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Who built the first iron hulled steamship, the Great Britain | SS Great Britain, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship By Ben Johnson | Comments A recent popular poll placed Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the second Greatest Briton of all time, second after Sir Winston Churchill. He was without doubt Britain’s greatest engineer, and of all the legacies he left to the world, one of his greatest was the SS Great Britain. The wrought iron steamship was built in 1843 in Bristol, under the supervision of Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company. The Great Britain set the design standards for today’s modern shipping and eminently demonstrated the industry and inventiveness of the Victorian era . Almost single-handedly Brunel shaped the future of mass passenger travel and international communications. Originally conceived as a paddle steamer, her design was quickly altered to take advantage of the new technology of screw propulsion, and her engines were converted to power a massive sixteen foot iron propeller. When launched in 1843 she was by far the largest ship in the world, at almost 100 metres she was over 30 metres longer than her nearest rival, and was the first screw propelled, ocean-going, wrought iron ship. Weighing in at a massive 1930 tons, she was designed initially for the Trans-Atlantic luxury passenger trade, and could carry 252 first and second class passengers and crew of 130. Whilst her first few voyages demonstrated her technological ability, they were not a great financial success, attracting far fewer passengers than anticipated. Her career in this trade was thus short lived, and after she ran aground on the sands of Dundrum Bay in Northern Ireland in 1846, her engines were so badly damaged that she was sold on. Under Gibbs Bright and Co, the ship prospered. The new owners took advantage of the increase in emigration caused by the Australian gold rush, and re-built the ship as an emigrant carrier, taking people to Australia. With a new upper deck added and a new engine fitted, she could now transport 750 passengers in three classes. Over the next 24 years and 32 voyages she carried over 16,000 emigrants to Australia, and was known in her time as one of the fastest, most elegant and luxurious emigrant clipper ships – the ‘Greyhound of the Seas’. The average time she took on the return journey to Australia was 120 days - very competitive for the mid-19th century. Passage on the ss Great Britain could virtually guarantee that a passenger would arrive on time, well ahead of any sail powered rivals. As meat went off easily on these long voyages, large numbers of live animals were carried for food, giving the ship the appearance of Noah's Ark rather than an emigrant ship. On one voyage in 1859, the ship carried 133 live sheep, 38 pigs, 2 bullocks, 1 cow, 420 fowl, 300 ducks, 400 geese and 30 turkeys. Passenger diaries record the ship as smelling and sounding like a barnyard! Between 1854 and 1855 she was chartered by the Government to carry troops to and from the Crimean War, and over the course of the conflict transported over 44,000 troops. Following the war she was rebuilt yet again before being chartered by the Government for further troop transportation duties, carrying the 17th Lancers and 8th Hussars to the Indian Mutiny. In 1861, for a marginally less serious conflict, the Great Britain also carried the first ever English cricket side to tour Australia. The tour was immensely successful with a 15,000 crowd attending the opening match at Melbourne. The tourists played 12 games in all, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 2. And bad news could often follow glad news, such as when the onboard newspaper the ‘Great Britain Times’ reported death of the pet koala bear belonging to the ship’s carpenter. Apparently the marsupial died of ‘pulmonary consumption’ on 25 October 1865, much to the sadness of crew and passengers. One of the ship’s more eccentric captains, Captain Gray, climbed each mast at least once a week and interrupted one voyage to Australia to claim the uninhabited island of St. Martin for the Empire. He held a banquet that evening to celebrate. Photographs co |
What space first is held by Anna Fisher | Women in Space: Dr. Anna Fisher, one of the 'Original Six' - SpaceFlight Insider Spaceflight Insider Mission Monitor Women in Space: Dr. Anna Fisher, one of the ‘Original Six’ Fisher in front of a rack of spacesuits at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Photo Credit: NASA J.D. Taylor April 30th, 2015 SpaceFlight Insider and USA in Space recently had a chance to interview U.S. astronaut Dr. Anna Lee Tingle Fisher. In 1978, Dr. Fisher was in the first group of six women ever selected to be American astronauts. Prior to 1978, women were not allowed into NASA’s Astronaut Training Program . In fact, the only woman to have gone into space was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who went into space in 1963. Dr. Fisher was selected for NASA’s Space Shuttle program. She was one of six women in a group of 35, known as NASA’s Astronaut Group 8 . It had been almost 10 years since the Apollo era Group 7 was selected. NASA had decided that they no longer needed just military pilots, they needed people with a high degree of academics and now they wanted to include women in the selection process. All six women selected had doctorate degrees in ‘ STEM ‘ (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields or in medicine. They were both highly educated and motivated. Fisher’s official NASA portrait. Photo Credit: NASA Dr. Fisher is a chemist, a medical doctor, specializing in emergency medicine, and is a NASA astronaut . Today, at the age of 65, Fisher is the oldest active American astronaut. During her career at NASA, she has been involved with three major programs: the Shuttle Program, the International Space Station, and NASA’s new crew-rated spacecraft – Orion . Fisher said she knew she wanted to become an astronaut at the age of 12 when she heard the voice of Alan Shepard over the radio on his sub-orbital flight. In her dealings with NASA, she never felt any discrimination and felt that NASA was welcoming the women into the program. In fact, she said that she felt more negative attitudes in college against her becoming a doctor than she did by NASA in becoming an astronaut. Once she was accepted into the program, she knew there was a spotlight on all of them. They all knew, that from this group, the first American woman astronaut would be selected. Dr. Fisher said it did not matter to the group, who was selected to be the first American woman Astronaut. Just knowing that there was going to be a first woman was more important to them than who it was. They all understood the importance of being a contributing part of the space program and to pave the way for women in the future. Dr. Sally Ride was selected and made the historic flight on STS-7 on June 18, 1983, becoming America’s first woman astronaut . The SYNCOM IV-1 defense communications satellite is deployed out of Discovery’s payload bay during STS-51A. Photo Credit: NASA On November 8, 1984, Dr. Fisher launched into space on the Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) . For Fisher, this was a dream come true. As a mother, this meant she was the first mother in space. She said that she most enjoyed the thrill of the launch and time spent looking out the windows at the Earth passing so fast below. One of her favorite moments in space was looking into the cargo bay of the Shuttle and seeing the two satellites they had captured from their orbits in space. The two satellites were secured in the shuttle bay earlier in the mission. The STS-51-A mission marked the first time a shuttle deployed two communications satellites, and then retrieved from orbit two other communications satellites. The Anik D-2 and Syncom IV-1 satellite were deployed and Westar 6 and Palapa B2 satellite were retrieved. She spent 7 days, 23 hours, and 44 minutes in space and had completed 127 orbits of the Earth before landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Dr. Fisher was assigned to be on the flight manifest for the launch after the next Challenger shuttle launch . On Jan. 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of i |
Which country was the first to produce cigarettes commercially | History of Tobacco Bibliography History of Tobacco Tobacco has a long history in the Americas. The Mayan Indians of Mexico carved drawings in stone showing tobacco use. These drawings date back to somewhere between 600 to 900 A.D. Tobacco was grown by American Indians before the Europeans came from England, Spain, France, and Italy to North America. Native Americans smoked tobacco through a pipe for special religious and medical purposes. They did not smoke every day. Tobacco was the first crop grown for money in North America. In 1612 the settlers of the first American colony in Jamestown, Virginia grew tobacco as a cash crop. It was their main source of money. Other cash crops were corn, cotton, wheat, sugar, and soya beans. Tobacco helped pay for the American Revolution against England. Also, the first President of the U.S. grew tobacco. By the 1800's, many people had begun using small amounts of tobacco. Some chewed it. Others smoked it occasionally in a pipe, or they hand-rolled a cigarette or cigar. On the average, people smoked about 40 cigarettes a year. The first commercial cigarettes were made in 1865 by Washington Duke on his 300-acre farm in Raleigh, North Carolina. His hand-rolled cigarettes were sold to soldiers at the end of the Civil War. It was not until James Bonsack invented the cigarette-making machine in 1881 that cigarette smoking became widespread. Bonsack's cigarette machine could make 120,000 cigarettes a day. He went into business with Washington Duke's son, James "Buck" Duke. They built a factory and made 10 million cigarettes their first year and about one billion cigarettes five years later. The first brand of cigarettes were packaged in a box with baseball cards and were called Duke of Durham. Buck Duke and his father started the first tobacco company in the U.S. They named it the American Tobacco Company. Credit: An 1892 Duke of Durham box of machine-rolled cigarettes Tobacco Biology & Politics The American Tobacco Company was the largest and most powerful tobacco company until the early 1900's. Several companies were making cigarettes by the early 1900's. In 1902 Philip Morris company came out with its Marlboro brand. They were selling their cigarettes mainly to men. Everything changed during World War I (1914-18) and World War II (1939-45). Soldiers overseas were given free cigarettes every day. At home production increased and cigarettes were being marketed to women too. More than any other war, World War II brought more independence for women. Many of them went to work and started smoking for the first time while their husbands were away. By 1944 cigarette production was up to 300 billion a year. Service men received about 75% of all cigarettes produced. The wars were good for the tobacco industry. Since WW II, there have been six giant cigarette companies in the U.S. They are Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, American Brands, Lorillard, Brown & Williamson, and Liggett & Myers (now called the Brooke Group). They make millions of dollars selling cigarettes in the U.S. and all over the world. In 1964 the Surgeon General of the U.S. (the chief doctor for the country) wrote a report about the dangers of cigarette smoking. He said that the nicotine and tar in cigarettes cause lung cancer. In 1965 the Congress of the U.S. passed the Cigarette Labelling and Advertising Act. It said that every cigarette pack must have a warning label on its side stating "Cigarettes may be hazardous to your health." By the 1980's, the tobacco companies had come out with new brands of cigarettes with lower amounts of tar and nicotine and improved filters to keep their customers buying and to help reduce their fears. The early 1980's were called the "tar wars" because tobacco companies competed aggressively to make over 100 low tar and "ultra" low tar cigarettes. Each company made and sold many different brands of cigarettes. In 1984 Congress passed another law called the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act. It said that the cigarette companies every three months had to change the warning labels on cigarette packs. It |
In which European country did the last legal execution of a witch take place | The Witch Trials in Europe A HISTORY OF THE WITCH TRIALS IN EUROPE By Tim Lambert The Background to the Witch Trials From the late 15th century to the late 18th century a wave of persecution washed across parts of Europe. Tens of thousands of people were executed for witchcraft. So what happened? Belief in magic was almost universal in the past. Almost all cultures believed that you could use supernatural means to help hunting or to make your crops grow better or to make humans or animals more fertile. Magic could also be used to heal the sick. For the great majority of people who lived before the 18th century magic was an ordinary part of everyday life. To them the world was a mysterious and frightening place. They did not know what caused disease and other natural phenomena and so they sometimes assumed there was a supernatural explanation. However if you could used magic for good to make your crops grow better or to heal the sick then logically you could, if you wished, used magic to harm your enemies. For people who believed in magic the thought that your enemies could use magic to harm you must have been terrifying. Furthermore most people in the 16th century and 17th century believed that God had an enemy called the Devil, who was very powerful. They believed that witches made a pact or agreement with the Devil and agreed to worship and serve him. Witches then used magic to harm animals or humans. Many people believed that there were 'fifth columnists' who were out to cause harm. To people at the time the thought that your neighbor might secretly be a witch must have been very frightening. However not everybody believed in witches. Some scholars criticized beliefs about witches. Furthermore in some areas large numbers of people were tried as witches while in others few, if any, were. Witch trials were most common in Central Europe, in Germany, France, Switzerland and what is now Belgium. Witch trials were somewhat less common in Scotland, Scandinavia and Poland. Executions for witchcraft were much less common in England, Russia and Southern Europe (Italy, Spain and Portugal). Hungary escaped witch trials and executions until the early 18th century. (The Hungarians disbelieved in witchcraft but trials were imposed by the Austrians). Furthermore the frequency of witch trials varied over time. In Western Europe the first witch hunts (in which large numbers of people were tried and convicted of witchcraft) were held in France and Germany in the 15th century. In the 16th century the witch mania spread to England and Scotland. (Both the English and Scottish parliaments passed laws against witchcraft in 1563). In Western Europe witch trials reached a peak in the late 16th century and early 17th century then declined. However in Scandinavia the majority of executions for witchcraft took place in the late 17th century, later than in Western Europe. In Poland witch trials reached a peak in the late 17th century and early 18th century, when they were declining in Western Europe. In Hungary people were not executed for witchcraft until the early 18th century when witch trials and executions were imposed by the Austrians. Furthermore by no means all the people who were tried for witchcraft were convicted. Some were acquitted. Furthermore not everyone convicted of witchcraft was executed. Some people were given lesser punishments such as banishment or imprisonment. Nobody really knows why witch trials became common when they did. Many theories have been put forward but probably a number of different factors came together at the same time. Beliefs About Witches Several books were written about witchcraft. The most notorious is the Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of Witches), which was first published in 1486 and was written by two Dominicans, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger. Beliefs about witchcraft varied. Some (but not all) people who believed in witches believed that they held nocturnal meetings called sabbats. At the sabbat they did wicked things like dancing naked, indulging in orgies and carrying out a parody of the Catholic |
What is or was the name of Cliff Richard's backing group | Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm british Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer. With his backing group The Shadows , he dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during the The Beatles' first year in the charts. A conversion to Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than rock image. Although never able to achieve the same impact in the United States… read more |
Liz McLarnon, Natasha Hamilton and Jenny Frost are all members of which pop group | Atomic Kitten - Music on Google Play Atomic Kitten About the artist Atomic Kitten are an English pop girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998 whose current members are Natasha Hamilton, Kerry Katona and Liz McClarnon. The band was founded by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark frontman Andy McCluskey, who served as a principal songwriter during their early years. Sugababes singer Heidi Range was included in the original line-up but was replaced by Hamilton. The group's debut album Right Now was released in October 2000 and peaked at number 39 in the UK. After four top ten singles, Katona quit the group and was replaced by former Precious singer Jenny Frost. "Whole Again", their next single, became their most successful single when it topped the UK singles chart and became the 13th best-selling single of the 2000s. The group re-released their debut album, with some tracks re-recorded with Frost's vocals. In the UK, the album hit number one, going double platinum after selling over 600,000 copies. Between 2002 and 2004, the group released a further two studio albums, Feels So Good and Ladies Night, and a greatest hits album before announcing a break following their 2004 tour. 1 $9.49 Atomic Kitten is the American debut album by Atomic Kitten. The girl group had previously been successful in Europe, Oceania and Asia and already released Right Now and Feels So Good, which both we... 1 1 $9.49 Feels So Good is the second studio album by girl group Atomic Kitten and the first full original album featuring Jenny Frost. The style of the album is comparable with the first album and consists ... 1 1 $9.49 Right Now is the debut studio album by English girl group Atomic Kitten released originally on 23 October 2000 featuring original member Kerry Katona, following the departure of Katona the album wa... 1 1 $9.49 The Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by the British girl group Atomic Kitten; the album was released following the announcement of the group's split. It was released in the Uni... 1 1 $9.49 The Collection is the second compilation album by girl group Atomic Kitten which was released on 2 May 2005 and consists of singles, B-sides and album tracks. Although she does not appear on the al... 1 Sugababes 0 The Sugababes are an English girl group, formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in the UK through London R... 0 S Club 7 0 S Club 7 are an English pop group from London created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller consisting of members Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt, B... 0 5ive 0 Five are an English boy band from London consisting of members Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, and Scott Robinson. They were formed in 1997 by the same team that managed the Spice Girls before they l... 0 Liz McClarnon 0 Elizabeth Margaret "Liz" McClarnon is an English pop singer, songwriter, dancer and television presenter. She is a member of the girl group Atomic Kitten, with whom she has scored three number-one ... 0 B*Witched 0 B*Witched are an Irish girl group consisting of twin sisters Edele and Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou, and Sinéad O'Carroll. Originally active between 1997 and 2002, they enjoyed success in both Europ... 0 Steps 0 Steps are a British dance-pop group consisting of Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Lisa Scott-Lee, Ian "H" Watkins and Lee Latchford-Evans. Steps formed in May 1997 by Barry Upton and Steve Crosby and ... 0 Geri Halliwell 0 Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Horner is an English pop singer-songwriter, clothes designer, author and actress. Halliwell came to international prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the s... 0 Girls Aloud 0 Girls Aloud are an English-Irish pop girl group, which was created through the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group comprised singers Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Ni... 0 Spice Girls 0 The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. The group originally consisted of Melanie Brown, Melani |
What was the U.K.'s top selling single in the 50's | The UK's top 50 million-selling singles - NME 1/50 50. Black Eyed Peas – ‘I Gotta Feelin’’ With thanks to the Official Charts Company, in with a bullet at 50. Black Eyed Peas – ‘I Gotta Feelin’’. An object lesson in directness: all you need to sell warehouse-loads is an airheaded lyric and a one-fingered synth riff from David Guetta. Year: 2009 Sold: 1.3m Credit: Press 2/50 49. Celine Dion – ‘Think Twice’ 49. Celine Dion – ‘Think Twice’. Celine Dion’s first UK No.1 took an unprecedented 14 weeks to get to the top of its chart run – just shy of its actual running time. Year: 1994 Sold: 1.3m Credit: Press 3/50 48. Dexys Midnight Runners – ‘Come On Eileen’ 48. Dexys Midnight Runners – ‘Come On Eileen’. Kevin Rowland’s celtic soul reinvention was fuelled by nabbing fiddle player Helen O’Hara from former Runner Kevin Archer’s new band Blue Ox Babes. The result was a transatlantic No.1 and wedding disco purgatory. Year: 1982 Sold: 1.31m Credit: Press 4/50 47. All Saints – ‘Never Ever’ 47. All Saints – ‘Never Ever’. “A few questions that I need to know.” Grammatical crimes did nothing to derail All Saints’ sweet doo-wop update, another slow-burner that took two months to finally win over the public. Year: 1997 Sold: 1.31m Credit: Press 5/50 46. Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay – ‘(Is This The Way To) Amarillo’ 46. Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay – ‘(Is This The Way To) Amarillo’. Goofing around in the video is enough to get you a “featuring” credit these days. Peter Kay doesn’t actually appear on the record, a Comic Relief re-release of Christie’s 1971 version, but his moonface dominates. Year: 2005 Sold: 1.31m Credit: Press 6/50 45. Spice Girls – ‘Wannabe’ 45. Spice Girls – ‘Wannabe’. The only thing that could fill the Take That-less void in 1996 was a girlband who overcame charming amateurism to make “Girl Power!” a viable mantra and record some damned good tunes. Yeah, they did. Year: 1996 Sold: 1.32m Credit: Press 7/50 44. Gareth Gates – ‘Unchained Melody’ 44. Gareth Gates – ‘Unchained Melody’. After losing the Pop Idol final to the far superior Will Young, Gareth Gates embarked on a pop career with all the enthusiasm of Eeyore. He tackles ‘Unchained Melody’ with less vim and charisma than Robson and bleedin’ Jerome. Year: 2002 Sold: 1.34m Credit: Press 8/50 43. Fugees – ‘Killing Me Softly’ 43. Fugees – ‘Killing Me Softly’. One time, two time. Credit goes to Lauryn Hill for effortlessly redirecting attention from Wyclef Jean’s dunderheaded rap barfs with a soul vocal so sweet it bore comparison with Roberta Flack’s take. Year: 1996 Sold: 1.36m Credit: Press 9/50 42. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’ 42. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’. Check back here in 60 years to see how high this can fly. Adele’s probably pulling in about 10K sales a week for her heartsick ballad/weirdo stalker anthem. Year: 2011 Sold: 1.36m Credit: Press 10/50 41. Engelbert Humperdinck – ‘Release Me’ 41. Engelbert Humperdinck – ‘Release Me’. This kept The Beatles’ ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’/’Penny Lane’ off No.1, don’t you know, using the underhand tactic of selling hundreds of thousands more copies. Year: 1967 Sold: 1.38m Credit: Press 11/50 40. The Beatles – ‘We Can Work It Out’/’Day Tripper’ 40. The Beatles – ‘We Can Work It Out’/’Day Tripper’. The first of five entries for The Beatles, who made the most of the market by rarely putting their singles on albums. Pop stars were generous back then. Year: 1964. Sold: 1.39m Credit: Press 12/50 39. Jennifer Rush – ‘The Power Of Love’ 39. Jennifer Rush – ‘The Power Of Love’. One of those vast power ballads that you know you love despite it representing everything you hate about music – unearned melodrama, strangled vowels and everyone’s mum buying one record a decade. Year: 1985 Sold: 1.39m Credit: Press 13/50 38. Survivor – ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ 38. Survivor – ‘Eye Of The Tiger’. The theme from Rocky III with the left-hook, right-hook, uppercut riff was outsold by ‘Come On Eileen’ and Irene Cara’s ‘Fame’ in 1982 but eventually won on points. Year: 1982 Sold: 1.41m Credit: Press 14/50 37. Coolio feat. L.V. – ‘Gangsta’s Paradi |
Who is the only man to have won the World Driver's championship driving his own car | Motor racing-Triple F1 world champion Brabham dead at 88 Motor racing-Triple F1 world champion Brabham dead at 88 (adds Jones, Australian PM tributes in pars 6-8) By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 19 (Reuters) - Australian Jack Brabham, who won three Formula One world titles and is the only man to have won the championship driving a car bearing his name, died at the age of 88 on Monday. A fierce competitor, brilliant engineer and astute businessman, Brabham claimed the Formula One titles in 1959 and 1960 for Cooper Racing before going on to win a third in 1966 for the Brabham marque. He died at his home on Australia's Gold Coast. "It's a very sad day for all of us," his youngest son David, who also raced in Formula One, said in a statement. "My father passed away peacefully at home at the age of 88 this morning. He lived an incredible life, achieving more than anyone would ever dream of and he will continue to live on through the astounding legacy he leaves behind." Described by 1980 world champion Alan Jones as "inspirational" to the Australian drivers that followed the trail he blazed, Brabham was also the subject of a tribute from his country's Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. "Australia has lost a legend," Abbott said in statement. "With his pioneering spirit, Sir Jack Brabham personified many great Australian characteristics. "He was respected and admired for his spirit, and for his great skill as an engineer." A former Royal Australian Air Force mechanic, Brabham began racing midget cars on cinder tracks in Australia in 1948 before moving to Britain to pursue his career in Formula One in the mid 1950s. Brabham became the first Australian to win the Formula One title in 1959, famously pushing his car uphill to the finishing line to seal the triumph after running out of fuel on the final lap at the U.S. Grand Prix at Sebring. After his second triumph for Cooper, Brabham set up a company with friend and fellow Australian Ron Tauranac to design and build their own cars, one of which he drove to the Formula One title in 1966 at the age of 40. "NATURAL SPORTSMANSHIP" "On track he was always the toughest of tough competitors, tough sometimes to the point at which I'd wonder how could such a nice bloke out of a car grow such horns and a tail inside one," his British rival Stirling Moss recalled in the foreword to the "The Jack Brabham Story" in 2004. "You'd always know when Jack was on a charge because he'd crouch down and almost disappear within the cockpit. Tail-out, broadsiding, showering me with gravel and tuffets from the verge. "Dear me, you could take the Aussie out of the dirt tracks but you couldn't take the dirt tracks out of the Aussie. But the greater side of Jack's character was always his natural sportsmanship." Nicknamed "Black Jack" for his mop of dark hair and taciturn nature, Brabham would become "Geriatric Jack" as he raced on into his 40s, his last victory coming at the 1970 South African Grand Prix in his final season when he was 43. In total, Brabham raced in 126 grands prix, taking pole position 13 times and winning 14 races. After retirement, Brabham sold his his team to Bernie Ecclestone, the Briton who would go on to run the sport, and returned to Australia. He was knighted for services to motor sport in 1979. His sons Geoff, Gary, and David later forged their own careers in motorsport, while the Brabham team name remained in Formula One until the early 1990s. "The word 'legend' is often used to describe successful sportsmen, but often it exaggerates their status. In the case of Sir Jack Brabham, however, it's entirely justified," McLaren team boss Ron Dennis, who worked on the Cooper and Brabham teams in the 1960s, said in a tribute. "A three-time Formula One world champion, he remains the only driver to win a Formula One world championship driving a car bearing his own name - a unique achievement that will surely never be matched." (Additional reporting by Greg Stutchbury and Alan Baldwin, Editing by Ian Ransom) Reblog |
What is the home ground of Chelsea FC | Chelsea FC Stadium Tour & Museum - Free with London Pass Attractions Nearby Tour the grounds of Chelsea Football Club and experience what life is like as a player, behind-the-scenes of this iconic team Stamford Bridge is home to Chelsea Football Club, a popular football team playing in the English Premier League. Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium is a great example of the grandeur and importance of the national game. Part of the Chelsea FC Stadium Tour is a visit to the changing rooms where Chelsea’s world famous squad spends many tense and season-defining moments. You will also experience the atmosphere of this enigmatic space and relive the drama experienced there both in recent and historic games. The legacy of Chelsea FC is immense and as part of your Chelsea tour you will be offered the chance to visit areas usually reserved for the players on a match day, including the dugouts and the press room, with many photo opportunities. Visitors to Chelsea FC can also experience the Chelsea Museum, an interactive tour of into the prestigious history of the football club. The museum brings to life through fun, interactive and user friendly exhibitions one of the most engaging and fascinating stories of modern football. It’s not to be missed whether you are Chelsea fan or not. Tours: 10am-5pm - tours will depart at least twice an hour. Museum: 9.30am-5pm - last entry to the Museum is at 4pm. Please check our Closures and Notices page for changes to opening hours, tour times and exceptional closure dates Tours are not ran on home match days or the day before a European fixture. The museum will be open on selected match days. Matches and fixtures are subject to change so ring in advance to check. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before the start of your tour, especially at peak times. It is always advisable to check the website for any changes to opening times before arriving at the Stadium. You cannot pre-book with the London Pass. With the London Pass the Chelsea FC Stadium tour is completely free – that’s a huge saving of £22 for adults and £13 for children. The benefits don’t stop there, London Pass holders can also enjoy; - Free entry to over 60 top attractions and sights - Free comprehensive 160+ page London Pass guidebook The un-missable tour of Stamford Bridge, home of the Chelsea Football team, is a fun, informative and unforgettable experience, enjoyed by sports fans of all ages, from all over the world. See The: Full List Of Attractions Included Easy and convenient - I was able to purchase my London Pass online, with a discount before arriving into the city. It was convientent to pick up at a central location as well. I purchased the 7 day pass, which enabled me to see much around the city! Trina Partida from UK |
How many strokes at the start and the turn are competitive breast strokers allowed to take while under water | Breaststroke Starts and Turns | Improve Your Breaststroke | Breaststroke Zone Breaststroke Starts And Turns in Breaststroke Information · 0 Comments The breaststroke start and turn has changed over recent times due to the rules changing. Much of this occurred because of underwater footage of Japan’s Kitajima performing a dolphin kick off the start and turn of his races. This dolphin kick, although illegal, could not be seen from the judges. FINA took control and decided to change the law and allow 1 dolphin kick off each start and turn during a race. When this dolphin kick is performed is a personal preference but has changed more recently. When the rule first came in most swimmers were doing it during the arm stroke. We have noticed that now many swimmers are diving/pushing off and while still in the streamline they are performing their dolphin kick and then initiating the arm pull. While underwater each swimmer is allowed 1 arm pull that can go past the waist line and one kick before the head breaks the surface. The arm pull must come before the leg kick and it is so important to keep your elbows high so that you pull the water with your hands AND forearms. We often see swimmers lifting their heads while underwater to see where the surface is. This is like hitting a brick wall and will cause you to slow dramatically. As part of your training practice keeping your head nice and still throughout the motion. Next comes the kick and you need to complete a strong firm kick. As you perform the kick the hands and arms make their way under the body and back to the front so they are ready for the first stoke on the surface of the water. The Dive How you dive is entirely your choice and much of this will come from trial and error. Whether you begin with your feet together or one in front of the other will depend on what is fastest for you. If you are a beginner and are not comfortable with diving the all you need to remember is keep you head down. If you lift your head then your hips drop and your tummy will be sore from slapping the water. Head down and you will be fine. And please ensure the water is deep enough to practice diving. The Turn Underwater the turn is exactly the same as the start. You need to touch the wall with both hands on every turn. When coaching the turn there are two things we really focus on. The first is to time the hands on the wall to the feet leaving. We try to get our athletes to get this under 1 second. The second thing we try to coach is getting onto the wall on a full stroke. We put our athletes out from the wall and get them to swim into the wall and they try and finish on a full stroke. We then take them a different distance out and they try to do it again. This is important as not finishing on a full stroke can cost you lots of time. I have included an underwater clip of a typical breaststroke turn for you. |
What letter is used the most in the English language | The most common first letter in a word in order of frequency T, O, A, W, B, C, D, S, F, M, R, H, I, Y, E, G, L, N, O, U, J, K The most common second letter in a word in order of frequency H, O, E, I, A, U, N, R, T The most common third letter in a word in order of frequency E, S, A, R, N, I The most common last letter in a word in order of frequency E, S, T, D, N, R, Y, F, L, O, G, H, A, K, M, P, U, W More than half of all words end with Letters most likely to follow E in order of frequency The most common digraphs on order of frequency TH, HE, AN, IN, ER, ON, RE, ED, ND, HA, AT, EN, ES, OF, NT, EA, TI, TO, IO, LE, IS, OU, AR, AS, DE, RT, VE The most common trigraphs in order of frequency THE, AND, THA, ENT, ION, TIO, FOR, NDE, HAS, NCE, TIS, OFT, MEN The most common double letters in order of frequency SS, EE, TT, FF, LL, MM, OO The most common two-letter words in order of frequency of, to, in, it, is, be, as, at, so, we, he, by, or, on, do, if, me, my, up, an, go, no, us, am The most common three-letter words in order of frequency the, and, for, are, but, not, you, all, any, can, had, her, was, one, our, out, day, get, has, him, his, how, man, new, now, old, see, two, way, who, boy, did, its, let, put, say, she, too, use The most common four-letter words in order of frequency That, with, have, this, will, your, from, they, know, want, been, good, much, some, time, very, when, come, here, just, like, long, make, many, more, only, over, such, take, than, them, well, were The most commonly used words in the English language in order of frequency The, of, and, to, in, a, is, that, be, it, by, are, for, was, as, he, with, on, his, at, which, but, from, has, this, will, one, have, not, were, or, all, their, an, I, there, been, many, more, so, when, had, may, today, who, would, time, we, about, after, dollars, if, my, other, some, them, being, its, no, only, over, very, you, into, most, than, they, day, even, made, out, first, great, must, these, can, days, every, found, general, her, here, last, new, now, people, public, said, since, still, such, through, under, up, war, well, where, while, years, before, between, country, debts, good, him, interest, large, like, make, our, take, upon, what |
What type of animals are Cheviots, Southdowns and Shropshires | Cheviot | breed of sheep | Britannica.com breed of sheep Hampshire Cheviot, breed of hardy, medium-wool, white-faced, hornless sheep developed in Scotland and Northumberland, England . Cheviots have no wool on their heads and ears or on their legs below the knees and hocks. As a consequence they present a trimmed and alert appearance. The wool of their fleeces is relatively straight, of moderate length, close set, and free from black fibre. Cheviots are frequently used in crossbreeding, especially with Border Leicesters and Lincolns, for market lambs. Cheviot ram. Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: March 07, 2008 URL: https://www.britannica.com/animal/Cheviot-breed-of-sheep Access Date: January 19, 2017 Share |
