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In which London thoroughfare was the first Virgin record shop opened | Branson sells Britain’s Virgin Megastores - Livemint First Published: Tue, Sep 18 2007. 11 15 AM IST Updated: Tue, Sep 18 2007. 11 15 AM IST By AFP London: Richard Branson on 18 September sold his Virgin Megastores record shops in Britain and Ireland, shedding the brand that launched his Virgin empire. The British tycoon said high street music retailing was facing a stiff challenge from supermarket and online sales. Virgin Group sold Virgin Megastores in Britain and Ireland for an undisclosed sum to a management buy-out team. The deal creates Britain and Ireland’s largest independent entertainment retailer and the 125 stores will now be rebranded as Zavvi after Zavvi Entertainment Group. “I opened my first Virgin Megastore when I was 16, 30 years ago, so it’s a slightly sad day to be selling them today,” entrepreneur Branson said. “But I’m selling them to the people who ran the stores so I’m certain they’ll be in good hands.” He said Virgin Group had chosen to move away from retailing into licensing music. “There’s no question that with online sales and cheap supermarket prices that music retailing has become a different business than it was 30 years ago when I started,” he said. Branson’s Virgin Group includes interests as diverse as airlines, mobile phones, radio stations, trains and cola. Branson founded Virgin as a mail order record retailer in 1970 and a year later opened the first Virgin record shop opened on London’s Oxford Street main shopping thoroughfare. In 1979, the company moved into the giant Oxford Street “megastore” that remains its flagship outlet. |
Who was the first governor-general of India | First Governor General of India - Warren Hastings Colors of India : Interesting Facts : History : First Governor General of India First Governor General of India Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of India. He occupied this position from 1773 to 1784. Hastings was born at Churchill, Oxfordshire. He joined the British East India Company in 1750 as a clerk. In 1757, Warren Hastings became the British Resident of Murshidabad and in 1761 he was appointed to the Calcutta council. Warren Hastings went back to England in 1764. He returned to India in 1769 as a member of the Madras council and was made Governor of Bengal in 1772. In 1773, Hastings was appointed the first Governor-General of India. Warren Hastings extended and consolidated the control of East India Company established by Robert Clive. He was a patron of Indian learning and took a keen interest in Indian literature and philosophy. Warren Hastings was instrumental in the translation of Bhagvad Gita into English. |
Who had a top album in 1990 with his first album Soul Provider | Singles List Can`t Live Without Bolton - tribunedigital-chicagotribune Singles List Can`t Live Without Bolton January 26, 1990|By Jan DeKnock. Chalk up another strong chart performance for songwriter Michael Bolton, who last week scored his first No. 1 pop single as a performer with the ballad ``How Am I Supposed to Live Without You.`` This week, Bolton held on to that title and also made good progress with his ``Soul Provider`` album, which cracked the Top 20 (at No. 20) after more than six months on the LP list. The album champ continues to be Phil Collins` ``. . . But Seriously,`` which is now in its fourth week as leader. (It also has hit No. 1 in Britain and West Germany.) But suddenly back in the picture is Paula Abdul`s ``Forever Your Girl,`` which after 18 months on the charts is again challenging for top honors. Last week, ``Girl`` jumped from No. 5 to No. 3; this week, it moved up again to No. 2. Fueling Abdul`s resurgence on the LP list is the phenomenal rise of the album`s latest single, ``Opposites Attract,`` which this week zipped from No. 16 to No. 8, giving her an 18-point jump in just the last two weeks. She now is almost guaranteed another No. 1 hit, although ``Opposites Attract`` is not quite in position to challenge next week. The next likely champ is Rod Stewart`s power ballad ``Downtown Train,`` which moved from No. 5 to No. 3 this week and appears to have a momentum edge over both Bolton`s ``How Am I . . .`` and Technotronic`s ``Pump Up the Jam,`` which repeated this week at No. 2. Elsewhere on the list, only five songs made notable moves: Seduction`s ``Two to Make It Right`` (up from No. 9 to No. 5); Eddie Money`s ``Peace in Our Time`` (from No. 18 to No. 13), Chicago`s ``What Kind of Man Would I Be?`` (from No. 23 to No. 15), Babyface`s ``Tender Lover`` (from No. 21 to No. 16) and Roxette`s ``Dangerous`` (from No. 26 to No. 20). Here are predictions for next week`s singles chart: 1. ``Downtown Train,`` 2. ``How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,`` 3. ``Two to Make It Right,`` 4. ``Opposites Attract,`` 5. ``Pump Up the Jam,`` 6. ``Everything,`` 7. ``Free Fallin`,`` 8. ``I Remember You,`` 9. ``Janie`s Got a Gun,`` 10. ``Peace in Our Time.`` This week, there are two pick hits: Richard Marx`s rollicking ``Too Late to Say Goodbye``; and Linda Ronstadt`s classy ``All My Life,`` which should continue her pop comeback. MORE: |
What shade of cloth was Robin Hood supposed to favour | Mercantile Ideology in A Gest of Robyn Hode Thomas H. Ohlgren One of the striking features of A Gest of Robyn Hode is the incongruity between Robin's social class -- yeomanry -- and his repeated display of knightly customs and etiquette, such as offering liveries and fees to newly recruited gang members; granting a boon to the wife of the bankrupt knight; not eating until an "unkouth gest" arrives; and hand-washing before meals. Despite this fact, Rodney Hilton and Maurice Keen argued that the yeomen in the early Robin Hood poems represent dissatisfied manorial peasants.1 And, although J.C. Holt sharply disagreed with Hilton and Keen -- causing Keen to later modify his position -- by identifying the yeomen with "the retainers and dependants of the crown, the aristocracy, and the landed gentry," he persisted in localizing the audience of the poems in the manorial halls of the countryside.2 But the argument for a manorial audience remains unconvincing because it does not adequately explain theGest-poet's transfer of knightly-chivalric virtues to members of a lower social and economic class. More recent criticism has noted, in fact, that landed interests play only a small role in the Gest.3 While it is true that the abbot of St Mary's attempted to dispossess Sir Richard of his property, the episode is simply the catalyst for the central, key narrative -- Robin's rescue of the distressed knight, Sir Richard at the Lee. Moreover, Richard Tardif has convincingly argued that the social context for the early Robin Hood poems is urban rather than rural: "the town itself, almost invariably Nottingham, is the sole locus of social imagery--of occupation, trade, and political structures-- for the cycle."4 Tardif thus extends the meaning of "yeomen" to include journeymen tradesmen and locates the audience of the ballads in the urban lower class. These journeymen -- or covenant servants working for wages -- formed their own fraternities, frequently coming into conflict with not only the civil authorities but also with the master guilds into which they were refused admission. Tardif shows how the two contradictory images of criminal activity and the suppressed yeoman fraternities became fused in the Robin Hood poems. Even though his contribution adds considerably to our understanding of the Gest, it nevertheless fails to explain in a satisfactory way the presence of knightly-chivalric ideology in the early Robin Hood poems. Tardif attributes the latter to "ideology lag": that is, the poems express customs and manners "in the terms of an already-available value-system from the land." 5 Drawing upon Michael Nerlich's book, Ideology of Adventure, I will argue instead that the creators of the early Robin Hood poems deliberately cloaked them in courtly ideology, not because of "ideology lag" but because the poems themselves marked a stage in the dialectical process of transforming the hero from knightly adventurer to merchant adventurer.6 The poems thus reveal what Nerlich calls a "change of consciousness" from the courtly-knightly ideology of adventure to mercantile self-awareness and self-fashioning. The virtues celebrated in courtly romance--martial prowess, voluntary daring, quest for unpredictable risk, loyalty to a revered lady, solidarity of the group, and largesse--have been conserved, imitated, and appropriated by the urban merchant and artisan classes, who are the producers and consumers of the Robin Hood poems. The outlaw of Sherwood in this sense fulfills the need for a mercantile hero to replace the knightly hero of the aristocratic romances. Robin Hood's imitation of courtly behavior and forms in the Gest is not simple flattery but part of a complex dialectical process--imitation signifying appropriation, the end of which is domination.7 In tracking Nerlich's "change of consciousness" from the knightly-courtly ideology to the mercantile ideology in the Robin Hood ballads, I find it best to describe it as a three-stage process: 1. presenting the two ideologies as distinct, if not oppositional entities, with courtly ideology domi |
In Alice in Wonderland who put butter in the Mad Hatter's watch | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -- Chapter VII CHAPTER VII A Mad Tea-Party There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head. `Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,' thought Alice; `only, as it's asleep, I suppose it doesn't mind.' The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it: `No room! No room!' they cried out when they saw Alice coming. `There's plenty of room!' said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table. Mad Tea Party `Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. `I don't see any wine,' she remarked. `There isn't any,' said the March Hare. `Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it,' said Alice angrily. `It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited,' said the March Hare. `I didn't know it was your table,' said Alice; `it's laid for a great many more than three.' `Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter. He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech. `You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said with some severity; `it's very rude.' The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, `Why is a raven like a writing-desk?' `Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice. `I'm glad they've begun asking riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she added aloud. `Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?' said the March Hare. `Exactly so,' said Alice. `Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on. `I do,' Alice hastily replied; `at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know.' `Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. `You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!' Hatter engaging in rhetoric `You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, `that "I like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!' `You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!' `It is the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn't much. The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear. Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.' `Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. `I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!' he added looking angrily at the March Hare. `It was the best butter,' the March Hare meekly replied. `Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,' the Hatter grumbled: `you shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife.' The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, `It was the best butter, you know.' Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. `What a funny watch!' she remarked. `It tells the day of the month, and doesn't tell what o'clock it is!' `Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does your watch tell you what year it is?' `Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: `but that's because it stays the same year for such a long time together.' `Which is just the case with mine,' said the Hatter. Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. `I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could. `The Dor |
By what title was Thomas Patrick John Anson better known | Patrick Lichfield - Royalty, Photographer - Biography.com Patrick Lichfield British photographer Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield achieved success in personal royal portraits, and created the well-known Unipart calendar. IN THESE GROUPS Famous People Named Anson Synopsis British photographer Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, achieved success in travel and publicity work as well as in many personal royal portraits, and in 1991 produced Elizabeth R: A Photographic Celebration of 40 Years. He created the well-known Unipart calendar, and has published many books, including his autobiography, Not the Whole Truth (1986). Professional Career British photographer Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, was born on April 2, 1939, in Staffordshire, England. He went to Sandhurst Military Academy, served in the Grenadier Guards (1959–'62) and became a photographer. He has achieved success in travel and publicity work as well as in many personal royal portraits, and in 1991 produced Elizabeth R: A Photographic Celebration of 40 Years. He created the well-known Unipart calendar, and has published many books, including his autobiography, Not the Whole Truth (1986). Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information |
The Royal Mews are part of which London building | Royal Mews, London Royal Mews Visitors to Buckingham Palace can make a side trip to the Royal Mews, one of the finest examples in the world of a working stable. Here you find sumptuous vehicles including a magnificent gold state coach. Doric Arch The Royal Mews, located beside Buckingham Palace , is the headquarters for the department of the Royal Household, which provides transport by road via both motorcars and horse-drawn carriages for The Queen and other members of the Royal Family. History Established shortly after King George III purchased Buckingham Palace in 1760, the Royal Mews has always been an important part of the royal home in London, even in modern times when automobile travel is the norm and horses and carriages are only used for special occasions. It seems that England's royal families have always had an affinity for horses. When John Nash remodeled Buckingham Palace in 1820, he took the small stables and turned them into a grand structure, recognizing their importance to the then royal family. State Coach The stables When Queen Victoria assumed the throne less than two decades later in 1837, she moved into Buckingham Palace and had the Royal Mews enhanced yet again. Throughout the decades, other additions have been made, including a riding school, a forge, and more stables. The mews also now houses the royal family's fleet of automobiles as well as thirty horses, plus living quarters for the horses' handlers and their families. Currently most of the horses in the stables are Windsor Greys and Cleveland Bays. State Coaches A visit to the Royal Mews allows guests a look at a permanent display of impressive State vehicles, a selection of ceremonial horse-drawn carriages and coaches. The most famous of the collection owned by the Royal Family is the magnificent Gold State Coach, which is only used for coronations or very special occasions, like the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002. Gold State Coach The fairy-tale coach was built in 1762 for king George III. It is gilded with 22 carat gold leaf and sumptuously decorated with sculptures of cherubs, tritons and dolphins. The panels on the carriage were painted by the Italian artist Giovanni Cipriani. The coach, seven meters long, weighs four tonnes and is drawn by a span of eight horses. Visiting the Royal Mews There is a small admission charge to tour the Royal Mews, but the majority of the funds are used for the upkeep of the building and the care of animals that live inside. Guided tours depart at regular intervals throughout the day, from March through October. Special family activities are held at the Royal Mews on Saturday and Sunday, with fun and educational events geared for children up to age eleven. |
Who was the nurse convicted of murdering four children at a Grantham hospital in 1993 | Nurse who killed patients: I’m going to hell | The Times Nurse who killed patients: I’m going to hell Google+ 1 of 2 Victorino Chua is suspected to have forged documents of his medical qualifications to enable him to work in the UK Greater Manchester police/PA 2 of 2 Chua was found guilty of the murders of Tracey Arden, left, and Alfred 'Derek' Weaver, centre. He was cleared of the murder of Arnold Lancaster, right, but found guilty of attempting to cause him grievous bodily harm Greater Manchester police/PA Fiona Hamilton Crime Correspondent Last updated at 12:01AM, May 19 2015 A Filipino nurse who murdered two patients and poisoned 20 more at a hospital in Stockport is believed to have falsified his qualifications to work in Britain. A string of Victorino Chua’s victims are suing the NHS trust that runs Stepping Hill hospital amid accusations of lax security. Chua, 49, a married father of two, was found guilty yesterday of murdering two patients and harming or attempting to harm 20 more in a poisoning spree that caused panic in the summer of 2011. His victims, mostly elderly, were effectively chosen at random when he injected insulin into bags and ampoules Subscribe now To see the full article you need to subscribe Subscribe Login • Beverley Allitt was given 13 concurrent life sentences in 1993 for murdering four children and attacking nine others by poisoning them with insulin whilst working as a nurse at a paediatric ward at Grantham hospital in Lincolnshire. One victim, Kayley Asher, was 13 months old when Allitt injected her with air, causing her to suffer two heart attacks and leaving her brain damaged. • Colin Norris, from Glasgow, is serving a life sentence for murdering four elderly patients and attempting to murder a fifth at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s Hospital. He was convicted at Newcastle crown court in 2008 after a 19-week trial. During the hearing it was alleged that he disliked elderly patients and had deliberately injected the women with insulin. • Benjamin Geen is serving a 30-year sentence after being convicted in 2006 of murdering two patients and poisoning 15 others. There were no witnesses to the crimes, but Horton General Hospital in Oxfordshire identified an "unusual pattern" of respiratory arrests which the prosecution argued could only be explained by a member of staff deliberately harming patients. The court was told that the sequence of events could only be explained by "a maniac on the loose" at the hospital. Behind the story: |
What star sign is Harry Potter? | Harry Potter Astrology *~*~ THE UNOFFICIAL, SIXTH YEAR HOGWARTS SCHOLAR'S GUIDE TO WIZARDLY SUN SIGNS ~*~* (or, What's my sign, and does the Sorting Hat know or care?) By Isobel Wren of the Slythrin Rising mailing list * This guide uses Western sun signs rather than Chinese, Indian, Mayan, or other sun signs. * A "cusp" is defined as the moment when the sun passes from one sign to another. This actually varies from year to year. The best way to find out if you were born on the cusp (within ten minutes of the sun's apparent passage from one constellation to another - obviously the geocentric theory of the universe has no basis in actual reality, but from a spectator's standpoint, it is easier to talk about the sun moving than it is to try to reconcile centuries of astrological theory with modern scientific advances) is to check an ephemeris to see the positions of the planets at your time of birth, if you were born within one day of the astrological change. For instance, if you were born on May 20, you might be a Taurus, or you might be a Gemini, and the only way to know for sure would be to look up the position of the sun at your time of birth, making allowances for daylight savings time. For simple "sun sign" astrology, read both descriptions and decide which fits you better. Remember, also, that this is simple sun sign astrology. A real horoscope must take into account the influence of all the planets in the solar system (even the outer ones, which affect entire generations more than individuals) and their placement in the various houses. No two natal charts are exactly the same. The sun governs the ego, the core of the personality, but there is far more to a person's psyche than just the ego. The Ram. Cardinal, fire, yang - planetary ruler: Mars. Keywords: "I AM" Aries is the first sign of the Zodiac and governs the head. Positive characteristics of Aries include courage, enthusiasm, idealism, charisma, quick wits, an ability to "think on one's feet," leadership potential, exuberant energy, zeal, and innocence. Negative traits include selfishness, tactlessness, egocentrism, an inability to save money, impetuousness, a hot temper, combativeness, oversensitivity, carelessness, and cruelty. Gryffindor The Gryffindor Aries is extremely idealistic, and has a tendency to fight hard for many causes - the more lost, the better. Gryffindors born under this sign will also have very short fuses, and can be expected to fight regularly with other students, over ethical questions or over anything else that makes a good excuse. Since Mars is a planet that encourages war games and competition and bursts of hard physical activity, there may be many Quidditch players born under these aspects. A Gryffindor Aries is an open book; a truth potion would never be needed on one, because they are hopelessly honest and open. These wizards will display uncanny charisma and leadership ability, and will be among the most popular within their class. Hufflepuff Hufflepuff Ariens have an extreme abundance of energy; however, the usual Hufflepuff tendency to work hard out of duty is modified by the Aries tendency to value play over work. Therefore, expect long periods of playfulness and seeming indolence punctuated by brief, manic bursts of industry. These Hufflepuffs may also be more ambitious and socially aggressive than average, making them clear leaders in their House. Their emotional warmth, open hearts, madcap sense of humour, and quirky independence will endear them to many people, but their naivete makes for easy exploitation by more ruthless sorts of people. Ravenclaw These Ravenclaws will have lightning-fast mental reflexes. Aries is an intellectual sign, but it is also an impatient sign; Ravenclaws who were born under this sign are likely to tolerate no dull wits or stupidity, whether they see this la |
Where could you spend your Gourde? | Haiti Gourde - HTG | CurrencyConverter.co.uk CurrencyConverter.co.uk The gourde is the official currency that is used today in Haiti. You may also see it referred to as the goud, but both these terms refer to the same currency. What coins and notes are available for this currency? The gourde is divided into 100 centimes, a subdivision you may be familiar with if you remember the old French franc. (French is one of two languages spoken in Haiti, along with Haitian Creole.) You will find four coins in use that are denominated as centimes. These are the 5, 10, 20 and 50 centime coins. There are also a couple of gourde coins available, and these are the one and five gourde pieces. You can also use a variety of banknotes in the country. You might be surprised to learn there are ten banknotes that are legal tender, although you are unlikely to see four of these. Three of the rarely seen or used ones are of small denominations – the 1, 2 and 5 gourde notes. There is also the rather large 1,000 gourde note at the other end of the scale. The notes you will see and use during your time in Haiti are the 10, 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 gourde banknotes. From past to present – the history of the Haitian gourde Some currencies go back a lot further than others in history, and the gourde certainly has quite a history to share. It first came into being in 1813, when it replaced the Haitian livre that was in use at the time. Haiti had been settled by the French, hence the use of the livre. The original gourde lasted for quite some time. It was only in 1870 that it changed slightly when a revaluation became necessary. Two years later another revaluation took place but that became the last one to date. Seeing as the gourde is still in use today and inflation is relatively stable it seems as though this currency has a lot of life in it yet! How to get hold of the Haitian gourde Even though Haiti is in the Caribbean it is not one of the most-visited Caribbean nations when it comes to tourism. It certainly doesn’t have a good network of cash machines as many other islands in the region do, so it is best not to rely on these machines as a source of cash. The only area you can really do this in is the capital, Port au Prince. Even then you should be alert to the potential of being robbed as you take money out, so it is wise to be very careful if you are thinking of using them. You won’t find too many bank branches around either. Perhaps the best way to get cash is to take in traveller’s cheques, since the prospect of getting hold of the gourde at all prior to entering the country is very low. Make sure you get your traveller’s cheques denominated in the US dollar, as these should be easy to exchange when you get there. Typically – and perhaps not surprisingly – you may wish to stick with traveller’s cheques rather than trying to use your credit card to pay for anything. You can make a note of the numbers on your cheques prior to using them and if any are lost or stolen you can get replacements. How to find out the latest exchange rate between your home currency and the Haitian gourde Since many people are unfamiliar with the gourde as a currency, you may think it would be harder than usual to find out how many gourde you would get for each unit of your own currency. However providing you find a good quality currency converter online you can get the information you need. The easiest way to locate this particular currency is to enter the code HTG. This should bring up the one you need straightaway and you can then find the appropriate conversion you need. There does not seem to be an official website for the Haitian embassy in the UK. However you can find out more about the relationship between the UK and Haiti by visiting the official pages of the Gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/world/haiti . Travelling safely with the Haitian gourde Despite what you may have read or assumed about Haiti, most of the country is relatively safe to travel to. There are some areas in and around the capital that you should avoid, but it is best to check |
What sausage gets it's name from the Italian for Onion? | Chipolata, english bangers Send to a friend Chipolata, Small sausages Really tasty, just like British style bangers, but in smaller casings. Its name is really special, the Chipolata is derived from the Italian word “cupola” which means onion. Perfect to take with Sunday Roast or breakfast, and children love to take them as after school snack. Easy to cook, and provides perfect taste with streaky bacon. Recipient : |
In what area of France is champagne made? | Champagne regional guide and tourist attractions - Champagne-Ardenne, France Selected hotels in Champagne Champagne vineyard Champagne, lying to the east of the Paris region, is one of the great historic provinces of France. As far back as the times of the Emperor Charlemagne, in the ninth century, Champagne was one of the great regions of Europe, a rich agricultural area that was famous for its fairs. Today, thanks to a type of sparkling wine to which the region has given its name, the word Champagne is known worldwide – even if many of those who know the drink do not know exactly where it comes from. Champagne, that most delightful of sparkling wines, was not actually invented in the region. According to legend, it was monks who bought the method for making sparkling wine up from the Languedoc , in the south of France; but they soon discovered that the chalky soil and climatic conditions in the Champagne region produced a bright bubbly wine that was in many people's opinion better than the sparkling wines produced further south. There was of course more to the story of champagne than that; commercial success over the centuries had as much to do with the fact that the Champagne region was close to Paris and other great European cities, as with the inherent qualities of the product. But there is no region in France - perhaps no other region in the world - whose name has been made so famous by a local product. The modern region of Champagne-Ardenne, capital Châlons en Champagne, is not however one of the most prosperous of French regions; indeed, in terms of GDP, it is 17th out of the 21 regions of continental France - though 8th in terms of GDP per inhabitant. The difference is explained by the fact that in spite of bordering on the Paris region, Champagne is a relatively sparsely populated region - forming the north eastern end of what geographers have called the "empty diagonal" of France. Curiously, the capital Châlons is by no means the main city in the Champagne-Ardenne region; this honour goes to the former capital Reims (often spelt Rheims in English), one of the great historic cities of northern France, and four times the size of Châlons. The Champagne-Ardenne region consists of four departments - the Ardennes (08), the Aube (10), the Marne (51) and the Haute-Marne (52). The region is bordered by Belgium in the north, by Lorraine in the east, by Franche-Comté and Burgundy in the south, and by the Paris region and Picardy in the west. The region is made up essentially of areas of relatively flat agricultural land and areas of gently undulating hills. The hills are higher and more pronounced in the north of the region - the area of the Ardennes - and the south of the region, an area known as the Plateau de Langres. The central part of Champagne is an important agricultural area, with vast expanses of cereal production, and – in particular north of Reims – production of vegetables and sugar beet. In the north of the Ardennes department, the landscape is characterised by wooded hills and valleys. The famous vineyards of Champagne lie on the chalky hills to the south west of Reims, and around the town of Epernay. Apart from the former regional capital Reims, the Champagne region is not a particularly busy tourist destination. Its rurality, accessibility and low population density have attracted a number of second-home owners from the Paris region and from Belgium and Holland - particularly in the hillier areas; but more often than not, it is a region that tourists pass through, rather than a destination. Lying on the main autoroutes from Paris to Germany and from the UK or Belgium to the south of France, Reims, a university city, has all the feel of a bustling regional capital; the old city is dominated by the 13th century cathedral, one of the great gothic cathedrals of northern France, and a UNESCO world heritage site. Badly damaged in the first world war (see WW1 sites and map ), the cathedral has been painstakingly restored to its true glory. The city is also home to some of |
In the Bible who put Daniel in the lions den? | Daniel 6 - Daniel in the Den of Lions - It pleased - Bible Gateway Daniel 6New International Version (NIV) Daniel in the Den of Lions 6 [ a ]It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.” 6 So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever! 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den. 8 Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.” 9 So King Darius put the decree in writing. 10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. 11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. 12 So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.” 13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.” 14 When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him. 15 Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.” 16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!” 17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. 18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep. 19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. 20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” 21 Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! 22 My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.” 23 The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. 24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wive |
Cheval-vapeur in France is equal to what in English? | Cheval vapeur | Article about Cheval vapeur by The Free Dictionary Cheval vapeur | Article about Cheval vapeur by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Cheval+vapeur horsepower, unit of power power, in physics, time rate of doing work or of producing or expending energy. The unit of power based on the English units of measurement is the horsepower, devised for describing mechanical power by James Watt, who estimated that a horse can do 550 ft-lb of work per sec; a ..... Click the link for more information. in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds foot-pound, abbr. ft-lb, unit of work or energy in the customary English gravitational system; it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 pound acting through a distance of 1 foot. It is equal to 1.356 joules. ..... Click the link for more information. per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts. The term horsepower originated with James Watt, who determined by experiment that a horse could do 33,000 foot-pounds of work a minute in drawing coal from a coal pit. Horsepower an obsolete subsidiary unit of power. It was first introduced in the 18th century and continues in use in various branches of technology, mainly in automotive engineering. Horsepower is designated as ls. (Russian, loshadinaia sila), PS (German, Pferdestärke), CV (French, cheval-vapeur), and HP or hp (English). In the USSR and certain other countries 1 hp = 75 kilograms-force per m/sec ≈ 735.5 watts (W); in the USA and Great Britain 1 hp = 550 ft.lb/sec ≈ 745.7 W. horsepower [′hȯrs¦pau̇·ər] (mechanics) The unit of power in the British engineering system, equal to 550 foot-pounds per second, approximately 745.7 watts. Abbreviated hp. horsepower |
