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Which saint is associated with the emblem of three golden balls | St. Nicholas Center ::: St. Nicholas Symbols St. Nicholas Symbols in Haarlem, NL! St. Nicholas Symbols A number of symbols help us recognize St. Nicholas. They developed from his most popular stories and customs. Crozier A hooked staff carried by a bishop; represents a shepherd's staff as the bishop is to be the shepherd of the people, as Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Again, a crozier is a general symbol for bishops, but unique to Nicholas among gift-givers. (also crosier) Three Gold Balls Represent the gold given to provide dowries for the impoverished maidens. Nicholas' gold balls became the pawnbroker's symbol. Sometimes oranges or apples are used to represent the gold. Gold Coins Another way of representing the gold given as dowries. Money Bags Usually three, but sometimes one, represent the gold thrown into the house to provide dowry money. Three Maidens The three young women who received the gold dowry money. Children In Tub Show Nicholas as the protector of children, from the story rescuing young children or students from the evil butcher or innkeeper. Usually three children are in the tub, but sometimes only two are present. Children Often shown with St. Nicholas because he is their patron saint . Ship Symbolizes the close association St. Nicholas has with sailors, ships, and the sea. Anchor |
In which city was the British version of Concorde assembled | CONCORDE SST : LATEST NEWS Images courtesy Corbis Library Accident trial judgement announced in Paris - Dec 2010 After more than 10 years a French court has produced a 22 page judgement that finds Continental Airlines and a mechanic working for the airline guilty of involuntary manslaughter for their part in the crashcrash of F-BTSD in July 2000. The court said the airline and a fitter were to blame for a the metal ware strip that fell off a Continental DC10 onto the runway and ruptured a tyre on Cononcorde that eventually lead to a significant fuel leak and fire. The airline, now United Continental Holdings following a merger, and aerospace group EADS (EAD.PA) must split 70-30 any damages payable to families of victims, claims that could run to tens of millions of euros if insurance companies seek reimbursement for sums already paid to relatives. Continental was fined 200,000 euros and ordered to pay Concorde's operator Air France a million euros in damages. Fitter John Taylor was given a 15-month suspended prison sentence for not having followed industry standard procedures and used titanium to badly construct the piece that fell from the DC10 Continental Airlines said it would appeal what it called an "absurd" verdict. Taylor's lawyer said he would also appeal. "I do not understand how my client could be considered to have sole responsibility for the Concorde crash," lawyer Francois Esclatine told French iTele television. The court said EADS, which now owns the French factories that partly built the Concorde airliners, had some civil liability in the crash. EADS lawyer Simon Ndiaye said the company was still deciding whether to appeal. Three French aviation engineers including the former head of the Concorde programme, Henri Perrier, were acquitted by the court, as was Taylor's supervisor at Continental. The French Engineers had been criticised for failing to act on long-running concerns about the risk that exploding tyres could hit fuel tanks under the wings of Concorde, but stopped far short of proposing a serious misconduct verdict, but saying they and the manufacturer was negligent in not handling the fire risk that came to light after several incidents in 1993. Download the full text of the judgement (French and English) G-BOAF to be stored pending future exhibit site being developed - Nov 2010 Following its well publicised closure at the end of the summer season, Airbus have confirmed that the “Concorde at Filton” visitors centre will not re-open in 2011. Year on year Airbus said visitor number had declined, meaning that as the conservation costs increased, the financial model was no longer viable; with sufficient funds not being generated to support the ongoing running costs, or contribute significantly towards the new museum. The aircraft is due to be moved inside a hangar on the Filton site early in the new year to allow conservation work to take place. It will then be placed in deep storage at Filton, pending the proposed museum, at the adjacent Cribbs Causeway site, becoming reality. The Concorde trust have been focusing their main efforts to ensure this new facility becomes a reality. Previous progress has been hampered by a significant reduction in the funding market caused by the global economic crisis and by many other complex issues. However, major steps forward are now being been taken, and The Concorde Trust is currently working with a team of professional consultants, learning institution partners and the broader community to prepare applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund and other potential funding sources. Airbus UK Country Manager, Mark Stewart, explained: “While we have been proud to have been the custodian for Alpha Foxtrot, the exhibition on the Airbus site at Filton was always meant to be an interim step towards a more permanent home in the Bristol area. British Airways has praised the condition of the aircraft under our care, but the time has come to urgently find a more permanent and accessible solution for its display. Over the past seven years, Airbus has spent £1.4 million mainta |
What is the capital of Sweden | Sweden Facts on Largest Cities, Populations, Symbols - Worldatlas.com 20 Kronors Ethnicity: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks GDP total: $395.8 billion (2012 est.) GDP per capita: $41,700 (2012 est.) Language: Swedish (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities Largest Cities: (by population) Stockholm, Goteborg, Malmo, Uppsala, Vasteras Name: The origin of the name is generally not agreed upon but may derive from Proto-Germanic Swihoniz meaning "one's own." National Day: June 6 |
What is Bombay duck made from | Bombay Duck Curry Recipe - Food.com coriander, finely chopped for garnishing Directions Wash, pat dry and apply salt (1 tsp) and turmeric (1 tsp) to the fish pieces and keep aside for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, heat mustard oil in a flat non-stick girdle or deep pan. When smoking, add dried red chillies, whole spices, cumin seeds. Let splutter. Add sliced onion. Cook for 2 minutes Add ginger-garlic- green chilly paste/ mix. Fry well for 2 minutes in high flame. Add the spice powders and 4 tbspn of water to cook the spices. Move the spice mix to the side of the pan. Add the fish pieces to the same pan, side by side. Reduce flame to medium, and allow the fish to cook in its juices for 5 minutes. With a spoon, spread the cooked spice mix over the fish, add a cup of water. Let the fish cook in the gravy for 5 minutes Since this fish is delicate, take care not to stir too much so that the pieces remain intact. You may add 1 tsp of lemon juice (optional). Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Remove from flame. Serve hot. Tastes best with rice. Would you like to attach a photo to your submission? Browse The image has been attached to your submission. Close Your reply has been submitted for moderation. Close Are you sure you want to report this post for review? Yes, report it. You must be logged in to interact with the activity feed. Log in now |
What is the official language of Brazil | Brazil - Language Language Brazil Table of Contents Language is one of the strongest elements of Brazil's national unity. Portuguese is spoken by nearly 100 percent of the population. The only exceptions are some members of Amerindian groups and pockets of immigrants, primarily from Japan and South Korea, who have not yet learned Portuguese. The principal families of Indian languages are Tup�, Arawak, Carib, and G�. There is about as much difference between the Portuguese spoken in Brazil and that spoken in Portugal as between the English spoken in the United States and that spoken in the United Kingdom. Within Brazil, there are no dialects of Portuguese, but only moderate regional variation in accent, vocabulary, and use of personal nouns, pronouns, and verb conjugations. Variations tend to diminish as a result of mass media, especially national television networks that are viewed by the majority of Brazilians. See The Media . The written language, which is uniform all over Brazil, follows national rules of spelling and accentuation that are revised from time to time for simplification. They are slightly different from the rules followed in Portugal. Written Brazilian Portuguese differs significantly from the spoken language and is used correctly by only a small, educated minority of the population. The rules of grammar are complex and allow more flexibility than English or Spanish. Many foreigners who speak Portuguese fluently have difficulty writing it properly. Because of Brazil's size, self-sufficiency, and relative isolation, foreign languages are not widely spoken. English is often studied in school and increasingly in private courses. It has replaced French as the principal second language among educated people. Because Spanish is similar to Portuguese, most Brazilians can understand it and many can communicate in it, although Spanish speakers usually have difficulty understanding spoken Portuguese. Custom Search |
Who had a U.K. No 1 in the 70's with Rubber Bullets | 10cc: 'It was a tragedy we didn't stay together' | Music | The Guardian 10cc 10cc: 'It was a tragedy we didn't stay together' They made some of the cleverest and most inventive music of the 70s, but split up at the height of their success. 10cc come together for the first time in 36 years to explain where it went wrong Thursday 22 November 2012 15.00 EST First published on Thursday 22 November 2012 15.00 EST Share on Messenger Close Forget the Stone Roses' comeback and the mooted (and denied) Smiths reunion : another great Manchester band has reunited. True, it is solely for the purpose of being interviewed by the Guardian. But it is the first time all four members of 10cc have spoken to the same publication, for the same article, since their split in 1976. The reason they have "reconvened" is to discuss Tenology, a five-CD box set focusing on the pioneering pop music they made between 1972 and 1976, when their fast-paced, action-packed hits made them one of the biggest bands in Britain. "Yes, in a way we're back together," says Graham Gouldman. "Only we're in a box, not a studio. Help!" With Tenology, 10cc should finally get their due as the Fab Four of the 70s. Songs such as Donna, Rubber Bullets and The Dean and I were melodically ingenious, sonically inventive, radical yet hugely commercial, crammed with ideas and hooks. As for the four albums the original foursome made together, from 1973's self-titled debut to 1976's How Dare You!, they posit 10cc as the missing art-pop link between the Beatles of the White Album and the Blur of Parklife. "We took on the mantle of the Beatles," agrees Eric Stewart, nominally 10cc's guitarist even if, like all the members, he handled other instruments and sang. He also functioned as the band's own in-house George Martin, largely producing and engineering their records, albeit with help from the others. "We experimented on every song – you'll never hear two that sound alike." Ensconced at their Strawberry Studios in Stockport, 10cc – Gouldman, Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – didn't just include four singers and musicians who dabbled with the recording console. They also all wrote together, in various permutations, which probably explains the super-diverse nature of the material: a Gouldman-Stewart composition would differ wildly from a Godley-Creme one, while a Godley-Stewart or Creme-Gouldman track would take another tack entirely. "I'd forgotten how avant-garde some of our music was," says Godley, the drummer and singer whose ethereal falsetto was used to striking effect, despite him being the only member not to sing on a 10cc No 1 – that's Stewart on I'm Not in Love and Creme on Rubber Bullets, while the basso profondo on Dreadlock Holiday is Gouldman's. Godley is perhaps thinking of Une Nuit a Paris , the nine-minute, three-part mini-opera that opens 1975's The Original Soundtrack , and inspired Queen to make Bohemian Rhapsody. "One magazine recently described it as 'an overreach'," he says, "but we were constantly testing the waters of what we could and couldn't do." Gouldman (bass, guitar, mandolin, autoharp) is annoyed by the pigeonholing of 10cc as a " guilty pleasure " when their so-called "soft rock" was artfully jagged: imagine what Frank Zappa might have achieved had he assembled a pop group in Manchester. They were the kid brothers of invention. "People would ask: 'What sort of music is it?' But it's not prog, it's not art rock – it's 10cc music," Gouldman says. He brings up the song Clockwork Creep from 1974's Sheet Music: "Who else would write a song about a bomb on an airplane – from the position of the bomb?" For all the rapier satire and hyper-kinetic approach to songcraft, 10cc became hugely popular. Creme (guitar, keyboards), who grew up wanting to be a comic artist and brought that cartoon vision to bear on the music, was stunned by the scale of their success. "In those days, records sold in their thousands," he says of 10cc's many chart forays. "You needed to sell 40,000 to 50,000 a week to get in the top 10. I used to try to imagine thousands of people go |
Which British army regiment are known as Sappers | 75 Engineer Regiment - British Army Website 75 Engineer Regiment 75 Engineer Regiment 75 Engineer Regiment 75 Engineer Regiment is an Army Reserve unit numbering some 296 reserve personnel with a regular enhancement of 91 regular soldiers, combined strength of 387 soldiers. We come under command of 8 Force Engineer Brigade based in Minley. The Regiment has a unique role within Defence as we provide amphibious and logistic bridging; nobody else provides a wide water gap crossing in the British Army. We are the only Royal Engineer Regiment (commonly known as Sappers) based in the North West of England. Our Army Reserve Centres are based in Warrington (Cheshire), Birkenhead (Merseyside), and Failsworth (Greater Manchester). The Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) is now well established in Peninsula Barracks, Warrington and commands Cheshire Garrison. Looking for a challenge? Royal Engineers are soldiers first and engineers second. The perform tasks such as bridge construction, water supply, Field fortification and explosive demolition. Our soldiers have deployed on Operations with Regular Army units to Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, also United Nations peace keeping tour of Cyprus as well as being attached to units in the USA, Canada and the Ascension Islands. What’s in it for me? You’ll be paid for attending training on a Tuesday night and weekends subject to your availability, you’ll even receive annual tax-free bonus if you complete 27 days training per year (including a 14 day annual camp). Current rates of pay can be found at www.armyjobs.mod.uk . You will also get paid leave. You will make new friends, develop your teamwork skills and discover new challenges and enhance your employability. There are great opportunities for travel all over the world, Participation in sport is encouraged. You can even gain new qualifications such as driving or management and engineering qualifications. Training In peacetime, we train with 36 Engineer Regiment in Maidstone; together with our own routine training and participation in major exercises in Canada, Kenya and Germany, this allows us to maintain a reasonable level of military engineering expertise. A great deal of the time and effort is spent training our Reservists in basic military and engineering skills. Military engineering encompasses: Mine Clearance Obstacles and Field Defences for combat troops Depending on how much time you can commit, it will normally take between 6-12 months to train you as a soldier and a further 6-12 months to train you sufficiently in your trade to be qualified for exercises or Operations. Want to join the Regiment? Our Reserves bring with them a vast skills base from their civilian employment. They find their experiences challenging but very rewarding. With a real sense of camaraderie created through shared values and experiences. If you are interested and would like further information then please contact your nearest Reserve Centre using the links on the right hand side of the page or contact the Regimental Operations Support Officer direct on 01925 642 839 or email: [email protected] The M3 Amphibious Rig being linked together to create a ferry |
What are baby squirrels called | ALL ABOUT SQUIRRELS: Lots of Fun Squirrel Facts Do you remember those cute chipmunk cartoons Chip and Dale? Yes, our cute squirrel friends are in fact part of a huge family of Squirrels (Sciuridae) which also makes them cousins of prairie dogs, the woodchucks, the amazing flying squirrel and both tree and ground squirrels. The Squirrels are pretty widespread too because their kin can be seen all over the trees, parks and woodlands across the globe—Australia, Asia and the Europe. Food Aside from the famous love of nuts, the facts are these furry friends of ours can also dine on small insects , roots, tree bark, leaves and acorns. It can be noted that when you give a certain type of squirrel tree bark for him to chew, the little guy would just flatly ignore it. Don’t feel bad because some Squirrel species do not have stomachs that break down cellulose (the chemical that makes the tree hard). Squirrels will typically gather and save a lot of their food all year round but this is definitely true when it comes to the autumn time. When you see them collecting all their nuts just before winter it is because they are getting ready for winter and they want to make sure that they have enough food to last them. After they have buried all of their food and when winter comes and goes, the squirrel will wake up out of hibernation and go look for the food they buried! Appearance Did you know that their name came was credited from the old Greek word Skiouros? The ancient Greek naturalists find their brushy tails remarkable as the meaning of Skiouros is “shadow tail”. Even though they are generally depicted onscreen as adorable brown chestnut lovers with a large fluffy tail, the Squirrel family’s looks are rather divergent. Some are decidedly dark like the Eastern Gray Squirrel while others sport white stripes on the back like the Indian Palm Squirrel. In fact, there are 200 different kinds of Squirrels worldwide.Now that's a cool squirrel fact! One famous relative of theirs, the flying squirrel has a special stretchy skin called the patagium that extends and helps the animal glide through the air. When it takes its jump, scientists report that it could daringly take the plunge from 150 feet—such an amazing feat for a little guy! Did you know that there is a Squirrel just a few inches bigger than a typical teacup? The one who holds the record of being the smallest in the Sciuridae family is the African pygmy squirrel—which reaches its full height at about 10 centimeters only! How about the longest? Perhaps, the most giant-looking Squirrel is the Alpine Marmot which could size up to a whooping 73 centimeters. But what makes them a family if there are at least one or two similarities among them? Yes, you are right. It’s their chunky front teeth. Unlike our human teeth, did you know that the Squirrel’s incisors grow throughout their lives? Albeit not as prominent as the former, these furry rodents also have keen eyesight that is from their huge, glassy eyes. To easily help their way up a tree, they also have long nails and claws. One of the reasons why they remain cute to human eyes is their fur—which is quite silky and soft to touch. Birth Did you know that despite having perfect vision as adults, baby squirrels are blind at birth? Many mother squirrels can have two to eight babies at once. These young ones must also depend on their caring mother for food and drink (mostly milk) for about a couple of months. After that, these individuals grow mature and can fully hunt for food themselves. Baby squirrels are called kittens and kittens are born only twice a year. Once in the spring time and once at the end of the summer. Behavior When some Squirrels live in groups, they exhibit camaraderie. This altruistic (unselfish trait) usually comes off when they feel that there is danger approaching. They produce warning calls to alert their fellow rodents from lurking predators. The one who initiates the calls—yes, this good guy—is likely to be the one to leave last. Hence, his life is put in more danger. Generally all squirrels liv |
From which city did Radio Piccadilly broadcast | Piccadilly Radio at 40: Celebrating 40 years of Piccadilly Radio, and now Key 103 - Manchester Evening News Business Celebrating 40 years of Piccadilly Radio The station, which first broadcast on April 2 1974, has been Manchester’s number one station for years and some of the DJs which made it a success could not wait to celebrate Share Get business updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Radio royalty gathered in Media City tonight to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Piccadilly Radio. The station, which first broadcast on April 2 1974, has been Manchester’s number one station for years and some of the DJs which made it a success could not wait to celebrate. Among the guests were Roger Day, who was the first to broadcast on the station, Andy Peeble and Paul "Locko" Lockitt who has been with station since 1979 and is currently Key 103's breakfast news editor. Roger said: "It was just a brilliant time. I haven't got a bad word to say about my time in Manchester. "I almost took a job in Canada before I heard about this. A radio station that was bringing the spirit of Pirate radio but complying with the regulations that were in place then. It was so exciting and the best decision I ever made. "One of my favourite memories was when Graham Nash rang in saying he loved the show but that I should play a Hollies record that he was on. I said fair enough, but why don't you come in for an interview. And he did, and Graham Nash never did interviews. But we have actually ended up life long friends because of it." View gallery Andy Peebles, who has gone on to have a broadcasting career spanning 40 years, said: "It was an amazing time. People from Leeds would ring in to say they were travelling into the reception area so they could listen to my northern soul show. "It was so amazing to be a part of it at the start. Usually when you go to a radio station everything is already established but getting to see everything from the wires being put in the floor. "For me it was a very lucky break not least because of the broadcasting career I''ve gone on to have." Phil Sayer, who started at the station in 1976 said: "We never forgot we were a local station. We did the big news but we would go to ribbon cuttings at local schools and played on darts teams in little street corner pubs in Beswick and Clayton. And that is what's missing from local radio now." Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Jim Hancock, the stations first employee, said: "I was the President of Manchester University's Student Union and was offered a job by Phil Birch. He said it was 9 months as his producer and then the chance to be a news reporter. "I was given the chance to go to all these concerts and record companies and I'd told them I'd wanted to be a reporter." Paul Lockitt, the stations longest serving employee from 1979 to the present day, said: "After five years I got trained as a reporter. I came in just as it was all changing it was still a pioneering radio station but we were going into the 80s. "The biggest stories I remember at the time were the Woolworth's fire in Piccadilly which was horrendous and the Manchester Air disaster." Mike Sweeney, who currently presents a morning show on BBC Radio Manchester, said: "I don't like to say lucky because I think you make your own luck but I am so fortunate thanks to Piccadilly. "Piccadiilly has meant I haven't had to drive a van my whole life. "Put me in front of a microphone and I could just do it but Piccadilly made me a broadcaster rather than a disc jockey." Colin Walsh programme controller 1974 to 1985 and managing director 85 to 89, said: "Everyone keeps coming up to me and saying you gave me my big break which is incredibly cheering. "It was such an exciting time looking back although we didn't realise it at the time." Among the guests at the bash were Jane Morgans who started out as secretary to the head of sales and travelled from New Caledonia off the coast of Australia for the party as well as guests who had tra |
What was the name of Edward Heath’s most famous yacht | Obituary: Owen Parker | Sport | The Guardian The Guardian Wednesday 17 September 2008 19.01 EDT First published on Wednesday 17 September 2008 19.01 EDT Share on Messenger Close Owen Parker, who has died aged 76, was best known as sailing master for former prime minister Edward Heath aboard the series of ocean-racing yachts named Morning Cloud which, during the 1960s and 70s, raced in major sailing competitions, including the Admiral's Cup. A winner of three consecutive Round the Island races, Parker competed all over the world, but the Solent was his own particular playground, where his personal knowledge was said to be worth a minute in every race. He was the last of his calling - a paid hand who raced aboard other peoples' yachts, and who bridged the social divide between amateurs and professionals that existed when he began sailing. Born in Southampton, the son of a shipwright, Parker spent most of his life afloat. He left school at 14 and was hired as a deckhand aboard a 96ft ketch, Leander, owned by Air Commodore Howard-Williams. His early experience included the ritual of rising at dawn, scrubbing decks, chamois-leathering the varnish and polishing the brass before going below for breakfast. When he first started, he was not allowed into yacht clubs because he was paid to race. They were places where the amateur code was held inviolate. He did nothing to upset the order - it happened without his influence, but he was always grateful of the change. In such circumstances, Parker developed his signature attitude, one of calculated deference. He always addressed yacht owners as "Mr" and when offering advice, invariably added "sir" or "skipper". In 1960 he accepted an offer to join Lewmar Marine, a new company producing paints for boats, and quickly moved on to work for its sales agent, Montague Smith, who were the first to develop a polyurethane varnish for sea-going vessels that did not require two components to be mixed. Parker told how he applied this new varnish to a boat being built in a boatyard at Hamble, Southampton. After haggling over union rules, he became the object of derision from the yard's workers when the varnish collected in runs on the boat's sides. It took him a week to make it good, a fact the men never let him forget. Parker first joined the Morning Cloud crew on its journey to Australia in December 1969. This was the vessel that won the 635-mile Sydney-Hobart race and was the first of the five boats to carry the name. On arrival in Hobart, after the 34-foot yacht was declared the overall winner, an invitation was delivered to the leader of the opposition, as Heath then was, to dine at Government House. Heath replied: "There are six of us you know," and the whole crew attended the dinner. Parker remembered that the only crew member whose luggage had not arrived by air was the skipper, and while five were besuited, Heath dined in his sailing trousers and sweater. Parker's memoirs, Tack Now, Skipper, published in 1980, contained none of the many hilarious anecdotes of their relationship afloat, as Heath was still alive, but fellow crewmen had been spinning these yarns for years. Perhaps the most famous was of when Parker instructed Heath to "bear away" - turn the boat away from the wind. Heath luffed, turning into the wind. Parker, coolly but firmly, said: "Bear away the other way, sir." Parker would also put his foot unobtrusively on the bottom of Morning Cloud's wheel to steady the boat's course as the "guvnor" waved to other sailors on the way up the Hamble river after racing. There was always some doubt as to whether they were waving at the then prime minister or Parker, who knew everyone that mattered in sailing on the south coast. Parker's first marriage ended in divorce. He is survived by his second wife, Christine, a son and daughter by his first marriage and a son and two daughters from his second. · Ronald Cecil Maurice Victor "Owen" Parker, sailor, born May 19 1932; died July 9 2008 |
Which American silent film comedian has had a chain of restaurants named after him | The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial | History | Smithsonian Contact Privacy Policy Terms of Use The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial When the million-dollar movie comedian faced a manslaughter charge, the jury was indeed scandalized—at how his reputation had been trashed November 8, 2011 Upon his arrest for murder, Roscoe Arbuckle was booked into custody and denied bail. In the summer of 1921, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was on top of the world. Paramount Pictures had paid him an unprecedented $3 million over three years to star in 18 silent films, and he’d just signed another million-dollar contract with the studio. The portly comedian’s latest film, Crazy to Marry, was playing in theaters across the country. So his friend Fred Fischbach planned a big party to celebrate, a three-day Labor Day bash at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. But by the end of the week, Fatty Arbuckle was sitting in Cell No. 12 on “felony row” at the San Francisco Hall of Justice, held without bail in the slaying of a 25-year-old actress named Virginia Rappe. Crazy to Marry was quickly pulled from theaters, and a nation was outraged to discover a sordid side to the off-screen lives of Hollywood stars. Behind Arbuckle’s troubles was a mysterious woman named Maude Delmont , a witness for the prosecution who would never be called to testify because police and prosecutors knew her story would not hold up on the stand. Yet what she had to say would be more than enough to ruin Arbuckle’s career. The days leading up to the party did not put Arbuckle in the best of moods. He was in Los Angeles having his Pierce-Arrow automobile serviced when he sat down on an acid-soaked rag at the garage. The acid burned through his pants to his buttocks, causing second-degree burns. He was tempted to cancel the trip to San Francisco, but Fischbach would have none of it. He secured a rubber-padded ring for Arbuckle to sit on, and they made the drive up the coast to the St. Francis, where Fischbach had reserved adjoining rooms and a suite. According to Arbuckle, Fischbach arranged everything from the rooms to the guests to the liquor (despite Prohibition), and on Labor Day, September 5, 1921, Arbuckle awoke to find that he had many uninvited guests. He was still walking around in his pajamas, bathrobe and slippers when he saw Delmont and Rappe and expressed concern that their reputations might alert police to the “gin party.” In Los Angeles, Delmont was known as a madam and blackmailer; Rappe had made a something of a name for herself as a model, clothing designer, aspiring actress and party girl. But the food and booze were flowing by then, the music was playing, and Arbuckle was soon no longer focused on his exhausting work schedule, the burns on his backside or just who all those guests were. What happened in the ensuing hours would play out on the front pages of William Randolph Hearst ’s national chain of newspapers, in lurid headlines, before Arbuckle had a chance to tell his side of the story. Virginia Rappe was 25 years old when she arrived at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco for a Labor Day Weekend party. Maude Delmont soon painted a sinister portrait of the happy-go-lucky portly prince of silent film. This is what she told the police: After Arbuckle and Rappe had had a few drinks together, he pulled her actress into an adjoining room, saying, “I’ve waited for you five years, and now I’ve got you.” After a half-hour or so, Delmont heard Rappe screaming, so she knocked on and then kicked at the locked door. After a delay, Arbuckle came to the door in his pajamas, wearing Rappe’s hat “cocked at an angle” and smiling his “foolish ‘screen smile.” Behind him, Rappe was sprawled on the bed, moaning. “Arbuckle did it,” the actress said, according to Delmont. Rappe was taken to another room. A doctor was summoned, and he attended to her. She stayed at the hotel for a few days before she was taken to a hospital—where she died, on September 9, of a ruptured bladder. The Hearst papers had a field day with the story—the publisher would later say the F |
In which American state is the town of Laramie | Wyoming History - State of Wyoming Wyoming History Wyoming History Native Americans in Wyoming There is evidence of more than 12,000 years of prehistoric occupation in Wyoming. Among these groups were Clovis, 12,000 years ago, Folsom, 10,000 years ago, and Eden Valley, 8,000 years ago. The latter were the big game hunters of the Early period. Following these, and remaining until about 500 A.D., were many groups with a mixed hunting and gathering economy. These were followed by the predecessors of the historic Indians. On the crest of Medicine Mountain, 40 miles east of Lovell, Wyoming, is located the Medicine Wheel which has 28 spokes and a circumference of 245 feet. This was an ancient shrine built of stone by the hands of some forgotten tribe. A Crow chief has been reputed as saying, "It was built before the light came by people who had no iron." This prehistoric relic still remains one of Wyoming's unsolved puzzles. Southwest of Lusk, covering an area of 400 square miles, are the remains of prehistoric stone quarries known as the "Spanish Diggings." Here is mute evidence of strenuous labor performed by many prehistoric groups at different times. Quartzite, jasper and agate were mined. Artifacts of this Wyoming material have been found as far away as the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. The historic Indians in Wyoming were nomadic tribes known as the Plains Indians. They were the Arapaho, Arikara, Bannock, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kiowa, Nez Perce, Sheep Eater, Sioux, Shoshone and Ute tribes. Of all of these tribes, the Cheyenne and Sioux were the last of the Indians to be controlled and placed on reservations. Among the Plains Indians, art is found in the actual form of the object as well as in its decorative value. The Indian artist is concerned with the technology or function of an object more than with the purely artistic merits of what he produces. Plainsmen were the hunters, warriors and religious leaders of their tribes, therefore, their crafts were related to these occupations. Both men and women were artists and craftsmen traditionally, each producing articles for everyday use as well as for ceremonial purposes. Usually, quilling and beading were done by women and carving was done by the men. It is as difficult to separate art from the Indian's daily life as it is to separate his religion from his daily life. All are tightly interwoven. There is one Indian reservation in Wyoming, the Wind River Reservation, with headquarters at Fort Washakie. The reservation is the home of some 2,357 Shoshone and 3,501 Arapaho Indians. The total acreage of the reservation is 1,888,334, exclusive of lands owned by the Bureau of Reclamation and other patented lands within the exterior boundaries. The Shoshone occupy the south central, western and northern portions of the reservation, with settlements at Fort Washakie, Wind River and Crowheart. The Arapaho live mainly in the southeastern part in settlements at Ethete, Arapahoe and St. Stephens. Sacajawea, a female Shoshone guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is buried west of Fort Washakie and the grave of Chief Washakie is located in the old military cemetery in town. The popular chief lived on the reservation until his death in 1900 at the age of 102. He was buried with military honors – the first ever given an Indian chief. The Old West Continues One of the earliest explorers of Wyoming was John Colter in 1807. While exploring the Rocky Mountains, he discovered a region of steaming geysers and towering water falls so unusual that his written reports nicknamed the area "Colter's Hell." The same area, in 1872, was set aside forever as a place to be enjoyed by everyone. It became known as Yellowstone, the world's first National Park. Wyoming owes its early settlement in part to the gentlemen of Europe. Their fondness of beaver top hats sent early-day trappers to the Rocky Mountains in search of the prized pelts. Famous mountain men such as Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, Davey Jackson and Jedediah Smith were among the trappers, explorers and traders to first roam the W |