Who is the most famous daughter of Major Bruce Shand | Obituary: Major Bruce Shand | News | The Guardian Major Bruce Shand Camilla's father, cool under fire - military and matrimonial Tom Corby Share on Messenger Close Major Bruce Shand, who has died aged 89, was famous for keeping his cool: this earned him two military crosses in the second world war and, half a century later, the gratitude of the Prince of Wales for keeping quiet - in public, though not in private - when Charles began an illicit affair with Shand's daughter Camilla, now the Duchess of Cornwall. During more than a decade of lurid headlines, there were rumours of confrontations between Shand and Charles over Camilla's status, before the couple married in April 2005. As one long-standing friend put it: "I think [Shand] was completely frank with him, but they never came to blows." There was a strong bond between father and daughter, and Shand could not tolerate Camilla being treated shoddily. One reported instance of his intervention was in 1993, after the disclosure of intimate taped phone calls between the lovers. At a private meeting, Shand reportedly reproached Charles for ruining his daughter's life, reducing the prince to tears. Conversely, throughout the divorce from Princess Diana, he was said to have been a tower of strength to both Charles and Camilla. Charles grew "very fond" of his father-in-law, admiring his courage, wit and impeccable manners. Shand's father, Philip Morton Shand, was an architectural writer and critic, and an authority on food and wine. His company imported Alvar Aalto's furniture to Britain, and he counted among his circle such leading architects as Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Wells Coates. His marriage to Edith Marguerite Harrington ended in divorce when Bruce was three. Philip went on to acquire three more wives; his youngest child grew up to be Elspeth Howe (Baroness Howe of Idlicote), though Bruce met his half sister only when she was 16, and, indeed, 15 years were to pass after his parents' divorce before he again encountered his father. He had a peripatetic childhood, being raised partly by his mother and stepfather, and by his Shand grandmother, to whom he was devoted. He was sent to Rugby school, which he found oppressive, but developed a love of horses and riding. He went on to Sandhurst, was commissioned in the 12th Lancers as a second lieutenant in 1937, and indulged his interest in hunting and polo. In his self-deprecating memoir, Previous Engagements (1990), Shand recalled how he went to war in 1939 wishing he could have emulated a young officer from his regiment who had set off to fight the Boers in a hansom cab, having been at a splendid party in London the night before. The reality was very different. Seven months after mobilisation, he was in St Omar, northern France, facing the Germans in their drive towards the sea. He pulled back with his men to the coast, and narrowly avoided capture before evacuation from Dunkirk. Typically, his memoir does not mention the MC, though the citation spoke of his "skill and great daring" and how, by "the fearless manoeuvring of his troop, he covered the withdrawal of a column in the face of fire from four enemy tanks". By 1942 Shand was in North Africa. The battle of El Alamein was raging and, promoted to major, he was ordered to slip through the enemy's retreating frontline on a reconnoitre. Heading down an escarpment, he was confronted by a German motorised column, which engaged his men in heavy fire. He managed to withdraw a group of the 6th Rajputana Rifles and organised the evacuation of 20 armoured cars, which would otherwise have fallen into enemy hands. The citation to his second MC said he had constantly proved himself a cavalry leader of "the first order". Wounded, he was taken prisoner and spent the rest of the war as a PoW. Shand returned to Britain in 1945 to marry Rosalind Cubitt, the daughter of Lord Ashcombe, whose builder ancestors had created large swathes of central London, including Belgravia and Pimlico. After dabbling in various enterprises, Shand settled into a comfortable life as a partner in a firm |
What breed of dog is identified with Hush Puppies advertising | Basset Hound Dog Breed Information, Pictures, Characteristics & Facts - Dogtime Dog Breed Group: Hound Dogs Height: Up to 1 foot, 2 inches tall at the shoulder Weight: 50 to 65 pounds Life Span: 10 to 12 years He may be best known as the Hush Puppy dog, but the Basset Hound is much more than an advertising icon. With his placid personality and short-statured yet noble appearance, the Basset Hound is a popular family companion, as well as a slow-paced but keen hunting dog. The name Basset comes from the French word bas, meaning low. And Basset Hounds certainly are low to the ground. Because their bones are heavy and they are muscular, they usually weigh 50 to 65 pounds although they typically are no more than 14 inches tall at the highest point of the shoulder. In reality, they are big dogs on short legs. Their short-legged appearance is the result of a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. Despite his large size, the Basset believes he's a lap dog and will do his best to fit in yours. Bassets are scent hounds , meaning that they were bred to hunt by following the scent of their prey. Their phenomenal sense of smell is second only to that of the Bloodhound. Basset Hounds have smooth, short, hard-textured coats that are relatively easy to take care of. Most of them come in the classic tri-color pattern of black, tan, and white, but they can also be what's known as open red and white (red spots on a white coat), closed red and white (solid red with white feet and tail), or lemon and white. On occasion you may see a gray (also called blue) Basset, but this color is considered undesirable because it's thought to be associated with genetic problems. The Basset Hound has a rounded skull with a deep muzzle and a lot of loose skin on the face, which is heavily wrinkled over the brow when the dog is tracking. This loose skin also causes Bassets to have a sad look, which many people think adds to their charm. Because they were originally bred to be hunting dogs, many of the features of the Basset Hounds have a purpose. Their long, low-set ears drag the ground and pick up scents, while the loose skin around their heads form wrinkles that further capture the scent of whatever they are tracking. Their short legs mean that they move more slowly than longer-legged dogs, which makes it easier for hunters on foot to follow them. Their tails are long and stand upright with a white tip at the end, which makes it easy for hunters to see when the dogs are in tall grass. Basset Hounds also have massive paws and their front feet turn outward slightly to balance the width of the shoulders. Around the house, Basset Hounds are calm and rather lazy. They are loyal to their people and have a pleasant, friendly disposition. Because they originally were bred as pack dogs, they love to be with their families and also do well with other pets. Bassets hate to be left alone for long periods of time, and may become destructive and howl if left alone for too long. Their distinctive baying bark is loud and travels long distances. Basset Hounds are hearty eaters, but because they aren't very active in the house, they can gain weight and quickly become obese , which can cause them to have back and leg problems. Regular exercise is a must. Bassets have a great deal of endurance, so they enjoy taking long walks. When you're walking your Basset, be aware that he loves to track. If he picks up a scent that he wants to follow, he can wander off if not on leash . Bassets are singleminded when trailing a scent and will follow it into the street in front of a car if they're not leashed or confined by a fence. Lots of Basset people channel their dogs' superb scent-trailing skills in organized tracking events called basseting, which take place primarily in Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Bassets are naturals at earning tracking, hunt test, and field trial titles, but they've also been known to compete successfully in agility , obedience, and rally, given a patient trainer. Patience is definitely a virtue when it comes to training a Basset. Unless you |
What product did Actor Rutger Hauer advertise on TV | Rutger Hauer - Biography - IMDb Rutger Hauer Biography Showing all 52 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (7) | Trivia (32) | Personal Quotes (6) Overview (4) 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Mini Bio (1) Blonde, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor Rutger Hauer has an international reputation for playing everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. Hauer was born in Breukelen, a town in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is the son of Teunke (Mellema) and Arend Hauer , both actors. Because his parents were often touring, he and his three sisters were raised by a nanny. A bit of a rebel during his childhood, he chafed at the rules and rigors of school and was often getting into mischief. His grandfather had been the captain of a schooner and at age 15, Hauer ran away to work on a freighter for a year. Like his great-grandfather, Hauer is color-blind, which prevented him from furthering his career as a sailor. Upon his return he attended night school and started working in the construction industry. When he again bombed at school, his parents enrolled him in drama classes. Fancying himself a poet, he spent most of his time writing poetry and hanging out in Amsterdam coffee houses instead of studying. He was expelled for poor attendance and afterward spent a brief period in the Dutch navy. Deciding he didn't like military life, he convinced his superiors that he was mentally unfit and was sent to a special home for psych patients. It was an unpleasant place, but Hauer remained there until he convinced his ranking officers that the military really did not need him. - IMDb Mini Biography By: A. Nonymous Spouse (2) ( 22 November 1985 - present) (1 child) Heidi Merz Frequently worked with Paul Verhoeven His intense depiction of psychopaths A jacket with a red AIDS ribbon designed by a Japanese fashion stylist Trivia (32) Father of Ayesha Hauer Is color blind. According to an interview she gave when Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) was first published, Rutger Hauer was Anne Rice 's original vision for Lestat when the book was being written. Despite a popular rumor that Julian Sands was her first choice, he did not even begin to show up in films or television until 1982, so Rice could not have been aware of him in 1976 when she was writing the book; Rutger has been acting since 1968. Rice may have said Sands would be great for the part when they were casting the film, because she has said that by the time the film was being made Hauer was too old to play Lestat. Was Paul Verhoeven 's first choice to play RoboCop (1987), before Peter Weller was cast. Both his first and last name end with the letters "er". He has appeared in 13 movies/television-series whose title or alternative title end with "er" or "ers". He has played 8 characters whose names end with "er". Speaks German fluently (more or less accent-free). Wife, Ineke ten Kate, whom he married in 1985, was a painter and sculptor. Is an environmentalist. Fought for the release of Greenpeace's co-founder, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking an illegal Norwegian whaling vessel. According to the Official Rutger Hauer website, the vessel was sunk in 1992 as a protest to Norway's announced intention to return to the commercial slaughter of whales, which was to be done in violation of the International Whaling Commission's global ban on whaling. The Dutch Mail Service issued a stamp in 1995 with Rutger on it, taken from a scene in Turkish Delight (1973). Set up an AIDS research foundation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Foundation. Parents, Arend and Teunke Hauer, operated an acting school in Amsterdam. Has appeared in two vampire movies with Donald Sutherland : Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and Salem's Lot (2004). Director Richard Donner originally wanted to use him as the villain Marquet in Ladyhawke (1985), but Hauer turned that role down and expressed more interest in playing the film's hero Etienne Navarre. Son of Arend Hauer . Spent five years in a pantomime com |
What gives macaroons their distinctive flavour | 12 Paleo Macaroons with No Sugar or Dairy | Paleo Grubs 12 Paleo Macaroons with No Sugar or Dairy in Dessert Whip up a batch of Paleo macaroons and you’ll be glad you did. These sweet treats are made with no flour, no dairy, and no grains of any kind, but still deliver maximum flavor. You’ll find a wide assortment of taste sensations here, so try one or try them all. Photo: Leaf Parade 1. Paleo Coconut Macaroons Let’s start off with a basic coconut macaroon that still has a bunch of flavor for you to enjoy. There’s only five ingredients in these macaroons, so you know that they’ve kept things simple for simplicity’s sake. Honey gives them their sweetness and is one of the approved sources of sweet on the Paleo diet. You can be sure that these macaroons will taste coconutty with plenty of shredded coconut being used, unsweetened of course. Always sweeten your own foods on Paleo and don’t trust things that are pre-sweetened. Photo: Colorful Eats 2. Tangy Coconut Lime Macaroons When you’re in the mood for something a little tangy these coconut lime macaroons will do the trick. They start with a basic coconut macaroon and take things up a notch by adding in the flavor of limes. This mixes really well with the coconut and what results is a light and fluffy macaroon made from almond flour, honey, and coconut milk, all Paleo friendly ingredients. You’re using both the lime zest and lime juice so you know it won’t be short on natural lime flavor. Photo: Pure and Simple Nourishment 3. Toasted Chocolate and Coconut Fudge Macaroons Let’s get some chocolate in on the macaroon action with these toasted chocolate and fudge coconut macaroons. Before you start to think that this uses two types of chocolate it’s just one ingredient that makes up the chocolate flavor , and that’s cocoa powder. Overall these are a very chocolatey offering, and one that you’ll be glad to eat, as the tastes of chocolate and coconut are time-tested to be a winner. When cooking Paleo foods it’s always good to stick with what works, as long as the ingredients are all Paleo friendly. Photo: Sarahlynn Smile 4. No-Bake Dark Chocolate Coconut Macaroons Here’s the perfect way to enjoy macaroons without having to turn on the oven. This can come in handy on a hot summer’s day when you want a tasty treat but don’t want to bake anything. They’re using dark chocolate, so you’ll be avoiding the milk and sugar that is added to milk chocolate. You’ll also be getting a rich chocolate taste from the dark chocolate, which plays nicely with the taste of the coconut. Coconut flour gets the call over all-purpose flour, keeping these grain-free and adding a bit more coconut flavor. Photo: Super Nummy 5. Beet Pink Macaroons Beets lend their distinctive color to these macaroons, and also make them one of the healthier macaroons you’ll ever find. That’s because beets contain a special antioxidant known as betalain, which helps the body in a number of different ways. One feature of Paleo cooking and baking is that you’re using wholesome ingredients even when you’re making something like dessert. These will have plenty of coconut flavor thanks to shredded coconut and dessicated coconut, with two types of chocolate to make them taste great. Photo: The Freckled Foodie 6. Mint Chocolate Chip Macaroons These macaroons are going to have the cool taste of mint in them thanks to peppermint extract, and lots of chocolate flavor from the use of chocolate chips from Enjoy Life. Honey will give them sweetness, and all of the other ingredients check out as Paleo approved. You’ll find that the longer you do Paleo, the more you become familiar with what you can and can’t have, and the more confidence you build up to start making your own meals. It brings an air of fun to cooking that just isn’t there on other diet programs. Photo: Tessa the Domestic Diva 7. Raw Paleo Strawberry Macaroons Want a raw macaroon that is packed with strawberry flavor? You’ve come to the right place. You’ll be able to taste the real strawberries that go into this, and you’ll wonder why you ever settled for artificially fla |
Tooth's lager is brewed in which country | Tooth's KB Lager - Tooths - NSW TOOTH'S KB LAGER - Tooths - NSW 1. Tooth's Tooth's S KB LAGER - RED & WHITE 1 37.78 cl. on seam, no volume on face 2 37.9 cls. on seam, no volume on face 3 37.9 cls. on seam, volume on face 4 37.9 cls. on seam, volume on face 5 Tooth's KB LAGER - RED & WHITE - (No Apostrophe in Tooths) 7 Tooths KB LAGER - Draught Brewed - Gold Can - Invicta logo 10 QANTAS Property not for resale - on base 15 QANTAS Property not for resale - on base 17 QANTAS Property not for resale - on base 19 For Armed Forces Only Duty Unpaid - on base 20 Brewed & Canned BY etc. on side 22 Brewed & Canned BY etc. on side 23 Brewed & Canned FOR etc. on side 24 Brewed & Canned FOR etc. on side 25 Brewed & Canned FOR etc. on side 5 Tooth KB LAGER - Draught Brewed - Horse head logo 26 QANTAS Property not for resale - on base 28 3 Cities E2163 new shaped base 31 TOOTH KB LAGER - Draught Brewed - Horse head logo 33 as above with new shaped base 35 as above with new shaped base 37 4.7% ALC/VOL on face - old shaped base 38 as above with new shaped base 7 KB LAGER - Horse Head logo 39 B & C Carlton & United Breweries (NSW) Pty Limited, Australia E15142 40 B & C Carlton & United Breweries (NSW) Pty Limited, Australia D15142 41 Carlton & United Breweries (NSW) Pty Limited, E15142 - Product of Australia 42 Carlton & United Breweries (NSW) Pty Limited, D15142 - Product of Australia 43 Carlton & United Breweries (NSW) Pty Limited, D15142 - Product of Australia 44 Carlton & United Breweries (NSW) Pty Limited, 26 Broadway, Sydney - Product of Australia 8 Silver canning symbol below ALC/VOL 48 Black canning symbol above ALC/VOL, RA1 below 49 As above with sticker Imported/ Jardine Otard Wines & Spirits 50 Black canning symbol above ALC/VOL, RA1 opposite side of can 51 As above but 4.6% ALC/VOL 52 RC1 below address, thin black writing on can 54 RC1 below address, bold black writing on can 55 RC1 - barcode, 4% ALC/VOL, 12g ALC/CAN, band near base in red 56 RC1 - barcode, 4.0 % ALC/VOL, 12g ALC/CAN, band near base in Black 57 RC1, 31*24mm barcode 4.0 % ALC/VOL, 12g ALC/CAN, 58 RC1, 31*15mm barcode 4.0 % ALC/VOL, 12g ALC/CAN, 11 KB LAGER - CUB logo -COLD GOLD 4.6% ALC/VOL Approx. 1.4 Standard drinks c1995 59 RC1 alongside CP1, CP1 under ALC/VOL 60 as above with Silver 5c DEPOSIT in STH AUST KB LAGER - CUB logo - 4.4% ALC/VOL Approx. 1.3 Standard drinks 61 ST AP1 Gold can with CUB logo in black circle at top of can. Black on white barcode at top of can, 5 lines of address, AP1 & RC8 beneath barcode,. Alcohol contents on opposite side of can 62 |
From which country do we get the cheese Danbo | Nordic Cheeses — Nordic Food Lab by Justine de Valicourt . posted Justine de Valicourt Poul Larsen, a Danish cheesemonger from HKI Ost, paid us a few visits recently to share some cheeses and tell us more about the cheese industry in Scandinavia. Most were organic, and some were biodynamic. We had the pleasure to taste some very good ones. To understand more about these cheeses, we needed to look deeper into Scandinavian geography and its long history of dairy culture. Northern Europe has the highest rate of milk consumption in the world [1] , but the culture of milk and dairy differs a lot from one country to another. For example, Sweden has historically a huge consumption of hard cheese compared to Denmark, which favours soured milk, yogurt, and fresh cheese. This variability is largely attributable to geographic factors. Sweden is a large country with a history of seasonal transhumance for pasturing. Shepherds used to be isolated for a couple of months in the summer when moving with their cattle to higher pastures. They would then milk the cows and make cheese as a way to conserve the milk for the winter season, and the best way to store a lot of milk for a long period is to concentrate it by making harder cheese. On the other hand, Denmark is a small country with a very concentrated population. The pastures are relatively near towns and cities and the shepherds never needed to store the milk for long periods of time. They could sell the dairy a few days after collecting the milk, creating a culture of soured milk, yogurt, fresh cheese and fresh milk, consumable all year round. Modernity, however, with industrialisation and globalisation, has complicated this otherwise simple model, bringing an interest in hard cheese to Denmark as well as an easier shepherding life in Sweden. The last few decades have seen the development of a multitude of cheese factories in Denmark, most of them influenced by the cheese cultures of other European countries like the Netherlands and Switzerland. The five Danish and three Swedish cheeses Poul brought us on his first visit were mainly of this relatively new industry. We tried a cheese very similar to a gouda, named Høost Lagret – sweet and moist at 18 months old. Among the Swedish ones, Almnäs Tegel at 26 months was close to a gruyere, and Anno 1225, to a Tomme style. Yet the ones that held our attention were a couple cheeses from Jutland: Thybo , with large crunchy crystals, great buttery flavour, and high umami taste – the kind of cheese most people like; and Hodde Kristian Øko, of semi-pasterised milk, biodynamic from only hay-fed cows – even at 15 months old, it could have waited a couple more months before consumption for more of those nutty flavours to develop. One characteristic we noticed is that all these cheeses did not taste quite as old as we would have expected from their age, as if the aging process were slower here in the North. Could it be because of the high relative humidity in Denmark? Or the cooler climate? Or because the cheeses are more pressed? The Almnäs Tegel, for example, was quite pressed, producing an interesting sandy texture. All these cheeses made us curious about those few very traditional hard cheeses that still exist in Sweden. It is a country that used to boast thousands of different cheese producers and a great diversity of product, though now most of these producers have either been bought up or shut down. Yet there are still a few who have a continuous practice. One visit was barely enough for us to satisfy our questions, so Poul came back a week later so we could learn more. This time he brought some very traditional Swedish cheeses – Get-Mese, Gullbrăcka, and Oviken Dura to name a few. The Get-Mese needs to be described a little more. There is also a Norwegian version of this brown cheese, which is made from whey and boiled for a couple of hours, as the milk proteins and natural sugars go through a Maillard reaction that develops the typical nutty, caramelised flavours, a certain sweetness, and a wood-brown colour. This one also had quite a promi |
What is the main ingredient of the Indian dish dhal | Indian Dal | Whole Foods Market Whole Foods Market Tweet Serves 6 Nutritious and flavorful, with added heat from a jalapeño, this recipe is an ideal choice for a quick evening meal. Dal is one of the principal foods of the Indian subcontinent where the term can be used to mean either an ingredient or the dish made from it. If using green or black beluga lentils instead of red, the cooking time should be increased by 10 to 15 minutes. 2 cups red lentils, sorted and rinsed 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 yellow onion, finely chopped 1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 tablespoons finely chopped ginger 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth 1 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes, with their juice 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 teaspoon ground turmeric 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 1 jalapeño pepper, stemmed, seeded and finely chopped You must be signed in to use shopping lists. Sign in or create account Create a new list: Cancel Method: Heat oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add onions and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add cumin, cardamom, garlic and ginger and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add lentils, broth, tomatoes, cilantro, turmeric, salt and jalapeño and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer, stirring often, until lentils are soft, about 15 minutes. Ladle into bowls and serve. Nutritional Info: Per Serving: 310 calories (60 from fat), 6g total fat, 0.5g saturated fat, 300mg sodium, 43g carbohydrates, (10 g dietary fiber, 4g sugar), 18g protein. Special Diets: Sugar Conscious Note: We've provided special diet and nutritional information for educational purposes. But remember — we're cooks, not doctors! You should follow the advice of your health-care provider. And since product formulations change, check product labels for the most recent ingredient information. See our Terms of Service. Limit To Recipes Featured In Health Starts Here® Get seasonal recipes and cooking tips delivered to your inbox! Email Address User Login Select a store Selecting a store allows you to see that store's content throughout the site, such as sales, store events, and more. Select Your Location "Whole Foods Market" is a registered trademark of Whole Foods Market IP, L.P. Sign in with a social account {* loginWidget *} Sign in with your social account Welcome back {* welcomeName *}! Almost Done! Please confirm the information below before signing in. {* #socialRegistrationForm *} {* socialRegistration_firstName *} {* socialRegistration_lastName *} {* socialRegistration_emailAddress *} {* socialRegistration_displayName *} {* socialRegistration_postalCode *} By clicking "Sign in", you confirm that you accept our terms of service and have read and understand privacy policy . {* backButton *} {* /socialRegistrationForm *} Thank you for registering! We have sent a confirmation email to {* emailAddressData *}. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Almost Done! Please confirm the information below before signing in. Already have an account? Sign In. {* #registrationForm *} {* traditionalRegistration_firstName *} {* traditionalRegistration_lastName *} {* traditionalRegistration_emailAddress *} {* traditionalRegistration_password *} {* traditionalRegistration_passwordConfirm *} {* traditionalRegistration_displayName *} {* traditionalRegistration_postalCode *} {* captcha *} By clicking "Create Account", you confirm that you accept our terms of service and have read and understand privacy policy . {* backButton *} |
Who starred as Jerry opposite Julia Roberts in the 2001 film The Mexican | View All Photos (15) Movie Info A clumsy criminal is put in a position where he not only has to save his own skin, but that of his girlfriend in this comedy with strong undercurrents of romance. Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt) is a low-level Mafia "mechanic" whose ineptitude is countered by frequent (but unpredictable) bursts of dumb luck. Jerry's girlfriend Samantha (Julia Roberts) wants him to get out of the business, and after his latest blunder lands capo Arnold Margolese (Gene Hackman) in jail, so does mid-level crime kingpin Bernie Nayman (Bob Balaban). But Bernie insists that Jerry do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere -- he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol, which is said to be cursed. While Samantha objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue; Jerry heads south of the border, while Samantha, in a huff, sets out for Las Vegas. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile, Jerry's superiors want insurance that he'll return with the goods, so they hire Leroy (James Gandolfini), a hitman, to kidnap Samantha and hold her hostage until Jerry comes back. However, Samantha and Leroy quickly strike up a friendship, and she soon learns the gunman has a sensitive side he doesn't show to the world -- along with a few other secrets. The Mexican marked the first screen pairing for mega-stars Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt -- though, given the film's narrative arc, they play only a handful of scenes together. The film was directed by Gore Verbinski, who won awards for his work in commercials before breaking through with the quirky family comedy Mouse Hunt. Rating: R (for violence and language) Genre: |
Who won an Oscar by playing the male lead in the 1999 film American Beauty | 1999 Academy Awards® Winners and History The Sixth Sense (1999) Actor: KEVIN SPACEY in "American Beauty," Russell Crowe in "The Insider," Richard Farnsworth in "The Straight Story," Sean Penn in "Sweet and Lowdown," Denzel Washington in "The Hurricane" Actress: HILARY SWANK in "Boys Don't Cry", Annette Bening in "American Beauty", Janet McTeer in "Tumbleweeds", Julianne Moore in "The End of the Affair", Meryl Streep in "Music of the Heart" Supporting Actor: MICHAEL CAINE in "The Cider House Rules", Tom Cruise in "Magnolia", Michael Clarke Duncan in "The Green Mile", Jude Law in "The Talented Mr. Ripley", Haley Joel Osment in "The Sixth Sense" Supporting Actress: ANGELINA JOLIE in "Girl, Interrupted", Toni Collette in "The Sixth Sense", Catherine Keener in "Being John Malkovich", Samantha Morton in "Sweet and Lowdown", Chloe Sevigny in "Boys Don't Cry" Director: SAM MENDES for "American Beauty", Spike Jonze for "Being John Malkovich", Lasse Hallstrom for "The Cider House Rules", Michael Mann for "The Insider", M. Night Shyamalan for "The Sixth Sense" Among this year's varied Oscar contenders, British-London theatrical-stage director Sam Mendes' debut feature film American Beauty, a quirky, grim dark comedy/drama about the contemporary American family from DreamWorks, was the top Oscar-winning film (with eight significant nominations and five wins). With an ensemble cast, the low-budget film viewed a dysfunctional family's angst and crisis in suburbia. It was shot for roughly $12.5 million in 55 days. Significant images included symbolically-used, computer-generated rose petals, and the sight of a wind-tossed plastic garbage bag. It was the first non-historical epic (or non-period film) to win the top honor since Silence of the Lambs (1991) . Its five Oscars included Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography (Conrad L. Hall with his second Oscar following a previous win for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) ) and Best Original Screenplay (Alan Ball). This was the fourth instance (in the past five years) that the Best Picture-winning film was based on an original screenplay. American Beauty lost its three nominations for Best Actress, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score (Thomas Newman). Hilary Swank's win as Best Actress for Boys Don't Cry (over Annette Bening) kept American Beauty from sweeping the 'Big Five' honors. The first of the other heavily-nominated Best Picture nominees (below) was the only one that won Oscars: director Lasse Hallstrom's and Miramax's coming of age story The Cider House Rules (with seven nominations and two wins), set within a New England orphanage/abortion clinic, with two Oscars, Best Adapted Screenplay (by John Irving for his own 1985 novel) and Best Supporting Actor (Michael Caine). Its other nominations included Best Picture, Best Director, Best Score, Best Film Editing and Best Art Direction director Michael Mann's scathing and compelling The Insider (with seven nominations and no wins), a serious, based-on-a-true-story film about tobacco-industry controversies (Best Picture, Best Actor (Russell Crowe), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Sound) India-born, 29 yea |
Tomorrow is another day is the last line in which film | Gone with the Wind (1939) - Quotes - IMDb Gone with the Wind (1939) Scarlett : Rhett, Rhett... Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do? Rhett Butler : Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Scarlett : As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Scarlett : What are you doing? Rhett Butler : I'm leaving you, my dear. All you need now is a divorce and your dreams of Ashley can come true. Scarlett : Oh, no! No, you're wrong, terribly wrong! I don't want a divorce. Oh Rhett, but I knew tonight, when I... when I knew I loved you, I ran home to tell you, oh darling, darling! Rhett Butler : Please don't go on with this, Leave us some dignity to remember out of our marriage. Spare us this last. Scarlett : This last? Oh Rhett, do listen to me, I must have loved you for years, only I was such a stupid fool, I didn't know it. Please believe me, you must care! Melly said you did. Rhett Butler : I believe you. What about Ashley Wilkes? Scarlett : I... I never really loved Ashley. Rhett Butler : You certainly gave a good imitation of it, up till this morning. No Scarlett, I tried everything. If you'd only met me half way, even when I came back from London. Scarlett : I was so glad to see you. I was, Rhett, but you were so nasty. Rhett Butler : And then when you were sick, it was all my fault... I hoped against hope that you'd call for me, but you didn't. Scarlett : I wanted you. I wanted you desperately but I didn't think you wanted me. Rhett Butler : It seems we've been at cross purposes, doesn't it? But it's no use now. As long as there was Bonnie, there was a chance that we might be happy. I liked to think that Bonnie was you, a little girl again, before the war, and poverty had done things to you. She was so like you, and I could pet her, and spoil her, as I wanted to spoil you. But when she went, she took everything. Scarlett : Oh, Rhett, Rhett please don't say that. I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry for everything. Rhett Butler : My darling, you're such a child. You think that by saying, "I'm sorry," all the past can be corrected. Here, take my handkerchief. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief. Scarlett : Rhett! Rhett, where are you going? Rhett Butler : I'm going back to Charleston, back where I belong. Scarlett : Please, please take me with you! Rhett Butler : No, I'm through with everything here. I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace. Do you know what I'm talking about? Scarlett : No! I only know that I love you. Rhett Butler : That's your misfortune. [Rhett turns to walk down the stairs] Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Scarlett : [pleads with Rhett as he is about to leave to join the Confederate Army] Oh, Rhett! Please, don't go! You can't leave me! Please! I'll never forgive you! Rhett Butler : I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know... and that is that I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names. Scarlett : [struggles] Don't hold me like that! Rhett Butler : [holds her tighter] Scarlett! Look at me! I've loved you more than I've ever loved any woman and I've waited for you longer than I've ever waited for any woman. [kisses her forehead] Scarlett : [turns her face away] Let me alone! Rhett Butler : [forces her to look him in the eyes] Here's a soldier of the South who loves you, Scarlett. Wants to feel your arms around hi |
What is the name of the wind that brings heavy seasonal rain to Southern Asia | monsoon - National Geographic Society monsoon The rice paddies of Southeast Asia depend on the seasonal monsoon. Photograph by James P. Blair Monsoon Zone The Monsoon Zone is a belt of low-pressure air currents that circle the Earth at the Equator. The Monsoon Zone is also known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The Monsoon Zone is usually warm and experiences mild winds. At sea, the Monsoon Zone is known as the Doldrums due to its lack of winds. Monsoon Cup The Monsoon Cup is an international yachting race held every year in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. The race is held during monsoon season, making it a challenging race for sailors. A monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics . Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean. Monsoons always blow from cold to warm regions. The summer monsoon and the winter monsoon determine the climate for most of India and Southeast Asia. Summer Monsoon The summer monsoon is associated with heavy rainfall . It usually happens between April and September. As winter ends, warm, moist air from the southwest Indian Ocean blows toward countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. The summer monsoon brings a humid climate and torrential rainfall to these areas. India and Southeast Asia depend on the summer monsoon. Agriculture , for example, relies on the yearly rain. Many areas in these countries do not have large irrigation systems surrounding lakes, rivers, or snowmelt areas. Aquifer s, or supplies of underground water, are shallow. The summer monsoon fills well s and aquifers for the rest of the year. Rice and tea are some crop s that rely on the summer monsoon. Dairy farms, which help make India the largest milk producer in the world, also depend on the monsoon rains to keep cows healthy and well-fed. Industry in India and Southeast Asia also relies on the summer monsoon. A great deal of electricity in the region is produced by hydroelectric power plants, which are driven by water collected during the monsoons. Electricity powers hospitals, schools, and businesses that help the economies of these areas develop. When the summer monsoon is late or weak, the regions economy suffers. Fewer people can grow their own food, and large agribusinesses do not have produce to sell. Governments must import food. Electricity becomes more expensive, sometimes limiting development to large businesses and wealthy individuals. The summer monsoon has been called Indias true finance minister . Heavy summer monsoons can cause great damage. Residents of such urban area s as Mumbai, India, are used to the streets flooding with almost half a meter (1.5 feet) of water every summer. However, when the summer monsoon is stronger than expected, floods can devastate the region. In cities like Mumbai, entire neighborhood s can be drown ed. In rural areas, mudslide s can bury villages and destroy crops. In 2005, a strong monsoon devastated western India. As the summer monsoon blew in from the southwest, it first hit the state of Gujarat. More than 100 people died. Then, the monsoon rains hit the state of Maharashtra. Flooding in Maharashtra killed more than 1,000 people. On July 26, 2005, the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, received almost a meter (39.1 inches) of rain. Winter Monsoon The Indian Oceans winter monsoon, which lasts from October to April, is less well-known than its rainy summer equivalent. The dry winter monsoon blows from the northeast. These winds start in the air above Mongolia and northwestern China. Winter monsoons are less powerful than summer monsoons in Southeast Asia, in part because the Himalaya Mountains prevent much of the wind and moisture of the monsoons from reaching the coast. The Himalayas also prevent much of the cool air from reaching places like southern India and Sri Lanka, keeping them warm all year. Winter monsoons are sometimes associated with drought s. Not all winter monsoons are dry, however. Unlike the western part of S |
What was Robin Williams' job in the film Good Morning Vietnam | Amazon.com: Good Morning, Vietnam: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Barry Levinson, Mitch Markowitz: Amazon Digital Services LLC HALL OF FAME on February 6, 2006 Format: DVD Many have tried to dismiss this film as nothing more than a comedic vehicle for Robin Williams. The concept of making light of the horrors of war, particularily Vietnam since it's still so recent in the minds of many turns alot of viewers off to the important potential lessons to be learned in this wonderfully insightful movie. Based on the true life accounts of Air Force officer and D.J. Adrian Cronauer we get a birds' eye view into the strict and ridiculous bureaucracy that can at times reign over military policy and in effect hamper the morale and efforts of the American military. Cronauer provided a much needed spontaneity to the air waves of Vietnam radio and brought however briefly to the American soldiers the contemporary music they wanted to hear. There is alot to laugh at in this film, what else could you expect with the likes of Robin Williams in the lead role. However there is much more going on than what first meets the eye. The concepts of acceptance, friendship, trust and love soon become entangled into the comedic elements which lead to the sad and poignant realization that cultural differences can't always be overcome by good intentions. A bittersweet truth so poignantly conveyed by the beautiful Trinh when rebuffing the romantic advances of Cronauer with the statement, "Vietnam ladies not friends." This film will definitely make you laugh. It will also make you cry and even more importantly make you think. In the final analysis that's what it's all about. There are many wonderful performances in this movie complimenting Robin Williams amazing tour-de-force. My two favorites are Tung Than Tran as 'Phan' and Chintara Sukapatana as 'Trinh.' Highly Recommended!! |