The author of Moll Flanders wrote which more famous work? | Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe - Google Books Moll Flanders 0 Reviews https://books.google.com/books/about/Moll_Flanders.html?id=hHXAoq3h9FQC Moll Flanders is, according to Virginia Woolf, one of the "few English novels which we can call indisputably great." Written by Defoe in 1722 under a pseudonym so his readers would think it an actual journal of the ribald fortunes and misfortunes of a woman in eighteenth-century London, the book remains a picaresque novel of astonishing vitality. From her birth in Newgate Prison to her ascent to a position of wealth and stature, Moll Flanders demonstrates both a mercantile spirit and an indomitable will. This vivid saga of an irresistible and notorious heroine--her high misdemeanors and delinquencies, her varied careers as a prostitute, a charming and faithful wife, a thief, and a convict--endures today as one of the liveliest, most candid records of a woman's progress through the hypocritical labyrinth of society ever recorded. "Defoe seems to have taken his characters so deeply into his mind that he lived them without exactly knowing how," wrote Virginia Woolf. "Like all unconscious artists, he leaves more gold in his work than his own generation was able to bring to the surface." What people are saying - Write a review We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Selected pages View all » Common terms and phrases afterwards answer asked assured Bank of England Barnet began believe better Betty boatswain Brickhill brother brought called captain carried child circumstances coach Colchester consent constable creature cried DANIEL DEFOE dear desired discourse door Dunstable England expected father fellow fortune fright gave gentleman gentlewoman give gold watch gone governess guineas hand handsome Harwich heard highwaymen honest husband Ireland justice justice of peace kind knew lady lived lodged London looked madam maid marriage married mercer midwife mistress Moll Flanders mother never Newgate night obliged occasion offered Old Bailey pawnbroker pickpocket plantation poor repentance resolved says Robin sent servants shilling ship short sincere sister soon story sure surprised taken talk tankard tell there’s things thither thought told took whore wife woman word York River About the author (2000) Daniel Defoe--arguably the most prolific writer in the English language and considered by many the father of the novel and the founder of modern journalism--was born at St. Giles, Cripplegate, in the heart of the City of London, probably in the fall of 1660. He was the third child and only son of James Foe, a prosperous tallow chandler of Flemish ancestry, and his wife, Alice. (The author assumed the more genteel name of Defoe when he reached the age of thirty-five.) Two years later, in 1662, the family left the Church of England to become Presbyterian Dissenters, who were barred from universities and from civil and military service. Consequently, young Defoe studied for the Presbyterian ministry at the Reverend Charles Morton's highly respected Academy for Dissenters at Newington Green north of London. In 1682, however, Defoe decided against a career in the Nonconformist church and soon established himself as a merchant in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange. In 1684, he married Mary Tuffley, who brought with her a sizable dowry. During their lifetime together she bore him eight children, six of whom lived to adulthood. After serving briefly in the Duke of Monmouth's ill-fated rebellion against the soon-to-be-deposed James II, Defoe bought a pardon from the government, became a successful tradesman in various commodities, traveled extensively in England and on the Continent, and published several political tracts. Yet by 1692, reckless investments forced him to declare bankruptcy for �17,000, then the equivalent of a small fortune. He eventually paid his creditors but was never entirely free from debt again. It was perhaps inevitable that Defoe--an outspoken "freeman" of the City of London as well as a Puritan with a mission to print the truth even if it often meant satirizing the hyp |
The Spink standard catalogue lists information about what? | 50th Edition of Spink�s Standard Catalogue �Coins of England� | News � CoinsWeekly 50th Edition of Spink�s Standard Catalogue �Coins of England� by Ursula Kampmann translated by Annika Backe February 19, 2015 – The cover of Spink’s “Coins of England & The United Kingdom” 50th edition features the sovereign that was struck in 1887, to celebrate the 50th reigning jubilee of Queen Victoria. Such a sovereign is the prize five readers of the new catalog can win. This is just one example of what the editors have come up with to mark this incredible anniversary. Standard Catalogue of British Coins, 2 volumes, 50th edition. Spink, London, 2015. Vol. 1: Coins of England & The United Kingdom. Pre-Decimal Issues: 536 p., 14.3 x 22.3 cm, Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1-907427-43-5. / Vol. 2: Coins of England & The United Kingdom. Decimal Issues: 157 p., 13.7 x 21.6 cm, Paperback. ISBN: 978-1-907427-44-2. Both volumes throughout illustrated in colour. Both volumes together: GBP 30. How many books survive that long, and witness their 50th revised edition? To give you an idea: the German Jaeger, published in 1942 for the first time, is available in its 23rd edition at present. This figure alone indicates quality, for a reference work being a bestseller with collectors for so many years is proof enough that the concept is well-wrought, the facts reliable. Spink‘s Standard Catalogue of English Coins harks back to the price guides published by coin dealer B. A. Seaby before the War. These lists became quite popular with the collectors who started to use them as reference for their own coins. In 1945, the first official edition of “The Standard Catalogue of British Coins” was released. Back then, it still covered Scotland, Ireland and the Isles as well until the material became so vast that a new catalog was developed, specifically for those areas. Hence, the current “Coins of England” deals with the coinage of England and the United Kingdom from Antiquity to the Present. The range covers Celtic coins, coinages related to Roman Britain until the Migration Period, Anglo-Saxons and early Norman coinages. The material becomes more overseeable with the Norman Kings after the conquest of 1066. All royal coinages are listed here, in the order of the succeeding kings. The coin types are arranged according to gold, silver and bronze, from large to small denomination, with prices stated for every coin in different grades. Due to the wealth of material, not every number is illustrated and the comments are short. On the other hand, the Standard Catalogue makes it possible to find a wanted coin at record speed. The illustrations are anything but random! Quite the contrary: Spink has had 70 years to assemble pictures of the best-preserved coins! The photographs surely leave nothing to be desired, in terms of aesthetics and quality. On the occasion of the 50th edition, the editors treated themselves to a second volume and hence evaded the problem known from the many editions of the Royal Mint’s catalog which became heavier with each year. The Standard Catalogue is divided into before and after the decimal system, with both catalogs being distributed together (yet). In short, the latest Spink Standard Catalogue is a must-have for everyone dealing with English coins. That this area has gained a great number of new collectors is evidenced by the considerable price increase of British coins that was to be witnessed in the previous months. To all true bibliomaniacs, Spink offers something very special: of the 50th edition there is a collectors’ edition available that features a golden frontispiece, gilt edge and other carefully designed details. You can order the Standard Catalogue “Coins of England & the United Kingdom” with Spink . |
If you suffer from Diplopia what have you got? | Diplopia Definition - Double Vision Double Vision By Troy Bedinghaus, OD Updated April 10, 2016 Are you seeing double? Double vision is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object. The images may be displaced horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or rotationally in relation to each other. What is double vision? Double vision usually occurs when the eyes are misaligned, or not pointed at the same object, causing us to see two different images. Both images are sent to the brain which we process as double vision. Most of the time, both of our eyes are pointed at the same object. This produces a clear, single image with just enough difference between the two images to give us a slightly different line of sight. This subtle difference gives us depth perception , often referred to as stereo vision. In fact, the farther apart an animals eyes are, the better depth perception it has. Double vision can cause problems in life, including great difficulty in completing simple tasks. Luckily, the brain naturally guards against double vision by suppressing, or ignoring, one of the two images. We have a complex set of eye muscles and nerves that communicate with each other to keep both eyes moving along together. Causes of Double Vision The medical term for double vision is diplopia. Diplopia can be intermittent or constant. Because the pathway for the three main nerves that control eye muscle movement is long, complex and originates in the brain, double vision can be a sign of a serious neurological problem. A defect anywhere along these pathways can possibly cause double vision. Some defects are caused by an injury to the head, stroke, aneurysm, brain tumor or brain swelling. Diabetes, hypertension and multiple sclerosis are common diseases that can cause a temporary paralysis of the nerves that control the eye muscles, which may cause double vision. Another cause of double vision is strabismus . Strabismus is a condition that causes the eyes to be misaligned, often referred to as an "eye turn." Most people with strabismus are born with it and have an eye that tends to move inward or outward. Strabismus can also cause one eye to be pointed up or down. In many infants, it is difficult to find a true cause. Sometimes strabismus is caused by a large refractive error (need for prescription glasses) and sometimes eye tumors. Most young children do not suffer from double vision even though their eyes are misaligned. Our brain often compensates and prevents us from seeing double by suppressing one of the images and making it disappear. Our brain learns to ignore the extra image, known as suppression. Children seem to adapt quickly and their brains suppress one of the images quickly. However, when one image is suppressed, a child is at risk for developing amblyopia, often referred to as lazy eye, because the eye is not being used properly. When strabismus develops in adults, double vision is more likely to occur. An adult brain has difficulty suppression one image at first because for a large part of their life, both eyes were functioning to their fullest potential. Monocular Diplopia For the most part, you must have two fully functioning eyes to experience double vision. However, there is one type of double vision that can occur in one eye, called monocular diplopia. The most common cause of monocular diplopia is a cataract . A cataract is a clouding and opacification of the normally, clear lens inside the human eye. Most cataracts develop as we age. Some cataracts can be caused by trauma to the eye. Occasionally, the clouding occurs in sharp junctions in the lens which causes light to split into two when it enters the eyes. Some individuals perceive that as double vision. Astigmatism can also cause double vision out of one eye. Astigmatism , a common vision problem that distorts vision, can sometimes elongate or stretch out an image so much that it appears to be double. Treatment of Double Vision Cover It - The simplest form of treatment of double vision is to cover one eye with a patch. This quickly eliminates one image |
Who was called The Man of Destiny? | The Man of Destiny (TV Movie 1981) - 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 Man of Destiny ( 1981 ) 59min Young Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at an inn. He is supposed to receive a packet of letters. Meanwhile, an unnamed lady steals the letters to keep the content of one of the letters secret. Director: a list of 228 titles created 1 week ago Title: The Man of Destiny (TV Movie 1981) 7.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Storyline Young Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at an inn. He is supposed to receive a packet of letters. Meanwhile, an unnamed lady steals the letters to keep the content of one of the letters secret. 5 May 1981 (UK) See more » Company Credits User Reviews During A Few Splendid Moments, She Proves To Be, Upon Her Own Terms, A Match For The Illustrious Bonaparte. (Mountain Mesa, California) – See all my reviews This hour-long film, first presented upon the BBC network in September 1986, is an absorbing interpretation of George Bernard Shaw's initial historical drama, subtitled by its author "a fictitious paragraph of history", a work that had its premiere stage performance in 1897. It is shot with videotape and is unfortunately mangled by substandard sound recording. The narrative is set during the second day following Napoleon Bonaparte's triumph over an Austrian army in the Battle of Lodi (1796) and its location is within a small hostelry at Tavazzano, between Lodi and Milan where the young general, played by Simon Callow, is awaiting delivery of dispatches wherein which he will find details of his next combat assignment, one designed to liberate Italy from its royal leadership, therewith advancing European principles of Republicanism. The dispatch rider, a young lieutenant (David Troughton), tardily arrives and reveals that he was gulled out of the dispatch papers by an uncommonly charming youth. At this time, the two soldiers are made aware of a "mysterious" woman who has just arrived at the inn, and depicted by the innkeeper Niall Toibin as being very tantalizing. Soon she enters the room and during a lengthy duologue denounces Bonaparte's burning ambition with daring questions designed to avoid his validated suspicions that she may be the swindling "young man" who hoodwinked the gullible lieutenant. Here begins a typically structured Shavian play, its comedy weighty and short of laughter and sympathy producing episodes. Its action is restricted to a single room, actuated by superlative use of irony within dialogue that eventually is contracted to only that between Napoleon and the unnamed woman (Delphine Seyrig), a dangerous opponent for him, as she calls into question Bonaparte's code of honour while he evidences his desire to retrieve the purloined dispatches from her. The lady avers that she will gladly restore them, with an exception of a single "love letter", concerning which both the author and recipient are known only to her. The verbal sparring between the two has been generally tallied as a victory for the woman; however, a close reading of the text, and a careful viewing of this performance, will reveal to some that Bonaparte is the rightful winner with the woman's guerdon following their meeting being somewhat ephemeral. Shaw's customary sensibilities bear fruit in the final pages through Napoleon's rants describing England's comprehensive inferiority to France ("A Nation of shopkeepers" - often and incorrectly ascribed to Bonaparte), ("The English are a stupid people", etc.), and other Shavian accorded flaws of the British Empire. Nonetheless, it shall be acknowledged that the playwright's utilization of original source documents as background for his work is manifest, and referential throughout the play |
The flower convallaria is better known as what? | Lily-of-the-valley - Convallaria majalis - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life For other uses, see Lily of the Valley (disambiguation) . Convallaria majalis ( ɪ s / ), [1] commonly known as the lily of the valley or lily-of-the-valley, is a woodland flowering plant native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe . It is possibly the only species in the genus Convallaria (or one of two or three, if C. keiskei and C. transcaucasica are recognised as separate species). In the APG III system , the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae , subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae [2] ). It was formerly placed in its own family Convallariaceae, or earlier, like many lilioid monocots , in the lily family Liliaceae . A limited native population occurs in Eastern USA (Convallaria majalis var. montana). [3] There is, however, some debate as to the native status of the American variety . [4] Contents Description 19th-century illustration C. majalis is a herbaceous perennial plant that forms extensive colonies by spreading underground stems called rhizomes . New upright shoots are formed at the ends of stolons in summer, [5] these upright dormant stems are often called pips. [6] These grow in the spring into new leafy shoots that still remain connected to the other shoots under ground, often forming extensive colonies. The stems grow to 15–30 cm tall, with one or two leaves 10–25 cm long, flowering stems have two leaves and a raceme of 5–15 flowers on the stem apex. The flowers are white tepals (rarely pink), bell-shaped, 5–10 mm diameter, and sweetly scented; flowering is in late spring, in mild winters in the Northern Hemisphere it is in early March. The fruit is a small orange-red berry 5–7 mm diameter that contains a few large whitish to brownish colored seeds that dry to a clear translucent round bead 1–3 mm wide. Plants are self-sterile, and colonies consisting of a single clone do not set seed. [7] Taxonomy Convallaria majalis var. rosea There are three varieties that have sometimes been separated out as distinct species or subspecies by some botanists. [8] Convallaria majalis var. keiskei - from China and Japan, with red fruit and bowl-shaped flowers (now widely cited as Convallaria keiskei) [7] [9] C. majalis var. majalis - from Eurasia, with white midribs on the flowers C. majalis var. montana - from the USA, with green-tinted midribs on the flowers Convallaria transcaucasica is recognised as a distinct species by some authorities, while the species formerly called Convallaria japonica is now classified as Ophiopogon japonicus . [9] Garden use Variegated cultivar early in spring Double-flowered Convallaria majalis Convallaria majalis is a popular garden plant, grown for its scented flowers and for its ground-covering abilities in shady locations. Some consider it a weed , as it can spread over a wide area in gardens and can be difficult to contain or remove. Various kinds and cultivars are grown, including those with double flowers, rose-colored flowers, variegated foliage and ones that grow larger than the typical species. [9] C. majalis 'Albostriata' has white-striped leaves C. majalis 'Green Tapestry', 'Haldon Grange', 'Hardwick Hall', 'Hofheim', 'Marcel', 'Variegata' and 'Vic Pawlowski's Gold' are other variegated cultivars [9] C. majalis 'Berlin Giant' and C. majalis 'Géant de Fortin' (syn. 'Fortin's Giant') are larger-growing cultivars [9] C. majalis 'Flore Pleno' has double flowers. [9] C. majalis 'Rosea' sometimes found under the name C. majalis var. rosea, has pink flowers. [9] Traditionally Convallaria majalis has been grown in pots and winter forced to provide flowers during the winter months, both for as potted plants and as cut flowers. [10] All parts of the plant are poisonous and the red berries may be attractive to children; if eaten even in small amounts, the plant can cause abdominal pain, vomiting, and a reduced heart rate. [11] Foodplant for insect larvae Lily of the valley is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Grey Chi . L |
In what stage show does Frank N Furter appear? | Tim Curry to appear in Rocky Horror Picture Show remake - Telegraph Tim Curry to appear in Rocky Horror Picture Show remake But he won’t be playing Dr Frank N Furter The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Little Nell, Tim Curry and Richard O'Brien Photo: Rex Curry shot to fame in 1975 after his lascivious performance as Dr Frank N Furter, the transvestite transsexual from Transylvania. It was his second time playing the role, having also starred in the 1973 stage production. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: (L-R) Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Tim Curry, Peter Hinwood This time the 69-year-old will be playing the part of the criminologist narrator, originally played by Charles Gray – who was best known as the Bond villain Blofeld. Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox has been cast as Dr Frank N Furter, while singer Adam Lambert will appear as Eddie, the motorcycle delivery driver who was played by Meat Loaf. The rest of the cast includes Nickelodeon's Victoria Justice as Janet (previously played by Susan Sarandon) and Disney's Ryan McCartan as Brad (previously played by Barry Bostwick). Reeve Carney of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark and the TV series Penny Dreadful will portray Riff Raff, a role formerly played by Richard O'Brien , who also wrote the music, lyrics and book for the musical. Tim Curry in Burke and Hare The stage-show sequel, Shock Treatment made its debut on the London stage - despite being written in 1979 - last year at the King's Head Theatre in Islington. Though Curry still regularly works as a voice artist, this will be his first on-screen performance since 2010, when he appeared in the film Burke and Hare and two episodes of Criminal Minds. He suffered a stroke in 2013 and has been wheelchair-bound ever since. Top Galleries |
Who invented the rocking chair? | Who Invented the Rocking Chair? | The Rocking Chair Company Blog Who Invented the Rocking Chair? Who Invented the Rocking Chair? This entry was posted on January 30, 2015 by Bill Thompson. Nobody knows exactly when rocking chairs were invented, and nobody really knows who invented them. A lot of folks think it was old Ben Franklin, but that just ain’t the case. After all, Ben Franklin would have been a child when rocking chairs first started appearing, which was sometime in the early 18th century. Ben wasn’t even born until 1706, which is right around the time rocking chairs were making their appearance. (1) Rocking chairs have always been a genuine American invention. Many styles got developed over the decades—real distinctive stuff, too. Not like the early rocking chairs, which were literally just any old chair placed on runners and stuck in a garden. As you’ll find out shortly, rocking chairs even played a role in the history of two famous presidents. It took a little while for the term to even enter people’s everyday spe ech. The Oxford English Dictionary didn’t even notice their existence until 1787. This may have contributed to the confusion, since Ben Franklin would have been more than old enough to have been given credit for the chairs by the time the term was given its proper respect. Now, back then the chairs still weren’t real popular for casual use. They ended up becoming associated with hospitals and mental facilities, which didn’t exactly make them fashionable at first. The elderly did use them for pain relief, as did invalids. And of course, then as now, nursing mothers found them invaluable for calming the baby and making bonding experience super comfortable and even relaxing. (2) The chairs took off as the Shakers - a religious sect that branched off from the Quaker community - began to build and promote them. In fact, the Shakers did more for the rocking chair than anyone else ever did. Soon they moved into hotel lobbies, parlors, and the front porches of homes all across America. (3) The History of Rocking Chair Styles New styles were developed as people began to produce rocking chairs in earnest. These styles were a far sight different from simply placing any old kind of chair on rocking runners. This of course resulted in sturdier and better-looking rocking chairs, as chair and runner were now designed to work together. 1780 to 1820 was the era of The Windsor Chair. The Windsor Chair has a low, loop back with nine spindles, narrow arms which are also generally looped, and a flat seat. They still look a bit like dining chairs transformed into rocking chairs. It was practical, and it showed up mainly in homes of the New England states. So when you think of Colonials and harbors, you’re likely going to be thinking of this kind of rocking chair. Of course, the Windsor Chair wasn’t the only rocking chair to come out of New England. You’ve also got the Salem rocker and the Boston rocker, easily distinguished by their elegant, high-comb backs and thick, scroll seats. The farmer’s “slat back” style came next. We’ve got quite a few of them here at The Rocking Chair Company. This is the classic Shaker style, with either horizontal or vertical slats on the seat back, as well as the timeless design that most folks think about when they start picturing the classic American rocking chair. It’s the rocking chair of the Midwest: simplistic and rustic, yet at the same time, so very comfortable! Wicker rocking chairs started showing up around 1860. They may be outdoor pieces today, but they were parlor pieces back then. (4) Today, rocking chair manufacturers typically replace real wicker with synthetic resin wicker, since it’s more durable and environmentally friendly. There just isn’t a rain storm around that can mess that stuff up! The next several decades brought rocking chairs that didn’t really withstand the test of time, such as the Rococo Revival iron-spring rocking chair, the Renaissance Revival platform rocking chair, and the Victorian platform rocking chair. Still, each of these chair styles did enjoy |
What did composer Berlioz originally study? | Hector Berlioz | French composer | Britannica.com French composer Leonard Bernstein Hector Berlioz, in full Louis-Hector Berlioz (born December 11, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André, France —died March 8, 1869, Paris), French composer, critic, and conductor of the Romantic period, known largely for his Symphonie fantastique (1830), the choral symphony Roméo et Juliette (1839), and the dramatic piece La Damnation de Faust (1846). His last years were marked by fame abroad and hostility at home. Hector Berlioz. The Bettmann Archive Early career The birthplace of Berlioz was a village about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Grenoble in the French Alps. France was at war; the schools were disrupted; and Berlioz received his education from his father, an enlightened and cultured physician, who gave him his first lessons in music as well as in Latin. But, like many composers, Berlioz received in his early years little formal training in music. He worked out for himself the elements of harmony and by his 12th year was composing for local chamber-music groups. With help from performers, he learned to play the flute and the guitar , becoming a virtuoso on the latter. In 1821 his father sent him to Paris to study medicine, and for a year he followed his courses faithfully enough to obtain his first degree in science. He took every opportunity to go to the Paris-Opéra , however, where he studied, score in hand, the whole repertory, in which the works of Gluck had for him the most appeal and authority. His musical vocation had become so clear in his mind that he contrived to be accepted as a pupil of Jean-François Lesueur , professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire . This led to disagreements between Berlioz and his parents that embittered nearly eight years of his life. He persevered, took the obligatory courses at the Conservatoire, and in 1830 won the Prix de Rome , having received second prize in an earlier competition. These successes pacified his family but were, in a sense, incidental to his career, for in the same year he had finished and obtained a performance of his first great score, which is also a seminal work in 19th-century music, the Symphonie fantastique . It was in some respects unfortunate that, instead of being able to follow up this success, Berlioz was required, under the terms of his prize, to spend three years abroad, two of them in Italy. During his long Paris apprenticeship, he had experienced the “revelation” of two modern musicians, Beethoven and Weber, and of two great poets, Shakespeare and Goethe. He had meanwhile fallen in love, at a distance, with Harriet Smithson, a Shakespearean actress who had taken Paris by storm; and, on the rebound from this rather one-sided attachment, he had become engaged to a brilliant and beautiful pianist, Camille Moke (later Mme Pleyel). In leaving Paris, Berlioz was not only leaving a flirtatious fiancée and the artistic environment that had stimulated his powers; he was also leaving the opportunity to demonstrate what his genius saw that modern French music should be. The public was content with the “Paris school,” dating back to the 1780s, and there is evidence that all Europe (including the Vienna of Beethoven and Schubert) accepted the productions of André Grétry, Étienne Méhul, Luigi Cherubini , and their followers as leading the musical world. Britannica Stories EU Considers Rules For Robots Berlioz wanted to bring forward the work of Weber and Beethoven (including the last quartets) and add contributions of his own. He also preached, for the sake of dramatic expression in music, a return to the master of the stage, Gluck, whose works he knew by heart. These three musicians were all in some sense dramatists, and to Berlioz music must first and foremost be dramatically expressive. This doctrine he had begun to expound in his first musical reviews, as early as 1823, and, with the sharpness and strength of an early vision, it remained the artistic creed of his mature years. When one understands its intellectual and intuitive basis, one understands also the reasons for h |
Ocean is NOT recognised International Hydrographic Bureau? | The Oceans The Oceans For Ocean refers to the mass of salt water surrounding the land. As defined in 1953 by the International Hydrographic Bureau, International Hydrographic Bureau, there is an ocean divided into three basins: Pacific Ocean, 180,000,000 km ² Atlantic Ocean, 106,000,000 km ² Indian Ocean, 75,000,000 km ². The materialistic vision limits the Conscience and with it Science, Culture, Society and Politics The documents of this web site can be use on condition that cite the origin and the author In these you can find Mediterranean seas and marginal seas. According to the International Organization hydrographic ocean also be considered as the Arctic Ocean (with the name of "Arctic"), some authors (especially Anglo-Saxon) will also include the set of the seas bordering the Antarctica (with the name of Southern Ocean). The ocean covers 71% of the earth's surface, which is 360,700,000 km ². Of these, 154,800,000 km ² is 205,900,000 km ² in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. The volume of the oceans and seas exceeds the capacity of these basins, so that excess water covers the lower parts of the continents creating continental shelves. Both longitudinal and latitudinal sizes ranging from 1,500 km of minimum width measured in the Atlantic to the Pacific Basin 13,000, while the average depth is about 3-4 km. This means that the speed of the vertical currents are irrelevant in the study of oceanic flows. In addition, leads to distortions in scale representations of the profile of the ocean basins. The oceans are also huge reservoirs that absorb heat energy radiated from the sun and release it slowly. For this reason they are the most important factor controlling the Earth's climate: their presence reduces the diurnal and seasonal temperature changes, keeping the air temperature within acceptable levels for living organisms. We can consider our planetary thermostat. The oceans are of major importance for human life. Ocean waters are derived from it large quantities of food (fish, molluscs, crustaceans, algae). Huge quantities of oil and natural gas are contained in underwater fields. In the ocean waters have dissolved various salts and gases, whose presence is essential for life in these environments. From one liter of sea water can be extracted 35 grams of salts, of which the most abundant is sodium chloride (kitchen salt). The main gases dissolved in water are carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, methane and hydrogen sulfide, it arises from the atmosphere and activity of marine organisms. Among the most important of these gases is oxygen, since its concentration depends on the survival of aquatic life. The amount of oxygen present in the water depends on the temperature: the more the water is cold, the greater the concentration of oxygen. The ocean waters are in constant motion due to waves, tides and currents. Among these the most important movement is determined by the currents: travel long distances to large bodies of water. They are mainly caused by the prevailing winds that blow on the ocean waters (trade winds and monsoons), but also by differences in water density due to the higher or lower salinity or temperature. In the ocean there appeared the first forms of life over 3.6 billion years ago. Although for us, "land animals", it's hard to believe, the water is much more hospitable and air it live and breed organizations that are part of a large number of different ecosystems. The most important bodies of ocean ecosystems are tiny algae and bacteria which together make up the phytoplankton. These plants are living organisms suspended in water and therefore move brought by current and wave action (plankton, from the greek go astray). Phytoplankton is the main producer of oxygen in marine environments and is the basis of all food chains of the sea. Its role is similar to that of the plants in terrestrial environments: through photosynthesis provides the organic material of which they feed the animals and prod |
In the Saint series of books what is Inspector Teal's full name? | The Saint (TV Series 1962–1969) - 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 Simon Templar, a wealthy adventurer known as The Saint, travels around the world in his white Volvo P1800S. Stars: While on holiday in a Greek village, Simon must settle accounts with a crook who is threatening the peace of local inhabitants. 8.9 In Rome, Simon discovers a protection racket targeting the local beggars who must relinquish part of their alms to a person known as the king of the beggars. 8.4 Simon is caught burgling a house by Teal and sentenced to ten years in Princetown Prison. 7.6 a list of 41 titles created 21 Apr 2012 a list of 41 titles created 19 Dec 2012 a list of 34 titles created 13 Jan 2013 a list of 46 titles created 08 Oct 2013 a list of 41 titles created 24 Oct 2015 Search for " The Saint " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: The Saint (1962–1969) 7.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. English Lord Brett Sinclair and American Danny Wilde are both wealthy playboys, they are teamed together by Judge Fullton to investigate crimes which the police can't solve. These two men ... See full summary » Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Laurence Naismith John Steed and his new accomplices Purdey and Gambit find themselves facing new and deadly dangers in the bizarre world of espionage. Mixing fantasy with a darker edge, the trio face ... See full summary » Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley A quirky spy show of the adventures of an eccentricly suave British agent and his predominately female partners. Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace. The series featured exotic locales from all ... See full summary » Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris Two years after the original "Danger Man" series concluded, it was revamped and retconned. The series returned in a longer format. (1 hour/episode instead of 30 minutes). John Drake was now... See full summary » Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Earl Cameron A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world. Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Kenneth Tobey An elite department within Interpol, Department S inherited those cases which the other member groups had failed to solve. The brains of the group was Jason King, a hedonistic maverick who ... See full summary » Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse The two top agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of THRUSH. Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco. Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell The adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government. Stars: Robert Wagner, Fred Astaire, Malachi Throne Edit Storyline The Saint is a modern day Robin Hood of sorts. He steals from rich criminals (gangsters and the like) and keeps the loot for himself. And he usually manages to get the rich criminals put behind bars after he's stolen their goods. Of course, Chief Inspector Claude Eustace Teal regards him as a common thief, regardless of who he steals from, so the Saint must always stay one ste |