Which motor cycle company built the late lamented Bantam | BSA Motorcycles BSA Motorcycles BSA MOTORCYCLES RULE THE WORLD! From the mid-1930's through the early 1960's, BSA was the world's largest producer of motorcycles. But their motorcycle division was just one small corner of the gigantic BSA financial empire at that time. In fact, BSA was one of the largest companies in the world for many years. At the opening of the 1960s, they were successful, well-respected, flushed with cash, and poised for greatness. Instead, they stumbled their way into receivership and obscurity. A true pity. ABOVE: BSA Motorcycles seminal model: This one is a 1954 BSA Gold Star. BSA IS NUMBER ONE As the 1950s came to a close, BSA Motorcycles was on top of the world. The BSA Gold Star was a mega hit, on the track & in showrooms, and the BSA A7 (500 twin) and A10 (650 twin) non-unit twins were solid sellers with a great reputation. BSA also owned Triumph , Ariel , Sunbeam & New Hudson, and this was just a small part of the BSA empire, which also included cars, buses, steel, heavy construction equipment, agricultural & industrial powerplants, machine tools, weapons, ammunition, military equipment, bicycles & more. They were a bona fide industrial giant, capable of accomplishing almost anything & in far better financial shape than just about anyone else in the motorcycle business. By 1970, the once-mighty BSA was broke & irrelevant as a motorcycle company. Even Triumph, the jewel in BSA's crown, already on death's door, was taken over by its workers in their failed attempt at independence. How the mighty fall. ABOVE: The unit-construction equivalent of the pre-unit Gold Star , this 1966 441 Victor is actually a high-performance GP model. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MOTORCYCLES Our emphasis here, however, is on the wonderful motorcycles that BSA Motorcycles did produce, despite all the politics & bad management. Great names like the BSA Gold Star , the A7 and A10 , 441 Victor, the unit-construction A65 , and the radical 3-cylinder Rocket 3 were awesome machines in their day. Despite this, its impossible not to notice or to comment on the strange way BSA Motorcycles had of doing things, which usually came down to "too little too late" more than anything else, plus a good dose of arrogance & inept management. SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES BSA, or Birmingham Small Arms, started out as a loose alliance of craftsmen in the Coventry area who teamed up to produce rifles for the English Army during the Crimean War (1854-56) in the days when firearms were painstakingly handcrafted by artisans. They soon realized that 2 things would be needed for their survival: Modern production techniques & a broader product line. By 1884 they were building bicycles, a new thing at the time, and all the rage. From there they naturally graduated up to motorized bicycles then true motorcycles by 1905. EARLY EXPANSION They expanded the product line & refined their methods. This was a time when most motorcycle manufacturers were practically 'cottage industries' that relied on parts brought in from elsewhere (ie: engines, gearboxes, etc.), but BSA by this time was already so big that it was making virtually everything for its bikes in-house. WAR IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS World War I was good for BSA Motorcycles. Not only did they sell lots of motorcycles to the British Army & others, but by war's end, they were producing 10,000 Lee-Enfield .303 rifles PER WEEK! They also built 145,000 Lewis Guns (early machine guns) & much more. After the war, the work of building BSA motorcycles continued at a rapid pace. BSA quickly built a reputation for building reliable, rugged workhorse motorcycles, not necessarily the fastest. POST WAR MARKET At the time, most motorcycles were single cylinders, most with side valves (flat head) and BSA was no exception. By by 1926, they released a brand new OHV (OverHead Valve) 493cc single called the "Sloper" because of the sloped angle of the cylinder. It was a huge success. ABOVE: This 1938 BSA Y13 had 749cc and was the last of a long line of V-twins designed for sidecar duty. BSA V-TWINS Side cars were a large part of |
Who wrote the classic novel Moby Dick | The True-Life Horror That Inspired Moby-Dick | History | Smithsonian The True-Life Horror That Inspired Moby-Dick The whaler Essex was indeed sunk by a whale—and that's only the beginning smithsonian.com March 1, 2013 In July of 1852, a 32-year-old novelist named Herman Melville had high hopes for his new novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, despite the book’s mixed reviews and tepid sales. That month he took a steamer to Nantucket for his first visit to the Massachusetts island, home port of his novel’s mythic protagonist, Captain Ahab, and his ship, the Pequod. Like a tourist, Melville met local dignitaries, dined out and took in the sights of the village he had previously only imagined. From This Story How Nantucket Came to Be the Whaling Capital of the World And on his last day on Nantucket he met the broken-down 60-year-old man who had captained the Essex, the ship that had been attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in an 1820 incident that had inspired Melville’s novel. Captain George Pollard Jr. was just 29 years old when the Essex went down, and he survived and returned to Nantucket to captain a second whaling ship, Two Brothers. But when that ship wrecked on a coral reef two years later, the captain was marked as unlucky at sea—a “Jonah”—and no owner would trust a ship to him again. Pollard lived out his remaining years on land, as the village night watchman. Melville had written about Pollard briefly in Moby-Dick, and only with regard to the whale sinking his ship. During his visit, Melville later wrote, the two merely “exchanged some words.” But Melville knew Pollard’s ordeal at sea did not end with the sinking of the Essex, and he was not about to evoke the horrific memories that the captain surely carried with him. “To the islanders he was a nobody,” Melville wrote, “to me, the most impressive man, tho’ wholly unassuming, even humble—that I ever encountered.” Pollard had told the full story to fellow captains over a dinner shortly after his rescue from the Essex ordeal, and to a missionary named George Bennet. To Bennet, the tale was like a confession. Certainly, it was grim: 92 days and sleepless nights at sea in a leaking boat with no food, his surviving crew going mad beneath the unforgiving sun, eventual cannibalism and the harrowing fate of two teenage boys, including Pollard’s first cousin, Owen Coffin. “But I can tell you no more—my head is on fire at the recollection,” Pollard told the missionary. “I hardly know what I say.” The trouble for Essex began, as Melville knew, on August 14, 1819, just two days after it left Nantucket on a whaling voyage that was supposed to last two and a half years. The 87-foot-long ship was hit by a squall that destroyed its topgallant sail and nearly sank it. Still, Pollard continued, making it to Cape Horn five weeks later. But the 20-man crew found the waters off South America nearly fished out, so they decided to sail for distant whaling grounds in the South Pacific, far from any shores. To restock, the Essex anchored at Charles Island in the Galapagos, where the crew collected sixty 100-pound tortoises. As a prank, one of the crew set a fire, which, in the dry season, quickly spread. Pollard’s men barely escaped, having to run through flames, and a day after they set sail, they could still see smoke from the burning island. Pollard was furious, and swore vengeance on whoever set the fire. Many years later Charles Island was still a blackened wasteland, and the fire was believed to have caused the extinction of both the Floreana Tortoise and the Floreana Mockingbird. Essex First Mate Owen Chase, later in life. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By November of 1820, after months of a prosperous voyage and a thousand miles from the nearest land, whaleboats from the Essex had harpooned whales that dragged them out toward the horizon in what the crew called “Nantucket sleigh rides.” Owen Chase, the 23-year-old first mate, had stayed aboard the Essex to make repairs while Pollard went whaling. It was Chase who spotted a very big whale—85 feet in length, he estimated—lying quietly |
Which member of the new Wombles shares his name with a Channel Island | The Wombles - WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia The Wombles Culture > Television programs > Television series > Animated series > The Wombles The Wombles (the band) The Wombles were created by author Elisabeth Beresford , originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. The characters later became nationally famous in the mid 1970s as a result of a popular BBC children's television show using stop-motion animation . A number of spin-off novelty songs also became major hits in the British music charts. Wombles are pointy-nosed furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. Their motto is Make Good Use of Bad Rubbish. This "green" message was a reflection of the ecology movement of the 1970s. Although Wombles live in every country in the world, the stories focus on the life of the burrow in Wimbledon Common in London, England. Contents Background[ edit ] Elisabeth Beresford was a freelance ghost writer and children's book author. She was born in Paris and travelled the world with her BBC sports commentator husband Max Robertson . One Christmas , Elisabeth Beresford took her young children for a Boxing Day walk on Wimbledon Common, where one referred to the green as "Wombledon Common." On getting home, Elisabeth Beresford wrote down the idea and started developing the characters and storylines. [1] Characters[ edit ] Beresford developed the characters around members of her family, and named them after places the family had associations with: [1] Great Uncle Bulgaria - the Wombles' leader, was based on Beresford's father-in-law Tobermory - an engineer, was based on Beresford's brother, a skilled inventor, and named after the capital of the Isle of Mull Orinoco - a shirker who loved sleep and food, was styled on Beresford's teenage son Bungo - over-enthusiastic and bossy Tomsk - athletic but not overly-smart Womble Wellington - scientifically inclined, named after her nephew's school Madame Cholet - a cook, was styled on Beresford's mother Later character names for the film and second TV series developed in the same manner: Cousin Cairngorm McWomble the Terrible - named after the mountain range in Scotland Alderney - Madame Cholet's assistant, was named after the island where Beresford lived at the time of the second television series Shansi - often paired with Alderney, as Bungo was with Orinoco Miss Adelaide - schoolmistress Stepney - East Ender with dreadlocks Obidos In the first book, Bungo was the youngest and least experienced of the team, and the story is mostly viewed through his eyes. Afterwards Wellington (who was not introduced until the second book) took over the role of "new boy". Alderney and Adelaide appeared in the earlier books but were not included in the original 1970s TV series. Alderney was re-introduced in the later TV shows produced in the 1990s (the Channel Island of Alderney was actually Elisabeth Beresford's home at the time), along with Stepney (who appeared in none of the earlier versions). The Wombles and sport[ edit ] Due to the Wombles' association with the area, sporting teams representing Wimbledon are sometimes affectionately dubbed "the Wombles". These teams include the Ladies side of wikipedia:Wimbledon RFC [1] (whose mascot is Alderney), Wimbledon Volleyball Club and the Wombles Netball Club. [2] From 2000 to June 2003, Wimbledon F.C. used a Womble named "Wandle" as a club mascot after the local River Wandle . However, in light of the controversy of moving the club to Milton Keyes , the licence was not renewed. [2] In 2006 the club's spiritual successor AFC Wimbledon agreed a licensing deal, and launched its own Womble mascot. After a naming competition in which the final name was chosen by Elisabeth Beresford herself, the club announced that the new Womble would be known as "Haydon," after Haydons Road , the nearest railway station to Wimbledon's original home ground, Plough Lane . The storyline[ edit ] Though Wombles live all around the world, the story is based on the group living in W |
What is the pleated skirt worn by Greek soldiers called | MUGs Around the World MUGs Around the World Examples of the many unbifurcated garments worn by men around the world. Bubu - A robe worn by men in Africa, especially in positions of authority. Caftan - A long, wide-sleeved robe worn by men in the Middle East. Cassock - A long, robe-like garment worn by members of the clergy. Dashiki - A colorful African robe. Dhoti - A long rectangular piece of cloth traditionally worn by men in India. It can be wrapped in various ways, either around the waist like a sarong or between the legs as well. Dishdasha - See thobe, below. Djellabah - A long, loose-fitting hooded robe or gown worn by men in North Africa, and especially in Morocco. Fustanella - A short pleated skirt of white cloth worn by men in Greece and Albania. Galabiyah - A long, full, shirt-like garment worn by men in Egypt. Gho - Imagine living in a far-off kingdom in which, by royal decree, all men are forbidden to wear trousers in public. Instead, all males are compelled to wear a knee-length dress, with a sash at the waist, and long stockings. If you are caught wearing anything else, you face a stiff fine, equal to about three-days' pay. Believe it or not, such a kingdom actually exists in the world today. It is the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. In order to preserve its unique national culture (and to assimilate ethnic minorities), the royal government in 1985 decreed that all Bhutanese must always wear the traditional national costume of northern Bhutan. For men and boys, this is the gho - a knee-length robe with a sash at the waist. The long stockings underneath are often of a plaid design. The women have their own distinctive costume, a full-length dress called the kira. Although foreign visitors can don native dress if they desire, they are not required to do so. This ban on trousers has caused some resentment in southern Bhutan, which is inhabited by ethnic Nepalese who view the national dress code as a form of tyranny, and even a human rights violation. So, while we men in the West confront the "tyranny of trousers," men in Bhutan are complaining of a "tyranny of dresses." I suppose this would be analogous to the Scottish parliament passing a law requiring all men in Scotland to wear Highland dress, resulting in great resentment among the Lowlanders. Before anyone starts thinking of Bhutan as a Shangra-La for men in skirts, be warned that tourism is tightly restricted and very expensive. Hakama - A Japanese outer garment, worn by men and women, which comes in both bifurcated and unbifurcated versions, both having a pleated, skirt-like appearance. The hakama pants, with a split between the legs, are most common and often seen in martial arts. However, the hakama used for traditional Japanese dances and formal ceremonies is usually unbifurcated and worn over a full-length kimono. Kain - See section on sarongs, below. Kikoi or kikoy (pronounced kee-koy) - A cotton wrap skirt, with colored bands or stripes, worn by men and women in Kenya and other parts of East Africa. ___________________________ Kilts and Their Cousins Kilt - Kilts are skirt-like garments, traditionally worn by men in the Scottish Highlands, which usually have the following basic features: ■ They wrap around the waist and thighs, with overlapping panels in the front. The outer front panel of a man's kilt (called the apron) opens on the wearer's right side. They are usually fastened with buckles. ■ They are relatively short - usually coming to the kneecap or just above it. ■ They are pleated. A man's kilt usually has deep, overlapping knife-type pleats in the back. The front panels usually are not pleated. The traditional Scottish kilt is made of 8 or 9 yards of smooth, tightly woven wool with a tartan (plaid) design. Kilts may also be of solid colors - as frequently seen in Irish kilts. Recent variations of kilts sometimes use less or lighter material and alternative fabrics. Traditional men's kilts are are usually worn with a pouch, called a sporran, hanging in front. Some modern varieties of kil |
Which comic actor composed Nancy With the Laughing Eyes for Frank Sinatra | Nancy Sinatra - Biography - IMDb Nancy Sinatra Biography Showing all 56 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (21) | Personal Quotes (24) Overview (4) The First Lady of Rock Height 5' 3" (1.6 m) Mini Bio (1) Nancy Sandra Sinatra was born the first child of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra on June 8, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her first television appearance was with her father and Elvis Presley in 1959. She first appeared as a film actress in For Those Who Think Young (1964) and Get Yourself a College Girl (1964). Nancy appeared alongside Elvis in the musical comedy Speedway (1968). She also had a successful career as a singer with two United States chart-toppers ("These Boots Are Made for Walking" and the duet with her father called "Somethin' Stupid") as well as numerous other chart entries including the John Barry / Leslie Bricusse penned theme song to the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967). Lee Hazlewood wrote many of her songs and sang with her on some of them. By the early 1970s, she was covering new ground by recording songs from other writers such as Bob Dylan , Smokey Robinson , Lynsey de Paul and Roy Wood . In recent years, Nancy has made a comeback also not hindered by the recent successful re-recording of "Somethin' Stupid" by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman . - IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous Spouse (2) Older sister of Tina Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr. . Mother of A.J. Lambert and photographer Amanda Lambert (born March 17, 1976). Phil Silvers wrote the lyrics to the Jimmy Van Heusen song "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" for Nancy Sinatra in honor of her fourth birthday. Began her recording career in 1961 with the release of her debut single "Cuff Links and a Tie Clip". Actor James Darren is the godfather of her daughter A.J. Lambert . Has charted 21 times on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, 10 times on the Adult Contemporary chart and twice on the Country chart. Released a single in 1976 called "Kinky Love", on Private Stock. The song's suggestive lyrics made the song unplayable to radio waves, and was only heard every so often in underground of the late 1970s. This first gained resurrection when in the early 1990s, The Pail Saints covered the song for an album, but really rose attention when Nancy herself included on a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks called "Sheet Music" (1998). The song is widely recognized as a cult hit of Sinatra's (being the talk of different places on the Internet), and original copies of the single [Private Stock 075] is a sought-after collectors item; rarely ever seen at all. Some copies sell for over $1,000 dollars. Her first hit record, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", became popular partly because of the prominent bass guitar riff played throughout the song. That riff was played by Chuck Berghofer , with Carol Kaye on rhythm guitar. Both are of the legendary Wrecking Crew . Former stepdaughter of Ava Gardner , Mia Farrow and Barbara Marx . Performed "Somethin' Stupid" with brother Frank Sinatra Jr. on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1967) on April 30, 1967. Nancy and father Frank Sinatra had just had a No. 1 hit with the song in the United States and the United Kingdom, the only father-daughter duet ever to top the charts. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 11, 2006. She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California on May 9, 2002. Is the first American singer to perform the title song of a James Bond film ( You Only Live Twice (1967)). Successful rock singer with such hits as "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", "Sugar Town", "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" and more. Attended and graduated from University High School in West Hollywood, California. Member of the close-harmony singing group, "The Tri-Tones" with Jane Ross and Belinda Burrell while in high school. Became a grandmother for the first time on May 26, 2013 when her daughter A.J. gave birth to a daughte |
What is the closely curled wool of the Persian lamb known as | Vintage Fashion Guild : Fur Resource : Lamb - Sheep Vintage Fashion Guild | by admin | Fur Resource | Fur The fur from Sheep and Lamb is incredibly warm, hardwearing, practical and acceptable to wear in today’s anti-fur society, as it is a by-product of an animal that is also a food source. There are multiple different types of Lamb. Some of them look quite similar while others look quite different. There has been much confusion over the identification of the many varieties of sheep and lamb fur treatments and breeds. Generally speaking, Persian Lamb, Broadtail Lamb, and Persian-Broadtail Lamb are of the same species of Karakul Lamb, which are native to Central Asia. Processed-Broadtail Lamb, Mouton and Shearling are specific treatments of Lamb fur and are not related to any specific breed of Lamb. Karakul Lamb is native to Central Asia and is named after a village called Karakul. They are the oldest breed of domesticated lamb. Also known as Fur Sheep they have beautiful patterned silky pelts with a strong fiber that was felted into fabric or woven into carpeting. Karakul lamb was introduced to the US in the 1910’s and 1920’s for pelt production. US breeders introduced other breeds into the Karakul bloodline, which resulted in inferior pelt quality. Eventually the industry and flocks were dispersed. The Karakul is distinguished by the color of its fleece, which is due to a dominant black gene. Most Lambs are born coal black with lustrous wavy curls, with the face, ears, and legs usually showing smooth, sleek hair. The color generally begins to turn brownish or bluish gray, getting grayer with age. In its native region the colors are called Arabi (black), Guligas (pink-roan), Kambar (brown), Shirazi (grey) and Sur (agouti). Occasionally individuals are white or pied. Many adults have a double coat, a fine down undercoat, covered by a coat of guard hair. The best have a fleece as glossy as their lamb coat. There is great variability in the fleece type of both coats, from ‘horse tail’ coarse to silky soft. Broadtail Lamb is the most exclusive and expensive type of Lamb. It’s hide is soft and thin and it’s fur is short, silky, semi flat, and wavy in texture with a moiré patterned appearance. Natural Broadtail is gray or brown. American processed Broadtail has a thicker hide and longer fur. The fur is sheared near the skin to give it that distinctive moiré pattern. It is more durable than natural Broadtail, the shearing is close enough to the skin so curl is not present, and is a bit less expensive. Broadtail is often dyed black as well as other fashionable colors, is used to make outerwear and high end clothing. Persian, Astrakhan, and Karakul/Caracul Lamb are from parts of Russia, Persia(Iran), and surrounding countries. The wool consists of tightly coiled curls. Natural colors are brown, gray, and black. The black is often dyed to darken the naturally white or creamy colored leather underneath so it does not show between the curls. Mouton: Sheared lamb or sheepskin is called Mouton. It is a soft, thick, sheared fur that is straightened and chemically treated to make it water repellent. It’s natural color is usually off-white but it is often dyed various shades of brown and black. In the past it was often dyed and treated to resemble Seal fur. It also looks very similar to Sheared Beaver. Shearling: The hide of a one-year-old Lamb that has been shorn once. The outside of a shearling coat is soft leather or suede leather with the inside being a warm layer of wool. Shearling coats are desirable for warmth and ability to keep out wind. Shearling has sueded or leathered sheepskin on one side and the sheep’s sheared wool on the other. The sheared side is usually on the inside of collars, coats, outerwear garments, shoes, and handbags with the sueded or leathered portion showing on the outside. Mongolian Lamb and Tibet Lamb both look and feel quite similar. The guardhair strands are long, silky, and wavy ranging from 3-5” in length. It’s often used for coats, jackets, accessories, and pillows. Much like curly hair if it gets wet |
Which multi-coloured diamond pattern, frequently seen on knitted socks and sometimes on jumpers is named after a Scottish clan | A-B 1000-Denier Cloth Cordura® Denier is an internationally recognized unit of measurement used to describe the fineness of certain types of yarns. The lower the denier number, the finer the fabric made of the yarn. 1000-denier Cordura® cloth is the heaviest-weight fabric of the Cordura family, making it ideal for luggage, duffel bags and any other end-use that requires a durable, abrasion-resistant fabric. 7-Day Pants Lands' End 7-Day Pants and Shorts are designed to be dressy enough to wear Monday through Friday, yet casual enough to get comfortable in during the weekend. Available in a variety of fabrics, including twill, denim and linen, 7-Day Pants usually feature easy-on partial elastic waists and machine-washable fabrics. Acrylic Fabric "Acrylic" is a generic name for fibers and yarns manufactured from acrylic resins. These fibers produce fabrics that are extremely soft, with a wool-like "hand." Acrylic fabrics are easily machine-washed and dried while resisting shrinkage. They also retain their shape, drape nicely and offer exceptional color retention. Adjustable Cuffs Cuffs are sewn-on or turned-back pieces of fabric or other material at the ends of shirt sleeves, pants legs or gloves. Adjustable cuffs are cuffs that can be tightened or loosened using buttons, zippers, ties, elastic or any combination thereof. A-Line Shape An "A-line shape" typically refers to the silhouette of a dress, skirt, jumper or coat; a gentle flare from the underarms to the bottom hem of the garment. Shoulders are typically narrow and necklines may vary. In short, if the cut of the garment resembles the letter "A," it's probably an A-line. Alpaca The alpaca is similar to the llama and originates in South America. It produces one of the world's finest and most luxurious natural fibers. Their naturally colorful fleece is clipped, gathered and spun into lustrous yarns. Fabric made from the yarns is cashmere-like in its softness and lighter and stronger than wool. Angel Fleece™ Microfiber Angel Fleece™ is a Land's End trademarked term for a lightweight fleece fabric manufactured exclusively for our customers. It has properties similar to Polartec®. It's very warm yet wicks away moisture for additional comfort; surprisingly soft, it stays remarkably pill-free and holds its shape well. It is, however, lighter than Polartec, so Angel Fleece is particularly well suited to pajamas and other sleepwear. Angora Angora derives its name from the ancient city of Angora, Turkey (now called Ankara) and lends itself to a breed of goats, rabbits and even cats. Angora goats are bred and raised for their long, silky hair; also considered to be the true mohair. The fleece is quite fine and is typically combined with other fibers in weaving to make soft, luxurious garments. A garment label indicating the presence of angora refers specifically to the fleece of Angora goats. Angora rabbits are likewise raised for their fine, lightweight hair. Their fleece is extremely warm and fluffy but also has a tendency to shed or mat with time. By law, garments made of Angora rabbit fleece must be specifically labeled as such. Aniline-Dyed Leather Aniline is a synthetic-organic dye that contains no opaque pigments. Typically, hides are soaked in aniline dye vats until fully saturated. This process results in a leather product whose grain is visible, instead of being hidden by pigments. Because the leather is dyed through and through, the resulting finish is permanent and will not wear off or fade. Anorak A hooded jacket that is usually long enough to cover your hips and is made from weather-resistant materials. Antibacterial As the name implies, an antibacterial agent is effective in preventing or destroying bacteria. Most commonly used in soaps and other cleaning agents, antibacterials are occasionally found in clothing. Antimicrobial Microbes are microorganisms usually associated with germs. Applying an antimicrobial agent to certain fabrics has been proven to minimize odors. Our Antimicrobial Sport Socks contain X-Static® nylon yarns coated in silver, which is a natu |
What are angles less than 90 degrees called | Angles - Acute, Obtuse, Straight and Right Angles An angle measures the amount of turn Names of Angles As the Angle Increases, the Name Changes: Type of Angle an angle that is greater than 90° but less than 180° an angle that is greater than 180° Try It Yourself: This diagram might make it easier to remember: Also: Acute, Obtuse and Reflex are in alphabetical order. Also: the letter "A" has an acute angle. Be Careful What You Measure This is an Obtuse Angle And this is a Reflex Angle But the lines are the same ... so when naming the angles make sure that you know which angle is being asked for! Positive and Negative Angles When measuring from a line: a positive angle goes counterclockwise (opposite direction that clocks go) a negative angle goes clockwise Example: −67° The corner point of an angle is called the vertex And the two straight sides are called arms The angle is the amount of turn between each arm. How to Label Angles There are two main ways to label angles: 1. give the angle a name, usually a lower-case letter like a or b, or sometimes a Greek letter like α (alpha) or θ (theta) 2. or by the three letters on the shape that define the angle, with the middle letter being where the angle actually is (its vertex). Example angle "a" is "BAC", and angle "θ" is "BCD" |
What is the state capital of South Australia | Capital of South Australia - definition of Capital of South Australia by The Free Dictionary Capital of South Australia - definition of Capital of South Australia by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Capital+of+South+Australia Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Related to Capital of South Australia: leveret Ad·e·laide (ăd′l-ād′) A city of southern Australia northwest of Melbourne. Founded in 1836, Adelaide is the capital of South Australia. Adelaide (ˈædɪˌleɪd) n (Placename) the capital of South Australia: Port Adelaide, 11 km (7 miles) away on St Vincent Gulf, handles the bulk of exports. Pop: 1 225 235 (2011) Ad•e•laide a city in and the capital of South Australia, in Australia. 1,050,000. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Adelaide - the state capital of South Australia South Australia - a state in south central Australia Translations Adelaide [ˈædəleɪd] N → Adelaida f 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: South Australia References in periodicals archive ? As the cosmopolitan coastal capital of South Australia, Adelaide is home to renowned museums such as the Art Gallery of South Australia, displaying expansive collections including noted indigenous art, and the South Australian Museum, devoted to natural history. Uni uncovers Adelaide heritage BONUS WINNER: SARA MYERS, OUTWOOD, WAKEFIELD ACROSS DOWN 1 Soviet astronaut (9) 6 &7A HaveIGot News For You team captain (3,6) 7 See 6 Across 10 Flood, overwhelm (8) 12 Substance added to the water supply to reduce tooth decay (8) 14 Make less effective (6) 15 See 2 Down 16 In Seattle, film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (9) 2 & 15A British rock group who opened the Live Aid concert in 1985 (6,3) 3 Flying (8) 4 Charge for using a road, bridge, etc (4) 5 Engaged in work (8) 8 Common word for the trachea (8) 9 State capital of South Australia (8) 11 Vital statistic? PS100 Bonus Crossword The bustling capital of South Australia certainly packs a punch. ON THE ROCKS; Kim Pilling enjoys breathta aking views and some spiritual enlight tenment on a journey to the heart of f Australia Iconic sites The bustling capital of South Australia certainly packs a punch. |
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What was the name of Joan Collin's character in Dynasty | Dynasty (TV Series 1981–1989) - 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 trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado. Creators: Blake mortgages the mansion to raise money; Tracy tells Alexis of her affair with Dex; Alexis is questioned about Mark's death; Sammy Jo intends to obtain custody of her son; an unknown woman, full ... 8.7 A blood test proves that Blake is Fallon's true father; Steven travels to Hollywood in search of his wife; Claudia learns her husband and daughter are believed to be dead; as Krystle struggles with ... 8.6 Claudia is hospitalized after the shooting incident; Krystle is implicated. Logan Rhinewood continues to amass Devner-Carrington; Cecil proposes marriage to Alexis. 8.4 a list of 42 titles created 20 Mar 2012 a list of 26 titles created 26 Apr 2012 a list of 39 titles created 23 Feb 2013 a list of 40 titles created 05 Apr 2013 a list of 25 titles created 1 week ago Search for " Dynasty " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 5 Golden Globes. Another 19 wins & 67 nominations. See more awards » Photos The soapy, backstabbing machinations of Dallas oil magnate J.R. Ewing and his family. Stars: Larry Hagman, Ken Kercheval, Patrick Duffy Set in the vineyards of California, this prime-time soap opera featured the conflict within the powerful Gioberti family, owners of the vast Falcon Crest Winery. Stars: Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas, Chao Li Chi This night time spin-off from the then top-rated series "Dynasty" featured the adventures of Jeff and Fallon Colby in California. Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross Gary and Valene Ewing, relatives of the Ewing clan of Dallas, arrive in Knots Landing to make a new home for themselves. However, scheming Abby Fairgate-Cunningham later breaks up their marriage when she seduces Gary. Stars: Michele Lee, Ted Shackelford, Joan Van Ark The lives and loves of a group of young adults living in "Melrose Place" in California. Each with their own dreams and drives, the inevitable conflicts, conquests, and consummations ensue. Stars: Heather Locklear, Andrew Shue, Courtney Thorne-Smith This movie picks up where the series ended; well not exactly where it ended. Instead of continuing where we were when the series ended, we are now two years later. Blake Carrington has just... See full summary » Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, John James The adventures of three sexy female private eyes. Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith Follows a group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California, from their school days and into adulthood. Stars: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry The quirky cases of a former model and a smart aleck detective who manage a private detective agency. Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess. Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange The globe-trotting adventures of amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart. Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander The next generation of the Ewing family - cousins John Ross Ewing and Christopher Ewing - clash over the family's oil business and vast fortune. Stars: Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster Edit Storyline The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington |
What would you measure with a protractor | Using a Protractor Using a Protractor This is a protractor, it helps you measure angles (in degrees ): Protractors are fun and easy to use Have a look at this animation (press the play button) to see how to make a neat angle using a protractor and ruler: Measuring Protractors usually have two sets of numbers going in opposite directions. Be careful which one you use! When in doubt think "should this angle be bigger or smaller than 90° ?" Have a Go Yourself! Try to measure the angles A, B and C inside the triangle. Drag the protractor and rotate it using arrow keys. Be careful which angle you read from the protractor. Hint: if you get them all correct, they will add up to 180° . |
Who was the golden girl on the Golden Shot who couldn't add up | The golden shot’s Anne Aston: where is she now? | Life | Life & Style | Daily Express LIFE Where are they now... ? The golden shot’s Anne Aston ANNE ASTON became television’s Golden Girl when she appeared as a hostess on the game show The Golden Shot (1967-75) with Bob Monkhouse. She also did pantomimes, plays and worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment. PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sat, Jul 18, 2015 SAT MAG Anne Aston with Bob Monkhouse and Wei Wei Wong in July 1973 After the series ended, Anne continued in show business and later became a property developer. Glasgow-born Anne, 67, lives in Hampshire with her husband, Eddie, and she has one stepson, Chris. “I was three weeks old when we moved to West Bromwich, where my family ran a travel and coach business. My dad ran the Midlands side and my uncle covered the Jersey area. On leaving school, teaching domestic science was an option, but eventually I became a hotel receptionist at our Jersey hotels in the summer and worked at the travel agency for the rest of the time. “I read an article saying that The Golden Shot was moving from London to Birmingham, so I wrote to them asking for a job. After sending off a photograph of me in an evening dress with my hair all done up, they invited me to audition with 100 other women and I got chosen. Bob Monkhouse was a lovely man and a huge star well before The Golden Shot Anne Aston “Aged 21, I did my first live show in 1969 in black and white, which went out during the 5pm teatime slot on Sunday afternoons just as families were sitting down together. “Bob Monkhouse was a lovely man and a huge star well before The Golden Shot: he was a writer, cartoonist, artist, comedian, actor and such a natural, versatile performer. “I got known for getting my sums wrong and after a few weeks, someone said that 16 million people were watching and my mind went blank. I went across to the target board with my microphone to add up; the audience could hear me and when I turned round they burst out laughing. I thought, ‘I’ve got the sack.’ But the director said, ‘That was great, keep it in!’ “The Golden Shot was an amazing experience and the recognition was instant. Sometimes people would do a double-take, come back and have a lovely conversation thinking they knew me from somewhere. “When Bob left, Norman Vaughan and Charlie Williams took over, but sadly it wasn’t a success for them, so Bob returned. I stayed with The Golden Shot until it ended in 1976. Everything that’s happened to me was as a direct result of that show: I got to work with so many household names including Frankie Howerd, Charlie Drake and Bernie Winters in pantomimes, tours, summer seasons and plays. Related articles |