Who directed the 1999 film The Talented Mr Ripley | The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999 ) R | In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures. Director: User Lists Related lists from IMDb users a list of 31 titles created 20 May 2011 a list of 34 titles created 15 Oct 2014 a list of 31 titles created 01 Aug 2015 a list of 34 titles created 06 Sep 2015 a list of 30 titles created 5 months ago Title: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) 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. Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 75 nominations. See more awards » Photos A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks. Director: John Dahl Tom Ripley persuades a man to commit a murder for a large sum of money. The situation goes out of control, and that man must escape trouble. Director: Liliana Cavani In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart. Director: Anthony Minghella An underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent Insurance company. Director: Francis Ford Coppola A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it. Director: Stephen Gaghan The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre. Director: Steven Soderbergh Danny Ocean and his eleven accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously. Director: Steven Soderbergh The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other. Director: Mike Nichols A cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions. Director: Charles Shyer Edit Storyline The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancée, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own. Written by <[email protected]> How far would you go to become someone else? See more » Genres: Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 25 December 1999 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Strange Mr. Ripley See more » Filming Locations: $12,738,237 (USA) (24 December 1999) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The scenes set in New York City that open the film were originally shot in Rome but were deemed unsatisfactory and later reshot in New York City. See more » Goofs When Freddie and Dickie are talking on the boat, Freddie has a drink in his left hand, and stirs it nervously with his right. From the reverse angle, the drink is in his right hand and there is no stirring. See more » Quotes [first lines] Tom Ripley : If I could just go back... if I could rub everything out... starting with myself. See more » Crazy Credits The opening title uses all the adjectives of the complete title before cutting to the final "The Talented Mr. Ripley". See more » Connections A ravishing, |
What was the name of the character played by Christopher Lloyd in the Back to The Future series of films | Back to the Future Day October 21, 2015 live: Is your day turning out like the film predicted? - Telegraph End of Back To The Future Day Latest Back to the Future Day filled with nostalgia - and jokes When Marty McFly travelled to the future in the 1989 "Back to the Future" sequel - to October 21, 2015, to be precise - he was greeted by flying cars, self-tying sneakers and hovering skateboards . The futuristic items were from a distant world for the time-travelling teenager on a journey from 1985 to 2015 to save his children. Michael J Fox in Back to the Future (1985) Photo: REX But that day finally arrived on Wednesday, dubbed "Back to the Future Day" as fans of the blockbuster trilogy around the world celebrated the movie milestone. Marty McFly rides a hoverboard in Back to the Future II Social media sites were ablaze with talk about the sci-fi adventure, cinemas held special screenings of the film and companies jumped in on the hype with savvy adverts . US President Barack Obama tweeted: Happy Back to the Future Day, @RealMikeFox ! Ever think about the fact that we live in the future we dreamed of then? That's heavy, man. — President Obama (@POTUS) October 21, 2015 At the Houston, Texas headquarters of DeLorean cars, whose gull-winged DMC-12 model was adapted in the film into a time machine, crowds gathered to mark the anniversary. Doc Brown is seen holding a tablet in Back to the Future II "A lot of people are getting their cameras out and taking pictures," DeLorean Motor Co CEO Stephen Wynne told reporters. "When we opened... at 8 o'clock this morning, a woman ran in and she was dressed as Marty McFly and everybody goes, 'whoa'!" In Canada, a playful recall announcement on the official Health Canada website said that "a certain DMC-12 car converted into a time machine, a defect in the flux capacitor could lead to inability to travel through time. Doc Brown will affect repairs." One short scene has US baseball fans abuzz. A holographic news board informs Marty McFly that the long-suffering Chicago Cubs have won the 2015 World Series. The Cubs actually made it to the Major League Baseball playoffs this year, and it seemed like the scene might be prescient. But now the Cubs are one loss away from being eliminated from contention by the New York Mets, which would continue the Cubs' 107-year championship drought. In Back to the Future Part II, hero Marty McFly travels from his present-day 1985 to 30 years in the future - October 21, 2015 - to prevent his children from making decisions that would jeopardize his family. In a commercial for Toyota, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, who played the much-loved McFly and Dr Emmett "Doc" Brown, reunite on screen to discuss which predictions "Back to the Future Part II" got right . Back To The Future's Michael J. Fox & Christopher Lloyd Reunite In New Toyota Commercial Photo: Toyota While the so-called hover boards have yet to make their commercial debut, other gadgets such as wearable eye glass screens and video calls have turned out closer to the mark. "We've got 3D movies," Lloyd says as the two actors sit in a diner. "We've got fingerprint technology," Fox answers. Marty is given a pair of self-tying shoes in Back to the Future II Photo: universal Pictures Pepsi unveiled a limited run of "Pepsi Perfect", the soda McFly drinks in the film, while Nike, whose power-laced shoes the character wore, tweeted Fox on Tuesday saying "See you tomorrow", leaving fans speculating over the message. Some fans had hoped for a revival of the franchise at a time when others movies are getting reboots. But earlier this week, one of the films' executive producers said a fourth instalment was unlikely. 00.29 - How the day played out. Was it as predicted in 1985? Back to the Future Day is over. The exact time Marty and Doc Brown travel forward to from 1985 - has been and gone. This time round. 00.08 Driver in silver DeLorean stopped doing 88mph Michigan state police join in fun of Back to the Future Day, claiming they stopped two speeding drivers called Dr Emmett Brown and Marty McFly going |
Who had a No 1 in the 90's with Saturday Night | Whigfield - Saturday Night [Official Video HD] - YouTube Whigfield - Saturday Night [Official Video 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. Uploaded on Oct 18, 2010 Sannie Carlson (best known as Whigfield) is the name of a lady with Danish origins who decided to make a mark in the history of pop-dance music by selling millions worldwide. In 1994 she gained a place in the Guinness Book of Records with the song "Saturday Night" as the first artist to go straight to number one in the UK singles chart with a debut single. Her discography is extremely impressive including numerous hit singles all over the world & four studio albums, a career spanning over a decade which for a pop-dance act is extremely unusual. After many years on stage Sannie has decided to concentrate on the other side of the music industry, writing & composing for other artists in the business, both DJs & singers with names such as the Grammy winner Benny Benassi, Adam K, Ann Lee and In-Grid. Category |
Who wrote the song Crazy, made famous by Patsy Cline | Just A Song: Crazy - Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline Crazy - Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline SONG - Crazy PERFORMED BY - Patsy Cline APPEARS ON - Patsy Cline Showcase (1961) I'm a huge Willie Nelson fan, and "Crazy" has always been one of my favorite Willie tunes. Not so much because Willie wrote it (although I think there's no arguing the fact that only he could have written this song), but because it was made immortal by the late, great Patsy Cline. Plenty of other people, including Willie, have recorded it - Linda Ronstadt, Julio Iglesias, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West, the Waifs, and LeAnn Rimes to name a few - but it's famous and beloved because Patsy Cline sang it. The song is quirky; the lyrics describe the singer's state of bemusement at the singer's own helpless love for the object of his affection. And Willie Nelson's original arrangement was fast and somewhat jerky. The story goes that when it was first presented to Patsy Cline she hated it. But her producer, Owen Bradley, loved it, and to make it more palatable to Cline he arranged it as a much slower ballad. Despite Nelson's original arrangement, the complex melody was perfectly suited to Cline's vocal talents and style, and slowing it down brought that out. The public agreed; the song spent 21 weeks on the country music charts, it became Patsy's signature song, and it turned Willie Nelson from an unknown to one of the most prolific and sought-after songwriters in Nashville. Lyrics I'm crazy for loving you Here's Patsy Cline's immortal version of the song: Another fairly famous version is the one by LeAnn Rimes. I'm not particularly a Rimes fan, but her rendition of "Crazy" is pretty powerful. In a way it's her homage to Patsy Cline, who Rimes considers one of her major influences. This version is certainly respectful of Cline's classic interpretation while still letting Rimes show off some pretty impressive vocal chops. And last is one of my favorite performances of "Crazy" - Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, and Willie Nelson live on stage. Krall's sultry voice certainly does things for this song, as does her usual outstanding piano playing. And it's no secret that Elvis Costello is a huge fan of American country music (he did a whole CD of George Jones songs, among other things); based on his performance here, I'd love to hear him do his own cover of the tune. This version is lots of fun! Posted by |
Who sang the theme tune for the first series of Auf Wiedershen Pet | auf wiedersehen pet thats living alright - YouTube auf wiedersehen pet thats living alright Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 13, 2008 from first series of auf wiedersehen pet opening titles joe fagins thats living alright Category |
What was the first top ten entry for The Jam (1979) | The Jam | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine The Jam were the most popular band to emerge from the initial wave of British punk rock in 1977; along with the Sex Pistols , the Clash , and the Buzzcocks , the Jam had the most impact on pop music. While they could barely get noticed in America, the trio became genuine superstars in Britain, with an impressive string of Top Ten singles in the late '70s and early '80s. The Jam could never have a hit in America because they were thoroughly and defiantly British. Under the direction of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Paul Weller , the trio spearheaded a revival of mid-'60s mod groups, in the style of the Who and the Small Faces . Like the mod bands, the group dressed stylishly, worshipped American R&B, and played it loud and rough. By the time of the group's third album, Weller 's songwriting had grown substantially, as he was beginning to write social commentaries and pop songs in the vein of the Kinks . Both his political songs and his romantic songs were steeped in British culture, filled with references and slang in the lyrics, as well as musical allusions. Furthermore, as the Jam grew more popular and musically accessible, Weller became more insistent and stubborn about his beliefs, supporting leftist causes and adhering to the pop aesthetics of '60s British rock without ever succumbing to hippie values. Paradoxically, that meant even when their music became more pop than punk, they never abandoned the punk values -- if anything, Weller stuck to the strident independent ethics of 1977 more than any other punk band just by simply refusing to change. Weller formed the Jam with drummer Rick Buckler , bassist Bruce Foxton , and guitarist Steve Brookes while they were still in school in 1975; Brookes quickly left the band and they remained a trio for the rest of their career. For the next year, the band played gigs around London, building a local following. In February 1977, the group signed a record contract with Polydor Records; two months later, they released their debut single, "In the City," which reached the U.K. Top 40. The following month, the group released their debut album, also called In the City . Recorded in just 11 days, the album featured a combinations of R&B covers and Weller originals, all of which sounded a bit like faster, more ragged versions of the Who 's early records. Their second single, "All Around the World," nearly broke into the British Top Ten and the group embarked on a successful British tour. During the summer of 1977, they recorded their second album, This Is the Modern World , which was released toward the end of the year. "The Modern World" made it into the Top 40 in November, just as the Jam were beginning their first American tour. Although it was brief, the tour was not successful, leaving bitter memories of the U.S. in the minds of the band. This Is the Modern World peaked in the British charts at number 22, yet it received criticism for repeating the sound of the debut. The band began a headlining tour of the U.K., yet it was derailed shortly after it started when the group got into a nasty fight with a bunch of rugby players in a Leeds hotel. Weller broke several bones and was charged with assault, although the Leeds Crown Court would eventually acquit him. The Jam departed for another American tour in March of 1978 and it was yet another unsuccessful tour, as they opened for Blue Öyster Cult . It did nothing to win new American fans, yet their star continued to rise in Britain. Bands copying the group's mod look and sound popped up across Britain and the Jam itself performed at the Reading Festival in August. All Mod Cons , released late in 1978, marked a turning point in the Jam's career, illustrating that Weller 's songwriting was becoming more melodic, complex, and lyrically incisive, resembling Ray Davies more than Pete Townshend . Even as their sound became more pop-oriented, the group lost none of their tightly controlled energy. All Mod Cons was a major s |
Which well known singer is the daughter of the founder of the Simon and Schuster publishing company | Carly Simon - Biography - IMDb Carly Simon Jump to: Overview (2) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (29) Overview (2) 5' 10½" (1.79 m) Mini Bio (2) She was raised in the Riverdale section of New York City with two sisters and a brother. Her father, Richard Simon, played Chopin and Beethoven on the piano. She attended so many Brooklyn Dodgers games with her father that she was made a team mascot before they moved to Los Angeles. She once said if she could see herself in a ballplayer, it would be Pee Wee Reese; a shortstop is not quite in the infield and not quite in the outfield. Three of her uncles gained distinction in various fields of music. George, as an authority on Jazz; Henry, as a Musicologist and book editor; and Alfred, as the music director of a classical radio station. She attended Riverdale County School and spent two years at Sarah Lawrence before dropping out to form a folk duo with her sister, Lucy. They billed themselves as the Simon Sisters and managed to get work at small clubs on the eastern seaboard. Carly even did Al Jolson improvisations. Lucy eventually left the act and married a physician. Carly's eldest sister Joanna was a professional opera singer. Carly suffered from severe stage fright and one time passed out and collapsed in the middle of a concert in 1981. She met her first husband...James Taylor...as a child when their parents had summered near one another on Martha's Vineyard. (Taylor's father was director of the UNC Chapel Hill Medical College). She married Taylor in 1971 and they later divorced. She has been married to writer Jim Hart since 1981 and they live on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. She has a son and daughter from her marriage to James Taylor. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Mike McKinley <[email protected]> The daughter of Richard Simon, co-founder of the Simon and Schuster publishing company, Carly got her start in music singing in coffee houses with her sister Lucy in the early 60s. After an unsuccessful attempt to launch a solo career, Carly burst onto the music scene in 1971 with her first Top 10 hit "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," which won her the Best New Artist Grammy Award and set the stage for an enormously successful career. After her second hit, "Anticipation," Carly roared to the top of the charts with her album NO SECRETS, and its #1 hit "You're So Vain." Newly married to James Taylor, Carly piled up a series of bestselling albums, including PLAYING POSSUM (1975), which featured controversial cover art of a scantily-clad Carly, although there had always been a sort of subtle sexuality on many of her album covers before (and after); however, none were as blatant as this particular one. Her career marched on, and in 1977, Carly performed her first movie-theme, "Nobody Does It Better," from THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, and it became an international smash. Her sales high continued with 1978's "You Belong To Me" and the album BOYS IN THE TREES, but after the release of her hit "Jesse" in 1980, Carly's career started to wane. Although she released a series of interesting albums in the '80s, none of them were commercial successes. After her divorce from James Taylor, she also retired from performing live. But then in 1987, Carly wrote the theme for HEARTBURN - "Coming Around Again" - and her career was revitalized. The song was a big hit and the album of the same name was a best-seller and charted for well over a year. By that point, she was a legend and was then able to release albums at a more relaxed pace, which allowed her to be more adventurous in her writing and creativity. Since then, all of her work has been very well received, most notable "Let The River Run," which she wrote for WORKING GIRL and won her her first Oscar. Carly's album THE BEDROOM TAPES (2000) reflected her personal trials more overtly than any of her other albums up to that point, particularly a case of writer's block as well as her breast cancer ordeal and the accompanying depression she experienced due to chemotherapy. Nevertheless, Carly is now healthy and content and remains a notabl |
What is the name of the crossword game show that was presented by Tom O' Connor | Crosswits - UKGameshows Crosswits Broadcast Tyne Tees (regional), 27 April to 20 July 1985 (13 episodes in 1 series) Tyne Tees in association with Cove Productions and Action Time for ITV, 6 January 1987 to 23 December 1998 (422 episodes in 11 series) Synopsis "We'll have 8 Across please." "They're wits, and they're in the shape of a cross (9)." "Erm..." BEEBOOP! The New York World has a lot to answer for. Players have to solve cryptic clues in this comfortable weekday show. Two teams of two, an ordinary member of the public coupled with a celeb would compete for points. On the computer board was a giant crossword puzzle, all the clues hinting towards a common keyword. A recent (pale-coloured) version of the Crosswits set Teams took it turns to choose a clue, a correct answer giving them one point for each letter in the word and the chance to solve the keyword for a bonus of ten. This carried on until the end. The computerised game board, showing an anagram round in progress (the answer was AURORA) Special rounds included the Song round, where all the clues were lyrics in the first line or two of a well-known song, the Anagram round where the first letter of each clue formed the clueword, and the Mystery round, where if you can find the keyword after one clue (with no clueword given) you won a cordless phone. Host, Tom O'Connor . The team with the most points after the siren went through to the Crossfire round, a ten clue crossword and they had 60 seconds to finish it in. If they did they won a holiday, if they lost they won obscurity. They'd keep the same two celebs from day to day throughout the week so you could really see a slice of competitiveness. Carol Vorderman helps out a contestant Cheerfully hosted by Scouse ex-English teacher Tom O'Connor . The guests on the show included anyone they could get to make the journey to Newcastle, including Colin Baker, Kate Copstick , David "Kid" Jensen , Carol Vorderman and - the real master of the game - comedy writer John Junkin . Tom doing his "Never a cross word..." ending Key moments Usually some close finishes in the end game. Catchphrases "And never a cross word... just for me, alright?" "If there's a 'cross word' in your house, make sure it's written and not spoken." Inventor Devised by Jerry Payne. Theme music There were three different signature tunes. The first two incarnations were written by Graham Elliott and Mike Bersin. Trivia Patricia Walton writes: From around 1989 puzzles were compiled mainly by two people: the late and marvellous cruciverbalist Bob Smithies aka "Bunthorne" to people who solved his puzzles in the broadsheets, and by me; Patricia Walton. In fact it was at my suggestion that the music round was introduced. Space Oddity was one of many puzzles I compiled during the seven years I worked on the show. There were some earlier series of Crosswits hosted by Barry Cryer. It was then a weekly show, with the points being shown as an amount of money in pounds. To give you an idea of the calibre of celebrity guests the show got on, here's the line-up for the summer 1989 series. If you don't know who these people are... well, there you go: Week 1: Dinah Sheridan and Richard Whitmore Week 2: John Junkin and Janice Long Week 3: Leslie Crowther and Kathryn Apanowicz Weeks 4 & 5: Chris Tarrant and Wincey Willis Week 6: Gordon Honeycombe and Brigit Forsyth Week 7: Jenny Hanley and Alfred Marks Week 8: Pamela Power and Reginald Marsh Week 9: Colin Baker and Carmen Silvera Correspondent "Miss Emma" says: "We had a carpet right through the 80s that was exactly the same colour as the Crosswits board background" which was "brown, medium-dark". It's this kind of detail that makes UKGameshows.com the web's number one source for game show analysis and light entertainment-related retro furnishing gossip - remember, you don't get this anywhere else! Merchandise |
What was Captain Mainwaring's favourite description of Private Pike | Dad's Army uncovered: 35 things you need to know about the BBC comedy classic - Mirror Online TV Dad's Army uncovered: 35 things you need to know about the BBC comedy classic It has been 35 years since Dad's Army finished its original telly run - check out our essential need to know facts about the comedy favourite Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Despite its original run ending 35 yesterday, Dad’s Army still has a prominent pride of place in British TV history. More than just a comedy, few other shows have contributed as many immediately recognisable moments that are remembered so fondly across all ages. So are the show's stars - Clive Dunn's recent sad passing evidenced one again how Dad's Army has stayed with viewers across the years. Think you know everything there is to know about this national telly treasure? Think you’re dooooooooooomed? Well don’t panic! Here are 35 facts on the adventure of the Home Guard during Britain’s finest hour! 1. Television and beyond! Dad’s Army ran for an epic 80 television episodes across nine series from 1968 to 1977 as well as a number of short sketches. But it wasn’t all about television: the Captain Mainwaring and his men also crossed radio and stage on their way to becoming national treasures. 2. Almost Mainwarings Arthur Lowe is most famous for his role as bumbling Captain George Mainwaring, a character some of his co-stars thought resembled him! But he wasn’t the first choice. Some BBC bosses, including Head of Comedy Michael Mills, were against his casting and the role was offered to Thorley Walters and even future Doctor Who Jon Pertwee before Lowe took on his most famous part. 3. They don’t like it down ‘em! Arthur Lowe certainly knew what comedy he liked and knew what he didn’t. In one episode he refused to film a scene where Private Frazer tries to free a bomb from Captain Mainwaring’s trousers. After a few rewrites, as you may remember, Corporal Jones ended up taking the bomb for the team. But Arthur Lowe insisted on something a bit more permanent: he had a clause written into his contract that he would never have his trousers removed! 4. War veterans View gallery Corporal Jones may always be the first of the platoon to want to ‘stick it up ‘em’ but the late Clive Dunn , who served four years in prisons and prisoner of war camps in Austria during WW2, was a pacifist. Other members of the cast and crew had fought not only in the Second World War, but also the First such as Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey). During WWII, Arthur Lowe served as a Sergeant Major and John Le Mesurier a Captain, while director/producer David Croft rose to the rank of major after joining the Royal Artillery in 1942. 5. Real Home Guard Of the television Home Guard platoon only John Laurie (Frazer) and Arnold Ridley (Godfrey) had actually served in the real Home Guard during the Second World War. Ridley had joined the Home Guard’s forerunner, the Local Defence Volunteers in 1940, narrowly escaping injury or death when his cottage was hit by a bomb in 1944. Laurie was also a veteran of the First World War, as a member of the Honourable Artillery Company. 6. Permission to sing, sir! Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now The late Clive Dunn achieved fame as one of the most quotable characters in Dad’s army, Corporal ‘Don’t Panic’ Jones. But at the same time he was playing the role, he also managed to score a number one hit single with 1971’s ‘Grandad’ – a song that featured none other than Rick Wakeman on keyboards. It certainly wasn’t the end of Dunn’s musical career - he even released his own album, ‘Permission to Sing Sir!’ 7. Private Perry! One of the show’s most popular characters, Private Pike (played by Ian Lavender ) was based on writer Jimmy Perry’s real life experience as a teenager being molly-coddled by his mum. "She didn't go so far as making me wear a scarf, but she came pretty near" he said. Shouldn’t have told us that, Pike! 8. Almost W |
In which American cop series did the hero keep a cockatoo called Fred | Baretta (TV Series 1975–1978) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The cases of maverick undercover New York City detective Tony Baretta. Creator: a list of 26 titles created 24 Mar 2012 a list of 46 titles created 26 Dec 2012 a list of 33 titles created 07 Sep 2013 a list of 30 titles created 11 months ago a list of 23 titles created 6 months ago Search for " Baretta " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards » Photos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X Sam McCloud is a Marshal from a Taos, New Mexico, who takes a temporary assignment in the New York City Police. His keen sense of detail and detecting subtle clues, learned from his experience, enable him to nab unsuspecting criminals despite his unbelieving boss. Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter The exploits of milk-swilling, geriatric private eye Barnaby Jones. Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco. Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell Frank Cannon is an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures; he becomes a high-priced private investigator. Stars: William Conrad, Patrick Culliton, Tom Pittman A veteran cop with more than 20 years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco. Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Reuben Collins A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city. Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett. Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong This was the first TV cop show to feature a female lead - Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop San Francisco Police Commissioner Stewart "Mac" McMillan and his amateur detective wife keep their marriage unpredictable while solving the city's most baffling crimes. Stars: Rock Hudson, John Schuck, Susan Saint James Mannix worked originally for Wickersham at Intertect and then struck out on his own, assisted by Peggy Fair (whose cop-husband had been killed) and police department contact Tobias. Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear. Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas The cases of a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths that usually suggest murder. Stars: Jack Klugman, John S. Ragin, Robert Ito Edit Storyline Tony Baretta is a street-smart, maverick undercover cop with the NYPD, who won't hesitate for a second to toss the rule book out the window if it stands between himself and taking some bad guy off the street. His unconventional methods often land him in hot water with his boss (Inspector Schiller, later Lt. Brubaker), but as long as Baretta was getting the job done, there wasn't much they could do. Ex-cop Billy and Huggy Bear-wannabe Rooster were Baretta's main men on the street, and Fred was his pet cockatoo. Written by Marty McKee <[email protected]> |
The name of which Greek god is used to describe a handsome man | Urban Dictionary: Adonis Adonis A guy otherwise known as esteran/esteban. Has the biggest donk you've ever seen.. with both eyes closed. But when they're opened it's only 180 degrees. He has bleached brown hair and a peace sign tattoo on his scrawny arm that is a circle that probably has a diameter of 3 inches and nothing mire because if it was bigger it wouldn't fit in the dimmensions of his arm. Person: Woah that guy has a big donk and his name is esteban. Person #2: Yeah he's an Adonis. |
In Roman mythology how were Romulus and Remus related | Romulus and Remus - Ancient History Encyclopedia Romulus and Remus by Brittany Garcia published on 04 October 2013 In Roman mythology , Romulus and his twin brother Remus were the children of Rhea Silvia and Mars (or in some variations the demi-god hero Hercules ). Romulus and Remus are best known for being the founders of the city of Rome . Their story is recorded by many authors including Virgil who claims their birth and adventures were fated in order for Rome to be founded. The Birth & Parentage of Romulus & Remus Romulus and Remus were the direct descendants of Aeneas, whose fate-driven adventures to discover Italy are described by Virgil in The Aeneid . Romulus and Remus were related to Aeneas through their mother's father, Numitor. Numitor was a king of Alba Longa, an ancient city of Latium in central Italy, and father to Rhea Silvia. Before Romulus' and Remus' conception, Numitor's reign was usurped by Nimitor's younger brother, Amulius. Amulius inherited control over Alba Longa's treasury with which he was able to dethrone Numitor and become king. Amulius, wishing to avoid any conflict of power, killed Nimitor's male heirs and forced Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal Virgin . Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta , patron goddess of the hearth; they were charged with keeping a sacred fire that was never to be extinguished and to take vows of chastity. Remove Ads Advertisement There is much debate and variation as to whom was the father of Romulus and Remus. Some myths claim that Mars appeared and lay with Rhea Silvia; other myths attest that the demi-god hero Hercules was her partner. However, the author Livy claims that Rhea Silvia was in fact raped by an unknown man, but blamed her pregnancy on divine conception. In either case, Rhea Silvia was discovered to be pregnant and gave birth to her sons. It was custom that any Vestal Virgin betraying her vows of celibacy was condemned to death; the most common death sentence was to be buried alive. However, King Amulius, fearing the wrath of the paternal god (Mars or Hercules) did not wish to directly stain his hands with the mother's and children's blood. So, King Amulius imprisoned Rhea Silvia and ordered the twins' death by means of live burial , exposure, or being thrown into the Tiber River. He reasoned that if the twins were to die not by the sword but by the elements, he and his city would be saved from punishment by the gods. He ordered a servant to carry out the death sentence, but in every scenario of this myth, the servant takes pity on the twins and spares their lives. The servant, then, places the twins into a basket onto the River Tiber, and the river carries the boys to safety. The twins were first discovered by a she-wolf or lupa, who suckled them, and they were fed by a wood-pecker or picus. The Discovery of Romulus & Remus The river god Tibernus ensured their safety by calming the river, and he caused their basket to catch in the roots of a nearby fig tree. The tree was located at the base of the Palatine Hill in the Velabrum swamp. The twins were first discovered by a she-wolf or lupa, who suckled them and they were fed by a wood-pecker or picus. Eventually, they were discovered and cared for by a shepherd and his wife: Faustulus and Acca Larentia.The two boys grew up to be shepherds like their adoptive father. One day while they were herding their sheep, they were met by shepherds of King Amulius. These shepherds started a fight with Romulus and Remus in which Remus was captured and taken before King Amulius. Romulus gathered and incited a band of local shepherds to join him in rescuing his brother. King Amulius believed that Rhea Silvia's children were dead; he did not recognize Remus or Romulus. Romulus freed his brother, and in the process killed King Amulius. Romulus & Remus Begin to Quarrel After Amulius' death, the brothers rejected the citizens' offer of the crown of Alba Longa and instead reinstated Nimitor as king. They left Alba Longa seeking to found their own city, and each set out to find the best locale. The brothers quarrelled over |
After how many years does the mythical phoenix build it's funeral pyre and is then reborn | Phoenix | Define Phoenix at Dictionary.com phoenix noun 1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope. 2. genitive Phoenicis [fee-nahy-sis,, -nee-] /fiˈnaɪ sɪs,, -ˈni-/ (Show IPA). (initial capital letter) Astronomy. a southern constellation between Hydrus and Sculptor. 3. a person or thing of peerless beauty or excellence; paragon. 4. a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent annihilation. Origin of phoenix Medieval Latin 900 before 900; < Latin < Greek phoînix a mythical bird, purple-red color, Phoenician, date palm; replacing Middle English, Old English fēnix < Medieval Latin; Latin as above Phoenix Classical Mythology. the brother of Cadmus and Europa, and eponymous ancestor of the Phoenicians. a son of Amyntor and Cleobule who became the foster father of Achilles and who fought with the Greek forces in the Trojan War. 2. a city in and the capital of Arizona, in the central part. 3. Military. a 13-foot (4 meters), 989-pound (445 kg), U.S. Navy air-to-air missile with radar guidance and a range of over 120 nautical miles. Arizona a state in SW United States. 113,909 sq. mi. (295,025 sq. km). Capital: Phoenix. Abbreviation: AZ (for use with zip code), Ariz. Related forms [ar-uh-zoh-nee-uh n] /ˌær əˈzoʊ ni ən/ (Show IPA), adjective, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for phoenix Expand Sheriff Joe Arpaio Slammed in Federal Civil Rights Probe Report Terry Greene Sterling December 15, 2011 phoenix fully inhabits Freddie Quell, a disillusioned paint thinner-guzzling WWII Navy veteran prone to fits of rage. British Dictionary definitions for phoenix Expand noun 1. a legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes every 500 years 2. a person or thing of surpassing beauty or quality Word Origin Old English fenix, via Latin from Greek phoinix; identical in form with Greek Phoinix Phoenician, purple Phoenix1 noun (Latin genitive) Phoenices (ˈfiːnɪˌsiːz) 1. a constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Grus and Eridanus Phoenix2 noun 1. a city in central Arizona, capital city of the state, on the Salt River. Pop: 1 388 416 (2003 est) Arizona noun 1. a state of the southwestern US: consists of the Colorado plateau in the northeast, including the Grand Canyon, divided from desert in the southwest by mountains rising over 3750 m (12 500 ft). Capital: Phoenix. Pop: 5 580 811 (2003 est). Area: 293 750 sq km (113 417 sq miles) Abbreviation Ariz., (with zip code) AZ 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 phoenix Expand n. Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix, mythical bird of Arabia which flew to Egypt every 500 years to be reborn, also "the date" (fruit and tree), also "Phoenician," literally "purple-red," perhaps a foreign word (Egyptian has been suggested), or from phoinos "blood-red." Exact relation and order of the senses in Greek is unclear. Ðone wudu weardaþ wundrum fæger fugel feþrum se is fenix hatan ["Phoenix," c.900] Spelling assimilated to Greek 16c. (see ph ). Figurative sense of "that which rises from the ashes of what was destroyed" is attested from 1590s. The city in Arizona, U.S., so called because it was founded in 1867 on the site of an ancient Native American settlement. Arizona 1861, originally as the name of a breakaway Confederate region of southern New Mexico; organized roughly along modern lines as a U.S. territory in 1863. From Spanish Arizonac, probably from a local name among the O'odham (Piman) people meaning "having a little spring." Alternative theory is that it derives from Basque arizonak "good oa |
What was the sword of Damocles hanging from | A sword of Damocles hangs over head - Idioms by The Free Dictionary A sword of Damocles hangs over head - Idioms by The Free Dictionary http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+sword+of+Damocles+hangs+over+head a sword of Damocles hangs over head a sword of Damocles hangs over somebody's head (literary) also a sword of Damocles hangs over somebody (literary) if a sword of Damocles hangs over someone, they are in a situation where something bad is likely to happen to them very soon Usage notes: This phrase comes from a story about Damocles who had to eat his food with a sword hanging over him which was tied up by a single hair. You live with this sword of Damocles hanging over your head, knowing that you carry the virus for a deadly disease. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: <a href="http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+sword+of+Damocles+hangs+over+head">a sword of Damocles hangs over head</a> |
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Which sport is played under Cartwright Rules | Alexander Cartwright Alexander Cartwright Nationality: United States Executive summary: Original rules of baseball Alexander "Alick" Cartwright worked as a clerk for a broker and later for a bank, and, weather permitting, played variations of cricket and rounders in the vacant lots of New York City after the bank closed each day. In 1845 he joined the New York Knickerbockers, a club that played under what were called "New York rules", as distinguished from other clubs that played a similar game called town ball under "Massachusetts rules". Cartwright organized the team with a constitution and bylaws, and suggested that they could arrange more games and the sport would be more widely-played if it had a single set of agreed-upon "Knickerbocker rules". Cartwright chaired a committee of four Knickerbocker players that drew up a set of rules generally seen as the founding moment for modern baseball. The changes in these new rules included the distinction between fair and foul territory, and the requirement that runners be put out by being tagged with a ball in a fielder's control -- previously, runners could be tagged by being hit with a thrown ball, which sometimes left runners not just "out" but out cold. Knickerbocker rules also stipulated that the bases be laid out in a diamond array with 42 paces between home plate and second base, and the same distance between first and third bases, which works out to bases about 90 feet apart, the same distance as in today's game. He left the Knickerbockers to follow the California gold rush in March 1849, and took with him his ball and rulebook. In his letters from the cross-country trip he wrote of playing baseball games with locals as he journeyed west. He made a small gold strike in California, and used his earnings to pay passage to Hawaii, where he worked as a bookkeeper for a ship chandlery business, and introduced baseball to other settlers. Cartwright had been a volunteer firefighter in New York City, and was appointed Honolulu's Fire Chief in 1851 by King Kamehameha III. A prolific reader, he was a co-founder of the Honolulu Library and Reading Room, forerunner of Hawaii's present-day state library system. He successfully fought to block a rule that would have prohibited women and children from becoming library members, writing, "What makes us old geezers think we are the only ones to be spiritually and morally uplifted by a public library in this city?� Baseballs and gloves are often laid at his gravesite in Oahu Cemetery. |