What is the most common Spanish surname? | Spanish Surnames: Meanings and Origins of Hispanic Names Share By Kimberly Powell Have you ever wondered about your Spanish last name and how it came to be? Spanish surnames (apellidos) first came into use around the twelfth century, as populations began to expand to the point where it became necessary to distinguish between individuals with the same first name. Spanish surnames generally fall into one of four categories: Patronymic & Matronymic Surnames Based on a parent's first name, this category of surnames includes some of the most common Hispanic last names. These Hispanic surnames originated as a way to distinguish between two men of the same given name by also using the name of their father (patronymic) or mother (matronymic). Grammatically, Spanish patronymic surnames were sometimes an unchanged form of the father's given name, with the difference being in pronunciation (e.g. Garcia, Vicente). However, Spanish patronymic surnames were most often formed by adding suffixes meaning "son of, such as -es, -as, -is, or -os (common to Portuguese surnames) or an -ez, -az, -is, or -oz (common to Castilian or Spanish surnames) to the end of the father's name. continue reading below our video How to Uncover Spanish Heritage With Surnames Examples: Leon Alvarez - Leon, son of Alvaro Eduardo Fernández - Eduardo, son of Fernándo Pedro Velazquez - Pedro, son of Velasco Geographical Surnames Another common type of Hispanic last name, Spanish geographical surnames are often derived from the location of the homestead from which the first bearer and his family came from or resided in. Medina and Ortega are common geographical Hispanic surnames, as there are quite a few towns in the Spanish speaking world bearing these names. Some Spanish geographic surnames refer to landscape features, such as Vega , meaning "meadow," and Mendoza , meaning "cold mountain," from mendi (mountain) and (h)otz (cold) + a. Some Spanish geographic surnames also feature the suffix de, meaning "from" or "of." Examples: Occupational Hispanic last names initially derived from the person's job or trade. Examples: Roderick Guerrero - Roderick, the warrior or soldier Lucas Vicario - Lucas, the vicar Carlos Zapatero - Carlos, the shoemaker Descriptive Surnames Based on a unique quality or physical feature of the individual, descriptive surnames often developed in Spanish speaking countries from nicknames or pet names, often based on an individual's physical characteristics or personality. Examples: Juan Delgado - John the thin Aarón Cortes - Aarón, the courteous Marco Rubio - Marco, the blonde Why Do Most Hispanic People Use Two Last Names? Hispanic surnames can be especially important to genealogists because children are commonly given two surnames, one from each parent. The middle name (1st surname) traditionally comes from the father's name (apellido paterno), and the last name (2nd surname) is the mother's maiden name (apellido materno). Sometimes, these two surnames may be found separated by y (meaning "and"), although this is no longer as common as it once was. Recent changes to laws in Spain mean that you may also find the two surnames reversed - first the mother's surname, and then the father's surname. The pattern of mother's surname followed by father's surname is also common usage for Portuguese surnames. In the United States, where the use of two surnames is less common, some families give children the paternal surname, or perhaps hyphenate the two surnames. These naming patterns are, however, only the most common; variations exist. In the past, Hispanic naming patterns were less consistent. Sometimes, sons took the surname of their father, while daughters took that of their mother. The use of double surnames didn’t become common throughout Spain until the 1800s. Origins and Meanings of 50 Common Hispanic Last Names |
The Slave of Duty is alternate title what G&S operetta? | The Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas Links The Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas Our group is dedicated to performing the joint works of Sir W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911), playwright and humorist, and Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), unofficial composer laureate of England and favorite of Queen Victoria. Together they wrote a series of fourteen comic operettas (including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance , and The Mikado ) which were wildly popular in their own time and are still widely performed by amateur and professional groups today, over a hundred years after their creation. These operettas were the forerunners of our modern musicals, and in many ways resemble them more than they do the grand operas. Their songs and choruses -- mostly light and comic in nature -- are interspersed with spoken dialogue rather than recitative. In fact, few if any of the performers in Gilbert and Sullivan's original productions were professional opera singers; some of the chorus members were even outright amateurs. Though over a century old, the works of Gilbert and Sullivan are as fresh and sparkling today as the day they were written. Gilbert may have chosen specific aspects of Victorian society for his satire, but his wit is as relevant now as it ever was: "I always voted at my party's call / And I never thought of thinking for myself at all," sings Sir Joseph Porter in Pinafore , but the lines could as easily belong to most modern politicians. Gilbert and Sullivan songs continue to turn up in places as diverse as episodes of "The Muppet Show" (Tit-Willow), "Animaniacs" (Three Little Maids from School, as well as much of The Pirates of Penzance), "The Simpsons" (selections from The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore ) and "Rumpole of the Bailey" (The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring, among others). As recently as 1982, Joseph Papp mounted a successful production of The Pirates of Penzance on Broadway, with Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline in two of the leading roles. We are always on the lookout for new members. So come audition for us (near the beginning of each term), or join our orchestra or tech crew! If you have any questions about our group, or anything remotely relevant to it, please don't hesitate to contact us using this form . Thespis The Gods on Mount Olympus are old and tired, so decide to take a vacation to earth while a group of traveling actors take their place. (Most of the music for this opera has been lost, so it is played today only in reconstructions using either other Sullivan music, or original music.) (Summary taken from the Gilbert and Sullivan archive .) Opened 26 December 1871, Gaiety Theatre Produced by MITG&SP Spring 2004 (left). Trial by Jury A woman sues her would-be husband for Breach of Promise of Marriage. (Gilbert and Sullivan's only one-act operetta.) Opened 25 March 1875, Royalty Theatre Produced by MITG&SP IAP 1998 (right). At last, one morning, I became another's love-sick boy! The Sorcerer A young couple about to be married decide to share their happiness with the whole village by hiring a sorcerer to make a love potion to make everyone fall in love. Naturally, this backfires... Opened 17 November 1877, Opera Comique Theatre, London |
Aconite the poison is obtained from what plant? | A Modern Herbal | Aconite Herb ---Synonyms---Monkshood. Blue Rocket. Friar's Cap. Auld Wife's Huid. ---Part Used---The whole plant. ---Habitat---Lower mountain slopes of North portion of Eastern Hemisphere. From Himalayas through Europe to Great Britain. Aconite is now found wild in a few parts of England, mainly in the western counties and also in South Wales, but can hardly be considered truly indigenous. It was very early introduced into England, being mentioned in all the English vocabularies of plants from the tenth century downwards, and in Early English medical recipes. ---Description--- The plant is a hardy perennial, with a fleshy, spindle-shaped root, palecoloured when young, but subsequently acquiring a dark brown skin. The stem is about 3 feet high, with dark green, glossy leaves, deeply divided in palmate manner and flowers in erect clusters of a dark blue colour. The shape of the flower is specially designed to attract and utilize bee visitors, especially the humble bee. The sepals are purple - purple being specially attractive to bees - and are fancifully shaped, one of them being in the form of a hood. The petals are only represented by the two very curious nectaries within the hood, somewhat in the form of a hammer; the stamens are numerous and lie depressed in a bunch at the mouth of the flower. They are pendulous at first, but rise in succession and place their anthers forward in such a way that a bee visiting the flower for nectar is dusted with the pollen, which he then carries to the next flower he visits and thereby fertilizes the undeveloped fruits, which are in a tuft in the centre of the stamens, each carpel containing a single seed. In the Anglo-Saxon vocabularies it is called thung, which seems to have been a general name for any very poisonous plant. It was then called Aconite (the English form of its Greek and Latin name), later Wolf's Bane, the direct translation of the Greek Iycotonum, derived from the idea that arrows tipped with the juice, or baits anointed with it, would kill wolves - the species mentioned by Dioscorides seems to have been Aconitum lycotonum. In the Middle Ages it became Monkshood and Helmet-flower, from the curious shape of the upper sepal overtopping the rest of the flower. This was the ordinary name in Shakespeare's days. The generic name is said to have been derived from , a dart, because it was used by barbarous races to poison their arrows, or from akone, cliffy or rocky, because the species grow in rocky glens. Theophrastus, like Pliny, derived the name from Aconae, the supposed place of its origin. The specific name, Napellus, signifies a little turnip, in allusion to the shape of the roots. ---Cultivation--- The chief collecting centres for foreign Aconite root have been the Swiss Alps, Salzburg, North Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Much was also formerly collected in Germany. Supplies from Spain and Japan are imported, so that the demand for English Aconite is somewhat restricted. The official Aconite is directed by the British Pharmacopceia to be derived only from plants cultivated in England, and a certain amount of home-grown Aconite has been regularly produced by the principal drug-farms, though good crops are grown with some difficulty in England, and cultivation of Aconite has not paid very well in recent years. Aconite prefers a soil slightly retentive of moisture, such as a moist loam, and flourishes best in shade. It would probably grow luxuriantly in a moist, open wood, and would yield returns with little further trouble than weeding, digging up and drying. In preparing beds for growing Aconite, the soil should be well dug and pulverized by early winter frosts - the digging in of rotten leaves or stable manure is advantageous. It can be raised from seed, sown 1/2 inch deep in a cold frame in March, or in a warm position outside in April, but great care must be exercised that the right kind is obtained, as there are many varieties of Aconite- about twenty-four have been distinguished - and they have not all the same active medicinal properties. It takes two o |
What culture introduced hats and crackers at Xmas season? | Christmas in the UK, British culture, customs and traditions in December - Christmas Celebrations Christmas On-line Advent - (Four Sundays Before Christmas) Advent is not widely celebrated in England, its celebration actually originated in Germany, although in the church calendar Advent is the official start of the run up to Christmas. Two traditions that have caught on in England are the Advent calendar and the Advent candle. The Advent Calendar originated in the 19th Century from the protestant area of Germany. Protestant Christian families made a chalk line for every day in December until Christmas Eve. Before long, commercial entrepreneurs started replacing the ephemeral chalk lines with printed calendars. The first known Advent Calendar is for the advent of 1851. Nowadays it is usually a thin rectangular card with 24 or 25 doors. The doors are numbered 1-24/25. Door number 1 is opened on the 1st of December, door 2 on the 2nd etc. Behind each door there is a Christmas scene (but the most popular ones have a chocolate behind each door) . An Advent candle often has 25 marks on it, a bit of the candle is burned down by one mark each day. In some homes, 24 candles are kept, one for each night from December 1 through Christmas eve. One candle is lit for a while on December 1, then a new candle is added each day for the 24 day period. However, it is now more common to have four candles for the four weeks before Christmas. One candle is lit on the first Sunday, two the second week and so on. The candles were often placed on a wreath upon the dining room table. Advent candles are lit in many homes, schools and churches, in England, with a final central candle lit on Christmas Day; these are often on a hanging decoration known as an "Advent Crown." They became exceedingly popular due to a children's TV programme called Blue Peter, who every year made an advent crown from old coathangers, tinsel and candles! Well, they used to use candles, but because of health and safety insanity they now give instructions using baubles - it's not really the same, but you can make an advent crown following the instructions in this pdf file. Christmas Eve - December 24th In England less emphasis is placed on Christmas Eve than in other countries, much more is made of Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Carol singing, midnight church services and going out to the pub are some of the activities that many families enjoy (sometimes all three activities can be combined into one fun night out!). Night time on Christmas Eve though is a very exciting time for young children. It is the time when Santa or Father Christmas comes. They hang up their stockings and go to sleep. Santa and his elves make all the toys for Christmas in his home in Greenland. On Christmas Eve he piles all of the toys onto his sleigh and rides across the sky with his 9 reindeer (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (or it may be Donder), Blitzen and of course ... Rudolf!). The most famous one is Rudolf the who is always the one at the front, to lead the way with his red nose. In the morning when the children wake up they open their stocking presents. Traditionally on Christmas Eve mince pies and sherry (or milk) are left out for Santa and nowadays carrots are left for his reindeer. Most children are in bed way before midnight waiting for Santa to visit. Christmas Day The origins of the now traditional Christmas Celebration, distinct from earlier pagan winter holidays, date to sixth century England. By the middle ages, it was a well established important holiday, with traditional pageantry, customs, music and feasting all its own. Customs from pre Christian days were incorporated into the Celebrations, and many still remain. However in 1647, the English parliament passed a law that made Christmas illegal, all festivities were banned by the Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, who considered feasting and revelry on what was supposed to be a holy day to be immoral. The ban was lifted only when Cromwell lost power in 1660. In Britain, the Holy Days and Fasting Days Act of 1551 |
Chang 1st Wang 2nd what third most common Chinese name? | The Asian Art of Mr. Wang - From Peasant Farmer to Master Chinese Charcoal Drawing Creator by Old Mr. Wang This is the artist known by many around the world as "Mr. Wang" (His real name is Wang Chang-Ming - and in Chinese, being called "old" is an honorable and respectful title). He has spent most of his life as a farmer in the countryside of Northern China. But he always had a hidden talent for art. His talent had to remain hidden for many years during the Cultural Revolution when artists and intellectuals were persecuted and killed all over China. Since that time, China has come a long way. In these last years, Mr. Wang has traded his plow for some paper and pieces of charcoal, and now creates unique artwork for you... This is the story of the first time I stumbled across Mr. Wang in his obscure art studio just outside Beijing, China... I walked in without saying a word, he just looked up for a second and nodded at me which let me know it was okay to be there. He was working on the bamboo picture that you see above. I snapped a few pictures and waited silently. The temperature was below freezing, but somehow his ungloved agile hand smoothly created the stock and leaves of a beautiful bamboo. He finally finished and then looked at me with a puzzled face. I asked (in Chinese) how much he wanted for his beautiful charcoals... ...I saw a look of relief on his face when he heard me speak and he laughed out loud. He told me that he was worried about how he was going to talk to me, because he thought that no foreigners could speak Chinese. He said that he couldn't speak a single word of English except for "hello" (which he practiced for me several times with lots of laughter). He told me that he was from the countryside and had come to Beijing to find a better life. I looked at his unheated studio which was also where he lived. It was just one room with a small stove in one corner and a bed in the other. As I began to wonder, he answered my question before I asked it. He told me that life was a lot better here in Beijing. Soon his wife came home and poured some tea for us... I picked out a few of his charcoals and didn't bargain too much - I knew he needed the money (if you don't bargain at all, you lose face in Chinese culture and are seen as a fool - so I had to a little). After that, we sat around and talked about Mr. and Mrs. Wang's family and what kind of Chinese tea is best... 2004-2005 Update: Mr. Wang has found himself a nice place to live in a village not too far from Beijing. He is in his element where he feels that he belongs, a small farming village. He likes the simple life and he is really enjoying his retirement now. He doesn't need to be in the big city much as I buy most of the art that he creates. And, since I have exposed his artwork to the world, other sellers of Asian folk art now seek him out to buy his beautiful drawings. Sometimes he comes to Beijing to drop off some of his new charcoal art to me, and sell some of his artwork at a local arts and antiques market in Beijing. When he comes to the city, I know he can't wait to get back to the country. When I am in the country picking up art from Mr. Wang or another artist, I often wonder which life is better. I have yet to draw any conclusions... |
What word is derived from the Arabic mawsim meaning season? | The word “monsoon” comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning season | WeatherFarm Refresh The word “monsoon” comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning season The word “monsoon” comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning season. Basically, it describes a seasonal wind shift over a region that is usually accompanied by a dramatic increase in precipitation. Many of us are familiar with the Indian-Asian monsoon that brings heavy rains during the summer months over widespread areas of India and SE Asia. Although these rains often produce major flooding, they are vital to agriculture and the economy. Because so much of the world’s population live in this region, a delayed or reduced rainfall season can have a devastating effect on the livelihood of a significant fraction of the world’s population. Many other parts of the world experience monsoons, including North America. Our North American monsoon (also known as the Mexican monsoon) typically occurs between July-September and is relatively small compared to the Asian monsoon. However, in parts of NW Mexico, over 50% of the annual rainfall comes in this 3-month period. The rains provide a critical source of replenishment for water resources of Mexico and the SW United States. — Source: CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network) |
What's the other name for the statue of Egyptian god Harmachis? | Egyptian Sculpture: History, Characteristics Egyptian Sculpture Sunken Relief Sculpture of the crocodile god Sobek (c.100 BCE) Sculpted for the Temple of Kom Ombo. ANCIENT ARTS AND CULTURES For a review of prehistoric art forms including painting, sculpture and decorative arts, see: Ancient Art . Sculpture of Ancient Egypt Osiris, Isis and Horus (874-850 BCE) Decorative jewellery made of gold, lapis lazuli and glass. of ancient Egypt is traditionally divided into these rough eras. ANCIENT KINGDOM of EGYPT Period of Roman rule (30 BCE - 395 CE) ART OF ISLAM For a brief review of the influences and history of Muslim arts on Egypt, For a list of the top 100 3-D artists (500 BCE - now), please see: For a list of masterpieces by famous sculptors, see: For a list of important dates in the evolution of sculpture/3-D works, see Types of Art . Subject Matter Ancient Egyptian sculpture was closely associated with Egyptian architecture and mostly concerned the temple and the funeral tomb. The temple was built as if it were the tomb or eternal resting-place of a divinity whose statue was hidden within a succession of closed halls, opened to view only for a short time, when the sun or moon or particular star reached a point on the horizon from which their rays shone directly upon the innermost shrine. These divine statues were consulted as oracles, and were seldom of an imposing size. Sculptors were also employed for wall-reliefs, the capitals of columns, colossal figures guarding the pylons, and for long avenues of sphinxes. The mural illustrations on the temple walls typically depict the piety of the Pharaohs as well as their foreign conquests. Egyptian tombs required the most extensive use of sculpture . In these vaults were placed portrait statues of the deceased King or Queen. In addition, this type of prehistoric sculpture included statues of public functionaries, and scribes, and the groups portraying a man and his wife. The walls of the earlier Egyptian tombs resemble, in effect, an illustrated book of the manners and customs of the population. Illustrative scenes feature activities like hunting, fishing, and agricultural settings; artistic and commercial pursuits, such as the making of statues, or glass, or metal-ware, or the construction of pyramids; women performing domestic chores, or wailing for the dead; boys engaged in sports. Such reliefs reveal a confident belief in the future as a kind of untroubled extension of the present life. During later periods of Egyptian art , beginning with the tombs of the New Empire, gods appear more prominently in scenes of judgment; indicating less certainty about the happiness of the future state. For more about tomb building and other architectural designs in Ancient Egypt, see: Early Egyptian Architecture (large pyramid tombs); Egyptian Middle Kingdom Architecture (small pyramids); Egyptian New Kingdom Architecture (temples); Late Egyptian Architecture (variety of buildings). In addition to depicting the Gods of Egyptian civilization , sculptors also portrayed the minor objects of domestic and daily use; including household furniture with its opulent divans, tables and chests, and all forms of metalwork and jewellery. Items like toilet boxes, mirrors, and spoons were depicted by forms derived from the floral, animal, or human world. Sacred plants, notably the lotus, were the naturalistic basis for a large and varied class of forms which went on to influence the decorative art of the entire ancient world. Sculptural Materials & Tools In the valley of the Nile grew the sacred acacia and the sycamore, which provided the sculptor with material for statues and sarcophagi, for thrones and other items of industrial art. |
The French call it nature morte the Spanish bodegon what is it? | Guggenheim Museum - Exhibitions - Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History Bodegones Unlike the French phrase nature morte (literally "dead nature") or the term "still life," which is its closest equivalent in English, the Spanish term bodegón does not imply death or immobilization, but instead relates to the pantry, or bodega, where the objects pictured in these canvases were commonly kept. And like that space, the traditional bodegón was infused with humility and a sense of the everyday, though as the genre emerged during the Counter-Reformation, these qualities were often coupled with a profoundly transcendental value. In works by pioneers of the genre such as Juan Sánchez Cotán, humble fruits, vegetables, or baked goods are set against an inky black background, enabling sensations of spatial timelessness to intersect with the contradictory impressions of temporal brevity aroused by objects whose precise and minutely described materiality seems to transform them into dramatic reminders of the transience of beauty or the notion of perishability. This tension distinguishes the Spanish bodegón from the sumptuous spreads of the kitchen tables of Flanders, or the expressive burlesque of the figures appearing in Italian pictures of the same time. Sánchez Cotán and followers such as Francisco de Zurbarán composed their still lifes with a formal rigor that approached the rationality of mathematical law. This tendency helped them to justify their work in a genre that was not yet fully accepted by the artistic community, but their application of the most complex scientific laws of proportion, order, and perspective also adhered to an almost religious interest in geometry as a timeless or immortal aspect of the natural world. This rigid, crystalline quality contrasts with the more universally recognized expressive constant of historic Spanish aesthetic tastes, and reaches across time to Cubism, serving as an important precedent for the fragmented style of Juan Gris in particular. In his canvases, as in much of the early Cubist work of Pablo Picasso, the transcendent geometries of the 17th century take on a modern, wholly secular character, updated to a new cultural moment but still constituting an inescapable historical model. |
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Who were Larry, Curly and Mo better known as ? | The Truth Behind The Three Stooges - Empire 22 Aug 2012 09:00 Last updated: 20 Jun 2016 17:17 The Three Stooges are arguably the most popular and influential comedy institution in Hollywood history. Yet Moe, Curly and Larry (and Shemp) did not receive the recognition and reward you might expect. In fact, as Empire reveals, their tale is one of exploitation, grievous bodily harm... and even murder. This article was first published in issue 252 of Empire magazine. Subscribe today . IN 1940, THE IMMENSE POPULARITY OF THE THREE STOOGES WAS DEEMED SUCH A POTENTIAL THREAT to the credibility of The Third Reich that Adolf Hitler added them to his personal death list. What roused the Führer’s ire was a Stooges two-reeler called You Nazsty Spy!, a ruthless send-up of Hitler and his fascist regime released nine months before Chaplin’s The Great Dictator, a full year before America, still firmly isolationist, entered World War II, and produced in direct defiance of both the censorious Hays Code and the prevailing mood in Hollywood which was, with overseas markets already in jeopardy, to play nice and not rock the Nazi boat. The image of The Three Stooges as fearless, anti-fascist crusaders, willing to put their livelihoods and their lives on the line in the noble cause of liberty, will come as a shock to anyone who thinks of them — if they think of them at all — as a fifth-rate Marx Brothers knock-off whose principal contribution to the art of comedy was the twin-fingered eye-poke. And, to be honest, that would include most of the non-North American population of the planet and anyone in possession of a vagina. What will also come as a surprise to non-Stooge fans (and, as with Marmite and S&M porn, there is no middle ground when it comes to Stooge fandom) is not only that they were once sufficiently popular to get Hitler’s dander up, but that said popularity has not waned one iota in the intervening decades. In fact, it’s safe to say that The Three Stooges, 35 years after last remaining original Stooge Moe Howard gouged his last cornea, are more celebrated today than they were at the zenith of their prolonged, checkerboard career. Larry, Moe and Curly (the classic Stooge line-up) are stitched into the cultural fabric of America in a way that few entertainers are, rivalling Marilyn and Elvis for kitsch-cult supremacy. They are, it’s claimed, with some justification, the most popular comedy team in history, appearing in almost 200 shorts and feature films from the early 1930s to the early 1970s, hosting their own TV show and making countless stage and personal appearances. If you want proof of just how ubiquitous the Stooges are, try, as Empire did, doing some research on them at the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. Just remember to wear some comfortable shoes. Far from a one-stop shop at the third-floor cinema section, your hunt for all things Stooge will take you up hill and down dale to, among others, Fiction & Literature, Social Sciences, Biography, Autobiography, Local History and even Cookery. Yes, The Official Three Stooges Cookbook by Chicago Sun-Times reporter Robert Kurson was published in 1999. Books on the Stooges abound, running the gamut from craven hagiography to pseudo-academic analysis (check out Stoogeology: Essays On The Three Stooges, edited by Peter Seely and Gail W. Pieper), and the internet, of course, might have been invented for the sole purpose of disseminating Stooge data. A personal favourite among the superabundance of Stooge sites is Stuart Yaniger’s Three Stooges Wine Rating System which, instead of awarding stars or marks out of a hundred to wines in the traditional fashion, assigns them combinations of Stooges according to their character and quality. A typical entry reads thus: “Ah, a very pleasant bistro-styled ’95 syrah from McDowell. Not deep, but nice varietal character and good balance. It’s anywhere from a Larry Curly to a Double Larry, depending on the proclivities of the taster.” If, as is highly likely, you’re now wondering exactly what all the fuss is about — a trio of resolute |
Which sport gives competitors three goes at the Snatch ? | Lift Up, History of Olympic Weightlifting History of Olympic Weightlifting The Lift Up project is brought to you by chidlovski.com . Olympic Legends @ Lift Up Home The Sport Competition Guess what... The aim in weightlifting is quiet simple: to lift as much weight as possible. There are two types* of lift involved in modern olympic weightlifting competition: Clean-and-Jerk Each contestant is allowed three attempts at each type of lift. Contestants are required to successfully attempt both the snatch and the clean-and-jerk lifts. Lifters who fail in all three attempts at the snatch are allowed to compete in the clean and jerk, but receive no overall placing. Only the heaviest successful snatch and clean-and-jerk are used when tabulating final score (total). The weight lifted must increase by a minimum of 2.5 kg for each attempt. Competitors decide at which weight to begin and at which subsequent 2.5 kg intervals to continue. When attempting to break a national or world record, the weight increase may be as little as .5 kg (although only the nearest multiple of 2.5 kg may be counted towards the total). Each lifter has a 60-second time limit in which to approach the platform and begin the lift. If the lifter is making consecutive attempts, two minutes are allowed between lifts. OLYMPIC LIFT TYPES Press * * discontinued in 1972 Three referees judge the weightlifting, each in control of two lights, one white and the other red. Each referee activates a light after each lift: white for a successful lift and red for a failure. In each case, two white lights is enough for a lift to be counted as valid. The activation of two like signals will set off a horn, or "down" signal, telling the lifter to lower the barbell. The "down" signal may be activated prior to the conclusion of a lift, rendering the lift invalid if two referees observe an error. At the Olympics, the weightlifter lifting the highest aggregate total from the two lifts wins**. When a tie occurs, the man with the lower bodyweight is declared the winner. If a lifter completes a successful lift within 10 kilograms of the world record. he is allowed a fourth attempt, which does not count as part of the competition but can count as a world record. Notes: * The third type of lift, the press was discontinued following the 1972 Olympics in Munich. ** Medals are sometimes given to the top three lifters in each individual lift category and always for the overall total (best snatch plus best clean-and-jerk). Final placing is based on a lifter's total. At the Olympic Games, medals are awarded only for total. |
What type of bank keeps its deposits at minus 196 degrees centigrade ? | Kenya: Sperm Bank Clients And Unique Donors - allAfrica.com Kenya: Sperm Bank Clients And Unique Donors more By Maore Ithula Nairobi — It is a different kind of bank. Depositors, who encounter absolutely no queues, are paid a flat rate of Sh3,000. It takes a couple of minutes to deposit - usually in millions - at the hospital within which it is located. The deposits are then kept in vaults much cooler than Siberia, safe from the hands of thieves, robbers and moths. For withdrawals, the bank matches your details to that of the donor, so you do not have to meet. Robbery is unheard of and interest high, especially for impotent men. Six years ago, conservative Kenyans held their breath when Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) introduced the first sperm bank in East and Central Africa. The openng of the facility, it was reported, had been triggered by 'increasing demand for human artificial insemination'. Women whose husbands had been found impotent, needed to be relieved of the pain and stress of childless marriages. Yet the incentives are not enough to break the stigma surrounding the collection of donations. "Virtually all donors present themselves to the clinic furtively," says Dr Joe Wanyoike, a senior lecturer at the University of Nairobi's Obstetrics and Gynaecology department and consultant at the unit. "They must be adults of at most 30 years of age and single," says the doctor who underwent special training in Israel and South Africa. The donors, he says, are usually students at the University of Nairobi's medical school and the neighbouring Medical Training College. "Although we request the students to come forward through memos placed strategically on noticeboards, they only present themselves during odd hours of the day when they are unlikely to be noticed by their colleagues, especially female students." A donor is allowed to give seeds only twice in a lifetime The odd-hour connection is linked to a contentious part of the exercise, masturbation, which remains the only available means of producing donor sperms. Wanyoike quips: "Medical science has yet to come up with a better method of extracting sperms." Whereas sperm donors in the developed countries have to be provided with pornographic pictures or videos to enhance masturbation, the imaginations of local philanthropists is fertile enough they do well on their own, says Wanyoike. As an incentive, he says, the donors are paid for their services. The hospital gives sperm donors Sh3,000 per donation. For obvious reasons, students prefer to make the donations during holidays when their colleagues are away. When they travel to the city to do so, the hospital gives them a return ticket. That medical students - doctors in the making - make the majority of donors may be particularly gratifying for potential recipients since it is believed that a good chunk of intelligence is hereditary. A donor is allowed to give seeds only twice in a lifetime and within six months. This, says Wanyoike, "ensures that there are not too many children sired by one person with different women thus reducing the chances of incestuous marriages". To avoid misunderstanding, Wanyoike says donors do not actually sell their seeds. Rather, he emphasises, the volunteers are paid a 'gratuity' for the trouble they are subjected to when delivering the crucial items. Artificial insemination for humans, he says, is an expensive undertaking because of the huge cost of screening, first for the donors and then the sperm samples. Thorough screening is done to safeguard recipients of donated sperms from disease and hereditary disorders, the potential offspring. It is also done to guard against medical-legal problems in case a disease is transmitted. It goes beyond the donor as an individual. His family history must be thoroughly investigated and understood. Potential donors whose family background shows chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, cancer, mental illness and sickle-cell anaemia are unlikely to be accepted. Donor success rate is high Volunteers must be free from HIV/Aids, syphilis, hepatitis B an |