Which Scottish League football team used to be called the Diamonds (they folded and a new club was formed) | Picture gallery: Six other Scottish football clubs that bit the dust - The Caledonian Mercury Picture gallery: Six other Scottish football clubs that bit the dust Tweet on Twitter The Leith Athletic F.C. team of 1936. With Rangers having entered liquidation and facing an uncertain reincarnation, it’s worth remembering some other clubs that have gone to the wall. Sadly, not all of them came back. Gretna Steven Pressley scores against Gretna in the 2006 Scottish Cup final. Picture: Davy Allan Gretna Football Club was founded in 1946. Their finest moment came when they reached the 2006 Scottish Cup Final (where they only just lost out to Hearts on penalties). Their success was largely thanks to the support of their financial backer Brooks Mileson, with his aid the club was promoted from the Third Division to the Scottish Premier League in the space of five years. However, the club found itself in serious financial difficulties when Mileson became ill and withdrew funding. After being relegated to the Third Division, Gretna struggled to find another backer and went into liquidation in August 2008. A new club, Gretna 2008, was established by the supporter’s trust while Gretna FC was dissolving. Despite having the same fanbase, the clubs have no legal connection. Leith Athletic The Leith Athletic FC team of 1936. Founded in 1887, Leith Athletic FC was disbanded four times during its lifetime, finally going out of business for good in 1955. In the years since its creation, Leith Athletic managed to play in all three divisions as well as spending time playing in the Scottish Alliance. They had a name-change to Leith FC in 1905 when a new company took over their assets, but when the team reconvened from its closure during the First World War its old name was restored. After the Scottish Third Division was closed down, Leith Athletic were relegated to the new Division C, which was made largely from reserve teams. Leith Athletic campaigned vigorously for non-reserve teams to be moved up to the Second Division, but were denied and thrown out of Division C in 1953. Too late to join another competition, Leith Athletic went out of business in 1955. They name was adopted by an amateur side which plays in the East of Scotland Football League. Third Lanark Athletic Club The Third Lanark team that won the Scottish Cup in 1889 Formed in 1872, Third Lanark AC lasted 95 years until its demise in 1967. Nicknamed the Hi Hi from the 1890s (when it was rumoured that a defender kicked the ball so high it soared out the stadium), fans would chant “Hi Hi Hi!” as a battle cry to try and rouse their team to victory in matches. Third Lanark had many successes in the early years of Scottish Football and their demise was something of a shock. The team went out of business just six years after they finished in third place in Scotland’s First Division in 1961, with only Rangers and Kilmarnock ahead of them. The 1965 season was their worst ever, with three wins from 34 matches, leading to relegation and, shortly afterwards, to bankruptcy. Airdrieonians Airdrie playing Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final, 1995. Nicknamed “The Diamonds”, Airdrie FC folded in 2002 after 124 years in existence. It was the first Scottish team to meet this end since Third Lanark in 1967. During its lifetime, the club played in four Scottish Cup finals, managing to win in 1924. The club reached its highest success in the 1990s with Alex MacDonald as manager. Under his leadership, they became one of the top clubs in the First Division, even spending a couple of seasons playing in the Premier Division. It was when the Airdrieonians relocated that things began to go wrong for them. A move to the new Excelsior Stadium caused a drop in funds and in the standard of football, which in turn lead to low turn-out at matches. After the sudden death of the club’s only remaining director, Joey Rowan, Airdrie FC ended up in liquidation. Meadowbank Thistle Meadowbank Stadium, where Thistle played their home matches Created in 1973 when Ferranti Thistle FC was admitted to the Scottish Football Leag |
Bill Wilson and Doctor Robert Smith founded which self help organisation | Biography of Bill Wilson, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous "My Name Is Bill W…" "…and I am an alcoholic." Bill Wilson co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous and developed the 12-step program that has helped millions around the world to overcome their addictions. Bill Wilson stood in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel in Akron, Ohio. He could hear the laughter and glasses clinking from the hotel bar and felt that irresistible urge that he had felt so many times before. His mind raced and his heart pounded as he fought to resist the lure. Then he remembered that helping others was one way to help himself and he resolved to find another alcoholic that he could help. He left the hotel and after a series of frantic phone calls found another alcoholic named Dr. Robert Smith, who agreed to meet with him. A month later, Smith took his last drink. Bill W. and Bob S. became the founders of what would later become known as Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill Wilson had his first drink while in the Army during World War I. "I had found the elixir of life" he recalled, and he soon began to drink heavily. After the war, he married Lois Burnham in 1918, and enjoyed great success trading stocks on Wall Street. He lost all of his money in the stock market crash of 1929, but he continued to trade stocks and managed to earn a modest living. However, his heavy drinking continued to get worse, and it slowly took its toll. Eventually alcohol completely took over his life and by 1933, he had hit bottom. Bill and Lois were living in her parent’s home in Brooklyn. Lois was working in a department store, while Bill spent his days and nights in a near-constant alcoholic stupor. In 1934, he was visited by an old drinking buddy who had managed to stop drinking and stay sober. He shared his secret with Bill; a belief that God would help him overcome his addiction to alcohol. When Bill said he was not a member of any organized religion his buddy said, "Why don’t you choose your own conception of God?" Bill understood that "it was only a matter of being willing to believe in a power greater than myself." As Bill later recounted, "God had done for him what he could not do for himself." Bill Wilson had a spiritual awakening and his belief in a higher power and the realization that he couldn’t do it alone would help him to conquer his addiction. Determined to get better, he checked into a hospital and underwent the state-of-the-art treatment at that time for alcoholics—the barbiturate and belladonna cure, also known as "purge and puke." "While I lay in the hospital, the thought came that there were thousands of hopeless alcoholics who might be glad to have what had been so freely given me. Perhaps I could help some of them. They in turn might work with others." He then came to understand how helping others would be essential to his recovery. After his release, he managed to stay sober but returned to the hospital frequently to help other alcoholics undergoing detox. It was during this time that he faced his moment of truth at the Mayflower Hotel and began his association with Dr. Bob Smith. Wilson and Smith helped each other and then reached out to other alcoholics. Soon they began to hold meetings for recovering alcoholics so that they could support their group and welcome others who were looking for help. A.A. Founders Bob Smith and Bill Wilson By the time that the group had about 100 members, Bill began to write down his philosophy as a series of principals for remaining sober. He eventually published them in a book called Alcoholics Anonymous, which also became the name of the organization that he and Dr. Smith founded. That book is now known as The Big Book. In it, Bill wrote that t |
What is the name given to a written statement sworn on oath in the presence of a lawyer | Notary Statement Notary Statement Notarial Act Defined Notary Statement A notary statement or oath is a solemn declaration that a statement or act is true. Notary Statements or Oaths are often used to confirm a written statement, known as an affidavit, for use in court, estate or land title transactions. A notary public must positively identify the person requesting notarization. A notary has positive identification if the person: (a) is personally known to the notary; (b) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally known to the notary; or (c) is identified on the basis of identification documents. Verification Upon Oath of Affirmation, sometimes referred to as a “jurat,” verification upon oath or affirmation is a declaration that a statement is true and was made by a person upon oath affirmation. The person requesting this notarial act must personally appear before the notary and sign the document in the presence of the notary. The notary public is required to administer an oath. Specific Types and Forms There are several types of notary statements that you will see often. I have described several here with links to forms you can use. If you have any other types of statements that you would like to share with us, please Contact Us. OATH An oath is a statement or affirmation of support for a position or honesty. A typical oath looks like this: Notary Public's Oath of Office State of ___________________ ) )SS:County of ___________ ) I, Joe Q. Notary, having been duly appointed and commissioned a Notary Public in and for the State of ___________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this State and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. AFFIDAVIT An affidavit is a voluntary, sworn written statement. The name of the affiant, the person giving the statement, must be mentioned in the affidavit and the affiant is required to sign the affidavit in the notary’s presence. An Affidavit would look something like this: State of ________________ ) )SS:County of _______________ ) Before me, the undersigned notary public, this day, personally, appeared______________ to me known, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes the following: (Affiant’s Statement) Subscribed and sworn to before me this__________day of_______________, 20___. ___________________________ Notary Public To View Affidavit Click Here CERTIFICATE A notary public may be asked to certify that a document is an accurate copy of an original document, or that a statement is true. The notary public must make sure that the copy is exactly the same as the original. To do this, you must have the boththe original and copy in front of you for inspection. Notaries public may not certify certain Federal, State or County records. Only the agencies where these records are filed may certify copies, because they alone hold the original documentsor records. This would include the following types of documents: * Birth records |
What is the name given to sun dried brick used in hot countries for building | What is a sun-dried brick called? | Reference.com What is a sun-dried brick called? A: Quick Answer A sun-dried brick is called an adobe brick. Adobe bricks are made from a mixture of clay, sand and straw formed in wooden molds and left to cure in the sun. Modern adobe bricks can be mixed with an asphalt solution that protects them from moisture damage. Full Answer Structures that are built out of adobe bricks are called adobes. Adobe bricks are a popular construction medium in hot, dry climates, such as the American Southwest. The thick density of adobe bricks works as an insulator, naturally cooling and heating buildings year round. A properly maintained adobe structure in a reasonably arid climate lasts indefinitely. |
What is the nearest galaxy to our own | What is the Closest Galaxy to the Milky Way? - Universe Today Universe Today What is the Closest Galaxy to the Milky Way? Article Updated: 23 Dec , 2015 by Matt Williams Scientists have known for some time that the Milky Way Galaxy is not alone in the Universe. In addition to our galaxy being part of the Local Group — a collection of 54 galaxies and dwarf galaxies — we are also part of the larger formation known as the Virgo Supercluster. So you could say the Milky Way has a lot of neighbors. Of these, most people consider the Andromeda Galaxy to our closest galactic cohabitant. But in truth, Andromeda is the closest spiral galaxy, and not the closest galaxy by a long shot. This distinction falls to a formation that is actually within the Milky Way itself, a dwarf galaxy that goes by the name of the Canis Major Dwarf Galax (aka. the Canis Major Overdensity). This stellar formation is about 42,000 light years from the galactic center , and a mere 25,000 light years from our Solar System. This puts it closer to us than the center of our own galaxy, which is 30,000 light years away from the Solar System. Prior to its discovery, astronomers believed that the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy was the closest galactic formation to our own. At 70,000 light years from Earth, this galaxy was determined in 1994 to be closer to us than the the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the irregular dwarf galaxy 180,000 light years away which previously held the title of our closest neighbor. Illustration of the Canis Dwarf Dwarf Galaxy and its associated tidal (shown in red) in relation to our Milky Way. Credit: R. Ibata (Strasbourg Observatory, ULP) et al./2MASS/NASA All of that changed in 2003 when The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy was discovered by the Two Micron All-Sky Survey ( 2MASS ), a collaborative astronomical mission that took place between 1997 and 2001. Using the telescopes located at the Mt. Hopkins Observatory in Arizona (for the Northern Hemisphere) and the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile for the southern hemisphere, astronomers were able to conduct a comprehensive survey of the sky in infrared light, which is not blocked by gas and dust as severely as visible light. Because of this technique, the astronomers were able to detect a very significant over-density of class M giant stars in a part of the sky occupied by the Canis Major constellation, along with several other related structures composed of this type of star, two of which form broad, faint arcs (as seen in the image at top). The prevalence of M-class stars is what made the formation easy to detect. These cool, “Red Dwarfs” are not very luminous compared to other classes of stars, and cannot even be seen with the naked eye. However, they shine very brightly in the infrared, and appeared in great numbers. An artist depicts the incredibly powerful flare that erupted from the red dwarf star EV Lacertae. Credit: Casey Reed/NASA In addition to its composition, the galaxy has a roughly elliptical shape and is thought to contain as many stars as the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, the previous contender for closest galaxy to our location in the Milky Way. In addition to the dwarf galaxy itself, a long filament of stars is visible trailing behind it. This complex, ringlike structure – which is sometimes referred to as the Monoceros Ring – warps around the galaxy three times. The stream was first discovered in the early 21st century by astronomers conducting the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It was in the course of investigating this ring of stars, and a closely spaced group of globular clusters similar to those associated with the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, that the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy was discovered. The current theory is that this galaxy was accreted (or swallowed up) by the Milky Way Galaxy. Other globular clusters that orbit the center of our Milky Way as a satellite – i.e. NGC 1851, NGC 1904, NGC 2298 and NGC 2808 – are thought to have been part of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy before its accretion. A few examples of merging galaxies. Credit: NASA, ESA |
What type of fruit is a peasgood | APPLE Peasgood Nonsuch APPLE Peasgood Nonsuch 0 Ratings Peasgood Nonsuch is a juicy fresh eating apple with a large, handsome and regular shape. This versatile apple cooks to a sweet and delicately flavoured puree, bakes well and makes a great addition to salads. A good, regular cropper and a reasonably disease resistant tree. Self fertile variety. Tip bearing in the mid-late season. Peasgood Nonsuch is a self fertile variety. If you are having trouble with pollination, try planting the following varieties. Pollinators include: mid flowering varieties Adore® Laxton's Fortune Winter Banana Waimea Nurseries has one of the best selections of apple rootstocks available, from being a tree grower for commercial orchardists. We grow this variety on the following rootstocks. Main reasons for different rootstocks being used is to control mature tree size, fruiting age, soil conditions and disease resistance. Tree height: 3m Start to fruit in its second to third year. Requires permanent staking and attention to soil condition, fertilization and watering. Spacing required - 2.5m between trees. Resistant to phytophora. Suits well drained, fertile soils. Not suitable for heavy clay soils. Requires tree suport (eg. post & wires) Due to the shallow and weak root system. Starts to fruit in its third to forth year. Requires temporary stake. Spacing required - 3m+ between trees. Resistant to Woolly Apple aphid. Good on most soils, except poorly drained sites Not all rootstock and variety combinations are available each year. General Apple tree information: Apple trees will start to produce fruit between its second to fifth year depending on rootstock. (Please refer to rootstock tab). Fruit will produce on either tips or spurs. Some varieties produces fruit on both. (Please refer to description above). Fruit is ripe when the shaded side turns from green to a greeny/yellow colour. The later the Apple trees fruit ripens, the longer the storage life. Planting: Apple trees perform best in temperate areas. Most varieties need plenty of winter chill, but there are low chill varieties available for warmer climates. (Check out description above). Apple trees like planting sites that are sunny, and sheltered. Soil preferences depends on rootstocks. (Please refer to rootstock tab). General Care: Water Apples well during early planting stages, long dry periods and when fruit is developing. Some Apple varieties require a spray program to control pests and diseases that affect the tree, leaves and fruit. To ensure large apples each year and prevent biennial bearing, thin apple bunches by half. Pruning and Training: Best to prune Apple trees in late winter so cuts heal faster with spring flush. To minimise disease entering tree, paint cuts with pruning paste. Spur bearing: Reduce growth made the year before, by a third. Cut just after a good strong bud, that points in the direction you want the new branch to go. Tip bearing: All of last years growth on main shoots should be pruned off to the first/second strong and healthy bud. (Unless new shoots are less than 12 inches long). Prune into a modified central leader or vase shaped tree, or espailer against a wall or fence in triple horizontal cordon, candelarra or double-U shape. Your product review |
What is the main food of the Eurasian jay | Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay By Melissa Mayntz With more than 30 recognized subspecies , the exact color patterns and plumage shades of the Eurasian jay can vary considerably in different geographic ranges. This is one of the most colorful corvids and is instantly recognizable because of its distinct markings even in populations with significantly different colors. Common Name: Eurasian Jay, Jay, Common Jay, European Jay, Acorn Jay Scientific Name: Appearance: Bill: Relatively short but thick, black, slightly rounded, framed with rictal bristles Size: 14 inches long with 21-23-inch wingspan , heavy build, long tail, crown feathers can be raised into a short crest Colors: Black, white, blue, tan, pink-brown, gray, rust Markings: Genders are similar but there is much geographic variation in plumage color and especially head markings. Typically, the upperparts range from pinkish-brown to darker tan or rust, with the back showing more pronounced gray or gray-brown. The wings are black with a broad white patch and white edging on the primary feathers , and the scapulars are light blue with fine black barring. The underparts are paler, and the throat is white or pale buff bordered with a thick black malar stripe . The rump and undertail coverts are white. The crown and face vary most between populations, and could be brown with black streaking on the crown or white with a solid black crown. The forehead may be pale or dark. The tail is solid black and very gently rounded when spread. The legs and feet are pale, and the eyes have a light iris that ranges from yellow to light blue. Juveniles are similar to adults but with generally darker plumage and less defined head markings. continue reading below our video How to Turn Your Hobby into a Small Business Foods: Nuts, fruit, insects, eggs, bird hatchlings, amphibians, small mammals (See: Omnivorous ) Habitat and Migration: These jays prefer thick, deciduous forests, ideally with an abundance of oak and beech trees for nuts, but they are also found in coniferous or mixed forests as well as parks, gardens and backyards with plenty of mature trees. They are common year-round from the United Kingdom to the Iberian Peninsula and northwestern Africa throughout Europe including southern Scandinavia and parts of the Middle East, east through Russia and as far as China, Japan and northern India. Though Eurasian jays may become nomadic in winter to seek out the best food sources, they generally do not migrate significant distances. Mountain populations may retreat to lower elevations in the winter. Vocalizations: These jays are noisy and can make a variety of squawks and screeches. The most common call is a harsh "aaaack-aaaack" made when alarmed, agitated or in flight, usually with 2-3 repetitions of even length. Some mimic calls, particularly of avian predators such as hawks and owls, are also part of these jays' repertoire. Behavior: These are solitary birds but can be found in pairs during the breeding season and often form small flocks for foraging in the fall and winter. They are shy and will spook easily, but their slow, jerky flight with an undulating path is easy to recognize. While foraging , Eurasian jays glean insects from foliage or scour the ground for nuts, caching them for winter storage, and those caches help reforest many areas. Reproduction: These are monogamous birds believed to mate for life , though Eurasian jays do not often stay together during the winter and will instead renew pair bonds every spring. A mated pair works together to build a cup-shaped nest of twigs lined with moss, grass, feathers, fur or other soft materials, positioned in a tree 12-20 feet above the ground. The oval-shaped eggs range from whitish-buff to gray-green and are uniformly speckled. There are 4-7 eggs in a brood , but only one brood is raised by a mated pair each year. The female incubates the eggs for 16-19 days, and the altricial chicks are fed by both parents for an additional 21-23 days after hatching. Though they can independently feed themselves, young Eurasian j |
Which French city was the seat of the popes in the fourteenth century | The Fourteenth Century by Nicholas Needham by Nicholas Needham The papacy had reached the zenith of its political power in Europe under Innocent III. His death in 1216 was followed by a period of eclipse and, finally, catastrophe. The popes continued to struggle for supremacy against Germany’s “Holy Roman” emperors. However, the long war between papacy and empire had sapped the power of the imperial court by undermining Germany’s national unity. The threat to the independence of the papacy no longer came from Germany, but from France. THE FRENCH THREAT The French monarchy was growing in strength that reached dangerous levels, from a papal perspective, under King Philip the Fair (reigned 1285-1314). Philip was a ruthless tyrant who believed he had absolute authority over all French affairs. Conflict broke out between Philip and Pope Boniface VIII (reigned 1294-1303) when, in 1295, Philip levied a tax on the French clergy to finance a war with England. The French clergy complained to Boniface, who decreed the excommunication of all who imposed or paid such taxes without papal permission. Philip responded by forbidding the export of gold and silver from France, which crippled Rome’s economy. Boniface had to compromise, allowing the French clergy to make “voluntary” contributions to Philip’s war. Then, in 1301, Boniface sent a papal legate, Bernard of Saisset, to Philip’s court to complain about various highhanded acts of Philip, including the seizure of church property. Philip had Bernard arrested and charged with high treason. Boniface ordered the release of Bernard, summoning Philip to Rome. Philip called a national assembly of French nobles, clergy, and commoners to support him. Boniface reacted in 1302 by issuing the famous papal bull Unam sanctam, where the most exalted political and spiritual claims for the papacy were made: There is one body and one head of this one and only [Catholic] Church—not two heads, like a monster—and that is Christ, and Christ’s vicar is Peter and the successor of Peter….Both the spiritual and the civil sword are in the power of the Church….We declare, state, define and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary to salvation for every human being to be subject to the Roman Pope. Philip’s response was to declare Boniface unfit to occupy the papal throne, and he summoned the pope to appear before a general council of the whole church. The French parliament, French clergy, and Paris University all joined in this declaration. Boniface prepared to excommunicate Philip, but before he could do so, the French king had Boniface kidnapped and imprisoned. Philip’s agents demanded that Boniface resign; he refused. Allies rescued him from prison, but Boniface died a month later, an old and broken man, while the struggle was still raging. The papacy was in serious trouble. Philip had appealed to French national opinion against the claims of Rome, and he had succeeded. Nationalism as a political and anti-papal force had arrived on the European scene. THE AVIGNON PAPACY The worst for the papacy was still to come. When Boniface’s successor, Pope Benedict XI (reigned 1303-4), died after a reign of only eight months, the French faction of cardinals succeeded in electing a French pope, Clement V (reigned 1305-14). Clement was a weak man who simply became a tool of King Philip. He never set foot in Rome, and after four years of wandering around southern France, Clement in 1309 established the papal court in Avignon, a city on the Rhone River, surrounded by French territory and under French political influence. The papacy remained in Avignon for nearly seventy years (1309-77), a captive of the French monarchy and its policies. Those hostile to France referred to this period as the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy. There were seven popes during this period, all French, and they made sure that most of the cardinals were French, too. The Avignon Papacy had a calamitous effect on the prestige and influence of the office of the pope. According to Catholic theory, the Apostle Peter had been the bishop of Rome and ther |
Which city is sometimes known as the city of the violet crown | Just what is a violet crown? | Voices of the Violet Crown Voices of the Violet Crown Search for: Just what is a violet crown? The color of the hills and sky to the west at sunset has long been described as Austin’s “violet crown.” As it turns out, the phrase “violet crown” has historic ties to the Brentwood and Crestview neighborhoods of Central Austin, too. Its origins go back centuries earlier to Athens, Greece. In the late 1940s, Dr. Joseph Samuel Koenig and Charles McCullough, developers of Violet Crown Heights , from Payne to Ruth in Brentwood, promoted the subdivision as having “a beautiful view of the Violet Crown Hills.” The area had been farms and prairie, and new residents were only beginning to plant trees on the open land. (The photo, left, was taken on Dartmouth in Crestview, looking west, on the first day of school in 1956. In January 2015, Scott Hopkins called to say the photo is of him and Janet Herron, and his parents built the house at 1516 Dartmouth.) By 1952, the nearby Violet Crown Shopping Center had been built at Brentwood and Lamar, and it included three businesses—a barber shop, beauty salon, and drug store—with “violet crown” as part of their names. The barber shop later was called Cockrell’s Barber Shop, owned by Tom Cockrell. He retired in 2016 after 60 years as a barber, and Stiles Switch BBQ expanded into the space. Since 2003, Brentwood and Crestview have become the home of the Violet Crown Festival, Violet Crown Community Works, Violet Crown Community Theater, and our Voices of the Violet Crown project. More recently, a number of other Austin-area “violet crown” businesses, organizations, and even a nature trail have been established. William Cowper Brann (1855-1898), right, possibly was the first writer to use the phrase “violet crown” to describe Austin. Brann was an Illinois native and longtime Texas journalist. He first published his paper, The Iconoclast, in Austin in 1891, when William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, still worked as a drug clerk, admired Brann’s work, and only dreamed of becoming a famous writer. Later he would be known as O. Henry. Brann’s article “The Garden of the Gods” appeared in Volume I of The Iconoclast and included this description: . . . Austin’s violet crown bathed in the radiance of the morning or arched with twilight’s dome of fretted gold. According to the Austin History Center, the phrase also appears in an article published in the Austin Daily Statesman on Wednesday, August 8, 1894. May 5, 1890, was a memorable day in Austin . . . on that day the citizens of the City of the Violet Crown voted to build a granite dam across the Colorado River. Later in 1894, O. Henry also used it in the second chapter of his short story “Tictocq: The Great French Detective.” The drawing-rooms of one of the most magnificent residences in Austin are a blaze of lights . . . The occasion is the entree into society of one of the fairest buds in the City of the Violet Crown . . . Austin society is acknowledged to be the wittiest, the most select and the highest bred to be found southwest of Kansas City. Both Brann and O. Henry likely were inspired by other, much earlier, authors. The Greek poet Theognis, born 550 B.C., described the purple hue of the evening sky over Hymettus, a mountain near Athens, Greece, as a violet crown. Some have suggested that it was a reference to Ion, a king who was crowned in Athens; the word “ion” in Greek means violet. Over the years, other writers—from Aristophanes (400 B.C.) to Plutarch (100 A.D.) to Disraeli (1844) to Oscar Wilde (1878)—described Athens as the City of the Violet Crown. By the end of the nineteenth century, Austin would share the designation. More than 100 years later the popularity of “violet crown” continues. And, people living here continue to see the violet crown at sunset, including Brentwood neighbor David, who wrote this in December 2011: I have lived in Austin most of 50 years and have always heard about the “Violet Crown.” Just as the sun went down yesterday, I was standing outside, and the sky went purple. I live on Koenig |
How is acetylsalicylic acid better known | Molecular Expressions Digital Video Gallery: Chemical Crystals - Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid) Aspirin Movies Aspirin Video No. 1 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) dissolution is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 7.6 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (3.25 MB). Aspirin Video No. 2 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crystallization is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 7.1 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (3.01 MB). Aspirin Video No. 3 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) dissolution is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 12.2 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (5.09 MB). Aspirin Video No. 4 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) dissolution is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 8.7 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (3.62 MB). Aspirin Video No. 5 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crystallization is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 7.9 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (3.33 MB). Aspirin Video No. 6 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) dissolution is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 8.1 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (3.37 MB). Aspirin Video No. 7 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crystallization is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 11.3 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (4.69 MB). Aspirin Video No. 8 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crystallization is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 9.8 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (4.12 MB). Aspirin Video No. 9 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) dissolution is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 4.4 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (1.86 MB). Aspirin Video No. 10 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crystallization is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 5.3 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (2.24 MB). Aspirin Video No. 11 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crystallization is observed under polarized light illumination at a magnification of 20x in this video. Playing time is 6.1 seconds. Choose a playback format that matches your connection speed: 28.8k (modem) , 56.6k (modem) , or T1/Cable/DSL , or download this video clip in MPEG format (2.57 MB). Aspirin Video No. 12 - Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) crystallization is observed under polarized light illuminat |
Who was the first person to have appeared four times on Desert Island Discs as a guest | Desert Island Discs racks up a milestone of delights - Telegraph BBC Desert Island Discs racks up a milestone of delights As the popular Radio 4 show prepares for its 3,000th episode, we look back at some of its many highlights Kirsty Young with war veteran Eric 'Winkle' Brown, who features on the 3,000th episode of Desert Island Discs Photo: BBC By David Thomas Comments THE PRESENTERS The first presenter, and creator, of Desert Island Discs was Roy Plomley, who came up with the concept one cold wartime night in November 1941. He was getting ready for bed and his coal fire had gone out when inspiration struck, but, undaunted, he sat down at his desk, typed up his idea and sent it to the BBC. On January 27 1942, the first episode was recorded in a bomb-damaged BBC studio in Maida Vale and broadcast two nights later. Plomley once sat down to interview the thriller writer Alistair MacLean, author of Where Eagles Dare and The Guns of Navarone, only to discover that the man in front of him was an entirely different Alistair MacLean, whose modest claim to fame was being the European director of tourism for the Canadian province of Ontario. Plomley gamely completed the interview, which was then discreetly shelved. In 1958, Plomley was himself the castaway, interviewed by Eamonn Andrews. He chose Another Op’nin’, Another Show by Annabelle Hill as his favourite song, Who’s Who in the Theatre as his book and a desk with typewriter and paper as his luxury. In 1985, Plomley was replaced as host by Michael Parkinson, who lasted less than three years. Parkinson had also been a castaway, choosing Singin’ in the Rain by Gene Kelly, Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway and, again, a typewriter and paper. Sue Lawley took over in 1988, lasting until 2006. She had been a castaway, interviewed by Parkinson in 1987, choosing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Provincial French Cooking by Elizabeth David and an iron and ironing board. Related Articles People diary: David Hockney’s greatest muse? His sister 09 Nov 2014 The current presenter, Kirsty Young, has never been a castaway, but she has said her favourite music would include Neil Diamond’s I Am… I Said, “because it reminds me of my mother coming to kiss me goodnight smelling of Chanel No 5, wearing a fringe dress and looking beyond glamorous”. THE GUESTS The first guest to appear on Desert Island Discs was the actor and radio comedian Vic Oliver, who stepped in when Plomley’s first choice, the academic and radio personality CEM Joad, said he was too busy to appear. The most senior member of the Royal family to have appeared on the show was Princess Margaret (1984), who chose Histories by Herodotus as her book and an oriental cat as her luxury. The most glamorous royal was surely Princess Grace of Monaco, who chose a book of plays by her uncle George Kelly and a pillow. The Duchess of Kent (1989) is the only castaway ever to choose the Beatles’ song Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, along with a DIY manual and a lamp with solar batteries. A total of 236 people have appeared twice on Desert Island Discs, 12 have appeared three times, but only two men – the comedian Arthur Askey and Sir David Attenborough – have made four appearances. The only prospective castaway to have begun an interview and not finished it was the journalist and author Martha Gellhorn, whose appearance was abruptly cut short in mid-recording when it became apparent that she would not discuss her late husband Ernest Hemingway. When the newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald appeared in 1994, the Commission for Racial Equality pointed out that he was only the 10th non-white castaway, following five other black guests (Shirley Bassey, Joan Armatrading, Dizzie Gillespie, Jessye Norman and Frank Bruno), and four Asians (Ravi Shankar, Salman Rushdie, Imran Khan and photographer Mohamed Amin). THE MUSIC Every week the castaway selects eight pieces of music, or recorded speech, to take with them to their island. More than 22,000 tracks have been selected, of which the most commonly requested is Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, from |