How many hurdles are jumped in a men's 400 metres hurdle race | How high are the hurdles? How high are the hurdles? Hurdles | 0 comments Hurdles should have 5 different heights that they can be set at. Each one of these heights is used for a different race or age group. The easiest way to explain the hurdle height is in inches (if you are from the United States). The hurdles can be adjusted anywhere from 42 inches down to 30 inches. When you change a setting on the hurdle it will adjust the height of the hurdle by 3 inches either up or down. As you go throughout your coaching career you may hear the hurdle heights described in other ways besides simply saying the height in inches. Many times you will hear the heights referred to using the terms Low (30 inches), Women’s (33 inches), Intermediate (36 inches), High School Highs (39 inches), and Open (42 inches). The low hurdle height is used for the women’s 300/400 meter hurdle race. In my area it is also occasionally used for the women’s 100 meter hurdle races for the junior varsity level. The women’s height is used for the 100 meter hurdles. Women run this height in high school all the way through to the Olympic level. The intermediate height is used for the men’s 300/400 hurdle races. They use this height from high school to the Olympic level. The high school highs are used for the boy’s 110 meter hurdle race at the high school level. The last height is the open height which is used for the men’s 110 meter hurdle races at the college and Olympic levels. Teaching your athletes these heights and terminology is very important. Doing so will allow you to get things set up a lot quicker. If you tell them to set the hurdles up at the intermediate height then they should know exactly where to set the hurdles up and which height to set them on. Having your athletes set the hurdles up allows them to get more work accomplished because multiple athletes can get them set up correctly faster than you can by yourself. Teaching your hurdlers this terminology is something that I try to do in the first week of hurdling and I recommend you do the same. Search for: |
Which British surgeon is generally recognised as the founder of antiseptic surgery | Joseph Lister Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline Physicians Joseph Lister Biography Joseph Lister was a British surgeon who was the founder of antiseptic medicine. This biography of Joseph Lister provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline. Quick Facts 1902 - Copley Medal See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Joseph Lister was a British surgeon who was the founder of antiseptic medicine and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is credited to have introduced the method of sterilizing surgical instruments with carbolic acid which greatly reduced the risk of post-operative infections in patients. Up until that time, it was generally believed that chemical damage from exposures to bad air was responsible for infections in wounds and doctors were not even required to wash their hands before performing surgeries. Lister read about the experiments in fermentation conducted by French chemist Louis Pasteur and conducted his own experiments to conclude that micro-organisms were responsible for the infections in patients. He set about trying to find an effective method of eliminating the micro-organisms by exposing them to strong chemicals. After extensive experimentation, he found an effective antiseptic in carbolic acid. He treated the surgical instruments and wounds of patients with the chemical and discovered that when the solution was swabbed on wounds, it remarkably reduced the incidence of gangrene. Excited by his findings, he published his results in âThe Lancetâ. He instructed other surgeons to wash their hands and instruments with 5% carbolic acid solutions before operations, and this dramatically brought down the mortality rates from infection. Hailed a hero for his significant discoveries, Lister won worldwide acclaim and was made a baron by Queen Victoria. Childhood & Early Life Joseph Lister was born on 5 April 1827, in West Ham, England, to Joseph Jackson Lister, an amateur British opticist and physicist and his wife Isabella Harris, as one of their seven children. His father was a pioneer of achromatic object lenses for the compound microscope. Bright and curious as a young child, he studied fish and small animals. It did not take him long to realize that he was meant to be a surgeon when he grew up. He studied mathematics, natural science, and languages in Grove House School, and became fluent in French and German. He entered University College in London in 1844 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1847. He then registered as a medical student at the same college and graduated with a bachelor of medicine with honors in 1852. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and house surgeon at University College Hospital the same year. Career He went to Edinburgh, Scotland, in the fall of 1853 and became acquainted with James Syme, the greatest surgical teacher of his day. The following year, Lister became an assistant to Syme at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He was appointed a surgeon at the infirmary in 1856 and became a professor of surgery at the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow in 1860. During that era, surgeries were very risky procedures. Many times the patients would develop infections and die shortly afterwards even if the actual surgery had been successful. It was generally believed that it was exposure to bad air that caused infections in wounds. In 1864, Lister read a paper published by the French chemist, Louis Pasteur, which showed that fermentation and food spoilage could be caused by the presence of micro-organisms. Pasteur had also given three possible methods of eliminating micro-organismsâfiltration, exposure to heat, or exposure to chemical solutions. Intrigued by Pasteurâs findings, Lister conducted his own experiments which confirmed the Frenchmanâs discoveries. Lister was now motivated to develop "antiseptic" techniques for wounds. At around the same time, Lister also read about the treatment of sewage with a chemical called carbolic acid that had led to a reduction in disea |
Which very well known British TV actor's real name is David White | David Jason - Biography - IMDb David Jason Biography Showing all 601 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (140) | Personal Quotes (454) | Salary (2) Overview (3) 5' 6" (1.68 m) Mini Bio (1) Sir David Jason was born in Edmonton, London, in 1940. He has become one of Britain's most famous and respected actors. He is a versatile actor who is most famously known for his role in Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) as Del Boy. He made his debut as DelBoy back in 1981 and was still playing the same role up to the Christmas special in 2002. His big break came in the 1967 children's comedy show Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967) starring alongside members of the Monty Python team: Terry Jones ; Eric Idle , and Michael Palin . Sadly, in 1990, he spent time away from work to nurse Myfanwy Talog , the Welsh actress who was his long time partner, before she died of cancer at the age of 49. He has come a long way from his days as an electrician and has won numerous awards for his work. He has managed to combine the comedy aspect of his career with rather more serious roles, such as that of Jack Frost in the highly-rated detective Series A Touch of Frost (1992) and has proved that he is a man of many talents. In the mid 1970s, he was convincingly made up as Blanco, an elderly prisoner, in episodes of Porridge (1974) with Ronnie Barker . He has also done voice work in children's TV. He has not really concentrated on films, although he was very impressive in the TV film, All the King's Men (1999) in 1999, playing Frank Beck, the Commander of the Sandringham Company who mysteriously disappeared whilst in action in The Great War campaign in Gallipoli in 1915. He lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife, Gill Hinchcliffe and their daughter, Sophie Mae, who was born in 2001. His hobbies are a little DIY and gardening. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Hasselbaink007 Spouse (1) ( 30 November 2005 - present) (1 child) Trivia (140) Younger brother of actor Arthur White , who appears in many episodes of A Touch of Frost (1992) with him. Became a father for the 1st time at age 61 when his partner Gill Hinchcliffe gave birth to their daughter Sophie Mae White on 26 February 2001. Worked as a self-employed electrician before becoming an actor, initially in the theatre and later moving to television. Did not find out until age 14 that he had a twin brother who had died at birth. He was considered for the role of Corporal Jones in the BBC series Dad's Army (1968), which eventually went to Clive Dunn . Received two awards at the British Television Awards. He got the awards for "Britain's Best Actor" and "Britain's Best Comedy Actor". After discovering that there was already a "David White" registered with Equity, he took the name "David Jason". It has long and popularly been rumoured that the name "Jason" came from his twin brother who had died in infancy. This is incorrect. His twin brother died without being named, and he chose "David Jason" as his stage name from his favourite book at school Jason and the Argonauts (1963). Knighted in the Queen Elizabeth II 's Birthday Honours. He collected the award from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 1 December 2005, having secretly married his long-term partner Gill Hinchcliffe at the Dorchester Hotel in London the day before. [2005] He was awarded an O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of British Empire) for his services to drama. Bob Monkhouse was enthusiastic about David Jason's comic potential and attempted to put together a pilot film for him called "Jason" in the late 1960s-early 1970s. A qualified dive master, he was taught to dive in the Cayman Islands. Appeared in juvenile court at the age of 14 for stealing lead. Ironically, in the Season 1 finale of Only Fools and Horses.... (1981), Del Boy steals three tons of lead, but for use as a fallout shelter. He then appeared in court when he was 18 for riding a motorbike without L-plates; he was fined 10 shillings. Has worked as a teaboy and a grease monkey in a garage. He lost his enthusiasm for being a mechanic when during |
What does a barometer measure | What Does a Barometer Measure? | Wonderopolis Wonder of the Day #213 What Does a Barometer Measure? What does a barometer measure? How much pressure does the atmosphere exert on you at all times? How do changes in air pressure signal changes in the weather? Tags: Listen Can you feel the pressure ? It's around you…all the time…everywhere you go. What is it? Atmospheric pressure — often referred to simply as air pressure — is the constant force exerted on you by the weight of little particles of air. These tiny air particles, called air molecules, can't be seen, but they are all around you. They have weight, which means they constantly “push" down on you. If you look straight up in the air, you can imagine a tall column of air above your head reaching all the way to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere . The weight of that column of air is the amount of air pressure exerted on you. If you move to a higher elevation (climb a mountain, for example), the air pressure will be lower. Why? The length of that column of air above you has decreased by the amount of your increase in elevation . As you move to a higher elevation , you may notice that your ears have to “pop." This balances the pressure between the inside and outside of your ear. Since there are fewer air molecules the higher you go, you will also probably need to breathe faster to breathe in more molecules to make up for the deficit . Air molecules also take up space. Because there tends to be a lot of empty space between air molecules, air can either fill a big area or it can be compressed to fit into a smaller area. When it's compressed, air is said to be under high pressure . Earth's atmosphere presses down on you with a force of almost 15 pounds per square inch. You may be wondering why it doesn't feel that heavy or why you're not crushed under the weight. Remember that thing you do called breathing? The air inside your body balances out the pressure from air in the atmosphere , which prevents you from being squished by the pressure of the atmosphere . You don't sense air pressure as a constant force , because the air inside you balances outside pressure and you're used to that feeling. If you watch the weather report frequently, you're sure to hear the weatherman talk about barometric pressure . Weather forecasters use a special tool called a barometer to measure air pressure . Barometers measure atmospheric pressure using mercury , water or air. You'll usually hear forecasters give measurements in either inches of mercury or in millibars (mb). Forecasters use changes in air pressure measured with barometers to predict short-term changes in the weather . Changes in air pressure signal the movement of high- or low- pressure areas of air, called fronts. Air molecules in high pressure areas tend to flow toward low pressure areas. We call this flow of air molecules wind . The larger the difference in pressure between areas, the stronger the winds will be. As weather forecasters monitor air pressure , falling barometer measurements can signal that bad weather is on the way. In general, if a low pressure system is on its way, be prepared for warmer weather with storms and rain. If a high pressure system is coming, you can expect clear skies and cooler temperatures. Wonder Words (18) Test your knowledge Wonder What's Next? We’re about to erupt with excitement. Join us in Wonderopolis tomorrow for a Wonder of the Day that will blow your top! Try It Out How's the weather? Gather together a few friends or family members to check out one or more of the following fun activities: How accurate is the weatherman where you live? Keep track and find out! Over the course of the next week, watch the weather report at the same time each day. Take notes in a journal. Make sure to record predictions for temperature and precipitation. Then make careful observations about the weather on your own. Did the weatherman get it right? How often? Would you like to be a weather forecaster one day? Why or why not? Are you ready to predict the weather? You can be a weather forecaster in the making |
Which French phrase used in English means have a good journey | 4 Ways to Say Goodbye in French - wikiHow Journée means “day.” A general pronunciation of the phrase is bun zhoor-nay . Say "passez une bonne journée” in slightly more formal situations. This translates more literally to “have a good day” or “spend a good day.” Pronounce the sentence as pah-say oon bun zhoor-nay. 2 Wish someone a good evening with "bonne soirée." This translates literally into “good evening” and is the same thing as telling someone to “have a good evening.” Bonne means “good.” Pronounce this phrase as bun swahr-ray. 3 Tell someone to enjoy a trip with "bon voyage," "bonne route," or "bonnes vacances." [4] Each of these phrases can be translated into something along the lines of “have a good trip,” and each can be used to say goodbye to someone embarking on a journey or vacation. Voyage means “travel,” “trip,” or “journey,” so of the three, bon voyage translates most directly into “have a good trip.” Pronounce it as bun voy-ah-zh, with the final "ge" sounding like a soft "j." Route means “road,” “route,” or “way.” The phrase is generally used to say “have a good journey” or “have a safe journey,” and it is pronounced bun rhoot. Vacances means “holiday” or “vacation,” so the phrase “bonnes vacances” means “have a good vacation” or “have a good holiday.” Pronounce it as bun va-kahns. 4 Use "bonne continuation" for a brief meeting. [5] This phrase is generally only used to say goodbye to someone whom you met briefly and will likely never meet again. The phrase can be translated to mean "good luck" or "good continuation," as "continuation" means the same thing in both French and English. Pronounce the phrase as bun kohn-teen-u-ah-see-ohn. (The final 'n' is soft, nasal.) 5 Tell someone to take care with "prends soin de toi." In English, this phrase means “take care of yourself.” Prends means "take." In this context, de means "of." Toi means "you." Pronounce the entire phrase as prah swa doo twah. (swa uses a short 'a', as in 'cat'; doo uses 'oo' as in 'book'.) 6 Wish someone good luck with "bonne chance" or "bon courage." Both sayings can be told to someone as you depart, and both mean “good luck” in some form.” Bonne chance is used when actual luck or fortune is involved. Chance means "luck," "chance," or "fortune." Pronounce bonne chance as bun shahns. Bon courage is used to tell someone something along the lines of "be persistent" or "keep at it." Courage means "courage" or "fortitude." Pronounce bon courage as bohn koohr-razh. Method |
What is the name of the topmost bone of the spine that supports the skull | Spinal Anatomy | Vertebral Column Vertebral Column The spinal column (or vertebral column) extends from the skull to the pelvis and is made up of 33 individual bones termed vertebrae. The vertebrae are stacked on top of each other group into four regions: Term None Cervical Vertebrae (C1 – C7) The cervical spine is further divided into two parts; the upper cervical region (C1 and C2), and the lower cervical region (C3 through C7). C1 is termed the Atlas and C2 the Axis. The Occiput (CO), also known as the Occipital Bone, is a flat bone that forms the back of the head. Atlas (C1) The Atlas is the first cervical vertebra and therefore abbreviated C1. This vertebra supports the skull. Its appearance is different from the other spinal vertebrae. The atlas is a ring of bone made up of two lateral masses joined at the front and back by the anterior arch and the posterior arch. Axis (C2) The Axis is the second cervical vertebra or C2. It is a blunt tooth–like process that projects upward. It is also referred to as the ‘dens’ (Latin for ‘tooth’) or odontoid process. The dens provides a type of pivot and collar allowing the head and atlas to rotate around the dens. Thoracic Vertebrae (T1 – T12) The thoracic vertebrae increase in size from T1 through T12. They are characterized by small pedicles, long spinous processes, and relatively large intervertebral foramen (neural passageways), which result in less incidence of nerve compression. 1-Vertebral Body 2-Spinous Process 3-Transverse Facet 4-Pedicle 5-Foramen 6-Lamina 7-Superior Facet The rib cage is joined to the thoracic vertebrae. At T11 and T12, the ribs do not attach and are so are called "floating ribs." The thoracic spine's range of motion is limited due to the many rib/vertebrae connections and the long spinous processes. Lumbar Vertebrae (L1 – L5) The lumbar vertebrae graduate in size from L1 through L5. These vertebrae bear much of the body's weight and related biomechanical stress. The pedicles are longer and wider than those in the thoracic spine. The spinous processes are horizontal and more squared in shape. The intervertebral foramen (neural passageways) are relatively large but nerve root compression is more common than in the thoracic spine. Purpose of the Vertebrae Although vertebrae range in size; cervical the smallest, lumbar the largest, vertebral bodies are the weight bearing structures of the spinal column. Upper body weight is distributed through the spine to the sacrum and pelvis. The natural curves in the spine, kyphotic and lordotic, provide resistance and elasticity in distributing body weight and axial loads sustained during movement. The vertebrae are composed of many elements that are critical to the overall function of the spine, which include the intervertebral discs and facet joints. Functions of the Vertebral or Spinal Column Include: Protection Spinal Cord and Nerve Roots Many internal organs Connects upper and lower body Balance and weight distribution Side bending (left and right) Rotation (left and right) |
What is the traditional antidote for a nettle sting | How to Treat a Sting from a Stinging Nettle (with Pictures) Cleaning the Area 1 Avoid touching the area at first. If possible, do not touch or rub the affected area for 10 minutes. Pour fresh water over the area without touching. Even though the pain can be intense during the first few minutes, by avoiding any touching or rubbing, you may prevent the pain from lingering for days. [1] The chemical irritants from the plant can dry on the surface of the skin, then they can be removed by soap and water. By avoiding any rubbing or touching at first, the chemicals are not pushed further into the skin, which can cause the painful reaction to last longer, possibly even days. [2] The chemicals released by the plant include acetylcholine, histamine, serotonin, moroidin, leukotrienes, and possibly formic acid. [3] 2 Use soap and water. Soap and water cleans the affected parts of the skin, and removes the chemicals released by the plant that cause the pain, swelling, redness, and itching. In many cases, once the area is washed, the pain either goes away completely, or is greatly reduced. [4] 3 Use a clean cloth. If you are not near soap or water, use a clean cloth to gently remove dirt and plant debris from the area until it can be more thoroughly cleaned. [5] 4 Apply tape. Lightly apply a strong tape, like duct tape, to the area involved, then remove the tape. This can help to remove any remaining fibers that may be lodged in the skin. [6] 5 Try a wax hair removal product. If the tape did not remove all the unwanted plant material from the skin, you can try using a wax hair remover. [7] Apply a layer of the wax removal, let it dry for about 5 minutes, then gently peel off the wax, taking the plant debris along with it. [8] Part 2 Taking Measures for Relief 1 Know what to expect. The stinging, burning, pain, and itching, is quite intense. The duration of the symptoms varies from person to person, and varies depending on the initial measures taken to clean the area as just described. [9] The rash looks similar to hives, with raised areas of whitish blisters. The entire area can appear swollen and inflamed, with a reddish tint to the area affected. [10] 2 Use leaves from other plants. Applying the juices contained in the leaves from either a dock plant or jewelweed plant may help. These plants often grow in the same areas as the nettle plant. Locate either plant, and crush a few leaves to release their juices. Apply the crushed leaves to the area affected. [11] The actual science behind the use of plants to treat this condition is very limited. Yet, this has been common practice in treating a sting from a nettle plant for centuries. [12] A dock weed plant commonly grows in the same general areas as the stinging nettle plant. The plant grows in height from 20 inches to about 50 inches, and the leaves grow to be about 16 inches long. The leaves are very large, oval, have rounded tips, and have a wavy look to the edges. The lower leaves have a reddish color to their stems. [13] A jewelweed plant is the same plant as an impatiens. These plants also grow naturally in the same areas where you may come across a stinging nettle. The chemical content found in the juice from the leaves and stem of a jewelweed plant is reportedly effective at counteracting the sting from a stinging nettle. [14] 3 Avoid scratching. The areas can itch quite strongly, but try to avoid scratching. Scratching can irritate the area even further, possibly break the skin, and cause the symptoms to linger. [15] For young children, you may want to put soft gloves or mittens on their hands to help avoid scratching. Also keep nails short. 4 Use cool compresses. Keep the area covered with cool compresses to help provide some relief from the stinging. The cooler temperature can help to reduce the redness and relieve some of the discomfort. [16] 5 Apply a paste made from baking soda. Using just baking soda and water, make a paste material and apply to the rash. Use cold water in your paste. The paste can help to relieve some of the itching, inflammation, and the burning sensat |
What is the piece in tiddly-winks called that is flicked into the cup | Tiddlywinks - definition of tiddlywinks by The Free Dictionary Tiddlywinks - definition of tiddlywinks by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tiddlywinks Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . tid·dly·winks (tĭd′lē-wĭngks′) also tid·dle·dy·winks (tĭd′l-dē-) pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A game in which players try to snap small disks into a cup by pressing them on the edge with a larger disk. [Possibly dialectal tiddly, little + wink .] tiddlywinks (ˈtɪdlɪˌwɪŋks) n (Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) a game in which players try to flick discs of plastic into a cup by pressing them sharply on the side with other larger discs [C19: probably from tiddly1 + dialect wink, variant of winch1] tid•dly•winks also tid•dle•dy•winks (ˈtɪd l di-) n. (used with a sing. v.) a game in which small plastic disks are snapped with larger disks against a flat surface into a cup. [1835–45; pl. of tiddlywink (tiddly tiny + dial. wink, variant of winch ), referring to the disk used to snap the pieces; see -s 3] ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. tiddlywinks - a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk child's game - a game enjoyed by children Translations |
Who was Dawn French married to | Dawn French's secret wedding to Mark Bignell: A lavish eco-hotel and fireworks on the beach | Daily Mail Online comments They've been dating for just over a year but Dawn French said she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Mark Bignell. Now that wish has come true after the couple married in an intimate – and lavish – ceremony on the Cornish coast. The comedienne, 55, rented out an exclusive eco-hotel – where rooms cost up to £430 a night – for a weekend of celebrations, described as a 'big' but 'very classy and understated affair'. Scroll down for video You may kiss the bride: Dawn French has married her beau Mark Bignell in a secret ceremony this weekend Guests included comedy friends Jennifer Saunders, Sue Perkins and Kathy Burke, and screenwriter Richard Curtis. Alison Moyet sang for the guests in the evening, as did Miss French's daughter Billie, from her marriage to comedian Lenny Henry, which ended three years ago. The wedding at the Scarlet Hotel, near Newquay was held in a lounge overlooking a terrace with sweeping views of the rugged coast. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The hotel's 37 bedrooms were decorated with custom-made floral jam jar arrangements of peonies and Lily of the Valley. In the evening, guests were treated to a firework display on the beach below, while red sparklers formed a heart with the letters D and M inside in the hotel garden. After 25 years with Henry, Miss French found love again with Mr Bignell, the boss of a Cornish charity that her mother founded before she passed away last year. Beautiful bouquet: A Cornwall-based florist posted a picture of Dawn's bouquet to their Facebook page Lavish: Wedding guests at the Cornish hotel were treated to a firework display on the beach below They started dating in January last year after Miss French lost almost eight stone by cutting out chocolate and carbohydrates. Speaking about being single, she said: 'I thought oh god, what do I do now? Do I have to do dating? How repulsive. I'll have to buy new pants. 'I did do some dating and it was excruciating and difficult as I'm not an accomplished flirter. 'Then, bang, I met somebody else. I started to claim my life back. It's a life with him. 'I know that I will make a good life for myself with all sorts of things as armour. Including stuff my new chap is teaching me that I never knew. 'Now my life is in Cornwall with him. I hope it is a life together.' Miss French revealed she had fallen in love with him when he wooed her with the Cocteau Twins' record Song To The Siren. The ex- factor: Dawn was married to Lenny Henry for 24 years before the pair divorced in 2010 'I knew when I heard the song it was an offer. You would fall in love if someone gave you that song,' she said. Mr Bignell, who has been married twice before, is the chief executive of the Hamoaze House charity, which helps recovering drug and alcohol abusers reintegrate into society. He has been working in the area for the past 20 years and has a daughter of 21 and a son of 18. Mr Bignell claims he did not know who Miss French was when they first met, to which she responded: 'I'm not boasting, but you'd actually have to have not watched television for the past 20 years to have avoided me, and he'd managed to do just that.' To rent the Scarlet Hotel, couples have to agree to a minimum spend of £29,000 – not including the band, lighting, flowers or photography. The 'eco-hotel', which prides itself on recycling and maintaining its green ethos, has a restaurant, three bars, a spa and panoramic views of Mawgan Porth beach. Charitable: Mr Bignell, who has been married twice before, is the chief executive of the Hamoaze House charity Dishes served at the hotel's restaurant include Cornish hake with chicken skin and pork fillet, cheek and belly with rhubarb, potato fondant, and white port sauce. A source said: 'The hotel looked stunning. They had rented out the whole place exclusively for the weekend. 'The wedding was up in the lounge with the white leather seats, looking out over the water. 'At about |
Who were the real life married couple who starred in the 1990 film Mr and Mrs Bridge | Angelina Jolie Describes How She and Brad Pitt Draw from Personal Life | Vanity Fair Real Couples and Their On-Screen Chemistry Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie The making of this high-octane 2005 action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith was epic in many respects, not least on account of director Doug Liman’s multi-take meticulousness. The long shoot created a lot of are-they-or-aren’t-they speculation concerning über-hot stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. As we all know now, they were—although just two years after the couple officially tied the knot , Jolie has filed for divorce from Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences. As rumors swirl that another on-set romance may be the source of trouble in the Pitt-Jolie paradise, Marion Cotillard may soon find her way into this gallery. Perhaps Jolie can re-purpose this great old quote from Jennifer Aniston: “What Angelina did was very uncool.” Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Bogart was 25 years older than lanky model and first-time actress Lauren Bacall when they met on the set of Howard Hawks’s 1944 Hemingway adaptation, To Have and Have Not. Nevertheless, anyone who’s seen the “Do you know how to whistle?” scene in that picture knows who had whose number at the time. Bogart dropped his then wife, Mayo Methot, like the proverbial ton of bricks; he married Bacall a mere 10 days after his divorce from the former was finalized, in 1945. The Bogie-Bacall chemistry remains a marvel to behold, particularly in To Have and Have Not’s follow-up, The Big Sleep. The couple’s union sustained until Bogie’s death in 1957. Photo: From John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone Though The Amazing Spider-Man 2 didn’t have quite the same sticking power as the original Stone/Garfield pairing, most of the glowing praise for the movie stemmed from the real-life sparks between fluffy-haired Peter Parker portrayer Andrew Garfield (at 30, a little advanced for even misunderstood post-teen roles, boyish as he may have been) and husky-voiced smart babe Emma Stone, who played iconic Parker lady love Gwen Stacy. After Peter literally let Gwen slip through his fingers to her tragic death, the prospect of continuing the franchise without Stone looked bleak—and ( due to a number of factors ) Garfield hung up his web shooters for good. With their cute paparazzi-dodging ways, Stone and Garfield still seemed like a couple built to last. But in the fall of 2015, the pair split up —only to spark rumors of a reconciliation in the summer of 2016 just by being spotted out on the street together. I guess this is an on-screen relationship fans are unwilling to let go. If only Peter Parker had hung on a little tighter, too. Photo: By Niko Tavernise/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward When they met on the set of The Long, Hot Summer, Newman was widely renowned as the most physically beautiful man in Hollywood. While Joanne Woodward was no slouch in the looks department either, she was known more as a virtuoso actor (she had recently turned heads with a multiple-personality portrayal in The Three Faces of Eve). They clicked big time in this Faulkner pastiche, and Newman left his wife of nine years (with whom he’d had three kids) and married Woodward, in 1958. They remained one of Hollywood’s most revered couples until his death, in 2008. Photo: by Fotos International/Archive Photos/Getty Images. Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger Pretty people doing ugly things: that’s, alas, the experience of watching the leaden Neil Simon–penned 1991 The Marrying Man. Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger met on the set of the picture, and while the chemistry they display isn’t exactly light—they come off like an aspiring power couple throughout—it’s evident. The two married in 1993, had a tempestuous (to say the least) marriage, and divorced, in 2002, with a daughter and one other bad movie (a very ill-advised remake of the Ali MacGraw–Steve McQueen classic, The Getaway) to their credit. Photo: by Moviestore Collection/Rex/REX USA. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez What’s your favorite Affleck–J.Lo on-sc |
Which former bandleader was married to Ava Gardner and Lana Turner | Ava Gardner’s deathbed confessions reveal stories of booze, sex and stardom | New York Post Ava Gardner’s deathbed confessions reveal stories of booze, sex and stardom ‘SHORT’ COURTSHIP:Ava Gardner was a virgin when she wed Mickey Rooney in 1942, but says she “caught on very quickly.” (MPTV) ‘SHORT’ COURTSHIP: Ava Gardner was a virgin when she wed Mickey Rooney in 1942, but says she “caught on very quickly.” ( ) She was broke and alone and usually drunk, a one-time Hollywood goddess who had two choices: “I either write the book or sell the jewels,” she said. “And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.” And so, in January 1988, Ava Gardner, ravaged by booze and cigarettes and a recent stroke, called British journalist Peter Evans and asked him to ghostwrite her memoirs. What followed were the extended deathbed confessions of a legend, compiled for the first time in Evans’ last book, “Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations.” Among the shocking revelations: first husband Mickey Rooney was such a womanizer that he cheated on Ava, then considered the most beautiful woman in the world, in their marital bed — while she was in the hospital recovering from an appendectomy. “He went through the ladies like a hot knife through fudge,” she said, adding that her best friend Lana Turner — who’d slept with Rooney first — called him “Andy Hard-On.” Gardner went on to marry bandleader Artie Shaw — “another kind of bully; he was always putting me down” — and then, most famously, Frank Sinatra, who left his wife for her. Sinatra knew it was true love on their first date, when they went for a late-night drunken drive from Palm Springs to Indio and “shot out streetlights and store windows” with a pair of .38s the Chairman kept in his glove compartment. While seeing Sinatra, Gardner also had an affair with the married Robert Mitchum. “I was crazy about him,” she said. When she told Mitchum that she was also seeing Sinatra, he ended things. “He said, ‘Get into a fight with him, and he won’t stop until one of you is dead,’ ” Gardner said. “He didn’t want to risk it being him.” Gardner was a teenage virgin from Grabtown, NC, when she was discovered by a talent scout in 1941. She’d grown up poor and uneducated, yet her mother always knew that Ava had what it took to be a movie star. So did she. “I wasn’t dumb,” Gardner said. “I knew that my looks might get me through the studio gates.” She knew she wasn’t a great actress, and didn’t much care: “A lot of my stuff ended up on the cutting-room floor,” she said. “A lot more should have.” After a screen test, she was signed to a seven-picture deal with MGM, and quickly became sought after by nearly every leading man in Hollywood. On her first day on the lot, she met Rooney, the 5-foot-2 star of the wholesome “Andy Hardy” series. “I wanted to f–k you the moment I saw you,” he told her. Gardner was 18 and innocent. “I was shocked,” she said. “I still didn’t know he was the biggest wolf on the lot . . . He’d screw anything that moved.” After a one-year courtship they wed, and one of Hollywood’s greatest sex symbols was a virgin on her wedding night. “I caught on very quickly,” she said. After Rooney came Howard Hughes. “I never loved him,” she said, adding that despite the generosity he showed her, paying for her dying mother’s medical care, he was also a racist. “Howard wouldn’t piss on a black man to put him out if he was on fire,” she said. Then, in 1945, she married Shaw — who’d also left his wife for her. But now Gardner was smoking three packs of Winstons a day and getting drunk constantly; she felt so intellectually insecure around her new husband that she finally took an IQ test. “He had me convinced that I was completely stupid,” Gardner said. “I didn’t have an enormous IQ, but I did have a high one.” One week after their first anniversary, Shaw dumped her for another woman. “The bastard broke my heart,” she said, and throughout her life she picked the wrong men. — including George C. Scott, who Gardner said would often drunkenly “beat the s–t out of me.” In 1951 she married Sinatra, who she lat |
