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What is the name of the girlfriend of cartoon character Donald Duck?	Donald Duck: 10 surprising facts about Walt Disney's character - Telegraph Disney Donald Duck: 10 surprising facts about Walt Disney's character Donald Duck was born – in Walt Disney's cartoon The Wise Little Hen – 80 years ago. Here are 10 facts about the cartoon superstar Donald Duck made his first appearance in a film on June 9, 1934 Photo: Rex Features By Telegraph Reporters 10:50AM BST 09 Jun 2014 • DONALD DUCK was created by Walt Disney when he heard Clarence Nash doing his "duck" voice while reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb. Disney wanted a character that was more negative than Mickey Mouse, so the bad-tempered Duck was born. Nash voiced the character from 1934 to 1983, training Tony Anselmo to take over. "Donald, I can't understand a word ya say,” Mickey Mouse says. • HIS MIDDLE NAME is Fauntleroy (first revealed in the 1942 film Donald Gets Drafted), and he is reportedly the only major Disney character with an official middle name. He has a twin sister named Dumbella. In the late Thirties, Donald was joined by his perennial girlfriend, Daisy Duck, and by his three mischievous nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. • RAY DAVIES of the Kinks namechecks Donald Duck in the opening lines of his 1968 song We are the Village Green Preservation Society, with the lyrics: We are the Village Green Preservation Society, God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety • A SPECIAL microphone, The Neumann TLM-170, was used to record Donald’s voice. Preferred for its warmth, this microphone also rounds out the high tones and smoothes the “splat” in Donald’s voice. Related Articles Ninety years of Disney: in pictures 16 Oct 2013 • DONALD DUCK first appeared on the silver screen on June 9, 1934, in the animated short film, The Wise Little Hen, dancing to the Sailor's Hornpipe. He has gone on to star in seven feature films--which is more than any of his Disney counterparts. He is six years younger than Mickey Mouse. • HE WON AN OSCAR for the 1943 animated short Der Feuhrer's Face, which was originally titled Donald Duck in NutziLand. The anti-Nazi cartoon begins with music from Wagner's comic opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and also features Groucho Marx's singing. • FINNISH voters who want to register a protest vote mark their ballots with the name Donald Duck. • DONALD DUCK, who usually wears a sailor shirt, cap, and a red or black bow tie, but no trousers, is the only popular film and TV cartoon character to appear as a mascot for the sports team of a major American university, namely, the Oregon Ducks at the University of Oregon. • WALT DISNEY said of the character: "One of the greatest satisfactions in our work here at the studio is the warm relationship that exists within our cartoon family. Mickey, Pluto, Goofy, and the whole gang have always been a lot of fun to work with. But like many large families, we have a problem child. You’re right, it’s Donald Duck.” • THE renowned early illustrators of Donald Duck were Al Taliaferro, Carl Barks, and Don Rosa. Donald Duck first appeared as a drawing in a May 1934 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine promoting the June film The Wise Little Hen. The magazine is sought after by collectors.
What was the name of the horse on which jockey Richard Dunwoody won the 1986 Grand National?	1986 Grand National Results 1986 Grand National Results /in Past Race Results /by Simone Wright The 1986 Grand National was won by West Tip in a time of 9 minutes and 33 seconds. The 9 year old West Tip, was owned by Mr P Laff, trained by M Oliver and ridden by Richard Dunwoody. The turf on the day was ‘good to soft’ and ‘Tippy’ as he was affectionately nicknamed earned his owner a prize of £57,254. Mr Snugfit started the race as favourite at 13/2 with West Tip popular and the second favourite, priced at 15/2. Richard Dunwoody had partnered West Tip in the previous years race when they had both made their debut at Aintree. The horse had run remarkably well, jumping Aintree’s daunting fences with ease until he stumbled on landing at Becher’s, was hit from behind by a loose horse and fell. Dunwoody was suitably impressed and said at the time ‘We’ll come back next year and win’, his crystal ball must have been working overtime! Two weeks before the 1986 Grand National he won a chase at Newbury and seemed to be peaking at just the right time. During the race Dunwoody stuck to his pre-race plan and rode patiently steering a middle course during the first circuit. In a prominent position on the second circuit he had moved into sixth place by Becher’s. Only three horses could maintain the quickening pace, West Tip, Classified and Young Driver left the rest of the field well behind. At the last, Young Driver was leading by a length and as they approached the Elbow, Dunwoody launched his perfectly timed challenge. West Tip steamed smoothly ahead and held on to win by 2 lengths from Young Driver with Classified third and Mr Snugfit in fourth position. ‘Tippy’ made four more Grand National appearances, finishing second to Little Polveir in 1989 and in 1990 at 13 years of age, he finished in tenth position. In his autobiography ‘Obsessed’, Richard Dunwoody said “Sometimes he sees things before I do and fills me full of confidence. He is an intelligent horse who doesn’t want to fall”. West Tip set an all time record for making nine consecutive appearances at the Cheltenham Festival , he died in 2001 aged twenty four. Finishing position
Which spirit is traditionally used to make a Sazarac cocktail?	Sazerac Company How the Sazerac Cocktail Came to Be In 1838, Antoine Amedie Peychaud, owner of a New Orleans apothecary, treated his friends to brandy toddies of his own recipe, including his "Peychaud's Bitters," made from a secret family recipe. The toddies were made using a double-ended egg cup as a measuring cup or jigger, then known as a "coquetier" (pronounced "ko-k-tay"), from which the word "cocktail" was derived. Thus, the world's first cocktail was born! By 1850, the Sazerac Cocktail, made with Sazerac French brandy and Peychaud's Bitters, was immensely popular, and became the first "branded" cocktail. In 1873, the recipe for the Sazerac Cocktail was altered to replace the French brandy with American Rye whiskey, and a dash of absinthe was added. In 1933, the Sazerac Cocktail was bottled and marketed by the Sazerac Company of New Orleans. That same year, "Herbsaint," a pastis, was made according to a French recipe; "Herbsaint" was so named for the New Orleans term for wormwood - "Herb Sainte." In 1940, the Official Sazerac Cocktail recipe was modified to use Herbsaint as the absinthe. Finally, in 2000, the Official Sazerac Cocktail recipe was modified to use Sazerac Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey. The Official Sazerac Cocktail
In human anatomy, the ‘sinciput’ forms which part of the body?	Skeletal System – Labeled Diagrams of the Human Skeleton Pectoral (shoulder) girdle Skull The skull is composed of 22 bones that are fused together except for the mandible. These 21 fused bones are separate in children to allow the skull and brain to grow, but fuse to give added strength and protection as an adult. The mandible remains as a movable jaw bone and forms the only movable joint in the skull with the temporal bone . The bones of the superior portion of the skull are known as the cranium and protect the brain from damage. The bones of the inferior and anterior portion of the skull are known as facial bones and support the eyes, nose, and mouth. Hyoid and Auditory Ossicles The hyoid is a small, U-shaped bone found just inferior to the mandible. The hyoid is the only bone in the body that does not form a joint with any other bone—it is a floating bone. The hyoid’s function is to help hold the trachea open and to form a bony connection for the tongue muscles . The malleus, incus, and stapes—known collectively as the auditory ossicles —are the smallest bones in the body. Found in a small cavity inside of the temporal bone, they serve to transmit and amplify sound from the eardrum to the inner ear. Vertebrae Twenty-six vertebrae form the vertebral column of the human body. They are named by region: Cervical (neck) - 7 vertebrae Sacrum - 1 vertebra Coccyx (tailbone) - 1 vertebra With the exception of the singular sacrum and coccyx, each vertebra is named for the first letter of its region and its position along the superior-inferior axis. For example, the most superior thoracic vertebra is called T1 and the most inferior is called T12. Ribs and Sternum The sternum, or breastbone, is a thin, knife-shaped bone located along the midline of the anterior side of the thoracic region of the skeleton . The sternum connects to the ribs by thin bands of cartilage called the costal cartilage. There are 12 pairs of ribs that together with the sternum form the ribcage of the thoracic region. The first seven ribs are known as “true ribs” because they connect the thoracic vertebrae directly to the sternum through their own band of costal cartilage. Ribs 8, 9, and 10 all connect to the sternum through cartilage that is connected to the cartilage of the seventh rib, so we consider these to be “false ribs.” Ribs 11 and 12 are also false ribs, but are also considered to be “floating ribs” because they do not have any cartilage attachment to the sternum at all. Pectoral Girdle and Upper Limb The pectoral girdle connects the upper limb (arm) bones to the axial skeleton and consists of the left and right clavicles and left and right scapulae. The humerus is the bone of the upper arm. It forms the ball and socket joint of the shoulder with the scapula and forms the elbow joint with the lower arm bones. The radius and ulna are the two bones of the forearm. The ulna is on the medial side of the forearm and forms a hinge joint with the humerus at the elbow. The radius allows the forearm and hand to turn over at the wrist joint. The lower arm bones form the wrist joint with the carpals, a group of eight small bones that give added flexibility to the wrist. The carpals are connected to the five metacarpals that form the bones of the hand and connect to each of the fingers. Each finger has three bones known as phalanges, except for the thumb, which only has two phalanges. Pelvic Girdle and Lower Limb Formed by the left and right hip bones, the pelvic girdle connects the lower limb (leg) bones to the axial skeleton. The femur is the largest bone in the body and the only bone of the thigh (femoral) region. The femur forms the ball and socket hip joint with the hip bone and forms the knee joint with the tibia and patella. Commonly called the kneecap, the patella is special because it is one of the few bones that are not present at birth. The patella forms in early childhood to support the knee for walking and crawling. The tibia and fibula are the bones of the lower leg. The tibia is much larger than the fibula and bears almost all of the body’s we
Which religious reformer and theologian appeared before the ‘Diet of Worms’ in Germany in 1521?	Martin Luther \| German religious leader \| Britannica.com German religious leader Last Updated: 10-15-2008 Martin Luther, (born Nov. 10, 1483, Eisleben , Saxony [Germany]—died Feb. 18, 1546, Eisleben), German theologian and religious reformer who was the catalyst of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation . Through his words and actions, Luther precipitated a movement that reformulated certain basic tenets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions, mainly Lutheranism , Calvinism , the Anglican Communion , the Anabaptists , and the Antitrinitarians. He is one of the most influential figures in the history of Christianity . Martin Luther, oil on panel by Lucas Cranach, 1529; in the Uffizi, Florence. Photos.com/Thinkstock
Which cathedral contains the tomb of English monarch Edward II?	Gloucester Cathedral \| Edward II Tomb Edward II Tomb The burial place of a King The Tomb of King Edward II is the only monarch’s tomb in the South West and one of only a few outside of London. Located in the north ambulatory, the tomb is an early example of the ‘English Court’ style. The alabaster stone effigy was one of the very first of its kind, with the limestone based clad in Purbeck marble. To this day, the tomb still retains its limestone canopy. The history The early 14th century was a turbulent and fascinating time in local, national and international history. Following King Edward II’s abdication, imprisonment and alleged murder at Berkeley Castle in 1327, he was buried at St Peter's Abbey, now Gloucester Cathedral. The tomb, commissioned by Edward III, c.1330s, was visited by thousands of pilgrims, including Richard II in 1378. Niches were cut into the pillars on each side to enable the building of the tomb, but it is also possible that pilgrims were allowed to walk around it. Through donations and royal patronage made by pilgrims, the Abbey remodelled the Quire and the Cloister. Therefore, the tomb was almost certainly the original source of funding and inspiration for much of the cathedral building we know and love today. It is also believed that the tomb's presence may have discouraged Henry VIII from destroying the Abbey during the Reformation in the 1530’s. Restoration and conservation Supported by substantial funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund , Gloucestershire Environmental Trust and the Summerfield Trust , restoration of the tomb began in 2007. Involving a range of heritage professionals and craftspeople, the requirements were complex, involving repairs to and conservation of, the plinth, alabaster effigy and ornamental canopy. The work on the tomb was completed in June 2008, with the Princess Royal unveiling the magnificent structure which will take pride of place in Gloucester Cathedral for generations to come. Opening Times
Poland, Russia, Sweden, Latvia, Germany and Finland all have a border on which body of water?	Political Map of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark - Atlapedia® Online Lithuania Lithuania is a former republic of the USSR. It is bound by the Baltic Sea to the west, Latvia to the north, Poland and the Kalinigrad Oblast of Russia to the southwest as well as Belarus to the south and east.... Norway Norway is located on the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula in North West Europe. It is bound by the Arctic Ocean to the north, Sweden, Finland and Russia to the east, the Norwegian Sea to the west and the Skagerrak Strait to the south.... Sweden Sweden is located on the east side of the Scandinavian Peninsula in North Europe. It is bound by Finland, the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea to the east, Kattegat to the southwest and Norway to the west and northwest....
Poet Wendy Cope wrote ‘Making Cocoa For……’who’?	Wendy Cope \| poetryarchive.org Tweet Widget About Wendy Cope Wendy Cope (b. 1945) is a poet whose witty lyrics and pitch-perfect parodies have gained her a readership far beyond most of her peers. Born in Erith, Kent, she read History at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. She then taught in primary schools in London before becoming a freelance writer in 1986. Her debut collection, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, struck a chord with its lampooning of literary pretensions and its wry look at contemporary relationships, and has sold over 180,000 copies to date. Her subsequent collections - Serious Concerns in 1992 and If I Don't Know in 2001 (shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award) - both confirmed her reputation as a classic English humorist whilst also allowing room for poems of a more meditative tone. She has edited several poetry anthologies, including Heaven on Earth: 101 happy poems, and her poems for children are widely anthologised. She was made an O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday honours 2010. She currently lives in Winchester. Cope's rueful wisdom connects her to the tradition of Betjeman and Larkin, but she brings a fresh female perspective to bear on social and literary foibles. She has said of her parodies that they were a way "of coming to terms with what was fashionable in poetry" and in their unerring accuracy and mastery of form she showed she could match any of her male contemporaries. Men in general are often the target of her barbed wit, none more so than Strugnell, the hapless and rather unpleasant male poet she invented for her first collection. Long before Bridget Jones sipped her first Chardonnay, Cope was casting a satirical eye over the minefield of contemporary sexual politics: "Bloody men are like bloody buses/You wait for about a year/And as soon as one approaches your stop/Two or three others appear." Whilst Cope has little time for bleeding hearts, her poems can be poignant as well as humorous. A new mood of contentment infuses her most recent collection with poems of domestic celebration like 'Being Boring' or the unabashed tenderness of 'On a Train': "Long, radiant minutes,/your hand in my hand." Cope keeps her explanations droll and to the point, wisely allowing the poems their own voice. Containing a generous selection from her three books this recording is a wonderful showcase for the emotional and technical deftness that's made her work so widely cherished. Her recording was made for The Poetry Archive on 8 December 2005 at The Audio Workshop, London and was produced by Richard Carrington. Wendy Cope returned to the recording studio for a second reading on 18 April 2016, recording at Heavy Entertainment, London, with Richard Carrington as producer. Wendy Cope has written this note about her more recent work: "Since my earlier recording for the archive in 2005, I have published one new collection of poems, Family Values (2011), and am close to completing the next. Some of the poems in this new recording are from the book; others are as yet uncollected. The title, Family Values, is ironic, although I’m not sure that was clear to everyone who bought the book – some of them may have been disappointed. There are quite a few poems about my childhood, a subject I could address with more freedom after the death of my mother in 2004. The book also includes two commissioned sequences, The Audience, written for the Endellion String Quartet, and An ABC of the BBC, commissioned for a Radio 4 programme. Two poems from each sequence can be heard in the recording. Two of the uncollected poems included here are also the result of a commission, this time from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. I was asked to write some poems to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. The rest are a miscellany. John Cage, Jesus, The Archbishop of Canterbury, a damaged piano, a college reunion. I can’t see a theme. One thing I notice, looking at the two lists – recent and less poems – is that proportionally fewer of the recent ones make use of rhyming forms. I still love traditional forms, especially the Shakespearian
The ‘Osborne Bull’ is the unofficial national symbol of which European country?	Spain's (unofficial) national symbol is 50! - Gadling Gadling Sign up for our newsletters Gadling by Abha Malpani on Nov 20, 2007 It used to be the trademark of the popular Spanish sherry company “Osborne” . A random marketing whim 50-years ago made the company erect about 90 14-meter high metallic silhouettes of a bull on all major highways across Spain; now they resemble the country. What a lucky fluke for Osborne, I doubt their marketing prowess foresaw that. Around 1988, Spain introduced a law where there couldn’t be any publicity on the highways. Osborne got rid of their branding on the bull so they could still stand. Obviously, campaigners protested, but apparently public demand to keep the silhouette is what saved Osborne’s metallic structures, and it is still referred to as the “El Toro De Osborne” (The Osborne Bull). Other than pointing it out to grandchildren on road-trips, the Spaniards I spoke to about this bull had neutral sentiments. “They chose a bull to represent their brand, then blew it up and put it all around the country,” is what they said; far from an ingenious plan I suppose. In Catalunya, groups have protested : “we don’t want Spanish symbols in our territory”, and post many attempts to knock down the bulls; now there are none in that region. Other than Catalunya, Cantabria and Murcia are the other two provinces without the bull; Alicante and Cádiz have the most. It’s the same bull you see on T-shirts, key-chains, stickers, posters and Spanish flags that you can buy in souvenir shops. In celebration of the bull’s 50-years of existence, an art competition has been launched in the country where you can submit your artistic representations of the bull to win theme park tickets valid for 2008 (yaay?), Sony PlayStation 3, or a 100cc Motorcycle.
In French cookery, what is the main ingredient of an ‘Amandine’ sauce?	Common Ingredients in Asian Cuisine Common ingredients in Asian cuisine. 7 Easy Recipes for Tofu 7 Easy Recipes for Tofu Tofu has come a long, long way from the days when most people thought it was a food relegated only to health obsessed hippies. Newer to the West, tofu has been a staple in Asian cuisine for 2000 years. Made… Agar-agar What is Agar-agar? Agar-agar is a gelatinous substance derived from specific species of algae. It is also known as Kanten (from its Japanese derivative as agar-agar was supposedly discovered in 17th Century Japan). What allows agar-agar to have its gelling abilities is a polysaccharide from… Bamboo There are a variety of bamboo species harvested for human consumption, each of which boasts different sizes, textures, colors and flavors. Bamboo is lauded for its high fiber content, protein and Vitamin B6. It is extremely popular throughout Asian cuisine, though different regions use the… Caviaroli Caviaroli- Elevate Home Cooking Ever since the Godfather of molecular gastronomy (Ferran Adria) changed the culinary world years ago, I’ve been a fan of this sector of gourmet cuisine in certain doses. The genius and technical skills it takes to create masterpieces of molecular gastronomy… Chili Peppers Southeast Asian, Korean, Indian and Szechuan cooking all share an intense passion for spicy food. One of the most popular and widely used ingredients to create this spiciness is bird’s eye chili peppers. These peppers are typically harvested when they are about one inch long… Cilantro a.k.a. Coriander Cilantro a.k.a Coriander- The Love It or Hate It Herb Fresh Coriander Leaves (Cilantro): Native to southern Asia, fresh coriander leaves, commonly known as cilantro and Chinese parsley, is used as an important garnish to Asian salads and soups. Cilantro has a subtle citrusy flavor… Cloves Cloves Cloves are native to the Maluku islands of Indonesia, though are currently produced and exported by Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Madagascar. Of the evergreen tree family, cloves are the tree’s dried flower buds, used in Asian cooking and western desserts. Cloves possess a… Coconut Milk Coconut Milk Coconut milk is used in all types of Asian cooking, mainly in curries, soups and desserts. All over Asia and particularly in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, little old ladies are found in dimly lit kitchens grating fresh coconut meat into large… Common Types of Soy Sauce Common Types of Soy Sauce- The Most Widely Used Asian Ingredient Regular Soy Sauce: A very familiar product in the West, regular soy sauce has become a staple in most American supermarkets. Used frequently in Asian cooking, regular soy sauce is a necessary staple in… Cowgirl Creamery Cowgirl Creamery- One of the best cheese in America Cheese- that diabolical dairy decadence that drives us serious foodies to have food porn dreams about. It’s a snack; it’s a beginning to a meal; it’s an end to a meal; it’s in a class all… Edamame Edamame Historically, the Edamame we know today can be traced back to 13th century Japan, when monks gave this highly nutritious vegetable as gifts, blanching whole soy bean pods and lightly sprinkling with salt. Soybeans themselves were cultivated in China though, over two thousand years… Enoki Mushroom Native to China, Japan and Korea, Enoki mushroom are typically long and thin with tiny caps on one end. There are several varieties, the most widely known being that of the off-white, light brown and golden colors. Originally grown on Enoki or Chinese Hackberry trees,… Fish Sauce One of the most popular and widely used condiments across Southeast Asia, fish sauce is typically produced from allowing dried small fish such as anchovies to ferment. Salt and anchovies are laid out in large wooden crates or boxes to ferment before later adding water.… Galangal Galangal In the same family as the ginger root, Galangal is often confused with ginger or turmeric due to similar exteriors. Galangal features the lightest skin amongst the root family, though unlike ginger, it typically has darker, thin brown rings along its
What is the surname of the family in the tv series ‘Bonanza’?	Bonanza Bonanza It’s hard to think of this show without that well-known Bonanza theme song immediately playing in your mind, and remembering the whole Cartwright clan riding across the Ponderosa. But I have to admit that, as a young teenager, I had something of a crush on Little Joe! Who could resist his character with that handsome smile and beautiful pinto horse? Little Joe and his paint horse were definitely the flashiest combo of the Cartwright clan! To help put you back in a "Bonanza" mood, click on the center button in the video box below to hear that great theme and see some good pictures of the whole clan! Background of the Show The Bonanza tv show was set in the time during and after the Civil War, and was all about the Cartwright family which included the father, Ben, and his 3 sons Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe. Did you ever wonder why those 3 brothers didn't look anything alike? That's right! Each one had a different mother and none of those women had survived! Wow; Ben had his share of bad luck in that department! Not wanting to mess up a successful formula, the show stayed consistent with that theme - any love interest that developed for a Cartwright man didn't last any longer than a cold drink on a hot day! Here's a little bit about the Bonanza cast - Ben (played by Lorne Greene) was the owner of the very large (1,000 square miles) and very prosperous Ponderosa Ranch, which was situated around Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Adam (played be Pernell Roberts) was the oldest son. He was an architect and built that great ranch house where the Cartwrights lived. Adam was handsome and always dressed in black - quiet, serious, the strong, silent type! Next was Eric (played by Dan Blocker), but we all knew him as Hoss, who obviously got that nickname because of his size. He was a big guy who looked even bigger in his trademark 10-gallon hat. Hoss was gentle, sometimes naive, and not the brightest member of the clan! And then there was Little Joe (my personal favorite - played by Michael Landon) who was the youngest. He was hot-headed and, with his good looks and flashy smile, quite the ladies man! DID YOU KNOW? Bonanza came close to being cancelled at the end of its first year! But the fact that it was considered a "novelty" because it was shown in color made all the difference! RCA, the parent company of NBC, wanted to sell more color television sets so they used Bonanza as a marketing gimmick and moved it to a prime Sunday night timeslot believing it would attract more viewers there! Obviously they were right; Bonanza was in the Top 5 shows for 9 of its 14 years on TV. All About the Show Unlike the usual shoot'em-up, Bonanza was the first “dramatic” TV Western show. The episodes were much more about relationships between the cast members and the guest stars than they were about hunting down the bad guy. Each episode usually had a serious theme to it, something "issue-oriented", built around themes such as racism, prejudice and social injustice. This was a first for TV because the networks were afraid of letters they might receive. Another first for Bonanza - it was the first Western to be televised in color. Each show mixed the adventures of one or two of the Cartwrights, their ranching and mining business, and an assortment of characters who crossed their paths in some way. The 4 main actors were considered equal stars but, in case you didn't notice, the credits were rotated each week so that top billing was given equally. A supporting cast of other characters also appeared in the Bonanza TV show. They included - Hop Sing (played by Victor Sen Yung) who was a Chinese immigrant and the Cartwright family cook; Sheriff Roy Coffee (played by Ray Teal); deputy Clem Foster (played by Bing Russell); "Candy" Canaday (played by David Canary) who was the Cartwright's ranch foreman; Ben's friend Dusty Rhodes (played by Lou Frizzel); Jamie Hunter (played by Mitch Vogel) played the orphaned son of a rainmaker and was adopted by Ben in a 1971 episode; and ranch hand G
In Greek mythology, sisters Stheno, Euryale and Medusa were the three what?	Greek Mythology: Gorgon :- Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa Greek Mythology Gorgon :- Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa Gorgons In Greek mythology, Gorgons or Gorgones were described as three powerful female monsters creatures, the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto . The names of the three Gorgons were Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. Of the three sisters only Medusa was mortal, and so it was her head which King Polydektes of Seriphos commanded the young hero Perseus to fetch. Stheno: In Greek mythology, Stheno was the eldest of the Gorgons, vicious female monsters with brass hands, sharp fangs and "hair" made of living venomous snakes. She and her sister Euryale were both immortal, and the third sister, Medusa, was mortal. Of the three Gorgons, she was known to be the most independent and ferocious, having killed more men than both of her sisters combined. Stheno According to some versions,, Stheno was transformed into a Gorgon because of standing with her sister Medusa, who was raped by the sea god Poseidon in the Temple of Athena. Athena baring no emotion and finding no fault in Poseidon, was furious with Medusa. As a punishment, Medusa was changed into a terrible monster, along with her sisters Stheno and Euryale. Stheno tends to be depicted as a thin gorgon monster with red snakes curling around her head instead of hair. Euryale: In Greek mythology, Euryale was the second eldest one of the Gorgons, three vicious sisters with brass hands, sharp fangs, and hair of living, venomous snakes. She and her sister Stheno, were immortal, where as Medusa was mortal. Euryale According to some versions,, Euryale was transformed into a Gorgon because of standing with her sister Medusa, who was raped by the sea god Poseidon in the Temple of Athena. Athena baring no emotion and finding no fault in Poseidon, was furious with Medusa. As a punishment, Medusa was changed into a terrible monster, along with her sisters Stheno and Euryale. In some version, Euryale had the ability to turn anyone to stone with her gaze. In many stories, Euryale is noted for her bellowing cries, particularly in the tale of Medusa's death at Perseus' hands. Medusa: In Greek mythology, Medusa was originally a ravishingly beautiful maiden. Poseidon had raped her in Athena's temple, the enraged Athena transformed Medusa's beautiful hair to serpents and made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone. Sea god, Poseidon seducing Medusa in Athena's temple In some versions, Medusa was described as priestess of Athena, was devoted to a life of celibacy. But she was wooed by Poseidon, whom she loved in return, she forgot her vows, and had sex with Poseidon in Athena's temple. In one version, Poseidon, as a bird, seduce Medusa in Athena's temple. Medusa Medusa was beheaded by Perseus , who was sent to fetch her head by King Polydectes of Seriphus because Polydectes wanted to marry his mother, Danae . The gods were well aware of this, and Perseus received help. He received a mirrored shield from Athena, gold, winged sandals from Hermes , a sword from Hephaestus and Hades 's helm of invisibility. Medusa was the only one of the three Gorgons who was mortal, so Perseus was able to slay her while looking at the reflection from the mirrored shield he received from Athena. During that time, Medusa was pregnant by Poseidon. When Perseus beheaded her, Pegasus, a winged horse, and Chrysaor, a golden sword-wielding giant, sprang from her body.
Rhythm and Blues musician and vocalist Ellas Otha Bates was better known by what name?	Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley(film) - YouTube Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley(film) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 10, 2013 Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 -- June 2, 2008), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter (usually as Ellas McDaniel), and rock and roll pioneer. He was also known as The Originator because of his key role in the transition from the blues to rock, influencing a host of acts, including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles, among others. The Chicago Blues Museum is a registered trade mark / (501c3) Category
In the game of Bingo, ‘Dirty Knees’ represents which number?	Tips For Calling Bingo And Bingo Number Rhymes \| HobbyLark Tips For Calling Bingo And Bingo Number Rhymes Tips For Calling Bingo And Bingo Number Rhymes Updated on June 07, 2016 Profile Joined: 6 years agoFollowers: 4Articles: 3 I spent a good few years as a professional bingo caller in the UK, during which time I called thousands of bingo games and hundreds of thousands of bingo numbers. Once people find out about my bingo calling past, I'm often asked to call at school bingo nights or other special events. I'm also often asked for advice by other people who've been put in the position of needing to call a game of bingo. With the game being a popular fund raiser, people from all walks of life often find themselves in a situation where they need to call the numbers for the game. Despite it's inherent simplicity, it can be a daunting task for people. With that in mind I've constructed this little guide to give potential callers a few tips and pointers. Whether the local school PTA has roped you in to calling the numbers at a prize bingo night, or the local social club want you to run their weekly cash game, these tips are for you. 75, 80 or 90 Balls - Bingo Variants It's important to first of all ascertain what sort of game you will be calling. In the UK it's most likely to be the 90 balls, 15 numbers to a ticket games. It could also possibly be an 80 ball shutterboard game with 16 numbers to cover. These are both played in the retail bingo halls of the UK. US players will be more familiar with their 75 ball game with 24 numbers to cover per card. We'll cover the US game elsewhere, as I know the UK game best, I'll concentrate on that. That's not to say you can't use these tips with the 75 ball game, because you can. There is a different calling style however, but the mechanics are pretty much the same which ever game you play with a proper live caller. Advertisement Bingo Caller At Work A bingo caller in a professional hall, you don't need to be this good, but you can learn a lot from them should you ever need to call a game of bingo. Simple Calling Tips When you first start calling, it's easy to get flustered and make a complete mess of it. These simple tips will help you along and get things going smoothly. Familiarise yourself with the equipment before you start - whether it be a terminal or a roll cage, you don't want to accidentally cancel the game halfway through. Don't be afraid to have a joke with your audience, if you can make them smile now, they'll be more forgiving if you make a mistake later. Always warn players what game you're about to play - "we're looking for the line on the pink ticket, looking for the full house, etc." and also warn the players you're about to start calling too, "if we're ready, we're looking for the next number which is..." Have a glass of water or something stronger close to hand, but not too strong. Your throat will quickly become dry as you call the numbers, so keep it lubricated. Listen for a shout, however if you've already started calling a number you must finish it before attending to the claim. If the player called house late on the number before the one you just finished calling, they have lost their claim. Breath slowly and steadily. Try to keep a simple rhythm in your speed of calling. Try to vary the tone of your voice as you proceed. If you don't you will soon sound monotonous and send the players to sleep rather than waking them up with the thrill of a win! Remember, the caller's rulings are final, if people don't like it then that's up to them. Don't forget to reset the equipment before you start your next game! Most of all, have fun as you're going along, otherwise it can soon turn out to be a real drag. These simple tips will help your bingo game go with a swing. If you want to pep it up more though and you're in a situation where it's applicable, you can use the old fashioned bingo rhymes to get players enjoying their games as much as you! Bingo Numbers And Their Rhymes In the retail world of bingo, these rhymes are no longer used as they slow the game up to much. The
William the Conqueror was Duke of which region of France from 1035 until his death?	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 9 \| 1087: William 'the Conqueror' dies About This Site \| Text Only 1087: William 'the Conqueror' dies King William of England has died, five weeks after being seriously injured at the Battle of Mantes in France. The King was fighting a counter-offensive against the French in July 1087 when he fell against the pommel of his saddle and badly damaged his intestines. The 59-year-old Duke of Normandy was taken to his Duchy's capital Rouen after the accident, but was unable to recover from his injuries. Many of his knights have already rushed to protect their property, fearing opportunistic attacks from King Phillip of France or a break-down of order in the region. Born in 1028, William was the illegitimate son of Duke Robert I of Normandy and a young woman called Herleve, the daughter of a Falaise tanner. In his youth he was known as "William the bastard", but was recognised as the family's heir on his father's death in 1035 and so inherited the Duchy of Normandy. His claim to the English throne was based on the assertion it had been promised to him in 1051 by his distant cousin Edward the Confessor - a promise that Harold, Duke of Wessex, had sworn to uphold, he said. When Wessex was crowned King of England in January 1066, William accused him of being a usurper and assembled an invasion force. He landed on English soil in September 1066. By 14 October - after a close-fought battle at Senlac, near Hastings - Harold was dead and William became king. At his coronation, the Duke promised to uphold existing laws and customs in England. His reign was characterised by peace and order, but this was often imposed using violence and cruelty which made him deeply unpopular with many of his subjects. His replacement of the traditional ruling class with a foreign aristocracy also caused much resentment among the English nobility. King William's lasting memorial is likely to be his "Domesday" survey - a huge investigation into the wealth of the kingdom commissioned in 1085 and completed just two years later - and the first of its kind in this country. He will be succeeded in England by his second son William Rufus. His eldest son Robert was denied the throne after falling out with his father, but will be made Duke of Normandy after a deathbed concession.