How many feathers feature in the Prince of Wales coat of arms ? | Coat of Arms Coat of Arms The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince Harry Residences Coat of Arms The Prince of Wales’s coat of arms has long historical links with the heraldry of his ancestors. The main shield is the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. It has been used in this form since the reign of Queen Victoria. In the first and fourth quarters of the shield are the three gold lions on a red field of the Sovereigns of England. The second quarter of the shield contains Scotland’s red lion rampant on gold. In the third is the golden harp of Ireland on a blue field. The shield is marked with a white label to show that it is borne by the eldest son of the Sovereign during the latter’s lifetime. There is a smaller shield within the larger shield which represents the shield of arms of the original native princes of Gwynedd, with quarters of gold and red with four counter-coloured lions. This shield is surmounted by the coronet of the Heir Apparent. In heraldry this is depicted in the same way as the crown of the Sovereign except that it has one arch instead of two. Surrounding the whole is the blue buckled garter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter which bears in gold letters the motto, ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense’ which means ‘Shame upon him who thinks evil of it’ in Old French. On top of the shield the royal crest, a gold lion crowned with The Prince’s coronet and a white label about its neck, stands upon a larger coronet. This in turn sits upon the Royal Helm from both sides of which flow the gold and ermine mantling of the royal family. On either side, standing on gold scrollwork, are the royal supporters, the Lion and the Unicorn; both have a white label around their necks to again signify the eldest son of the Sovereign. Beneath them in the centre is the shield of arms of the Duchy of Cornwall surmounted by his coronet. On the left is the badge of The Prince of Wales, the three ostrich feathers encircled by a gold coronet, and on the right is the royal badge of the Red Dragon of Wales. Around its neck there is also a white label, to distinguish it from that of the Sovereign. Under the achievement is a scroll bearing the motto of The Prince of Wales ‘Ich dien’, which means ‘I serve’. |
Which soccer club began life as Newton Heath ? | Manchester United F.C. Team – Live Scores 0 0 Perhaps the most famous soccer club name in the World, Manchester United remain the main rival to Real Madrid as the World’s most popular and richest club. United, or the Red Devils as they are known have had an eventful history that has seen them begin life as a team made up of railway workers in Manchester and suffer through the problems of the Munich air disaster. Finally, in the 1990s a period of sustained success began with the arrival of manager Sir Alex Ferguson, French striker Eric Cantona and a group of homegrown players. Manchester United play their home games at Old Trafford, a stadium with a capacity of 75,635 at the start of the 2014-15 season. Old Trafford has been the home of Manchester United since February 1909 when the ambitious group of local businessmen who had rescued the club from financial disaster decided Bank Street was too small to meet their needs. The club began life in 1878 as Newton Heath, playing their games at a series of fields and grounds around Manchester before finally arriving at Old Trafford. For the majority of teh early years of their existence Newton Heath played in the Combination league in the north west of England. United then joined the Football Alliance, an early rival of the Football League that was merged into the more successful version after a short period of time. Winning their first Football League title in 1908, Manchester united went on to win the FA Cup the following year, a trophy they had won 11 times by the start of the 2014-15 season. Success eluded Manchester United after this time until the post Second World War years when Sir Matt Busby took control of the playing side of the club and was also made responsible for purchasing players. In the early 1950s Busby assembled the first great Manchester United squad, known in the press as the Busby Babes, winning the league championship for the first time in 1952 ans again in 1956. Busby lobbied hard to allow United to become the first English team to compete in the European Cup/Champions League in 1957. The first example of a Manchester United team combining great players bought by the club and those who were schooled in soccer from a young age was created. However, on February 6th 1958 a plane carrying players, personnel and members of the press crashed during takeoff from an airfield in Munich killing 23, including eight players. Sir Matt Busby and a number of legendary players survived the Munich Air Disaster, including Bobby Charlton. Busby rebuilt the team through the 1960s and brought together legendary players Denis Law and George Best, Northern Irish international Best remains one of the top players to have ever played soccer. The team rebuilt by Busby eventually won the FA Cup and two league titles in 1965 and 1967, before becoming the first English team to win the European Cup in 1968. After the departure of Busby, Manchester united became FA Cup specialists under a succession of managers, until the arrival of Sir Alex Ferguson in 1986. Ferguson managed the club until the close of the 2012-2013 season and became the most successful manager in the history of the club. Bringing together some of the best players in the World and trusting in the youth program of the club, Ferguson began his winning run with the 1990 FA Cup and went on to win two Champions League titles, 13 of the 20 league championship won by the club and five of the 11 FA Cups the club has won. Manchester United are famous for wearing their red shirts with white short and black socks, the original colors worn by the club were the green and gold of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Over the years the club has grown rivalries with a number of teams, most notably cross city rivals Manchester City. The greatest rivalry in the history of Manchester united has been with Liverpool, which began with the two cities growing during the Industrial Revolution. Other teams classed as historic rivals include Leeds United and Arsenal, a rivalry which grew over the course of the 1990s during a long time feud bet |
How many events are there in a decathlon ? | What are the ten events that make up the decathlon? | Reference.com What are the ten events that make up the decathlon? A: Quick Answer The ten events that make up the decathlon are spread over two days and include the 100-meter sprint, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400-meter run on the first day, followed by the 110-meter hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500-meter run on the second day. Points are awarded for each event, and the competitor with the highest aggregate score is declared the winner. Full Answer The decathlon made its first Olympic appearance at the 1912 Games in Stockholm. This men's event challenges competitors to perform at their best in a wide range of track-and-field events that test for power, speed, agility and endurance to determine the best all-around athlete. As of 2014, the youngest man to take the Olympic decathlon title is Bob Mathias, an American who was just 17 years old when he won the event in 1948. He competed at the next Olympics in 1952 and became a two-time decathlon champion. Competition for the women's all-around title began with the 1984 Olympics, when the seven-event heptathlon was introduced. This comparable event, which is also staged over two days, consists of the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200-meter run on the first day followed by the long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run on the second day. |
Which children's television show featured the characters of George, Zippy and Bungle ? | Children's TV show Rainbow 'contained hidden messages to homosexualise all children' - Mirror Online News Children's TV show Rainbow 'contained hidden messages to homosexualise all children' The long-running kids show, appeared to feature the adventures of Zippy, George and Bungle but one pastor has said it was littered with subliminal messages Share Iconic: Rainbow's Bungle, Zippy, George and Geoffrey Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Iconic children's TV programme Rainbow may have been made to 'homosexualise all children' with hidden messages, a pastor has claimed. The kids show, which featured the adventures of characters such as Zippy, George and Bungle, ran on ITV from 1972 until 1992. But Daniel Erickson-Hull, who posts religious videos as "Pastor D" under the “End Times News Ministry” YouTube channel believes the shows may have been littered with subliminal messages. He draws attention to the title sequence, in which a rainbow appears to flow into a hardback book. Mr Erickson-Hull poses the question: “Is this supposed to be the rainbow infiltrating the bible? “Perhaps there is nothing in this, a coincidence? But it seemed worth raising as a possibility." Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Share this video Watch Next Pastor Erickson-Hull's contact details also appear on the home page of a website for Higher Ground Church in Chigwell, Essex - an evangelical Christian church.Many of the video's viewers appear to agree with the suggestion. One wrote that two of Rainbow's main characters, Bungle the bear and furry pink hippo George were "extremely camp". Favourites: George and Zippy were stars of the show (Photo: Rex) Another added: "The music sounded very gay to me. And the guy with the puppets? He may very well be married to a male puppet. Any guy with a bunch of puppets you have to wonder about." The rainbow symbol has become a symbol of the LGBT community. Read more: Church of England clergyman banned from taking services because he married gay partner But other posters had little time for the pastor's theory. One said: “Really wasting your time with this rather than focusing on other good things you could be doing with your ministry and life,” wrote one. Another added: “Not everything that bears the image of a rainbow has hidden queer overtones. Higher Ground Church has been contacted for comment. Like us on Facebook |
In which film did Roy Scheider play a sheriff and Richard Dreyfus a marine biologist ? | Richard Dreyfuss' Kids Revisit 'Jaws,' Conclude It Makes No Sense : NPR Richard Dreyfuss' Kids Revisit 'Jaws,' Conclude It Makes No Sense Embed Embed Richard Dreyfuss' Kids Revisit 'Jaws,' Conclude It Makes No Sense Richard Dreyfuss' Kids Revisit 'Jaws,' Conclude It Makes No Sense Embed Embed Robert Shaw (from left), Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss play a shark hunter, a police chief and a marine biologist in 1975's Jaws. Universal/Kobal Collection hide caption toggle caption Universal/Kobal Collection Robert Shaw (from left), Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss play a shark hunter, a police chief and a marine biologist in 1975's Jaws. Universal/Kobal Collection This is the season for news stories about shark bites. It's also the season when some theater somewhere will play Jaws, the 1975 thriller in which three men go hunting for a man-eating shark. One of them is a marine biologist played by Richard Dreyfuss, whose daughter, journalist Emily Dreyfuss , rewatched the movie just the other day. Afterward, she talked about her impressions with her brother, Ben Dreyfuss , also a journalist, and the two published their chat on Mother Jones . Their conclusion? Between their dad's character's laughable attempt to kill the shark and the shark hunters' insistence on using a rickety old boat instead of one that was sonar-equipped, the film doesn't make a whole lot of sense. They tell NPR's Steve Inskeep that, as it turns out, the movie is quite different from what they remembered. Interview Highlights On forgetting who really said, "You're gonna need a bigger boat." Emily: When [people] hear that my dad is Richard Dreyfuss, they love to say that line to me and tweak it, like: "We're gonna need a bigger taxi." And so because I hear it so much, I really did assume it was his line. Article continues after sponsorship Ben: Our entire lives, when people come up to my dad, that's the line they quote. ... They don't say, "This was no boating accident"; they always say Scheider's line. And it's a running joke with my dad that he's like, "I imagine that Roy Scheider [is] just constantly rolling his eyes and going like, 'God, Richard!' " ... He's always clarified and been like, "Oh, thank you, I appreciate it, that's lovely. Um, that was Roy Scheider. I was the fellow with the beard." One time he and I were in Miami and he corrected someone and the person looked at him and said, "No, you said it," and walked away. MOVIECLIPS YouTube On how it all ends [Editor's note: Spoiler alert. Obviously.] Emily: I really thought my dad was the hero. Not that he wasn't heroic, but I thought he killed the shark basically single-handedly and then swam home. Ben: I had just seen Jaws last year when my mother had said, "Oh, look, Jaws is on. My favorite part is when dad kills the shark." And I was like, "Dad didn't kill the shark." And, she was like, "Shut up, Ben. I was married to him. He killed Jaws." And so we watched it and, of course, he doesn't kill Jaws. And she was like, "Oh, wow, I guess he doesn't kill Jaws. I've been telling people I've been married to Roy Scheider , I guess." MOVIECLIPS YouTube On whether — if he didn't kill the shark or deliver the film's most famous line — their dad's character is still a hero Emily: I would say he definitely is. Because he's the only person who takes it seriously, and without him the beaches would have never have been closed and they never would have set out to kill the shark at all. So after rethinking ... it, I would say he is definitely a hero. Ben: When he goes down in the cage, that's the most brave act of the whole film. Like, he's in the water, they basically all know he's probably going to get killed in that situation. He made the brave act of going to fight that shark with a pole. And I mean, that takes chutzpah. Emily: He was gonna shoot it with a tiny needle! Ben: Yeah, with a little stick pole! On what their dad thought of their review of Jaws Ben: Well he tweeted ... " 'Jaws' Is Ridiculous, Say [Kids] Who Are [Now] Out Of The Will." But I think that was with love. Emily: The truth is our dad is |
With which football club would you associate the Toon Army? | Toon Army Blog - Newcastle United Blog, Newcastle Blog, Newcastle United Forum, Newcastle United News, Newcastle United Football Contact Welcome to our dedicated Newcastle Utd Blog This football blog site offers a discussion platform for fans to discuss news stories relating to the trials and tribulations of Newcastle United Football club. The site is obviously aimed at members of the Toon Army but all football fans are welcome to contribute no matter where your allegiances lie. The site works simply like most other blog sites - I will post articles throughout the season reporting on whats happening at the club and offer my views on the latest Newcastle Fixtures, Newcastle Transfer Rumours, Newcastle results etc and you can then comment on these articles and let me know what you think and whether you agree or disagree. To comment on the articles you must first register with the site. Registration is quick and free just simply click register from the top menu and follow the simple steps to get up and running on the site. The latest news stories are below or you can access older stories via the archives section. If you like a bet on Newcastle get free bets and betting offers from thebookiesoffers.co.uk . Find free bets on the next Magpies match at Free Bet King. |
Who is the animated star of the computer game Tomb Raider? | Tomb Raider | Lara Croft Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia This is a disambiguation page: a list of similarly named articles. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The series' current logo. Tomb Raider (stylized as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from 2001-2007) is a video game franchise that follows the adventures and exploits of Lara Croft , a world-renowned archaeologist adventuress and the series' main protagonist. The series began in 1996 with Tomb Raider . The game was an unexpected critical and commercial success, spawning numerous games (sequels and reboots), comic books, spin-offs, movie adaptations and Lara herself as a sponsor for many companies and products. The series was noted for being a pioneer in gaming, not only for being one of the earliest examples of 3D platforming in gaming, but proved that female protagonists in media could be strong role models. Lara Croft Main Article: Lara Croft The series' success has also been largely attributed to the title character. Lara Croft swiftly became an icon of not only gaming, but pop culture in general. Lara was praised for her take no prisoners' attitude, and even garnered status as a sex symbol. Lara was used in advertising of Lucozade , Seat cars, and even a line of chocolate bars . Media Tomb Raider may also refer to: Tomb Raider (1996 Game) - The first ever game in history starring adventurer Lara Croft. |
What was Sarah, the Duchess of York's maiden name ? | Sarah, Duchess of York - Royal Family Tree: who's who in the British Royal Family - wewomen Royal Family Tree: who's who in the British Royal Family Sarah Ferguson (10 February 2010) © Startraks Photo/Rex Features Sarah, Duchess of York Name: Sarah Margaret (née Ferguson) Title: Duchess of York Parents: Maj Ronald Ferguson and Susan Barrantes (née Wright) Married: Prince Andrew, Duke of York Children: Princess Beatrice of York, Princess Eugenie of York _____________ Sarah, Duchess of York is the daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson and Susan Mary Wright. She was born on the 15th October 1959 in London. Her parents divorced when Sarah was 13 years-old. She grew up in Hampshire with her father and older sister, as her mother re-married an Argentinean polo player and moved to Argentina. Major Ferguson also re-married and had three more children with his second wife. Though Sarah was considered a commoner by birth, she had aristocratic ancestry and described her family as "old money". Sarah married Prince Andrew after reigniting their acquaintance at Royal Ascot. They had previously met a number of Polo competitions. Permission to marry was granted by Queen Elizabeth II and the pair duly married on 23rd july 1986. As wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Sarah was immediately afforded the style her Royal Highness, The Duchess of York. She also became a princess of the United Kingdom. In 1988 Sarah gave birth to the couple's first daughter Princess Beatrice of York and two year's later to another daughter, Princess Eugenie of York. Though her marriage to Andrew appeared strong, the couple separated and eventually divorced in 1996. The split was amicable and the pair remained friends, sharing the custody of thier two young daughters. Her divorce meant that the Duchess lost her title of Princess but she retained the style Duchess of York (although she would lose this if she were to remarry). After the divorce Sarah, Duchess of York, eschewed a large settlement in the hope of maintaining cordial relationships with the Royal Family. In order to earn her own money, she became a media personality in America and was named as spokesperson for Weight Watchers U.S. after losing the excess weight she piled on during her divorce. The Duchess of York's repuation has been mired by scandal as she was filmed accepting cash for introducing business associated to Prince Andrew. His camp denied the Prince was in on the deal. |
What word is used to describe a group of ants ? | (Social Groups) Briefly describe the ant colony by using the following sociological concepts. Be sure to define the concept, and then provide your... Sign up View the step-by-step solution to: (Social Groups) Briefly describe the ant colony by using the following sociological concepts. Be sure to define the concept, and then provide your... 1. (Social Groups) Briefly describe the ant colony by using the following sociological concepts. Be sure to define the concept, and then provide your example/description. a) Primary groups 2. (Social Groups) Describe why the grasshoppers would be considered the out-group. --Answer below: 3. (Leadership) A leader is someone who influences the behaviors, opinions, or attitudes of others. As the upcoming leader of the ant colony, Princess Atta displays several different leadership styles throughout the movie. Choose a style (authoritarian, democratic, or laissez-faire) that she displayed in the movie, and in your own words, define the leadership style. --Answer below: 4. (Social Deviance and Control) During the movie, Flik violated the rules of the ant colony and was viewed by others as a deviant. Explain the following theories. Then, in your own words, apply them to Flik’s behavior in the movie. a) Labeling Theory b) Control Theory (Be sure to cover both outer and inner controls.) c) Differential Association Theory |
Who starred in the film `Enter The Dragon` ? | Enter the Dragon (1973) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 30 titles created 26 Apr 2011 a list of 30 titles created 18 Jun 2013 a list of 40 titles created 16 Mar 2015 a list of 38 titles created 19 Apr 2015 a list of 42 titles created 27 Sep 2015 Title: Enter the Dragon (1973) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them. Director: Bruce Lee A young man seeks vengence for the death of his teacher. Director: Wei Lo A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear. Directors: Wei Lo, Chia-Hsiang Wu Stars: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him. Directors: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee Stars: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Colleen Camp Legendary martial artist Bruce Lee is the subject of this thoughtful documentary by Lee aficionado John Little. Using interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and action sequences from Lee's ... See full summary » Directors: John Little, Bruce Lee Stars: Bruce Lee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Peter Archer An undisciplined boy must learn Drunken Fist Kung Fu in order to stop an assassin. Director: Woo-Ping Yuen A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts. Director: Chia-Liang Liu A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar. Director: Rob Cohen Follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur. Director: Newt Arnold Edit Storyline Enter the Dragon revolves around the three main characters. Lee, a man recruited by an agency to investigate a tournament hosted by Han, since they believe he has an Opium trade there. Roper and Williams are former army buddies since Vietnam and they enter the tournament due to different problems that they have. Roper is on the run from the Mafia due to his gambling debts, while Williams is harassed by racist police officers and defends himself from them and uses the car for his getaway. It is a deadly tournament that they will enter on an island. Lee's job is to get the other two out of there alive. Written by Emphinix Their deadly mission: to crack the forbidden island of Han! See more » Genres: Rated R for martial arts violence and brief nudity | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 19 August 1973 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Deadly Three See more » Filming Locations: DTS (re-release)| Dolby Digital (re-release)| Mono (original release)| SDDS (re-release) Color: Did You Know? Trivia There were no power tools for set construction, so some of the sets were literally built from chicken wire and mud. The steel bars of the prison cells were made by shaving down pieces of scrap wood because hours of labour came cheaper than round lengths of wood. 500 Chinese workmen built everything from scratch. See more » Goofs When the one guard attacks Lee underground with the nunchucks, the shadow of a studio light appears on the crates in the background. See more » Quotes Lee : Teacher? Shaolin Abbott : I see your talents have gone beyond the mere physical level. Your skills are now at the point of spiritual insight. I have several questions. What is the highest technique you hope to achieve ? Lee : To have no technique. Shaolin Abbott : Very good. What are your thoughts when |
Which sign of the zodiac is represented by the Fishes ? | THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC ° THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC Here's a mnemonic sentence of words whose first letters help to recall the names of the 12 signs of the western astrological zodiac in their correct order: "A Tense Grey Cat Lay Very Low, Sneaking Slowly, Contemplating A Pounce " (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces) Here's a rhyme written by E. Cobham Brewer that tells the order of the 12 constellations by describing their symbols rather than names: Our ¹vernal signs the RAM begins, Then comes the BULL, in May the TWINS; The CRAB in June, next LEO shines, And VIRGO ends the northern signs. The BALANCE brings autumnal fruits, The SCORPION stings, the ARCHER shoots; December's GOAT brings wintry blast, AQUARIUS rain, the FISH comes last. (¹vernal = of/in the season of Spring) Here's an alternative in the form of a verse by the English hymn-writer Isaac Watts (1674-1748): The RAM, the BULL, the heavenly TWINS, And next the CRAB, the LION shines, The VIRGO and the SCALES; The SCORPION, ARCHER and SEA-GOAT, The MAN who pours the water out And FISH with glittering tails. being: |
What is the name of the first reindeer Santa calls in The Night Before Christmas? | Santa's Reindeer Names: List From 'Night Before Christmas' Poem | The Huffington Post Santa's Reindeer Names: List From 'Night Before Christmas' Poem 12/25/2010 02:20 pm ET | Updated May 25, 2011 We all know Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but he actually wasn't in the original list of Santa's reindeer names in "Twas The Night Before Christmas." The classic Christmas poem, first published in 1823 ( read the original version here ), calls out the following reindeer names: 1. Dasher |
Which leader lives in the Potola? | 50 Interesting Facts | IAS 50 Interesting Facts Hypermetropic people are what : Long Sighted Which leader lives in the Potola : Dalai Lama What wood was the cross supposed to be made of : Mistletoe Joseph Levitch became famous as who : Jerry Lewis If you planted a bandarilla what are you doing : Bullfighting What was the first Pink Floyd album : Piper at the gates of dawn In which city was the first public opera house opened : Venice In what Elvis film did he play a double role : Kissing Cousins The Aphrodite of Melos has a more famous name what : Venus de Milo Which country invented the concentration camp Britain : Boer war John Huston scored a hit with his first film what? : Maltese falcon Stan laurel, Mickey Rooney, Lana Turner what in common : 8 marriages What real person has been played most often in films : Napoleon Bonaparte Scotopic people can do what : See in the dark What is the most critical thing keeping bananas fresh transport Temperature not below : 13 C 55F What is the name of the Paris stock exchange : Bourse Whose music featured in The Clockwork Orange : Beethoven What was the Troggs most famous hit : Wild Thing In Japan what colour car is reserved for the royal family only : Maroon What city has Kogoshima as its airport : Tokyo What was gangsters George Nelsons nickname : Baby Face Whose first wife was actress Jayne Wyman : Ronald Regan In MASH what is Radars favourite drink : Grape Knee High What do you give on the third wedding anniversary : Leather What is a baby whale called : Calf In which film did the Rolls Royce have the number plate AU1 : Goldfinger Vladamere Ashkenazy plays what musical instrument : Piano With which organ does a snake hear : Tongue On what is the Mona Lisa painted : Wood What is the second most common international crime : Art theft Count de Grisly was the first to perform what trick in 1799 : Saw woman in half Who wrote Les Miserable : Victor Hugo Which bird turns it head upside down to eat : Flamingo The colossus of Rhodes was a statue of who : Apollo Who rode a horse called Bucephalus : Alexander the Great To which London club did Mycroft Holmes belong : Diogones What did William Addis invent in prison : Toothbrush What is the only duty of police Gracthenvissers in Amsterdam : Motorists in canals Kleenex tissues were originally intended as what in 1915 WW1 : Gas mask filters Who invented popcorn : American Indians What is the colour of mourning in : Turkey Violet For what is spirits of salt another name : Hydrochloric acid Which game is played on an oval with 18 player per team : Australian football In the Winnie the Pooh stories what is Kanga’s baby called : Roo Which actor is common to Magnificent 7 and Dirty Dozen : Charles Bronson Who saved Andromeda from the sea monster : Perseus What flower is the symbol of secrecy : Rose What item were originally called : Hanways Umbrellas What is Brussels best known statue : The Mannequin Pis In which language does God Jul mean happy : Xmas Swedish SHARE |
Joseph Levitch became famous as who? | Biography of Joseph Levitch He began acting in the early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, ... Biography of Joseph Levitch Nationality: American Height: cm Famous biography website provide biography of Joseph Levitch including Joseph Levitch birthdate, Joseph Levitch birthplace, Joseph Levitch birthname and Joseph Levitch height. In this famous biography website, we have tried our best to list biography of Joseph Levitch and all information about this famous American people for you. Beside biography of Joseph Levitch, we also provide a lot of biographies of other famous people. We are very appreciated with any contribution to make a better and more exactly biography of Joseph Levitch by give us information about Joseph Levitch such as Joseph Levitch bio, Joseph Levitch news, Joseph Levitch photos, Joseph Levitch pitures, Joseph Levitch images, ... Biography of Joseph Levitch: 1926 - Lewis was born into a vaudeville family on March 16th in Newark, New Jersey. An American comedian whose unrestrained comic style made him one of the most popular performers of the 1950s and '60s. 1938 - At age 12, Joseph Levitch developed a comedy act in which Joseph Levitch mimed to records. Joseph Levitch dropped out of high school in order to perform his speciality in New York City theatres, burlesque shows, and nightclubs. 1944 - Joseph Levitch first met singer Dean Martin, and two years later they officially became a performing team. 1949-1950 - Their first film, "My Friend Irma", established Martin and Lewis as box office stars, and the follow-ups "My Friend Irma Goes West" and "At War with the Army" were equally successful. Thank you for visiting famous biography website, a leading website about biography of famous people. You can find not only biography of Joseph Levitch but also biography of almost famous people around the world. If you think we missed some information about Joseph Levitch, please help us to complete this biography of Joseph Levitch. Thank you for your contribution! Enter above security code: |
What was the first Pink Floyd album? | Pink Floyd | The Official Site Remember a Day? The early Sixties. Everything is up in the air, not least love, drugs and sex. A group of talented teenagers from academic backgrounds in Cambridge Roger 'Syd' Barrett, Roger Waters and David Gilmour are all keen guitarists and among many who move to London, keen to discover more of this new world and express themselves in it. Mainly in further education studying the arts, architecture, music they mix with like-minded incomers in the big city. In 1965, Barrett and Waters meet an experimental percussionist and an extraordinarily gifted keyboards-player Nick Mason and Rick Wright respectively. The result is Pink Floyd, which more than 40 years later has moved from massive to almost mythic standing. Through several changes of personnel, through several musical phases, the band has earned a place on the ultimate roll call of rock, along with the Beatles, the Stones and Led Zeppelin. Their album sales have topped 250 million. In 2005, at Live 8 the biggest global music event in history the reunion of the four-man line-up that recorded most of the Floyd canon stole the show. And yet, true to their beginnings, there has always been an enigma at their heart. Roger 'Syd' Barrett, for example. This cool and charismatic son of a university don was the original creative force behind the band (which he named after the Delta bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). His vision was perfect for the times, and vice versa. He would lead the band to its first precarious fame, and damage himself irreparably along the way. And though the Floyd's Barrett era only lasted three years, it always informed what they became. These were the summers of love, when LSD was less an hallucinogenic interval than a lifestyle choice for some young people, who found their culture in science fiction, the pastoral tradition, and a certain strain of the Victorian imagination. Drawing on such themes, the elfin Barrett wrote and sang on most of the early Floyd's material, which made use of new techniques, such as tape-loops, feedback and echo delay. Live, the Floyd played sonic freak-outs half-hidden by new-fangled light-shows and projections with Barrett's spacey lead guitar swooping over Waters' trance-like bass, while Wright and Mason created soundscapes above and beneath. On record they were tighter, if still 'psychedelic'. Either way, they sounded 'trippy'. And perhaps that was Barrett's intention. He certainly ingested plenty of LSD and other drugs, which didn't help his delicate mental balance. Over the spring of 1966, the young band were regulars at the Spontaneous Underground 'happenings' on Sundays at the legendary Marquee Club, where they were spotted by their future managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King. And by the autumn, the Floyd had become the house band of the so-called London Free School in west London. A semi-residency at the All Saint's Hall led to bigger bookings at the UFO and the International Times' launch in the Roundhouse as well as the recording of the instrumental 'Interstellar Overdrive' with the UFO's co-founder, producer Joe Boyd. (This track was later used on hip documentaries of the scene.) A signing to EMI followed in early 1967. "We want to be pop stars," said Syd. In March, Boyd recorded Barrett's oddly commercial 'Arnold Layne' as a three-minute single. And with a Top Twenty hit to promote, the band took on a gruelling schedule of gigs and recordings. They appeared at the coolest event of the summer, The 14-Hour Technicolo |