Which 60's fashion designer was married to Alexander Plunkett Greene | BIOGRAPHY: Mary Quant Lifetime twitter BIOGRAPHY Immortalised by fashion iconography as the originator of the mini skirt, London designer Mary Quant had an art-school background and had been designing and manufacturing her own clothes since the late 50s. Mary Quant was born on 11 February 1934 in Blackheath, London, to Welsh teachers Jack and Mary Quant, who were originally from mining families. She went to Blackheath High School before studying illustration at Goldsmiths College. Quant achieved a diploma in Art Education from Goldsmiths and went on to become an apprentice couture milliner, at which point she started designing and manufacturing clothes. She met her future husband and business partner Alexander Plunkett-Greene at Goldsmiths and they married in 1957. They had a son together called Orlando and were happily married until Plunkett-Greene died in 1990. Quant had one distinct advantage over previous designers: she was a contemporary of her clients, rather than of an older generation. Convinced that fashion needed to be affordable to be accessible to the young, she opened her own retail boutique, 'Bazaar', on the Kings Road in 1955, with the help of Plunkett-Greene and former solicitor Archie McNair, introducing the 'mod' era and the 'Chelsea Look'. The best-selling items were white plastic collars used to brighten up black dresses or t-shirts and black stretch leggings. In her quest for new and interesting clothes for 'Bazaar', she was not satisfied with the range of clothes available and decided that the shop would have to be stocked with clothes made by herself. Knee-high, white, patent plastic, lace up boots, and tight, skinny rib sweaters in stripes and bold checks, which came to epitomise the 'London Look', were the result. Along with trendy fashion shows and window displays, she secured her reputation through the production of original clothing, sold in affordable boutiques, for the new youth-orientated market. Following on the success of the first Chelsea store, a second Bazaar opened in Knightsbridge in 1961. By 1963 Mary was exporting to the US, going into mass-production to keep up with the demand, and the Mary Quant worldwide brand was born. The mid 60s saw her at the height of her fame, when she created the micro-mini and the 'paint box' make-up of 1966, and added the shiny, plastic raincoats and little grey pinafore dresses that came to epitomise the 60s fashion era. She expanded her brand further into a range of original patterned tights, a range of cosmetics and other fashion accessories. Quant has claimed that she did not invent the mini skirt but rather the girls who visited her shops did as they wanted them shorter and shorter. These skirts were also in development by other designers but Quant is the name most associated with them. She even named the garments after her favourite make of car - the Mini. In 1966 Quant received her OBE for her contribution to the fashion industry. She arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the honour in a mini skirt and cut-away gloves. In the same year, she wrote her first book 'Quant by Quant'. She has since gone on to write books on make up and another autobiography. Quant went on to popularise hot pants in the late 1960s and concentrated on household goods and make up as well as clothes during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1988 she designed the interior of the Mini Designer, which incorporated black and white striped seats with red trimming and seatbelts. In 2000, she resigned as director of Mary Quant LTD, her cosmetics company, after a Japanese buy-out. |
Which American motor manufacturer used to make the Wildcat | 1965-70 Buick Wildcat Convertible Tops and Convertible Top Parts Important Information Original Patterns: Our Buick Wildcat convertible tops are made from original dealer patterns. The LeSabre and Wildcat take the same top. We offer the replacement tops in original pinpoint vinyl fabric and also in Haartz Stayfast canvas. Fabrics: You may read about these fabrics in the 'Help' section link at the top of this page. Installation: This is a classic two part top. You can read a thorough summary of the construction and installation of this top via the link at the bottom of this page. The full manual for installing the 1965-70 LeSabre or Wildcat top is available and is included in our top packages. We encourage do-it-yourself installation for handy persons who are comfortable renting and using an air powered staple gun. First time installers frequently do beautiful installations using our packages and manuals. Installation involves stapling fabric to tack strips embedded in the top frame bows; also the use of contact cement. There is no sewing. Both Parts Available Separately: If you wish to replace only the window section, or only the main top, the two parts are separately available. Hold Down Cables: A pair of cables, one on each side, thread through pocketed hems on the main top sides. The ends of the cables hold the top to the frame. New cables are recommended with each new top. (You can read about cables in the installation summary link.) Tacking strips: Much of the installation involves tacking or stapling (there is no sewing involved.) Tacking into the bow over the windshield (header bow) and into the bow over the rear window (rear top bow) is done into special strips embedded in these frame bows. We offer new tack strips for the front and rear top bows. They should not be required until after at least two tops have been stapled to them. Rebuilding the rear base line tacking strips requires grafting sections of suitable dimension and we would cut and ship per your needs for that purpose. Please inquire at [email protected] if you need to rebuild your rear base tacking strips. Top pads: Top padding "builds out" the top. Pads can last through two tops but should be replaced if of suspect condition. Top Boots: You have the option of using a top storage boot. Our boot fits, as original. Please select the appropriate boot based on the boot descriptions. Specify the fabric/color in the checkout message box. Hydraulics: We now stock hydraulic cylinders, motor-pumps, and hoses for your convertible tops. All are made to OEM specifications. Each can be ordered separately; however, when ordering hydraulic cylinders we recommend replacing both. The chances are that both hydraulic cylinders were manufactured at the same time: if one is on its way out the other may follow. If the top is raised and one hydraulic cylinder is working harder than the other the result over time can lead to a slightly bent convertible top frame. The replacement of both hydraulic cylinders will ensure that the top raises and lowers symmetrically. Systems for this car take Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) and have a 5 year warranty when used with this fluid. Brake fluid should not be used as it voids the warranty. We also offer an installation manual when ordered. The 12 volt motor-pumps include a mounting bracket with rubber grommets to reduce vibration. We also offer a rebuilding service for motor-pumps. Not all are repairable, but it is less expensive to have one rebuilt than to buy a new one. The motor-pump would need to be sent to us for evaluation. Hoses come with all new fittings and are made specifically to fit your car. Parts in this category (Buick Wildcat) fit cars for years: 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970. We a now pleased to offer hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic motor pumps, and hydraulic hose sets for many different convertibles, they will be listed on your cars page if available. Also, checkout our newly added roof rail weatherstripping seals, front header weatherstripping seals, door weatherstripping seals, trunk weatherstripping |
Which motor manufacturer made the commercial vehicle called the Vario | Reisemobil-Geschichte seit 1981 | Chronik der VARIOmobil Fahrzeugbau GmbH | Historie Registration as VARIO motor home trading company in the commercial register. Bersenbrück HRB 3262. 1982 Member of the vehicle and bodywork Guild county Osnabrück Registration of the company VARIOmobil Fahrzeugbau GmbH in the commercial register Nr. HRB 15383, county court Osnabrück. The first luxury motorhomes is built on a Mercedes Benz 613/813 chassis. The interior is in wood quality. Large tank capacity, a separate shower and ceramic water closet apply a new standard. Suitability for winter and frost resistance has priority. 1984 The company moves in September 1984 into a new production hall in the industrial area of Bohmte. In addition, there are expanded possibilities and production areas for the trades GRP (glass-fibre reinforced plastic) wall construction, interior construction and electrical engineering. 1985 The first motorhome built in the manufactory in Bohmte is a VARIO 350 on VW LT. Based on the idea to have a small vehicle on site at the one hand and to be able to use a large living room on the other hand, the first trailer was built and named VARIO Dynamic. On this type of semi-trailer constructions, the first commercial special purpose vehicles follow as mobile libraries, info mobiles, exhibition and presentation vehicles, mobile banks, laboratories, offices and test vehicles. 1986 The first VARIO Alkoven - on MB 814 - is created. 1987 Registration of the mark „VARIOmobil“ at the German Patent Office in Munich. The company area is being enlarged, an own paint shop built. 1988 The first VARIO Perfect 900 is based on a MAN 10.180 HOCL bus chassis. The vehicle is featured with an exclusive handmade wood furnishing. The first apprentice learns his trade as a vehicle painter. Since that time body and vehicle manufacturers, as well as office clerks are trained. Including various winners in the Guild and Chamber of Trade, and even a first place in the National Selection 2015. 1989 Presentation of the first VARIO Star on 410 MB on the CARAVANING fair in Essen, Germany. 1990 The motorhome scene is moving, the demand of motorhomes with on board cars is growing. VARIOmobil builds the VARIO Alkoven 900 with the first car garage. Numerous other models follow, e.g. the VARIO Perfect, which is also optionally available with an exclusive airbrush painting. 1994 Construction and inauguration of the current headquarter VARIOmobil, An Teckners Tannen 1, 49163 BOHMTE, Germany, with 36.000 m² open space and 6.000 m² of production space. A modern paint shop for vehicles up to 20 meters in length is built. For the independant power generation, a block heating station is installed. 1998 Begin of a successful cooperation with the University of Applied Science Osnabrück. Diploma and various internships are carried out at VARIOmobil. 1999 Extension of the factory buildings. The increasing requirements in higher quality furniture were satisfied with the expansion of the carpentry with its own furniture paint shop. 2002 VARIO Perfect 1200 on a VOLVO omnibus chassis. The first VARIOmobil with Slide Out and even with gold leaf design was presented at the CARAVAN SALON in Düsseldorf. 2005 Legislative amendments require enhanced safety-related vehicle- and component testings (such as belt anchorage points, seat attachments, etc). Extensive testings at TÜV Rheinland are passed successfully. Then as now, regular checks and tests are organised. 2006 The first only 10 meters short VARIO Perfect 1000 with 3 Slide Outs. 1 x in the living area and 2 x in the bedroom. 2008 Cooperation with well-known testing institutes. Expert training at the company in Bohmte. World premiere of the VARIO Perfect 1200 Platinum at the Millionaire Fair in Munich. 12 m motorhome, 3 axes, 3 extendable Slide Outs, 420 hp, car garage for Mini convertible, 25 t GVWR, luxurious ambience in „bentART“ design and an exclusive wellness oasis. Full equipment that leaves nothing to be desired. 2009 The newly designed aerodynamic front gives the VARIO Star 800 a sleek face. |
Which British motor cycle manufacturer made the Manx | History History Twin tube chassis. Cast outrigger and headstock Öhlins NIX 30 front suspension. Öhlins TTXGP Norton bespoke rear suspension Radially mounted Brembo Monobloc Forged aluminium wheels with carbon option Race spec under seat carbon-fibre fuel tank Gold line axial front brake calipers Conventional style handlebars Integral brake and clutch master cylinders Steel chain guard Head office & production History Norton has long enjoyed a unique place in motorcycle history and continues to draw inspiration from the past whilst building on the Norton legacy for the future. Enjoy a more detailed history of the Norton name by clicking along the timeline below. 1898 The 1898 James Lansdowne Norton (known to all as 'Pa') founded Norton as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade." 1900-1910 By 1902 the first Norton motorcycles were being produced using French and Swiss engines. In 1907 Rem Fowler won the Isle of Man twin cylinder class riding a Norton, the beginning of a strong racing tradition. Success in the very first Isle of Man TT race, followed by wins at Brooklands and other European races, helped cement Norton's reputation as a builder of serious road and race bikes. 1908 saw the company produce the first Norton engined bike, powered by a single cylinder side valve unit and by 1909 Norton motorcycles were on sale in Harrods! 1910-1930 The famous Norton logo, designed by Pa Norton and his daughter Ethel, appeared on the front of the 1914 catalogue and from 1916 Norton Motorcycles carried it on their tanks. In 1925 JL 'Pa' Norton died aged just 56, but not before he saw his motorcycles win the Senior and sidecar TTs in 1924, with the 500cc Model 18, Norton's first overhead valve single. 1930-1950 By the mid 1930s Norton was producing over 4,000 road bikes annually. Between the wars Norton won the Isle of Man Senior TT race ten times and, between 1930 and 1937, won 78 out of 92 Grand Prix races. With the onset of the second world war Norton withdrew from racing but between 1937 and 1945 manufactured almost 100,000 sidevalve motorcycles (almost a quarter of all military motorcycles) as their contribution to the war effort. The company enjoyed further TT victories every year from 1947-1954. 1950-1960 1949 saw the introduction of the twin cylinder Dominator, whilst in 1950 the Featherbed frame was introduced. Lightweight but strong, it was fitted to the Manx Nortons to help negotiate the turns of the Isle of Man track, improving the bikes' handling and contributing to further race success. By 1951 the Dominator and other Norton Cafe Racers were available with the Featherbed frame and its success meant that demand for more traditional frames rapidly diminished. By the end of the 1952 season, Geoff Duke riding for Norton, was the world champion in both the 350cc and 500cc classes and was awarded the OBE. 1960-1980 The 1961 Earls Court motor show heralded the introduction of the Commando, with the engine unit 'isolastically' insulated from the frame for a smooth, vibration-free ride. In the next decade over 500,000 were produced and sold and the Commando was named Motor Cycle News readers 'Machine of the Year' for five successive years. In the 1970s Norton raced under the sponsorship of John Player and the commercial success of the Commando was underlined by the 'Norton Girls' campaign. However this was the decade where the prevalence of Japanese models saw Norton, alongside other great British marques, driven to the brink of extinction. The last Commando was produced in 1976. 1980-2000 In the 1980s the company went through several incarnations - the rights to the name were split between several companies in several countries. The brand was relaunched in Lichfield in 1988 and in 1989 Norton made an emphatic return to racing when Steve Spray won the British Superbike Championship on the all-black JPS bike, a victory repeated in 1994 by Ian Simpson on the Duckhams Norton. The commercial market was slower, though the Wankel engined Interpol 2 motorcycle was popular with police forces and the RAC. Thi |
Which car manufacturer made the Stilo | Manufacturer Of The Day – Fiat Stilo ← Quantum Tuning 8 Oct 2012 | Cars · Vehicles Fiat Stilo Remap Fiat-Stilo-Remap The Fiat Stilo (Type 192) is a small family car available as a 3-door and a 5-door hatchback, as well as an estate (Fiat Stilo MultiWagon), produced by the Italian automaker Fiat Automobiles. The Stilo 3-door and 5-door were launched in 2001 to replace the Fiat Bravo/Brava, with the Stilo MultiWagon following in 2002. The all-new Fiat Bravo is the successor of the Stilo in most markets, however the 5-door Stilo continued to be manufactured in Brazil until late 2010, where it was replaced by the New Bravo. So if you are in hunt to gain more power , torque and better MPG for your Fiat Stilo Car? Then look no further. After your ECU upgrade to your Ford Focus Mk1, you will enjoy: Increased horsepower | Increased torque | Better throttle response |
What is the name of the pub used by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses | The Cars Of Only Fools And Horses | ShortList Magazine TV The cars of Only Fools and Horses At a terrible pub quiz in a town called Uxbridge we once witnessed a grown man lose his tiny mind over the question, "What is the slogan written on the side of Del Boy's famous Reliant Robin?" THERE IS NO RELIANT ROBIN IN ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES! he scrawled on our answer sheet in angry ink. IT IS A RELIANT REGAL. And although Steve may not have got any actual points that ill fated evening, he did in a some other way have one very good point. That point being that people should pay more attention to the motors of OFAH. There may not be any Reliant Robins in Fools, but bonjour, there are some cosmic motors... Reliant Regal 700cc Supervan Top speed: 55mph The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed the differing number plates seen on the van over the years in Fools. The varying plates give the game away - there were in fact multiple Reliants used on the show. Claims on how many vans were used range from six to eighteen, though lets face it anyone who owns a Regal would be mad not to paint it yellow and claim it to be a Trotter original. Ricky Hatton owns one of these "official" Regals, another one has been converted into a hearse and can be used to transport your dead for as little as £600 a pop. Cushty. Boycie's Jag Jaguar E Type Top speed: 145mph In the classic episode where Del and Rodders chat up a pair of transvestites, and pretend Rodney is a world renowned tennis champ called Hot Rod, they also crash this incredible machine. The car they hit? Another motor that just misses out on this list - Del's former Vauxhall Velox. The dodgy Velox is driven by the bloke who went on to play Mr Sullivan in cult show Press Gang, and his terrible Aussie accent somehow fails to kill this brilliant scene. Denzil's Lorry DAF 2800 Top speed: 70mph Poor old Denzil, founder and owner of Transit Transworld Express "Any time, any load, anywhere." The bearded scouser's easy access to vans and trucks always made him a prime target for Del when he needed something dodgy picking up or dropping off. The combination of the DAF and Del not only lead to the end of Denzil's marriage, but also to him being placed in a mental hospital. The Pratmobile Ford Capri Ghia Top speed: 122mph Back in Series Seven, the heavily preggers Raquel was understandably not that keen for her baby to travel around dans le van. Hence Boycey flogged the Trotters this wonderful lime beast for a very reasonable £400 (that's sixteen ponies, right?). Controversially, to our cynical old eyes, the Pratmobile seems to miraculously change from a MKII Capri to a MKIII Capri after it’s been spruced up by Del. Quite the mechanic. The Jolly Boys Bus Ford R-1114 Top Speed: unknown Many cars, buses, bikes and vans have played important if slightly minor roles in the series, the Austin Alegro and Ford Cortina MKI of the title music included. One of our favourite bit part vehicles was the bus which provided the catalyst to the script when the Nags Head locals had their day out to Margate. A drunk driver, a dodgy radio, and the good decency to explode into a fireball with perfect comedy timing. What a bus. Shame it went bang really. Rodney's Roller Rolls Royce Silver Spirit Top speed: 120mph When the Trotters became millionaires Rodney bought at least two cars that we know of. A Jaguar XK8, and more famously a Roller for his brother, complete with the number plate DEL 1. The purchase of the latter nicely cues up Del's Nags Head punch line, "I'll buy the sandwiches, cos you bought the Rolls." However, in hindsight it was actually a bit tight of Rodney to buy a second hand car. Image: YouTube |
What is the name of the local pub in Eastenders | Albert Square, Walford | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Albert Square at night from High Up, February 2015 Albert Square at Night on Halloween 2014. Seen from No. 31's Roof. Albert Square at night (February 2015). Albert Square in Walford is a typical Victorian East London square of houses with a street leading off one side called Bridge Street with a pub on the corner called The Queen Vic . Another road leading to and from the square is a small road in between Albert Square and Victoria Road near the car lot. It has housed many residents over the years. The square has a garden in the middle. Contents [ show ] About Albert Square is the fictional location of the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is ostensibly located in the equally fictional London borough of Walford in London's East End. The square's design was based on the real life Fassett Square in the East End, and was given the name Albert Square after the real life history of Prince Albert and the then deprived East End. The public house, The Queen Victoria, was also given its name due to this. One of the key characteristics of the pub is the window twitching by any of the occupants throughout the years. They are often known to look out of the windows, giving a view of the whole Square. This is especially common in dramatic storylines. Central to the Square are the gardens. The garden is home to Arthur Fowler's bench, which was placed there in memory of him. The bench is also known as the Bench of Tears, as it is often the place where characters will go and cry. The square is the centre for all of the everyday drama in all of Walford's residents' lives, most of the characters on EastEnders live on the square. Although a major place on the show, there are other places which are used in the show, like the market. In 2011 it was revealed that Albert Square's postcode is E20 6PQ, despite previously having used E20 6RF on Dot Branning 's Driving Licence. Famous Deaths In June 2001, 17-year-old Ashley Cotton was killed instantly when he crashed a stolen motorbike in the Square. New Year's Day has seen two deaths in the Square. In 1999, Tiffany Mitchell was knocked down and killed by Frank Butcher's car. In 2006, Dennis Rickman was stabbed to death by a mysterious hooded attacker (later revealed to be Danny Moon). On Christmas Day 2006, Walford matriarch Pauline Fowler died in Albert Square, next to Arthur's bench, under the Christmas tree after suffering a fatal brain haemorrhage. On April 2, 2009 Danielle Jones was killed by Janine Butcher when Ronnie Mitchell found out Danielle was her daughter Albert Square within the EastEnders set In reality, the exterior set for the fictional Albert Square is located in the permanent backlot of the BBC's Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire at 51°39′32″N 0°16′40″W / 51.65889, -0.27778. The set is outdoors and open to the weather, and much of it consists of full-scale practical buildings and street furniture. As the show is filmed up to six weeks in advance, the trees need to have extra leaves stuck on them during the Spring to make them look like they would in Summer. It is mooted that Albert Square, will transfer to Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire where a new set will be built as the current set is looking rather shabby, with its flaws showing up on High-definition television broadcasts. Gallery |
What is the name of the local pub in Peak Practice | Longnor village in the Peak District Longnor village in the Peak District Longnor village in the Peak District Longnor village in the Peak District, is pretty and compact, and has an old world ambiance about it. Longnor sits high on the Staffordshire Moorlands with the river Dove to the east and the river Manifold to the west. Many of the the buildings were built of local stone mined at Daisy Knoll. Longnor was once a market centre for the region and has a little cobbled market square and a victorian market hall which dates back to 1873, but its ambition to be a thriving market town was hindered by the demise of the turnpikes and its lack of a railway link. Longnor hall is now a craft centre and coffee shop but it retains an inscription above the entrance, giving the tariffs of long forgotten market tolls. The church of St Bartholomew was rebuilt in the 18th century and stands on foundations at least 800 years old. It has an embattled western tower with pinnacles and contains a Norman font, though on the whole it is a rather grim looking building. Its churchyard contains the grave of a William Billings who following his birth in a cornfield, saw the capture of Gibralter, suffered wounds at the battle of Ramillies and later saw action against the Stuarts in both 1715 and 1745 and finally expired at a grand old age of 112 years. The village was once part of the Crewe and Harpur estate and one of the 4 pubs in the village bares that name. The other 3 are the Grapes, the Horseshoe Inn and the Cheshire Cheese. The Horsehoe Inn is the oldest, dating back to the 17th Century. More recently its facade was used as the exterior of the 'Black Swan' in ITV'S Peak Practice. Cheese was once made at Glutton Bridge near the village, and records show it was actually stored close to the site of today's Cheshire Cheese pub as far back as 1464. A shop called Heirs and Graces, a dolls hospital, is housed in a former Wesleyan chapel built in 1852, listed, and containing much of its original furniture, including its `flying` pulpit, choir stalls and pews. There is a small local industry in clock making, an art gallery, tea rooms and the village makes a good centre for exploring the upper reaches of the Manifold and Dove valleys. Edge Top is the old pack horse route between Flash and Longnor. It has been tarmac covered and provides a nice walk with marvellous views into the valleys below. The village is surrounded by some quite dramatic scenery making the area a magnet for walkers and cyclists. Longnor is home to the annual 'Longnor Sports' or 'Wakes races. This is a tradition going back to 1904 and always held on the first Thursday after the first Sunday in September. The event attracts thousands of visitors to Longnor and is held on Waterhouse Farm. It starts around noon with a gymkhana, followed by a series of harness races. This followed by a 'Golden Mile' fun run for all comers, then motorbike races and a final cross country hill race to round off the day. Accommodation around Longnor Monks Retreat Holiday Cottages - Spacious, beamed, quiet but not too isolated, lovingly maintained, and overlooking some of the most spectacular scenery in the Peak Park, the cottages are situated where Millers Dale meets Monks Dale - a conservation area of outstanding natural beauty, renowned for its excellent walking with a network of paths leading directly from the door. There are paths of all grades from very easy to more challenging past towering limestone cliffs and along peaceful rivered dales. Our farm trail leads to a ridge walk with views of 7 dales. Read more at Monks Retreat Holiday Cottages Other places of interest in the area Crowdecote is an attractive hamlet on the Derbyshire bank of the upper Dove. It has a pub called the Pack Horse Inn, which does B/B and has great views, including that of Chrome Hill and Packhorse Hill, which are as close to mountains as one gets in the Peak District. Hollinsclough was once had a cottage silk weaving industry, supplying the 18th century silk mills in Macclesfield but now makes an excellent centre f |
Who was the first British woman to record for Tamla Motown | Teena Marie: Singer and songwriter who became Motown’s most successful white female artist | The Independent Tuesday 28 December 2010 00:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Teena Marie wasn't the first white female singer signed to Berry Gordy Jr's legendary Motown label – the Californian Chris Clark and British vocalist Kiki Dee preceded her in the 1960s – but she certainly had the most impact, blazing a trail for many of the crossover R&B to pop artists who followed. Issued between 1979 and 1981, her four Motown albums were full of soulful, slinky, sensual, self-penned ballads – "Irons In The Fire", "Portuguese Love" – which helped define the quiet storm format on late night R&B radio in the US, while her uptempo, funkier compositions – "Behind The Groove" and "I Need Your Lovin'", her two 1980 British hits – dominated daytime playlists and the dancefloor. She was mentored by the flamboyant Rick James, who produced and wrote most of her Wild And Peaceful debut album – including the gorgeous "Déjà Vu (I've Been Here Before)" and the direct "I'm A Sucker For Your Love", her first UK chart entry, credited to her and James – and had a long, fiery relationship with her. The frisson between them was still tangible whenever they performed the torrid duet "Fire And Desire". She became a gifted songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and performer in her own right. Her desire to control her career led to conflicts with Gordy, who refused to release her from her contract, yet wouldn't sanction any more records by her either. This resulted in a legal case and an historic ruling that granted her freedom in 1982 and became known as the "Brockert Initiative" after her real name. "It wasn't something I set out to do," she said in 2004. "I just wanted to get away from Motown and have a good life. But it helped a lot of people, like Luther Vandross and the Mary Jane Girls and a lot of different artists, to be able to get out of their contracts." After signing to Epic she scored a Top 5 hit in the US with the Prince-like "Lovergirl" in 1985, and topped the R&B charts in 1988 with the sublime "Ooo La La La", later referenced by The Fugees on "Fu-Gee-La". She left the label two years later and concentrated on bringing up her daughter Alia Rose, who is now a singer using the name Rose Le Beau and guested on the two albums her mother made for Cash Money Records in the noughties. In 2009, Marie issued Congo Square on the revived Stax label, and made a triumphant appearance at the Indigo 2 in London last January, her first UK visit in 18 years. Born Mary Christine Brockert in 1956, she told the Blues And Soul.com website that she had Portuguese, Irish, Italian and Native American ancestry. She was billed Tina Marie Brockert when she appeared on an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies in 1964, and later took up the name Teena Marie. She was raised in Venice, California, two blocks away from a black neighbourhood. "I had a lot of black friends and I learned a lot about blacks and black music," she said. "All the kids used to call me Off White because I acted sort of black and I was comfortable with the black kids." Her best friend Mickey, a black girl, accompanied her when she appeared on Soul Train. "I can remember being chased home a couple of times and being called nigger lover. I was only 13 or 14, and to a young mind, that's heartbreaking. I can remember going in my house and sitting in my room and crying." In her early teens she formed her own soul-flavoured band. "I used to listen to all the early Tamla things like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye," she recalled. "I was introduced to Hal Davis, who got me an audition with Berry Gordy. Berry wanted me for a movie he was planning. The project got shelved but he wanted me on the label." Between 1976 and 1978 she worked with various producers at Motown's LA base but grew frustrated when no recording met Gordy's approval. She was even reticent when a tie-up with James was suggested. "Why should Rick be able to work with me after everyone else had failed?" Yet James enthused about her |
Which single was Motown's first American chart topper (It was by The Marvelettes) | Various - The Best Of Motown 1960s, Volume 1 (CD, Album) at Discogs Report Who would have guessed that when Berry Gordy Jr set up a small record company called Motown with an $800 loan, it would become one of the world's leading record labels. Bridging the gap between black and white culture, Motown was the pioneering all-black record company, home to so many legends such as Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops and several more. Compiling a collection of Motown's definitive classics on one disc is virtually impossible, and on this compilation there is actually only twelve featured. However, this is just the first volume of Motown's 60s classics and every one of these tracks are essential and lie among the greatest pop and soul classics in music history: 1. DANCING IN THE STREET - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS This was proudly referred to by Motown insiders as ‘our national anthem’. The history of Dancing In The Street dates back to 1964. The song was penned by Mickey Stevenson at home after being inspired by the sight of black and white children all playing happily together under the huge spray of a burst water hydrant. While the song was being formed, Ivy Jo Hunter and Marvin Gaye were present. It was Marvin who inadvertently came up with the title Dancing In The Street while making an off-hand comment and for which he bargained a 25% royalty. A demo was recorded which carried a vocal by Marvin Gaye, with the backing track recorded on 22 May 1964, featuring Marvin on piano, Joe Messina on Telecaster, James Jamerson on bass and, in the absence of Benny Benjamin, Fred Waites on drums. In a moment of inspiration, Ivy Jo Hunter hauled some car tyre chains into the studio to make a sensational crashing percussion, achieved by continually slamming them against a piece of wood. It’s been said that by the end of the session his hands were bleeding! (This method was later employed on another renowned Martha & The Vandellas classic, Nowhere To Run ) It was actually first offered to Kim Weston to record, who turned it down. Once Martha Reeves came into the fold it was almost inconceivable to imagine anyone but her recording the song: She ripped into the song with conviction, sounding so fiery, passionate and soulful, delivering one of her best-ever vocal performances. The song has been analysed as intended to incite a riot, although all parties involved vehemently denied this allegation. The track is simply joyous and is really about people uniting in fun. Released in 1964, with There He Is (At My Door) as the B-side, the song fell just one slot short of the top spot on the pop chart and #8 R&B in the States. Surprisingly, in the UK it stopped at #28. However, when re-released in January 1969, with Quicksand as the new B-side, it flew up to #4. 2. BABY LOVE - THE SUPREMES After the major British invasion on the American charts in 1964, The Supremes were by far the biggest-selling American group. Their next single, Baby Love, mirrored Where Did Our Love Go. The lyrics were actually based on Lamont Dozier's first serious relationship, the narration reading like a crying plea to a selfish, uncaring lover. It's almost child-like in its simplicity. The track was first recorded on 24 July 1964, during which time Where Did Our Love Go was heading to the top of the charts. When first presented to Berry Gordy, it got the thumbs-down from him, as he thought it lacked commercial potential. Beginning in sedate tempo, it had none of the usual Motown gimmicks that hooked the listener from the outset. Lamont Dozier quoted in The Supremes 2000 box set: “It was originally cut slower than Where Did Our Love Go, and Mr. Gordy felt it should be at least as fast because it had been so successful.” Bearing this in mind, Holland-Dozier-Holland crafted a new introduction where Earl Van Dyke's swirling piano, hand-clapping and a bass-cymbal figure throb lead to an abrupt stop accentuated by a bang of the drum before Diana's trademark 'Ooh-ooh' backed by foot stomps as a nod to its predecessor. The tempo was rear |
Which Motown singer had a top ten hit with It Should Have Been Me | 263. Kim Weston: “It Should Have Been Me” | Motown Junkies 263. Kim Weston: “It Should Have Been Me” (Written by Norman Whitfield and Mickey Stevenson ) Motown was positively awash with new signings at the start of 1963, and with new female solo acts in particular. Many of them had just one or two singles released, and were never heard from again. Vocalist and would-be pro swimmer Agatha Weston, a former member of the Wright Specials gospel group (though not featured on their previous Motown single, That’s What He Is To Me ), who pitched up at Hitsville in 1962 to demo some songs a friend had written to Eddie Holland, and instead found herself signed up as an artist and rechristened “Kim” for ease of pronunciation, bucked that trend and released no less than ten singles, either alone or in duets with Marvin Gaye, becoming in the process a much-beloved Motown artist. (She also ended up marrying label A&R director William “Mickey” Stevenson, one of this song’s writers, decamping with him to MGM in the mid-Sixties). For her début release, It Should Have Been Me – listed (incorrectly, according to The Complete Motown Singles: Volume 3) in many discographies as the B-side – Weston was teamed with young writer/producer Norman Whitfield, later a key figure in the Motown Story, who’d co-written a fine song for the purpose, but apparently found it difficult to harness Kim’s young, untrained contralto voice once she was in the booth. Indeed, Kim does seem to struggle a little, especially at the start; her voice is already big, deep and impassioned, bearing all the hallmarks of her massive later performances, but it’s still rather rough around the edges here, as though she can’t quite scale things back when the song calls for it. (Also, even though she was actually in her early twenties when it was recorded, she sounds slightly young to be singing these lyrics, but that’s by the by). But then, colouring inside the lines was never what Kim Weston was about. No. Kim Weston is about standing well back and still being floored by sheer force of expression, beauty, power, the whole package. When the song really kicks up in intensity, she’s absolutely in her element; warming up as the record progresses, she settles into her lead role in thoroughly riveting fashion. Over time, her future husband and her other producers and writers at Motown would learn to provide her with material appropriate to her gifts, culminating in one of my favourite Motown records, Helpless , in 1966. It’s hard to talk about this song without mentioning the Gladys Knight-shaped elephant in the room; Knight and the Pips’ stirring 1968 rendition was the first version I’d heard, so it’s interesting to come back and hear it at an earlier stage of development, to see Whitfield’s ultra-contemporary ’68 arrangement replaced (or, well, you know what I mean) by a storming early-Sixties girl group sound. It’s still a good song, although I think I’ve probably been spoiled by the Pips’ decidedly superior version. Of more concern is the record’s length – it’s almost indecently short, just nudging over the two-minute mark before fading out – which is a real surprise, when everything else Motown was releasing was seemingly geared towards the ultimate goal of achieving a “perfect” 2:30-3:00 pop single. This fades out so surprisingly early that I felt almost short-changed – I was just getting into that!. Maybe having already given it both barrels with her delivery, Kim just didn’t have anywhere else to take it. (It’s perhaps more surprising that the song’s very short duration highlights how little of the story – Kim interrupting her ex-boyfriend’s wedding by impulsively shouting the titular words – is actually contained in the song, especially since the third verse (as featured in Knight’s version) is almost identical to the first verse, but doesn’t quite reprise the same sequence of events, raising the interesting idea that Kim didn’t actually blurt out “It should have been me!”, but is instead imagining what might have happened if she’d been brave enough to do that – s |