In Irish mythology, what is a ‘Pooka’ (or Puca)?	Pooka in Irish Folklore - Irish Mythology & Folklore TOPICS: Heritage Mythology Stories Pooka pronounced poo-ka is from the old Irish ‘Puca, which means ‘goblin’. There are many variations of the spelling Pooka some of which are Puca, Plica, Phuca,Pwwka, Puka or Pookha all of which are totally acceptable. It is possible that the origin of the word Pooka may come from the Scandinavian word Pook or Puke meaning ‘nature sprit’. What is a Pooka? A Pooka is a shapeshifter and can take any form it chooses but usually it is seen in the form of a dog, rabbit, goat, goblin or even an old man. Traditionally a Pooka is seen as a dark, sleek horse with a long wild flowing mane and luminescent golden eyes. An important thing to always remember about a Pooka is that they have the power of human speech and when inclined make great sport of those they talk to as they like to embellish the truth. In Ireland, the Pooka seems to be the most feared Faerie possibly because it appears only at night and enjoys creating havoc and mischief. We feel this is doing the Pooka an injustice because there are no recorded incidences of a Pooka actually causing a human any harm. Where can you find a Pooka? Pooka’s can be found in any rural location, every county in Ireland has its very own Pooka. They like open mountainous areas so that they can run free while in horse form. Many small mountainous lakes and springs in Ireland are called ‘Pooka Pools’ or ‘Pollaphuca’, which means Pooka or Demon hole. Some of these are found at the sources of major Irish rivers such as the Liffey that runs through Dublin or the River Bann, which is the longest river in the north of Ireland that runs through Coleraine in County Derry. Over the last thousand years Christians have changed the name of some of the Pooka Pools to St. Patrick’s Wells. Pooka superstitions & Irish customs There are a lot of superstitions and customs that are still observed today in Ireland regarding the Pooka and these vary depending on which region you happen to find yourself in. Although there seems to be a common ground when you talk about a Pooka some of the stories are alike and just differ on the minor details. The drunken horse ride home When a Pooka is in horse form he tends to have fun by inviting a rider to jump on his back. This usually happens when the rider has had a little too much to drink and is making his weary way home from the pub. Thus starts the wildest trip the rider will ever know for the Pooka loves to terrify the rider with its great prowess jumping over hedges and rocks and making death-defying leaps. Come the grey dawn the rider is thrown off the horses back and left trembling but none the worse from the night’s events to find his own way home. This is maybe where the their reputation slips a bit as while on a wild night out like this they do tend to run through crop fields and knock down fences without a care. A conversation with a Pooka Another thing the Pooka love, as with all us Irish people, is to chat and will happily stop and ‘shoot the breeze’ with you, sometimes giving great advice and making exceptional prophecies. In some rural areas you will see houses that will have a bench on the right side of the door and the gate post on the right will be smooth whereas on the left there will be a rockery or some sort of uncomfortable mound. This is because a good Pooka will always sit on the right and the more mischievous sprite will favour the left. They tend to use the same opening gambit to introduce himself it will be something like, “You are new here I think. Many years ago I used to live in this house..” One of his favourite topics is how the family lost its fortune or was swindled out of their money and lands. The odd thing about a conversation with a Pooka is that you may have sat and chatted to him for over an hour but he will suddenly disappear without saying good-bye, they never says good-bye, and you will be left with the uncomfortable feeling of not knowing for sure if the past hour was real. They’ll never leave any sign that he was there. The Pookas Share Ma
Who plays Malcolm Tucker in the BBC comedy series ‘The Thick Of It’, which satirises the British modern government?	The Thick of It - 必应 Sign in The Thick of It The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast for two short series on BBC Four in 2005, initially with a small cast focusing on a government minister, his advisers and their party's spin-doctor. The cast was significantly expanded for two hour-long specials to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's appointment as prime minister in 2007, which saw new characters forming the opposition party added to the cast. These characters continued when the show s ... (展开) switched channels to BBC Two for its third series in 2009. A fourth series about a coalition government was broadcast in 2012, with the last episode transmitted on 27 October 2012. In a 2012 interview, series creator Armando Iannucci said the fourth series of the programme would probably be its last. The series has been described as the 21st century's answer to Yes Minister, highlighting the struggles and conflicts between politicians, party spin doctors, advisers, civil servants and the media. As with Yes Minister, the political parties involved are never mentioned by name, although the context makes clear which is which. Iannucci describes it as "Yes Minister meets Larry Sanders". The journalist and former civil servant Martin Sixsmith is an adviser to the writing team, giving some of the storylines an element of realism. The series became well known for its profanity and for featuring storylines which have mirrored, or in some cases predicted real-life policies, events or scandals. A feature film spin-off, In the Loop, was released in the UK on 17 April 2009. A pilot for a U.S. remake of the show was not successful, but Iannucci was subsequently invited to create Veep for HBO, a program with a very similar tone and political issues, with the involvement of some The Thick of It writers and production members. 关于The Thick of It，网友们最关心的问题 1 Background Armando Iannucci originally conceived of a modern political satire after "arguing the case" for Yes Minister in a 2004 Best British Sitcom poll for BBC Two. His idea was commissioned by Roly Keating, the controller of BBC Four, who granted Iannucci limited budget, telling him to "turn that into what you can." Iannucci created the first series of three episodes, which aired in May–June 2005, and a second series, also of three episodes, which followed in October. Writing The series is written by a team of writers led by Armando Iannucci, who also directs the series, with Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Ian Martin, Will Smith and Tony Roche. Some of the dialogue is improvised rather than scripted (with the cast credited as providing "additional material"), and includes some very strong language. Peter Capaldi said "Fundamentally 80% of the final cut is the script that we started with. The improvisation just makes it feel more real and not written." Prior to rehearsals, the scripts are sent to a "swearing consultant" in Lancaster called Ian Martin, who adds some of the more colourful language. The programme's producer is Adam Tandy, who has produced all of Iannucci's television projects since 2000. The programme is shot with hand-held cameras to give it a sense of vérité or fly-on-the-wall documentary. The documentary style is furthered by the absence of any incidental music or laughter track. The Thick of It Plot The action centres on the fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship ("DoSAC" – previously the Department of Social Affairs, or "DSA", prior to the reshuffle of episode five), which supposedly came out of the prime minister's passing enthusiasm for "joined-up government". Thus it acts as a "super department" overseeing many others, which enables different political themes to be dealt with in the programme, similar to the Department of Administrative Affairs in Yes Minister. Hugh Abbot, played by Chris Langham, is a blundering minister heading the department, who is continually trying to do his job under the watchful eye of Malcolm Tu
The Cordoba is the basic monetary unit of which country?	Córdoba - definition of Córdoba by The Free Dictionary Córdoba - definition of Córdoba by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/C%c3%b3rdoba Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Cór·do·ba (kôr′də-bə) 1. (also kôr′dō-vä) A city of north-central Argentina northwest of Buenos Aires. It was founded in 1573. 2. (also kôr′thō-vä) A city of southern Spain on the Guadalquivir River east-northeast of Seville. Probably established by Carthaginians, it was later ruled by Romans and Visigoths. During the ninth and tenth centuries, as the seat of the Moorish caliphate, Córdoba was one of the largest cities in the world and was renowned as a cultural and intellectual center. Cor′do·van (-vən) adj. & n. cor·do·ba [American Spanish córdoba, after Francisco Fernández de Córdoba (1475?-1526?), Spanish explorer.] córdoba (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Nicaragua, divided into 100 centavos [named in honour of Francisco Fernández de Córdoba2] Córdoba n 1. (Placename) a city in central Argentina: university (1613). Pop: 1 592 000 (2005 est) 2. (Placename) a city in S Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: centre of Moorish Spain (711–1236). Pop: 318 628 (2003 est). English name: Cordova Córdoba Córdova n (Biography) Francisco Fernández de (franˈθisko fɛrˈnandɛθ de). died 1518, Spanish soldier and explorer, who discovered Yucatán cor•do•ba the basic monetary unit of Nicaragua. [after Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, 16th-century Spanish conquistador] Cór•do•ba (ˈkɔr də bə, -və) n. 1. Also, Cor′do•ba, Cordova. a city in S Spain on the Guadalquivir River: the capital of Spain under Moorish rule. 304,826. 2. a city in central Argentina. 1,208,713. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: 1. cordoba - the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos centavo - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal Nicaraguan monetary unit - monetary unit in Nicaragua 2. Espana , Kingdom of Spain , Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power 4. Argentina , Argentine Republic - a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America Translations 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: Spain References in periodicals archive ? Some large unique systems such as the Esteros del Iberá, the Mar Chiquita Lagoon in Córdoba Province and the Paraná River Delta can also be identified. Distribuicao de areas umidas na Argentina, estimada a partir de mapas de solo O Maio francês se desenvolveu, ainda, no contexto de uma vaga revolucionária internacional, a maior da segunda metade do século XX, que fez tremer a ordem mundial: nas ruas de Saigon se revelava para o mundo que o Império mais poderoso da história, militarmente, não poderia alcançar uma vitória no Vietnã; de Paris ao Rio de Janeiro, de Praga à Cidade do México, de Turim a Córdoba, na Argentina, sem esquecer as batalhas decisivas das guerras de libertação nacional contra o Império Português em Guiné, Angola e Moçambique, em quatro continentes, a revolução abria frentes de combate.
Phobos and Diemos are the moons of which planet in our solar system?	Mars' Moons \| StarDate Online Mars' Moons Mars' Moons Two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, orbit Mars. The larger moon, Phobos, passes across the Martian sky from west to east twice a day. It would look about half as big as the full Moon does on Earth. It's also so close to Mars that you couldn't see it from the Martian poles. Deimos is farther away and moves slowly from east to west. Deimos would look like a small dot of light in the sky. Phobos is slowly moving closer to Mars. In another 50 to 100 million years, it will crash into Mars. Phobos is small, dark, and airless. And it's one of the driest bodies in the solar system. That doesn't mean that Phobos is dull, though. Quite the contrary. Phobos survived a powerful impact that may have fractured its interior. The impact gouged a large crater, and may be responsible for a series of long, deep grooves that appear to radiate away from the crater. If the meteor that created the crater had been a bit larger, it might have destroyed Phobos. Instead, many scientists think the impact cracked the moon's interior. The cracks could contain water ice. If so, Phobos could serve as a refueling station for manned Mars-exploration missions. But observations by several spacecraft indicate that there's less water at the surface of Phobos than in almost any other body in the solar system. Deimos is covered by a powdery dust that could be several hundred feet deep. The tips of giant boulders peek above the dust like icebergs floating in a dark sea. The dust formed as the result of billions of years of meteorite impacts, which pulverized the tiny moon's surface. Many scientists believe that Phobos and Deimos are asteroids that wandered close to Mars billions of years ago. The Martian atmosphere may have been thick enough to act as a brake, slowing the small bodies enough to trap them in orbit. But other scientists say that the moons formed at the same time as Mars, or that they're the remnants of a larger moon that was shattered by a collision with a large meteor. This document was last modified: September 13, 2008
Which English author wrote the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ series of children’s books?	Swallows and Amazons: Arthur Ransome: 9780099572794: Amazon.com: Books Review “He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure.” –Observer “There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating.” –TLS Read more About the Author ARTHUR RANSOME was born in Leeds in 1884. He had an adventurous life -- as a baby he was carried by his father to the top of the Old Man of Coniston, a peak that is 2,276 ft high! He went to Russia in 1913 to study folklore and in 1914, at the start of World War I he became a foreign correspondent for the Daily News. In 1917 when the Russian Revolution began he became a journalist and was a special correspondent of the Guardian. He played chess with Lenin and married Trotsky's personal secretary, Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina. On their return to England, he bought a cottage near Windermere in the Lake District and began writing children's stories. In a 1958 author's note, Ransome wrote: ''I have been often asked how I came to write Swallows and Amazons. The answer is that it had its beginning long, long ago when, as children, my brother, my sisters and I spent most of our holidays on a farm at the south end of Coniston. We played in or on the lake or on the hills above... Going away from it we were half drowned in tears. While away from it, as children and as grown-ups, we dreamt about it. No matter where I was, wandering about the world, I used at night to look for the North Star and, in my mind's eye, could see the beloved sky-line of great hills beneath it. Swallows grew out of those old memories. I could not help writing it. It almost wrote itself.'' He published the first of his children's classics, the 12 Swallows and Amazons books, in 1930. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post. He died in 1967.
Cynology is the study of which animals?	Cytology in Dogs Cytology in Dogs Last Modified: August 02, 2015 Share This Article Read by: 141,681 pet lovers Cytology is the examination and study of blood or tissue cells under a microscope that can be done in dogs and other animals. Cytology can be used to detect inflammation, infection, bacteria, fungi, parasites and cancer. Cytology involves examination of a tissue or fluid sample. Often cytology is used to identify a lump or mass noted on physical examination. Certain skin diseases or hair loss situations – such as mange mite infection – can be diagnosed using cytology. Cytology is usually done when abnormal fluid is detected in a body cavity. Cytology may follow an abdominal ultrasound examination or surgical procedure that reveals abnormal organ tissue. Cytology of vaginal fluid can be used to guide breeding in female dogs. There is no real contraindication to performing this test. Negative results can exclude the presence of certain diseases. For example, a skin tumor might be malignant or benign. If the cytology shows the mass to be a simple fatty tumor, it may be left alone and followed. In contrast, identification of a dangerous skin cancer, such as a mast cell tumor, would indicate the need for surgical removal of the mass. As with all tests, a cytologic examination is neither 100 percent sensitive nor specific. Should a cytology exam be negative or inconclusive, your veterinarian may recommend a full tissue biopsy sample be obtained and submitted for analysis. What Does Cytology Reveal in Dogs? Cytology can identify the presence of inflammation, infection, cancer, parasites, bacteria and fungi (molds and yeast). Following cytology, additional diagnostic tests, procedures, or medications may be recommended. How Is Cytology Done in Dogs? Cytology testing involves obtaining a sample of suspicious material. The material can be obtained by pressing a microscope slide against the tissue, by gently scraping the area with a scalpel blade, or by inserting a needle or sterile Q-tip into the tissue to obtain fluid or tissue. Once obtained, the material is spread thinly over a microscope slide and allowed to dry. Fluid samples may be placed in a centrifuge first to concentrate the cells before they are transferred to the slide. The sample is then dyed with special biological stains to ease identification of the cells. The sample is once again allowed to dry. Once the dye has dried, the slide is ready for microscopic evaluation. Some veterinarians are sufficiently experienced to evaluate cytology specimens. Most veterinarians submit the cytology specimen to a diagnostic laboratory for evaluation by a veterinary pathologist. Even if your veterinarian provides you a presumptive diagnosis based on his/her evaluation of the slide, the final diagnosis is typically made after the pathologist reviews the sample. The cytology test generally takes 20 to 30 minutes to perform if done in the veterinarian's office. If the sample is submitted to a laboratory, results may not be available for 2 to 3 days. Is Cytology Painful to Dogs? In obtaining a sample with a needle, some pain may be involved, but very small needles typically are used. As with humans, the pain perceived from a needle stick varies among individual dogs, but it should not be any more painful than an injection or a blood sample. Is Sedation or Anesthesia Needed for Cytology? Sedation or anesthesia is not typically needed, but might be necessary depending on how the cytology sample is collected. Those samples obtained from skin scrapings or aspirations typically do not require sedation. Obviously, a sample obtained during a surgical procedure will require anesthesia for the surgery. (?)
What is a ‘billets-doux’ in Engllish?	billet-doux - definition of billet-doux in English \| Oxford Dictionaries A love letter. Example sentences ‘Contrary to what Bridget Jones's Diary suggests, e-mail has proved an equally unreliable medium for billets-doux.’ ‘A traffic ticket is not a billet-doux, nor is it a token of affection someone named ‘Don Juan’ delivers.’ ‘Not only that, e-mail is also treacherous, offering the illusion of a confidential or subversive chat when every electronic billet-doux belongs to the employer and can be produced in an industrial tribunal.’ ‘In the last four years alone, no fewer than three auctions have featured billets-doux and other letters written by the Duke of Windsor when he held the titles Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII.’ ‘As she seems easily fooled, why not send yourself sheaves of valentines and other billets-doux?’ ‘And so he returns to the paparazzi and the predictable billets-doux slipped under the door by self-justifying journalists who have hypocrisy tattooed on their foreheads.’ ‘Of course, as well as penning billets-doux to gifted actors, he can also be marvellously tactless about those who don't impress him.’ ‘The rough trajectory of the plot begins with Kitty's discovery of a billet-doux, from her husband to Tula.’ ‘So in the meantime I'll have to make do with this little billet-doux which has come fluttering through my letterbox…’ ‘From the sublime to the royal billet-doux, the same sale has a collection of 314 unpublished love letters comprising over 2,900 pages from the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) to his mistress, Mrs Freda Dudley Ward.’ ‘Gone was the woozy romanticism I had wanted to read into his first billet-doux.’ ‘So I thought it was time to share my riches; hence the following billet-doux on New Zealand skifields.’ ‘‘This service is very much loved by those engrossed in clandestine relationships of a carnal nature for passing surreptitious billets-doux,’ he said.’ ‘And better still, the back of the menu was a billet-doux to gastronomic accountability.’ ‘If I haven't burnt this little billet-doux to light the gas ring for my morning sausages.’ Origin Late 17th century: French, literally sweet note. Pronunciation Which of the following is correct? My name was taken off the list My name was brought off the list Which of the following is correct? The band will take out a new video in June The band will bring out a new video in June Which of the following is correct? The crisis could bring down the regime The crisis could take down the regime Which of the following is correct? If I were offered the job, I'd bring it If I were offered the job, I'd take it Which of the following is correct? Such headaches are brought on by stress Such headaches are taken on by stress Which of the following is correct? The police took him away The police brought him away Which of the following is correct? Take the pastry and roll it out Bring the pastry and roll it out Which of the following is correct? Will you bring me back some scent from Paris? Will you take me back some scent from Paris? Which of the following is correct? The matter is brought before a jury The matter is taken before a jury Which of the following is correct? They brought money from us They took money from us You scored /10 practise again? Retry Most popular in the world Australia
The Flinders Mountain Range is in which country?	Guide to the Flinders Ranges, South Australia - Tourism Australia Guide to the Flinders Ranges Explore a landscape more than 600 million years old. By Lee Atkinson The rugged, weathered peaks and rocky gorges of the Flinders Ranges in Outback South Australia form some of the most dramatic and beautiful landscapes in the country. It's a place rich in Aboriginal history and home to a vast array of wildlife. Following the scenic roads, 4WD tracks and walking trails that crisscross this wild countryside will take you on a remarkable adventure. HOW TO GET THERE The Flinders Ranges are about 500 kilometres (311 miles) north of Adelaide , or a five hour road trip. You can also fly from Adelaide to Port Augusta with Sharp Airlines , which takes about 55 minutes. Sleep under the stars in a luxury swag Try delicious wild food (like kangaroo and emu) at a famous Outback pub See the extraordinary Wilpena Pound from above on a scenic flight TOP THINGS TO DO IN THE FLINDERS RANGES Ride the Coffee Pot Ride the rails back in time on one of Australia's best-known steam train journeys. Operated by passionate volunteers, the Pichi Richi Railway runs beautifully restored steam and diesel locomotives and timber carriages, including the century-old steam train nicknamed the Coffee Pot that's a favourite of trainspotters and believed to be the last of its kind in the world. They run on the last remaining operating portion of the historic narrow-gauge Ghan railway line. Built in the 1870s, this section of the line runs through deep rock cuttings, stone wall embankments and spectacular iron bridges. Trips depart from Quorn and Port Augusta. Explore Wilpena Pound From the air, Wilpena Pound looks like a crater, a massive bowl almost 100 kilometres (62 miles) wide that stands above the surrounding plains. But the rim is actually made up of the stumps of huge mountains, believed to have been as high as the Himalayas, that have been eroded over millennia. There's only one way in: through a gorge 11 kilometres (seven miles) long and eight kilometres (five miles) across. It was called a pound by the early settlers in the 1850s – they thought it looked like a traditional sheep pen. The best way to see the distinctive shape is on a scenic flight from Wilpena Resort inside the Pound. It offers a range of accommodation from motel-style rooms to glamping as well as a campground and Aboriginal cultural walks and 4WD tours. You can also trek inside the Pound and climb up over the rim. Eat a feral mixed grill If you've never tasted kangaroo, emu or even camel, Parachilna’s famous Prairie Hotel is the best place to try some. One of the Outback’s most iconic hotels, the Prairie is an authentic pub with an innovative menu, best known for its creative use of native foods. The Feral Mixed Grill of emu, kangaroo, goat and camel is the hotel's signature dish, but make sure you try the quandong pie, made from a wild native peach – it's tart but delicious. Stay overnight in one of the stylish rooms out the back. Watch the sun set from the top of the range One of the oldest sheep stations in the Flinders, Rawnsley Park , on the southern face of Wilpena Pound, was established in 1851. It's still a working farm, but it's also a great place to stay, with a campground, simple cabins and luxury eco villas with stunning views of the surrounding ranges – and a glass panel in the bedroom ceiling, so you can stargaze from bed. Spend your days exploring the area on the network of bushwalking trails that traverse the property, take a 4WD tour to the top of the Chace Range and watch the sunset with a glass of local sparkling wine and some canapés before enjoying a meal of station-grown saltbush lamb at the Woolshed Restaurant. Sleep out in style under the stars at Arkaba Station Do the Flinders in style at Arkaba , a former sheep station on the edge of Wilpena Pound that is now a private wildlife conservation park. It offers five-star accommodation in the historic homestead and bush camps with luxury swags (traditional Australian canvas sleeping bags with intern
Edgar, Berlioz and Billy Boss are all characters in which animated Disney film?	Edgar Balthazar \| Disney Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia v - e - d Disney Villains Disney Parks Celebrate A Dreams Come True Parade \| Celebrate the Magic \| Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour \| Club Villain \| Disney's Fantillusion \| Disney's Maleficious Halloween Party \| Disney's Not-So-Scary Halloween Show \| Disney's Once Upon a Dream Parade \| Disney Dreams! \| Disney's Stars 'n' Cars... As Never Seen Before \| Fantasmic! \| Feel the Magic \| Frightfully Fun Parade \| Glow in the Park Halloween Parade \| Happy Hallowishes \| Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular \| Inferno Dance Party \| It's Good To Be Bad With The Disney Villains \| It's Good to Be Bad Villainous Celebration \| It's Party Time... with Mickey and Friends... and the Disney Villains \| Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade \| Mickey and his Magic Halloween Night \| Re-Villains! Halloween Parade \| Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom \| The Disney Villains Halloween Showtime \| The Nightmare Experiment \| The Villains World \| Unleash the Villains \| Villains Gardens \| Villainy in the Sky \| Villains Mix and Mingle \| Villains Night Out! \| Villains Tonight! \| Wishes \| World of Color Shorts and Comics Pete \| Sylvester Shyster \| The Mad Doctor \| Big Bad Wolf \| Mortimer Mouse \| The Phantom Blot \| Beagle Boys \| Flintheart Glomgold \| Magica De Spell \| Huey, Dewey and Louie Monsters \| Solego \| Dangerous Dan and Idgit the Midget \| Red Eye and his brother \| Singular \| Chronoduck \| Doubtfinder \| Fluffy Animated Features The Evil Queen \| Raven \| Vultures \| Honest John and Gideon \| Stromboli \| The Coachman \| The Coachman's Goons \| Lampwick \| Monstro \| Tyrannosaurus Rex \| Chernabog \| Chernabog's Minions \| Ringmaster \| Ronno \| Man \| Hunter Dogs \| Aconcagua \| The Toy Bull \| Wolf \| Tetti-Tatti \| Lumpjaw \| Willie the Giant \| Rustlers \| Mr. Winkie \| Weasels \| The Headless Horseman \| Brom Bones \| Lady Tremaine \| Anastasia Tremaine \| Drizella Tremaine \| Lucifer \| Queen of Hearts \| Captain Hook \| Mr. Smee \| The Stray Dogs \| The Dogcatcher \| Si and Am \| The Rat \| Maleficent \| Cruella De Vil \| Jasper and Horace \| Madam Mim \| Kaa \| Shere Khan \| Edgar Balthazar \| Prince John \| Sheriff of Nottingham \| The Bees \| Heffalumps \| Woozles \| Madame Medusa \| Amos Slade \| Chief \| The Bear \| Horned King \| Ratigan \| Bill Sykes \| Roscoe and DeSoto \| Ursula \| Flotsam and Jetsam \| Percival McLeach \| Gaston \| Jafar \| Iago \| Gazeem \| Scar \| Shenzi, Banzai and Ed \| Governor Ratcliffe \| Claude Frollo \| Hades \| Pain and Panic \| Zira \| Nuka \| Shan Yu \| Sa'Luk \| Clayton \| Sabor \| Clayton's Men \| Jack-in-the-Box \| The Firebird \| Carnotaurus \| Kron \| Bruton \| Velociraptors \| Morgana \| Yzma \| Kronk \| Lyle Tiberius Rourke \| Helga Sinclair \| Captain Gantu \| John Silver \| Scroop \| Denahi \| Alameda Slim \| Rico \| Mr. Wesley \| The Willie Brothers \| Foxy Loxy \| Leroy \| Dr. Hämsterviel \| DOR-15 \| Dr. Calico \| Agent \| Doctor Facilier \| Lawrence \| Mother Gothel \| The Backson \| King Candy \| Cy-Bugs \| Hans \| Duke of Weselton \| Yokai \| Mr. Yama \| Dawn Bellwether \| Doug \| Duke Weaselton \| Te Kā \| Tamatoa \| Kakamora Pixar Sid Phillips \| Scud \| Hopper \| Thumper \| Molt \| Stinky Pete \| Al McWhiggin \| Emperor Zurg \| Randall Boggs \| Henry J. Waternoose III \| Darla Sherman \| Anglerfish \| Barracuda \| Jellyfish \| Seagulls \| Crabs \| Syndrome \| Gilbert Huph \| Mirage \| Chick Hicks \| The Delinquent Road Hazards \| Chef Skinner \| AUTO \| Charles F. Muntz \| Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear \| Miles Axlerod \| Professor Zündapp \| Grem \| Acer \| Mor'du \| Johnny Worthington III \| Roar Omega Roar \| Jangles the Clown \| Thunderclap \| Pterodactyls \| Velociraptors \| Giant Squid Other Animated Movies Br'er Fox \| Br'er Bear \| The Giant Magnet \| Merlock the Magician \| Oogie Boogie \| Bradley Uppercrust III \| Sarousch \| Buster \| Reggie \| Edgar Vulgud \| Ashtin Carnaby \| Erik Hellstrom \| Dr. Phillium Benedict \| Lil' Lightning \| Dr. Ivan Krank \| Vidia \| Ebenezer Scrooge \| Mama Gunda \| Kago and Uto \| Kazar \| Blag \| Scab and Scraw \| Supervisor \| Heinz Doofenshmirtz (2nd Dimension) \| Perry the Platypus (2nd Dimension) \| Norm Bots \| Ripslinger \| Ned and Zed \| Cad Spinner \| Nyx Live-Action Movies Barnaby \|
In the game of darts, what is the maximum score that can be achieved in one throw of three darts?	Basics of Darts : World Darts Federation THE BASICS OF DARTS IN 7 EASY STEPS STEP 1: KNOW THE DARTBOARD. Figure 1: A standard dartboard Figure 2: The official WDF Dartboard setup. STEP 3: SELECTING A SET OF DARTS:You should not rush into buying a set of darts. The weight and shape of darts varies enormously, as do the shapes of the flights. We recommend that you try as many different types of darts and flights as possible before making a purchase. After a while you will soon become aware that each different type of dart behaves differently when YOU throw it. Take your time, find a set that you feel comfortable with BEFORE you buy. STEP 4: DARTS TERMINOLOGY: Here is a brief glossary of some of the common and most used terms and phrases used in darts: “Game on”:-Advises all players that the match has now started. “Ochie” (pronounced “okkey”) :- The name of the throwing line. “Leg shot”:- Signifies that a player has completed (Won) the “leg”. “Game shot”:- Signifies that the match winning double has been hit. “Bust”:- Means a player has scored more than the score required. “Double in”:- A double is required before scoring can commence. “Straight start”:- No double required to start. “Ton”:- Means a score of 100 points or more. “Ton-forty”:- Means a score of 140 points or more. “Ton-eighty” or “Maximum”:- Means a score of 180 points. STEP 5: THE BASICS OF A GAME OF DARTS. A game of darts always starts, and ends, with a handshake. A game of darts can be played in played in several forms. The most common forms are:- One player against another which is known as “Singles” or teams of two players per team which is known as “Doubles” or “Pairs”. A game of darts is played over an agreed number of sections which are known as “legs”. The number of “legs” in a game is always an odd number usually 1, 3, 5, or 7 “legs”. Matches are played as (for example) “Best of 5 “legs”. This means that the first player or team to win 3 “legs” win the match. Players throw alternately in “Singles” matches. In “Doubles” or “Pairs” matches each “Pair” throws alternately with each player in the respective “Pair” also throwing alternately. A “Throw” consists of “3” darts. If a player completes the “Leg” or the match in less than three darts the remaining dart or darts are not thrown. Matches usually start from 501 in competition darts but other common starts are 301, 401, 701, and even 1001. Sometimes darts matches are played where a “double” is required to start each “Leg” of the match. However, the most common form of play is “straight start” which means that players/teams can begin to score points immediately with the first dart thrown. Both teams start on the agreed starting number and the object is to score down to zero as quickly as possible. The value of the different sectors of the dartboard can be seen in Fig 1. above. Each section or “leg” of the match must be finished with a “double”, this means the outer scoring ring. For example as one approaches the end of a “leg” a player or team may have 40 points left to score. This means Double 20 is required and to end the “Leg” a dart must be thrown into the “double” section of the “20” sector. Should the thrower miss “double” 20 and hit (for example) a single 1, the the thrower would require 39 to win the “leg” where a single 7 then “double” 16 could be an option. Another example could be the player or team require 51 points. Then there would be several alternatives to end the “leg”. The usual route would be either a single 11 and then “double” 20, or perhaps a single 19 and then “double” 16. The first player or team to hit the required “double” wins the “leg”. A new leg is then started and the procedure repeated until one of the players or teams has won the required number of “legs” to win the match. STEP 6: HOW TO KEEP SCORE. The scoreboard starts as a blank sheet of paper which is usually hung on the wall about 50 cm or 1.5 feet to the left of the dartboard and at about the same height as the dartboard itself. The sequence below shows how a game is scored and how the scorecard takes form. The score
The infamous Insein Prison is in which Asian country?	The Name Says It All: Burma's Insein Prison The Name Says It All: Burma's Insein Prison Tweet Myanmar's Insein Prison, where Auung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of others are held (c) Digital Globe 2008. Image taken from Google Earth Myanmar’s opposition leader and Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been brought to the country’s infamous Insein (pronounced “insane”) prison, to face trial on May 18. The prison has been described as the “darkest hell-hole in Burma” and houses many of the country’s more than 2,100 political prisoners. Just recently, after years of campaigning by Amnesty International, Mah Khin Khin Leh has been released from there. Aung San Suu Kyi’s transfer to Insein prison has sparked international outcry, led by Amnesty International activists . The UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, made the following statement yesterday : “I call on the government of Myanmar [Burma] to release Aung San Suu Kyi and her aides unconditionally”. The BBC has a good report summarizing the events of the last few days. Post Views: 179 Ma Khin Khin Leh is Free! About Christoph Koettl Christoph Koettl is the Emergency Response Manager at Amnesty International USA and works on urgent human rights situations such as armed conflicts. In his work he focuses on exploring the intersection of technology and human rights, specializing in utilizing satellite imagery or citizen video for human rights research and advocacy. He previously worked and studied in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy and holds an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His expertise is in International Humanitarian Law, conflict analysis, crisis mapping, video validation and social media forensics and he is a regular speaker on technology and human rights. He has testified on war crimes in Sri Lanka before the United States Congress and his work is covered regularly by numerous national and international media, including Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera and Reuters. AIUSA welcomes a lively and courteous discussion that follow our Community Guidelines . Comments are not pre-screened before they post but AIUSA reserves the right to remove any comments violating our guidelines. 43 thoughts on “The Name Says It All: Burma's Insein Prison” I never thought a building could be so aptly named. therese greenheck on Burma's generals expose their fear by brutalizing those they are most afraid of. therese greenheck on Burma’s generals expose their fear by brutalizing those they are most afraid of. G. R. Pemberton on Free those who speak truth to power. Cowards stifle speech. MKD on May 20, 2009 at 5:49 AM said: The detention of Aung San Suu Kyi is a disgrace and the very epitome of corruption and hostility. Her relentless peaceful defiance is a testament to her enlightened character and I hope the world stands up to this ruthless, violent and opressive government until democracy reigns and she, and the thousands of other political prisoners are free. Cynthia Pierson on May 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM said: I am responding to the BBC report and I stand for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Stop this oppression. G. R. Pemberton on May 20, 2009 at 9:49 AM said: The detention of Aung San Suu Kyi is a disgrace and the very epitome of corruption and hostility. Her relentless peaceful defiance is a testament to her enlightened character and I hope the world stands up to this ruthless, violent and opressive government until democracy reigns and she, and the thousands of other political prisoners are free. Cynthia Pierson on May 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM said: I am responding to the BBC report and I stand for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Stop this oppression. SaNayMa on May 20, 2009 at 3:37 PM said: Lets get together to free Aung San Su Kyi and all political prisoners. It is so sad for me seeing my people suffer because of the stupid power greedy People. SaNayMa on May 20, 2009 at 7:37 PM said: Lets get together to free Aung San Su Kyi and all political prisoners. It is so sad
Hepatitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?	Effects of Hepatitis C on the Body Musty Mouth Skin and Eyes Hepatitis C is a viral disease that primarily causes inflammation of the liver, but the effects can be felt throughout the body. The Effects of Hepatitis C on the Body Hepatitis C is caused by a virus that is passed through contact with the blood of an infected person. The infection leads to inflammation of the liver. The liver processes blood and filter toxins so they don’t cause damage to your body. The liver also produces bile, which helps you to digest food and stores glucose and vitamins. Inflammation makes it difficult for the liver to perform these vital functions. In time, the hepatitis C infection can affect the entire body. Early symptoms, including yellowing skin and fatigue, may be mild and easily dismissed. Chronic infection can cause scarring of the liver (cirrhosis). As the disease progresses, symptoms such as skin problems, blood disorders, and fever may appear. In the long term, hepatitis C can lead to severe liver damage, liver cancer, and liver failure. Early treatment can help delay or prevent serious damage. Digestive System A healthy liver performs many functions that are crucial to your health. The liver is responsible for producing bile, a substance needed to break down fats. The body stores bile in the gallbladder, then sends it to the beginning section of the small intestine (duodenum). Bile is then combined with stomach acids and digestive fluids from the pancreas, which help the intestines absorb nutrients into the bloodstream. Hepatitis C can severely hinder the liver’s ability to produce bile. Inflammation of the gallbladder can make it painful to digest fatty foods. Therefore, people with hepatitis C may feel some pain in the upper right portion of the abdomen. This may be due to a build-up of fluid in the stomach (ascites). This occurs when the damaged liver doesn’t produce enough albumin, a substance that regulates the amount of fluid in cells. Other digestive symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. Stool may become pale or clay-colored, and urine may darken. Central Nervous System When the liver doesn’t filter toxins from the blood, they can damage the central nervous system (hepatic encephalopathy). This can lead to a variety of symptoms, including sweet or musty breath, weakening of small motor skills, and sleep disturbances. Dry eyes and mouth are sometimes associated with hepatitis C. A build-up of toxins in the brain can cause confusion, forgetfulness, poor concentration, and personality changes. Advanced symptoms include abnormal shaking, agitation, disorientation, and slurred speech. Severe cases may cause coma. Circulatory System The liver filters toxins out of your bloodstream. It also produces proteins needed for healthy blood and helps to regulate blood clotting. A poorly functioning liver can create blood flow problems and increase pressure in the vein that leads to the liver (portal vein). This can cause portal hypertension, which may force blood to find an alternate vein. The vein can burst if it’s too small, causing serious internal bleeding (variceal bleeding). A poorly functioning liver is unable to properly extract iron from the blood and store it for later use. This can result in anemia. A healthy liver also helps convert sugars into glucose and store it for energy. Too much sugar in the bloodstream can lead to insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes. Blood tests can reveal the presence of hepatitis C antibodies in the bloodstream. If you have antibodies, it means you’ve been exposed to the virus. In most cases, a second blood test is used to confirm a hepatitis C diagnosis. Skin, Hair, and Nails (Integumentary System) A protein molecule called hemoglobin is found in red blood cells. Hemoglobin transports oxygen and iron to cells throughout the body. Iron is crucial in sustaining cells that make up healthy skin, fingernails, toenails, and hair. Bilirubin is another important substance in hemoglobin. When the liver can’t do its job, bilirubin can build up and cause your skin and the whites of yo
Which US singer released a 1962 album entitled ‘Pot Luck’?	Lana Del Rey announces new album title: Ultraviolence \| Music \| The Guardian Lana Del Rey announces new album title: Ultraviolence US singer shuns her doubts about continuing with music career and confirms plans for second album 'My muse is fickle' … Lana Del Rey had given mixed messages about the future of her career. Photograph: Jason Laveris/FilmMagic Thursday 5 December 2013 11.42 EST First published on Thursday 5 December 2013 11.42 EST Close This article is 3 years old After a year of hinting at retirement, Lana Del Rey has revealed that her second album will be entitled Ultraviolence. Speaking at a the premiere of her short film, Tropico , at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, the singer told the audience: "I really just wanted us all to be together so I could try and visually close out my chapter before I release the new record, Ultraviolence." While there are no further details regarding the followup to 2012's Born to Die, the word "ultra-violence" was used in Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange in reference to the droogs' favourite pastime of crazed sprees of brutality and mayhem. News of Del Rey's second album comes at the end of a year of mixed messages from the singer. In February she suggested that she might be finished with music altogether. "What would I say?" she told Vogue when asked about a new album. "I feel like everything I wanted to say, I've said already." When announcing her short film Tropico this summer, the star described it as her "farewell project" and also told Nylon magazine in November's issue that she was unsure she could make a second album: "When people ask me about it, I just have to be honest – I really don't know," said Del Rey. "I don't want to say, 'Yeah, definitely – the next one's better than this one,' because I don't really hear a next one. My muse is very fickle. She only comes to me sometimes, which is annoying." Tropico is a film based around stories from the Bible: "It's Elvis and Jesus and Marilyn and extraterrestrials all in one." Lasting almost 30 minutes, the Anthony Mandler film stars albino model Shaun Ross alongside the singer, and is available to stream from Vevo. Lizzy Grant was a flop, changed her name to Lana Del Rey and was acclaimed as a new star. But the backlash from fans who felt duped has been unprecedented. Paul Harris reports on the woman who reinvented herself Published: 21 Jan 2012
Which car manufacturer is named after the Latin translation of the founder’s surname, Horch?	Horch - Wikicars Horch Search By Model Defunct Horch was the popular name for high-performance luxury motor cars manufactured in Germany by the company, August Horch & Cie, at the beginning of the 20th century. Founder The company was established by August Horch , a former production manager for Karl Benz , and a partner on November 14, 1899 with a capital of 30,000 Goldmark at Ehrenfeld, near Cologne. Horch was also later the founder of the German automaker, Audi , which is named after the Latin translation of his surname (latin word for the regional Saxon expression, horch, which is the imperative form of “hark” - "listen to me" in German). 1938 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet Initial cars The company initially began producing 5 and 10 hp twin-cylinder engine automobiles near Cologne in 1901. The first Horch had a 4.5 hp engine, with an alloy crankcase, a unique achievement in those days. It had an open-body design, with lighting provided by lanterns with candles in them. In contrast with the powerful cars of later years, the first Horch could barely reach a top speed of 32 km/h. It was significant at that time because it used a friction clutch, and also had a drive shaft to power the wheels. The firm soon ran into financial troubles, not surprising considering the pioneering nature of the automobile business at that time. Horch had to seek new partners. The company was moved to Reichenbach (Vogtland) in March, 1902, where it produced a 20 hp four-cylinder car with a shaft drive. Horch cars were considered much advanced and superior to those being then built by Mercedes or Benz (who were then separate manufacturers). By 1903, Horch had built a car with a four-cylinder engine. In March of the following year, he introduced his new car at the Frankfurt Fair. In 1904, Horch was forced to convert the firm into a joint-stock company, A. Horch & Cie. Motorwagen-Werke AG, an action that he was to later regret. On May 10, 1904, he moved the new corporation to Zwickau, a city to the southwest of Chemnitz, in the eastern German state of Saxony. The first six-cylinder Horch appeared in 1907. Audi connection In 1909, the supervisor board (German equivalent of the Board of Directors) of this corporation forced out Horch. Horch went on to found Audi , Audiwerke GmbH, which became effective on 25 April 1910. The name was a solution to the legal dispute with his old company over use of the Horch brand. In 1928, the company was acquired by Jörgen Skafte Rasmussen, owner of DKW (which comes from the German word, Dampfkraftwagen), who bought the same year the remains of the US automobile manufacturer, Rickenbacker , including the manufacturing equipment for eight-cylinder engines. Eventually, on 29th June, 1932 Audi merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer to form the Auto Union . The current Audi four-ring logo is the Auto Union logo. In the 1930s Horch introduced a new line of smaller and cheaper, but still presentable, V8 automobiles. Auto Union became a major supplier of automobiles to the German armed forces. Civilian production was suspended after March 1940. Trabant connection During the Second World War, the factories suffered heavy bomb damage. Later, the advancing Soviet forces captured the area, and it became part of the Soviet sector of divided Germany in 1945, and later became part of East Germany. The factory was renamed as the Sachsenring factory after the East German firm IFA took it over, and produced the Sachsenring "P-240" in 1955. It produced the initial Trabant "P-50" model from 1957. [1] Rare Collectibles On Saturday, June 24th, 2006, an incredibly rare 1937 Horch 853A Sport Cabriolet in original unrestored, unprepared condition sold at auction in Cortland NY for $299,000 US. [2] Famous Horch models Some famous Horch automobiles (year introduced): Horch 350/375/400/405 (1928-1931) Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet (1937) Horch 853A Erdmann-Rossi Sport Cabriolet (1937) Horch 853A Voll-Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet (1938) Horch 855 Roadster (1939)
Who wrote the short story ‘Rip Van Winkle’, published in 1819?	Al Jolson and Bing Crosby - Who paid the rent for Mrs Rip Van Winkle when Rip Van Winkle went away - YouTube Find out why Close Al Jolson and Bing Crosby - Who paid the rent for Mrs Rip Van Winkle when Rip Van Winkle went away Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 13, 2009 Must be one of the longest song titles ever! "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Although the story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted, "When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills."[1] Category
The medical condition anhidrosis is the inability to do what?	Anhidrosis - Mayo Clinic Anhidrosis By Mayo Clinic Staff Anhidrosis is the inability to sweat normally. When you don't sweat (perspire), your body can't cool itself, which can lead to overheating and sometimes to heatstroke — a potentially fatal condition. Anhidrosis — sometimes called hypohidrosis — can be difficult to diagnose. Mild anhidrosis often goes unrecognized. Dozens of factors can cause the condition, including skin trauma and certain diseases and medications. You can inherit anhidrosis or develop it later in life. Treatment of anhidrosis involves addressing the underlying cause, if one can be found. Goldsmith LA, et al., eds. Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. 8th ed. New York, N.Y.: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2012. http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=740. Accessed Nov. 10, 2014. Bolognia JL, et al. Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2012. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Nov. 10, 2014. Tay LK, et al. Acquired idiopathic anhidrosis: A diagnosis often missed. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2014;71:499. Kliegman RM, et al. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2011. http://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Nov. 10, 2014. Extreme heat prevention guide. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/heat_guide.asp. Accessed Nov. 10, 2014. Products and Services
Which English Rugby Union team play their home games at Welford Road?	Leicester Rugby Club – Leicester Tigers Love Leicester Leicester Rugby Club The Leicester Rugby Club is an English rugby Union Club who currently plays at the Aviva Premiership and has been the standing champions since last year. They have managed to become one of the most successful clubs in the history of English rugby and all credit goes to the coordination and organization along with the excellent team work of the players. Their excellent performance can be seen from the statistics where the club has never ended a league below the 6th position. Moreover they are known to be the only team along with Gloucester, Bath and Wasps who have never been relegated from the top division. Their bag of victories including winning the Heineken Cup twice and the league five times under the captaincy of Martin Johnson. They are one of the richest clubs with a turnover of 18.5 million dollars. They play all their home games at Welford Road which has a capacity of over 30000. The club is currently under the chairmanship of Peter Tom and coached and captained by Richard Cockerill and Geordan Murphy respectively. The jerseys of the Leicester Rugby Club are red and green stripes and they wear a blue jersey for all their away matches. They are nicknamed the Tigers, the origin of which is unknown. Their home ground at Welford Road came into existence only in the year 1892. Their matches played at the home ground were spectacular and could be seen through the continuous victories at the Midland Cup. The continuous win from the year 1898 to 1905 made them drop out from the cup itself so as to give a chance to other clubs as well to gain a win at the cup. The winning streak of the Leicester Rugby Club started again at the end of the 20th century. They won the Heineken Cup in 1995 followed by the Pilkington Cup in 1997. In the 1996 Cup they lost to the Bath at the final game due to a miss in the penalty shot. However they never gave up hope and continued to excel under the management of Dean Richards. The captain of the Leicester Rugby Club, Martin Johnson managed to coordinate the team effort so as to produce skilled and talented players. They managed to seal their victory back to back at the Heineken Cup in 2001 and 2002 and went on to becoming the only English team to have successfully won the Cup twice in a row. The home games of Leicester Rugby Club were even more entertaining. They showed an array of skill and managed to go undefeated for a stretch of 57 matches during the span of 1997 to 2002. They are currently placed at the 10th position in the English premier League table. Their Premiership record has been outstanding. They managed to finish first in 2004-2005, second in the next two consecutive years and again first in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. Leicester Rugby Club is sure to perform well in this season as well a keep up their record. Toggle to the primary sidebar Close the secondary sidebar
Who founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932?	British Union of Fascists - Wikipedia British Union of Fascists Larger part of the British Fascists Succeeded by Elections The British Union of Fascists, or BUF, was a Fascist political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley . It changed its name to the "British Union of Fascists and National Socialists" in 1936 and, in 1937, to "British Union." It was finally disbanded in 1940 after it was proscribed by the British government, following the start of the Second World War . The BUF emerged in 1932 from the British far-right , following the electoral defeat of its antecedent, the New Party , in the 1931 general election . The BUF's foundation was initially met with popular support and developed a sizeable following. The press baron Lord Rothermere was a notable early supporter. As the party became increasingly radical, however, support declined. The Olympia Rally of 1934, in which a number of anti-Fascist protestors were attacked, isolated the party from much of its following. The party's embrace of Nazi -style anti-semitism in 1936 led to increasingly violent clashes with opponents, notably the 1936 Battle of Cable Street in London 's East End . The Public Order Act 1936 , which banned political uniforms and responded to increasing political violence, had a particularly strong effect on the BUF whose supporters were known as "Blackshirts" after the uniforms they wore. Growing British hostility towards Nazi Germany , with which the British press persistently associated the BUF, further contributed to the decline of the movement's membership. It was finally banned by the British government in 1940 after the start of the Second World War, amid suspicion that its remaining supporters might form a pro-Nazi " fifth column ". A number of prominent BUF members were arrested and interned under Defence Regulation 18B . Contents Background[ edit ] Flowchart showing the history of the early British fascist movement. Oswald Mosley was the youngest elected Conservative MP before crossing the floor in 1922, joining first Labour and, shortly afterwards, the Independent Labour Party . He became a minister in Ramsay MacDonald 's Labour government , advising on rising unemployment.[ citation needed ] In 1930, Mosley issued his 'Mosley Memorandum', which fused protectionism with a proto- Keynesian programme of policies designed to tackle the unemployment problem, and he resigned from the Labour party soon after, in early 1931, when the plans were rejected. He immediately formed the New Party , with policies based on his memorandum. Despite winning 16% of the vote at a by-election in Ashton-under-Lyne in early 1931, however, the party failed to achieve any other electoral success.[ citation needed ] During 1931, the New Party became increasingly influenced by Fascism . [1] The next year, after a January 1932 visit to Benito Mussolini in Italy , Mosley's own conversion to fascism was confirmed. He wound up the New Party in April, but preserved its youth movement, which would form the core of the BUF, intact. He spent the summer that year writing a fascist programme, The Greater Britain, and this formed the basis of policy of the BUF, which was launched in October 1932. [1] Early success and growth[ edit ] The Olympia Exhibition Centre in London , site of the party's 1934 rally sometimes cited as the beginning of the movement's decline. Italy's Duce Benito Mussolini (left) with Leader Oswald Mosley (right) during Mosley's visit to Italy in 1936. The BUF claimed 50,000 members at one point, [2] and the Daily Mail , running the headline "Hurrah for the Blackshirts!", was an early supporter. [3] The first Director of Propaganda, appointed in February 1933, was Wilfred Risdon , who was responsible for organising all of Mosley's public meetings. Despite strong resistance from anti-fascists, including the local Jewish community , the Labour Party , the Independent Labour Party , and the Communist Party of Great Britain , the BUF found a following in the East End of London , where in the London County Council elections of March 19
In the Bible, what are the first three words of Genesis?	Genesis Definition and Meaning - Bible Dictionary Genesis [H] [S] The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning "the five-fold book." The Jews called them the Torah, i.e., "the law." It is probable that the division of the Torah into five books proceeded from the Greek translators of the Old Testament. The names by which these several books are generally known are Greek. The first book of the Pentateuch (q.v.) is called by the Jews Bereshith, i.e., "in the beginning", because this is the first word of the book. It is generally known among Christians by the name of Genesis, i.e., "creation" or "generation," being the name given to it in the LXX. as designating its character, because it gives an account of the origin of all things. It contains, according to the usual computation, the history of about two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine years. Genesis is divided into two principal parts. The first part (1-11) gives a general history of mankind down to the time of the Dispersion. The second part presents the early history of Israel down to the death and burial of Joseph (12-50). There are five principal persons brought in succession under our notice in this book, and around these persons the history of the successive periods is grouped, viz., Adam (1-3), Noah (4-9), Abraham ( (10-25:18), ), Isaac ( (25:19-35:29), ), and Jacob (36-50). In this book we have several prophecies concerning Christ ( 3:15 ; 12:3 ; 18:18 ; 22:18 ; 26:4 ; 28:14 ; 49:10 ). The author of this book was Moses. Under divine guidance he may indeed have been led to make use of materials already existing in primeval documents, or even of traditions in a trustworthy form that had come down to his time, purifying them from all that was unworthy; but the hand of Moses is clearly seen throughout in its composition. These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely. [H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names [S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Genesis". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". . Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely. [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary [S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary Bibliography Information Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Genesis'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869. Genesis [E] [H] (origin ), the first book of the law or Pentateuch, so called from its title ia the Septuagint, that is, Creation . Its author was Moses. The date of writing was probably during the forty-years wanderings in the wilderness, B.C. 1491-1451. Time . --The book of Genesis covered 2369 years,--from the creation of Adam, A.M 1, to the death of Joseph, A.M. 2369, or B.C. 1635. Character and purpose . --The book of Genesis (with the first chapters of Exodus) describes the steps which led to the establishment of the theocracy. It is a part of the writers plan to tell us what the divine preparation of the world was in order to show, first, the significance of the call of Abraham, and next, the true nature of the Jewish theocracy. He begins with the creation of the world, because the God who created the world and the God who revealed himself to the fathers is the same God. The book of Genesis has thus a character at once special and universal. Construction . --It is clear that Moses must have derived his knowledge of the events which he records in Genesis either from immediate divine revelation or from oral tradition or written documents. The nature of many of the facts related, and the minuteness of the narration, render it extremely improbable that immediate revelation was the source from whence they were drawn. That his knowledge should have been derived from oral tradition appears morally impossible when we consider the great number of names, ages,
In the human body, erythrophobia is the abnormal fear of doing what?	Definition of Erythrophobia Definition of Erythrophobia Gallery of Skin Problems Pictures Erythrophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of blushing. Sufferers of erythrophobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their anxiety results from worry about being the focus of attention and the subject of embarrassment. Attempts to suppress blushing often have the opposite effect. Sufferers of erythrophobia tend to avoid social gatherings and workplace projects that require them to interact with, or speak before, groups of co-workers. "Erythrophobia" also can refer to fear of the color red because of what it may symbolize, such as blood. The terms "redcoat" (British soldier in the American Revolution) and "red" (synonym for "communist") gave Americans valid reasons to fear red. Other terms with "red" that have a negative connotation include "redeye" (an overnight air flight), "caught red-handed" (caught with evidence of guilt) "red-herring" (a deceptive tactic), "red ink" (a financial loss) and "seeing red" (angry). "Erythrophobia" is derived from the Greek "erythros" (red) and "phobos" (fear). "Erythros" also gives us the English words "erythema" (inflammation of the skin that causes reddening) and "erythrocyte" (a red blood cell). Last Editorial Review: 5/13/2016
‘Jeudi’ is French for which day of the week?	What day is it? Today is ... - French Days of the Week French Days of the Week What day is it? Today is ... There are a few different formulas you need to know in order to talk about the day of the week in French. Asking and answering French has three different ways to ask "What day (of the week) is it?" Quel jour est-ce ? Quel jour est-on ? Quel jour sommes-nous ? To answer, simply uninvert one of the verb-subject pairs above and then say the day of the week . So "It's Saturday" can be said C'est samedi. To say "Today is Thursday," say Aujourd'hui, followed by any of the above phrases. Aujourd'hui, c'est jeudi. Aujourd'hui, nous sommes jeudi. When is ___? To find out "what day" or "when" something will happen, ask Quel jour est ... ? or Quand est ... ? Then to answer, say ... continue reading below our video How to Say the Dates in French est + the day of the week. Quel jour est la fête ? La fête / Elle est samedi. What day is the party? The party / It is on Saturday. Quand est le repas ? Le repas / Il est lundi. When is the meal? The meal / It is on Monday. When asking which day an annual event will fall on, say Quel jour / Quand tombe ... cette année ? (Note that this question is for when you know the date of the event. To ask about an actual date rather than just the day of the week, see page 1 .) Quel jour tombe ton anniversaire (cette année) ? C'est dimanche. What day is your birthday (this year)? It's (on) Sunday. Quand tombe Halloween (cette année) ? C'est mercredi. When (What day) is Halloween this year? It's (on) Wednesday. Definite articles When talking about the day of the week something happened or will happen, you may or may not need a definite article , depending on how far the event is in the past or future and whether it is a one-time event. 1) For an event that occurred last week or will occur next week, you do not need an article. Generally speaking, this is equivalent to using the word "this" in English: Il est arrivé samedi. He arrived on Saturday, He arrived this Saturday. Nous allons faire des achats mercredi. We're going to go shopping on Wednesday, this Wednesday. 2) If it occurs further in the past or future, you do need an article. In the English translation, you're likely to need the word "that": Il est arrivé le samedi (de cette semaine-là). He arrived that Saturday, He arrived that week on Saturday. Nous allons faire des achats le mercredi (avant la fête). We're going to go shopping that Wednesday (before the party). 3) You also need the definite article when talking about something that occurred, occurs, or will occur on that same day more than once: Il arrivait le samedi. He used to arrive on Saturdays, every Saturday. Nous faisons des achats le mercredi. We go shopping on Wednesdays. Je ne vais plus travailler le vendredi. I'm not going to work on Fridays any more. Day of the week + date When including the day of the week in answer to the question "what's the date?" , there's one slightly tricky aspect to be aware of in French: the day of the week should be placed between the definite article and the numeric date. C'est On est + le + day + date + month (+ year) Nous sommes C'est le samedi 8 avril. It's Saturday, 8 April / the 8th of April / April 8th. Nous sommes le lundi premier octobre 2012. It's Monday, October 1st, 2012. Or if you really want to say the day of the week first, just be sure to pause before following with the date. On est mardi... le 16 juillet. It's Tuesday... July 16th.
Brazil is made up of how many states?	Brazil - States And Municipalities BRAZIL +- Brazil - States And Municipalities The beautiful South American country of Brazil is made up of 26 states, over 5 500 municipalities and a Federal District in which the capital city, Brasilia, is located. The states and municipalities of Brazil are divided up as such mainly for geographical and administrative purposes. The regions, on the other hand, are purely geographical. They can be characterised as: • The Northern Region • The Southern Region MUNICIPALITIES There are currently more than 5 500 individual municipalities in Brazil, each classified as an administrative division of the state that they occupy. Each municipality represents an average of about 35 000 residents and each state has an average of 214 municipalities. The administrations, or local governments, are autonomous, granting them a measure of independence from the political regions around them. They can create their own laws (within reason), collect taxes from their residents and receive funds from the state. Each municipality is headed by an elected mayor and a legislative body that handles the legal aspects of running the municipal area. The elections take place across Brazil at the same time. The state with the least number of municipalities is Roraima, which only has 15 such bodies in place. On the other hand, Minas Gerais has the largest number of municipalities, which number 853. The Federal District cannot, by law, be divided into municipal areas. The political power of the municipality limits it from any judicial matters or actions. Therefore, courts are only organised at a state level. Municipal administrations will be located in a denominated city, which must bear the same name as its municipality. If necessary, one or more municipalities can be split or merged together within the same state, as long as they are still under the Federal Constitution with no ulterior motive to rebel. Therefore, no municipalities can join forces to separate themselves from or oppose the state or the union. STATES There are 27 individual states or Federative Unions that make up the country of Brazil. To be precise, there are 26 states and a Federal District. The geographical borders of each state were largely decided on through the course of history, changing and developing over time. States were first defined (although not officially) during the 16th century, when land was leased to Portuguese nobles and merchants, who were instructed to colonise their portion and make it their home. There was the facility granted for these ones to leave their land to their sons after their own deaths, thereby keeping them under Portuguese control, but also defining very strict boundaries for each person. However, the Monarchy of Portugal retained its ultimate power over these districts and eventually retrieved direct control during the same century. When Brazil gained its independence in 1822, the colony became the empire and all these captaincies, or districts, were classified as provinces. Some minor changes were made at this point. These provinces were then made into states in 1889, when the country became a republic. For more information, please view: http://www.brasil.gov.br/governo We are looking for people to write high quality articles about the country Brazil for this web site. You will be given full credit with your contact details, as payment, please contact [email protected] , if interested. © Copyright www.brazil.org.za
Which US singer had hits with ‘Crazy in Love’ and ‘Baby Boy’?	Baby Boy by Beyoncé Songfacts Songfacts This song featuring the Jamaican dancehall-reggae singer Sean Paul was #1 in the US for 10 weeks. It also topped the singles chart in China, Mexico and Israel. The song finds Beyoncé smitten with her lover, who she calls her "Baby Boy." He stays on her mind and in her fantasies. Dangerously in Love was Beyoncé's first solo album, and the beginning of her mononym era. She got a lot of help on the album, using a variety of writers and producers on the tracks. "Baby Boy" has five co-writers: Beyoncé, Robert Waller, Sean Paul, Jay-Z and Scott Storch. Beyoncé and Jay-Z were playing coy about their personal relationship at the time, but Jigga got writing credit on five tracks from the album, including two where he rapped: " Crazy In Love " and "That's How You Like It." Scott Storch was a rising star in the production ranks, having helmed the Christina Aguilera song " Fighter " and many of the other tracks on her Stripped album. Storch would later flame out financially and creatively in spectacular fashion, blowing his millions on a devastating cocaine habit. At the beginning of 2008 Beyoncé won a copyright infringement case against Minneapolis singer-songwriter Jennifer Armour, who claimed that the R&B singer had stolen lyrics and hooks from her song "Got a Little Bit of Love For You" for "Baby Boy." Armour maintained that she had mailed "I Got A Little Bit Of Love For You" to Beyoncé's manager-father Matthew Knowles and her record company in early 2003. However the court found "Baby Boy" had been written before her song had been sent. The smoldering video was directed by Jake Nava, who was in charge of several Beyoncé clips, including " Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) " and " Crazy In Love ." In the "Baby Boy" video, we see Beyoncé in a variety of sets and outfits, including the chain-mail bikini she wears on the album cover. Beyoncé performed some of this song at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2013 (Ravens 34, 49ers 31). When she was done with song, her Destiny's Child cohorts Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams popped out of the floor to join the star.
Which heavyweight boxing champion retired in April 1956 without losing a professional boxing match?	1000+ images about Rocky Marciano on Pinterest \| September 1, The krays and The rock Fist of Boxing Heavyweight Contender Rocky Marciano Outside at His Training Camp at Grossinger's See More
Which composer wrote the music for the ballet ‘Mother Goose’ in 1910?	Listen to Mother Goose by Maurice Ravel - Listening Library - The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Play Now Ravel was a regular guest at the Sunday evening salons hosted by Cipa and Ida Godebski, a Polish couple living in Paris, and on several occasions he vacationed with the family at their country house. Over the course of visits between 1908 and 1910, Ravel composed a set of pieces for piano (scored for four hands) dedicated to the young Godebski children, Mimie and Jean. He called the suite Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose), and he fashioned the “five children’s pieces,” as he subtitled them, out of popular fairy tales. The title and two of the tales came from Charles Perrault, a seventeenth-century French writer and the father of the fairy tale as a literary genre. His 1697 opus, Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose, immortalized Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, and many other classic characters. Other tales came from Madame d’Aulnoy, a rival of Perrault. One more timeless story, Beauty and the Beast, first appeared in an eighteenth-century collection. The orchestral version of Mother Goose owes its existence, indirectly, to Serge Diaghilev and Igor Stravinsky. After the sensational appearances in Paris by the Ballets Russes, the French impresario Jacques Rouché countered by renting out the Théâtre des Arts and assembling productions with leading French composers and artists. Rouché asked Ravel for a new ballet, and the composer obliged by orchestrating Mother Goose, adding a prelude and scene and providing connecting interludes. Following the dreamy prelude, the Spinning-wheel Dance and Scene establishes a frame story for the ballet, in which Sleeping Beauty trips over an old woman’s spinning wheel, pricks her finger, and falls into a magical slumber. The Pavane of Sleeping Beauty is a short and mournful dance; like Ravel’s famous Pavane pour une infante défunte, orchestrated a year earlier, this Pavane retains the ceremonial quality of the Italian court dance it is named for. The next scene visits The Conversation of Beauty and the Beast, in which the clarinet leads a beauteous waltz and the contrabassoon makes beastly interjections. In Tom Thumb, the little protagonist drops breadcrumbs to guide his way home and becomes flummoxed as the chirping birds steal his crumbs. Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas uses pentatonic themes and tam-tam strikes to evoke an Asian setting. The final scene, The Fairy Garden, blooms from delicate solos into a resplendent finale for full orchestral forces, celebrating the rising sun and Sleeping Beauty’s awakening. Aaron Grad ©2012 First performance: January 29, 1912 in Paris. First SPCO performance: January 18-21, 1984. Instrumentation: two flutes second doubling piccolo, two oboes second doubling English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, two horns, timpani, percussion, harp, celesta, and strings.