When someone is being knighted they are tapped on the shoulder with a sword what is this tap called | How a boy became a knight in Medieval Times How a boy became a Knight in Medieval Times The Accolade, c.1901 For almost seven hundred years between the ninth and sixteenth centuries knights were the lords of the battlefield, admired and respected for their abilities and their chivalry and courage. So how did a boy in these centuries become a knight? Becoming a knight was a tradition that changed over the centuries of the middle ages and by around the sixteenth century, with the advent of gunpowder and firearms, had pretty much become just a symbolic title. But there was a commonly accepted normal route that a boy could take in his quest to become a knight during the height of the Middle Ages when knighthood was important. The Rule of Birthright The first requirement for a boy to become a knight was the requirement of his heritage. Generally, only boys born to certain men were allowed the opportunity to become a knight. These requirements were usually that the boy be the son of a knight, Lord, a wealthy merchant, or someone who held title and position in the court of the king or a lord. Where Training took place Contrary to popular belief, the king did not usually train boys to become knights. This was the responsibility of the king’s lords, barons and knights. Each of these men held stations, titles, lands and manors of his own. And it was to the lord’s manor that the boy would go to train under the knight of the king. Over the centuries of the Middle Ages what a knight was expected to do changed dramatically and chivalry did not come into the picture until the late middle ages. We will take a look at the traditional picture of what a knight learned in these later centuries. Training Begins as a Page At around the age of six or seven a boy, who was of noble lineage, would report to the local lord’s castle or manor to begin his training as a knight. There he would learn a host of basic skills to make him a well-rounded and educated knight. He would learn the fundamentals of court life such as table manners, care and maintenance of armor and weapons, and how to care for a horse. He would also learn how to read and how to appreciate music or even play the lute. His training would begin in the martial arts with his learning how to hunt and how to hawk. The Page Becomes A Squire At around the age of thirteen, as the boy is starting to develop the body, mentality, strength and abilities of manhood he is promoted to squire. He is then assigned as the personal assistant to a knight and it is in this time that he focuses on the combat arms of knighthood. He would get intensive training in weapons, armor, tactics and mounted combat. Often times he was allowed to carry a small sword and shield with him as a symbol of his status as a squire or a “knight in training”. Becoming a Knight – The Ceremony of Knighthood The ceremony of becoming a knight was something that could often last several days and could include fasting or a Vigil where the knight would engage in prayer and contemplation for a day and a night or longer. Then there would often be elaborate feasts and hardy discussions with lords and knights about chivalry, courage, religion, and the nature of being a knight. During the actual knighting ceremony the knight would swear allegiance to God and to his lord and he would receive presents such as a sword, a pair of spurs, armor, and a cloak. At the end of the ceremony the king would tap the squire on the shoulders with the flat of a sword blade and he would become a knight. In modern times we have a very romanticized view of what a knight was and for good reason. There is a certain mysterious aura around the idea of knighthood and it is well founded. It was a serious path that a boy embarked on and something that he spent his whole childhood striving for and his whole adult life improving. The life of a knight was a life of constant vigilance in combat and constant striving toward improvement in the eyes of others. Will Kalif is the author of two epic fantasy novels and an avid fan of all things Medieval. To learn about Med |
Which word links these four, glow, noon, thought, birth | How the natural birth industry sets mothers up for guilt and shame - The Washington Post How the natural birth industry sets mothers up for guilt and shame The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. You’re all set! A newborn baby holds his mother’s hand in a neonatal intensive care unit. (Vadim Ghirda/AP) By Amy Tuteur By Amy Tuteur May 6, 2016 Follow @ATuteur Amy Tuteur is an obstetrician-gynecologist and former clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and the author of " Push Back: Guilt in the Age of Natural Parenting ." My four children were born more than 20 years ago. I had four birth experiences, and I think about those experiences rarely, if ever. In nearly 30 years of motherhood, those acute hours quickly faded into insignificance compared with the reality of my children’s daily lives, their milestones, their achievements, their personalities, their challenges and the growth of our relationship as they changed from infants to school-age children to teenagers to adults. I gave birth vaginally. But it never occurred to me that this was some kind of achievement, since it had nothing to do with me and everything to do with luck. My children, too, do not much care about the specifics of how they were born. This is, I suspect, typical for women of my generation and the ones that preceded us. But for today’s new mothers, the expectations for childbirth and breast-feeding are higher than ever. Women are supposed to have the most authentic possible experience: They should reject pain relief; eliminate C-sections; embrace midwives, doulas and childbirth educators; and even defy standard obstetric recommendations when they conflict with those goals. Two powerful forces have arisen to push this dogma. First, the crunchy natural-birth subculture has slowly morphed into an industry, mainly catering to the most privileged women in society. Second, a cabal of natural-birth activists — online, on the air and even inside hospitals — has formed to shame pregnant women who eschew the right-thinking path. For these forces, childbirth has become less about having a baby and more about having an experience. And those who don’t have “the perfect birth” can’t possibly be good mothers. For most of human existence, unmedicated, vaginal childbirth was simply the painful, dangerous, unavoidable way to have a baby. But for the past 50 years, in developed countries, it has no longer been a relief for the mother and the child to survive; it’s been a given. So people began paying attention to how, not just whether, childbirth unfolded. The original goals of this movement were “conscious deliveries,” fathers in the delivery room, childbirth education and research into and abolition of practices such as perineal shaving and enemas that either had no benefit or were harmful. But by the 1980s , all of these shifts in medical practice had taken place, and a new goal took shape among activists: following the proper, naturalistic birth philosophy. Until the 20th century, American midwifery required no formal education — just a period of apprenticeship. With the rise of modern obstetrics, midwives saw the need to professionalize to compete. Emulating European practitioners, they created the credential of certified nurse-midwife. These are nurses who have undergone additional training in midwifery. The first two schools of nurse-midwifery opened in the 1930s, but the practice truly began to take off in the postwar years. In 1963, there were 275 credentialed nurse-midwives in the United States; by 1995, there were more than 4,000; today there are more than 11,000 . The proportion of births attended by midwives has also risen, from 3 percent in 1989 to more than 8 percent in 2013 (12 percent of vaginal births that year). Doulas and childbirth educators — people who often call themselves “birth workers” — have proliferated, too, mirroring the increase |
What is the name given to the study of gases in motion | Gas Pressure + Contact Glenn An important property of any gas is its pressure. We have some experience with gas pressure that we don't have with properties like viscosity and compressibility . Every day we hear the TV meteorologist give value of the barometric pressure of the atmosphere (29.8 inches of mercury, for example). And most of us have blown up a balloon or used a pump to inflate a bicycle tire or a basketball. Because understanding what pressure is and how it works is so fundamental to the understanding of aerodynamics, we are including several slides on gas pressure in the Beginner's Guide. An interactive atmosphere simulator allows you to study how static air pressure changes with altitude. The FoilSim program shows you how the pressure varies around a lifting wing, and the EngineSim program shows how the pressure changes through a turbine engine. Another simulator helps you study how pressure changes across shock waves that occur at high speeds. There are two ways to look at pressure: (1) the small scale action of individual air molecules or (2) the large scale action of a large number of molecules. Molecular Definition of Pressure From the kinetic theory of gases, a gas is composed of a large number of molecules that are very small relative to the distance between molecules. The molecules of a gas are in constant, random motion and frequently collide with each other and with the walls of any container. The molecules possess the physical properties of mass, momentum, and energy. The momentum of a single molecule is the product of its mass and velocity, while the kinetic energy is one half the mass times the square of the velocity. As the gas molecules collide with the walls of a container, as shown on the left of the figure, the molecules impart momentum to the walls, producing a force perpendicular to the wall. The sum of the forces of all the molecules striking the wall divided by the area of the wall is defined to be the pressure. The pressure of a gas is then a measure of the average linear momentum of the moving molecules of a gas. The pressure acts perpendicular (normal) to the wall; the tangential (shear) component of the force is related to the viscosity of the gas. Scalar Quantity Let us look at a static gas; one that does not appear to move or flow. While the gas as a whole does not appear to move, the individual molecules of the gas, which we cannot see, are in constant random motion. Because we are dealing with a nearly infinite number of molecules and because the motion of the individual molecules is random in every direction, we do not detect any motion. If we enclose the gas within a container, we detect a pressure in the gas from the molecules colliding with the walls of our container. We can put the walls of our container anywhere inside the gas, and the force per area (the pressure) is the same. We can shrink the size of our "container" down to an infinitely small point, and the pressure has a single value at that point. Therefore, pressure is a scalar quantity, not a vector quantity. It has a magnitude but no direction associated with it. Pressure acts in all directions at a point inside a gas. At the surface of a gas, the pressure force acts perpendicular to the surface. If the gas as a whole is moving, the measured pressure is different in the direction of the motion. The ordered motion of the gas produces an ordered component of the momentum in the direction of the motion. We associate an additional pressure component, called dynamic pressure , with this fluid momentum. The pressure measured in the direction of the motion is called the total pressure and is equal to the sum of the static and dynamic pressureas described by Bernoulli's equation . Macro Scale Definition of Pressure Turning to the larger scale, the pressure is a state variable of a gas, like the temperature and the density . The change in pressure during any process is governed by the laws of thermodynamics . You can explore the effects of pressure on other gas variables at the animated gas lab . Although pr |
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What are you suffering from if you have inflamed sebaceous glands | Sebaceous Glands, Sebum & What Causes Acne By Heather Brannon, MD Updated July 12, 2016 Sebaceous glands are part of the pilosebaceous unit , which contains the hair follicle , hair shaft and erector pili muscles, the muscles that contract and cause goosebumps. Pilosebaceous units are found everywhere on the body except the palms of the hands, the tops and soles of the feet, and the lower lip. There is a greater concentration of pilosebaceous units on the face, scalp, upper neck and chest. Sebaceous Gland Functions The sebaceous glands produce a substance called sebum : a waxy, oily substance comprised of triglycerides, wax, squalene and free fatty acids. Sebum keeps the skin and hair moisturized. It acts as a waterproofing substance and prevents hair and skin from becoming dry and brittle. Additionally, it inhibits the growth of microorganisms on the skin. The sebaceous glands are typically producing the right amount of sebum in order to keep the skin and hair healthy and moisturized, but sometimes they don't work as expected. For example, sebum production starts to slow down around age 20. If the sebaceous glands aren't producing enough sebum, the skin becomes dry, which is why dry skin is a part of aging. Conversely, the hormonal changes that occur during puberty cause the sebaceous glands to enlarge and produce more sebum. This overproduction of sebum combined with the shedding of dead skin cells can clog the hair follicle and produce oily skin, known as seborrhea. Acne can develop when sebum becomes trapped inside the hair follicle, which is why acne and puberty go hand in hand. Sebum can also cause hair to appear greasy if it hasn't been washed for a few days. The eyelids have their own type of sebaceous glands: meibomian glands. These glands secrete a particular kind of sebum into tears. When these tears accumulate, they produce mucopurulent discharge, which is the dry substance found in the inner corners of the eyes after periods of sleep. How Acne Develops Our pores are self-cleaning machines. They already do a good job of constantly clearing out dirt, oil, and dead skin cells. But when this self-cleaning process doesn't work as it should, all of that dirt becomes trapped inside. Sebum provides the skin and hair with moisture by moving up the hair shaft and out of the hair follicle opening. Sometimes sebum acts like glue and sticks to the dead skin cells that are in the process of shedding. The sebum and dead skin cells stick together and block the hair shaft, but the sebaceous gland keeps producing sebum and creates a blockage. The blockage allows bacteria to thrive and the immune system responds by forming a pimple filled with pus, which is a combination of sebum, dead skin cells, and bacteria. The pimple becomes red and inflamed as the immune system attacks the bacteria and heals the skin tissue. Source: Boundless. “Sebaceous (Oil) Glands.” Boundless Anatomy and Physiology. Boundless, 21 Jul. 2015. Retrieved 20 Jan. 2016 from https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/the-integumentary-system-5/accessory-structures-of-the-skin-65/sebaceous-oil-glands-398-8253/ Continue Reading |
What was Gulliver's ship called | SparkNotes: Gulliver’s Travels: Part I, Chapter I Part I, Chapter I Part I, Chapter I, page 2 page 1 of 2 (See Important Quotations Explained ) The novel begins with Lemuel Gulliver recounting the story of his life, beginning with his family history. He is born to a family in Nottinghamshire, the third of five sons. Although he studies at Cambridge as a teenager, his family is too poor to keep him there, so he is sent to London to be a surgeon’s apprentice. There, under a man named James Bates, he learns mathematics and navigation with the hope of traveling. When his apprenticeship ends, he studies physics at Leyden. He then becomes a surgeon aboard a ship called the Swallow for three years. Afterward, he settles in London, working as a doctor, and marries a woman named Mary Burton. His business begins to fail when his patron dies, so he decides to go to sea again and travels for six years. Although he has planned to return home at the end of this time, he decides to accept one last job on a ship called the Antelope. In the East Indies, the Antelope encounters a violent storm in which twelve crewmen die. Six of the crewmembers, including Gulliver, board a small rowboat to escape. Soon the rowboat capsizes, and Gulliver loses track of his companions. They are never seen again. Gulliver, however, swims safely to shore. Gulliver lies down on the grass to rest, and soon he falls asleep. When he wakes up, he finds that his arms, legs, and long hair have been tied to the ground with pieces of thread. He can only look up, and the bright sun prevents him from seeing anything. He feels something move across his leg and over his chest. He looks down and sees, to his surprise, a six-inch-tall human carrying a bow and arrow. At least forty more little people climb onto his body. He is surprised and shouts loudly, frightening the little people away. They return, however, and one of the little men cries out, “Hekinah Degul.” Gulliver struggles to get loose and finally succeeds in breaking the strings binding his left arm. He loosens the ropes tying his hair so he can turn to the left. In response, the little people fire a volley of arrows into his hand and violently attack his body and face. He decides that the safest thing to do is to lie still until nightfall. The noise increases as the little people build a stage next to Gulliver about a foot and a half off the ground. One of them climbs onto it and makes a speech in a language that Gulliver does not understand. Gulliver indicates that he is hungry, and the little people bring him baskets of meat. He devours it all and then shows that he is thirsty, so they bring him two large barrels of wine. Gulliver is tempted to pick up forty or fifty of the little people and throw them against the ground, but he decides that he has made them a promise of goodwill and is grateful for their hospitality. He is also struck by their bravery, since they climb onto his body despite his great size. 1 |
What was the name of The Sleeping Beauty | Sleeping Beauty | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Synopsis Princess Aurora is named after the Roman goddess of the dawn "because she fills her father and mother 's lives with sunshine." While still an infant, she is betrothed to the equally-young Prince Phillip (their parents want to unite their respective kingdoms under a marriage between Aurora and Phillip). At her christening, the good fairies Flora (dressed in red), Fauna (in green) and Merryweather (in blue) arrive to bless her. Flora gives her the gift of beauty, which is described in a song as "gold of sunshine in her hair" and "lips that shame the red, red rose." Fauna gives her the gift of song. At this point, Maleficent , the film's villain and mistress of all evil, appears on the scene. Claiming to be upset at not being invited to Aurora's christening ceremony, she curses the princess to die when she pricks her finger on a spinning wheel 's spindle before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. Fortunately, Merryweather has not yet blessed Aurora, so she uses her blessing to change Maleficent's curse, so Aurora will not die when she pricks her finger; instead, she will fall asleep until she is awakened by True Love's Kiss. Knowing Maleficent is extremely powerful and will stop at nothing to see her curse fulfilled, the three good fairies take Aurora to live with them in the woods, where they can keep her safe from any harm until she turns sixteen and the curse is made void. To fully protect her, they even change her name to Briar Rose to conceal her true identity. Rose grows into a very beautiful woman, with sunshine golden blonde hair, rose-red lips, violet eyes, and a beautiful singing voice. She is raised in a cottage in the forest by the three fairies, whom she believes are her aunts. One day, while out picking berries, she sings to entertain her animal friends; her angelic voice gains the attention of Prince Phillip, who had grown into a handsome young man and is out riding in the woods. When they meet, they instantly fall in love. Realizing that she has to return home, Aurora flees from Phillip without ever learning his name. Despite promising to meet him again, she is unable to return, as her "aunts" choose that time to reveal the truth of her birth to her and to tell her that she is betrothed to a prince named Phillip. They then take Rose to her parents. Meanwhile, Phillip returns home telling his father about a peasant girl he met and wishes to marry in spite of his prearranged marriage to Princess Aurora. King Hubert tries to convince Phillip to marry the princess instead of a peasant girl but fails. Princess Aurora, the heroine in Sleeping Beauty. The good fairies and Aurora return to the castle. Unfortunately, Maleficent uses her magic to lure Aurora away from her chambers and up into the tallest tower of the castle, where a spinning wheel awaits her. Fascinated by the wheel, she touches the spindle, pricking her finger. As had been foretold by the curse, Aurora is put under a sleeping spell . The good fairies place Aurora on her bed with a red rose in her hand and cause a deep sleep to fall over the entire kingdom until they can find a way to break the curse. They realize the answer is Phillip, but he has been kidnapped by Maleficent to prevent him from kissing Aurora and waking her up. The three good fairies sneak into Maleficent's lair, aid the prince in escaping and explain to him the story of Maleficent's curse. Armed with a magic sword and shield, Phillip battles Maleficent when the sorceress turns herself into a gigantic fire-breathing dragon. He flings the sword, plunging it into the dragon's heart and killing her. Phillip climbs into Aurora's chamber and removes the curse with a kiss. As the film ends, the two royals arrive at the ballroom, where Aurora is happily reunited with her parents. Then, Aurora dances together with Phillip, happy to each learn that their betrothed and their beloved are one and the same. Production Overview and art direction The film was directed by Les Clark , Eric Larson and Wolfgang Reitherman , u |
What is the capital of Bulgaria | The City of Sofia Share: Sofia is Bulgaria’s capital and its largest city. Founded thousands of years ago, today the city continues to develop as the country’s cultural and economic center. At present, the city has a population of 1,250,000. Sofia is located in the western part of the country, on The Sofia Plain and on the lower slopes of Mount Vitosha. The city’s average altitude is 550 meters above sea level, the climate is moderate and continental, characterized by cold winters and relatively cool summers. The average temperature in January is 1 degree below zero Centigrade, and the average July temperature is 20 degrees Centigrade. The city is located at a strategic crossroads. The route from Western Europe to Istanbul passes through Sofia via Beograd and Skopje, then through Plovdiv to Turkey. Sofia also connects The Near East and The Middle East, lying between the banks of The Danube and the shores of The White Sea on the one hand, and between The Black Sea and The Adriatic on the other. Sofia is relatively close to the capitals of most Balkan countries: Ankara is 1,012 km; Athens is 837 km; Beograd is 374 km; Bucharest is 395 km; Zagreb is 762 km; Ljubljana is 897 km; Sarajevo is 549 km; Skopje is 239 km; Tirana is 553 km. Three freeways begin in Sofia: Trakia, Lyulin, and Hemus. The Sofia Airport provides travelers with convenient connections to all major European cities, and from the central train station and bus station passengers can reach every destination in the country. Sofia has been settled for many millennia. In honor of its hot springs, in the 8th century BCE the Thracian tribes settled here gave the city its first name – Serdika or Serdonpolis.In the 1st century BCE, Serdika was captured by the Romans, who transformed it into a Roman city. During the reign of Emperor Marcus Ulpius Trajan (reign 98-117 CE), the city took his name, Ulpia Serdika, and became the administrative center of the region. Serdika was the favorite city of Constantine the Great (reign 306-337), who said “Serdika is my Rome.” In roughly 175, massive fortified walls, with four watchtowers were built to protect the city , and a second outer fortified wall was added during the 5th-6th centuries. The city’s flourished for a second time under Justinian the Great (reign 527-565). At the beginning of the 9th century, the Bulgarian Han Krum (reign 803-814) invaded Serdika. The city became an inseparable part of The First Bulgarian Empire (7th-9th centuries) under Han Omurtag (reign 814-831). At this time the city was renamed Sredets (The Center), because of its central strategic location. From 1018-1094, Sredets was under Byzantine rule, but still remained an important strategic, economic, and cultural center. During the time of The Second Bulgarian Empire (1185-1393), Sredets took on the appearance of a large Medieval city – its narrow, crowded streets witnessed the construction of more and more small churches and monasteries, which later became Sofia’s Holy Mountain. The city gained its present name at the end of the 14th century, in honor of the city’s major symbol, The Saint Sofia Basilica. In 1382, the city fell to the Ottomans. It was liberated five centuries later, in 1878, and on April 3, 1879 it was declared the capital of the newly-liberated Bulgarian nation. Sofia preserves many valuable monuments to its long and storied past. Visitors exploring the city’s streets can see remnants of The Eastern Gate from the days when Sofia was Serdika and Sredets, dating from the 2nd-4th centuries CE. These remains are exhibited in the underpass connecting the Presidential Palace and The Ministerial Council, surrounded by shops selling traditional Bulgarian souvenirs and rosewater. The Saint Sofia Basilica, founded during the reign of Justinian (reign 527-565), is one of the oldest churches in the capital. It was the city’s major church during the Middle Ages, and under the Ottomans it was used as a mosque. Very close to Saint Sofia is The Memorial Church Saint Alexander Nevsky, now one of the city’s most recognizable symbols. This church wa |
Which company makes the Hercules cargo transport aircraft | How a Brazilian Cargo Jet is Taking On the Mighty C-130J Super Hercules How a Brazilian Cargo Jet Is Taking On the Mighty C-130J Super Hercules Why fly a turboprop when you can fly a jet? Most Popular By Eric Tegler Jul 27, 2016 Lockheed's C-130 Hercules is the plane that never dies . A tactical–that is to say "medium-sized"—cargo plane, it's the go-to when the situation doesn't call from something as titanic as a C-17 Globemaster or A400M Atlas. But the C-130 is no spring chicken. Around the world, the trusty planes are aging out and due for replacement. Enter the KC-390: a twin-jet, T-tail airlifter built by Brazilian aerospace company Embraer, known previously for its regional airliners, and now for the largest aircraft ever built in South America. Sure, there's already a C-130 replacement in the form of Lockheed's larger, more modern C-130J Super Hercules, but the similarly-sized KC-390 can fly faster and higher thanks to its use of turbofan jet engines instead of turboprops like the C-130J. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below A fly-by-wire digital airplane which can carry up to 57,000 pounds of cargo at a maximum speed of 540 mph, the KC-390 beats out the C-130J's max carrying weight (42,000 pounds) and max speed when at full capacity (416 mph). Depending on the configuration, that means the KC-390 can tote: 80 troops, or 66 paratroopers, or three HUMVEEs, or a Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk helicopter, or a LAV-25 combat vehicle. KC-390 beats out the C-130J's max carrying weight and max speed when at full capacity. Most Popular That's thanks to its International Aero Engines V2500-E5 turbofans, rated at 31,330 pounds of thrust each, which also allow the KC-390 to cruise up to 36,000. Theses engines are specially adapted for military use, but at their core they're the same, highly-common engines that power airliners like the Airbus A320 and McDonnell Douglas MD-90. Ultimately, like the C-130J Super Hercules, the KC-390 is ready for any mission from troop transport to cargo airdrop to aerial refueling to search and rescue and aerial firefighting. It can just do it while carrying more. And do it faster, covering greater distances in a single crew duty day and flying more missions using the same amount of flight hours. That better top speed has real, practical benefits in the field. Embraer points out that in a search and rescue mission with a pretty typical 1,250 nautical mile radius, a KC-390 could cover the ground two hours faster than even the fastest turboprop. But the jet engines are not without their downsides. The KC-390 consumes more fuel than the C-130J—a pretty natural outgrowth of its increased speed. And while the KC-390 is designed to operate from short, unimproved airstrips just like the C-130J can, Embraer hasn't specified the plane's exact takeoff and landing distances, and critics argue that its turbofans are more susceptible to damage by foreign objects when operating at sites that are a little rough. critics argue that its turbofans are more susceptible to damage by foreign objects. Fortunately in cases like that, pilots should have plenty of situational awareness thanks to the KC-390's avionics suite, with five multi-function displays and daylight and thermal imagery generated by a nose-mounted synthetic vision system. That, and oversized cockpit windows, which Embraer claim that pilots just love. Elsewhere in the cockpit, active side-sticks combine with the digital flight control system for precise hand-flying control. And, like any good tactical airlifter, the KC-390 has self-protection systems including ballistic protection against small arms fire, critical systems redundancy, radar, laser, and missile approach warning receivers and infrared countermeasures. The first KC-390 prototype flew in February 2015 and the first production aircraft are slated to be delivered to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) in 2017. Eventually 28 aircraft will replace and complement the FAB's C-130s which are 40 years old on average. And since the KC-390 exceeds the C-130's performance in terms of payload, speed/altitude an |
From which musical does the song Don't Cry For Me Argentina come | Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna - YouTube Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna 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 Feb 5, 2015 Don't cry for me Argentina - Madonna Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice The song was written in 1976 in memory of Evita Perón, the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. The scenes in the video are from the film: «Eva Perón» by Juan Carlos Desanzo, starring Esther Goris and Victor Laplace. The song was initially performed by Julie Covington and its name came from an inscription on the plaque of Evita Peron's grave at Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires. Madonna sang the same song in 1996, in the musical drama: Evita, directed by Alan Parker and written by Parker and Oliver Stone. The film starred Madonna as Evita Perón, Antonio Banderas as Ché and Jonathan Pryce as Juan Perón. It won't be easy, you'll think it strange when I try to explain how I feel that I still need your love after all that I've done. You won't believe me |
What would you be buying if you went into Hamleys in London | Santa has made this review 3 stars. The "experienc e" was not worth £37.50. The activities were merely a bit of colouring and decorating a cookie. The colouring ...was difficult because no one had thought to sharpen the pencils or replace the felt tips that had missing lids. The cookie decorating was also difficult because no one had thought to replace the icing tubes either. The only part that was remotely worth it was Santa himself. He looked exactly like Father Christmas should and behaved as such too. My daughter is only 2.5yrs old so she was quite shy but he made sure not to get frustrated with her and kept trying to make her giggle, which she did. If the rest of the experience could match Santa then I would definitely come again next year but as my daughter will be more interested in the activities Visited on a holiday. Plan was to go to the top floor, use the ladies room, and then shop on all the floors going down (particula rly interested in the build a b...ear). The women's toilet was disgusting . Absolutely the most disgusting thing I've seen. Had not been cleaned in probably hours - used sanitary tampons and napkins on the floor and urine in places...i t shouldn't be. Not just one toilet was like this either. Left the bathroom grossed out and totally ruined our shopping experience as I rushed my other half out. And, yes. I took pictures. Just couldn't believe a store could let their restroom become that bad. See More Kids loved it and the staff are really energetic and fun. Makes a good experience . However the downside is the lifts. They should be controlled . You have loads ...of people with prams, yet lazy people who can use the escalators without prams take up all the room and stop people with a pram getting on. We had to wait 3 times for a lift for over 15 minutes, which is insane. Sort that issue out it would have been 5 stars. Priority should be given to prams and others who can clearly walk to an escalator should be asked to do so. See More magical visit. Room was beautifull y decorated. The elves were very interactiv e with all the children. Only one adult per child allowed but this is... stated in the T & C's. Each photo was £10 or 2 for £15 or 3 for £20 which is good value. The Father Christmas was very good with the children and spent good time with each one. You can take your own photos and video so you don't have to buy their photos. Very glad we went. Great value for money. The gift from FC included a Hamleys teddy bear, a bar of Hamleys chocolate, a Hamleys Christmas tree hanging decoration , a Mr Men Christmas book, a small bouncy ball, and a balloon. Would recommend this visit See More I visited on the 21st December with my 5 and 11yr old sons, neither of whom have been to the store before. Whilst I've visited Hamleys previously I've never do...ne so this close to Christmas and never will again. Hot, dangerousl y over crowded, over priced toys and some members of staff being really quite rude to young children. The store layout doesn't particular ly flow, some staple items being on every floor would make life a lot easier for frazzled parents. And £4 for a chocolate coin!!! WTAF? You should be ashamed of yourselves Hamleys! We didn't need to use the lifts thankfully as the queues for them were ridiculous . We did however have to use the escalators and they were a danger in their own right! The window displays were the most disappoint ing part of all! We so wanted to see sparkle and magic, but walked away feeling very let down by the whole experience ! � Such a shame that one of our beautiful city's most famous and iconic stores can't quite step up to the mark. Will never visit again during December! See More We went today the 23rd December at around 5pm. I want to take the time to "Thank" the 'Young Boy' demonstrat ing the Magic Balloons who completely RUINED my Spec...ial Needs Sons experience of Hamleys. Are you not aware that not all Disabiliti es are Visible. You were rude and actually horrible to him when he asked for a balloon and you just said "NO." He is 11yrs old ASD, AD |
Who played Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street | Bill Tarmey death: Coronation Street's Jack Duckworth passes away aged 71 | Daily Mail Online Coronation Street actor Bill Tarmey, who played Jack Duckworth in the soap, has died. The actor, who was 71, passed away in Tenerife on Friday morning. He is survived by wife Alma, son Carl and daughter Sara. Scroll down for video Passing: Actor Bill Tarmey, aka Coronation Street's Jack Duckworth, has died aged 71 A statement from the family of the actor read: 'The family of Bill Tarmey have confirmed that he sadly passed away this morning in Tenerife. 'They have respectfully asked the media for privacy as they grieve for a wonderful husband, father and brother.' And a statement from ITV soap Coronation Street read: 'The cast, crew and production team at Coronation Street are devastated to hear of Bill's death. Screen star: Tarmey as Jack with his on-screen wife Vera Duckworth (Liz Dawn) and Julie Goodyear as Bet Lynch in a scene from the show in May 1983 National treasures: Jack and Vera Duckworth are one of the most famous soap couples in history 'Our thoughts and prayers are with Bill's wife and soulmate Ali and their family at this very sad time.' Actor Charlie Condou, who plays Marcus Dent in Coronation Street, shortly after the news was announced: 'I am devastated to hear that the wonderful Bill Tarmey has died. He was a beautiful, funny and lovely man, and he will be missed by us all.' Antony Cotton - who plays Sean Tully - wrote: 'Goodnight Bill Tarmey. You were the best. We'll miss you so much x' Departure: When Tarmey retired in 2010, his character Jack was written out of the soap by peacefully dying in his armchair at No. 9 Coronation Street In good spirits: One of the last pictures of Tarmey in public, taken in December 2011 Jack P Shepherd, who plays David Platt, tweeted: 'Just heard the news about Bills death tragic news for everyone #RIPBILL'. Nigel Pivaro, who played the Duckworths' layabout son Terry, said: 'I am devastated to learn of the passing of someone who became a huge part of both my professional and personal life, who I came to look on as a second father. 'He was a very wise and dignified man who taught me a great deal and whose counsel I came to value greatly. 'He was a lovely man who cared deeply for his family and friends. We are all rightly bereft at the loss we will feel knowing that the world will be a little poorer without Bill to lighten it up with his warm humour.' Michael Le Vell, who has played mechanic Kevin Webster in the show for years, said: 'Bill met my dad briefly when I first joined Coronation Street. And when my dad passed away Bill became like a surrogate dad to me. 'He and Liz looked after me and got me through those early days and we've been friends ever since. My heart goes out to Ali and his family. We knew Bill was poorly, but this is still a very great shock. I am going to miss him very much.' Tributes also flooded in from the entertainment world, with This Morning presenter Eamonn Holmes writing: 'RIP Bill Tarmey aka Jack Duckworth. Known him for many years - always remembered the small things. Ruth & I getting more like Jack & Vera. (sic)' A life-long heavy smoker, Tarmey suffered from ailing health over the years. He had a heart attack in 1976, followed by a stroke in 1977, and underwent a quintuple heart bypass in 1986. Family comes first: One of the main reasons for Tarmey quitting Coronation Street in 2010 was to look after his son Carl, who is battling a life-threatening brain tumour Singing star: Tarmey also had a successful music career Julie Goodyear, who played Bet Lynch, said: 'This news is so very sad, not just for me but for all his other friends and of course his wife Ali, and all his family. 'This wonderful man will be sadly missed.' Catherine Tyldesley, who plays Eva in show, said: 'So sad to hear that Bill Tarmey has died. £legend #RIPBILL. My deepest sympathies to all who knew him best xxx.' Speaking about his illness following a second heart attack in 2002, which saw him fitted with a pacemaker afterwards, Tarmey said: 'I'm deeply wor |