In which city was the first public opera house opened? | HISTORY OF OPERA Enjoy the Famous Daily Roman revivals and intermezzi: 16th century In the spirit of the Renaissance , Roman plays are performed on festive occasions at the courts of Italian princes. Perhaps they prove a little heavy going for some of the guests. It becomes the custom to have rather more lavish musical entertainments (intermezzi, or intermediate pieces) between the acts, with spectacular stage effects, beautiful costumes and much singing and dancing. Isabella d'Este, in the audience for a performance of Plautus in Ferrara in 1502, much prefers the intermezzi in which satyrs chase wild beasts in time to a musical clock, Swiss soldiers engage in a dance of war, and a golden ball melts away to reveal four Virtues who sing a quartet. The first intermezzi to be preserved in detail for posterity (because they are the first to be published as etchings) are performed to celebrate a wedding at the Medici court in Florence in 1589. The scenes are now close to those which will become familiar to opera audiences over the next two centuries - they include a heaven made up of clouds (in which the characters can sit and sing), a delightful garden, a rocky cave guarded by a dragon, and a sea scene with mermaids, dolphins and a ship. This combination of music and spectacle is now so popular with courtly audiences that it leads to a new development in Florence in 1597 . Dafne: 1597 An unusual entertainment takes place at the palace of Jacopo Corsi in Florence, probably as part of the carnival festivities before Lent in 1597. The novelty is that the singers enact an entire drama, with music throughout, telling the story of Daphne who is changed into a laurel to escape the attentions of Apollo. The select audience is delighted. The author of the words, Ottavio Rinuccini, says that this first opera 'gave pleasure beyond belief to the few who heard it'. Most of the music of Dafne is lost but its composer, Jacopo Peri, describes eloquently the style of musical speech which he is pioneering - 'a harmony surpassing that of ordinary speech, but falling so far below the melody of song as to take an intermediate form'. Monteverdi: 1607-1642 The director of music at the court of Mantua, Claudio Monteverdi, presents a festivity before Lent in 1607. His entertainment adopts the latest musical style, that of opera, which is just ten years old this year. La Favola d'Orfeo, described as a 'fable in music', tells in a prologue and five acts the story of Orpheus' love for Eurydice and his descent to the underworld to rescue her. Orfeo is Monteverdi's first attempt at opera. The part of Orpheus is sung by a castrato, starting an operatic tradition using castrati which will last for two centuries. A successful blend of recitative, songs and instrumental sequences makes Orfeo the earliest opera to hold a place, nearly four centuries later, in the repertory. When the duke of Mantua dies, in 1612, Monteverdi accepts the post of Master of Music for the Venetian republic. His main task becomes the composition of sacred music for performance in St Mark's, and it is these pieces which first spread his fame through Europe. Fortunately for us the prosperous citizens of republican Venice see no reason why the new musical form of the day, opera, should be restricted to private performances for the aristocracy. In 1637 Venice opens the first public opera house, the Teatro San Cassiano. Monteverdi is now seventy, but his interest in the form is rekindled. Two operas survive from these last years, both of them masterpieces. Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The return of Ulysses to his country) is premiered in the Teatro San Cassiano in 1641. By then another public opera house on a grander scale, the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo, has opened in the city. Here Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) is presented in 1642. Monteverdi has a special ability to express emotion and drama in vocal music, even in an operatic convention which now seems formal. Contemporary accounts mention people weeping at his arias, and the Venet |
The Aphrodite of Melos has a more famous name - what? | Hellenistic Art (3rd-1st centuries BC) Author(s): Marie-Bénédicte Astier This graceful statue of a goddess has intrigued and fascinated since its discovery on the island of Melos in 1820. Is it Aphrodite, who was often portrayed half-naked, or the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on Milo? The statue reflects sculptural research during the late Hellenistic Period: classical in essence, with innovatory features such as the spiral composition, the positioning in space, and the fall of the drapery over the hips. The discovery of a mutilated masterpiece The Venus de Milo was discovered in 1820 on the island of Melos (Milo in modern Greek) in the south-western Cyclades. The Marquis de Rivière presented it to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre the following year. The statue won instant and lasting fame. Essentially two blocks of marble, it is comprised of several parts which were sculpted separately (bust, legs, left arm and foot) then fixed with vertical pegs, a technique which was fairly common in the Greek world (especially in the Cyclades, where this work was produced around 100 BC). The goddess originally wore metal jewelry — bracelet, earrings, and headband — of which only the fixation holes remain. The marble may have been embellished with (now faded) polychromy. The arms were never found. A mysterious goddess with neither name nor attributes The goddess is shrouded in mystery, her attitude a persistent enigma. The missing pieces of marble and absence of attributes made the restoration and identification of the statue difficult. A whole range of positions have been suggested: leaning against a pillar, resting her elbow on Ares' shoulder, or holding a variety of attributes. According to whether she held a bow or an amphora, she was Artemis or a Danaid. She is popularly thought to represent Aphrodite, because of her half-nakedness and her sensual, feminine curves. She may have held an apple — an allusion to the Judgement of Paris — a crown, a shield, or a mirror in which she admired her reflection. However she might also be the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on the island of Milo. A Hellenistic creation: a blend of classical tradition and innovation The statue has sometimes been thought to be a replica, freely inspired by an original from the late 4th century BC, because of its resemblance to the Aphrodite of Capua (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples) — a similar style Roman work, copy of a Greek original. The Venus de Milo certainly revives the classical tradition, but would appear to be a classicizing re-creation dating from the late 2nd century BC. The goddess's air of aloofness, the harmony of her face and her impassivity are stamped with the aesthetics of the 5th century BC; the hairstyle and delicate modeling of the flesh evoke the works of 4th-century sculptor Praxiteles. However, the sculpture reflects innovations that appeared during the Hellenistic period, between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC. The spiral composition, the positioning of the figure in three-dimensional space, and the small-breasted, elongated body are characteristic of this period. The goddess is arrested in time, holding her legs together as the drapery slides over her hips. Her nudity contrasts with the effects of light and shade of the finely-detailed drapery. Bibliography Laugier (L.), « La Vénus de Milo », Feuillet pédagogique du Musée du Louvre, 3, n°50, Paris, 2001. D’après l’antique, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2000, p. 432-433, p. 441, n° 235. Ridgway (B. S.), Hellenistic Sculpture, II, 2000, p. 167-171, ill. 21, fig. 5. Hamiaux (M.), Les sculptures grecques, II, Paris, 1998, p. 41-44, n° 52. Havelock (C. M.), The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors, A Historical Review of the female Nude in Greek Art, University of Michigan, 1995, p. 93-98, fig. 13. Haskell (Fr.), Penny (N.), Pour l’amour de l’art antique : la statuaire gréco-romaine et le goût européen 1500-1900, Paris, 1988, p. 363-365, n° 178, fig. (éd. anglaise, Taste and the antique : the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven, 1981). Pasquier (A |
John Huston scored a hit with his first film - what? | John Huston - Biography - IMDb John Huston Biography Showing all 122 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (5) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (74) | Personal Quotes (29) | Salary (4) Overview (4) 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Bio (1) An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend was born John Marcellus Huston in Nevada, Missouri, on August 5, 1906. His ancestry included English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The age-old story goes that the small town of his birth was won by John's grandfather in a poker game. John's father was the equally magnanimous character actor Walter Huston , and his mother, Rhea Gore, was a newspaperwoman who traveled around the country looking for stories. The only child of the couple, John began performing on stage with his vaudevillian father at age 3. Upon his parents' divorce at age 7, the young boy would take turns traveling around the vaudeville circuit with his father and the country with his mother on reporting excursions. A frail and sickly child, he was once placed in a sanitarium due to both an enlarged heart and kidney ailment. Making a miraculous recovery, he quit school at age 14 to become a full-fledged boxer and eventually won the Amateur Lightweight Boxing Championship of California, winning 22 of 25 bouts. His trademark broken nose was the result of that robust activity. John married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Harvey, and also took his first professional stage bow with a leading role off-Broadway entitled "The Triumph of the Egg." He made his Broadway debut that same year with "Ruint" on April 7, 1925, and followed that with another Broadway show "Adam Solitaire" the following November. John soon grew restless with the confines of both his marriage and acting and abandoned both, taking a sojourn to Mexico where he became an officer in the cavalry and expert horseman while writing plays on the sly. Trying to control his wanderlust urges, he subsequently returned to America and attempted newspaper and magazine reporting work in New York by submitting short stories. He was even hired at one point by mogul Samuel Goldwyn Jr. as a screenwriter, but again he grew restless. During this time he also appeared unbilled in a few obligatory films. By 1932 John was on the move again and left for London and Paris where he studied painting and sketching. The promising artist became a homeless beggar during one harrowing point. Returning again to America in 1933, he played the title role in a production of "Abraham Lincoln," only a few years after father Walter portrayed the part on film for D.W. Griffith . John made a new resolve to hone in on his obvious writing skills and began collaborating on a few scripts for Warner Brothers. He also married again. Warners was so impressed with his talents that he was signed on as both screenwriter and director for the Dashiell Hammett mystery yarn The Maltese Falcon (1941). The movie classic made a superstar out of Humphrey Bogart and is considered by critics and audiences alike--- 65 years after the fact--- to be the greatest detective film ever made. In the meantime John wrote/staged a couple of Broadway plays, and in the aftermath of his mammoth screen success directed bad-girl 'Bette Davis (I)' and good girl Olivia de Havilland in the film melodrama In This Our Life (1942), and three of his "Falcon" stars (Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet ) in the romantic war picture Across the Pacific (1942). During WWII John served as a Signal Corps lieutenant and went on to helm a number of film documentaries for the U.S. government including the controversial Let There Be Light (1946), which father Walter narrated. The end of WWII also saw the end of his second marriage. He married third wife Evelyn Keyes , of "Gone With the Wind" fame, in 1946 but it too lasted a relatively short time. That same year the impulsive and always unpredictable Huston directed Jean-Paul Sartre 's experimental |
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What is the name of the Paris stock exchange? | Euronext Euronext Including: Bonds, Derivatives, ETPs, Equities Derivatives Euronext makes irrevocable cash offer to acquire LCH.Clearnet SA Euronext has made an irrevocable all-cash offer to LCH.Clearnet Group Limited (“LCH.Clearnet Group”) and London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) to acquire LCH.Clearnet SA (“Clearnet”), in relation to which terms and conditions have been agreed. Clearnet has commenced a period of consultation with its works council during which LSEG and LCH.Clearnet Group have granted exclusivity to Euronext Strategic combination to strengthen Euronext at the heart of the Eurozone capital markets: -Strengthening long-term control of clearing activities for Euronext’s markets, while enhancing our ability to innovate -Improving Euronext’s business diversification (post-trade revenue to represent approximately 30% of Euronext’s pro forma revenue) -Providing substantial growth opportunities in Fixed Income and CDS -Acquisition price of €510m (subject to a closing adjustment and including excess capital [1] ) for 100% of Clearnet -Expected pre-tax operating cost synergies of €13m and additional opportunities for revenue synergies Completion of the contemplated transaction is subject to various conditions including: -Closing of the merger between Deutsche Börse AG (“DB”) and LSEG -Euronext shareholder approval -Customary regulatory and anti-trust approvals and other consents -Completion of the works council consultation process of Clearnet Irrespective of the completion of the contemplated transaction, Euronext remains committed to delivering the best long-term solution for its post-trade activities, in the interests of its clients and shareholders Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris – 3 January 2017 – Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has signed a binding offer and been granted exclusivity to acquire 100% of the share capital and voting rights of Clearnet. Clearnet is a leading, multi-asset, Eurozone-based Central Counterparty (CCP) serving Euronext’s markets, pan-European electronic trading platforms and OTC markets, with gross income of €137m and profit after tax of €36m in 2015, and shareholders’ equity of €301m [2] . Together, Euronext and Clearnet will deliver a powerful multi-asset CCP based in the Eurozone. This transaction will strengthen the long-standing relationship between Euronext and Clearnet, and cement the strategic future of Clearnet within the Eurozone. It will create a compelling value proposition for customers based on capital efficiencies, product innovation and execution certainty. Stéphane Boujnah, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext said: “The potential acquisition of Clearnet represents an opportunity for Euronext to achieve revenue growth and diversification. We will be in a position to provide our existing and future clients with a pan-European, fully integrated trading and post-trade platform. Euronext remains committed to delivering the best long-term solution for its post-trade activities in the interests of its clients and shareholders, irrespective of whether the acquisition of Clearnet is completed. We are looking forward to further strengthening our role as the leading integrated market platform of the Eurozone, powering pan-European capital markets to finance the real economy.” As the transaction is contingent on, among other things, completion of the DB / LSEG merger, which remains under review by the European Commission and other authorities, Euronext continues to explore options for derivatives clearing after the expiry of the cash equities and derivatives clearing agreements with Clearnet in December 2018. Transaction highlights The contemplated acquisition of Clearnet will allow Euronext to create one of the leading market infrastructure groups in the Eurozone and significantly diversify its revenue mix. It will also accelerate Euronext’s growth by boosting the achievement of its ambitions in derivatives, by enhancing its ability to pursue growth initiatives and by adding new and fast growing |
Whose music featured in The Clockwork Orange? | Wendy Carlos, WC's CO Notes Liner Notes (excerpts from the complete notes of the CD set) Shortly after the success of her Switched-On Bach album, Wendy Carlos and her long-time producer Rachel Elkind began working with a spectrum follower--a device that converts sounds, such as speech, into electronic signals that mirror the overtones and rhythms of the original. The idea: To create the first electronic "vocal" piece. The piece selected for translation: the Choral Movement from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. After much preliminary work, Rachel felt that the Beethoven selection needed some kind of an introduction, something to ease the listener into this new sound of a well-known piece. Wendy began work on what was later to develop into an original, self-sustaining composition entitled Timesteps. Wendy was, by her own admission, "about three and a half minutes" into Timesteps when a friend gave her a paperback copy of A Clockwork Orange. Like so many other readers, Wendy fell under the spell of Anthony Burgess' vision of a world of tomorrow filled with ultra-violence. She was also struck by the fact that her Timesteps music seemed to capture the exact feeling of the opening scenes of Burgess' book. Further work, and Timesteps evolved, subconsciously, into a kind of musical poem based on Clockwork -- a work that, as Wendy says, was an "autonomous composition with an uncanny affinity for Clockwork." Then, the same friend who had given her Clockwork sent a clipping from a London newspaper announcing that Stanley Kubrick had just begun production of a film based on Burgess' book. Wendy and Rachel, both admirers of Kubrick's previous work, began to share the same day-dream: "Wouldn't it be great if..." Then came an announcement in the New York Times that Kubrick had actually finished filming. Timesteps was also finished, so Rachel sprang into action. Through a friend, literary agent Lucy Kroll, she contacted Kubrick's United States representative. Timesteps and Beethoven's Choral Movement were airmailed to Kubrick. Wendy and Rachel waited. Finally, came a request from Kubrick: Could they come to London and discuss the use of Wendy's music in the film? They came. They saw. And not only did they agree to Kubrick's use of the Beethoven Movement and Timesteps for the movie, but also Wendy began to arrange / perform some of the music already contracted for by Kubrick, and they even set down original ideas for other background music. In this album, Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind have brought together all the music that Wendy suggested, arranged and / or composed for this remarkable film. In addition to the selections from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (including Wendy's scintillant version of the Scherzo), and Timesteps, here is The Thieving Magpie ("As we would have done it, had there been time") and a startling piece of original music, Country Lane. This latter piece, which depicts Alex's near drowning at the hands of his ex-Droogs, utilizes motifs from The Thieving Magpie plus the medieval religious theme of Dies Irae (Day of 'Wrath), which is also heard in the title music, plus authentic rain storm sounds (as in Wendy's Sonic Seasonings album) plus a suggestion of Singin' in the Rain. (In its few minutes, this Country Lane manages to sum up the mood of the entire film.) Here, then, is the music that you heard--and did not hear--in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. Here is the only recording actually supervised by both persons responsible for this remarkable film score. Here is the only complete collection of Wendy Carlos's music for A Clockwork Orange. --Chris Nelson (Top of the Page) Looking Back |
Which record did Scott McKenzie take to UK No.1 in July 1967? | Scott McKenzie - Telegraph Music Obituaries Scott McKenzie Scott McKenzie, who has died aged 73, had a huge hit in 1967 with San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair), which became a counterculture anthem during California’s “Summer of Love”. Scott McKenzie Photo: REX 7:14PM BST 20 Aug 2012 Written by McKenzie’s friend John Phillips, leader of the 1960s vocal group The Mamas and the Papas, the song remains emblematic of the hippie movement, of which the fashionably mustachioed, kaftan-wearing McKenzie was a prominent devotee. McKenzie was also a songwriter, and co-wrote Kokomo, a chart-topping hit for The Beach Boys in 1988. San Francisco was no less catchy . In McKenzie’s light tenor, the lyric — “If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair” — perfectly captured the freewheeling spirit of the age, with its love-ins, sexual liberation, drug use, psychedelic music and the long-awaited end of the war in Vietnam. It was composed for the first pop festival at Monterey, a Californian fishing village. Phillips wrote the song in an afternoon, hired the musicians the following morning and finished recording in an all-night session. McKenzie, whom Phillips had known since both were teenagers, had the “perfect” voice for it. “My heart was in that song,” McKenzie agreed, “and I didn’t have to change my image. I already had a pretty loose life. I was wearing flower shirts, weird flowing robes and kaftans, and we picked flowers the day we recorded the song. One girl gave me a garland of flowers and my friends were sitting in the lotus position, meditating, while I was recording it.” McKenzie was born Philip Wallach Blondheim on January 10 1939 at Jacksonville Beach, Florida, but was still an infant when his family moved to Asheville, North Carolina. After the death of his father in 1941, his mother moved to Washington, DC, to join the civil service, working as a personal assistant in the office of the Secretary of Defense General George C Marshall, author of the Marshall Plan. Phil Blondheim became friends with John Phillips, with whom he formed a doo-wop band, The Abstracts. Joined by Mike Boran and Bill Cleary, they later renamed themselves The Smoothies, specialising in songbook standards, and recorded two singles . During a residency at a Canadian nightclub , Blondheim, too, decided on a name change, having been told by a comedian that he looked like a Scottie dog. Phillips suggested the surname McKenzie, after his own daughter Mackenzie , hence Scott McKenzie. In 1961, with Dick Weissman, McKenzie and Phillips moved into the folk genre with another group, The Journeymen. Although they recorded three albums and seven singles , they disbanded following the British pop “invasion” led by The Beatles in 1964. While Phillips formed The Mamas and the Papas with Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips and moved to California, McKenzie declined Phillips’s offer of a place in the group. “I was trying to see if I could do something by myself,” he explained . “And I didn’t think I could take that much pressure.” San Francisco became an overnight hit, reaching No 4 in the American Billboard Hot 100 in June 1967. By early August it was also a No 1 in Britain . It sold more than seven million copies around the world. Finding a follow-up single, however, did not prove easy for McKenzie, and with another Phillips song, Like An Old Time Movie, he enjoyed only a minor hit. His first album, The Voice of Scott McKenzie, was followed by one featuring all his own songs, Stained Glass Morning. Success eluded him, and in 1970 he moved to Joshua Tree, a California desert town near Palm Springs, where he was often observed wandering barefoot, talking to plants. In 1973 he moved back to Virginia, where he lived for 10 years. In 1986 McKenzie started singing with The Mamas and the Papas in a reconstituted line-up. Scott McKenzie, born January 10 1939, died August 18 2012 |
'Fire' was a UK No.1 in June 1968 for who? | Top 100 1968 - UK Music Charts 1969 Top 100 1968 The top 100 1968 lists the 100 most popular hits in the UK singles music charts in 1968. Position What A Wonderful World / Cabaret 02 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 05 I've Gotta Get A Message To You 13 Crazy World Of Arthur Brown Fire This Guy's In Love With You 23 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich Legend Of Xanadu Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp 28 If I Only Had Time 29 With A Little Help From My Friends 31 Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde 33 Am I That Easy To Forget 34 Ain't Got No / I Got Life / Do What You Gotta Do 36 This Old Heart Of Mine 37 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 39 Can't Take My Eyes Off You 40 I Say A Little Prayer 42 I Don't Want Our Loving To Die 46 Julie Driscoll & The Brian Auger Trinity This Wheel's On Fire John Fred & The Playboy Band Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) 48 |
Who had a July 1968 UK No.1 with 'Do It Again'? | The Beach Boys THE SINGLES: 1961-2012 NOTE: The Beach Boys started out like many other rock bands of the era - as a singles act. Beginning on the tiny Candix label, the Beach Boys soon graduated to Capitol Records, and there had many hit singles, breaking nationwide with "Surfin' USA". Beginning with that single (b/w "Shut Down"), the band began a tradition of double-sided hits - with both the singles' "A" and "B" sides becoming hits. With the advent of the Beatles, and the rising tide of The British Invasion, The Beach Boys became less of a "singles" act, and concentrated more on crafting entire albums which could stand on their own. This page is only a small percentage of their worldwide singles output - for a more complete guide, check out the book |
'Dizzy' was a UK No.1 in April 1969 for who? | UK No.1 Hit Singles: 1960 to 1969 95: Michael Holliday 'Starry Eyed' 29/1/1960 Feb 96: Anthony Newley 'Why' 5/2/1960 March 97: Adam Faith 'Poor Me' 10/3/1960 98: Johnny Preston 'Running Bear' 17/3/1960 99: Lonnie Donegan 'My Old Man's A Dustman' 31/3/1960 April 100: Anthony Newley 'Do You Mind' 28/4/1960 May 101: Everly Brothers 'Cathy's Clown' 5/5/1960 June 102: Eddie Cochran 'Three Steps To Heaven' 23/6/1960 July 103: Jimmy Jones 'Good Timin' 7/7/1960 104: Cliff Richard 'Please Don't Tease' 28/7/1960 Aug 105: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates 'Shakin' All Over' 4/8/1960 106: Shadows 'Apache' 25/8/1960 107: Ricky Valence 'Tell Laura I Love Her' 29/9/1960 Oct 108: Roy Orbison 'Only The Lonely' 20/10/1960 Nov 109: Elvis Presley 'It's Now Or Never' 3/11/1960 Dec 110: Cliff Richard 'I Love You' 29/12/1960 1961 111: Johnny Tillotson: Poetry In Motion, 12/1/1961 112: Elvis Presley: Are You Lonesome Tonight, 26/1/1961 Feb 113: Petula Clark: Sailor, 23/2/1961 March 114: Everly Brothers: Walk Right Back, 2/3/1961 115: Elvis Presley: Wooden Heart, 23/3/1961 May 116: The Marcels: Blue Moon, 4/5/1961 117: Floyd Cramer: On The Rebound, 18/5/1961 118: The Temperance Seven: You're Driving Me Crazy, 25/5/1961 June 119: Elvis Presley: Surrender, 1/6/1961 120: Del Shannon: Runaway, 29/6/1961 July 121: Everly Brothers: Temptation, 20/7/1961 Aug 122: Eden Kane: Well I Ask You, 3/8/1961 123: Helen Shapiro: You Don't Know, 10/8/1961 124: John Leyton: Johnny Remember Me, 31/8/196 Sept 125: Shirley Bassey: Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain, 21/9/1961 Oct 126: Shadows: Kon Tiki - 5/10/1961 127: The Highwaymen: Michael - 12/10/1961 128: Helen Shapiro: Walkin' Back To Happiness - 19/10/1961 Nov 129: Elvis Presley: (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister - 9/11/1961 Dec 130: Frankie Vaughan: Tower Of Strength - 7/12/1961 131: Danny Williams: Moon River - 28/12/1961 1962 132. Cliff Richard 'The Young Ones' 11/1/1962 Feb 133. Elvis Presley 'Can't Help Falling In Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby' 22/2/1962 March 134. Shadows 'Wonderful Land' 22/3/1962 May 135. B.Bumble & The Stingers 'Nut Rocker' 17/5/1962 136. Elvis Presley 'Good Luck Charm' 24/5/1962 June 137. Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard 'Come Outside' 28/6/1962 jJuly 138. Ray Charles 'I Can't Stop Loving You' 12/7/1962 139. Frank Ifield 'I Remember You' 26/7/1962 Sept 140. Elvis Presley 'She's Not You' 13/9/1962 Oct 142. Frank Ifield 'Lovesick Blues' 8/11/1962 Dec 143. Elvis Presley 'Return To Sender' 13/12/1962 1963 144. Cliff Richard 'The Next Time / Bachelor Boy' 3/1/1963 145. Shadows 'Dance On' 24/1/1963 146. Jet Harris & Tony Meehan 'Diamonds' 31/1/1963 147. Frank Ifield 'Wayward Wind' 21/2/1963 March 148. Cliff Richard 'Summer Holiday' 14/3/1963 149. Shadows 'Foot Tapper' 29/3/1963 April 150. Gerry & The Pacemakers 'How Do You Do It?' 11/4/1963 May 151. Beatles 'From Me To You' 2/5/1963 June 152. Gerry & The Pacemakers 'I Like It' 20/6/1963 July 153. Frank Ifield 'Confessin' (That I Love You)' 18/7/1963 Aug 154. Elvis Presley '(You're The) Devil In Disguise' 1/8/1963 155. Searchers 'Sweets For My Sweet' 8/8/1963 156. Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 'Bad To Me' 22/8/1963 Sept 157. Beatles 'She Loves You' 12/9/1963 Oct 158. Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 'Do You Love Me' 10/10/1963 159. Gerry & The Pacemakers 'You'll Never Walk Alone' 31/10/1963 Dec 160. Beatles 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' 12/12/1963 1964 161 Dave Clark Five.. Glad All Over 16/1/1964 162 Searchers.. Needles & Pins 30/1/1964 Feb 164 Cilla Black.. Anyone Who Had A Heart 27/2/1964 March 165 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas.. Little Children 19/3/1964 April 166. Beatles.. Can't Buy Me Love 2/4/1964 167. Peter & Gordon.. A World Without Love 23/4/1964 May 168. Searchers.. Don't Throw Your Love Away 7/5/1964 169. Four Pennies.. Juliet 21/5/1964 170. Cilla Black .. You're My World 28/5/1964 June 171. Roy Orbison.. It's Over 25/6/1964 July 172. Animals.. The House Of The Rising Sun 9/7/1964 173. Rolling Stones.. It's All Over Now 16/7/1964 174. Beatles.. A Hard Day's Night 23/7/1964 Aug 175. Manfred Mann.. Do Wah Diddy Diddy 13/8/ |
Who took 'The Tears Of A Clown' to the UK No.1 spot in August 1970? | 10 songs that took ages to become hits | ShortList Magazine 10 songs that took ages to become hits Comment All good things come to those who wait. Last year, Andrew Hozier-Byrne - aka Hozier - saw his song Take Me To Church rise up and up the charts, becoming the biggest sleeper hit of recent times. Originally released in Ireland in September 2013, then released to radio in the US in March 2014, it slowly climbed - hitting number 2 in the States in December 2014, and ended up dominating the UK airwaves throughout 2015 - taking 26 weeks after first entering the top 40 to hit the top three. Proof, perhaps, that you can't keep a good song down. Here's 10 other examples of songs, initially overlooked, finally reaching the masses...eventually. Derek & The Dominos - Layla (1970-1972) Of course, everyone now knows this classic track, both as being the home of one of the greatest guitar riffs of all-time, but also as a pub quiz answer - no, it wasn't released under Eric Clapton's name, it's by Derek & The Dominos. Unfortunately, their label, Polydor, made the same mistake, believing that everyone would know Clapton was in the band and thus would go out and buy their album without needing to do much promotion. When the record, Layla and Other Love Songs, was released in December 1970, it was a critical and commercial flop, with a belatedly-released 2:43 edit of the single limping to number 50 on the Billboard Charts in March 1971. It wasn't until the full version, complete with instrumental outro, was re-released as a single to promote a March 1972 compilation, The History Of Eric Clapton, that it became the hit it deserved to be, reaching number 7 in the UK and number 10 in the US. Elton John - Sacrifice (1989-1990) Released on the August 1989 album Sleeping With The Past, this brilliant ballad didn't find acclaim until a year later. Originally issued as a single in October that year, it was roundly ignored, reaching number 55, but Radio 1's Steve Wright picked up on the track six months later, playing it on his afternoon show to hugely positive listener reactions. The record label took the hint, rereleased it (with fellow flop single Healing Hands as a double A-side) in May 1990, and it raced to number 1 in June 1990. Remarkably, it was John's first-ever solo UK chart-topper (Don't Go Breaking My Heart, the duet with Kiki Dee, had previously hit the top spot), remaining there for five weeks. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (1992-1994) This breakbeat classic seriously took its time before claiming its rightful place at the top of the charts. Despite only hitting a peak of number 77 when first released in 1992, it remained in the top 200 almost constantly for the next two years, as well as becoming a club staple. A Kiss FM poll revealed that it was the most popular dance single of all time, which prompted a full-scale rerelease in November 1994 - it duly crashed in at number 3, reaching the summit the following week. Damien Rice - Cannonball (2002-2011) A triumph of perseverance, this track took fully 8 years, 3 releases, and 3 different versions to become a top 10 hit - despite attracting the ire of its creator. Released in Ireland only in 2002, it was then put out in the UK in November 2003, peaking at number 32. A July 2004 release saw it climb higher - getting up to number 19, but all the while, its heavy radio rotation ensured that it was a constant fixture in the public's ears. Eventually, an X Factor cover version in October 2011 saw it rise to number 9 with digital sales. However, it was controversial, as its radio friendly nature was not something of Rice's doing. Happy with his original, drum-less version (which was on the album), his record company sped up the vocal and added more commercial production to create the radio remix that is, now, most well-known. Despite resisting this version's release, he finally caved in to placate the label - nonetheless, on a subsequent B-sides album, he apologised in the sleevenotes and instructed people to buy the album for a true representation of the song. Of course, X Factor winne |
'Amazing Grace' was an April 1972 No.1 for which band? | Dragoon Guards Amazing Grace No1 First Week April 1972 UK - YouTube Dragoon Guards Amazing Grace No1 First Week April 1972 UK 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 28, 2016 The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Amazing Grace (Vinyl)(RadioSpeed) Got to No1 in the first week of April 1972 in the United Kingdom. And was in the charts at the same time as Judy Collins's Song with words of the same title. Uploaded by former Radio DJ John Magnetron Category |
Who had a UK No.1 hit in May 1972 with 'Vincent'? | The UK Number Ones : 1970-1974 -now Week Ending ACT + Links TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT 31 Jan 1970 Edison Lighthouse Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 5 Only No 1 Studio act with lead singer Tony Burrows . He sang on hits for many other groups. 7 Mar 1970 Lee Marvin Wandrin' Star 3 Only No 1 Tough-guy actor who growled this song in his film "Paint Your Wagon". 28 Mar 1970 Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water 3 Only No 1 Only Art Garfunkel sings on this perennial favourite. Paul Simon went on to even greater solo success, but never made No 1. 18 Apr 1970 Dana All Kinds Of Everything 2 Only No 1 First Eurovision winner for Ireland. Her career was shorter than most expected. 2 May 1970 Norman Greenbaum Spirit In The Sky 2 Only No 1 A "Praising Jesus" song that Norman wrote himself. Doctor & The Medics took the song to No 1 in 1986. 16 May 1970 England World Cup Squad Back Home 3 1st No 1 Mexico World Cup sing-along, which did not help England to win the cup. 6 Jun 1970 Christie Yellow River 1 Only No 1 Written by Jeff Christie for the Tremeloes who turned it down - so he recorded it himself. 13 Jun 1970 Mungo Jerry In The Summertime 7 1st No 1 Good-time band led by Ray Dorset. The song has been revived several times since. 1 Aug 1970 Elvis Presley The Wonder Of You 6 16th No 1 He was reviving his career in Las Vegas, and this is a live recording from his show. At this point he was still one behind the Beatles. 12 Sep 1970 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Tears Of A Clown 1 1st No 1 Motown act - Robinson was a director of the company. He had a solo No 1 in 1981. 19 Sep 1970 Freda Payne Band Of Gold 6 Only No 1 Song about marriage failure from an actress, produced by former Motown men. 31 Oct 1970 Matthew's Southern Comfort Woodstock 3 Only No 1 21 Nov 1970 Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile 1 Only No 1 American with legendary status who found fame in London, where he died two months prior to this No 1. 28 Nov 1970 Xmas No 1 Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knockin' 6 Only No 1 Mainly a producer, he has been involved in hits for dozens of artists. 9 Jan 1971 Clive Dunn Grandad 3 Only No 1 "Dad's Army" star who tapped seasonal sentimentality that Christmas & New Year. 30 Jan 1971 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 5 1st No 1 The ex-Beatle excelled with this, but was sued for plagiarism a few years later. The recording returned to the top in 2002, following his death. 6 Mar 1971 Mungo Jerry Baby Jump 2 2nd & last No 1 Written by leader Ray Dorset. He remained in the music business until the 90s. 20 Mar 1971 T Rex Hot Love 6 1st No 1 Led by Marc Bolan, an acoustic folk hero who turned electric and became a glam rock star. 1 May 1971 Dave & Ansil Collins Double Barrel 2 Only No 1 Jamaican duo who provided only the second West Indian reggae chart topper. 15 May 1971 300th No 1 Dawn Knock Three Times 5 1st No 1 19 Jun 1971 Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 5 Only No 1 They were a Scottish foursome who first tasted success in Europe. 24 Jul 1971 T Rex Get It On 4 2nd No 1 Great guitar riffs ensured that Marc Bolan would get another chart topper. 21 Aug 1971 Diana Ross I'm Still Waiting 4 2nd No 1 (1st with Supremes) Chosen as Tony Blackburn's record of the week, it sold by the bucket load, and was her first solo No 1. 18 Sep 1971 Tams Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 3 Only No 1 American act whose US chart career was already over. This was a reissue of a 1964 US hit. 9 Oct 1971 Rod Stewart Maggie May 5 1st No 1 A veteran of several bands, notably The Faces. This remains a perennial radio favourite. 13 Nov 1971 Slade Coz I Luv You 4 1st No 1 Wolverhampton glam rockers who launched a long and successful career with this. 11 Dec 1971 Xmas No 1 Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) 4 Only No 1 Popular tv comic who recorded novelty songs over a number of years. 8 Jan 1972 New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing 4 1st No 1 They were formed by a member of the Seekers. Song started as a Coca Cola tv ad. 5 Feb 1972 T Re |