Where did Motown relocate to in 1971 | The Motown Story The Motown Story By David Edwards and Mike Callahan Last update: August 8, 2012 The Motown story is the story of Berry Gordy, Jr., who was born in Detroit Michigan on November 28, 1929. He was the seventh of eight children of Berry Gordy II and Bertha Gordy. His parents had migrated to Detroit from Milledgeville, Georgia in 1922. His father ran a plastering contracting business and his mother sold insurance and real estate; they also ran a grocery store and print shop. Berry Gordy, Jr. dropped out of school after his junior year to become a professional boxer; he decided to get out of the fight game at about the time the Army drafted him in 1951. During his stint in the Army, he obtained his high school equivalency degree. In 1953, he married Thelma Coleman and in 1954 his first child was born, a daughter Hazel Joy. They had two other children, named Berry IV and Terry, but were divorced in 1959. When Berry got out of the Army 1953, he opened a jazz-oriented record store called the 3-D Record Mart that was financed by the Berry family. By 1955, the store had failed and Berry was working on the Ford automobile assembly line. While working on the line, Berry constantly wrote songs, submitting them to magazines, contests and singers. His first success as a songwriter came in 1957 when Jackie Wilson recorded "Reet Petite", a song he, his sister Gwen and Billy Davis (under the pseudonym of Tyran Carlo) had written. "Reet Petite" became a modest hit and netted Berry $1000 for the song. Over the next two years he co-wrote four more hits for Wilson, "To Be Loved", "Lonely Teardrops", "That's Why" and "I'll Be Satisfied". Berry later chose the title To Be Loved for his autobiography. Successful as a songwriter, Berry decided to produce his songs himself. His first production was titled "Ooh Shucks" by the Five Stars, which was released on George Goldner's Mark X label in 1957. Gordy had an extraordinary ability to recognize talent. In 1957 at a Detroit talent show, he saw a group the Miracles and decided to record them. The Miracles consisted of Claudette Rogers, Ronnie White, Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers and the lead singer William "Smokey" Robinson. Berry's first production for the Miracles was an answer record to the Silhouettes "Get a Job," titled "Got a Job," which he leased to Goldner for release on End records. The record got some airplay, but then died a quick death, as did the Miracles follow-up on End titled "I Cry." In 1958, Berry produced a record by Eddie Holland titled "You," which was leased to Mercury records. Also that year, Kudo Records issued 4 more Gordy productions, two of which are significant to the Motown story: the first Marv Johnson release, titled "My Baby O," and a Brian Holland (Eddie's brother) vocal, titled "Shock". With Smokey Robinson and the Holland brothers, Berry had discovered three incredible songwriters and producers. Also in 1958, he produced a record by Herman Griffin titled "I Need You" on the H.O.B. label, which is notable in that it was the first song to be published by Berry's publishing company called Jobete (pronounced "jo-BET"), named after his three children, Hazel Joy [Jo], Berry IV[Be], and Terry [Te]. "I Need You" was also the first record to credit the Rayber Voices, background singers named after Berry's second wife, Raynoma, and himself. Gordy decided to take total control of his songs, so on January 12, 1959, he borrowed $800 from his family's loan fund to start his own record label, called Tamla. He had originally wanted to call his label "Tammy," after a Debbie Reynolds film, but that title was already taken. Tamla Records was located at 1719 Gladstone Street in Detroit, and the first release was Marv Johnson's "Come to Me" [Tamla 101]. The song was picked up by United Artists and it became a mid-sized hit. United Artists signed Marv Johnson to a recording contract and Berry Gordy continued to produce him for that label. In 1959, Marv Johnson's "You Got What It Takes" became his first production to break into the pop Top 10. The th |
What sport did Ray French commentate on | BBC Sport Academy | Rugby League | Features | Lowdown on being a rugby commentator Lowdown on being a rugby commentator Around the Academy: Ray has one of the most unique voices on television Veteran commentator Ray French has been the voice of rugby league for the past 25 years. He tells BBC Sport Academy about the best way of following his footsteps into the commentary box. When did you realise you wanted to become a commentator? This may sound daft, but I began when I was a little lad of five. I would sit on my grandfather's lap and when the results came in on a Saturday night, I would do some commentary for him. Much later I did some work for BBC Merseyside and they asked me to do an audition, which I completely forgot about. I took a school team to Australia for five weeks and while I was sitting in a Chinese restaurant in Melbourne at midnight, I got a phone call saying would I like the job. I thought it was a joke and told the caller where to go. I then realised he was deadly serious! What is the role of the commentator? Rugby league is not a national sport, so if a game is being broadcast on national TV there are some in the audience who know little about the game. But they do enjoy the power, speed and skill. You need a sense of humour, but also you have to be honest - if something is bad, say it is bad. Do you have to have a good working knowledge of the game? You have to know the game, the personalities. It's about acquiring information, watching lots of matches and reading the papers. I'm not so much of a statistical commentator, I prefer to tell stories. I think viewers and listeners are more interested in that. |
What fruit is the main ingredient of guacamole | Avocados : Ingredient Information from Dr. Gourmet Ingredient Information: Avocados I love avocados. I have loved them since I was a kid when my mom would serve them garnished simply with her fantastic French Dressing. There was a time, though, when avocados had gotten a very bad rap. That was in the day when we had less information about fat in the diet and it was felt that ALL fat was bad (not so). OK, we know better now. The best part of knowing better about avocados is that you can eat them without feeling like you’re committing some low-fat, healthy diet sin. Just the opposite. They’re really good for you. Avocados grow in tropic and subtropic climates. They are actually a fruit and not a vegetable and are one of my favorite healthy foods. For a long time the only avocados available in the grocery were from Florida and California. Even though Florida was the first state in the U.S. to cultivate them, about 80% of domestic avocados in the grocery today are from California and the most common you will see is the Haas avocado. (There is now a huge import market from Central and South America.) The Haas avocado is the one with the pebbly skin and is a little smaller in size. The other common variety is the slightly larger, more teardrop shaped, Fuerte. Look for evenly colored green or dark green skin with no cuts or blemishes. Because of today’s produce market, avocados are available pretty much year ‘round. Like most fruits they are very fragile and are now picked very much unripe. The best way to ripen them is as you would with peaches, by placing them in a paper bag for about two days. You can find ripened ones in the market because they ripen fairly quickly but it’s a bit of a treasure hunt. A ripe avocado will give slightly to very gentle pressure. Don’t refrigerate them unless they have been cut. I prefer to eat them fairly quickly after they ripen, but they will keep up to about a week in the fridge. Avocados are essentially a fat. While a cup of slices is only about 120 calories, it’s mostly fat. But... they are really low in saturated fat and have tons of good monounsaturated fat (read that GOOD fat). They also have a lot of fiber, as well as being high in Vitamin C. 1/2 cup sliced avocado = 117 calories, 10 g fat, 1.5 g sat fat, 7 g mono fat, 1.5 g protein, 6 g carbohydrates, 5 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol, Vitamin K 15 mcg Related Articles Vitamin C from Fruits and Vegetables and Inflammation Research shows that heart disease, strokes and other conditions are at least partly caused by inflammation. There are a number of markers in the blood that researchers use to evaluate inflammation, so there is naturally a great deal of interest in factors that may help decrease these inflammatory markers in the blood. Eat your fruits and vegetables and keep your mouth happy Oral cancer, primarily a disease that occurs in men, was the seventh most common form of cancer—for both sexes—in 2002. Over 210,000 death are caused each year by oral cavity and pharynx cancers. The primary risk factors are well known and include chewing and/or smoking tobacco and consuming alcohol. Often nutritional and dietary deficiencies are linked to oral cancers, but recent research studies have sought to determine the effect of fruit and vegetable intake. Magnesium and irregular heart beats A number of my patients have trouble with irregular heart beats. It can be very common and is people call this many different things. Some feel they are having "skipped beats" or a "flip-flop" of the heart. Many will call these palpitations and it is best described as a feeling that the heart has jumped or beaten out of sequence. More fruits and vegetables, less heart disease I've written on many occasions about the positive effects of fruit and vegetable consumption on such conditi |
Which bird was the emblem of the Roman Empire | Ancient Roman Eagle - Biblical Archaeology in Rome (Bible History Online) Ancient Roman Eagle Did Eagles Carry Emperors Into Heaven? This painting represents a Roman Eagle also called the 'Aquila". The eagle (aquila) was the bird of Jupiter. In ancient times the eagle was a symbol of strength and courage, and immortality. The eagle was believed to be the king of the birds that could ascend above the storm, and become the messenger of the gods. According to ancient mythology the eagle would carry the soul into the presence of the gods, Zeus to the Greeks, Jupiter to the Roman, and Odin to the tribes of Germania. The silver eagle was the ensign of the Roman Legion and the symbol of its power. The legatus was the officer in charge, and he would assign an aquilifer who was the soldier that would carry the aquila (eagle) into battle. If the eagle was captured the legion would disband. It is interesting that Julius Caesar personally sanctified the eagle when the legion was brought forth. On one of the legion standards the powerful talons of the eagle are gripping golden thunderbolts, as the eagle stands ready for flight against all enemies of Rome. At the very top of the standard above the eagle is a gold bar with the inscription SPQR (Senatus Populus Romanus) honoring the Senate and the People. The ancient Roman eagle is important in the study of Biblical archaeology. As with the ancient Hebrews the eagle symbolizes divinity, the bird that comes from above. Deuteronomy 28:49 - The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; The silver eagle was the ensign of the Roman Legion and the symbol of its power. AQUILA. The eagle, the principal ensign of the Roman legion (Plin. H. N. X. 5.), made of silver or bronze, and with expanded wings, as shown above. The Aquila was the eagle standard of a Roman legion, carried by a special grade legionary known as an Aquilifer. One eagle standard was carried by each legion. Pliny the Elder (H.N. x.16) enumerates five animals displayed on Roman military ensigns: the eagle, the wolf, the minotaur, the horse, and the boar. In the second consulship of Gaius Marius (104 BC) the four quadrupeds were laid aside as standards, the eagle being alone retained. It was made of silver, or bronze, with outstretched wings, but was probably of a relatively small size, since a standard-bearer (signifer) under Julius Caesar is said in circumstances of danger to have wrenched the eagle from its staff and concealed it in the folds of his girdle. Under the later emperors the eagle was carried with the legion, a legion being on that account sometimes called aquila (Hirt. Bell. Hisp. 30). Each cohort had for its own ensign the serpent or dragon, which was woven on a square piece of cloth textilis anguis, elevated on a gilt staff, to which a cross-bar was adapted for the purpose, and carried by the draconarius. [Wikipedia] The centurio also chose the standard bearer, or ensign of his century {signifer or vexillarius). Each century was also divided into bodies often, each of which was commanded by a decurio or decanus. The first centurion of the triarii was called primipilus ; he had charge of the eagle, and he commanded the whole legion under the tribunes. The light-armed troops were also formed into bands or centuries, each of which was commanded by a centurion. [Rome] "The centurion rode in front of the eagle." The Eagle (Aquila) was a military ensign usually carried by an aquilifer The Eagle was the principal ensign of the legions of Rome The eagle symbolized strength, courage, farsightedness and immortality. It is considered to be the king of the air and the messenger of the highest Gods. Mythologically, it is connected by the Greeks with the God Zeus, by the Romans wi |
What is the name of the thoroughfare that runs past the front entrance of Old Trafford football ground | Old Trafford - Manchester - The Stadium Guide The Stadium Guide Club: Manchester United FC | Opening: 1910 | Capacity: 75,811 seats History and description In the first decade of the 20th century, Manchester United played their home matches at a 50,000-stadium at Bank Street, when then president Davies began planning for a new stadium with double that capacity. A site was chosen near Trafford Park industrial estate, and architect Archibald Leitch was appointed to design the stadium. Old Trafford officially opened on the 19th of February 1910 with a match between Manchester and Liverpool (3-4). The stadium at that time consisted of one covered seating stand and open terraces on the other three sides. Capacity was slightly over 80,000. Few changes were made to the stadium until the construction of a roof over the United Road terrace in 1934. In 1939, Old Trafford recorded its highest attendance of 76,962 during an FA Cup semi-final match between Wolves and Grimsby Town. Due to its proximity to Trafford Park industrial estate, Old Trafford got heavily damaged by German air raids during World War 2. It took eight years to rebuilt the stadium, the delays being caused by limited post-war resources, and during that time United played at Maine Road , the ground of rivals Manchester City. In 1949, Man United moved back to a reconstructed, though smaller, Old Trafford. Incremental improvements and expansions were made in the following decades, which culminated in the complete renovation of the United Road (North) Stand in the 1960s. This stand also held the first private boxes to be constructed at a British ground. Old Trafford was one of the playing venues of the 1966 World Cup, during which it hosted three group matches. In those years, the capacity of the stadium fluctuated around 60,000. Old Trafford got gradually further improved in the 1970s and 1980s, including new and better cover, increased seating areas, and improved executive facilities. At the same time, however, the rise of hooliganism also resulted in the installation of security fences separating the stands from the pitch. In the early 1990s, plans were made to convert the stadium into an all-seater. This involved the demolition and replacement of the famous Stretford End terraces and the placement of seats in the lower-tiers of the other stands. Old Trafford got selected to be one of the playing venues of the 1996 European Championships, and as a result a new North Stand opened in 1995. By the start of Euro 1996 the stadium could hold about 56,000 fans. During the Euro 1996 tournament, Old Trafford hosted three group matches, a quarter-final, and the semi-final between the Czech Republic and France (0-0). In the years following, second tiers were added to the East and West Stand, raising capacity to 68,000 seats. In 2006, the stadium reached its current capacity when stands got built in the upper-tier corners on both sides of the North Stand. Old Trafford hosted its only European final in 2003, when the Champions League final between Milan and Juventus (0-0) was played at the stadium. In 2011, the stadium’s North Stand got renamed Sir Alex Ferguson Stand in honour of the club’s long-time manager. Old Trafford’s South Stand remains the only two-tiered stand of the stadium, but expansion possibilities are limited due to the railway line that runs behind the stand. While Man United has indicated that a further expansion to 95,000 seats remains a possibility, no concrete plans exist at the moment. (photos of the present Old Trafford below) How to get to Old Trafford Old Trafford is located just over 2 miles south-west from Manchester’s city centre and just under 3 miles from Manchester Piccadilly Station. If arriving by car from the M60, take junction 7&8 and turn onto Chester Road (A56) northbound. Follow Chester Road for about 2 miles and turn left onto Sir Matt Busby Way (access closed on matchdays). If using public transport, the stadium is best reached by Metrolink overground metro. From Piccadilly Station it is a 15-minute journey to Old Trafford station, which l |
What is the common name for the garden flower dianthus barbatus | Dianthus barbatus - Plant Finder Plant Finder Tried and Trouble-free Recommended by 4 Professionals Common Name: sweet William Native Range: Southern Europe from Pyrenees to Carpathians and Balkans Zone: 3 to 9 Height: 1.00 to 2.00 feet Spread: 0.50 to 1.00 feet Bloom Time: May to frost Bloom Description: Red, pink, white, and bicolors Sun: Full sun to part shade Water: Medium Garden locations Culture Winter hardy to USDA Zones 3-9. This is a short-lived perennial that is perhaps best grown as a biennial. However, many gardeners simply purchase cold treated plants in spring and grow them as annuals. Moreover, many of the new cultivars will bloom the first year from seed if the seed is started early enough. Sweet William is best grown in deep, organically rich, well-drained soils in full sun, but generally appreciates some light afternoon shade in hot summer climates such as the St. Louis area. In optimum growing conditions it will reseed each year and remain in the garden for many years as if it were a long-lived perennial. Double-flowered forms will not come true from seed, however. Prompt deadheading of spent flowers (shear back large plantings) promotes perennial tendencies. Seed may be planted directly in the garden in late spring for bloom the following year. Some nurseries sell seedlings in early fall that may be planted immediately for bloom the following year. Nurseries commonly sell plants in spring for flowering the same year. Noteworthy Characteristics Dianthus barbatus, commonly called sweet William, typically grows 12-24” tall and features small flowers held in dense, flat-topped terminal clusters (3-5” wide). Many cultivars are available in commerce, including double-flowered forms as well as some dwarf plants (4-8” tall). Flowers come in vivid shades of red, pink, white and bicolor, sometimes with a contrasting eye, and with fringed petals that are bearded on the inside. Bloom from late spring to early summer. Flowers may be fragrant, although many of the newer cultivars have no scent. Lance-shaped medium green leaves (to 4” long). Genus name comes from the Greek words dios meaning divine and anthos meaning flower. Specific epithet means bearded or with long, weak hairs. Problems Susceptible to crown rot and rust, particularly in poorly-drained soils. Watch for snails and slugs. Garden Uses |
In which English county was tobacco growing tried on a large scale | A History of Bristol A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRISTOL By Tim Lambert SAXON BRISTOL Bristol began life as a village called Brigg stow, which means the meeting place at the bridge in the old Saxon language. At some point a wooden bridge was erected across the Avon. (Avon is a Celtic word meaning 'water'). The bridge was used as a meeting place and a village grew up by it. In time the name Brigg Stow changed to Bristol. By the 10th century Bristol had grown into a town. Bristol was probably a burgh or fortified settlement. Bristol was probably surrounded by a ditch and earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top. By the early 11th century there was a mint in Bristol so it was already a place of some importance. There would have been a weekly market in Bristol. Because of its position in the West Bristol was well placed to trade with Dublin and with Somerset and North Devon. Wool and leather were exported from Bristol. BRISTOL IN THE MIDDLE AGES The population of Bristol in 1066 is not known for certain but it may have been about 4,000. By the standards of the time it was a large and important town. Bristol submitted to William the Conqueror without a fight. In 1067 two of King Harold's sons landed nearby and tried to capture Bristol but the Bristolians fought them off. King William built a wooden fort in Bristol. In the early 12th century it was replaced by a stone castle. In 1155 Bristol was given a charter (a document confirming certain rights held by the townspeople). In 1171 after the English conquered Ireland the people of Bristol were given Dublin as a colony by the king and many Bristolians settled there. Bristol also benefited when Henry II became King in 1154. As well as being king of England Henry was ruler of part of South West France. Vast quantities of wine were imported from there into from there into Bristol in the Middle Ages. By the 13th century wine was main import in Bristol. In the later Middle Ages wine was imported from Spain and Portugal as well as France. (Wine Street is actually a corruption of Wynche Street because a wynche or pillory stood there in the Middle Ages). Another important import was woad which was used for dyeing. In Medieval Bristol wool was woven and dyed then exported. Other exports from Bristol included rope and sailcloth and lead. In the town wool was woven and dyed and leather was made. In Bristol there were also the same craftsmen found in any town such as carpenters, blacksmiths, brewers, bakers, butchers, tailors, and shoemakers. In the years 1239-1247 the course of the Frome, a tributary of the Avon, was diverted to make navigation easier. The new channel was more than 700 metres long and it cost �5,000 to build (a huge fortune in those days). In the late Middle Ages ships from Bristol went fishing off Iceland but in 1497 John Cabot made his famous voyage to Newfoundland and after that the fishing grounds changed to the coast of North America. In 1373 the boundaries of Bristol were extended to include Redcliffe. Bristol was made a county of its own separate from Gloucestershire and Somerset. Also in 1373 High Cross was erected. The Priory of St James was built in Bristol about 1129. An Augustinian Abbey followed about 1142. In the 13th century the friars arrived in Bristol. Friars were like monks but instead of withdrawing from the world they went out to preach. In Bristol there were Franciscan friars (called grey friars because of the colour of their costumes) and Carmelite or white friars. In the Middle Ages the church ran the only 'hospitals'. There were several in Bristol including St Johns hospital, St Catherines, St Marks and St Bartholmews. There were also leper hostels outside the town. In the Middle Ages many people went on long journeys called Pilgrimages to Jerusalem. In 1118 an order of fighting monks called the Knights Templar was founded to defend them. They owned a great deal of land in England including Temple Meads (meadows) at Bristol. They built the Temple Church. In the Middle Ages merchants brought a red flower called the scarlet lychnis (lychnis chalcedonia) f |
Which David Bowie number one came from the album Scary Monsters | Amazon.com: Scary Monsters: David Bowie: MP3 Downloads TITLE added to MP3 cart Scary Monsters MP3 Music, August 21, 2006 "Please retry" Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). Fix in Music Library Sold by Amazon Digital Services LLC. Additional taxes may apply. By placing your order, you agree to our Terms of Use . Related Video Shorts Customers Also Bought These Albums Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 Original Release Date: September 20, 1999 Release Date: August 21, 2006 Label: Parlophone UK Record Company Required Metadata: Music file metadata contains unique purchase identifier. Learn more . Total Length: 45:34 By the man with two names on January 5, 2006 Format: Audio CD sometimes music can be a life altering experience. when this album came out, i was a freshman in high school in a small midwestern town. i stumbled across it, probably from a review in rolling stone or cream, and listened to it through headphones in my bedroom for hours on end. as i grew up, the age of the cd came along and this album sat in the 2 crates of albums i refuse to let go of. my 9 yr. old son got one of those mp3 player things for christmas and we have spent the last few nights downloading the songs he likes onto it. well, once again i stumbled across scary monsters out there in internet land and downloaded it onto my computer. i am now sitting here again with headphones on singing all these songs and dancing like a wildman. the lyrics of 25 years ago just flow out of me like breathing even though i have not heard them forever. the music is just as fresh now as it was then. people more knowledgable than i can review the merits of each particular song in objective and analytical ways, but i cannot. they can compare this album to other bowie albums, but i cannot. i cannot because this album is impressed upon my musical soul. it opened my ears to all kinds of music i never knew existed. i could have been a top 40 listener for the rest of my life, but i did not and it was because of the power of this masterpiece. By John B. Maggiore on May 30, 2000 Format: Audio CD This is my very favorite Bowie album and I honestly think his best. It follows the excellent "Berlin Trilogy" of "Low," "`Heroes'," and "Lodger" and is actually a culmination of Bowie's entire career so far. As such it is loud, manic, desperate, paranoid and even political. Its also simply great music with intriguing lyrics sung with the strongest voice Bowie can muster. Like many of his albums, "Scary Monsters" has a structural continuity. While this one isn't a concept album like "Ziggy Stardust," "Diamond Dogs," or "1. Outside," it has a beginning, middle and end. The album begins and ends with two highly different versions of "It's No Game." The opening version is loud and angry. Bowie virtually screams out the lyrics as a woman concurrently shouts them out in Japanese. All the while is a screeching guitar and a tense build up to Bowie's closing cry of "Shut up! Shut up!" It's a powerful, confusing and even scary start of a wild ride. In contrast, the closing version of "It's No Game" is deliberately spent. Where Bowie was trying to punch his way out of a straightjacket in the opening number, by close he has given up. His power is gone. The lyrics are easier to follow, and although their meaning is somewhat obscure, they come across as resignation. The listener is also spent by this point. It's as absolute an ending as can be, even more so than "Rock N' Roll Suicide" at the end of "Ziggy." This is why any "bonus songs" tacked on to the end of this album detract from it. As an interesting side note about "It's No Game," the lyrics borrow from a highly obscure song Bowie wrote in the 60's called "Tired of My Life." More evidence that "Scary Monsters" is a summation of all his work. In the middle of the two versions of "It's No Game" are eight of Bowie's best songs, many of which were too comple |
Who composed the New World Symphony | Classical Classics - Dvorak's "New World" Symphony, Classical Notes, Peter Gutmann A bizarre aftermath of 9/11 was a resurgence of protest over how American influence had allegedly sullied the purity of other civilizations, depicting us as a sort of pernicious cultural kudzu overrunning and smothering the world's pristine artistic gardens. But unlike most of the other insidious and groundless propaganda claims that had burgeoned, to this one there's a kernel of truth. After all, with its ready availability and massive appeal, American culture has dominated much of the last century, and its reign promises to continue. While foreign purists may have cowered before incursions of Franglais and Warhol soup cans, our threat to most arts hardly warranted fears of irreparable corruption. In music, though, the uniquely American developments of jazz, blues and rock truly have permanently transformed world culture. So perhaps it's worth recalling that our own roots originated overseas in the first place. In the late 19th century, European art was roused by the same surge of nationalism that had already transformed Old World politics, as varied cultures found and proudly proclaimed their distinctive voices. But while American literature already had staked a formidable reputation, our serious music (along with painting and theatre) remained mired in Old World models. That didn't sit well with a handful of American patrons who sought to develop and project our own national character. Among them was Jeanette Thurber, wife of a wealthy New York merchant, who had founded the National Conservatory of Music, a pioneering venture which opened its doors in 1888 to promising African-American musicians but needed strong leadership. She found it in Antonin Dvorak (1841 – 1904). Influenced and inspired by his compatriot Bedrich Smetana, Dvorak had achieved great fame as an ardent champion of his beloved Czech music, fluently melding folk-tinged melodies into classical forms. But unlike Brahms, Liszt and other composers who studied folk music from an academic distance and used it as a fleeting exotic diversion, Dvorak's Moravian Duets, Czech Suite, Slavonic Dances and other cornerstones of his early fame were the very essence of his being. Born and raised a Bohemian peasant, Dvorak never strayed far from his roots. Like the saying goes, you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. He loved simple pleasures, was enthralled by trains and far preferred a chat with manual laborers to learned discourse. This humble man brought Czech music to the world's attention by showcasing its intrinsic appeal. He often is compared to Schubert, with whom he shared effortless melodies, spontaneous harmonies and a relaxed ease, but Schubert's music wafted from Viennese taverns, while in Dvorak's you could feel the fresh rustic breeze and smell the hale country air. Dvorak was lured to New York in 1892 with the promise of a fee twenty times his salary in Prague. Upon arrival, he enthusiastically grasped Mrs. Thurber's charge. He proclaimed: I am convinced that the future music of this country must be founded on what are called Negro melodies. These can be the foundation of a serious and original school of composition, to be developed in the United States. These beautiful and varied themes are the product of the soil. They are the folk songs of America and your composers must turn to them. True to his word, Dvorak immersed himself in African-American music. He was particularly drawn to one of his students, Henry Burleigh, who often sang for Dvorak in his home and who later recalled that Dvorak saturated himself in the spirit of these old tunes. Much of his time in America was occupied by teaching and organizing performances. But above all else Dvorak was a composer and in his first winter in New York he began to write the symphony that would become his most cherished. (It was completed that summer on vacation in Spillville, Iowa, a colony of Czech immigrants who helped assuage Dvorak's intense homesi |
What is or was the name of Herman's backing group | Herman's Hermits | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Bruce Eder Herman's Hermits were one of those odd 1960's groups that accumulated millions of fans, but precious little respect. Indeed, their status is remarkably similar to that of the Monkees and it's not a coincidence that both groups' music was intended to appeal to younger teenagers. The difference is that as early as 1976, the Monkees began to be considered cool by people who really knew music; it has taken 35 years for Herman's Hermits to begin receiving higher regard for their work. Of course, that lack of respect had no relevance to their success: 20 singles lofted into the Top 40 in England and America between 1964 and 1970, 16 of them in the Top 20, and most of those Top Ten as well. Artistically, they were rated far lower than the Hollies , the Searchers , or Gerry & the Pacemakers , but commercially, the Hermits were only a couple of rungs below the Beatles and the Rolling Stones . The magnitude of their success seemed highly improbable, based on their modest beginnings. Guitarist/singer Keith Hopwood (born October 26, 1946), bassist/singer Karl Green (born July 31, 1947), guitarist/singer Derek "Lek" Leckenby (born May 14, 1945), and drummer Barry Whitwam (born July 21, 1946) were among the younger musicians on the Manchester band scene in 1963, when they started playing together as the Heartbeats. The city was home to many dozens of promising bands, most notable among them the Hollies , the Mockingbirds , and Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders . Later that year, the Heartbeats got a new member in 16-year-old Peter Noone (born November 5, 1947), who filled in one night when their regular vocalist failed to turn up for a gig. Noone was already a veteran actor, trained at the Manchester School of Music and Drama; he had been a child star on television in the late '50s, on the television series Coronation Street, but he also had musical aspirations. As a vocalist with the Heartbeats, he initially worked under the name Peter Novak. The quintet followed the same path that any other struggling band did, playing shows at youth clubs and local dances, hoping to get noticed, and they picked up a pair of managers, Harvey Lisberg and Charlie Silverman. Accounts vary as to the origins of the name they ultimately adopted -- some say that their managers remarked on the facial resemblance between Noone and the character of Sherman in the Jay Ward cartoon show "Mr. Peabody & Sherman"; others credit Karl Green with mentioning it. In any case, "Sherman" became "Herman" and the group, in search of a more distinct name, became Herman & His Hermits and then Herman's Hermits. They played a pleasing, melodic brand of rock & roll, mostly standards of the late '50s and early '60s, with Noone's attractive vocals at the fore. Their big break came in 1964 when producer Mickie Most was invited by Lisberg and Silverman to a show in Manchester. He was impressed with their wholesome, clean-cut image, and with Noone's singing and pleasant, non-threatening stage presence, and he agreed to produce them, arranging a recording contract for the group with the EMI-Columbia label in England; their American releases were licensed to MGM Records. Herman's Hermits' debut single, a Carole King / Gerry Goffin song called "I'm Into Something Good," released in the summer of 1964, hit number one in England and number 13 in America. Ironically, considering the direction of many of their future releases, the group displayed anything but an English sound on "I'm Into Something Good." Instead, it had a transatlantic feel, smooth and easy-going with a kind of vaguely identifiable California sound. Of course, that statement assumed that the group had much to do with the record -- as it turned out, they didn't. In a manner typical of the majority of the acts that Most produced, the Hermits didn't play on most of their own records; Mickie Most, as was typical of producers in the era before the Beatles ' emergence, saw no reason to make a less-than-perfect reco |
Which duo had the top selling single of 1981 | UK Top 10 Best Selling Singles from ukcharts.20m.com Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight Elton John (4.8 million copies) 1997 On 31st August 1997, Princess Diana died in a car crash with companion Dodi al Fayed. The news shocked the world. The world was plunged into mourning. Tributes flooded in. The funeral was held on 6th September 1997 (coincidentally, her wedding heads the top TV list, with 39m and the funeral is 5th with 31m). Sir Elton John performed this song of his at the funeral. It was originally a tribute to Marilyn Monroe when released in 1974, reaching #11, and #5 in 1988 when recorded with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It was released on 13 September (a Saturday, unusually) and sold 658,000 copies on that one day, enough to send it straight to number one after just one day on release. It had sold 2 million by the end of its second week on chart, 3 million the next week, and eventually reached 4.8 million, thus making it the biggest selling single in the UK by a fair lead. In the USA, it received the grand total of 11 million sales. In Canada it probably fared best in terms of chart success, spending an astonishing 45 weeks at Number One over there. It became the best-selling single in the world, with total sales standing at 37 million. Fact: It was actually voted the third WORST Number One single in Channel 4's 100 Greatest #1s poll. 2 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid (3.51m) 1984/5 This record was the brainchild of Boomtown Rats (2 #1s) frontman Bob Geldof. Watching the news one night, he saw the disturbing images of starving children in Ethiopia, and felt he simply had to do something. So the biggest superstar line-up was arranged for each star to sing their own part in this record, co-written and produced by former Ultravox (#2 with Vienna in 1981) frontman Midge Ure. At the time it was the fastest-selling single in UK history, shifting 750,000 copies in its first full week alone. The same recording returned to #3 the next Christmas, and a SAW (Stock, Aitken and Waterman) version recorded with SAW stars such as Kylie Minogue and Bananarama with the group entitled Band Aid II was the Christmas #1 for 3 weeks in 1989. Together with the Live Aid concert in 1985, they successfully raised �110 million for the worthy cause. Sadly, then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher refused to drop the VAT (Value Added Tax) bill on the record. Artists featured on Band Aid: Adam Clayton, Bono (U2); Bob Geldof, Johnny Fingers, Simon Crowe, Pete Briquette (Boomtown Rats); David Bowie; Paul McCartney; Holly Johnson; Midge Ure, Chris Cross (Ultravox); Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor, John Taylor (Duran Duran); Paul Young; Tony Hadley, Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, John Keeble, Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet); Martyn Ware, Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17); Francis Rossi, Nick parfitt (Status Quo); Sting; Boy George, Jon Moss (Culture Club); Marilyn; Keren Woodward, Sarah Dallin, Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama); Jody Watley; Paul Weller; Robert "Kool" Bell, James Taylor, Dennis Thomas (Kool And The Gang); George Michael. 3 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen (2.13m) 1975 & 1991 Allegedly mapped out by songwriter Freddie Mercury of Queen on the back of a cereal packet, this almost six minute wonder is like three songs in one, with stunning nine-part harmony vocals and combining grunge metal with almost kitsch opera, accompanied with what was conceived as the first pop video. The group consisted of Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Brian May and Mercury. It entered at #47 and was #1 within three weeks, where it stayed for a groundbreaking 9 weeks. It sold a million copies. Then, 16 years later it returned, upon Mercury's AIDS-related death, to the #1 spot for another five weeks, pushing the total weeks at #1 to 14 (4th most) and it shifted, astonishingly, another million copies helped with the coupling of new track These Are The Days Of Our Lives (winner of 1992 award for Best British Single at the BRITs), and in addition all profits from the 1991 release went to charity, complet |