According to Exodus what is the first commandment | Bible List Of The Ten Commandments Deuteronomy 5:6-21 1 2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 You shall have no other gods before me. 6 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 You shall have none other gods before me. 2 4 You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 You shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments. 8 You shall not make you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 9 You shall not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments. 3 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 4 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shall you labour, and do all your work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labour, and do all your work: 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates; that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as you. 15 And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. 5 12 Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God giveth you. 16 Honour your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God giveth you. 6 13 You shall not kill. 17 You shall not kill. 7 14 You shall not commit adultery. 18 Neither shall you commit adultery. 8 15 You shall not steal. 19 Neither shall you steal. 9 |
Which group had a hit single with a 1995 cover version of the Small Faces Itchycoo Park | Small Faces Cover Versions- Room for Ravers Hog Thompson (ex Manager Tygers of Pan Tang) Released by the German rock band Riff in 1989 as a single in Germany only. The French group Little Bob Story released it as a single in 1977. Also on Alive or Nothing from 1977. Covered by the Tyla Gang. Sean Tyla produced the Little Bob Story version. Lords of the New Church covered the song on their mini live LP with Ian McLagan playing keyboards. A one-off group called Spectrum covered the song in 1985 with the proceeds divided between Band Aid and Ronnie Lane's ARMS charity. Spectrum was made up of Steve Marriott, Chris Farlowe, PP Arnold, and various members of mod revival bands. Recorded by the Californian band X on the Ain't Love Grand album. Also covered by Bernie Paul, Ostbahn Kurti (from Austria) and The Bates. The All Star Band and others at the Steve Marriott Memorial Concert in 2001 and on the CD . Spectrum. Ocean Colour Scene in live set. Available on the 2010 4CD set OCS 21 from the BBC In Concert programme. Doug Taylor on an EP available from Adrenalin Records. The Italian band Stormy Six as Oggi Piano with Italian lyrics, a single in 1967. The UK band The Crack as their third single around 1982 or 1983. The Circles have covered All or Nothing as the b-side to their 1999 single Private World. The Hypstrz released All or Nothing on their LP Hypstrization in 1979. The band also used to play I Got Mine, Tin Soldier and Whatcha Gonna Do About It in their live set. The band later became the Mighty Mofos. The Paul Weller Connexion. Starsailor covered the track in 2002 for the NME War Child album ( More details of this ) Chris Farlowe recorded All or Nothing for a 3-CD anthology called Rock & Roll Soldier. The track was recorded in 1999 at the request of Andrew Loog Oldham and Tony Calder as part of a planned relaunch of the Immediate label. (See also Tin Soldier). All or Nothing was used as the theme tune to the BBC drama series The Syndicate. Performed by Scars on 45. The Jones Gang with Chris Farlowe, Mick Jones and Clem Clempson at the Ronnie Lane Memorial 2004 on the DVD and CD . Almost Grown Almost Grown by Mother Earth with, surprise, surprise Paul Weller on harmonica. I believe this only appeared on a 12" (& I'm sure CD, but I don't have that) called Grow Your Own from 1993. (Amanda) The Kenney J All Stars on Long Ago and Worlds Apart featuring Kenney Jones, Paul Weller, Mick Talbot etc. Become Like You Granny Takes a trip on Long Ago and Worlds Apart . The All Star Band with Paul Weller at the Steve Marriott Memorial Concert in 2001 and on the CD . Don't Burst My Bubble A version by The Prisoners is on the sampler album Smashing Time on Unicorn Records. The Deceivers on the Adrenalin Records EP. 17 Black at the Steve Marriott Memorial Concert in 2001. Dan's People covered the song on their 25 Miles Plus EP ( more details ) Small World at the Ronnie Lane Memorial 2004 on the DVD and CD . E too D Was to be released by the German post-punk band The Dusty Popes of Confusion on their debut CD in January 1993. It was never released and the band disbanded in 1994. Get Yourself Together Recorded by The Jam. Available on EP with Snap Greatest Hits and on Extras. The EP version is live at Wembley on the Jam's last tour (I was there!) Henry's Dress from California on the album Bust 'Em Green. The All Star Band at the Steve Marriott Memorial Concert in 2001 and on the CD . Green Circles Covered by Twice as Much in 1968 on their That's All LP. Also available on Small Faces & Friends free with Mojo March 2014. Happy Boys Happy The Italian group The Link Quartet have included Happy Boys Happy on their 2002 album Beat It. Here Comes the Nice Covered live by the Rich Kids and now available again on the re-released CD Ghosts of Princes in Towers. The All Star Band with N |
What make of car did John Steed drive in The Avengers | Steed's Cars [ Flats ][ Home ][ Dogs ] Presumably Steed's first car in The Avengers is a Rolls Royce in series 1 and he obviously used another more downmarket vehicle too, when the Rolls Royce was "too showy". (Please Don't Feed the Animals) Then he drove four different cars in series 2 and 3: a Greyhound, followed by a Triumph Herald, an Alvis, a Lagonda. A Vauxhall and different Bentleys are his cars in series 4 and 5. He drove a Bentley and two different Rolls Royces again in series 6. During The New Avengers Steed's cars were a Jaguar and Rovers. |
What is the largest office building in the world | World's Largest Building by Area Is China's New Century Global Center | New Republic By Christopher Beam November 6, 2013 The slogan of the New Century Global Center, the recently completed largest building in the world by floor space, sounds at first like a Chinglish-y misfire: “The One of Everything.” But as I spent a day wandering around the structure, located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, the catchphrase started to take on a kind of brilliance. It captures the building’s comprehensiveness: It really does have one of everything, from a shopping mall to an Intercontinental Hotel to a 14-screen IMAX theater to a water park to a fake church to a McDoniqloGAPbucks to an ice skating rink—everything, that is, except restraint. The building also is the one of everything; of everything, it is the one. It’s the biggest/gaudiest, the bravest/most brazen, depending on your point of view. Maybe that’s why it’s called the Global Center, as in, the center of the globe. The slogan also nods to the pop-Buddhist concept that everything in the universe is one, with a commercial twist. The Global Center doesn’t distinguish between East and West, high and low, rich and poor, tasteful and tasteless. There is only the one … of everything. Christopher Beam I wanted to swallow it whole. I therefore set aside a full day to experience as much of the Global Center as I could, to browse its wares, to float in its waters, to ride its escalators and skate its rinks, to get to know each of its 1,700,000 square meters—a maximalist approach to a maximalist structure. The Center invites absurd size comparisons: News reports tell us it could fit 20 Sydney Opera Houses, four Vaticans, or three Pentagons. The Center is also, along with a raft of business conventions and a railway line to Poland, part of Chengdu’s bid for top-tier city status. (It’s China’s seventh-largest city by population, and lacks the name recognition of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.) Still, I wanted to know: Why? Building the largest free-standing structure in the world is impressive, but not quite as inspiring as building the tallest. It’s like setting the world record for fastest 100-meter power walk. Then again, of course the largest building in the world is now Chinese; it’s strange that it wasn’t before. What, if anything, does this latest entry into the eyesore arms race say about Chengdu—and about China? Coming out of the Jincheng Square subway station—all exits lead to the Center—I suddenly felt small. I had to crane my head to look from one corner of the 500-meter-long building to the other. It’s like the Grand Canyon: beyond a certain point it just flattens into a postcard. The architecture is unusual. According to a promotional DVD I got at the Global Center office headquarters, the building’s undulating roof is inspired by the flight path of seagulls, in keeping with its overall aquatic theme. My visual association was the boss from Dilbert . Getty Images New Century Global Center I stopped the first person I saw, a man in a leather jacket. “Why is it so big?” I asked. He laughed, “How should I know? Chinese corruption maybe?” I wasn’t expecting to hear this answer so quickly. It’s true, the boss of the company that built the Center has mysteriously disappeared , apparently as part of an anti-corruption sweep. A wrinkly man wearing a white Nike hat and a traditional kung fu shirt named Zheng De Shan had a more charitable take: “It’s symbolic of Chengdu,” he said. “Beijing has its Great Hall of the People, Chengdu has this.” What does it symbolize? “Products, consumption, development.” He also said it shows that Chengdu “loves peace and opposes war.” Before the building opened at 10 a.m., vendors were selling breakfast outside. Employees came by to munch on steamed dumplings and sip green tea before going to work their jobs selling crepes, waffles, and coffee inside. The only place open before ten was the supermarket, so I wandered around for a bit, admiring the wide selection of items, from dried octopus to skin cream (in fact they were adjacent) and s |
What is the original colour of a J.C.B. digger | JCB - Info zone - Ask the experts Ask the experts Ask the experts Is there anything you'd like to know about JCB? Well, now's your chance! Below are a list of questions that have already been asked. If your question's not here, why don't you 'Ask the experts' . Please allow your JCB expert a few days to reply to your messages. How many backhoe Loaders have been sold by JCB? JCB has sold over 400,000 Backhoe Loader since we produced the first in 1953. How many nuts and bolts are used to make all the JCB Backhoe Loaders you make in a year? Over 14 million nuts and bolts Which is the fastest backhoe Loader? The Fastest BHL is the JCB GT has a top speed of 120mph with 7.4 liter 1000 hp engine How much diesel does a 3CX use per hour on average? The amount of diesel a 3CX uses will depend on what it is doing during that hour. It could be driving on the road (what we term 'roading') or loading dumper trucks using it's front bucket or excavating ground with it's excavating arm. On average a 3CX will use 11 litres per hour of diesel when it is excavating ground, however this will depend on the type of ground (soft soil or hard, compacted soil) and how much machine is working during the hour. How long does it take to build a JCB backhoe loader It takes 2 days to assemble a JCB Backhoe Loader on our production line. Our factory is near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, however we also build Backhoe Loaders in the USA, India, Brazil and China. What is the difference between the JCB 4CX and a 3CX? The initials 1CX, 2CX, 3CX, 4CX refer to different sizes of the Backhoe Loader, 1CX being the smallest and the 4CX being the biggest. However there are a few more differences between the 4 machines. 1CX is a compact model with skid steer manoeuvrability. 2CX balances manoeuvrability and performance. This is also compact machine but with 4x4x4 steering, mechanical parallel lift loader and powerful excavator is great in small areas. 3CX and 4CX both have mechanical parallel lift loaders for lifting really heavy loads. The 4CX also has a JCB Powershift gearbox as standard for great performance, ease of operation and control. What is a JCB micro excavator? Micro Excavator is a small wonder from JCB. Small enough to fit through doorways, strong enough to do the work of ten men! The JCB micro excavator is a truly remarkable machine. It is remarkable not only for its size, but also for the fact that it is very powerful. Able to access areas that were previously out of reach, they can track through a standard 2ft 6in doorway. How many tonnes of steel do you use in a year? Every year, the Backhoe Loader factory uses 60,000 tonnes of iron and steel - enough to build the Forth rail bridge. The Loadall factory uses 26,000 tonnes of sheet steel - equivalent to the weight of 107 jumbo jets. How many machines have you made all together? At the end of 2007, JCB had produced 702,387 machines since 1954 (which is when our records start). Why is the location of your headquarters in the countryside? JCB headoffice is located in the countryside because of its company history. JCB was founded in 1945 by Joseph Cyril Bamford who lived near Uttoxeter. His first product was a tipping trailer and he produced these in a rented lock-up garage in Uttoxeter. In 1947 he moved to new premises in Crakemarsh Hall and took on his first full-time employees. The business grew and by 1950 it was producing the 'Major Loader' the fore-runner to the 'digger' you see today. In 1951, the company moved to the old Witshire United Dairies milk and cheese factory and former cattle market on the outskits of the village of Rocester. The site was renamed Lakeside Works and today this is where JCB has its global headqarters and has factories producing Telescopic Handlers and Backhoe Loaders. Why are there so many different types of JCB machine? There are many different JCB machines which do different jobs. For example, Excavators are great at digging and also at demolishing buildings, Wheeled Loaders are strong machines specifically designed to collect material and |
Before disbanding in 1996 how many number ones did Take That have | Tupac Shakur - Biography - IMDb Tupac Shakur Biography Showing all 130 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (76) | Personal Quotes (41) Overview (5) 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Mini Bio (2) Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith . His family moved again in 1988 to Oakland, California. His first breakthrough in music came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital Underground. In the same year he received individual recognition for his album "2Pacalypse Now," but this album was also the beginning of his notoriety as a leading figure of the gangster permutation of hip-hop, with references to cop killing and sexual violence. His solo movie career also began in this year with Juice (1992), and in 1992 he co-starred with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice (1993). However, law confrontations were soon to come: A 15-day jail term in 1994 for assault and battery and, in 1995, a conviction for sexual assault of a female fan. After serving 8 months pending an appeal, Shakur was released from jail. 'Thug Life' tattoo across stomach Wearing a bandana tied at the front Nostril piercing Trivia (76) Renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur in 1972 by his mother after Tupac Amaru, an Inca who was sentenced to death by the Spaniards. Tupac Amaru, in the Inca language, means "shining serpent". Son of black panther Afeni Shakur ; grew up in Harlem, Baltimore, and Marin County, California. He had the words "thug life" tattooed across his abdomen. Was engaged to Kidada Jones Was going to play the role of Malik in Higher Learning (1995) Died on a Friday the 13th. More of his music has been released since his death than was while he was alive. Appeared in the Salt-N-Pepa video, "Whatta Man.". Founding Member of the Outlawz Used the name Makaveli which is an altered spelling of Machiavelli, about whom he read while in prison. In the song "Life Goes On" from the "All Eyez on Me" album, he rhymes about his own funeral. As a young man, Tupac also studied dance, including ballet. Tupac is listed as the most successful gangsta MC in the "Guinness Book of World Records." Grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Jim Carrey was his favorite actor. Was cast in the movie Woo (1998), but was shot five days before principal photography began. He was offered a record contract at the age of 13. However, his mother refused to let him sign anything at such a young age. She felt he had a lot to learn about the world before joining the music industry. He read for the part of "Bubba" in Forrest Gump (1994). 10 albums have been released after his 1996 death; all have gone platinum. He was voted the 86th Greatest Rock 'n Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. In November 1994, he was robbed and shot five times by a pair of muggers in the lobby of a New York recording studio. Tupac survived the attack, and afterwards frequently boasted of his durability in his lyrics. Was originally cast in Menace II Society (1993) but was fired after a physical altercation with director Allen Hughes . As a teenager, he studied drama at Baltimore's School for the Arts, where he rhymed under the name MC New York. When he was 12 years old, his mother enrolled him in Harlem's 127th St Ensemble. He played Travis in "A Raisin in The Sun" in his first acting role Started his career on Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records with Digital Underground . As a young man, he also studied ballet and dance His 1996 song "Ghetto Gospel" was released in 2005, with some vocals by Elton John , and went to #1 in the UK, despite the fact he had been dead for eight years. Was a good friend of fellow hip-hop MC M.C. Hammer , who also was from Oakland, California, USA. His albums have sold 38 million copies in the USA alone. Had been rapping since he was 18 years old (1989). According to Guiness Book of Records 2004, he is the highest selling rap/hip-hop artist selling over 67 million copies worldwide In a 2005 Rolling Stones Magazine Vote, Tupac was named #6 of the '100 immor |
Who had a top ten U.K. hit in 1998 with Chocolate Salty Balls | UK Top 100 Hits of 1998 UK Top 100 Hits of 1998 UK Top 100 Hits of 1998 1998-001 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On.mp3 4.3MB [4:40] 1998-002 Cher - Believe.mp3 5.8MB [4:01] 1998-003 Run-DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That.mp3 5.6MB [4:11] 1998-004 All Saints - Never Ever.mp3 5.9MB [6:27] 1998-005 LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live.mp3 5.7MB [4:08] 1998-006 B*Witched - C'est La Vie.mp3 2.7MB [2:54] 1998-007 Boyzone - No Matter What.mp3 7.7MB [4:34] 1998-008 Pras Michel feat. ODB & Mya - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are).mp3 4.0MB [4:25] 1998-009 Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply.mp3 3.2MB [3:26] 1998-010 The Tamperer feat. Maya - Feel It.mp3 4.4MB [3:13] 1998-011 Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.mp3 4.5MB [4:57] 1998-012 Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine.mp3 4.5MB [4:53] 1998-013 All Saints - Lady Marmalade.mp3 5.5MB [4:00] 1998-013 All Saints - Under The Bridge.mp3 5.7MB [5:00] 1998-014 Aqua - Doctor Jones.mp3 2.7MB [3:21] 1998-015 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You.mp3 4.0MB [4:20] 1998-016 Robbie Williams - Angels.mp3 4.0MB [4:24] 1998-017 B*Witched - Rollercoaster.mp3 3.0MB [3:16] 1998-018 Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions '98.mp3 3.6MB [3:58] 1998-019 Mousse T vs Hot 'N' Juicy - Horny.mp3 3.4MB [3:39] 1998-020 The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away.mp3 4.0MB [4:22] 1998-021 The Spice Girls - Viva Forever.mp3 4.8MB [5:11] 1998-022 Another Level - Freak Me.mp3 3.3MB [3:38] 1998-023 Janet Jackson - Together Again.mp3 5.7MB [4:06] 1998-024 Robbie Williams - Millennium.mp3 7.4MB [4:03] 1998-025 Madonna - Frozen.mp3 5.7MB [6:11] 1998-026 The Lighthouse Family - High.mp3 4.7MB [5:10] 1998-027 Savage Garden - To The Moon And Back.mp3 7.8MB [5:40] 1998-028 T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach.mp3 3.4MB [3:41] 1998-029 Various Artists - Perfect Day.mp3 3.4MB [3:45] 1998-030 Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha.mp3 3.7MB [4:01] 1998-031 Fat Les - Vindaloo.mp3 5.0MB [3:39] 1998-032 The Beautiful South - Perfect 10.mp3 3.3MB [3:36] 1998-033 Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight.mp3 3.6MB [3:55] 1998-034 Steps - Heartbeat.mp3 5.1MB [4:25] 1998-034 Steps - Tragedy.mp3 4.1MB [4:30] 1998-035 Usher - You Make Me Wanna.mp3 3.4MB [3:40] 1998-036 Steps - Last Thing On My Mind.mp3 4.2MB [3:03] 1998-037 Billie - Because We Want To.mp3 5.2MB [3:46] 1998-038 The Spice Girls - Stop.mp3 3.1MB [3:26] 1998-039 The Honeyz - Finally Found.mp3 3.8MB [4:07] 1998-040 Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!.mp3 3.2MB [3:27] 1998-041 Five - Got The Feelin'.mp3 4.8MB [3:28] 1998-042 Steps - One For Sorrow.mp3 4.0MB [4:21] 1998-043 Lutricia McNeal - Stranded.mp3 4.7MB [3:25] 1998-044 Sash! feat. Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times.mp3 3.4MB [3:45] 1998-045 Billie - Girlfriend.mp3 3.6MB [3:58] 1998-046 Bamboo - Bamboogie.mp3 4.5MB [3:16] 1998-047 The Spice Girls - Too Much.mp3 4.1MB [4:30] 1998-048 George Michael - Outside.mp3 4.3MB [4:43] 1998-049 Aqua - Turn Back Time.mp3 3.8MB [4:09] 1998-050 Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground.mp3 8.2MB [4:46] 1998-051 Busta Rhymes - Fire It Up.mp3 8.8MB [3:51] 1998-051 Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up.mp3 3.6MB [3:57] 1998-052 Jennifer Paige - Crush.mp3 3.1MB [3:21] 1998-053 Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It.mp3 3.5MB [3:47] 1998-054 Sash! - La Primavera.mp3 3.3MB [3:39] 1998-055 Boyzone - All That I Need.mp3 5.0MB [3:38] 1998-056 Ace Of Base - Life Is A Flower.mp3 3.4MB [3:45] 1998-057 Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next.mp3 7.8MB [4:51] 1998-058 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You.mp3 8.0MB [4:20] 1998-059 Des'ree - Life.mp3 6.6MB [3:34] 1998-060 Puff Daddy feat. Jimmy Page - Come With Me.mp3 5.6MB [6:05] 1998-061 Touch & Go - Would You?.mp3 4.4MB [3:12] 1998-062 Wyclef Jean - Gone Till November.mp3 3.2MB [3:26] 1998-063 The Tamperer feat. Maya - If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better.mp3 3.2MB [3:31] 1998-064 Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright.mp3 4.5MB [3:14] 1998-065 Melanie B feat. Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott - I Want You Back.mp3 3.2MB [3:27] 1998-066 Will Smith - Just The Two Of Us.mp3 8.0MB [4:2 |
In Shakespeare's play where were The Two Gentlemen from | SparkNotes: The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Summary The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare Context Characters Bosom buddies Valentine and Proteus bid a tearful farewell on a street in Verona. Valentine is off to improve himself, venturing out to see the world, while Proteus stays home in Verona, tied by his love for Julia. After Valentine departs, his servant, Speed, enters. Proteus inquires whether or not Speed delivered a letter to Julia, to which Speed replies affirmatively. Julia, meanwhile, asks her maid, Lucetta, with which man she should fall in love, and Lucetta recommends Proteus. Lucetta admits that she has a letter for Julia from Proteus. After much bickering, Julia tears up the letter, only to regret this act an instant later. Antonio decides to send Proteus, his son, to the Duke's court in Milan, a decision with which neither Proteus nor Julia is particularly happy. They exchange rings and promises to keep loving each other. Meanwhile, Valentine has fallen in love with the Duke's feisty daughter, Silvia. When Proteus arrives at court, he too falls in love with Silvia, and vows to do anything he can to win her away from Valentine. When Valentine confesses that he and Silvia plan to elope, Proteus notifies the Duke of their plans, gaining favor for himself and effecting Valentine's banishment from court. Back in Verona, Julia has hatched a plan to disguise herself as a man so that she can journey to Milan to be reunited with Proteus. Upon arriving at court, she witnesses Proteus and Thurio wooing Silvia. The banished Valentine, while traveling to Mantua, is apprehended by a group of outlaws. The outlaws, all of whom are banished gentlemen as well, demand Valentine to become their king. Since they threaten to kill him if he refuses, Valentine accepts. Silvia and Julia, who is disguised as the page Sebastian, meet when Julia delivers the ring Proteus had given her to Silvia on behalf of Proteus. Julia does not reveal her identity. Silvia calls on her friend Sir Eglamour to help her escape her father's oppressive will (he wants her to marry Thurio) and to find Valentine. However, while traveling through the forest, she and Eglamour are overtaken by a band of outlaws. Eglamour runs away, leaving Silvia to fend for herself against the outlaws. By this time, the Duke, Proteus, and Thurio, with Sebastian/Julia in tow, have organized a search party for Silvia. Proteus wrests Silvia away from the outlaws. Valentine watches the interaction unseen. Proteus demands that Silvia give him some sign of her favor for freeing her, but she refuses. He tries to rape her for her resistance, but Valentine jumps out and stops him. Proteus immediately apologizes, and Valentine offers to give him Silvia as a token of their friendship. At this moment, Sebastian faints and his true identity becomes clear. Proteus decides that he really loves Julia better than Silvia, and takes her instead. The Duke realizes that Thurio is a thug and says that Valentine is far nobler and can marry Silvia. Valentine asks for clemency for the outlaws, and suggests that his marriage to Silvia and Proteus' marriage to Julia should take place on the same day. More Help |
Which golfer was portrayed by Glenn Ford in the 1951 film Follow the Sun | Follow the Sun (1951) - IMDb IMDb 18 January 2017 6:08 PM, UTC NEWS 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 inspiring film biography of the courageous champion golfer Ben Hogan. Director: a list of 254 titles created 13 Apr 2012 a list of 5469 titles created 29 May 2012 a list of 155 titles created 07 Jan 2014 a list of 1136 titles created 10 months ago a list of 3315 titles created 5 months ago Title: Follow the Sun (1951) 6.3/10 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X In the western frontier town of Cross Creek storekeeper George Temple is a polite and soft spoken man with a secret past.When three bank robbers on the lam stop in town to change horses George Temple's past comes back to haunt him. Director: Russell Rouse Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance. Director: Leo McCarey A group of people come together in the Swiss Alps to climb a previously unconquered mountain, revealing their inner selves in the process. Director: Ted Tetzlaff Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. His only alibi is Candace Bronson, who is aiding the ... See full summary » Director: Leslie Fenton The show follows the adventures of two free-lance magazine writers based in Hawaii. Stars: Barry Coe, Brett Halsey, Jay Lanin A D.A. becomes the prison warden where he tries to help an inmate he prosecuted, because he believes his sentence was excessive. Director: Henry Levin In 1871 a convict escapes, with other prisoners, to kill the man that framed him, but has second thoughts after meeting the man's beautiful future wife. Director: Michael Gordon While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes. Director: John Cromwell A U.S. sergeant serving in Spain creates envy among his Air Force superiors and the Spanish locals when his brand new futuristic sports car and pretty wife arrive at the base. Director: George Marshall When a woman's twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before. Director: Curtis Bernhardt Fictional account of the role played by a somewhat impetuous US Naval commander in developing the first means of launching missiles from submarines. Director: Henry Levin This is the warm-hearted story of a wholesome Terry Moore, whose late uncle Willie (James Gleason) is reincarnated as a thoroughbred horse. At least, as far as Ms. Moore is concerned, he is... See full summary » Director: Joseph H. Lewis Two kids from Texas who fought their way back to the top of the world! Genres: May 1951 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 10, 1952 with Anne Baxter reprising her film role. See more » Connections Worst-researched biographical film since Babe Ruth Story 29 March 2004 | by tomreynolds2004 (Washington DC) – See all my reviews How can you make an entire movie about Ben Hogan and capture nothing of his spirit? Nothing of his essence? Somehow, the makers of this awful "tribute" movie managed to do just that. Okay, Ford is a poor physical match for Hogan. He is tight-lipped enough, but that's about it. But the philosophies espoused by Ford in the film, and his white-bread demeanor and points of reference are totally alien to Hogan's own background or his life essence. The complex relationship between Hogan and his unhappy wife is also misrepresented badly. Throw in Dennis O'Keefe and the homogenization of one of the greatest comeback stories in sports is |
"Which American General was nicknamed ""Old Blood and Guts""" | Patton's Career A Brilliant One Patton's Career A Brilliant One By THE NEW YORK TIMES Gen. George Smith Patton Jr. was one of the most brilliant soldiers in American history. Audacious, unorthodox and inspiring, he led his troops to great victories in North Africa, Sicily and on the Western Front. Nazi generals admitted that of all American field commanders he was the one they most feared. To Americans he was a worthy successor of such hardbitten cavalrymen as Philip Sheridan, J. E. B. Stuart and Nathan Bedford Forrest. His great soldierly qualities were matched by one of the most colorful personalities of his period. About him countless legends clustered--some true, some untrue, but all testifying to the firm hold he had upon the imaginations of his men. He went into action with two pearl- handled revolvers in holsters on his hips. He was the master of an unprintable brand of eloquence, yet at times he coined phrases that will live in the American Army's traditions. "We shall attack and attack until we are exhausted, and then we shall attack again," he told his troops before the initial landings in North Africa, thereby summarizing the military creed that won victory after victory along the long road that led from Casablanca to the heart of Germany. At El Guettar in March of 1943 he won the first major American victory over Nazi arms. In July of that year he leaped from a landing barge and waded ashore to the beachhead at Gela, Sicily, thus beginning a campaign that, as he himself observed, out-blitzed the inventors of Blitzkreig. In just thirty-eight days the American Seventh Army, under his leadership, and the British Eighth Army, under Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery, conquered all of Sicily. But it was as the leader of his beloved Third Army on the Western Front that General Patton staked out his strongest claims to military greatness. In ten months his armor and infantry roared through six countries--France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria. It crossed the Seine, the Loire, the Moselle, the Saar, the Rhine, the Danube and a score of lesser rivers; captured more than 750,000 Nazis, and killed or disabled 500,000 others. There were times, in those great days when the tank spearheads of the Third were racing across France with almost unbelievable speed and again when they were cutting the dying Nazi armies to pieces in the final spring of the war, that not even Supreme Headquarters itself knew where his vanguards were. Driven by his iron will, his advanced units had to be supplied with gasoline and maps dropped by air. About such a leader it was inevitable that heroic myths grew up. One eager war correspondent wrote that he jumped onto the Normandy beachhead waving a $1,000 bill and offering to bet it that he would beat Marshal Montgomery to Berlin. When the tale caught up with him, he pithily remarked that he had never seen a bill of that denomination. One of his men brought back the story that he swam the icy, 150-foot Sauer River in January, 1945, under machine gun and artillery fire, to inspire the men of the Third to follow him. That, too, General Patton denied, but the extent to which the story was believed was eloquent testimony to General Patton's habit of being where the fighting was fiercest. Called "Old Blood and Guts" His best-known nickname--"Old Blood and Guts"--was one that he detested, but his men loved. "His guts and my blood," his wounded veterans used to say when they were flown back here for hospitalization. His explosive wrath and lurid vocabulary became legendary wherever American soldiers fought. General Patton had a softer side to his nature, too. He composed two volumes of poetry, which he stipulated were not to be published until after his death. He was an intensely religious man, who liked to sing in church and who knew the Episcopal Order of Morning Prayer by heart. He seemed fated to be the center of controversy. Again and again, when his fame and popularity were at their height, some rash statement or ill-considered deed precipitated |
Who was Brigitte Bardot's first husband | EXCLUSIVE: Brigitte Bardot had 100 lovers - including women - and four husbands, but fame led to despair as she tried to end her life four times and abandoned the only child she ever had, reveals new book | Daily Mail Online EXCLUSIVE: Brigitte Bardot had 100 lovers - including women - and four husbands, but fame led to despair as she tried to end her life four times and abandoned the only child she ever had, reveals new book Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Brigitte Bardot was trained as a ballerina She was 16 when she met director Roger Vadim and they became lovers When her parents forbade them to marry, Bardot turned on the oven and buried her head inside She fell in love with And God Created Woman co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant ‘I’m not made to be a mother,’ Bardot confessed. ‘I’m not adult enough – I know it’s horrible to have to admit that' The out-spoken actress, now 80, has been fined for her racist comments against Muslims. |
What is the one word motto of IBM | Mottos to Live By - Life Mottos Topics : A- B- Ca- Co- D- E- F- G- H- I- J-K-L M- N-O Pa- Pr- Q-R Sa- Sk- T- U-V-W-X-Y-Z Mottos to Live By - Life Mottos A motto is a short phrase that is intended to capture the essence of the beliefs and purpose of a government, group, company or individual. The scouting movement's famous motto Be Prepared is a classic and effective example, as is the New Hampshire state motto Live Free or Die. Individuals often select or compose mottos to guide how they live their lives. The Charles Swindoll quote above might well be chosen as someone's personal motto to live by. Perhaps you can find a quote on this page that creates a statement of what your life is about. Better yet, be inspired to consider your beliefs and life purpose, and craft your own life motto. Attitude is everything. Please sign-up for my Free Inspirational Daily Quotes Email on the form below. Sign-up for your free subscription to my Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote email. Your E-Mail Address: Your Name: To confirm your subscription, you must click on a link in the email being sent to you. Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Happiness depends upon ourselves. Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. - John F. Kennedy To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. - Theodore H. White Purpose, Dreams, and Setting Goals Be the best that you can be. - Anonymous Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller We must become the change we wish to see in the world. - Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. - Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way. - Mary Anne Radmacher It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. - Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt Taking Responsibility and Leadership The buck stops here. - Harry Truman When we step on the battlefield, I will be The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off. - LtG. Hal Moore Count Your Blessings. - Og Mandino If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, Thank you, that would suffice. - Meister Eckhart A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. - Cicero Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. - The Bible Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie I have no need to conform to the stereotypes others have defined for me. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie There is nothing I ever need to have. There is nothing I ever need to do. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie Life is as easy or as hard as I think it is. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie Life's burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie I don't have the power to make life "fair," but I do have the power to make life joyful. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie Whatever you do, do with kindness. Whatever you say, say with kindness. Wherever you go, radiate kindness. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie Please sign-up for my Free Inspirational Daily Quotes Email on the form below. |