Dallol Ethiopia has what claim to fame? | No Questions Quiz 31 Answers - Shareware Notice Shareware Notice No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 1 The lack of calcium in the diet causes what condition Rickets 2 Where would you find Lunate Triquetral and Hamate Bones in Wrist 3 What are Jean Bernard, Pierre St-Martin and Berger in France Worlds deep caves 4 Dallol Ethiopia has what claim to fame Worlds hottest average place 94 5 Where are Bay of Heats and Bay of Dew Sinus Aestuum - Roris Near side of Moon 6 The star constellation Lepus has what English name The Hare 7 Lauris Nobilis is the Latin name of what common herb Bay 8 If you suffered from varicella what have you got Chickenpox 9 Chi is the Chinese year of what Cock 10 A Comte France Landgraf Germany Conde Italy what England Earl 11 In heraldry what is a vertical line dividing a shield called Pale 12 The Templeton prize is awarded annually for progress in what Religion 13 International car registration letters what country is ZA South Africa 14 In England what is the most popular girls name of the 90s Rebecca 15 Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead - name playwright Tom Stoppard 16 Lucy Johnson became famous under what name Ava Gardner 17 What is a Tam Tam Orchestral Gong 18 FITA are the governing body of what sport Archery 19 Denzil Washington's first film as director was what Finding Fish 20 What is Canada's oldest city founded in 1608 Quebec 21 In the Jewish religion what's banned during The three weeks Marriage or Haircut 22 Who wrote the hymn Hear my Prayer Mendlesson 23 38 million Americans one in five don’t like what Sex 24 Alan Ginsberg is credited with inventing what 60s phrase Flower Power 25 Where would you find a pintle Hinge - it’s the pin holding it 26 Who created Woody Woodpecker Walter Lantz 27 Winston Churchill had a dog - what type Miniature Poodle 28 Who was born in Chicago 5th December 1901 died 1966 Walt Disney 29 What is the name of Paul McCartney's official fan club Club Sandwich 30 By US government figures people have tried 28000 ways of what Losing Weight 31 If you suffer from Tinea Pedis what have you got Athletes foot 32 What colour is Llamas milk Yellow 33 In Alberta its illegal to play craps if you are using what Dice 34 Narcotics comes from the Greek - what it literally mean Electric eels - put on foreheads 35 What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine 36 Rhodopsis original Egyptian Cinderella had what job Prostitute - bird stole her shoe 37 Whose attendance compulsory at priests banquets in Egypt Mummies – dead reminded short life 38 Siddhartha Gautama became better known as who Buddha 39 In ancient Greece young brides had to sacrifice what Their Dolls – show they were grown up 40 Caer-Lud was the former name of what capitol city London 41 4% of women never do what according to survey Wear Underwear 42 In superstition if you marry on Saturday you will have what No luck at all 43 What was the first million dollar seller paperback I the Jury – Mickey Spillane 44 Who founded Methodism in 1738 John Wesley 45 What was the ancient Egyptian cure for haemorrhoids Beer - lots of beer 46 Middle ages Monks denied meat on fast days ate what Rabbit Foetuses – Said were eggs 47 Where was Ice Cream invented China 48 Brittany Spears - what is her favourite drink Sprite 49 What job does Charlie Browns father do Barber 50 International direct dialling codes what country has 353 Republic of Ireland ^ No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 51 What is the main food of walruses Clams 52 30% of people quit this job in USA each year - what job School Bus Driver 53 Napoleons life was saved by a dog what breed – and he hated dogs Newfoundland – saved from drowning 54 In 1821 Jacob Fusel worlds fist commercial factory making what Ice Cream 55 The star constellation Grus has what English name The Crane 56 International aircraft registration letters what country is PP or PT Brazil 57 What was the first 30 minute animated Disney show Duck Tales 58 A renaissance doctor - what treatment excl |
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The star constellation Lepus has what English name? | Lepus Constellation: Facts, Myth, Brightest Stars, Deep Sky Objects | Constellation Guide Constellation Guide Constellations: A Guide to the Night Sky Lepus Constellation Lepus constellation lies in the northern sky, just under the feet of Orion . The constellation’s name means “the hare” in Latin. Lepus is not associated with any particular myth, but is sometimes depicted as a hare being chased by the mythical hunter Orion or by his hunting dogs, represented by the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor . Lepus was first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. The constellation is home to the famous variable star R Leporis, better known as Hind’s Crimson Star, and it contains several notable deep sky objects: Messier 79 (NGC 1904), the irregular galaxy NGC 1821, and the Spirograph Nebula (IC 418). FACTS, LOCATION & MAP Lepus Constellation Map, by IAU and Sky&Telescope magazine Lepus is the 51st constellation in size, occupying an area of 290 square degrees. It is located in the second quadrant of the northern hemisphere (NQ2) and can be seen at latitudes between +63° and -90°. The neighboring constellations are Caelum , Canis Major , Columba , Eridanus , Monoceros and Orion . Lepus contains a Messier object – Messier 79 (M79, NGC 1904) – and has one star with known planets. The brightest star in the constellation is Arneb, Alpa Leporis, with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.58. There are no meteor showers associated with Lepus. Lepus belongs to the Orion family of constellations, along with Canis Major , Canis Minor , Monoceros and Orion . MYTH Lepus is usually depicted as a hare being hunted by Orion or by his hunting dogs. The constellation is located under Orion’s feet. It is not associated with any particular myth. Sometimes it is also represented as a rabbit, also chased by Orion and his dogs. Alpha Leporis, the brightest star in the constellation, has the name Arneb, which means “the hare” in Arabic. The hare’s ears are delineated by the stars Kappa, Iota, Lambda and Nu Leporis. MAJOR STARS IN LEPUS Arneb – α Leporis (Alpha Leporis) Alpha Leporis, the brightest star in Lepus, is a lower luminosity yellow-white supergiant star with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.589. It is approximately 2,200 light years distant from the solar system. It has the stellar classification F0 Ib. The star’s proper name, Arneb, comes from the Arabic arnab, which means “the hare.” Arneb has a mass about 14 times that of the Sun, 129 times the solar radius, and it is 32,000 times more luminous. It is believed to be about 13 million years old. Alpha Leporis is a very old, dying star which is either still expanding or has passed through the supergiant stage and is in the process of contracting and heating up. It is expected to end its life in a supernova explosion. Nihal – β Leporis (Beta Leporis) Beta Leporis has the stellar classification G5 II. It is a yellow bright giant with an apparent magnitude of 2.84, approximately 160 light years distant from the Sun. Its traditional name, Nihal, means “quenching their thirst.” The star has 3.5 solar masses and 16 times the solar radius. It is believed to be about 240 million years old. Beta Leporis is a double star system and possibly a binary star. It is composed of two stars separated by 2.58 arcseconds. The companion star is a suspected variable. ε Leporis (Epsilon Leporis) Epsilon Leporis is an orange giant star with the stellar classification K4 III. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.166 and is approximately 213 light years distant. The star has 40 times the Sun’s radius and 1.70 times the mass. It is believed to be about 1.72 billion years old. It is 372 times more luminous than the Sun. μ Leporis (Mu Leporis) Mu Leporis is a blue-white subgiant star with the stellar classification of B9 IV:HgMn. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.259 and is approximately 186 light years distant from the solar system. The star has 3.4 times the Sun’s radius. It a suspected variable star of the Alpha-2 Canum Venaticorum type, with a period of about two days. The sta |
Lauris Nobilis is the Latin name of what common herb? | medicinal herbs: BAY TREE - Laurus nobilis medicinal herbs Family: Lauraceae (Laurel Family) Medicinal use of Bay Tree: The bay tree has a long history of folk use in the treatment of many ailments, particularly as an aid to digestion and in the treatment of bronchitis and influenza. It has also been used to treat various types of cancer. The fruits and leaves are not usually administered internally, other than as a stimulant in veterinary practice, but were formerly employed in the treatment of hysteria, amenorrhoea, flatulent colic etc. Another report says that the leaves are used mainly to treat upper respiratory tract disorders and to ease arthritic aches and pains. It is settling to the stomach and has a tonic effect, stimulating the appetite and the secretion of digestive juices. The leaves are antiseptic, aromatic, astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, diuretic, emetic in large doses, emmenagogue, narcotic, parasiticide, stimulant and stomachic. The fruit is antiseptic, aromatic, digestive, narcotic and stimulant. An infusion has been used to improve the appetite and as an emmenagogue. The fruit has also been used in making carminative medicines and was used in the past to promote abortion. A fixed oil from the fruit is used externally to treat sprains, bruises etc, and is sometimes used as ear drops to relieve pain. The essential oil from the leaves has narcotic, antibacterial and fungicidal properties. Description of the plant: Damp rocks and ravines, thickets and old walls. Edible parts of Bay Tree: Leaves - fresh or dried. A spicy, aromatic flavouring, bay leaves are commonly used as a flavouring for soups, stews etc and form an essential ingredient of the herb mix "Bouquet Garni". The leaves can be used fresh or are harvested in the summer and dried. The flavour of freshly dried, crushed or shredded leaves is stronger than fresh leaves, but the leaves should not be stored for longer than a year since they will then lose their flavour. The dried fruit is used as a flavouring. The dried leaves are brewed into a herbal tea. An essential oil obtained from the leaves is used as a food flavouring. Yields can vary from 1 - 3% oil. Other uses of the herb: An essential oil from the fruit is used in soap making. The plant is highly resistant to pests and diseases, it is said to protect neighbouring plants from insect and health problems. The leaves are highly aromatic and can be used as an insect repellent, the dried leaves protect stored grain, beans etc from weevils. It is also used as a strewing herb because of its aromatic smell and antiseptic properties. Very tolerant of clipping, it can be grown as a screen or hedge in areas suited to its outdoor cultivation. Wood - sweetly-scented, does not wear quickly. Used for marqueterie work, walking sticks and friction sticks for making fires. Propagation of Bay Tree: Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in early autumn in a greenhouse. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots once they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first year. Plant them out into their permanent positions in early summer and give them some protection from the cold for at least their first winter outdoors. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame. Can take 6 months. Cuttings of mature side shoots, 10 - 12cm with a heel, November/December in a cold frame. Leave for 18 months. High percentage. Layering. Cultivation of the herb: Damp rocks and ravines, thickets and old walls. Known hazards of Laurus nobilis: None known |
If you suffered from varicella what have you got? | Chickenpox (Varicella)-Topic Overview Chickenpox (Varicella) Credits What is chickenpox? Chickenpox (varicella) is a contagious illness that causes an itchy rash and red spots or blisters (pox) all over the body. Chickenpox can cause problems for pregnant women, newborns, teens and adults, and people who have immune system problems that make it hard for the body to fight infection. Chickenpox usually isn't a serious health problem in healthy children. But a child with chickenpox needs to stay home from school. And you may need to miss work in order to care for your child. After you have had chickenpox, you aren't likely to get it again. But the virus stays in your body long after you get over the illness. If the virus becomes active again, it can cause a painful viral infection called shingles . What causes chickenpox, and how is it spread? Chickenpox is caused by the varicella- zoster virus . It can spread easily. You can get it from an infected person who sneezes, coughs , or shares food or drinks. You can also get it if you touch the fluid from a chickenpox blister. A person who has chickenpox can spread the virus even before he or she has any symptoms. Chickenpox is most easily spread from 2 to 3 days before the rash appears until all the blisters have crusted over. You are at risk for chickenpox if you have never had the illness and haven't had the chickenpox vaccine . If someone you live with gets chickenpox, your risk is even higher because of the close contact. What are the symptoms? The first symptoms of chickenpox usually develop about 14 to 16 days after contact with a person infected with the virus. Most people feel sick and have a fever, a decreased appetite, a headache , a cough , and a sore throat . The itchy chickenpox rash usually appears about 1 or 2 days after the first symptoms start. After a chickenpox red spot appears, it usually takes about 1 or 2 days for the spot to go through all its stages. This includes blistering, bursting, drying, and crusting over. New red spots will appear every day for up to 5 to 7 days. It usually takes about 10 days after the first symptoms before all blisters have crusted over. This is when the person with chickenpox can return to day care , school, or work. Continued How is chickenpox diagnosed? Your doctor will ask you about your symptoms and will examine you. This usually gives your doctor enough information to find out if you have chickenpox. A healthy child with chickenpox symptoms may not need to visit a doctor. You may be able to describe your child's symptoms to the doctor over the phone. Teenagers, adults, pregnant women, and people with health problems need to see a doctor for chickenpox. This is especially important for pregnant women, since chickenpox during pregnancy can cause birth defects or serious newborn infection. How is it treated? Most healthy children and adults need only home treatment for chickenpox. Home treatment includes resting and taking medicines to reduce fever and itching . You also can soak in oatmeal baths to help with itching . People with long-term diseases or other health problems may need more treatment for chickenpox. They may need immunoglobulin treatment (IG) or antiviral medicine. Your doctor can give you these soon after you are exposed to the virus to help you feel better sooner. How can you prevent chickenpox? You can prevent chickenpox with the chickenpox vaccine . Children get the chickenpox vaccine as part of their routine immunizations . If you have been around a person who has the virus and you have not had chickenpox or the vaccine , you still may be able to prevent the illness. Get a shot of chickenpox antibodies (immunoglobulin) or the vaccine right away. Frequently Asked Questions |
A Comte France Landgraf Germany Conde Italy what England? | No Questions Quiz 31 Answers - Shareware Notice Shareware Notice No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 1 The lack of calcium in the diet causes what condition Rickets 2 Where would you find Lunate Triquetral and Hamate Bones in Wrist 3 What are Jean Bernard, Pierre St-Martin and Berger in France Worlds deep caves 4 Dallol Ethiopia has what claim to fame Worlds hottest average place 94 5 Where are Bay of Heats and Bay of Dew Sinus Aestuum - Roris Near side of Moon 6 The star constellation Lepus has what English name The Hare 7 Lauris Nobilis is the Latin name of what common herb Bay 8 If you suffered from varicella what have you got Chickenpox 9 Chi is the Chinese year of what Cock 10 A Comte France Landgraf Germany Conde Italy what England Earl 11 In heraldry what is a vertical line dividing a shield called Pale 12 The Templeton prize is awarded annually for progress in what Religion 13 International car registration letters what country is ZA South Africa 14 In England what is the most popular girls name of the 90s Rebecca 15 Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead - name playwright Tom Stoppard 16 Lucy Johnson became famous under what name Ava Gardner 17 What is a Tam Tam Orchestral Gong 18 FITA are the governing body of what sport Archery 19 Denzil Washington's first film as director was what Finding Fish 20 What is Canada's oldest city founded in 1608 Quebec 21 In the Jewish religion what's banned during The three weeks Marriage or Haircut 22 Who wrote the hymn Hear my Prayer Mendlesson 23 38 million Americans one in five don’t like what Sex 24 Alan Ginsberg is credited with inventing what 60s phrase Flower Power 25 Where would you find a pintle Hinge - it’s the pin holding it 26 Who created Woody Woodpecker Walter Lantz 27 Winston Churchill had a dog - what type Miniature Poodle 28 Who was born in Chicago 5th December 1901 died 1966 Walt Disney 29 What is the name of Paul McCartney's official fan club Club Sandwich 30 By US government figures people have tried 28000 ways of what Losing Weight 31 If you suffer from Tinea Pedis what have you got Athletes foot 32 What colour is Llamas milk Yellow 33 In Alberta its illegal to play craps if you are using what Dice 34 Narcotics comes from the Greek - what it literally mean Electric eels - put on foreheads 35 What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine 36 Rhodopsis original Egyptian Cinderella had what job Prostitute - bird stole her shoe 37 Whose attendance compulsory at priests banquets in Egypt Mummies – dead reminded short life 38 Siddhartha Gautama became better known as who Buddha 39 In ancient Greece young brides had to sacrifice what Their Dolls – show they were grown up 40 Caer-Lud was the former name of what capitol city London 41 4% of women never do what according to survey Wear Underwear 42 In superstition if you marry on Saturday you will have what No luck at all 43 What was the first million dollar seller paperback I the Jury – Mickey Spillane 44 Who founded Methodism in 1738 John Wesley 45 What was the ancient Egyptian cure for haemorrhoids Beer - lots of beer 46 Middle ages Monks denied meat on fast days ate what Rabbit Foetuses – Said were eggs 47 Where was Ice Cream invented China 48 Brittany Spears - what is her favourite drink Sprite 49 What job does Charlie Browns father do Barber 50 International direct dialling codes what country has 353 Republic of Ireland ^ No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 51 What is the main food of walruses Clams 52 30% of people quit this job in USA each year - what job School Bus Driver 53 Napoleons life was saved by a dog what breed – and he hated dogs Newfoundland – saved from drowning 54 In 1821 Jacob Fusel worlds fist commercial factory making what Ice Cream 55 The star constellation Grus has what English name The Crane 56 International aircraft registration letters what country is PP or PT Brazil 57 What was the first 30 minute animated Disney show Duck Tales 58 A renaissance doctor - what treatment excl |
In heraldry what is a vertical line dividing a shield called? | Coats of Arms in Ireland and from around the world Heraldic Symbolism and Convention - Back to Main Site My aim in putting together this section to help you to understand some of the rules and terms of heraldry. There is a lot of material to be added before this page is complete, so please be patient while I build it up as time permits. The precise origins of heraldry are cloudy at best. What is almost certain is that painting patterns on shields and / or armour has a military origin, born out of the need for a leader to be recognisable. It is said that the crusaders painted crosses on their shields and it is also said that the Romans did something similar. Indeed I have seen it claimed that Noah himself had a coat of arms. In Ireland there are many references to the battle standards of the first millennium Gaelic chieftains whose symbolism later appears on coats of arms. So some kind of visual symbolism, designed to identify individuals and groups existed before the emergence of formal heraldry. It was the Normans who formalised heraldry and by the twelfth century many Norman lords had a "recognized" coat of arms. The first recorded heraldic debate broke out in 1385 when Sir Richard Le Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, fought over the right to bear "Azure a bend Or". Le Scrope won, by the way. It was in the reign of Henry V of England (1413-22) that a royal proclamation is issued, prohibiting the use of heraldic ensigns except by those who could show an original a valid right. The proclamation was largely ignored. In the sixteenth century the first official Kings of Arms were set up, with authority (indeed duty) to appoint deputies to record and adjudicate on the coats of arms in use all over England and its territories. In these islands, coat of arms are now granted under the authority of the Earl Marshall, by Garter and one of the provincial Kings (of Arms) such as Clarenceux or Norroy (England and Wales), Lyon King of Arms (Scotland) and Ulster King of Arms (Ireland - now superceded by the Chief Herald of Ireland). This situation has pertained since at least the seventeenth century. Of course the rules of heraldry, not having the force of law, depend on us all behaving like gentlemen. The exception here is Scotland where heraldry has the force of law - the implication being, it seems to me, that the Scots don't know how to behave like gentlemen. I'm curious to know when the Scottish courts last heard a case of misuse of arms. Over the centuries, the use of coats of arms became less a matter of need and more one of status. In class-conscious societies, the use of heraldic devices became linked with systems of nobility, to the point that what you could display on your arms depended on your rank within the noble pecking order (see the section on helms, below, for example). On the bottom rung of the ladder was the esquire or gentleman and at the top the king with multiple ranks in between. Below the bottom rung were the masses, regarded by the upper echelons as something less than real people. Of course, this whole system was swept away in most countries as the concept of democracy swept across the western world and many countries, including the U.S.A. and Ireland have constitutional bans on title of nobility, on the basis that "all men are equal". Even in Britain, where hereditary titles of nobility have survived and even retained powers, the reformation of the House of Lords, will result in the hereditary peers losing their vote. Recent decades have seen a major rise in interest in coats of arms, mainly as a result of an increase in the numbers of people, especially descendants of emigrants, studying their genealogy and family history. Almost inevitably, at some point in the study of a family history, the question pops up, "is my family coat of arms?" This questions can generate two extremes |
The Templeton prize is awarded annually for progress in what? | The Templeton Prize Templeton Prize Winner 2016 to be announced on March 2 » Wednesday, 2-Mar-2016 WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth who has spent decades bringing spiritual insight to the public conversation through mass media, popular lectures and more than two dozen books, has been awarded the 2016 Templeton Prize. Rabbi Sacks, 67, first gained attention by leading what many consider the revitalization of Britain's Jewish community during his service as Chief Rabbi from 1991 to 2013, a feat he accomplished in the face of dwindling congregations and growing secularization across Europe. During his tenure he catalyzed a network of organizations that introduced a Jewish focus in areas including business, women's issues and education, and urged British Jewry to turn outward to share the ethics of their faith with the broader community. Central to his message is appreciation and respect of all faiths, with an emphasis that recognizing the values of each is the only path to effectively combat the global rise of violence and terrorism. In his most recent book, Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence, Rabbi Sacks writes: "Too often in the history of religion, people have killed in the name of the God of life, waged war in the name of the God of peace, hated in the name of the God of love and practiced cruelty in the name of the God of compassion. When this happens, God speaks, sometimes in a still, small voice almost inaudible beneath the clamor of those claiming to speak on his behalf. What he says at such times is: ‘Not in My Name.'" Big Questions Videos - Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks |
International car registration letters what country is ZA? | Letter of authority in respect of a motor vehicle | South African Government Home » Services » Services for Residents » Driving » Register Motor Vehicle Letter of authority in respect of a motor vehicle About applying for a letter of authority in respect of a motor vehicle If you intend to import a new or used vehicle, goods vehicle or trailer, or a built (manufactured) or modified vehicle, you must first obtain a letter of authority. You must have the letter of authority irrespective of whether the vehicle was built in South Africa or in a foreign country. Types of vehicle for which you require a letter of authority are: cars, buses and motorcycles goods vehicles (trucks or vans) trailers special vehicles such as mobile cranes, tractors and harvesters. All motor vehicles, whether manufactured in South Africa or imported, must conform to the requirements as set out in the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996 ). Importers must also submit proof of conformity. Only the person in whose name the vehicle will be registered may complete the application form. Download the Application for letter of authority form or obtain it from the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS). Complete the form and attach the following: certified identity document (ID) of applicant, or ID of proxy if the applicant is a company affidavit for the built-up motor vehicle from the South African Police Service (SAPS). This should include the engine and chassis numbers, full details of the work carried out and source of major (especially safety-critical) components(SOA-Form) SAPS clearance certificate two photographs of the motor vehicle. Pay the required fee. |
In England what is the most popular girls name of the 90s? | The Most Popular Baby Names Past And Present | The Huffington Post The Most Popular Baby Names Past And Present 14/04/2014 16:43 | Updated 22 May 2015 Johanna Payton Parentdish UK Alamy Some parents strive for an original name that won't appear more than once on the register when their child starts school. Others choose a family name, or search for a classic moniker that will never go out of fashion. For many parents, a popular name that's in vogue right now is the way forward. But beware; fashions change, even when it comes to baby names. We take a look at the most popular UK baby names now - and back in the day. 2010 Top 10 girls names, 2010* Olivia, Ruby, Emily, Grace, Lily, Jessica, Amelia, Chloe, Isabella, Emma In 2010, the most popular UK girls' names had a classic, timeless feel - many are shared by contemporary Hollywood actresses, such as Emily Blunt, Jessica Alba and Chloe Sevigny – as well as past icons, like Grace Kelly. Top 10 boys names, 2010* Jack, Harry, Alfie, Thomas, Oliver, Daniel, Joshua, Charlie, Mohammed, George In 2009, Jack fell to number two (behind Oliver) after 14 years at the UK top spot, but in 2010, it was back in pole position. Alfred had been branded as 'old-fashioned' for years, but Alfie continues to grow in popularity – could that be down to Eastenders' character Alfie Moon? 2009 Top 10 girls names, 2009** Olivia, Ruby, Chloe, Emily, Sophie, Jessica, Grace, Lily, Amelia, Evie Although Olivia, Chloe, Emily and Sophie are well-established favourites, occasionally, more unusual names like Amelia and Evie make a brief appearance in the top 10. The rising popularity of Lily could well be down to Ms. Allen. Top 10 boys names, 2009** Oliver, Jack, Harry, Alfie, Joshua, Thomas, Charlie, William, James, Daniel Although Harry didn't appear in the UK's official top 50 baby name lists at all between 1944 and 1994, the rise of Harry Potter may explain why it continues to climb the top 10 after making its first appearance there in 2000. 1999 Top 10 girls names, 1999** Chloe, Emily, Megan, Olivia, Sophie, Charlotte, Lauren, Jessica, Rebecca, Hannah Chloe is still a popular name, but in 1999, it had hogged the top spot for four years. Very 'girly' names like Rebecca, Lauren and Charlotte have fallen slightly out of favour in more recent times. Top 10 boys names, 1999** Jack, Thomas, James, Joshua, Daniel, Matthew, Samuel, Joseph, Callum, William. Unlike the more 'modern-sounding' girls' names in favour at the time, the 90s saw a real trend for boys' biblical names. While nine of the names in the UK top 10 were popular on both sides of the Atlantic, Callum is rare in the US. 1984 Top 10 girls names, 1984** Sarah, Laura, Gemma, Emma, Rebecca, Claire, Victoria, Samantha, Rachel, Amy Parents naming their baby girls in 1984 were daring to be different with choices that had never really been in favour before, like Gemma. Claire was slipping down the charts after peaking in the 70s, but Amy was coming back into fashion after many years in the wilderness and has remained popular ever since. Top 10 boys names, 1984** Christopher, James, David, Daniel, Michael, Matthew, Andrew, Richard, Paul, Mark Although the 80s was a decade of flamboyant clothes, hair and attitudes, male baby names in the UK remained fairly traditional. 1984 was the only year in which Christopher topped the poll - in 2009, the name had slipped to its lowest ever ranking of 94th. 1974 Top 10 girls names, 1974** Sarah, Claire, Nicola, Emma, Lisa, Joanne, Michelle, Helen, Samantha, Karen In the 70s, funky-sounding names like Joanne, Nicola and Michelle burst onto the charts – but their popularity was short-lived as they had dropped off the radar by the 90s and 2000s. At least now we know why there is always a handful of 30-something women called 'Jo' at every social gathering! Top 10 boys names, 1974** Paul, Mark, David, Andrew, Richard, Christopher, James, Simon, Michael, Matthew Popular boys' names didn't change radically during the 70s and 80s - Paul McCartney might well be responsible for the numbrt one spot, though. Simon peaked in populari |
Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead - name playwright? | SparkNotes: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: Themes, Motifs & Symbols Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom Stoppard Act I: Beginning of Play to Entrance of Tragedians Themes The Incomprehensibility of the World Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead highlights the fundamental mystery of the world. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern spend the entirety of the play in total confusion, lacking such basic information as their own identities. From the play’s opening, which depicts them as unable to remember where they are headed and how they began their journey, to their very last moments, in which they are bewildered by their imminent deaths, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern cannot understand the world around them. Their confusion stems from both the sheer randomness of the universe, illustrated by the bizarre coin-tossing episode, and the ambiguous and unclear motives of the other characters, who pop onstage and deliver brief, perplexing speeches before quickly exiting. While Stoppard frequently uses their confusion for comic effect, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern occasionally become so frustrated by the world’s incomprehensibility that they fall into despair. The play ultimately suggests that the prominent role of chance in our lives, coupled with the difficulty of discerning the true intentions and desires of other people, leads to almost paralyzing confusion. Although this experience may sometimes be amusing or seem funny when it happens to others, in the end it is one of the most dreadful aspects of existence. The Difficulty of Making Meaningful Choices The constant confusion in which they find themselves leaves Rosencrantz and Guildenstern feeling unable to make any significant choices in their lives. They are pushed along toward their deaths by what appear to be random forces, and they fail to respond to their circumstances with anything but total passivity. Their lack of agency is underscored by Stoppard’s decision to transport them from scene to scene without any choice on their part. One minute Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are in the woods with the Tragedians, and the next they are in Elsinore being asked to probe Hamlet’s distressed mind, a request they accept without even understanding what they have been asked to do. Even at the end of Act II, when they ask each other if they should go to England, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do not make a choice but instead merely continue on the path that has been laid out for them. Since they have already come this far, Rosencrantz says, they may as well keep going. Their passive approach to their lives reflects how difficult it is to make decisions in a world that we do not fully understand, in which any choice can seem meaningless and therefore not worth making. Stoppard demonstrates the danger of this passivity by giving Rosencrantz and Guildenstern the opportunity to make a very meaningful choice, which they fail to do. This moment occurs when they discover that they have a letter ordering Hamlet’s death upon their arrival in England: if they destroy it, Hamlet lives, but if they do nothing, he dies. While Rosencrantz hesitates about what to do, Guildenstern argues that they should not take any action, since they might not understand what is at stake. Although this decision may seem like an unfeeling rationalization for moral laziness, it is in fact simply an extension of the passivity that has marked Rosencrantz and Guildenstern throughout the play. By failing to make a significant choice when they have the opportunity to do so, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern incur terrible consequences, as Hamlet discovers the letter and switches it with one ordering their deaths rather than his own. Even though deciding which actions we should take in life is at times so difficult that we might be tempted to succumb to total passivity, failing to act is itself a decision, one that the play presents as not merely immoral but self-destructive. The Relationship Between Life and the Stage Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead emphasizes the close connection between real life and the world of th |