What sport are the Boston Celtics involved in | Boston Celtics | Bleacher Report Charles Knows NBA on TNT @NBAonTNT "The best two guards in the Eastern Conference have been Isaiah Thomas and DeMar DeRozan." -Chuck on starting #NBAAllStar guards in the East https://t.co/b5b4YguuhB 1/20/2017, 12:15:06 AM Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard My Eastern Conference All-Star reserves: John Wall, Isaiah Thomas, Kyle Lowry, Kevin Love, Paul Millsap, Paul George, Hassan Whiteside 1/20/2017, 3:41:57 AM Mark Van Deusen @LucidSportsFan I also don't understand how the @celtics have 2.1 million followers on twitter, but Isaiah only got 755,000 votes. 1/20/2017, 3:28:02 AM Chris Forsberg @ESPNForsberg Jaylen Brown suggested on @csnne that he's got an invite to Dunk Contest at All-Star but is undecided on it. https://t.co/998jcWHDMf 1/17/2017, 1:05:27 AM Jerry Zgoda @JerryZgoda Fan voting broke two tiebreakers: DeRozan won a tiebreak w. Isaiah Thomas, Curry & Harden won a tiebreaker with Westbrook A. Sherrod Blakely @SherrodbCSN A closer look at how @Isaiah_Thomas just missed being named an Eastern Conference all-star starter. #Celticstalk https://t.co/8xnFoYfSVu Unlimited Range Boston Celtics @celtics Isaiah Thomas with the DEEP 3! Tonight's the last night to vote, so RT to cast your ballot for IT! #NBAVote https://t.co/KuL1z15JTy Isaiah Is King of the Fourth League-leading 10.1 points per 4th quarter after scoring 17 in the final period against Charlotte gary washburn @GwashburnGlobe So Isaiah Thomas basically lost in a tiebreaker to #Raptors DeMar DeRozan. It came down to fan votes and DeRozan had more. #Celtics 1/20/2017, 12:27:06 AM Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA If there's anyone who will respond to a snub by playing angry and balling out, it's @russwest44 and @Isaiah_Thomas. Still Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnorNBA .@Isaiah_Thomas is averaging 10.1 points per game in the 4th, the highest 4thQ average of any player over the last 20 years. Unreal #NBAVote https://t.co/k9AQTO7Jvd Dan Favale via Dan Favale Schroder's Comments That Got IT Irritated “If he think that he got to curse at my mom or say some dumb stuff about my family, that has nothing to do with basketball. That’s his choice. I’ve got too much class for that. Next one, we are going to get it.” Scott Souza @Scott_Souza Of course, Isaiah Thomas will be Eastern Conference reserve. But a top 5 MVP candidate should probably be an #NBAAllStar starter. #Celtics 1/20/2017, 12:10:51 AM cfgardner @cf_gardner Boston's Isaiah Thomas nudged out by DeRozan. He will be named next week along with Wizards John Wall. IT Rips Schroder Over 'Lie' About Mother Isaiah Thomas @Isaiah_Thomas @CVivlamoreAJC not sure what the quote is referring to but one thing is certain I would never disrespect/talk trash about anyones family/mom |
What is the name of the two handled vaulting horse used in gymnastics | History of Gymnastics | iSport.com History of Gymnastics History of Gymnastics Gymnastics is one of the most popular Olympic sports. It combines grace, beauty, athleticism, and strength in a thrilling display of competition that has captivated fans since the debut of the modern Olympic Games. Soldier Requirement Gymnastics formally originated in ancient Greece, where it was used by soldiers to get ready for war. The skills and strength needed to perform gymnastic moves-running, jumping, tumbling, mounting and dismounting horses-were all thought to be great assets to those battling on the war field. As a result, gymnastics became a vital component of Greek education. It was mandatory for all students to practice the sport and eventually the gymnasiums developed into schools where gymnastics, music, and mathematics were all taught and perfected. And as the Roman Empire gained power and ascended to the Greek peninsula, Greek gymnastics evolved into nothing more than glorified military training. This tradition continued across centuries and continents. In the early 19th century, the United States Military began adopting gymnastics for their own training programs. By the 20th century, the US Army had a mandatory list of drills for soldiers to practice, a culmination of gymnastic maneuvers targeted to build muscles and strengthen active young men. In the beginning of the 20th century, however, militaries around the world began to focus on a different kind of strength-advanced technology, equipment and arsenals of weaponry. As a result, gymnastics lost its power as a military training tool and eventually became a respected sport in its own right. Modern Day Apparatus is Born The sport of modern gymnastics really began to develop in the late 18th to early 19th centuries. During this time, two physical educators named Johann Friedrich GutsMuth and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, designed the now familiar apparatuses like the horizontal bar, parallel bars, side horse with pommels, balance beam, and vaulting horse. Boys were taught how to perform specific activities on each different apparatus and with such technique specification, the sport of gymnastics was born. For this reason, Freidrich Jahn is known as the "father of gymnastics." In the 1920s, women could only compete in synchronized calisthenics. It wasn't until 1952 that all women were eligible to compete in a wider variety of gymnastic events. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) formed in 1891 and five years later, gymnastics was included in the first modern Olympic Games, where Germany dominated and took home almost every medal in the competition. Women first started participating in gymnastic events in the 1920s and were first included in the Olympics in the 1928 Games held in Amsterdam. Gymnastics is Standardized In 1954, the sport was standardized to regulate the different events and apparatuses for women and men. Men's gymnastics was set to include both individual and team events with the following apparatuses: Floor, horizontal bar, parallel bars, still rings, pommel horse, and vault. Women were allowed to compete in four events as individuals and as a team: Vault, balance beam, uneven parallel bars, and floor. The ten to one scoring system was also introduced that same year and by 1955, modern gymnastics had become the sport we recognize today. In 1962, rhythmic gymnastics was recognized by FIG as a legal competition. However, it wasn't until the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles that it officially became an Olympic event. Trampoline was added as an official Olympic sport in the 2000 Sydney Games. Both rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline fall under the athletic umbrella of gymnastics. The Perfect 10 For years, the sport of gymnastics was considered a strength sport for men and a grace sport for women-men would score high for their extreme power and physicality, and women would score high for their grace and artistic flourish. In 1972, however, that double standard changed when a 17-year old Soviet gymnast named Olga Korbut burst onto the gymnastic scene. She was the |
What colour is muscovado sugar | What can I substitute for muscovado sugar? | Reference.com What can I substitute for muscovado sugar? A: Quick Answer Dark or light brown sugar or granulated sugar with molasses or treacle can be used as substitutes for muscovado sugar. For 1 cup of dark muscovado sugar, use 1 cup granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons of molasses or treacle. For light muscovado sugar, reduce the molasses to 1 tablespoon. |
What kind of fruit or vegetable are capsicums | Is Capsicum a Fruit or a Vegetable? | eHow Is Capsicum a Fruit or a Vegetable? The capsicum plant produces edible peppers, which are fruit to a botanist and vegetables to a cook. All pepper plants are capsicums. Different species grow pods ranging from large and sweet to small and hot. Botany Capsicum plants produce pods which contain their seeds. Any seed-containing part of a plant is its fruit. The pepper pod is strictly a berry, because it contains more than one seed. Botanists define plants with edible roots, stems or leaves as vegetables. Cookery Cooks use capsicum pods, or peppers, as a vegetable and add them to savory dishes. Dried and powdered peppers make the spices chili and paprika. Other fruits cooked as vegetables include tomatoes, beans and okra. Legal Definitions Sometimes the law decides. In 1893 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the tomato was as vegetable because it was served with dinner. At that time, importers paid duty on vegetables, but not fruit. Since then, a vegetable is any plant consumed as part of a savory dish, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture horticulturist, Victor Boswell, writing for "National Geographic" magazine in 1949 -- reprinted by Texas A&M University Extension in 2000. |
What is the hottest curry offered on the menu in an Indian restaurant | Indian Curry - Curry Types Types of Curry Various parts of the sub-continent have their own regional variations of curry. Although the names may be similar to traditional dishes, the recipes generally are not. The most popular curry types are: Korma - mild, yellow in colour, with almond and coconut powder Curry - medium, brown, gravy-like sauce Dupiaza/Dopiaza - medium curry the word means "double onion" referring to the boiled and fried onions used as its primary ingredient. Pasanda - a mild curry sauce made with cream, coconut milk, and almonds. Roghan Josh (from "Roghan" (fat) and "Josh" (energy/heat - which as in English may refer to either 'spiciness' or temperature)) - medium, with tomatoes Bhuna - medium, thick sauce, some vegetables Dhansak - medium/hot, sweet and sour sauce with lentils (originally a Parsi dish). This dish often also contains pineapple. Madras - fairly hot curry, red in colour and with heavy use of chili powder Patia - generally similar to a Madras with lemon juice and tomato purée Jalfrezi - onion, green chili and a thick sauce Vindaloo - this is generally regarded as the classic "hot" restaurant curry, although a true Vindaloo does not specify any particular level of spiciness. The name has European origins, derived from the Portuguese "vinho" (wine) and "alho" (garlic) Phaal - extremely hot. Tindaloo - Extremely hot in a similar vein to Phaal. Very regional in nature, generally served in Bradford or other Northern cities in England. Afghan - with chickpeas. Other dishes may be featured with varying strengths, with those of north Indian origin, such as Butter Chicken, tending to be mild, and recipes from the south of India tending to be hotter. |
Orion, Admiral, Joy and Glen Chova are varieties of which fruit | WINTER SURVIVAL, VARIATION IN BUD BURST AND FRUIT RIPENING, AND SOME YIELD COMPONENTS IN RASPBERRY CULTIVARS AND SELECTIONS | International Society for Horticultural Science International Society for Horticultural Science The world's leading independent organization of horticultural scientists Search Enter your International Society for Horticultural Science e-mail or user number. Password * WINTER SURVIVAL, VARIATION IN BUD BURST AND FRUIT RIPENING, AND SOME YIELD COMPONENTS IN RASPBERRY CULTIVARS AND SELECTIONS Authors G. Redalen Abstract Winter damage was judged during the growing season when visible symptoms were established. Cvs Glen Isla, Gradina, Glen Clova, 'Malling' Joy, Sirius and Spica were among those with most severe damage in both years of examination. Several of the selections from an Agr. Univ. of Norway breeding program were outstanding in regard to winter survival. Early bud burst was recorded for Veten and several of the Norwegian selections, while Glen Moy, Malling Admiral, Preussen and 'Malling' Joy had late bud burst. Length of expanded buds in spring did not show any significant correlation with winter damage. Glen Clova, Glen Moy and some of the selections ripened very early, while 'Malling' Joy, 'Malling' Leo, Sirius, and to some extent Malling Admiral, could be characterized as late ripening cvs. The selections showed about the same variation in time of ripening as the cvs. Cvs Glen Moy, Veten, 'Malling' Leo and 'Malling' Joy, and the selections H 4–01–17, 410–08, 105–14 and 105–15 had large fruits. The highest number of laterals per cane was recorded for the selection 105–54, but also Glen Clova and Preussen had a relatively high number of laterals. 'Malling' Joy had an unusual high number of fruits per lateral and per cane, and Gradina, Malling Admiral and some of the selections also were outstanding in this respect. Potential yield values were estimated based upon multiplication of the mean fruit weight by the number of fruits per cane. The highest figures were obtained for 'Malling' Joy, Gradina, Glen Isla, Malling Admiral, Malling Orion and Veten, and the selections 206–04, 105–54, 207–02, 410–08, P x (LGxMP), H 4–01–17, 105–14 and 402–13. The number of fruits was recorded early during the ripening season, however, and fruit loss due to fruit rot and winter damage and accelerated senescence and death of the fruiting canes was not recorded. Citation Redalen, G. 1986. WINTER SURVIVAL, VARIATION IN BUD BURST AND FRUIT RIPENING, AND SOME YIELD COMPONENTS IN RASPBERRY CULTIVARS AND SELECTIONS. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 183:199-206 |
If you ordered eggs a la coque in France what would you get | French and Parfait: Be a French and perfect cook: Have your eggs “à la coque” ! How can you live without mouillettes in your life? If there’s one thing I miss here in the US, it’s ça. A simple slice of French and perfect bread, fresh, with butter. _Real butter, if I may. Not the whitish thing I see in most American restaurants. Come on my poor non French-people, what’s the point of eating fat if it has no taste? How can it be so dull? Do you make it with bleached cows? So when I’m not dreaming of mimolette , veal brains (mmmmmh, tête de veau , my favorite!) or tablette de chocholat (God Bless Jean-Paul Hévin ), I’m thinking of the be French butters: Isigny , Surgères , or, even better, la crème de la crème, Bordier … Now you have tartines (bread and butter, order it at a café for breakfast, much better than the old croissants they sometimes give), and then you have even better : mouillettes. Mouillettes are an instant back-to-childhood trip for every French and perfect woman (and man !). It’s a simple slice of bread and butter cut into thin slices, as large as a finger. They always come with an other delicious and simple treat: l’oeuf à la coque. Oeuf a la coque Slice of bread (good) butter Oeuf à la coque is really one of these cocorico (pardon me, cock-a-doodle-doo) recipes that would make the gallic rooster, our national pet symbol, crow with pride. The grand Napoléon only ate his eggs that way (although it sadly didn’t help him to get taller) and it’s still on the menu of every family, almost once a week. Oh, and once again, it’s delicious, and very easy. It’s basically a soft-boiled egg, except that it’s really soflty boiled : the idea is that the white is solid, but the yolk stays runny : it has to be still liquid so that you can perform the best part of the dish : soak your mouillettes in it. Haaaa, the sweet mix of bread, butter, and egg yolk… My favorite chef, Michel Bras, loves oeuf à la coque : he used to serve one as an amuse-bouche at the beginning of each meal. He serves his eggs with wild flowers, cumin, black truffles or a shallot puree inside, for example. Now there are as many ways of cooking oeufs à la coque as there are cheeses in my country : plenty ! Bras pretends that it’s better to start to cook them in cold water (plunge them in cold water, then set to boil). Then you have Hervé This , a great French scientist who’s working with another very good French chef, Pierre Gagnaire . Each month Pierre would give Hervé a culinary question to solve with science . They’ve worked a lot on eggs, and Hervé This has discovered that the best temperature to cook an oeuf à la coque is exactly 65°C , 149°F, for several hours, in the oven… Most traditional cooking books talk about the 3/6/9 rule : 3 minutes for oeuf à la coque, 6 for oeuf mollet (soft boiled) , 9 for boiled. But I must confess we do nothing of the sort at home. Shhhh! Don’t tell my mom, but… My fiancé boils them for 4 minutes! Crazy, non? Put water to a boil in a pan. Plunge the eggs. Leave for 4 minutes (OK, I’m more a 3 and a half person, but what… Sometimes you have to let men think they know better…) Put on ice so that it stops cooking. Then decapitate the egg (oui, that’s very French and very funny too ! ) But I guess you would have understood that the oeuf à la coque is nothing without mouillettes. They are very easy to make, it’s often the first thing French kids do in the kitchen. Just spread butter on a slice of bread, and cut it into thin slices, as large as a finger. Then I spread salt on it… Some people add a slice of ham, and as I wrote earlier, the great chef Michel Brad sometimes add spices, like cumin, on it. Ready for the best French dip you’ll ever taste? (Btw, French dip sandwich absolutely doesn’t exist in France!) Take your mouillette, sink it in the yellow egg, and have the best French breakfast at home Bon appétit les amis! PS : Never suggest to a French romantic aquaintance to go an cook an egg if he or she want to. It could be badly interpreted : ” Va te faire cuire un oeuf” means “get lost”… But you could sing hi |
Cleavon Little was the name of the sheriff in which spoof western | Blazing Saddles (1974) - 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 In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC TCM Remembers 2016: A Look Back at Those We Lost This Year 18 December 2016 2:52 PM, -08:00 | Indiewire a list of 21 titles created 14 Mar 2011 a list of 30 titles created 25 Jan 2012 a list of 48 titles created 29 Sep 2013 a list of 39 titles created 06 Apr 2014 a list of 47 titles created 26 May 2014 Search for " Blazing Saddles " 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. Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards » Videos An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that he is not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. Director: Mel Brooks Planet Spaceballs' President Skroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them. Director: Mel Brooks Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes. Director: Mel Brooks Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and 1 more credit » Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen A spoof of Robin Hood in general and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in particular. Director: Mel Brooks Producers Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom make money by producing a sure-fire flop. Director: Mel Brooks Mel Brooks' parody of Alfred Hitchcock films. Director: Mel Brooks A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years. Director: Mel Brooks At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those trouble-makers have other plans for him. Director: John Landis An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. Director: Harold Ramis Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. Director: John Landis Incompetent police detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II . Director: David Zucker Edit Storyline The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar ( Harvey Korman ), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor ( Mel Brooks ). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff ( Cleavon Little ) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople. Written by John Vogel <[email protected]> From the people who gave you "The Jazz Singer" See more » Genres: 7 February 1974 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The world premiere was at the (now gone) Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, CA. The guests rode horses into the drive-in for the premiere. The Pickwick was also used for a location in Grease (1978). See more » Goofs Hedy Lamarr 's footprints do not appear in the concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. See more » Quotes [first lines] Lyle : Come on, boys! The way you're lollygaggin' around here with them picks and them shovels, you'd think it was a hundert an' twenty degree. Can't be more than a hundert an' fourteen. See more » Crazy Credits The Warner Bros. Pictures logo is on a black screen nd burns on fire, revealing th |
Who played Billy the Kid in the film The Left Handed Gun | The Left Handed Gun (1958) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Left Handed Gun ( 1958 ) Approved | After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers, Director: a list of 37 titles created 20 Mar 2011 a list of 30 titles created 05 Feb 2013 a list of 33 titles created 15 Feb 2014 a list of 49 titles created 01 May 2014 a list of 34 titles created 8 months ago Title: The Left Handed Gun (1958) 6.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. With the aid of an old law text and ... See full summary » Director: John Huston Accused barn burner and con man Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners. Director: Martin Ritt Boxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947. Director: Robert Wise Lew Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband. Director: Jack Smight Travelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events. Director: Martin Ritt John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws. Director: Martin Ritt As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways. Director: Mark Robson Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash. Director: Martin Ritt Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. Arriving with him is a faded film star he picked up along the way, Alexandra Del Lago. ... See full summary » Director: Richard Brooks An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career. Director: Mark Robson Up and coming, young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he ... See full summary » Director: Vincent Sherman A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor. Director: John Huston Edit Storyline William Bonney - Billy the Kid - gets a job with a cattleman known as 'The Englishman,' and is befriended by the peaceful, religious man. But when a crooked sheriff and his men murder the Englishman because he plans to supply the local Army fort with his beef, Billy decides to avenge the death by killing the four men responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him - Tom and Charlie, two hands he worked with; Pat Garrett, who is about to be married; and the kindly Mexican couple who take him in when he's in trouble - into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory. Written by Gary Dickerson <[email protected]> All of a sudden, just for the kicks Billy would slip down to Mexico. See more » Genres: 17 May 1958 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Billy the Kid See more » Filming Locations: The movie was a flop at the US box office. See more » Goofs Billy and the others are at a lake. You see the reflect |
How was retired gunfighter Clint Eastwood trying to earn a living in The Unforgiven | Unforgiven (Film) - TV Tropes Badass Grandpa : While not technically a grandfather, William Munny is more than old enough to be one. Little Bill, who's even older than Munny. Just watch him when he stares down the barrel of Munny's shotgun and calmly tells his men to kill Munny after he's dead. No matter what you think of him, the man has incredible balls. Band of Brothels : When one of theirs is maimed by a bad john, the working girls pool their resources and put a bounty on the wrongdoers' heads, kicking off the action. Being Evil Sucks : Since it's not necessarily obvious: The Schofield Kid has this one pretty bad right before the final showdown Where It All Began . Being Good Sucks : Kind of. It's noticeable that during his period of trying to be good, Munny is an unsuccessful pig farmer eking out a wretched existence, is wracked by guilt, and comes across as kind of pathetic (note how often he falls off his horse, his beating by Little Bill). After returning to his old ways, he becomes a scarily effective gunfighter and the epilogue indicates he became financially successful. Not to mention that things don't turn out well for Ned after he admits he's lost his stomach for killing and tries to return home. Bittersweet Ending : Munny goes back to his old ways and Ned is murdered, but Munny avenges him. And with the money he earns from the bounty on the two cowboys, he's able to move on and make a better life for himself—rumored to be San Francisco, where he prospered in dry goods. Closing narration: ...And there was nothing on the marker to explain to Mrs. Feathers why her only daughter had married a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition. Death Is Such an Odd Thing : The Schofield Kid feels that way after his first kill. It don't seem real... how he ain't gonna never breathe again, ever... how he's dead. And the other one too. All on account of pulling a trigger. Deconstruction : Of Western movies. Munny himself is a Deconstructed Character Archetype of the kinds of characters Clint Eastwood played in the 60s and 70s. One aspect of this is how the movie shows Munny dealing with his re-submersion into the violent, dangerous environment he left behind before he became a family man. He doesn't become a more heroic figure, rising to the occasion. Instead, he degrades, with his layers of civility being stripped away until at the end, he's the cold-blooded killer he once was. Eastwood�s trademark squint was subject to this too: the Schofield Kid is almost constantly squinting, but it�s just because of his poor eyesight and doesn�t look badass in the least. The final showdown deconstructs Conservation of Ninjutsu . Will kills almost all Little Bill's deputies because none of them has a killer instinct despite their numbers. Honor Before Reason is also deconstructed. Consider the title. The prostitutes can't forgive Quick Mike for cutting Delilah. Little Bill can't forgive the prostitutes for putting a hit on the Cowboys. The Schofield Kid can't forgive himself for actually killing a man, and finally Will Munny can't forgive Little Bill for killing Ned. As a result, most of these characters are either dead, dying or emotionally broken at the end of the movie. Deliberate Values Dissonance : A major part of the film's goal of de-romanticizing the West: racism (whether against Englishmen, "Chinamen" or "injuns") is rampant, prostitutes are seen as the scum of the earth (Skinny refers to the cut-up prostitute as "damaged property") and an exchange of goods is seen as acceptable punishment for slicing them up. Unfortunately, all of this period-appropriate realism makes the fact that Ned's skin color is not even remarked upon, never mind serving as a plot point, extremely jarring. This was heavily criticized by the film's detractors (Ned was presumably not written with Morgan Freeman in mind). Dime Novel : W.W. Beauchamp writes these. One example is "The Duke of Death", about English Bob. Little Bill insists on calling it "The Duck of Death". Dirty Coward : Little Bill repeatedly ac |
What religion was Grace Kelly in the epic western High Noon | Grace Kelly - Actress and Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly American Film Actress and Princess of Monaco American actress Grace Kelly (circa 1954). (Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images) By Shelly Schwartz, Contributing History Writer Updated January 21, 2016. Who Was Grace Kelly? Grace Kelly was a beautiful, classy stage actress who became an Oscar-winning movie star. In five years she starred in 11 motion pictures and, while at the top of her popularity, she left stardom to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956. Dates: November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982 Also Known As: Grace Patricia Kelly; Princess Grace of Monaco Growing Up On November 12, 1929, Grace Patricia Kelly was born the daughter of Margaret Katherine (née Majer) and John Brendan Kelly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kelly’s father was a successful construction company owner and former triple Olympic gold medalist in rowing. Her mother had been the first coach of women's athletic teams at the University of Pennsylvania. Kelly’s siblings included an older sister, older brother, and a younger sister. Although the family did not come from “old money,” they were successful in business, athletics, and politics. Grace Kelly grew up in a 17-room brick mansion with plenty of recreational features for active children; plus, she spent summers in her family’s vacation home in Ocean City, Maryland. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Unlike the rest of her athletic family, Kelly was introverted and always seemed to be fighting a cold. She enjoyed making up stories and reading, feeling like a misfit in the sporty household. As a child, Kelly was taught by her mother to never publicly show emotions and her father taught her to strive for perfection. After Ravenhill Academy elementary school, Kelly attended the private Steven's School for young matrons, where, to the astonishment of her parents, she excelled in the school’s drama society. Grace Kelly wanted to continue studying drama in college; thus, she applied to Bennington College in Vermont due to their outstanding drama department. With low scores in math, however, Kelly was turned down. Her father was against her second choice, which was to audition for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Kelly’s mother intervened, telling her husband to let Grace go; she was confident their daughter would be home in a week. Grace Kelly Becomes an Actress In 1947, Grace Kelly was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts . She took off for New York , lived at the Barbizon Hotel for Women, and earned extra money by modeling for the John Robert Powers modeling agency. With her blonde hair, porcelain complexion, blue-green eyes, and 5’8” perfect poise, Grace Kelly became one of the highest-paid models in New York City at the time. After graduation from the Academy in 1949, Kelly appeared in two plays at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and then in her first Broadway play, The Father. Kelly received good reviews for her “essence of freshness.” She retained an agent, Edith Van Cleve, and began acting in television dramas in 1950, including the Philco Television Playhouse and the Kraft Theatre. Sol C. Siegel, a producer at Twentieth Century Fox, had seen Grace Kelly in The Father and was impressed with her performance. Siegel sent director Henry Hathaway to test Kelly for a small part in the motion picture Fourteen Hours (1951). Kelly passed the reading test and joined the Hollywood cast. Her parents, concerned about her safety, sent Kelly’s younger sister to accompany her to the West Coast. The shooting for Kelly’s part, a cool wife seeking a divorce, only took two days; after which she returned back east. Continuing to act in off-Broadway plays in Ann Arbor and Denver in 1951, Kelly received a call from Hollywood producer Stanley Kramer to play the part of a young Quaker wife in the Western film High Noon. Kelly jumped at the chance to work with the experienced leading man, Gary Cooper . High Noon (1952) went on to win four Academy Awards ; however, |
Who co-starred with John Wayne in El Dorado | El Dorado Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 60 out of 78 people found the following review useful: "Ride Baldy Ride, to the end of the rainbow." from Buffalo, New York 5 February 2006 Unless you count their joint appearance in The Longest Day, El Dorado deserves its place in Hollywood history for being the only co-starring effort of John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Besides being good friends Wayne and Mitchum were both known for being able to drink just about anyone else in the film business under the table and still report to work in the morning, lines letter perfect. But Mitchum was not allowed in the Wayne home because Pilar Wayne never forgave him for ruining their honeymoon when Mitchum backed out of Blood Alley and Wayne had to star as well as produce it. I also think that the Duke was leery about Mitchum stealing too many scenes which he does when they are on the screen together. In this tighter and faster remake of Rio Bravo, Wayne is his usual stand up hero, rough and tough, but who lives by a code. Mitchum is the flawed one. During an interlude of several months in the film, Mitchum becomes enamored of an unseen woman, loses her, and becomes a drunk. Which leads me to one of the funniest scenes ever in a Wayne film. When Christopher George and fellow gunmen are hired by villain Ed Asner to run R.G. Armstrong and his family off their ranch, Wayne has to sober up Sheriff Mitchum and fast. Every time I watch El Dorado, I get hysterical every time I watch James Caan pour a homemade remedy down Mitchum's throat with Wayne and Arthur Hunnicutt holding him down. And the reactions afterwards, absolutely priceless. This is where Mitchum steals the movie. As in many a Howard Hawks film, there is a theme of professionalism that runs through it. Whether it's Cary Grant and his fellow pilots flying over treacherous terrain in South America, Humphrey Bogart with his charter boat business in the Caribbean, or Wayne and Mitchum going up against fellow professional Christopher George, it's doing the job and doing it well for it's own reward. The final gunfight is also a classic. Let's just say that Mitchum and Wayne are not at their best, but they make up for it with some help from interested friends. This is one of the best films, in the top 10 for both these guys and shouldn't be missed. Was the above review useful to you? 53 out of 66 people found the following review useful: One of the Great American Westerns... from United States 6 August 2006 every once and a while me and my father will buy a classic western no matter how cheesy or weird it may look, today he came home with this movie El Dorado, at first i was expecting not too much due to how many westerns that were made, though i should have thought better whenever i saw that it starred two great film actors John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. i may be young(16) but i know good actors when i watch them on screen these two played beautifully off each other and so did another great actor James Caan all the characters were played to perfection, even though anyone can play an alcoholic sheriff with a broken-heart Mitchum really made the role shine, of course John Wayne did wonderful as The Hired Gun, but my favorite role was that of Mississipi played by James Caan, in my opinion he did an astonishing job in this role and the scenes with him and Wayne were glorious. Now some older ladies and gents may find it hard to follow the recommendation of a 16 year old but it is seriously one of my favorites of the ones me and my father have seen in a lil side note the action scenes were done really well and there was also a slight editing issue during one of the scenes I'm sure you'll notice(but you must take into consideration the time when the movie was made) thank you and you really must see this movie that could never be done today due to the fight between stars in leading roles. Was the above review useful to you? 35 out of 44 people found the following review useful: A Pleasant Surprise from United States 24 October 2006 This was a pretty solid western, one I enjoyed more than I thought |
What could be a hasty kiss, a dry goods measure or a nip with a beak | Full text of "A contribution to an Essex dialect dictionary" See other formats FOR USE IN LIBRARY ONLY PE 1891 G4 PURCHASED FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY FROM THE CANADA COUNCIL SPECIAL GRANT FOR LINGUISTICS HANDBOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS A CONTRIBUTION TO AN ESSEX DIALECT DICTIONARY \ J> V. A CONTRIBUTION TO AN ESSEX DIALECT DICTIONARY BY EDWARD GEPP, M.A. LATE VICAR OF HIGH EASIER, ESSEX LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD, BROADWAY HOUSE: 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.G. INTRODUCTION WHEN a Dialect Dictionary is constructed for a county or a district, the usual plan, I believe, is for a general editor to gather contributions from correspondents representing all parts of the area, and to compile what he gets. Here is one modest contribution for Essex, in advance, representing in a measure the dialect and colloquial speech of a small district. It is the outcome of seventeen years' observation in three contiguous parishes, High Easter, Felsted, and Little Dun- mow, with slight additions from other neighbouring parishes. So far as it goes, the attempt may claim to represent Essex speech proper, the mid-county dialect, which is less tainted with alien forms than the speech of the northern, southern, and western parts, where East Anglian, Kent and London, and Midland dialects intrude. Moreover, my chief gathering ground is a region singularly remote from railways and main roads. For instance, in the parish of High Easter, with nine- teen miles of road, there is not a bit of main road. The village is five miles from the nearest railway, and that an insignificant branch line. Railways and main road traffic, beyond a doubt, have made deadly havoc of the vernacular. It is high time that some qualified person took our Essex dialect in hand, seriously and completely ; for no dabbling is of any use. The old speech, though it holds on tenaciously enough in corners, is generally shrinking under the influence of the Elementary School and of free intercommunication. It is deplorable that Essex should lack a dialect dictionary. Almost all the other counties appear to have been adequately dealt with. Essex sits forlorn. The two or three glossaries or vocabularies which have appeared from time to time are but scrappy things. Dialect is included in the scheme of the Victoria History of the Counties of England, but the Essex issue stopped some fifteen years ago, and hope of its com- pletion is almost dead. Yet our generation will be without Vi INTRODUCTION excuse, if, possessing the New English Dictionary' 1 and the English Dialect Dictionary, 2 it leaves the work undone. The great opportunity offered at the compiling of the latter was not taken. Essex figures but poorly in its pages, and our predecessors are much to blame for their lack of co-opera- tion. Books and notes on Essex dialect and Essex rustic life are sadly few. The best work by far is Mr. Bensusan's, in A Countryside Chronicle* and Father William,* and in his numerous short sketches contributed to various daily papers. John Noakes and Mary Styles 5 supplies many dialect words, John Lott's Alice 6 and Essex Ballads 7 a good number, Mehalah 3 and Cunning Murrell 9 a few ; but the matter in all these, except in the Father William series, is largely tinged with East Anglian and other alien speech. In Mr. Copping 's " Gotty " books, 10 the talk is more Cockney than Essex. Charnock's Glossary 11 is disappointing a scrappy collection with the appearance of hasty compilation. Of two recent books, A Floating Home 12 presents the bargemen's dialect of the Essex coast with care and sympathy, but the appended glossary contains only about 120 words, and of these many are maritime words unknown inland, and in Jinny the Carrier, 1 3 Mr. Zangwill, with his long experience of Essex life, reflects fairly correctly, if not copiously, the vernacular speech of East Essex. Other Essex books, so far as I know, contribute little or nothing to |