What is the official language of the Dominican Republic?	Dominican Republic - Language, Culture , Customs and Etiquette Dominican Republic Guide Award-Winning Culture Guides 80+ country-specific guides covering country characteristics, the people, language, culture, etiquette, business protocol, communication styles and much more . Dominican Republic Guide Language, Culture , Customs and Etiquette Welcome to our guide to the Dominican Republic. This is useful for anyone researching the culture, customs, manners, etiquette, values and wanting to understand the people better. You may be going to the Dominican Republic on business, for a visit or even hosting colleagues or clients in your own country. Remember this is only a very basic level introduction and is not meant to stereotype all Dominican people you may meet! Facts and Statistics Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti Capital: Santo Domingo Climate: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall Population: 10,349,741 (July 2014 est.) Ethnic Make-up: white 16%, black 11%, mixed 73% Religions: Roman Catholic 95% Government: representative democracy Language in the Dominican Republic Spanish is the official language of the country and which street signs and restaurant menus are written in. Even though the people linked to the tourist trade generally speak English, knowing some Spanish is a great advantage. It is important to point out that "Dominicanese" (the local way of speaking Spanish, interspersed with Dominican elements) is the everyday life experience of the peasant's soul and wisdom, expressed with a rustic accent and with inland flavor. As in all countries, each region has its charm and accentuates its expressions in a peculiar way, identifying the speaker from the first words uttered in his conversation. Dominican Society & Culture Dominican Family Values The family forms the basis of stability. The individual derives a social network and assistance in times of need from the extended family, which generally encompasses three generations. When possible, the extended family lives together or within the same vicinity. Loyalty to the family comes before any other social relationship, even business. Nepotism is considered a good thing, since it implies employing people one knows and trusts, which is of primary importance. The oldest male in the extended family makes decisions affecting the balance of the family. Dominican Hospitality Dominicans pride themselves on their hospitality. When someone visits, Dominicans go out of their way to make guests feel welcome and comfortable House guests are treated royally and Dominicans attempt to cater to their every desire. Appearances Matter In Dominican society appearance is very important. People are extremely fashion conscious and believe that clothes indicate social standing and success. They take great pride in wearing good fabrics and clothes of the best standard they can afford. Designer labels, particularly those from the USA, are looked upon favourably. Class in the Dominican Republic Racial and economic issues determine social stratification in the Dominican Republic. The upper class are descended from the European settlers and have lighter skin than the lower class who are darker skinned and descended from African slaves or Haitians. The middle class is comprised of mulattoes who are of mixed African and European ancestry and form the majority of the population. Social class determines access to power and position, although in the large cities, the lines of demarcation often blur slightly. Status is defined more by family background than by absolute wealth. There is little social mobility. Religion in The Dominican Republic The Dominican constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Over 90% of the population is nominally Roman Catholic. For most people religious practice is limited and formalistic. Popular religious practices are far removed from Roman Catholic orthodoxy. People respect the advice of their local priest, or the
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What is the name of the literary magazine launched by Francis Ford Coppola in 1997?	Francis Ford Coppola, Magazine Publisher - latimes YOU ARE HERE: LAT Home → Collections → Magazines Francis Ford Coppola, Magazine Publisher Publications: With Zoetrope Short Stories, the film director has put on another hat. His new quarterly is dedicated to short fiction. February 24, 1997 \|SCOTT COLLINS \| TIMES STAFF WRITER Francis Ford Coppola has never been satisfied being just a movie director. So over the years he has dabbled as, among other things, a vintner, cigar maker, resort innkeeper and studio chief. Now the director of "The Godfather" trilogy has added another line to his resume: magazine publisher. Over the past few weeks, Coppola and his minions have begun mailing copies of Zoetrope Short Stories, a new quarterly literary magazine dedicated to short fiction. The first issue runs 60 pages and includes seven stories and one essay, plus a letter to the reader from Coppola, who is listed on the masthead as publisher and founding editor. "I do hope that this publication will form a bridge to storytellers at large, encouraging them to work in the natural format of a short story," Coppola writes in the letter. Like many Coppola projects, Zoetrope Short Stories seems a mix of the whimsical and grandiose. The publication was launched with a minimum of fanfare, quietly mailed out to writers, editors and students after its official start Jan. 30 (issues will also be available free at selected coffeehouses). John Masterton, an editor at the New York-based trade journal Media Industry Newsletter, said he was unaware of its existence until a reporter called to inquire about it. On the other hand, Coppola, 57, appears to have great expectations for his latest venture. The initial press run is 50,000 copies, which is five to 10 times the circulation for many established literary magazines. According to Editor Adrienne Brodeur, Coppola is planning what he describes as "barn-raising" parties in several large cities, including Los Angeles, to celebrate the magazine. (Coppola was said to be editing a trailer for his latest film, "The Rainmaker," and unavailable for an interview, although he did respond to some questions by fax.) But the magazine may serve another purpose beyond the sheer love of letters. Coppola's letter to readers disdains the current state of screenwriting ("I have never met a person in the film business who enjoys reading a screenplay") and takes the unusual step of warning writers not to submit scripts or treatments. Screenwriters have strayed from the "storytelling tradition" of John O'Hara, Dorothy Parker, Ring Lardner, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others, Coppola writes. But he adds: "If Zoetrope publishes a single short story that evolves into a memorable film then, in my mind, it would more than justify our efforts to produce this magazine." Brodeur, 31, whose resume includes a six-month stint at Paris Review, confirms the magazine may prove useful to Coppola's San Francisco-based production company, American Zoetrope. "If [Coppola] fell madly in love with a story, he would certainly pursue developing it" as a movie, Brodeur said. As if to telegraph that goal, the first issue concludes with a reprint of "The Wisdom of Eve," Mary Orr's 1947 short story that was the basis of the 1950 film "All About Eve." * Whatever its exact mission, Zoetrope Short Stories has dedicated itself to an increasingly marginal genre. Once a staple of popular magazines, short fiction has recently grown harder to find at the newsstand. The New Yorker, for instance, roughly halved the number of short stories it published after Editor Tina Brown took over in 1992. Over time, fiction has become the province of academic journals, the Internet, grass-roots newspapers and other relatively esoteric outlets. "I don't think there is a strong demand for magazine fiction," says Masterton, the industry newsletter editor, adding that readers apparently prefer to read fiction in novel form. Reginald Gibbons, editor of TriQuarterly, a respected 5,000-circulation literary journal based in Evanston, Ill., received the first issue of Zoetrope in
In British history, how many Tolpuddle Martyrs were there?	The Tolpuddle Martyrs \| Historic UK By Ellen Castelow , Contributing Writer \| Comments Throughout history, tales of brave, courageous people being executed for their beliefs, usually religious ones, are well known but the men who became known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs were not persecuted for their religion. Tolpuddle is a village near Dorchester in Dorset , where in the years 1833 and 1834 a great wave of trade union activity took place and a lodge of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers was established. Entry into the union involved payment of a shilling (5p) and swearing before a picture of a skeleton never to tell anyone the union's secrets. Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister at this time and he was bitterly opposed to the Trade Union Movement, so when six English farm labourers were sentenced in March 1834 to 7 years transportation to a penal colony in Australia for trade union activities, Lord Melbourne did not dispute the sentence. The labourers were arrested ostensibly for administrating unlawful oaths, but the real reason was because they were trying to protest at their already pitiful wages. The labourers at Tolpuddle lived in meagre poverty on just 7 shillings a week and wanted an increase to 10 shillings, but instead their wages were cut to 6 shillings a week. The Whig government had become alarmed at the working class discontent in the country at this time. The government and the landowners, led by James Frampton, were determined to squash the union and to control increasing outbreaks of dissent. Six of the Tolpuddle labourers were arrested: George and James Loveless, James Brine, James Hammett, Thomas Stansfield and his son John. It was George Loveless who had established the Friendly Society of Agricultural Workers in Tolpuddle. At their trial, the judge and jury were hostile and the six were sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia. After the trial many public protest meetings were held and there was uproar throughout the country at this sentence, so the prisoners were hastily transported to Australia without delay. The people were incensed at this treatment and after 250,000 people signed a petition and a procession of 30,000 people marched down Whitehall in support of the labourers, the sentences were remitted. After some delay, the the six were given a free passage home from Australia. When finally home and free, some of the 'martyrs' settled on farms in England and four emigrated to Canada. The tree under which the 'martyrs' met is now very old and reduced to a stump, but it has become a place of pilgrimage in Tolpuddle, where it is known as the 'Martyrs Tree'. A commemorative seat and shelter was erected in 1934 on the green by the wealthy London draper Sir Ernest Debenham. The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs is perhaps the best known case in the early history of the Trade Union Movement. Useful Information: Tolpuddle Martyrs Rally - third week in July The annual festival to commemorate the memory of the struggle of the Tolpuddle Martyrs is held on the third weekend of every July in the Dorset village of Tolpuddle. International speakers join with workers' representatives, and progressive musicians and artists to make it an occasion to remember. Shire Hall, Dorchester Built in 1797, this Grade I Listed Building was designed by London architect Thomas Hardwick. It retains the courtroom where the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to transportation to Australia for their part in the early trade union movement in 1834. It appears today as it did at that time. Under the court are the cells in which prisoners were kept while waiting for their appearance in court. Tweet If you enjoyed this article, you might also like... The Rebecca Riots - The Rebecca Riots were in fact a series of protests that took place between 1839 and 1843, throughout the rural areas of west Wales ...The protesters were mainly simple farming folk who had been angered ... Dorchester - Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge, and its history ... Ascott Martyrs - A true story of 16 indomitable women and their struggle for justice
The Schonbrunn Palace is in which European city?	Like Palaces, Gardens & Zoos? Visit Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna! Like Palaces, Gardens & Zoos? Visit Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna! © Chad Goddard Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna https://www.flickr.com/photos/39537600@N04/8063596163/ Most of the time we focus on the best way to travel between your favorite European cities – but what about traveling within the city once you get there? Metro trains and inner city trams are equally as efficient as inter-city trains, and they are just as integral to the classic European experience. Vienna is a great city to use as an example due to its extremely efficient public transportation system. Here we will show you how easy it is to travel within the city of Vienna by highlighting one of its most striking monuments: the Schonbrunn Palace. What is the Schonbrunn Palace? The “palace” as a structure is such a quintessentially European landmark, and Vienna’s Schonbrunn Palace is no exception. Like many others throughout the continent, this palace was once used as a royal summer home. Its architecture represents the ideals of the Rococo era and its décor is a faithful depiction of the tastes of Vienna’s most famous monarchs, the Hapsburgs. Go for the gardens and stay for an unexpected benefit: the zoo! It would be cool enough if the most remarkable thing about this zoo is that it exists on the grounds of a classic European palace, but there’s more: it’s the oldest existing zoo in the world and today, it is considered to be one of the most modern as well. If palace gardens aren’t your thing, this might be the perfect alternative. And while you stroll through the gardens or the zoo (or both, perhaps?), should you find yourself in need of a refreshment, Cafe Gloriette is right at your service. Offering top notch pastries alongside top notch views of Vienna, this cafe is the ideal place to gather your thoughts and look through your pictures before heading off to your next stop. Schonbrunn Palace © Martin Shuck https://www.flickr.com/photos/martinshuck/536607441/ How to Travel to the Schonbrunn Palace from Vienna Taking public transportation to the Palace is quite easy, since pretty much all types of transport in Vienna have a stop near the palace. If riding the subway, get off at the U4 Schonbrunn station. If riding a bus, use line 10A. When riding Vienna’s tram system, use trams numbered 10, 58, or 60. You can view the maps for the trams and subway system here . How to Travel with a Vienna Card If the palace is only the first of many stops on your itinerary, you may want to look into the Vienna Card . City cards are extremely convenient and can save a lot of stress – they cover your transportation and offer discounts into many monuments and museums. The Vienna card covers transportation on all buses, metros and trams within the city, in addition to these benefits: 17% discount on Vienna Airport and City Airport Lines Discounts on guided tours, music, theatre, shopping, and restaurants Valid for 72 hours Includes a coupon book listing all discounts and instructions (provided when you exchange your voucher for the Card) Don’t forget that after you purchase your voucher for the Vienna Card, you must exchange the voucher within 6 months of the issue date. Once you decide when you’d like to start using the Card, have it validated in one of the blue validation machines prior to your first journey. The Card’s validity period begins at the moment you validate the Card, not at the moment you exchange the voucher. So what are you waiting for? It’s time to plan out the rest of the stops you’ll make with the Vienna Card — and maybe glance at a few of the other European cities that are ready to be explored if you ever decide to leave Vienna (but we’ll understand if that time never comes). Share: Tweet About the Author Jackie is a freelance writer from Los Angeles currently living in Brooklyn. She worked as a travel consultant at Rail Europe for two years before switching over to Marketing & Community Manager (focusing on social media) in June 2014. In her free time Jackie travels whenever possible & maintains a pers
Who played the role of ballerina Victoria Page in the 1948 film ‘The Red Shoes’?	The Red Shoes (1948) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. Directors: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 30 titles created 05 Oct 2010 a list of 25 titles created 16 Sep 2013 a list of 31 titles created 20 Jul 2014 a list of 25 titles created 03 Aug 2014 a list of 36 titles created 27 Oct 2014 Title: The Red Shoes (1948) 8.3/10 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. Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards » Videos After opening a convent in the Himalayas, five nuns encounter conflict and tension - both with the natives and also within their own group - as they attempt to adapt to their remote, exotic surroundings. Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court. Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military. Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Stars: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. Director: Michael Powell Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. Director: David Lean A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. Director: Kenji Mizoguchi A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her. Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély Edit Storyline Under the authoritarian rule of charismatic ballet impressario Boris Lermontov, his proteges realize the full promise of their talents, but at a price: utter devotion to their art and complete loyalty to Lermontov himself. Under his near-obsessive guidance, young ballerina Victoria Page is poised for superstardom, but earns Lermontov's scorn when she falls in love with Julian Craster, composer of "The Red Shoes," the ballet Lermontov is staging to showcase her talents. Vicky leaves the company and marries Craster, but still finds herself torn between Lermontov's demands and those of her heart. Written by Paul Penna <[email protected]> A Dancing, Singing, Swinging Love Tale See more » Genres: 6 September 1948 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Las zapatillas rojas See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Much to his surprise, Michael Powell had great difficulty persuading Moira Shearer to be in the film. She held out for a year before giving in to him. Shearer herself, however, did not particularly care for Powell. In later years she described the making of the film as being a terrible ordeal. She said that Powell was distant and aloof and never really gave her much direction; and having to dance for hours on end on concrete floors also physically took its toll on all the dancers, making their legs swell up. See more » Goofs When Vicky begins to dance with the "newspaper" character, only the words "Le Journal" are typed across his face. Partway through the dance his face is covered with newsprint. See more » Quotes Doorman : They're going mad, sir. It's the students. [From outside] Julian Craster : Down with tyrants! Manager, Covent Garden: All right, let them in. (Marietta, GA, USA) – See all my reviews I first heard of "The Red Shoes" when I read the liner notes to an album by the jazz/fusion group Weather Report, called "Tale Spinnin'". Therein it said that saxophonist Wayne Shorter had seen the film a few dozen times. Intrigued, I
‘Homage to Catalonia’ was written by which British author?	Homage To Catalonia Essay Examples \| Kibin Homage To Catalonia Essay Examples 7 total results A Book Review of George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" George OrwellHomage To CataloniaPublished by Harvest books (New York) in June 1969,264 pgsBook Review of Homage to CataloniaGeorge Orwell, noted writer and journalist, arrived in Barcelona, Spain in late 1936 to cover the fight against fascism. Being an avid fan of socialism, he was amazed to see the small glimpse of social... 1,257 words A Look at the Early Life of Salvador Dali and Surrealistic Painting Works The Outline I. The early life of Dali : A- The Place and Time of his birth. B-The incident of his dead brother. C-The effect of his brother on him. D- His study and the beginning of his drwings. II. The Surrealistic era and Dali : A-The two important gifts. B-The price of the gifts. C-Loosing his paintings before t... 816 words An Essay on Speakers in the Stories Homage to My Hips and Her Kind Two Different Attitudes, Two Different Worlds In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the speakers and the stories of Homage to my Hips and Her Kind. The speakers in this stories have very different attitudes, and approaches in telling their story about the same topic. While talking about the oppression of wom... 669 words Ramses II: The Great Pharaoh of the Land of Egypt Userare Setepnere (Ramses II) is one of the few pharaohs who emerges from history with a personality. Early Egyptologists bestowed on him the title of The Great for he bequeathed to posterity a series of monuments executed on a staggering scale. He was a lavish usurper of the buildings of his forerunners and an untiring fab... 1,514 words A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of Homage to My Hips and Her Kind ifferent Worlds In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the speakers and the stories of “Homage to my Hips” and “Her Kind”. The speakers in this stories have very different attitudes, and approaches in telling their story about the same topic. While talking about the oppression of women, both Lucille Clifton and An... 667 words A Comparison and Contrast of the Two Stories, Homage to my Hips and Her Kind Two Different Attitudes, Two Different Worlds In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the speakers and the stories of Homage to my Hips and Her Kind . The speakers in this stories have very different attitudes, and approaches in telling their story about the same topic. While talking about the oppression of women,... 671 words An Analysis of the Homage to Paul Cezanne by Charles Wright Edward Hirsch The Southern Cross is a complex gesture to the past bracketed by two complementary long poems, "Homage to Paul Cézanne," a hypnotic, highly figurative litany for the unnamed dead, and the title piece. . . . "Homage to Paul Cézanne" is an attempt to amplify voices that have become too f... 2,897 words
Austrian-born Hermann Maier is a former world champion in which sport?	MORE INFO Personal Information Hermann Maier (born December 7, 1972, in Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria) is a champion alpine ski racer. ... Maier has won four overall World Cup titles (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004), two Olympic gold medals (both in 1998), three World Championship titles (1999: 2, and 2005) and 54 races on the World Cup circuit. Maier ranks among the finest alpine ski racers in history, which includes Toni Sailer, Jean-Claude Killy, Gustav Thöni, Ingemar Stenmark, Franz Klammer, Phil Mahre, Marc Girardelli, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Alberto Tomba, Lasse Kjus and Kjetil André Aamodt. Hermann Maier did not initially enjoy much success in ski racing. As a 15-year old at the Schladming ski academy, he was sent home after being told he wouldn't succeed because of his slight build, caused by growth impairments. He returned home to his hometown of Flachau and his father's ski school, which remains Maier's home. He took up work as a bricklayer in the summer and a ski instructor in the winter. Participating in local races, Maier became a multiple regional champion in Salzburg and Tyrol, but still was not able to gain a spot in the strong Austrian World Cup ski team. Putting that behind him, his outstanding talent was recognized for the first time by Austrian coaches on January 6,1996, when he was timed with the 12th fastest time in a World Cup giant slalom in Flachau, although only starting as a forerunner, not participating in the actual competition. [1] This would become the starting point of his international career. Maier made his World Cup debut at age 23 on February 10, 1996, and finished 26th in the giant slalom at Hinterstoder, Austria. A year later in February 1997, he won his first World Cup event - a Super-G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He quickly established himself as an explosive and dynamic racer, well known for his strength, willingness to take risks, and strong work ethic. Maier soon dominated alpine ski racing, winning the gold medal in the giant slalom and Super-G at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, only a few days after a dramatic crash in the downhill race where he flew spectacularly off the sunlit course and repeatedly tumbled into deep snow. That put him on the cover of Sports Illustrated and made him a well known sportsman around the globe. Maier won the overall World Cup title in 1998, as well as the Super-G and giant slalom season titles, and placed second in the downhill standings. In 2000 and 2001, he won the overall World Cup title, as well as the season titles in downhill, Super G, and giant slalom. Maier at "Day of Sports" Festival Vienna 2006. His racing career nearly ended following a near-fatal motorcycle accident in August 2001; he collided with a car on his way home from a summer training session in Austria. Doctors nearly amputated his lower leg, but instead Maier underwent massive reconstructive surgery. Most believed his racing career was over, and he had to sit out the 2002 season, missing the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He returned to international competition in January 2003 in Adelboden, Switzerland. Just two weeks later, he shocked the skiing world with an amazing Super-G victory in the skiing-mecca of Kitzbühel, Austria. In 2004, his first full season back, he reclaimed both the Super-G and overall titles, a feat widely seen as one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. In 2004, Hermann Maier received the Laureus World Sports Award for the "Comeback of the Year". His overall title was the fourth of his career. Reflecting his apparently indestructible nature, he is sometimes jocularly known as "The Herminator." After his 1998 Olympic gold medals in Nagano he also appeared on Jay Leno's Tonight Show on NBC - together with Austrian-born actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is known worldwide as "The Terminator". In 2004, Maier wrote an autobiography with his friend and former publicity agent, Knut Okresek. The book, Hermann Maier: Das Rennen Meines Lebens (in German), dealt mainly with his stunning recovery from the 2001 motorcycle accident. In 2005, VeloPre
In which year did Oliver Cromwell become Lord Protector?	Oliver Cromwell: Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector In 1649, after the proclamation of the republican Commonwealth, Cromwell led a punitive expedition into Ireland, especially remembered for the massacre of the royalist garrison at Drogheda. He then initiated a policy of systematic dispossession of the Irish, transferring their lands to Protestant proprietors. In 1650 he invaded Scotland and routed the Scottish royalists at Dunbar; later he defeated the Scots and Charles II himself at Worcester (1651) and left the rest of the conquest of Scotland to Gen. George Monck. Cromwell, now virtual dictator of the Commonwealth, dissolved the Rump Parliament in 1653 after it had failed to effect reforms demanded by the army and had sought to perpetuate its power. His attempt to replace it by the Nominated (Barebone's) Parliament (see Barebone, Praise-God ), appointed by himself from nominations of the Independent congregations, resulted in a reckless, hopelessly divided body that was finally forced to dissolve itself. A group of army officers then drew up the constitutional document known as the Instrument of Government (1653), by which Cromwell became lord protector (see Protectorate ). The Parliament of 1654, which was elected under the terms of the same document, wanted to prepare a new constitution and was soon dissolved. After that Cromwell resorted to open military government, dividing England into 11 districts, each administered by a major-general. Another, more amenable Parliament was summoned in 1656, and in 1657 it presented to Cromwell a new constitution known as the Humble Petition and Advice and offered him the crown. He declined the crown but accepted (with some modifications) the Humble Petition, which further increased his power and set up a second legislative chamber. The second session of this same Parliament, however, challenged the new constitution, and Cromwell dissolved it (1658) seven months before his death. Cromwell's foreign policy was governed by the need to expand English trade and prevent the restoration of the Stuarts, and by the desire to build up a Protestant league and enhance the prestige of the English republic. He approved the Navigation Act of 1651, which led to the first (1652–54) of the Dutch Wars , and he pressed the war against Spain (1655–58) as a means of encroaching on Spanish rights of colonization in America. The Dutch war resulted in several important naval victories for the English under Admiral Robert Blake , but the Spanish war, apart from the sinking of a Spanish fleet (also by Blake), brought only Jamaica and imposed a great strain on English finances. Sections in this article:
What does the Latin phrase ‘Ab hinc’ translate to in English?	Latin quotes & mottos with translations A bene placito - At one's pleasure A bove majori discit arare minor - The young ox learns to plough from the older A capite ad calcem - From head to heel A cappella - Vocals only A contrario - From a contrary position A cruce salus - From the cross comes salvation A Deo et Rege - From God and the King A fonte puro pura defluit aqua - From a clear spring clear water flows A fortiori - With yet stronger reason A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi - A precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place) A latere - From the side (of a pope's envoy) A mari usque ad mare - From sea to sea (Motto of Canada) A mensa et thoro - From board and bed (legal separation) A pedibus usque ad caput - From feet to head A posse ad esse - From possibility to actuality A posteriori - From what comes after. Inductive reasoning based on observation, as opposed to deductive, or a priori A priori - From what comes before A re decedunt - They wander from the point A teneris unguiculis - From tender little nails, from the earliest childhood. A verbis ad verbera - From words to blows A verbis legis non est recedendum - There must be no departure from the words of the law A vinculo matrimonii - From the bounds of matrimony Ab absurdo - From the absurd (establishing the validity of your argument by pointing out the absurdity of your opponent's position) Ab actu ad posse valet illatio - From what has happened we may infer what will happen Ab aeterno - From the beginning of time Ab alio spectes alteri quod feceris - As you do to another, expect another to do to you Ab amicis honesta petamus - We must ask what is proper from our friends Ab asino lanam - Wool from an ass, blood from a stone impossible Ab hinc - From here on Ab honesto virum bonum nihil deterret - Nothing deters a good man from the performance of his duties Ab imo pectore - From the bottom of the chest. (from the heart) (Julius Caesar) Ab inconvenienti - From the inconvenience Ab incunabulis - From the cradle Ab initio - From the beginning Ab intestato - Having made no will Ab origine - From the origin Ab ovo usque ad mala - From the egg right to the apples (From start to finish) (Horace) Ab ovo - From the egg Ab urbe condita - From the foundation of the city. Ab/Ex uno disce omnes - From one person, learn all people Abeunt studia in mores - Pursuits become habits Abi in pace - Depart in peace Abiit nemine salutato - He went away without bidding anyone farewell Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit - He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared Abite nummi, ego vos mergam, ne mergar a vobis - Away with you, money, I will sink you that I may not be sunk by you Abnormis sapiens - Wise without instruction (Horace) Absente reo - In absence of the defendant Absit invidia - No offence intended Absit omen - May the omen be absent. (may this not be an omen) Absque argento omnia vana - Without money all is in vain Absque sudore et labore nullum opus perfectum est - Without sweat and toil no work is made perfect Abundat dulcibus vitiis - He abounds with alluring fruits (Quintilian) Abusus non tollit usum - Wrong use does not preclude proper use Abyssus abyssum invocat - Hell calls hell; one mistep leads to another Accede ad ignem hunc, jam calesces plus satis - Approach this fire, and you will soon be too warm (Terrence) Accensa domo proximi, tua quoque periclitatur - When the house of your neighbour is in flames, your own is in danger Acceptissima semper // munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa facit - Those gifts are always the most acceptable which our love for the donor makes precious (Ovid) Accidit in puncto, et toto contingit in anno - It happens in an instant and occurs throughout the year Accidit in puncto, quod non contingit in anno - That may happen in a moment, which does not occur in a whole year Accipe, sume, cape, sunt verba placentia papae - Take, have, and keep, are pleasant words from a pope Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam - It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice Accipio revocamen - I accept the recall (Ovid)
Who played Will Hunting in the 1997 film ‘Good Will Hunting’?	Good Will Hunting (1997) - IMDb IMDb Doctor Strange Confirmed to Appear in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ 20 hours ago 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 Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. Director: a list of 25 titles created 30 Sep 2011 a list of 38 titles created 16 Mar 2012 a list of 30 titles created 01 Jan 2014 a list of 27 titles created 25 Nov 2015 a list of 31 titles created 10 months ago Title: Good Will Hunting (1997) 8.3/10 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. Won 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 53 nominations. See more awards » Videos After John Nash , a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish. Director: Ron Howard The true story of Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. Director: Steven Spielberg Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. Director: Steven Spielberg Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. Director: Robert Zemeckis Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino. Director: Clint Eastwood The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. Director: Frank Darabont Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. Director: Frank Darabont When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England. Director: Mel Gibson An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. Director: David Fincher In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show. Director: Peter Weir A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. Director: M. Night Shyamalan Edit Storyline A touching tale of a wayward young man who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself, until one day he meets his soul mate who opens his mind and his heart. Written by Dima & Danielle See All (96) » Taglines: Wildly charismatic. Impossibly brilliant. Totally rebellious. For the first 20 years of his life, Will Hunting has called the shots. Now he's about to meet his match. See more » Genres: Rated R for strong language, including some sex-related dialogue \| See all certifications » Parents Guide: 9 January 1998 (USA) See more » Also Known As: En busca del destino See more » Filming Locations: $272,912 (USA) (5 December 1997) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia After Mel Gibson dropped out of directing, Michael Mann expressed interest in directing. However, he wanted to make two major changes: He wanted Will and his friends to be car thieves, and he did not want Matt Damon for the lead role since he was still relatively unknown
In the UK television game show ‘The Exit List’, how many rooms are there altogether?	Poll of the Year 2012 - UKGameshows Poll of the Year 2012 Unbelieveably despite wind, rain and financial crashes the world did not end in 2012. But something the Mayans did predict correctly is that once again UKGameshows.com and Bother's Bar would be doing another of its polls of the year just gone. What new shows did you like? Which ones weren't you so fond of? We wanted to know. And here are your results! The voting system was slightly different to how it has been in the past, whereas you used to devote up to three votes on a single show, this year you were limited to two. Contents 6 Phew, what a poll Hall of FAME 2012 In a record year for the amount of ballots recieved, it's also a record year for the amount of votes that were left blank. Still vote you did, and 34 different shows were voted in total. The ones you liked the most were: 5: 1001 Things You Should Know Well it's no Sandwich Quiz, but Sandi Toksvig's late in the year afternoon quiz sounds like it's been a quiet success. It's certainly one of the first shows we can think of where tactics in category selection can have proper consequences. You said: "A bit of a 'quiz for thickies' but it does a lot more right than it does wrong." "Another quirky little quizzer from Channel 4. The game is simple to follow, just answer questions that you should know the answers to on a wide range of categories. The set is very well-designed, Sandi Toksvig makes for a decent host and the questions are of a nice steady difficulty, of which you get 26 of them to answer in every episode (the 24 questions behind the 12 categories, the viewer question in the break and the Cashpot question at the end)." "Sandi Toksvig saves this from languishing in obscurity, but it's got good strategic play in it for such a simple game." "Proof that sometimes a simple premise is the best one. Also, proof that hosts don't have to be dicks to be entertaining." 4: Cleverdicks It's unusual to see highbrow quizzes played for reasonable cash sums but Sky had a very reasonable stab with this and the quizzing fraternity have voted in their droves. However it looks like Sky weren't quite sure with what to do with it and it doesn't look like coming back. The stunt host casting didn't help. You said: "Another sound game, tough questions which we like to see, though perhaps not the best choice of host and definitely not the best choice of channel." "A quiz where you can win up to five points by identifying the link between clues revealed one at a time - who'd have thought it??? The questions didn't have the same 'workoutability' factor that Only Connect does, which was its Achilles heel, but it was still refreshing to see a satellite channel give something like this a go." " Mastermind updated, i would argue that any given heat had a quality of players that Mastermind could only dream of." "Yeah yeah, Anne Widdecombe wasn't the best host, and it aired on a channel with an average viewership of twelve people and two cows. Still, a tough quizzer with its own style will always get my respect. I was very happy when they reran the series on Challenge so I could eventually watch it all." "A nice refuge from endless other quiz shows which ask questions about soaps, basic GCSE history or The Only Way Is Essex. Really tough questions, prize money that you felt the winner deserved, and Ms Widdicombe sort of grew on me as a host - even though her delivery style swerved between a frantic headmisstress and your great aunt who is annoyed you've ate all the green triangle chocolates in the Quality Street tin on Christmas Evening." 3: Blockbusters A faithful reproduction of the original (even down to the £5 a question prizemoney) and apparently the comedy hit of the summer suggested by the amount of audience laughter that "Can I have a P please, Simon?" managed to elicit every. Single. Time. You said: "Not just because the format still works but because the remake was done with a lot of respect and skill, even if the theme tune was TOO SHORT." "This is exactly what I want to see from gameshows. Instead of having formats that
What was the name of the German artist who painted ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ in 1851?	Emanuel Leutze’s Symbolic Scene of Washington Crossing the Delaware \| EDSITEment Emanuel Leutze’s Symbolic Scene of Washington Crossing the Delaware The Boat \| The Hero & The Men \| The Flag & The River \| Weather & Background \| Trenton & Composition \| Picturing America & Student Interactive \| Featured Lessons \| About the Image NEW! Metropolitan Museum of Art Podcast This December, EDSITEment is enhancing this feature with Metropolitan Museum of Art, (New York) Curator Carrie Rebora Barratt's podcast narration of one of the great icons of American painting. Brrrrr!!! What a way to spend the holidays! On Christmas Night, December 25, 1776, George Washington led Continental army soldiers across the Delaware River to attack Britain’s Hessian army at Trenton, New Jersey. This successful surprise attack provided a much-needed victory for Britain’s former colonies as they struggled for freedom. At the mention of this event, most Americans picture a heroic George Washington standing in a small boat. That’s how Emanuel Leutze pictured it in his huge painting that has been reproduced in history textbooks and hung in American classrooms for the past 150 years. But there are a lot of surprises about this most famous icon of American history. First a German artist painted it in response to German politics. Emanuel Leutze, born in Germany in 1816, moved to America as a child, but returned to Germany to study art in 1840. With a strong belief in liberal democracy, he painted this American Revolution scene to inspire German reformers. When his first painting of Washington’s crossing became popular in Europe, he shipped this second huge version to the United States in 1851. It became an instant success with more than fifty thousand people coming to see it. Today it is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But is it accurate? Is this really how it happened? Yes, and no. Leutze got the spirit of ’76 right and that was his main purpose. He created an inspirational vision of brave and upright men from a variety of backgrounds standing up and fighting together against incredible odds for the common cause of liberty. However, the details of the scene are more symbolic than accurate. Leutze exercised his artistic license to create a powerful composition. The Boat The boat in the painting is much smaller than the Durham boats that Washington had requested to ferry his army back and forth across the Delaware. If he had stood in a boat this small, he probably would have tipped it over. Leutze made it small to emphasize the almost life-size figures. The boat represents the revolutionary cause, carrying and uniting the men towards a common goal of liberty. The Hero George Washington, the commanding general, seems much older in this painting than others of him that were painted from life not too long after the Revolution. (See Charles Wilson Peale’s portrait of Washington at Princeton .) Wearing his Continental army uniform, tricorne hat, boots, and a red-lined cape, he holds a brass telescope symbolizing his visionary leadership. His prominent saber suggests that he is a powerful warrior. Standing on one leg, he is one of the few objects in the painting that is not moving. He looks forward to the New Jersey shore and the upcoming battle. (There is a useful discussion of his strategy on the eve of the battle in section three “ George Washington as Military Leader ” from the PBS website Rediscovering George Washington .) The Men Twelve diverse, determined soldiers, including Washington, crowd the main boat. They wear clothing distinctive to their region. In addition to Washington, another Virginian and future president, who may represent Lieutenant James Monroe holds the flag. Western frontiersmen guide the boat, a man wearing a Scotch hat rows. Is he a recent immigrant? An African American man rows on the far side. He could represent one of the Massachusetts seamen who played an important role in ferrying the army back and forth across the river. Leutze was an ardent abolitionist. See the EDSITEment lesson plan African-American Communities in the N
Who played Blott in the 1985 British tv comedy series ‘Blott on the Landscape’?	Blott On The Landscape - BBC2 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide Blott On The Landscape Blott On The Landscape Like this show BBC Two comedy drama. 6 episodes (1 series) in 1985. Stars George Cole , Geraldine James , David Suchet , Julia McKenzie and Simon Cadell . Blott On The Landscape Blott On The Landscape A land-owning MP attempts to have a motorway built through the grounds of his wife's ancestral home Genre Evgeny Gridneff An adaptation of Tom Sharpe's comic novel. When Lady Maud decides to start divorce proceedings her husband, Sir Giles, comes up with a cunning idea - why not run a new road through their property, thereby destroying Lady Maud's ancestral home and getting a large sum of compensation from the government! But Sir Giles hasn't counted on his wife's capacity to incite the gentle folk of Worford to riot, nor the abilities of Blott, the gardener and mystery man in the equation...