Lucy Johnson became famous under what name? | www.knowledge-is-power-all-in-one.com: List of General Knowledge Questions and Answers, All type Questions and Answers, Basic General Knowledge, General Awareness Question Answers, Better in Competitive Exam and Quiz contests.13 www.knowledge-is-power-all-in-one.com Friday, 13 May 2016 List of General Knowledge Questions and Answers, All type Questions and Answers, Basic General Knowledge, General Awareness Question Answers, Better in Competitive Exam and Quiz contests.13 General Knowledge 61 is the international telephone dialling code for what country Australia International dialling codes - what country has 61 as code Australia Modern Olympics - only Greece and which country in all Australia The Black Swan is native to which country Australia USA has most airports which country has second most Australia VH international airline registration letters what country Australia VH is the international aircraft registration for which country Australia What is a Major Mitchell Australian Cockatoo Which game is played on an oval with 18 player per team Australian football What nationality was the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Austrian What currency consists of 100 Groschen Austrian Schilling 47 people worked on a committee to produce what work Authorised version of Bible ‘George’ is an informal name for which feature of an aircraft? Automatic Pilot During US recessions which group have the most unemployment Automobile assembly workers Lucy Johnson became famous under what name Ava Gardner An isoneph on a map joins places of equal what Average Cloud Cover Which company slogan was "We're No 2 We try harder" Avis rent a car What common British river name come from Celtic for river Avon The port of Baku is situated in Azerbaijan Whose nicknames included " The Idol of the American Boy " Babe Ruth What film star role was played by over 48 different animals Babe the Pig What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine Name the triangular cotton headscarf or Russian grandmother Babushka What was gangsters George Nelsons nickname Baby Face Marduk was the creator of the world to what ancient people Babylonians Who were the first people to measure the year Babylonians |
FITA are the governing body of what sport? | Homepage : Archery GB Shortlisted for award! 16 December 2016, 4:49pm Archery in Notts, the legacy project created as part of the European Archery Championship held in Nottingham in May, has been shortlisted for the Nottinghamshire Sports Awards Sporting Project of the Year. Roland Mercer Euros campaign hits target 16 December 2016, 4:42pm Work done to promote the European Archery Championship in Nottingham has won a gold award at the CIPR PRide Awards for the South of England and Channel Islands. Roland Mercer Judges in demand! 15 December 2016, 11:28am Britain's archery judges have an impressive and growing international reputation - and they are going to be busy during 2017! Roland Mercer Archery GB is seeking to appoint a Marketing Manager to cover maternity leave. Archery GB 18 Nov 16 Archery GB are pleased to announce that the 2016 final Junior Rankings are now available to view. Junior Committee The final Archery GB National Target Archery Rankings 2016 are now available. Membership Services Do you want to help shape the future of sport in Northern Ireland? Archery GB The Draft Archery GB National Target Archery Rankings 2016 are now available. Membership Services Grants available for Boost Archery 17 Oct 16 Archery GB is pleased to announce the launch of the latest round of its funding scheme to help clubs to deliver Boost Archery - a new course for improvers to receive dedicated coaching and support at their club. Grants of £350 are available to successful applicants. Development Innovative new recurve selection policy for 2017 World Archery Youth Championships revealed 28 Sep 16 Old hands of the Great British recurve junior and cadet scene will be more than familiar with the process of submitting their season's best scores in order to earn the chance to win a place on an international squad by triumphing at a one-day "selection shoot". Performance What's your view on coaching in clubs? 08 Sep 16 Can you give us your view about coaching at your club? We would like to hear the views of archers, coaches, and club committees to provide us with greater understanding about coaching in clubs! Development |
What is Canada's oldest city founded in 1608? | Canadian History Test 5 5. What is the capital city of Canada? a) Montreal, Quebec c) Toronto, Ontario d) Quebec, Quebec 6. Several Indian nations, including the Beothuk and the Micmac, inhabited Newfoundland and the Maritimes beginning in 1000 AD. What name did historians give to the large nation of aborigines to which these smaller nations belong? a) Cree c) Algonquian d) Inuit 7. The oldest evidence of Europeans in North America is a thousand year old settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Who buildt the settlement? a) the Vikings c) the French d) the British 8. Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, made 3 voyages to Canada in the 1500s. He travelled up the St. Lawrence River as far as present-day Montreal. What was he searching for? a) the lost city of Atlantis b) Spanish settlements and gold c) a passage to India and China d) a shortcut to the 13 colonies 9. Winnipeg, located at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, is the 7th largest city in Canada. Of which province is it the capital? a) Manitoba c) Quebec d) Saskatchewan 10. An English explorer, sent out in 1610 to find a Northwest Passage to India and China, discovered a strait and a large bay, both of which are now named after him. His crew mutinied and set him adrift never to be seen again. Who was he? a) John Cabot |
Alan Ginsberg is credited with inventing what 60s phrase? | No Questions Quiz 31 Answers - No Questions Quiz 1 Answers No Questions Quiz 1 Answers Similar No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 1 The lack of calcium in the diet causes what condition Rickets 2 Where would you find Lunate Triquetral and Hamate Bones in Wrist 3 What are Jean Bernard, Pierre St-Martin and Berger in France Worlds deep caves 4 Dallol Ethiopia has what claim to fame Worlds hottest average place 94 5 Where are Bay of Heats and Bay of Dew Sinus Aestuum - Roris Near side of Moon 6 The star constellation Lepus has what English name The Hare 7 Lauris Nobilis is the Latin name of what common herb Bay 8 If you suffered from varicella what have you got Chickenpox 9 Chi is the Chinese year of what Cock 10 A Comte France Landgraf Germany Conde Italy what England Earl 11 In heraldry what is a vertical line dividing a shield called Pale 12 The Templeton prize is awarded annually for progress in what Religion 13 International car registration letters what country is ZA South Africa 14 In England what is the most popular girls name of the 90s Rebecca 15 Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead - name playwright Tom Stoppard 16 Lucy Johnson became famous under what name Ava Gardner 17 What is a Tam Tam Orchestral Gong 18 FITA are the governing body of what sport Archery 19 Denzil Washington's first film as director was what Finding Fish 20 What is Canada's oldest city founded in 1608 Quebec 21 In the Jewish religion what's banned during The three weeks Marriage or Haircut 22 Who wrote the hymn Hear my Prayer Mendlesson 23 38 million Americans one in five don’t like what Sex 24 Alan Ginsberg is credited with inventing what 60s phrase Flower Power 25 Where would you find a pintle Hinge - it’s the pin holding it 26 Who created Woody Woodpecker Walter Lantz 27 Winston Churchill had a dog - what type Miniature Poodle 28 Who was born in Chicago 5th December 1901 died 1966 Walt Disney 29 What is the name of Paul McCartney's official fan club Club Sandwich 30 By US government figures people have tried 28000 ways of what Losing Weight 31 If you suffer from Tinea Pedis what have you got Athletes foot 32 What colour is Llamas milk Yellow 33 In Alberta its illegal to play craps if you are using what Dice 34 Narcotics comes from the Greek - what it literally mean Electric eels - put on foreheads 35 What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine 36 Rhodopsis original Egyptian Cinderella had what job Prostitute - bird stole her shoe 37 Whose attendance compulsory at priests banquets in Egypt Mummies - dead reminded short life 38 Siddhartha Gautama became better known as who Buddha 39 In ancient Greece young brides had to sacrifice what Their Dolls - show they were grown up 40 Caer-Lud was the former name of what capitol city London 41 4% of women never do what according to survey Wear Underwear 42 In superstition if you marry on Saturday you will have what No luck at all 43 What was the first million dollar seller paperback I the Jury - Mickey Spillane 44 Who founded Methodism in 1738 John Wesley 45 What was the ancient Egyptian cure for haemorrhoids Beer - lots of beer 46 Middle ages Monks denied meat on fast days ate what Rabbit Foetuses - Said were eggs 47 Where was Ice Cream invented China 48 Brittany Spears - what is her favourite drink Sprite 49 What job does Charlie Browns father do Barber 50 International direct dialling codes what country has 353 Republic of Ireland ^ No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 51 What is the main food of walruses Clams 52 30% of people quit this job in USA each year - what job School Bus Driver 53 Napoleons life was saved by a dog what breed - and he hated dogs Newfoundland - saved from drowning 54 In 1821 Jacob Fusel worlds fist commercial factory making what Ice Cream 55 The star constellation Grus has what English name The Crane 56 International aircraft registration letters what country is PP or PT Brazil 57 What was the first 30 minute animated Disney show Duck Tales 58 A renaissanc |
Winston Churchill had a dog - what type? | Winston Churchill's Pets - History in an HourHistory in an Hour by admin In 2004, BBC News reported that Winston Churchill’s parrot was still alive and squawking in Surrey. “Charlie” was believed to have been born in 1899 and if its age had been confirmed he would have been then (at the ripe age of 104) the oldest parrot on record. Charlie was bought by Churchill in 1937 and by that time he had already outlived two owners. Its Surrey owner had bought him in 1965. The British Prime Minister taught the macaw to swear obscenities against Hitler and the Nazis and, if the story is true, Charlie was still doing this in the Surrey Garden Centre in 2004. (Although Lady Soames, Churchill’s daughter, dismissed the story .) Black Dog A perhaps little known side of the politician who led Britain to victory was his fondness for animals. He has been mostly associated with bulldogs (as in “bulldog spirit”) and he used to call his bouts of depression his “Black Dog”. But Winston Churchill surrounded himself with pets, mostly cats and dogs, as well with some of the more exotic species of the animal kingdom. An online perusal of the Churchill Papers stored in the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge reveals a young Winston who would write home sending his love to all family pets by name and who at age 17 would sell his bicycle to buy “Dodo”, the bulldog. The Churchill Papers are expected to go online in 2012 making one million items available to a global audience. These will include material on Churchill’s pet menagerie: the sheep and pigs he kept at Chartwell, his cat Nelson, his poodles Rufus I and Rufus II and his budgie Toby. Domestic Animals, Exotic Pets Various pets are referred to in the files descriptions, such as a dog named “Peas” and another named “Pink Poo”. There is also “Tango” the cat and a racing pony named “Lily”. The latter was bought for Winston despite his mother’s objections (Lady Randolph Churchill was against racing) by Duchess Lily (Lady William Beresford). In 1896, Churchill is reported to have been entering horses in races wearing chocolate and pink colours. During the same year his cherished butterfly collection was destroyed by a rat. Correspondence in the Churchill Papers from 1958 to 1964 catalogues a series of “pets” that have been given to Churchill over the years: black swans, kangaroos, a platypus, tropical fish, a waterfowl and a lion, named “Rota”. The Marmalade Cat References to Churchill’s fondness of cats can be found in Churchill biographies, accounts of his life and in published collections of his personal correspondence. In his well-documented article “Churchill’s Feline Menagerie” , Fred Glueckstein relates Churchill’s fondness of cats: of Mickey and Tango that lived in Chartwell; of famous cat, Nelson, which would accompany Churchill at Chequers and of the Munich Mouser feline which lived in 10 Downing Street. For his 88th birthday, Sir John Colville gave Sir Winston a ginger cat, named Jock, of whom the ailing politician was very fond of. After the PM’s death, Churchill’s family asked that a marmalade cat will always be resident at Chartwell. And so it is. Lito Apostolakou |
Who was born in Chicago 5th December 1901 died 1966? | Walt Disney Lesson Plan, Mickey Mouse, History, Biography, Worksheet, Teaching Activity 5th Grade Excerpt Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois, and he died on December 15, 1966. He was an Academy Award-winning film producer, screenwriter, animator, director, and philanthropist. Along with his brother, Roy O. Disney, he co-founded Walt Disney Productions. Walt Disney became one of the best-known producers of motion pictures in the world. Walt Disney and his staff created several of the most famous fictional characters in the world. One of these characters was Mickey Mouse. In addition, Disney was nominated for Academy Awards 59 times. He also won 26 Oscars. He holds the record for the individual with the most nominations and awards. In addition to Academy Awards and Oscars, he also won seven Emmy Awards. Continued... |
If you suffer from Tinea Pedis what have you got? | Tinea Infections: Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch and Ringworm - American Family Physician Please note: This information was current at the time of publication. But medical information is always changing, and some information given here may be out of date. For regularly updated information on a variety of health topics, please visit familydoctor.org , the AAFP patient education website. Information from Your Family Doctor Tinea Infections: Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch and Ringworm See related article on tinea infections . What is tinea? Tinea is a fungus that can grow on your skin, hair or nails. As it grows, it spreads out in a circle, leaving normal-appearing skin in the middle. This makes it look like a ring. At the edge of the ring, the skin is lifted up by the irritation and looks red and scaly. To some people, the infection looks like a “worm” is under the skin. Because of the way it looks, tinea infection is often called “ringworm.” There really isn't a worm under the skin, though. How did I get tinea? One of every five persons gets a fungus infection at some time. You can get a fungus infection by touching a person who has one. Some kinds of fungus live on damp surfaces, like the floors in public showers or locker rooms. You can easily pick up a fungus there. You can even catch a fungus infection from one of your pets. Dogs and cats, as well as farm animals, can be infected with a fungus. Often this infection looks like a patch of skin where fur is missing. What areas of the body are affected by tinea infections? Fungus infections are named for the part of the body they infect. Tinea corporis is a fungus infection of the skin on the body (corporis is the Latin word for body). If you have this infection, you may see small, red spots that grow into large rings almost anywhere on your arms, legs or chest. Tinea pedis is usually called “athlete's foot.” (Pedis is a Latin word for foot.) The moist skin between your toes is a perfect place for a fungus to grow. The skin can become itchy and red, with a white, wet surface. The infection may spread to the toenails (this is called tinea unguium—unguium comes from the Latin word for nail). Here it causes the toenails to become thick and crumbly. It can also spread to your hands and fingernails. When a fungus grows in the moist, warm area of the groin, the rash is called tinea cruris. (Cruris comes from the Latin for leg.) The common name for this infection is “jock itch.” Tinea cruris often occurs in men, especially if they often wear athletic equipment. Tinea capitis, which is usually called “ringworm,” causes itchy, red areas, usually on the head (capitis comes from the Latin for head). The hair is destroyed, leaving bald patches. This tinea infection is most common in children. How do I know if I have a fungus infection? The best way to know for sure is to ask your doctor. Other skin problems can look just like ringworm but have very different treatments. To help decide what is causing your rash, your doctor may scrape a small amount of the irritated skin onto a glass slide (or clip off a piece of nail or hair) and then examine the skin, nail or hair under a microscope. After doing this, your doctor will usually be able to tell if your skin problem is caused by a fungus. Sometimes a piece of skin, hair or nail is sent to a laboratory to grow the fungus in a test tube. This is another way the laboratory can tell if your skin problem is caused by a fungus. They can also find out the exact type of fungus. This process takes a while because a fungus grows slowly. How do I get rid of tinea? Once your doctor decides that you have a fungus infection, different medicines can be used to get rid of it. You may only need to put a special cream on the rash for a few weeks. This is especially true with jock itch. It can be harder to get rid of fungus infections on other parts of the body. Sometimes you have to take medicine by mouth. This medicine usually has to be taken for a long time, maybe even for months. Some fungus medicines can have unpleasant effe |
What colour is Llamas milk? | The Llama Q & A Page Nine Llamas as sheep guards Q. Do Llamas naturally guard sheep or do you need to train them to do that? A. Training a llama to be a sheep guard is not done. Not every llama is suitable as a sheep guard, but usually they take to it just naturally. A few years ago we had a very alert gelding who would alarm call as soon as he saw anything unusual and he was always the first to spot a coyote in the fields behind us. We decided that he would make a great sheep guard, so we went to the livestock auction and bought three sheep that we could put in with him. The idea was that he would learn to guard them and we could advertise him as a trained guard llama. The three sheep didn’t look that big when they were in the auction ring, but were much larger when we tried to load them in the truck. Anyway, we got them home and we put the truck in the llama’s field and opened the tailgate. The three sheep jumped out into the tall grass and decided this was heaven and just started eating. The llama took one look at these strange animals and left for the far side of the pasture. We waited about fifteen minutes for him to settle down and went inside. A few minutes later there was a great deal of screaming so we rushed outside and found that the gelding had jumped the fence to get away from those awful sheep and was in with the moms and babies. The male in the next field was going nuts at the gelding being in the wrong field (male llamas are very territorial) so we had to round up the gelding and get things quieted down. We moved the sheep into an adjoining field at the back where they were quite content but the gelding would not go near that fence. We moved his feeder gradually down the fence and it took about a month before he would even eat his grain if it was on the back fence. After a month and a half we decided to test it again and let the sheep back into the gelding’s field. Within a few minutes he was over the fence again. We sold him as a pack animal and told the people not to let him near sheep. He settled down amazingly and had geese, goats, horses, other llamas around with no problems whatsoever. He even met a mother bear with a couple of cubs on the road and didn’t panic. Since then we have learned not to introduce them so quickly. We have sold a number of geldings that were introduced slowly to the sheep by being in a nearby pasture or pen for a couple of days and when they finally were put in with the sheep, started looking after them within a day or so. The sheep were nervous at first, but soon realized that this was a protector not a predator. The answer to your question is that we don’t have trained sheep guards but we judge the ability and attitude of the animals and so far have been extremely satisfied with their performance, as have the new owners. Most male llamas seem to adapt very quickly to guarding as it seems to be a natural ability. The key seems to be to introduce them slowly, putting the llama into an area near the sheep and then putting maybe one or two in with him first. (Not just dumping the sheep into his field as we did.) The sheep may be nervous at first, but will soon realize that the llama is going to look after them. We have found that the llamas are very gentle and protective, particularly with the new lambs. Salvador Dali is a gelding that we recently sold as a sheep guard. The photo below shows him with part of his flock. Here is a note from his new owners: Have not lost any sheep since Salvador was hired. He not only guards the flock from coyotes and dogs but he also makes sure they all stay together and none of the lambs get left behind. Yesterday, two lambs got left in the barn and were bawling because they did not know where the rest of the flock went. We watched Sal come in from the field and then drive the two lambs out to where the rest of the flock were. Now all we have to do is get him to start throwing down hay from the loft and give the sheep grain every night. Q. I have 30 sheep and have had problems with coyotes, so I was told to get a llama. I use a basic electri |
What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash? | What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine 36 - IT - 402 View Full Document What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine 36 Rhodopsis original Egyptian Cinderella had what job Prostitute - bird stole her shoe 37 Whose attendance compulsory at priests banquets in Egypt Mummies – dead reminded short life 38 Siddhartha Gautama became better known as who Buddha 39 In ancient Greece young brides had to sacrifice what Their Dolls – show they were grown up 40 Caer-Lud was the former name of what capitol city London 41 4% of women never do what according to survey Wear Underwear 42 In superstition if you marry on Saturday you will have what No luck at all 43 What was the first million dollar seller paperback I the Jury – Mickey Spillane 44 Who founded Methodism in 1738 John Wesley 45 What was the ancient Egyptian cure for haemorrhoids Beer - lots of beer 46 Middle ages Monks denied meat on fast days ate what Rabbit Foetuses – Said were eggs 47 Where was Ice Cream invented China 48 Brittany Spears - what is her favourite drink Sprite 49 What job does Charlie Browns father do Barber 50 International direct dialling codes what country has 353 Republic of Ireland Page 62 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 51 What is the main food of walruses Clams 52 30% of people quit this job in USA each year - what job School Bus Driver 53 Napoleons life was saved by a dog what breed – and he hated dogs Newfoundland – saved from drowning 54 In 1821 Jacob Fusel worlds fist commercial factory making what Ice Cream 55 The star constellation Grus has what English name The Crane 56 International aircraft registration letters what country is PP or PT Brazil 57 What was the first 30 minute animated Disney show Duck Tales 58 A renaissance doctor - what treatment excluding bleeding Enemas 59 You could be executed for drinking what in ancient Turkey Coffee 60 Where did the ancient Egyptians paint pictures of their enemies Foot of Sandals 61 What is found in one third of American homes Scrabble 62 Bowling for lizards was whose favourite TV program Fred Flintstone 63 The name Jesse means what in Hebrew Wealth 64 According to strain theory crime is mainly committed by who The lower classes 65 In what country was the longbow invented Wales 66 Who makes Pringles Proctor and Gamble 67 What airline started 24th September 1946 single DC3 - Betsy Cathay Pacific 68 What are a swallowtail and a burgee Flags 69 What is the most common sexually transmitted disease in USA Herpes 70 Who was the Angel in Milton's Paradise Lost Beelzebub 71 300000 American teenagers get what every year Venereal disease 72 Francesco Seraglio invented what in Australia in early 1960s The Woolmark logo 73 What was Socrates wife's name Xanthippe 74 Who "Loved not to wisely but too well" Shakespeare play Othello 75 What did Anna Sage "The lady in Red do" Betray John Dillinger 76 Who makes Kleenex tissues Kimberly Clark 77 Poon Lim holds the record of 133 days doing what Surviving on a raft 78 Holden Caulfield - Catcher in the Rye - where JD Sal get name Movie marquee W Holden J Caulfield 79 This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Kenyatta University IT 402 - Spring 2015 1 2 3 4 5 Sampling In Research What is research? According Webster (1985), to researc HYPO.docx |
Rhodopsis the original Egyptian Cinderella had what job? | What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine 36 - IT - 402 View Full Document What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine 36 Rhodopsis original Egyptian Cinderella had what job Prostitute - bird stole her shoe 37 Whose attendance compulsory at priests banquets in Egypt Mummies – dead reminded short life 38 Siddhartha Gautama became better known as who Buddha 39 In ancient Greece young brides had to sacrifice what Their Dolls – show they were grown up 40 Caer-Lud was the former name of what capitol city London 41 4% of women never do what according to survey Wear Underwear 42 In superstition if you marry on Saturday you will have what No luck at all 43 What was the first million dollar seller paperback I the Jury – Mickey Spillane 44 Who founded Methodism in 1738 John Wesley 45 What was the ancient Egyptian cure for haemorrhoids Beer - lots of beer 46 Middle ages Monks denied meat on fast days ate what Rabbit Foetuses – Said were eggs 47 Where was Ice Cream invented China 48 Brittany Spears - what is her favourite drink Sprite 49 What job does Charlie Browns father do Barber 50 International direct dialling codes what country has 353 Republic of Ireland Page 62 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 51 What is the main food of walruses Clams 52 30% of people quit this job in USA each year - what job School Bus Driver 53 Napoleons life was saved by a dog what breed – and he hated dogs Newfoundland – saved from drowning 54 In 1821 Jacob Fusel worlds fist commercial factory making what Ice Cream 55 The star constellation Grus has what English name The Crane 56 International aircraft registration letters what country is PP or PT Brazil 57 What was the first 30 minute animated Disney show Duck Tales 58 A renaissance doctor - what treatment excluding bleeding Enemas 59 You could be executed for drinking what in ancient Turkey Coffee 60 Where did the ancient Egyptians paint pictures of their enemies Foot of Sandals 61 What is found in one third of American homes Scrabble 62 Bowling for lizards was whose favourite TV program Fred Flintstone 63 The name Jesse means what in Hebrew Wealth 64 According to strain theory crime is mainly committed by who The lower classes 65 In what country was the longbow invented Wales 66 Who makes Pringles Proctor and Gamble 67 What airline started 24th September 1946 single DC3 - Betsy Cathay Pacific 68 What are a swallowtail and a burgee Flags 69 What is the most common sexually transmitted disease in USA Herpes 70 Who was the Angel in Milton's Paradise Lost Beelzebub 71 300000 American teenagers get what every year Venereal disease 72 Francesco Seraglio invented what in Australia in early 1960s The Woolmark logo 73 What was Socrates wife's name Xanthippe 74 Who "Loved not to wisely but too well" Shakespeare play Othello 75 What did Anna Sage "The lady in Red do" Betray John Dillinger 76 Who makes Kleenex tissues Kimberly Clark 77 Poon Lim holds the record of 133 days doing what Surviving on a raft 78 Holden Caulfield - Catcher in the Rye - where JD Sal get name Movie marquee W Holden J Caulfield 79 This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Kenyatta University IT 402 - Spring 2015 1 2 3 4 5 Sampling In Research What is research? According Webster (1985), to researc HYPO.docx |
Siddhartha Gautama became better known as who? | Siddhartha Gautama - Ancient History Encyclopedia Siddhartha Gautama by Cristian Violatti published on 09 December 2013 Siddhartha Gautama (also known as the Buddha “the awakened one”) was the leader and founder of a sect of wanderer ascetics (Sramanas), one of many sects which existed at that time all over India . This sect came to be known as Sangha, to distinguish it from other similar communities. The teachings of Siddhartha Gautama are considered the core of Buddhism : after his death, the community he founded slowly evolved into a religious-like movement which was finally established as a state religion in India by the time of Emperor Ashoka , during the 3rd century BCE. Siddhartha is a Sanskrit personal name which means "He Who Achieves His Goal". The name is best known in English as the title of the novel by Hermann Hesse, in which the main character (who actually is not the Buddha) is named Siddhartha. The Sanskrit family name Gautama means "descendants of Gotama". Gotama is the name of several figures in ancient India, including a poet of the Rig Veda and also Aksapada Gautama (or Gotama), a famous Indian logician. Pali literature normally refers to Siddhartha Gautama as Gotama Buddha. Remove Ads Advertisement Traditionally, the meaning of the term Buddha is understood as a person who has awakened from the deep sleep of ignorance. In Indian tradition, the expression was already used before, during, and after the life of Siddhartha by many religious communities, but it became most strongly linked to the Buddhist tradition. Historical Context At the time when Siddhartha Gautama lived, Northern India was composed of numerous and small independent states competing for resources. This was a time when the traditional religious order in India was being challenged by a number of new philosophical and religious schools that were not in line with the orthodox Indian religious views. The Vedic philosophy , theology and metaphysics, along with its ever growing complexity of rituals and sacrificial fees, was being questioned. Materialistic schools were running wild in India, undermining the reputation and authority of the priestly class, leading to a temporary religious anarchy which contributed to the development of new religions. By the time Siddhartha Gautama was born, the intellectual decay of the old Brahmanic orthodoxy had begotten a strong skepticism and moral vacuum which was filled by new religious and philosophical views. The realization that he, like anyone else, could be subject to different forms of human suffering drove Siddhartha into a personal crisis. By the time he was 29, he abandoned his home and began to live as a homeless ascetic. Siddhartha’s ideas have some similarities with the work of Kapila, an Indian sage who lived probably about two centuries earlier. Both were concerned with providing humanity with a relief from suffering. They discarded the remedies proposed by the Vedic rites, especially the sacrifices; they considered these rites to be cruel because of their strong connection with the slaughter of living beings. Both of them believed that knowledge and meditation were the true means of salvation. Also, they both strived to attain a state of human perfection and their approach was purely agnostic. However, the parallels go no further. Kapila organized his views in a system of philosophy that has not a hint of sympathy for mankind in general. The Buddha, on the other hand, delivered his message with a living, all-embracing sympathy and a deep concern for the poor and the oppressed. He preached in favour of the equality of men (which was largely forgotten in the Indian society during his time) and opposed inequalities and abuses of the caste system. Advertisement The Historical Buddha Reliable factual data on the life of Siddhartha Gautama is very scarce. His historical biography can be, to some extent, pieced together by comparing early Buddhist texts from different traditions. These accounts are filled with myth and legendary stories that slowly but surely changed the initial attributes of th |
Caer-Lud was the former name of what capitol city? | Government - State Capitol - GeorgiaInfo State Capitol State Capitol Complex Introduction When Georgia declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776, Atlanta did not exist. At that time, Indians occupied most of the state, and the Atlanta vicinity fell on the boundary line between the Creek and Cherokee Indians—the two principal Indian tribes in Georgia. The story of how Atlanta came to be Georgia’s capital city—and of the gold-domed capitol building—is a fascinating one. But first, a distinction should be made in two similar words—“capital” and “capitol.” These two words—sometimes used incorrectly—derive from the Latin word “caput,” meaning “head.” Although the word “capital” now has a number of different meanings, within government it refers to the city where the government of a state or nation is located. Thus, Atlanta is the capital of Georgia, as Washington, D.C., is the capital of the United States. (Incidentally, the term “capital” is not used to designate the city where a county’s government is located. Historically, such a city was termed the “county site,” but today is referred to as the “county seat.”) “Capitol,” on the other hand, refers to the large, often domed, building that serves as the main center of government. For example, Georgia’s State Capitol currently houses the two chambers of the General Assembly, House and Senate officers, and legislative support staff; Georgia’s Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of State (and many of their staff); and the State Museum of Science and Industry. It is said that when the founders of Rome dug the foundations for the first temple, they unearthed a human head, which was interpreted as an omen that Rome would be the head of all Italy. This temple became known as the “Capitolium,” from “caput” (head) and “Tollii” (meaning “of Tollius,” a mythical hero of these early Romans.) This building became a military and religious center of the Roman world, and the name was to be later given to the main governmental building in each Roman colony. The term “capitol” was first used in America in 1699, when the Virginia House of Burgesses provided that the governmental building that would be constructed to house that body be called the “Capitol.” The more commonly used term in referring to the governmental building (at that time all state government could be housed in one building) until the 1800s, however, was “statehouse.” Even today, 11 states continue the traditional term “statehouse” instead of “capitol.” Georgia’s First Capital For more on Georgia’s state capitol, see the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Atlanta is the fifth city to be designated capital of Georgia. Several other cities have also served as temporary seats of government, as seen in the following table. HISTORY OF GEORGIA CAPITALS 1868-present Atlanta * Temporary meeting sites of state government To trace the history of these capitals, we must go back over 200 years, beginning with the founding of Georgia. In February 1733, James Oglethorpe landed at Yamacraw Bluff, which was so named after the Yamacraw Indians—a tribe of the Creek Indians. Tomochichi, chief of the Yamacraws, gave Oglethorpe approval for a settlement, which Oglethorpe named Savannah, after the river of that name on which the new settlement was located. In May 1733, Oglethorpe and Tomochichi signed a treaty, the first of a long number that would eventually involve all Indian lands in Georgia, which ceded Creek lands to the Trustees from the Savannah to the Altamaha rivers, inland from the coast as far as the tide flowed. It is probably incorrect to designate Savannah as “capital” or “seat of government” of the colony at this point. Actual governmental power resided with the trustees back in London, subject to the king’s assent. By virtue of their 1732 charter, the trustees were given control of the new colony for 21 years, after which Georgia would become the responsibility of the Crown. During this time, the trustees never designated a governor for the colony, instead retaining much of the control themselves. Oglethorpe, himself a |