The French town of Grass is famous for which commodity | Grasse visit, photos, travel info and hotels, by Provence Beyond Route Napoléon Grasse has been a popular tourist town for several centuries, with the smell of flowers and clear air. The altitude of the town, from 300-400 m, and the hills behind give Grasse a fresher climate than the beach during the heat of the summer. Princess Pauline Bonaparte, the Emperor's sister, spent the winter of 1807-08 in Grasse, recuperating her mental and physical strength. Queen Victoria vacationed through several winters in Grasse, staying at the Rothschild's or at the Grand Hotel. Napoléon himself passed through Grasse on 2 March 1815 , but didn't have time for vacationing. The old town ("vieille ville") is large, old, and extremely interesting. Tiny streets wind forever between the 17th and 18th century buildings, up and down ancient steps, passing through arched tunnels and sometimes opening out onto large squares. Many of the streets aren't as clean as they should be, but still worth a wander. The principal square near the top of the old town is the Place aux Aires. A pretty, three-tiered fountain splashes in the center and arcades line one long side. Until recently (2004) this was the site of the daily market of flowers and regional foods, now sadly gone. The nearby shops (butchers, bakers, etc.) are still in business. Somewhere down in the old village a narrow street comes out onto the Place du Petit Puy (and through the archway into Place Godeau) with the 10-11th-century Notre Dame du Puy cathedral (rebuilt in the 17th c.) and its huge 18th century clock tower. Inside the cathedral are three paintings by Rubens, commissioned from the then-unknown artist in 1601 by the Archduke Albert for the Santa Croce di Gerusalemme in Rome, and offered to Grasse in the 19th century. There's also the 1754 painting Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Also in the Place Godeau is 12th-century "Tour de Guet" (watch tower) at the Mairie, which was the Bishop's Palace. Perfume The French perfume industry began in Grasse in the 16th century. Have a look at our Perfume page . Walking Tours An historical walking tour of Grasse (about 90 minutes) has been laid out by the Office de Tourisme. A free map has information about each numbered site, and numbered panels are located at the appropriate points throughout the old town. Optionally, you can rent a portable CD with an audio description of the tour. Caves, Grottos In the porous limestone hills north of Grasse there are a number of holes and grottos for visiting or exploring (with the local spelunking clubs). Many of the holes are on the Plateau de la Malle, about 4 km north of Grasse, which rises up to the Plateau de Caussols The "Trou du Curé goes down 60 meters. The Grotte de la Cascade de St. Sauveur has 150 m of cave developed for exploring. Favorite Sons The English writer and actor Dirk Bogarde lived in Le Pigeonnier in the hills of Chateauneuf-Grasse just to the east of Grasse. History of Grasse Name First record, 11th century Prehistoric, Roman: There are a number of very ancient artifacts in the region of Grasse: bronze-age and Hallstatt-era tumulus at St-Christophe and megaliths at the Siagne; oppidum at Pey-Loubet and St-Christophe; ruins of a mausoleum and sculpted items at La Paoute; a funerary stela at La Malle (now in the museum). Medieval: Grasse is a true medieval town that withstood Saracen raids in the 9th century. Grasse was an independent republic in the 12th century, with diplomatic relations with the neighboring city-state republics of Genoa and Pisa. In 1227, the Count of Provence, Raymond Bérenger brought Grasse into his control. It was the Bishopric of Antibes from 1244 to 1790. In 1536, Charles-Quint invaded the city-state of Nice and sacked Grasse, on the order of the governor of Provence. In 1589, the "Ligueurs" layed siege to Grasse and took the town during the Wars of Religion . During the French Revolution Grasse was the capital of the Var. In 1860, after the County of Nice became a part of France, Grasse was attached to the Alpes-Maritimes. T |
What is the name of the Israeli national airline | El Al Israel National Airlines | Jewish Virtual Library El Al Israel National Airlines Tweet A mere vision in 1948, EL AL Israel Airlines today is one of the world’s most advanced and efficient airlines and the ultimate success story of international civil aviation. The birth and growth of EL AL can be directly tied to the dramatic and historical events responsible for shaping the State of Israel . The establishment of Israel as an independent state on May 14, 1948 paved the way for EL AL to become Israel’s national airline. In September of that year, the Israeli Government wanted to bring home its newly designated President Chaim Weizmann and his wife Vera from Switzerland in a stately manner. So, government officials chose a four-engine C-54 plane from the Israeli Air Force and named the aircraft “EL AL” inspired by the biblical phrase from the book of the Hebrew prophet Hosea , meaning “to the above” or more poetically “to the skies.” Hurriedly, the plane was painted with the name “EL AL” and “Israeli National Aviation Company” in both English and Hebrew with, most beautifully, the Israeli flag on the tail. The makeshift aircraft was decorated with furniture borrowed from the Israeli Air Force and the volunteer in-flight crew was from the Air Force as well. Meals were provided by a local kosher restaurant. Extra fuel tanks were fitted so that the aircraft could travel the 10-hour nonstop flight from Geneva to Israel . On September 28, 1948, the aircraft landed with President Weizmann , his wife Vera and an entourage at Israel’s Ekron Air Base near Rehovot (southeast of Tel Aviv ) to a military band playing Hatikva , Israel’s national anthem. By November of 1948, the new Israeli national airline became incorporated under the name EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., with the Israeli government holding 80% and the remaining 20% held by Jewish organizations in Israel. The mission of EL AL was, and continues to be, to “secure and maintain a regular civil air link between Israel and the outside world in times of peace and war.” With Operation Magic Carpe t in January 1949, dozens of EL AL pilots and cabin crew participated in the airlift of almost 47,000 Yemenite Jews and 3,000 Habbanim Jews from the Arabian Peninsula to Israel. The aircraft had to be repainted, enabling EL AL to fly safely over Arab air space. To accommodate as many passengers as possible, EL AL replaced the aircraft’s seats with wooden benches. At the peak of the operation, planes flew around the clock to Israel , seven to eight flights a day on routes of 1,600 miles that each took about nine hours, which today would take about two and half hours. As they arrived in Israel , many of the Yemenites kneeled and kissed the tarmac as their dream to be brought to the Promised Land on “Eagles Wings” was realized. Following the great success of the Yemenite airlift, an even more massive rescue mission of Jews from Iraq took place, called Operation Ali Baba. In March of 1950, following Iraqi persecution of the local Jewish communities, the Iraqi government finally allowed Jewish emigration. Operation Ali Baba started in May of that year and continued through December of 1951. EL AL became the first visible symbol of a new life of freedom for 113,000 Iraqi immigrants. While these rescue missions were taking place, commercially EL AL operated its first trans-Atlantic charter flight from Tel Aviv to New York in June of 1950. That flight required four stops: Rome , Paris , Shannon and Gander, Newfoundland before arriving at Idlewild Airport (today JFK) in New York. With the arrival of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft named Mazel Tov (“good luck”), the airline finally inaugurated regular scheduled service between Tel Aviv and New York in April of 1951. Upon the outbreak of the Sinai War on October 29, 1956, every foreign airline immediately cancelled all flights to and from Israel . Only EL AL flew passengers in and out of the country. As many of the airline’s pilots were called to active duty by the Air Force , EL A |
What was the first X rated film to win the Oscar for best film | The Only X-Rated Movie To Ever Win an Oscar | Best Movies by Farr Best Movies by Farr HINT: Search by film title, actor, director, genre and more to find great movies. Sign Up For Our Newsletter Sign up to receive features as they are published, including up-to-date movie recommendations and notifications about what to watch. HINT: Search by film title, actor, director, genre and more to find great movies. Sign Up For Our Newsletter Sign up to receive features as they are published, including up-to-date movie recommendations and notifications about what to watch. The Only X-Rated Movie Posted on 02.20.14 by John Farr X-rated movies are forever associated with pornography now, but that wasn’t originally the case. In fact, an X-rated movie once won an Oscar. 1969’s “ Midnight Cowboy ” was rated “X” for its depictions of sex and strong language, but especially for the “degenerate” sex scene between Jon Voight and a young, meek Bob Balaban. The MPAA originally intended for the “X” rating to only mean that the movie’s content was unsuitable for children. Pornographers quickly took over the rating, however, and most mainstream theaters refused to show X-rated movies because of the stigma, the sissies. Happily for “Cowboy,” the MPAA re-rated the film two years later, dropping it to its current “R” rating. Also See More Movies About Prostitution Nevertheless, the Association of Motion Pictures honored “Cowboy” under its 1969 rating, making it the only X-rated film to be nominated for, or to win, an Oscar. Speaking of Oscars, Jon Voight received a nomination for his portrayal of Joe Buck, but he wasn’t director John Schlesinger’s first choice for the part. At various times, big hitters like Warren Beatty and Michael Sarrazin, and relative unknowns like Kiel Martin and Stuart Cooper, were considered. Lee Majors was originally cast, but had to pull out when his television show, “The Big Valley,” was renewed. The Six Million Dollar Man as Joe Buck? Now that would have been interesting. More Movies About Prostitution |
From which country does Canterbury lamb come | South Canterbury, New Zealand. Sheep farming terms. additions & revisions I A - C, II C - M, III M - Y A passage from 'A Many Coated Man' by Owen Marshall (Dunedin: Logacre Press, 1995.) "There's a place, not far, sweet country if only it had summer rain. The sheep seek shade, and these camps the loess clay of the ground is smooth and hard, or pooled to dust, and the droppings of the sheep are thickly spread, but dry and inoffensive, baked in the heat. In the odd sink hole briar seeks moisture and gorse blooms brighter than clay. The ridges are worn almost bald, like heads of the lean, brown farmers who ride farm bikes too small for them across the paddocks of their land. The creek beds are marked more by rushes and willows than running water, and the mallards come only in twos or threes. An easterly is always up after midday and burnishes the arc of pale, blue sky. The shelter belts close to the road and the macrocarpa before the farmhouse, are dusted with a false pollen drifting in off the road. The rural delivery boxes are large so that stores can be left there as well as mail, and each name painted by hand. In the evenings the sheep come to the stock dams and troughs to drink, the magpies gather to imitate the noise of poets, and barley grass and brown-top ripple at the sides of the shingle roads. Is that so far away?" Mr Marshall , a short story writer, was made an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit in the Queen's 2000 New Year honours, for services to literature. Born in Te Kuiti, educated at Timaru Boys HS School and the University of Canterbury, from which he graduated in 1964 with a Master of Arts (honours) he has combined writing with a teaching career. He has been deputy and acting rector of Waitaki Boys HS in Oamaru, 1983-83 and deputy principal of Craighead Diocesan School, 1986-91 and in 2002 and on taught a 20-week fiction writing course at Aoraki Polytechnic, Timaru. On Les ' route. He told me where to find this box. South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project This is a page I, Olwyn, a Kiwi in TX, now townie, put together for fun to help anyone unfamiliar with sheep farming terminology. Don't rely on this info and obtain appropriate professional advice when necessary. Links provided to other internet sites are provided for the user's convenience and do not constitute endorsement of the information at those sites. How well did I do? Please let me know what needs to be corrected. Additions welcome! Enjoy. Back blocks: The country beyond the river gorges. Front blocks are the lower country. Beat - a lambing beat or a musterer's beat - a route. Black country - dead tussock due to severe winter. Ashburton Guardian, 5 September 1908, Page 1 The latest news from the Mackenzie country is to the effect that the snow (now almost ice) is slowly melting. From Burkes Pass to Tekapo there is still over four inches of snow on the road, and its slipperiness makes travelling slow. There is a good deal of "black country" on the sunny faces of the lower spurs. No definite estimate can yet be made of the loss of sheep. TH 13 September 1895, Page 3 The Glentanner rabbiters were camped at the old station on black ground, and that the poisoning had hardly been stopped on that station during the winter. Mr Hope. The rabbiters had had a very rough time of it. They were camped half-way between the old station and the homestead, and they were able to get to the homestead with some difficulty. I am, etc., Duncan Munro. Braemar, Tekapo. Brand: The letter or other mark which each owner has to identify his own stock. (1) It is stamped on to sheep with paint applied with a branding iron or brand, and (2) on to cattle and horses with a red-hot iron which leaves a mark on the skin. Hence branding race, a narrow race for branding sheep, and brander, the man whose work it is to brand. -Ref.: The Early Canterbury Runs by Acland. Farmers were required to register earmarks to aid in identification of ownership of livestock. About twenty years ago the law changed, no longer necessary. Years ago |
In which pantomime does Robin Hood appear | It's Behind You - Babes in the Wood HISTORY: Based on an old English Ballad (preserved in the British Museum) of 1595, it tells the story of two children, abandoned deep in the forest upon the orders of their Wicked Uncle. First presented on the stage in 1793 as �The Children In The Wood�, an Opera performed at the Haymarket Theatre. It was created by Dr. Samuel Arnold. In this version the children survived, and were restored to their parents, but other versions stuck to the more gloomy conclusion of the original ballad. It was the subject of an operatic �Burletta� in 1812 at the Surrey Theatre. They succumbed to the elements in �Harlequin and Cock Robin: or, The Babes In The Wood� at Drury Lane in 1827,in what was the first �pantomime� version, and again in 1856 at the Haymarket. In 1867 the character of Robin Hood was introduced to the story. He rescued the babes from their fate, but this was not always the case. Covent Garden�s pantomime in 1874 kept the unhappy ending, and also saw their Wicked Uncle meeting his death. In modern versions the babes always survive their ordeal, and the evil uncle is unmasked. The parts of the children have been interpreted in different ways-from small children to comedians. Dan Leno and Herbert Campbell appeared as �The Babes� at Drury Lane in 1897. More often the roles are taken by Juveniles, or actors who comfortably pass as juveniles to play �Boy Babe and Girl Babe�. THE STORY: When their Father dies, two young children- their names vary from one version to another- are entrusted into the care of their Uncle (sometimes portrayed as a wicked Baron). The uncle is eager to acquire the fortune left to the children and knows that it will pass to him if the children should die. He persuades two cronies (often called Good & Bad Robbers) to take the children deep into the woods and murder them. One of the cronies relents at the last moment, and kills his companion. The children are left to their fate. In some versions they are looked after by a guardian Fairy. They eat wild berries to survive, and when they fall asleep the birds cover them over with leaves to keep them warm. In the original ballad this was the ending- the Babes did not survive. In pantomime it is traditionally the end of Act One. ROBIN HOOD and The Babes In The Wood In later versions of the pantomime the Babes were discovered by Robin Hood and Maid Marion. The children are taken into their encampment in the forest and Marion often becomes their nurse. The Merry Men are often part of this story. The Story ends when the evil deeds of their uncle are revealed, and the children are restored. The introduction of Robin Hood to the pantomime version became very popular- often the title became �Robin Hood and The Babes In The Wood�. How exactly Robin Hood came to be connected to the story of �The Babes� is uncertain. The character of Robin Hood had been the subject of his own pantomime since �Merry Sherwood� in the 1790�s. a very far fetched theory could be that, in the original ballad the Babes were discovered by a Robin (Redbreast)- the feathered type, and that by word association the name of Robin (Hood) came into play. Unlikely, but then so is Robin Hood�s appearance in their story! He first appeared in the �Babes In The Wood� in 1867 at Covent Garden. Robin Hood and his Merry Men, all played by women, were joined by Maid Marion who became the Nurse to the babes. Robin historically had lived two hundred years before the Babes In The Wood were born, but soon he became associated with their story in the world of pantomime. Because the story-line of the babes themselves is quite thin, introducing a second story- one already known to children- was a sensible idea. Rather than wait until the beginning of Act Two for Robin to find the babes, the pantomime versions often started with part of the Robin Hood legend. As late as 1888 The Times could still express surprise at Robin Hood�s connection with the Babes In The Wood, claiming the babes were �mixed up with the proceedings of R |
Yiddish is a compound of Hebrew and which other language | Yiddish - Language Information & Resources Home » Resources » Languages » Yiddish Yiddish Our professional language experts include native Yiddish speakers experienced in the nuances of the language and the requirements of effective translation. Want a quote right now? Click here . If you prefer to first learn more about the Yiddish language and its various dialects, keep reading. Yiddish Language Yiddish stands in relation to German somewhat as Haitian Créole stands in relation to French. It is a language, or dialect, that originally arose among a community of immigrants out of the necessity of communicating with a dominant host population but which over time became the principal or even the sole means of communication within the immigrant community itself. In the case of Yiddish, the immigrant community’s principal shared linguistic heritage – Hebrew-Aramaic – was preserved alongside the adopted dialect, whereas in the case of Créole a fundamental diversity of linguistic heritage (multiple, mutually unintelligible African tribal languages) led to the complete displacement of the home tongues by the immigrant dialect. It is significant that the Hebrew-speaking immigrants who were to become Yiddish speakers arrived in the Rhine valley in the 900’s A.D. either from Italy, over the Alps, or from eastern France -- in both cases already as speakers of Romance tongues in addition to Hebrew-Aramaic. The grammatical habits of Romance languages are reflected in the sentence structure of Yiddish insofar as the latter diverges significantly from German sentence structure – most notably from the latter’s sometimes lengthy delay in the completion of compound verb forms, whereby the participle and/or secondary auxiliary is made the last word in the sentence, fulfilling the expectation aroused by the much earlier appearance of the primary auxiliary (for example: “Ich habe sie, trotz weitgehenden Untersuchungen, seit Jahren nicht mehr wiederfinden können”). Another significant divergence from German grammatical practice is the elimination of many inflections and the alteration of noun genders. Although Yiddish fist evolved in the Rhineland and constituted a simplified dialect of German into which many vocabulary items of Hebrew-Aramaic origin were incorporated, the language was later carried far into Eastern Europe by the migration of Jews into Poland, Lithuania, and the Ukraine, as well as into the East Central and South Central regions of Europe comprised within the Habsburg empire. Chronic contact with Slavic languages resulted in new imports of vocabulary as well as changes in pronunciation, such that dialects of Yiddish are distinguished as between Western Yiddish, Northeastern Yiddish, Central Yiddish, and Southeastern Yiddish, the geographical modifiers referencing the entire Yiddish-speaking area. Yiddish is a written and well as a spoken language. It employs the Hebrew alphabet in spite of its essentially German constitution. It is a literary language that has been used for translation of and commentary on the Bible as well as for the recording of religious legal proceedings. There is also a secular Yiddish literature based on the Eastern dialects. Get Your FREE Quote |
What was Jimmy Durante's nickname | Jimmy Durante - Biography - IMDb Jimmy Durante Biography Showing all 37 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (18) | Personal Quotes (9) Overview (5) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (2) First wife Jeanne died in 1943. Wed second wife, Marjorie Little after 16 year courtship when she was 39 and he 67 Marjorie Little had been the hatcheck girl at the Copacabana. Durante and his second wife adopted a baby girl, Cecelia Alicia on Christmas day 1961. Durante doted on "CeCe" until his death. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Comedian, composer, actor, singer and songwriter ("Inka Dinka Doo") Jimmy Durante was educated in New York public schools. He began his career as a Coney Island pianist, and organized a five-piece band in 1916. He opened the Club Durant with Eddie Jackson and Lou Clayton , with whom he later formed a comedy trio for vaudeville and on television. He appeared in the Broadway musicals "Show Girl", "The New Yorkers", "Strike Me Pink", "Jumbo", "Red Hot and Blue", and "Stars in Your Eyes". By 1936, he had appeared at the Palladium in London. Later he had his own radio and television shows, and was a featured headliner in night clubs. Biographer Gene Fowler wrote his biography, "Schnozzola". Joining ASCAP in 1941, he collaborated musically with Jackie Barnett and Ben Ryan , and his other popular song compositions include "I'm Jimmy That Well-Dressed Man", "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway", "I Ups to Him and He Ups to Me", "Daddy Your Mamma Is Lonesome For You", "Umbriago", "Any State In the Forty-Eight", "Chidabee Chidabee Chidabee", and "I'm Jimmy's Girl". - IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234! Spouse (2) Rumpled hat, patter songs ("Inka Dinka Doo") and, of course, his huge proboscis. Trivia (18) Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA. Specific Interment Location: F, T96, 6. Daughter Cecilia is a horseback-riding instructor, is married to a computer designer, lives near San Diego, and has two sons and a daughter. For years, he signed off his radio and television shows with "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are", but he would never divulge who she was. Some speculated it was a "code name" for a current or former lover, some doubted she ever existed. It was not until after his death in 1980 that it was revealed she was, indeed, a real person. According to the book, "Hollywood Trivia", (Greenwich House, 1984), by David P. Strauss, Jimmy Durante's famous "Mrs. Calabash" sign-off referred to his first wife, Jeanne Olson. Calabash was the name of a Chicago suburb they both liked. However, there is no known Chicago suburb named Calabash. Comic Sonny King , who worked with Durante during his career, stated in an interview that the mysterious "Mrs. Calabash" was indeed Jimmy's late wife Jeanne Olson, but "Calabash" was a reference to Calabasas, California, where she was hospitalized in her later years. She had difficulty in pronouncing the city name, often calling it "Calabash", and it became an inside joke for the Durantes. Dropped out of school in the eighth grade and a couple of years later played ragtime piano for a living, taking jobs wherever he could, including bars, cabarets and whorehouses. He became known for a time as "Ragtime Jimmy". Also made a living as a bandleader and talent booker. Famous for a number of other beloved catchphrases besides the "Mrs. Calabash" routine, including: "It's a castastrostroke!", "I'm mortified!", "Surrounded by assassins!", "Everybody wants ta get inta da act!" and "Hotch-cha-cha-cha-cha!". Sang the famous song "Frosty the Snowman". Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 146-148. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 A legal challenge to his adoption of daughter CeCe late in life, on the grounds that he was too old to care for such a young child, was dismissed by a judge, who said, "I've heard this man sing 'Young at Heart.'". His voice was the inspiration for that of the dog in the Tom and Jerry cartoons. Has a street named after him on the east side of Las Vegas, Nevada |
Who sang with Gene Pitney on the 1989 hit Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart | marc almond and gene pitney - somethings gotten hold of my heart - 1989 - YouTube marc almond and gene pitney - somethings gotten hold of my heart - 1989 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Dec 30, 2012 one hit wonder in 89 Category |
In which Hollywood film did Matthew Broderick play a robotic policeman | Matthew Broderick - TV.com Matthew Broderick 3/21/1962, New York, New York Birth Name EDIT Born March 21, 1962 in New York, New York Matthew is no stranger to the camera or comedy. Starring as the leading role in dozens off blockbuster films Matthew is still very much active in the film community. Matthew is currently married to television/movie star Sarah Jessica Parker. Credits S 1: Ep 4 Matthew Broderick 3/26/10 S 1: Ep 5 Hotties 11/19/04 S 1: Ep 4 Turn Ons 11/18/04 S 1: Ep 3 Taboos 11/17/04 S 1: Ep 2 Teen Sex 11/16/04 S 1: Ep 1 Sex Sells 11/14/04 Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget / John Brown 1999 S 6: Ep 3 The Dancing Princesses 11/14/87 S 6: Ep 2 The Little Mermaid 4/6/87 S 6: Ep 1 Rip Van Winkle 3/23/87 S 5: Ep 1 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp 7/14/86 S 16: Ep 137 Show #3112 5/8/09 S 15: Ep 106 Show #2913 4/30/08 S 14: Ep 52 Show #2661 11/22/06 S 13: Ep 42 Show #2455 11/8/05 S 12: Ep 48 Show #2268 11/11/04 S 1: Ep 67 2016/01/08 1/8/16 S 1: Ep 11 Wonderful 9/23/15 S 27: Ep 26 2014/10/06 10/6/14 S 24: Ep 36 October 24, 2011 10/24/11 S 21: Ep 175 May 22, 2010 5/22/09 S 20: Ep 156 May 1, 2008 5/1/08 S 12: Ep 91 January 12, 2000 1/12/00 S 20: Ep 10.04.12 Show #3737 10/4/12 S 2: Ep 171 Show #0390 6/5/95 S 24: Ep 151 April 26, 2012 4/26/12 S 7: Ep 2 Matthew Broderick 4/19/12 S 1: Ep 4 Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck 11/10/11 S 1: Ep 134 Matthew Broderick, Robin Tunney, Ke$ha 1/6/10 S 58: Ep 74 April 14, 2009 4/14/09 S 57: Ep 249 December 12, 2008 12/12/08 S 54: Ep 248 December 14, 2005 12/14/05 S 2: Ep 43 Episode #2.043 10/27/08 S 1: Ep 103 January 7, 2008 1/7/08 S 11: Ep 328 June 18, 2008 6/18/08 S 10: Ep 60 November 27, 2006 11/25/06 S 7: Ep 196 Broderick/Russert 6/16/04 S 6: Ep 110 February 14, 2003 2/14/03 S 2: Ep 15 Cooter 5/8/08 S 2: Ep 113 November 23, 2006 11/23/06 S 12: Ep 6 Episode #1206 11/18/06 S 3: Ep 11 Strangers With Candy: The Movie 7/7/06 S 4: Ep 4 100 Greatest teen stars (40-21) 2/4/06 S 14: Ep 128 Show #3072 1/9/06 S 11: Ep 152 Show #2426 2/7/03 S 3: Ep 75 The Cast of The Producers 12/16/05 S 12: Ep 1 The Cast of The Producers 12/11/05 S 22: Ep 30 George Clooney's Big Buzz 10/28/05 S 9: Ep 36 Matthew Broderick 9/23/04 S 25: Ep 24 The Stepford Wives & The Brain 5/28/04 S 5: Ep 23 Merideth Wilsons The Music Man 2/16/03 S 5: Ep 22 Inspector Gadget 2/9/03 S 5: Ep 141 Show #953 4/3/01 S 5: Ep 57 Show #869 11/22/00 S 4: Ep 145 Show #769 4/20/00 S 3: Ep 193 Show #624 6/25/99 S 3: Ep 93 Show #524 2/3/99 S 2: Ep 24 Inspector Gadget 7/23/99 S 23: Ep 20 Matthew Broderick/Natalie Merchant 5/2/98 S 14: Ep 2 Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes 10/15/88 S 14: Ep 4 Owen 4/11/96 S 3: Ep 1 She's the Boss 9/19/95 S 12: Ep 37 Show #1779 4/13/93 S 9: Ep 1 Show #1256 1/30/90 S 59: Ep 1 The 59th Annual Academy Awards 3/31/87 S 4: Ep 5 Cinderella 8/14/85 S 56: Ep 1 The 56th Annual Academy Awards 4/9/84 S 2: Ep 196 June 13, 1983 6/13/83 S 4: Ep 11 Generations 1/26/81 S 2: Ep 2 Matthew Broderick Cameo (1) S 7: Ep 2 Governor Dunston 10/11/12 Become a contributor Important: You must only upload images which you have created yourself or that you are expressly authorised or licensed to upload. By clicking "Publish", you are confirming that the image fully complies with TV.com’s Terms of Use and that you own all rights to the image or have authorization to upload it. Please read the following before uploading Do not upload anything which you do not own or are fully licensed to upload. The images should not contain any sexually explicit content, race hatred material or other offensive symbols or images. Remember: Abuse of the TV.com image system may result in you being banned from uploading images or from the entire site – so, play nice and respect the rules! Choose background: |
What did the Swallow Sidecar Company become in 1945 | Swallow Sidecar Company | Autopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit William Walmsley had previously been manufacturing motorcycle sidecars and bolting them to reconditioned motorbikes. Lyons had recognised the commercial potential of these products and together they went into production with a £1000 loan and a small team of employees. [1] In 1926 they diversified into the car coachwork business, changing the company name to Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company. Lyons had recognised the potential of the popular, but basic Austin 7 . Having sourced an Austin chassis from a dealer in Bolton, Lancashire, he commissioned the talented coachbuilder Cyril Holland to produce a more fashionable body for the car. These Austin Seven Swallows proved popular at a time of economic hardship for many, being inexpensive at only £175 yet resembling more expensive cars of the period. The increase in business, together with a shortage of skilled labour in Blackpool, made it necessary to be nearer the centre of the British car industry. In 1928 they moved into an old ammunition factory in Holbrook Lane, Coventry. In 1929 the company was sufficiently confident to go to the expense of taking a stand at the London Motor Show where three new Swallow models appeared based on the Standard , Swift and Fiat chassis. For the 1931 show the company launched the SS1 and the smaller SSII, this time using a chassis produced exclusively for them by the Standard Motor Company. Meanwhile a model of rather more sporting pretensions was introduced with the Swallow version of the Wolseley Hornet, and in 1932 the even more sporty Hornet Special. [2] In 1934 the company was renamed as SS Cars Ltd (eventually becoming Jaguar Cars Ltd in 1945). At the same time Walmsley, who did not share the same ambitions as Lyons, retired from the company. Sidecar production was now by Swallow Coachbuilding Co. (1935) Ltd. of Albion Road, Birmingham, 11. [3] At the end of 1945, the Helliwell Group, an aircraft maintenance firm, bought the name and goodwill of the now defunct Swallow side car manufacturer, Swallow Coachbuilding Company (1935) Ltd, from SS Cars Limited. Sidecars produced at Helliwells' Walsall Airport works were built in the same way as the originals and used the same patented trademark. [4] They closed shop in the late 1950s. |
What word can come before holiday, relations and school | Education World: Public Relations 101: How-To Tips for School Administrators Public Relations 101: Tips for School Administrators (and Other School Professionals) Are you looking to improve communications between school and home? Do you want to get the media to pay more attention to the good things that are going on in your school? Do you know how to handle a crisis? Public relations consultant William Harms offers tips for school administrators looking to put their best foot forward. Think your school can't afford to devote resources to public relations? Think again, says public relations consultant William Harms, who counts among his clients a consortium of 30 independent Chicago schools. Good public relations begins with the cost-free investment of thoughtful evaluation, Harms told Education World. Before you put financial resources into public relations, consider what the term means: "Relations with the public." Public relations encompasses all interactions and communications with the public by everyone in your school district, from school secretaries to maintenance workers to teachers, principals, board members, and students. Good public relations is something everyone involved with a school should be practicing every day. Return Those Calls The biggest public relations budget in the world won't matter if your school projects a poor image in its most basic communications. Before you hire a consultant or a public relations staff person or recruit a parent volunteer, begin improving public relations in your school district by evaluating everyday communications, Harms said. How are people treated when they call the school? Is the person answering the phone courteous, friendly, and helpful? How well does your voicemail system work? Do callers get led through a frustrating phone maze? Most important of all, if a caller leaves a message, does the call get returned? Promptly? How often are meetings held? Are they accessible? Are parents and community members notified of meetings well in advance? Most important, is time allowed for audience discussion? Is the community notified of school events? Are parents given enough notice so they may re-arrange their schedules to attend? How well do teachers and administrators communicate with parents? "The more parents know what's going on, the more eager they are to support the mission of the school," Harms said. Parents Want to Know Communication with parents and the public is essential—and the communication must be meaningful, clear, and engaging. "Parents want to know what's going on. The tricky part is knowing what parents really want to hear and what will be perceived as propaganda. Parents are astute at knowing the difference," Harms said. For communicating with parents, Harms sees newsletters as primary communication tools. "A newsletter doesn't need to be flashy. It's not design that people are concerned with, but content," he said. Whether it's a simple, black and white one-page newsletter printed on paper or a colorful electronic message on the school's website, be sure the information is relevant and timely. Harms related that he once received a beautifully-designed newsletter with irrelevant content—all the events listed had already passed. As the editor of a newsletter for the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Harms said he strives to view the product from a parent's perspective. "We ask ourselves what questions parents would like to see answered in our publication. We know that parents want to know about their children's accomplishments. And they want to know what's going on with the curriculum but in a way that it relates to their interests. It's always great to share news about a project that students are excited about, for example. Such communication is vital because you can't rely on students to accurately relay what's happening at school—if they tell their parents anything about school at all. "Some kids bring home news, others clam up. Anything you can do to explain to parents what children are learning will be appreciated," Harms said. When good news happ |
