fish Called Wanda	Fierce Creatures (1997) - 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 Zookeepers struggle to deal with the policies of changing directors. Directors: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 45 titles created 14 Jan 2012 a list of 30 titles created 12 May 2012 a list of 40 titles created 05 Jun 2012 a list of 25 titles created 09 Oct 2012 a list of 49 titles created 09 Jun 2014 Search for " Fierce Creatures " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Storyline A massive corporate conglomerate, Octopus Inc., run by a shrewd and cruel tycoon named Rod McCain, purchases a UK-based leisure company, and also the failing London Marwood Zoo. To bring more business to the zoo, Octopus hires a new manager, Rollo Lee, who promptly comes up with a way to increase profits-do away with all the animals except for the ferocious ones. This new Fierce Creatures Policy shocks the Marwood zookeepers, led by the unendingly talkative Adrian "Bugsy" Malone. Eventually, Rod McCain's son Vince, along with the up-and-coming business executive Willa Weston, take control of the zoo and revoke the Fierce Creatures Policy. Vince instead comes up with many under-handed and vicious schemes to attract customers-unauthorized celebrity endorsements, shoddy, overpriced zoo merchandise, and using robotic animals instead of real ones. However, Vince is also stealing from the zoo's funds, and when his father finds out, he rears to turn the zoo into a Japanese-owned golf course.... Written by Josh Martin <[email protected]> Rated PG-13 for sexual innuendo and language \| See all certifications » Parents Guide: 24 January 1997 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Death Fish II See more » Filming Locations: $3,759,480 (USA) (24 January 1997) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The line "It's just a flesh wound" was previously delivered by Cleese as the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail. See more » Goofs The spade that falls from the wall when Vince enters the shed replaces itself. See more » Quotes Vince : No, no. This is the kind of conversation that two people have when one of them is female. No animals were injured during the making of this movie, only humans. See more » Connections Superb comedy from start to finish... 16 September 2004 \| by CerebraX (UK) – See all my reviews I rather fail to see how anyone couldn't find this film funny. It still makes me laugh uproariously every time I see it, and I've seen it many, many times. Special congratulations must go to Cleese and Kline, both of whom give exceptional performances, and there is a real sense of joy that comes through from the various situations in which these characters find themselves. Although Cleese's character is somewhat 'Fawlty-esque', and let's face it - this is what he does best, I found it thoroughly enjoyable. Jamie lee Curtis and Michael Palin do equally well, though Palin's character is almost as frustrating / annoying as was his role in 'Wanda', but I don't think this detracts from the enjoyability factor of the film. This is an uplifting, and heart-warming affair, packed full of laughs, but with a more than reasonable plot line, and I really liked the ending, which cleverly capitalizes on Klines excellent character acting. If I had to level any sort of criticism at 'Fierce creatures', it would be in the soundtrack department - i just didn't think it was as good as it could have been - but this makes little difference to the overall flow of the film, and I have no hesitation in awarding it 9.5 out of 10, and recommending it to anyone that enjoys a well made and endearing, quality comedy. 27 of 33 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
Which 1998 film starred James Belushi and Tupac Shakur as a couple of policemen who rip off drug dealers before killing them	1998 Catalog of Releases Addams Family Reunion Direct-to-video sequel in the Addams Family franchise, with Daryl Hannah as Morticia and Tim Curry as Gomez. In clamshell packaging. Director: Dave Payne. Stars: Daryl Hannah, Tim Curry. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 90 min., Comedy, Warner, $19.96 SRP. Air Bud: Golden Receiver Air Bud, that high-flying athletic pooch who captivated audiences with his ability to sink baskets, is back, this time on the gridiron as he saves the day for his young master's junior high school football team. Along the way he also saves the coach's job and mom's romance. Director: Richard Martin. Stars: Kevin Zegers, Cynthia Stevenson, Gregory Harrison, Nora Dunn. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: G, 90 min., Family, Box office gross: $10.215 million, Disney, $14.98 SRP. Air Force One Excitement on Air Force One as the President is hijacked by terrorists and actually fights back. Available in widescreen and pan-and-scan. Day and date DVD release. Stars Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman. Columbia TriStar, 1997, MPAA rating: R, $22.95. Alan Smithee Film, An: Burn Hollywood Burn Satire on Hollywood about a director whose freshman effort is so bad that he wants to take his name off the credits. When he can't, he takes the film's negative hostage and threatens to burn it. Written by Joe Eszterhas. Stars Ryan O'Neal, Eric Idle, Richard Jeni, Sandra Bernhard, Jackie Chan. Directed by Alan Smithee. Buena Vista, 1998, MPAA rating: R, priced for rental. Alien Resurrection Fourth outing in the "Alien" franchise has Sigourney Weaver's Ripley cloned back to life to give birth to an alien for further scientific and warfare research. Naturally things get a bit out of hand. In pan-and-scan and widescreen versions. Stars Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Brad Dourif, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya. Fox, 1997, MPAA rating: R, priced for rental. All My Sons Dramatic story of a self-made man who knowingly sells defective aircraft parts to the Army during World War II that leads to a crash killing 21 men, and the effect it has on his family (in particular his sons). Stars Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Howard Duff, Henry Morgan. Directed by Irving Reis. Universal, 1948, MPAA rating: NR, $14.98 All Dogs Christmas Carol, An The cuddly characters from the "All Dogs Go to Heaven" series are back in a new animated holiday adventure. Voices of Steven Weber, Don De Luise, Sheena Easton, Ernest Borgnine, Bebe Neuwirth. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: G, 73 min., Animated, MGM, $14.95 SRP. DVD: Day & Date. All That Heaven Allows A wealthy New England widow (Jane Wyman) defies social constraints and the town's gossip when she falls for a younger, sexy gardener. Douglas Sirk's searing look at mid-1950s morality. Stars Rock Hudson, Conrad Nagel, Agnes Moorehead. Universal, 1955, MPAA rating: NR, $14.98 Alligator People, The Abandoned by her husband on their wedding day, a young woman traces the man to the Louisiana bayous where she uncovers horrible experiments using serum derived from alligators. Stars Beverly Garland. Fox Summer Drive-In Collection, 1959, MPAA rating: NR, $14.98. Almost Heroes Silly comedy about a pair of erstwhile explorers who attempt to beat Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800s. Too much talk and not enough action for this last starring role for the late-Chris Farley. Director: Christopher Guest. Stars: Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Eugene Levy, Kevin Dunn. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $6.114 million, Warner, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. American Pop Animated classic released to video for first time, traces four generations of American men and the music they make, from vaudeville through swing through psychedelia and rock, featuring a heavy lineup of rock stars on the soundtrack. Columbia TriStar, 1981, MPAA rating: R, $13.95 minimum advertised price American Tail, An Re-issue of the by-now classic animated adventures of Fievel the mouse and his family and their journey from the pogroms of Russia to the safety of the New World. Universal is re-releasing t
Who twice took Honey to number 2 in the U.K. charts	Bobby Goldsboro - Honey - YouTube Bobby Goldsboro - Honey 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 Jul 13, 2011 Remembering one of my friend.... hope your in good hands (with metrobank) hehehe naks! enjoy!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best remembered for his 1968 chart-topper, "Honey," singer/songwriter Bobby Goldsboro was born January 18, 1941 in Marianna, FL. After relocating to Dothan, AL, while in his teens, he went on to study at Auburn University, quitting school after his sophomore year to pursue music full-time. During the early '60s, Goldsboro played guitar in Roy Orbison's backing band, mounting a solo career in early 1964 and soon scoring a Top Ten hit with the self-penned "See the Funny Little Clown." His sophisticated yet sentimental vocal style yielded Top 40 entries throughout the middle of the decade, among them "Whenever He Holds You," "Little Things," "Voodoo Woman," "It's Too Late," and "Blue Autumn"; though Goldsboro primarily wrote and recorded his own material, he also notched a minor hit with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David novelty "Me Japanese Boy I Love You." "Honey," a maudlin tale about the tragic death of a young bride, remained at number one for five weeks in the spring of 1968, reaching the number two spot in the U.K. soon after and falling just shy of the top spot upon re-entering the British charts in 1975. However, "Honey" was far and away the biggest of Goldsboro's career, and after returning to the Top 40 twice more in 1968 with "Autumn of My Life" and "The Straight Life," he was absent from the charts for over two years. He made an unexpected comeback in early 1971 when "Watching Scotty Grow" nearly reached the Top Ten, but outside of the follow-up, "Summer (The First Time)," his commercial heyday was over. Between 1973 and 1975 he hosted the syndicated television variety series The Bobby Goldsboro Show, next forming the Nashville-based House of Gold Music publishing firm. Goldsboro retired from performing during the mid-'80s to producing children's entertainment, including a number of audiobooks and television specials, the first of which, Easter Egg Mornin', premiered on the Disney Channel in 1991. Concurrently, he scored the CBS sitcom Evening Shade, and in 1995 launched the children's series The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon. Category

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