In what country would you find the Imola motor racing circuit? | Hotels near Imola Race Track - Enzo e Dino Ferrari Circuit I don't have specific dates yet Search Find the best accommodation Hotels within close distance of Autodromo di Imola can be found nearby in Imola, Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, San Lazzaro Di Savena, and more. Accommodation located not far away in the town of Imola include popular four star Best Western Hotel Olimpia (only 10 minute’s walk from the Enzo e Dino Ferrari race track), Hotel Donatello Imola, and cheap Euro Hotel. Best Western Hotel Olimpia offers modern and comfortable accommodations close to the famed Imola race track. If you want to stay in the city of Bologna, check out very popular Best Western Hotel San Donato, Suite Hotel Elite, or cheap 3 star rated Millennhotel. These hotels offer comfortable accommodation in Bologna city centre, close to Bologna railway station, Piazza Maggiore, nearby Bologna's exhibition centre, ... >Find my Hotel near the Imola San Marino formula one racing circuit Imola F1 Enzo e Dino Ferrari Racing Circuit Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola -- Imola was the venue for the Formula One. It's unfortunately known as the track where the legendary Ayrton Senna lost his life in 1994. Location -- Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Imola auto Race Track) is located near the Italian town of Imola, 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) east of Bologna and 80 kilometres (49.7 mi) east of the Ferrari factory in Maranello. Imola is about 50 miles from San Marino in Italy. Address -- Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Via Fratelli Rosselli 2, 40026 Imola (BO), Italy Major Events -- San Marino Formula One Grand Prix, SBK, GP2, WTCC, Italian GT Circuit Length -- 4,909 km or 3,050 miles Spectator Capacity -- around 60.000 Air Connections : Nearest Airports are Forli Airport ( 32.8 km ) and Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport ( 39.6 km ). Relevant internet information |
Who was the England football manager prior to Alf Ramsay? | England's Managers - Index England's Managers P 4 W 2 D 2 L 0 F 7: A 2 The Coaches/Managers BME Players Not until 1946 did the England national team have a manager or coach. From 1870, when England played their first match, a friendly not recognised as official, until the Second World War, the team was selected by International Select Committee functionaries, at first the F.A. Secretary and later the F.A.'s International Committee. Although most of the national teams of Continental Europe and South America had coaches from their beginnings, England's footballing establishment viewed coaching with suspicion in general and as unnecessary at this level in particular. The selected players simply showed up, took the pitch and played their own game. Match preparation, if there was time for it, was limited to training runs, conditioning exercises and perhaps a kickabout or two. The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), a scholarly enterprise based in Wiesbaden, Germany, claims in its book on England's matches before the Second World War that Herbert Chapman was the team "trainer"--a term it uses in the Continental European sense of manager or coach--for the 1-1 draw with Italy in Rome on 13 May 1933 and that Thomas Whittaker was the "trainer" for six matches, the 5-2 win against Scotland at Wembley Stadium on 5 April 1930, the 2-1 loss to Austria in Vienna on 6 May 1936, the 3-2 loss to Belgium in Brussels on 9 May 1936, and the last three pre-war matches in 1939, the 2-2 draw with Italy in Milan on 13 May, the 2-1 loss to Yugoslavia in Belgrade on 18 May, and the 2-0 victory over Romania in Bucharest on 24 May. IFFHS, England (1872 - 1940), Eire (1924 - 1940), England/Amateurs (1906 - 1940): Full Internationals, pp. 116, 126, 134-35, 147-49 (IFFHS, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2000). Chapman, the famed Huddersfield Town and Arsenal manager of the 1920's and 1930's, did indeed play an advisory role in England's two-match Continental European tour of 1933, which also included the 4-0 win against Switzerland in Berne on 20 May as well as the draw with Italy a week earlier, but he never received an official appointment with the England team and acted in an entirely informal capacity. Another historian has the proper perspective: "in 1933, despite objections from selectors, he acted as unofficial manager to the England team in Italy and Switzerland with considerable success. His tactical pre-match team talks helped effect a 4-0 victory over a strong Swiss team, and a 1-1 draw against Italy, in Rome." Tony Say, "Herbert Chapman: Football Revolutionary?", The Sports Historian, vol 16, pp. 81-98 (May, 1996). Whittaker, too, accompanied the England team on occasion. But at the time he was the physical trainer for Arsenal, under Chapman at first and, following Chapman's death in early 1934, George Allison. It was almost certainly that role he filled with England; he certainly never received an appointment making him coach or manager of the England team. Whittaker did not become a manager himself until 1947, when he succeeded Allison at Arsenal. The IFFHS itself seems uncertain about Whittaker's role. While its book names him as trainer in the summaries of six matches taking place in 1930, 1936 and 1939, it inconsistently has him as trainer for only the three 1939 matches in the tabular record that follows the match summaries. The role Chapman or Whittaker filled with the England team was purely on an ad hoc basis. The F.A. did not give either of them official appointments putting them in charge of the team, and neither ever had anything resembling the authority of a manager or coach over the England team. For these reasons, it would be inaccurate to include them in the list of England managers/coaches. When international play resumed in 1946 following World War II's seven-year disruption, Walter Winterbottom was named England's first coach and manager. For the first few months of his tenure, he had responsibility for the national team as national director of coaching, but in May, 1947, imme |
What British golfer became the youngest Ryder Cup player in 1977? | Great British Golfers – TalkGolf Great British Golfers Nick Faldo One of the most successful British golfers in history, Nick Faldo has won three Open Championships and three US Masters titles, and has been ranked No.1 on the official World Golf Rankings for an outstanding total of ninety eight weeks. After being inspired by watching Jack Nicklaus play golf in the early seventies Faldo had his first introduction to the game, quickly achieving success in 1975 by winning both the English Amateur Championship and the British Youths Championship. In 1976, Faldo became a professional golfer, making his mark by finishing in eighth place on his first European tour and in 1977 he became the youngest player ever to play as part of the Ryder Cup team. During the eighties, Faldo took some time out of competition to improve his swing under the instruction of golfer turned tutor David Leadbetter. Following the changes made to his game, Faldo returned to competitive golf and won his first major championship title in the 1987 Open Championship. Since then, in addition to his championship success, Faldo has won a series of high profile competitions and tour events including the French Open, Irish Open, Spanish Open, the PGA, the British Masters and the European Open. He has also had several team successes including the Alfred Dunhill Cup, the World Cup and the Ryder Cup. Colin Montgomerie Affectionately known as ‘Monty,’ Colin Montgomerie is a legendary Scottish golfer and is widely recognised as the leading golfer to have emerged in European competition over the last fifteen years. Montgomerie was a successful amateur golfer, winning the Scottish Youths Championship in 1983, before turning professional in 1988 and winning the Rookie of the Year title on the European Tour that same year. He won his first professional title in 1989, when he won the Portugese Open and since then, he has won more European titles than any other British Golfer. During the nineties, Montgomerie went on to win numerous tournaments on the European Tour including the Scandinavian Masters in 1991, the Volvo German Open in 1995, the Murphy’s Irish Open in 1996 and 1997 and the Volvo PGA Championship in 1998. Between 1993 and 1999 Montgomerie won a record breaking seven ‘Order of Merit Titles’ on the tour and twenty high profile tournaments during that time, winning five titles in 1999 alone, being known as the most consistent golfer in the world during his most successful period. Since his seven year European winning streak, Montgomerie has continued to prove himself, most notably in the year 2000 when he made the record books again by winning the Volvo PGA Championship for the third time. In 2001 he won the Australian Masters and in 2002 he won his first Asian title in the TCL classic in China. Montgomerie has taken part in eight Ryder Cups during his career, as well as other team tournaments, including the Dunhill Cup, the World Cup and the UBS Cup. Whilst never having won a major championship title, despite coming a close second at both the US Open and the US PGA, Montgomerie is regarded as one of the finest sportsmen in Britain, officially marked in 2004 when he was awarded an OBE for sporting achievement. Lee Westwood Regarded as one of England and Europe’s finest golfers, Lee Westwood began playing golf at the age of thirteen before winning his first amateur tournament, the Pete McEvoy Trophy aged seventeen. After winning the British Youth Championship in 1993, Westwood turned professional, winning his first professional competition four years later at the Volvo Scandinavian Masters. Whilst Westwood has not won any major championships, he did attain fourth place in the official World Golf Rankings when he came forth in the 2000 British open. He has also won several high profile competitions, including the Freeport McDermott Classic in 1998, the Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters in 1996 and for the following two years, and the Cisco World Match Play Championship in 2000. Westwood has performed particularly well in European Tour events, having won a total of 18 t |
In golf, what is the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup? | Teeing up ahead of amateur Ryder Cup - Blackpool Gazette Teeing up ahead of amateur Ryder Cup Europe's Rory McIlroy Have your say The eyes of the sporting world will be focused on the start of the Ryder Cup today – but on the Fylde coast, preparations are already underway for its amateur equivalent. As Europe tee off against the United States in the popular golf event at Gleneagles, Scotland, Royal Lytham and St Annes is making plans ahead of the Walker Cup, where Great Britain and Ireland will play their American counterparts. Club secretary Charles Grimley The event will be held in 12 months’ time at the Fylde coast course and in the past has featured the likes of Tiger Woods, Colin Montgomerie and two of this year’s Ryder Cup stars – world number one Rory McIlroy and US star Rickie Fowler. Club secretary Charles Grimley said next year’s event “meant a lot” to the club and would complete the list of golf competitions it has hosted. He added: “We have had the Ryder Cup, the Open, the Women’s Open and the Senior Open. “This is the last piece of the jigsaw. We are really ecstatic about having it here. “We are big supporters of amateur golf, in particular hosting the Lytham Trophy. “We are hoping to have 7,000 people a day for the two day competition.” The event starts on September 12, featuring four foursomes matches and eight singles matches, followed by four foursomes matches on September 13 and 10 singles matches. Mr Grimley said discussions have started about preparations with the organisers of the event, the Royal and Ancient (R & A), and felt the support of the Fylde coast golf community would be key to a successful event. He added: “I went to my first Walker Cup in 2011 at Royal Aberdeen. It is a really good spectator experience. “The beauty of it is the spectators who walk with the players can follow behind them, rather than being held back by roping alongside the hole. “If you look back through the history of the competition all the players are the next big thing. To watch these players so closely, who are super talented, is a great experience. “Hopefully we will get a good spectator presence.” David Hill, the R & A’s director of championships said: “As one of Great Britain and Ireland’s premier links courses, Royal Lytham will undoubtedly provide a stern test befitting a contest that has come to represent the pinnacle of amateur achievement. “The golfing public in the north-west of England are extremely knowledgeable and have always shown a keen interest in the amateur game. “We look forward to welcoming them to Lytham in 2015 for what will be a fantastic celebration of golf.” Tickets will be free on practice days before the competition starts, with prices to be confirmed on match days. For more information go to www.randa.org Sign in |
In Show Jumping, how many points are lost if a horse knocks down both parts of a double fence? | Show Jumping (Horses) Show Jumping (Horses) Show Jumping Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping" or "jumpers," is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows are limited exclusively to jumpers, sometimes jumper classes are offered in conjunction with other English-style events, and sometimes show jumping is but one division of very large, all-breed competitions that include a very wide variety of disciplines. Jumping classes may be governed by various national horse show sanctioning organizations, such as the United States Equestrian Federation in the USA. However, international competitions are governed by the rules of the FédéFration équestre Internationale (FEI). Hunters or Jumpers Proper show jumping attire, as seen in the show jumping phase of a three-day event. Attire at an event includes a mandatory armband as seen here, although the armband is not required in general show jumping. People unfamiliar with horse shows may be confused by the difference between working hunter classes and jumper classes. Hunters are judged subjectively on the degree to which they meet an ideal standard of manners, style, and way of going. Conversely, jumper classes are scored objectively based entirely on a numerical score determined only by whether the horse attempts the obstacle, clears it, and finishes the course in the allotted time. Jumper courses are often colorful and at times quite creatively designed. Jumper courses tend to be much more complex and technical than hunter courses, because riders and horses are not being judged on style. Hunters have meticulous turnout and tend toward very quiet, conservative horse tack and rider attire. Hunter bits, bridles, crops, spurs and martingales are tightly regulated. Jumpers, while caring for their horses and grooming them well, are not scored on turnout, are allowed a wider range of equipment, and riders may wear less conservative attire, so long as it stays within the rules. However, formal turnout is always preferred, and a neat rider gives a good impression at shows. In addition to hunters and jumpers, there are equitation classes, sometimes called hunt seat equitation, which judge the ability of the rider. The equipment, clothing and fence styles used in equitation more closely resemble hunter classes, though the technical difficulty of the courses may more closely resemble jumping events. Courses and Rules Show Jump Course Jumper classes are held over a course of show jumping obstacles, including verticals, spreads, double and triple combinations, usually with many turns and changes of direction. The purpose is to jump cleanly over a set course within an allotted time. Time faults are assessed for exceeding the time allowance. Jumping faults are incurred for knockdowns and blatant disobedience, such as refusals (when the horse stops before a fence or "runs out"). (see "Modern Rules" below) Horses are allowed a limited number of refusals before being disqualified. A refusal can also lead to a rider going over the time allowed on course. Placings are based on the lowest number of points or "faults" accumulated. A horse and rider who have not accumulated any jumping faults or penalty points are said to have scored a "clear round." Tied entries usually have a jump-off over a raised and shortened course, and the course is timed; if entries are tied for faults accumulated in the jump-off, the fastest time wins. In most competitions, riders are allowed to walk the course but not the jump-off course (usually the same course with missing jumps e.g. 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 in stead of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) before competition to plan their ride. Walking the course is a chance for the rider to walk the lines he or she will actually ride, to decide how many strides the horse will need to take between each jump and at which angle. The more professional the competition, such as "A" rated shows in the United St |
In which sport might you come across a 'googly or a chinaman'? | How to Bowl (with Pictures) - wikiHow Learning the Basics of Bowling 1 Understand the bowling lane. Before you begin to bowl, you have to understand the function of the bowling lane. A bowling lane is 60 feet (18.3 m) long from the foul line, the line closest to the bowler, to the head pin, the pin closest to the bowler. There are gutters on either side of the bowling lane. If a ball veers off the lane, it goes into the gutters and is out of play. The approach area is 15 feet (4.6 m) long and ends at the foul line. The bowler cannot overstep the foul line during their approach or their shot won't count. If a ball goes into the gutters and then bounces out and hits the pins, it won't count. 2 Understand the bowling pins. Ten pins are arranged at the end of the bowling lane at the beginning of every frame. They are arranged in a triangle formation, with the point of the triangle facing the bowler. There is one pin in the first row, which is the head pin, two pins in the second row, three in the third, and four in the fourth. [1] The locations of the pins are assigned numbers 1-10. The pins in the back row have the numbers 7-10, the pins in the row above the back row are numbered 4-6, the pins in the second row are numbered 2-3, and the head pin is pin 1. All pins will earn the bowler one point if they are hit. The numbers are based on location, not value. 3 Learn the lingo. Before you can call yourself a true bowler, you should be aware of a few different bowling terms. Knowing these terms will also make it much easier for you to understand the rules. Here they are: A strike is when you knock down all the pins with the ball on your first try. A spare is when you knock down all the pins on your second try. A split is when the first ball of a frame knocks down the headpin (the pin closest to you) but leaves two or more pins that are non-adjacent. It's tough to hit a spare in this situation, especially if you have a 7-10 split, which is the hardest split to hit. A turkey is three strikes in a row. If any pins remain after the bowler's turn, it's called an "open frame." 4 Understand how a game of bowling works. One bowling game consists of 10 frames. Each frame is equal to one turn for the bowler. The bowler's objective is to knock down as many pins as possible in a frame, ideally all of them. A bowler can roll the ball twice in each frame, provided that they do not hit a strike. 5 Learn the scoring. If a bowler has an open frame, then they simply get credit for the number of pins they knocked down. If a bowler knocked down 6 pins after two turns, they simply get two turns. However, if a bowler hits a spare or a strike, the rules get slightly more complicated. [2] If a bowler hits a spare, then they should place a slash mark on their score sheet. After their next turn, they will receive 10 points plus the number of pins they knock down with that turn. So if they knock down 3 pins after their first turn, then they will get 13 points before their second turn. If they then knock down 2 pins in their second turn, they get a total of 15 points for that round. If a bowler hits a strike, they should record an X on their scoresheet. The strike will earn the bowler ten points plus the number of pins knocked down on the player's next two turns in the following round. The most a bowler can score in one game is 300 points. This represents 12 strikes in a row, or 120 pins that were knocked down in 12 frames. A perfect game has 12 strikes and not ten, because if the bowler gets a strike on the last frame, then they can take two more turns. If those two turns are also strikes, they will have 300 points. If a player rolls a spare in the last frame, then they can take one more turn. Part 2 Preparing to Bowl 1 Find a bowling alley. Go online to find a local bowling alley that suits your needs. Try to find a place that offers bowling lessons or has beginner bowling leagues. If you want to go bowling with friends, find a place that's rated for having a fun environment and maybe some food and snacks as well. 2 Go to the bowling alley you've chosen |
Which river is used for the annual Oxford v Cambridge boat race? | History of the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race | River Thames London Boat Blog River Thames London Boat Blog » History of the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race The University Boat Race is one of the River Thames’ best known events on the calendar, attracting a cross section of supporters, sponsors and spectators from across the UK and internationally. For those of you who’ve been living under a rock, the Boat Race is an annual contest between two rowing crews from Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The first race took place in 1829 in Henley on Thames following a challenge between two school chums and has been repeated annually, except during the First and Second World Wars. The date of the race varies each year, usually falling on the last weekend of March or the first weekend of April, subject to the state and time of the high tide. The race is rowed upstream, with the assistance of the incoming tide behind them, usually starting an hour before high water. Today, the race takes place between the University Stones at Putney and Mortlake with the start line just upriver of Putney Bridge and the finish line just before Chiswick Bridge. The course is 4 miles, 374 yards (6.8 km). This course was first used for the Boat Race in 1845 and has been used for every race since, apart from 1846, 1856 and 1863 when the race was held in the opposite direction between Mortlake and Putney. Source: http://theboatraces.org/ Training for The Boat Race starts in September of each year with many hopeful rowers being eliminated as the season progresses. Sessions are rigorous – two or sometimes three times daily as well as gym and weight sessions; and that’s on top of a full day of studies! Three to four weeks prior to the race the crews will be announced to the press and public, accompanied by the official weigh-in – weights and heights of the crews are recorded and the speculation begins over which team has the advantage. The boat race is not just a man’s domain – the first women’s race took place in 1927 on the Isis in Oxford, with (according to The Times) “large and hostile crowds gathered on the towpath” as the men objected to women rowing. In the 1960’s the women’s race become a permanent fixture although it was rowed at Henley rather than Putney. This year, for the first time ever, the Newton Women’s Boat Race will take place on the same day and course as the men’s race. 2015 sees the 161st Boat Race scheduled for the 11th April with the following schedule: 1650 The Newton Women’s Boat Race 1720 Isis v Goldie Race 1750 The BNY Mellon Boat Race Cambridge currently leads the series with 81 victories to Oxford’s 79, with one dead-heat in 1877. Head down to the Putney Embankment on 11th April and you’ll see both the Elizabethan and Erasmus moored at Putney Pier, supporting the rowers. You can also join in the fun by settling into one of the many pubs along the Embankment. Share this: |
In horse racing, who was nicknamed 'The Long Fella'? | The O’Briens and the Derby: 1972 – Roberto, Weary Willie and the Long Fella – UK Horse Racing: Race Cards, Form Tools and Tips /in Horse Racing Blog - News & Info | geegeez.co.uk , News /by IanS Roberto (right) heads off Rheingold In 1969 American John Galbreath was owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. Alongside this he bred horses at his stud farm in Lexington, Kentucky, and named one of that season’s foals after the Pirates’ star player, Roberto Clemente. Roberto was sent to Ireland to be trained by Vincent O’Brien, and became champion Irish two-year-old following three first season victories ridden by Johnny Roe, including a win in the Group 1 National Stakes. Lester Piggott took over at Longchamp and the partnership came in fourth in the Grand Criterium. And in the end it was to be Piggott who rode Roberto in the Derby the following year. For the 1972 Classics Piggott chose to ride Crowned Prince in preference to Roberto. It was a poor choice, and Crowned Prince flopped in the Craven Stakes, his prep race for the 2000 Guineas. Australian Bill Williamson came in for the ride on Roberto, and the two finished second at Newmarket. Sleepy-eyed and laconic, Williamson was known to racegoers as 'Weary Willie' because of his impassive appearance, whether his races ended in victory, defeat or controversy. Roberto’s owner had expressed concerns that he was not the right jockey, citing his age (49) and injuries as handicaps to victory. When just a couple of weeks before the Derby Williamson had a bad fall at Kempton it gave Galbreath the opportunity to demonstrate that as he was paying the piper he was going to call the tune as well. He asked Bill Williamson to ride a trial gallop on Roberto but the jockey did not turn up as a result of oversleeping. He then took the jockey for an examination at the London clinic of Bill Tucker where he was passed as fit but still Galbreath was dissatisfied. At a meeting in London Claridges hotel he told Bill and Vincent that Lester would be riding Roberto and made the condition that if Roberto won Williamson would be given an equal percentage with Lester of the Prize money. That was controversial enough, although it was one occasion where Lester was unfairly blamed by both press and public for what happened. There was more controversy in the race, this time for Piggott’s aggrieve use of the whip. As the field approach the last two furlongs, Roberto became the meat in a sandwich between Pentland Firth in his inner, and Rheingold outside him. Pentland Firth had led the race and was falling back, and Rheingold was starting to lean in to Roberto. If you can watch the race, you’ll see that it was only once they were inside the final furlong that Piggott was able to get Roberto balanced. Then he let loose, Roberto responded and the pair were home by a head. Many years later in an interview for The Observer newspaper, Piggott reflected on the race. “The Minstrel had a hard race in the Derby, when he just got up to beat Willie (Carson) on Hot Grove, but I was harder on Roberto,” he said. “I had to win, you know, and he wasn't doing much for me. I felt he could go faster if only he would. When we passed the post I thought I was beat, but I wasn't worried because I was sure I would get the race in the Stewards' Room.” The result did go to the stewards, but they confirmed the victory. Vincent O’Brien was convinced that only Piggott would have won on the horse that day, and to the jockey, Roberto's reluctance justified the ferocity of his ride, one of those occasions where the will of the jockey was crucial in the final outcome. In a way, everyone involved was a winner that day. Piggott notched up his sixth win in the Derby, Vincent O’Brien his fourth. Roberto’s owner John Galbreath became the first person to own Epsom and Kentucky Derby winners. And Weary Willie was paid for winning the Derby on horse he didn’t ride. |
In Athletics, what distance was Miruts Yifter undefeated between 1972 and 1981? | miruts yifter : definition of miruts yifter and synonyms of miruts yifter (English) 1979 Montreal 10,000 metres Miruts Yifter ( Amharic : ምሩፅ ይፍጠር) (b. on 15 May 1944) [1] [2] is a former Ethiopian athlete , winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics . His name is also sometimes spelled as Muruse Yefter. Born in Adigrat , in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, Miruts Yifter spent early parts of his youth working in different factories and as a carriage driver. His talent as a long-distance runner was noticed when he joined the Ethiopian Air Force . Yifter was called to the Ethiopian national team for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , but he made his Olympic debut four years later in Munich Olympics where he won a bronze medal in 10,000 metres . However, he arrived too late for the 5000 metres final. In the 1973 All-Africa Games he won one gold medal (10,000 m) and one silver (5000 m). At the 1st African Championships in 1979 he won two gold medals (5000 and 10,000 metres). Yifter was unable to participate in the 1976 Summer Olympics , because his nation boycotted the event. Four years later in Moscow , Yifter made up for his disappointments. In the final of the 10,000 m he sprinted into the lead 300 m from the finish and won by ten metres. Five days later, in the 5000 m final, Yifter was boxed in during the last lap. But with 300 m to go, his Ethiopian teammate, Mohamed Kedir , stepped aside and Yifter again sprinted to victory. Due to his abrupt change in speed when executing his kick to the finish, Yifter is commonly referred to as "Yifter the Shifter." At Coamo , Puerto Rico on 6 February 1977, Yifter ran a World Best for the half-marathon of 1:02:57. At the Moscow Olympics, part of the mystery surrounding Miruts Yifter was the question of his age, which was reported to be between 33 and 42. Yifter refused to give a definitive answer, telling reporters: "Men may steal my chickens; men may steal my sheep. But no man can steal my age." The most common versions about his date of birth are 1 January 1938 or 15 May 1944 (see IAAF Profile). Yifter continued to compete into the early 1980s, running on Ethiopia's gold medal winning team at the 1982 and 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships . Achievements |
Whose autobiography was titled 'The Sport of Queens'? | The sport of queens : an autobiography (Book, 1999) [WorldCat.org] The E-mail message field is required. Please enter the message. E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59577179 Title: The sport of queens : an autobiography Author: Dick Francis Publisher: London : M. Joseph, 1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0718130413 9780718130411 OCLC:59577179 The ReCaptcha terms you entered were incorrect. Please try to match the 2 words shown in the window, or try the audio version. |
The Trotters is the nickname for which football club? | Origins of Nicknames for 20 Premier League Clubs - World Soccer Talk Origins of Nicknames for 20 Premier League Clubs Origins of Nicknames for 20 Premier League Clubs James Beckett November 15, 2010 Leagues: EPL 33 Comments Supporters of Premier League clubs often pride themselves on their nicknames, but do you really know the origin of them? Do you know the origins of the Baggies, Gunners, Red Devils, Toffees, Trotters, Hammers, Lilywhites and Citizens? Let’s take a closer at look some of the interesting stories behind each of Premier League club’s nicknames. Arsenal – The Gunners Like many, Arsenal’s nickname goes right back to when the club was originally founded. Way back in 1886, workers at Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory decided to form a football club called Dial Square. The club would be renamed as Woolwich Arsenal before dropping the prefix in 1913, but their original connection with the armament industry would remain and the names Gunners is now synonymous with the club. Aston Villa – Villans Not the most fascinating story behind this one. Formed when a local cricket team Villa Cross needed something to occupy themselves during the winter months, the name Villa inevitably evolved to Villans. Blackburn Rovers – Rovers Again not the most imaginable nickname. Rovers is a common team name for a side which is willing to travel distances for victory. Logically fans shortened the clubs name to Rovers. Birmingham City – Blues When the club was formed as Small Heath Alliance they decided the club would play in a dark blue shirt. The club would stick with these colors and the nickname Blues was born. Blackpool – Seasiders/ Tangerines One of several clubs to have multiple nicknames. The term Seasiders relates to the popularity of the town as a tourist resort on the North West coast, while Tangerines relates to the color of the clubs home kit. The club picked up the colors after been impressed when a club official saw a Netherlands side play. Bolton Wanderers – Trotters There are a few reported explanations for this one. One explanation claims that like Rovers, the term Wanderers implies a side is willing to travel great distances for victory. The term Trotters is simply a variation. Another explanation claims that the Trotters nickname originates because people from Bolton have a reputation for being practical jokers. Pranksters are known locally as Trotters. The most bizarre explanation claims that an old ground was built next to a pig farm and stray balls would end up with the pigs. Chelsea – Pensioners The nickname comes from the well known Chelsea Pensioners – war veterans living in a nearby hospital. In 1905 the club adopted the crest of the Chelsea pensioners, and the nickname followed on. Everton – The Toffees The famous nickname comes after a local sweet shop known as Mother Noblett’ sold and advertised the Everton mint. The sweet shop is located opposite Prince Rupert’s Tower, which forms the majority of the Everton crest. Fulham – Cottagers This nickname originates from the famous cottage which is an iconic part of Fulham’s Craven Cottage ground. Liverpool – The Reds Another nickname which doesn’t take two much explanation. When Liverpool adopted the city’s color of red as the color of their strip, the nickname of the Reds simply followed on. Manchester City – Citizens/ The Blues Again not the most fascinating story behind this nickname, the name Citizens has simply evolved from the term City, where as The Blues has obvious connections with the clubs home colors. Manchester United – The Red Devils A few conflicting stories describe the Red Devils nickname. One rumor suggests that during a tour of France in the 1960s the club were branded the Red Devils due to their red kit and Sir Matt Busby liked the name so much he asked for the club to incorporate a devil in the badge. Another story suggests it stems from local rugby Salford. The rugby club were nicknamed the Red Devils and with United formally training in Salford the nickname transferred over. Newcastle United – Magpies / The Toon The name Magpies origina |
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