Who was the Roman messenger of the Gods | Mercury (Hermes), First Planet from the Sun | Wyzant Resources Mercury Mercury, messenger of the Roman gods (first planet from the Sun). Snakes entwined on his staff protect Mercury, messenger of the Roman gods. With a little imagination, you can visualize the snakes entwined in Mercurys symbol, seen below. Mercury is the son of Jupiter and Maia, one of the Pleiades. Mercury is comparable to the Greek god Hermes; both are considered messengers of the gods. Naturally, Mercury/Hermes is thought to be very swift--this is proven by his winged sandals in drawings. Mercury's name is related to the Latin word merx, which means merchandise, mercari, or trade, and merces, or wages. He is therefore the god of Commerce and Trade; however, he is also the god of Thieves, and Travel, since many merchants did not stay in one place to vend their wares. Mercury, the planet, has been known since at least the time of the Sumerians (3rd millennium BC). It was given two names by the Greeks: Apollo for its apparition as a morning star and Hermes as an evening star; however, Greek astronomers knew that the two names referred to the same body. Heraclitus even believed that Mercury and Venus orbit the Sun, not the Earth ; this idea was not commonly held as true at the time. In ancient times, messages from one ruler to another or between armies were carried by heralds who had to be treated with respect and were not to be harmed. These heralds carried a special staff as the sign of their position -- a caduceus -- and Hermes carried such a staff. Supposedly, because Hermes moved so quickly, the staff, as well as his cap and sandals, had wings. Of all the planets in our solar system, the one that moves most quickly against the background of the stars was naturally named after the swift-footed Hermes. Because the Romans identified their own god of commerce, Mercury, with Hermes, we now know the planet as Mercury. Hermes also escorted the souls of the departed to Hades ; as that character, he was called Psychopompus. Under the name of Oneicopompus, he was regarded as the lord of dreams and visions. His festival was celebrated on May 15, at which time merchants sprinkled themselves and their wares with holy water to insure large profits. Mercury is the source of words such as market, merchandise, merchant, and merciful. In astro-mythology, the messenger is the intermediary between the four elements, air, earth, fire, water, and the phenomena produced by them. A few scientific facts about Mercury: Innermost of the planets, Mercury swoops to within 46,000,000 kilometers of the Sun, then slows down as it swings out to some 70,000,000 km away. The spacecraft Mariner 10 sent back our first detailed pictures of Mercurys Moon-like surface in early 1974. One of the spacecrafts most important findings was that Mercury has a magnetic field strong enough to turn aside the mighty solar winds. Another finding was that Mercurys surface is covered with craters that were probably made early in its history, when rocky meteorites up to several kilometers across crashed into the young planet. Until recently, people thought Mercury was the smallest planet; however, new observbations and measurements indicate that Pluto is smaller. Mercurys orbit is more elliptical than the path of any other planet except Pluto. If orbits were racetracks, speedy Mercury would leave the other planets behind. It zips along at about one and a half times the speed of Earth. For all its speed, Mercurys spin is slow; so slow that six Earth months go by before the Sun appears from one high noon to the next high noon. Sign up for free to access more Greek gods resources like . Wyzant Resources features blogs, videos, lessons, and more about Greek gods and ov |
Who played the butler in Remains of the Day | The Remains of the Day (1993) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS 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 Remains of the Day ( 1993 ) PG | A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. The Best Of The Best: The Greatest Movie Actors and the roles that made them great 13 January 2017 3:49 AM, -08:00 | HeyUGuys.co.uk a list of 32 titles created 03 Jun 2012 a list of 41 titles created 22 Aug 2012 a list of 25 titles created 25 Mar 2013 a list of 23 titles created 8 months ago a list of 39 titles created 2 months ago Title: The Remains of the Day (1993) 7.9/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 24 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWII Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude. Written by Keith Loh <[email protected]> Rated PG for themes | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 19 November 1993 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Lo que queda del día See more » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby SR (35 mm prints)| SDDS (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Actor Hugh Grant once stated that this picture was the best film that he has ever made. See more » Goofs We see a dozen bottles of Graham's Port being delivered for the banquet - but the port would have been cellared for at least six months before being decanted - vintage port is undrinkable immediately after being transported; and later Stevens takes (and breaks) a bottle of Dow 1913 vintage port- but no producers declared a vintage in that year. 1912 was a vintage year, and the next one was 1917. See more » Quotes Stevens : In my philosophy, Mr. Benn, a man cannot call himself well-contented until he has done all he can to be of service to his employer. Of course, this assumes that one's employer is a superior person, not only in rank, or wealth, but in moral stature. (NAS Ream Field) – See all my reviews The crowning achievement of the Ismail Merchant/James Ivory partnership and their entire production team who give their absolute best in original music, cinematography, editing, art and set direction, costumes, and, of course, screenplay by Merchant/Ivory regular Ruth Prawler Jhabvala. Add flawless performances from the all-star cast and the result is almost too perfect. But there is just enough humility to this sad tale of unrequited love to make it completely believable. Anthony Hopkins excels as the impenetrable Mr. Stevens, Butler of a lordly country house in the final days of the British Empire, and Emma Thompson is superb as his foil, Housekeeper Miss Kenton. Both give wonderfully deep, sensitive portrayals of two complex lonely people who don't realize, until it's too late, that they belong together. Swirling around them is fascinating drama of life upstairs and downstairs and there are as many surprises and sub-plots to the story (based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro) as there are secret passages, nooks, and crannies in "Darlington House." An all-round first-rate cinematic experience, "Remains of the Day" is one of those pictures that lingers in the mind lon |
What Beatles song was also recorded by Peter Sellars | Peter Sellers: She Loves You (Twits Version) - YouTube Peter Sellers: She Loves You (Twits Version) 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 Mar 9, 2010 In 1965 Peter Sellers recorded many different versions of Beatles songs, four of which were later released on 1993's "A Hard Day's Night" EP (which reached no. 52 in the UK charts), a taster of the four-CD boxset "A Celebration of Sellers". Here's the sleevenotes for this song: Sellers attempted many different version of this, The Beatles['] fourth single. In this is a [sic] previously unreleased "Twits Version" Sellers plays a couple of upper class idiots. (The "Twits Version" does not appear in the Celebration of Sellers boxed set.) EMI Records owns the copyright. Category |
Which garden weed takes it's name from the French for tooth of the lion | Typical Lawn Weeds in Ohio | Garden Guides Typical Lawn Weeds in Ohio Typical Lawn Weeds in Ohio Reason for flagging? Submit Typical lawn weeds in Ohio include grass or grass-like weeds and broadleaf. Grass weeds form narrow, upright leaves with parallel veins. Broadleaf weeds develop wide leaves with net-like veins. Annual weeds compete with permanent lawn grass and reduce density. Perennial weeds present more of a challenge to control once they are established because their creeping stems contain buds that produce new growth. Weeds are managed more effectively while they are in the sapling or juvenile stages, according to North Central Region Cooperative Extension Service's Common Weed Seedlings of the North Central States. Crab Grass Crab grass is one of the most common lawn weeds in Ohio, and as the name implies, it belongs to the grass family, Gramineae. The spring annual forms a clump in thin areas of the yard and spreads by shallow roots. The coarse, textured leaves turn purple, then die in the fall after releasing their seed. Look for spiked flower heads to emerge from the center of the clump in mid-July. The flower heads bear large quantities of seed that germinate the next spring if left unchecked. Treat crabgrass before it germinates with a pre-emergent herbicide. Dandelion Dandelion takes its name from the French phrase Dent de lion, or lion's tooth, and it belongs to the Compositae family. The perennial grows in thin spots of the lawn and those that have been cut too short. Dandelion's broad, jagged leaves often blend with the grass until a bright, yellow bloom appears on its milk-storing stem. Get rid of the weed by clipping the root, the plant's energy store. The weed rushes to recover the lost growth and taps energy from the root in the process. Continued clipping exhausts the plant's energy. Canada Thistle Canada thistle is not native to Ohio, but it is naturalized in 58 of the state's 88 counties, according to the Ohio Biennial and Perennial Weed Guide. Like dandelion, Canada thistle belongs to Compositae, which means that it is not a true grass or grass-like weed, but a broadleaf. This prickly leaved plant spreads by a creeping root system and seed. Each lavender flower holds up to 5,000 seeds. Apply a selective herbicide designed for broadleaf weeds to eliminate Canada thistle. Foxtail Three members of the Setaria family grow in Ohio: giant foxtail, green foxtail and yellow foxtail. The seed head of all three annual varieties looks like the tail of a fox, but each type demonstrates different characteristics. Giant foxtail forms leaves with many small hairs on the leaf blades and the seed head tends to droop when mature. Green foxtail produces smooth leaf blades and the seed head remains only loosely erect. Yellow foxtail possesses long, wiry hair, where the leaf blade and sheath meet. The seed head stands erect. The stem flattens out and the base develops a reddish-brown color. Who Can Help |
In World War 11 what was the American equivalent to the commandos | Commando Raid - The British Commandos of World War II ©2005-2009 QuikManeuvers. All Rights Reserved. Commando Raid British Commandos of World War II © 2009 252 pages; 12 chapters and 4 appendixes Although the British commandos are mentioned in every history of World War II, very little detailed information is available. Commando Raid focuses upon the organization and tactics of British commando battalions. However, some attention is given to large-scale fighting as well as micro-tactical combat. Most of the material in Commando Raid is devoted to British commando exploits during the World War II years 1940-1942. Although the commando idea was good, British commando units were poorly organized. The commando raid was the main type of combat carried out by British commandos. The Saint Nazaire commando raid, the Varengeville commando raid, and the commando raid on General Rommel’s headquarters are covered in some detail. The book is not a complete and detailed description of British commandos, but instead captures the essence of their organization, training, and tactical level combat during World War II. “The general alarm went out about 05:30 and the German 302nd Infantry Division reacted quickly. Major von Blücher, commander of the 302nd Antitank Battalion was ordered to organized a counterattack towards Berneval. He formed a battle group composed of: a squadron of men on bicycles, the 3rd Company of the 570th Infantry Regiment, and a company of divisional engineers, and moved them to the area. They quickly engaged the Commandos moving inland from Yellow I Beach and forced them to retreat. Unfortunately the commandos’ landing craft had either withdrawn or been sunk under heavy fire. As a result, the Commandos had no choice but to surrender. They suffered thirty-seven killed and eighty-one lost as prisoners, the majority of whom had been wounded. Among the killed was Lieutenant Edward Loustalot, one of the American Rangers accompanying the 3rd Commando. He was the first American soldier to be killed in Europe during World War II. Meanwhile, Young's group, steadily running out of ammunition, was caught in an exposed position. He therefore withdrew his men to the beach and signaled for naval craft to come and pick them up. On the coast of France, at the town of Dieppe, on August 18th, 1942, the cream of the British infantry (Canadians and commandos), made a large-scale raid to "test" the quality of German defenses and infantry. The "test" resulted in an embarrassing and costly defeat. For the first time, the Western allies perceived the effect of vast numbers of German light machine guns. The German troops, with at least one machine gun per squad, smothered the elite British troops with devastating fire along the skirmish line. The commonwealth troops were cut down in swaths by numerically inferior, but better deployed and equipped German squads. In the words of one Canadian, "We went into intense, accurate light machine gun fire." It was a true disaster.” . |
If food is described a La Dubarry what is it garnished with | Culinary French, A Glossary - On the Table: The Curious Home of Gary Allen, Food Writer & Dillettante Culinary French, A Glossary a à blanc: "white;" cooked, but not browned à l’Alsacienne: in the manner of Alsace, usually refers to German-influenced braised meat and charcuterie dishes containing choucroute and/or potatoes à l’Armoricaine: seafood cooked with olive oil, onions, tomatoes and wine (typically, lobster) à la ancienne: old style, usually refers to braised beef à l’Andalouse: in the manner of Andalusia, in southern Spain, usually refers to dishes containing red peppers, tomatoes and sausage or rice (e.g., sauce Andalouse, mayonnaise flavored and colored with tomatoes and red peppers) à l’Anglaise: English style, usually refers to poached or boiled dishes, but also fried foods (especially fish) that have been rolled in breadcrumbs à l’Argenteuil: applied to dishes containing asperge, asparagus à la bonne femme: cooked in a simple, home-style manner; usually refers to poached fish, often sauced with lemon juice and white wine à la Bordelaise: in the style of Bordeaux (e.g., sauce Bordelaise, reduced wine and stock, herbs, shallots, and a garnish of marrow) à la broche: spit-roasted (en brochette, like shish kabob, cooked on a skewer) à la carte: a style of meal selection in which the guests compose their own meals by selecting from the menu where each item is separately priced, or a menu of this type. (opposite of prix fixe) à la clamart: applied to dishes garnished either with peas or with pea-sized potato balls à la Conti: applied to dishes garnished with lentil purée, and, occasionally, with bacon à la Crécy: applied to dishes garnished or prepared with carrots à la diable: in the style of the devil, that is, spicy (sauce Espagnole, shallots, wine, vinegar and pepper--either black or cayenne) à la Dubarry: applied to dishes garnished or prepared with cauliflower (e.g., créme Dubarry, purèe of cauliflower soup à l’Espagnole: in the style of Spain (refers to dishes containing garlic, onions, tomatoes and sweet red peppers) à la Flamande: in the Flemish style (refers to braised dishes containing cabbage, carrots, potatoes and turnips) à la Florentine: in the style of Florence (refers to dishes served on a bed of spinach) à la forestiére: of the forest (usually refers to dishes garnished with wild mushrooms) à la jardiniére: of the garden, garnished with a variety of vegetables à la Grecque: in the style of Greece (refers to cold appetizers cooked with lemon juice, olive oil and herbs--such as oregano and thyme) à la impériatrice: as the empress likes it, sweetened or enriched with cream or custard (e.g., riz à la impériatrice, a rich rice pudding) à l’Indienne: in the Indian style, refers to dishes containing curry powder, accompanied by rice à la Lyonnaise: in the style of Lyons, refers to dishes garnished with fried onions (e.g., sauce Lyonnaise, demi-glace and reduced white wine, flavored with sautèed onions) à la Madrilène: in the style of Madrid, refers to dishes cooked with tomatoes (e.g., Madrilène, consommè colored and flavored with fresh tomato juice) à la Marengo: a dish created, supposedly, for Napoleon after the battle of Marengo -- chicken or veal, browned in olive oil, then braised with garlic, olives, onions, tomatoes and wine (sometimes brandy) à la marinière: in the style of mariners, refers to shellfish dishes made with herbs and white wine à la meunière: in the style of the miller's wife, refers to dishes of fish lightly floured and sautéed in butter (e.g., beurre meunière, a simple sauce of beurre noisette, lemon and parsley) à la Milanaise: in the style of Milan, pasta coated with butter and Parmesan cheese, then sauced with tomatoes, ham, mushrooms, tongue and truffles à la minute: cooked at the moment, prepared to order à la mode: in the manner of some person[s] or place (e.g., boeuf à la mode, beef, marinated in red wine, then braised; tripes à la mode de Caen, braised tripe dish from Normandy) à la Montmorency: in the style of Montmorency, a suburb of Paris, refers to dishes made, or gar |
Which seaside resort had Britain's first no smoking beach | Britain plans first 'no smoking' beach at Barafundle Bay in Pembrokeshire | Daily Mail Online comments Plans have been unveiled for Britain's first 'no smoking' beach on the coast of Wales. No smoking signs will likely go up at Barafundle Bay in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, with the ban likely to be extended to other beaches along the National Park coastline. Officials claim that they are taking to drastic step to discourage young people from taking up the smoking habit on holiday. Barafundle Bay in West Wales is set to become Britain's first no smoking beach The move to ban smoking at the beach have been described as 'bonkers' and 'idiotic' by smokers But pro-smoking campaigners branded the plan for Pembrokeshire - a coastline with more Blue Flag beaches than anywhere in Britain - as 'idiotic and bonkers'. Council environment chief councillor Huw George said: 'We want young people to think that smoking isn't the norm and want to instill in them a healthy lifestyle. 'There is also the problem of cigarette stubs littering the beaches and being washed out to sea endangering fish and sea birds.' RELATED ARTICLES Share 213 shares The council is expected to give the ban the go-ahead later in the summer so it is in place for the start of the holiday season next year, probably at popular Barafundle Bay, run by the National Trust. Anti-smoking campaigner Jamie Matthews said: 'This is the first council in the UK to consider a smoking ban on beaches. 'It is an area where young people are influenced by adults smoking. If they sit around smokers on beaches they are exposed to second hand smoking.' The move has been made to hopefully put young people off smoking, and to promote good health Mr Matthews, Wales deputy chief executive of ASD said: 'Anything that stops young people from taking up smoking is a good thing.' The beach will be 'self-policed' in the hope that holidaymakers will obey the rules But Simon Clark, director of pro-smoking group FOREST said: 'It is idiotic and bonkers. There is no evidence of health risk from smoking in the open air. 'It is another example of a local authority throwing its weight around on what should be a private matter. 'Youngsters start smoking from peer pressure and family members and not from someone enjoying a smoke on a beach.' Holidaymaker Len Davies, 33, said: 'It's ridiculous to ban smoking on beaches - where will it all end?' An area of Bournemouth beach has a no smoking zone in a child play area but the Pembrokeshire plan is the first for an entire beach. Signs will be put up on the beach - but the ban will be 'self-policing' as officials encourage holidaymakers to obey the rule rather than having wardens enforcing it. The Pembrokeshire council also aims to ban smoking in parks, sports grounds, playing fields and even car parks to curb smoking in public. |
What was the name of the superlight plane that flew non stop round the world in 1986 | First to fly around the world Home » vehicles » First to fly around the world First to fly around the world In 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers and eight American crewmen set out from Seattle, Washington, to attempt the first around-the-world airplane flight. One hundred seventy-five days later three of the aircraft and crews became the first to circumnavigate earth. The Douglas World Cruiser biplane was a variant of the Navy’s DT-2 torpedo bomber that could be operated either with wheels or floats. The prototype was delivered 45 days after the contract was let in summer 1923. Tests were successful, and four more aircraft were ordered. Each of the aircraft was named after a US city representing a compass point: Seattle, crewed by Maj. Frederick Martin (pilot and flight commander) and SSgt. Alva Harvey (flight mechanic); Chicago, crewed by Lt. Lowell H. Smith (pilot) and 1st Lt. Leslie Arnold; Boston, with 1st Lt. Leigh P. Wade (pilot) and SSgt. Henry H. Ogden aboard; and New Orleans, with Lt. Erik Nelson (pilot) and Lt. Jack Harding in the cockpits. The success was largely a result of extensive planning; 30 spare engines were dispatched all over the world prior to the flight; with co-operation of the Royal Air Force and the US Navy, 28 nations supplied thousands of gallons of fuel and oil along the flight path. The airplanes left Seattle, Washington, on 6 April 1924 and headed west, equipped with the latest navigational aids. Even so, fog, blizzards, thunderstorms and sand storms took a toll. On April 30, Seattle crashed in dense fog on a mountainside near Port Moller on the Alaska Peninsula. Major Martin and Sergeant Harvey hiked out of the wilderness. The remaining crews continued, flying on to Japan, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, Europe, England, and Ireland. On 3 August Boston was forced down in the North Atlantic, sinking in rough seas while being towed. A prototype was dispatched to Nova Scotia, where Lieutenant Wade and Sergeant Ogden renamed the aircraft Boston II and rejoined the flight. The crews stopped in several US cities and returned triumphantly to Seattle on 28 September. The trip had totaled 175 days, covering 44 360 km (27,553 miles), with stops in 61 cities, the total flying time being 371 hours, 11 minutes. Douglas World Cruisers – first to circumnavigate the globe, in 1924 The Douglas World Cruiser Chicago is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C., while New Orleans is on display at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, California. The Seattle wreckage was retrieved in 1967 through the efforts of Bob Reeve to go on display in the Centennial Aviation Museum, which caught fire in 1973. It survived the fire and is now displayed at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum. First solo circumnavigation by air Nine years later, in 1933, it took another American, Wiley Post, only 7 days to be the first to fly solo around the world. Between July 15 and 22, Post covered 25 110 km (15,596 miles) in 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes in one of the most remarkable displays of flying endurance of the century. Post’s single engine Lockheed Vega, the Winnie Mae was equipped with a Sperry automatic pilot, a radio direction finder, and other new devices. Wiley Post (1898 – 1935) First to fly solo around the world, 1933. Post was considered one of the most colorful figures of early aviation. He set many records before being tragically killed near Point Barrow, Alaska in 1935 in a crash which also took the life of his flying companion, humorist Will Rogers. Earlier, in 1931, ex-barnstormer Post and navigator Harold Gatty had thrilled the nation by dashing around the world in the Winnie Mae. The flight was not only a great technical achievement, but one which demanded extraordinary fortitude. For over 106 hours, neither Post nor Gatty had an opportunity to sleep. The flight’s elapsed time of 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes far surpassed the previous record of 21 days set in 1929 by the airship Graf Zeppelin. The Graf Zeppelin crossed the Atlantic many times as a passenger carrier. It |
What does a camel store in it's hump | Do the humps on camels hold water? | HowStuffWorks Do the humps on camels hold water? Gerry Ellis/ Getty Images No -- a camel's hump is a giant mound of fat, actually. In a healthy, well-fed camel, the hump can weigh as much as 80 pounds (35 kilograms)! Human beings and most animals store their fat mixed in with muscle tissue or in a layer right beneath the skin. Camels are the only animals with a hump. The hump allows a camel to survive an extremely long time (up to two weeks) without food if need be. Because camels typically live in the desert, where food can be scarce for long stretches, this is important. Camels & Survival How long can you go without food and water? A camel uses about 5 gallons (20 liters) of water a day in the summer. However, a camel can lose up to 25 gallons (100 liters) of water from its body tissues without ill effects. One thing that a camel can do to conserve water is to handle large body-temperature swings. A camel might start the day at 94 degrees F and allow its temperature to rise as high as 105 degrees F. Only at the upper end of this range does it need to sweat to prevent overheating. When you compare this temperature range to the range the human body can handle (where only a 2 degree rise indicates illness), you can see the advantage. Other camel facts: An adult camel weighs between 700 and 1,500 pounds (318 to 680 kg) and is up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall. Camels can live to be up to 50 years old. Camels gestate about 11 months and give birth to one calf. A male reaches maturity in five years, a female in three to four years. Camels actually have three eyelids! Two of them have lashes, and the third is thin. A camel can close its nostrils. A camel, like a goat, will eat almost anything. Pack camels can carry loads of 400 pounds 25 miles (181 kg 40 km) in a day. 1 |
Sweeney Todd was known as the Demon Barber of which London thoroughfare | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Film | The Guardian Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sunday 27 January 2008 18.13 EST First published on Sunday 27 January 2008 18.13 EST Share on Messenger Close The story of Sweeney Todd, the London barber who cuts his customers' throats and has their bodies baked into pies by his Fleet Street neighbour, Mrs Lovett, is one of those gruesome stories we first hear as children. I have no recollection where I first came across this urban legend, though I do remember passing fleapit cinemas in the 1940s that were showing a British B-movie on the subject starring a great barnstorming exponent of Grand Guignol with the splendid name Tod Slaughter. The tale touches on all sorts of fears, including the vulnerability you feel in a barber's chair and, especially, cannibalism. For his musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim drew on a little-known British play of 1973 by Christopher Bond that refined and embellished its Victorian sources. He worked once more with the British writer Hugh Wheeler, who before turning to the theatre had been a prolific author of detective novels under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin. Sondheim is also fascinated with crime and wrote an ingenious movie thriller The Last of Sheila with Anthony Perkins. The musical was not a great success initially, and in the short-lived 1990 London production that marvellous actor Denis Quilley was too jovial as Sweeney. But it's now rightly regarded as a classic. More or less sung through with the minimum of dialogue, its lyrics are harsh, witty, ironic, its music influenced in part by Kurt Weill and Bernard Herrmann's scores for Hitchcock. Tim Burton, who dropped the upbeat songs from the 1971 film of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when he came to make a more sinister version three years ago, has found a perfect subject in Sweeney Todd, and he's working for the fifth time with Johnny Depp , an actor put on earth to play the part. His presence is powerful, his singing clear, dramatic, unembarrassed. The animated opening titles drip with blood, and when the gore starts to flow in Victorian London about half an hour later, it spurts and cascades until the final scene. The film begins as Sweeney comes up the Thames in a sailing ship, he and his young companion Frank singing 'No place like London', a celebratory song for Frank but for Sweeney a hymn of hatred for the city's squalor and vice. Once ashore, Sweeney tells him the story of Benjamin Barker, a kindly man whose beautiful wife and small daughter are coveted by the evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman), and how the wife is destroyed when Barker is framed and transported to Australia. Now Barker is back, disguised as Sweeney, with vengeance on his mind in a wonderful looking studio-created London, the work of production designer Dante Ferretti and cinematographer Dariusz Wolski. The sets are as splendid as those created by Martin Childs and photographed by Peter Deming in From Hell, the Hughes Brothers' film starring Johnny Depp as a Scotland Yard inspector investigating the Jack the Ripper murders, and they too appear to be influenced by Victorian paintings, especially the school of William Frith and the nocturnes of Atkinson Grimshaw and Whistler. Depp has a ghoulish appearance, his unnatural pallor recalling his first appearance in a Burton film as the eponymous Edward Scissorhands, who has knives and scissors instead of fingers, which under stress turn from delicate instruments of refinement to weapons of bloody destruction. When Sweeney returns to his old shop, kept for him by the devoted Mrs Lovett (Helen Bonham Carter), he hymns his box of razors with a song that begins, 'These are my friends/ See how they glisten'. Mrs Lovett, a distraught pale-faced beauty with black rings around her bright eyes, wishes to restore him to normal life. But when he kills a blackmailer and she disposes of the body by putting it into the pie, the moral and political dice are cast. His obsessions with avenging the destruction of his family i |
Who played The Riddler in the film Batman Forever | Batman Forever (1995) - 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 Batman must battle Two-Face and The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 24 titles created 14 Mar 2011 a list of 41 titles created 18 Jun 2011 a list of 29 titles created 31 Mar 2012 a list of 46 titles created 13 Aug 2013 a list of 39 titles created 16 May 2015 Search for " Batman Forever " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 21 nominations. See more awards » Videos When a corrupt businessman and the grotesque Penguin plot to take control of Gotham City, only Batman can stop them, while the Catwoman has her own agenda. Director: Tim Burton The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker. Director: Tim Burton Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City. Director: Joel Schumacher An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero. Director: Richard Donner Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth. Directors: Richard Lester, Richard Donner Stars: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder Superman reappears after a long absence, but is challenged by an old foe who uses Kryptonian technology for world domination. Director: Bryan Singer Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic superhero when he wears a mysterious mask. Director: Chuck Russell A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house. Director: Tim Burton Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel. Director: Richard Lester Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa. Director: Steve Oedekerk A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team. Director: Tom Shadyac The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business. Director: Ivan Reitman Edit Storyline The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face incorrectly believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side; he has unleashed a reign of terror on the good people of Gotham. Edward Nygma, computer-genius and former employee of millionaire Bruce Wayne, is out to get the philanthropist; as The Riddler he perfects a device for draining information from all the brains in Gotham, including Bruce Wayne's knowledge of his other identity. Batman/Wayne is/are the love focus of Dr. Chase Meridan. Former circus acrobat Dick Grayson, his family killed by Two-Face, becomes Wayne's ward and Batman's new partner Robin the Boy Wonder. Written by Ed Stephan <[email protected]> Rated PG-13 for strong stylized action | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 16 June 1995 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Batman 3 See more » Filming Locations: £4,703,430 (UK) (14 July 1995) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Michael Gough (Alfred Pennyworth) and Pat Hingle (Commissioner James Gordon) are the only actors to reprise their roles from either Batman (1989) or Batman Returns (1992). S |
What is the name of the instrument that the doctor uses to listen to your chest | Going to the Doctor - Just for Kids - HealthCommunities.com Going to the Doctor Who Works in the Doctor's Office? The Doctor The doctor is a person who knows how to help you stay healthy and how to help you get better when you are sick or hurt. When you visit the doctor, he or she will give you a checkup, also called a physical examination, to make sure you are healthy and that you are growing and developing the way you should. The doctor will listen to your heart and lungs; check your eyes, ears, and throat; and make sure everything is working right on the inside and outside of your body. If you are sick or in pain, the doctor will examine you to figure out what is wrong. Sometimes he or she will perform special tests to learn more about what is happening in your body. Then, he or she will make a treatment plan to help you get better. Grown-ups visit the doctor, just like children do. Children often see a doctor called a pediatrician. A pediatrician is a special kind of doctor who takes care of children and works with parents to keep kids healthy. If you have any questions during your checkup, be sure to ask your doctor. By learning about your body, you can learn about ways to stay healthy. The Nurse The nurse works with the doctor to keep children healthy and to help kids who are sick or hurt get better. The nurse will help the doctor in many ways during your checkup. He or she may measure how tall you are and how much you weigh, take your blood pressure and temperature, and test how well you can see and hear. If you need special medicine to help you stay healthy, the nurse may give you a shot. He or she may give you an asthma treatment if you have asthma and are having trouble breathing. The nurse also may help the doctor perform other tests to make sure you are healthy. What Instruments Will the Doctor or Nurse Use? During your checkup, the doctor and nurse will use several small instruments, or tools, to make sure that your body is healthy. All kids visit doctors who use these tools. Some of these instruments go inside your mouth or ears, and others are held against your skin, but none of them hurt. Usually, kids sit up while the doctor or nurse uses these tools, but sometimes they lie down. It is good to look at pictures of these instruments and learn about them. Then, when you see them at the doctor's office, you will know what they are used for and how they are used. At your checkup, you can ask the doctor or nurse questions about the instruments and can ask to touch them. Stethoscope The doctor uses a stethoscope (steth-o-scope) to listen to your heart and lungs and make sure they are healthy. He or she will place a small metal circle, called a bell, against your chest, at the spot where you can feel your heart beating. This special bell does not make noise. It allows the doctor to listen carefully to your heartbeat and your breathing. Sounds travel from the bell, through a rubber tube, and into the doctor's ears. The doctor may move the bell around on your chest and ask you to take deep breaths while he or she listens to your lungs. Some kids ask the doctor to let them listen to their own heartbeat or the doctor's heartbeat through the stethoscope. Tongue Depressor A tongue depressor (di-pres-er) is a smooth, wooden, flat stick—like a big Popsicle® stick. It helps the doctor keep your tongue out of the way so he or she can see inside your mouth and throat. While you stick out your tongue and say "aaahhh," the doctor presses your tongue down with the stick and looks into your throat. Although tongue depressors usually do not taste bad, some doctors use grape- or cherry-flavored sticks. Otoscope or Auriscope An otoscope (oh-tuh-skohp), also called an auriscope (awr-uh-skohp), is a small flashlight that the doctor uses to look inside your ears. Because it is dark inside your ears, the doctor has to shine a small light into them to see if they are healthy. The flashlight has a cone-shaped piece of plastic at one end with a magnifying lens inside. The doctor will shine the light into the opening of your ear and loo |
What are people who come from Naples called | Naples | meaning of Naples in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE English version Naples From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishNaplesNa‧ples /ˈneɪpəlz/ 1 the main city in southern Italy, an important industrial centre , and a major port . It is a popular place for tourists to visit because of its beautiful scenery , which includes the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. People from Naples are called ‘Neapolitans’.2 → see Naples and die More results |
According to the proverb who makes the best gamekeeper | An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper ‹ Proverb ‹ Proverb Hunter Home • Proverbs • O • An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper A poacher illegally kills and steals animals on someone else’s land, and a gamekeeper’s job is to stop this from happening. He knows all the tricks of poaching, so is best fitted to deal with other poachers. See also: |