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What is the capital of the Northern Cape Province in South Africa?	Northern Cape province, South Africa Northern Cape province, South Africa Northern Cape province, South Africa 10 Mar 2011 Tweet on Twitter The vast and arid Northern Cape is by far the largest province, slightly bigger than Germany and taking up nearly a third of South Africa’s land area. Yet it has the country’s smallest population, a little over 1-million people, and an extremely roomy population density of three people per square kilometre. The province lies to the south of its most important asset, the mighty Orange River, which feeds the agriculture and alluvial diamonds industries. The river forms the border with the country of Namibia in the north, while the Molopo River is at the border with Botswana to the northeast. The Northern Cape landscape is characterised by vast arid plains with outcroppings of haphazard rock piles. The cold Atlantic Ocean forms its western boundary. The capital is Kimberley, abutting the Free State on the Northern Cape’s eastern border. Other important towns are Upington, centre of the karakul sheep and dried fruit industries, and the most northerly wine-making region of South Africa; Springbok, in the heart of the Namaqualand spring flower country; Kuruman, founded by the Scottish missionary Robert Moffat; and De Aar, hub of the South African railway network. The Northern Cape is home to the world’s largest telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the greatest portion of which is currently being built at Carnarvon. Sutherland is the site of the southern hemisphere’s largest astronomical observatory, the multinational-sponsored Southern African Large Telescope, or SALT. Languages: 53.8% Afrikaans, 33.1% Setswana Population: 1 145 861 (2011) Share of South Africa’s population: 2.2% Area: 372 889 square kilometres Share of South Africa’s total land area: 30.5% The land and its people With a total area of 372 889 square kilometres, the Northern Cape is takes up 30.5% of South Africa’s land area, with a population of 1.15-million people. Just over half of the population speak Afrikaans, with other languages being Setswana, isiXhosa and English. The last remaining true San Bushman people live in the Kalahari area of the Northern Cape. The area, especially along the Orange and Vaal rivers, is rich in San rock engravings. A good collection can be seen at the McGregor Museum in Kimberley. The province is also rich in fossils. Apart from a narrow strip of winter rainfall area along the coast, the province is a semi- arid region with little rainfall in summer. The weather conditions are extreme – cold and frosty in winter, with extremely high temperatures in summer. The largest part of the province falls within the Nama-Karoo biome, with a vegetation of low shrubland and grass, and trees limited to water courses. The area is known worldwide its spectacular annual explosion of spring flowers which, for a short period every year, attracts thousands of tourists. This biome contains a number of fascinating plants, including the elephant’s trunk (halfmens or “half-man”), tree aloe (kokerboom) and a variety of succulents. The province has a wealth of national parks and conservation areas. The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Africa’s first cross-border game park, joins South Africa’s Kalahari Gemsbok National Park to the Gemsbok National Park in Botswana. It is one of the largest conservation areas in southern Africa, and one of the largest remaining protected natural ecosystems in the world. The park provides unfenced access to a variety of game between South Africa and Botswana, over its land area of more than 3.6 hectares. The Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Park spans the border with Namibia, with some of the most spectacular scenery of the arid and desert environments in southern Africa. Bisected by the Orange River, it comprises the Ai-Ais Hot Springs Game Park in Namibia, and the Richtersveld National Park in South Africa. Distinctive features include the Fish River Canyon – often likened to the Grand Canyon in the US – and the Ai-Ais hot springs. Nowhere is the Orange River more
‘The River of Woe’ is the nickname of which Underworld river in Greek mythology?	The Underworld Rivers The Underworld Rivers In Greek mythology, the underworld was seperated from the land of the living in most part by five primary rivers. They were Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, Lethe, and Styx. Each of them served their own purpose. Acheron - The word Acheron itself means the "river of woe". A fitting name indeed for this river. This is the river that the old ferryman Charon ferried the dead across from the land of the living to the realm of Hades. Cocytus - The word Cocytus means "river of lamentation". Those who died and were not properly buried were stuck walking about the banks of this river for most of their afterlife. Phlegethon - This was the river of fire in Hades. It's said that while the fire burned, it did not consume anything within it's flames. Lethe - The word Lethe means "forgetfulness". This is the river where the dead had to drink from to completely forget about their lives on Earth. Styx - Probably the most famous of the five lakes. The word Styx means "hate". This is the actual river that seperates the land of the living from the realm of the dead. Many accounts say that it wraps around Hades nine times. The river was also a sacred place to both gods and men. Those who broke any oath made upon the river Styx, were made to drink from it by Zeus. By doing this, it made the drinker lose their voice for long period of time. Where would you like to go from here?
The famous Cobblers Cove Hotel is on which Caribbean island?	Luxury Boutique Hotel Barbados Cobblers Cove One of the original hotels on the island never fails to please our Uk clients old and young. The hotels English Elegance and Caribbean character make it the place to be on the famous West Coast of this charming island and has been privately owned by the Godsal family since 1968 Just 40 well appointed spacious suites ensure excellent service levels from a well established staff and experienced manager Will Oakley ensures the demanding standards of being a Relais and Chateaux member are met and exceeded on a daily basis. A true foodi, Will was a judge for The Great Taste Awards and ran the Cadogan Hotel in London for 3 years. With amazing beach and beachfront pool the amazing gardens which contain a mix of vibrant colours and exotic fragrances with lily’s, hibiscus, bougainvillea and trailing orchids create the perfect escape for all. Amentities & Facilities ACCOMMODATION A choice of three categories of 1 bedroom suites from Garden to Ocean View to Ocean Front these beautifully appointed and individually designed spacious accommodations ensure all the comforts one would expect from a hotel that ensures colonial style meets gracious Caribbean living All are 560 square feet and open up to private terraces or balconies. There is a double vanity in a marble finished bathroom. Bedrooms are air conditioned and fans cool the living areas. King size or twin beds available, Robes and slippers, English toiletries from REN, Hairdryer Separate living room area with sofa, Ceiling fan, A selection of books, extra beds for children In-suite safe, Twice daily maid service, Daily laundry service, Iron and ironing board Direct dial telephone (no charge for local calls) Complimentary WiFi Breakfast area with tea and coffee making facilities Fully stocked mini bar Room service The Camelot and Collection suites are located on the top floor and each are designed for the ultimate in privacy with their own pool, roof deck and bar. Furnishings are exquisite and perfect for 2 people to spend the first weeks together as a couple. ACTIVITIES Cobblers Cove is set on a private beach considered one of the finest on the island. It overlooks very calm water making it perfect for young and old to try their hand at the variety of water sports on offer with a complimentary lesson for water skiing, sailing and windsurfing daily. Activities include:
Who was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1980 to 1984?	CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Prime Minister: Former Prime Ministers: Trudeau Appointed Jeanne Sauve Canada's first woman Govenor General 1984 Descriptive Biography Pierre Trudeau held his philosophy of one Canada and a strong federal government before he became prime minister and he maintained it throughout his political career. His response to the FLQ Crisis, his rejection of the Quebec separatist movement, as well as his patriation of the Constitution and promotion of official bilingualism are all manifestations of this belief. Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born in Montreal in 1919, his father was Québécois, his mother of Scottish descent. He went to a local school, Académie Querbes, and then to the Jesuit college, Jean de Brébeuf. In spite of the Depression, Trudeau's father had become a wealthy man in the 1930s and the family toured Canada and Europe frequently. In 1940, Trudeau began studying law at the University of Montreal. As a student, he was required to join the Canadian Officers Training Corps during the war, but like many Quebeckers, Trudeau was opposed to conscription. After graduating in 1943, he passed his bar exams, and then enrolled in a Master's program at Harvard. In 1946, he went to Paris to study at the École des sciences politiques, and then at the London School of Economics in Britain. By 1948, Trudeau was on a backpacking tour of Eastern Europe, the Middle and Far East, areas of considerable turbulence in the post-war world. After many adventures, he arrived back in Canada the following year. Trudeau worked in Ottawa as advisor to the Privy Council before returning to Montreal. He began supporting labour unions, especially during in the Asbestos Strike, and criticized the repression of the Union Nationale under Premier Duplessis. With other outspoken intellectuals, Trudeau started the journal Cité Libre as a forum for their ideas. In 1961, he began teaching law at the University of Montreal. In 1965, the Liberal party was looking for potential candidates in Quebec, Trudeau and two of his colleagues, Jean Marchand and Gérard Pelletier were invited to run for the party in the federal election that year. They won their seats, and in April 1967, Trudeau became Minister of Justice. Within a year, he had reformed the divorce laws and liberalized the laws on abortion and homosexuality. When Lester Pearson resigned as prime minister in 1968, Trudeau was invited to run as a candidate. He won the Liberal leadership convention and called an election immediately after. Capitalizing on his extraordinary popular appeal, labelled "Trudeaumania" by the press, he won a majority government in the June election. One of the most important bills passed by his government was the Official Languages Act, guaranteeing bilingualism in the civil service. A serious threat to national security occurred in 1970, when the terrorist group, Front de libération du Quebec, kidnapped a British diplomat. Upon the request of Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, Trudeau imposed the War Measures Act. The situation was quickly resolved and the terrorists apprehended, but not before Quebec Cabinet Minister Pierre Laporte was murdered and hundreds of people arrested and held without charges. In 1972, the Liberals were returned with a minority government, but regained a majority in 1974. This decade experienced a period of high inflation, which Trudeau's government attempted to contain with wage and price controls. These economic difficulties and a sense of alienation in Western Canada led to the defeat of the Liberals in 1979. Deciding not to serve as leader of the Opposition, Trudeau announced his resignation from politics. However the Conservative comeback was shortlived; their minority government was defeated within six months. Trudeau was persuaded to return as party leader and the Liberals won the election the following year. His last term in office was devoted to national unity in opposition to the separatist goals of the Parti Québécois who governed Quebec. Trudeau campaigne
What is the title of singer Beyonce’s album, released in June 2011?	Beyonce Surprises With New Album Release - Rolling Stone Beyonce Surprises With New Album Release Beyonce Surprises With New Album Release Singer's latest, 'Beyonce,' features 14 songs and 17 videos Beyonce performs in Los Angeles. Credit: Larry Busacca/PW/WireImage for Parkwood Entertainment Well that was unexpected: Beyoncé released a new album at midnight without warning, delivering 14 new songs and 17 videos as part of what she's calling her first "visual album." More News 'Beyonce' Breakdown: the ultimate guide to Bey's surprise new album Beyoncé features collaborations with Jay Z on "Drunk in Love," Drake on "Mine" and Frank Ocean on "Superpower," along with vocals from Blue Ivy, Beyoncé and Jay Z's nearly two-year-old daughter, on "Blue." The-Dream, Ryan Tedder, Pharrell Williams, Boots and Drake and Noah '40' Shebib contributed songwriting. The videos were shot in cities around the world, including New York; Paris; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Sydney, Australia; and Houston. "I see music," Beyoncé said in a press release, explaining the idea behind a visual album. "It's more than just what I hear. When I'm connected to something, I immediately see a visual or a series of images that are tied to a feeling or an emotion, a memory from my childhood, thoughts about life, my dreams or my fantasies. And they're all connected to the music." Although Beyoncé is not a concept album, the press release says it is "designed to be consumed as a comprehensive audio/visual piece from top to bottom. The antithesis of making singles, the visual album is a non-linear journey through the thoughts and visions of Beyoncé." "I didn't want to release my music the way I've done it," Beyoncé said. "I am bored with that. I feel like I am able to speak directly to my fans. There's so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans. I felt like I didn't want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out. I just want this to come out when it's ready and from me to my fans." There's been plenty of speculation about when the singer might be ready with a new project – just this week, Columbia Records chairman Rob Stringer said Beyoncé would put out a record "at some point." He added, "When she does, it will be monumental." Beyoncé released occasional songs and videos throughout 2013, posting "Bow Down/I Been On" in March, teasing "Grown Woman" in a soft-drink ad and "Standing on the Sun" in a spot for a clothing retailer in April and, last month, streaming "God Made You Beautiful," from her Life Is but a Dream documentary. None of those songs are on Beyoncé, which is available now through iTunes , and will be available in physical formats in time for Christmas. Don’t Miss a Story Sign up for our newsletter to receive breaking news directly in your inbox. We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy How we use your email address Trending Ranked on a scale from 1 to 10, the trending score reflects the number of users reading a story in real time. What is this?
The ‘Speedmaster’, also known as the ‘Moonwatch’, is produced by which watch-making company?	Model # List About Speedmaster While the original 1957 Omega Speedmaster was produced as a sports and racing chronograph, the line is better known as the first watch on the moon. The Speedmaster Professional, also known as the "Moonwatch" model after its Apollo 11 debut, is one of the longest-produced models from Omega, and remains the only watch qualified by NASA for use during extravehicular activity. While the newer Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph comes in the line's standard stainless steel, Omega has produced versions in platinum and 18 karat orange gold, which are powered by the Co-Axial calibre 9301 that includes an 18 karat red gold rotor and balance bridge. Other changes to the newer model include two sub-dials instead of three, a slimmer body design, and a non-magnetic silicon balance spring.
Which Olympic event is Ben Ainslie famous for competing in?	Ben AINSLIE - Olympic Sailing \| Great Britain Ben AINSLIE Games Attended 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 , 2012 Commander of the seas Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie is the most decorated sailor in Olympic history, with four gold medals and one silver from five editions of the Games. In 2013, he received a knighthood from the Queen for services to sport. Making waves From the tender age of eight, Ben Ainslie showed a natural aptitude as a sailor, spending much of his childhood out on a boat with his parents in his native Cornwall, in the south west of England. It wasn’t long before he was competing, and in 1993, aged just 16, he claimed the first of his 11 world titles, in the Laser Class. Three years later he made his maiden Olympic appearance at Atlanta 1996, taking the Laser silver medal. At Sydney 2000, Ainslie went one better, securing the first of his Olympic golds, before deciding to switch to Finn Class, which meant he had to put on an extra 18kg to reach the ideal weight in the single-handed dinghy. It was in this class that the British sailor would dominate at the next three editions of the Games, first at Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre at Athens 2004, then in Beijing’s Quingdao Bay in 2008, and finally, on home waters off the coast of Weymouth in 2012, where he claimed his fourth gold medal. Man of records With four golds and one silver, Ben Ainslie is the most successful Olympian in his sport. He is also, with Brazilian duo Robert Scheidt and Torben Grael, one of just three sailors to win medals at five successive Olympic Games. But the superlatives do not end there. His 11 world titles, won in the Laser between 1993 and 1999, and then in Finn from 2002 to 2012 also represent an achievement that has never been equalled. Honoured champion When the Olympic torch arrived on British soil on 19 May 2012 ahead of the London Games, Ainslie was, fittingly, asked to be the first bearer, and he was also chosen to be the flag-bearer for the GB delegation at the Closing Ceremony. In 2009 he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), and then, after winning his fourth Olympic gold in London, he received a knighthood in 2013. He has donated the boats in which he won each of his Olympic titles to the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall, where they can be admired by the general public. He is now focusing on a new challenge: winning the America’s Cup, the oldest trophy in sport. During the first ever edition of that illustrious race in 1851, Queen Victoria allegedly asked one of her attendants who was in second place; she was told: “Your Majesty, there is no second.” That could have been a motto penned specially for Ainslie. single-handed dinghy open (Laser) mixed In the news
The book entitled ‘The Fake’s Progress’ is about which infamous English art forger?	9 Famous Art Forgers \| Art World Intrigue & Culture 9 Famous Art Forgers April 9, 2012 08:02am ET MORE Credit: Dottie Stover, University of Cincinnati Forgery Artists "To trick the art world has been the primary motivation of nearly all of history's known forgers," writes Noah Charney, a professor and author who specializes in art history and crime, in text for an exhibit focused on one such forger who appears to break this rule. The subject of a University of Cincinnati exhibit, Mark Landis , is unusual in this regard. Landis says he was first motivated to donate a fake drawing to a museum by a desire to please his mother and honor his father, then became addicted to the VIP treatment he received from museum staff. "Landis is more of a footnote to the history of art forgery, warranting his own chapter, rather than part of the larger continuum of famous forgers who work for revenge and money," Charney writes. Here's a look at some of the most intriguing art forgers, including Landis. (Above, on the right, a copy Landis created of a watercolor by the French painter Paul Signac, using an image from a catalogue on the left.) 2 of 11 Credit: Dottie Stover, University of Cincinnati Mark Landis (b. 1955) Mark Landis is believed to have presented more than 100 forged works of art to museums across 20 U.S. states. To make these donations seem authentic, Landis used aliases and even dressed as a Jesuit priest. He says he was first motivated by a desire to please his mother and honor his father, then became addicted to the VIP treatment he received from museum staff. He never received money or tax benefits. The work above is a copy Landis made of one of Picasso's paintings, based on the image in the catalog to the left, and donated to a museum in Florida. 3 of 11 Credit: Georgios Kollidas \| Shutterstock Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) Yes, this is the Michelangelo of the Sistine Chapel. He began his sculpting career by passing off his early marble sculpture, Sleeping Eros as an ancient Roman statue in order to fetch a much better price. With help from a dealer, Michelangelo damaged and buried the sculpture in the dealer's yard, in order to "discover" it as an ancient sculpture, according to Charney. 4 of 11 Icilio Federico Joni (1866-1946) Joni spent many years as a successful art forger, fooling the art historian Bernard Berenson. When Berenson realized he had purchased fakes, he traveled to Italy to meet Joni, expressing his admiration. It is said that Berenson sold several of Joni's works as originals afterward, while keeping a few of the pieces in his collection as reminders. In 1936, Joni published a memoir titled "Affairs of a Painter," in spite of antique dealers' attempts to bribe him into not to publishing, according to Charney. 5 of 11 Credit: Public Domain William Sykes (18th century) Forgery isn't just about making a convincing copy. During the 18th century, William Sykes convinced the Duke of Devonshire that an anonymous painting of an unidentified saint was actually a portrait by Jan van Eyck, whose works claimed the highest prices at auction of any artist at the time, according to Charney. (Shown here, a 1434 van Eyck painting called "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele," a renowned example of Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting.) 6 of 11 Credit: Public Domain Han van Meegeren (1889-1947) The Dutch forger's work was uncovered after World War II, when a previously unknown Johannes Vermeer painting turned up in a Nazi leader's collection. The painting was traced back to Van Meegeren, who had been dismissed as an original artist; he was charged with selling a Dutch national treasure and collaborating with the enemy. Facing the possibility of the death penalty, Van Meegeren confessed forging the painting, but the work was so good he had to prove his guilt by forging another painting while in prison, according to Charney. (Shown here, one of van Meegeren's best-known original drawings, "The Fawn," one of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands' deer.) 7 of 11 Credit: Oleg Golovnev \| Shutterstock Tom Keating (1
What is the capital of Liberia?	Monrovia \| national capital, Liberia \| Britannica.com national capital, Liberia Tubmanburg Monrovia, capital, largest city, and chief Atlantic port of Liberia , located on Bushrod Island and Cape Mesurado. It was founded during the administration of U.S. President James Monroe (for whom it was named) by the American Colonization Society as a settlement for freed American slaves. The first town (1822) was on Providence Island at the mouth of the Mesurado River. The population is composed of descendants of settlers from North America , most of whom arrived between 1830 and 1871, and of substantial numbers of immigrants from the interior. The Temple of Justice in Monrovia, Liberia Carol Goldstein—Keystone/FPG Bushrod Island contains the artificial harbour and free port of Monrovia, the only such port in West Africa . As the national centre of commerce and transportation, it attracted petroleum , paint, tuna, pharmaceutical, and cement enterprises. Prominent buildings have included the Capitol (1958), the Executive Mansion (1964), the City Hall, and the Temple of Justice . Many of these and other buildings, however, were severely damaged or destroyed during the fierce multisided civil war beginning in 1990. Monrovia is the nation’s educational centre, with the University of Liberia (founded by act of legislature in 1851, opened 1862, given university status 1951, established a medical school 1968), the modern Monrovia Consolidated School System complex in the Sinkor district, and several church secondary schools. Medical facilities include the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, a government and two church hospitals, and several private clinics. The Monrovia Conference of 1961 served to launch the Organization of African Unity in 1963 (since 2002 the African Union ). Pop. (2008) 1,021,762. Learn More in these related articles:
Which actor starred opposite Claire Bloom in the 1952 film ‘Limelight’?	Claire Bloom \| Biography and Filmography \| 1931 Led the cast of "Conversations After a Burial", produced in London 1998 Portrayed a former silent movie star running a New Jersey rooming house in Laurie Weltz's "Wrestling With Alligators" 1998 Had stage triumph as Clytemnestra in a staging of Sophocles' "Electra", starring Zoe Wanamaker; garnered Tony nomination 1997 Was underutilized as the agreeably disagreeable widow Tynan in CBS' "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation "What the Deaf Man Heard" 1996 Played Mary Tyrone as an angry anything-but-a-victim in American Repertory Theatre presentation of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" 1996 Acted the part of upper-class society doyenne Eleanor Trilling in "Daylight", starrring Sylvester Stallone 1995 Portrayed chorus role in Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" 1995 Appeared briefly as Orlena Grimaldi on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns" 1989 First collaboration with Woody Allen, playing Miriam Rosenthal, wife of Judah (Martin Landau) in "Crimes and Misdemeanors" 1988 Reteamed with director Tony Richardson for CBS miniseries "Beryl Markham: A Shadow in the Sun" 1985 Co-starred in British TV production of "Shadowlands" (shown in USA in 1986 on PBS and again in 1989 on A&E) 1984 Acted in "American Playhouse" (PBS) adaptation of then-companion Philip Roth's "The Ghostwriter" 1982 Appeared as Lady Marchmain opposite Olivier in the British miniseries "Brideshead Revisited" (shown in the USA on PBS); garnered an Emmy nomination 1981 Played Hera to Olivier's Zeus in "Clash of the Titans" 1976 Last Broadway appearance for 22 years, "The Innocents", an adaptation of Henry James' "Turn of the Screw" directed by Harold Pinter; a scathing review by Clive Barnes doomed it to a short run of 10 days 1974 Acted the part of Blanche DuBois in London revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" 1973 Essayed the role of Nora opposite Anthony Hopkins in stagy film of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"; Bloom also played the role several times on stage 1972 Returned to Broadway as Mary, Quenn of Scots in "Vivat! Vivat! Regina!" 1968 Starred opposite husband Rod Steiger in two films, "Three Into Two Won't Go" and "The Illustrated Man" 1968 Portrayed sympathetic caseworker who becomes attatched to "Charly" (Cliff Robertson); role earned Robertson the Best Actor Oscar 1965 Reteamed with Burton for Martin Ritt's "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" 1963 Exhibited lesbian tendencies and an extraordinary sense of ESP in Robert Wise's "The Haunting" 1959 Co-starred with soon-to-be husband Rod Steiger in Broadway's "Rashomon" 1959 Acted opposite Burton in Tony Richardson's film version of "Look Back in Anger" 1956 American TV debut, Roxanne opposite Jose Ferrer's "Cyrano de Bergerac" for "Producers Showcase" (NBC) 1956 Broadway debut, "Romeo and Juliet"; appeared with Old Vic Company 1956 First film with Burton, "Alexander the Great" 1955 Played Lady Anne to Laurence Olivier's "Richard III" 1952 Acted opposite Chaplin in "Limelight" 1952 Was member of the Old Vic Company; appeared in numerous Shakespearean roles including Juliet, Ophelia in "Hamlet" (opposite Richard Burton) and Cordelia in "King Lear" 1950 Performed in Peter Brook's staging of Jean Anouihl's "Ring Around the Moon" (also starring Scofield), which brought her to the attention of Charlie Chaplin 1948 Portrayed Ophelia opposite Paul Scofield's "Hamlet" at Stratford-on-Avon 1948 Feature film acting debut in "The Blind Goddess" 1947 London stage debut, "The White Devil" 1946 Stage acting debut at age 15 with the Oxford Repertory Company 1942 Returned to England 1940
In the UK, what is the name of the pedestrian crossing with traffic lights which only go green again when no more pedestrians are detected on the crossing?	Rules for pedestrians (1 to 35) - The Highway Code - Guidance - GOV.UK Rules for pedestrians (1 to 35) Rules for pedestrians (1 to 35) The Highway Code rules for pedestrians, including general guidance, crossing the road, crossings, and situations needing extra care. General guidance (rules 1 to 6) Rule 1 Pavements (including any path along the side of a road) should be used if provided. Where possible, avoid being next to the kerb with your back to the traffic. If you have to step into the road, look both ways first. Always show due care and consideration for others. Rule 2 If there is no pavement, keep to the right-hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic. You should take extra care and be prepared to walk in single file, especially on narrow roads or in poor light keep close to the side of the road. It may be safer to cross the road well before a sharp right-hand bend so that oncoming traffic has a better chance of seeing you. Cross back after the bend. Rule 3 Help other road users to see you. Wear or carry something light-coloured, bright or fluorescent in poor daylight conditions. When it is dark, use reflective materials (eg armbands, sashes, waistcoats, jackets, footwear), which can be seen by drivers using headlights up to three times as far away as non-reflective materials. Rule 3: Help yourself to be seen Rule 4 Young children should not be out alone on the pavement or road (see Rule 7 ). When taking children out, keep between them and the traffic and hold their hands firmly. Strap very young children into push-chairs or use reins. When pushing a young child in a buggy, do not push the buggy into the road when checking to see if it is clear to cross, particularly from between parked vehicles. Rule 5 Organised walks. Large groups of people walking together should use a pavement if available; if one is not, they should keep to the left. Look-outs should be positioned at the front and back of the group, and they should wear fluorescent clothes in daylight and reflective clothes in the dark. At night, the look-out in front should show a white light and the one at the back a red light. People on the outside of large groups should also carry lights and wear reflective clothing. Rule 6 Motorways. Pedestrians MUST NOT be on motorways or slip roads except in an emergency (see Rule 271 and Rule 275 ). Crossing the road (rules 7 to 17) Rule 7 The Green Cross Code. The advice given below on crossing the road is for all pedestrians. Children should be taught the Code and should not be allowed out alone until they can understand and use it properly. The age when they can do this is different for each child. Many children cannot judge how fast vehicles are going or how far away they are. Children learn by example, so parents and carers should always use the Code in full when out with their children. They are responsible for deciding at what age children can use it safely by themselves. A First find a safe place to cross and where there is space to reach the pavement on the other side. Where there is a crossing nearby, use it. It is safer to cross using a subway, a footbridge, an island, a zebra, pelican, toucan or puffin crossing, or where there is a crossing point controlled by a police officer, a school crossing patrol or a traffic warden. Otherwise choose a place where you can see clearly in all directions. Try to avoid crossing between parked cars (see Rule 14 ), on a blind bend, or close to the brow of a hill. Move to a space where drivers and riders can see you clearly. Do not cross the road diagonally. Rule 7: Look all around and listen for traffic before crossing B Stop just before you get to the kerb, where you can see if anything is coming. Do not get too close to the traffic. If there’s no pavement, keep back from the edge of the road but make sure you can still see approaching traffic. C Look all around for traffic and listen. Traffic could come from any direction. Listen as well, because you can sometimes hear traffic before you see it. D If traffic is coming, let it pass. Look all around again
First developed by John Salk, the vaccine for which childhood illness was first tested in 1952?	A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Salk produces polio vaccine Salk produces polio vaccine 1952 Poliomyelitis has been around since ancient times. There is still no cure for the disease. But at the peak of its devastation in the United States, Jonas Salk introduced a way to prevent it. This infectious viral disease attacks the nerve cells and sometimes the central nervous system, often causing muscle wasting and paralysis and even death. Since 1900 there had been cycles of epidemics, each seeming to get stronger and more disastrous. The disease, whose early symptoms are like the flu, struck mostly children, although adults, including Franklin Roosevelt, caught it too. As a medical student and later a researcher at the University of Michigan, Salk studied viruses, such as influenza, and ways to vaccinate against them. Successful vaccines already existed for diseases such as smallpox. For each virus, a vaccine must be custom-made, but the principles are the same: if your body is exposed to a very weak or small amount of the disease virus, it will produce antibodies, chemicals to resist and kill the virus. Then when a full-strength version of the disease virus comes along, your body is prepared to fight it. In 1947 Salk became head of the Virus Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh. He began investigating the poliovirus. To start with, he had to sort the 125 strains of the virus. He found that they fell into three basic types and knew that a vaccine would have to include these three types to protect against all polio. One of the hardest things about working with poliovirus was manufacturing enough to experiment with�and to make vaccine production practical. In 1948 researchers at Harvard (J.F. Enders, T.H. Weller, and F.C. Robbins) made a breakthrough with this. They found that the virus could grow on scraps of tissue, without needing an intact organism like a chick embryo. Bacteria usually contaminated the tissue, but Enders' team was now able to get penicillin -- discovered 20 years earlier by Alexander Fleming and developed in the 1940s by Ernst Chain and Howard Florey -- and prevent the bacterial growth. Now viruses like mumps or polio could be created in large quantities for study. This team won the 1954 Nobel Prize in physiology/medicine. Now Salk could speed up his research. Using formaldehyde, he killed the polio virus but kept it intact enough to trigger the body's response. On July 2, 1952, Salk tried a refined vaccine on children who'd already had polio and recovered. After the vaccination, their antibodies increased. He then tried it on volunteers who had not had polio, including himself, his wife, and their children. The volunteers all produced antibodies, and none got sick. In 1953 Salk reported his findings in The Journal of the American Medical Association. A nationwide testing of the vaccine was launched in April 1954 with the mass inoculation of school children. The results were amazing -- 60-70 percent prevention -- and Salk was praised to the skies. But suddenly, some 200 cases of the disease were caused by the vaccine and 11 people died. All testing was halted. It seemed that people's hopes were dashed until investigators found that the disease-causing vaccine all came from one poorly made batch at one drug company. Higher production standards were adopted and vaccinations resumed, with over 4 million given by August 1955. The impact was dramatic: In 1955 there were 28,985 cases of polio; in 1956, 14,647; in 1957, 5,894. By 1959, 90 other countries used Salk's vaccine. Another researcher, Albert Sabin, didn't think Salk's killed-virus vaccine was strong enough. He wanted to mimic the real-life infection as much as possible; that meant using a weakened form of the live virus. He experimented with more than 9,000 monkeys and 100 chimpanzees before isolating a rare form of poliovirus that would reproduce in the intestinal tract but not in the central nervous system. In 1957 he was ready for human trials of an vaccine people could swallow, not get in a shot. It was tested in other countries,