Which word will prefix the following, sighted, bread, and hand | Word roots: The web's largest root words and prefix directory aerate - to let air reach something; aerial - relating to the air; aerospace - the air space agr/i/o Latin Greek agriculture - management of the land, agribusiness - making money by utilizing land; agrarian - relating to the management of land alg/o pain Latin neuralgia - pain caused by a nerve; analgesic - a drug that makes one pain free; nostalgia - aching for the familiar ambi, amphi both, on both sides, around Latin ambidextrous - able to use both hands equally; ambiguous - having more than one meaning; ambivalence - conflicting or opposite feelings toward a person or thing ambul walk, move Latin amble - to walk in a slow, relaxed way; ambulant - walking or moving around; ambulance - a vehicle that moves a patient ami/o aquarium - a water container for fish; aquatic- relating to water; aqueduct - a pipeline for water arbor tree Latin arborist - someone working with trees; arbor - a shady area formed by trees; arborous - having many trees arch/i chief, most important, rule Greek archbishop - the highest ranking bishop; archenemy - chief or worst enemy; matriarch - a female who rules a group; monarch - a king or queen arch/a/i primitive, ancient Greek archaeology - the study of ancient cultures; archaic - belonging to an earlier period; archive - a collection of historical materials arthr/o Latin Greek arthroscope - a tool to see inside a joint; arthritis - inflammation of a joint; arthropod - invertebrates with jointed legs, like spiders, crustaceans, insects art skill Latin artifact - object made by a person's skill; artisan - a person skilled in a craft; artist - a person who creates skillfully astro, star, stars, outer space Greek astronaut - a person traveling to the stars; astronomer - someone who studies the stars; asterisk - a star-shaped sign used as a reference tool aud/i/io hear Latin audible - loud enough to be heard; audience - people who listen to a program; audiovisual - relating to sound and vision auto self, same, one Greek autocrat - a person who governs with absolute power; autograph - a person's own signature; automatic - moving by itself avi/a bird Latin aviary - a large enclosure for birds; aviatrix - a female airplane pilot; aviation - the art of designing or operating aircraft bar/o pressure, weight Greek baric - pertaining to pressure, esp. of the atmosphere; milliard - metric unit, equal to 1/1000th of a bar; baryon - heavy elementary particle bell/i bellicose - warlike; belligerent - hostile, ready to fight; rebel - person who opposes and fights bene good, well Latin benefactor - person who gives money to a cause; beneficial - producing a good effect; benevolent - showing kindness or goodwill bi/n two, twice, once in every two Latin biannual - happening twice a year; binoculars - optical device with two lenses; bilateral - of or involving two sides bibli/o book Greek bibliography - a list of books used as sources; bibliomania - an extreme love of books; bibliophile - a person who loves books bio life, living matter Greek biography- a life story written by another person; biology - the science of life; biosphere - Earth's surface inhabited by living things blast/o cell, primitive, immature cell Greek blastula - an early stage of embryonic development; fibroblast - a cell that forms connective tissue; blastoderm - the layer surrounding the inside of an egg burs pouch, purse Latin bursar- an administrative officer in charge of funds; bursary- the treasury of a college or monastery; disburse- to expend especially from a public fund calc stone Latin calcite; calcium- the flame of acetylene gas generated by reaction of calcium carbide with water; calcification- impregnation with calcareous matter cand glowing, iridescent Latin candid- free from bias, prejudice, or malice; candle- something that gives light; incandescent- white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat capt, cept, ceive centennial- the 100th anniversary; centimeter - 1/100 of a meter; century - 100 years centr/o/i center Greek egocentric - self-centered; eccentric - not hav |
What could be a hole making tool, a mixed beverage or a blow | Interglot - "punch" traducido de inglés a español (boxing) a blow with the fist1 He landed a hard punch to the gut.2 a tool for making holes or indentations1 an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl1 deliver a quick blow to1 he punched me in the stomach1 make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation1 drive forcibly as if by a punch1 the nail punched through the wall1 |
In the film Summer Holiday with Cliff Richard what was the planned destination of the London bus that they were travelling in | LiveLeak.com - Excerpts from the film 'Summer Holiday' Cliff Richard-1962 Excerpts from the film 'Summer Holiday' Cliff Richard-1962 Source from WiKi... Plot ---- The story concerns Richard and his mates (Hayes, Green and Bulloch) who are bus mechanics at a London Transport bus overhaul works in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. During a miserably wet British summer lunch break, they have the idea converting a London Transport double-decker bus into a holiday caravan which they drive across the European continent. Their final destination is Athens. On the way, they are joined by a girl trio (Stubbs, Hart and Daryl) and a runaway singer (Lauri Peters), pursued by her mother (Ryan) and agent (Murton). The movie was a huge box-office hit, thus repeating the success of Richard's earlier film The Young Ones (1961). Summer Holiday is a British musical released in 1962, featuring singer Cliff Richard. The musical was directed by Peter Yates (his debut) and was produced by Kenneth Harper for the Associated British Studios at Elst Loading the player ... |
The zinnia is a member of which flower family | How to Plant Zinnia | Garden Guides How to Plant Zinnia Submit Overview The zinnia is considered a tender annual and is indigenous to Mexico. They are a member of the Asteraceae family of plants. They are erect-growing, profusely blooming flowers which can grow to varying heights of 3 to 36 inches, depending on the variety. The colors of zinnias range from white, orange, various shades of pink, yellows and reds. Planting Zinna Seeds Indoors Purchase zinnia seeds. Step 2 To get an early start on the growing season for your zinnias, start indoors four to six weeks before spring. Step 3 Fill up your peat pots or planting cells with the potting mix. Saturate the potting mix with water, but do not soak. Be extra cautious when watering the peat pots; you don't want to get the peat pots so drenched with water that they begin to disintegrate. Just moisten the soil in the peat pots using a mister or plant sprayer. Step 4 Place two zinnia seeds into each planting cell or peat pot, press gently into the soil and cover with approximately 1/2 inch of the potting mix. Water each with your plant mister until the soil is lightly moistened. Step 5 Place your zinnias in an area that will receive plenty of warmth (65 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit) and light--eight to 10 hours of light per day, preferably natural sunlight. Step 6 Keep your zinnia seeds moistened, check on them every day or two. Germination time for zinnias is typically seven to 10 days. Step 7 Once your zinnia seedlings reach about 2 1/2 inches to 3 inches in height, decide where you want to plant them in your flower garden. Step 8 Turn over the soil with your shovel or garden fork in the area we want to plant your zinnias. Professor Leonard Perry of the University of Vermont recommends working in 2 or 3 inches of compost or peat moss while you're turning over the soil to help improve soil fertility and drainage for your zinnias. Step 9 Rake the area smooth and level, removing any weeds, rocks or sticks which might interfere with the growth of your zinnias. Step 10 Dig holes for your zinnias seedlings that are spaced 10- to 12-inches apart and are slightly larger than the receptacles. Each hole should be watered, but allow the water to drain off before planting your zinnia seedlings. Step 11 To remove a zinnia from a planting cell, simply push up from the bottom with your index finger or thumb until the plant is free and gently remove. Don't remove the zinnia seedlings from the peat pots; the peat will disintegrate after several waterings in the ground. Place a zinnia seedling into one of the freshly dug holes, level the base of the stem with the surrounding soil. Fill the hole with garden soil. Water each seedling carefully, do not get the stems or leaves wet since zinnias are prone to mildew. Place a garden stake next to each one of your seedlings to help offer them support as they grow. Planting Zinnia Seeds Outdoors Step 1 Sowing zinnia seeds directly into your garden should be done when the temperatures are above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, both during the daytime and nighttime hours. Keep in mind that zinnias are hot weather plants and some varieties can reach heights of 3 feet. So take these factors into consideration when deciding where you want to plant your zinnia seeds. Step 2 Turn over the soil with your shovel or garden fork in the area we want to plant your zinnias. Work in 2 or 3 inches of compost or peat moss as directed in step 8 above. Step 3 Make sure to remove any rocks, weeds or sticks as you turn over the soil. Step 4 Dig rows which are set at 12 inches apart. Place two to three zinnia seeds approximately 3 inches apart, and cover with no more than a 1/2 inch of garden soil. Mist the seeded area until the soil is well watered. Place planting stakes around the perimeter of the area you seeded, so you will know where you should water. Step 5 Check on the seeded area every day or two. Keep the area lightly moistened. Step 6 Once your zinnias have sprouted (in approximately seven to 10 days) and grown to about 3 inches in height, thin the plants out to 10 to |
What was the first domesticated beast of burden | HISTORY OF THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS Enjoy the Famous Daily Horses: 3000 BC Humans acquire their most important single ally from the animal kingdom when they domesticate the horse, in about 3000 BC. Wild horses of various kinds have spread throughout most of the world by the time human history begins. Their bones feature among the remains of early human meals, and they appear in cave paintings with other animals of the chase. Some of their earliest fossil remains have been found in America, but after arriving across the Bering Land Bridge they become extinct in that continent. They are reintroduced by European colonists in the 16th century. A natural habitat of the wild horse is the steppes of central Asia. Here, with its ability to move fast and far, it can gallop out of harm's way and make the most of scarce grazing. And here, some 5000 years ago, humans first capture, tame and breed the horse. The original purpose, as with cattle, is to acquire a reliable source of meat and subsequently milk. But then, in a crucial development, tribesmen discover that they have at their disposal a means of transport. With a horse beneath him, man's ability to move is improved out of all recognition. The next comparable moment in the story of human speed does not arrive for another 5000 years - with steam trains. The first domesticated horses are of a size which we would describe as ponies. Horses of this kind were still living in the wild in Mongolia until quite recent times. Discovered there in the 1870s, and named Przewalski's horse , they survive now only in zoos. The entire range of horses known to us, from the mighty carthorse down to the smallest ponies, is the result of human breeding. Other wild breeds, now extinct, have been added to the stock. One such example is the tarpan, which was the native breed in Europe. Asses: 3000 BC At much the same time as the wild horse is being domesticated in the region of the Black Sea and the Caspian, its cousin the ass or donkey (a member of the same equus family) is tamed in Egypt . At this time the donkey appears to have roamed wild in northeast Africa and up through the Fertile Crescent into Mesopotamia . So both horse and the ass, from north and from south, become available to two of the earliest civilizations - in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Silk moths: 3000 BC In China an indigenous silk moth is co-opted for man's purposes. Bombyx mori is still the only insect to have been fully domesticated (in the sense that, unlike the bee , it cannot live in the wild and is not known in a wild form). The silk moth has lost the power to fly; its caterpillar can find no mulberry leaves for itself. The species exists, and survives, only because humans like silk. The earliest known silk from bombyx mori was found in a bamboo basket unearthed by archaeologists in China . Other pieces in the same basket were from wild silkworms. The fragments date from between 2850 and 2650 BC. Camels: 3000-1500 BC As beasts of burden and transport, camels occupy an important place alongside horses and donkeys. Two small members of the camel family, the llama and the alpaca of south America, are domesticated first - probably before 3000 BC. At that time both species appear to have been on the verge of extinction. Domestication by the American Indians saves them. Neither the llama nor the alpaca exists now in the wild. The larger of the two, the llama, is primarily a beast of burden, while the shaggy alpaca is valuable for its wool. Neither animal is strong enough to pull a plough or drag a cart - two important steps in the story of civilization which are denied to the early Americans. In the parched regions of north Africa and Asia two different species of camel become the most important beasts of burden - the single-humped Arabian camel (in north Africa, the Middle East, India) and the double-humped Bactrian camel (central Asia, Mongolia). Both are well adapted to desert conditions. They can derive water, when none is available elsewhere, from the fat stored in their humps. It is probable that they are f |
What is the name of the Jetson's dog | The Jetsons (TV Series 1962–1963) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The misadventures of a futuristic family. Stars: Lovebirds George and Jane go on a second honeymoon. 7.7 Elroy finds a dog and brings him home, even though his father is against having a dog. 7.7 George thinks that Elroy has invented a flying pill that actually works. 7.7 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 26 titles created 17 Apr 2012 a list of 30 titles created 13 May 2014 a list of 46 titles created 9 months ago a list of 44 titles created 3 months ago a list of 44 titles created 1 week ago Search for " The Jetsons " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: The Jetsons (1962–1963) 7/10 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. The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles. Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X The Smurfs are little blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a forest inhabited mainly by their own kind. The smurfs average daily routine is attempting to avoid Gargomel, an evil man who wants to kill our little blue friends. Stars: Don Messick, Danny Goldman, Lucille Bliss Yogi, a smooth, talkative forest bear looks to raid park goers picnic baskets, while Park Ranger Smith tries to stop him. Stars: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Jimmy Weldon A Saturday morning series, collecting of some of the most popular classic cartoons from the Looney Tunes catalogue. Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray A bumbling bionic police inspector stumbles about on his cases, while his niece and dog secretly do the real investigative work. Stars: Don Adams, Holly Berger, Frank Welker The daily satirical adventures of the Looney Tunes star The Tazmanian Devil, along with his extended family, friends, and enemies on the island of Tasmania. Stars: Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche The globe-trotting treasure-hunting money-making adventures of billionaire Scrooge McDuck and his nephews. Stars: Alan Young, Russi Taylor, Terence McGovern The desert in the U.S. southwest is the natural habitat of the Road Runner, a high-octane, cartoon bird who runs so fast on the desert's roadways that he leaves a trail of flame or causes ... See full summary » Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Bea Benaderet The continuing animated adventures of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'pea and Popeye. Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck A genius mouse and his stupid sidekick try to conquer the world each night. Stars: Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille The Hanna-Barbera-created Oscar-winning cat-and-mouse team of Tom & Jerry returned to TV in an hour-long stretch of new adventures. Here, T&J, after years of rivalry, have become the best ... See full summary » Stars: Henry Corden, Kathy Gori, Don Messick A group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function. Stars: Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe Edit Storyline The Jetsons are a family living in the future. They have all manner of technological appliances to help around the house. George Jetson works at Spaceley's Sprockets, doing his best for his family. Written by Murray Chapman <[email protected]> 23 September 1962 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Originally ran for only 24 episodes during the 1962-1963 TV season. In 1985 the program was revived, with new episodes designed to syndicate alongside the originals. S |
By what name is the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory better known | 50 years of the Lovell telescope Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 12:00AM 50 years of the Lovell telescope Professor Ian Morison Download this lecture A topical lecture about an icon of British science and technology as it passes its 50th anniversary. The lecture also gives an introduction to the art of radio astronomy and how it enables us to observe parts of the universe that optical telescopes cannot reach. Professor Ian Morison Ian Morison began his love of astronomy when, at the age of 12, he made a telescope out of lenses given to him by his optician. He attended Chichester High School and then went on to study Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at Hertford College, Oxford. In September 1965, he became a research student at the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory. In 1970 he was appointed to the staff of the Observatory and teaches astronomy at the University of Manchester. In 1990 he helped found the Macclesfield Astronomy Society which meets at the Observatory and later became president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, the UK's largest astronomical society. He remains on the Society's Council and holds the post of instrument advisor helping members with their choice and use of Telescopes. He lectures widely on astronomy, has co-authored books for amateur astronomers and writes regularly for the UK astronomy magazines Astronomy Now and Sky at Night. He also writes a monthly sky guide for the Observatory's web site and produces an audio version as part of the Jodrell Bank Podcast. He has contributed to many television programmes and is a regular astronomy commentator on local and national radio. Another activity he greatly enjoys is to take amateur astronomers on observing trips such as those to Lapland to see the Aurora Borealis and, last year, to Turkey to observe a total eclipse of the Sun. In 2003 the Minor Planets Committee of the International Astronomical Union named asteroid 15,727 in his honour citing his work with MERLIN, the world's largest linked array of radio telescopes, and that in searching for intelligent life beyond our Solar System in Project Phoenix. Ian is excited about the prospect of his time as Gresham Professor of Astronomy. He regards it as real challenge and expects it to play a major role in his life for the next three years. He will to give a wide variety of illustrated lectures ranging from how our understanding of the Universe has grown over the centuries to a gentle introduction to Einstein's theory of Gravity - now being tested to extreme accuracy by astronomers at Jodrell Bank. He realised that his love of observational astronomy could not easily be covered in the City of London, so has instituted a Gresham Astronomy Weekend at a 'dark sky' location in the Cotswolds which will take place in March each year. Read More Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 12:00AM Extra Lecture Materials This is part of the series: Astronomy lectures by Ian Morison Subjects 50 years of the Lovell telescope Professor Ian Morison 50 YEARS OF THE LOVELL TELESCOPE The Early days at Jodrell Bank In late 1945 Dr Bernard Lovell (as he then was) returned to Manchester University after working on the development of radar during the war years. His aim was to continue his researches into cosmic rays - highly energetic particles that enter the Earth's atmosphere from outer space. He had the idea that sporadic echoes sometimes received by military radars might be the result of cosmic rays entering the atmosphere and thus radar observations might provide a new way to continue his researches. Radar observations were not practical in the centre of Manchester so he took his ex-army radar system out to the University's Botanical Grounds at Jodrell Bank, some 20 miles to the south. By the middle of December 1945, the system was operating and his team was soon able to prove that the echoes were coming not from cosmic rays but from ionized meteor trails left behind when small particles, released from comets, are burnt up in the upper atmosphere of the Earth. Radar Antenna in the Botany Grounds. The |
What was Peter Andre's first top ten entry (1996) | Peter Andre - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS Soundtrack | Actor Peter Andre was born on February 27, 1973 in Harrow, London, England as Peter James Andrea. He has been married to Emily MacDonagh since July 11, 2015. They have two children. He was previously married to Katie Price . See full bio » Born: a list of 50 people created 20 Apr 2011 a list of 26 people created 04 Apr 2013 a list of 16 people created 04 Feb 2014 a list of 26 people created 19 Nov 2014 a list of 24 people created 1 month ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Peter Andre's work have you seen? User Polls 1 win & 1 nomination. See more awards » Known For Who's Doing the Dishes? (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2016) (writer - 2 episodes, 2016) - Edele Lynch (2016) ... (performer: "Mysterious Girl" - uncredited) / (writer: "Mysterious Girl" - uncredited) - James and Ola Jordan (2016) ... (performer: "A Whole New World", "Mysterious Girl" - uncredited) / (writer: "Mysterious Girl" - uncredited) 2016 Molly: The Real Thing (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Mysterious Girl") / (writer: "Mysterious Girl") - Trips Like These Are Just Memorable (2013) ... (performer: "My Cherie Amour") 2013 This Morning (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 2013 The X Factor (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Auditions 5 (2013) ... (performer: "Mysterious Girl" - uncredited) I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011) - Episode #11.16 (2011) ... (performer: "Mysterious Girl") / (writer: "Mysterious Girl") 2010 The 5 O'Clock Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.10 (2010) ... (performer: "Call the Doctor") Live from Studio Five (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2009) (writer - 2 episodes, 2009) - Episode #1.55 (2009) ... (performer: "Insania") / (writer: "Insania") - Episode #1.2 (2009) ... (performer: "Behind Closed Doors", "Mysterious Girl") / (writer: "Behind Closed Doors", "Mysterious Girl") 2009 T4 on the Beach 2009 (TV Movie) (performer: "Behind Closed Doors") 2008 20 to 1 (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - Celebrity Flings (2008) ... (performer: "Gimme Little Sign") 2003 Monkey Dust (TV Series) (1 episode) 1996 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1996 (TV Special) (performer: "Flava" - uncredited) / (writer: "Flava" - uncredited) Top of the Pops (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 1996) (writer - 2 episodes, 1996) - Episode dated 14 March 1996 (1996) ... (performer: "Only One") / (writer: "Only One") 1996 Cosi (performer: "Funky Junky" written by nm0028171 & Antoine Palade') Home and Away (TV Series) (performer - 7 episodes, 1992 - 1995) (writer - 7 episodes, 1992 - 1995) - Episode #1.1608 (1995) ... (performer: "Funky Junky") / (writer: "Funky Junky") - Episode #1.1574 (1994) ... (performer: "Funky Junky") / (writer: "Funky Junky") - Episode #1.1439 (1994) ... (performer: "To the Top") / (writer: "To the Top") - Episode #1.1291 (1993) ... (performer: "Funky Junky") / (writer: "Funky Junky") - Episode #1.1270 (1993) ... (performer: "Funky Junky") / (writer: "Funky Junky") |
Manchild and Buffalo Stance were hits for which singer | Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance - YouTube Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance 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 Feb 28, 2009 Official video of Neneh Cherry performing Buffalo Stance from the album Raw Like Sushi. Buy It Here: http://smarturl.it/qkmj7q |
What is the last word in Rule Britannia | Arimathea | Music | Rule, Britannia! | Comments Friday, June 24, A.D. 2016 Rule, Britannia! Please forgive me for my blog absenteeism, but I have been quite pressed for time (and far too sleepless) for the last month. However, I had to post today . . . Albion, how I love you! When Britain first, at Heaven’s command Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang this strain: “Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: “Britons never will be slaves.” The nations, not so blest as thee, Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall; While thou shalt flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. “Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: “Britons never will be slaves.” Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful, from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak. “Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: “Britons never will be slaves.” Thee haughty tyrants ne’er shall tame: All their attempts to bend thee down, Will but arouse thy generous flame; But work their woe, and thy renown. “Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: “Britons never will be slaves.” To thee belongs the rural reign; Thy cities shall with commerce shine: All thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles thine. “Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: “Britons never will be slaves.” The Muses, still with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coast repair; Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crown’d, And manly hearts to guard the fair. “Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: “Britons never will be slaves.” A day that I did not expect has dawned. May it lead inexorably to the destruction of our perverse new world disorder (it can happen), and may the Lord richly bless the peoples of Great Britain and Ireland! One day soon, perhaps even the micks will return to their senses and faith—and reject the godless, soulless bureaucrats who have eagerly helped to transform their beautiful island into a degenerate consumerist wasteland of the spirit. To show that my support of healthy patriotism and my hatred of the E.U. are not based on any antipathy toward Europe as such—or even toward the Germans—I present a Kraut’s homage to the British—Beethoven’s Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria: </p><p> And, of course, one must showcase “Rule, Britannia,” here cheerily (if cheekily) performed on the last day of the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall by Sarah Patricia Connolly and the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra: </p><p> |
At what sport was Vasily Alexev a competitor | Articles at Lift Up: Mystery of Alexeev Super Study: Another Mystery of the Legend by Arthur Chidlovski, 2007 He broke 80 world records, won 8 world titles, brought home 2 gold medals from the Olympics and got his image on the cover of every somehow significant magazine in the world. Vasily ALEXEEV is a true legend not only of Olympic weightlifting but of all sports. Like any legend, his name is surrounded with mystery. No one knows how he trained. No one knows his personal best results in training. No one knows how much he was getting paid for his world records. No one knows for sure when he was serious or joking. Does anyone know if Vasily was left-handed or right-handed? Without being sure whether we are serious or joking, the Lift Up conducted a super study on this subject matter. Unable to contact the Olympic weightlifting legend at the time of the study, the Lift Up presents a quick visual presentation featuring Vasily Alexeev in the sports and in the non-sports activites (see below). Unsolved Mysteries: Vasily Alexeev, Left Handed or Right Handed Athlete Note: Please scroll to the right. Some older browsers don't support the web technology used to generate the Super Study. If your browser doesn't, you will not be able to view the gallery of this athlete. Conclusions As noted above, Lift Up is not sure about the validity and seriousness of this study. Unable to draw any conclusions, we ask our visitors if anyone knows if Alexeev was left handed or right handed. Please don't let another mystery cover the legend, email us or leave a feedback to reveal the truth. |
Why was Ian Woosnam disqualified from the 2001 British Open Golf championship | Articles about Ian Woosnam - latimes Woosnam Can Relate July 21, 2003 | Thomas Bonk, Times Staff Writer Since he has played in it 22 times, Ian Woosnam knows all about the British Open. He also knows something about running into trouble with the rules. In 2001, Woosnam was challenging for the Open title at Royal Lytham when he took a two-shot penalty for having too many clubs. He tied for third when David Duval won. So Woosnam says he knows what Mark Roe must have felt when he was disqualified Saturday for signing an incorrect scorecard. Advertisement Woosnam Fires Byrne After Caddie Sleeps In August 6, 2001 | From Associated Press Miles Byrne is looking for work after breaking the most basic caddie rule of all. Two weeks after costing Ian Woosnam a two-stroke penalty in the British Open when he failed to count the Welsh player's clubs, Byrne was fired Sunday after oversleeping and missing Woosnam's tee time in the Scandinavian Masters. "You know what the circumstances are going to be this time," Woosnam said. "I gave him a chance. He had one warning. That was it." Woosnam teed off on schedule at 7:15 a.m. SPORTS Golf November 14, 1991 | From Staff and Wire Reports Ian Woosnam birdied four of the final five holes to overtake Ian Baker-Finch and win the $1-million PGA Grand Slam of Golf Kauai Lagoons, Hawaii. Woosnam, who won $400,000, finished nine-under at 135. Baker-Finch shot 71 to finish at 139. SPORTS SIDELINES : Woosnam Leads Japan Tourney August 16, 1990 | FROM TIMES WIRE SERVICES Ian Woosnam of Wales shot a 67 today to share the first-round lead with Tsukasa Watanabe, Nobumitsu Yuhara and Taisei Inagaki in the $600,000 Maruman Open Golf Tournament. Woosnam, currently the leading money-winner on the European PGA Tour, had one eagle, five birdies and two bogeys over the 7,062-yard, par-72 Hatoyama Country Club course outside Tokyo. Ikuo Shirahara and Toyotake Nakao were next at 68. SPORTS Woosnam Fires Byrne After Caddie Sleeps In August 6, 2001 | From Associated Press Miles Byrne is looking for work after breaking the most basic caddie rule of all. Two weeks after costing Ian Woosnam a two-stroke penalty in the British Open when he failed to count the Welsh player's clubs, Byrne was fired Sunday after oversleeping and missing Woosnam's tee time in the Scandinavian Masters. "You know what the circumstances are going to be this time," Woosnam said. "I gave him a chance. He had one warning. That was it." Woosnam teed off on schedule at 7:15 a.m. SPORTS Woosnam Wins European PGA May 31, 1988 | Associated Press Ian Woosnam, winner of nearly $2 million in 1987, rebounded from this year's slump with a 5-under-par 67 Monday to win the $561,000 European PGA golf championship by two strokes. The Welshman, who missed five successive qualifying cuts on the U.S. and European circuits this season, overtook third-round leader Severiano Ballesteros of Spain in rainy conditions at the 6,945-yard West course at Wentworth. Woosnam finished with a four-round total of 274. SPORTS The Sidelines : Woosnam's $1 Million Tops List October 29, 1990 | From Times Wire Services Ian Woosnam, who went over the $1-million mark for a season for the first time and set a career-earnings record, finished first on the PGA European Tour money-winning list. Woosnam tied Sandy Lyle for 21st place in the season-ending Volvo Masters at Stogrande, Spain, on Sunday, earning him $10,776. He clinched the earnings championship when his closest pursuer, Zimbabwe's Mark McNulty, finished in a four-way tie for fourth and won $35,207. SPORTS Woosnam Can't Master This One: He Shoots 10-Over 82 in England April 19, 1991 | Reuters Ian Woosnam, who won the Masters on Sunday, shot a 10-over-par 82 in the first round of the Benson and Hedges International Open on Thursday. "I'm just exhausted. I put so much into last week, I just couldn't concentrate today. I'm shattered," the Welshman said. Woosnam is 12 shots behind the leaders, two-time Masters champion Nick Faldo of England and Philip Walton of Ireland. SPORTS Caddie Shuck? Count on It July 25, 2001 | BILL PLASCHKE |
With which form of transport was Otto Lilienthal associated | Lilienthal Glider Lilienthal Glider Lilienthal Glider on display in the Early Flight gallery at the National Mall building. Lilienthal Glider The most significant pre-Wright brothers aeronautical experimenter was the German glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal. Display Status: This object is on display in the Early Flight exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. SummaryLong Description Collection Item Summary: The most significant pre-Wright brothers aeronautical experimenter was the German glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal. Between 1891 and 1896, he built and flew a series of highly successful full-size gliders. During this period, Lilienthal made close to 2,000 brief flights in 16 different designs based on aerodynamic research he conducted in the 1870s and 1880s. Like the example in the National Air and Space Museum collection, most were monoplanes with stabilizing tail surfaces mounted at the rear. Control was achieved by shifting body weight fore-and-aft and from side-to-side. Beyond his technical contributions, he sparked aeronautical advancement from a psychological point of view, as well by unquestionably demonstrating that gliding flight was possible. He was a great inspiration to the Wright brothers in particular. They adopted his approach of glider experimentation and used his aerodynamic data as a starting point in their own research. Collection Item Long Description: The most significant pre-Wright brothers aeronautical experimenter was the German glider pioneer, Otto Lilienthal. Lilienthal was trained in the highly regarded German technical education system and earned his living as a professional engineer. He began research in aeronautics with his brother Gustave in the late 1860s, investigating the mechanics and aerodynamics of bird flight. In the 1870s he conducted a series of experiments on wing shapes and gathered air pressure data using a whirling arm and in the natural wind. The research produced the best and most complete body of aerodynamic data of the day. Lilienthal also established definitively the widely held belief that a curved wing section, as opposed to a flat wing surface, was the optimum shape for generating lift. In 1889 he published his findings in a pathbreaking book called Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst (Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation). Lilienthal was not satisfied to restrict his work to the exploration of aerodynamic theory. Between 1891 and 1896, he put his research into practice in the form of a series of highly successful full-size glider trials. During this period Lilienthal made close to 2,000 brief flights in 16 different glider designs based on his aerodynamic investigations. Most were monoplanes with stabilizing tail surfaces mounted at the rear. He also tried a few biplane and folding wing designs, but the original monoplane glider, or Normal Segelapparat (standard sailing machine) as he called it, produced the best results. Lilienthal built at least eight gliders of this type. The gliders had split willow frames covered with cotton twill fabric sealed with collodion to make the surface as airtight as possible. Collodion is a viscous solution of nitrated cellulose in a mixture of alcohol and ether that dries to form a tough elastic film. The wings ranged in area from 9 to 25 m2 (100 to 280 ft2), and could be folded to the rear for easier transport and storage. Control was achieved by shifting body weight, similar to modern hang glider practice. The pilot cradled himself vertically in a harness suspended below an elliptical opening between the wings. Swinging his legs from side to side and fore and aft, the pilot could adjust the center of gravity and thereby maintain equilibrium. Lilienthal did most of his gliding from a man made hill he had constructed near his home at Gross Lichterfelde, and from the hills surrounding the small village of Rhinow, about fifty miles from Berlin. His best efforts with these gliders covered more than 300 m (985 ft) and were 12 to 15 seconds in duration. In the summer of 1896, Lilienthal's aeronautical exp |
Who was the commander of the French army at the Battle of Borodino | The Battle of Borodino: Order of Battle of the Russian Army Mamluks Routam Raza and Saint Denis Prefect of the Palace L.F.J. Bausset Les Maréchaux des Logis Baron de Canouville, chef d’escadrons of the 16th Chasseurs The Cabinet: Topographic Service: Louis Albert Bacler d’Albe Secretaries: Baron Fain, Baron Meneval, Baron Mounier, Colonel Deponthon Interpreters: Wonzowitch, Tillet de Mautort, Belabre and Lelorge d’Iderville. Medical Service: Baron Yvan, Lerminier, Jouan, Rouyer. La Maison Militaire Aides-de-camp to the Emperor: Rapp, Lauriston, Longuerne (petit aides de camp to Lauriston), Hammer de Claribooke (petit aides de camp to Lauriston), Lebrun, Mouton, Durosnel, de Narbonne, Comte de Pac, Prince Sanguzko. Ordinance Officers: Baron Gourgaud, Comte de Montesquiou-Fezensac, Duc de Montmorency, Comte de Montaigu, Baron Christin, Clement de Teintegnies, Baron Desaix, de Caraman, Comte Moreton de Chabrilland, Baron de Mortemart de Rochechouart, Baron Athalin, d’Hautpoul, Galz de Malvirade, Prince d’Arenberg. Le Petit Quartier Impérial: Auguste de Caulaincourt (K) and Sokolnicki (head of military intelligence). Army Commandant: Darriule L’État-Major Général: Alexander de Berthier Aides-de-camp: Colonel of Engineers Baron Lejeune, Colonel Baron Flahaut, Adjudant Commandant Baron Pernet, Chef d'escadron Baron de Fesenzac, Chef d'escadron D'Astorg, Chef d'escadron Bongars, Capitaine Baron de Montesquiou, Capitaine Baron Noailles, Capitaine Baron Lecouteulx. Generals assigned: Bailly de Monthion (chief of staff of the personal staff of the maréchal Berthier’s), Guilleminot (acted as chief of staff of the 4th Corps). Baggage Master to the Chief of Staff: Capitaine Rieggert Artillery: Comte de Lariboisière 13th Company of the 8th Foot Artillery (6 guns) Reserve Artillery: Général de division Nourry 3rd Foot Artillery of the Old Guard (8 guns) Det. of the 1st Guard Artillery Train Battalion 5th and 7th Foot Batteries of the Prussian Artillery Brigade (without guns) Old Guard: Marechal de l'Empire Francois Joseph Lefebvre 3rd Guard Division: Général de division Curial 1st Brigade: Général de brigade Boyer 1st Chasseur a Pied: Général de brigade Baron Gro (2 batt.) 2nd Chasseur a Pied: Colonel Baron Rozet (2 batt.) Artillery: Chef de battailon Cotten 1st Foot Artillery the Old Guard (8 guns) 2nd Foot Artillery of the Young Guard (8 guns) 2nd Brigade: Général de brigade Michel 1st Grenadier a Pied: Colonel Lored de Legras (2 batt.) 2nd Grenadier a Pied: Colonel Baron Harle (2 batt.) 3rd Grenadier a Pied: Général de brigade Tindal (2 batt.) Artillery: Major Boulart 2nd Foot Artillery of the Old Guard (8 guns) 1st Foot Artillery of the Young Guard (8 guns) 4th Company of the 2nd Guard Artillery Train Battalion Det. of the 1st Guard Artillery Train Battalion Dets. Of the 4th and 7th Artillery Train Batts. Guard Cavalry: Marechal de l’Empire Jean Baptiste Bessieres Guard Cavalry Division: Général de division Walther 1st Brigade: Général de division Charles Lefevbre-Desnouettes Guard Chasseur a Cheval Regiment: Général de division Guyot (5 squadrons) Mamluks: Ched d’escadron Karmann (1 company) 2nd Brigade: Général de division St. Sulpice Empress Guard Dragoon Regiment: Colonel Letort (5 squadrons) 3rd Brigade: Général de division Walther Grenadier a Cheval Regiment: Général de brigade Lepic (5 squadrons) 4th Brigade: Général de brigade Krasinski 1st Chevauleger lancier de la Garde Regiment (Polish): Colonel Dotancourt (4 squadrons) 5th Brigade: Général de brigade Colbert 2nd Chevauleger lancier de la Garde Regiment (Dutch): Colonel Dubya de Ferrier (4 squadrons) 6th |
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