How many laps constitute a race in British speedway | WHAT IS SPEEDWAY? - British Speedway Official Website What is Speedway? Sky Sports News Feed WHAT IS SPEEDWAY? SPEEDWAY BIKES have no brakes, just one gear, a clutch and 500cc engines which run on methanol fuel and can accelerate to 60 mph, faster than a Formula 1 car! They race around oval circuits of around 300 metres in length in an anti-clockwise direction. To get around the tight corners at high speed the riders actually have to accelerate to bring the rear wheel out and initiate a "skid"! Speedway meetings can be run as individual events although what you will usually see week in and week out, at most tracks around the country, are 2 teams racing against each other. The 2 teams have 7 riders each and they race over 15 heats with 2 riders from each team in every heat. If a rider wins a race he will earn his team 3 points, if he comes second he will earn them 2 points, 3rd and they will only earn 1 point and if he comes last the they won't get anything! There are 3 leagues in the UK, 1. The Elite League (The top league). 2. The Premier League (The middle League). 3. The National League (The league to hopefully train the youngsters). "It's fast, it's furious, it's family entertainment and it's at a track near you!" So to sum Speedway up it's four laps of all out speed, control, excitement and thrills as 4 riders go for the chequered flag in honour of their team! The best thing is that all this happens just yards from where you're standing and the stars of the show (the riders) are easily accessible to see and meet, so don't forget your cameras, autograph books and pens! CLICK HERE to read what some of the fans say about this wonderful and unique sport. THE MEETINGS A meeting or match as it is sometimes referred to is between two teams in the league. The meeting is run over 15 heats/races and the team with the most points at the end of the meeting takes points toward the league table. In 2009 a new league points scoring system was introduced as follows: Home loss by any amount of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by any amount of points = 3 Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 Away loss by 6 points or less = 1 Away draw = 2 Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3 Away win by 7 points or more = 4 WHO ARE THE TEAMS NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP FINAL 2nd leg Eastbourne 52 – Jake Knight 14 Birmingham 38 – Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 19 Eastbourne win 94-86 on aggregate. PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY-OFF FINAL 2nd leg Somerset 54 (Rohan Tungate 12) Sheffield 36 (Ricky Wells 11) Somerset win 100-80 on aggregate and are 2016 Premier League Champions WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26: PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY-OFF FINAL 1st leg Sheffield 44 (Kyle Howarth 13) Somerset 46 (Josh Grajczonek 12) NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAY-OFF FINAL 2nd leg Birmingham 57 (Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 16+1) Eastbourne 33 (Adam Ellis 14) Birmingham win 94-83 on aggregate and are 2016 National League Champions MONDAY OCTOBER 24: PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP FINAL 2nd leg Glasgow 59 (Richard Lawson 12) Newcastle 31 (Robert Lambert 10) Glasgow win 104-76 on aggregate SUNDAY OCTOBER 23: PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP FINAL 1st leg Newcastle 45 – Robert Lambert 14 Glasgow 45 – Richie Worrall 9+1 TRAVEL PLUS NATIONAL LEAGUE GRAND FINAL 1st leg Eastbourne 50 – Georgie Wood 12+1 Birmingham 37 – Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 9+1 Buxton 52 – Tom Woolley 14+1 Rye House 38 – Robert Branford 12 National League points: Buxton 3 Rye House 0 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Final Round AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX, Melbourne Edinburgh 38 (Steve Worrall 13) Glasgow 55 (Aaron Summers 14+1) Premier League: Edinburgh 0 Glasgow 4 Belle Vue 34 (Matt Williamson 12) Birmingham 56 (Jack Smith 16+1) National League points: Belle Vue 0 Birmingham 4 Belle Vue 52 (Rob Shuttleworth 13+1) Coventry 37 (Mitchell Davey 13) National League points: Belle Vue 3 Coventry 0 THURSDAY OCTOBER 20: PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY OFF SEMI FINAL, 2nd leg Glasgow 48 (Aaron Summers 14) Sheffield 42 (Arthur Sissis 13+2) Sheffield win 91-89 on aggregate WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19: PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY-OFF S/F 1st leg Sheffield 49 (Kyle Howarth 14+1) Glasgow 41 (Richard Law |
Which terrifying anti personnel weapon was first used by the German army at Verdun in 1916 | 1000+ images about WW1 Weapons & Gear on Pinterest | World war, British and Gas masks Forward 30th. July 1915, The battle of Hooge. Germans put their new weapon, the flammenwerfer, or flamethrower, to devastating use against the Allies. 11 days prior, British infantry had captured the German-occupied village of Hooge, near Ypres, by detonating a large mine. Using flamethrowers to great effect, with machine guns, trench mortars and grenades, the Germans reclaimed their positions, pushing the British forces back to their 2nd trench. See More |
Which planet in the Solar System is third from the Sun | What are the Planets of the Solar System? - Universe Today Universe Today What are the Planets of the Solar System? Article Updated: 21 Aug , 2016 by Matt Williams At one time, humans believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe; that the Sun, Moon, planets and stars all revolved around us. It was only after centuries of ongoing observations and improved instrumentation that astronomers came to understand that we are in fact part a larger system of planets that revolve around the Sun. And it has only been within the last century that we’ve come to understand just how big our Solar System is. And even now, we are still learning. In the past few decades, the total number of celestial bodies and moons that are known to orbit the Sun has expanded. We have also come to debate the definition of “planet” (a controversial topic indeed!) and introduced additional classifications – like dwarf planet, minor planet, plutoid, etc. – to account for new finds. So just how many planets are there and what is special about them? Let’s run through them one by one, shall we? Mercury: As you travel outward from the Sun, Mercury is the closest planet. It orbits the Sun at an average distance of 58 million km (36 million mi). Mercury is airless, and so without any significant atmosphere to hold in the heat, it has dramatic temperature differences. The side that faces the Sun experiences temperatures as high as 420 °C (788 °F), and then the side in shadow goes down to -173 °C (-279.4 °F). MESSENGER image of Mercury from its third flyby. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Like Venus, Earth and Mars, Mercury is a terrestrial planet, which means it is composed largely of refractory minerals such as the silicates and metals such as iron and nickel. These elements are also differentiated between a metallic core and a silicate mantle and crust, with Mercury possessing a larger-than-average core. Multiple theories have been proposed to explain this, the most widely accepted being that the impact from a planetesimal in the past blew off much of its mantle material. Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System, measuring just 4879 km across at its equator. However, it is second densest planet in the Solar System, with a density of 5.427 g/cm3 – which is the second only to Earth. Because of this, Mercury experiences a gravitational pull that is roughly 38% that of Earth’s (0.38 g). Mercury also has the most eccentric orbit of any planet in the Solar System (0.205), which means its distance from the Sun ranges from 46 to 70 million km (29-43 million mi). The planet also takes 87.969 Earth days to complete an orbit. But with an average orbital speed of 47.362 km/s, Mercury also takes 58.646 days to complete a single rotation. Combined with its eccentric orbit, this means that it takes 176 Earth days for the Sun to return to the same place in the sky (i.e. a solar day) on Mercury, which is twice as long as a single Hermian year. Mercury also has the lowest axial tilt of any planet in the Solar System – approximately 0.027 degrees – compared to Jupiter’s 3.1 degrees, which is the second smallest. The MESSENGER spacecraft has been in orbit around Mercury since March 2011 – but its days are numbered. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution of Washington Mercury has only been visited two times by spacecraft, the first being the Mariner 10 probe, which conducted a flyby of the planet back in the mid-1970s. It wasn’t until 2008 that another spacecraft from Earth made a close flyby of Mercury (the MESSENGER probe) which took new images of its surface , shed light on its geological history , and confirmed the presence of water ice and organic molecules in its northern polar region. In summary, Mercury is made special by the fact it is small, eccentric, and varies between extremes of hot and cold. It’s also very mineral rich, and quite dense! Venus: Venus is the second planet in the Solar System, and is Earth’s virtual twin in terms of size and mass. With a mass of 4.8676×1024 kg and |
What does the musical term forte mean | Forte - definition of forte by The Free Dictionary Forte - definition of forte by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/forte (fôr′tā′, fôrt) n. 1. Something in which a person excels: "His forte was in defusing negative rumors before they ever exploded into news accounts" (Jane Mayer). 2. The strong part of a sword blade, between the middle and the hilt. [French fort, from Old French, strong, from Latin fortis; see fort.] Usage Note: Forte, meaning "something in which a person excels" can be pronounced with one syllable, like the French word from which it is derived. It can also be pronounced with two syllables (fôr′tā′), which is probably the most common pronunciation in American English and was the choice of 74 percent of the Usage Panel in our 1996 survey. Some people dislike this two-syllable pronunciation, arguing that it properly belongs to the music term forte, which is derived from Italian. for·te 2 In a loud, forceful manner. Used chiefly as a direction. n. A note, passage, or chord played forte. [Italian, strong, forte, from Latin fortis; see bhergh-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] forte n 1. something at which a person excels; strong point: cooking is my forte. 2. (Fencing) fencing the stronger section of a sword blade, between the hilt and the middle. Compare foible [C17: from French fort, from fort (adj) strong, from Latin fortis] forte (Music, other) loud or loudly. Symbol: f n (Music, other) a loud passage in music [C18: from Italian, from Latin fortis strong] forte1 (fɔrt, foʊrt or, for 1, ˈfɔr teɪ) n. 1. a strong point, as of a person; an ability or role in which one excels; specialty. 2. the part of a sword or foil blade between the hilt and the middle. [1640–50; earlier fort < Middle French (see fort )] pron: In the sense of a person's strong point (She draws well, but sculpture is her forte), the older, historical pronunciation of forte is with one syllable: (fôrt) or (fōrt). Perhaps owing to confusion with the musical term forte, borrowed from Italian, a two-syllable pronunciation (fôr′tā) is increasingly heard, esp. from educated speakers, and is now also considered standard. for•te2 1. loud; with force (opposed to piano ). adv. 3. a passage that is loud and forcible, or is intended to be so. [1715–25; < Italian < Latin fortis strong] forte green fingers , green thumb - a special ability to make plants grow 2. fortissimo loudness , intensity , volume - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner 3. forte - the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible part , portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" sword , steel , blade , brand - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard Adj. 1. piano , soft - used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition" Adv. piano , softly - used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly forte [ˈfɔːtɪ] (US) [fɔːt] N (= strong point) → fuerte m (Mus) → forte m forte [ˈfɔːrteɪ ˈfɔːrti] n → (point m) fort m forte n (= strong point) → Stärke f, → starke Seite forte adj (= played loudly) → laut or forte gespielt ; (= sung loudly) → laut or forte gesungen forte [ˈfɔːtɪ] n → forte m 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: hard References in classic literature ? Haley 's a puttin' us in a way of a good job, I reckon; just hold still--these yer arrangements is my forte. View in context Know, that in the course of your future life you will often find yourself elected the involuntary confidant of your acquaintances' secrets: people will instinctively find out, as I have done, that it is not your forte to tell of yourself, but to listen while others talk of th |
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Which planet in the solar system has moons called Titania and Miranda | What It Would Be Like to Live on Uranus' Moons Titania and Miranda What It Would Be Like to Live on Uranus' Moons Titania and Miranda by Joseph Castro, Space.com Contributor Share View photos The surface of Uranus' moon Miranda (seen here) is pocked with craters, but humans might be able to find a way to settle it. The image was taken during Voyager 2's flyby of the Uranus system in 1986. More Uranus would be a fascinating planet to visit, but living there would be extremely difficult. However, its moons are a different story. In all, Uranus has 27 known moons , and its five largest satellites are often considered its "major moons." If we wanted to set up permanent bases on Uranus's satellites, Titania and Miranda are great targets — Titania presents the strongest gravity (almost 4 percent of Earth's), and Miranda has a surface ripe for exploration. Because Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit the Uranus system, Earthlings still don't know much about the planet's moons. "When [ Voyager 2 ] flew past in 1986, it was winter and dark on the whole northern hemispheres of all the moons, so we could only see a portion of their southern hemispheres," Jeff Moore, a planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in California said. "The encounter was also a bit like flying through a bull's-eye. Rather than one moon at a time, [Voyager 2] encountered the whole system at once." [ How to live on one of Uranus' moons (Infographic) ] Images from Voyager 2 show that Titania's southern hemisphere has numerous craters and tectonic landforms, including canyons and faults, some of which could be interesting locations to visit. The largest crater on Titania is about 203 miles (326 kilometers) across, and its longest canyon extends over 930 miles (1,500 km) from its equator almost to its south pole. The surface of Miranda, on the other hand, is incredibly varied and jumbled, resembling a jigsaw puzzle that wasn't pieced together correctly. It sports odd formations called coronae, which are oval grooved structures resembling racetracks. It also has cratered plains that are crisscrossed with huge canyons and faults. Some of Miranda's fault cliffs are about 12 times as deep as the Grand Canyon. Because of Miranda's very low gravity (less than 1 percent of Earth's), a rock dropped from the top of the cliff would take about 10 minutes to reach the bottom. These faults could provide fun for thrill-seekers. "I think it would be a little dangerous, but if we lived on Miranda there would probably be a few daredevils wanting to jump off the cliffs," Moore told Space.com. All of Uranus' moons lack weather, sky colors and surface pressure due to non-existent atmospheres. They are also very cold: the average temperature of Titania, for example, is about minus 334 Fahrenheit (minus 203 Celsius). Aside from the deadly cold, it's not clear what kinds of dangers you'd experience on the moons. They may have moonquakes, as well as cryovolcanism that could shake the ground. Intense radiation from charged particles produced by Uranus's magnetosphere could also pose a problem, especially if you lived on the side of the moons facing away from the planet (one side of Titania and Miranda face Uranus at all times). Titania takes almost nine Earth days to rotate on its axis, while Miranda takes about 1.4 days. If you lived at the equator of these moons, you could experience a "normal" day-night cycle, but the same isn't true for the poles. Unlike other planets in the solar system, Uranus has an axial tilt of about 98 degrees. This means that during the planet's 84-Earth-year-long trip around the sun, the poles of Uranus and its moons experience 42 years of sunlight followed by 42 years of darkness. If you looked at the sun through a filter from Titania or Miranda, it would appear as a very small disk and not just a point of light, Moore said. And if you were on the side of the moons facing Uranus, the planet would be huge — Uranus would be about 41 times the size of our moon from Miranda, and about half that size from Titania. You could also see the other major |
When did the Royal Mail introduce the two tiered mail system / first and second class | The Royal Mail: a history of the British postal service - Telegraph Royal Mail The Royal Mail: a history of the British postal service The Royal Mail could be sold off entirely on the stock market under radical coalition plans, The Daily Telegraph has exclusively disclosed. Here we take a look at the turbulent but distinguished history of the British postal service. The Royal Mail could be sold off entirely on the stock market under radical coalition plans By Heidi Blake 7:30AM BST 10 Jun 2010 1516 Henry VII established a “Master of the Posts”, a position which evolved into the office of the Postmaster General. 1635 Charles I made the postal service available to the public, with the cost of postage being paid by the recipient. 1654 Oliver Cromwell granted a monopoly over the mail delivery service in England to the “Office of Postage”. 1657 Fixed postal rates were introduced. 1660 Charles II established the General Post Office. Related Articles 09 Jun 2010 1661 The postage date stamp was first used, and the first Postmaster General was appointed. 1784 The first mail coach was introduced between Bristol and London. Early mail coaches were similar to ordinary family carriages but bore the Post Office livery. 1793 Uniformed post men hit the streets for the first time. 1830 The first mail train from Liverpool to Manchester Railway made its first deliveries. 1837 Rowland Hill , a schoolmaster from Birmingham, invented the adhesive postage stamp – an act for which he was knighted. 1838 The Post Office Money order system introduced. 1840 The first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black , was released nationally, and the Uniform Penny Post , by which letters could be sent for one penny, was established. 1852 The first Post Office pillar box was erected in Jersey. 1853 The first post boxes were erected in mainland Britain. 1857 The first wall boxes were installed Shrewsbury and Market Drayton. 1870 The Post Office launched its telegraph service . The same year the Post Office Act banned sending of “indecent or obscene” literature; introduced the ½d rate for postcards, and provided for the issue of newspaper wrappers. The first postcards were also issued. 1880 Postmen began to use bicycles to deliver the mail. 1881 The Postal order was introduced. 1883 The Parcel post began. 1912 The Post Office opened its national telephone service . 1968 Second class stamps were introduced and the National Giro Bank opened. 1969 Under the Post Office Act of 1969 , the General Post Office changed from a government department to a nationalised industry. 1971 Postal services in Great Britain were suspended for two months between January and March as the result of a national postal strike over pay . 1974 The system of postcodes was rolled out across Britain. 1977 The Telegram service was abolished. 1981 The Telecommunications arm of the postal service split off to form British Telecom . The remainder of the business is renamed as the "Post Office". 1986 The letter delivery, parcel delivery and post office arms of the mail service was split into three separate businesses under the name Post Office Group. 1988 Postal workers held their first national strike for 17 years over bonuses being paid to recruit new workers in London and the South East. 1990 Girobank was sold to the Alliance & Leicester Building Society and the Royal Mail Parcels business was rebranded as Parcelforce. 2001 The Post Office Group is renamed Consignia in a massive, but short-lived, rebranding exercise which cost £2 million. 2002 15-months after it was renamed Consignia, the postal service is renamed the Royal Mail . John Roberts, chief executive, announced his departure from the group after announcing annual losses of £1.1bn. 2004 Deliveries reduced to once-daily. 2005 Mail Trains were reintroduced on some lines. 2006 Royal Mail lost its monopoly on the postal service when the regulator, PostComm, opened up the market three years ahead of the rest of Europe. Competitors can carry mail and pass it to Royal Mail for delivery. Pricing in Proportion (Pip) is also introduce |
People packed Wembley Stadium in 1954 to listen to whom | <% response.write("Billy Graham in Harringay") %> 50th Anniversary of the Billy Graham crusade at Harringay Arena, 1954. An article by Brendan Munro One of the most controversial and significant events to take place in Britain in the 1950's happened right here in Haringey in the Spring of 1954. The Billy Graham crusade held at the Harringay Arena proved to be a landmark event on three levels: firstly, it was a watershed for the church in this country, demanding and delivering a level of unity previously unheard of; secondly, it envisioned Billy Graham with what God could do in a major city and thirdly, it put the young American evangelist on the international map, setting the pattern for decades of world-wide crusades that would reach countless millions of people with the Gospel. But the path to such blessing was not an easy one! Controversy It's amazing how a printing mix-up handed Billy Graham unprecedented and priceless publicity for the Crusade in 1954, and how God used the schemes of the enemy for the blessing of His Kingdom. The American Evangelist was on board the SS United States just a day out of Southampton when news reached him of the furore that had broken out in England. He was informed that an MP would be challenging in Parliament his admission to the country. Headlines in the London Daily Herald screamed: "APOLOGISE, BILLY - OR STAY AWAY". The controversy centred upon a prayer calendar that had been distributed in America urging people to pray for the crusade. Under a picture of London ran the caption: "What Hitler's bombs could not do, socialism, with its accompanying evils, shortly accomplished." Journalist and spiritualist, Hannen Swaffer, writing in the left-wing Daily Herald, called it "a highly political insult to the Labour Party", which had some 14 million members in Britain at a time when the term Socialist was almost synonymous with the term "Labour Party". "Billy Graham has more gravely libelled us than anyone has dared to so since the war," he wrote. "It is a foul lie
I urge the Bishop of Barking (the Crusade's most visible church supporter) to disown all this ignorant nonsense before the Big Business evangelist, whom he sponsors, opens his Crusade
.And I urge him to call Billy Graham to repentance before he has the effrontery to start converting us!" The resulting uproar spread to the front pages of the rest of London's papers. The irony was that up until that point, hardly a line had been written in a single British newspaper about the forthcoming meetings. What had happened was this. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association distributed calendars to encourage prayer and financial support. The draft text of this particular prayer calendar had been drawn up in the United States by someone unfamiliar with Britain. The printer's proof had indeed used the word "socialism" (though with a small "s" - the newspaper had changed it to a capital "S", giving it more political connotation). When the draft was shown to a British supporter, he immediately spotted the possible misunderstanding, and changed the word "socialism" to "secularism". However, through a mix-up, the printer in America used an uncorrected copy and 200 calendars had already been printed before the mistake was rectified. It was always a mystery how one of those 200 calendars found its way into the hands of Hannen Swaffer in London. Billy's biographer John Pollock suggested that Swaffer's use of the capital S had been quite deliberate. Billy Graham immediately wired apologies to the British Parliament and the Press, explaining the error and expressing regret for the misunderstanding. But the printing mix-up and the ill-will of an antagonistic reporter had conspired to hand the Harrnigay Crusade the kind of publicity money can't buy, and to make Billy Grah |
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From which film did the song Windmills Of Your Mind come | The Windmills of Your Mind - The official Noel Harrison website - www.TheWindmillsOfYourMind.com The Windmills of Your Mind The Windmills of Your Mind The Windmills of Your Mind (1968) The song which made Noel Harrison a legend. From the 1968 Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway film The Thomas Crown Affair. The song entered the UK chart on March 1, 1969. It peaked at number eight and spent 14 weeks in the charts. It also won the 1969 Oscar for best original song in a film. It did not feature on any of Noel's albums at the time, but was the stand-out track of the Thomas Crown Affair soundtrack. It is now available on the compilation, Life is a Dream . The making of The Windmills of Your Mind In 2003, Noel Harrison had this to say about his most famous song: "Marilyn and AIan Bergman’s lyric, like a series of mantras, plus Michel LeGrand‘s soaring string arrangement and contrapuntal rhythms made this a classic. "It was recorded live on a huge sound stage at Paramount, with the accompanying film clips running on a giant screen and Michel blowing kisses to the orchestra. "I’ve never tired of this song, it seems to grow with the years. I was invited to sing it at the Academy Awards in I968, where it won an Oscar for Best Original Song, but I was making a movie in England at the time, and the producer (who didn’t like me) refused to let me go. "Jose Feliciano sang it instead. A wonderful musician and compelling singer, he made much too free with the beautiful melody, in my humble opinion. But that’s jazz." The track was recorded because the director of the Thomas Crown Affair, Norman Jewison, wanted a song that sounded like The Beatles track Strawberry Fields Forever to go with a scene where Steve McQueen's character is flying a glider in the film. He asked legendary lyricists Marilyn and Allen Bergman to come up with the song. Speaking in 2006, Marilyn Bergman said: "The lyric we wrote was stream-of-consciousness. "We felt that the song had to be a mind-trip of some kind. "I think we were thinking… you know when you try to fall asleep at night and you can't turn your brain off and thoughts and memories tumble." Watch The Windmills of Your Mind Noel Harrison on the BBC chart show, Top of the Pops, performing a live version of The Windmills of Your Mind. The performance was broadcast on March 27, 1969. Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel, Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel, Like a snowball down a mountain or a carnival balloon, Like a carousel that's turning, running rings around the moon, Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face, And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind, Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own, Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone, Like a door that keeps revolving in a half-forgotten dream, Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream, Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face, And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind, Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head, Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that you said? Lovers walk along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand, Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway or the fragment of a song, Half-remembered names and faces but to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware, That the autumn leaves were turning to the colour of her hair, A circle in a spiral, a wheel within a wheel, Never ending or beginning, on an ever-spinning reel, As the images unwind, like the circles that you find, In the windmills of your mind. Versions of the single Windmills was released all over the world in a number of different versions. Released in July 1968 by Reprise the song reached number eight in the British charts. It was released two months after the Santa Mo |
In mythology which of the Titans was condemned to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders | Which Ancient Greek God Carried the World on His Shoulders? Which Ancient Greek God Carried the World on His Shoulders? Let's Hope Atlas Never Shrugged Atlas in Rockefeller Center. Corinne Gill Updated April 14, 2016. Question: Which God Carried the World on His Shoulders? The expression "to carry the world" or " the weight of the world on one's shoulders " comes from a story in mythology. Which god had to wield this big burden? Answer: The Titan Atlas carried something very heavy, possibly the weight of the world, on his shoulders. This was a punishment that came down from Zeus , king of the gods after they sided against Zeus in the war of the Titans vs. the Olympians. But Vitruvius claims this was actually a reward, for "through his vigorous intelligence and ingenuity, he was the first to cause men to be taught about the courses of the sun and moon, and the laws governing the revolutions of all the constellations." Where Atlas would have to stand to carry the heavens on his shoulders? In the ancient world view , where the Mediterranean was the heart of the world, oceans surrounded the inhabited area and it is possible to picture Atlas standing in the world-circling oceans holding up the world, perhaps to keep it from sinking. continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know Ovid also mentions Atlas residing in the far west, or, as Pseudo-Apollodorus notes, among with Hesperides. In the Book I of The Odyssey , attributed to Homer , Atlas is pictured standing in water. However, in this same version, Atlas doesn't hold the world, but pillars separating Earth and Heaven. When Hercules (who saved the Titan Prometheus from Zeus' liver-loving eagle) fetched the apples of the Hesperides , he required the help of Atlas. Atlas agreed on condition that Hercules assume his heavy burden while Atlas grabbed the fruit. Atlas got them, but admitted he was tired of holding the heavy burden; it was Hercules's turn to bear the world on his shoulders. Hercules told Atlas that he'd hold it - whatever it is - but he needed to put up a pad on his shoulders first, so could Atlas just take it back for a sec, please? Atlas foolishly agreed. Hercules picked up the apples and went blithely on his way. Another version of the story, as told by Diodorus Siculus, agrees with Vitruvius. Apparently, Atlas was an expert in astrology and taught Hercules all he knew about the stars. " -Edited by Carly Silver |
What is hippophobia the fear of | Definition of Hippophobia Definition of Hippophobia Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Slideshow Hippophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse is known to be gentle and well trained. They usually avoid horses entirely rather than risk being kicked, bitten or thrown. They may also fear other hoofed animals such as ponies, donkeys and mules. This type of phobia may be triggered by a fall from a horse (which is probably why it is said that, after a fall from a horse, one should get right back on). "Hippophobia" is derived from the Greek "hippos" (horse) and "phobos" fear. "Hippos" has given us the English word "hippodrome," the oval-shaped racecourses in ancient Greece and Rome where horse and chariot races took place. "Hippodrome" can also refer to any building or arena of the present or past designed for circuses, games and other entertainments. An alternate name for fear of horses is "equinophobia," a hybrid word (one that is composed of roots from different languages). It is derived from the Latin "equus" (horse) and Greek "phobos" (fear). "Equus" also gives us the English words "equoid" and "equine" (resembling a horse). Talipes equinovarus is the common form of clubfoot in which the heel is elevated (like a horse's) and turned inward. Last Editorial Review: 6/14/2012 |
Who in 1812 designed the flag of Argentina | Argentina This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Argentina Fundación Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Culturales (CIDEC) About the flag The Argentine flag was conceived by General Manuel Belgrano, at the place where today is located the city of Rosario. Felipe Flores Pinto, 23 Feb 1998 There are several theories about the exact design raised by Manuel Belgrano on February 27th, 1812. The same happens with the reason why he chose the colors (white and sky blue). Apparently there was more than just one design of flag these first years; however, by 1814 triband flags of sky blue-white-sky blue were already in use. None of these first flags did have the sun in the middle yet. In 1816 this plain triband flag without sun was passed as “bandera menor” (Minor flag) by the Congress in the city of Tucumán. On February 25th, 1818 the same Congress (located in the city of Buenos Aires at this time) created the war flag by adding the sun in the middle of the white stripe. In this moment the design of the Argentine flag was officially born. Francisco Gregoric, 23 Nov 2010 Legislation In 1944, it was done the first modern effort to regulate and legislate about the Argentine National Symbols (Decree 10,302 of April 24th, 1944). The idea was to standardize criteria and legislate what remained unlegislated. As usual, though, some things were looked over, especially about the flag. Therefore in 1985 and 1999 new legislation took place. However, some details were left unclarified. For instance, the color of the sun as well as its features, is not described by law, neither that it should appear on both sides of the flag. Gustavo Tracchia, 23 Sep 2001, translated by António Martins Presidential decree number 1541 signed by Argentine President Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín on 16 August 1985, and companion law number 23,208 of the same date proved that Argentine citizens have the right to use (tienen derecho a usar) the official national flag (la Bandera Oficial de la Nación), provided it is used with respect and honor. Article 1 of both instruments makes explicit that citizens — not merely the federal, provincial, and territorial governments — have the right to use the Argentine flag containing the sun emblem in the center stripe. Article 2 of these instruments abolishes portions of earlier decrees (25 April 1884, 19 June 1943, and 24 April 1944) that restriced the use of the sun-bearing flag to the military and government agencies and derogated the legal status of the plain flag. [...] The 1985 law does not abolish the Argentine flag without the sun, which has existed since 1816; rather, the law simply extnds the use of the sun flag to all Argentines, provided it is accorded honor and respect. Additionally, by abolishing certain articles of the 1940s decrees, the 1985 law has the effect of again recognizing the plain triband as an official flag of Argentine national character. Timothy Boronczyk, 22 Jul 1998, quoting Gustavo Tracchia [ tra98 ] In 1999 (During Carlos Menem Presidency) a National Decree to define the shade of the colors was established. The ratio was not very precisely defined in that 1999 legislation. For outdoors flags, it said that everything from 2:3 to 1:2 was OK. Therefore a lot of ratios could have been considered OK. For indoors ceremonial flags the 9:14 ratio (90cm×140cm) was established again. The shade of color was defined that time in the CIELAB System. This Menem&39;s Decree was suspended by another National Decree by President Fernando De la Rúa in 2000 and then derogated by a second National Decree by De la Rúa in 2001. From 2002 to 2004, the Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación (IRAM) published some Normas IRAM (IRAM Standards) that defined technical characteristics of the flag, like ratio, shade of colors and details of the design. These standards are: NORMA IRAM-DEF D 7679: 2002 Bandera Argentina de ceremonia (Argentine flag for ceremony) Características (Characteristics) NORMA IRAM-DEF D 7677: 2002 Bandera Argentina de izar (Argentine flag for exterior) Características (Charac |
What does Mac in front of a surname mean | What does Mc/Mac mean in a last name? - FindersFree: What do you want to find out? What does Mc/Mac mean in a last name? Is it just a way to tart up a name, by sticking “Mc” or a “Mac” in front of it? Or does adding that little prefix actually mean something? Related Andy Warycka says: What’s in a McName When you look deep enough into most names, you can find the origin of them. They usually indicated a profession, a character trait, a hero of myth or legend, and so on. This brings us to the Mc/Mac question. The answer is actually rather simple. Read on. A brief McHistory of names In ancient Ireland, the population was much lower than in modern times, and people generally stayed in one place. This meant that is was rather common (in Ireland and other parts of the world) for people to be known by a single name — sort of like Prince, Madonna or Pink. Around the 11th century, the population began to grow to the point where the single name system was no longer practical — they were running out of names and there was a need to further differentiate people. The logical way (and one other cultures have adopted independently) to do this was to say that so and so was the son of so and so. In Gaelic , “Mac” means son of — “Mc” is just an abbeviation. So to create a name at random, “Patrick MacDonald” is simply “Patrick, son of Donald.” By the way, you didn’t ask, but this is where the “O” in a name like “O’Reilly” comes from — “Ó” in Gaelic is “grandson of.” So “Patrick O’Reilly” is “ Patrick , grandson of Reilly .” Simple, no? >> The origin & evolution of English surnames (1892) Daddy knows best Known as a patronym or a patronymic, this is actually a common naming convention in many cultures and languages. For example, in Russian “Dmitri Ivanovich” is “Dmitri, son of Ivan.” A great number of Slavic, Celtic, English, Iberian, and Scandanavian surnames (or family names) originate from patronyms — even common ones such as Wilson (son of William) and Fernández (son of Fernando). GD Star Rating |
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