What age was Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation in 1953?	Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - Jun 02, 1953 - HISTORY.com Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Share this: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Author Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II URL Publisher A+E Networks On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium. A thousand dignitaries and guests attended the coronation at London’s Westminster Abbey, and hundreds of millions listened on radio and for the first time watched the proceedings on live television. After the ceremony, millions of rain-drenched spectators cheered the 27-year-old queen and her husband, the 30-year-old duke of Edinburgh, as they passed along a five-mile procession route in a gilded horse-drawn carriage. Elizabeth, born in 1926, was the first-born daughter of Prince George, the second son of King George V. Her grandfather died in 1936, and her uncle was proclaimed King Edward VIII. Later that year, however, Edward abdicated over the controversy surrounding his decision to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee, and Elizabeth’s father was proclaimed King George VI in his place. During the Battle of Britain, Princess Elizabeth and her only sibling, Princess Margaret, lived away from London in the safety of the countryside, but their parents endeared themselves to their subjects by remaining in bomb-damaged Buckingham Palace throughout the German air offensive. Later in the war, Elizabeth trained as a second lieutenant in the women’s services and drove and repaired military trucks. In 1947, she married her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry Elizabeth. He was made duke of Edinburgh on the eve of the wedding. The celebrations surrounding the wedding of the popular princess lifted the spirits of the people of Britain, who were enduring economic difficulties in the aftermath of World War II. Their first child, Prince Charles, was born in 1948 at Buckingham Palace. A second, Princess Anne, was born in 1950. On February 6, 1952, the royal couple were in Kenya in the midst of a goodwill tour when they learned the king had died. Elizabeth was immediately proclaimed Britain’s new monarch but remained in seclusion for the first three months of her reign as she mourned her father. During the summer of 1952, she began to perform routine duties of the sovereign, and in November she carried out her first state opening of the Parliament. On June 2, 1953, her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony at Westminster was one of pomp and pageantry, and the characteristically poised Elizabeth delivered in a solemn and clear voice the coronation oath that bound her to the service of the people of Great Britain and the British Commonwealth. In the procession through the streets of London that followed, Elizabeth and her husband were joined by representatives from the more than 40 member states of the Commonwealth, including heads of state, sultans, and prime ministers. British troops like the Yeomen of the Guard were joined by a great variety of Commonwealth troops, including police from the Solomon Islands, Malaysians in white uniforms and green sarongs, Pakistanis in puggaree headdresses, Canadian Mounties, and New Zealanders and Australians in wide-brimmed hats. After the parade, Elizabeth stood with her family on the Buckingham Palace balcony and waved to the crowd as jet planes of the Royal Air Force flew across the Mall in tight formation. In five decades of rule, Queen Elizabeth II’s popularity has hardly subsided. She has traveled more extensively than any other British monarch and was the first reigning British monarch to visit South America and the Persian Gulf countries. In addition to Charles and Anne, she and Philip have had two other children, Prince Andrew in 1960 and Prince Edward in 1964. In 1992, Elizabeth, the wealthiest woman in England, agreed to pay income tax for the first time. On April 21, 2006, Queen Elizabeth turned 80, making her the third
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of which mountain?	Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - 1953 Everest Article Everest 1953: First Footsteps - Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay National Geographic revisits the 1953 British summit to Everest when the first people stood atop the world's highest mountain. View Images Edmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, becoming the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain. Photograph by AP Excerpted From "50 Years on Everest," by Contributing Editor David Roberts, National Geographic Adventure, April 2003 By today's standards, the 1953 British expedition, under the military-style leadership of Sir John Hunt, was massive in the extreme, but in an oddly bottom-heavy way: 350 porters, 20 Sherpas, and tons of supplies to support a vanguard of only ten climbers. "Our climbers were all chosen as potential summiters," recalls George Band, 73, who was one of the party. Fifty years later, Band's memory of the campaign remains undimmed. "The basic plan was for two summit attempts, each by a pair of climbers, with a possible third assault if necessary. On such expeditions the leader tends to designate the summit pairs quite late during the expedition, when he sees how everybody is performing." Anxiety over who is chosen for the summit team would be a hallmark of major Everest expeditions for decades to come. But never again would the stakes be quite so high. By the spring of 1953, the ascent of the world's highest mountain was beginning to seem inevitable. First attempted in 1921 by the British, Everest had repulsed at least ten major expeditions and two lunatic solo attempts. With the 1950 discovery of a southern approach to the mountain in newly opened Nepal, and the first ascent of the treacherous Khumbu Icefall the following year, what would come to be known by the 1990s as the "yellow brick road" to the summit had been identified. At first it seemed the Swiss would claim the prize. In 1952 a strong Swiss team that included legendary alpinist Raymond Lambert had pioneered the route up the steep Lhotse Face and reached the South Col. From that high, broad saddle, Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay then pushed all the way to 28,210 feet (8,598 meters) on the Southeast Ridge before turning back—probably as high as anyone had ever stood on Earth. Now the British were determined to bring every possible advantage to their spring 1953 offensive—including hiring Tenzing, 38, as their lead Sherpa, or sirdar. Earlier British expeditions, though impressive in their accomplishments, were often charmingly informal in style. Hunt's intricately planned assault, on the other hand, was all business. "You get there fastest with the mostest," observes mountaineering pundit Ken Wilson. "You have a military leader who is totally in tune with that philosophy, and you don't dink around in an amateur sort of clubby way." From the start, the 33-year-old beekeeper Edmund Hillary (not yet Sir Edmund) was a strong contender for one of the summit slots. "It was his fourth Himalayan expedition in just over two years and he was at the peak of fitness," Band says. The heavily glaciated peaks of his native New Zealand had proved a perfect training ground for the Himalaya. Hillary earned respect early in the expedition by leading the team that forced a route through the Khumbu Icefall. "A sleeves-rolled-up, get-things-done man," Wilson calls him. Still, logistical snafus, the failure of a number of stalwarts to acclimatize, and problems with some of the experimental oxygen sets stalled the expedition badly. The team took a troubling 12 days to retrace the Swiss route on the Lhotse Face (in part, perhaps, because the British were not as experienced on difficult ice). In despair, Hunt began to wonder whether his party would even reach the South Col. The expedition finally gained the col—the vital staging area for a summit push—on May 21. This was late enough to be worrisome, for the monsoon, whose heavy snows would prohibit climbing, could arrive as early as June 1. Because they became the firs
What was the name of the 42 year old African-American who became famous for refusing to give her seat up to a white bus passenger in Alabama in 1955?	An Act of Courage, The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks \| National Archives National History Day Topic Resources An Act of Courage, The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks On December 1, 1955, during a typical evening rush hour in Montgomery, Alabama, a 42-year-old woman took a seat on the bus on her way home from the Montgomery Fair department store where she worked as a seamstress. Before she reached her destination, she quietly set off a social revolution when the bus driver instructed her to move back, and she refused. Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested that day for violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses. On the city buses of Montgomery, Alabama, the front 10 seats were permanently reserved for white passengers. The diagram shows that Mrs. Parks was seated in the first row behind those 10 seats. When the bus became crowded, the bus driver instructed Mrs. Parks and the other three passengers seated in that row, all African Americans, to vacate their seats for the white passengers boarding. Eventually, three of the passengers moved, while Mrs. Parks remained seated, arguing that she was not in a seat reserved for whites. James Blake, the driver, believed he had the discretion to move the line separating black and white passengers. The law was actually somewhat murky on that point, but when Mrs. Parks defied his order, he called the police. Officers Day and Mixon came and promptly arrested her. In police custody, Mrs. Parks was booked, fingerprinted, and briefly incarcerated. The police report shows that she was charged with "refusing to obey orders of bus driver." For openly challenging the racial laws of her city, she remained at great physical risk while held by the police, and her family was terrified for her. When she called home, she spoke to her mother, whose first question was "Did they beat you?" Mrs. Parks was not the first person to be prosecuted for violating the segregation laws on the city buses in Montgomery. She was, however, a woman of unchallenged character who was held in high esteem by all those who knew her. At the time of her arrest, Mrs. Parks was active in the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), serving as secretary to E.D. Nixon, president of the Montgomery chapter. Her arrest became a rallying point around which the African American community organized a bus boycott in protest of the discrimination they had endured for years. Martin Luther King, Jr., the 26-year-old minister of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, emerged as a leader during the well-coordinated, peaceful boycott that lasted 381 days and captured the world's attention. It was during the boycott that Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., first achieved national fame as the public became acquainted with his powerful oratory. After Mrs. Parks was convicted under city law, her lawyer filed a notice of appeal. While her appeal was tied up in the state court of appeals, a panel of three judges in the U.S. District Court for the region ruled in another case that racial segregation of public buses was unconstitutional. That case, called Browder v. Gayle, was decided on June 4, 1956. The ruling was made by a three-judge panel that included Frank M. Johnson, Jr., and upheld by the United States Supreme court on November 13, 1956. For a quiet act of defiance that resonated throughout the world, Rosa Parks is known and revered as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." The documents shown here relating to Mrs. Parks's arrest are copies that were submitted as evidence in the Browder v. Gayle case. They are preserved by the National Archives at Atlanta in Morrow, Georgia, in Record Group 21, Records District Courts of the United States, U.S. District Court for Middle District of Alabama, Northern (Montgomery) Division. Civil Case 1147, Browder, et al v. Gayle, et al. Suggested Reading Bass, Jack. Taming the Storm?The Life and Times of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. and the South's Fight over Civil Rights. NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1993. Branch, Taylor. Parti
Who became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959?	Castro sworn in - Feb 16, 1959 - HISTORY.com Castro sworn in Publisher A+E Networks On February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile. Castro, who became commander in chief of Cuba’s armed forces after Batista was ousted on January 1, replaced the more moderate Miro Cardona as head of the country’s new provisional government. Castro was born in the Oriente province in eastern Cuba, the son of a Spanish immigrant who had made a fortune building rail systems to transport sugar cane. He became involved in revolutionary politics while a student and in 1947 took part in an abortive attempt by Dominican exiles and Cubans to overthrow Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo . In the next year, he took part in urban riots in Bogota, Colombia. The most outstanding feature of his politics during the period was his anti-American beliefs; he was not yet an overt Marxist. In 1951, he ran for a seat in the Cuban House of Representatives as a member of the reformist Ortodoxo Party, but General Batista seized power in a bloodless coup d’etat before the election could be held. Various groups formed to oppose Batista’s dictatorship, and on July 26, 1953, Castro led some 160 rebels in an attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba–Cuba’s second largest military base. Castro hoped to seize weapons and announce his revolution from the base radio station, but the barracks were heavily defended, and more than half his men were captured or killed. Castro was himself arrested and put on trial for conspiring to overthrow the Cuban government. During his trial, he argued that he and his rebels were fighting to restore democracy to Cuba, but he was nonetheless found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Two years later, Batista felt confident enough in his power that he granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners, including Castro. Castro then went with his brother Raul to Mexico , and they organized the revolutionary 26th of July Movement, enlisting recruits and joining up with Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an idealist Marxist from Argentina. On December 2, 1956, Castro and 81 armed men landed on the Cuban coast. All of them were killed or captured except for Castro, Raul, Che, and nine others, who retreated into the Sierra Maestra mountain range to wage a guerrilla war against the Batista government. They were joined by revolutionary volunteers from all over Cuba and won a series of victories over Batista’s demoralized army. Castro was supported by the peasantry, to whom he promised land reform, while Batista received aid from the United States, which bombed suspected revolutionary positions. By mid-1958, a number of other Cuban groups were also opposing Batista, and the United States ended military aid to his regime. In December, the 26th of July forces under Che Guevara attacked the city of Santa Clara, and Batista’s forces crumbled. Batista fled for the Dominican Republic on January 1, 1959. Castro, who had fewer than 1,000 men left at the time, took control of the Cuban government’s 30,000-man army. The other rebel leaders lacked the popular support the young and charismatic Castro enjoyed, and on February 16 he was sworn in as prime minister. The United States initially recognized the new Cuban dictator but withdrew its support after Castro launched a program of agrarian reform, nationalized U.S. assets on the island, and declared a Marxist government. Many of Cuba’s wealthier citizens fled to the United States, where they joined the CIA in its efforts to overthrow Castro’s regime. In April 1961, with training and support by the CIA, the Cuban exiles launched an ill-fated and unsuccessful invasion of Cuba known as the “Bay of Pigs.” The Soviet Union reacted to the attack by escalating its support to Castro’s communist government and in 1962 placed offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba. The discovery of the missiles by U.S. intelligence led to the tense “ Cuban Missile Crisis ,” which ended after the Soviets agreed to
The first credit card charge, using which credit card, was made in February 1950 at Major’s Cabin Grill in New York?	The history of credit cards The history of credit cards The history of credit cards By Ben Woolsey and Emily Starbuck Gerson Share this Story: Tweet As far back as the late 1800s, consumers and merchants exchanged goods through the concept of credit, using credit coins and charge plates as currency. It wasn't until about half a century ago that plastic payments as we know them today became a way of life. Early beginnings In the early 1900s, oil companies and department stories issued their own proprietary cards, according to Stan Sienkiewicz, in a paper for the Philadelphia Federal Reserve entitled " Credit Cards and Payment Efficiency ." Such cards were accepted only at the business that issued the card and in limited locations. While modern credit cards are mainly used for convenience, these predecessor cards were developed as a means of creating customer loyalty and improving customer service, Sienkiewicz says. The first bank card, named "Charg-It," was introduced in 1946 by John Biggins, a banker in Brooklyn, according to MasterCard . When a customer used it for a purchase, the bill was forwarded to Biggins' bank. The bank reimbursed the merchant and obtained payment from the customer. The catches: Purchases could only be made locally, and Charg-It cardholders had to have an account at Biggins' bank. In 1951, the first bank credit card appeared in New York's Franklin National Bank for loan customers. It also could be used only by the bank's account holders. The Diners Club Card was the next step in credit cards. According to a representative from Diners Club, the story began in 1949 when a man named Frank McNamara had a business dinner in New York's Major's Cabin Grill. When the bill arrived, Frank realized he'd forgotten his wallet. He managed to find his way out of the pickle, but he decided there should be an alternative to cash. McNamara and his partner, Ralph Schneider, returned to Major's Cabin Grill in February of 1950 and paid the bill with a small, cardboard card. Coined the Diners Club Card and used mainly for travel and entertainment purposes, it claims the title of the first credit card in widespread use. Plastic debuts By 1951, there were 20,000 Diners Club cardholders. A decade later, the card was replaced with plastic. Diners Club Card purchases were made on credit, but it was technically a charge card, meaning the bill had to be paid in full at the end of each month. According to its archivist, American Express formed in 1850. It specialized in deliveries as a competitor to the U.S. Postal Service, money orders (1882) and traveler's checks, which the company invented in 1891. The company discussed creating a travel charge card as early as 1946, but it was the launch of the rival Diners Club card that put things in motion. In 1958 the company emerged into the credit card industry with its own pruduct, a purple charge card for travel and entertainment expenses. In 1959, American Express introduced the first card made of plastic (previous cards were made of cardboard or celluloid). American Express soon introduced local currency credit cards in other countries. About 1 million cards were being used at about 85,000 establishements within the first five years, both in and out of the U.S. In the 1990s, the company expanded into an all-purpose card. American Express, or Amex as it often is called, is about to celebrate its 50th credit card anniversary. Closed-loop system The Diners Club and American Express cards "functioned in what is known as a 'closed-loop' system, made up of the consumer, the merchant and the issuer of the card," Sienkiewicz writes. "In this structure, the issuer both authorizes and handles all aspects of the transaction and settles directly with both the consumer and the merchant." In 1959, the option of maintaining a revolving balance was introduced, according to MasterCard. This meant cardholders no longer had to pay off their full bills at the end of each cycle. While this carried the risk of accumulating finance charges, it gave customers greater flexibility in managing their mon
What was Elvis Presley’s first number one hit single, released in January 1956?	Elvis Presley [1956] - Elvis Presley \| Songs, Reviews, Credits \| AllMusic Elvis Presley [1956] google+ AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder Today it all seems so easy -- RCA signs up the kid from Memphis, television gets interested at around the same time, and the rest is history. The circumstances surrounding this album were neither simple nor promising, however, nor was there anything in the history of popular music up to that time to hint that Elvis Presley was going to be anything other than " Steve Sholes ' folly," which was what rival executives were already whispering. So a lot was unsettled and untried at the first of two groups of sessions that produced the Elvis Presley album -- it wasn't even certain that there was any reason for a rock & roll artist to cut an album, because teenagers bought 45s, not LPs. The first of Elvis ' RCA sides yielded one song, "Heartbreak Hotel," that seemed a potential single, but which no one thought would sell, and a few tracks that would be good enough for an album, if there were one. But no one involved knew anything for sure about this music. Seventeen days later, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released, and for about a month it did nothing -- then it began to move, and then Elvis appeared on television, and had a number one pop single. The album Sholes wanted out of Elvis came from two groups of sessions in January and February, augmented by five previously unissued songs from the Sun library. This was as startling a debut record as any ever made, representing every side of Elvis ' musical influences except gospel -- rockabilly, blues, R&B, country, and pop were all here in an explosive and seductive combination. Elvis Presley became the first rock & roll album to reach the number one spot on the national charts, and RCA's first million dollar-earning pop album. Track Listing
In 1954, which British athlete broke the Four Minute Mile?	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 6 \| 1954: Bannister breaks four-minute mile About This Site \| Text Only 1954: Bannister breaks four-minute mile Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student, has become the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. His time was 3mins 59.4 seconds, achieved at the Iffley Road track in Oxford and watched by about 3,000 spectators. Bannister, once president of the Oxford club, was running for the Amateur Athletic Association against his old university during their annual match. The race was carefully planned and he was aided by two pacemakers, Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway. Brasher took the lead as the first pacemaker, Bannister slotted in behind, with Chataway in third place. When Brasher began to feel the strain, Bannister signalled for Chataway to take over. Just over 200 yards from the finish, Bannister took the lead with a final burst of energy. He sprinted to the line in record time and fell exhausted into the arms of a friend, the Rev Nicholas Stacey. Pandemonium broke out when spectators heard news that Bannister had officially beaten the four-minute mile. He had prepared for the race the previous week at Paddington Green in London in high winds. The weather at Iffley Road was not ideal for record-breaking - a 15mph crosswind with gusts of up to 25mph meant that Bannister nearly called off the attempt. Bannister has beaten his main rival to the record - Australian athlete John Landy. Both had run quite close to the time but the magic number four had proved elusive until now.
In which US state did the first Disney theme park open in 1955?	Disneyland opens - Jul 17, 1955 - HISTORY.com Disneyland opens Publisher A+E Networks Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 14 million visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion. Walt Disney, born in Chicago in 1901, worked as a commercial artist before setting up a small studio in Los Angeles to produce animated cartoons. In 1928, his short film Steamboat Willy, starring the character “Mickey Mouse,” was a national sensation. It was the first animated film to use sound, and Disney provided the voice for Mickey. From there on, Disney cartoons were in heavy demand, but the company struggled financially because of Disney’s insistence on ever-improving artistic and technical quality. His first feature-length cartoon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), took three years to complete and was a great commercial success. Snow White was followed by other feature-length classics for children, such as Pinocchio (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942). Fantasia (1940), which coordinated animated segments with famous classical music pieces, was an artistic and technical achievement. In Song of the South (1946), Disney combined live actors with animated figures, and beginning with Treasure Island in 1950 the company added live-action movies to its repertoire. Disney was also one of the first movie studios to produce film directly for television, and its Zorro and Davy Crockett series were very popular with children. In the early 1950s, Walt Disney began designing a huge amusement park to be built near Los Angeles. He intended Disneyland to have educational as well as amusement value and to entertain adults and their children. Land was bought in the farming community of Anaheim, about 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and construction began in 1954. In the summer of 1955, special invitations were sent out for the opening of Disneyland on July 17. Unfortunately, the pass was counterfeited and thousands of uninvited people were admitted into Disneyland on opening day. The park was not ready for the public: food and drink ran out, a women’s high-heel shoe got stuck in the wet asphalt of Main Street USA, and the Mark Twain Steamboat nearly capsized from too many passengers. Disneyland soon recovered, however, and attractions such as the Castle, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Snow White’s Adventures, Space Station X-1, Jungle Cruise, and Stage Coach drew countless children and their parents. Special events and the continual building of new state-of-the-art attractions encouraged them to visit again. In 1965, work began on an even bigger Disney theme park and resort near Orlando, Florida. Walt Disney died in 1966, and Walt Disney World was opened in his honor on October 1, 1971. Epcot Center, Disney-MGM Studios, and Animal Kingdom were later added to Walt Disney World, and it remains Florida’s premier tourist attraction. In 1983, Disneyland Tokyo opened in Japan, and in 1992 Disneyland Paris–or “EuroDisney”–opened to a mixed reaction in Marne-la-Vallee. The newest Disneyland, in Hong Kong, opened its doors in September 2005. Related Videos
Which US actor, who appeared in the film ‘East of Eden’, died in a car accident in 1955?	James Dean Dies in Car Accident, September 30, 1955 James Dean Dies in Car Accident James Dean Dies in Car Accident September 30, 1955 The mangled remains of 'Little Bastard,' James Dean's Porsche Spyder sports car in which he died during a high-speed car crash, being towed by a tow truck, California. (1955). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) By Jennifer Rosenberg Updated January 06, 2016. On September 30, 1955, actor James Dean was driving his brand new Porsche 550 Spyder to an auto rally in Salinas, California when he was involved in a head-on collision with a 1950 Ford Tutor. James Dean, only 24 years old, died in the crash. Although already famous for his role in East of Eden, his death and the release of Rebel Without a Cause caused James Dean to soar to cult status. James Dean, forever frozen as the talented, misunderstood, rebellious youth, remains the symbol of teenage angst. Who Was James Dean? James Dean had appeared in a number of television shows before getting his "big break" in 1954 when he was chosen to play Cal Trask, the leading male role in the film East of Eden (1955). (This was the only one of Dean's films that was released before his death.) Quickly following East of Eden, James Dean was signed to play Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), the film for which Dean is best remembered. Immediately following the filming for Rebel Without a Cause, Dean played the lead role in Giant (1956). continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance (Both of these films were released after Dean's death.) James Dean Raced Cars As Dean's movie career began to "take off," James Dean also started to race cars. In March 1955, Dean raced in the Palm Springs Road Races and in May of that year he raced in the Minter Field Bakersfield race and the Santa Barbara Road Races. James Dean liked to speed. In September 1955, Dean replaced his white Porsche 356 Super Speedster with a new, silver Porsche 550 Spyder. Dean had the car specialized by having the number "130" painted on both the front and back. Also painted on the back of the car was "Little Bastard," Dean's nickname given to him by Bill Hickman (Dean's dialogue coach for Giant). The Accident On September 30, 1955, James Dean was driving his new Porsche 550 Spyder to an auto rally in Salinas, California when the fatal accident occurred. Originally planning to tow the Porsche to the rally, Dean changed his mind at the last minute and decided to drive the Porsche instead. While Dean and Rolf Wuetherich (Dean's mechanic) rode in the Porsche, Dean had photographer Sanford Roth and friend Bill Hickman follow him in his Ford station wagon, which had a trailer for the Spyder attached. En route to Salinas, Dean was pulled over by police officers near Bakersfield for speeding around 3:30 p.m. After being stopped, Dean and Wuetherich continued on their way. Two hours later, around 5:30 p.m., they were driving westbound on Highway 466 (now called State Route 46), when a 1950 Ford Tutor pulled out in front of them. Twenty-three-year-old Donald Turnupseed, who was driving the Ford Tutor, has been traveling east on Highway 466 and was attempting to make a left turn onto Highway 41. Unfortunately, Turnupseed had already started to make his turn before he saw the roaring Porsche traveling quickly toward him. Without time to turn, the two cars smashed nearly head-on. The injuries among the three involved in the crash varied greatly. Turnupseed, the driver of the Ford, only received minor injuries from the accident. Rolf Wuetherich, the passenger in the Porsche, was lucky to be thrown from the Porsche and thus suffered serious head injuries and a broken leg, but survived the crash. James Dean, however, was killed in the accident. Dean was only 24-years-old when he died in the car accident. Posthumous Academy Awards In 1956, James Dean was nominated for Best Leading Actor for his role in East of Eden, which made Dean the first person in history to receive an Academy Award nomination posthumously. In 1957, Dean was again nominated for Best Leading Actor, this
What type of animal was Laika, who was the first living animal to orbit the Earth in Sputnik 2, launched by Russia?	Laika the Dog - First Animal in Outer Space, 1957 Laika the Dog Laika the Dog The First Animal in Orbit Laika, Russian cosmonaut dog, 1957. Laika was the first animal to orbit the Earth, travelling on board the Sputnik 2 spacraft launched on 3 November 1957. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Updated November 03, 2015. Who Was Laika the Dog? Aboard the Soviet's Sputnik 2, Laika, a dog, became the very first living creature to enter orbit. However, since the Soviets did not create a re-entry plan, Laika died in space. Laika's death sparked debates about animal rights around the world. Dates: Launched on November 3, 1957 Also Known As: Kudryavka; Layka; Muttnik Three Weeks to Build a Rocket The Cold War was only a decade old when the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States began. On October 4, 1957, the Soviets were the first to successfully launch a rocket into space with their launch of Sputnik 1, a basketball-sized satellite. Approximately a week after Sputnik 1's successful launch, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev suggested that another rocket be launched into space to mark the 40th anniversary of the Russian Revolution on November 7, 1957. That left Soviet engineers only three weeks to fully design and build a new rocket. Choosing a Dog The Soviets, in ruthless competition with the United States, wanted to make another "first;" so they decided to send the first living creature into orbit. continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know While Soviet engineers hurriedly worked on the design, three stray dogs (Albina, Mushka, and Laika) were extensively tested and trained for the flight. The dogs were confined in small places, subjected to extremely loud noises and vibrations, and made to wear a newly created space suit. All of these tests were to condition the dogs to the experiences they would likely have during the flight. Though all three did well, it was Laika who was chosen to board Sputnik 2. Into the Module Laika, which means "barker" in Russian, was a three-year old, stray mutt that weighed 13 pounds and had a calm demeanor. She was placed in her restrictive module several days in advance. Right before launch, Laika was covered in an alcohol solution and painted with iodine in several spots so that sensors could be placed on her. The sensors were to monitor her heartbeat, blood pressure, and other bodily functions to understand any physical changes that might occur in space. Although Laika's module was restrictive, it was padded and had just enough room for her to lay down or stand as she wished. She also had access to special, gelatinous, space food made for her. Launch On November 3, 1957, Sputnik 2 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome (now located in Kazakhstan near the Aral Sea ). The rocket successfully reached space and the spacecraft, with Laika inside, began to orbit the Earth. The spacecraft circled the Earth every hour and 42 minutes, traveling approximately 18,000 miles per hour. As the world watched and waited for news of Laika's condition, the Soviet Union announced that a recovery plan had not been established for Laika. With only three weeks to create the new spacecraft, they did not have time to create a way for Laika to make it home. The de facto plan was for Laika to die in space. Laika Dies in Space Although all agree that Laika made it into orbit, there had long been a question as to how long she lived after that. Some said that the plan was for her to live for several days and that her last food allotment was poisoned. Others said she died four days into the trip when there was an electrical burnout and the interior temperatures rose dramatically. And still others said she died five to seven hours into the flight from stress and heat. The true story of when Laika died was not revealed until 2002, when Soviet scientist Dimitri Malashenkov addressed the World Space Congress in Houston, Texas. Malashenkov ended four decades of speculation when he amitted that Laika had died from overheating just hours after the launch. Long a
Which film, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr, was released in June 1956?	The King and I (1956) - 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 King and I ( 1956 ) Approved \| A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 24 titles created 02 May 2014 a list of 43 titles created 10 May 2014 a list of 47 titles created 30 Nov 2015 a list of 31 titles created 10 months ago a list of 26 titles created 3 months ago Title: The King and I (1956) 7.5/10 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. Won 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 11 nominations. See more awards » Videos In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love. Director: Fred Zinnemann On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission. Director: Joshua Logan The Egyptian Prince, Moses, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people. Director: Cecil B. DeMille 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X Billy Bigelow has been dead for fifteen years, and now outside the pearly gates, he long waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. But he has heard that there is a problem with his ... See full summary » Director: Henry King In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too. Director: Stanley Donen Harold Hill poses as a boys' band leader to con naive Iowa townsfolk. Director: Morton DaCosta The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley , who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler. Directors: George Sidney, Busby Berkeley Stars: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s. Director: Andy Tennant Edit Storyline Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has been contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household. She threatens to leave when the house she had been promised is not available, but falls in love with the children. A new slave, a gift of a vassal king, translates "Uncle Tom's Cabin" into a Siamese ballet. After expressing her unhappiness at being with the King, the slave decides to make an attempt to escape with her lover. Anna and the King start to fall in love, but her headstrong upbringing inhibits her from joining his harem. She is just about to leave Siam but something important she finds out makes her think about changing her mind. Written by Randy Goldberg <[email protected]> In the complete grandeur of CinemaScope 55! Richer - Deeper - Clearer! See more » Genres: 29 June 1956 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I See more » Filming Locations: 133 min Sound Mix: 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)\| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm re-release)\| 6-Track Stereo (1956 roadshow version) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Rita Moreno said that the heavy Siamese headdresses she and the ballet dancers wore in "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" ballet sequence gave all of them headaches, which lasted for days. See more » Goofs Tuptim's play "Small House of Uncle Thomas" is an inaccurate hodgepodge of characters and scenes from the original book, but this can easily be understood as her best interpretation of the story as a new speaker of English who wants to use the story for her own purposes to change the King's heart. However, few of the references to Buddha or Buddhism within the song are depicted accurately and shows a clear Western interpretation of the religion. Some specific examples are that Buddhi
Born on 20th July 1956, who was the original drummer in the punk rock band The Sex Pistols?	Paul Cook — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm christian Paul Cook, born on 20 July 1956, is an English drummer and member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols . Cook was raised in Hammersmith, London. He attended the Christopher Wren school in White City Estate, Shepherds Bush, where he met Steve Jones . In 1972-1973, Cook and Jones, along with their school friend Wally Nightingale, formed a band, The Strand . Within the next three years The Strand evolved into the Sex Pistols. After Sex Pistols split in 1978, Cook… read more
Invented by Dr David Warren in the 1950’s, what is the ‘Flight Data Recorder’ better known as?	Eight things you might not know about black boxes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Eight things you might not know about black boxes With the crashes of AirAsia flight QZ8501 and Malaysia Airlines MH17, along with the disappearance of flight MH370, there is again focus on airline "black boxes". Here are some things you might not know about black boxes: 1. They're not black Black boxes are the same colour as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco ... kind of. They are a tone of what's known as international orange, which is a set of three colours used in aerospace and engineering to distinguish objects from their surroundings. The Golden Gate Bridge is a darker shade, while the international orange used for black boxes is much brighter. Photo: The tone of international orange used to paint the Golden Gate Bridge is most closely matched by Pantone colour 180. (AFP: Justin Sullivan) 2. A 'black box' comes in two parts The "black box" is made up of two separate pieces of equipment: the flight data recorder (FDR) and a cockpit voice recorder (CVR). They are compulsory on any commercial flight or corporate jet, and are usually kept in the tail of an aircraft, where they are more likely to survive a crash. FDRs record things like airspeed, altitude, vertical acceleration and fuel flow. Early versions used wire string to encode the data; these days they use solid-state memory boards. Solid-state recorders in large aircraft can track more than 700 parameters. Photo: The black boxes from the Asiana plane that crashed short of the runway at San Francisco airport on July 6, 2013. (Twitter: @NTSB) 3. They were invented by an Australian Dr David Warren's own father was killed in a Bass Strait plane crash in 1934, when David was just nine years old. In the early 1950s, Dr Warren had an idea for a unit that could record flight data and cockpit conversations, to help analysts piece together the events that led to an accident. He wrote a memo for the Aeronautical Research Centre in Melbourne called "A Device for Assisting Investigation into Aircraft Accidents", and in 1956 produced a prototype flight recorder called the "ARL Flight Memory Unit". His invention did not get much attention until five years later, and the units were eventually manufactured in the UK and US. However, Australia was the first country to make the technology compulsory. 4. Experts don't call them "black boxes" The term "black box" is favoured by the media, but most people in the know don't call them that. There are several theories for the original of the name "black box", ranging from early designs being perfectly dark inside, to a journalist's description of a "wonderful black box", to charring that happens in post-accident fires. From The Conversation : Black boxes are normally referred to by aviation experts as electronic flight data recorders. Their role is to keep detailed track of on-flight information, recording all flight data such as altitude, position and speed as well as all pilot conversations. It is common for many civil airliners to have multiple devices to carry out these tasks so that information can be gathered more easily in the event of a failure. In most instances, they are used to help in the diagnosis of what may have been the likely cause of an accident. External Link: Inside a vintage flight data recorder 5. Only 2 hours of cockpit conversations are kept Digital recorders have enough storage for 25 hours of flight data but only two hours of cockpit voice recording, which is recorded over itself in a loop. The CVRs track the crew's interactions with each other and air traffic control, but also background noise that can give vital clues to investigators. Earlier magnetic tape versions could only record 30 minutes of cockpit conversations and noise, which was also recorded in a loop. Photo: The magnetic tape flight data recorder from Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was retrieved off the coast of California after the plane crashed in 2000. (AFP: Manny Ceneta) 6. It can take a long time to find one Photo: A US Navy Towed Pinger Locat
Named after her daughter, Ruth Handler invented which doll in 1959?	History of Barbie Doll and Inventor Ruth Handler Inventors The first Barbie doll shown at New York Toy Fair in 1959. Courtesy of Barbie Media & Mattel The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel ), whose own daughter was called Barbara. Barbie was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Barbie's job was teenage fashion doll. The Ken doll was named after Ruth's son and was introduced two years after Barbie in 1961. Barbie Facts & Technology The full name of the first doll was Barbie Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie's job was that of teenage fashion model. However, the doll has been made in versions connected to over 125 different careers. She came as either a brunette or blond, and in 1961 red hair was added. In 1980, the first African American Barbie and Hispanic Barbie were introduced, however, Barbie did have a black friend named Christie who was introduced in 1969. continue reading below our video What to Do If Your Identity is Stolen The first Barbie was sold for $3. Additional clothing based on the latest runway trends from Paris were sold, costing from $1 to $5. In the first year (1959), 300,000 Barbie dolls were sold. Today, a mint condition "#1" (1959 Barbie doll) can fetch as much as $27,450. To date, over 70 fashion designers have made clothes for Mattel, using over 105 million yards of fabric. There has been some controversy over Barbie Doll's figure when it was realized that if Barbie was a real person her measurements would be an impossible 36-18-38. Barbie's "real" measurements are 5 inches (bust), 3 ¼ inches (waist), 5 3/16 inches (hips). Her weight is 7 ¼ ounces, and her height is 11.5 inches tall. In 1965, Barbie first had bendable legs, and eyes that open and shut. In 1967, a Twist 'N Turn Barbie was released that had a moveable body that twisted at the waist. The best-selling Barbie doll ever was 1992 Totally Hair Barbie , with hair from the top of her head to her toes. Photos
Who wrote the 1934 novel ‘I, Claudius’?	Robert Graves (Author of I, Claudius) edit data Robert Ranke Graves, born in Wimbledon, received his early education at King's College School and Copthorne Prep School, Wimbledon & Charterhouse School and won a scholarship to St John's College, Oxford. While at Charterhouse in 1912, he fell in love with G. H. Johnstone, a boy of fourteen ("Dick" in Goodbye to All That) When challenged by the headmaster he defended himself by citing Plato, Greek poets, Michelangelo & Shakespeare, "who had felt as I did". At the outbreak of WWI, Graves enlisted almost immediately, taking a commission in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He published his first volume of poems, Over the Brazier, in 1916. He developed an early reputation as a war poet and was one of the first to write realistic poems about h Robert Ranke Graves, born in Wimbledon, received his early education at King's College School and Copthorne Prep School, Wimbledon & Charterhouse School and won a scholarship to St John's College, Oxford. While at Charterhouse in 1912, he fell in love with G. H. Johnstone, a boy of fourteen ("Dick" in Goodbye to All That) When challenged by the headmaster he defended himself by citing Plato, Greek poets, Michelangelo & Shakespeare, "who had felt as I did". At the outbreak of WWI, Graves enlisted almost immediately, taking a commission in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He published his first volume of poems, Over the Brazier, in 1916. He developed an early reputation as a war poet and was one of the first to write realistic poems about his experience of front line conflict. In later years he omitted war poems from his collections, on the grounds that they were too obviously "part of the war poetry boom". At the Battle of the Somme he was so badly wounded by a shell-fragment through the lung that he was expected to die, and indeed was officially reported as 'died of wounds'. He gradually recovered. Apart from a brief spell back in France, he spent the rest of the war in England. One of Graves's closest friends at this time was the poet Siegfried Sassoon, who was also an officer in the RWF. In 1917 Sassoon tried to rebel against the war by making a public anti-war statement. Graves, who feared Sassoon could face a court martial, intervened with the military authorities and persuaded them that he was suffering from shell shock, and to treat him accordingly. Graves also suffered from shell shock, or neurasthenia as it is sometimes called, although he was never hospitalised for it. Biographers document the story well. It is fictionalised in Pat Barker's novel Regeneration. The intensity of their early relationship is nowhere demonstrated more clearly than in Graves's collection Fairies & Fusiliers (1917), which contains a plethora of poems celebrating their friendship. Through Sassoon, he also became friends with Wilfred Owen, whose talent he recognised. Owen attended Graves's wedding to Nancy Nicholson in 1918, presenting him with, as Graves recalled, "a set of 12 Apostle spoons". Following his marriage and the end of the war, Graves belatedly took up his place at St John's College, Oxford. He later attempted to make a living by running a small shop, but the business failed. In 1926 he took up a post at Cairo University, accompanied by his wife, their children and the poet Laura Riding. He returned to London briefly, where he split with his wife under highly emotional circumstances before leaving to live with Riding in Deià, Majorca. There they continued to publish letterpress books under the rubric of the Seizin Press, founded and edited the literary journal Epilogue, and wrote two successful academic books together: A Survey of Modernist Poetry (1927) and A Pamphlet Against Anthologies (1928). In 1927, he published Lawrence and the Arabs, a commercially successful biography of T.E. Lawrence. Good-bye to All That (1929, revised and republished in 1957) proved a success but cost him many of his friends, notably Sassoon. In 1934 he published his most commercially successful work, I, Claudius. Using classical sources he constructed a complexly compelling t
Who played Dorothy Zbornak in the US tv show ‘The Golden Girls’?	Dorothy Zbornak \| Golden Girls Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia " Shady Pines , Ma!" -Dorothy's favorite threat against her mother, Sophia Petrillo Dorothy Zbornak (née Petrillo), portrayed by Beatrice Arthur , is a fictional character from the TV series The Golden Girls . Dorothy was the strong, sarcastic, sometimes intimidating, and arguably, most grounded of the four women in the house. In the 1,000th issue of Entertainment Weekly, Dorothy Zbornak was selected as the Grandma for "The Perfect TV Family". In flashback sequences in various episodes, a much younger Dorothy is played by actress Lynnie Greene . A much younger Dorothy, played by actress Lynnie Greene , in a "flashback" scene in an episode of "The Golden Girls". Contents Edit Dorothy was born in Brooklyn, New York on a pinochle table at McSoley's bar (as stated by Sophia) to Italian immigrants Sophia Petrillo and Salvadore "Sal" Petrillo . She had two younger siblings: brother Phillip "Phil" Petrillo , a cross-dresser, who died in December 1990 ( Ebbtide's Revenge ); and a sister, Gloria Petrillo-O'Connor , who married into money, and with whom Dorothy was sometimes estranged. In the fourth season episode Foreign Exchange , Dorothy wondered whether she is the biological daughter of the Petrillos, since Dominic Bosco and Philomena Bosco claimed that the hospital switched babies. However, in the third season episode "Mother's Day," Sophia's mother Eleanor Grisanti is also played by Bea Arthur , so it's implied that Dorothy and Sophia are biologically related. She was the tallest baby in New York, and had a rash on her head until she was two. Dorothy was a "bookworm", and an over-achiever in high school (according to the episode Even Grandmas Get the Blues , Sophia reveals that Dorothy's IQ is 173, which would rank her as possessing a genius level intellect), but was a lie that was revealed in the same episode. Yet, she suffered from low self-esteem because one previous boyfriend was emotionally abusive, while another one supposedly stood her up on the night of her prom. In reality, he did show up, but he was disrespectful toward Sophia, who did not like the way he was dressed or his attitude, so she turned him away without telling Dorothy. Dejected, she later accepted a date with Stanley "Stan" Zbornak ( Herb Edelman ) because she "felt she couldn't do any better". She became pregnant while still in high school, resulting in a shotgun wedding to Stan. The marriage produced two children: Kate Zbornak-Griffiths and Michael Zbornak , who both appeared on the show. However, both were presented as being in their 20s during their appearances on the show, making them too young to have been the cause of the shotgun wedding. At some point during their marriage (1946-1984), Stan and Dorothy moved to Miami , but divorced after 38 years due to Stan's infidelity. In first season episode The Return of Dorothy's Ex , Stan mentions how they bought property together when honeymooned in Miami. Career Edit Dorothy worked as a high school substitute teacher of American History (her college major) and English. She also taught a night-school course for adults wishing to complete their high school equivalency. Dorothy also had summer and part-time jobs, which included tutoring and working alongside Blanche Elizabeth Marie Devereaux at the museum (causing jealousy after Dorothy appeared to have become the boss's favorite). Characteristics Edit While often mocked as manly and odd by her two housemates due to her height and deep voice, Dorothy is also in possession of many talents. In one episode, she is able to upstage Blanche at the latter's favorite bar, The Rusty Anchor , by singing and thus winning the admiration of Blanche's many suitors. At another point, remembering how funny she could be in high school, Dorothy tries her hand at doing stand-up comedy, in the end winning over her audience by poking fun at her own life and bringing such subjects up as menopause with its hot flashes. Dorothy can be extremely sarcastic, especially towards her less-sharp housemate, Rose. Her mother So
Who became Chancellor of West Germany in 1969?	Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) ▼ Primary Sources ▼ West Germany The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was created in 1949 from the British , French and American zones of occupation in Germany . At the same time the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was established from the territory occupied by the Soviet Union . Konrad Adenauer became the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).He held power for the next fourteen years and during that time played an important role in restoring good relations with France and the United States . However, he refused to recognize the legal existence of the German Democratic Republic . The Federal Republic of Germany joined the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1952. It was agreed that the six countries that signed the Treaty of Paris (West Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands), would pool its coal and steel resources. In 1955 the Federal Republic of Germany became a sovereign state and joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In response the government of German Democratic Republic signed the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship Cooperation and Mutual Assistance with Albania , Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Poland , Romania and the Soviet Union . The Federal Republic of Germany joined the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1958. Under the ECC attempts were made to achieve harmonization. This included measures in areas such as indirect taxation, industrial regulation, agriculture, fisheries and monetary policies. Willy Brandt became Foreign Minister in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1966. He developed the policy of Ostpolitik (reconciliation between eastern and western Europe). In 1969 Brandt became Chancellor of West Germany. He continued with his policy of Ostpolitik and in 1970 negotiated an agreement with the Soviet Union accepting the frontiers of Berlin. He also signed the Basic Treaty with the German Democratic Republic. With the collapse of communism in 1989 the two German republics were united. Primary Sources (1) Konrad Adenauer , speech on 31st January, 1951. The Federal Republic is threatened by the aggressive imperialism of Soviet Russia as is proved by the systematic expansion of Soviet power in all parts of the world since 1945. The increasingly active policies of the Russian zone government in the last few months lead to the inescapable conclusion that we cannot expect this Soviet imperialist expansionism to stop at the Elbe. If Soviet Russia succeeds in forcing the Federal Republic of Germany, with a minimum of damage, into the Soviet sphere of influence, Russian war potential would be equal to that of the United States. At the same time Russia would prevent the unification of Western Europe for the defence of the Western world. In all probability Soviet policy would thereby also succeed in increasing American isolationism sufficiently to make the United States withdraw from the continent of Europe. (2) Konrad Adenauer , Memoirs 1945-53 (12th July, 1952) Disagreement between Soviet Russia and the free peoples was, I felt, bound to grow. America too had a vital interest in the creation of a strong Western Europe. For this Germany was indispensable. A country in shackles is not a real, full partner. I therefore thought that our fetters would gradually fall away. As John Foster Dulles once put it: America was not pursuing a German or a French policy in Europe, but an American policy. That was a very true saying. The foreign policy of a country is always inspired by its own real or imagined interests. It was in the interest of the United States that Germany should become strong once more. Therefore the many examples of discrimination, such as the Ruhr Statute, the Occupation Statute and the provisions regarding the rearming of Germany, could only be of a transitory nature. In the long run the German people could not be a perfect partner of the peoples whose interests were parallel to ours unless there was equality. These were the g
Which former US President had a pet Labrador Retriever called Buddy?	Dogs in the White House \| First Dogs of Presidents A Photo of the Kennedy Family and Their Dogs Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson loved dogs, especially beagles. He kept a total of five dogs during his term in office. The most famous of the lot were two beagles that were simply named Him and Her. There was also another beagle called J. Edgar, a white collie named Blanco, and Yuki, a mixed breed. LBJ stirred up controversy in 1964 when he was photographed lifting his dogs by their ears. Johnson also had several other dogs, including one of Her’s puppies called Kim and Freckles. These puppies were given to Johnson’s daughter, Luci. Dogs of Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Richard Nixon’s loyal four-legged friend was a Cocker Spaniel named Checkers. The dog actually became quite famous when he was mentioned in a speech. Before he was President, Nixon had been accused of accepting thousands of dollars worth of gifts, but he publicly declared that the only gift he had received was the dog, who he intended to keep. This famous speech came to be known as the Checkers Speech, and the phrase is now used in reference to overly emotional political speeches. Checkers actually died before he could ever live in the White House! Nixon’s other dogs included Vicky (a poodle), King Timahoe (an Irish Setter), and Pasha (a terrier). A Copy of Nixon's Checker's Speech Gerald Ford Gerald Ford first received his golden retriever, Liberty, as an eight month old pup. They quickly became close friends, with Liberty spending much of her time in the Oval Office. According to one rumor, Ford had trained Liberty to disrupt conversations that had run on for too long by approaching the guest in a friendly manner. Liberty became so well-known that the White House distributed printed photographs of the dog, complete with a paw print autograph! Gerald Ford found his dog through his photographer, David Kennerly. When Liberty had puppies, Ford kept one and named it Misty. More Information About Liberty Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter’s primary dog was an Afghan hound, a unique type of dog breed that he named Lewis Brown. His family was also given another dog, a border collie that they named Grits when he was a puppy. Grits was a gift for Carter’s daughter, Amy, from her teacher. He had to be returned a little later, however, for some unknown reason. Lewis Brown and Grits had to share the White House with another family pet: a Siamese Cat with the unusual name, Misty Malarky Ying Yang. Amy Carter with Grits Ronald Reagan Rex, Ronald Reagan’s Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was the very first official First Dog. He was actually given to Reagan’s wife as a gift, but became very attached to the President. Rex made such an impact with the staff, press, and public, that upon leaving the White House, he received a special dog house modeled after the White House. The Reagan's also had a Bouvier des Flandres named Lucky. Rex didn’t like the Lincoln Bedroom, which some people believe is haunted by Lincoln’s ghost. When the Reagans first received Rex, in the same week he made his first public move by helping to turn on the lights for the National Christmas Tree. More Information About Rex and Lucky George H.W. Bush Unlike many presidents who preceded him, the senior George Bush had one main dog in his life, Mildred. She was an English Springer Spaniel. Millie made the news when Bush was running for a re-election. In one of his speeches where he was speaking out against Bill Clinton and Al Gore, he mentioned, “My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos.” Mildred’s full name was Mildred “Millie” Kerr Bush. Millie was featured or portrayed in several TV show episodes, such as Murphy Brown, The Simpsons, and Who’s the Boss. George H.W. Bush and Millie Bill Clinton Buddy was a Labrador Retriever who lived with the Clintons. They received Buddy when he was a mere three months old. The dog was named after Henry Oren “Buddy” Grisham, Bill Clinton’s great-uncle. Sadly, Buddy passed away at age four, after he was hit by a car while chasing after someone. Hill
Who played Jenna Wade in the US tv series ‘Dallas’?	Priscilla Presley - Film Actress, Television Actress - Biography.com Cast of Dancing with the Stars Synopsis American actress and businesswoman Priscilla Presley, the ex-wife of cultural icon Elvis Presley and mother of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, was born on May 24, 1945. She starred in three Naked Gun movies with Leslie Nielsen, and played the character Jenna Wade on the television series Dallas. Presley founded Elvis Presley Enterprises, and helped to turn Graceland into a multimillion-dollar tourist attraction. Early Life Priscilla Presley was born Priscilla Ann Wagner on May 24, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, James Wagner, was a US Navy pilot who was killed in an plane crash when Pricilla was only a few months old. Her mother, Ann, remarried Paul Beaulieu, an Air Force officer, in 1948. Her family moved several times and was stationed in Germany when she was a teenager. It was there, she met Elvis Presley in 1959, when she was 14. At that time, Elvis was serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. They began a romance, and Priscilla eventually followed Elvis to the United States. Marriage to Elvis Presley Eight years after they met, Priscilla and Elvis were married in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their daughter, Lisa Marie, was born the following year, in 1968. Although their marriage didn't last (they divorced in 1973), Elvis and Priscilla remained friends, and raised Lisa Marie together, until his death in 1977. Presley became the executor of Elvis's estate, Graceland, in 1979, and proved herself to be a successful businesswoman, turning Elvis Presley Enterprises, of which she is chairwoman and president, into a profitable business. Performance Artist Presley had begun studying acting while she was married to Elvis, and after a few TV appearances, she joined the cast of the hugely popular night-time soap opera Dallas. In 1984, she won a Soap Opera Digest Award for her role as Jenna Wade Krebbs (1983-88). In 1985, Presley published the bestselling memoir Elvis and Me, and she produced the TV movie based on her book in 1988. Presley then starred in three Naked Gun movies with Leslie Nielsen (between 1988 and 1994). In the late 1990s, Presley started a line of fragrances, and developed a line of clothing and skin-care products. In 2002, she was announced her intent to co-produce a musical theater production, Elvis and Priscilla, based on her romance with the "King of Rock 'n' Roll." In 2008, Presley garnered new fame, this time for her dancing skills, when she performed as a contestant on the hit series Dancing with the Stars (season 6). Personal Life Presley lived with boyfriend and Italian screenwriter Marco Garibaldi from 1984 to 2006. She and Garibaldi, who never married, have a son, Navaronne (born in 1987). Presley now shares the joys of motherhood with daughter Lisa Marie, who has four children Danielle Riley, Benjamin, and twins Finley and Harper. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information
What is the name of the small town in Australia which is famous for outlaw Ned Kelly’s Last Stand?	Ned Kelly’s Last Stand at Glenrowan, Australia Ned Kelly’s Last Stand at Glenrowan, Australia Dean Wickham April 11, 2013 As we turned off the main freeway to head to the town of Glenrowan in the North of Victoria, Australia , I wasn’t really sure what I would find. This town is the site of Australia’s most famous bushranger battle – Ned Kelly’s Last Stand. I remember learning all about Ned Kelly in school, and although he was an outlaw, it was his story that I found most interesting. Ned Kelly’s story takes us back to the 1800’s, when the country of Australia didn’t even exist yet. Back then, the country was split into several different colonies of the British Empire that now make up the states of Australia. Ned’s parents originated from Ireland, his father (John Kelly) a former convict who moved to Victoria on release met Ned’s mother (Ellen Kelly). The Kellys had seven children, the oldest son being Edward (Ned) Kelly. Ned was brought up in a tough and unfair environment, surrounded by crime and convictions. His family was suspected of horse and cattle stealing, and his father ended up in prison to serve 6 months for stealing a farmer’s calf. His Irish heritage meant that he was treated poorly in the prison, which ultimately led to his death. This was just the start of Ned’s anger towards the authorities. Statue of Ned Kelly in Glenrowan What followed was a lot of different charges against the Kelly family, most of which were false and led to the obvious targeting of the family by the police. Ned Kelly’s bushranging days came about after a police officer (Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick), drunk and against orders, went to the Kelly house to arrest Ned’s brother Dan for horse stealing while Ned was away. He waited at the Kelly house for Dan to return, where he made his arrest. Unable to provide a warrant, Ned’s mother Ellen challenged him, where Fitzpatrick pulled a revolver on them and threatened them all. Dan then managed to corner him and relieve him of his revolver and was sent on his way. Fitzpatrick then rode onto Benalla where he claimed that he was attacked and shot by Ned, Dan, Ellen, Bricky Williamson and Bill Skillion who he claimed were armed with revolvers. Ned told the police that he was not present at the time of the incident and that Fitzpatrick’s wounds were self inflicted. Police arrested and imprisoned his mother Ellen along with Bricky Williamson and Bill Skillion and a reward was offered for Ned’s arrest. Furious with the injustice, Ned and Dan went into hiding in the bush where they were joined by their friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart who formed the infamous Kelly Gang. The Kelly Gang was hunted for a couple of years by the police as they continuously robbed banks and stole horses in their rebellion. Ned Kelly’s last stand happened in the town of Glenrowan where they planned on stopping the police train by pulling up some tracks in the town. With the town’s residents as hostages in Ann Jones’ Inn, Ned, Dan, Joe and Steve faced off against the huge police force wearing homemade iron armour suits. Their suits each weighed about 44 kilograms covering their torsos and heads, but leaving their legs unprotected. The weight of the armour heavily limited their movements. The railway station in Glenrowan Their attempt to derail the train failed due to a released hostage waving down the train before it got there. The police therefore laid siege against the Kelly Gang inside the inn. It was at dawn on the 28th of June, 1880, when the firing began. Both parties fired on each other throughout the day, with the police receiving reinforcements from nearby stations. Joe Byrne had been shot while drinking whisky at the bar. Amongst the firing, Ned had somehow moved out of the inn to attack the police from the rear, firing upon them with a single revolver while using the surrounding trees as cover, despite being injured. The police charged him, firing upon him heavily without affect due to his armour. When they realised that his legs were unprotected, he was brought down with two shots where he was finally captur
Who was the father of English monarch Queen Mary I?	Queen Mary I - Facts, Information, Biography & Portraits Image Source Queen Mary I: Facts, Information, Biography & Portraits ‘You have four certain and open enemies: the heretics and schismatics, the rebels and adherents of the duke of Northumberland, the king of France and Scotland, and the Lady Elizabeth.’ the Imperial ambassador Renard to Queen Mary, 1553 Biography The sad life of England’s first female ruler is rendered even more tragic in comparison with her half-sister and successor’s reign. Poor Mary Tudor, destined – like her half-brother and predecessor – to languish between those two giants of English history, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Yet there is much to warrant even a brief examination of her life and reign. Though her hated half-sister would outshine her in virtually every sphere – physical, political, intellectual, artistic – Mary also had a formidable impact upon English history. Throughout the first thirty-seven years of her life, she was tossed about by the whims of her father and, later and perhaps more galling, her Protestant brother and his council. It was perhaps inevitable that when she first tasted real power, the experience would be both intoxicating and unfortunate. Princess Mary, age 28, painted by Master John When Mary came to the throne, she was thirty-seven years old. She had never been married though, in her youth, several matches had been suggested and abandoned. Contrary to later beliefs, Henry VIII was pleased with her birth in 1516, proudly displaying the infant Mary to visiting ambassadors and noblemen. It was only years later, with Mary as his sole legitimate offspring, that Henry began his desperate search for a son. This search would forever brand him as a misogynist and cruel tyrant who discarded, divorced, and beheaded the women who did not bear him sons. But one must be fair to Henry and judge him by the standards of his time, which certainly his contemporaries did. He was only the second Tudor monarch and, as such, he understood the necessity of stabilizing the English throne. Indeed, his father had only won the crown in 1485, barely thirty years before Mary’s birth. And if Henry VII, born the unprepossessing earl of Richmond, could steal the crown then his son’s actions can be understood. Above all else, Henry VIII was determined the crown would remain in Tudor hands. Mary, like her half-sister Elizabeth, was always recognized as his daughter. But England had never had a woman ruler, one who ruled in her own right without a male consort or as regent for an infant son. The only possible precedent was Matilda, Henry I’s heir, and the precedent was not good – Matilda was expelled by the English barons and her cousin Stephen of Blois was made king. Though this had happened four centuries before, its lesson was still valid. With this in mind, Henry’s treatment of Mary’s mother becomes – if not palatable – at least understandable. Certainly the petty cruelties and humiliations he forced upon her were his own doing but the overall aim was to ensure the Tudor succession. But all this happened years after Mary’s birth. From 1516 to about 1530, Mary led a happy, sheltered life. She was considered one of the most important European princesses and Henry used her as every king used his daughter – as a pawn in political negotiations. She was also well-educated with a fine contralto singing voice and great linguistic skill. Her mother, Katharine of Aragon, was deeply devoted to Mary. This was a reflection of Katharine’s strongly domestic nature as well as the numerous miscarriages she suffered. Any mother would naturally love a child but Katharine had lost enough children to make her especially devoted to the one who survived. When Henry proposed the idea of divorce, Katharine fought it passionately, not least because divorce would destroy her daughter’s future. Katharine was the youngest daughter of those great Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, the ‘Catholic Kings’ who united Spain geographically and spiritually. Through her mother, she could trace her lineage
‘The Kiss’ is an 1889 work by which French sculptor?	Auguste Rodin: The French sculptor's five most iconic works - pictures - Mirror Online Auguste Rodin: The French sculptor's five most iconic works - pictures The father of modern sculpture's best-known masterpieces include The Kiss, The Thinker and The Burghers of Calais Share Father of modern sculpture: Auguste Rodin (Photo: Getty) Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Google is celebrating the 172nd birthday of Auguste Rodin , the universally accepted father of modern sculpture. The French sculptor's work was initially unpopular, but in his later years he became a world-renowned artist. Today's Google doodle iincorporates one of Rodin's best-known works, The Kiss. Tribute: Google's version of The Kiss Here we take a closer look at Rodin's five most famous sculptures. The Kiss This 1889 marble sculpture of an embracing couple depicts the 13th-century Italian noblewoman Francesca da Rimini from Dante's Inferno, who falls in love with her husband's younger brother Paolo. The couple are discovered and killed by Francesca's husband. The lovers' lips do not actually touch in the sculpture, suggesting that they were interrupted and met their demise without them ever having kissed. The Kiss (Photo: Getty) The Thinker Probably the best known of Rodin's monumental works, this depicts a man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle. First conceived circa 1880–1881 as a depiction of Dante, the image evolved to represent all poets and creators. It now lives in the Rodin Museum in Paris, and is often used to represent philosophy. The Thinker (Photo: Getty) The Burghers of Calais Also completed in 1889, this sculpture serves as a monument to the moment in 1347 during the Hundred Years' War when Calais was captured by the English. Edward III offered to spare the people if any six of the French port's top leaders would surrender themselves to him almost naked, with nooses around their necks, and carrying the keys to the city and castle. One of the wealthiest of the town leaders, Eustache de Saint Pierre, volunteered first, and five other burghers soon followed suit, stripping down to their breeches. This poignant mix of defeat, heroic self-sacrifice, and willingness to face imminent death was captured by Rodin in his sculpture. Burghers of Calais (Photo: Getty) The Gates of Hell This sculptural group work depicts a scene from "The Inferno" and contains 180 figures ranging in size from 15cm high up to more than one metre. It was commissioned in 1880 and was meant to be delivered in 1885, but Rodin continued to work on and off on the project for 37 years until his death in 1917. Rodin worked on The Gates of Hell at the Hôtel Biron in Paris, and in 1919, two years after his death, the hotel became the Musée Rodin for the world to enjoy his work. The Gates of Hell (Photo: Getty) The Age of Bronze This bronze statue of a life-size nude man was first exhibited in 1877 in Paris, when Rodin was falsely accused of having made it by casting a living model. He vigorously denied the charge, but the controversy benefited him, as members of the public were so eager to see his work and decide for themselves. The figure was created to suggest heroism and suffering, what many of Rodin's countrymen went through while fighting in the Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871. The Age of Bronze (Photo: Getty) Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent
In which European country is Lake Bolsena?	Lake Bolsena: A Volcanic Miracle \| ITALY Magazine Lake Bolsena: A Volcanic Miracle Nicola Ferlei-Brown \| Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 06:30 Bolsena is a 'miraculous' lake in the Tuscia area, between Rome and Tuscany, which is dotted with enchanting towns that dominate the 'path of the Etruscans'. Rarely overcrowded, and abundant with beautiful black volcanic sands, it is the largest volcanic lake in Europe, with a circumference of 43km, and an incredible history. 370,000 years ago the collapse of land following the eruption of the Vulsini volcano (active until 104 BC) formed a caldera which then became the bed of Bolsena's lake. There are two islands, Bisentina and Martana, in the southern part of the lake which were formed by underwater eruptions following the collapse that created the caldera. The area was part of the Etruscans territories in central Italy, a dominant culture in Italy by 650 BC. Needless to say, it's dowsed with tribe upon tribe which left their mark on this mysterious area. Today the lake and the medieval town with the same name on its shores are best known for a miracle that occurred in medieval times in 1263. The Miracle of Bolsena In 1263, a Bohemian priest, Peter of Prague, was tormented by the doubt as to whether Christ was actually present in the consecrated Host and went on a pilgrimage to Rome to strengthen his faith. On his way back, he stopped in the church of Saint Christina in Bolsena, and while celebrating Holy Mass above the tomb of St. Christina, he had barely spoken the words of Consecration when blood started to seep from the consecrated Host and trickle over his hands onto the marble altar and the corporal. The priest interrupted the Mass and asked to be taken to Orvieto, the city where Pope Urban IV was then residing. The Pope listened to the priest's account and absolved him. When, after an investigation, all the facts were ascertained, he ordered the Bishop of the diocese to bring the Host and the linen cloth bearing the stains of blood to Orvieto. The day archbishops, cardinals and other Church dignitaries brought them to Orvieto, the Pope met the procession and had the relics placed in the cathedral. Apparently, Pope Urban IV was prompted by this miracle to commission St. Thomas Aquinas to compose the Proper for a Mass and an Office honoring the Holy Eucharist as the Body of Christ. One year after the miracle, in August of 1264, Pope Urban IV introduced the saint's composition, and by means of a papal bull instituted the feast of Corpus Christi. The Mass at Bolsena by Raffaello -Apostolic Palace - The Vatican In Bolsena, in the beautiful Church of Santa Cristina, there is a reliquary containing the marble, stained with blood, while the blood stained linen (exposed during the annual procession for the Feast of Corpus Domini) and the holy corporal are kept in a golden shrine in the Cathedral of Orvieto. After visiting the Cathedral of Orvieto, many pilgrims and tourists go to visit St. Christina's Church in Bolsena to see the place where the miracle occurred. However, Bolsena is rarely overcrowded and an absolute pleasure to visit. 'Un Miracolo della Natura' - A Miracle of Nature Covering an area of 113.5 km2, it is considered Europe’s largest volcanic basin. It is Italy’s fifth largest lake and the biggest in the Lazio region. The lake is simply unique, with its black volcanic sands and beaches stretching for several miles, and it is an ideal destination for swimming, picnicking, water sports and fishing. It is also a bird watchers' paradise: black redstarts, pochards, red crested pochards, coots, great crested grebes, little grebes, egrets, and grey herons have all been spotted in the area. Sedentary birds include doves, seagulls, and swans. Then there are herons, reed warblers, and great reed warblers. A perfect off-the-beaten track location In between Rome and Tuscany, it's a gastronomical treat for the taste buds, without blowing the budget, with the bonus of being off the beaten 'Tuscany' tourist track. Boasting a multitude of day trips to blow your mind, you would want
In medicine, glomerulonephritis affects which part of the body?	Glomerulonephritis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Complement levels Treatment Treatment depends on the cause of the disorder, and the type and severity of symptoms. Controlling high blood pressure is usually the most important part of treatment. Medicines that may be prescribed include: Blood pressure drugs, most often angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers Corticosteroids Drugs that suppress the immune system A procedure called plasmapheresis may sometimes be used for glomerulonephritis caused by immune problems. The fluid part of the blood that contains antibodies is removed and replaced with intravenous fluids or donated plasma (that does not contain antibodies). Removing antibodies may reduce inflammation in the kidney tissues. You may need to limit salt, fluids, protein , and other substances. People with this condition should be closely watched for signs of kidney failure. Dialysis or a kidney transplant may eventually be needed. Support Groups You can often ease the stress of illness by joining support groups where members share common experiences and problems. Outlook (Prognosis) If you have nephrotic syndrome and it can be controlled, you may also be able to control other symptoms. If it cannot be controlled, you may develop end-stage kidney disease. When to Contact a Medical Professional Call your health care provider if: You have a condition that increases your risk for glomerulonephritis You develop symptoms of glomerulonephritis Prevention Most cases of glomerulonephritis can't be prevented. Some cases may be prevented by avoiding or limiting exposure to organic solvents, mercury , and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Alternative Names Glomerulonephritis - chronic; Chronic nephritis; Glomerular disease; Necrotizing glomerulonephritis; Glomerulonephritis - crescentic; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis Images Kidney anatomy References Appel GB, Radhakrishnan JAI, D'Agati VD. Secondary glomerular disease. In: Taal MW, Chertow GM, Marsden PA, Skorecki K, Yu ASL, Brenner BM, eds. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 32. Cattran DC, Reigh HN. Overview of therapy for glomerular disease. In: Taal MW, Chertow GM, Marsden PA, Skorecki K, Yu ASL, Brenner BM, eds. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 33. Nachman PH, Hennette JC, Falk RJ. Primary glomerular disease. In: Taal MW, Chertow GM, Marsden PA, Skorecki K, Yu ASL, Brenner BM, eds. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 31. Read More
Which country hosted the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup?	Eighth Cricket World Cup 2003 - ICC World Cup 2003 Results - 8th ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya 6th Match, Group A - United Arab Emirates v Afghanistan at Abu Dhabi Afghanistan won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya hosted the eighth (8th) ICC Cricket World Cup, in 2003. The ODI tournament was won by Australia. Eighth Cricket World Cup 2003 The eighth edition of ODI World Cup was played in three countries, comprising of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya, from February 9 to March 24, 2003. It saw the number of participating teams increase to 14, comprising of Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Zimbabwe, along with the ICC Trophy Qualifiers - Canada, Namibia, and the Netherlands. A total of 54 matches were played in the tournament (the most in World Cup history so far), following the same format that was introduced in 1999. The 8th ICC Cricket World Cup saw the teams being divided into two groups, each with seven teams. The top three teams of each group, i.e. Australia, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Zimbabwe, competed with each other in the 'Super-6' stage. Out of these, Australia, Sri Lanka, India and Kenya qualified for the semi-finals. The final was played between Australia and India, with the former defeating the latter by 48 runs. Ricky Ponting was named "Man of the Match" in the final; while Sachin Tendulkar was awarded 'Player of the Series' (he also scored the maximum runs � 673). Chaminda Vaas took the maximum number of wickets (23) in the series. 2003 ICC World Cup statistics Administrator - International Cricket Council Attendance - 626,845 (11,608 per match) Most runs - Sachin Tendulkar (673) Most wickets - Chaminda Vaas (23) Player of the series - Sachin Tendulkar (India) Results Summary Group A Zimbabwe v Namibia at Harare, Feb 10, 2003, Zimbabwe won by 86 runs (D/L method) (Zim 340/2; Nam 104/5) Australia v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 11, 2003, Australia won by 82 runs (Aus 310/8; Pak 228) India v Netherlands at Paarl, Feb 12, 2003, India won by 68 runs (Ind 204; NL 136) Zimbabwe v England at Harare, Feb 13, 2003, Zimbabwe won by a walkover without a ball bowled Australia v India at Centurion, Feb 15, 2003 Australia won by 9 wickets, (Ind 125; Aus 128/1) England v Netherlands at East London, Feb 16, 2003, England won by 6 wickets (NL 142/9; Eng 144/4) Namibia v Pakistan at Kimberley, Feb 16, 2003, Pakistan won by 171 runs (Pak 255/9; Nam 84) England v Namibia at Port Elizabeth, Feb 19, 2003, England won by 55 runs (Eng 272; Nam 217/9) Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Feb 19, 2003, India won by 83 runs (Ind 255/7; Zim 172) Australia v Netherlands at Potchefstroom, Feb 20, 2003, Australia won by 75 runs (D/L Method) (Aus 170/2; NL 122) England v Pakistan at Cape Town, Feb 22, 2003, England won by 112 runs (Eng 246/8; Pak 134) India v Namibia at Pietermaritzburg, Feb 23, 2003, India won by 181 runs (Ind 311/2; Nam 130) Zimbabwe v Australia at Bulawayo, Feb 24, 2003, Australia won by 7 wickets (Zim 246/9; Aus 248/3) Netherlands v Pakistan at Paarl, Feb 25, 2003, Pakistan won by 97 runs (Pak 253/9; NL 156) England v India at Durban, Feb 26, 2003, India won by 82 runs (Ind 250/9; Eng 168) Australia v Namibia at Potchefstroom, Feb 27, 2003, Australia won by 256 runs (Aus 301/6; Nam 45) Zimbabwe v Netherlands at Bulawayo, Feb 28, 2003, Zimbabwe won by 99 runs (Zim 301/8; NL 202/9) India v Pakistan at Centurion, Mar 1, 2003, India won by 6 wickets (Pak 273/7; Ind 276/4) Australia v England at Port Elizabeth, Mar 2, 2003, Australia won by 2 wickets (Eng 204/8; Aus 208/8) Namibia v Netherlands at Bloemfontein, Mar 3, 2003, Netherlands won by 64 runs (NL 314/4; Nam 250) Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo, Mar 4, 2003, No result (Pak 73/3) Group B South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Feb 9, 2003, West Indies won by 3 runs (WI 278/5; SA 275/9) New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Bloemfontein, Feb 10, 2003, Sri Lanka won by 47 runs (SL 272/7; NZ 225) Bangladesh v Canada at Durban, Feb 11, 2003, Can
Pattaya, Phucket and Koh Samui are tourist destinations in which country?	Thailand curfew lifted in Phuket, Koh Samui and Pattaya - Telegraph Telegraph Thailand curfew lifted in Phuket, Koh Samui and Pattaya The streets and beaches of Phuket have been quiet in the last few days Natalie Paris , Travel writer 3 June 2014 • 12:00am A nightly curfew that kept both tourists and locals indoors was imposed following a military coup on May 22. It initially took effect between 10pm to 5am but was later shortened to between midnight and 4am. It has now been lifted in three beach resorts that are "peaceful and free from political protests", according to the AP news agency, but will remain in Bangkok and elsewhere in the country. Visitor numbers to Thailand have been down as a result of the coup, prompting concerns among tourist industry officials. Tourism accounts for about 7 per cent of the country's economy. On Koh Phangan, a Gulf Coast island with a party reputation, Wannee Thaipanich, president of the Tourism Promotion Association, sent a letter to the local army asking them to ease the curfew to allow a full moon party on June 12 to continue all night, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. But the island, while it is next to Koh Samui, has not been named as one of the three areas that are now outside the curfew. The popular beach resort of Phuket however has been made an exception by the military. The streets and beaches have been quiet in the last few days, probably as much to do with the coup as the arrival of the rainy season. “All the beach bars and restaurants are trading but they’ve told me they are quieter than usual,” said Lee Cobaj, our Phuket expert, yesterday. “We’ve still not seen any military, though,” she added, “and have had foreign TV channels almost the entire time.” Some national and international television channels were temporarily banned from broadcasting in some parts of the country. The midnight to 4am curfew will remain in the capital Bangkok for the time being, to the disappointment of hotel, bar and restaurant owners. Five-star hotel owners in the city told Lee Cobaj that they were running at about 30 per cent occupancy. “They’ve also had to close some of their restaurants as they just can’t fill them,” she said. “The curfew is really hitting the hospitality industry hard up here.” Troops and police were deployed into central Bangkok on Sunday to stop anti-coup protests, which were mostly limited to small gatherings held around shopping malls. The military has banned political gatherings of five or more people. The latest advice from the Foreign Office ( gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand ) warns British tourists to be wary about making political statements in public. Some protestors have begun adopting a three-fingered salute as a sign of protest against the coup, which is similar to that used by characters in the film the Hunger Games. A spokesman for the military reportedly said today it would consider taking action against those using the salute in large groups. The Foreign Office’s website advises: “It is illegal to criticise the coup and you should be wary of making political statements in public. Some anti-coup demonstrations are taking place in Bangkok and some other cities. These could become violent. “You should exercise extreme caution and remain alert to the situation. If you’re in any doubt about your safety, stay in your accommodation. You should avoid all protests sites, political gatherings, demonstrations and marches.” Authorities have advised that the curfew does not apply to those travelling to or from airports, but departing or arriving travellers should have their passports and tickets with them for presentation. Natai Beach, Thailand 9 Telegraph expert rating
What is the science which maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography and geology?	Cosmography \| Define Cosmography at Dictionary.com cosmography noun, plural cosmographies. 1. a science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography, and geology. 2. a description or representation of the main features of the universe. Origin of cosmography 1350-1400; Middle English < Greek kosmographía description of the world. See cosmo- , -graphy Related forms [koz-muh-graf-ik] /ˌkɒz məˈgræf ɪk/ (Show IPA), cosmographical, adjective cosmographically, adverb Examples from the Web for cosmography Expand The Long Voyage Carl Richard Jacobi The same has been affirmed also by persons versed in learning and skilled in the science of cosmography. Hernando Cortez John S. C. Abbott In perusal of history, first, provide you some writers in chronology and cosmography. British Dictionary definitions for cosmography Expand a representation of the world or the universe 2. the science dealing with the whole order of nature Derived Forms 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 cosmography Expand "description of the universe," mid-15c., from cosmo- + -graphy . Related: Cosmographic. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Which element does Zn represent in the Periodic Table?	Zinc»the essentials [WebElements Periodic Table] CAS Registry ID : 7440-66-6 Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous metal. It is brittle at ambient temperatures but is malleable at 100 to 150°C. It is a reasonable conductor of electricity, and burns in air at high red heat with evolution of white clouds of the oxide. The picture above shows the result from burning a mixture of zinc metal powder and sulphur (only to be demonstrated by a professionally qualified chemist). Zinc: historical information Zinc was discovered by Andreas Marggraf in 1746 at Germany. Origin of name : from the German word "zink". Centuries before zinc was recognized as a distinct element, zinc ores were used for making brass (a mixture of copper and zinc). A brass dating from between 1400-1000 BC has been found in Palestine. An alloy containing 87% zinc was found in prehistoric ruins in Transylvania. The smelting of zinc ores with copper was apparently discovered in Cyprus and was used later by the Romans. Metallic zinc was produced in the 13th century in India by reducing calamine (zinc carbonate, ZnCO3) with organic substances such as wool. The metal was rediscovered later in Europe. William Champion set up a zinc industry in Bristol (England) in the 1740s. Other plants were established a little later in Belgium and Silesia. Sometime prior to the autumn of 1803, the Englishman John Dalton was able to explain the results of some of his studies by assuming that matter is composed of atoms and that all samples of any given compound consist of the same combination of these atoms. Dalton also noted that in series of compounds, the ratios of the masses of the second element that combine with a given weight of the first element can be reduced to small whole numbers (the law of multiple proportions). This was further evidence for atoms. Dalton's theory of atoms was published by Thomas Thomson in the 3rd edition of his System of Chemistry in 1807 and in a paper about strontium oxalates published in the Philosophical Transactions. Dalton published these ideas himself in the following year in the New System of Chemical Philosophy. The symbol used by Dalton for zinc is shown below. [See History of Chemistry, Sir Edward Thorpe, volume 1, Watts & Co, London, 1914.] Zinc around us Read more » Zinc is essential in the diets of plants and animals. Zinc shortage in soils around the world is an important problem. Zinc is the key component of many enzymes. The protein hormone insulin contains zinc. Zinc plays a role in reproduction and also sexual maturation. Zinc deficiency resluts in stunted growth and in male sexual immaturity. This is reversed on the addition of zinc in the diet. Some organisms seem to accumulate zinc. Zinc is never found as the free metal but there are a number of important ores such as sphalerite (zincblende, zinc sulphide, ZnS), smithsonite (zinc carbonate, ZnCO3), zincspar (also zinc carbonate, ZnCO3), and marmatite (zinc sulphide, ZnS, containing some iron sulphide, FeS). Zinc is wide spread around the world. Important deposits are located in North America and Australia. Abundances for zinc in a number of different environments. More abundance data » Location Second ionisation energy : 1733.3 kJ mol‑1 Isolation Isolation : zinc metal is readily available commercially so it is not normally necesary to make it in the laboratory. Most zinc production is based upon sulphide ores. These are roasted in industrial plants to form zinc oxide, ZnO. This may be reduced with carbon to form zinc metal, but in practice ingenious technology is required to ensure that the resulting zinc does not contain oxide impurities. ZnO + C → Zn + CO ZnO + CO → Zn + CO2 CO2 + C → 2CO The other type of extraction is electrolytic. Dissolution of crude zinc oxide, ZnO, in sulphuric acid gives zinc sulphate, ZnSO4 in solution. Cadmium is an impurity and this is removed as a precipitate of cadmium sulphate by the addition of zinc dust. Electrolysis of the ZnSO4 solution using aluminium cathodes and lead alloyed with silver anodes gives pure zinc metal coated on the aluminium
In entertainment, which Marx Brothers real name was Leonard?	Chico Marx - Biography - IMDb Chico Marx Biography Showing all 34 items Jump to: Overview (4) \| Mini Bio (2) \| Spouse (2) \| Trade Mark (1) \| Trivia (21) \| Personal Quotes (2) \| Salary (2) Overview (4) 5' 6" (1.68 m) Mini Bio (2) As a kid trying to negotiate his way through various gang territories to a floating crap game or a new pool hall where he was not yet known as a hustler, Leonard (Chico) Marx learned to fake several accents. Because he later employed an Italian accent in the Marx Brothers' act, people assumed his name was pronounced "Cheeko." Instead, Leonard was dubbed "Chicko" for his other consuming passion, women (or "chicks"), at which he was more successful than gambling, but when a typesetter dropped the "k" out of his name, the brothers let it stay as Chico. Chico was the brother who guided the Marxes to stardom. He took over the act's managment (amicably) from their mother, Minnie, and through audacity and charm, Chico secured the Brothers their first international (London) booking, their first Broadway show and their MGM contract with Irving Thalberg , among other successes. Nephew of actor Al Shean . Was an avid poker player and is rumored to have had a photographic memory so good, he could memorize the positions of cards in a deck. When a check written by Chico was found in mobster Bugsy Siegel 's wallet at the time of his death, Chico was interrogated by police. He insisted the check was payment of a gambling debt from a poker game. When asked about his knowledge of Siegel's criminal activities, Chico stated, "We never discussed business." Groucho Marx later said of this incident, "Chico was lucky that Bugsy was shot. If Bugsy had tried to cash that check, it would have bounced. Then Bugsy would have shot Chico." Father of Maxine Marx , from his marriage to Betty Carp. Son of Sam Marx and Minnie Marx (nee Schoenberg). "What's the shape of the world?" was a question brother Groucho Marx (playing a teacher, with Chico as a student) asked in one of their early routines; years later, the two used the question to cheer each other up. Father-in-law of Shamus Culhane . The oldest of The Marx Brothers , he was a gambling addict and initially joined his brothers' act to pay off debts. However, he became the unofficial manager of the group once he joined (taking over from his mother), using the hustling charms he attained as a gambler to further The Marx Brothers ' fortunes. He was voted as one of The Marx Brothers the 62nd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He was portrayed by actor Irwin Pearl in the Broadway show, "Minnie's Boys", which ran at the Imperial Theatre for 80 performances, from Mar 26 to May 30, 1970. The famous phrase "Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?" is often referred to as a Groucho Marx quote, but it was actually delivered by Chico, in his characteristic Italian accent, in Duck Soup (1933) , playing the character Chicolini while impersonating Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho). Uncle of Arthur Marx , Miriam Marx , Melinda Marx , Bill Marx , and Bob Marx . While filming Horse Feathers (1932), he had a bad accident, shattering his knee. In some scenes, you can see him limp. Before he was born, his parents gave birth to a son named Manfred, who died in infancy 6 months afterwards. He and Harpo were usually mistaken as twins when they were young. Chico Marx' birth name was Leonard Marx. The origin of his stage name is a commentary on his habitual womanizing. During the Marx Brothers' vaudeville days, show business slang for a woman was 'chick,' and Leonard Marx was rarely seen without a woman. Because all of the Marx brothers were adopting stage names ending with the letter 'O,' Leonard Marx's stage name became 'Chicko,' spelled with the 'K' intact and pronounced with a soft 'I.' An early Broadway program, however, misspelled 'Chicko,' omitting the 'K.' Rather than reprint the program, Leonard began spelling his stage name 'Chico.' The correct pronunciation, however, remained 'Chick-oh,' with the accent on the syllable 'Chick.' Leonard and the other Marx br
Poul Schluter became Prime Minister of which country in September 1982?	BBC News - Denmark country profile Denmark country profile 23 December 11 11:55 GMT The Danes rejected the euro as the national currency in a referendum in September 2000. Analysts believe that Danish fears of loss of political independence and national sovereignty outweighed any economic arguments about the benefits of joining the eurozone. Denmark's euroscepticism put it at odds with many of its European partners seven years previously when Danish voters rejected the Maastricht Treaty which proposed monetary union and a common European defence force. Denmark had to be granted opt-outs from these provisions before the treaty was approved in 1993. The Social Democrats led a string of coalition governments for most of the second half of the last century in a country generally known for its liberal traditions. Poul Schluter then became the first-ever Danish prime minister representing the Conservative People's Party in 1982, leading a centre-right coalition until 1993, when he was succeeded by the Social Democrat Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. A new centre-right coalition headed by Anders Fogh Rasmussen came to power in November 2001 promising tighter immigration controls. A third successive centre-right Rasmussen, Lars Lokke, took over as prime minister in April 2009. His government, dependent as it is on the right-wing populist People's Party to push through legislation, has witnessed immigration and integration emerge as major issues of public debate. Denmark's progressive tightening of its immigration laws has led to charges that its strict rules violate European norms. The country has won plaudits for its healthy economy. Its employment levels are the envy of many industrialised countries and it accommodates a competitive economic edge as well as a generous social security system. Danish cinema has won international recognition, not least for its willingness to experiment. Through the late 1990s and early 2000s the Dogme movement directors often used hand-held cameras to dynamic effect in a conscious reaction against high-tech, big-budget cinema. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are self-governing territories of Denmark. Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt Helle Thorning-Schmidt became Denmark's first female head of government after her alliance secured a narrow majority in parliament following elections in September 2011. The opposition parties ousted the rightist coalition of Lars Lokke Rasmussen in a closely fought election. Ms Thorning-Schmidt was a member of the European Parliament before taking over as leader of the Social Democrats in 2005. She led them to defeat in the 2007 election, having campaigned to relax immigration rules and oppose tax cuts. Taxation and immigration remain controversial issues among the parties of Ms Thorning-Schmidt's coalition. Born in 1966, Helle Thorning-Schmidt studied political science in Denmark and Belgium before working as a Danish trade union consultant in Brussels. She married Stephen Kinnock, the current head of the World Economic Forum and son of British Labour politicians Neil and Glenys Kinnock, in 1996. They have two daughters. Ms Thorning-Schmidt is known in Denmark for her stylish dress sense, leading some papers to dub her "Gucci Helle". Less helpful was an official investigation into her tax affairs last year, in which she acknowledged having made a mistake in declaring Mr Kinnock a non-resident. The couple were cleared of wrongdoing. Denmark's public broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), operates two TV networks and national and regional radio stations. It is funded by a licence fee. TV2, a government-owned commercial broadcaster, operates regional outlets and an internet-based on-demand service. Private stations are available via satellite and cable. There are some 250 local commercial and community radio stations, as well as national and semi-national commercial networks. Freedom of expression is provided for in law. The principle was cited by the Jyllands-Posten daily amid a backlash by some Muslims in 2006 over its publication of cartoons depicting the
What is fictional Inspector Maigret’s first name?	The Great Detectives: Maigret - Strand Mag The Great Detectives: Maigret GO BACK TO ARTICLES MAIN PAGE The Sherlock Holmes of France” is a description that has been given to Commissaire Jules Maigret and in terms of worldwide fame and popularity he certainly deserves to be bracketed with Britain’s most famous detective. And the similarities do not end there. Just as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had done with Sherlock Holmes, Georges Simenon tried to dispose of his detective early in the series without fully appreciating his enormous appeal to readers, who promptly insisted on his return. Both authors have also, since their deaths, become very much overshadowed by the icons they created. Maigret is one of a select band of literary figures recognisable by a single name, and has truly become a cult figure. The 84 novels and 18 short stories that Simenon wrote about him offer a fairly clear picture of le patron-as he is sometimes referred to-yet there are still enough enigmatic aspects about his character and mysterious elements in his cases to intrigue and fascinate successive generations of readers as the books and stories are reprinted. Over the years, Maigret has also become somewhat of a phenomenon. He has been the subject of scholarly theses, parodies and literary spoofs, the object of fan letters, and the inspiration for numerous films and television series. His likeness has been portrayed on postage stamps, his culinary tastes investigated by famous chefs, and his name taken in vain during many a sensational trial. The man himself is rather unprepossessing yet wholly unforgettable. Maigret is 5 foot 11 inches tall and heavyset, his broad shoulders and stolid features reflective of his bourgeois origin. Early in his career as an inspector he wore a thick moustache, dressed in a well-cut suit and a thick winter coat with a velvet collar, and was rarely without that most British of accoutrements, a bowler hat. But when he became a commissaire, Maigret acknowledged changing police fashions by adopting a mackintosh and felt hat and shaving off his moustache. Throughout his books, Simenon provides many interesting details about his detective. Maigret has exceptional eyesight, essential for any good detective. Because of the demands of his work, he has taught himself to be able to grab a short sleep almost anywhere. He is prone to claustrophobia, and undue exertion will sometimes leave him short of breath. Where food is concerned, Maigret is a gourmet, his favourite dishes including pintadeau en croute and fricandeau a l’oseille. Like Sherlock Holmes, Maigret loves a pipe. He keeps a rack of fifteen of them in his office at the Judiciare on the Quai des Orfèvres beside the Seine and is rarely seen without one clamped between his teeth, his hands thrust deep into his coat pockets. Le Patron is well served by his three assistants, who patiently tolerate his occasional eccentricities while struggling to cope with his notoriously disorganised filing system. Pre-eminent among these men is le brave Lucas, a man described by Simenon as “chubby” who is actually able to pass himself off as Maigret if the situation demands. Completing the staff of the Judiciare are the devoted family man, Janvier, and the enthusiastic youngster, Lapointe. Despite his seniority, the chief is never above joining his men in searching for clues, although he seems to prefer sending them off on enquiries while he blends unobtrusively into the environment where the crime was committed. Unlike most fictional detectives, Maigret does not use the process of reasoning while engaged in an investigation, but instead relies on his intuition and unique facilities of perception to study all those involved and eventually identify the killer. His sheer presence often exposes the guilty party or overwhelms the perpetrator into making a confession. Maigret does not like driving in the crowded streets of Paris-he does not possess a licence, in fact-and prefers to take taxis and buses. He rarely uses a police car, despite the fact that one is always available to him. Though le
‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ is the first line of ‘Endymion’ by which poet?	Endymion, Book I, [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever] - Poems \| Academy of American Poets Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization. browse poems & poets sign up to receive a new poem-a-day in your inbox sign up Serenity by Edward Rowland Sill occasions read this poet's poems English Romantic poet John Keats was born on October 31, 1795, in London. The oldest of four children, he lost both his parents at a young age. His father, a livery-stable keeper, died when Keats was eight; his mother died of tuberculosis six years later. After his mother's death, Keats's maternal grandmother appointed two London merchants, Richard Abbey and John Rowland Sandell, as guardians. Abbey, a prosperous tea broker, assumed the bulk of this responsibility, while Sandell played only a minor role. When Keats was fifteen, Abbey withdrew him from the Clarke School, Enfield, to apprentice with an apothecary-surgeon and study medicine in a London hospital. In 1816 Keats became a licensed apothecary, but he never practiced his profession, deciding instead to write poetry. Around this time, Keats met Leigh Hunt, an influential editor of the Examiner, who published his sonnets "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" and "O Solitude." Hunt also introduced Keats to a circle of literary men, including the poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Wordsworth . The group's influence enabled Keats to see his first volume, Poems by John Keats, published in 1817. Shelley, who was fond of Keats, had advised him to develop a more substantial body of work before publishing it. Keats, who was not as fond of Shelley, did not follow his advice. Endymion, a four-thousand-line erotic/allegorical romance based on the Greek myth of the same name, appeared the following year. Two of the most influential critical magazines of the time, the Quarterly Review and Blackwood's Magazine, attacked the collection. Calling the romantic verse of Hunt's literary circle "the Cockney school of poetry," Blackwood's declared Endymion to be nonsense and recommended that Keats give up poetry. Shelley, who privately disliked Endymion but recognized Keats's genius, wrote a more favorable review, but it was never published. Shelley also exaggerated the effect that the criticism had on Keats, attributing his declining health over the following years to a spirit broken by the negative reviews. Keats spent the summer of 1818 on a walking tour in Northern England and Scotland, returning home to care for his brother, Tom, who suffered from tuberculosis. While nursing his brother, Keats met and fell in love with a woman named Fanny Brawne. Writing some of his finest poetry between 1818 and 1819, Keats mainly worked on "Hyperion," a Miltonic blank-verse epic of the Greek creation myth. He stopped writing "Hyperion" upon the death of his brother, after completing only a small portion, but in late 1819 he returned to the piece and rewrote it as "The Fall of Hyperion" (unpublished until 1856). That same autumn Keats contracted tuberculosis, and by the following February he felt that death was already upon him, referring to the present as his "posthumous existence." In July 1820, he published his third and best volume of poetry, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. The three title poems, dealing with mythical and legendary themes of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance times, are rich in imagery and phrasing. The volume also contains the unfinished "Hyperion," and three poems considered among the finest in the English la
Who was the longest-serving presenter of UK children’s tv show ‘Blue Peter’?	BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information Week 42 Blue Peter Feature Programme copy (Blue Peter At 50) The Beginning 1. Blue Peter first aired on 16 October 1958 and transmitted for 15 minutes. 2. The first presenters were Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Christopher Trace was the stand-in for Charlton Heston in blockbuster Ben-Hur and Leila Williams had been crowned Miss Great Britain the previous year. 3. Blue Peter was created by John Hunter Blair. Throughout the programme's 50-year history, there have been just six editors: Biddy Baxter, Lewis Bronze, Oliver Macfarlane, Steve Hocking, Richard Marson and the current editor Tim Levell. 4. The 50th anniversary edition of the show on 16 October will be programme number 4,406. Ships and Songs 5. Blue Peter is named after the blue and white flag hoisted when a ship is ready to set sail from port. The reasoning for the choice is that the programme is intended to be a voyage of adventure and discovery for the viewers, constantly covering new topics. 6. The ship's symbol, the Blue Peter Galleon, was designed by much-loved TV artist Tony Hart, who received just £100 for his work – which is worth an estimated £1,537 in today's money. Had he been paid royalties they would have made him a millionaire. 7. The theme tune is called Barnacle Bill. There have been nine versions of the theme tune, and the latest arrangement was introduced for this year's series. The Faces 8. There have been 34 Blue Peter presenters, including this year's new recruits, Helen Skelton and Joel Defries. 9. The longest-serving presenter was John Noakes, who presented the series for 12 and a half years and was 45 when he left. On one famous occasion, John was asked to drop his trousers for the show to show the bruises he had sustained during a bobsleigh film. According to his recollection, he realised that he was wearing his wife's underwear which he had put on by accident in the dark! On 17 May 1976, John Noakes collapsed in the studio due to exhaustion and Lesley Judd had to take over. 10. John Noakes's famous catchphrase was "Get Down Shep". In 1978, pop group The Barron Knights released a single of the same name which reached No. 44 in the charts. 11. Peter Duncan is the only presenter to do two stints on the show. He became a gold badge holder after he was made Chief Scout in Feb 2007. 12. Yvette Fielding was the youngest-ever presenter. She was 18 when she joined the series. 13. Sarah Greene met her husband, former TV presenter Mike Smith, through Blue Peter whilst being filmed learning to dive on the Mary Rose wreck. 14. The shortest-serving listed presenter was Anita West, who lasted for just four months before returning to her acting career. 15. The following stars applied to be become presenters but didn't make it: Kevin Whately, Sally James, Howard Stableford, Gail Porter, Jake Humphrey, Todd Carty and Sidney Sloane. 16. The famous Blue Peter badge was launched on 17 June 1963. 17. There are six types of badges – Blue, Green, Silver, Gold, Purple and Orange. Blue can be won by viewers sending in an interesting letter, poem, picture or story, or by appearing on the programme. Silver is for viewers who already have a blue but have to do something different to win one. Green is the environmental award, for viewers who make contributions on "green" subjects. Orange is given to viewers who have been either a winner or runner-up in a Blue Peter competition. The Gold badge is Blue Peter's highest award and is only given to people who have shown outstanding bravery and courage, or have represented their country in an international event. Introduced in 2006, the Purple badge is awarded to "Team Player" children who take an active role in the show, either by reviewing it, suggesting ideas for items or helping with audience research. 18. Famous Gold badge winners include Her Majesty The Queen, who received one in 2001, David Beckham, JK Rowling, Torvill and Dean and Bonnie the Blue Peter dog, who was given one on her retirement in 1991. It has also be

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